Chapter 3: The Eyes of the Dead
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As Grandpa Yan said, everyone in Tianyin Village was very hospitable, and their enthusiastic appearance made Zige embarrassed. With the help of everyone, he quickly helped Zige build a house, and Zige no longer had to stay in Luo Zixin's boudoir.
The days passed slowly in a peaceful life, and Zige gradually adapted to life as a mortal. Every day at sunrise, I followed the uncles in the village to hunt on the edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and when I returned at sunset, I fell asleep after dark.
The old and young women and children of Tianyin Village also like "this diligent young man", and the children like to sit around and listen to him tell stories about the outside world. Luo Zixin is the only one of his age, and the two often joke and play together, causing the aunts in the village to privately say that these two people are tired.
Zige sometimes thinks that it is better to give up everything and live in Tianyin Village forever, which is also good. But every time such a thought arises, Zige will immediately cut off, and his mission does not allow him to have such a thought.
He always subconsciously reminded himself that he didn't belong here, and he had to leave Tianyin Village within two years.
Two years is the death goal that Zige set for himself, and the deadline he once swore to avenge that girl. But the Wu Yuanli in his body has always been in a state of being sealed, and Zige has no clue about what Mo Ling said.
Every time I think of leaving, I feel a deep sense of powerlessness in my heart.
That night, after Zige had dinner with Grandpa Yan and Luo Zixin, he went back to his house, washed up, and prepared to sleep. But for some reason, there is always something up and down in Zige's heart tonight, as if it is a sign that something is about to happen.
Zige, who couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed tossing and turning, got up and lit the lamp, made a pot of tea, took a book, and planned to read it at night. The entire Tianyin Village was plunged into deep darkness, and the croaking of frogs on a summer night fell silent.
It should be said that as soon as it gets dark, only the sound of the wind and the sound of falling leaves are left in a radius of thousands of miles, and the silence is a little weird.
In the darkness, only Zige's house revealed a warm yellow light, and under that light, Zige, who had read the book for about an hour, finally began to feel sleepy, yawned, and lay down on the table, his eyelids were not completely closed, and he was in a state of not sleeping.
At this moment, a pair of eyes appeared outside the window, and those eyes were kept open, never blinking, staring at Zige intently. When Zige's eyelids were about to close completely, the afterglow swept over and suddenly found those eyes.
Zige was agitated, stood up, knocked down the teacup on the table, and the already cold tea spilled out and dripped to the ground along the table.
Click-click-
It was the sound of tea dripping on the ground, and those eyes moved with Zige's figure, I don't know if I didn't realize that I had been discovered by Zige, or if I wasn't worried about Zige finding out at all.
Zige glanced at those eyes, then forcibly calmed himself, poured another cup of tea, and drank it all. There is something hairy in his heart, and it is normal for people to always be afraid of the unknown.
Zige didn't rush to open the door to inspect, the trip to the Lost Soul and the Emperor's Tomb gave him a strong psychological quality, Fang Cai's panic was just a person's stress reaction in an emergency, and after drinking tea, Zige gradually calmed down.
Those eyes were still staring at Zige, but Zige no longer looked at those eyes.
"Who's out there?" is the central and only question.
Could it be that some kid was joking with him? But Zige immediately denied his own conjecture. The owner of these eyes is not only not some child from Tianyin Village, but also no one in the village!
Not going out when it's dark is already a rule that has been circulating in Tianyin Village for an unknown amount of time, and people have long been accustomed to not going out when it's dark, so the owner of the eyes outside must be an outsider! Even a little more daring to guess, is the owner of the eyes outside a person?
If Zige knew, in fact, every night since he woke up, there was such a pair of eyes peeping at him, I don't know how he would feel.
Zige hesitated to the door and stretched out his hand to open the door, but hesitated and put his hand down. He turned around, lay down on the bed, put the quilt over his head, and fell into a deep sleep.
Outside the window, those eyes never left.
The rooster crows three times, and the sun rises in the east. Zige jumped out of bed, walked outside the house, and came to the spot where those eyes stood last night. Zige crouched down and carefully examined the land, it was a soft soil, and if someone had stood here for the night last night, there would have been some clues, such as footprints.
However, to Zige's surprise and even some horror, the surrounding soil was intact, and he didn't find anyone's footprints except for the footprints he had left when he had just walked by!
Of course, there is another possibility of leaving no footprints, and you can walk in the air without touching the ground. However, the power of the sky is the sign of the strong man of the Martial King, or he has the same superb body martial arts as him, but if that is the case, there is no need for the other party to peep outside - in fact, it is not a voyeur, after all, those eyes are snooping openly.
Zige is just a mortal now, and the other party can kill Zige unknowingly, so there is no need to engage in these tricks to bluff people. Unless, the other party has no ill intentions towards Zige, or is it ......
The other party can't get into the house!
"Eh, what are you doing?" A plain white hand slapped Zige suddenly, although Zige is now a mortal body, but the battle consciousness has not been sealed, he was so concentrated, he was slapped like this, completely subconsciously grabbed the man's hand, grabbed it, and took the man down.
"Ahh
"Miss Luo, why are you?" Zige saw that it was Luo Zixin, so he hurriedly let go of his hand.
Zige let go like this, but it hurt Luo Zixin, the girl's center of gravity was unstable, and she was about to fall, if she fell, she would inevitably be disgraced. Seeing this, Zige took Luo Zixin's hand, and suddenly exerted force, and Luo Zixin was held in his arms.
The posture of the two is a little ambiguous. Luo Zixin was just a head shorter than Zige, Zige smelled Luo Zixin's fragrance, and suddenly felt a little reluctant to let go.
At this time, Grandpa Yan happened to walk out of the door, saw this scene, and said with a smile: "Tsk! Zige, do you have a hand! The old man's granddaughter was taken care of by you so quickly?"
Hearing Grandpa Yan's words, the two of them hurriedly took a step back, Luo Zixin saw the narrow smile on her grandfather's face, stomped her feet, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa!
"Am I disrespectful to the old?" Grandpa Yan was stunned, and then sneered, "You are a girl, and you threw yourself into the arms of other people's songs early in the morning, and I don't know who is not ashamed!"
"Grandpa, you...... Hmph, I won't tell you, I'm going to make breakfast!" Luo Zixin's face turned red, and she was a little desperate and fled.
Zige smiled bitterly: "Grandpa Yan, you misunderstood." I ...... Miss Luo and I."
"Okay!" Grandpa Yan interrupted Zige, "The young man is young and vigorous, and the old man understands! My granddaughter, I will hand it over to you in the future! The old man can also save his worries!"
Zige couldn't smile bitterly, is this old man still Luo Zixin's own grandfather? Seeing this, Zige didn't want to explain more, sometimes, some things will only get darker and darker, so it's better to go with the flow.
Zige suppressed his distracting thoughts and asked, "Grandpa Yan, I have something I want to inquire with you." ”
"Say yes. Grandpa Smoke took out his iconic cigarette gun and took a sip of his cigarette.
"Grandpa Yan, someone was outside my window last night and watched me all night. I want to ask Grandpa Yan, it's dark, why can't you go out?Is there something outside?" Zige asked all the questions.
Bang Bang –
The cigarette gun in Grandpa Smoke's hand fell to the ground and was picked up again. When Zige saw this scene, he knew in his heart at the moment, it seems that Grandpa Yan must know something.
Grandpa Yan ate three puffs of cigarette in a row, and the smoke he spit out was a little swirling, making people unable to see the expression on his face: "If you don't go out after dark, it was the man who left before he left Tianyin Village, and after that, no one in our Tianyin Village has ever gone out after dark." For so many years, this rule has been passed down from generation to generation, but there are always disobedient babies who have to go out after dark, and as a result, they all disappeared the next day and never appeared again. ”
"Is there something out there?" Zige asked impatiently.
"I don't know. Grandpa Smoke shook his head slowly but firmly, "No one knows what will happen after dark, in short, as long as you don't go out, you will be safe." Besides, our Tianyin Village is just a small village, and if you don't go out after dark, it's nothing for everyone, and after a long time, everyone will get used to it, it's not a big deal. Zige, no matter what you see or hear in the future, remember, don't go out after dark!"
Listening to Grandpa Yan's cautious words, Zige was thoughtful, and in order not to worry the old man, he nodded: "Don't worry, Grandpa Yan, I know." ”
After breakfast, Zige, as usual, followed his uncle and uncle in the village up the mountain to hunt. The day flickered by, and the sky darkened again. This night, Zige didn't sleep, he was waiting, waiting for those eyes to appear.
In the middle of the night, the wind was roaring, and those eyes came as promised.
After experiencing last night's incident, although Zige was mentally prepared, when these eyes appeared, Zige still couldn't control the hairiness in his heart. Zige moved his body carefully, no matter where he went, those eyes kept staring at him wherever he went, like a tarsal bone.
Zige began to move step by step, slowly moving to the window, his steps were very light and slow, I don't know if he was afraid of frightening those eyes, or frightening himself.
Zige finally approached those eyes, he looked at them carefully, and the moment he recognized those eyes, he was so frightened that he retreated again and again.
That's a pair of dead man's eyes!