Volume 1, Ghost City of the Bone Forest _ Chapter 49, Barren Mountain Ancient Temple
Is this guy a zombie or a human? I couldn't tell the difference for a while, but I was more inclined to the former.
If it's a zombie, I'm afraid I'll not be able to survive tonight.
The ghost fire circled around the person who stood up from the dirt bag, and the green flames flowed back and forth in the air, forming a green light. The black shadow that was surrounded in the middle didn't move at all, just laughed, and the hoarse laughter sounded alarming.
Suddenly, the ghost fire rioted, rushed from all sides, and in the blink of an eye, the black figure was encircled, and then the flames exploded, and in an instant, the flames burst into the sky! Even one of the flames rushed up to the canopy and almost burned me.
The ghost fire and the black shadow seem to have clashed, as for the reason I don't know, as a bystander, I don't feel at ease to watch a good show, in fact, I am thinking about how to escape for a while.
The shadow was still laughing, as if he was completely oblivious to the ghostly fires fluttering around him, and this arrogance made people feel mysterious and weird.
Suddenly, one of the ghostly fires suddenly struck at the black shadow, and the green ghostfire swept across the black shadow's face, and I widened my eyes only to see the firelight sweeping a long tail in the night, but when the flames disappeared, it didn't even ignite the black shadow's clothes. It's as if nothing just happened!
However, the laughter of the dark shadow stopped.
For some reason, it feels creepy when it laughs, but even more scary when it doesn't!
The shadow looked up, its long hair was so messy that I couldn't even make out its face. Slowly raising his hands, the cold glow of his nails was like a terrible blade. Immediately after, green gas gushed out from the feet of the black shadow, and the ghost fire was soon surrounded by these green gases, only to see these little ghosts floating in the air fall to the ground one after another, and all the flames have been extinguished under the green gas cover, revealing as if some vague human faces.
The screams spread through the forest again, this time even more chaotic, all the ghostfire roaring in pain, and the black shadow stood in the middle of the green air, quiet like a cold sculpture.
I hurriedly covered my mouth and nose with my hands, it is rumored that zombies will release corpse gas, this corpse gas is similar to toxins, if ordinary people inhale the corpse qi emitted by these zombies, the body functions will quickly decay, and the flesh and organs will rot like rotting corpses. It only takes a few minutes from birth to death! That's what the beads told me, and I'm sure he didn't have to lie to me.
I'm in the tree, these green gases that are suspected of being corpses can't float so high, but the ghost fires around them are all gone, the black shadow slowly turned around, as if looking for something, I was bold and slowly poked my head out, and at this moment, the black shadow under the tree suddenly raised its head, and a pair of green eyes appeared between the messy long hair, these eyes and my gaze happened to meet, it found me!
My body reacted faster than my head, and I slid down the trunk of the tree to the ground, and then ran towards the other side of the forest with my mouth and nose covered.
When did it find mine? Did you know I was hiding in a tree in the first place or did you see me by chance?
My mind is very messy, and problems keep popping up, but it doesn't matter what I think at this moment, the important thing is to save my life!
Run! Gotta run!
With my current ability, I can't see enough under the other party's hands, and I don't care about the direction at all in the middle of the night, I just run all the way, and I have only one thought: thinking about how to escape.
My heart was pounding, and it was a similar feeling to the first time I was stalked by a white-faced weirdo. Of course, I knew in my heart that the white-faced weirdo would definitely not be as good as this guy behind me.
After running for about five or six minutes, I stopped, and there was no footsteps behind me, and it probably didn't catch up. Holding on to the tree and taking a few breaths, he looked up and looked around, and there was some light in the distance, like a family.
It's a great thing to be able to see lights in the deep mountains and old forests, especially when you get lost in the dark! In any case, the presence of fire means that there is a home, and at least a home represents safety.
I immediately ran towards the place where there was fire, and it seemed to be quite close, but when I did, I realized that I was still some distance away. After running for about five or six hundred meters, I approached the edge of the fire, and I thought it might be a village, but I didn't expect that what appeared in front of me was actually a temple.
This temple looks like it has been some years, the surrounding walls are a little broken, many places have been potholes, the gate is closed, the temple is very small, but there are only two rooms before and after, and it feels smaller than Xuanming Temple.
I hesitated, if this was a village, I would definitely go in. But this is a temple, a temple in the deep mountains and old forests, with the precedent of Xuanming Temple, I really feel a little worried in my heart.
Do you continue to walk in the forest, or go into the temple and hide for the night?
I quickly handed over the answer to this multiple-choice question, the forest is too dangerous, not to mention the earth beasts and the monsters just now, if I encounter fierce beasts, such as coyotes or packs of wild dogs, I will have a hard time dealing with them. Fortunately, there is a temple in front of you, and there is a fire that means that there are people inside, so there should be no danger.
After thinking about it, I reached out and knocked on the temple door, only to hear a "bang......" sound, and suddenly there was a sound from inside.
"Who?"
It seemed to be a boy, and after a while someone came up to the door and looked at me through the hole in the wall, it was a bald little novice, dressed in gray-blue monk's robes, looking about 8 or 9 years old, looking at me quite warily.
"Hello, I'm lost in the forest, I'm not a bad guy, can you let me hide?"
I hurriedly spoke, and saw that the other party was a little monk, and for some reason the whole heart was a little calmer. Xiao Shami hesitated a little, and after a while, he said, "I'll go and ask my master, you wait." ”
After he left, I leaned against the corner and kept my eyes on the forest. The wait time is particularly long. I wanted to smoke a cigarette, but I didn't even have a cigarette on me. I'm really afraid that a monster will pop up somewhere in the cold night, and there are too many changes today, and my whole heart can't calm down.
"Bang!"
The wooden door behind me suddenly opened, and I hurriedly looked back and saw that it was the little novice just now. After opening the door, he made a mockery to me, and said loudly: "The master said, let you go in for the night." ”
I hurriedly nodded and said, "Thank you." ”
When I walked into the gate, I saw a little novice tree with some red beans sprinkled at the gate, and then closed the gate again, I didn't ask too much and walked into the temple, and saw an old monk with long eyebrows and white beard sitting on a futon looking at me.
This is the most benevolent-looking old monk I have ever seen, looking a little like an old monk in a villain book, with long eyebrows hanging downward, a long beard, a thin body and a shallow smile on his face.
The temple was lit with candles and cleaned, and the tension and fatigue that had just been felt relaxed after entering this kind of place gradually relaxed, and I felt a sense of relief.
"Where did the donor come from?"
He asked me and directed me to sit in a chair beside me.
"I'm from a nearby village, and I got separated from my friends up the mountain today, and I got lost in the forest at night and didn't expect to come here. Excuse me, Master. ”
I hurriedly replied, the faint smell of smoke wafting in the temple was reassuring.
Xiao Shami came over with two bowls and said, "The master asked me to get you something to eat, there are only steamed buns in the temple now, you can order them." ”
To be honest, I was indeed hungry, nodding and swallowing the steamed bun while vaguely thanking him, this picture of a hungry ghost made the little novice laugh.
"It's not peaceful in this mountain, you can sleep in the storehouse for a while, and then leave tomorrow at dawn."
After the old monk finished speaking, he nodded at me, stood up with his hands behind his back and walked out of the temple. After he left, I chewed the steamed bun and looked around, this temple is not big, you can see through it at a glance at the door, it looks very ordinary, but there are red ropes tied to the door frame, and the corners and windows are tied together. This made me a little puzzled, and the little novice sat across from me, perhaps because he had not seen many outsiders see me curiously.
"Is it just you and the master here?"
I asked.
"No, there were a few brothers in the past few years, and they all went down the mountain to return to customs. Now it's just me and the master......"
"Oh." I nodded, "By the way, what did you just do with the red beans at the door?" ”
Xiao Shami was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Haha, my master taught me, he said that there are ghosts in the mountains at night, and they don't dare to approach after sprinkling red beans, by the way, and this everlasting lamp can't be extinguished, if it is extinguished......"
As he spoke, he turned his head and pointed to the candlestick on the table, the faint light of the fire seemed to reveal a hint of magic.