Chapter 2: Puppetry
Corpse fraud? Rejuvenation?
"Ahhhhh
Almost without thinking, just to survive, Meng Jingluan suddenly pulled out the incense dagger and stabbed it into Chunsheng's chest, with a muffled sound, turbid blood gushed out, flowing along the blade.
She was so frightened that her three souls were gone, and she touched the warm blood in her palms, and her whole body trembled, "Spring...... Chunsheng, what's wrong with you?! Don't you recognize me? I'm Meng Jingluan! β
It stands to reason that when the dagger stabbed into the shoulder, ordinary people were afraid that they would roll on the ground in pain, but Chunsheng just slowly opened his eyes and looked at her directly, his all-white eyes gradually became intertwined with bloodshots, and a hoarse laugh came out of his throat. Immediately, he jumped forward and pounced on Meng Jingluan again!
"What are you going to do!?" Meng Jingluan held Chunsheng's two arms, in Nianjiazhai, her strength is one of the best, but she can't stop Chunsheng who is crazy at this moment, under a few roars, she was forced to retreat again and again, Chunsheng's ten fingernails are sharp, and they are blue and purple, "If you come over again, I will be merciful!" β
The response was that Chunsheng snorted at her, almost fainting herβthat rancid smell only found in corpses!
Under the crisis, Meng Jingluan kicked Chunsheng hard under the crotch, and he staggered back a few steps, pulled out the dagger on Chunsheng's body, and brought out a stream of turbid blood, she stumbled and turned around and fled!
The miasma-filled forest is now difficult to distinguish between the five fingers, and the only thing that can be seen is the endless layers of tree trunks surrounded by it, and the rocky mountain road underfoot. The sky had darkened unconsciously, and I was immersed in a gloom of the mountain rain that was about to come. The wind seemed to have broken free from its cage, and roared incessantly.
Meng Jingluan ran and ran, and slowly stopped.
Ahead, not far away, layers of figures, stiff steps, were slowly enveloping her.
Fear is like a giant python, crawling slowly along its back, swimming to its chest with a chill.
"Boss!" A very familiar shout suddenly came from behind him, it was Li Ning's voice! Meng Jingluan hurriedly turned around, surrounded by mist, a figure ran through the woods, but it was Li Yu, who had been scattered for a long time, and behind him, there were still countless overlapping, slow-moving black shadows, stiff and clumsy, coming from all sides.
When Meng Jingluan and Li Ning stood side by side, they were surrounded by dense figures - in terms of clothing, they seemed to be just ordinary people, wearing short clothes and brown, but they were ragged and simple, and their hair was unkempt. But looking at the stiff movement of walking, and the miserable white face, it is not human.
Li Ning's face turned pale with fright, "What is this!?" β
A cold sweat crossed the corner of Meng Jingluan's forehead, "I don't know what it is, but I know what they want to do." β
"Do what?"
"We want our lives!" Between the words, the person in front of him was already within three feet, his eyes were white, his face was bloodshot, and his body was foul and pungent. Meng Jingluan turned his heart and stabbed the dagger violently, but when he heard the sound of "poof" skin and flesh tearing, the blade went deep into his chest, and a stream of turbid blood gushed out!
The walking corpse roared and rushed up like a madman, Meng Jingluan hurriedly turned around and hid behind a tree, only to hear a click, the man's sharp armor sank into the trunk of the tree, and it was difficult to move.
However, before she could breathe a sigh, a sharp claw had hooked the placket of her back, Meng Jingluan was suddenly startled, desperately struggling and jumping, but how could she not shake off the strong strength of the person, one left and one right surrounded by two more.
"Li Ning, save me!"
With a heavy sound at the same time as the voice, her back was instantly unrestrained, and she didn't dare to look back, she flew up and kicked the guy on the right side in the lower abdomen, and took advantage of the moment when he retreated, and slashed the climbing dagger in her hand towards the tall walking corpse that rushed up to the left!
Each blow splashed black and thick turbid blood, and a large area of blood mist bloomed in front of his eyes.
In that wall, Li Ning was entangled by more walking corpses, Meng Jingluan gritted his teeth, rushed into the encirclement again, grabbing, tearing, chopping, chopping, kicking... Messy and disorganized.
Killing red eyes, she didn't care about anything.
The walking corpse didn't know if it was shocked by this almost crazy counterattack, and it retreated three points for a while. Taking advantage of this moment, Li Ning eased up and said in a deep voice, "Boss, don't fight, run first!" He dragged Meng Jingluan and fled.
Escaping in this dense and lonely forest, especially in the dark night, it was almost impossible to see where the stone path under their feet led, and the two of them just blindly rampaged.
The whistling sound of the wind obscured everything. Meng Jingluan felt a burst of fire in his eyes, and two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks to his jaw, and then slid into his neck.
She was scared.
Why risk your own risk? Why didn't you pay attention to that man's words?
"By the way, boss, I just found a temple, let's go there to avoid the limelight first, and then make plans when it is dawn?" Li Ning was relatively calm, Meng Jingluan thought for a moment and said, "If that temple is also ......" said and shook his head, "That's it, it's better than waiting for death outside!" Walk! β
When the two of them did not look for much in the forest, they really saw a dilapidated and deserted temple, standing in the dark night, and the surrounding woods were slightly sparse. The temple seemed to have been cut off for a long time, and the red lacquered wooden door that the two men hugged together was dilapidated, and when it was pushed open, there was a very heavy sound, kicking up a thick layer of dust and flying in all directions.
"Don't kill me... Don't kill me! Stay back! Meng was so shocked that he coughed, and suddenly heard a familiar female voice, surprised and delighted, "Peilan, is that you?" Is that really you? β
The three of them reunited, looking at each other, Meng Jingluan couldn't wait to hug Ye Peilan and cry. However, Li Ning's expression was undecided, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Wu got up and went straight to the offering platform, "I'm so thirsty, I don't know if there is water in this teapot?" β
Meng Jingluan drew the fire fold with him for lighting, and saw that a stone statue was also enshrined on the central offering table, and it was vaguely visible that he was a Taoist, with solemn and majestic eyebrows and eyes, holding the dust in his hand, and his Taoist robe on the ground.
She looked at the stone statue of the Taoist in a daze, and always felt a trace of familiarity, as if she had seen it somewhere a long time ago.
Boom Boom β
Suddenly there was a heavy loud noise, the three of them were all startled, and they all followed the prestige, and there was a stone slab in the corner of the ancestral hall, Meng Jingluan cautiously approached the entrance of a secret door that suddenly appeared, leaned down and took a closer look, the stone steps meander down, I don't know where it leads, there is a slight candle flame, faintly flickering in the meantime.
"Boss, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go down and have a look." Meng Jingluan said in a low voice, "There is no food here, there is no water, and the three of us can't last long." The door is so broken, it is dangerous at any time. β
As he spoke, he held the oil lamp on the altar in one hand and the stone slab in the other, and walked down the stairs step by step.
As he spoke, he held the oil lamp on the altar in one hand and the stone slab in the other, and walked down the stairs step by step.
The chill gradually enveloped the entire body, and as it went deeper, it became more intense. The stone steps are long, winding, steep downward, and flickering with candles on both sides, but they are extremely dim, and do not illuminate the road ahead, but only dilute a little darkness. In the silence, even the sound of his own footsteps could be heard.
At the end is a Tai Chi door. Meng Jingluan was annoyed: Could it be that this is a dead end?
She raised her hand and touched it, trying to figure it out. Suddenly, the Tai Chi made a heavy, slow sound, and the door slammed open. Before Meng Jingluan could react, the whole person was suddenly sucked in by a huge force in front of him!
Bang!
There was a heavy sound of the body colliding with the ground, Meng Jingluan's whole person fell to the ground unexpectedly, and before she could stand up, there was a sudden tingling pain in her arm, and she looked down - it was actually a doll's head, but there was no flesh and skin, only a half-empty and half-real shadow like a soul!
Even if she was born in a private school family and has seen a lot of anecdotes since she was a child, where has she seen such a ghost with her own eyes? Frightened, indiscriminately, the whole arm was rounded and thrown around, who knew that the ghost doll was really thrown out by her vigorously, and let out an extremely sharp cry.
Immediately after, the surroundings seemed to be in harmony, and suddenly there were countless strange sounds, some seemed to be roaring in the sky, some seemed to be roaring angrily, and some were like low sobs and whimpering...... Long or short, intertwined and reverberating.
Meng Jingluan raised his head in panic and subconsciously looked around.
It's like being in the middle of a jungle...... No, to be exact, there should be only one tree that grows into a forest alone, and its hanging countless branches are intertwined, as if it has become a spirit, and it grows wantonly, takes root, and then becomes a tree, and finally becomes a forest. In this way, the vines are branched. And among the vines, there was a faint green flame flickering, like ...... The eyes of a wild wolf.
"Kill her!" β... Kill her! Wisps of white smoke gradually gathered, condensing into a human face like a skeleton, dragging its long tail and wandering, more and more. With a terrible scream, all the tangled vines came to her!
Meng Jingluan was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he held his head in despair and closed his eyes.
It's over, she thought.
Sou!
Suddenly, the sound of arrows pierced through the sky, whistling, she closed her eyes tightly and hugged her head, but at this moment she suddenly opened her eyes when she heard the sound, but saw a black shadow like a feather, straight through the approaching ghost, the ghost only had time to let out a half-scream, and the whole body quickly faded away.
Meng was stunned.
In such a desperate situation, who is helping her?
Sou! Sou! Sou!
A few more arrows rang out, and the swift black shadow was like a blade, and there was no missing shot. The ghost ran away in all directions, but he was still shot one by one, screaming and disappearing. The few who remained seemed to realize something, and disappeared into the ground, never to be seen again.
"Emperor Bodhisattva, Lord Jade Emperor blesses...... If you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future, ninety-nine eighty-one, urgent as the law......" Meng Luan trembled and recited the incantation, only to hear an ethereal male voice far into his ears.
"Come in..."
The voice seemed to be bewitched, and she felt as if she had been called, and involuntarily followed the source of the sound step by step. Constantly pushing through the layers of tangled vines, the road under his feet is a red brick path, which is getting narrower and narrower. It wasn't until everything in front of her was no longer bound by vines that she was suddenly shocked.
At the end of the stone path was the coiled roots of this huge tree, and the two could not hug each other.
The trunk is so thick and strong, it can really be said that she has never seen it in her life, the crown of the canopy, the forest is verdant, the hanging vines are rooted, and there is a faint phosphorescent light emerging in the meantime.
And among those vines that seem to have life, there is a man bound to him!
is completely different from Meng Jingluan's embarrassment and despair, the man is wearing a wide-sleeved cloud-patterned dark robe, covered with an ink-colored gauze robe, and the green silk is crowned high with a silver crown. The eyebrows are trimmed, the nose is like a gall, the mouth is not opened, the smile is heard first, the whole face is soft and delicate, teaching people to see and unforgettable.
He raised his handsome and flying black eyes and smiled at Meng Jingluan.
"I didn't expect to meet the girl here, in the next Su Dispatch."