Chapter 14: Descendants of the Ran Clan
Judging by the aura, this should still be a ghost or something... What's the matter, didn't those dead ghosts just now already let me over? How did this come back again? β¦
I hurriedly took the bronze figure out of my bag again, grabbed it with both hands, and got up to my feet. The moment I glanced around, I saw several dark figures standing near the hallway...
I stretched the bronze figure forward and said, "Come here if you have one!" β
Judging from the aura induction, those black shadows did not go... Why aren't these dead ghosts afraid of this thing anymore? I suddenly felt that this was not the dead ghost just now, but the ones trapped in the house...
This thought was just such a flash, I felt a yin wind coming, I hurriedly waved the bronze man in my hand, just danced twice, my arm seemed to be fixed by some kind of force, unable to move, and then, I saw those 'black shadows', fluttering and standing more than two meters away from me, all of them were 'waving' at me... I know that these dead ghosts are trying to 'draw' my soul out of my body... Sure enough, I felt a tearing pain in the depths of my body, and this pain was similar to the pain I felt when Master cast a spell in Bluestone Town, relying on the soul and mind power of me, Xiang Feng, Old Fox, and the three of them to pull the water monster in the reservoir...
What to do? β¦ I endured the pain, and thoughts were racing in my heart... Are these buildings the location of 'Dumen'? If so, where is the location that can be used for stealth? β¦ Suddenly, I thought of the Feng Shui Bureau composed of these buildings, the pond, and the corridor, if this is the location of the 'Du Gate' shown by the Qi Men Bureau, then I think that the place suitable for stealth and hiding may be the 'Bureau Eye' of this Feng Shui Bureau... Pond... Perhaps, this pond surrounded by buildings is where the 'local eye' is located...
The pond was right in front of me, but I couldn't even move now, the pain in my body was getting stronger and stronger, and I was starting to hallucinate... What to do? When people are at the juncture of life and death, their potential is unlimited, and a thought suddenly arose in my heart, since these dead ghosts can recruit me, then why can't I recruit them in reverse? β¦
Thinking of this, I strongly fixed my mind, silently recited the Jade Girl's anti-closure formula, the pain suddenly alleviated, I read it again, I felt that my body could move, I hurriedly threw the bronze man, through my feet, kicked hard, one side of my body, 'plopped' into the pond...
Fortunately, the pond was not very deep, and when my feet touched the bottom of the pond, I hurriedly stabilized my body, held my breath, and did not dare to move. I felt the fish scurrying around me in a panic. As soon as my ears came out of the water, I heard a cry, which was very complaining, and I couldn't tell how many people were crying, anyway, there was more than one, so people couldn't help but feel sad and wanted to cry together. The cry was faint, far and near, until dawn, when it disappeared, and I stayed in this pond until dawn...
After dawn, I crawled out of the pond, my hands and feet swollen with water. The bag of my magic weapon has been tossed by the pond. Touching the phone out of the bag, I first made a call to Mr. Yang, turned it off, and couldn't get through. I thought about it, called Morningstar, and asked her to give the phone to Master. After listening to me talk about our experience in this industry, Master said that he had asked Mr. Xiaoqing Yang about the eight characters later, and he immediately started to see if he could find out the current situation of Mr. Yang...
On the phone, Master told me to leave the villa as soon as possible, so that nothing would happen again, and when the time came, he would rush over to help me...
After hanging up the phone, I finally let out a sigh of relief, and said in my heart, if the ghosts who were originally trapped in that house were really Boss Cao and a few bastards who were released to deal with me, then I think that after dawn, they should go to this villa to check and collect this bronze man in my hand... Why don't I just hide here and see what they will say when they come and they can't find my body? Even if I am discovered, in broad daylight, with my skills, it will not be a problem to escape...
Thinking like this, I came to the hallway, and when I looked around, the grave was gone, and in its place was a lawn, and the lawn was equipped with all kinds of recreational equipment, such as swings, and so on, and sports equipment, and chaise longs for sunbathing... Thinking back to the scene of those ghosts here last night, in a trance, I am not sure if it really happened...
I found a hidden place and waited until nearly nine o'clock, and there was no movement in the villa. Finally, I received a call from Master, who said that from the situation display, Mr. Yang is not in danger of life at present, but he has lost his personal freedom and has been trapped by someone.
After waiting a little longer, there was still no movement in the villa, I ran to the gate to see, the door was locked, and I found no sign of anyone coming, so I decided to leave here. Back at the parking location, I managed to climb up the wall and look down, Boss Cao's car was still parked there.
Jumping out of the wall, I drove to the villa where Boss Cao lived, only to see that the door of the villa was closed, and when I went in over the wall, there was no one, even the Tibetan mastiff that was originally locked in the cage is now missing. Leaving Boss Cao's villa, I came to the place where 'Master Chen' lived, and there was no one...
After tossing all night, I was already hungry, as long as Old Man Yang's life is not in danger at the moment, then I am not afraid, no matter where he is caught by those bastards, he must be found! Seeing that it was already noon, I decided to find a place to fill my stomach first, and while eating, I waited for Master and them...
Driving to an old teahouse in the county that also sells food, I ordered two dishes, and the young man brought the tea first. Sichuan is rich in tea, tea culture has a long history, and the teahouse here is much more stylish than that in my hometown. Listening to the dialects of the people around me, I drank two cups of tea, and I was tired, sleepy, and anxious, and swept away. Soon, the food came up, and I was gobbling it up when my phone rang.
I thought it was a call from Master, so I pressed it without even looking at it.
"Hello? Master..."
"Ah Leng, it's me...", the voice of the wind.
I hurriedly took a sip of tea and rushed down the food in my mouth, "Ah Feng, how are you there?" β
"The Taoist priest in Xiashan Village has returned to the village."
"Oh? What did the man say? β
"At first, he refused to tell the truth, and I beat him up..."
I stuck out my tongue and asked, "And then?" β
"Then he confessed that Zhu You's daughter, and the 'painter' (the man in the hat I met with Morningstar at KFC), were indeed the ones he begged to do with the foreign Taoist priest who lived in his house."
"What is the origin of that foreign Taoist priest?"
"The man said that he didn't know either, and he told me that the Taoist priest came to their village to find out what Ran Min's descendants were."
"Descendants of Ran Min?"
"That's right, that's what I told you, the disappeared people, the descendants of the Ran people."
"Well, you go on."
"After I listened, I was also interested, so I also investigated in the village, and under this investigation, I found clues that were useful to us..."
I just took a sip of tea, and when I heard Xiang Feng say this, I almost didn't squirt out, "What... Ahem... What clues? β
"I found again in one of the houses that the totem was shaped like a snake. Also, in that man's house, I found that crippled, ancient spell..."
"Oh?"
"When I was a kid in the mountains," Xiang Feng continued, "I saw that spell in an old man's house..."
"That's right, you told me when you were in Boss Ling's 'ghost building'." I said.
"That old man is a Qiang people, I later checked the literature on the history of the Qiang people, but I didn't find any record of any spells..."
I seemed to vaguely guess what Xiang Feng wanted to express in the end.
"You go on." I said.
"The people in the village who went down the mountain are all Han people, but in their village, they found a totem about the Ran tribe, as well as a broken spell I found in the old man's house of the Qiang tribe... Although I don't know much about the mysterious people of the Ran people, I have heard of some of them, and it is said that after the demise of this people, the remnants of the people merged with the Han and Qiang and other ethnic groups. The discovery of Xiashan Village made me think that the ancient spell may come from the mysterious and legendary ancient Shu people, the Ran people. However, the Ran clan has long since died out, its writing, culture, beliefs, etc., have not survived at all, only in the folk, or on some ancient ruins, occasionally some fragmentary symbols can be found, but now, that ancient spell has completely reappeared, so Ah Leng, I suspect..."
"Suspect what?" I asked.
On the phone, Xiang Feng's voice sounded very low and mysterious, "I suspect that the Ran clan has not died out, one of its remnants, I don't know where it has gone into seclusion, those remnants have been using and continuing the writing, culture, and beliefs of their own nation until now..."
"Isn't it?" My eyes straightened when I listened, "You mean, I don't know where in this Sichuan, there is an indigenous people?" β
"That's right."
"It's... It's incredible, isn't it..."
"I guessed too, okay, Ah Leng, my phone is running out of battery, I'll continue to track down that 'foreign Taoist', and I'll contact you when the time comes..."
After hanging up the phone, I bit my chopsticks and stared at the food in front of me, dazed.
"You're from out of town, aren't you?"
"Huh?" I looked back and saw that it was an old man not far away who was talking, "Yes, uncle." β
"Well, I hear you have an accent like an outsider."
"Hehe..."I smiled and pulled out my cigarette, "Uncle, do you smoke?" β
"No, no, I have it in my handβ" the old man pointed.
I'll order one myself.
"I heard what you just said about the Taoist priest, are you looking for a Taoist priest?" The old man asked.
"Huh? Oh, noβ" I digressed the subject, "Uncle, are you a local?" β
"Yes, native..."
"And do you know ΓΓ Villa?"
"I don't know, that place," the old man shook his head, "In the past, it was a mass grave..."