Chapter Thirty-Eight: Hide

The sound of running water.

Shortly after Natsu decided to ignore the ghost fires that followed her and let them 'not be weird, and their monsters will defeat themselves', she was taken to a clearing in the middle of the forest, and although she hadn't seen the stream or anything, she heard the sound of running water.

"Why don't you go? Do you have to wait for the summons? Even scared and tired, Xiao Xia was a little angry, adjusted the waist bag that had been crooked to the side, and asked the black cat angrily.

"If you marry our man here, of course, you have to follow our customs!"

"Don't play tricks!"

"No, it's not." The black cat said as a matter of course, "According to the custom of my clan, the day before the wedding, there should be a bride-finding event." ”

"What kind of clan are you?" Since Xiao Xia knew that it was not the black cat who spoke, but the person who controlled it behind it, it was the 'groom', so he simply asked directly.

"It's a pity, this wedding was done in too hasty!" "Keep it simple," he said, "and condense the marriage ceremony, which lasted a few days, into one night, or your friend will die!" ”

"You said it, as long as I come to be this bride, he won't die!"

"So—let's get started!"

The black cat didn't pay attention to Xiao Xia's question at all, and just after saying his words, he 'rubbed' into the dense forest and disappeared without a trace, leaving only Xiao Xia in a daze, not understanding what was going on?

Looking for a bride? What kind of people's marriage customs is this?

"Give you five minutes, and you'll try to hide it as well as you can." The voice that had been whispering in Natsu's ear began to speak again, but this time not in her ear, but under a tree a little farther away, "In the next hour, the groom and his friends will be looking for you, and you must not be found!" Otherwise, you'll die! ”

"Dead people?"

"yes. Guess who this person will be? ”

"How do I know?!" Xiao Xia stared blankly at the place where the voice came from, although it was only an open space, "But you at least tell me what is going on, even if I die, let me die to understand - hey, come back, answer my words - come back!" ”

What answered her was a hand that suddenly pushed her back!

Xiao Xia was caught off guard, and was pushed so staggered that she rushed forward more than a dozen steps away, and had a close contact with the ground, and when she got up, she found that there was silence around, and she was the only one in the dense forest, or that everything was hidden.

Xiao Xia understands that this is the 'hunters' waiting for the good 'prey' to run before they can play!

These bastards really have no grace, they have changed ghosts and have not grown, and they treat women like this, especially a woman who is so beautiful and cute, and is a 'bride'!

But they said that if she was found, she would die! Whose life do they want? Is she still Wanli? If something happens to her, if something happens, then all her plans will be frustrated?

Never, you must not be caught!

Looking left and right, she doesn't know where to hide? However, according to the characteristics of humans who like to hide in dark places, but like to flee to bright places, she still decided to run away and find a dense bush that is more suitable.

A foot injury made it impossible for her to run fast; It's only a short five minutes; The surroundings are jungle in the middle of the night, although the moonlight is still bright; And she doesn't know if those who 'send relatives' have followed the rules of the game, whether they are still hiding in the dark and staring at her!

But even if the situation is so unfavorable, she cannot surrender! She remembered a line from a movie: Why can't the hounds catch the rabbit - because the hares run to escape, and the hounds run to eat!

That's where she excels!

The bride game is just a fun game for those who hide in the shadows, but for her, it's about life, about the most precious thing in the world!

So, she can't afford to lose!

Besides, she has other advantages!

Hiding in a hidden bush, Xiao Xia endured the mosquito bites and the fear of snakes and rats, took out the mobile phone in his waist bag and looked at it, and it was a full five minutes!

For the next hour, she had to dodge all kinds of sieges and interceptions, and she couldn't be found!

An hour!

She couldn't help but shrink her body a little tighter, and while paying attention to the surrounding situation, she took out a bottle of eye drops from her waist bag and dropped two drops into her eyes, although she was still afraid, but she also sneered in her heart.

These dead guys who are restless when they die, do you really think that she has not done any preparation? She knew that she was going to break into the tiger's den in Longtan, of course she wouldn't come directly stupidly, and she would bring a little bit of the 'dowry'.

The bottle of eye drops was actually rune water, which allowed her eyes to see things that she couldn't normally see, and because the effect didn't last long, she filled a small bottle of rune water like an eye drop. On her slender waist, there are still a lot of treasures waiting to greet these 'good friends' who are attending the wedding!

Want to play, huh? Although she Yue Xiaoxia is timid and useless, she also has to accompany her to the end! In order to save Wanli's life, she has long reserved great courage, and when she needs it, she will give it all without reservation.

She's their partner, not a liability!

"Yue-Xiao-Xia, where are you?" A shrill voice dragged on for a long time, sounding behind Xiao Xia.

Xiao Xia's heart tightened, but he didn't say anything or run away, just quietly took out a small flag from his waist bag. The little flag was only an inch in size, with black charms drawn on the red paper, and the lower end of the flagpole was sharpened, and she almost hurt her hand when she took it out of her bag.

"The bride is here!" That sharp voice suddenly appeared behind Xiao Xia.

Xiao Xia still didn't move, only felt that something like a snake was wrapped around her waist. She knew that although the snake looked wet and sticky, its skin was actually dry and warm, so this indescribable cold hitting her body must be a 'good brother'.

She was numb, but she forced herself to be patient. It wasn't until I heard the voice proudly announce: "I have found my bride," that I suddenly raised the special little flag and stabbed it at my waist.

Before stabbing, she was a little apprehensive, because it wasn't something tangible that was holding her behind her, and she was worried that the sharp flagpole would pass through the ghost and pierce herself. She had always been afraid of pain, but at this critical juncture, she couldn't care about anything!

However, after she waved her hand, she found that it was only her ears that felt pain, because the flag was actually pierced on the arm of the unlucky ghost behind her, and it froze on the ground, unable to move, only a scream in Xiao Xia's ear!

Then, the flag gradually disappeared!

"You're going to protect me! Because this spell is written in ink mixed with my blood, it will take a long time for anyone but me to pull out this spirit flag. That way, you'll see the sun tomorrow! Xiao Xia said nonsense in order to bluff people, "If you go to the road, I will lift the flag in an hour." ”

It was a female ghost, very old. Like the other ghosts, his face was horribly pale and resembled a white-painted mask in the moonlight. In addition, her feet didn't touch the ground, but the 'Dingling Flag' that Xiao Xia had messed up with couldn't move there, and she struggled in a swaying way, which looked very terrifying!

"I don't believe it." She roared feebly.

"You can try!" Xiao Xia threatened, and without time to delay, she turned and jumped into the grass.

She knew that ghosts were looking for people not only by sight and hearing, but also by the smell and heat of people. She didn't have a charm to hide her aura, but she deliberately let a few ghosts find her, and then she could nail the flag to a few ghosts.

She has four sides of this flag, as long as one ghost is nailed in each of the four directions of east, west, north and south; As long as they believed her, they were compelled to help her for fear of getting into the sun; As long as they point to other ghosts when they ask her where she is, not only will they give her more room to escape, but they will also reduce the number of ghosts chasing her.

She endured the pain in her ankle and got into the grass, only ran a few steps to meet a middle-aged male ghost dressed as Han Chinese, although Xiao Xia was a little scared, but pretended not to see and ran straight over, the moment she hit him, she only felt a chill all over her body, and she had already passed through him. After that, she fell, and knowing that she had tripped over a ghost, she struggled casually a few times before throwing out another flag.

She calculated the distance, ran a lap in the grass, froze two more as she could, and then ran to the periphery of the circle, and put the charm that hid the human breath on her chest!

Even so, she still couldn't breathe freely, and although she was so tired and frightened that her heart was about to explode, she just leaned against a small tree to rest and lighten the burden on her injured foot.

Seeing that there are more and more strange things around me, some are ghost fires, some are souls that are invisible to the naked eye, and there are all images of death, and I suddenly understand the pain of people with yin and yang eyes. It should be difficult for them to accept these facts, to accept two different worlds, right? The fatigue and helplessness of a yang world are torturous enough, and they have to face the pain and helplessness of another world, those sadness and reluctance! For a moment, she suddenly thought of Ruan Zhanlai gently, and understood some of his hearts that were never approached.

Sometimes, it's happier to know nothing!

At this time, her eyes were blurred, she knew that the effectiveness of the eye drops had decreased, so she quickly took out the eye drop bottle, and just wanted to drop a little more, she felt that the corner of her skirt was touched by something, as if someone was pulling her down.

When I looked down, there was nothing! But the right side of the skirt is stretched straight, which proves that there is indeed an external force pulling, and I don't see anything under the corner of the skirt except for a pair of white calves!

She was horrified, because she was currently using a charm that could hide her breath and traces, and what else could see her? Could it be that the mana is particularly profound?

She stared at the empty ground, and saw the corners of her skirt tremble twice, as if someone was pulling her impatiently. Then, a small black shadow appeared, as if it was deliberately let Xiao Xia, who had lost the ability to see ghosts, see.

Subconsciously, she dropped a drop of potion in her eyes. When I looked down again, I saw a little boy of five or six years old standing at her feet looking up at her.

His face was half rotten, and the half-intact face showed an innocent but weird smile, indescribably eerie, giving people a sense of innocence and viciousness.

"Sister, I found you!"

He grabbed Natsu's skirt and continued to look up at her. Due to the force of leaning back too much, after a 'click', the back of the neck bone was broken, and the whole head turned back!