Chapter 15: The River in the Mountains

After Ruan Zhan left with a strange demeanor, Xiao Xia realized that she was almost half-naked, and although she was now left alone, she was so embarrassed.

However, she knew that something must have happened for the woman to scream in horror, so she didn't have time to think about the woman's heart, so she hurriedly got dressed and was ready to help at any time.

Did that imp come to the villa again?

The broken banner was placed at the door, and she knew that this banner could absorb souls, and the spirit body did not dare to approach, so she had the courage to open the door to see the situation outside. Seeing that the lights outside were still on, and there was no sign of chaos in things, it proved that the two men had been prepared, which made her feel an indescribable emotion for a moment.

They had a premonition, but they hid it from her. It's a good feeling of being protected, but there's also a feeling of being excluded from the circle, she knows they're doing it for her good, but she doesn't want to be a burden, she's also their partner!

There was a regular snapping sound on the window pane again, which made Xiao Xia a little irritable in uneasiness, "What's the matter with this broken seal?" She muttered, stepped forward, opened the curtains, and sure enough, saw a thin black shadow hanging by the window, and the wind blew against the glass.

She reached for the fluttering sliver, but it felt wet and soft as if it were a human stump!

"Is it - a seal?" A stiff voice suddenly rang in my ears.

She was so frightened that she hurriedly retracted her hand, but before she could get away from the window, a small black face quickly approached, and at the same time, a small mutilated and twisted hand suddenly grabbed her!

She instinctively jumped back, and thanks to the amulet of the Jizo King Bodhisattva, whom she rarely left, the strange little hand retracted as if it were burned by fire the moment it touched her neck. But it was obviously different from the other ghosts, and it was also different from the first time it tried to invade Xiao Xia, no ghost could touch the skin on her neck under the protection of the amulet, but it did, and hung up the red string, and the amulet fell to the ground.

Xiao Xia didn't have time to pick it up, but she just threw herself to the broken flag, feeling the wind behind her, and when she turned around, she found that it was empty behind her, only a fierce mountain wind blew in, blowing all the lighter things in the room flying.

Another cry for help came from outside the wide open window.

This time, Xiao Xia could hear a man's voice, or an old man. The voice only screamed, and then it fell silent, silent and extremely ominous.

Xiao Xia stood anxiously next to the broken flag, once again facing a dilemma. She wanted to shout for Ruan Zhan to help, knowing that he would be able to hear it in this quiet night, or at least be alarmed. But she didn't know what he was facing, and she was afraid that what she called him would distract him and put him in danger.

Not to mention Wanli, he has no spiritual power, just a bold man with extremely strong yang energy, and he will probably be sent by Ruan Zhan to carry out surveillance or auxiliary things, and he doesn't have a magic weapon in his hand, only the peachwood sword used in the last Bloody Mary incident, calling him here will only put him in danger.

But she heard that the voice came from the talkative and kind old man, and she couldn't ignore it!

She hesitated for a minute, then went to hug the broken flag, and only then did she realize how heavy the slightly reddened metal flag was, and she didn't pull it when she pulled it. She didn't know how Ruan Zhan usually held it with one hand, but she couldn't hold it anyway, so she had to drag it to the window with great effort on the ground.

Outside the window, the unknown thin strip was still hanging there, and the smell of blood came from the mountain wind. Xiao Xia resisted the feeling of vomiting and squinted her eyes to look out.

The snow had fallen quietly at some point, and the ground had been thinly supplemented with a layer of silver white, although there was no moonlight, but in the reflection of the snow and the light in the room, Xiao Xia still saw a black shadow walking on the snow in the empty front yard.

He walked very slowly, slowly, like the slow motion in a movie, with a bit of ostentation. He was tall and thin, with waist-high hair, and a white robe that had been dragged to the ground, as if melted into the snow. Or 'he' is 'she', but it's not the little ghost who attacked Xiao Xia. She dragged something on the ground with one hand, and when she looked closely, it turned out to be a person. The man was face down, dangling like rags, unresponsive, with one foot in the 'man' hand.

Uncle Yan!

Although he didn't see the face of the person who was dragged to the ground, Xiao Xia instantly understood who that person was, and almost screamed out of his mouth.

That 'person' seemed to know that Xiao Xia had seen her, and she seemed to deliberately want Xiao Xia to see it, so she slowly turned her face.

There is a distance of at least 100 meters, and in such a dark night, even the snow under the full moon should not be able to see each other's faces, but Xiao Xia can clearly see it, or rather, that 'person' wants her to see it.

It was a woman, a woman of great beauty, unseen in the world, indescribable in words. The faces of people who can turn all beings upside down but have a cruel smile, these two extreme things are mixed together, and they form an absolute bewitchment. In an instant, Xiao Xia understood what a real vixen was, and it was this kind of feeling that people could be willing to die for it, and they could not have anything in return.

She was born as a woman and still has this reaction, I believe that if a man sees it, he will completely surrender!

"If you don't come, this old man will die!" The woman lightly opened her lips at Xiao Xia and said elegantly and charmingly. Although it was so far away, Xiao Xia could hear it clearly.

Xiao Xia clearly knew that this was a trap, just to catch her, and later wanted to blackmail Ruan Zhan. She's just a little person, a small fish, of little value, but a good bait for a big fish.

For Ruan Zhan's safety, she couldn't swim up, but if she didn't bite the hook, this innocent old man would die, which made her anxious and at a loss.

People who don't face this life-and-death choice won't understand this mentality, because no matter what she chooses, someone will be hurt. She hoped that the final result would be herself, so she would have nothing to hesitate about.

But the beauty didn't wait for Xiao Xia's choice, only paused and turned around and left. She was dressed in white, walking slowly in the snowy mountains, only a long hair dancing wildly in the wind, indescribably weird and eerie and indescribably beautiful and dusty.

Xiao Xia suddenly squatted down, picked up the amulet, did some preparations, and then jumped out of the window.

She knew that if she didn't go, she wouldn't be in danger, and Ruan Zhan wouldn't be in danger, but she couldn't harden her heart and let such a kind old man die. And Ruan Zhan is of course more important than everyone else in her mind, but Ruan Zhan will not necessarily die if he is threatened, and Uncle Yan will definitely die if he does not go to help. I believe that Ruan Zhanlai will choose to do the same.

Besides, this matter will have to be resolved sooner or later, it is better to go on a trip by herself, she just needs to try to stay calm, drag the time into a little bit, put Ruan Zhan in an advantageous position, and lead the danger to herself if necessary.

She couldn't hold the broken flag, she only had an amulet to use, but she warned herself not to be afraid. Ruan Zhan said that as long as you are bold, demons and monsters will be afraid of three points, just like Wanli.

But although she thought well, she slipped and fell to the ground before she ran a few steps away. But she found that she didn't fall painfully, it turned out that the snow was too big, and it only took a while to accumulate a thick layer. But she felt that her left rib was smashed enough, and there was a piece of gravel under her touch, and she couldn't help but sigh that God was not kind to her, so she quickly picked it up and put it in the pocket of her short coat.

She had always been afraid that the little ghost would chase after her out of the protective range of the Broken Banner, and according to her judgment just now, it should be about five meters, but she ran for a long time and didn't feel anything behind her. She believed that the people behind the scenes would not let her go so easily, there must be some reason.

She slipped a few steps and stumbled trying to catch up with the woman. But although the woman seemed to be walking slowly, she had kept a considerable distance from Xiao Xia who was running wildly, that is, not far or close, and slowly led Xiao Xia to the mountains. And Xiao Xia walked more and more difficult, in addition to her poor physical strength and tired running, her two pockets were also full of stones.

As soon as she entered the deep mountain, she felt different from the flat halfway up the mountain. There was always a strange noise coming from behind her, and it felt like something was following her. She didn't know what was in the mountains, ghosts or goblins, she only remembered the principle of never looking backwards, and still chased the woman. I thought in my heart, Uncle Yan was dragged like this, he was so old, he would be fine, right?

"Hey, where are you dragging an old man to?" Fatigue and anger emboldened her.

The woman did not hear it, and continued walking, but after a minute it suddenly disappeared before her eyes, along with the old man.

This startled Xiao Xia, and he hurriedly chased after him, but suddenly found that he couldn't move.

Something grabbed her shoulders and used so much force that she felt like she was going to sink into her bones, and the pain and fear made her sweat fall.

"Hey, where are you dragging an old man to?" There was a strange voice in the back shouting in Xiao Xia's tone.

Before the words fell, another voice in the darkness repeated the same thing, then the third, then the fourth, and then the echo of the mountains, slowly making Xiao Xia feel that the darkness around her was full of strange things.

She struggled for a moment, unable to move, so she secretly put her left hand in her pocket to encourage herself not to be afraid, even though she could feel the cold sweat running down her neck to her chest.

She didn't move, as if she was scared silly, but she was actually waiting for her moment. When she felt something climb up her legs, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, pulled out the stone she had already held in her hand, and threw it backwards. At the same time, he shouted: "Borrow Taishan, General Shi, fight!" ”

A howl sounded, and Xiao Xia only felt her shoulders loosen, and hurriedly ran in the direction where the beautiful woman in white disappeared.

The sound of 'brushing, brushing, brushing' came from behind, Xiao Xia felt behind her while running, and when she felt that something was approaching her, she remembered Ruan Zhan's instructions to tell her not to look back, so she kept throwing the stone backwards, and after throwing the left pocket, she was pouring the right pocket to this side. She only felt the heat in her palm, and in the midst of her busy running for her life, she took the time to see the palm of her left hand, and the invisible charm that Ruan Zhan drew for her appeared at this time, glowing with a faint red light.

He's so nice! Will always protect her!

She thought of this in a panic, and constantly admired her stupid way of faking to fall all the way just to pick up more stones. But when the stone ran out, when she had finished throwing the last stone, she was terrified, and felt that she was going to be devoured alive by the mountain ghost, because although she was happy to throw the stone just now, she could also hear from her voice how unhappy it was to be thrown to the 'people'.

However, when she was ready to be a small snack for the mountain ghost, she suddenly felt that there was no sound behind her.

It's a pretty scary feeling, because that means something even scarier!

Xiao Xia slowly turned around and saw that there was nothing behind her, and there was a 'whooshing' sound from the other side.

It's the sound of water, and there is the sound of water flowing in the mountains in winter! And it came out of nowhere, not a minute ago!

Xiao Xia rubbed in the direction of the sound, and when she climbed over a small dirt bag, she suddenly found that there was a small river below, and it was the sound of the water flowing from this small river.

Natsu was stunned, because in the snowy night, she could see that the river was red, and there was a tuft of hair floating on it.