Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net

A cool breeze blew, blowing goosebumps all over Xiao Xia's body. She knew that there were demons and demons, but now she had no choice, and gritted her teeth and walked in the direction of the vine.

Ruan Zhan said it well: It's not strange to see it, it's self-defeating! For the sake of her beloved, she is not afraid of anything!

Under the stars and moon, on the silent mountain road, Xiao Xia took a talisman in each hand and walked forward step by step. The creaking sound of the gravel beneath his feet is inaudible during the day, and even if it is, it is deaf, and it is especially terrifying at night.

In front, the woman in black was still walking, that is, there was no shadow and no footsteps, but she was blocking in front of Xiao Xia from left to right. Sometimes, she would suddenly disappear and then run behind Natsu and ask her for directions.

Xiao Xia knew that the female ghost in black was here to haunt her, and the black eyes on her white face looked so soul-stirring that it made people feel numb. But Xiao Xia forced herself to be patient, allowing the other party to repeat the same behavior over and over again, ignoring it in the spirit of not offending me and not offending others, but when she walked for a long time, she finally found that she had been spinning under a cliff, so she had to squat down and pick up a small stone.

Bao Datong said that the small spells that Ruan Zhan taught her could break the general enchantment with the earth technique in the Five Elements Forbidden Method, and it was also a ghost against the wall. Generally speaking, the soul body creates the enchantment of ghosts hitting the wall in order to do good deeds, and there may be something unsuitable for passing ahead, Xiao Xia heard that during the Tangshan earthquake, there was a driver who couldn't go out on the road to Tangshan anyway, so he escaped.

But since she came into contact with supernatural events, every time she encounters a ghost hitting the wall, the other party has bad intentions, not bad luck, but every time she encounters an enemy opponent, so now she has nothing to be polite about.

As she walked, she put the charm in her right hand back into her pocket, and then fumbled for the earth charm by feeling, and slowly wrapped it around the stone. Heaven forbid, this road is a gravel road, and there are many small stones.

"What are you doing?" The female ghost in black was originally walking slowly in front of her, but at this moment she suddenly appeared behind Xiao Xia and asked in a sharp voice.

Although he knew that there was such a number one person on the mountain road, Xiao Xia was frightened again, and in a panic, he cast the wooden charm in his left hand. The black-clothed female ghost was too close to her, so the spell was almost directly stuffed into the female ghost's hand, the white hand holding the green and faint phosphorus fire!

The female ghost let out a terrible scream that Xiao Xia had never heard before, and flew into the air like a gust of black wind and disappeared.

"Borrow Taishan, General Shi, fight!" Natsu shouted a spell and blasted out the stone wrapped in the earth charm, then ran up the hill with her legs. Even though she felt the wind whistling overhead, as if something was following her, she resolutely did not look back. Sure enough, after running for a while, she saw a small bamboo building in front of the road, and behind the building were the three forks in the road, the shortest of which led to Naman Village.

The name of Na Man flashed in Xiao Xia's mind, and it warmed her heart, because it meant Ah Bai, and Ah Bai meant Ruan Zhan's life. But at this moment, the wind above his head suddenly became louder, and with a burst of cold air, a black cloud swooped down!

Xiao Xia was short, and he didn't have time to use the Five Elements Forbidden Method, so he had to tear off the bone chain around his neck and throw it upwards like a weapon. This bone chain is not as protective as the amulet, and it does not react quickly to evil things, but because the magic power of the bone chain has been stimulated by the people on the tractor just now, at this moment, the red light suddenly bursts, and it really scatters the black shadow.

However, although the attack of the black shadow was repulsed, the surrounding road was quickly obscured by a cloud of black mist, and only the bamboo building still stood there clearly.

Xiao Xia didn't know if the black-clothed female ghost deliberately forced her into the bamboo building, but she had nowhere else to go, so she turned her heart and ran outside the bamboo building, and before she could knock on the door, the door of the bamboo building opened with a bang, and a hand reached over and pulled Xiao Xia in.

"Shhhhh A hand was on her mouth, and a strange voice sounded in her ears at the same time, "This place is not clean, don't bring them in!" ”

Xiao Xia stood there, frightened and stupid for a moment and didn't react, then saw a light in front of him, an oil lamp lit up, dangled in front of his eyes, and finally landed on the table, blinked twice vigorously, only to see the male owner of the wild shop sitting at the table.

He pointed behind Xiao Xia, who was immediately nervous and wanted to jump away, but he said, "Do you see the plank on the door?" That's what God gave me to ward off evil spirits, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep this small shop. ”

Xiao Xia turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a square wooden board hanging behind the bamboo door, with strange words and graphics painted on the board, even in such a dim environment, he could see a little silver light shining on the wooden board.

"Don't worry, they've been making trouble for a while, and with this magic card, they can't get in." The shopkeeper was still a little uneasy when he saw Xiao Xia, and hurriedly said.

Xiao Xia was suspicious, and then looked back at the boss's body, and saw that his face was indeed known to him, and when he got closer, he was also under the oil lamp, and then recalled the feeling just now, it seemed that he was holding her hand warm, and it should be a person.

But she was not at ease, so she tightened her grip on the bone chain in her hand, and came closer to the table to face the shopkeeper.

"What's going on here?" She asked, keeping her guard at a distance.

The shopkeeper sighed.

"I heard that you donated money to the village chief of Naman to repair the road, and building the bridge and repairing the road is a good deed of accumulating virtue." The shopkeeper said, "At that time, as soon as the village chief of Naman Village mentioned this incident, the three nearby villages were very happy, and everyone discussed it, raised some additional money, and also contributed labor to build a simple gravel road, but not long after the road was repaired, there was a problem." On that day, a few young people from Najin Village wanted to go down the mountain to run errands, so they went down the mountain together on the newly bought tractors in the village. It was already dark after they had finished their work, but because they were in a hurry to return to the village, and they felt that the road had been repaired and the moonlight was bright, they hurried back overnight. How could he think that Tu Shui, who was driving a tractor, might have been too tired, and by one accident, the entire tractor had turned over into the mountain stream. Alas, it was really miserable, a cart of people died, not only fell, but also smashed the rocks and tractors. ”

"And then it's not too peaceful here?" Xiao Xia asked suspiciously. As far as she knows, most of the people in this mountain are simple and kind, even if they die, they will not come out to harm people!

But the shopkeeper nodded and said, "Yes, not long after burying these poor ghosts, there was a lot of trouble here." Every night at this time, the sound of a tractor passes by the store. Sometimes, they will come and knock on the door, and they will say, "Boss, come and drink a bowl of water." He knocked on the bamboo table as he spoke, his tone and accent were strange because he was not proficient in Chinese, and at this moment he was still pinching his throat to learn to speak, which frightened Xiao Xia into a white sweat, and glanced at the boss with some reproach.

But at this glance, Xiao Xia suddenly realized that the boss was wrong. He does have human flesh, but is he really human? Why did Xiao Xia feel that his eyes were the same as the female ghost in black and the hidden eyes behind the surface of the water? Black and slick, flexible and changeable, although it looks beautiful, but the eyes are mixed with excitement, hatred and gloom, which makes people feel hairy in their hearts.

"Miss Yue, do you want a bowl of water to drink?" The shopkeeper asked suddenly.

Xiao Xia sat up straight, one hand aching from clenching the bone chain, and the other hand holding the charm was soaked with sweat, she looked at the shopkeeper vigilantly and nodded.

"Okay, I asked my wife to bring it to you, she has always been there to entertain guests." As he spoke, he stood up and walked slowly upstairs, babbling something in his mouth, and his footsteps weighed down the stairs with a long, sharp moan.

Xiao Xia had been here and knew that the upstairs was where the owner's family stayed, so when the figure of the shopkeeper turned into the corner, he hurriedly jumped up and ran to the door. She understood that something must have happened to the shopkeeper's family, she was very sympathetic and wanted to help, but now she is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect herself, and Ruan Zhan is more important than everything in her heart, even if everyone in the world is going to die, she has to save him first!

But the door can't be opened!

Xiao Xia reached for the wooden card, but her hand passed through the wooden card, and it turned out to be an illusion. She swept the spell in her hand, and the illusion disappeared, and with the disappearance of the illusion, the entire bamboo building also disappeared, and there was a large open space in front of her, Xiao Xia found that she was still in a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, and she had not gone up the mountain at all.

"Where are you going? Isn't it water to drink? A woman's voice behind her said.

Xiao Xia turned her head in shock and saw the proprietress standing there with a bowl of water, looking at her with a vicious face, "I hate guests like you the most, you toss people with a few store dollars, do you drink or not?" "I have the impression that the proprietress can't speak Chinese, but at the moment she speaks very slippery, standard Mandarin.

Xiao Xia didn't speak, quietly observed the surroundings, and prepared to run away at any time.

"You don't drink?" The proprietress widened her eyes angrily, "I'll feed you!" As she spoke, she pounced, and the liquid in the bowl spilled on the floor, and there was a disgusting fishy smell, which turned out to be blood. However, although she pounced fiercely, her movements were clumsy, and she made a thumping sound under her feet, which was clearly the real flesh of a human being, but was controlled by something else.

Xiao Xia ran away from her after two runs, hid behind a big tree, and secretly glanced out, and found that the woman had lost her goal. She stood in the glade under the moonlight with the blood bowl in her hand, her eyes rolling rapidly, but she didn't find Xiao Xia hiding in the shadows. She stood for a long time, so long that Xiao Xia could barely bear it before leaving in hatred.

Xiao Xia breathed a sigh of relief and almost sat on the ground.

If there were only shadows, it might be zombies, but although the shopkeeper couple had clumsy and stiff movements, they had heat and heavy breathing, and from the outside, it didn't look like they were physically dead, but they could have been possessed. In this way, if the black eyes behind her are aimed at her, as long as she leaves, the shopkeeper and his wife should be able to recover, even if they can't, they can come to help them when Ruan Zhan is ready, and even Bao Datong can handle it.

The problem is that she has to leave as soon as possible and find Abai as soon as possible. Also, the owner's family also has a cute little daughter, where is she?

"Come with me." One hand pulled Xiao Xia's ankle and almost scared Xiao Xia to death, but for fear of attracting the shopkeeper and his wife, he swallowed the scream into his stomach.

When I looked down, I saw a pair of white and tender little hands stretched out from the green grass, grabbed the corner of his trousers, and in the grass was a delicate little face with a blank expression, staring at her. Behind that human face, the presence of the pair of black eyes can still be found.

"My father and mother are fascinated by ghosts, I'll take you away!" The little girl slowly got up and shrank to Xiao Xia's side like a snake. Because Xiao Xia was sitting, she couldn't run away for a while, so she had to watch her slowly lean over.

"Who is my sister looking for? I took my sister to find it. Those eyes were smiling.

Xiao Xia couldn't stand the feeling of numbness from her shoulders all the way to her whole body, so she pushed her away violently and jumped up, "Don't be weird! I have no grievances with you, stay away from me! ”

"What did my sister say, I want to help." The little girl approached Natsu again.

"Stop!" Xiao Xia screamed, and suddenly realized that if it was just the owner of those black eyes who wanted to harm her, she should only be able to possess one person's body at a time, in fact, the shopkeeper and the proprietress did appear separately, since she just had to face the physical attack of a physical body and the control behind the back of a soul, she didn't have to be too afraid.

"Sister, don't point that at me, I'm afraid." The little girl looked scared and pointed to Xiao Xia's hand, and because Xiao Xia's hand holding the bone chain was stretched forward, the bone chain had already emitted a faint light at this moment. However, Xiao Xia felt that although the other party had scruples, he was not very afraid.

"What are you going to do if you don't come to this set?" Xiao Xia was more anxious than afraid, and said loudly: "Don't mess with me, otherwise-"

"Otherwise what? Just what kind of ability you have? The little girl suddenly stopped pretending, and spoke in a different tone, completely like an adult woman, "And I can see clearly, this time you came alone, and that powerful man did not follow you." What, he abandoned you? Haha, I'll just say, how can a man like a woman like you who has no amorous feelings! ”

Xiao Xia was taken aback, listening to the other party's tone, she knew Ruan Zhan's existence, and she also knew their relationship, who was she? Is it an old man?

"Do you think I'm afraid of you?" The other party continued: "I'm just trying to change the trick to see if the man is hiding behind. I scare you so much, and he hasn't come out yet, proving that he didn't come at all, and even if he did, he wouldn't care about you! ”

"So you're afraid of Ah Zhan!" Xiao Xia sneered, and quietly retreated to a relatively safe distance vigilantly, "Are you so sure he didn't come?" He's coming, can you still be your slippery fish? Even if he really didn't come, couldn't I have other amazing friends? Otherwise, how could I spell? ”

"See, don't show off, it's just a little spell, before I can do it, you've already leaked the bottom." The other party sneered: "Now I want you to die, it's easier than pinching an ant to death." ”

"Then why don't you do it yet, Hong Haohao!" Xiao Xia took a step back and leaned on the big tree, so that it was convenient to borrow wood and use wood.

The other party laughed wildly, and his temperament was completely inconsistent with the slender and delicate body, "Smart, I thought it was me!" "When she saw through it, she stopped pretending to be a ghost and pulled out of this body!

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