Chapter Twenty-Six: Dreams, Faith
A nightmare is a whirlpool from which you know you are trapped but still can't break free.
Burning the fire house, the boy has become a middle-aged uncle, but his hands are tightly tied by the burning little girl Lily, the child's feelings are pure and stubborn, so when they turn into evil ghosts and fierce spirits, they will also look particularly strong and terrifying.
"Brother...... You, you didn't come to save me, you didn't come to save me!"
The shrill howl rattled through the eardrums, as if a fingernail was scratching through the blackboard, and the piercing noise of that moment was chilling, and if it were an ordinary person surrounded by pain and fear, he would have gone crazy a long time ago...... Who TM wants to save you, you TM hurry up and give me death, go to death!!
It's like the truth that "there is no good hand in beating people, and there is no good mouth in scolding".
Even if you didn't mean it that way, an instinctive counterattack at this moment can still cause terrible damage to the other party. However, Zhu Peng, he clenched his teeth and suppressed his instincts, although he tried his best to struggle, he did not open his mouth and did not attack Lily's resentful spirit, because Zhu Peng knew very well that it would not help and might even make things worse.
At this time, outside Lily's small room, her parents with twisted bodies, the Chino couple staggered downstairs, and they hugged each other to Konstantin, although they didn't know what would happen if they were killed in the world of nightmares, but Zhu Peng was used to the shadow mask meditation method of his own cultivation, even if it was just death in the mental illusion, he would never try it easily.
Lily...... I'm sorry!" Suddenly burst out of his potential and exerted his arms, Zhu Peng pulled his arms out of the restraint with a determination that almost broke his arms, and at this moment, Lily let out a tenfold piercing scream, Zhu Peng's mind within the range was buzzing, and his vision was distorted and blurred, but he still gritted his teeth and pounced on the light as far as his eyes could see.
Bang, bang.
Zhu Peng smashed through the glass of the fire house, and fell from the burning two-story building in an awkward posture that almost broke his neck, and at the moment when he rushed out of the fire house, the entire burning white building collapsed, and the man lay on the ground gasping for breath, recovering to adapt to the twisted five senses just now, until a pair of black women's boots appeared in front of his eyes.
Zhu Peng raised his head, but what he saw was a short-haired girl dressed in black. She looked down coldly at the man at her feet, his expression cold and unfamiliar.
β...... ......Kidman? How could you be in "
"Constantine, I will take your soul, I missed it once twenty-one years ago and made your sister your replacement, but this time, no one will go to hell to suffer for you. In Zhu Peng's vision, Kidman's eyes burned with terrifying fire, and chaotic childhood memories crossed his mind. When he was a child, Konstantin's natural spiritual perception made him not have to suffer and finally chose to commit suicide, but before the chains of purgatory took him out of the lower plane, the relatively clever medical methods of the modern era saved him, but suicide is a great sin, almost in any belief system, as the fugitive of purgatory Konstantin was hunted down, he narrowly escaped, but the whole family was burned to the ground, and even Lily's soul cannot be rested to this day.
When the deliberately forgotten memory was recalled to this moment, Zhu Peng suddenly turned over and sat up, panting heavily, sweat running down his cheeks.
οΌ...... , it's a big trouble, this body is still burdened with such a crime!) Although it was the original sin committed by Konstantin Chino, Zhu Peng is now Li Daitao stiffened to occupy other people's bodies, once this body dies, I am afraid that the spy base and the lower plane purgatory will pull Zhu Peng's soul at the same time, such a high-level existence of the power game, even with the protection of the essentia corpse, Zhu Peng does not dare to guarantee that his origin soul will not be affected and harmed...... In spy wizards, because the parasite died on an alien plane, the subject was severely traumatized and even went crazy because of it.
"What's wrong?"
Just when Zhu Peng was frightened, a pair of delicate jade-like arms were wrapped around his neck, and Kidman, who still had a seductive blush on his cheeks, hugged his man behind him.
In the first half of the night, because he was in full mental state in the face of Lily, Zhu Peng hugged Kidman and slowly retreated, but Lily's resentful spirit did not chase after him, but he hugged and hugged and didn't know what was going on, so Zhu Peng carried Kidman to the room and made the bed...... The girl did not refuse, and Zhu Peng's negative emotions really needed to be vented, so the beautiful policewoman in her early twenties was arched by the middle-aged salty and wet uncle until that moment.
β...... It's nothing, I had some nightmares about my childhood, you know what we do, I'm afraid you will have poor sleep quality in the future. Zhu Peng rubbed his forehead and calmed down his emotions, although the nightmare scene before was very terrifying and terrifying, but Zhu Peng would not be angry with the girl in front of him because of this, she was so attached to herself, Zhu Peng now even if it was just an excessive look, it would make her suffer great damage.
"No, as long as you are by my side, I am not afraid of anything. The white and beautiful short-haired girl squeezed herself into the man's chest, pressed her cheek against Zhu Peng's chest, her nails drew circles on his chest, and after a while, she slowly fell asleep again.
οΌ...... I'm sorry, I can't be with you for the rest of your life, but I will make you happy and happy when we are together. Holding the girl in his arms, Zhu Peng sighed faintly in his heart, and his palm rubbed and pressed the back of the sleeping girl's neck, which gradually made Kidman fall into a more sweet and luscious sleep.
A moment later, Zhu Peng, who was wearing a windbreaker, called Vicky, and then got into his apprentice's car.
"Go to Daddy's Bar. β
After this period of recuperation, Vicky has almost completely recovered, only a little lame, Zhu Peng was able to cure him but did not make a move, in Zhu Peng's opinion, this is a kind of tempering of this young man's mind, and he will work harder and become stronger in the face of this pain...... Of course, for Zhu Peng, this disability is very easy to cure, when Vicky is used to being a disabled person and puts in the same effort, Zhu Peng will cure him, and at that time it is called like a tiger with wings.
Although Vicky's mother and grandmother did not dare to resent Lord Konstantin, they still did not want Vicky to continue to engage in this work, after all, the commission of two 10% tasks was enough for Vicky to live the rest of his life safely if he saved a little money. However, after a limp leg, although Vicky was silent a lot, he became more resolute and stubborn, he was already planning to go to the dark with his eyes closed on the road of demon hunters, so he studied and practiced more hard, and the kind of heart that was gradually polished was like a jade, so that Zhu Peng also nodded secretly.
Early in the morning, Papa's Bar.
At this time, the speakeasy was close to closing, but no one dared to stop Zhu Peng from walking down with Vicky, who stayed outside while Zhu Peng himself walked into Bul Herman's office.
"Hey, old friend, you've been famous lately, the protector of the rich area of Jin Xie Hua, this errand is very fat, and the big mansions there are all given to you for free, right?"
"Bull, I'm not here to make small talk with you today. If...... I mean, what if a person's soul is targeted by the devil of purgatory?"
"............" heard Konstantin's words in front of him, and Bull Heman fell silent. After a few moments, he spoke slowly.
"I didn't think you already knew, I'm sorry Chino, due to some rules, although our personal relationship is good, I can't reveal it to you directly......"
"Then I know now, Bull, what price do I have to pay to regain my soul?" Noticing that Bull Heman's direction seemed to be a little different from his own, Zhu Peng frowned slightly, and he said tentatively in a vague way.
β...... That guy Veruk is the spokesperson of a big guy in the lower plane, and the last time you made him so miserable, he had to release the blood soul river accumulated over the years to save his life, and those were all the wealth of that big guy. The One who can't even speak by name has released a word, and when you die, it will come and take your soul in person...... It wants to concoct your soul with its own hands. β
β...... If it's you, how do you fix it?"
"It's almost incomprehensible, but there is one of the easiest ways, that is, immortality, they also have their rules, those guys believe in this very much, as long as you never die, that big guy will never kill you, because even if you live for thousands of years, it will wait, and it will never break the rules of the lower plane because of this. Bul Hemman took out two cigars from the drawer, one cut open and tasted for himself, and the other was thrown to Zhu Peng.
"I'm not like you, I originally had the blood of a half-demon, and after being fully activated, I became a native demon of the plane, even if my lifespan was cut down, it was long enough, cough cough, to be honest, I don't know how long my current body can last. Taking a deep puff of his cigar, Zhu Peng coughed violently and said half-truths.
"For the sake of an old friend, I'll send you two pieces of information. Come over here and look at this chick. Bending his palm, Zhu Peng walked to Bul Heman's side, only to see this guy keep zooming in on the surveillance, and finally fixed the camera on a red-haired, teenage girl in a short skirt.
"See, the bloodline who has just awakened recently...... Red dragon half-blood, sleep with her for a night, as long as you carry it without dying, you can bathe in dragon blood greatly increase your physique, although this method does not solve the problem fundamentally, but there is no problem in extending your life span for decades, but this chick also knows that she is red dragon half-blood, so the asking price of the first night is particularly high, plus bathing in the blood of the red dragon is TM life-threatening, so although many bigwigs on the road are greedy, they have not yet made up their minds, not to mention that they dare not force themselves on my realm. β
"Or Konstantin, you try it, although this chick is expensive, but at your current price to sleep with her for one night, she is willing to climb on you, as long as you don't die in her bed, your physical fitness will be greatly strengthened." "For Bull Heman, the red dragon chick who has almost lived with him during this time is also a hot potato, many old guys on the road have the heart to fight, but they are afraid of the low success rate, but they are unwilling to give up easily, if the famous Konstantin is willing to take over, Boer Heman himself can breathe a sigh of relief.
(I just slept with Kidman, turned my head and bought a red dragon chick to go home, Kidman will really blacken...... What's more, unless there are special means to cooperate, the success rate of bathing in dragon blood, especially bathing in the most violent red dragon blood, is only 5% to 25%. οΌ
"Ahem...... Is there any other way?"
"There's really a way to get to the roots, but I'm afraid people like you and I won't need it. As he spoke, Bul Heiman took out a business card with silver and platinum rimmed and handed it to Zhu Peng.
β...... Holy Love Heaven, Lord of Light?" Reading with the business card, Zhu Peng glanced at the bar owner in front of him, and understood what the other party meant.
"Thank you. Holding the business card between his fingers and putting it in his pocket, Zhu Peng walked straight out.
Outside in the bar, Vicky was seen chatting with a teenage girl with long red hair and a short skirt, and the teenager had a smile on his face that he had rarely seen in this time. stepped forward and interrupted the conversation between the two.
"Vicky, go first, if you like this, you can come back another day. β
"Yes, teacher. Connelly, I'm sorry, I'm going to get to work first. Vicky and the girl spoke, and it was clear that they were really talking. When Zhu Peng and Vicky walked out of the speakeasy, it was raining heavily, and the teenager drove the car out of the bar in the rain and then came down to open the door for the teacher...... Westerners do not pay attention to the cumbersome etiquette of respecting teachers like Chinese people, but Wei really respects Zhu Peng from the bottom of his heart.
β...... That girl isn't for you. β
"Ah, what did you say, teacher?"
"Vicky, that girl named Connelly, she has red dragon blood, and there is an eighty percent chance that you will be burned to ashes when you sleep with her, of course, if you don't mind her first time, then the rest will not matter. But even so, the blood of the half-dragon is still a precious alchemy material, and in her future life, at least until she has a certain amount of power, this Connelly's life will be spent in betrayal, vendetta and bloodline disease. Zhu Peng sat in the back seat of the car, lying on his back slightly, he explained everything openly and honestly, as for how to choose, it is the young man's own business, every life individual, has to bear the price for his choice.
β...... Knowing the teacher, I do have a good impression of Connelly, but after listening to your words, I think about it, I really haven't given up everything for a girl who is a little tempted, and I have the courage to accompany her all the way to escape. Vicky, who was driving the car, was silent for a while, and finally gave a very normal answer, there are not so many desperate love at first sight in this world itself.
Wei was born as a taxi driver, especially the Church of the Holy Love Heavenly Kingdom that Zhu Peng was going to or a very large church in Gaotan City, and the teenager soon arrived at the place.
Zhu Peng didn't let Vicky get close to the church, he pushed the door and got out of the car directly under the heavy rain, a faint fire flashed around his body, and his figure rushed directly to the main entrance of the cathedral with a string of phantoms, and his body was almost untouched.
Strode into the solemn and gorgeous church, because it was raining heavily today and the time was not right, so there were not too many believers gathered in the cathedral, but Zhu Peng stood in the center and glanced around, as the essence of a legendary-level great wizard, how sensitive his spiritual sensing ability was, and the energy circuit and bright ripples of the entire Holy Love Heavenly Kingdom Great Teaching were all in his view.
"Lord Konstantin, please here, Lord Priest is already waiting for you. Suddenly, an elderly pastor came to Zhu Peng's approach and stretched out one hand to make a leading gesture.
"Your priest knows I'm coming?"
"In the realm of light, my lord knows everything, and the celebrant is only obeying the oracle. The old pastor led the way and answered Zhu Peng's words at the same time, that kind of piety and conversion, even an ordinary person can clearly feel it.
Coming to the hall, a somewhat unrecognizable person looked back in front of the god mural, at that moment, Zhu Peng almost thought that he had seen Vikru again, but no, the two had not even the slightest similarity in appearance.
"Knight of the Dark World, Konstantin, I look forward to meeting you when you defeat that lackey of the lower plane. Come, please take a seat. The presiding priest of the Holy Love Heavenly Kingdom was a thin, neutral, and extremely peaceful person, and he was wearing a white robe and poured a drink for Zhu Peng, but even if he raised his glass and drank it all, Zhu Peng still didn't touch the drink in front of him.
"For some reason, my soul is being targeted by the devil of the lower plane, what price do I need to pay, or what can I do, in order for the great being behind you to redeem my soul?"
"Or, let's put it more cheerfully, what do I have to do to get a ticket to heaven after death?" At this time, the benefits of being targeted by Mrs. Nagwell were reflected, and in just two sentences, Zhu Peng expressed the worries of an unruly demon hunter.
Worry, of course, is the anxiety that one's soul will fall into hell after death, as if a policeman were put in a prison full of criminals he had captured, and one can only imagine the special care he would have received.
Unwilling is the unwillingness to be recognized for their own efforts, and the witcher's job is to hunt down creatures from the lower planes (a collective term for demons and demons), and according to common sense, the nature of his work should be inherently righteous and bright, but this is not the case.
Of course, there are many devout believers among the witchers, but the vast majority of witchers often have miserable or even lowly backgrounds, and they have seen too much darkness and sin in fighting with lower-plane creatures all year round, human, monster, bloody and terrifying, and terrifying.
After all, there are only a few people who can get out of the mud without staining, and the vast majority of demon hunters follow pragmatism, stealing, cheating, robbing, robbing tombs, studying black magic, and even simply summoning demons as assistants, and making contracts with demons to gain power, there are never a few such witchers in the heavenly plane, because they have seen too many lower plane creatures in the process of fighting with the lower plane creatures for many years, and they are even invincible.
Human beings worship power by nature, especially for professionals like witchers, so that many witchers, hunting, become demons or devils, among which there are relatively more who become demons, because the system of the purgatory world itself is extremely forested, and ordinary people can't enter, and the degree of freedom to become a demon is much higher than that of the devil.
Before Zhu Peng's arrival, the real Konstantin Chino smoked, drank heavily, prostituted, robbed tombs, studied black magic, and even committed suicide as a child.
However, even if it is a dog, after Zhu Peng's arrival, Konstantin Chino has evolved to the level of a peerless fierce dog, so even if it is not in the first place, the Holy Love Heavenly Kingdom does not mind absorbing the "Dark Knight" to convert to its own power, in addition to its own combat power and experience, in the eyes of the Holy Love Heavenly Kingdom, Konstantin's reputation during this time is also a huge wealth.
"Our lord exalts the throne of God and has everything, so from the beginning to the end we have not asked Monsieur Konstantin to offer anything, if it must have been...... That's just one thing, faith!"
"Monsieur Constantine, if you are willing to choose to truly believe in our Lord, my Lord will deliver you in times of danger. After watching it for a long time, I couldn't tell whether it was a male or female priest, so I opened my mouth and said, although it was a standard divine stick unified answer, but its attitude was extremely sincere.
If the real Konstantin is here, he must be stunned at this moment, if it is an ordinary person, then under the prying eyes of heavy lung cancer and purgatory, it is really unbelievable and believable to chase ducks to the shelves.
However, Zhu Peng is very clear that the belief that the other party is talking about at this moment is to carry out the holy baptism ceremony after his body and mind are completely open...... In addition to requiring the baptized person to actively let go of his or her body and mind, the baptism ritual is already somewhat akin to forcibly distorting the mind.
At this time, the rain-drenched young witcher Vicky suddenly panted and pushed the door open and ran in.
"Teacher, there is a case in the Jin Xie Hua apartment area, and Sister Kiman is injured. β
When Zhu Peng and Vicky rushed back to the apartment area, the matter had come to an end, early this morning a monster attacked a child in the apartment area, which happened to be found by Kiman, the Kidman police were born with a gun and did not leave their bodies, after a round of fighting between the two sides, Kieman's arm was caught and hit hard, but the monster retreated and the child was saved without damage.
"It's supposed to be a werewolf or a gargoyle, and vampires don't usually cause claw marks like this...... One gun, six bullets, and a werewolf in search of food with limited mobility, Kidman you can get out of the way. After examining the wound on the girl's arm, Zhu Peng chuckled and made a joke, and then took the girl in his arms and gently soothed her.
However, at the same moment, he transmitted a spiritual will to the Charles sisters who were standing not far away: (What the hell is going on?, this piece has been cleaned up repeatedly, how can there be low-level monsters hidden in Kidman that Kidman can repel again?)
(It's not a low-level, although my sister and I couldn't shoot openly because of Kidman at the time, but secretly blessed Kidman with spells and attacked opponents, so that they couldn't leave each other, and this level of strength is no longer an ordinary monster.) Marilyn Charles defended that at this moment, their sisters were sheltered by Zhu Peng, but they were a little afraid to offend.
Next, Zhu Peng cleaned up the area again, but he still didn't find any monsters, and the only explanation was that the other party had chosen to retreat after being injured by Kidman, and his concealment skills were quite clever.
In order to supplement the combat power of the small group, Zhu Peng began to teach Wei some outer door killing martial arts, at this point there is no need to hide, the vast majority of Chinese masters, especially those from the Daomen, when they have to teach foreign martial arts, generally speaking, it is impossible to really teach the core exercises, all of them are second-level boxing skills, and as long as the core is not involved, the methods of the human warriors of the heavenly plane to exercise their muscles are similar, not to mention that Wei's talent in this area is not very high, he was already old when he worshiped Zhu Peng as a teacher, and the bones and internal organs were basically fixed, and then practiced the real internal qigong qi and blood transportation techniques were half the effortγ
Therefore, what Zhu Peng taught him were some fighting and killing tricks that were used with small weapons and firearms, and if you want to say that you are clever, you can only say that it is particularly suitable for Vicky.
It's just that in this process, although Vicky is still practicing hard, Zhu Peng knows very clearly that he is secretly dating the red dragon girl Connelly, which makes Zhu Peng a little suspicious...... Was it this girl who came here a few days ago and even injured Kidman?
Because of the chaos at the time, the Charles sisters cast spells remotely with Kidman as the coordinates, so when the battle was over, they couldn't be sure what the object of the fight was, and the beast claw on Kiman's arm, Zhu Peng said that it was a werewolf claw mark, but that was just to appease people's hearts, after all, werewolves are a relatively common dark creature, and common means that the fear carried is relatively small.
The claw marks of the large beasts, werewolves, gargoyles, and half-dragons can all be caught.
But it doesn't make sense in terms of reason, is Connelly born a little nymphomaniac? Just got acquainted with Vicky, he secretly came up early regardless of the danger, and as a result, he suddenly attacked the child inexplicably, and was hit by a wave, not to mention that a teenage girl, even if she was a half-dragon blood, would not have much superior strength if she was not taught, and she could successfully retreat under the combined attack of the Kidman and Charles sisters.
Zhu Peng didn't want to interfere with Vicky's adolescent troubles, but he had to find out and even erase the hidden dangers in secret.