Chapter 8: Lost Soul
It was dawn, and the sky was already white, and after a night of fierce fighting, I knew that the cliff was in a mess.
I saw that in the dilapidated Five Miasma Bound Ghost Array, the severed limbs were wrapped in blood and flowing everywhere, and the broken mourning sticks and broken soul hooking ropes were scattered all over the ground, stained with blood and rust, and emitted bursts of pungent smell. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this moment, in this tragic battlefield, a middle-aged disabled person in a wheelchair appeared.
I saw his empty trouser legs fluttering with the morning breeze, and a wide white robe wrapped around his fat body.
However, unlike the other Bai Wuchang, his epaulettes had five silver bars, which shone in the morning light.
I saw that this middle-aged man had a big face, the heavenly court was full, and the earth pavilion was round, looking very festive.
But unlike his Maitreya Buddha-like rich appearance, he has a dignified face at this moment.
I saw him looking at this tragic battlefield, rubbing his hands together and muttering worriedly:
"Why are there so many casualties? This is miserable, and it affects the career......
"Brigade Committee...... It's almost dawn, why did you get up?"
Dressed in a snow suit, Ji Xuelan, who looked like a celestial, walked up from under the cliff, walked behind the middle-aged man, saluted him solemnly, and asked strangely.
"How could I not come?!"
The fat man known as the brigade committee heard Ji Xuelan ask, and his emotions immediately became excited, only to see him turn his head sharply and ask her sharply:
"Captain Xuelan, didn't you say that you are very sure of this arrest?! This is your certainty? With such heavy casualties, how can you let me explain to the above?!"
Hearing the brigade committee ask this, a trace of guilt flashed in Ji Xuelan's eyes, and she replied in a deep voice:
"I'm sorry, it's a dereliction of duty on the part of my subordinates, because an unexpected situation happened during the arrest last night, when two freshmen suddenly appeared, and we were caught off guard, so we ......"
"Alright, alright! Captain Xuelan, this is already the case, and it is useless for you to explain it to me......
Before Ji Xuelan could finish speaking, the brigade committee interrupted her impatiently and sighed:
"Alas~ I should really wait for Captain Jing Feng to come back, if this battle is commanded by him, the casualties will definitely not be so large, Captain Xuelan, it can be seen from this incident that you are indeed not calm and mature enough......"
Hearing what the team committee said, Ji Xuelan lowered her head, bit her lip and was silent, a trace of grievance flashed on her beautiful face.
Neither of them spoke, and there was an awkward silence on the cliff.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it...... By the way, Captain Xuelan, just now the pillar came to me and said that he was going to quit your Ji Xuelan team, do you know about this?"
After a while, the brigade committee broke the silence and asked Ji Xuelan.
Hearing the brigade committee ask this, Ji Xuelan didn't say anything when she heard this, but just nodded silently.
Seeing that Ji Xuelan admitted silently, the team committee sighed and said earnestly:
"Alas~ This is already the third of this month......
Captain Xuelan, I know that you are resolute and resolute, and you pay attention to orders and prohibitions, but to be honest, the way you speak and do things is too cold, do you know......?
"It's better to chill them than to let them die in vain, I think I made the right decision last night......
Ji Xuelan replied with a little resentment.
"Captain Xuelan~ I didn't say you were wrong, I mean that a leader like you should pay attention to the ways and means of speaking and doing things, otherwise no one will want to follow you, won't you become the commander of the light pole?"
The brigade said bitterly.
"If you don't follow, you won't follow, I don't want to worry about this yet! Brigade Committee, you removed me from my position as the leader!!"
Ji Xuelan said stubbornly.
"Hey, I said, why can't you understand this girl?!! did I say I'm going to remove you? I mean you're ......."
"Brigade Committee-!"
As he was talking, suddenly the little Lori named Xiaojuan shouted at Black Impermanence. Holding a black notebook, he rushed up from under the cliff.
I saw her run to the side of the brigade committee, put the notebook in his hand, and gasped:
"Brigade Committee, this is last night's battle report, please sign for instructions......"
"Oh, I see, thank you for your hard work......"
The brigade committee took the notebook, glanced at Ji Xuelan unhappily, and wrote with a brush......
Taking advantage of this time, Xiao Juan came to Ji Xuelan's side and laughed in a low voice:
"Hehe, what's the matter? Sister Lan, have you been scolded again?"
"Get out!"
Finding that this little girl dared to laugh at herself, Ji Xuelan couldn't help but twist her little arm, and immediately wrinkled her beautiful eyebrows, wanting to cry without tears.
"Alright...... After signing, Xiaojuan, do you have anything else?"
The team committee raised his head, returned the notebook to Xiao Juan'er, and asked.
"No, it's nothing......"
Xiao Juan replied with tears in her eyes while rubbing her pinched arm, and then her eyes suddenly lit up and said:
"By the way, I just saw that the two freshmen who killed the eight-limbed lady last night were sneaking back and forth outside the ghost gate, probably trying to escape, what do you think should be done?"
"Oh?
As soon as Xiaojuan said this, the brigade committee pushed the wheelchair to the edge of the cliff and stretched out his head to look down-
Sure enough, I saw Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an lying in the grass like two dogs, nervously crawling carefully in the direction of the ghost gate.
"Hehe, these are the two demon heroes last night! Sure enough, people can't look good, it seems that this year's seedlings are good, and they are very ......powerful."
"What strength...... It's ridiculous......"
Ji Xuelan heard the praise of Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an by the brigade committee, smiled disdainfully, walked to his side and said lightly:
"Brigade Committee, I've figured it out, the reason why Mrs. Eight Limbs can't read that kid's mind is because he was frightened at the time, his brain was blank, and all the attacks were subconscious behaviors.
And the reason why he was able to pull out the peach tree was also a stress reaction for the impermanence and fighting spirit in his body to rise sharply under the dog jumping off the wall.
To put it bluntly, the reason why he was able to kill Mrs. Eight Limbs was just because the blind cat met the dead mouse, and he was lucky......"
"Hehe, luck is also part of strength......
The team committee laughed and snorted, and then his expression was solemn, and he said to Ji Xuelan:
"Captain Xuelan, tonight I want to go back to the Xudu headquarters to make a report and study the follow-up pursuit plan for the Ten Murderers, which may take more than a month.
And Captain Jing Feng is still studying in the city of vain, and you are fully responsible for the affairs in the school for the time being.
Captain Xuelan, we have a very heavy ghost hunting task at the moment, and there is a huge shortage of manpower, so you need to train these new students well so that they can get into the state as soon as possible.
Remember, don't let anything happen again, you know?"
Ji Xuelan's expression was solemn when she heard this, and she nodded and said solemnly:
"Yes--I guarantee the completion of the task! Please rest assured that the brigade committee will be relieved!"
After speaking, Ji Xuelan lowered her head and looked thoughtfully at Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an under the mountain, and her eyebrows couldn't help frowning even tighter......
........................
The sun rises in the east, and the warm sunlight spreads all over the mountains of western Yunnan, gradually blowing away the purple mist in the valley, and the ancient houses on the street are gradually revealing their true appearance.
I saw that on this quaint street, two nervous figures reflected each other, and gradually leaned towards the ghost gate.
"Anzi, it seems that the archway is unguarded, let's rush quickly!"
Fan Tianjiu poked his head out of a small dilapidated house, looked nervously at both sides of Nai He Street, and then let out a low scream, and slammed open the door with Si Bi'an, spreading his legs and rushing out towards the ghost gate.
"Da, da, da......"
With a rush of footsteps, I saw the two of them rushing through the ghost gate like a gust of wind, and ran out for more than a hundred meters, Fan Tianjiu's legs weakened and gradually stopped.
I saw him holding his legs while panting and saying:
"But, you can be regarded as escaping, and this night is ...... Lao Tzu's life is half a ......"
"Wow, Brother Jiu, look, what's going on?!"
Just when Fan Tianjiu's mood finally relaxed, he suddenly heard Si Bi'an beside him suddenly shout in panic, so he looked up and was immediately stunned.
Because he was shocked to find that he was still in Naihe Street, not only did they not get farther and farther away from the cliff, but got closer and closer!
"W-What the fuck is going on here?!"
Fan Tianjiu exclaimed, and without saying a word, he reflexively rushed towards the ghost gate behind him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them rushed through the two impermanent ghost statues in front of the Ghost Gate, Fan Tianjiu found that he had returned to Nai He Street......
"Oh my God, why is it like this......"
Helpless, Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an had no choice but to turn around and rush back.
So in this way, Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an shuttled back and forth in front of the Ghost Gate more than a dozen times, but they couldn't get out.
In the end, Fan Tianjiu really ran out of strength, sat down in front of the ghost gate with a plop, beat his legs and wailed:
"It's over, we've encountered a ghost hitting the wall, it's miserable......"
When Si Bi'an behind him heard Fan Tianjiu say this, he suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly pulled his shoulders and cried bitterly:
"What should we do? What should I do? Brother Jiu! If we can't escape, we're really going to hang here!"
"How do I know what to do? What the hell is this, what the hell is this?...... Oh my God, what kind of evil are we colliding with?!"
"Don't bother it...... The Ghost Gate will only be opened every year on the day of the Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and it is usually allowed to enter but not to leave, and you two can't escape today......"
Just when Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an were sitting in front of the ghost gate at a loss, they saw Ji Xuelan, who was dressed in white, suddenly fall from the sky lightly, and fell gracefully in front of them, looking at them with a frightened expression and said lightly.
"Whew...... It's you face paralyzed woman again......"
As soon as he saw Ji Xuelan who suddenly appeared, Fan Tianjiu was out of breath, only to see him jump up with a bang, pointing at Ji Xuelan and shouting-
"Hey, you demon girl of the cottage university! Let the two of us out! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will want you to look good today! Don't look at your good looks, tell you, Lao Tzu is rushing in, and even children will be beaten!"
As he spoke, Fan Tianjiu waved his fist at Ji Xuelan as if demonstrating.
"Alas~ What two stupid boys who don't know the height of the sky......"
Looking at Fan Tian's nine-colored threat, Ji Xuelan sighed helplessly, stretched out her hand and pointed to the ancient house next to her, and said leisurely:
"Don't you two want to go out? It's easy, then you two put your hands on that grinding disc first, and as long as you can hold on for a minute, you can go out......"
Fan Tianjiu was stunned when he heard this, and looked forward along her hand, only to see a cyan grinding disc in front of an ancient house next to Nai He Street.
The bright sunlight sowed on the stone mill, flashing a faint cyan ......
Fan Tianjiu took a closer look at this grinding disc and found that in addition to the fact that the color was a little old, it seemed to be no different from the grinding disc that the farmers usually saw......
So Fan Tianjiu was bold, and while putting his hand on the grinding plate, he said suspiciously to Ji Xuelan beside him:
"Really, don't lie to me, girls who love to deceive grow old fast, I tell you, if you dare to lie to me, I'll ...... Oops!"
As he was talking, Fan Tianjiu's hand happened to touch the grinding plate, but he didn't expect that as soon as he touched the sunlight on the grinding plate, a burst of black smoke suddenly appeared on his hand, and he suddenly screamed in pain, and quickly pulled his hand back.
Immediately afterwards, I saw Fan Tianjiu crying while blowing on the wound on the back of his hand:
"Woo--! You, you vicious-hearted banshee, actually use demon magic to harm people-!"
"What?people? hehe...... Do you think you two are still human?"
Hearing Fan Tianjiu's scolding, the corners of Ji Xuelan's mouth curled up and sneered.
"Y-What do you mean by that?"
Seeing the sarcastic expression on Ji Xuelanqiao's face, Fan Tianjiu's heart trembled, and he asked uneasily.
"I mean, you two aren't mortal creatures at all now......"
Speaking of this, Ji Xuelan took a jade step, walked to the ghost gate, pointed to the river under the mountain outside the archway, and said quietly:
"That river is called the Lechuan River, which is the boundary river of the two worlds of yin and yang, and there is a blood-red spring in the river, called the Yellow Spring, which is the passage to the underworld.
The boatman who brought you two over is known to us as the Yin River Crossing Ghost, and when he crosses you two to the mouth of the Yellow Springs, he will ask you three questions.
Is it readable, is it lovely, is it resentful?
It means to ask whether you still miss your relatives in the yang world, whether you still miss the beauty of the world, and whether you still have mortal grudges that you can't give up.
If you answer yes, then He will push you both into the Yellow Spring and reincarnate you.
If you answer no or no, then he will bring your souls to Impermanence and leave your bodies on the other side......"
Speaking of this, Ji Xuelan turned her head and looked at Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an with a little pity in her eyes, exhaling like a lando:
"In other words, the two of you are now just two souls without bodies, and if they are exposed to the sun, they will immediately scatter and turn into wisps of green smoke......"
As soon as he heard Ji Xuelan say this, Fan Tianjiu immediately remembered the two stiff black shadows he saw in front of the Death Pavilion beckoning to him, looking very similar to himself.
So he immediately trembled in his heart, and scolded:
"Y-You, how can you do this?! It's so irresponsible! How can you deceive people and take the bait and forcefully pull people into ghosts?!
No, I'm not going to do it, I'm going to give it back to us, I'm going to leave at once!"
"All the students of Impermanent University are forced to come in this way, and no one can go out unless they accumulate enough credits to graduate......"
Speaking of this, Ji Xuelan ignored the two of them and turned around and walked back......
As soon as he was halfway there, he saw Ji Xuelan suddenly turn around and say to Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an:
"By the way, if you two still want to live, follow me to the Ghost King's Mausoleum under the Zhihui Cliff...... Hurry up and decide, because the sun is shining at your feet......"
After speaking, Ji Xuelan walked towards the Zhihui Cliff on the mountain without looking back......
Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and when they looked down, they found that the sunlight had already shone on their uppers, emitting wisps of black smoke......
"Wow-! Burn me--Wait, wait, wait-Wait--Wait--Wait--Wait-Wait-!Wait-!Wait-
Fan Tianjiu and Si Bi'an jumped up screaming, hurriedly extinguished the fireworks above, and chased after Ji Xuelan's back......