Chapter Twenty-Three: Wood Spirit
"Look, it's the one!"
The woman in Tsing Yi pointed to a tree at the end of the mountain road ahead and said.
Xue Song and the others followed the prestige.
"Huh?"
The two walked under the tree and looked up at the cherry tree, which had no branches and leaves.
"What, isn't it completely open?"
Seeing the bare cherry tree in front of her, the woman in Tsing Yi standing on the side also felt very strange,
"What's going on? It's a pity. ā
However, she didn't stay long, and said goodbye to Xue Song and the others and continued to walk forward, she had to go to the doctor's house.
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Xue Song and the others also continued on the road, and since they didn't see the famous cherry blossoms blooming, the two were ready to continue to the village they had commissioned.
Turning the corner,
There is a house standing and the courtyard is full of cherry blossom trees.
In the distance, a woman in Tsing Yi could be heard talking to a man.
After hearing that the man invited the woman in Tsing Yi to stay overnight,
Xue Song and the others turned around and left.
"Yingu, look!"
Xue Song looked at a tree in front of him and unconsciously made a sound, and he sensed the existence of the spirit from the ancient tree covered with moss in front of him.
The cherry tree looks very old, and there is a large hole in the middle of the tree, and there are some pink foam-like objects in it.
"That'sā" Yin Gu followed the prestige,
"Ahem, cough, ahem..." Suddenly, a woman's coughing sound interrupted Xue Song's thoughts.
"No, I didn't perceive anyone's existence!" Xue Song thought to himself,
He turned his head to see the woman leaning against the tree, and in his perception this woman seemed to be one with the ancient tree.
It was a beautiful woman who was radiant and heart-pounding.
Long black hair scattered haphazardly,
Clear and cloudy pupils,
The crooked willow eyebrows,
The long eyelashes fluttered slightly,
The fair and flawless skin reveals a faint red powder,
The thin lips are delicate like rose petals.
"Hello..."
Yingu greeted her, but the woman didn't react to the two.
Xue Song and the two glanced at each other, they felt that something was wrong but couldn't say it.
Yin Gu thought of the foamy object he had just seen, and couldn't help but think of a possibility,
And just as he was about to talk to him for a while, Xue Song stopped him, and Xue Song noticed that the man who had just spoken to the woman in Tsing Yi was approaching.
"Fresh face, what's wrong with Saho?"
"No, it's nothing, just passing by a little curious, is there any place to stay nearby?" Xue Song looked at the visitor and asked.
"There are some abandoned houses up ahead, you can go and see..."
Xue Song and the others continued to walk forward,
What the man didn't see was a black vine falling from Xue Song's body to the ground, swimming into the grass and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"That's a kind of insect called 'wood spirit', the tree that the wood spirit inhabits can achieve a much longer lifespan than its peers, and produce more beautiful flowers, but once it enters the animal's body, it will paralyze one of its five senses, and long-term contact will make people lose their five senses..."
Yin Gu said slowly as he smoked a cigarette, suspecting that the woman had just eaten the foam oozing from the tree to become like that.
"What did you stop me for?" Yin Gu asked Xue Song again.
"You'll find out in the evening, and, be careful, I'm afraid that man just now is not a good type."
Xue Song replied, he already knew where the feeling that something was wrong just now came from.
The close contact just now allowed Xue Song to detect that the woman's body had begun to decay, and I am afraid that she was no longer a normal living person.
But he's already let him out,
Xue Song could sense what was going on in that man.
When Yin Gu heard Xue Song's warning, he also sensed that something was wrong.
Walking to a place far away from the man's cabin, the two stopped.
Xue Song found a flat place, put down the suitcase behind him, and Yin Gu also found a place to sit down.
"He was staring at us from behind the door for a long time, and he came out as soon as we came into contact with the woman, I'm afraid there was something wrong with it."
Xue Song took out the wine jug and took a sip and said to Yingu
"However, I left the man to watch, and when the man makes a move, we will go over, or he won't tell the truth."
When they walked to the old tree, Xue Song felt a strong gaze coming from the hut,
And when the man saw that the two were about to make contact with the woman, he hurriedly came out to interrupt.
Even if Yin Gu asked just now, I'm afraid he won't get any truth.
Now that the two of them had left the vicinity, it was considered to dispel the man's scruples, and he should have taken some action.
"Hmm."
Yin Gu nodded, took out his cigarette and smoked again.
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It's late at night,
The splendor of the moon is completely obscured by dark clouds,
"Smack... Bang..."
Footsteps sounded,
A dark shadow quickly approached the ancient tree,
I saw him take out a pot-shaped utensil and reach into the hollow of the tree to collect the pink foam-like object.
It was the man in the daytime, and after he had collected the wood spirits, he walked into the house.
He fed the wood spirit he had collected to Saho, the radiant woman,
After drinking the wood spirit, the woman's coughing sound decreased, and her frowning brow relaxed.
Then, he poured another cup of hot tea and poured some medicinal powder into it.
Walked to the room of the woman in Tsing Yi who came to ask for medicine during the day.
A young woman awakened by footsteps found a man standing outside carrying a lantern.
"Can you excuse me?" The man asked.
The young woman opened the door,
"The medicine is ready,
But I want you to drink a little too,
Occasionally, some people's constitution is not suitable for this medicine,
If your daughter is okay with drinking, it should be fine. ā
The man placed the hot tea he had just prepared in front of the young woman.
"Oh, me?" The young woman asked, gesturing to herself.
The man nodded.
The young woman who had drunk the medicine quickly fell asleep, and the man picked her up and went to Saho's room.
Placing the woman next to Saho, the man's expression became firm.
"I'm sorry, it was just sweat medicine." Looking at the young woman who had fallen asleep, the man stood up.
And Saho, who was lying on the other side, opened her eyes again and coughed, and the wood spirit was becoming less and less useful to her.
"Don't worry, you'll still be alive." The man looked at the beautiful woman with pity.
Gently touched Saho's face,
The man turned around and went out to pick up an axe and went back to the room.
He stood in front of the young woman and raised his axe high.
And when the axe is about to fall.
The man only felt a huge force coming, and the axe was lifted off,
The man was also slapped over and fell to the corner of the room.
"Did you use the method of grafting to change this woman's head so that she could keep her alive?"
Xue Song looked at the scene in front of him and knew the man's plan, Yingu immediately picked up the young woman who had led them during the day and walked outside the house, he couldn't leave this innocent girl in that dangerous place.
Xue Song and the others came here when the man was collecting the wood spirit, but they didn't know what the man was used for, so they pressed down.
When they saw that the man was about to commit murder, the two immediately stood up.