Chapter 19: The Ladder of Hanging Souls

The sudden appearance of a hunchbacked old man outside my window was terrifying in itself. What made my heart beat even more was that my bedroom was on the fifth floor, and the hunchbacked old man was floating in mid-air!

I'm chasel! What the hell is this guy a human or a ghost!

I broke out in a cold sweat and was sleepy, staring at the hunchbacked old man tightly in case he suddenly broke through the window. The hunchbacked old man didn't come in, he smiled weirdly at me, and fell down.

I was so taken aback that I hurriedly jumped out of bed and went to the window to look. I saw that the night was as cold as water, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and where was the figure of the hunchbacked old man! While I was wondering to myself, I suddenly saw a light flickering in the boulevard in the distance, which looked quite like the horse lantern that the hunchbacked old man had been carrying.

Ever since I first saw this strange old man, I thought he was full of weirdness. There is neither a hint of popularity, nor an obvious ghostly spirit! It's no coincidence that he's here now!

If something goes wrong, it's a demon, and I decided to find out about it. So the clothes and shoes on the boat were about to go with Beiluo Shimen, but they found that there was still its shadow somewhere!

This plague cat, once you can use it, you can't find him! I don't know where to open a small stove again.

Forget it, I'll go myself! I brought the dragon tendon rope and wrapped it around my waist, and the bird quietly went out of the bedroom door. Quickly went downstairs, chasing in the direction where the lights had just disappeared.

It was already past three o'clock in the evening, and there was a dead silence on the campus, except for the low chirping of autumn insects! The light flickered and flickered, as if it was showing me the way. Looking at the direction in which the hunchbacked old man walked, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, but somehow, I couldn't tell what was wrong.

I quickened my pace to catch up, but the light was so flickering that I couldn't catch up. The surrounding scenery changed, hazy, as if foggy. There's an unsettling aura lurking within. I stopped and looked around and saw that I had never been here. Fearing to lose his way, he carved a mark on the trunk with a knife.

The further I went, the fog got bigger, and I didn't think much of it, because in that season, it was normal to have fog. But suddenly, the light was gone!

I was shocked, searched carefully, and when I saw a tall building not far away, I couldn't help but feel my heart skip a beat, and I said, how did I run here!

The building in front of it is the water tower that I just visited in the first half of the night. The tower was three or four stories high, surrounded by weeds and looming in the thick mist. I could only see the outline of the lower half of the tower, the upper half was all hidden in the fog and I couldn't see anything.

It's a very strange place, and I'd better get out of here and join you another day. Thinking of this, without saying a word, he wiped his head and walked back.

As soon as I turned around, I heard a gloomy and strange laugh above my head, not who the hunchbacked old man was.

Puzzled, I raised my voice and asked, "Hey! Senior, are you on it? ”

The gloomy laughter came to mind again, and the voice of the hunchbacked old man came: "Since you are here, why are you in such a hurry to leave?" ”

I ignored him and continued to ask, "Why did you bring me here?" ”

The hunchbacked old man said, "Do you want to know the answer, then climb up!" ”

This voice is full of bewitchment, and people can't help but be moved. I was about to walk up, but suddenly I thought, no! Many people have fallen to death in this place, could it be that this hunchbacked old man lured them up in this way? But why did he do it?

As soon as I thought about it, I started to get into trouble. If that's the case, then I'm likely to fall in love with him when I go up. But if I leave like this time, he will hurt more people in the future. This hunchbacked old man is elusive, and if he wants to hide from others, there is no way for others to catch him.

My Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell! Thinking of this, I could only make a horizontal heart and cautiously approach the water tower.

The entire water tower is a cylindrical building, and the exterior wall is nailed with ladders made of steel bars for people to climb. The first steel bar was about two and a half meters above the ground, but it didn't bother me. A slight jump is enough. Pull your body up, grab the second one, and slowly climb up.

As I climbed up, I silently counted the steps of the ladder, and I counted more than sixty until I felt wrong. How is it so high! Looking up, more ladders stretched all the way up into the thick fog, seemingly reaching all the way to the sky.

Just as I hesitated, the voice of the hunchbacked old man came again: "Climb quickly, you are going to see me!" ”

If it comes, it will be safe. So I struggled to climb up, and climbed more than forty steps, but I still didn't mean to reach the end. Now, I finally feel bad.

It's almost ten stories high, and this water tower cliff is not so high! Is this a fantasy?!

In order to prove it, I had to stop first, hook the steel bar with my arm, knot the lion mark in my hands, and shout: "!! ”

With this loud shout, the energy broke out of the body. The spiritual power of all things, let me contact you! However, the fog around was just a tumbling wave, but nothing changed!

Helpless, I had no choice but to make another fist seal and shouted: "Lie!! ”

Still no response!

As soon as I connected five or six handprints, but there was no response, I couldn't help but secretly blame myself for being too reckless, and easily falling for the way of the hunchbacked old man. I recited the six-character mantra a few times to calm myself down, and I was thinking about what to do, when I heard the voice of the hunchbacked old man coming from overhead.

"Stinky boy, don't struggle anymore, if my soul ladder can be cracked by you so easily, then I don't have to live, old man, just jump down from here and die!"

Soul Ladder? I was shocked, and sure enough, I was plotted by this hunchbacked old man! I was not angry in my heart, and said angrily: "You and I have no grievances, why do you do this to me? ”

The hunchbacked old man snorted coldly: "Hmph! Old man, I want to kill someone, do you need a reason? ”

I started to climb down as I talked to him, trying to distract myself. The heart said, I can't climb up, can't I climb down? I kept collecting topics in my mind and asked, "So the people who used to jump down here to commit suicide were all the ones you tempted people to come and trick them into jumping down?" ”

The hunchbacked old man snorted and said, "You say those stupid rubbish? I won't bother so much, old man, lest I dirty my hands! There are not many people in this world who are worthy of the old man's shot. Stinky boy, if you can die in the hands of the old man and me, it can be regarded as your creation! ”

I thought to myself, huh! You can scare me hard, and I am not idle at the moment, and I crawl down quickly. After crawling for a long time, I suddenly realized that something was wrong. It's been a lot of rungs, why haven't you finished it yet?

The hunchbacked old man smiled and said, "Boy, have you climbed to the end?" Quack Quack ...... If you can go down to the end, I will spare your life, old man! Come on! ”

I was already sweating profusely and panting, and I still had the strength to continue climbing. I had to stop and say, "Okay, I won't climb anymore, I'll admit defeat." Seniors, you can do whatever you want. ”

The hunchbacked old man said: "Okay, let me ask you a few questions, if you answer truthfully, I can't say that the old man will be happy and spare your life." But if you dare to lie to me, you will be broken into pieces immediately! ”

Now, I'm the fish on the board, and what people say is what they say. I had to agree: "Although the seniors ask, the little ones know everything." ”

The hunchbacked old man thought for a moment and asked, "Okay, listen, let me ask you, where did you learn your Donkey Kong Demon Suppressor?" ”

I replied truthfully, "Of course, my master taught me." ”

"Is your master a monk, usually dressed in tatters, often dragging a bowl in his hand, and holding a dragon staff?"

I also nodded truthfully and said, "Yes, how do seniors know?" ”

"Fart! Fart! Nonsense! The hunchbacked old man scolded, "Isn't the stinky monk already dead, how can there be such an apprentice as you!" Tell me the truth, who taught you? ”

"I said it was my master who taught me."

"Impossible! No way! This is absolutely impossible......" the hunchbacked old man was crazy, "I saw him die with my own eyes, how could he be alive again!" You must have lied to me! ”

Does this person know my master? How did he see my teacher? I suddenly remembered that when I was playing against the werewolf in the first half of the night, I used Donkey Kong's Demon Suppressor, and this hunchbacked old man must have been watching from the side.

What is the identity of this hunchbacked old man?

I was very puzzled, so I asked, "Do you know my master?" ”

The hunchbacked old man jumped like thunder and said angrily: "Old man, I not only know him, but I also killed him!" I don't share the sky with him, old man! But how is he still alive? Swindler! You are all liars! Swindler!!! ”

The hunchbacked old man looked up to the sky and shouted, I don't know how much hatred there was between him and the master. I was secretly on guard in my heart, lest he suddenly attack.

When the hunchbacked old hair was finished, he asked again: "Stinky boy, where is the stinky monk now?" ”

I didn't dare to lie and said, "Master has already left, where he went, he didn't say." ”

Suddenly, I only felt a heavy breath pressing on me from all directions. It's as if a thousand burdens are pressing on me all at once, forcing me to breathe!

I had no choice but to hurriedly say, "Senior, I really didn't lie to you, Master never told anyone where he went!" ”

The hunchbacked old man's fierce voice came: "Since you refuse to speak, then go to death!" There is a seal in your body that he deliberately placed, and when you die, he will naturally feel it! When the time comes, he'll come to me! Hahaha...... If I can kill you once, old man, can't I kill you a second time? ”

As soon as the hunchbacked old man finished speaking, I felt that the space around me had become extremely unstable. The dense fog around them continued to roll, and the entire Soul Ladder began to twist. I looked down and was shocked. I saw the steps below shatter like broken glass, shattering piece by piece, stretching towards my feet.

I hurried up, only to see that the space above me was starting to crumble. I was caught in the middle, unable to get up or down. Cracks appeared in the space around me, and with a "snort-" sound, a crack appeared in front of me, slicing off a piece of flesh from my arm.

I was sweating profusely, but I didn't dare to scream. I can't calm down anymore, am I going to die here?

Suddenly, a terrible cat meow suddenly crept into the shattered void, "Meow-" and it was extremely piercing. I just felt that all around me suddenly fell into chaos, and the whole person fell towards the bottomless darkness......