Chen Ning's knife was fast.

Ma Changsi's knife could still see the trajectory, but Chen Ning could only see a flash of cold light when he made a move, and the blade had already slashed through the neck of the human skin, hovering in the air behind him.

The blade was still trembling and humming.

The human skin's head fell to the ground, bones rolling.

"Damn, Brother Ning, it's still moving!"

Ma Changsi cried even more, this ghost thing fell off, it didn't affect her actions, and continued to fly on Ma Changsi.

She grabbed Ma Changsi with both hands, and the tentacles on her broken neck squirmed, condensing into a thick flesh and blood awl, and poked towards Ma Changsi's mouth.

Renpi seems to like Ma Changsi very much and wants to have an in-depth communication with him.

"Don't panic! Shut your mouth, sink your dantian, exert force on your waist, and raise your foot to kick her! ”

Chen Ning seemed to have expected it, and was not too surprised, raising his hand and waving the knife again.

This time, the blade reversed and directly cut off the two arms of the human skin!

"Fuck you!"

Ma Changsi gritted his teeth, obeyed Chen Ning's instructions, and raised his foot and kicked on the stomach of the human skin.

The two worked together tacitly, almost instantaneously.

The human skin was violently kicked out and slammed into the bronze coffin, making a dull sound, struggling and squirming, trying to get up.

But Chen Ning wouldn't give her a chance to react at all, rushed forward, stepped on the back of the human skin, and swung the horizontal knife again and again, cutting off her lower limbs.

"Ahh

The human skin let out a sharp long whistling sound, the tentacles under the skin squirmed, and the broken limbs squirmed towards the torso, as if they wanted to take it back, and many tentacles drilled out of the cracks behind the torso, wrapping around Chen Ning's boots, and quickly climbing upward.

In that way, it seemed to be going to devour Chen Ning.

Chen Ning frowned, immediately withdrew his foot, and slashed again with a knife.

Dozens of knives went down, chopping the human skin into a pulp, leaving only sections of tentacles wriggling, and the appearance of the human skin was completely invisible.

Even so, the tentacles struggled violently, squirming, gathering together, rising and falling, with a hysterical desire to survive.

She was still moving, and Chen Ning's knife didn't stop, slashing after slashing, tireless.

Da Chun, who heard the movement next to him, ran out, and was stupid and stunned when he saw this scene.

A few days ago, when they went on a mission, they were tossed by this ghost thing, and even several brothers were planted on this ghost thing, and they are still cultivating.

This thing is terrifying, extremely fast, and almost immortal.

At that time, they fought to the death with this ghost, and even the king was helpless, if it wasn't for Lord Xiang's arrival, I am afraid that the loss would be even heavier.

never thought that Chen Ning would be so easy to chop it into meat puree.

"Chen Tou, her head! Her life is inside the skull! ”

Da Chun suddenly came back to his senses, but he just pulled out his knife and shouted, with no intention of stepping forward to help.

Hearing this, Chen Ning did not hesitate, slightly turned his head to look at the still rolling head, and went down with more than a dozen knives, chopping it into mud.

"Whew-"

I don't know which knife hurt the life gate of the human skin, and the tentacles on the ground suddenly stood upright, like a wild cat's fried hair, making a strange long whistling sound.

Then, the tentacles fell to the ground and turned into a thick, foul-smelling pool of blood, flowing freely down the stone slab into the cracks in the ground.

The small courtyard instantly fell into an eerie silence, and the fierce sound disappeared.

"Mother's ......"

Ma Changsi breathed a long sigh of relief, slumped to the ground, and lay down in a large shape panting.

"This evil beast has finally been ambushed!"

At this time, Da Chun stepped forward with a knife in one hand, pointed at the stinky blood, and shouted loudly in the tone of Lord Xiang.

People who don't know still think that this person is the one he killed!

"Chen Tou, what's wrong?"

Immediately afterwards, Lao Li, who had been peeking at the door, also walked out with his hands on the door frame and shouted: "What's wrong, do you need my help?" ”

Chen Ning tilted his head slightly, and his sharp gaze swept over the two of them, as if he had already seen through what they were doing.

"It's okay."

It's just that he didn't say anything, and after responding lightly, he raised his hand and rubbed the blade on the copper coffin, scraped off the blood on it, and put the knife into the sheath.

The last rays of light disappeared from the horizon, and night covered the land.

The full moon is like a disk, hanging on the branches, sprinkling cold silver light.

"It's dark."

Chen Ning looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice: "Today is the Midyear Festival, and the old people often say that you don't stay outside at night, you must stay in a place with light." Everyone went into the house and lit the lights. ”

The Midyear Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival, is said to be the time when the door of ghosts is wide open.

There are many similarities here from previous lives, such as various festivals and legends, which occasionally differ but are not big.

In a world where ghosts are rampant, it is still necessary to respect the "Halloween" and the various customs and taboos of Halloween.

"Yes, you can't stay outside during the Midyear Festival! You can't stay in a place where there's no light! ”

Ma Changsi got up and ran into the lobby to light the lamp.

The flickering lights illuminate the lobby.

Chen Ning and the others followed closely and entered the house, watching Ma Changsi busy inside and out, lighting up all the lamps that could be lit in the house, which was magnificent.

"It's good to light up the hall and have peace of mind."

Ma Changsi saw Chen Ning's inquiring eyes, and immediately explained, "Brother Ning, we have seen all the human skin ghosts today, but it is unlucky, order two more lamps to ward off evil spirits!" ”

Without waiting for Chen Ning to respond, there was a noise outside the hospital.

"Thanks to Master Xiang, otherwise this thing would have been allowed to run."

I saw Wang Hu and the three of them follow a middle-aged man in a wide green robe and strode in.

The middle-aged man in the green robe looked like he was in his early thirties, with a handsome face, but he was tired of tidying up, his beard was sloppy, his eyes were lazy, and he felt like a down-and-out family.

This person is the only Zhenxuan general in Qingxi County, Chen Ning's father-in-law, Xiang Beige.

"Master Xiang!"

When several people saw him, they saluted respectfully, and Chen Ning followed with a glance.

Xiang Beige nodded slightly, his gaze passed through everyone, and fell on Chen Ning, and then his brows furrowed slightly, "Xiao Ning, you don't patrol the class well, what are you doing in Zhenxuansi?" ”

"Master Xiang, we have business to find you."

Chen Ning was not afraid of the pressure of his gaze, straightened his chest, and responded lightly.

"Business?"

Xiang Beige's brows furrowed even tighter, "What business?" ”

"We caught the little demon cat Ah Si stealing, and the yamen couldn't be detained, so we sent it to Zhenxuansi ......"

Chen Ning said, pointing to the place where the cat Ah Si had been locked before.

But at this time, the place was empty, only a pair of chain shackles remained, and the chains were locked on one side of the chair, but they were wide open, where was there any trace of the cat Ah Si?

Chen Ning's words came to an abrupt halt and he sighed instead.

It happened suddenly, and he didn't notice the slippery cat Ah Si, but he still let him escape.

"What about people? No, what about cats? That's not right, what about the demon? ”

Ma Changsi's eyes widened, and he hurriedly ran to the chair to check, only to see a line of words engraved in Daqin Tongwen on the ground next to the chair.

"Lao Tzu ran away!!"

Mao Ah Forty was very arrogant and deliberately wrote three exclamation points to demonstrate.

"Master Xiang, that stinky cat ran away......"

Ma Changsi looked up in frustration, but immediately remembered something, and hurriedly said: "We can still make up for it, that stinky cat stole a piece of jade, which seems to be engraved with ancient gods!" ”

"Ancient Oracle?"

Xiang Beige's lazy eyes suddenly sharpened, and fell on Chen Ning with an inquiring meaning.

"I'm not sure if it's an ancient god."

Chen Ning took out the piece of mutton fat jade and explained the matter in detail.

Xiang Beige couldn't see the ups and downs of emotions on his face, but his eyes never left the piece of mutton fat jade.

A few people next to him listened to it, and couldn't help but be curious, Wang Hu looked at the mutton fat jade, and asked tentatively: "My lord, is this word an ancient god, really pronounced four?" ”

"Of course not."

Xiang Beige sneered, his words were full of playfulness, "You also believe the nonsense that a little cat demon said?" ”

He put away the piece of mutton fat jade, turned his head and pointed out the door, "Wang Hu, you clean up the outside of the door, be careful, I don't like the smell of blood." ”

As he spoke, he patted Ma Changsi on the shoulder again, "Ma Changsi, call you a pony, I often hear Xiao Ning mention you, you are very good, smart and reliable, and you have a bright future in the future."

Pony, you go too, and give Wang Hu a hand. ”

Lord Xiang's praise is comparable to the holy decree in Qingxi County!

His old man said that I have a bright future, and in Qingxi County in the future, I will definitely be the number one!

"Yes! Master Xiang! ”

Ma Changsi's cheeks flushed, and he followed cleanly.

After breaking everyone apart, the relaxed smile on Xiang Beige's face disappeared, and he stared at Chen Ning seriously, "The ghost outside the door, you killed it?" ”

"Ghosts?"

Chen Ning was stunned before he said, "Lord Xiang is talking about that human skin ghost?" I killed it. ”

"Sure enough......"

Xiang Beige slowly closed his eyes and said hatefully: "I knew that no one here could beat that thing except you." ”

Chen Ning asked tentatively, "Can I know, what is a ghost?" ”

"Yes."

When Xiang Beige opened his eyes again, he had already calmed down, "The story of fighting for the tiger, I should have told you when you were a child, do you remember?" ”

"Yes."

Chen Ning nodded, "It's said that the evil tiger in the mountain becomes a demon, and it will kill pedestrians, detain its soul and threaten it, make it a slave, and lure more pedestrians for the evil tiger to devour and practice, and those ghosts are called ghost ......."

Speaking of this, he paused, "Lord Xiang is saying that the human skin is a ghost?" Is there a tiger demon in the recent bloody case? ”

"Almost."

Xiang Beige said in a deep voice: "There are many kinds of ghosts, the kind of ghost driven by the tiger demon in the story is only the lowest, this kind of ghost is blessed with magic, and it is very different from the low-level ghost, and the person behind it is far from being a little demon......

As for what is manipulating behind it, it is difficult to say with the clues we have now. ”

"I see."

Chen Ning thought for a moment, lowered his head and stopped asking.

Xiang Beige continued: "You're done asking, now it's time for me to ask you. ”

"Okay, Master Xiang, you ask."

Chen Ning immediately stopped thinking and raised his head in response.

The two of them asked and answered, and they felt like they were respectful of each other, and they really didn't look like father and son.

Xiang Beige's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he asked in a deep voice: "Chen Ning, do you still remember the oath you made in front of your mother's grave back then?" ”

Others could easily hear that his words were mixed with a hint of anger, not so much an inquiry as a reprimand.

The vows of the year?

Chen Ning pursed his lips tightly, his eyes flickered, and finally all his thoughts turned into a heavy sigh in his nose.

He straightened his chest, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Of course I remember, I will keep this oath firmly in my heart and will never forget it for the rest of my life."

I will never forget what happened thirteen years ago......"