Chapter 15: Trouble
Seeing that Lu Li was called by Sheng Xuan, Yang Xiaosi followed Qiong Yi to the inn to help with the luggage, and the two of them hastily collected it, settled the house account, and walked back together with the package.
Qiong also fell deeper and deeper from the state of being a little sleepy, she felt that her steps began to flutter, the stone path under her feet became as soft and floating as on the clouds, the more cloudy her mind became, the heavier her eyelids became, and she almost fell asleep when she walked on the road.
Yang Xiaosi saw that Qiong's body was swaying slightly, supported her on one side, and asked, "Senior sister, what's wrong with you?" ”
She quickly shook her head, trying her best to stay awake, "I'm fine." ”
Yang Xiaosi looked at her gray face: "Senior sister, isn't your face right?" ”
"Really...... I seem to be ......" Joan also held her forehead, and her ears buzzed: "I seem, I keep hearing someone talking in my ear......"
All the voices in her ears became very hollow, and with Yang Xiaosi's concerned question, she forced a smile: "...... It's okay, let's go back first. After that, he led him in front of his sister and walked to the school's accommodation. Yang Xiaosi looked at Qiong Yi's stumbling figure, frowning very worriedly, she could see that Qiong Yi's state was wrong, but she couldn't see why she was wrong.
"Senior sister, is it that the weather has cooled down in the past two days and caught a cold?" Yang Xiaosi helped Qiong Yi and asked, "Or are you not accustomed to the water and soil in Yize?" ”
Joan shook her heavy head.
The lodging of the school is close at hand.
Qiong Yi's vision had blurred into a patch of white, and he vaguely caught a glimpse of a slender figure standing in front of him, leading himself forward step by step.
The fear in her heart seemed to indicate what it was, and she didn't want to go forward, but her body walked forward uncontrollably, step by step, step by step, and it felt like a nightmare last night.
…… It's hard to breathe.
Joan also felt something strangled her neck, and the upward force from her neck tied her tightly, and she couldn't break free, or rather, her body was not her own at all, like the walking dead.
"Xiao Si, ...... quickly" Qiong also desperately tried to keep a trace of sanity from the chaotic brain, she opened her mouth to speak, but her lips and teeth did not move for a moment, only a slight breath came from her throat: "You go quickly......"
"Senior sister, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly. ”
Yang Xiaosi helped her into the dormitory, and when she saw that Qiong Ye was sweating coldly on her forehead, she hurriedly placed her on the bed to lie down.
Joan didn't have the strength to move anymore, and she roughly guessed what was going on in her, but she was so delirious that she was a mess. Yang Xiaosi helped her lie on the bed, but she didn't know that this was even more filling the fire with firewood, so that Qiong Yi's already groggy consciousness escaped directly into a coma.
Yang Xiaosi was still busy wiping Qiong Yi's sweat and checking her pulse, and she didn't notice that there was an old long rope on the empty table for some reason.
*
When Lu Li came to the dormitory, it had been half an hour since Qiong Yi fell into a coma.
"Lu Li! You're here, Sheng Gongzi just called you over, did you hear anything important? Yang Xiaosi saw Lu Li push the door in, and hurriedly asked.
"What about Senior Sister? Sister, how is she? Lu Li didn't answer her question, and the first thing she said when she pushed the door in was to ask about Qiong Yi's condition.
"Senior sister is a little sleepy, I helped her rest." Yang Xiaosi walked to the bedside, wanting to see how Qiong Yi's face was and whether it had improved, but saw Lu Li's face change greatly: "It's bad, it's bad!" I'm afraid this sneaky guy is really eyeing my senior sister, and now I've found it! ”
"Don't talk nonsense, I don't notice any ghosts." Yang Xiaosi looked back, and when she sat on the edge of the bed, she saw that Qiong Yi's face had turned dead white, her lips were black, her eyebrows were locked, and her expression was very painful.
"Lu Li! Lu Li! Come and see Senior Sister, what the hell is going on! She shouted in a panic.
Lu Li walked over to take a closer look, and the panic on his face was well concealed by him: "The elder said that this sneaky beast used to be the same as us, it was a cultivator, maybe it was because of this that we couldn't detect its ghostly energy, and even the senior sister was targeted by it and didn't find it." ”
"Xiao Si! You go first, don't stay here! Lu Li said, pushing Yang Xiaosi to leave, "Leave it to me first!" You go to find the elders of the Su family, they should still be in the courtyard to the north, you run all the way, hurry up! ”
Yang Xiaosi was pushed by him and took two steps back to the door: "Then you...... That senior sister ......"
"You go find someone! Fast! ”
Yang Xiaosi was stunned for a while, turned around and pushed the door and ran out.
Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her leave, and turned her head to look at Qiong Yi, her breath was getting weaker and weaker, but she didn't even notice the slightest strangeness and ghostly aura.
If you don't notice anything unusual, you naturally don't know where to start.
How so? Do you want me to watch my sister being tormented by demons?
Lu Li gritted his teeth unwillingly, and his gaze suddenly stopped on the red mark on Qiong Yi's neck. It was a very complete strangulation mark, with a pale red ring on the snow-white neck, which was very eye-catching, as if it had just been strangled not long ago.
Lu Li seemed to have found a clue, got up and looked around the room, and soon noticed that there was a very long straw rope on the small wooden table by the window, which was old and dry, as if it could be torn off with a pull. He held the rope and used the true qi in his body, and the tail of the rope gradually seeped blood, and the rope body gradually disappeared into ashes, and finally left a pool of blood on the ground.
At the same time, the strangulation marks on Joan's neck disappeared like melting snow.
At the moment when the rope disappeared, a very strong and impactful ghost aura permeated the entire room, and at that moment, Lu Li felt that his breath was about to be taken away.
"Finally...... It's been discovered......"
*
In a trance, Joan heard a hoarse female voice saying over and over again in her ear:
“…… Spiritual ......"
“…… I'm going to ......"
“…… Give me your spirit ......"
“…… So I can...... Go see him......"
“…… Get it...... I will no longer be trapped in the land of the dead... I'll be able to... I'm going to find him......"
“…… Give it to me......"
Qiong also felt a pair of cold and withered hands pinching her neck, and a feeling of suffocation and coldness hit: "...... Cough... Let go! ......" She opened her eyes suddenly, and found that she was not lying on the bed, but standing in a blank place on all sides, and she froze for a moment, reacting that this was her state of mind.
Master once told her that every monk has his own state of mind, and the things in the realm are the embodiment and projection of the mind, and they are also the refuge of the primordial spirit.
How am I here, is it that my body has ......
Or was something forced to bring me in? ……
Just as he was thinking, a terrifying voice of a female ghost came from behind him: "...... I've been here for a few days...... It's quiet here... A white ......"
Joan was shocked: it said it had been in my state of mind for a few days, had it been attached to me since that night?!
The throat was grabbed and choked uncomfortably, Qiong Yi struggled hard, but as if he was fixed in the acupoint, he couldn't move, the thing behind him raised his arm and touched Qiong Yi's hand, she suddenly had a chill, her hair stood up, obviously she was terrified to the extreme, but Qiong Yi was still afraid that she would collapse directly when she saw the terrifying appearance of the female ghost.
The hand that the ghost was holding passed through Qiong Yi's body, or rather, melted in.
In an instant, it seemed that the world was spinning, and she knew that this female ghost was robbing her soul, and she was lucky to try to keep her original spirit.
“…… Unrelated...... ...... for no reason"
I just heard the hoarse, inhuman voice constantly hovering in my ears, "...... Fatherless... Motherless ......"
“…… Sad, sad ......"
"Why, you will know ......" Joan's heart moved slightly, and he was stunned for a moment, and everything after that was swallowed up.
*
"Does this thing really work?" Su Ye looked at the talisman seal in his hand over and over again, but he didn't see a Mingtang, "Have you used it?" ”
Sheng Xuanyan held a thick pile in his hand, "...... Naturally used. ”
"Isn't it? Will your family teach you to use this to hunt ghosts? Isn't this a trick in the rivers and lakes? Su Ye threw the talisman seal in his hand to Sheng Xuanyan, and Sheng Xuanyuan gave him a blank look after taking it. Sheng only teaches people to get rid of ghosts, not to catch them, and he doesn't teach such strange gadgets, which he just thinks is interesting and researches.
Sheng Xuan complained that in the past, the method of eliminating ghosts and reducing evil was directly broken, and it was enough to kill it, but today's situation is a bit special, and he has to think about it more.
"The elders of the Master said that the living ghosts are haunting the woods, and tomorrow they will take action to drive away evil spirits in the forest, and we will ......."
Su Ye waved his hand again and again, "What are you waiting for, wait until tomorrow the daylilies will be cold!" Didn't you say that demons are not patient things? Besides, I think the strange place is Lu Xiyan, not the little broken forest. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a female disciple with a look of Emperor Zhang rushing in front of him, as if he had seen a ghost: "Sheng Gongzi!" Su Gongzi! You know... Which side is the north side? Are the elders of the Su family in the North Courtyard? She asked breathlessly.
"You are Lu Xiyan's junior sister? What are you looking for an elder? They may have just left school. Seeing her anxious look, Su Ye said with a smile: "Take a breath, take your breath, don't be in such a hurry to do anything." ”
“…… No, no! I need to go to the elders! …… There is a ghost, that ghost, entangled with my senior sister......" Yang Xiaosi was out of breath: "You... Do you know where the elder went? ”
Sheng Xuanyan and Su Ye glanced at each other, their faces changed drastically, they understood what was going on, and Sheng Xuanyan asked, "Where is your senior sister?" ”
"In... Over there in the old dormitory, Lu Li said that this ghost was not ordinary and fierce before he was born, don't go......" Yang Xiaosi said, seeing that Su Ye pointed her in the direction indiscriminately, and hurriedly ran over there.
The two of them saw her running away, so they ran towards the disciple's lodging, and it was not too late at this time, but the cloud curtain made the sky look extremely gloomy. The two people standing at the wooden door had clearly noticed the strange appearance, and Sheng Xuan complained and instructed Su Ye to stick the talisman seal on the door and window, and quickly lock it after entering the door.
Sheng Xuan's right eyelid jumped slightly: This sneaky shot so fast that he even dared to do it in the daytime!
It was pitch black inside the house, and nothing could be seen.
"Ghostly, it's so strong." Su Ye lit a talisman seal, looked around the room, and saw Lu Li lying on the ground and Qiong Yi lying on the bed at a glance.
"Lu Li!" Su Ye hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, only to see that his face was dead white, which was no different from Qiong Yi's symptoms on the bed.
"What a fierce demon! ......" Su Ye leaned Lu Li against the side of the cabinet with one hand, his face gloomy.
Sheng Xuan walked towards Qiong Yi with resentment: "You guard, don't let it escape." ”
Su Ye lit the candlestick with the rune paper that was about to burn out, and there was a little more bean light in the room, and the fall was about to go out, "It's here?" ”
"Yes." Sheng Xuan's face was complicated, and he said in a deep voice, "...... On her. ”
"I won't exorcise evil spirits, you hurry up, it's important to save people." Su Ye urged, "I'll protect the Fa for you." ”
"Hmm."
Sheng Xuan sat beside Qiong Yi and straightened her half-body, her whole body was cold, like a dead person, looking at her cheeks through the candle flame, her face was as pale as snow, he stretched out his hand to probe the pulse, and the pulse was weak. Sheng Xuan resented that he wanted to sit cross-legged for her to lose some true qi, but he didn't want her to hold the hand that probed her pulse with her backhand.
“…… Other... Walk. Joan also whispered: "Don't... Leave me ......."
Sheng Xuan was shocked and wanted to withdraw her hand from her hand, but she held her hand tighter.
It was a pair of very cold hands, small and slender, and the hand that grabbed him was like grasping a life-saving straw: "... Please...... Don't leave me behind......"
Sheng Xuan looked at Qiong Yi resentfully, her eyes were closed, her eyelashes were already wet, the corners of her eyes were red, and her brows were slightly pursed. He whispered over and over again, pleading: "... You can't do that to me...... You said you're in this life... As long as I'm alone......"
“…… You said you would always be with me......"
“… Don't go... I beg you........."
“…… Don't ......"
Joan also swooped and pleaded in the room.
The voice was mournful and beautiful, and Sheng Xuan knew very well that this was not Qiong Yi's words, but the female ghost said it through her mouth, but it still made people feel compassion uncontrollably.
The dark room darkened a little with the undulation of the sound, and a faint black gas surrounded them at some point.
The hand that grabbed Sheng Xuan's resentment tightly seemed to diffuse something, making him forget where he was for a while, and as if he had forgotten who he was, he no longer wanted to withdraw his hand, but just looked down at her, as if she was really as she said, she was the person in his heart.
There was no movement for a long time, and Su Ye, who was protecting the Dharma on the side, heard that his ears were about to be softened, and he wanted to step forward to comfort Qiong Yi, who seemed to be whispering in a dream.
"Okay." I don't know how long later, Sheng Xuan complained, he raised his other hand to wipe her tears, and agreed firmly: "I won't leave." I won't leave you. ”