Chapter 52: The Coffin
A small gray flame burns in the coffin lamp all year round, and according to legend, this fire is called "Netherworld Ghost Fire", which can lead directly to the underworld.
Liu Hua cautiously took the lamp and got closer to see the gray flames dancing inside. It looked lifeless, as if it was about to go out next, but Liu Hua looked at it for a long time, and actually had a feeling that he was about to be sucked in, so he quickly took his eyes away and handed the lamp back.
The Dao Leader gently pushed it, and the flames in its lampshade suddenly burst into flames, bursting into dazzling flames. It slowly spun in circles in midair, and the gray light flowed like ripples, gently rippling away.
Although Yun Xian was almost drowned in the water once, she didn't know why she was most afraid of fire. Although he knew that the fire would not hurt anyone, he still did not dare to come forward, but just stood far away.
The Taoist chief wrote the word "Lu Ying" on the rune paper with cinnabar, and drew a few runes and feet casually, and finally wrote the name of the ten halls of Yama on the main rune god, and squeezed the poor paper to the brim before throwing it into the fire.
The flames gradually swallowed up the rune paper, and when it was no longer visible, the lamp that had been spinning suddenly stopped. The random flame was drawn out by something like flowing water, and gradually formed a picture in the air.
The Taoist chief didn't know what it was talking about, but Liu Hua, who had been stunned, suddenly became excited. He grabbed the sleeve of the Taoist and shouted, "It's here, this ...... This was three years ago, and on that day, I had just separated from Lu Ying......"
"Don't pull my sleeves!" the Taoist frowned and ripped his clothes back.
But Liu Hua couldn't hear it anymore. He looked intently and eagerly at the girl in front of him, as if he could touch her with his hand......
"Hey, what were you guys doing?"
Lu Ying was startled, she didn't know who was talking, she raised her head, but saw a half-human, half-snake monster coiled down from the tree, but what came out of his mouth was human words, and he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.
The snake demon still had thin scales on its neck, and its facial features were almost indistinguishable from those of a snake. When she saw the snake demon swimming towards her, she screamed in fright, but she could hear her ask, "What is your name? What are you talking to that man just now?"
Lu Ying took a few deep breaths and barely calmed down, but he couldn't get up for half a day. She replied tremblingly, "He, he's with me...... Engagement. β
"What is a marriage?"
The snake demon didn't seem to understand anything, and didn't understand anything. She felt that she wanted to know what she wanted in her heart, so she asked, regardless of what others were thinking in their hearts, whether they wanted to or not.
Lu Ying understood such straightforward words, and her cheeks flushed a little. She didn't know where she got the idea, and wanted to teach this little snake demon a good lesson, so she didn't care about her strange appearance, tried to get up from the ground, patted her clothes and said, "No, it's love, the love between men and women." β
The basilisk tilted its head, looking incomprehensible.
Lu Ying then said in layman's terms: "Even if I like him, he also likes me." β
The snake demon seems to understand this time. She read the phrase upside down several times and asked her, "Why doesn't anyone like me?"
Lu Ying was speechless for a while. She didn't understand what this little snake demon was trying to say, so she replied vaguely: "There is always someone who likes you......"
"But I think you're good, and it's good for 'him' who likes you. β
As long as the snake demon had something in mind, he did it. She felt that if she had to wait for someone to like her for too long, it would be better to pick up the ready-made bargain. In her eyes, the difference between these mortals was just a matter of different appearances, so she immediately slapped it with one palm, slapped that Lu Ying to death, and peeled off her skin from the back of her head.
The skin was fresh, and only the fleshy human body remained, still steaming. The snake demon shook the skin and put it on himself, which fit just right, so he spun around in place with some joy. She took two more steps, but it was crooked, like a toddler who had just learned to walk.
"Interesting, interesting, I'm also a person!" she laughed, suddenly thought of something, looked back at Lu Ying who was covered in blood, and thought to herself: "Although her skin was given to me, her face is still there, what if someone else finds out?"
Liu Hua couldn't stand it anymore, he screamed and retreated, but fell to the ground. He covered his eyes with his hands and broke down and cried, obviously it was dark in front of him, but it was still the tragic state of Lu Ying, who had been skinned. He finally began to vomit, and his whole body vomited until he lost his strength, and then gradually quieted down.
"I don't want to look at it! I don't want to watch it...... Take it, take itβ"
Liu Hua screamed indiscriminately, tears streaming down his face.
He muttered, "Lu Ying......"
Yun casually was pushed out by the Dao Chief when he was about to see Lu Ying being skinned, and there was not even a crack in the door, so he couldn't see anything, so he could only think about it. When she was sitting on the steps waiting for the master with her chin propped up, she heard a scream from the door, and as soon as she stood up suddenly, the Taoist chief pushed the door and walked out, holding the coffin lamp in his hand, looking a little sad.
"What's wrong with Lu Ying? Master, I want to see it!"
"No way!"
The Taoist chief refused very decisively this time, and did not leave her any room for negotiation. He reached out and touched her head, and Yun Xian could clearly feel the hand on top of her head trembling a little.
......
Lu Ying was skinned, but she was still alive. She woke up after a while, dragging her bloody body to crawl on the ground. Without the protection of the skin, the flesh on her body was scratched by weeds, and her face was already unrecognizable, looking like a monster.
Finally she let out a hoarse roar and fell to the ground without strength. The blood on the ground was gathering more and more, and it was as if she was lying in a pool of her own blood.
Until someone walked up to her.