Chapter 185: Humans and Ghosts

Outside Liuyun City, more than 100 miles to the north-west, a hilly area is undulating, and the mountains and forests are dense. Because this place is not a place for the production of spiritual grass or other spiritual materials, it has always been rarely visited, and the birds are singing in the forest, year after year.

On this day, the sun is high and the weather is clear, and it looks no different from the usual day, but the quiet mountain forest on weekdays suddenly seems to be a little more solemn, the crisp birdsong is almost extinct, and the whole mountain forest seems to be silent, although it is in the daytime, but with a little gloomy atmosphere.

In front of the mountains and forests, a figure suddenly swayed, and walked here, it was Shen Shi and the weak and decrepit old man. Because Lao Hou's body was too weak, he couldn't support him to walk on this long journey, so Shen Shi directly carried Lao Hou on his back and walked all the way.

Although he didn't walk more than 100 miles by himself, the road was bumpy, and the old Hou who was lying on Shen Shi's back looked like he had decayed a lot, inhaling less and exhaling more, which always gave people the illusion that they would die at any time. But although the whole body looked like a dead man everywhere, only in the eyes of this dying old man, there was still a bit of brilliance, and it seemed that he was still looking forward to something, and kept trying to open it and look ahead.

Shen Shi carried Lao Hou on his back until he walked outside the mountain forest, and then looked up at this piece of mountain forest that looked nothing unusual at first but after careful inspection, he would find that the gloomy and solemn mountain forest, the expression on his face was also a little complicated, and after a moment of silence, he gently put Lao Hou off his body and found a big stone for him to sit on the ground.

Lao Hou's face was still so ugly, his cloudy gaze swept over the mountain forest, and then he looked at Shen Shi, his lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something but no sound could come out. Shen Shi also saw the question in Lao Hou's eyes, but he didn't speak, nor did he shout or do anything else that Lao Hou expected him to do, he just took a deep look at the depths of this mountain forest, and then let go of his body, so that Lao Hou's whole person was revealed, while he stood aside and waited quietly.

The mountain breeze blows slowly, and the branches and leaves of the tall and dense trees gently sway, like green waves.

There was no birdsong, no beast roar, only the cold sound of the wind.

Gradually, in the distance where the wind rose, in the mountains and forests, suddenly there was a faint whisper mixed in, the voice was light but strange, like crying and complaining, like the cry of a ghost in the deep mountain wilderness in the dead of night.

As soon as the sound of the ghost crying began, it continued, from small to large, from low to high, and gradually converged into streams and small rivers, rising and falling one after another in the wind.

Lao Hou's body trembled suddenly, and there was a bit of fear on his face, while Shen Shi didn't look afraid, but the expression on his face when he looked at the mountain forest seemed to have become more complicated.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed behind the wood, and then a skeleton jumped out, two ghost fires lit in the eyes flashing with a clear desire and greed for flesh and blood, staring at Shen Shi and Lao Hou, the two living people, as if they couldn't bear it anymore, rushed out of the forest, and pounced with their teeth and claws.

Lao Hou let out a muffled exclamation, instinctively wanting to escape, but soon found that he was so weak that he couldn't even run for his life, so he had to look at the young man beside him for help. But then he saw that Shen Shi, who was standing on the side, didn't have any intention of dodging, and it didn't even seem that he even had a move to defend against this pounced ghost, just standing there silently and calmly, motionless.

With the sudden pounce of this skeleton ghost thing, rushing towards the two balls of fresh flesh and blood, the strange ghost cry in this mountain forest instantly flourished, and it seemed that countless hidden strange things were stimulated at the same time, and the ghost cry was loud. However, at this moment, suddenly a sharp howl abruptly arose, and it was in the deepest part of the ghost's cry, high-pitched and terrible, and it suppressed all the gloomy howls at once.

The sound of the ghost crying suddenly declined, the mountains and forests returned to silence, and the skeleton ghost that pounced out seemed to be greatly stimulated all of a sudden, and its body trembled violently, and it subconsciously stopped.

A red figure suddenly swept out from the depths of this mountain forest, as fast as the wind, and rushed behind the skeleton at once. The skeleton seemed to have a premonition of something, and the white skeleton trembled, but before it could do anything, it was suddenly broken by two blood-red arms, breaking into two, and then all the skeletons shattered, turned into white broken bones, and fell to the ground.

There was a commotion in the mountains and forests, and the red figure that appeared in front of Shen Shi's eyes was also a ghost, but this ghost thing looked like it still had a human form, but there were almost no clothes on its body, and its skin and flesh were swollen at least twice as wide as that of ordinary people, and it had completely turned into a bright red color, almost like bloody flesh and blood directly exposed. And in the head of this ghost thing, it is even more weird and terrifying, the right half of the face is almost all white bones, while the left half of the face still maintains an almost normal humanoid face. And on the two eyes, the left eye socket is also a normal human eye, but in the right eye socket is a dark green ghost fire, yin and yang are accompanied by no human or ghost, sharp teeth and fangs burst out, that is, the most terrifying evil ghost in the legendary Nine Shadows Yellow Springs Underground Mansion does not seem to have such a terrifying appearance.

Shen Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly went over to probe his snort, and found that it was not a breath of death, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly began to rescue his people, and at the same time held Lao Hou's hand, trying to spend a little bit of aura, to see if he could make him feel better.

The ghost in front of him also seemed to be taken aback, and when he was about to rush forward, he suddenly heard the ghost cry in the mountain forest behind him and gradually rising, and turned around suddenly, but it let out an earth-shattering roar at the mountain forest.

The voice was harsh and sharp, instantly suppressing all the sounds of ghost crying again, and also making the mountain forest gradually quiet, and then the ghost thing turned around, the skeleton on the right had no expression on his face, and the face of the person on the left showed a little anxious, and he strode towards Shen Shi suddenly.

At this time, Shen Shi had already let go of Lao Hou, stood up, and when he saw such a terrifying ghost thing approaching, he frowned slightly, and it seemed that he was still uncomfortable with this terrifying appearance, but other than that, he didn't have much other reactions, just sighed softly.

Perhaps hearing his sigh, the ghost stopped suddenly, and just five feet away from Lao Hou, half of the people showed a bit of dazedness on their faces, and then slowly turned to Shen Shi.

Shen Shi shook his head lightly and said, "He's not dead, but ...... When I found him, he was pretty much the same as he is now. ”

The ghost's body shuddered for a moment, and its gaze slowly turned back to Lao Hou, and a low, hoarse howl came out of its fang-strewn bloody mouth.

Shen Shi slowly walked to his side, sighed, with a bit of compassion on his face, and said softly:

"He should have thought you were dead, Hou Sheng. ”

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Hou Sheng, this terrifying monster that is not human or ghost, is actually Hou Sheng that day.

No one could recognize him from his appearance anymore, not even the half of his face, which was barely intact, but everyone who saw him would be shocked by the more horrible things about him, and would never think of anything else. And since ancient times, I have never heard of such a half-human, half-ghost monster, and there has never been a thing that has fallen into the ghost path but still retains some sanity.

It's just that there are always incredible things happening in this world, and this is the case with the victory in front of us. At this moment, Hou Sheng, or rather, this terrible ghost, half of the ghost face was insensitive, but half of the human face was slowly shedding a tear. He stared at the old man, who was too old to be like a dead man, and suddenly his knees went limp, and he slowly fell to his knees, kneeling down in front of the old man who was already frightened or exhausted and could no longer support him.

He let out a howl similar to a ghost cry, and then slowly leaned down, slamming the half-human, half-ghost head against the solid dirt ground, with a low, muffled "bang", and there was a shallow pit on the ground.

His clawed hands swept hard across the ground as if in despair, scratching out ten deep scratches, and the ghost's cry did not stop, and he began to kowtow incessantly.

One, two, three, four......

Bang bang......

He stumbled faster and faster, and his cries grew louder and more poignant, and the voice was full of remorse and hatred and endless despair.

The flesh exploded, blood splattered, smearing his entire face, and it became more and more terrifying, so that people did not dare to witness or look at it directly.

And in this poignant and miserable scene, suddenly a hand reached out from the side and grabbed his body, and at the same time, Shen Shi's voice with a sigh was heard, and he said, "Okay, there will be things to do later." ”

This sentence is ordinary and ordinary, but for Hou Sheng, who is terrifying on the outside, it seems to be more useful than anything else, his body trembled, and finally stopped kowtowing with even a hint of madness, slowly raised his body, looked at the old Hou Hou again, and then turned to Shen Shi, Sen Ran's fangs squirmed a few times, but a few hoarse words jumped out of his mouth, with a somewhat mutated and strange tone, and said in a low voice:

"Multi-...... Thank...... You!"

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"I didn't expect it to be you. Shen Shi stood opposite Hou Sheng, who was covered in blood and looked terrifying, and after a moment of silence, it seemed that the expression in his eyes was still a little incredulous, he shook his head, and said, "I have never heard of it, let alone seen it, that there are people who can still maintain their sanity after turning into ghosts." ”

"I didn't expect ......" Hou Sheng's voice still sounded a little harsh and strange, just from the appearance of it was almost difficult to see him as a person anymore, at this moment it seemed that he had calmed down a little, and said, "I am also gradually regaining consciousness, but by the time I fully regain my senses, my physical body has already become like this." ”

Shen Shi was silent for a while, looked up at him, and said, "Yes...... That Soul Suppressor did it?"

Hou Sheng shook his head slowly and said, "I don't know, but she turned me into a ghost at the beginning, so naturally she has nothing to do with it." ”

Shen Shi nodded, and when he wanted to say something more, suddenly a low cry suddenly came from the two of them:

"Little ...... A small victory?"