Chapter 16: The Corpse Demon
The three of them began to call Wang Xueshuang loudly, but in addition to the echo, where was Wang Xueshuang's shadow, Haoyan said anxiously: "What is hidden here, how is it full of strange things?"
Senior Brother Liang of the Dharma Protector Hall took out a compass from his arms and recited the mantra silently in his mouth, and after a while, he saw that the pointer on the compass began to rotate, and after turning a few times, the pointer pointed to the southeast.
"If there is no miscalculation, then the monster is over there, let's go and see"
Senior Brother Liang of the Dharma Protector Hall first headed towards the southeast, followed closely by Haoyan and Xiaopang, and Senior Brother Liang, who was a monk in the foundation building period, was already the backbone at this time.
Although following behind Senior Brother Liang, Haoyan and Xiaopang also took out their weapons, Xiaopang's face was full of anxiety and nervousness at this time, and with the soup spoon, it also looked extremely funny.
"It's not far ahead" Senior Brother Liang took out a long sword as he spoke, and looking at the long sword in his hand, he could conclude that this sword was a magic weapon-level weapon.
"Senior Brother Liang, is this monster very strong" Seeing Senior Brother Liang's cautious appearance, Haoyan couldn't help but ask.
Senior Brother Liang shook his head: "It's hard to say, but the closer I feel, the heavier the demonic energy, according to the classics, the heavier the demonic energy, the higher its cultivation level, but for the time being, I can't judge the level of this demon, and I can only know if I touch it."
However, at this moment, Senior Brother Liang's face was obviously excited, I don't know if this guy hasn't been out of the mountain for too long to subdue the demon or if he feels that the current monster is comparable to his Qihu.
"Stop, it's there, you two are here to block its retreat, I'll go find it out" Senior Brother Liang stopped and said to Haoyan and Xiaopang.
Haoyan and Xiaopang stopped where they were, ready to be on guard, while Senior Brother Liang alone raised his sword and walked in the direction of the monster.
"Haoyan, do you think my father and mother are still alive?"
"Chubby, don't worry too much, Jiren has his own natural appearance, I believe that my uncle and aunt will be fine"
Haoyan's comfort made Xiaopang's originally worried and nervous mood relax a little, and the two of them waited for the changes that might occur at any time with weapons.
Just when Haoyan and Xiaopang were on guard, Senior Brother Liang's voice sounded: "Evil animal, you can be caught before you tie your hands"
Suddenly, less than ten meters away from Haoyan and Xiaopang, a gray-white figure jumped out and quickly came in the direction of Haoyan and Xiaopang.
"Be careful, little fatty, the monster is out"
Haoyan saw the gray-white figure and said loudly, and at the same time, the sickle in his hand was across his chest and ready to attack.
"Senior Brother Haoyan, Senior Brother Gengqing, be careful, that monster is a corpse demon, and its strength is to build a foundation for cultivation" Senior Brother Liang quickly pursued, and at the same time reminded Haoyan and Xiaopang.
"Damn, this time I came out and met a monster who built a foundation for cultivation" Hao Yan didn't dare to be careless, with his current cultivation, plus the bonus of the sickle, he could deal with a cultivator of the eighth layer of qi refining at most, but in the face of foundation building and cultivation, he could only be beaten.
When the corpse demon approached, Xiao Fat was shocked: "Isn't this the village chief?"
Haoyan was also shocked by the appearance of the corpse demon: "What's going on?"
Xiaopang didn't hesitate, just when the corpse demon was two or three meters away from the two, he followed Haoyan to shoot together, a sickle and a soup spoon, mixed with aura, and attacked the corpse demon.
Seeing Haoyan and Xiaopang's attack, the corpse demon said coldly: "I can't help myself" The words fell, and with a wave of his hand, a stream of demon spirits, mixed with corpse qi, swept away the attacks of Haoyan and Xiaopang, and at the same time, the demon spirit qi and corpse qi did not weaken, and continued to attack Haoyan and Xiaopang.
The two of them were directly shot away by the spirit qi and corpse qi more than ten meters away, when the two stood up, the corpse demon had already fled into the distance, Senior Brother Liang of the Dharma Protector Hall ignored Hao Yan and Xiao Pang, and chased towards the corpse demon.
"Damn, this corpse demon is so strong" Haoyan got up and patted the dust on his body.
Xiaopang also stood up and said to Haoyan: "It's so strong, we are not opponents at all, this is not a level of fighting"
Haoyan nodded, and then pointed to the place where the corpse demon appeared before: "Little Fatty, let's go over and see if there are any villagers there, and whether Xueshuang is over there."
When the words fell, Haoyan took the lead and galloped towards the place where the corpse demon appeared in front of him, followed by Xiaopang.
When the two came to the place where the corpse demon appeared, they only saw a small dirt pit, and there were some rotten wooden planks in the earthen pit, which should be the original materials for making coffins, and the materials of these wooden planks were quite valuable wooden boards, it is conceivable that this corpse demon must have been a rich and noble family before his death, but the village chief's family of Wangjia Village was not rich, which is incredible.
"Haoyan, there are just a few planks here, is it really related to the disappearance of the people in the village? And the appearance of the person just now is the same as the village chief."
Haoyan looked at Xiaopang and said uncertainly: "It's hard to say, but now only the corpse demon has been found, and the direction in which Xueshuang disappeared is also in this direction, and it is estimated that it was also done by the corpse demon, but how can this corpse demon be the village chief, this is really strange."
"So what are we going to do?"
"Follow Senior Brother Liang first, and see if Senior Brother Liang has subdued the corpse demon"
After speaking, Haoyan took Xiaopang and went directly in the direction of Senior Brother Liang of the Dharma Protector Hall.
I just ran two or three hundred meters in the direction of Senior Brother Liang's pursuit of the corpse demon, but I didn't see any trace of Senior Brother Liang, "Where did this Senior Brother Liang chase to, it's all at the entrance of the village, there are three paths in front, and I don't know which one to take."
Hao Yan stopped and looked at the three paths in front of him with a puzzled expression, Xiao Fat stood behind Hao Yan, and he didn't know how to find Senior Brother Liang.
"Haoyan, what now?" Xiaopang looked at Haoyan with an anxious expression.
Haoyan shook his head helplessly: "Wait here! This is the only thing we can do now" The two were helpless and had to wait at the entrance of the village.
It was nearly dusk, and he still didn't see Senior Brother Liang returning, Xiaopang spoke again: "Where did Senior Brother Liang go, why didn't he return after nearly four hours?"
"I'll try to transmit the sound to Senior Brother Liang" Then Haoyan took out the transmission note and transmitted the sound directly to Senior Brother Liang, and waited for the tea, but did not see Senior Brother Liang's reply.
"I didn't see Senior Brother Liang send out any alarm messages, and the transmission note didn't reply, what the hell is going on?"
The sky is getting darker and darker, and the bleak autumn wind is sweeping in with a burst of coolness, Xiaopang looked at Haoyan with a sad face: "What should I do?"
Haoyan also had no idea at the moment, after all, that Senior Brother Liang was a monk in the foundation building period, even in the early stage of foundation building, it was far better than himself and Xiao Fat, even if he used the sickle bonus, he was not an opponent.
Seeing that Haoyan didn't answer for a long time, Xiao Pang pointed to one of the roads and said, "This road used to be the road leading to the provincial capital, and the other two were leading to two mountains."
Haoyan nodded: "I know this, but we can't be sure which way Senior Brother Liang went, what if we go wrong and Senior Brother Liang can't find us when he comes back?"
"Then we can't sit still, now we don't know whether the people in the village are alive or dead, and we don't know what happened to Xueshuang" Xiaopang was worried about his family, not only anxious at this time, but also worried, so that he was a little irrational.
Just when the two couldn't decide, a woman came out of the village, who was it not Wang Xueshuang?
"Look, isn't that snow and frost?"
When Xiaopang heard Hao Yan's words, he immediately looked in the direction that Hao Yan pointed, and sure enough, he saw Wang Xueshuang trembling towards him.
"Xueshuang" Xiaopang hurriedly ran in the direction of Wang Xueshuang.
Haoyan followed behind Xiaopang, and quickly walked in the direction of Wang Xueshuang.
However, when Wang Xueshuang was less than ten meters away from Hao Yan and Xiao Pang, Hao Yan's voice appeared in Hao Yan's mind: "Don't get close, this woman was bitten by a corpse demon, and now she has been poisoned by a corpse, as long as she absorbs human blood, she will immediately become a corpse demon" The little crow's voice fell, and an early warning signal appeared in Haoyan's mind at the same time.
When Haoyan heard the voice of the little crow, he immediately stopped and grabbed the little fat: "Can't get close"
Xiaopang was pulled by Hao Yan and looked at Hao Yan with puzzlement: "Hao Yan, what's the matter? Isn't that snow and frost?"
"Something is wrong, there are warning signs in my mind, there is danger, you look carefully at the appearance of Xueshuang, is it like a walking corpse?"
Hearing Haoyan's words, Xiaopang looked carefully at Wang Xueshuang, who was still walking slowly towards him, and felt that Wang Xueshuang at this time was indeed a little wrong, if it was the current distance, Wang Xueshuang should have greeted Xiaopang and Haoyan a long time ago, but Wang Xueshuang walked so unfamiliarly, as if the joints of the whole body could not be bent.
"My master gave me some classics about corpse demons before, which recorded that if a normal person is bitten by a corpse demon, he will be poisoned by the corpse, and as long as he absorbs human blood, he will become a corpse demon" Haoyan looked at Wang Xueshuang, who was still moving forward, and said without looking back.
Xiaopang was originally staring at Wang Xueshuang intently, but when he heard Haoyan's words, he turned his head to look at Haoyan: "Then what should we do now?
"Subdue her, and then bring her back to the master's gate, and let my master help expel the corpse poison" Haoyan made a decision without hesitation.
Since the little crow can conclude that Wang Xueshuang has been poisoned by the corpse, he must know how to subdue Wang Xueshuang, so Haoyan communicated with the little crow in his mind: "Little crow, how to subdue Wang Xueshuang?"
"This person who has just been poisoned by the corpse, her strength is the same as before, she used to be a layer of qi refining, and now she is still a layer of qi refining, so you don't have to worry, with your strength, you can easily subdue it, but there is a trouble that she is likely to spit out poisonous gas, if you don't pay attention to the poisonous gas she spits out sticks to the skin, or you absorb it, there is a high chance that you will also be poisoned, it is best to find a rope to trap it, and block her mouth, if you can be stunned, it is better"
Hearing the little crow's words, Haoyan hurriedly said to Little Fat: "Little Fatty, let's go find a rope, we must tie up Xueshuang and subdue her, while we must also be careful of the poisonous gas she vomits."
Fatty listened and nodded: "Go to the house at the entrance of the village, there are a lot of straw ropes"
The two didn't say a word, they went directly to the house at the entrance of the village, and when they came to the outside of the house, they saw that the door was locked, Haoyan didn't think much about it, picked up the sickle and cut it directly, and the lock was opened.
There were more than a dozen straw ropes in the house at this time, and Haoyan and Xiaopang took a straw rope about ten meters long.
Walking out of the house, Haoyan and Xiaopang saw that Wang Xueshuang was still coming towards the two of them, "It seems that she urgently needs blood, so that she can transform into a corpse demon, if she really absorbs blood, I am afraid that Xueshuang will be a real corpse demon in the future."
Xiaopang glanced at Haoyan: "Then let's hurry up and subdue her, I don't want to see Xueshuang become a corpse demon" The words fell, and the two of them rushed to Wang Xueshuang with a straw rope on the left and right.