Chapter 6 (Thirty-six Views)

Twenty-six days.

Twenty-seven days.

Twenty-eight days.

The moon walked all night and hid behind the mountain again. A rooster jumps on the hedge, flapps its wings, and crows.

The sky is showing the white belly of the fish, the blue sky, and a few purple clouds. It's a new day.

"Day 29......" Pebble was woken up by the rooster crow on the fence. Seeing that Shi Er beside him also sat up, he said in his heart.

The clone has been summoned for twenty-nine days, and he still hasn't dissipated! I can't get rid of this damn shadow for a long time, what should I do?! I was so irritable that I wanted to chop him into pieces with a big knife and throw him into the river to feed the fish. In a fit of rage, he looked up and saw the rooster on the fence looking at him with two golden eyes wide open. Evil is born from the side of the gall.

Right now, the stomach is hungry, and it doesn't matter if the family is poor or sick. Anyway, Xiaoshizi's conscience has already been hurt once, and even if it is hurt again, it will only be one more stain. One stain is a stain, two stains are still stains, and there is no difference.

He hid the unlucky rooster in his arms and ran to a mountainside to roast it. Xiao Shizi's heart felt a burst of pleasure after doing evil. It was as if a long-bound knot had been untied. But...... Something seems to be missing, too.

After discerning the sun, he took the road to the east and walked slowly.

It's been the fifth day since I came out of Sufu, and I haven't been walking and stopping for days, and I don't know how far away it is from Yucun. The pebbles are not in a hurry, climbing mountains and rocks, and walking around. When he was hungry, he stole chickens and dogs, dug up some sweet potatoes and yams and roasted them to eat. When you are sleepy, you can find a shelter and fall asleep. Are the hundreds of people in Yucun in a hurry? Then continue to be anxious, it has nothing to do with the pebble.

injured Su Mei's father and daughter in Su Mansion, and Xiao Shizi was disheartened. I feel that I am no longer a person with a clear conscience, and my actions are a bit broken. The hatred of the doppelganger (he doesn't want to call him Shi Er now) is worse than a day. Day after day, I hope that he will dissipate quickly. However, the heavens did not fulfill his wishes, and the doppelganger followed him every day, with the same numb expression as him, and did not say a word.

Several times he lashed out and tied his clone to a tree and left on his own. God knows how he broke free from those shackles and ran dozens of miles to find himself. I couldn't get rid of it, so I had to let him walk with him.

These days, he deliberately avoids the crowds and only picks up mountain roads to walk. There was such a vicious disturbance in Su Mansion, I was afraid that Master Su would have already reported to the official mansion, and I expected that the city gates of various states had been full of arrest notices, and he would not be stupid enough to get into the trap again. And, walking with this disgusting doppelganger, he didn't want to be seen.

There are many mountains in the urban and rural areas of Pizhou. The pebbles walked for a day, climbed eight or nine mountains, and the more they walked, the more desolate they became. Look at the Jin Wuxi fall, the sky is getting dark again. At this time, there are many sharp rocks and ravines on the mountain, and it is inconvenient to walk at night, so I have to rest first and wait until dawn to set off.

Raising his head to find a place to rest, at a glance, he saw that in the long grass all over the mountain, a corner of the white wall was exposed on the top of the high mountain, I don't know if it was a temple or a Taoist temple. Go inside and sleep at night, this mountain is very desolate, and you can't even find a bud valley and yam field, maybe the monks and Taoists in the temple are willing to provide him with a dinner. Little Pebble thought and walked towards the top of the mountain.

The slopes of the mountains are steep, and there are many vines and wild trees blocking the way. The pebble climbed for two quarters of an hour before it came to the front of the house. It turned out to be a Taoist temple. It's just that it has been abandoned for a long time, the grass grows in front of the door, and the wall is withered like hemp. One of the two wooden doors was upside down, and the other was held diagonally, and the copper rings on the doors were already rusted. A two-arm-long black-bottomed mud plaque fell down the steps, shattered to pieces.

"Thirty-six People View" With the little remaining light of day, Xiaoshizi saw the words on the plaque clearly.

Seeing that there were no lights inside, it was ghostly. Xiaoshizi couldn't help but be scared in his heart. Such barren mountains and mountains are where monsters haunt, and there may be something terrible hidden in the temple. He was timid for a moment, and he didn't dare to say anything and didn't dare to go into the gate. It's just that now it's completely dark, and the mountain is steep, and it can't go down anymore.

Xiaoshizi complained bitterly in his heart and scolded him for being unlucky. Unable to do anything, he had to shrink down behind a bush at the base of the wall, hold his breath, pricked his ears, and did not dare to bother for a moment. This place is so terrifying, how dare he sleep? Tonight is destined to be a spiritual vigil.

He was so scared to death that he just wanted to make his body smaller and hide in the most secret place. Shi Er went against him, refused to sit down quietly, hunched his back and clenched his fists, and walked around in front of him. Xiao Shizi secretly felt strange, this damn doppelganger has always done whatever he did, why is he so excited today, so restless, does he have boils on his buttocks? His resentment towards the doppelganger has not disappeared, although he sees him acting strangely, and he doesn't think deeply, but he blames him for swaying, so flamboyant, do you want to tell the monster that there is food here?!

The Jade Rabbit soon ascended to the Middle Heaven. A few hours passed, and Xiaoshizi couldn't stand up anymore and fell like a mountain, and his upper and lower eyelids began to catch each other and fight. I could hear the sound of insects in the mountains and fields, the long grass rustling, and I didn't see any strange sounds approaching. In a daze, he held on for a while, but he couldn't stand the sleepiness and fell asleep against the wall. Shi Er also quieted down, squatting in front of him, still in a fist-clenched and bowed posture.

By the time the drum was handed over to the third watch, the night wind began to make a big noise. The biting chill woke the pebble awake. When he opened his eyes, Shi Er was walking in circles, trampling the weeds in front of him very messily. Xiaoshizi hugged his shoulders and moved, felt goosebumps all over his arms, and muttered and scolded: "Fuck, why is the wind so cold." He wanted to sleep again, but the cold was getting heavier and heavier, and a trace of it pierced his skin like a fine needle. Later, it was as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

The pebble trembled all over, rattled between his teeth, and finally woke up from the cold. I heard the wind howling and crashing against the wall, making a 'buzzing' sound. The long grass around it was swept and fell like a storm on the sea. Only then did he see that the moon in the sky had disappeared at some point, and it was now covered with dense black clouds.

"Oops! It's going to rain heavily!"

A thunderbolt like a snow-bright long sword slashed down, and in the sound of falling, the four fields were miserable. Little Pebble scolded damn it and jumped up, a raindrop the size of a bean had fallen into the back of his neck, and the flesh of his back was tightened. Raise your head and look, there is no shelter from the rain everywhere, this broken place! The little pebble was angry and anxious, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he hugged his head and ran towards the view. As soon as he stepped on the steps, Shi Er shook his body and stood in front of him at the gate, just blocking him.

Pebble shouted, "Get out of the way!" and tossed him aside and took a step. Unexpectedly, Shi Er came forward again, but still blocked him. Little Pebble was shocked and angry, this little beast was so hateful, was he not satisfied with harming himself like this?

The anger gushed like a torrent, rushing to his chest, and the dissatisfaction with the doppelganger for many days finally exploded, he grabbed Shi Er's shirt, opened his eyes and shouted: "Murderous demon! Get out! Don't stop me——! don't stop me——!" Pushing him aside and rushing into the view.

Several successive rays of lightning illuminated the front hall of the 36-person view. The ground was littered with broken bricks and tiles, and the broken purlins were like black bones. The yellow cloth on the offering table had withered, and the dark stains were like cloud patterns, presumably eroded by the rain for a long time. There were still many lamps and utensils on the table, but they had fallen to the ground and were in a mess. Looking up, the statues of the Three Qing Dynasties had been shattered from the middle, and the gray pottery pieces fell all over the ground.

I don't know who smashed the hall like this. The anger in Xiaoshizi's chest rose and fell, and he didn't think about it, and ran under a curtain. There are also tiles here, so the rain can't hit it. Shi Er followed suit, and when he came to him, he seemed to be even more anxious, and he kept walking, only circling five feet in front of him.

The inside of the temple was not much warmer than outside the door. The pebble shrank at the base of the wall, scolding his mother in his heart. I have been really unlucky these days, and my mood is already unhappy, but I encountered such shit weather again, and I was forced to take shelter from the rain in such a dilapidated and disgusting Taoist temple.

When he was complaining, he heard the wind outside the door, with a sharp whistling. The withered grass on the wall was blown to the waist and swayed like a stiff arm. "Bang!", and the strong door panel was finally blown down. Xiaoshizi's heart tightened, fear spread, and his cold hair stood on end.

After the lightning, it was dark again. At this time, it seems that the shadows in this front hall are indescribably eerie. In the darkness, there seems to be many unknown dangers lurking. On the beams, under the offering table, and even inside the three shattered statues, it seemed as if eyes were watching him.

Frightened, suddenly, he heard Shi Er's 'ho', jumped up, and slapped his palm on the wall above his head. In the darkness, there was a squeak-squeak, and it seemed that many snakes and rats had fled quickly. Pebble was startled, screamed 'ah', and quickly fled from the wall.

"Boom!" shook the ground in a big flash. The snow-white light reflects the four fields as if it were daytime.

Qingteng! The moving green vine! The pebble screamed in horror. In the flash, he could see clearly what had been hit by Shi Er on the wall. It was a tiny green vine, the leaves and soft vines were smashed by Shi Er's strength, and the green juice splashed all over the wall, but the terrible thing was that this thin vine was like a dying locust, constantly twisting and turning, like a living thing!

No matter how bold Xiao Shizi is, how can he not be afraid of such a strange thing? There was a loud bang, and the bluestone wall on the left side had cracked. Two huge black shadows rushed to the main hall and blocked in front of him.

Goblin...... Youkai! Youkai! Youkai have met!

Xiao Shizi never dreamed that the monsters that the elders of the village often said to scare him when he was a child were really in front of him! This monster is so big, and there are two of them! It's over! It's dead! Xiaoshizi was frightened in his head, and his calves were already cramping at that time, and he fell on his back, and he couldn't stop shaking.

Shi Er stopped in front of him, and there was a slight red light on his body. Just as the pebbles shook like leaves in the wind, he jumped up, made a full arc with his fist, and smashed it at the monster on the left.

Good stone two! Long live stone two! Little stone is so happy that he almost cries. At this time, his life is threatened, and his soul is scattered, how can he still have the leisure to think about what blame and conscience struggle. Shi Er stepped forward as the Savior, and now it seems that he is really indescribably kind and lovely, and indescribably respectable. Don't say it's a brother, as long as he kills the monster, Xiaoshizi is willing to offer him as a god in the future. Amitabha, the Bodhisattva blesses the little stone, and blesses the second stone to win.

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