Chapter 2: The Supernatural World
Du Xu walked on the road wearing a Mao suit, white bones could be seen everywhere on the side of the road, and in the woods on the side of the road, there were crows screaming miserably, and there was a depressing and gloomy atmosphere between heaven and earth.
This is a world similar to the period of the Republic of China, where warlords are fighting, the people are not living, hungry mayflies are everywhere, and ten households are empty. is different from the Republic of China - ghosts and zombies are rampant here, there are zombies and ghosts in China, and blood clans and werewolves in the West. Although the national strength of the West is stronger than that of China, the situation is not much stronger than that of China, and the countries of Europa such as England, France, and Francois are in turmoil, and Eastern and Southern Europe are controlled by the dark races, the blood clan controls Hungary, Bulgaria and other countries, the werewolves control Denmark and other Nordic countries, and the power of the Holy See can only shrink back to Italy and other countries.
It's a terrible world, and humans are just food for demons.
But one thing is born, and there must be one thing to restrain it. Although demons are rampant here, there are also human beings who master the supernatural power avenue and slay demons.
The Buddhist sects of China, the Taoist monks represented by Maoshan and Wutai, are struggling on the front line of eliminating demons, and the Shinto mages and monks of the Vinaya Sect in the Wa Kingdom, the head descending masters and sorcerers of the South Seas, the mages and samurai of Arabia, the holy warriors and priests of Europa, and the priests and witchers of the United States have also guarded their own countries.
Du Xu has been in this world for three days, but he has not seen a single figure except for ghosts. The villages passed by on the road were all abandoned, human bones were everywhere, and there were ghosts everywhere, but there was not a single living person. There are often ghost attacks at night, Du Xu has met four or five times in just three days, if it weren't for Du Xu's already some mana, and his masculinity is sufficient, and there are some talismans drawn by himself in the Kunlun Mirror, he would have been sucked dry by the ghosts.
"Oh my God! Are all the people of China dead? How far have I walked, I have seen more than 100 corpses, but not a single living person. Du Xu squatted sadly on the bluestone beside the road, covered his face with his hands, and said tiredly.
"Although I have sufficient supplies, I can also go into the Kunlun Mirror to rest at any time, but I am here to learn the Tao, and I can't even see anyone, who can I learn from anyone!" Du Xu saw that the sun was rising and it was time for lunch, so he took out a box of lunch boxes from the Kunlun Mirror and ate it in a hurry.
Behind the mountains in the distance, there were a few lines of smoke floating in the distance, and Du Xu couldn't help but be very excited when he saw it.
"After three days of walking, I finally saw signs of human activity. Du Xu finished the lunch box in a few bites, threw the garbage aside, and ran in the direction of the smoke.
After climbing the mountain, a large village of hundreds of households appeared in front of Du Xu, the village was peacefully located by a small river, a few lines of cooking smoke rose faintly, Du Xu heard from a distance, and the sound of barking dogs came from the village. Du Xu was overjoyed and quickened his pace and ran towards the village.
As soon as he entered the village, Du Xu felt that something was wrong, the villagers in the village were in a hurry, it was already noon, and there were still many people who stayed together and refused to eat. When a foreigner came to the village, no one came up to ask.
Du Xu grabbed a passing uncle and asked aloud: "Uncle, what is the matter in this village? I have returned to my hometown from a foreign country and want to stay in this village, I wonder if it is possible?"
The old man said to him sincerely: "Young man from a foreign country, you should leave our village quickly! Not only is it not allowed to stay overnight in the village, but there is danger, so you should leave here quickly, because it will be dark, and you will not be able to leave." ”
Du Xu smiled optimistically, he finally saw the crowd, and there happened to be supernatural ghosts, and it was too late to welcome, how could he escape?
This kind of haunted village is the easiest to attract people with mana, and this is exactly the person Du Xu is looking for. At that moment, Du Xu made up his mind, even if the villagers drove him, he would not leave.
"My husband said slowly, I once learned some skills from my grandfather, and along the way, I have also eradicated a few ghosts, if you can use me, you might as well tell me. Du Xu said with a smile.
The uncle was a little skeptical, and he said suspiciously: "There are zombies in our village, and many people have already been killed! Even the old temple can't stop it, do you really have a way to do it, foreigners? Don't be arrogant and harm yourself." ”
Du Xu smiled confidently, and took out a stack of talismans from the package behind him: "My husband might as well take me to see the temple, he will definitely be able to prove it." ”
The uncle listened to Du Xu's words, and when he saw the talisman in Du Xu's hand, he believed it a little. Hurriedly took Du Xu to the ancestral hall in the center of the village.
The ancestral hall is not big, but it is built very neatly and cleanly, and it can be seen that the villagers love the ancestral hall very much, and the incense is also very vigorous. There are many tablets enshrined in the ancestral hall, and an old man wearing the clothes of a priest is wiping down the tablets. The old man had white hair and beard, and he was about the age of a sixtieth birthday, but his eyes were very bright, not at all like the eyes of an old man.
The uncle asked Du Xu to stop in front of the ancestral hall, went in by himself, and said a few words in the ear of the old temple Zhu. Lao Miaozhu listened to a few words and looked at Du Xu, with a little excitement in his eyes.
After listening to the uncle's words, Lao Miaozhu hurriedly walked out of the ancestral hall and invited Du Xu in.
He poured a cup of tea for Du Xu, handed it to Du Xu personally, and said excitedly: "Housheng, you are the lifesaver of our village! Now I really can't help it, you are a capable person, willing to help our village, we are really grateful!"
Du Xu hurriedly picked up the old temple and said firmly: "My grandfather taught me skills, which I used to protect the people. It's my responsibility and my luck to be able to help you now. ”
When Miao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and even claimed to be in the pavilion.
Lao Miaozhu called people to gather the villagers, and in front of the villagers, handed over the power of dispatching manpower to Du Xu.
Du Xu did not shirk, and instructed the villagers to prepare glutinous rice, salt, sulfur, wooden forks, long wooden sticks, hemp rope and other things, and organize a few young men to collect firewood. He pasted talismans around the ancestral hall, mixed it with salt and glutinous rice, and sprinkled a circle around the ancestral hall, and then sprinkled a large circle around this small circle.
While everyone was busy, the sky was getting darker, and it was dusk in a short time.
The twilight of the dusk dyed the red clouds, giving a layer of golden light to all things on the ground, around the ancestral hall, the villagers of the whole village surrounded the ancestral hall, crowded to the brim, and the outermost was the young and strong of Du Xu's organization, they were holding wooden forks and sticks, protecting the old and weak behind them.
In the ancestral hall, Lao Miaozhu took the children of the whole village and hid in the ancestral hall.
Du Xu surrounded the ancestral hall and asked people to light a few huge bonfires, and the villagers hid in the bonfire ring, leaving only a hole in the front of the ancestral hall.
It was getting dark, and the villagers around the ancestral hall were holding their breath and there was silence. Only the "crackling" of the bonfire and the sobs of the children in the ancestral hall echoed in the silence of the night. The young man on patrol vigilantly observes the surroundings and does not let go of a corner.
Du Xu suddenly sent out an alarm in his heart, and he only saw a few dark shadows in the distance, approaching the ancestral hall. He shouted: "Everyone, pay attention, there is a situation!"
The dark shadows gradually approached the ancestral hall, and the firelight illuminated their faces, causing several villagers to scream in horror. Even a few young men softened their feet.
Those black shadows turned out to be dead villagers, their skin was gray, their faces still had some signs of decay, their eyes protruded from their sockets, their eyeballs were bloodshot, two fangs were exposed at the corners of their mouths, their joints were very stiff, and they jumped and jumped when they walked, but after a while, they approached the ancestral hall.
Du Xu saw that a zombie at the head was some distance away from the corpse group, so he hurriedly picked up the torch next to the young man and threw it at the corpse group behind, the corpse group hesitated, and the zombie and the corpse group were separated. Seeing this opportunity, Du Xu picked up the wooden fork next to him, rushed towards the zombie, forked the wooden fork around the zombie's neck, and his true qi ran all over his body, bursting out with a strong force, knocking the zombie fork to the ground and pressing it against the ground.
There were a few bold young men next to him, who saw the zombie being forked down, and according to the task assigned by Du Xu, they used wooden forks and wooden shields to press the zombies to the ground. Five or six young people pressed the zombie to immobilize, Du Xu let go of the wooden fork, pulled out a firewood knife full of talismans from behind him, came to the zombie, and cut the round arm towards the zombie's neck, cutting off half of the neck with one knife, Du Xu used all his strength, and cut off the zombie's head with three knives.
Du Xu lifted the zombie's head and threw it in a large water tank. At this time, the group of corpses was already close to them, Du Xu beckoned the young men nearby, more than a dozen of them lined up in a row, holding wooden forks and sticks, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the group of corpses neatly.
Some of the zombies were quickly knocked down, and although others were not knocked down, there were young people who rushed up, hooked the feet of the zombies with hooks and hemp ropes, and used force up and down together to trip the zombies.
Du Xu took out a pile of talismans, and when he saw a zombie being pressed down, he put the talisman on the forehead of the zombie to suppress the zombie's corpse qi, and after a while, he suppressed all the zombies.
Although the zombie had been suppressed by Fu Zheng, everyone still didn't dare to take it lightly, until Du Xu cut off the zombie's head with a firewood knife and threw the head in the water tank, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although these zombies have been destroyed, there is no guarantee that there will be no other zombies, and no trace must be missed. Du Xu loudly lectured the patrolling youth.
Sure enough, there were two more skirmishes, but only two or three zombies, which were quickly wiped out.
The villagers by the ancestral hall seem to have never spent such a long night. But in the long dark night, there are times when the first rays of dawn shine on the earth, and everyone can't help but cheer.
The excited villagers lifted Du Xu and threw him up, and the entire ancestral hall was lively.
After Du Xu came down, his whole face was flushed with excitement, and a huge sense of accomplishment filled his heart, "Seeing their smiles, it shows that what I did is meaningful." Du Xu thought excitedly, "I will do something for them! I will bring them a comfortable life." ”
But Du Xu immediately calmed down, he was not a saint who saved the world, just a seeker who climbed the path of immortals, maybe he could have righteous deeds, but he was always on another path.
Du Xu, who calmed down, called a few young people and poured the zombie head in the water tank into the sun. As soon as the zombie's head saw the sunlight, it "hissed" a puff of green smoke, and the entire head was charred by the sun.
Some daring youths piled up stacks of firewood and threw the scorched zombies on the stacks, ready to burn them with fire.
"Slow down!" a voice came from afar,
Du Xu looked back, and a Taoist in his robe, about forty or fifty years old, was raising his hand to stop him.
The man had a bun on his head, forked it up with a simple wooden hairpin, his eyebrows were actually connected, his facial features were upright, his appearance was dignified, his face was not angry and arrogant, he was dressed in a cyan robe, washed a little white, a pair of straw sandals under his feet were worn out and muddy, obviously he had been on the road for a long time, he carried a yellow cloth bag around his waist, with a gossip pattern on it, and a flag flag in his hand, and only some clouds on the flag.
When Du Xu saw that person, he couldn't help but be stunned, "This person looks like Lin Zhengying!" Du Xu exclaimed: "It's actually Uncle Ying, no~ It's really Uncle Ying!"
He immediately decided that he should learn Taoism from "Uncle Ying".
"Learning Maoshan Taoism from Uncle Ying, but it was my dream when I was a child!" Du Xu couldn't hold back his excitement, and had to use the method of restraining his thoughts in the Shangdao Sutra to calm down.