Chapter 74
Chu Danfeng was so shocked by those words of "compensation" that she forgot to break away and let Hua Tingxuan hold her hand all the way into the village.
Fortunately, the monks were all in danger, and no one seemed to notice them.
After entering the village, Chu Danfeng had no intention of worrying about whether to hold hands or not - where is this still a human village?
The villagers had empty eyes and pale faces. They accidentally walked through the wall, just like Aunt Huang that night. The fruit-laden grape trellis at the entrance of the village turned into yellow and withered vines, intertwined on the trellis, stretching out withered branches.
Sharp branches.
A woman carrying a red cloth bag walked toward her, covering her flat belly with one hand. The bag was dripping with blood as she walked. Chu Danfeng was afraid of bumping into her, so she hurriedly pulled Hua Tingxuan to hide away.
Hua Tingxuan felt that the hand holding her was tightening, so in the terrifying atmosphere where the monks were all in danger, she raised her lips happily, with an incongruously sweet look on her face amidst the panic.
Chu Danfeng didn't notice his junior brother's secretive expression. He only stared at the woman carrying the bag. Seeing the woman leaving a series of bloody footprints, he swallowed loudly and whispered: "She looks a bit familiar.
, is it the pregnant woman next door?"
"It seems," Hua Tingxuan calmly came closer to him and threatened, "This is the 'bloody ghost'. It is said that she was a woman who died in childbirth. If you look carefully, she should have a handful in her pocket.
Sickle."
Chu Danfeng didn't dare to look carefully.
Even though his cultivation has reached the peak of the golden elixir, at his core he is still a modern man who believes in "Zi Buyu, strange power and chaos of gods", and he is especially afraid of ghosts.
Chu Danfeng: "How do you know so clearly?" Such a detailed ghost species was only briefly mentioned in the original work, and it was beyond the scope of Chu Danfeng's knowledge.
Hua Tingxuan actually didn't mention anything - "Blood ghosts only like to kill babies" - he made nonsense seriously: "I heard this in the lecture hall. In short, it is very dangerous. Brother, please follow me closely.
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In the Shuangji Sect's lecture hall, the masters and elders of various peaks take turns giving lectures on a regular basis. Chu Danfeng never listens, so he was easily fooled.
The nine-headed bird on the roof of each house was still screaming, occasionally mixed with faint ghost cries, and the atmosphere seemed even more terrifying than outside the village.
Chu Danfeng's scalp was fried when he heard this, and as expected, he got closer to Hua Tingxuan again.
Just at this moment, a scream belonging to a living person rang out.
"Killing people! It's not safe here either. Help me! Take me away quickly!"
The one calling this voice was a familiar voice. Chu Danfeng and Hua Tingxuan looked at each other, "It's Li Yunyi."
"No! He is with Shu'er."
Chu Danfeng was worried about the safety of his junior sister. He took a deep breath, barely overcame his fear, and chased after her - throwing away Hua Tingxuan's hand.
"..." Hua Tingxuan raised his hand, looked at the back of his little senior brother who was almost running away, raised the corner of his lips, and followed him with his long legs.
The village is not that big, so the two found people quickly. Not only Li Yunyi and Lin Shu'er were there, but Yulou also found the team.
Looking from a distance, Chu Danfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all three of them had beards and tails.
The three of them all had their backs to them. Li Yunyi was tied up tightly, and one end of the fairy rope was tightly held in Lin Shu'er's hand. Lin Shu'er was immersed in sorting something and ignored his wailing, but Yu Lou complained irritably: "Can I
Can’t you shut him up?”
Lin Shuer still lowered her head: "If you find it annoying, don't follow us."
Yulou muttered in a low voice: "You think I'm curious? If it weren't for looking for Brother Chu..."
Li Yunyi: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a murder!! Help!!! Stop arguing, this village is full of ghosts!!!"
Yulou finally couldn't bear it any longer and kicked her hard: "Shut up!"
Young Master Li received a kick, his legs went weak, and he fell backwards, screaming like a chicken, and rolled all the way to Chu Danfeng's feet.
Yulou felt this was not enough, so he turned around and cursed angrily: "We're mourning! What if we attract ghosts again -"
Before she could finish the word "do", she choked in her throat. She blinked her eyes and said in horror: "Brother Chu?"
Chu Danfeng: “…………”
Damn...fuck, is this still the charming, soft-spoken girl from Yulou who never speaks loudly?
The shock brought to him by the scene in front of him was almost the same as "Lin Daiyu pulling up the weeping willow upside down". Lin Shu'er also grabbed the rope that bound the immortals and shouted in surprise: "Fifth Senior Brother! We are looking for you everywhere."
"..." Chu Danfeng, "As long as you are fine."
Hua Tingxuan slowly caught up and said teasingly: "Tsk, Miss Yulou is very strong on her feet. Young Master Li, are you okay?"
Unexpectedly, when Li Yunyi saw Mr. Hua, he seemed to have seen a ghost, screamed, crawled on the ground and hid behind Lin Shuer. Hua Tingxuan didn't care and continued to add jealousy: "I didn't expect that Miss Yu was the same."
He is a sweet-tempered person, his kicks are beautiful, and he can also scold people happily!"
Lin Shuer burst into laughter.
Yulou never expected that a man she admired would see her rude and rude behavior, causing her character to completely overturn. Her face turned red. Fortunately, Chu Danfeng didn't pursue it further, and noticed that the corpse on the ground was soon covered up.
Attract, that person died too tragically.
The skin was peeled off from the neck down, leaving only one face visible. Chu Danfeng was so horrified that his hair stood on end, but he was embarrassed to be embarrassed in front of his junior sister and female cultivators, so he forced himself to calmly ask: "This person looks familiar."
...It seems to be from the Qianshui Gang?"
If he remembered correctly, this man was very complacent not long ago, claiming that he had escaped with the rent for two spirit beads.
"Yes! He still has eight spirit beads on his body, and I dug them out one by one." Lin Shuer took out a handful of spirit beads from the mustard bag and held them in front of Chu Danfeng's eyes, with a proud look on her face asking for praise.
The beads were stained with blood, sticky and gave off a disgusting stench.
"...!!" Chu Danfeng almost fainted from fright, why is the innocent and cute little junior sister so courageous?
Are all female nuns today so fierce!?
"...You did a good job." Chu Danfeng boasted bravely, and then calmly took a step back. Hua Tingxuan saw this and did not expose him, "I only took away the rent money, and then gave him a little help."
Small punishment, it seems that those ghosts are still loyal."
Chu Danfeng glanced at the skinned man from the Kaishui Gang, and felt lingering fear: God, what a small punishment.
Hua Tingxuan: "Brother, have we paid our rent?"
"handed in."
At that time, they had not completed the "ghost catching" task entrusted by Aunt Huang, so Chu Danfeng proposed to pay the rent in full. Anyway, he made a lot of money selling snacks, and the last penny was theirs.
Hua Tingxuan: "In that case, let's go back to Aunt Huang's house."
Li Yunyi cried: "I won't go back! The whole village is full of ghosts! I don't want to go back and live in a haunted house -"
Before she finished speaking, Lin Shuer knocked her unconscious with a knife.
Lin Shuer: "What Sixth Senior Brother said is absolutely true. The most dangerous place is the safest. Anyway, it's already like this outside, so the situation won't get worse. Why not take a gamble."
"..." Chu Danfeng gritted his teeth, "Okay, will Miss Yulou come with us?"
Yulou was still a little embarrassed, nodded silently, and followed Lin Shuer.
Hua Tingxuan took the opportunity to grab his little senior brother's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here with you."
He was very tall, and his hands were bigger than Chu Danfeng's. He had clear joints and was very powerful. Chu Danfeng struggled reflexively, but he was afraid that the movement would be too loud and Lin Shu'er and the others would hear him, so he retorted in a low voice: "Who
Scared?"
This kid is getting even more outrageous. Just now it was chaos and no one noticed, but now Yulou and the others are right in front, and they actually dare to hold his hand!
Alas, he did not enjoy the blessings of a good Qi Ren, but he only thought about his senior brother...Chu Danfeng felt a little guilty. If his bestiality hadn't come out that night, the sixth junior brother would not have come to this detour. This child is too narrow-minded.
In fact, I think I have figured it out now... The two wives are so close, but he is holding the hand of a grown man like him. What is the plot direction of this!?
Chu Danfeng felt a strange sense of betrayal, as if they were having an affair.
Hua Tingxuan whispered: "Don't worry, they can't see."
Chu Danfeng: "..." Damn, it's more like an affair.
However, the boy's hands were dry and warm, and there was a slightly rough sword cocoon on the palm, which was unexpectedly reassuring. Chu Danfeng looked at the now eerie village with ghosts everywhere, and gave in.
‘It’s better to find Aunt Huang’s house and let go before they find out.’ Chu Danfeng thought.
Compared to the neighbors' houses where blood seeped out from the cracks in the walls at every turn, Aunt Huang's home could be considered normal and warm, and everything inside was as before.
There was only the sound of broken dishes in the kitchen. Aunt Huang was throwing the dishes and muttering: "I can't find it no matter what, I can't find it no matter what. Sha Qiandao didn't tell the truth. He promised to come back in three years."
of……"
"Hey, you guys are back." Old Man Huang floated to the door quietly at some point. He was different from before. He looked much younger, and his hair had turned black, almost like a young man.
But Chu Danfeng's face was pale and his eyes were lifeless as he stared at them. Chu Danfeng was so frightened that he was probably used to being grabbed by Hua Tingxuan along the way. His first reaction after being frightened was to grab his junior brother's hand——
Chu Danfeng just got rid of him not long ago.
Hua Tingxuan didn't remind him and squinted his eyes helpfully.
Lin Shuer noticed this scene with sharp eyes, her almond-shaped eyes widened for a moment, and then she looked away as if nothing had happened.
Old Man Huang said: "Don't be afraid. My obsessions have been satisfied. I am sane and different from those evil ghosts outside."
Chu Danfeng swallowed: "Old man Huang, what on earth is going on?"
Old Man Huang probably couldn't move his eyes. Hearing this, he turned his head stiffly and looked straight at Chu Danfeng, "Didn't you all see that this secret realm is full of ghosts, those who died unjustly, those who died tragically, those who did evil things during their lifetimes?
There are many, or like us... there are all kinds of things, unwilling to reincarnate, and fall into this secret realm by chance. Hey, it's not bad. I usually live the same life as before I was alive. This house in my house is the result of my hard work.
It was renovated. Unfortunately, I didn’t live there for even a day and died on the road doing corvee service..."
Yulou couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "No wonder, the outside is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but the house in this house is full of earthen Kangs from the north."
Old Man Huang twisted his neck 180 degrees and stared at Yulou with dead eyes: "Not bad."
"!!!" Yulou yelled "Brother Chu" with a trembling voice. Unfortunately, Hua Tingxuan reacted faster and stepped forward to block her. He glared at Yulou coolly and pinched Chu Danfeng who was also shivering.
's palm.
Old Man Huang was completely unaware that he had frightened people, and continued to confide: "When we were young, we both had bad tempers. We quarreled every now and then. Whenever she got angry, she would always threaten to divorce, and I would never give in... I thought I
I kicked my legs here, the old woman must have remarried, but I didn't expect that when I went back for the first seven days, I saw her making fun of the government officials with the funeral documents. She didn't believe that I was dead, so I picked up the rolling pin and beat him out.
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Old Man Huang smiled and said, "I wanted to wait and see, waiting for her to accept her fate and marry again - thinking that if she married a good family and had a settlement, I would feel at ease - so I secretly stayed in the earthly world.
I didn't expect that after waiting for decades, the old woman would be a widow for me for the rest of my life. It was not that there was no matchmaker to propose marriage, but she always refused. She always talked about my good qualities to the matchmaker and said that I had a bad temper, but even a mouthful of solid food was saved.
I gave it to her, lied about eating it, and secretly drank the porridge myself...it turns out she knew it all, and the old lady had never praised me to my face before..."
"Later, when she was old and no one asked for marriage, the old woman had no children and lived a lonely life...I also silently guarded her all my life. Maybe because of my deep obsession, I got this opportunity and the old woman did what she did.
The ghost actually insisted on following us. We both gave up reincarnation and fulfilled our regrets in life. We could be husband and wife for another life. But she always forgot that we were ghosts...
So you don’t need to be afraid, we are just lonely souls staying in this secret realm. For some reason, this time the Guhuo Bird came to warn us in advance, causing everyone to lose their minds. The village is not usually like this, at least when young people like you come here.
Such a mistake has never happened before... Moreover, what the old woman said is right, many ghosts really disappeared in the village overnight."
Chu Danfeng frowned when he heard this, it was indeed strange.
The current plot of the secret realm deviates a lot from the original work, touching on his blind spots in knowledge almost everywhere. Even the "Ghost Marriage Ceremony" that is passed down by word of mouth is a plot that is not in the original work.
Lin Shu'er and Yu Lou both had serious faces, showing fear, "No wonder so many people died. There is something wrong with this secret realm...?"
Hua Tingxuan didn't seem surprised at all, and just asked: "With Guhuoniao gone, will everything return to normal?"
Old Man Huang nodded: "They won't stay for long, maybe two or three days at most, and then they will fly away."
With such a guarantee, the group finally stayed at Aunt Huang's house. No matter how many demons were dancing outside, they never stepped out of the house.
During this period, some monks couldn't hold on and rushed out of the village, while others resisted the frightening harassment of the Apiaos until the nine-headed birds spread their wings and left, and the village regained its vitality.
In the early morning of the third day, the dark clouds dispersed, the screams of monsters and the cries of evil spirits throughout the village gradually disappeared, and the sound of breaking dishes in the kitchen every day finally stopped.
Aunt Huang turned back into the amiable and talkative old woman. When the tenants left, she mysteriously grabbed Chu Danfeng and said, "Young children, my mother-in-law wishes you a happy marriage."
Chu Danfeng was confused when he heard this: "?"
Aunt Huang pointed at Hua Tingxuan: "Aren't you rushing to worship?"
"???" Chu Danfeng felt that it was difficult to follow the thoughts of this ghost mother-in-law, "What kind of church are you worshiping? You see clearly, we are all men..."
"What's wrong with the man? I've lived my entire life and I understand that what matters is how a person is. Look at him. He's so handsome, he treats you well, and he's a perfect match." Aunt Huang clicked her tongue, "You still lied to me?
Why don't you have a sweetheart? Well, that little girl knows it all, I overheard what she said."
...Why do you take eavesdropping so naturally? Chu Danfeng followed the sound and saw Lin Shuer, not far away, suddenly turned her head to look at the sky, looking guilty.
Chu Danfeng: “…………”
Chu Danfeng also felt guilty for a while, he needed to ask his junior sister about this matter.
Aunt Huang: "It's getting late, let's go quickly, don't miss the good time."
Chu Danfeng pondered again and asked hesitantly: "You mean, 'underworld wedding ceremony', right?"
"My old woman can't understand Wen Chuchen's name," Aunt Huang waved her hand, "But I know that some kind of ceremony is held every year. Isn't it just that everyone comes together to get married and enter the bridal chamber? In previous years, they were calm, but this year there are many new people.
Chapter completed!