After running for about ten minutes, I faintly heard the sound of a bell not far ahead.
The sky has turned completely dark, and a crescent moon hangs in the far horizon. Under the faint moonlight, the voice sounds particularly clear and harsh in the dark woods, and it is ethereal and a bit weird.
"Hu Ling, you, did you hear, why are there bells ringing in this place so late at night? Could it be that we encountered a corpse exorcist or something?" Xia Xiaobei suddenly stopped and held on tightly.
My hands dare not take another step forward.
I somewhat admire her imagination.
"How is it possible? This is Sichuan, not Xiangxi. Where can there be any corpse chasers? What's more, even corpse chasers won't come out to chase corpses at this time. The genius has just darkened, and the yang energy is still very strong. You
Don’t you even understand this?” I looked at her funny and asked.
"That's right, but why do I hear the ringing sound so strange?" Xia Xiaobei still looked at me a little uneasy and asked.
"Is it strange that you, the majestic Hu Santai, would be frightened by the sound of a bell? Come on, there will be nothing to be afraid of when you find her." I pulled her forward.
Xia Xiaobei was dragged away by me reluctantly.
After walking no more than fifty meters, through the faint moonlight we saw a huge black figure appear on the mountain road not far ahead, and the clear and piercing sound of bells came from the black figure.
"Ding dong—ding dong—" the sound of the bells was very rhythmic, harsh and strange.
"What kind of monsters are you looking for? Grandma Hu Santa is here, why don't you get out of here quickly!"
Xia Xiaobei suddenly shouted, jumped in front of me, and stood in the middle of the mountain road, holding the tree stick in his hand tightly with both hands, pointing nervously at the black figure in front of him.
Her sudden shout startled me, and I quickly put my hand into my pocket, holding the dragon scale dagger tightly.
Unfortunately, I couldn't see anything except that dark shadow.
"Ding bell——" The sound of the bell gradually slowed down, and the huge black shadow slowly stopped. Looking at that shadow, I suddenly felt very familiar.
"What did you see?" I asked Xia Xiaobei in a low voice.
"That's a bull demon!" Xia Xiaobei said.
Huh? Bull demon?
I looked at the dark figure in front of me with some confusion, "Why do I feel like it's just an ordinary cow?"
"Are you sure it's just a cow?" Xia Xiaobei asked me hesitantly.
"..."
"Who are you? What are you doing in our village?" A cold voice interrupted our conversation.
The voice was cold and clear, but it was extremely familiar. I had only heard that voice not long ago.
A tall figure slowly walked out from behind the huge black shadow, standing a few steps away from us, looking at Xia Xiaobei and me coldly, his eyes shimmering like cold stars in the sky.
There was a "buzzing" sound in my brain, and I was completely stunned. I could hardly breathe, and my heartbeat was like a drum.
The dark figure I saw in the tomb not long ago!
At this moment, through the faint light of the crescent moon in the sky, I can almost see his face clearly. His eyebrows are slanted, his brows are slightly frowned, his slender and bright eyes, his tall and heroic nose, his thin lips lightly pursed, and their sharp edges.
The clear outline of his face is like a falcon in the dark night. He is cold, aloof and clear yet powerful, with a natural aura of a king.
That face I saw in Shouning Village, that face I thought was Qi Yue!
There was no mask, no blur, he appeared in front of me alive, but instead of calling me "Ling'er" like every time he appeared before, he asked me coldly who I was.
"Who are you? Why are you with a cow..." Xia Xiaobei pulled my hand. Seeing that I didn't respond, he pointed at him with a tree stick and asked with a trembling voice.
"It's not a bull demon, it's a cow I raised!" the man's cold voice said.
"No matter who you are, outsiders are not welcome in our village, so leave immediately!" The man looked at me, their eyes met, and the bright light in his eyes flickered.
"Hey!" Xia Xiaobei put away the stick in his hand and inserted it into his waist and asked, "Are you really a human? That's not a bull demon either? Then, what is that bell?"
The man looked away from my face, looked at Xia Xiaobei coldly, said nothing, turned around and left.
When he glanced at me, a trace of doubt flashed in his sharp eyes.
"Hey, why are you so unsympathetic? We are just two little girls. We came to the mountains to play and got lost. Do you want us to be captured by ghosts?" Xia Xiaobei yelled at his back.
The man stopped and stood with his back to us for a long time. His cold back didn't look warm at all.
"We'll stay overnight and find a place to charge our phones. We'll leave early tomorrow morning so we won't disturb you villagers!" Xia Xiaobei yelled at the man's back again.
The man slowly turned around, looked at me again, and said in a cold voice: "Come with me!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked forward again.
Xia Xiaobei gave me a strong tug and pulled me to follow him. I followed Xia Xiaobei's footsteps numbly, but my eyes were fixed on the man's back, completely unable to catch my own thoughts.
I felt inexplicable waves of pain in my heart.
"Hey, what's your name? If we follow you like this, we don't even know if you are a good person or not!" Xia Xiaobei asked again towards his back.
"Lu Xiaohong!" the man replied coldly, and after a while he said extremely impatiently: "If you are worried that I am not a good person, you can leave now!"
Lu Xiaohong, Xiaohong.
I chewed this name silently, and for some reason, I felt a long-lost sense of familiarity, as if I had called it a million times.
Xia Xiaobei snorted softly and stopped talking.
Lu Xiaohong led the cow and walked silently in front, and we followed silently behind him. The mountains and fields echoed with the endless sound of the bell hanging on the cow's neck, "ding-ding-ding-ding-".
I don’t know how long I walked, maybe it was a long time, maybe it was a short time, but there was a faint light from a light not far away.
Lu Xiaohong took us into a small courtyard at the entrance of the village, drove the cattle into the cattle pen, then opened the door of the main house and turned on the light.
I was used to the darkness, and the dim light that suddenly came on suddenly pulled me back from my wandering thoughts. It even stung my eyes and caused tears to flow down my eyes involuntarily.
"Hu Ling, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying all of a sudden?" Xia Xiaobei looked at me in surprise and asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, my eyes hurt a little!" I raised my hand to wipe away the tears on my face, looked at Lu Xiaohong and said, "Thank you, Lu Xiaohong!"
Lu Xiaohong glanced at me, was startled, pointed to a door, and said without any warmth in his voice: "There is a small bathroom in that room. You can go in and take a shower."
As he said this, he didn't look at us again and walked straight into a door leading to the back room. This chapter has been completed!