Chapter 7 Chapter 7: Evil Spirits, Night Watchmen, Lampbearers
After breakfast, the heavy snow stopped for a while.
There are more and more people walking on the street, and many shops are sweeping the snow in front of their doors.
'Baozi Xishi' had prepared two hundred buns. Lao Yu immediately put down his work, silently picked up the buns and followed Li Sui'an to Guishoutang.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from behind.
I saw a group of people wearing black brocade official uniforms, embroidered with gray thread flying fish patterns, wearing night swords across their waists, and wearing black hats. It was windy and snowy in the north, so these people wore thick scarves to cover their heads.
Mouth and nose, only a pair of cold eyes are left outside.
Riding a tall night-scale horse galloping down the street, escorted by several carriages behind him.
Lantern bearer, night watchman.
The leader wears a black hooded cloak, which is also an official uniform, but is very different from other night watchmen.
It is another special position in the Lamp Holder Department, the Lamp Bearer.
Along the way, carriages and pedestrians gave way.
The carriage was covered with white cloth.
Covering what's inside.
Suddenly a gust of north wind blew up and rolled up the white cloth.
Li Sui'an had sharp eyes and immediately saw what was under the white cloth.
But after seeing it clearly, he wished he had been blind just now.
Under those white cloths, there were suddenly corpses that looked like dead bodies, with patches of corpses appearing on the black and blue skin. Black and blue veins covered the face like spider webs, the eyes were hollow and bleeding, and there were still traces of death on the face.
The expression on his face was twisted with extreme fear. His muscles had already become stiff, and there was even a faint smell of corpse.
"Ugh~"
I retched several times in my mouth and almost spit it out on the spot.
The leading lantern bearer was a woman. She suddenly looked at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes. Li Sui'an suddenly felt his whole body tense up and his hairs stood up. He was so frightened that he held it back.
I rely on (‵o′) convexity.
These girls are so fierce.
One look almost choked me to death.
These are definitely not corpses that died normally, and their death time will definitely not be long.
A term suddenly appeared in my mind, "evil spirit".
These corpses were transported to the direction of the Zhaoyu corpse crematorium and were to be burned immediately.
Otherwise, there is a risk of transformation, and the corpse killed by evil spirits will easily trigger a demonic transformation, and then turn into a corpse that exists like a living dead.
Ansheng has been living for so long since time travel that he almost forgot about the dangers outside.
The ghoul is also a type of demon, the lowest level of demon.
They are neither alive nor dead, and are good at lurking underground, emerging day and night. Every night when the moon is full, they will run eight hundred miles in excitement.
The wilderness is full of these things.
Kill them all.
They seem to reproduce, and there are more of them than mice.
Throughout the ages, countless people with lofty ideals have wanted to completely clear away the corpses in the wasteland.
But every time it was cleaned for a while.
After a period of stability, corpses will appear one after another.
Some people even desperately speculate:
As long as humans still exist, demons and ghosts will never be extinct.
However~
Even though monsters are terrifying, they are also tangible enemies.
The evil spirit of the invisible enemy is even more terrifying with the third level added.
They are strange and unpredictable, have various evil methods, are hard to find, and are extremely violent and cruel.
Children stop crying when they hear evil spirits.
Fortunately, both demons and evil spirits are afraid of the sun.
It looks a little normal during the day, but once night falls, all kinds of ghosts, evil spirits, and spirits appear in an endless stream, and the wilderness is full of dangers.
There are even demons and ghosts that gather together to besiege human cities and prey on human flesh and blood.
During the snow season, because there is no sunshine for a long time, even in the daytime, there will be a situation where ghosts are rampant.
Therefore, every snow season, people living in the wilderness will not have an easy time.
Those who have the conditions will move to Fucheng early in these months to spend the winter.
There is an exorcism mirror hanging above the gate of Fucheng, and there is also a demon-suppressing bell on the city wall.
Ordinary evil spirits cannot escape the exorcism mirror and sneak into the city.
Li Sui'an couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Not daring to look any further, I quickly left the scene with Lao Yu.
At this moment, several green lights suddenly burst out of the carriage and went straight to Li Sui'an's forehead.
He was so frightened that he didn't even have time to dodge as the green light rushed straight into his head and disappeared.
He stumbled and almost fell.
"Shopkeeper Li, be careful, the road is slippery."
Lao Yu was carrying more than 200 large meat buns in one hand, and he could still use one arm to support him.
I could feel Lao Yu's strong arms without even shaking them.
Li Sui'an was very surprised.
"Thank you, Lao Yu."
Lao Yu just smiled innocently and said nothing.
Seeing that no one around him was aware of Cai Cai's green light, Li Sui'an felt relieved a little.
Now is not the time to check the situation.
Leaving in a hurry with worries.
Along the way, we also saw many convoys migrating back to the city from other places, all to avoid the dangers of the snow season in the wilderness. There were also many beggars wandering around in the streets. When they smelled the steamed buns, they all looked like they were eating people.
Look at the package behind Lao Yu.
The two couldn't help but move faster.
When I arrived at Guishoutang, I found that Huang Henian was not there.
After asking, I found out that it was the government office that invited Master Huang to come over to discuss matters.
It's not just him.
All the famous martial arts masters in the city, large and small, were invited by the government.
Li Sui'an thought about what he saw on the road and made some guesses.
"Junior brothers, please pause for a moment. I'd like to treat you all to some steamed buns, the authentic big meat buns from Yu Ji Steamed Bun Shop."
The young disciples immediately swarmed up.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Li, for the steamed buns."
"Wow, it's so big and white. It's a bun from Xishi Baozi. It's really big and round."
These guys were so full of food that they wanted to hug a few and hide them away.
After a while, Rongguang, the "pork guy" who was also a registered disciple, also came and said hello to Li Sui'an.
"Senior Brother Li, I'm inviting these little guys to eat steamed buns again. Look at these guys, they've made them fat."
Li Sui'an smiled and said: "A few steamed buns are not worth much. How is the business at the meat stall recently?"
Rongguang's family sells meat, and he usually helps the disciples in the martial arts school to eat meat.
Rong Guang shrugged, "It's just so-so, it's passable."
"The price of meat has gone up a bit, but the cost of raising it has also gone up a lot."
"The snow season is difficult. The farm's defense after winter is a big problem. I hope this snow season will pass quickly."
"I'm going to go out of the city recently and ask the mountain tribes if there is any way to get more monsters, preferably high-grade monsters. The meat of high-grade monsters is the best for me if I take a lot of tonic.
Wait for the disciples in the body tempering stage to practice."
The mountain tribes are also human forces.
He has his own territory of power, and has the means to live in the mountains and drive away evil spirits and ghosts.
Not very obedient to government discipline.
They all have their own belief in gods and totem power.
The martial arts of totem warriors are also mostly different from traditional martial arts.
More similar to the witch from ancient legends.
Mountain tribes are generally led by tribal shamans and leaders.
It's equivalent to ethnic minorities in previous lives.
"It's not peaceful outside the city right now. Junior Brother Rong, remember to be careful when you go out of the city. If you really receive a monster, no matter whether it's imported or not, remember to leave some for your senior brother."
"It's natural."
Because everyone in the family is in business, they have common topics.
Li Sui'an had just arrived, and in order to build a good relationship with fellow students, he often invited people to dinner.
Rong Guang was also a drunkard. He was always thinking about Li Sui'an's family's good wine and would come whenever he was called.
With his deliberate friendship, the relationship between them was very good.
Another registered disciple, Li Ping'an, had also had a few drinks together, and the relationship was not bad.
But he has his own family heritage and does not come to Guishoutang often.
The two chatted for a few words and then each walked to the side to practice Qigong.
Rongguang's talent is pretty good, but it's a pity that he learned martial arts a little late, and he is now an eighth-level warrior in the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm.
He began to practice Guishoutang's core technique "Leiyin Marrow Cleansing Sutra" to temper his bone marrow.
However, Li Sui'an could only stay with his disciples honestly.
Standing, breathing in and out, transporting Qi and blood.
Little fat man Li Huaian came back with a big meat bun in his mouth when he was full, and asked with a smile: "Thank you, senior brother, for the bun."
"Senior brother, when will you be able to become more energetic?"
"Haha, just today!"
"Hey~"
The little fat man said contemptuously: "Senior brother, I have said this countless times, do you want me to help senior brother feel what Qi Jin is?"
This method of feeling is to input the opponent's energy into his body, allowing him to feel the changes and be aware of it.
The effect is very good, at least he doesn't have to imagine what Qi Jin is out of thin air.
Li Sui'an had a firm look on his face: "Little fat man, the meat buns can't stop your mouth, can they? Senior brother, I will definitely be in high spirits today. I said, even God can't stop you."
"Hoho, come on, senior brother."
After that, the two stood together and started practicing.