Chapter 16 The horse corpse absorbs the filth and creates hallucinations
Zhikarizhen walked carefully to the two horses and stopped.
In the dark night rain, the fur of the two horses was completely soaked, clinging to the skinny muscles, and the rugged blood vessels were trembling like snakes. The two pairs of horse eyes were as big as copper bells, with green light flashing, staring at Shikari Makoto motionlessly.
, as if examining him, with a strange expression.
Zhikarizhen seemed to have seen such an expression somewhere before. He stretched out his hand and held it empty, and the Gray Tribulation Sword suddenly swept out of the middle Dantian, jumped into the palm of his hand, and pointed the tip of the sword at the two horses.
"Xiao Zhen, what are you doing? Why are you pointing your sword at us?" One of the horses suddenly screamed, and that was Jia Ren's voice, revealing a trace of panic.
Through the pouring rain, Jia Ren's voice seemed to be coming from the empty horse's back. If you listen carefully, it seemed a bit like it was coming from the horse's belly.
"Brother, he must be an evil spirit! The two of them are not evil exterminators at all, they are evil spirits!" Another horse let out Jia Yi's scream.
They stared at Zhikarizhen, neighing loudly and painfully. The horse's face was twisted strangely, and the faces of the Jia brothers and sisters appeared and disappeared, as if they were trying to break free from the horse's face.
Zhikarizhen took a step back and was about to consider whether to swing his sword when the two horses suddenly turned around and rushed into the depths of darkness.
"Why are you just standing there and looking at me?" Behind him, Kong Haolie's scolding voice suddenly sounded, "If evil spirits attack you at this time, you will already be dead!" Although he allowed his son to make his own decisions, he could not help but interfere.<
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Zhi Kaizhen turned around, faced Kong Haolie's dissatisfied eyes, and said: "Those two horses..."
"Where did the horse come from?" Kong Haolie frowned and glanced at him, made a seal with his palm, and touched it on his eyelids. A crystal light spit out from the pupil and shot straight forward, and the dark surroundings suddenly lit up.
"There is nothing, no horse hoof marks on the ground!" Kong Haolie glared at him and said, "How many times have I told you, always run the tribulation ashes and rekindle the breathing method to defend the mind! Only then will you not be evil.
Take advantage of it and confuse and create illusions!"
Zhikari was silent in thought. With his strong mental power and the body of the Heart Corrupting Nightmare, it is unlikely that he would be possessed by evil spirits. The only possibility is that Kong Hao Lie's cultivation is not enough, so he turned a blind eye to the two horses.<
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He suddenly remembered the rancid smell.
"What are you still thinking about?" Kong Haolie asked impatiently.
"I did see the two horses ridden by the Jia brothers and sisters, right here." Zhikarizhen bent down and pointed to where the two horses were standing. The raindrops hit the mud quickly, and no trace could be found.<
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Kong Haolie's heart suddenly moved. Zhen'er might have some mysterious abilities after merging that divine treasure. He walked to the position pointed by Zhihu Zhen, stared at it for a while, and the Gray Tribulation Blade flew out of his body.
Cut into the ground and rotate underground.
Mud splashed, and a hole gradually deepened from shallow to deep. It was dug by the knife wheel, and a rotten smell came out. Even a storm could not extinguish this strong smell.
Kong Haolie's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but dig deep with his knife, gradually revealing a pile of buried rotting corpses.
Judging from the shape, it is obviously a horse corpse. The whole body is ulcerated and swollen, and yellow and smelly pus leaks out. Fat maggots are crawling endlessly in the flesh that is riddled with holes. There is a large and dense mass.
"The horse died not long ago." Kong Haolie squatted down, carefully inspected the horse's corpse, and pressed the soft and swollen muscles. "The meat has become soft again, and the internal organs have just begun to rot. It has been dead for two days at most."
Zakari's eyes flashed, and he suddenly leaned down, grabbed a ball of mud stuck to the horse's face, rubbed it with his fingers, revealing a stone the size of a fingertip inside.
The stone is carved, and although the carving is a bit crude, it can still be seen that it is a head, with a ferocious face, a very broad forehead, and hair that is individually curly, like densely distributed sarcoma.
"Mountain God Statue!" Kong Haolie's expression changed, and he grabbed the stone. This stone statue is very similar to the mountain god enshrined in the mountain temple, and the sarcoma-shaped curly hair is exactly the same.
"Is this a sacrifice to the gods?" Zhikarizhen asked hesitantly. From Kongzhen's memory, we learned that many beautiful people would sacrifice dead animals, beasts and even dead people to the gods in order to pray for peace.<
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"Where did the gods come from? If there are gods, why didn't they save the beautiful women from their tragic fate for millions of years, and instead allowed the evil spirits to do evil?" Kong Haolie shouted sternly, "I told you, there are no gods in this world!
Even if there is, it is an evil spirit! As evil exterminators, how can we, like those foolish people, place our hopes on illusory gods?" He threw the stone head angrily, and the calamity ash knife wheel flew out silently, chasing after him.
The stone sculptures in mid-air were cut into splashing debris.
Zhikari nodded in agreement, and suddenly his heart moved. He remembered the strange looks shown by the two horses earlier, and the mountain god statue in the temple also had such looks.
"The corpse sometimes merges with the strong foul smell, giving birth to an illusion similar to a ghost, that's why you see the two horses." Kong Haolie explained.
Zhikari Zhen said a noncommittal "Yeah", and the two stopped for a moment, then continued walking up the steep, narrow and slippery mountain road. Zhikari Zhen saw many dark caves scattered on the dangerous cliffs.
, the entrance of the cave seems to be very deep, like a giant mouth of a ferocious beast that selects people to eat, making a whining sound like wind and rain passing through.
After walking for about another incense stick, Zhikari stepped on the stone steps, and through the gaps between the branches and leaves, the light flickered dimly.
"Be careful!" Kong Haolie from behind couldn't help but remind him.
Zhikarizhen nodded and walked slowly to the end of the stone steps. A majestic mountain villa came into view. This is the top of the mountain, and the surroundings are extremely open, with paths leading directly to the bottom of the mountain. On both sides are layers of terraces, where crops and grains are grown.
It is dense, and on the back is a steep cliff with clusters of kudzu and vine caves. The villa is located in the center of the top of the mountain. It is brightly lit and noisy, as if there is an all-night party going on.
This is obviously different from what the Jia brothers and sisters had said before. The villa was full of singing and dancing, and it didn't look like it had just been tortured by evil spirits.
Zhikarizhen walked to the front of the villa and saw two statues of mountain gods standing at the door.
"Who are you two...?" A grey-haired old servant, wearing a steel sword on his waist and holding an oilcloth umbrella, stood under the eaves with a lamp hanging on the corner, looking at the two of them warily.
Zhi Shou Zhen coughed and cupped his hands and said: "I'm fine, my father-in-law. We, father and son, got lost while collecting medicine in the mountains. We are just looking for a place to take shelter from the rain. I hope it will be convenient for me."
The old servant glanced at him suspiciously and muttered: "There are no strangers in the deep mountains and old forests here. I have to go in and ask the owner if he can let you in. You wait first."
Zhi Kaizhen thanked him quickly, and looking at the back of the old servant, he suddenly asked: "Old man, do you often have banquets at the Villa so late at night?"
The old servant seemed not to have heard anything and walked in slowly. Not long after, a man and a woman rushed out like a whirlwind. It was Jia Ren and Jia Yi brother and sister!