I felt a little regretful that I was not destined to have that longevity bead, but there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't risk Mai Xiaorou's safety.
After leaving the village, nearby staff took us to a temporary tent. After cleaning our protective clothing with disinfectant, we were asked to take it off. Specialized people also performed some physical examinations on us to confirm that
Mai Xiaorou and I were not infected until we were allowed to go to the car.
We returned to the car and waited for Zhang Rui and Tang Qing. According to Mai Xiaorou's estimation, Zhang Rui and Tang Qing would wait for the experts from the North China Branch to come to support them, and they would not come out until they obtained the longevity beads.
It would take at least more than ten hours to go back and forth like this, which was because the experts arrived quickly enough.
So the two of us were going to take a rest in the car.
Mai Xiaorou was sitting in the back seat of the car with her eyes closed and resting. She was regulating her breath and controlling the corpse energy in her body.
And I took a nap in the car for a while.
When I woke up again, it was already two hours later, and Mai Xiaorou was still adjusting her breath with her eyes closed. I was bored so I got out of the car and called Zhang Rui.
I asked him how the situation was over there, and Zhang Rui said: "Dr. Chen, I didn't give you the car keys. You don't have to wait for me and Tang Qing. We have some troubleshooting here. You and Daoyou Mai
Let’s leave first.”
Zhang Rui still refused to tell us the truth, so I smiled and said, "Then we'll leave first!"
Originally, I thought I could become friends with Zhang Rui and Tang Qing, but now it seems that the little friendship between us is not worth mentioning in their eyes. I am still too easy to trust people.
After hanging up the phone and returning to the car, I told Mai Xiaorou what had happened.
She said: "We basically didn't contribute much to this case, but it's okay. It's better for us to have less involvement in the affairs of their big Taoist families. Okay, let's go first."
After driving from here, we drove back to the provincial capital overnight.
We didn't talk much along the way, and I wasn't driving very fast. After driving for dozens of miles, we stopped in a town. It was too dark and there was heavy fog, so it was really unsafe to drive now.
We found a small hotel to stay in the town and prepared to continue on our way until daybreak.
We were indeed a little tired and fell asleep not long after we arrived in the room.
At about five o'clock in the morning, when I was sleeping soundly, Mai Xiaorou suddenly grabbed my wrist and shouted me out of bed: "Chen Yu, get up, there's something going on outside!"
When I heard Mai Xiaorou say something was going on, I immediately woke up and quickly asked Mai Xiaorou what was going on.
Mai Xiaorou pointed out the window and said, "I can feel someone bringing Shouzhu to the town."
I was a little surprised and said: "How do you feel it?"
Mai Xiaorou said: "When we were in Gangli Village before, Zhang Rui saw the formation for trapping longevity beads from the two dolls and knew that there were longevity beads nearby, but I was different. I already had one in my body.
Whenever a longevity bead comes near me, I can clearly feel it. Now I have the feeling of a ruined temple in Nagang Licun, so I can conclude that someone has brought a longevity bead to this town.
"
I asked Mai Xiaorou, could it be that the ancient corpse king from Gangli Village had escaped?
Mai Xiaorou shook her head and said: "Probably not. If the corpse king comes, the corpse energy in my body will resonate with it. Now the corpse energy in my body is stable, which is enough to show that the person who brought the longevity pearl is a person, not a human being."
corpse."
I was curious again: "Could it be that Zhang Rui and Tang Qing came here?"
Mai Xiaorou shook her head and said she didn't know either.
We had already put on our clothes while we were talking, and then we went out.
There is a lot of fog in this town. Although there are street lights, we can still only see about ten meters away.
Mai Xiaorou took me to the north of the town, and we didn't meet anyone along the way.
When we arrived at the north of the town, Mai Xiaorou stopped. At this time, we were already standing at the edge of the town. After standing at the intersection for a while, Mai Xiaorou pulled me and ran towards a wheat field. In the thick fog, we
After running for a while, I became a little confused about the direction.
I asked Mai Xiaorou if we could still find our way back in a while.
She said: "Of course it is possible."
After walking forward for a while, I suddenly felt two evil spirits flying towards me and Mai Xiaorou respectively. Mai Xiaorou pulled my wrist and ducked to the side, and the two evil spirits were deflected.
Then a figure slowly appeared more than ten meters in front of us. We all knew this person, it was Yang Zhi.
Before I could say anything, Mai Xiaorou suddenly said: "The longevity pearl is on her body."
Yang Zhi smiled at us and said, "I finally got rid of the Tang family, and now I'm entangled with you again. I'm really unlucky."
Yang Zhi deliberately took a few steps toward us, and as we got closer, I took a flashlight and looked at her, and found a trace of blood on the corner of her mouth, her face was a little pale, and most importantly, her breath was very unstable.
It looked like she had just fought with someone else.
Mai Xiaorou snorted and said: "I didn't expect that you would take away the longevity pearl of Nagang Licun. Zhang Rui and Tang Qing must be very angry. But then again, I really didn't expect that."
, your target will be the longevity bead, I thought you would target the corpse king’s corpse energy!"
Yang Zhi did not continue to approach us, but smiled slightly and stretched out her hand to block our flashlight light and said: "This longevity pearl is a good thing. Although it is not our main purpose, it is also something in our plan. We arranged this situation.
I made it look like a strange disease had occurred here, so as not to attract the attention of the Supernatural Bureau, but I didn’t expect that they would eventually discover it.”
I said: "How can you not attract the attention of the Supernatural Bureau when you make such a big noise? If the people of a village don't come, will the whole village really die?"
Yang Zhi smiled and said: "It's not that we made a big noise, but to draw out the Corpse King's Corpse Qi, a large amount of Corpse Qi must be cooperated. It's just right that all the people in this village are sick. You just need to
If we come one day late, we can activate the zombie aura of the corpse king, what a pity, what a pity!"
I asked Yang Zhi what he did to collect the Corpse King's corpse energy.
Yang Zhi smiled but said nothing.
Mai Xiaorou said: "Although I don't know your purpose, I do know that this Corpse King should be somewhat different from other Corpse Kings, but I can't tell what the difference is."
Yang Zhi said: "You don't need to trick me, I won't say anything. I took the initiative to stand in front of you because I am injured now and I can't run away from you, so I have to stop and take care of you two."
Already."
Mai Xiaorou snorted and said, "You also know that you are injured, so why do you deal with us?"
Yang Zhi suddenly moved her right hand that was blocking my flashlight light, then put her hand slightly to her ear, and snapped her fingers with a "pop" sound.
Hearing the sound of snapping fingers, my heart suddenly trembled.
"Snapped!"
The second finger snapping started again.
Suddenly my stomach hurt, and I understood that Yang Zhi had a way to mobilize my Gu Immortal eggs and make them react in my body.
I squatted down holding my stomach.
Mai Xiaorou frowned, and then rushed towards Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi did not confront Mai Xiaorou, but quickly dodged to the side. Mai Xiaorou punched Yang Zhi several times but was unable to hit Yang Zhi.
Zhi.
The pain was so severe that I simply rolled on the ground. The cold ground made me feel better.
Seeing my painful look, Mai Xiaorou said to Yang Zhi: "Stop it!"
Yang Zhi smiled and said: "It's okay to ask me to stop. Let me leave here. You are not allowed to follow me anymore!"
Mai Xiaorou agreed directly: "Okay!"
Yang Zhi was slightly startled, but she did not turn around and leave immediately. Instead, she suddenly made a finger gesture and hit Mai Xiaorou.
Mai Xiaorou hurriedly hid aside, and the finger trick was empty.
But Yang Zhi's movements did not stop, she ran directly towards me, a dagger with a cold light suddenly appeared in her hand, and she said with a slightly chilly smile: "The Gu Immortal in your belly
I accepted the egg!"
After saying that, she stabbed my lower abdomen with the dagger in her hand!
I was lying on the ground, my stomach hurt so much that I couldn't move.
I can only watch as the dagger stabs my lower abdomen...
It’s over, am I going to die?
But at this moment, the Snake King Pendant on my chest suddenly became slightly warm, and then a very strong momentum emanated from it!
"Buzz!"
The extremely strong momentum dissipated instantly, and Yang Zhi's stabbing at me stopped. The tip of her dagger was no more than an inch away from my lower abdomen.
"Ouch!"
Then the Snake King Pendant let out a roar as if it came alive, and a blue snake-shaped light jumped out from my chest and hit Yang Zhi's chest directly.
"Bang!"
Yang Zhi was beaten back several meters, then spit out a mouthful of blood, and dropped the dagger to the ground.
Mai Xiaorou rushed to my side at this time and protected me.
Upon seeing this, Yang Zhi turned around and ran into the thick fog.
Mai Xiaorou did not chase after me, but asked me how I was doing and whether he had stabbed me just now. I touched the Snake King Pendant on my chest and said, "It saved my life again."
After saying that, I held my stomach and rolled on the ground twice more. At the same time, I kept silently reciting the formula to communicate with the Gu Immortal's egg. Although I still couldn't communicate, the pain slowly began to lessen.
Because she had to take care of me, Yang Zhi ran away, and we lost the chance to catch up again.
After a while, Mai Xiaorou picked up the dagger left by Yang Zhi and said to me: "Open the handle of the dagger."
At this time, my stomach no longer hurt much. I studied the handle of the dagger and found that the end could be twisted off.
After I unscrewed the end, a small ball with red hair rolled out of the handle of the dagger and fell directly into the palm of my hand.
That fluffy little ball made me feel a little nauseous. I was just about to throw it away when Mai Xiaorou grabbed my wrist and said, "That's a longevity ball!" (To be continued)