I saw the bearded man grabbing a snake with its head cut off from the ground, holding it high, and shouted to everyone: "No, that woman just now must have been bitten by a rattlesnake."
After saying that, the guy threw the snake with its head cut off in his hand far away, and quickly ran towards the place where the previous woman rolled down.
After a while, his son Sanchi also carried the medicine box and ran down quickly. Miss Bobo and I held hands and stopped when we reached the edge of the sand dune.
The sand here is so soft that if you are not careful, your whole body will fall down.
The bearded man walked very fast in the sand and ran down the hillside in a short while.
He turned the woman over and shouted, "Hey! Wake up."
However, after calling for a while, the woman got no response. Her bearded son Sanchi soon arrived with a medicine box.
After a while of fussing, they put the woman on Sanchi's back, and then slowly walked up the hillside. Seeing this, Miss Bobo and I were ready to help.
But the bearded man waved at me desperately, "Go back quickly! Go back quickly! This woman is hopeless."
Hearing these words, I felt quite surprised and a little sad at the same time. I didn't expect that this woman would be hopeless in such a short period of time.
Not long after, the woman was carried up by Sanchi and lay flat on the sand.
At this time, people gathered around.
"Oh! God, this woman is so pitiful."
"Yes! Look how big your feet and hands are."
I looked at the woman carefully and saw that the woman's hands and feet were swollen like buffalo, and I felt numbness in her back. It looked like the woman had been bitten by a rattlesnake in her hands and feet.
Unexpectedly, this rattlesnake is so venomous. In just a few minutes, the woman died, and even her lips turned purple.
"Everyone, please give way! Let us bury her together, which can be regarded as sending her on her last journey." After that, the bearded man clasped his hands above his head and bowed three times to the sky, probably praying.
After a while, he dug a hole in the sand with both hands. His son and his teammates also dug holes for the dead woman one by one.
While he was digging, the man in yellow robe also came to the female corpse.
The Taoist priest held up three fingers, performed a Taoist ritual, and softly called out: "Infinite Heavenly Lord!"
After saying that, he was seen chanting a spell over the woman's corpse. While chanting the spell, he was seen circling around the woman's corpse.
I vaguely heard the Taoist priest chanting the Rebirth Mantra.
Originally, I wanted to recite two paragraphs for this woman, but Miss Bobo gently touched my waist with her elbow and whispered: "Let's take a look first and then talk! Don't recite the curse randomly."
I had no choice but to stop and look at the people in front of me quietly without saying a word.
After a while, everyone finally dug a big hole for the dead woman.
"Rest in peace!" The bearded man winked at his son, and the two of them carried the woman's body into the sandpit. Then he saw him shouting loudly: "May the Lord bless you. May you be safe after your death."
Your soul ascends to heaven."
After saying that, he began to push the sand with his hands to bury the woman's body.
It didn't take long for the woman's body to be completely buried in the sand.
The bearded man and his teammates stared at each other for a long time, then turned towards me, Miss Bobo, and others, and shouted loudly: "Let's go! Let's hurry up and get to the Ark Hotel at midnight. Tonight
We'll rest there."
"Come on, get on the camel!"
Miss Bobo and I rode on the camel again, and the bearded man continued to lead the team, preparing to move forward.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a shout from behind me.
"Basang, it's bad, the little lovers are gone." A teammate with a big beard ran to his side and shouted loudly.
I took a closer look at the man and saw that the man had a pair of triangular eyes and looked sly. From his appearance, he didn't seem like a good person.
"Come on, let's look around first."
The bearded man said to everyone, and his teammates got off their camels one by one and prepared to find people.
I didn't want to, but at this time the Taoist priest came over and said to the bearded man: "Mr. Basang, I think we don't have much time to waste on the road. You also know that this is an ancient trade road.
There will be some supernatural events happening. I think the couple just now are probably a pair of ghosts. It would be better if they left."
"Ah! No way! I don't think it looks like it!" A middle-aged man said with his mouth wide open.
The bearded man hesitated for a while, then finally nodded and said, "Okay! I'll listen to you."
After that, he raised his face and shouted to everyone, "Hey! Everyone, listen up, we will not stop along the way. This time we will not stop until we reach the Ark Hotel in one breath."
"good!"
"clear!"
After a while of agreement, everyone followed.
We continued walking forward, and after walking for a while, someone shouted again.
"That's not right! Dad, that couple disappeared just now. Why did they take our camels with them too? If they were really ghosts, they shouldn't have taken our camels with them! Besides, camels are the gods of the desert.
.There is no way a ghost can take it away."
The bearded son said to him.
The bearded man stopped, thought for a while and said: "Forget it, let's go! It's already late. Even if that couple is not a ghost, their origin is very suspicious. Why did they get together just now?
, and it got lost when you weren’t even paying attention? This is obviously a problem.”
"Yeah! Okay! Let's continue on our way!" The bearded son listened to his father's words and said nothing more. He led the camel and continued on his way.
Everyone kept walking forward, and Miss Bobo and I rode on the camels without any effort. Not only were we not tired, but we felt like we were riding on a cradle.
After walking for about half an hour, I saw the Taoist priest always looking towards us intentionally or unintentionally. It seemed that he had something to say to me.
I was thinking, could this guy realize that Miss Bobo and I are the same person? If this is the case, then this guy must want to rescue Miss Bobo and me.
There is another thing that I don't quite understand, that is, I also carry a mahogany sword on my back. Ordinarily, he should be able to tell at a glance that I am a disciple of Maoshan.
But this guy didn't seem to see what I was doing.
Ignore him, since this guy even has a ghost mirror, he definitely can't be a ghost.
Thinking of this, I felt relieved.
As we were walking, suddenly, the wind blew in the desert, causing sand and rocks to fly for a while.
"No, there's a sandstorm." The bearded man shouted to everyone. At the same time, he took the camel's reins with his hands. The camel squatted down very obediently, and then lay on the ground.
"You two, come down quickly! Hide behind the camel. This will allow you to avoid the sand and dust." The bearded man said to me and Miss Bobo.
"Okay! Thank you!" I nodded in response, and then Miss Bobo and I got off the camel, and then we avoided the wind and sand behind the camel.
The strong wind in the desert whipped up waves of dust and blew towards us.
At this moment, I saw the Taoist priest sneaking up behind us and squatting side by side with Miss Bobo and me.
"You two, you must be careful on the road. I have just identified the two of you as human beings through the ghost identification mirror. It's good to have a companion on this trip to the underworld."
The Taoist priest said to me and Miss Bobo.
"Well! It seems that you are also a human being." I replied to the Taoist priest in front of me.
"Of course. I think this sandstorm will pass soon. A mile ahead is a place called Ghost Road. Accidents often happen there. You two must be careful, there will be ghosts there. I
I'm afraid that this group of caravans will attack you two when they get there. It will be a trivial matter to take away your belongings. What I'm most afraid of is that they will take away your human souls and make you their ghost slaves."
The Taoist priest warned Miss Bobo and me.
"Ah! What are the ghosts on the road doing stealing our property? The money they use is different from the money we use!" I asked with some confusion.
The Taoist priest rolled his eyes at me, and his eyes fell on the peach wood sword on my back, "You don't know this! I think you should be a Taoist!"
"Yes! I am a disciple of Xia Maoshan." I replied to the Taoist priest in front of me.
"Perhaps this is because you have never walked through the underworld of the desert. The ghost caravans here are notoriously powerful. If someone accidentally encounters them while walking through the underworld, there is a high probability that they will not be able to go back. Unless they are good at it.
Very deep.”
The Taoist priest paused and continued: "The ghost caravan will rob and do things to seek wealth and death. In fact, this may not be their original intention. This is their resentment before they die, which makes them deeply resentful.
Ghosts with deep resentment only want revenge. Many of them were killed in this way during their lives, so they will also think about doing things to make money and kill people after they die."
"Thank you for reminding me, brother." I replied to the Taoist priest in front of me.
"Come here, there are two talismans here to avoid the intrusion of some ghosts. When we get to the ghost road later, we must be more careful. These things will come in handy. You two only need to use these
Just hold these two things in your hands. Then the ghosts on the ghost path will not dare to attack you."
After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he handed the two talismans to Miss Bobo and me. When his eyes fell on Miss Bobo's face, he looked at them in surprise, but in the end he said nothing.
It gives me the feeling that this guy seems to be wary of Miss Bobo. Perhaps he has also figured out that Miss Bobo is a soul-hiding master.
However, it is normal to have this kind of mentality. After all, Miss Bobo studied black witchcraft, and he is a righteous person, and the two are often incompatible. This kind of emotion can be seen from the master.
.
"Thank you!" Miss Bobo and I took the two talismans from the Taoist priest's hands and nodded our thanks.
Miss Bobo's eyes fell on a French cloth bag on the Taoist priest's waist, and she smiled and said to the Taoist priest: "Taoist priest, can I borrow your ghost mirror?"
The Taoist priest's face immediately darkened, and he decisively rejected Miss Bobo's request.
The two of them looked at each other, and their eyes were a little unfriendly to each other. It made me a little nervous.
"Okay, the wind and sand have stopped. We can continue on our way." The bearded man shouted loudly, and the caravan crowd once again stood up holding or riding camels.
Just when I was about to leave, I suddenly heard a scream of "ah" coming from behind me.
Then, we turned around and saw an old man with white hair at the end of the crowd lying on the ground, rolling around in pain.
"Ah! Help...save me..."
The old man was rolling back and forth on the ground in extreme pain, holding his belly with his hands.
"What's wrong?" The bearded man dropped the camel in his hand and ran over quickly. Miss Bobo and I also got off the camel immediately and ran towards the old man.
The bearded man shined a flashlight into the old man's eyes, and saw that his eyes were red, blood was spitting out of his mouth, and his eyes were wide open, showing an expression of extreme pain.
Just then, I saw two blood-red bugs coming out of this guy's nostrils, and I couldn't help but be shocked.