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Chapter 19 Lantern Ghost

Mr. Qiao quickly put out a few pieces of calligraphy with his other hand.

A piece of paper with the word "fire" written on it in dozens of different forms suddenly burned up. Master Qiao could actually control these flames, which split into three fire snakes and coiled around the cage. In terms of the level of controlling flames, Master Qiao was not inferior to a ninth-rate alchemist.

But as the flames started, the bamboo cage became red and hot, and the arm of Master Qiao that was swallowed by the bamboo cage was burned and smoking!

Mr. Qiao screamed, waved his hand to disperse the flames, and used the second copybook.

The calligraphy contained his own name and date of birth:
Qiao Ziang, Gengyin year, Yichou month, Bingyin day, Mao hour.

These calligraphy works are Mr. Qiao’s life-saving tricks.

The function of this card is: to replace life.

The copybook will burn, and all the disasters that Mr. Qiao has encountered will be replaced by the copybook.

If he were imprisoned, the calligraphy would transform into a substitute and directly replace Master Qiao.

But after the calligraphy burned, before it could turn into a substitute, the bamboo cage suddenly opened and became extremely huge, trapping both Mr. Qiao and the calligraphy inside!
Master Qiao broke out in a cold sweat and cried out, "How could this be?!"

How could this little bastard have such a precious treasure for craftsmen?
My Eight-Character Substitute Post can at least deal with an eighth-rate disaster, but it can't escape the siege of this small cage!

The bamboo cage began to shrink rapidly, and Master Qiao threw out the last piece of calligraphy.

When this calligraphy is unfolded, it becomes a painting.

The painting shows a lantern ghost.

The lantern face is pale human skin, and the lantern bones are human ribs.

A green ghost fire was burning in the lantern, and a big word "葬" (Deity) was written in blood on his face, and blood was still dripping down.

As the scroll unfolded, the lantern ghost jumped down and ignited a ghost fire as soon as it landed, which burned silently over an area of a hundred feet in radius.

The lantern ghost hung in the air ten feet high, as if it had the ability to captivate souls.

Xu Yuan took a look at the lantern ghost, and his eyes became dull and his movements became slow.

Suddenly, a pitch-black ghost claw stretched out from behind Xu Yuan and stabbed Xu Yuan's back silently!

The moment the ghost claw pierced the flesh, the nearby blood and flesh were directly sucked dry by the ghost claw, and the skin turned black and gray.

Xu Yuan suddenly woke up from the severe pain and threw himself forward with all his strength.

laugh!
The ghost claw pulled down, leaving five deep scars on Xu Yuan's back!
The flesh around the scar had turned into a black, gray, and dead state, and was filled with a faint ghostly aura!
Xu Yuan rolled on the ground, twisted his body and opened his mouth to spit out the "fire in his belly". The ghost claws were injured by the flames, shrank back in pain, and disappeared into thin air.

But as soon as Xu Yuan stopped, he felt a strong sense of danger coming. He quickly dodged to the side, and the ghost claw appeared out of thin air again, passing by silently.

If it weren't for that last flash, the ghost claw would have grabbed Xu Yuan's neck directly!
This lantern ghost was bought from Guanghuo Street by Mr. Qiao through Old Locust. If a living person wants to buy something from Guanghuo Street, the only "money" they can use is blood food!
This is also irrefutable evidence of his conspiracy.

Xu Yuan still didn't dare to stay. He dodged several times in succession, and then the "fire in his belly" spread out, covering his entire body.

However, the fire in the abdomen of a ninth-rate alchemy practitioner is limited, so even if he protects his whole body like this, Xu Yuan cannot hold on for too long.

Xu Yuan stared at Master Qiao. The bamboo cage kept shrinking, but Master Qiao was still struggling hard. Xu Yuan made an estimate and suddenly became pessimistic: Master Qiao could hold on longer than himself.

Xu Yuan opened his mouth and a pill spurted out!
With a "poof" sound, it hit the lantern ghost, creating a hole in the surface of the human-skin lantern. Xu Yuan was about to make another move when suddenly nine more lanterns rose from the ghostly flames all over the ground!
They all floated up to a height of ten feet, then began to spin rapidly, the flames flickering, and instantly mixed into a ball, making it impossible for Xu Yuan to tell which one was the real lantern ghost.

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth and ran out quickly, having to get out of the range of the ghost fire as soon as possible.

The lantern ghost did not stop it. As long as it stayed within the range of the ghost fire, it could ensure that the phantom would not disappear.

Xu Yuan rushed out of the range of the ghost fire, feeling a little relieved. The fire in his stomach weakened a little, and then a ghost claw appeared silently behind his neck and grabbed him fiercely!

Xu Yuan suddenly twisted his body, turned to face the ghost claw and spit: Puff!
The pill was thrown at the ghost claw, but it passed through it without any hindrance. The ghost claw had no substance.

Ten lantern ghosts swayed above the ghost fire as if dancing, mocking the stupidity of this living person.

The pill passed through the ghost claw and could not be stopped. It flew near the lantern ghost, but suddenly exploded with a bang and turned into a huge spider. The spider sprayed out a big web, covering all the lantern ghosts.

The spider web was retracted and passed directly through the phantoms, leaving only the real lantern ghost in the spider web!
The lantern ghost panicked, but could no longer escape. The spider kept closing its web. Xu Yuan dodged the ghost's claws while quickly rushing towards the lantern ghost. Then he gathered all the fire in his stomach, turned it into a fire pill, and hit the lantern ghost with a puff.

boom!
A raging flame erupted, and the ghost claws that were chasing Xu Yuan disappeared. The lantern ghost squeaked in the flames and was gradually burned to ashes!

Xu Yuan checked the wound on his back.

It is still necrotic and filled with ghostly aura.

Xu Yuan spat out another medicinal pill.

This was also condensed last night using the villagers' herbs.

This one is a detoxification pill. After rolling it over the wound, the evil spirit didn't decrease at all.

Xu Yuan shook his head. The ghost energy had the same effect as poisoning, but it could not be resolved with detoxification pills.

Xu Yuan released another healing pill, but when he got close, not only did it fail to heal the injury, but the pill also showed signs of being contaminated by ghost energy, so Xu Yuan had to take it back.

Let’s try the “fire in the abdomen” again - just now, the fire in the abdomen briefly spread throughout the body, and its power weakened after it was diluted. At that time, the ghost energy did not react much.

At this time, Xu Yuan condensed into a fire pill and rolled over the wound.

This ghost energy was indeed afraid of the "fire in the belly", but once stimulated by the fire pill, it drilled deeper into Xu Yuan's body like a poisonous insect!
Xu Yuan quickly stopped, it was really tricky, he could only do this for now, and think of a solution after he got out of Guiwu Mountain.

Next to him, the bamboo cage had shrunk, trapping Mr. Qiao firmly inside.

Xu Yuan walked over. The bamboo cage was still shrinking. Several bamboo strips had already pierced into Mr. Qiao's neck and were still drilling into the flesh. Blood was flowing down the bamboo strips.

Mr. Qiao was already unable to move, his eyes bulging outward as he stared intently at Xu Yuan. Using his last bit of strength, he spoke intermittently, "The people in Hegong Lane... are really... weird..."

Mr. Qiao died with endless regret.

There has always been an old legend in the county town: don't mess with those people in Hegong Lane.

There are all kinds of rumors about Hegong Lane and the people who live there.

But Mr. Qiao had lived in the city for decades and had never seen anything unusual in the alley with his own eyes. He always thought these rumors were nonsense.

Now he has risked his life.

(End of this chapter)