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Chapter 94: Inviting the Mountain Ghost (Second Update!)

In fact, even if the little fox hadn't reminded him, Xu Yuan wouldn't use this thing often.

When it comes to mountain runners, Xu Yuan will naturally remain vigilant.

There is something strange and weird about the village in the mountains.

Xu Yuan had some doubts from the beginning. He thought that the villagers and mountain hikers could no longer be considered "human beings".

Put the stone tablet back into the leather bag - Xu Yuan suddenly picked up the leather bag again and looked at it, as if thinking about something.

Fu Jingyu and his companions came down and discussed with Xu Yuan: "Going into the mountains tomorrow?"

Xu Yuan nodded and said solemnly: "Find those people and capture a few of them alive."

The Department of Elimination of Filth currently has no evidence regarding Chen Liangxuan and Su Bingyue; everything is just speculation.

However, it was extremely difficult for Xu Yuan and others to catch people in the mountains.

The opponent is quite powerful and has the help of the Locust Lady.

It was too late to ask for help from the county town.

So when we go into the mountains tomorrow, we have to think of other ways.

Xu Yuan added, "The others won't go, just the four of us. If there are too many of us, we'll be too conspicuous and it will be inconvenient to move around."

Fu Jingyu nodded: "That's right."

It would be useless for ordinary captains to go along, and "inviting mountain ghosts" would aggravate the strange infection in everyone. If ordinary captains couldn't withstand the strange changes, they would become a burden instead.

The strange infection is actually the entry of Yin energy into the body.

It’s just that they are all weird in different ways, and the yin energy on their bodies is also different.

"Rest and recharge your batteries."

The town was quiet in the second half of the night.

Perhaps all the evil spirits around were scared away by the old fox.

……

After dawn, Xu Yuan looked at today's taboos.

Prohibitions: walking at night, shouting in the mountains, breaking the ground, and cutting wood.

After everyone had breakfast together, Xu Yuan and his three companions set off.

As soon as I went out, Da Fu flapped his wings and chased after me, shouting "ang ang ang".

Xu Yuan had no choice but to say to it, "I can't take care of you today."

Dafu's eyes widened, and he didn't know whether he understood or not, but he just refused to go back.

Xu Yuan just let it follow him.

Today we walked along the road from Meirenba to Maoerzhong.
There is a row of beautiful heads on the Beauty Dam, and the four men just ignore the affectionate calls of "Master", "Husband" and "Good Brother".

Maoer Tomb was also passed smoothly.

Xu Yuan carefully caught a pheasant, confirmed again and again that it was not an evil spirit, and then prepared to "invite the mountain ghost".

This ceremony requires "blood food" as an offering and must be held in the mountains.

Xu Yuan found an open space on the side of the road, piled up stones to make a small shrine, and respectfully placed the stone tablet inside.

Everything is done according to the original regulations of the "Batoukan".

Then he took five incense sticks, broke off two of them, and made them into "three long and two short".

After lighting it, he inserted it in front of the shrine, then took a knife and cut the pheasant's neck, pouring all the blood on the shrine.

Then they placed the pheasant in front of the incense, and Xu Yuan and the other three bowed down together.

After three bows, Xu Yuan dipped three fingers in the blood on the shrine, and then stroked his forehead vertically downwards along his hairline.

Three bloodstains extended all the way to his eyebrows.

Then, Xu Yuan suddenly felt that he was "accepted" by Guiwu Mountain.

In Xu Yuan's eyes, the world was covered with a strange dark blue color, and the sound that was originally inaudible quietly rang in his ears.

Xu Yuan turned around and looked around:
In the weed-covered ditches by the roadside, many bizarre creatures lurked, resembling beasts yet not beasts, ghosts yet not ghosts. Their lower bodies blended into the vegetation, their upper bodies emerging, swaying in the wind like the weeds, as they peered greedily at the road. Many even opened their fang-filled maws wide, waiting for a bloody meal to tumble down the road.

As long as it falls, it's ours!
In the distance, some evil arguing sounds were carried by the wind.

"Children are delicious, their skin and flesh are tender and smooth."

"That's because you have bad teeth. The old man is obviously more delicious. Both the bones and the meat are chewy."

"That's because you're not very knowledgeable. Martial artists are the most delicious..."

Fu Jingyu and the other two also completed the ceremony and saw and heard the true face of Guiwu Mountain.

Xu Yuan made a gesture and the four of them walked into the mountains together.

As expected, all the evil spirits along the way ignored them.

But they also encountered an evil spirit with mouths all over its body. It stuck half of its body out from an old locust tree on the side of the road and insisted on chatting with Xu Yuan and the others.

When it speaks, all the mouths on its body make sounds.

Although Xu Yuan and the others could hear, they couldn't speak, so they had no choice but to kill the evil spirit quietly.

Unfortunately, he was seen by two evil spirits passing by.

Fu Jingyu and the other two had no choice but to look at Xu Yuan, as only Xu Yuan was an alchemy practitioner.

Xu Yuan had no choice but to suppress his nausea and take the evil bait.

The two passing by were startled and ran away as fast as the wind.

There are indeed evil spirits in the mountains that devour each other, but those who do this are all very vicious creatures.

Two evil spirits passing by were afraid that they would be affected if they just watched the fun.

A few hours later, Xu Yuan stood at the place where he buried the mountain products last time, but he just took a look and walked away.

On a crooked tree not far away, a hanged man was swinging in the mountain breeze, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue.

Seeing that Xu Yuan's tongue had become longer, he flipped down his glasses and looked at Xu Yuan carefully: "It's that kid, but how did he become like this?"

"No, I have to go tell Bai Laoyan."

The hanged man reached out to untie his own rope, gathered it up and tied it around his waist, then landed on the ground and floated away.

Less than half an hour later, Xu Yuan arrived at Wangxiang Village.

The gatekeeper is still Zhang San's father.

Seeing Xu Yuan and his three companions from afar, Zhang San's father was startled. He slammed the door shut and ran quickly towards the old dead tree in the center of the village.

I accidentally fell on the road and bruised my knee.

Purple-black blood flowed out.

He ignored the pain and limped to the dead tree, then struck a broken bell hanging on the tree.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
The whole village exploded in an instant, and adults from every household came out quickly and gathered under the tree.

"What happened to Third Dad?"

Zhang Sanba covered the wound with the ashes from his pipe and said, "A powerful enemy is coming! Let's wait until Old Bai comes."

The old mountain runner was still dressed the same way, wearing a feather cloak, topaz glasses, and walking towards him with his hands behind his back.

A hanged man followed behind him.

Zhang San's father rushed over and said, "Bai Laoyan, did you have a dispute with someone from another village? Here come four mountain people! I'm afraid we can't defeat them..."

The old mountain runner said calmly, "It's not from any other village."

Zhang San's father was stunned. "Not from another village? What do you mean? Are there other mountain runners?"

Bai Laoyan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, go away. I'll go take a look."

The villagers stared at each other, some of them even opened and closed their eyelids, and then they obediently dispersed with a lot of questions in their minds.

Bai Laoyan led the hanged ghost out of the village and instructed Zhang Sanba: "After we leave, close the village gate."

Zhang San's father followed them. When Bai Laoyan and the hanged ghost left the village, he quickly closed the door and climbed up to the village gate to look outside. This time he saw clearly and said in surprise, "Why is it that kid?"

(End of this chapter)