hell in disguise

At dawn, Tan Yangzi and Yan Fei had already trekked into the dense forest with several villagers.The entire forest was extremely quiet, not even the sound of birdsong.

"Maybe they've all been eaten?" Yan Fei picked off a leaf that was still stained with blood.

Taotie is originally a monster that eats forever. It has a long lifespan, and it can even be said that it will not die.But they will always feel hungry, as long as they don't eat for an hour, they will become bloodthirsty and crazy, eating whatever they see.In the end, most of the Taotie starved to death.As for the name of the Taotie Treasure Box, Yan Fei vaguely remembers hearing it in his long life as a god. It seems to be made of [-] Taotie's blood-soaked Jianmu carvings, but he can't remember the specific effect. .That's why he initially thought the box was a heavenly relic.

But why is it exuding an evil and filthy hell atmosphere all over its body now?

When the group arrived at the place where the treasure box was buried, they were all stunned.All the plants around the land were withering and rotting, and even the land had turned into some kind of ooze with a foul smell.Several villagers showed signs of timidity and stepped back one after another. Seeing this, Yan Fei became impatient.Now he is more and more sure that this box may have been placed here by Heavenly Court to collect souls, which means that the longer they spend here, the higher the possibility of them being discovered by Heavenly Court.He became more and more impatient, so he lightly shook the soul-inducing bell in his hand. After closing and opening his eyes, a kind of dazzling magic power began to gush out from his eyes.He turned around and smiled slightly at the villagers, "Don't be afraid, my master is the most powerful, and he will protect you."

The moment the villagers met those beautiful red phoenix eyes, they suddenly and inexplicably felt that the fear that had been urging them to run away just now disappeared, and instead felt a joyful urge to surrender to those eyes.Those mountain people who live in seclusion have never seen a man as beautiful as Yan Fei, but they are just surprised, but now this beauty seems to have a magic power like an abyss that confuses people's hearts.At this moment, Yan Fei exuded a holy and gorgeous light like a beautiful god in their eyes, so they all showed some kind of eager smiles, rolled up their sleeves and dug up the soil vigorously.

Seeing this obvious change, Tan Yangzi was a little surprised and looked at Yan Fei.Yan Fei smiled wickedly at him, and said in a low voice, "It won't waste too much time."

What Tan Yangzi was thinking was, when did Yan Fei's charm technique become so powerful?Although he was also very talented in this area in the past, when this spell is used alone, it can only slightly affect the tendency of a normal-minded person, and cannot completely suppress such powerful emotions as fear and hatred that can twist the mind.It will have a better effect only when it is used together with spells such as dreaming.But now, Yan Fei can make these villagers obey his will with just one look.

Several villagers sweated profusely and quickly dug a big hole in the ground with unprecedented vigor.After a while, the shovel touched something hard, and there was a hollow echo.

"Ah, I got it." Yan Fei took a few steps forward and watched the villagers dig out a rectangular object with their hands.As soon as he raised his hand, the villagers stopped their movements, "Okay, step back. Master and I will do the rest."

The villagers retreated obediently, but they didn't retreat very far as if they were worried about Yan Fei's safety.It was as if they had completely forgotten their previous fears.

Tan Yangzi frowned, then walked to Yan Fei's side.

Yan Fei lifted the box from the pit and put it outside, brushing off the dirt on the surface with his hands.The wood looks a bit like red sandalwood, but it doesn't seem to be. The tentacles are very hard and heavy, like steel, but they have the warm and moist texture of wood.Sure enough, a ferocious monster was engraved on the surface of the box. Two human legs protruded from its mouth full of fangs, and its upper body had been swallowed.Just looking at this ferocious and evil relief is disturbing. Tan Yangzi doesn't understand how anyone would dare to eat something taken out of it.

Yan Fei grabbed the brass lock that was not locked and opened the box. At the same time, the villagers yelled in horror and backed away.

It seemed that Yan Fei was no longer influencing them, so the fear gradually came back.

The box was empty, with nothing to show for it.However, the moment Tan Yangzi's hand touched the box, an ominous tremor ran through his whole body like an electric current.He withdrew his hand as if being stung, and frowned even tighter, "This thing... came from heaven."

Yan Fei hurriedly grabbed Tan Yangzi's hand and looked at it, and he was relieved when he saw that there was no damage.He annoyed himself for forgetting that Jianmu is a divine tree that can run through the heavens, even if it is demonized by an unknown method, it will still be harmful to ghosts like Qianna.He thought for a moment, then said to Tan Yangzi, "I have an idea."

"what?"

Yan Fei smiled at him, then put his hand into the box, raised his hand after a while, and there was a bowl of crispy cheese in his palm.

Tan Yangzi's face changed slightly, "What are you doing!"

"Eat what you take out of the box, and those corpses will come to me... Maybe they will all come to me, after all, I can't be killed by one or two living corpses. Then we can catch them all. "

"No!" Tan Yangzi knocked down the bowl in his hand, there was an uproar, and the crispy cheese splashed all over the floor.

Yan Fei opened his eyes wide in surprise, he didn't expect Master to become so angry suddenly.

Tan Yangzi said angrily, "The strength of those corpses is so great, I could barely hold down one of them yesterday. If they come together, what if something happens to them!"

It turned out that I was afraid that something would happen to me...

Yan Fei's heart felt sour, and he secretly scolded himself for not thinking carefully.Having experienced everything before, I must be afraid that I will lose Yan Fei again, after all, I am so close...

And in Master's heart, he has no soul, once he dies, he will die completely, and there is no possibility of reincarnation.

Yan Fei held Tan Yangzi's hand lightly, and said softly, "Okay, let's find another way. Maybe we can destroy this box."

"We tried it," said a village name, "no matter whether we burn it with fire or chop it with an axe, it won't hurt at all. On the contrary, the axe curled up and ruined several of them. We really have no other way to bury it here. of!"

"Using ordinary methods may not work." Yan Fei murmured.In fact, he has the ability to purify the box and then destroy it, but if the movement is too big, it may disturb the forces he doesn't want to disturb.That's why at first he just wanted to kill all the living corpses, and then take the box away, so as to save the village without making too much noise.

But it was a palliative, not a cure, and he wasn't sure if taking the box away would lift its curse on the village.

Maybe if he was more careful and set up the magic circle first, he would be able to hide himself.

Yan Fei suddenly turned to Tan Yangzi, "Master, go back with them first and see if there is a way to release the heavenly and earthly souls of that female corpse. I'll try other methods here."

Tan Yangzi raised his eyebrows, "What are you going to try? If this is something from the Heavenly Court, and we don't have any magic weapon in our hands, how can we destroy it?"

"During the time you were in a coma, I also learned something in Asura Dao. Master, do you believe me?" Yan Fei stared at him with dark eyes, and Tan Yangzi seemed to be captured by him, and nodded.

"Trust me, go back first. Don't peek." Yan Fei said, and tightened Tan Yangzi's hand again, "If you read, I will be backlashed."

Tan Yangzi was very suspicious, he had never heard of such a spell, a spell that could not be seen by others...

But trusting Yan Fei inexplicably, he stood up and obediently left the woods with the villagers.But just as he stepped into the gate of the village, he suddenly realized something.

Did that brat Yan Fei use a charm on him just now? ! !

My Qing Wuchang, who has been dignified for more than 1000 years, has already instinctively resisted Hong Wuchang's charm, but why was he unknowingly affected this time?What happened to Yan Fei?

In the past, Yan Fei would never use such a spell on himself...

He became more and more uneasy, but worried that if he went back to the woods, it would really cause some unknown harm to Yan Fei.He snorted angrily, turned around and went to the woodshed in the backyard of the village chief's house.The female living corpse caught last night was locked there, guarded by a few anxious tall villagers.Seeing him coming back, the village chief hurriedly asked him about the situation.

Tan Yangzi was distracted at the moment, and didn't bother to explain, so he went into the firewood room after prevaricating a few words.

The moment the female corpse smelled his scent, it roared and writhed like a wild beast. Even the thickest hemp rope in the village had broken a few.Green corpse fluid gushed from her rotting mouth, exuding a sickening stench.

Without the soul of life, even if she can move, she is still a corpse...

Tan Yangzi's heart skipped a beat.

He drew out the Zhanye Sword, squatted beside the female corpse, and sighed.He muttered a word of apology in a low voice, then raised his knife and cut off the corpse's rotten right forearm.

The female corpse seemed to have no pain for a long time, and did not respond to it, and kept opening and closing her jaw trying to bite Tan Yangzi.

This piece of flesh and blood should be enough...Tan Yangzi turned around and opened the door a crack, asking the villagers outside to help him find a few candles, some utensils, a night of rice, three chopsticks, and a torch for making a fire.These things were not difficult to find, and the villagers sent them over within an hour.Tan Yangzi told them not to disturb him, and then locked the chaimen.

He wanted to make a simple corpse candle, so that he might be able to find the traces of the lost souls and see what power was controlling the village.

In the past when he and Shiva were doing some of the tougher ghost hunting missions and there weren't enough corpse candles, the two of them would use this method for a simple effect that might not last as long but would still allow them to enter the bardo The corpse candle of the world.He hung up the broken arm, set up firewood underneath, and lit it with a torch.When the oil began to flow down, he used a bowl to catch it.The light yellow grease gradually covered the bottom of the pottery bowl.He cut his finger, dripped the blood into the corpse oil, melted the candle, mixed the wax and oil together, then drew a magic circle on the ground, put the bowl in it, and chanted the mantra in a low voice.

But at this moment, suddenly the whole ground began to tremble, and the simple firewood house also shook, and the thick wooden beams above the head groaned as if they were about to break at any time.Tan Yangzi stood unsteadily and almost spilled the mixture of wax and oil in his hand.People screamed in panic and fear outside the house, shouting such words as the earthquake.

But the vibration lasted only for a moment, and then gradually stopped.At the same time, Tan Yangzi noticed that the female corpse was no longer struggling and roaring.Her unclosed cloudy eyes were still staring at him, but they seemed to be frozen in the last moment, and the jaw that kept opening and closing to bite was hanging precariously on her chest, not moving anymore.

Tan Yangzi was surprised, could it be... Yan Fei really had a way to destroy that box?

If he didn't feel wrong, then the box should belong to the Heavenly Court. How did Yan Fei destroy it?Was the earthquake just now also caused by Yan Fei?

What happened to Yan Fei...?

Suspicion is like a series of ripples, gradually disturbing Tan Yangzi's mind.He looked down at the bowl of corpse wax in his hand.If Yan Fei had really destroyed the box and lifted the curse, maybe there was no need to do this corpse candle.

but……

His throat felt dry and his heart beat slightly faster.Maybe he was overwhelmed, maybe he didn't trust Yan Fei enough.But when he thought about it carefully, that brat had lied to him more than once, and this time it was obvious that he had something to hide from him.It's understandable for him to do some investigation secretly, right?

He continued to chant the mantra, watching the bowl of corpse wax gradually become viscous.He twisted a piece of rush grass and put it in the middle of the corpse wax. The mantra in his mouth was like a sad chant, which continued to echo in the small woodshed.

Finally, the corpse candle was made.

He heard someone talking outside the door, which seemed to say that Yan Fei had come out of the woods.Some people whispered over there that they feel that Yan Fei is the more virtuous Yunyun, who can break even such a hard strange box.

Tan Yangzi lit the corpse candle and inserted the chopsticks into the rice.A strange scent with a fishy smell permeated the air. He took a deep breath and inhaled the aroma of the corpse candle.

The fragrance traveled through his blood, and soon he began to feel the temperature around his body began to drop, a chill penetrating into the bone marrow accompanied by a kind of eerie blue enveloped.At the same time, the stale and musty smell gradually overwhelmed all other smells and became stronger and stronger.

He opened his eyes and saw that the entire room was full of karmic insects, lazily shaking their fat, quivering front ends.There seems to be a lot of bad karma gathered in this seemingly innocent small village, feeding these karmic insects so fat.He opened the door, and the two villagers he saw were like two chunks of wriggling carrion, the shape and the position of the facial features could barely be distinguished.Tan Yangzi couldn't help being surprised, how did these people in such a simple and isolated village create so much bad karma to turn their souls into such ghosts?

The two pieces of carrion asked Tan Yangzi what happened to the female corpse inside. Tan Yangzi said that she seemed to have rested, and left the village head's house.Along the way, many happy-looking "monsters" who were running towards the entrance of the village greeted him and kept thanking him, but Tan Yangzi was not in the mood at all at the moment.He just wanted to see Yan Fei, and quickly let his doubts be blown away by Yan Fei's familiar smiling face.

But when he stood on the dirt road leading to the entrance of the village, he could no longer take a step.Both feet seemed to be poured with the heaviest mercury, and the coldness around him also instantly turned into the most ruthless and cold wind in the ice hell.He felt that the blood in his whole body was frozen, and his brain was also frozen into solid ice, unable to think anymore, unable to understand and accept everything in front of him.

Because surrounded by countless distorted and disgusting cheering souls, it was a beautiful soul that he had never seen before, or even unimaginable.