The Exorcist Chapter 37: Boys and girls

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Chapter 37: Boys and Girls

"It's okay now!"

"But what does 'it's okay' mean?" Bao Datong asked.

"It means that Xitou Store has not been 'obviously' harassed since then." Ruan Zhan considered the words, not knowing how to describe the situation in Xitou Store.

In fact, on the surface, everything seemed to be fine. There were no children knocking on the door and calling for mother in the middle of the night. But since then, the whole village has been like a seriously ill person who has had his yang energy drained away. Just the same, I can never regain my previous health. It used to be just poverty, but now the whole village is shrouded in a dark and fragile atmosphere, without any vitality. The slightest disturbance can silence everyone. The bodies of the people in the village are also very fragile, even the domestic animals and dogs they raise. They all fell ill every now and then. I don't know whether it was because they were too frightened at the time or because the three plague gods brought some disaster.

Ruan Zhan saw all this and understood exactly what was going on. You must know that there are a total of three yang lanterns on the top of a person's head and shoulders, so there are always old people saying that if you walk in the middle of the night, don't look back, because as soon as you look back, the yang lantern will go out. When all three lanterns go out, people will have no innate ability. The breath comes to ward off evil spirits. But even if you encounter evil spirits while walking at night and the sun lamp goes out, as long as you can survive the dangerous moment, the rising yang energy from the earth will naturally give humans enough supplements during the next day, just like filling up the lamp oil. , the sun light will turn on again!

But this is not the case for the people in Xitou shop. They only have one yang lantern on each shoulder, and the yang lantern above their heads disappears without a trace. It is not extinguished temporarily, but completely disappears!

This gave him a deeper understanding of the strength of those two little monsters. Their yin power was so strong that they actually ate the villagers' yang lanterns and used them for themselves the moment they were born. They have been buried underground for hundreds of years and have stored endless power. As spiritual bodies, they can use the technique of neutralizing yin and yang, which not only improves their power, but also enables them to wander around without being buried in their bones. The limits of earth and day and night.

This is really, really, really hard to deal with.

For the villagers of Xitoudian, if they want to completely eradicate this situation where the Yang fire is weak and external evils can invade at any time, they must destroy these two evildoers. He couldn't handle this, and it would take Bao Datong, the authentic Taoist successor. At that time, all it takes is to separate the human yang energy swallowed by these two monsters, and then cast a spell to put it back into the villagers.

"It seems that they are not interested in remote areas like Xitoudian." Bao Datong said, "In fact, there has been a five-year incubation period from the time they were born to today. So what have they been doing in these five years? And why don't they come out? Is it because they are cultivating themselves? Or do they want to live a quiet life? And what inducements made them run out and commit crimes later?"

"Zhang Zixin is an inducement, right?" Wan Li said, "At least he came to Xitou shop and let the pair of monsters feel the outside world. I think they were buried for so many years and they were not very young when they were buried. They may be very curious about the world, and maybe that's why they haven't harmed mankind in the past five years. But from another perspective, maybe they have done bad things, but they have not been exposed because they are secretive or the harm is not great. And recently These incidents of missing children that cause people to panic may be caused by reasons we don’t understand that prompt them to act like this.”

"Maybe there is no reason at all, just do whatever you want." Xiao Xia thought of the child's eyes and shuddered, "You also said that they were only five or six-year-old children when they were buried, so even though hundreds of Years later, their intelligence may grow to be more cunning and cruel than ordinary adults, but their minds may still be children. You know, it is difficult to guess the thoughts of children, and what they do depends on their own temporary likes and dislikes. There may not be a reason, and there are no rules to follow.”

"I agree with Xiao Xia's statement. Maybe when Zhang Zixin came here, his own situation or the place he came from aroused the interest of these monsters, so they ran out, maybe wandered around for a while, maybe just Lurking directly in our city." Bao Datong said, "Think about how terrifying this is. For most people, there may be unusual things peeping around us every day, and danger is all around us. , but we don’t know.”

His words made everyone silent for a while, and then he continued, "What I don't understand is why this matter was not made known to everyone, and even if Zhang Zixin's friends did not reveal anything to the police, didn't the police find anything suspicious? Something?" he continued.

"It's very simple." Wan Li spread his hands, "Either the villagers are too timid to speak out, or the local government suppressed it as an incident of feudal superstition, or the pair of monsters did something. But since Zhang Zixin knows about it, it proves that this matter is still circulated in the local area. Besides, didn't Azhan say that the local tabloid had recorded it? It probably wasn't widely noticed, and was later suppressed. The question now is, How did Zhang Zixin get burned, and what happened on the other side of the river?" He said and looked at Ruan Zhan again.

"According to the villagers, not long after this incident, a reporter named Zhang from a big city came to their village to inquire about the incident. Maybe the country people are more in awe of the reporter's identity, so Although they were afraid of provoking the 'three great immortals' again, they still told Zhang Zixin what happened. Of course Zhang Zixin didn't believe it, and he wanted to find the flaw in it, so he ran to the land where the reservoir was dug to investigate again, and went to the He searched for physical evidence in the ancestral temple, and finally went to the place where the three dead bones were reburied."

"Nothing happened in the village on the other side of the river, right?" Xiaoxia asked.

"Fortunately." Ruan Zhan said, "Firstly, the villagers of Xitoudian were afraid that they would not agree to bury them near other people's villages. Secondly, they also had a conscience and did not want to bring disaster to other villages, so The place I chose was a wasteland upstream of the river. There were no villages or towns nearby, and it was backed by a barren mountain."

"Wow, the villagers in Xitoudian are really good. If I were a demon spirit, I wouldn't harm them." Bao Datong sighed exaggeratedly, "They dug me out again, let me see the light of day again, and gave me to them again. A geomantic treasure land with mountains and rivers allows me to absorb spiritual energy. Even if I am a moody child, I will not retaliate for kindness."

"I said it happened back then." Ruan Zhan reminded him, "With the rapid economic development, that cemetery was cleared as an ownerless cemetery three years ago. Now it is a flat road. , countless vehicles pass by it every day, and they cannot practice in that environment."

"It can't be a death highway or something, right? It's the kind of car that will cause an accident as soon as it reaches that place." Bao Datong said.

Ruan Zhan shook his head, "There were no major accidents there. Don't forget, Zhang Zixin disappeared five years ago. If those two monsters left Xitou shop because of him, and they were so powerful that they wouldn't have to Restricted by the burial ground and the sun, moon, yin and yang, the so-called tomb was empty five years ago and is just a pile of dead bones. How can it cause trouble to passersby?"

Everyone thought so and nodded.

"The question now is about Zhang Zixin. What happened to him after he came to Xitou store? How did he disappear?" Wan Li brought the topic back.

"According to the village chief, Zhang Zixin was ready to go to the other side of the river to investigate after spending a few days in the village. He was living at the village chief's house at the time, and the village chief tried his best to dissuade him from going, but he was very stubborn. He set off alone early the next morning. He had no transportation, and he didn't know how he walked the five hundred miles of dirt road. In the past, when the villagers buried the three dead bones, it took a full week to arrive. If one came It should have been at least two weeks for a round trip, but he came back at midnight on the seventh day. The night he came back, some villagers came back late because they went to town. As soon as they entered the village, they saw a man in a panic. He was running around the village, as if he wanted to hide somewhere. One villager recognized him as reporter Zhang from the city, so he called him. Unexpectedly, he turned his head and almost scared the villagers to death because his body and The neck didn't move, but the whole head turned 180 degrees, and the face was pale and the facial features were blurred to the point of being unclear. And just when everyone was so frightened that they couldn't move, two children, a boy and a girl, suddenly appeared. , one person held his hand and dragged him away! And since then, he has never appeared again. Therefore, although he is legally missing, it can be concluded from the villagers' oral accounts that he He must be dead, otherwise it would be impossible to go back and forth within seven days, and it would not be in that state."

"Then his soul -" Wan Li said worriedly, "did he leave, or was he trapped somewhere, or was he eaten? These two monsters sucked the blood of many dogs as soon as they were born, so now they Are so many children taken away and used as food?"

"The mystery will not be revealed until this matter is completely solved." Ruan Zhan said, "However, the village chief gave me a notebook that Zhang Zixin left back then. Maybe he left too hastily. I forgot I was at the village chief’s house.”

"Ah? There are notes? Where are they?" The impatient Bao Datong jumped up, "What does it say?"

"I put it away. It will be useful in the future." Ruan Zhan said calmly, "As for what is mentioned above, it is the situation of his investigation in those few days."

"What did he say?" Wan Li was more curious about how an atheist reporter could explain this strange thing.

"He believes that the place where Xitoudian is going to dig the reservoir was formerly a monk's tomb. The large vat in the middle is that of an old Taoist priest, which can be seen from his hair, teeth and some remaining clothing; lotus The painting on the vat that has not faded after many years is a long-lost craft, which is of great research value; the silk screen in the vat was also mixed in during the vat making process, probably to prevent cracking; and he dug it out and was buried by the villagers. He found the fragments and rubble of the cylinder and found the black charms written with strange pigments on them. He thought it was a kind of funeral custom, similar to the burial scriptures; the two children had lifelike faces when they were dug out. , is also one of the cruelest burial methods in ancient times - burying boys and girls together. Holes were punched in the tops of their heads and the palms of their hands while they were still alive, and mercury was poured into them. In addition, some weird but profound embalming techniques in the past were used, so This allowed the boy and girl to survive hundreds of years without their corpses rotting. When the villagers dug them out and exposed them to the air, their corpses quickly decomposed; as for the most terrifying phenomenon of knocking on doors in the middle of the night and killing small and big dogs in the village. , he believed that the former was a collective hallucination of villagers in fear, and the latter was the appearance of ferocious beasts."

"Dogs are the most sensitive animals. No matter how ferocious the beast is, it is impossible to kill them all without alarming them." Bao Datong said, "This does not make sense."

"Yes, he also explained this problem in his notes. He believed that it must be a rare creature that can secrete special substances that can emit something similar to hallucinogens, which made the dogs obediently interact with it. Arrive at the ancestral temple and let it kill you."

"It's a good explanation, but where can such an animal exist?" Wan Li said, "If it really existed, then the country wouldn't immediately capture it for protection and research!"

"After this question, he drew a huge red question mark. He probably made a hypothesis first and then slowly verified it. Unfortunately, he never had the chance again." Ruan Zhan sighed lightly and looked out the window. , "In fact, in my opinion, the first few of his guesses are correct - after the old Taoist priest died, because of his relatively high status, he buried the boys and girls with him, and the charms, the whisk in his hand and the bite in his mouth The golden bells were all used to calm the spirits, but his judgment about the boy and girl was wrong. It was true that the boy and girl were just ordinary children before they were buried alive, but after they were buried alive, there were It may have changed for some reason we don't know.

The reason why there are those talismans and magic weapons is probably so that the souls of the two children cannot leave even after they die, and they can accompany the old Taoist priest and become his permanent slaves. But this old Taoist priest obviously does not have that much magic power to enable him to practice cultivation after becoming a soul. Or, his soul after death does not even have innate malevolence. But you know, the smaller and weaker the person, the greater the resentment after death. The boy and girl may have developed great abilities after death, thus swallowing up the soul of the old Taoist priest, and even He may have acquired the spells he had practiced before as his own. But they were pinned underground by the whisk, the golden bell, the vat full of talismans, and even the unknown net. They stayed there for hundreds of years, until the people from Xitou shop accidentally dug them up. And by taking away those things that suppressed them, they were completely freed from it.

Their cultivation may have been carried out unconsciously, after all, they were so young back then, but it is precisely because of this unconsciousness and lack of distractions that the spells they inherited from the old Taoist priests were pure and high-end. Considering the hundreds of years of darkness and loneliness, and considering the growth of their intelligence, if they later practiced diligently in order to break out of the ground, you can imagine how powerful they are now! ”

After Ruan Zhan finished speaking, everyone remained silent for a long time. Everyone was imagining the brutal torture the pair of monsters suffered at that time and how powerful they are now to do whatever they want.

Who is to blame? Maybe they are victims, but when they become powerful perpetrators, what about the people who are hurt? !

"That - that is to say -" Xiao Xia guessed, "Although three dead bones were unearthed, in fact, the old Taoist priest had no soul left, and the only ones who harmed people were the pair of young boys who did not realize that they were harming people. Virgin. So if we go by our guess, it’s Xiaotong and Zhang Jialin! But what about Lu Yan? What role is she playing? Is Zhang Zixin gone?"

"Take your time, don't be anxious, there are still many problems." Ruan Zhan twitched his lips and smiled at Xiao Xia, "For example, why did they come to us? Is it accidental or intentional? Also, they seem to have a grudge against Master Bao. Have you forgotten? The boy once said - I remember what he became. So, who is our Master Bao?"