The Exorcist Chapter 37: Midnight Bride
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Chapter 37 The Midnight Bride
Ruan Zhan is still missing all day long, while Xiaoxia is like guarding the most precious treasure in life, clinging to Wan Li who is still unconscious!
She would lie down on the bed and look at him every few minutes, hoping for a miracle to happen. However, after waiting for midnight and a full day, she discovered that not only did the miracle not happen, but Wanli's breathing became weaker and weaker. Sometimes it was intermittent, and several times she could barely hear his breathing, and her legs were so frightened that she thought he was dead.
It was completely dark. It was already nine o'clock when I looked at my watch. There were still three hours left before Wanli's deadline. This made Xiaoxia so anxious that she almost had a nervous breakdown!
What could be sadder than this? Seeing someone who is extremely important to you getting closer to death, but you are powerless and can only stand aside and watch in despair and fear!
"I'm here to pick up the bride!" came a voice.
After repeated struggles, Xiaoxia was no longer so afraid, but the sudden appearance of the sound still surprised her. When she looked up, she saw the black cat appearing at the window at some point, squatting there leisurely, looking at her mockingly!
"Will I definitely go?" Xiaoxia asked angrily.
"Then watch him die!"
The gloating in its tone made Xiaoxia very angry. Without thinking, she reached out and grabbed the candlestick by the table, pointed it at the black cat and threw it, forgetting that the candle was still on it. I saw a flash of fire, and the black cat let out a strange cry of "meow" in surprise, and jumped onto a chair by the window, but the candlestick fell directly downstairs!
The room was suddenly dark, with only the pair of green cat eyes hanging in mid-air, staring fiercely at Xiaoxia!
Xiao Xia also stared at those cat eyes, trying her best to appear brave. Ruan Zhan said that although this black cat is evil in nature, it is not a cat demon. It speaks human language, and someone's expression is because it is controlled by a master using Gu from behind. It expresses the meaning of that person and speaks to that person. If so, what it sees in its eyes will also be conveyed to that person.
It is only equivalent to a tool, but it is more powerful than many high-tech products today. In addition, it may also be used to refine the invisible poison that kills people. It's just that this one seems to be very skilled in cooperating with the person behind it, as if it can understand people's words. Maybe it has been used by him for many years, so it probably won't be used to refine poison.
"Meow--" The unexpected attack made the black cat a little angry, and the evil cat nature was aroused. After Xiaoxia had adapted to the darkness, she saw the black cat arching its body in the moonlight, preparing to pounce on her.
"Do you still want to be punished?" Xiaoxia looked at the black cat with disdain and started talking based on her own guess. Unexpectedly, she really shocked it, "Last time you didn't listen to your master, you wanted to dig it up. Didn’t my eyes force him to become invisible and run out? What was the result? What kind of torture did he suffer? If you are not afraid, do it again!"
"Meow--" the black cat meowed again, but this time the meow was full of frustration and unwillingness.
"Get away! I'm going to change my wedding dress. If I catch you peeking, I will dig out your eyes!" Xiaoxia vented all her helpless anger on this vicious and hateful black cat.
The black cat wandered on the ground for a while, apparently very angry with Xiaoxia, but he hesitated for a long time and finally did not dare to make a mistake.
It jumped up to the window sill lightly, turned around to look at Xiaoxia, and suddenly smiled, "Come quickly!" it said, and then jumped to the first floor and squatted at the door of the Octagon Building. Waiting quietly.
Humans are the only animals in the world that can laugh!
Xiaonia didn't know why she suddenly thought of this sentence. Maybe it was because the black cat's smile was so weird and sinister that it made people feel chilled all over.
She slowly walked to the bed, reached out and touched Wanli's face, restraining herself from crying.
"I wish I could save you!" She murmured to herself, deciding to make a last-ditch effort to save him.
Wan Li was silent, without any reaction, but his breathing became faster, as if he felt everything, but he couldn't move or speak.
"But you have to take care of my parents!" Xiaoxia said again with a forced smile, and then stood up resolutely. Wan Li's time is running out, and now is not the time for mother-in-law and mother-in-law.
She wiped her eyes, bent down and took out the package of wedding clothes from under the bed, and then found a candle to light. She threw the candlestick down, and she had to use candle tears to fix the candle casually on the table.
In the afternoon, she hid her wedding dress from downstairs to upstairs. She hoped she wouldn't need it, but now it seemed she couldn't hide it after all.
She shook her head to get rid of all the bad thoughts in her heart, and then quickly changed her clothes, while still being wary of anyone peeping. However, ethnic minority costumes were too complicated for her, and she couldn't wear them right or left, and she was sweating profusely.
She stood at the table, stood up the bronze mirror that had been turned on her back, and wanted to put on her clothes in front of the mirror. Unexpectedly, when I saw my face that was slightly red due to anxiety in the mirror, I felt my head go numb, and then my actions were no longer under the control of my brain.
What's going on?
She doesn't know. I only know that my mind is very clear, I can see and feel it, but I just can't control my body. It's like I was possessed by a nightmare in my sleep, or like I was trapped in bed by a ghost. Anyway, my consciousness is very active but... The body is inhibited. But she was clearly awake, and it couldn't be said that her body was suppressed, because 'she' was moving, but she was being directed to move by invisible forces, not out of her own will.
In the mirror, 'Xiao Xia' slowly took off her messy wedding dress, revealing her beautiful body wearing only underwear.
Her figure is great. It is not like the pear-shaped figure of typical Asian women who are thin at the top and fat at the bottom, with flat breasts. Instead, they are plump, well-proportioned, **** and sultry, and will make any man swoon when they see her. The nosebleed kind.
At this moment, she was standing in front of the mirror, as if admiring herself, but her face was full of surprise, uneasiness, and even horror. She couldn't do any other actions, she just moved her eyes and looked around, for fear of encountering some perverted pervert.
Fortunately, her semi-naked state did not last long, because 'her hands' put the wedding dress back on again, starting from the innermost layer, which made her realize , it turns out that she wore it wrong from the beginning, no wonder she couldn’t straighten it out properly!
After a few minutes, the clothes she had not put on after struggling for a long time were smoothly wrapped around her body, and then the complicated silver jewelry was put on, and finally even the pair of embroidered shoes were put on automatically as if consciously. on her feet. Her right foot was swollen due to injury, and now she doesn't feel any cramping when wearing shoes. Everything is perfect and suitable, as if this wedding dress was prepared for her and she had been waiting for this moment for many years!
She moved involuntarily and approached the bronze mirror.
In the bronze mirror, the shadow of an ethnic minority bride immediately appeared. Her delicate and delicate facial features looked even more beautiful and lovely under the candlelight and the wedding dress. ‘She’ caressed her face, as if she was satisfied with herself, and smiled happily.
Xiaoxia couldn't even control the muscles on her face. Seeing her sweet look looking forward to the future, she suddenly had another hallucination in her mind——
"Anan, this is a love medicine. I don't want to force you. I want you to make your own decision." A young woman said, holding a small cyan porcelain bottle in her fair and delicate hands.
Xiaoxia recognized this woman as the one who danced with a bell when she had a hallucination at the altar yesterday.
A man's hand stretched out from the woman's side and took the porcelain bottle without hesitation.
"No, Anan, you have to think clearly. I will find a way to make you appear, but unfortunately it can only be at night. This is the same as the drug ghost. Moreover, I don't want your reward. If you can't love me, Please leave."
The man named Anan did not speak, he just raised the bottle and expressed his attitude through actions.
The woman stopped him again, hesitated for a long time, and finally took out another black porcelain bottle from her arms. She sighed and said, "This is what my master left behind. I don't know the formula. This is the only bottle. . I’ll give it to you today. You must keep it well. If one day you don’t love me anymore, just step on the black cat’s paw, dip it in the powder and eat it, and the poison of this ‘love medicine’ will be cured. No. You will be punished for changing your mind."
"You should keep it, I don't need it." Anan finally spoke, "I will always be with you, life or death."
Xiaoxia didn't recognize Anan's voice, but it felt extremely familiar. However, she felt like there was something blocked in her mind, and various information could not be connected together.
"Always stay with me, life or death!" the woman murmured, looking sad and happy at the same time.
She did not take the medicine back, but placed it in a secret compartment in the middle of the altar, then poured a bowl of water and handed it to Anan. Anan poured the powder from the blue porcelain bottle into his mouth, took a sip of water, and swallowed it all.
"Abai, I will always be with you, life or death!" Anan swore again, then turned around.
For a moment, Xiaoxia was a little disappointed. She once thought that this Anan would be someone she knew, but unfortunately it was not the case. His face is very unfamiliar, he is not very young, but he is an absolutely handsome man!
"Meow--" came a cat's meow, which seemed particularly shrill and harsh in the dark night.
Xiaoxia was startled when she suddenly found that the hallucination disappeared and her body returned to a state where it was freely controlled by her brain.
She returned to the bed again, first tied a **** pack around her waist, and then hesitated how to place the bloodwood sword.
Of course she will be safer if she takes it with her, but if the opponent is not a soul but a human being, the Bloodwood Sword may be taken away and destroyed. And this sword is not only a relic of Ruan Zhan's father, but also a human being. It is an extremely useful weapon for him and must be carefully protected; and if the sword is left behind, although no evil thing dares to touch it, it will be terrible if someone steals it!
In her anxiety, an idea flashed in her mind, and she suddenly thought of a place - the scene that appeared in the hallucination, the hidden compartment in the middle of the altar.
She still remembers the method of opening the hidden compartment. As long as the illusion is a reflection of the real world and not just an illusion, the Bloodwood Sword can be safely hidden away.
She hurriedly came to the second floor, carefully felt the surroundings with her always keen sense, and made sure that she was not being spied on, and then came to the hidden compartment.
Following the technique of the woman named Abai in the hallucination, Xiaoxia nervously followed it once, then held her breath and waited for almost five seconds before there was a muffled sound of 'click', and the dark pattern slowly Slowly opened.
It turns out that this hallucination is really a reappearance of what happened before! It wasn't just in her head. But did this happen years ago? How does it relate to what they are experiencing now? What did that young woman Abai want to tell her?
The mixture of unexpected and expected feelings made Xiaoxia stunned for a few seconds, but she immediately realized that it was not the time for her to think, so she quickly put the Blood Wood Sword into the hidden compartment. He restored the altar to its original state.
"Meow--" Another cat meow came, with a hint of urging.
Xiaoxia was startled, like someone who had just done something bad and was afraid of being caught. She hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and walked downstairs.
Downstairs, the black cat was waiting impatiently. When he saw Xiaoxia coming downstairs, he turned around and got into the dense forest. Xiaoxia understood that it was pointing the way, so she followed closely behind it without saying much. This time, Xiaoxia knew that it would definitely bring her to the 'groom', so she was not afraid of losing it and did not have to run around like last time.
Besides, with her current foot injury, she couldn't run, so she could only limp behind.
In the silent forest, apart from the chirping of insects and the occasional roar of animals, she could only hear her own footsteps.
One light and one heavy, one heavy and one light——
While walking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Because the sound of my footsteps is no longer simple. Although it still sounds light and heavy, without taking a step more or missing a step, it seems to be repeating chapters. If you listen carefully, you will find extremely small gaps in it. .
Xiao Xia suddenly turned her head. There was nothing behind her, and the sound stopped.
She continued walking, and the steps with almost the same frequency as hers were still there, as if something was following behind her. It walked when she walked, and stopped when she stopped!
This made Xiaoxia feel a little guilty. She felt like an innocent sacrifice. Before being sent to the altar, there were countless evil spirits waiting to intercept her on the way!
As she walked, she continued to listen behind her. She felt that the deeper she walked into the forest, the louder the light and heavy footsteps became. It seemed that more and more things were following her, and they were getting closer and closer to her!
She slowed down and took the opportunity to turn around again!
This time, she finally saw what was behind her - it was not anything tangible, just clusters of bright will-o'-the-wisps, flashing with orchid light. Although they were undulating, they were lined up behind her. A straight line was drawn, with about five meters between each one. It was hard to see where it was dragged in the dark, but it just felt like it stretched for a long distance!
"When you get married, there must be a procession to send off the bride!" A voice suddenly rang in her ears. She couldn't see the speaker, but she could feel his cool breath on her face. That is to say, that thing was very close to her, but she didn't know anything about it!
She jumped back a step and fluttered her hands wildly, but she only hit the air!
Eerie laughter rang out one after another, one after another. At a glance, the will-o'-the-wisp was also jumping around, as if it was mocking her futile actions.
Is this a wedding send-off?
It’s obviously a funeral!
What's waiting for her ahead? Could it be that what she wanted to do was to be the bride of a dead man! A ghost bride!