The Heartless Mage Chapter 84: Bai Liuli
Ma Yinghao covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and stuck his stick into the iron fence of the air vent with the other. One end of the cane pushed the messy hair on the hole under the door, and he asked in a muffled voice, "Is there a result?"
In the claustrophobic space, there seems to be a faint sound of a poisonous snake spitting out letters, hissing as if there is nothing, not going away from the ears, drilling into the pores of people's sweat, and stimulating to the nerves. The blue eye disappeared into the darkness, and the other eye was exposed in the dim light—probably it should have been blue, but there was a foggy white film inside the pupil. As for whether he was blind or not, Ma Yinghao I don't know.
Ma Yinghao doesn't know, and so do others. He was brought back from Xikang by Ma Yinghao's Japanese friend.
Ma Yinghao has many Japanese friends, including an officer named Koyanagi Zhi, who is only in his thirties, and has had a friendship with him for more than ten years. A few years ago, Koyanagi had secretly infiltrated Xikang. In Xikang, he rescued a moribund eccentric from a flock of vultures.
The eccentric still appears to be youthful, with a morbid pallor and filth. Wrapped in layers of animal fur and curled up in an empty field, he looked like a bloated corpse. The vulture smelled the breath of death, spread its wings and hovered in the sky, and he lowered his head slightly, revealing a very delicate pointed chin and thin lips from his tangled long hair.
His bizarre image is not enough for Koyanagi, who has a heavy responsibility, to come to the rescue; the reason why Koyanagi stopped by his side was because he heard him muttering to himself in Japanese, how is one year old? How to be two years old, as if telling someone's life.
Oyanagi thought that he had met a compatriot in distress, so he decided to save his life and take him away from Xikang. Unexpectedly, just halfway through the return journey, Koyanagi regretted his bowels.
The eccentric speaks very little and is always wrapped in his hide. The edge of the animal skin was still covered with dry and sticky purple-black flesh, which showed that it had not been tanned at all. Occasionally, his clothes can be seen under the animal skin—a Tibetan robe that cannot see its essence. The reason why it cannot see its essence is not because of the abnormal material, but because it is dirty.
No one can manipulate him, he hides all the food he gets under his hide, so no one even sees him eating or drinking. Koyanagi gradually discovered that he could speak several languages, including Chinese, and was probably just a **** with nothing to do with his homeland. Koyanagi wanted to abandon him. The night before he started, he endured his disgust and went to chat with the weirdo. The weirdo was huddled in his long hair and fur, but unexpectedly said a Chinese language.
He said: "I am Bai Liuli."
Xiao Liuzhi was shocked at the moment - Bai Liuli is the most notorious wizard in the Xikang area in the past five years. He seems to have fallen from the sky, and then disappeared for no reason after doing a lot of evil. According to legend, he is already dead.
Koyanagi didn't know what to do with a living devil, so Bai Liuli was thrown into the most secluded prison shortly after arriving in Tianjin.
No one would accept him, and he became an unmanaged monster until Ma Yinghao heard of his existence. Using a little trick, Ma Yinghao transported him to his home.
Ma Yinghao is very interested in all kinds of anomalies; besides, Bai Liuli is not just a simple anomaly. On the other hand, Bai Liuli is quite reasonable, eating what he eats, drinking what he eats, and really listening to him. Ma Yinghao has been secretly raising him for a year, but it was only a month ago that he was sure that he would not hurt himself.
Bending down to unlock the lock, Ma Yinghao opened the iron door, and there were several iron ladders below. He walked down cautiously, and at the same time endured the growing stench and said, "I don't want to wait any longer. Also, your iron needle is lost."
In the corner lies a dark shadow, faintly making a soft bell. The bell was tied to Bai Liuli's neck by Ma Yinghao himself. Because the light in the basement was dim, he often couldn't see where the other party was, and the sound was helpful for his search. Originally, there was no reason to dig the basement in the basement, but Bai Liuli needed it. Bai Liuli's eyes, turbid and clear, could no longer see light. The backlash of witchcraft almost completely destroyed him, and he sacrificed his son's life to survive until he was rescued.
He loves his son so much that he keeps his son in his arms. Curled up in a wet corner of the basement, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, and said with a hard tongue: "Yes, I lost it, I know."
Ma Yinghao has gradually become accustomed to the air here, so he put down the handkerchief in his hand: "Everything went according to plan, but it is very strange that I couldn't find the iron needle afterwards. I counted the time accurately, there is absolutely no error."
Bai Liuli's right arm hangs softly to one side, and she lowered her head and replied, "Someone pulled the needle ahead of time, and a soul and a soul were scattered."
Ma Yinghao frowned: "What should I do if my soul is incomplete?"
Bai Liuli raised her left hand and put it into her arms: "I'll try it."
Then he took out a small human skin drum and placed it on the ground. The tip of his left finger tapped the drum surface lightly, making a "thumping" sound, which was similar to a heartbeat. As the drum sounded, his right arm trembled suddenly, as if there were no bones in the flesh, but living things were hidden.
Ma Yinghao was not afraid. Blocking his mouth and nose again with a snow-white handkerchief, he calmly watched Bai Liuli's practice.
Bai Liuli is the dirtiest and most filthy pile in the corner, only the fingers that keep jumping on the drum surface indicate that there is a living person inside the pile of skins. The drum beat was fast and slow, and his right arm also twitched and spasmed violently. Suddenly looking up in pain, he raised his right arm and slammed it towards the wall. The animal skin covering his chest was loosened, and something scrawled out all the way. Ma Yinghao glanced down calmly, and then immediately disappeared.
Things can be over a foot long and are dead babies. The corpse has been specially processed, neither rotting nor dry. In the electric light from above, bright red mist escaped from its whole body. On its small face, a pair of eyes were bulged and closed, but its mouth and nose were damaged and sewed into twisted pieces with black thread. A lump, like a shoddy doll.
At this moment, Bai Liuli has stopped moving. Holding the **** of the right hand with the left hand, an iron needle slowly sticks out from the gap between the fingernails. Along with the iron needle came out ticking black blood.
"I saw..." He hoarsely tried his best to force out the needle: "I saw flowers, trees, mountains, and rivers."
Ma Yinghao's eyes widened: "Huashushanhe? Where is that?"
The iron needle completely left Bai Liuli's fingertip, and the needle tip still had strands of flesh and blood. Bai Liuli replied, "I don't know."
Ma Yinghao breathed out an impatient breath: "You said you can read souls!"
Bai Liuli brought the iron needle to her lips, and licked it from beginning to end: "She has an incomplete soul, and I can't do anything about her missing one soul and one soul."
Ma Yinghao waved his cane: "Trash! You originally said that you could detain her soul, but what happened? She was scared to death by you, and asked me to collect her body! You said that you could detain her. The soul of the goddess was attracted, but I lost my soul halfway along the way! Huashu mountains and rivers Huashu mountains and rivers, the world is huge, there are flowers and trees everywhere, does the answer you give me make sense?"
Bai Liuli crawled on the ground, crawling towards Ma Yinghao amid the low bell sound. Reaching out to hug the baby corpse on the ground, he slowly backed away and put the baby corpse back into his arms.
And Ma Yinghao put his hands on his hips, rolled his eyes, and thought to himself: "Huashu Mountains and Rivers? My second aunt is too old to leave the house, so how can I see Huashu Mountains and Rivers? Do you have Huashu Mountains and Rivers at home? There are flowers, trees, mountains and rivers in the back garden.”
Withdrawing his eyes and looking at Bai Liuli, he changed the subject without warning: "Do you need anything?"
Bai Liuli put her hands on her chest, holding the baby corpse under the animal skin: "I want salt. Also, find my needle."
Ma Yinghao nodded thoughtfully, and then suddenly smiled at him: "Thank you for your hard work."
A bell rang in the darkness, and it was Bai Liuli who retracted into the corner.
Ma Yinghao returned to the world and spent two hours bathing and changing. Thoughtfully, he walked to the phone and put one hand on the receiver. After thinking about it, he picked up the receiver and made a long-distance call.
The phone was connected to the Beijing Ma Zhai, and a delicate female voice rang from the receiver. Ma Yinghao cleared his throat and called out, "Ba Yiniang, I am Yinghao."
Ba Yiniang laughed immediately, her tone extremely soft. And Ma Yinghao continued to ask: "Is Junjie here? He asked me to buy a few picture books for him. I want to ask him the extent of his requirements."
In a short while, the voice in the receiver changed, and Ma Junjie clearly "Hello": "Big brother."
Ma Yinghao smiled and said, "Junjie, do you want to go to Tianjin for two days? Big brother will entertain you."
Ma Junjie's voice was a little lower, but it was still clear: "Don't come to me about your adults. I have already said what I should say. Don't ask me again in the future, and I don't want to mention it!"
Ma Yinghao asked: "Junjie, do you think the death of Er Yiniang has something to do with me?"
Ma Junjie increased his tone: "I don't know anything!"
Then with a "click", the call was hung up.