Chapter 17

The villagers went to the yard to pick up firewood and piled it in front of Yang Ming's house. When they lit the firewood, the flames that shot up into the sky illuminated the entire night sky.

In the light of the fire, everyone saw a white-haired monster standing in the distance. The white-haired monster stood there quietly and did not approach.

"Rakshasa!" said the village chief.

Most of the villagers knew the legend of the Rakshasa, and they gathered together. Those with children held them up and covered their eyes to prevent them from being frightened. No one dared to move. The Rakshasa stared for a moment, then turned and disappeared into the night.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it leave, but no one knew if it would come back, so they stayed in front of Yang Ming's house all night until the sun came out at dawn, and then everyone went home.

Why wait for the sun to rise? One theory is that newly emerged Rakshasas haven't undergone 49 days of training and are afraid of sunlight. After training, male Rakshasas transform into ugly red-haired monsters, while female Rakshasas transform into beautiful women. At that point, they can emerge during cloudy days, becoming somewhat immune to sunlight.

After the group dispersed, Yang Ming and Yang Xiaoxue were left alone. After witnessing the Rakshasa with his own eyes the previous night, her husband had no choice but to believe it. The couple pondered what to do. After a day of deliberation, they remembered that there was a Taoist priest in the county who seemed to be able to handle this situation. Without further ado, they took Yang Ming and headed for the county town. They were really walking, but firstly, there weren't even any bicycles in the village, and secondly, the rugged mountain roads made riding impossible.

The three of them walked for a whole day and had no idea where they were. When they were hungry, they ate the dry food they had with them. Even at night, they took out flashlights and continued walking, not daring to stop for a moment.

In Sichuan, mountain fog is very common at night, so the three of them walked even slower.

Just then, the three of them saw a village ahead with faint lights flashing.

The three of them were probably too tired from walking, so Yang Xiaoxue said, "How about we go to the village and rest for a while?"

Her husband agreed, and the three of them headed towards the village.

The village looked close, but they walked for a long time and still hadn't reached it.

"Why hasn't it arrived yet?" Yang Xiaoxue said.

"It will be soon," her husband comforted her.

After walking for a while longer, the village finally seemed to be approaching. At this moment, Yang Xiaoxue suddenly screamed.

The sudden shout in the middle of the night startled both her husband and Yang Ming.

Her husband asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Yang Xiaoxue pointed to the mountain ahead and said, "Isn't that Dad's grave?"

These words made her husband feel as if he had fallen into an icy cave. He quickly shone his flashlight and saw that there was indeed a grave there.

When her husband got closer, he saw the words "Tomb of Yang Baoku" written on it, and his legs started shaking with fear. The three of them walked all day and returned at night.

Yang Xiaoxue screamed again, and her husband looked back and saw that Rakshasa was grabbing Yang Xiaoxue and eating her.

This horrifying scene frightened her husband so much that he ran away. Yang Ming was also frightened and ran after his uncle.

His uncle ran for a long time and heard Yang Ming's voice behind him. Then he remembered that his nephew was following him.

He finally came to his senses, turned around, picked up Yang Ming and ran away.

He ran into the village and started knocking on the door without caring whose house it was.

The door he knocked on was Grandpa Zhong's house. Grandpa Zhong's parents saw Yang Ming and his friends coming back and asked what happened.

Yang Ming's uncle came into the house and drank a sip of water. He told them what happened today, and Grandpa Zhong's parents immediately became nervous.

Grandpa Zhong was smart and quickly told everyone in the village to go find him. They said that they had used fire to scare away the Rakshasa last time, and this time we could continue to use fire and scare it away too.

When Grandpa Zhong's father heard this, he thought it made sense, so he immediately went with Grandpa Zhong to knock on every door. The villagers were awakened from their dreams, and knowing that the Rakshasa had come again, they all got up.

Under the organization of the village chief, the fire was lit again to fight against the Rakshasa.

At this time, someone complained: "We've long said that Mr. Yang would turn into a Rakshasa. If they had dug him out and cremated him, it wouldn't have come to this."

"Why are you still talking about that now? Look at the Yang family. They only have Yang Ming as their only child. Uncle Baoku was kind to us in the past. We can't let the Yang family die out." said the village chief.

The village chief also knew that the villagers must be resentful, but now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying so much.

Everyone stood by the fire, waiting for the Rakshasa to arrive. Strangely, the Rakshasa did not appear until dawn.

At this time, although the villagers didn't say anything, many of them had already begun to think about moving away. After all, after the Rakshasa had eaten their own relatives, it would eat the entire village.

Now that Yang Ming is not dead, they are safe. If they don’t take this opportunity, they should move away quickly and escape from this dangerous place.

The village chief borrowed a donkey from the neighboring village. This donkey walked much faster than a human. Yang Ming's uncle led Yang Ming to ride on the donkey and walked all the way to the county town.

This time, they arrived at the county town before dark, and after asking around, they found the Taoist priest.

When the Taoist heard that a demon was causing trouble in the village, he took his magic tools and returned to the village with Yang Ming's uncle. When the villagers saw the Taoist, they knew that he was their savior and took out their household supplies to entertain him.

The Taoist priest was not polite either. He ate and drank delicious food and wine to his heart's content, and used Yang Ming as bait to set a trap.

Just wait for the Rakshasa to come at night and fight with it.

At night, Luosha arrived as promised. Seeing Yang Ming sleeping on the flat ground, he slowly approached him.

At this time, everyone in the village was hiding in the distance and watching. As soon as the Rakshasa entered the trap, the Taoist priest pulled the rope in his hand and trapped the Rakshasa tightly.

At this time, the white hair on Luosha's body had turned red. The only thing missing was Yang Ming, a relative at this time. After eating it, he practiced for 49 days and then matured.

It was tied up by the Taoist priest, who broke the rope, which was as thick as a bowl, with a little force.

The Taoist priest took out a peach wood sword, ran to Yang Ming and protected him behind him.

Luosha saw Yang Ming was right in front of him, and naturally he was more attractive to him than Daogong. He was only thinking about eating Yang Ming, and completely ignored the presence of Daogong in front of him.

The Taoist priest was not a man who got his reputation for nothing. He chopped the Rakshasa with his peach wood sword and actually cut off one of its arms.

Luosha felt pain and knew he had to deal with Daogong first, so he started a fierce battle with him. Although Luosha had lost an arm, his fighting ability was really good. Daogong narrowly avoided its attacks several times.

They fought for a long time, and Daogong had chopped Rakshasa into pieces with his skills. With the last sword, he chopped off Rakshasa's head, which rolled on the ground for several times before falling to the ground with a bang.

The fight had exhausted Daogong, who was sweating and exhausted. The villagers saw the Rakshasa being chopped down and came out to watch. Just then, Grandpa Zhong, curious, ran over to the Rakshasa's body to get a better look.

The Taoist priest shouted, "Don't come near!"

Grandpa Zhong looked at the Taoist priest, and in the blink of an eye, the headless corpse actually moved!