The heron tail

A Ci approached Qingsan, whispered a few words to her, and made a few gestures to Mangosteen. Then, they changed their tactics.

Shanzhu and Qingsan each acted according to Aci's instructions and entangled Beimintong, while he used the copper coin sword and the talisman he had drawn to completely eliminate all the evil corpses in the forest.

Yunqi Que, who had no idea what he said, soon discovered that Mangosteen and Qingsan were deliberately taking on Beimintong's attacks. Beimintong, who also noticed this, was more cautious in his attacks, and focused more on defense rather than attacking.

After Ah Chi returned to their side, he deliberately blocked an attack from the Compassionate Child, which had deliberately reduced the damage. He was thrown far away, and at the moment when blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, a thunderclap exploded in the sky.

The bayberry forest was suddenly shrouded in a thin layer of black and red smoke, making the atmosphere even more eerie and terrifying.

Every time a bolt of lightning split and exploded in the sky, the flashes of light that came through every crack and corner illuminated the bayberry forest. In the blink of an eye, the scene of the bayberry forest changed to one of overgrown weeds with dead bodies and skeletons hanging everywhere.

When the light dimmed, everything returned to normal.

Cracks like broken ceramic appeared on the compassionate child's body, and the lotus pod it was guarding showed signs of withering, withering and turning yellow from the root.

It ran to the west, and Qingsan and Mangosteen deliberately slowed down, keeping a distance of less than two meters, and followed closely behind.

The mark on Yunqi Que's wrist felt a sharp stinging pain again, it was extremely itchy, and pus soaked the cloth. She untied the cloth wrapped around her wrist to check.

All the blisters caused by the pain of entering the forest burst, and within the entire area of ​​the stone statue's mark, the skin under the burst blisters strangely turned into the texture of lotus petals.

Recalling what Mimi said about the human turning into a demon, Yun Qique looked down at the surface of his skin that had turned into lotus petals, and trembled with fear.

"Jinglu, I won't become a human-turned-demon too, will I?"

"No, no, I believe you, brother. It's extremely difficult to transform from a human to a demon. It's impossible for a compassionate child to have this ability."

"Touch it, it looks exactly like a real lotus petal. What's underneath? A lotus root? The compassionate child is holding a bunch of lotus pods in his hand."

Yunqi Que was so frightened that he could not hear any comfort. He felt panicky and weak in his heart, and his whole body felt cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. His breathing was stagnant and he was about to faint.

"I assure you, this is not a symptom of turning into a demon. Don't you trust your brother the most? Don't you think your brother knows everything and can do everything? Calm down."

"I can't calm down! I can't!"

Yunqi Que wished he could immediately cut off this piece of "mutated" flesh and skin.

Yun Jinglu raised his voice in an attempt to regain some of her composure, sternly saying, "Look at me! Qi Que! Listen to me, this is the truth. I understand human-to-demon transformation better than anyone else. You can be certain and trust my words."

Yun Qique fumbled around on his body and frantically pulled out a small dagger, trying to cut her hand. Yun Jinglu struggled to snatch it back, so she turned around and scratched the "mutated" part with her fingernails.

After peeling off one layer, there is a layer of intact petals underneath. There is no blood, only pink juice. It seems as if it has really turned into a "lotus bud" wrapped in layers of petals.

Yun Qique's expression, eyes, words and actions were all like a person who was possessed by a demon. No one knew where she got such great strength and agility from. Even Yun Jinglu, a man, could not stop her.

She desperately tried to commit self-harm, muttering to herself, "I don't want to become an alien, I don't want to become an alien... I don't want to become an alien... I don't want it!"

Yun Jinglu bit his finger, put two fingers together, and started drawing a talisman on her forehead, which actually made her temporarily immobilized.

You have to know that he is a demon catcher, and the spells and magic he knows are only effective against demons.

Yunqi Que couldn't move his body, and his heart felt even colder.

However, the next moment.

Yun Jinglu's legs turned into thick, black-scaled snake tails right in front of her.

"I am a human-turned-demon. I truly understand human-turned-demons better than anyone else, so you can completely trust what I say."

The blood curse temporarily lost its effect, and she became much calmer and more sober. She stared down at his snake tail in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

In the past, she was terrified only by seeing snakes in paintings. The first time she saw a live snake tail with her own eyes, even if it was Yun Jinglu's snake tail, she almost fainted from fright.

"Alu, you...you...you are...you..."

His lips, teeth and tongue were fighting, and the word "snake demon" was stuck on his lips and no sound came out.

Yun Jinglu looked a little hurt and self-deprecating. He silently retracted his snake tail and transformed back into human legs. He didn't dare to get close to her again because he was the human-turned-demon, the "alien" that she resisted...

After seeing the snake's tail, which even he thought was ugly and terrifying, she was so frightened and shocked that she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

He was so hopeless that he felt like he had messed up everything...

"Qi Que, you really won't become an alien..."

"Jinglu, I don't know..."

She moved closer to him, and for the first time he instinctively stepped back.

She knew that she had hurt him again, unconsciously and unintentionally...

"I understand what you mean. It's okay. Qi Que, I will never hurt you. Will you still come home with me?"

He had never waited so anxiously for the answer to a question before.

He understood that she was the most timid, the most afraid of death, had a strong desire to survive, and was the best at weighing the pros and cons to get the ultimate sense of security in the moment. That was probably why she was bewitched by Lan Zhuochi to return to Canghua Mountain after misunderstanding that he wanted to kill her.

"meeting."

Although Yunqi Que was willing to go home with him now that he had lost his memory, the aftermath of the fear had not yet passed. Her damn imagination kept making her imagine him completely transformed into a snake, with his bloody mouth gaping at her. Even though Jing Lu might not...

Yes... probably not...

If he hadn't remembered that he wanted to kill her before he lost his memory...

After thinking for a moment, he felt a little regretful for what he said. After all, his memory would be restored sooner or later.

"Promise me, don't hurt yourself again. Even if I can't think of a way, I will let Ju Yue turn you back to normal."

As a thunderbolt that shook the sky struck, the two scenes of the bayberry forest that changed back and forth finally froze completely in an overgrown area with skeletons and dead bodies hanging everywhere.

It can also be said that it is the true face of Yangmeilin hidden by the magic.

Yunqi Que immediately recognized the most familiar hanging corpse:

The village chief of Yangmei Village.

Then who was this Yangmei Village chief they had been meeting and interacting with? Or rather...what was he?

"Brother, we have to go back to the village as soon as possible!"

"Let's go after the Compassionate Child first. Your hand..."

"I only have one life, but there are many in the village! Besides, didn't my brother say that even if you can't find a solution, he would ask someone to turn me back to normal? Go save them first! Quick, summon your horse."

Hearing this, Yun Jinglu took out the demon summoning sticker and summoned a horse, then jumped onto its back. He stretched out his hand towards Yun Qique, but Yun Qique no longer shook his hand without hesitation as before. Instead, after a while, perhaps as if trying to convince himself, he shook his hand back and was pulled onto the horse's back.

In the end, his secret became a barrier between their close relationship.

With the previous experience of making her vomit, he rode the horse with more control this time. However, she was so anxious that she imitated him and shook the reins, making the horse run very fast.

Before entering the village, they could clearly hear the villagers' wailing and screaming from a long distance away, as well as Chen Yuefeng's sad and ethereal singing mixed with sorrow and weeping.

"My bad neighbor burned down my house.

He caused the death of all my relatives.

Hypocritical village relatives,

Divide my property, break your oath,

Shamelessly abandoning me and bullying me as an orphan,

A snake in the mouth of a Buddha.

Sell ​​me to marry someone in the afterlife for money.

Drowned the ghost husband, then died herself,

He actually blamed me for taking his life.

I know that I have evil intentions,

You insult my widow's good name.

Every night you insult me,

He is blind but has clear eyes, pretending to be ignorant.

Instead, they become involved in evil.

Having a child is like going through the gates of hell.

The day of difficult labor and delivery,

One step into the Yellow Springs Road.

My father-in-law and the witch saved me from suffering.

Kill the ghost fetus in the belly,

But my husband and I have nightmares every night.

..."

The sky was lit up by flames in the village. When the horses entered the village, they saw that all the villagers were tied up with white cloth like silkworm pupae. They were terrified and were struggling on the ground, trying to escape.

Chen Yuefeng was dragging a weight between her feet, floating in the air three feet off the ground, with her long hair disheveled and a sinister smile on her face.

The white cloth with words written on it, like a soul-guiding banner, was held in her hand, and it hung on the ground like the sleeves of an opera singer.

In this scene, not a single villager was frightened to death.

Yun Qique didn't know whether to say that they were brave and had a good attitude, or that they knew they deserved it. They had dreamed of the scene of Chen Yuefeng coming back to life and taking revenge countless times, so they were used to it.

When the villagers saw them coming on horseback, they all looked to her for help as if they had seen a savior.

"Dare to stop me from taking revenge? Then we shall perish together."

"If you are truly the victim, we will not stop you from seeking revenge. Chen Yuefeng, what grievance have you suffered?"

"No one has ever asked me what my grievances are, and you're the first. I'm not an evil ghost who kills people without reason. I just want to avenge my sins and kill those I deserve. Since you're kind-hearted, why don't you have some pity on me... Girl, let's make a deal. I'll tell you a secret, a secret you've been searching for. You'll take my grievances, my story, and leave Yangmei Village. I'll make it public, let it be known to everyone, let everyone know what the evil people in this village have done! Let their descendants, who are now far away, be cursed and looked down upon! They'll never be able to hold their heads up high! Okay?"

"Okay, but how can you be sure that the secret you tell me is the secret I want to find? Wouldn't I be at a loss then? We are businessmen, and businessmen don't do business at a loss."

Chen Yuefeng controlled the cold wind to blow the fire more fiercely. The flames instantly rose high, forming a huge circle of fire, and then teleported to Yunqi Que's side.

Perhaps to avoid frightening her or what, Chen Yuefeng covered her terrifying face with her hair when she came over.

Whispering in her ear, Chen Yuefeng said, "A luminous jade hairpin, very beautiful. I know where it is."

After a pause, she tilted her head slightly, letting her black hair that covered her face fall down, revealing half of her eyes. She looked at Yun Jinglu and continued, "Oh, by the way... your lover brother seems to be looking for it too."