Chapter 277: Skinny Ghost
Taking in Xie Liuyin's horrified expression, Song Xing continued, "After washing the skins, they put them back on their bodies, just like clothes."
"Those monks didn't notice at all that their skins were wrinkled after washing, and even their facial features were crooked. They were walking on the street in such a strange way, wearing human skins. We immediately realized that there must be a demon at work."
In the end, things happened just as Song Xing and his friends had expected. They found those guys covered in human skins and wanted to interrogate them, but their skins were accidentally torn during the fight and finally fell off, revealing a dark mass of something that was difficult to identify.
That thing was like a lump of mud, and it could actually transform itself from a human form to a bird form, and it almost flew out of the city on the spot.
Fortunately, the monks who dared to come here were not simple characters. In the end, they forced those strange things to stay, and then they found out clearly that they were all monsters!
"Over the years, the monsters in the Senluo Realm have continued to grow stronger, and many new monsters have emerged, catching us off guard and causing us a lot of losses."
"I thought these monsters could only do so much at best, but I didn't expect that a monster that can pretend to be a human would appear!"
Song Xing continued to tell Xie Liuyin what had happened before. It turned out that after the incident with the human-skinned monster, the patrols stationed in the city became much stricter than before.
Then, several monks were found who were killed and had their skins taken away by monsters after going out. For this reason, the garrison city also recounted the number of monks, and anyone who went out had to undergo a strict inspection before being allowed to leave after returning.
Through inspection, the monks in the city actually found a few skin-destroying monsters that wanted to sneak in and successfully killed them.
But as this monster appeared for longer and longer periods of time, even more terrifying things happened.
"There were new faces coming to the garrison city. We didn't think much of it at the time. We actually thought that some monks were willing to come to this broken place. We only made a simple observation and then welcomed them in."
“But after a few days, these new faces attacked other monks. If those monks were not very unfamiliar with the newcomers and did not get close to them, they would have avoided them as soon as they attacked. Otherwise, the monks in the city would have lost several more.”
"After fighting with those new faces, their skin was damaged again. It was then that we realized that these seemingly normal people were actually monsters in human skin."
It was not until the demonic cultivators and evil cultivators sent people out to look for them that Song Xing and the others realized that the human skins used by those monsters actually belonged to the demonic cultivators.
It was only because those demon cultivators were dead and these were just their skins. The righteous side did not detect the demonic energy from them, which allowed the demons to sneak in.
Not only that, they also discovered from this incident that these monsters were getting more and more skilled at pretending to be human, and they no longer felt unfamiliar at the beginning. If someone who didn't know them were here, they probably wouldn't recognize that they were monsters in human skin!
After this incident, both the righteous and evil cultivators became alert, which was why they were extremely cautious in treating the new cultivator yesterday.
Song Xing sighed, "Fortunately, since we didn't go out much in the past two days, fewer people were attacked, and those monsters didn't have a chance to sneak in."
"We don't know much about that new monster, so we'll call it the Skin-Cloaked Ghost for now. As for whether it has other weaknesses or characteristics, we don't know much at the moment."
Xie Liuyin finally understood why there was a blank at the end of the manual about a certain kind of monster. It turned out that Song Xing and the others didn't know the details of the skin-covered ghost.
She frowned silently: "If this is the case, won't it be risky for us to go out every time in the future?"
All I can say is that it’s a good thing that there aren’t many cultivators active in the Senluo Realm nowadays, otherwise it would not be so easy for them to survive this crisis.
As if he could see Xie Liuyin's worry, Song Xing slowed down his voice and said, "Don't worry, Junior Sister Xie. We will definitely find out the details of the skin-covered ghost before leaving Senluo Realm. Besides, our inspection is so strict now, the skin-covered ghost will definitely have no chance to sneak in again."
He spoke with certainty, but Xie Liuyin felt vaguely uneasy.
What if a ghost in disguise entered the garrison city through other means and replaced the monks in the city silently?
Even though this idea was truly horrifying, Xie Liuyin, who was used to seeing bad things happen, had become accustomed to thinking of everything in the worst possible way.
She moved her mouth and decided to tell Song Xing about her concerns, but she would take him to a private place to talk.
Xie Liuyin was also worried that her guess would cause other people to panic. What if she really guessed it right and there was a ghost present?
So while the others were still excited about Xie Liuyin's gift and didn't pay much attention to them, she asked Song Xing to move to another room with her and expressed her concerns.
At first, Song Xing thought that Xie Liuyin was just worrying too much, and he waved his hand, trying to persuade her not to think too much.
But somehow, there was a voice in his head saying: This is not impossible, what if?
Song Xing opened his mouth, but in the end his hand gently fell on Xie Liuyin: "You have to know that we searched the city before, and there are no people in the same condition as those few injured people at the beginning."
"But your search was only after you discovered the injured. When monsters sneaked in later, you just dealt with them." Xie Liuyin listened carefully to what Song Xing said before and understood the inside story.
She continued, "No one can guarantee that the weird monsters have not hidden somewhere in the city by relying on the group that sneaked in. And then, after the other monsters were exposed, they found a new, suitable skin. And then, relying on the experience of the first two failed groups of monsters, they truly merged into you."
"The houses here are quite far apart, and some monks don't like to interact with others. When there is no danger outside, they can stay in seclusion in their houses for a month or so without anyone coming to check on them. Who can guarantee that nothing will happen to them?"
Seeing Song Xing's increasingly serious expression, Xie Liuyin knew that he was persuaded by her.
Finally, she took a deep breath and continued, "And the most important point, since you didn't notice anything unusual when the second group of monsters sneaked in, why did they suddenly take action in public and expose themselves?"
Song Xing's eyes suddenly widened, as if he realized something bad.
"I guess they are deliberately creating chaos so that their companions can take the opportunity to spread to more places and find suitable prey."
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