Chapter 278 Replaced
It was late at night, and it was time for the monks to meditate and rest, but Song Xing walked into the yard unconsciously. Looking at the gray night sky without a single star above his head, he couldn't fall asleep.
After Xie Liuyin told him those speculations during the day, Song Xing told her not to think too much about it, but he was actually very uneasy.
He even vaguely felt that what Xie Liuyin said might be true. A ghost in disguise had already sneaked into the city without their knowledge and replaced some people.
Once this idea came into his mind, he couldn't get it out of his mind.
Song Xing wandered in the yard for a long time, but finally couldn't help it and went to the next area with his clothes on.
The people living there were not outsiders, but disciples of the Sword Holding Sect who were quite close to the Qingxiao Sect.
The leader of the Sword Clan is Fu Yuanzi, who is in the late Nascent Soul stage. He is considered a more orthodox sword cultivator, with a carefree personality and does not like to engage in scheming and conspiracy.
But it was precisely because Fu Yuanzi was a straightforward person who could distinguish between good and evil that he was elected as the team leader, even though he had only been in the Senluo Realm for less than five years.
Fu Yuanzi and Song Xing get along very well, and when they have nothing to do, they often get together to practice their skills.
So when faced with such a difficult problem that was hard to explain, Song Xing thought of the other party first and went to see him overnight.
Fortunately, Fu Yuanzi had nothing to do tonight. When he heard the noise outside, he took the initiative to come out to investigate the situation.
For some reason, he always felt uneasy these days, as if something bad was about to happen, making him feel anxious.
When he went out and saw that it was Song Xing who came, Fu Yuanzi felt relieved and hurriedly welcomed him in: "Why did you come to see me so late? It just so happens that I also have something to talk to you about..."
Before Fu Yuanzi finished speaking, Song Xing frowned and raised his hand to stop him: "I came to you this time to talk about something important. Let's go inside first and don't let others hear us."
Seeing Song Xing's expression, the smile on Fu Yuanzi's face disappeared instantly. The two of them quickly entered the house. But after a moment, the sound of teacups breaking was heard from inside.
Fu Yuanzi doesn't like anything else on weekdays, but he likes to drink tea.
He often collected various beautiful tea sets, and even when he entered the Senluo Realm, he did not forget to bring his favorite sets.
What I am using now is one of Fu Yuanzi's treasures. I have always been very careful with it, for fear of knocking or bumping the teacup.
But at the moment, he didn't care about the cup that fell to the ground and broke into pieces. He just kept asking Song Xing: "Is there any basis for what you said? You can't just say such things!"
Song Xing lowered his eyebrows and said, "I can't guarantee it, but can you guarantee that this guess won't come true? The second batch of monsters have clearly sneaked into the city, and we didn't even suspect them. If they continue to lurk, they can deal us a greater blow. Why did they suddenly attack other monks and expose themselves?"
"Maybe, those monsters haven't really learned how to behave like human beings. They won't think like we do and act rashly." Fu Yuanzi gritted his teeth, not wanting to confirm this terrible guess.
Song Xing looked at him helplessly: "If those monsters are really so stupid, it won't be so easy for them to sneak into the city the second time they appear. They are learning how to be human, so why don't they learn how to think like humans?"
"And..." Song Xing pursed his lips, thinking of the last words Xie Liuyin said to him before she left during the day, and felt his throat dry. "Have you ever thought that the gradual calming of the Senluo Realm over the past few years is a preparation for the appearance of the Skin Ghost?"
Fu Yuanzi didn't understand what he was saying at first, but after thinking about it for a while, his pupils suddenly shrank:
"You mean, those monsters want to disguise themselves as monks and leave the Senluo Realm?!"
Yes!
Once the Senluo Realm stops expanding outward and no longer poses a threat to the world of cultivation, the cultivators will slowly relax their vigilance here.
In this way, there will be fewer and fewer people willing to endure hardships in the Senluo Realm, and more and more monks will leave here.
If the skin-covered ghosts took the opportunity to replace the monks and followed them out of the Senluo Realm, it would be as scary as a few wolves sneaking into the sheepfold.
Moreover, these wolves can camouflage themselves, and their reproduction speed is even more terrifying.
By then, it would be even more difficult for them to create a Senluo Realm and lock all the monsters in it!
The two of them thought of this and became even more panicked.
They looked at each other and could no longer sit still.
Fu Yuanzi hissed and couldn't help but tell Song Xing about the strange thing he had discovered earlier: "Come to think of it, I also have something to tell you. Do you still remember the disciple named Jiang Zhan from our sect?"
Song Xing nodded. This Jiang Zhan was a disciple of the Sword Holding Sect who came to the Senluo Realm a few years ago. Because of his introverted personality, he chose the most remote house to live in after he arrived.
Fu Yuanzi was the team leader and was used to taking care of every fellow disciple who came here, so he paid more attention to Jiang Zhan.
Song Xing also got to know Jiang Zhan because of this and had met him several times.
"What's wrong with Jiang Zhan?" When Song Xing asked this question, his heart couldn't help but be lifted up.
Fu Yuanzi's face turned pale. "I don't know if it's my illusion. I haven't seen him go out for nearly half a month. I was really worried, so I went to visit him."
"But I found that Jiang Zhan's reaction seemed a little slow. When I told him about the past, his response was very vague, as if he couldn't remember it clearly. When I said goodbye and left, he stood up to see me off, but I saw a hint of red on his wrist hidden under his clothes, as if it was wrapped with a red thread."
Song Xing's heart sank. "You have seen those monks who were invaded by monsters before. You should know the characteristics of those people, that is, they have scars like red threads on their bodies."
Those scars were exactly the same as those left when a monk's skin was peeled off. This prevented the monks from being unable to distinguish the skinned ghost, so all the monks stationed in the city were aware of it.
When Fu Yuanzi saw the mark earlier, he subconsciously thought that he had seen it wrong, because he knew very well that there were no more skin-covered ghosts in the city, and that was his fellow disciple and the junior brother he had taken care of for many years.
But this abnormality always stuck in Fu Yuanzi's heart, making him feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't let it go.
It was not until Song Xing came to him that he was finally sure that he was not mistaken, but he just didn't dare to believe it.
Song Xing saw his sadness, raised his hand and patted Fu Yuanzi on the shoulder: "Let's go see him, if... you know what to do."
Fu Yuanzi could naturally hear his unfinished meaning, and the two looked at each other, with tacit understanding in their eyes.
The two quickly went to Jiang Zhan's house, but Fu Yuanzi was still disappointed.
Jiang Zhan has been replaced by a ghost.
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