Chapter 95 Cliff Ghost
The woman behind the bearded man was still screaming shrilly, but Xie Liang turned a deaf ear to her and grabbed Asan's arm tightly with both hands, pulling her back.
After working for a while, Xie Liang finally pulled Asan up.
Unexpectedly, before they could stand firm for a while, the bearded man suddenly rushed towards them with the woman on his back!
They first bumped into Asan, who fell down again. He hurriedly used both hands to hold tightly onto the base of the cliff tree root, which was as thick as a bowl.
Ah San cursed at the bearded man in fear: "Damn it! Fuck your mother! Are you crazy?"
"I...ah...I can't stop!"
The bearded man yelled and deliberately bumped into Xie Liang again. Xie Liang couldn't dodge in time and stumbled down the cliff.
Niu Dadan was shocked and quickly grabbed the rope that was sliding down quickly. He angrily yelled at the bearded man, "Fuck! What the hell are you doing?"
"Ahhh! It wasn't me who bumped into her! I can't get rid of this woman!" The bearded man was running around with the woman on his back.
Xie Liang's entire body weight was hanging on a rope as thick as a thumb, and the tight feeling around his waist made him a little breathless.
The water was flowing rapidly under the cliff, and falling down would be extremely dangerous. He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
People passed by them in the jungle from time to time, but no one offered to help. Only Niu Dadan was still trying hard to pull up the rope tied around Xie Liang's waist.
There were slight cracking sounds coming from the base of the cliff tree that Asan was holding. After being suspended by gravity for a long time, the roots of the tree trunk began to loosen and break.
He shouted anxiously: "Help! Save me! Who, save me first!"
Niu Dadan glanced at him and continued to collect the rope in his hand.
With his help, Xie Liang climbed up the cliff wall with both hands.
At that moment, the bearded man who had been running around nearby came back, still carrying the woman on his back. He looked so frightened that one of his shoes had fallen off.
He suddenly ran towards Niu Dadan, shouting, "Get out of the way! I can't stop! There's something wrong with this woman! Kill her!"
The woman changed her face again, this time with a grin on her face.
"Fuck!" Niu Dadan cursed and dodged away.
But the woman obviously couldn't let him go. She controlled the bearded man and started to hit him again.
Niu Dadan was bumped into and uttered a muffled groan: "Brother Xie Liang! Hurry up!"
Xie Liang was very grateful that Niu Dadan had not let go of the rope in his hand. He hurriedly kicked and climbed, and most of his body climbed to the edge of the cliff.
As soon as Xie Liang climbed up, he heard Ah San's panicked shout: "Quick! Brother, save me!"
The cliff tree that Asan was holding tightly could no longer support his weight. The roots of the tree turned upside down and the whole tree sank to the bottom of the cliff at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Xie Liang hurriedly stood up and wanted to go to Asan.
Seeing this, Niu Dadan said angrily: "I can't even take care of myself, and you still care about him!"
Before Xie Liang could run over, the cliff tree had been uprooted by the huge bearing force. Asan hugged the cliff tree and fell to the bottom of the cliff along with the broken mud and rocks!
At this moment, the bearded man carried the woman on his back and rushed straight to Xie Liang on the edge of the cliff!
"Get out of the way!" Niu Dadan exclaimed.
Before Xie Liang could react, he saw the bearded man carrying the woman on his back running towards him.
The bearded man was sweating profusely. When he was a few steps away from the cliff, his pace slowed down, and his legs kept shaking. "Quick! Help me pull this woman down!"
At this critical moment, Xie Liang suddenly saw a yellow scarf beside him. He suddenly understood, and quickly turned sideways and grabbed the scarf in his hand.
Xie Liang yelled, "Come down! Or I'll burn it."
He held the silk scarf in one hand and reached into his bag with the other to search for something.
The woman turned around and gave Xie Liang a ferocious smile. With a "whoosh", she disappeared from the bearded man's back. The bearded man immediately ran away screaming.
At the same time, Xie Liang felt a strong sense of heaviness on his back. His waist sank and he quickly turned his head to look behind him.
Xie Liang was so frightened by the woman on his back that the lighter he had just taken out fell to the ground.
"Brother...what did you say just now?" The woman's face was hideous, her face had long been rotten and dried up, completely lacking her former beauty.
Xie Liang's whole body began to become unable to move, and his legs felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds.
He squeezed out a voice with difficulty: "Listen to me...listen to me."
"Okay! Brother, you are handsome and Xiaoying likes you. It won't work if it's someone else." Her voice sounded like she was acting coquettishly, but her appearance was really scary!
Xie Liang was so anxious that he looked around. Suddenly, he saw Lu Bubu, holding a cigarette and looking depressed, walking out from the reeds on the slope.
When Lu Bubu saw Xie Liang, he was stunned for a moment and shouted, "Damn! Brother! Does our brother know about your relationship with this woman?"
Niu Dadan didn't leave. He poked his head out from behind a big tree and shouted to Lu Bubu, "Hurry up and save him! That woman is a ghost!"
Lu Bubu was stunned for a moment, then after he came to his senses, he rushed towards Xie Liang.
Seeing Lu Bubu running closer and closer to Xie Liang, the woman became impatient: "Brother, wait until you become like me, then I will listen to you slowly, okay?"
Although it was a question, her tone did not allow for rejection.
Xie Liang's legs began to tremble uncontrollably as he walked step by step towards the depths of the cliff.
Xie Liang didn't care to disturb the woman behind him and said anxiously: "Bubu! I can't move! Quickly burn the yellow scarf in my hand!"
Hearing this, Lu Bubu's eyes quickly swept over Xie Liang while running. Just when he was only a few steps away from Xie Liang, Xie Liang was only two steps away from the edge of the cliff!
As soon as Lu Bubu grabbed the silk scarf, Xie Liang fell towards the cliff!
"Brother!" Lu Bubu's face turned pale and he shouted loudly.
The woman on Xie Liang's back seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, pressing him down.
After falling a certain distance, Xie Liang stopped, and the rope around his waist felt painfully tight.
Niu Dadan felt a sharp pain in his hands as he gripped the rope tightly. He cursed in pain, "What the hell are you still standing there for! Burn it quickly!"
When Lu Bubu saw clearly that Xie Liang was tied with ropes in shock, he hurriedly took out the lighter from his pocket.
After lighting the scarf, Lu Bubu hurriedly threw the scarf and lighter aside, and reached out to pull the rope that was still sinking inch by inch to the bottom of the cliff.
As the black smoke from the burning scarf gradually rose, the weight of the woman clinging to Xie Liang became lighter and lighter.
Until finally, the woman turned into a puff of black smoke and dissipated into the air.
After Xie Liang was pulled up, before he had time to catch his breath, Niu Dadan asked him to walk up the slope with Lu Bubu, saying that there were ghosts in this place and it was not advisable to stay there for long.
It was not until they returned to the mountain road that they had time to stop and catch their breath.
"Brother, you scared me to death!" Lu Bubu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "I thought you were carrying a beautiful woman on your back, but you could have carried something else instead of a ghost!"
Xie Liang said in fear: "I didn't expect it at first."
"I told you to leave but you refused to listen." Niu Dadan muttered. His palms were red and had several blisters from being rubbed by the rope.
Xie Liang took out disinfectant and bandages to bandage him up, and said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you for not leaving."
"Hey, you helped me too. It's nothing. It's nice to have a companion with you." Niu Dadan smiled shyly.
Lu Bubu: "Damn it, I was really scared. What kind of ghost was that? A ribbon ghost?"
"When you asked him to burn the scarf, I guessed she was a cliff ghost." Niu Dadan said.
"Yes, that's right." Xie Liang said, "One of the characteristics of the cliff ghost is to lure passers-by to take risks for it on the edge of the cliff."
"That scarf must have been the woman's possession when she was alive. She must have been living there. When the scarf burned, the woman lost her possession and was gone too." Niu Dadan said.
"Well, cliff ghosts often use their belongings from their lifetime near cliffs to lure people to their deaths, or to find substitutes."
Lu Bubu glanced at Niu Dadan and said, "You are quite smart."
Niu Dadan touched his nose and said, "I guessed it from what Brother Xie Liang said. I'm not that smart."
The sky was gradually getting dark, and the sound of a baby crying could be heard from deep in the mountains.
"Damn it! Why is there a baby in this damn place?" Lu Bubu said, looking in the direction where the voice came from.
"It's not a doll, it's a civet cat." Xie Liang said, "Let's go, hurry up and get down the mountain."
The mountain road winds its way all the way to the foot of the mountain, where there is a wide river.
After traveling for nearly two hours, they finally arrived at the grassy bank of the river.
The few of them walked along the river and finally saw a simple wooden bridge at a narrow part of the river.
The wooden bridge is quite sturdy and is covered with thick wooden boards. When people walk on it, it makes a "clattering" sound, just like walking on high heels.
After crossing the bridge, there were green farmlands. After walking for another half an hour, they finally arrived at a farmland not far from the village.
There was a thatched hut beside the path in the distance of the farmland, with several big red lanterns lit, and there seemed to be several dark figures walking around there.
"Why don't we walk faster? My sister and brother should be there." Lu Bu said.
It was already completely dark, and the sound of insects chirping was deafening everywhere in the farmland. Xie Liang stopped and looked towards the shed.
The shed was not big. Several big red lanterns cast a scarlet halo of light, shining on the dark figures, making people feel as if they were in the underworld.
Subconsciously, Xie Liang felt that Xu He should not be there.
Seeing Xie Liang's serious expression, Lu Bubu asked loudly, "Brother, why don't you leave?"
"I always feel that that shed..." Xie Liang couldn't tell what was wrong.
"It's eerie." Niu Dadan said.
"It's like this in the countryside. There are many such sheds in our Northeast, which are specially used for cooling off." Lu Bu said.
Xie Liang exhaled, took out the flashlight and turned it on: "Maybe I'm overthinking it, let's go."
After walking for about ten minutes, they finally arrived in front of the shed.
Inside the shed were many white curtains, behind which a stone statue could be vaguely seen, and the ground was piled with straw. Several people stood inside, and judging by their attire, they were likely Adventers like them.
Seeing them standing at the door and not going in, the people whose faces were shrouded in red light and could not be seen shouted at them:
"Why don't you come in?"
"That's right, come in quickly, there are clues here."
Under the red light, a woman walked to the threshold of the shed, stretched out her hand to Xie Liang and said, "Little brother, come in quickly!"
Xie Liang looked at her and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Bubu shouted and was about to walk in.
Xie Liang reached out and grabbed his arm: "Don't go in."
"Brother, what's wrong?" Lu Bubu looked at Xie Liang in confusion.
"They are nowhere to be seen." Xie Liang said.
Lu Bubu was shocked and looked closely: "Damn! What the hell is this?"
"I don't know. This shouldn't be the gathering place."
Xie Liang said as he pulled Lu Bubu and Niu Dadan and walked towards a dirt road leading to the village.
After walking for more than half an hour, a quaint village appeared before them.
The three of them walked along the bluestone road at the entrance of the village, all the way deep into the village.
This village has not yet had electricity, and every household uses oil lamps. Almost every household has a light on, and shadows are dim under the light, as if they are all busy with something.
Xie Liang walked into a large family in the village whose gate had not yet been closed.
As they entered the yard, they were stunned. Almost all the people in the family were sitting around two large square tables in the yard.
Both tables were decorated with bright red candles.
A table was filled with handicraft supplies such as paper, bamboo strips and paints. Several people gathered there were making paper boats, paper horses and paper figures.
Another nearby table was covered in rice, flour, and paint. Several people gathered around it, kneading dough objects in the shapes of fish and dragons. An elderly man, seemingly in his seventies or eighties, held a brush dipped in paint and, facing the candlelight, dotted the eyes of a dough fish.
The old man finished the noodle fish in his hand, looked up and saw Xie Liang and the others, and said in a deep voice: "Are you here to offer sacrifices to the river god?"
Lu Bubu touched his head and said, "Huh?"
"Old man, we are here to help." Xie Liang said.
The old man put down what he was holding and walked towards Xie Liang and his group.
As he approached, the old man asked, "Why are you so late?" There was a strong sense of blame in his tone.
Xie Liang looked at him and smiled, "Sorry, we got lost."
The old man glanced at Xie Liang, walked to the side, picked up a lantern, lit it, and walked back towards Xie Liang and the others.
"Come with me." The old man walked towards the gate with a lantern.
No one spoke anymore, the atmosphere was very quiet, and several people followed the old man all the way deep into the village.
After walking for a few minutes, Lu Bubu couldn't help but ask, "Old man! Where are we going?"
The old man glanced at him and said, "You are very rude."
"We don't even know your name." Lu Bubu rolled his eyes at him.
"Call me Village Chief Bai."
"Are you the village chief of this village?" Niu Dadan asked.
Village Chief Bai, who was walking in front, said coldly without even turning his head, "Do you even need to ask?"
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