Chapter 526: Saving is useless, do me a favor
The old man's eyes glowed green as he pressed against the door of the inner room, trying to push open the bolt as well.
But before he could move, a sharp claw dropped from the sky, clamped his head and lifted him into the air.
The old man yelled, "Who is ruining my good fortune?"
He struggled hard under the sharp claws, but the five claws gripped him tighter and tighter, and the five fingers dug into his head, and blood gushed out of the hole.
The old man screamed and turned around under the control of the sharp claws, and saw the water general's grinning expression from his green eyes.
"The mouse doesn't have any special abilities, but it's very fat." The water general smiled sinisterly.
Suddenly it opened its mouth wide, struggling to reveal its true form as a dragon, bit the old man on the head, and swallowed the old man into its stomach in one gulp.
As his throat swelled up, the lump could be clearly seen moving down into his stomach, but it gradually became smaller.
The upper body of the half-dragon twisted and turned into the human form of the water general.
He swallowed a rat demon, and finally relieved some of the hatred in his heart. He said, "Let's go and see what else there is."
The several arrogant gods following behind him finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After guarding for a night, there was no major chaos in Xuanzhou City. Only a few evil spirits that were good at hiding harmed people, but they disappeared without a trace after dawn.
Sunlight is still the nemesis of all ghosts in the world.
Ghosts and gods are not afraid of sunlight, so they have a powerful advantage.
Xuanzhou City was slowly recovering and finally began to breathe.
It took a day to deal with the mess left by King Wu. On the second day, they began to organize the people to clean up the corpses outside the city.
Even in autumn, corpses exposed in the wilderness would quickly rot and give rise to plague if they were not cleaned up.
A large pit was dug on the outskirts of the city, and carts were loaded with corpses and dumped into the pit.
Hu San was a man who was assigned to do the labor of collecting corpses. He ate the dry food he brought with him and carried the corpses that were already emitting a foul smell under the scorching sun.
He had never seen so many dead people, and he felt fear and awe in his heart.
There were old and young people among them, refugees who had died by arrows, horses' hooves, or swords. Each of them was as thin as a stick of firewood, with not a pound of flesh on their body and no good clothes, so it was easier to carry them.
There were men and women, these were the people from nearby who were driven here by the army. They were forced to the foot of the city wall and filled the trench.
These corpses are to be robbed because money can be found in them.
Hu San couldn't do it because he was lame. After he found a body, he was forced away by several people.
There are also soldiers, the soldiers of the King of Wu and the soldiers of the Censor. Their bodies must be searched carefully, and perhaps some valuable things can be found. However, the weapons on their bodies cannot be kept privately. If they are collected, there will be a reward.
Hu San couldn't grab them, nor did he have the strength to do so. The soldiers' bones were too heavy for Hu San to handle.
Hu San also found even stranger corpses, which were covered with arrows and knife wounds, but had no heads or were broken into two pieces.
Their blood had been drained out, and they were lighter than refugees, as if they were just a shell, completely empty inside.
It is said that when the city was attacked that night, the King of Wu had some magical soldiers under his command. They were able to defeat a hundred enemies with one and were not afraid of casualties. They could only be killed by chopping off their heads, piercing their hearts, or dismembering their bodies.
It was very consistent with these corpses. They had heart shields on their bodies. Hu San secretly hid one and did not dare to carry it with him. He buried it in the soil and planned to dig it out next time.
The stench of the corpse made Hu San dizzy and his eyes soon became double.
Hu San just numbly carried the body, and when he dumped the body into the pit, he clasped his hands together and bowed. This was the only thing he could do.
As they moved so many corpses, they had the illusion of moving themselves onto the cart and dumping them into the pit together.
By dark, the bodies had not been cleaned up yet, and they had to continue cleaning up tomorrow.
As the sun set, Hu San vaguely felt something running out of the woods and heading towards the mass grave.
The fellow laborers also saw it and ran towards the city trembling.
Hu San just felt dizzy. He reached out and touched it, and felt very hot.
His heart sank. He didn't know how he got back home. There was only a blind old woman at home who fumbled around to put a cold towel on him.
In the middle of the night, Hu San heard several people talking in his room.
"If this corpse's energy enters his body, he will die."
"Then save him?"
"Let's go to another family. There's a blind old woman and a lame man. It's useless to save them."
Hu San suddenly got up from the bed, rolled to the ground, and shouted, "I am still useful! Save me! No matter if it is a ghost or something else, please save me."
But there was no sound in the room.
He lay on the ground, his body burning hot. The soil was cold, and when it touched his body, the heat gradually subsided.
Hu San stood up and said happily, "I'm still alive. Thank you, God, for your protection."
He turned around and suddenly saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground. He was dirty and facing the dirt. He had been dead for a long time.
"I'm dead?"
He came out of the room in a daze and stood on the street, feeling dazed for a moment.
"Why didn't you save me?"
"Why?"
Someone heard his voice, walked up to him, and asked, "How did you die?"
Hu San looked at the person, but he couldn't see clearly. He just felt that there was a light in front of him, as if the person standing in front of him was not a person, but the moon.
Hu San was frightened and thought of the legend of the ghost messenger taking souls, so he turned around and wanted to run away.
The man glanced at his home, then looked away, saying, "Don't run away. You're already dead, and now the Xuanzhou City God is also dead. There's no one to escort the dead soul. If you run away, you'll become a wandering ghost, and you'll scatter at dawn."
Hu San had no choice but to stop.
The man said, "Come here and help me."
Hu San walked over, and the man placed a golden seal in his hand, saying, "Take this and go find Priest Yu He. It will be worth my trust."
The man reached out and patted Hu San on the back, saying, "Let's go!"
Hu San couldn't help but run. He held the golden seal in his hand as if he was holding a heart or an imperial edict. The wind whistled past his ears and the majestic sound of water rang around him.
A city shrouded in glory appeared in front of Hu San, and the golden seal in his hand glowed faintly.
Two men in black stepped forward to stop Hu San and asked, "Who has trespassed into the Yue Mansion?"
Hu San didn't know what to say, so he raised the golden seal and said, "Looking for Priest Yu He."
The two men in black looked at each other and took him into the ghost town.
The two huge divine characters on the city gate were twisted, revealing the word "Haoli".
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