Chapter 34 The Ink is Coming
Xu Chuchu moved quickly, but sometimes when disaster strikes, there is no room for hesitation.
Before she could catch up with the main group, a rustling sound like a snake crawling came from the entrance of the tunnel, and a large mass of grayish-white sticky substance suddenly appeared, blocking the entrance to the tomb and separating Xu Chuchu from the others.
This sticky substance was only as high as a person's shoulders, but was three times as wide as Xu Chuchu. Hands, feet, and head could be vaguely seen, but they were all twisted in deformed postures, as if they were accessories sewn on.
As soon as Xu Chuchu saw this monster, her heart sank.
In their sect, these monsters are called "corpse silkworms." They are extremely rare, found only in ancient tombs. They are evil creatures nurtured by the resentful energy of living people buried alive. They generally range from one to four levels, depending on the scale of the burial and the feng shui of the tomb.
And this one is exactly at the fourth level.
The tomb robbers in the tomb before must have died at its hands, otherwise the wounds would not be so strange.
Ah, it was her fault that she didn’t ask a question before coming down. If she had known that the prince had dragged so many people to be buried with him, she would never have come down even if she was beaten to death!
"What are you daydreaming about!" Xiao Yu found that Xu Chuchu had "fallen behind" and quickly turned back.
He saw that the corpse silkworm's face looked very ugly, but he quickly came up with a countermeasure. He ran to the other side of the tomb door, waved his folding fan and threw out a hidden weapon to hit the corpse silkworm, trying to attract its attention so that Xu Chuchu could take the opportunity to run out.
The sharp blade pierced into the body of the corpse silkworm, making a few strange noises.
"It's useless!" Xu Chuchu saw Xiao Yu's intention. "Ordinary swords and knives can't hurt it, and it moves very fast. We can't outrun it once it enters the tunnel! Hurry up! I have a way to deal with it!"
Rather than being unable to practice Taoism in the tomb passage full of traps, it is better to stay in the main tomb chamber and think of a solution.
She poured her spiritual power into the Taoist talisman and hit the corpse silkworm. Although it could not cause any actual damage, it could attract its attention back, allowing Xiao Yu to take the opportunity to leave.
The power of the Taoist talisman was obviously stronger than that of the hidden weapon. The monster stopped chasing Xiao Yu and let out an agitated growl.
Xu Chuchu was just looking for a place to hide, but unexpectedly, in such a flash, Xiao Yu stepped on the huge stone in front of the tomb door, jumped up, hooked the decoration on the door, flew directly over the corpse silkworm, turned over and landed back to Xu Chuchu.
Xu Chuchu didn't even have the chance to call for a halt, and almost vomited blood: "Are you sick? Why did you come back?"
Xiao Yu said, "Can't you use my strength to perform a move? I'll lend you my strength."
Xu Chuchu realized that he was talking about the last time he fought the fox demon, and said with a headache: "It's not like I can borrow every move!"
Seeing the corpse silkworms crawling towards them, she immediately blew out the fire and said, "Hide first."
She remembered what the tomb robber had said when he was tortured by Shao Mingjie before, and she made up her mind. She pulled Xiao Yu with her and climbed into the coffin of the tomb owner.
The two men lay down beside the dead body, one on the left and one on the right. After such a struggle, the already fragile body broke into several pieces.
There was a big skull between them, staring at each other in the darkness.
All I could hear was the corpse silkworms outside the coffin crawling back and forth in the main tomb chamber searching, and even constantly slapping the floor tiles, attacking the dead bodies on the ground.
It never approached the coffin, but it also had no intention of leaving, as if it believed they had not left yet.
Staying like this is definitely not a solution.
Xu Chuchu took out a few more pieces of talisman paper from her bosom, gently pushed Xiao Yu, and whispered, "Lend me the fan."
"What?" Xiao Yu took out the fan, but didn't give it to her directly.
"I want to draw a talisman, but I don't have any ink." Xu Chuchu was helpless.
To defeat this fourth-level monster, her current second-level full power was definitely not enough. Fortunately, she had only lost her cultivation, not her brain, and she could still draw talismans. She would stick the talisman paper on the peach wood sword later to enhance its power.
Because there are so many types of Taoist talismans, she didn't have any ready-made ones and could only draw them.
Since there was no ink, the only option was to use blood. Blood-painted talismans were more powerful than those drawn with ink, so that was not a problem.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu still did not hand over the fan. He turned the mechanism of the fan, cut his palm with the dagger that came out of the fan handle, and handed it to Xu Chuchu.
"Here comes the ink," he said.
"Are you having some problem... Don't bleed so much!" Xu Chuchu almost cursed out loud again, but she thought he meant well and endured it.
You might say he's stupid, but he's not stupid since he immediately understood what he wanted.
You say he is smart, he cuts himself as if he were cutting pork.
Originally, Xu Chuchu borrowed the dagger only to cut her fingertips, but who would cut her palm? It would hurt so much, and the cut would be so deep!
"Hurry up," Xiao Yu urged softly, "The ink is about to drip."
Xu Chuchu quickly stretched out her index finger, gently dipped it in the blood on his palm, and began to draw quickly.
She was afraid of hurting Xiao Yu, so every time she dipped her finger, she was careful not to press on the wound, and tried to let her fingertips sweep across it as lightly as a feather.
Dipping fingers in blood is naturally different from dipping a brush in ink. She dips her fingers in blood almost every time she draws a stroke.
Back and forth, I don’t know how many times.
"Okay, okay, quickly wrap up the wound." She drew four talismans and stuck them on the peach wood sword.
"Is this enough?" Xiao Yu asked.
"That's enough..." Xu Chuchu couldn't help but complain again, "You didn't even listen to me finish. You shed so much blood in vain."
"It's okay." Xiao Yu bandaged the wound himself, his tone very calm, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Xu Chuchu listened carefully to the sounds outside the coffin, thought for a moment and said, "Make some noise for me."
…
There was a strange silence.
Xiao Yu slowly emerged from the coffin, stood up, and kicked the lid off the end of the coffin. The heavy lid landed with a loud rumbling sound.
The corpse silkworm was swimming not far away, and immediately chased after it when it heard the noise.
Xiao Yu climbed out of the coffin and used his agile body to dodge around the various decorations in the tomb, trying to keep as much distance as possible from the monster.
But what Xu Chuchu said was right. The corpse silkworm moved very fast, and it was getting faster and faster. It kept chasing Xiao Yu, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer.
Its originally drooping "arms" slowly swelled, ready to tear the flesh of its prey at any time.
"Here they come! Get ready!" Xiao Yu rolled over and hid behind the coffin again.
"Lingbao Tianzun, comfort my body; my disciple's soul, my five internal organs; Azure Dragon and White Tiger, the troops are in formation; Vermillion Bird and Black Tortoise, guard my pavilion..." Xu Chuchu silently recited the mantra, and the peach wood sword he was holding tightly gradually emitted a dazzling white light.
"Kill!" She stood up from the coffin and stabbed a sword into the body of the corpse silkworm.
The corpse silkworm was focused on the pursuit and couldn't dodge in time. It was hit in the vitals and let out a painful hiss.
Without waiting for it to resist or struggle, Xu Chuchu drew out the wooden sword and swung it down again, cutting the monster in half.
The monster twitched twice and stopped moving. Xu Chuchu's wooden sword fell to the ground. He leaned against the coffin, gasping for breath.
"Done." She made an OK gesture to Xiao Yu, even though she knew he couldn't understand.
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