We all looked at the slowly opening wooden door, and our expressions changed drastically. Even Hu Ergou turned pale.
The compass in Hu Ergou's hand also quieted down at this moment. The needle on it pointed at the hut and swayed slightly, as if even the compass was trembling, as if something terrifying was about to come out of the hut.
Just then, the wooden door was half open, but because it was too dark inside, I couldn't see anything. I just felt that after the wooden door was opened, the temperature around me seemed to drop by more than ten degrees.
Hu Tudao had somehow managed to hug Hu Ergou tightly around the waist, closed his eyes, and dared not look at the hut. His whole body was trembling slightly.
I wasn't much better off. My scalp tingled, and when I glanced at Hu Ergou, who was still relatively calm, my heart, which had been in my throat, calmed down a little.
"Uncle Hu, what should we do now?" I asked Hu Ergou.
Hu Ergou is a master ghost hunter, and now that the evil spirits may have appeared, it's up to Hu Ergou to deal with them.
After all, dealing with the filth isn't like a fight where whoever has the bigger fist is the best. Professional tasks should be left to professionals.
Hu Ergou's expression had returned to normal. He raised his hand to pry away Hu Tudao's arm that was holding him and said slowly, "It's alright. It's better that he's here. It saves me the trouble of looking for him. I can take care of him and eliminate your worries."
"Hmm." At this moment, Hu Ergou had become my only support. Seeing his calm expression, my tense mood relaxed a lot.
Hu Ergou quickly reached into his side bag, pulled out a mirror, looked at the small house, and roared, "Kid, show yourself right now, or I'll beat you to a pulp!"
Seeing Hu Ergou's calm demeanor and the fact that he had taken out the magic mirror, Hu Tudao seemed to be somewhat angry about his earlier act of hugging Hu Ergou out of fear. Taking advantage of his master's power, he pointed at the hut and cursed, "You filthy bastard, seeing my father here, don't you dare come out and kneel down to await your fate?"
Looking at Hu Tudao's behavior, I felt somewhat disgusted. Hu Ergou's lifelong reputation would be ruined by this guy's mouth sooner or later.
"Do you really want to see me that much?" From somewhere, that ethereal, weathered voice came again.
As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden door of the hut opened completely. Although I still couldn't see anything, I felt as if something was coming out of it.
Just then, the flames of the candles still burning on the ground suddenly turned a ghostly blue.
Hu Tudao was startled again and hurriedly hid behind Hu Ergou. His arrogance from just now had completely vanished.
My heart tightened again, and I subconsciously moved closer to Hu Ergou.
Hu Ergou's face was grim. He held a compass in one hand and a magic mirror in the other, his eyes fixed on his surroundings.
I had already stood next to Hu Ergou and looked at the compass in his hand. I saw the needle swinging rapidly again, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right.
"Uncle Hu, look at this compass." I couldn't understand it at all, so I hurriedly told Hu Ergou about my discovery.
Upon hearing the sound, Hu Ergou looked at the compass and his expression changed instantly. He then stood up the magic mirror in his hand and shone the mirror on the spot where the pointer stopped.
However, the pointer was jumping too much, and Hu Ergou's movement of the magic mirror could not keep up with the pointer's speed.
I saw that Hu Ergou's forehead was covered in sweat, and his face was pale and bloodless.
"Fang Lei, what are you hiding for? If you've got the guts, stand still and don't move." I saw it all and was anxious. I don't know where I got the courage, but I suddenly shouted.
Just as I finished shouting, the compass needle in Hu Ergou's hand stopped spinning and pointed straight to one place, which was the direction in which the candles were placed.
Hu Ergou and I looked over at the same time, and saw a pair of shoes that had appeared next to the candle. I would recognize these shoes even if they were reduced to ashes, because I had seen them more than once. They were the shoes that Fang Lei wore when he hanged himself.
My eyes widened, and my whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Perhaps because Hu Ergou didn't know where the shoes came from, his pale face didn't show much reaction.
But then, a strange scene unfolded. The shoes, as if they were being worn by something, walked towards us step by step, making a clattering sound.
I instinctively took a step back, while Hu Ergou seemed to only just realize what was happening and hurriedly pointed the magic mirror in his hand at the direction of the shoes. Just when I thought I could succeed this time, a scene that terrified me appeared.
"Snap!"
The precious mirror in Hu Ergou's hand shattered without warning, as if it had been hit by something.
Hu Ergou stared blankly at the precious mirror that had shattered into countless pieces and fallen to the ground. The muscles on his face twitched, and he subconsciously took a step back, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
It's over, it's really over this time.
My heart sank to the bottom. Hu Ergou's prized mirror was shattered just like that, which was enough to show how terrifying the filth before me was.
"Uncle Hu, why don't you go first?" At this moment, I was prepared to die, but I felt ashamed. I didn't want to harm Hu Ergou and his son because of my matter.
Hu Ergou suddenly looked at me, his pale face turning red as if he had been struck by something. He said coldly, "Changming, I appreciate your kindness. Although this filthy thing is a bit troublesome, my reputation as Hu Ergou is not something I can't live up to. I am a monk who has undergone three ordinations. How could I be afraid of this little brat in front of me?"
Hu Ergou slowly took out a large black seal from his side bag. Suddenly, he seemed to have regained all his confidence and said loudly, "Changming, this is my greatest asset. Today, no matter what, I will kill this brat. Otherwise, how can I, Hu Ergou, have the face to live in this area?"
Seeing Hu Ergou speak with such fighting spirit, I silently cheered him on in my heart, because a mage's greatest reliance is the great seal in his hand, so Hu Ergou dared to say this not without confidence.
Those shoes were still closing in on us, and in the blink of an eye, Curry was only a meter away from us.
"Destroy them!" Hu Ergou suddenly roared, shaking off Hu Tudao behind him, raising the large seal in his hand, and slapping it into the air in front of him.
My eyes were fixed on the large seal in Hu Ergou's hand. Just as the seal touched the top of the shoe, a strange scene unfolded.
The seal seemed to be blocked by something and could no longer advance even an inch.
"Click-clack!"
Just then, an even more despairing scene unfolded: two cracks suddenly appeared in the seal in Hu Ergou's hand, followed by four, five, six, seven, and eight more, before it shattered with a crash.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com