Chapter 31
When Jing Xiebai was in high school, he received a commission to exorcise ghosts in an ancient village.
The ancient village, with its advantageous geographical location, was once known as a "rich village." However, a sudden fire destroyed most of the houses, and some even claimed to have encountered ghosts on the way to the village. As word spread, fewer and fewer people visited the village, and it naturally fell into decline.
When Jing Xiebai went there, he heard from the old man that the fire was set by a barefoot doctor in the village.
The doctor's family was in the paper-making business. In order to make money, he poisoned the villagers when prescribing medicine. When he was discovered, he became angry and burned down the village.
The dead were trapped in the same place and no one came to help them. They wandered the roads every night and harmed many people.
The current situation is similar to that of the ancient village. As a doctor, it is convenient for him to poison people. Jing Xiebai pinched his brows, feeling a little headache. They could not find any evidence to prove their idea, so they could only keep guessing.
"That would explain the increase in patients." Xie Que felt that Jing Xiebai's guess was very convincing. He looked at the box of discarded medicines, put on gloves, bent down and began to search. Sure enough, he found several small bottles with a small amount of white powder still in them.
"But wouldn't such frequent illnesses arouse suspicion?"
Xie placed the bottle on the table and recalled how often the villagers came to the hospital. "He poisoned them about once every three months, and each time he poisoned them, he primarily targeted the elderly and children."
When people are seriously ill, they will involuntarily pray for Buddha's blessing. Since the villagers fall ill so frequently, they will naturally pray to the gods and Buddha.
This would explain why there were so many scapegoats in the hospital, but why did the number of patients decrease after a year? And why was the soul-damaging array set up for the director?
"Either the person who set up the evil formation was in cahoots with the dean from the beginning. You sold your medicine and I sold my scapegoat doll. Later, a conflict arose between the two, and the dean lost his life. Or, the person who set up the formation knew the dean's secret but chose not to expose it. He hid behind the scenes, selling evil items, and finally killed the dean."
People who know sorcery must understand some tricks. They can obviously sell amulets, but they still sell evil things like scapegoat dolls. They must be setting up a bigger plan.
Although witchcraft has a great deal of backlash, it also has great benefits. Although exorcists have been cracking down on witchcraft and even burning related books, there are definitely people who still pass on witchcraft orally.
No matter which situation it is, it means that the final beneficiary will definitely be the person who set up the formation, that is, the evil spirit they want to deal with.
"Let's go out, the evil ghost will appear soon." Thinking of this, Jing Xiebai's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, with a hint of imperceptible excitement.
After being delayed for so long, it’s finally over.
The scene outside the door was still the same. The elevator door opened again at some point, and Xie Que and Jing Xiebai walked in.
Still no button was pressed. The elevator door closed automatically after they entered, and the elevator started to go up, but stopped again after about ten seconds.
They returned to the first floor where they started. Everything was exactly the same as when they first came in, except that the lights were not on and the light in the elevator could only illuminate a small area outside the door.
Considering that the evil spirit might be just outside the door, Xie took a few pieces of talisman paper in his hand before taking a step forward.
Xie was so focused on keeping an eye out for the evil spirit that he didn't pay attention to his feet. When he went out, he tripped over something and his body suddenly leaned forward. He widened his eyes and grabbed to the side with his hands.
With a "bang", the knee hit the ground with a dull sound.
"Are you okay?" Jing Xiebai helped Xie Que up, his tone full of concern.
"Not very good." Xie Que half bent over, his little face twisted with pain, and leaned on Jing Xiebai.
"Don't move, let me see if you fell seriously." Jing Xiebai squatted down and rolled up his trouser legs very gently, for fear of hurting Xie Que.
The white skin on his knee quickly turned red and swollen, looking very scary. Xie tried to move his leg and gasped in pain.
Fortunately, Jing Xiebai helped him up in the panic, otherwise he would have fallen even more seriously.
Xie stood up and turned around to see what had tripped him.
It turned out that the bottom of the elevator was not flush with the floor, but was about ten centimeters lower, and he happened to trip.
"How is this..."
Xie frowned and realized something was wrong halfway through his words.
There was a strange black shadow on the smooth floor, its outline blurred, and it was impossible to tell what it was. But since only the elevator was lit, their shadows should be in the back, so why were there shadows in the front?
"wrong!"
Jing Xiebai reacted earlier than Xie Que and pulled Xie Que back a big step.
Not only did the shadow not disappear, it grew larger and larger, almost filling the entire elevator. The lights began to flicker, and each time they came on, the shadow moved a little closer to them.
With a "sizzle", the lights went out completely. The entire first floor was plunged into darkness. A gust of cold wind blew past, and Xie swallowed nervously.
"call--"
Someone blew a breath of cool air into his ear.
Xie's breathing stopped, and his body moved before his brain could react.
Several pieces of talisman paper were thrown out, and the light blue light dispelled the darkness, allowing them to see the appearance of the evil spirit clearly.
The ghost's face was pale, its skin almost transparent, even its bones clearly visible. Its long, dull hair hung to the ground, and its eyeballs seemed to be covered with a layer of white mist. The most terrifying thing was that the left side of its face resembled a young woman, while the right side resembled an old man!
“Get out of the way!”
The evil ghost grinned and pounced towards Xie Que.
Jing Xiebai grabbed Xie Que's shoulders and pulled him back. He rushed forward and swung his sword forward.
The red stone engraved on the sword guard glowed dimly in the darkness, and Taotie looked even more ferocious under this dark red light.
Jing Xiebai used 70% of his strength and 30% of his spiritual power in this strike. The sword was so powerful that even the air was torn apart wherever the tip of the sword pointed. However, he had not expected that the evil spirit was not afraid of Youzhong and bit down on the sword with a loud "clang".
Jing Xiebai's expression changed, and with a flick of his wrist, he swung his sword again. The evil spirit flashed and disappeared, and the vending machine by the wall was split in two, with drinks splattering everywhere and shards of glass flying everywhere.
Xie held the remaining talismans in his hand. He had now adapted to the darkness and was searching for the evil spirit.
"Be careful." Jing Xiebai was rarely so serious. The ghost who could withstand his sword just now must be extraordinary. He didn't know where Chen Shan had brought such a big trouble.
"Yeah." Xie Que responded. The jade on his chest had been hot since a while ago. His cultivation was not as deep as Jing Xie Baishen, so he could only rely on the jade pendant to judge whether the evil spirit appeared.
The jade pendant on his chest was getting hotter and hotter, and even began to shake, but Xie was extremely alert. He took a deep breath and suddenly threw a ghost-slaying talisman to the right.
For some reason, he had a strong premonition that the evil spirit would attack him from the right.
"Bang——"
There was a very slight sound, which was the sound made by the talisman paper hitting the evil spirit.
Xie Que quickly took a step back, and Jing Xiebai swung his sword sideways. Learning from the previous attack, he used all his spiritual power this time to suppress the resentment in the sword. Under this suppression, the Taotie's ferocity was aroused, and its eyes were fierce. This sword was so powerful that it actually cut off the evil ghost's arm.
His arm fell to the ground, but instead of dying, he supported himself with his palm and jumped towards Xie Que.
"careful!"
Jing Xiebai glanced at Xie Que in a state of crisis, his eyes unable to conceal his anxiety. This evil spirit was really difficult to deal with, and Jing Xiebai was hit by her palm accidentally.
"Hold."
Jing Xiebai turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, then swung his sword and rushed forward again.
Xie Que's situation wasn't much better. The talisman paper was consumed quickly, but the damage it caused to the evil spirit was minimal.
This would just be a waste of talisman paper, but Xie glanced at Jing Xiebai beside him, made up his mind, picked up the glass shards on the ground and scratched his hand.
He remembered that when he came in, Jing Xiebai said that the blood talisman made with his blood was quite powerful. The situation was critical now, so he had no choice but to give it a try.
Blood gushed out from the palm of his hand, but Xie endured the pain and dripped the blood onto the talisman paper.
The blood spread all over the talisman paper the moment it touched it, but Xie had no time to wait, and the blood talisman was thrown out the moment it was made.
The blood talisman was extremely powerful, and it ignited a light blue flame when it hit the severed hand.
Xie was delighted and was about to throw out the second blood talisman.
"Be careful!" Jing Xiebai shouted.
The evil ghost suffered a huge loss of cultivation after being hit by Youzhong, and Xie Que's blood was the best tonic for her.
The evil ghost was so fast that it arrived in front of Xie Que in the blink of an eye. Before Xie Que could react, the evil ghost had already pounced on him.
In the critical moment, Xie only felt a pain in his chest, and then a cracking sound rang in his ears. The evil ghost stopped in the air and was cut into two halves by Jing Xiebai's sword.
"Are you okay?" Jing Xiebai struck a few more times with the sword, and only put away Youzhong after confirming that the evil ghost was dead.
Xie shook his head, and the whole person looked like he was pulled out of the water.
It was so thrilling just now that Xie's heart stopped when he saw the evil spirit rushing towards him.
Thinking of something, Xie quickly lowered his head and took off the jade.
"Broken?"
Jing Xiebai took the jade with a serious expression. However, Xie cut his palm too hard, and blood splattered out, sticking to the jade through his clothes.
"Is there a problem?" Xie didn't know much about jade.
"Give me the talisman paper." Jing Xiebai did not explain to Xie Que. He took the talisman paper from his hand and picked out a piece and folded it into a triangle.
"Open your mouth."
Jing Xiebai pinched Xie Que's face, forced him to open his mouth, and stuffed the talisman paper in: "Don't spit it out or swallow it!"
Blood jade is a very evil object, and as the master of the jade, Xie Que will definitely suffer backlash, so they have to get out quickly.
When Xie saw Jing Xiebai so serious, his heart sank and he nodded with the talisman paper in his mouth.
The talisman paper was stained with blood, and the smell of blood mixed with the bitter taste of the talisman paper made Xie Que feel nauseous in his mouth, but remembering Jing Xiebai's instructions, Xie Que had to endure it.
"Don't look so sad. If it weren't for this talisman, you would have died suddenly."
Jing Xiebai leaned against the wall and took a deep breath. The part of his body that had been struck by the evil spirit still ached. This exorcism had consumed too much of his spiritual energy, and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to take on any commissions in the near future.
"Let's go." They had to hurry out. Jing Xiebai supported Xie Que and walked out step by step.
After the evil spirit was dealt with, the hospital had returned to normal. It was already dark outside, and Lu Jueqiu was waiting for them at the door.
"Come out?"
Jing Xiebai nodded.
Lu Jueqiu glanced at Xie Que and frowned: "Leave first, I have arranged for other exorcists to clean up the mess."
Fearing that Chen Shan would come to intercept, Lu Jueqiu arranged dozens of exorcists to guard outside the hospital despite opposition.
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