Chapter 46
In the following days, Xie did not get involved in this matter anymore, and his entire mind was focused on the jade pendant and wooden plaque.
Jing Xiebai hadn't come to see him for several days, but Xie would occasionally think of what happened that day and always felt uncomfortable.
However, before he could figure out what his feelings for Jing Xiebai were, he was called to the suburbs to exorcise ghosts.
"Someone's approaching in the suburbs. We need to go quickly."
At three o'clock in the morning, the sky was as dark as ink, with dark clouds rolling in the sky, and even a few stars could be seen.
Jing Xiebai looked up at the sky, his face darkening. He took out a handful of lightning-struck wood and a stack of talisman paper from his bag and gave them to Xie Que, saying, "Judging from the astrological signs, it won't be easy tonight. Protect yourself well."
Xie Que took the talisman paper, put the lightning-struck wood in his pocket, nodded at Jing Xiebai, and felt nervous.
They have been waiting for almost a week. During this period, a passerby was accidentally killed by a ghost. Even if Chen Shan did not show up today, they had to take action.
"That guy was very anti-detection. He wasn't captured on surveillance. If we hadn't arranged for someone to disguise themselves as a driver patrolling that area, we really wouldn't have been able to catch him."
"Are you sure he is Chen Shan?"
"I took a blurry photo of his back, and it's basically confirmed." I just don't know why Chen Shan didn't change his appearance to exorcise the ghost again. It seems that the backlash of the evil magic on him is really not small. He probably won't hide in the dark for the next period of time.
It's time to play some open chess, Xie thought. Thinking of the hard work of the past few months, he sighed helplessly and leaned against the car window. The streetlights divided the car into two areas of light and darkness. He was in the shadows, making it difficult to see his expression.
Jing Xiebai called nearly twenty people to surround the outskirts of the city, but when he and Xie Que arrived, they found no trace of those people.
"What's going on?" Jing Xiebai called someone with a serious face. Although the call was connected, no one spoke, only the sound of the wind.
Xie Que and Jing Xiebai looked at each other, and a hint of cruelty flashed in their eyes.
It seems that Chen Shan has already discovered them, and may have seen through their trap a long time ago.
Xie Que took the phone from Jing Xiebai and was about to speak when the call was hung up. He frowned, looked up at Jing Xiebai, opened his mouth, and felt something was wrong before he could say anything.
"Here they come!" Jing Xiebai pulled Xie Que behind him. There was a dark shadow walking towards them in the woods in front of them.
The black shadow did not come out of the woods. He stopped ten meters away from Xie Que and the other man, quietly observing them.
"Heh——" A very light laugh.
Xie frowned and stared at the other person closely, holding the lightning wood in his hand, paying attention to Chen Shan's movements.
"I didn't expect to see you again. You guys are really lucky to actually survive."
Xie narrowed his eyes and said, "You too? An old monster who has lived for over a hundred years. If we really talk about a tough life, you're still better, right?"
The other party did not answer him. Jing Xiebai noticed that many dark shadows were approaching them.
"Oh no! He killed the people I sent and made them into puppets!" Jing Xiebai drew his sword and swung it forward. The sharp sword light briefly cut through the darkness, but Xie could clearly see a bloody corpse standing where the shadow had been.
Xie's eyes suddenly widened and he threw the talisman paper forward.
Their attention was drawn by the black shadow just now, and they didn't notice that the corpse puppets had come to them.
Xie squatted down, dodging the blood corpse's attack. The dark clouds in the sky had dispersed for some reason, and the blood-red moon hung in the sky, bringing a hint of light.
"Be careful on the right!" Jing Xiebai shouted and quickly turned around to chop at the bloody corpse.
The corpse's arm was cut off and flew into Xie Que's arms. He suppressed his nausea, pasted a piece of talisman paper on it and threw it behind him.
"Why is this corpse puppet so strong?" Xie Que dodged the blood corpse's attack while keeping an eye on the depths of the woods.
"The Blood Moon is full of yin energy, and the corpse puppets at this time are difficult to deal with." Jing Xiebai dodged the corpse puppets' attacks and moved closer to Xie Que. "These corpse puppets won't stop attacking unless they are chopped into pieces. Isn't Chen Shan too ruthless?"
Xie Que pasted a talisman paper on the flying head, moved sideways to make room for Jing Xiebai to swing his sword: "Chen Shan wants to avoid our ghost refining, we have to find a way to get away quickly."
Jing Xiebai broke out in a cold sweat. The wound he sustained in the mountains last time had not yet fully healed. He had kept it a secret from anyone and thought he was fine. However, he did not expect that when Chen Shan came to his house, his wound had not yet healed.
Xie noticed that his sword swinging speed had slowed down, and he realized that something was wrong. He kept throwing talismans, his face showing unprecedented anxiety: "Are you okay? Can you hold on?"
There were only five or six blood corpses left to be dealt with. Jing Xiebai endured the pain and swung his sword, not even having the strength to answer Xie Que.
Seeing him like this, Xie felt nervous and was about to throw the talisman paper at the blood corpse on his right, but he forgot that he was also in danger.
"careful!"
Jing Xiebai's eyes widened suddenly, and he half-turned to pull Xie Que towards him. Before he could swing his sword, the blood corpse had already pounced on him and bit Xie Que's shoulder fiercely. Blood gushed out immediately, and Xie Que gasped in pain, but he had no time to stop.
"Don't be distracted!" Xie turned his head and spat out a mouthful of black blood. His left hand tightly grasped the lightning-struck wood, and his right hand kept throwing out talisman paper.
The blood corpse is very powerful, and his talisman paper can only suppress puppets with broken hands and feet. The rest can only rely on Jing Xiebai.
Youzhong became abnormal after Xie Que bled. The eyes of the Taotie carved on the sword glowed red, and black air surrounded the sword, making it even more dangerous under the illumination of the blood moon.
Jing Xiebai noticed the change in Youzhong and looked at Xie Que in disbelief: "Your physique is truly special. Your blood can actually sense Taotie."
The heavy evil spirit had been suppressed by Jing Xiebai, but when stimulated by Xie Que's blood, Jing Xiebai could hardly hold down the sword.
Once the evil spirit was not suppressed, Youzhong's terrifying degree increased sharply. The blood corpse sensed the danger from Youzhong and hesitated, not daring to get any closer.
Jing Xiebai would not miss this few seconds of pause. He swung his sword and chopped the remaining corpse puppets into pieces.
"Finally..." Jing Xiebai let go of Youzhong, and he fell to the ground. He was so tired that he couldn't straighten his back and half-squatted to catch his breath.
Xie Que's condition was even more serious. The wound on his shoulder had been spreading around, and his spiritual power was rapidly dissipating.
"Jing Xiebai." He called out the other person's name very weakly, "I seem to be unable to see ghosts."
The forest in Xie Que's eyes gradually returned to normal, no longer as gloomy as before.
"What?!" Jing Xiebai quickly helped Xie Que up, pinched Xie Que's chin with his other hand, lifted his head up, and stared into his eyes without blinking.
The Yin-Yang eyes are different from ordinary eyes. Xie Que's spiritual power has been overdrawn too much and he can no longer open the Yin-Yang eyes.
Jing Xiebai's hands were trembling slightly, and his eyes were full of disbelief: "How could he be injured so seriously?" After saying that, he ignored Xie Que's opinion and pulled his clothes down, revealing the wound on his back.
The blood corpse bit very hard, and a large piece of flesh was bitten off, and the bones could almost be seen. Under the blood and flesh, worms could be seen wriggling inside, and the surrounding areas that were not bitten were also being infected. It looked like a rotten corpse.
The bloody corpse was fed with insects, and when it bit Xie Que, the insects took the opportunity to crawl onto his body. If all this was not dealt with before dawn, even if a god came, he would not be able to save Xie Que.
"Cough cough." Xie coughed up blood again, without asking about the situation behind him, "Go find Chen Shan quickly, I can hold on."
"You!" Jing Xiebai's heart tightened, and for a moment countless heartaches surged out, filling his entire heart and almost making him unable to breathe.
"I'm fine." Xie Que put the lightning wood back into his pocket, raised his head and looked at Jing Xiebai, saying word by word, "If you don't go, it will be too late."
He has suffered too much to find Chen Shan. If he gives up here, he would rather die.
Jing Xiebai naturally understood what Xie Que was thinking. He suppressed all his unnecessary emotions and helped Xie Que walk into the woods.
Chen Shan did not leave this place, but chose to refine the evil spirit here.
When Xie Que and Jing Xiebai found him, he was sitting in the center of the formation, with an evil ghost beside him, being torn apart by the formation.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh——" The evil ghost's screams resounded throughout the suburbs. Chen Shan looked at the painful expression on the evil ghost's face and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Indeed, it was worth it to save you from the exorcist. If you hadn't turned into a fierce ghost, I would have retaliated."
"Chen Shan!" Jing Xiebai swung his sword, but before he could get close to Chen Shan, it was blocked by the formation.
"Huh?" Chen Shan noticed their arrival, his face full of sarcasm. "I didn't expect that the famous head of the Jing family would fall into such an embarrassing state. Haha, these exorcists really are getting worse with each generation."
Jing Xiebai was not angered by Chen Shan's provocation. Instead, he curled his lips and coldly retorted: "After dying once, you still come back to the human world to fight against the exorcist. You want to be an immortal but are backfired by evil magic. It seems that your strength is only this much."
Chen Shan's face darkened, then returned to normal. "Oh, the Jing family kid is really stubborn. The person next to you doesn't have much time left. Why do you have to stay here and tangle with me?"
"you……"
Jing Xiebai was interrupted by Xie Que before he could finish his words.
"Li Mohan, long time no see." Xie Que had his head down, but when he said this, he raised his head and stared at Chen Shan fiercely. Cold sweat flowed down his cheeks, but he still couldn't hide the hatred in his heart.
"You!" Chen Shan's face changed, and his previous ease disappeared in an instant. "How do you know this name? You shouldn't know it!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Que felt a pain in his chest. He looked up and saw Chen Shan's malicious smile.
"Heh, I didn't expect that after so many years, we would actually meet again. I won't be soft-hearted this time."
The evil ghost was torn into pieces and turned into a pill that fell into Chen Shan's palm. He held the pill, his sinister eyes fell on Xie Que, and a strong yin energy emanated from his whole body.
"Not good!" Jing Xiebai pulled Xie Que behind him and blocked him in front of him. Before he could swing his sword, he was hit by Chen Shan.
After being hit, Jing Xiebai did not slow down because of the pain. He swung Youzhong forward and hit Chen Shan's shoulder.
Chen Shan dodged to the side and continued to fly towards Xie Que. Jing Xiebai blocked Xie Que tightly, completely disregarding his own safety, and swung his sword at him while being hit by Chen Shan.
Chen Shan had never seen such a fearless person. He was about to ask the other person's name, but Jing Xiebai suddenly threw his sword to the ground.
He released Youzhong's seal, and the moment the sword landed, a huge black shadow emerged from the ground. Taotie roared at Chen Shan, a voice so powerful that it almost ripped his eardrums.
Before Chen Shan could react, Taotie had already rushed in front of him. Seeing this, Chen Shan had to retreat, but was still bitten off half of his body by Taotie.
"Haha, you really have some skills. You can even attract Taotie." Chen Shan endured the pain and threw a smoke bomb at Taotie. The smoke instantly filled the entire forest. When the smoke dissipated, Chen Shan had already disappeared.
"Chen Shan?" Just as Xie Que was about to stand up, he was stopped by Jing Xiebai.
"No, don't chase me." He fainted before he could finish his words, and the Taotie beside him also disappeared. Xie Que was the only one awake in the entire suburbs.
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