Chapter 10 Evil
Gu Yuan was strolling around the village when he had nothing to do and found that the ghosts seemed to be quite active?
"strangeness..."
Gu Yuan kicked the stones under his feet and frowned unconsciously.
He muttered softly, his eyes scanning the surroundings warily.
At this time of year, you can usually see a few wandering ghosts under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, but today it is unusually quiet.
Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, as if someone had blown a breath on the back of his neck.
At the same time, the Five Emperors' Coins that Ji Yunzhou gave him on his wrist suddenly became hot, so hot that he almost cried out.
"who?"
Gu Yuan turned around abruptly, the talisman paper in his hand already pinched between his fingers.
But there was nothing behind him, only a few fallen leaves being blown around by the wind.
He looked around warily. It was quiet, with gusts of cold wind, but it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes were watching him in the dark.
The talisman paper moved without wind at the fingertips, and suddenly it caught fire with a "hiss" sound, and turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.
"Damn..."
Gu Yuan swallowed his saliva, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
As an extremely yin body, he is born to be a living target for ghosts and is extremely sensitive to yin energy.
Logically speaking, he should be able to see more clearly in such a dark and gloomy place.
But what about now? The surroundings were filled with spooky ghosts and cold winds, yet not even a ghost could be seen!
This can only mean one thing.
The thing hiding in the dark must be very powerful!
So deep that it could perfectly conceal its tracks and might even distort his perception!
"Damn! Am I so unlucky?"
Gu Yuan cursed softly, the hairs on his back standing up, a chill running from his tailbone to his crown:
"Just a few steps out of the village and you ran into a tough guy?"
He didn't dare to hesitate any longer, turned around suddenly, and ran towards the village!
That speed was even faster than when he was chased by the big geese in the village when he was a child!
As soon as I ran to the stone bridge at the entrance of the village, I bumped into a strong figure head-on.
"Ouch!"
The other person was knocked back two steps and the bamboo basket in his hand almost fell to the ground.
"Brother Zhuzi?"
Gu Yuan steadied himself and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing who was coming: "I'm sorry, I didn't look at the road."
Zhuzi is a well-known warm-hearted man in the village. He is in his early thirties, with strong shoulders and a big waist, and is an honest person.
He adjusted his tilted straw hat and said with a hearty laugh, "Xiao Yuan? What are you doing? Are you running so fast? What the hell is going on?"
Gu Yuan: "......"
Don't tell me it's really...
"No, no."
Gu Yuan forced himself to remain calm and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "I just suddenly remembered that the lights at home were not turned off, wasting electricity. Brother Zhuzi, where are you going?"
Zhuzi shook the bamboo basket in his hand and said, "Let's go up the mountain to find some leaves for zongzi. Your sister-in-law said she was craving some yesterday. I'll send some to you when the zongzi are cooked."
"Thank you, brother. I'll go back first."
Gu Yuan forced a smile and responded absentmindedly.
He always felt a chill on his back, as if something was staring at him.
After the two of them said goodbye in a hurry, Gu Yuan almost ran towards the village as if escaping.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw a group of people gathered under an old locust tree, talking about something.
In the center of the crowd, the village chief was pacing back and forth anxiously.
"Make way, make way!" Gu Yuan squeezed into the crowd.
Lying on the ground was Uncle Zhang from the end of the village. He was usually a very honest man, but now his face was ashen, his eyes were rolled back, he was foaming at the mouth, and his limbs were twitching.
The forehead is dark and the lips are black.
Yin energy enters the body.
Gu Yuan asked in a low voice; "Where has he been recently?"
"It's, it's the old forest in the back mountain..."
A villager nearby stammered, "Yesterday he asked me to go up the mountain to cut bamboo, but he didn't come back all night. This morning he was found collapsed at the entrance of the village. That's it..."
Gu Yuan frowned.
He had heard Grandpa Lin mention the forest on the back mountain. It was said that it was a mass grave in the early years. Later, the villagers thought it was unlucky and avoided it whenever possible. Few people went there.
"Xiao Yuan, you've learned some skills from Taoist Lin, so think of a solution quickly!"
Aunt Zhang's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she tugged at Gu Yuan's sleeve tightly.
Gu Yuan felt miserable.
Although he has an extremely yin body and is born with the ability to see ghosts and gods, the exorcism methods he learned from Grandpa Lin are only half-baked.
Normally, it's okay to deal with wandering ghosts, but looking at Uncle Zhang's symptoms, the one he provoked is definitely not an ordinary creature.
"Aunt, don't worry."
He bravely said, "Go get a bowl of clean water first, and pick two fresh pomelo leaves to soak them in."
When the water was served, Gu Yuan took out a wrinkled yellow talisman from his pocket.
This is the talisman left by Grandpa Lin, which he carries with him to protect his life.
He made a hand gesture and the talisman paper combusted without any fire. The dark blue flame had no temperature at all.
When the talisman ash was sprinkled into the water, the clear water immediately turned into light gold.
"Feed it to Uncle Zhang slowly."
Gu Yuan held Uncle Zhang's neck and helped him drink half a bowl of the talisman water.
Uncle Zhang's convulsions eased immediately, but the black energy in his forehead only faded a lot and did not completely dissipate.
Gu Yuan took out another evil-dispelling talisman folded into a triangle, which was also made by Grandpa Lin.
"Let Uncle Zhang wear this close to his body. Help him out in the sun at noon for the next two days, and he should be fine."
Don't ask him why he didn't take the talisman he drew himself.
Because the talismans he drew were sometimes effective and sometimes not, he didn't dare to take the risk.
Aunt Zhang took the talisman with profuse gratitude and carefully put it into Uncle Zhang's collar.
Gu Yuan stood up and patted the dust off his pants, but his heart was heavy.
This kind of thing never happened before when Grandpa Lin was around.
Gu Yuan returned home and lay listlessly on the chair.
My mind was in a mess, filled with thoughts of Uncle Zhang's sullen face, the strange feeling of being watched from the village entrance, and the dark old forest on the back hill...
A familiar cold wind blew, and I knew without even looking that the damn Ji Yunzhou had returned.
When Ji Yunzhou came back, he saw the child looking sad.
He floated in the air, looking down at Gu Yuan, with a mocking arc on the corner of his mouth.
"Hey, what's going on? Is the father or mother dead?"
Ji Yunzhou's voice was cold and pleasant, but the words he said were enough to infuriate anyone: "Who are you showing off your bitter face to?"
Gu Yuan was now upset, tired and scared, and really had no mood to argue with him.
He didn't even bother to lift his eyelids. He snorted heavily through his nose, turned his head to the other side, and faced this annoying guy with the back of his head.
This damn guy, he even said that I had to be his personal bodyguard because of the blood contract?
As a result, he would disappear for a period of time every day, and at the critical moment, not even a ghost could be found.
If he hadn't run fast today, and if Grandpa Lin hadn't had the powerful talisman, he might have died at the village entrance!
"Hmm? Hmm?"
Ji Yunzhou seemed to find Gu Yuan's angry look very interesting, so he simply transformed into a solid body.
He took two steps to Gu Yuan, pinched his chin, and forced him to turn his face around:
"Gu Yuan, are you born in the Year of the Pig? You can only hum?"
"You are the Pig! Your whole family is Pig!"
Gu Yuan slapped his freezing claws away and said angrily:
"Something happened in the village today. Uncle Zhang was struck by Yin energy right after returning from the back mountain, and he almost died! I just encountered an invisible creature at the entrance of the village, and it almost killed me! You're a truly competent bodyguard!"
Ji Yunzhou listened to Gu Yuan's rapid-fire accusations. The usual sarcasm on his face faded a little, and his brows furrowed slightly: "Back mountain?"
He sat down on another chair next to Gu Yuan: "That forest... I felt something was wrong yesterday. The atmosphere inside was very restless."
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