Chapter 61: A night of terror and the mystery of the village (4)

It is indeed a great taboo against my agarwood beads. The ghost Rakshasa stopped less than half a meter away from me, and we were separated by a string of agarwood beads.

I looked at the ghost Rakshasa, and my heart was at its limit of tension at this moment. In the middle of the night, I was summoned out of my body, and the only thing I could rely on was this string of agarwood beads. It seemed to be effective against the ghost Rakshasa, and this was my last trump card.

The ghost’s gaze did not fall on me, but rather on the string of agarwood beads I was holding, with a look of hatred.

“Don’t think that you can escape with this. You killed Fu Yuan, so you will take over what he left unfinished. I won’t let you go.” After saying this, the ghost roach turned and looked at the lights and the crowd that were getting closer and closer. His body gradually retreated, and he moved faster and faster, disappearing soon at the entrance to the village that pointed to the lake of a million ghosts.

I put down the string of agarwood beads. The expression of calm that I had just barely maintained suddenly relaxed. Only then did I realize that the clothes on my back were sticky and clammy, and I was already covered in cold sweat!

After the ghost Rakshasa disappeared, Silly Tiger also woke up in an instant. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured and could barely stand up. The wound that the ghost Rakshasa tore was not able to be slowly repaired with spiritual power. I felt a burst of pain in my heart, but I could not think of a way to fix it for the time being. I could only withdraw Silly Tiger and wait for Brother Chengxin to come to the rescue.

After I had retrieved Silly Tiger, the wound on my back that had been torn by the ghost Rakshasa began to hurt again. I felt an indescribable chill, and my lips were trembling. I knew that I had been “hit” again, and I was afraid that the situation was even more serious than the last time.

If the ghost Rakshasa comes to trouble me every night, and if it keeps doing this to me, I will become weak even if I am a man of iron, let alone going to the Lake of a Thousand Ghosts!

I sat cross-legged, ignoring the crowd that was coming, and with a strong heart, I deliberately tore open the wound that had been torn open, making me grit my teeth and groan in pain!

Although I am not a doctor, I always know simple common sense. For example, if you are bitten by a snake, it is extremely important to expel the poison as soon as possible!

The blood from the wound did not feel warm, but rather cold. I closed my eyes and began to practice my kung fu, just as I had done the last time I worked with Brother Chengxin to expel the poison. This poison was not a toxin in the ordinary sense of time, and I had to use my own kung fu to suppress and expel it.

This process was the same as the last time, a painful and extremely challenging process that made me unable to care about what was happening outside. I only heard many people gathering around, heard the anxious voices of Huigen and the others, heard that Chengxin was going to apply medicine to me, and heard many unfamiliar voices, but I had no way to analyze or think about them.

“No need to apply your medicine, although it is effective. Burn this into ashes and apply it to his wound.” An elderly voice interrupted.

I recognized the voice. It was the old lady from the place where we were staying. How did she get here? I was puzzled, but I was also careless in my internal energy practice, and almost got hit by the evil backlash. I dared not think anymore, and quickly closed my eyes to re-enter a state of complete calmness, paying no attention to what was happening outside.

I don’t know how long it took, but I felt someone walk up behind me, and then a handful of still-hot ash was applied to my wound. In an instant, I felt the heat from my wound, and a burst of violent heat rushed into my body…

I was struggling to expel the poison, but I didn’t expect the hot ash to have such a miraculous effect. The heat completely warmed me up in a moment, and I no longer felt cold all over my body. At this moment, I no longer needed to expel the poison with my internal energy. I gradually opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw was the worried faces of my companions. Then I became embarrassed. I saw many strangers looking at me, and I was disheveled at the moment, with scabs and torn wounds on my back. How could I explain this? And I didn’t know these people at all…

In a panic, I felt the pain in my back increase. I couldn’t help but moan and writhe a little, but then an old, familiar voice came from behind me. She said, “Don’t move. Your poison hasn’t been completely removed yet. It’s more trouble if you move.”

I already knew it was the old lady behind me, so I quickly stopped moving and let her handle it. I felt her carefully scrape off the hot ash on my back that had turned cold, and then applied a layer of it to me.

This time I felt that the heat was no longer violent. I guess it was because my body was no longer cold, so I no longer felt the heat was scary, but rather warm and very comfortable.

The old lady didn’t throw the hot ash away, but wrapped it in a piece of paper. After she finished, when she stood up, she held the paper and went to an old man in the group and said, “Look, this calamus ash is completely black, it is the evil that has been removed, it should be here.”

The old man was even older than the old lady. After hearing what the old lady said, he looked at the ashes in her hand with a serious expression, then looked at me with some surprise and heaviness, and sighed and said, “Let’s talk about it later.”

His voice was so old, but he was full of energy and his mental state was not bad. I couldn’t help but look at the old man twice. His beard and hair were all white, but his skin didn’t look old. Although he was not the legendary old man with white hair and a youthful face, he still had a certain amount of authority. Could it be that this village… I looked at the old man and then looked at the old lady again… doubt filled my heart, making me think that all the people here were inscrutable.

In addition, I also noticed a detail, that is, everyone who rushed here was holding a plant in their hands. That plant is a kind of plant that is relatively evil-repelling. It is also used when purifying the house and boiling “clean water.” It is very common, and it is calamus!

From what she just said, I also know that the hot ash that the old lady put on my back was also made from this plant. Does this plant have this effect? My doubts deepened. Looking more carefully, I noticed that some of these calamus had a faint red color…

Instead of going back to the old lady’s house, we were taken directly to the largest courtyard in the village, which was the old man’s house. The strangers who followed us were probably villagers, right? I’m not sure anymore!

The old man’s house was as quiet as the old woman’s house. There were no young people, but there was another old man who looked quite similar to him. The old man simply introduced himself: “This is my younger brother.”

Sure enough!

I was full of doubts about everything here. For example, when I entered the courtyard, I found that the large courtyard was not planted with any flowers or plants, but was instead full of calamus, growing in large clumps. I could see clearly that this calamus had a red color that was different from ordinary calamus, as red as blood…

However, I couldn’t ask more questions. After all, I was still very unfamiliar with them, and I didn’t even know who they were. Chengxin was also interested in these calamus, and he even acted more directly. It seemed that he wanted to tear off two to study them. After all, he was a medical student.

“Come in and sit down,” the old man said in a deep voice, and walked directly into the main room with the door wide open, immediately turning on the lights.

Hui Gen’er helped me and followed me into the main room. As we walked, he whispered, “Brother, I saw you walk out. I didn’t think anything of it at first, but when I heard your voice, it didn’t sound right, and you looked confused. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, and then…”

“Then you called a whole bunch of people?” I looked at Huigen helplessly.

Hui Gen’er scratched his bald head under his hat and said, “I didn’t call anyone. I thought something was wrong, so I got up and wanted to go out and take a look. I saw you walking so fast that you were out of the courtyard in no time. I just wanted to chase you out, but I was stopped by the old lady in the house. I didn’t know when she woke up. Then she told me that you were probably bewitched, and that it was too late to chase after you. She was getting ready… Then she said she was afraid something would happen to us if we stayed in the house, so she woke us all up and took us out.

“What about those strangers?” I asked Hui Gen in a low voice.

“How do I know? The old lady pulled two stalks of calamus in the corner of the courtyard, then took us out. Along the way, we met a house and knocked on the door. Then a person came out, and more and more people followed. I was anxious, so I said that I was rushing to find my brother, why call so many people? As a result, the old lady answered me, just in case, and I completely didn’t understand.

I was puzzled by this strange situation, but at this moment we had already entered the main hall, so it was not a good time to discuss it. I looked up and was “shocked” by the main hall.

This hall is huge, facing the middle of the door, with three large chairs against the wall and three rows of small chairs on either side. It’s not like a normal family’s hall at all. At first glance, it’s clearly like a ‘gathering hall’ for heroes of the green forest.

Of course, it also looks like a meeting room where a “gang” gathers! What is going on here?

Chengxin brother laughed behind me, then whispered to Xiao Chengqian next to him: “It seems that our Chengyi has escaped the ghost’s claws and fallen into the bandit’s den.