Chapter 66: The ghosts are on the move, and the village is in danger

Is this desperate running a cycle of fate? The wind whistling past my ears reminded me that many years ago in the tombs, I had also escaped with Ru Yue. At that time, there was also a little fat boy, Su Rou!

As if I couldn’t think of these things, my hand, which was holding Ruyue’s hand, was already sweating. But as soon as I thought of Su Rou, a familiar voice came from behind me: “Sanwa, wait for me. You’re going to leave me behind?”

It was the voice of Su Rou! I repeatedly told myself not to turn around, because ghosts are the most deceptive of all. But Su Rou was such an important friend to me, and hearing this panicked and helpless voice, I couldn’t help but turn around.

Then I took a deep breath and saw a dense crowd of people, probably hundreds of people, bloody, holding their own limbs, all kinds of decaying, it was a terrifying parade!

What made my heart tremble the most was the plump figure walking in the front. It was clearly Su Rou, and he was looking at me so helplessly. His anxious eyes and hopeful, trusting expression made my whole heart tremble.

“Third brother…” a somewhat frightened voice came from Yue.

I took a deep breath, then clenched my fist in a firm grip. My power suddenly surged to my throat: “Get out! Do you still want to pretend to be a crispy meat?”

“Hahaha…” A large amount of blood suddenly gushed out from the face of the crispy meat walking in front, followed by the body, and finally he shattered in front of me, turning into a strange ghost, staring at me with a gloomy expression, and laughing slyly.

Although I knew it was fake, I still felt a wave of unbearable discomfort in my heart when I saw my most important friend, Su Rou, suddenly spurting out a large amount of blood and breaking in front of me. The most hateful thing is this kind of ghost, who plays with the deepest feelings of the human heart at will. Is it fun?

My anger suddenly flared up like a flame. I took a deep look at the ghost. Is it a ghost that is good at confusing people? I will remember you!

Ruyue was startled by my sudden shout, but I didn’t have time to explain. I grabbed Ruyue and ran, running frantically down the country road!

I was very fortunate that the village was backed by major forces, and even high-level figures were involved, so although the village was remote, the cement road that ran through the village was extremely smooth. Such details now became the key to my escape with Ruyue!

At the same time, I also sensitively noticed a detail: the movements of these ghosts were restricted. They could not move as fast as normal ghosts because they did not have the restrictions of a human body, so they could not move as fast as normal ghosts. The speed of the fog was the speed at which they walked, and they could not break out of the fog! Otherwise, Ru and I would have been surrounded by this group of ghosts in an instant, and even if I were a Taoist priest, I would not have been able to break out of such a siege.

Ru Yue and I ran as fast as we could. The journey from the village to the village entrance usually took ten minutes, but Ru Yue and I only ran for five minutes before we entered the village!

“Bang, bang, bang,” I pounded on the door of the first house, shouting, “The ghosts of the Lake of a Thousand Demons are coming out! Hurry up and gather in Zheng’s house!”

I shouted until my voice was hoarse and my veins were bulging! It showed how anxious I was inside. Although these ghosts were restricted by the fog, they surrounded us at a speed that was not slow, equivalent to the speed of a human walking quickly, and we could not afford to be delayed!

My frantic shouting naturally attracted the attention of the people in the house. I saw a figure quickly appear on the second floor, but after just taking a look at the direction of the oncoming tide of ghosts, he turned pale and retreated!

“You guys run, I’ll tell everyone and come after you!” A voice came from upstairs, urging me and Ruyue repeatedly. I didn’t pretend to be shy, and I grabbed Ruyue and continued running forward!

When the wind blew past, I heard a loud noise behind me. When I looked back, I saw a red signal flare rise into the sky. Then, there were several more, and several more signal flares rose into the sky!

Is this the way to notify danger? I didn’t have time to think much, I just held Ru Yue and rushed forward. Along the way, I saw red signal flares rising from the four entrances to the village. My heart sank a little. At this time, I already knew that all the entrances to the village had been flooded with this strange mist. The village was surrounded by ghosts and spirits!

At this moment, my mind was also in a mess, I couldn’t think of anything, and I only had one goal, that was to run desperately towards Master Zheng. Only when I got there and joined everyone, could I feel a little bit more at ease?

Lushan, more and more people have come out of the house, everyone is holding a blood grass, and they are all running towards Zheng’s house. They don’t seem to be panicking. Maybe this danger in the Lake of a Thousand Ghosts is also something that was expected. They have a way out, I thought to myself, comforting myself.

In the chaos, I ran while panting slightly and asked Yue: “Why do you want to go to the village entrance?”

Because when I think back on it now, I realize that it was really too coincidental. I didn’t think much of it because I spoiled Ruoyue, and I just thought she was being willful as a child. Now that I think about it…

Ruyue’s face was a little pale, and she said to me, “Actually, I don’t know. I just looked over there, and a voice in my heart told me to go over there to see the sunset. If I don’t, I will regret it for the rest of my life? Third brother, is it me…”

“It’s normal, it’s normal!” I said to Yueyue as I ran, “These ghosts are the most deceptive, and even I would be taken in without knowing it, let alone you.”

Ruyue’s face finally looked a little better. I understood that she was blaming herself, but I couldn’t think of better words to comfort her. In this situation, I didn’t know how many ghosts had come out. If the ghost Rakshasa was among them, I would be confused too!

Fortunately, the crowd did not affect the speed of the run, and it was also a Taoist village, so everyone’s physical condition was better. After a while of running like crazy, Zheng’s yard was finally close. I saw Zheng standing at the door of the house with a serious expression, welcoming the villagers one by one into the house. Outside the house, there were two people busy. They took a large amount of blood calamus from the villagers. Soon, the calamus piled up and was about to become two small hills!

I finally stepped into the house and found that it was already full of people. Everyone was here and only then did they start to panic, and someone was in charge of calming them down!

At this time, a man suddenly pulled me, and I saw it was Xiao Chengqian. Behind him stood our people, all looking worriedly at me and Ru Yue!

“Where have you been? What’s wrong with this village? Master Zheng suddenly said that the highest alert was in effect and that no one was allowed to go out! We couldn’t find you and Ruyue anywhere, and we were worried sick.” Xiao Chengqian didn’t even take a breath when he said this.

I was gasping for breath, and I didn’t have time to explain anything to Xiao Chengqian. I pulled Xiao Chengqian to the door and pointed outside, unable to say anything. Hui Gen and the others came over, and Chengyuan handed me a glass of water!

I drank it in gulps and found that everyone was dumbfounded. The water moistened my dry throat and I was finally able to speak. I said loudly, “Did you see it? The ghosts of the Lake of a Thousand Ghosts have come out, and the village should be surrounded.”

“Yes, it’s surrounded. The worst-case scenario, which we thought would happen hundreds of years later, has actually been undermined to this extent by the outer formation!” Zheng Dajia stood next to us, his voice heavy.

At this moment, the fast-walking ghosts were less than 200 meters away from Zheng’s house! The various terrifying sounds from the ghosts had already entered everyone’s ears. Were they going to be trapped here to die?

My face was extremely ugly, but the heavens seemed to be playing a joke on us, as if the situation was not bad enough. At this time, from another direction, about 500 meters away, another pale red signal flare shot up into the sky, and in an instant, all the people who were talking stopped.

I didn’t understand what the pale red signal meant, but Zheng Daxia asked the old lady Yun next to him with a very serious face, “When the villagers came in, did you count them? Who was trapped?”

At this time, a dozen more villagers came in one after another. Grandma Yun frowned and thought, the footsteps of the ghosts were getting closer and closer! Suddenly, Grandma Yun exclaimed, “Everyone in the village has already arrived here, but you forgot? A few days ago, you sent someone to contact the higher-ups outside, and he hasn’t returned yet. Before that, you were still talking about this. In addition…”

Grandma Yun looked at us, and I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, because I remembered that there was another person who should have returned today, and that was Lushan!

He left three days ago, saying that there was no way to contact the outside world here. He had to go out to get some information on the ghost Rakshasa. The investigation should have had some results!

The signal flare was 500 meters away, and by now, the place was already a ghostly tide!