Chapter 43 Chapter 43: Overcoming Wrathful Souls

Looking at the weird smile of the paper man, I felt as if I had stepped on a switch. There was a "crisp" from the soles of the feet to the top of the head. As soon as the hands were loosened, the paper man fell to the ground. .Gu Lulu rolled down the hillside, more than ten meters away, and finally hit a small tree and stopped. That pale little face happened to be facing my direction, with two eyes staring straight at me, which scared me so much that I shivered and couldn't even move for a moment.From this angle, it can be clearly seen that although the paper man's lips are as red as blood, he is not smiling at all...

I was almost dumbstruck with fright, my heart was beating non-stop, I felt as if there were countless pairs of eyes staring at me, and there were people everywhere, this feeling was so real, it oppressed me Even breathing was a little difficult, and beads of sweat soon oozed from his head, and he kept panting heavily with his mouth open. Thinking of pointing to this "golden boy and jade girl" to lead the way at night, I had no choice but to suppress my fear, go over bravely and pick up the paper figurine again.Fortunately, it was a dense hillside, and it was not broken. However, this time I didn’t dare to look at anything, so I grabbed it in my hand and ran away.

While running, I felt ruthless in my heart, no matter what happened behind me, even if it was a knife, as long as it didn't hurt me, I would never turn back.The mountain road is no better than the flat ground, and it is quite strenuous to run. After running far, it feels like the legs are filled with lead, and they are so heavy that they can't even lift them.I can't even swing my arms anymore. The paper figurine in my hand wasn't heavy at first, but now it really feels like carrying a living person, and it's difficult to lift my arms. At the end of the run, the speed was not much faster than walking. The clothes seemed to have been washed, and the water was dripping down. Just when I couldn't hold on, I suddenly heard someone calling my name in front of me.

I raised my eyes and looked ahead, only to see Liu Ye and Big Tooth not far in front of me. Seeing them, I finally let out a sigh of relief.I finally saw my relatives, my legs went limp, I couldn't hold on any longer, I sat down on the ground, panting heavily, unable to utter a word. As Da Ya walked past, he asked me why I kept running around without saying a word, why did I fall behind?While speaking, Da Ya had already walked up to me and patted my head. Impatiently, I pushed his big hand away with my hand. Before I could say anything, Da Ya asked me first: "Lai Liang, aren't you carrying two paper figurines? Why is there only one?"

ah?One? I quickly opened my eyes and looked, and sure enough, the "Jade Girl" was left on the right hand side, while the "Golden Boy" on the left hand side was gone... Da Ya picked up a tree stick as thick as an arm from my left hand, looked at the sweat stains on it, and asked me dumbfounded: "Lai Liang, can't you? Why did you pick up a tree stick and throw that paper man away?" gone?" At this time, Liu Ye also realized that something was wrong, so she hurried over, glanced at the tree stick, then frowned at the other paper figurine, and asked me if something happened on the way.

At this time, my head was really messed up, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a ball of paste.I clearly remembered that I picked up the paper figurine, why did it suddenly become a wooden stick?What the hell, I ran forward non-stop along the way, holding my hands tightly, I couldn't have lost it on the way, could it be that this paper figurine has really grown up? Looking at Da Ya and Liu Ye who were stunned, I had no choice but to briefly talk about the things on the road.Da Ya and Liu Ye were also dumbfounded when they heard that, and looked at the paper figurine in disbelief.

After Liu Ye glanced at me, she began to complain that Da Ya shouldn't have walked so fast just now, leaving me behind. Da Ya was at a loss for words, and explained in a low voice that he thought it was not too dark yet, so he came here once, and thought there was nothing wrong.Who would have thought that such a thing would happen, if they had known earlier, everyone would have walked slowly together, no matter how courageous they are, it would not have happened. I waved at them, telling them not to complain to each other, and before it was dark, go back and see if you can still find the paper figurine, or it would be useless to climb up, no This pair of paper figurines can't do Buddhist rituals at all.

I didn't care about rest, I took the wooden stick to lead the way, and searched back along the way. The sun has completely set, and the sky and the earth seem to be covered with a layer of blue cloth, which is already somewhat unclear.The strange rocks are rugged and the dangerous peaks stand upright, like beasts lying on the ground, with their bloody mouths wide open, waiting for us to get closer step by step.The more I walked, the more panicked I became, and I broke out in a cold sweat not long after I walked. I feel like I ran quite a long way in the sprint just now, but because I didn’t rush up the mountain, I actually only ran about 200 meters.Although I was walking down the mountain, my speed was much faster than when I was running just now. After walking for about ten minutes, Da Ya suddenly yelled, saying that the front seemed to be the paper man, and then pointed at it with the knife in his hand. Show me and Liu Ye.

Looking in the direction of the tip of the knife, I immediately shivered.The paper figurine was lying horizontally in the middle of the road, exactly where I dropped the paper figurine before, and it didn't roll under the tree at all.Could it be my illusion at the time that the paper figurine didn't roll down at all?Or did the paper figurine climb up by itself?The more I thought about it, the more my heart became frightened, and now, I didn't care about what went wrong, so I put the other paper figurine on the ground, held the knife in one hand, and tiptoed over there, holding my breath.

Seeing that I was facing a formidable enemy, Liu Ye also felt a little nervous, gripping the handle of the knife tightly, telling me to "be careful" in a low voice, while gritting her teeth, staring at the paper figurine on the ground. When I got close, I gently turned the face-down paper man over with my hand.Under the dim skylight, the expression of the paper figurine looked even more eerie, staring at me with a pair of eyes, so scared that I quickly turned it over again, then carried it in my hand, and walked back. Although it was just a few short steps, I was actually covered in cold sweat, and my heart was in my throat.At this time, I knew that I must not show timidity. If I panicked, the remaining big teeth and willow leaves would have no backbone.Walking up to Da Ya and the others, I pretended to be relaxed on purpose, shook the paper figurine in my hand, then smiled at Liu Ye, and let Da Ya lead the way. This matter should be settled quickly, and I hurried down the mountain after I was done.

Da Ya saw that I was not uncomfortable with the paper figurine, and felt a lot more relaxed. After yelling twice, he turned around on the spot and rushed to the front. Liu Ye has been following me this time without making a sound.Originally, I wanted to find a topic to ease the conflict between us, but after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't know what to say. In the end, I just gave her a smirk, and Xu Shu also came to Cao Ying without saying a word. The road went smoothly, and when we entered the wild boar's mouth, we finally breathed a sigh of relief. This is the first time Liu Ye has come here. Seeing the topography here, she was a little surprised and kept looking around. Looking at the surrounding environment, I secretly swore in my heart that I will never come to this poor place in my next life. After resting for a while, we hurriedly followed Lichun's instructions and began to arrange around.I saw Da Ya staring at those pits with some reluctance, so I quickly asked him to use a shovel to fill up the small holes around him first, and find something for him to do, lest this guy can no longer control himself and cause trouble. I carefully sprinkled incense ash along the outer edge of the big pit, deliberately left a gap at the northeast entrance, and rushed straight down the path down the mountain.Place offerings and incense burners on both sides of the gap, plug in "soul-inducing incense", and then place "golden boys and jade girls" on both sides.Seeing that the sky was about the same, and the time of You was about to pass, I hurriedly called Liu Ye and Da Ya over and told them to get ready and start right away. The two of them stood behind me very cooperatively, one on the left and the other on the right, but at this moment I really had the airs of a celestial master.After coughing lightly, he took out a stack of burnt paper and lit it, grabbed it in his hand, shook it left and right, and then threw it directly into the pit.At the same time, he silently recited the mantra he had memorized long ago: "Wash the body with the moon, cultivate the truth with the night, the gods assist me, and the gods assist me. There are Liujia on the left, Liuding on the right, thunder and lightning in front, wind and clouds in the back, and thousands of evil spirits." Ten thousand filth, purify by qi..." It was hard to finish reciting this jerky and awkward mantra, and then according to the movements Lichun told me, I grabbed my right arm with my left hand, pointed my fingertips to the ground, stretched my right palm to point to the sky, tapped my left toe to the ground, and stomped my right foot quickly. After three times, he quickly winked at Da Ya. Da Ya understood, and threw the burning paper that had been folded long ago into the pit in handfuls from the air, laying a thick layer, and finally lit a fire. The fire light flickered and shone on our faces, looking a little lifeless.At this juncture, we all have serious faces, and even Da Ya, who is always laughing and joking, is rarely serious. The fire burned for more than ten minutes, and finally the light of the fire gradually weakened, while the blue smoke gradually increased, and it was about to go out. Liu Ye kept staring at me from the side, and after seeing me nodding at her, she quickly stretched out her middle finger and stabbed it lightly with the dagger.Immediately, blood came out.Pinching her fingers, Liu Ye took a look at me, then smacked the middle of my eyebrows with blood, and did the same for Da Ya in the same way.In normal times, we probably would have burst out laughing, but now at this juncture, no one is in the mood to think about anything else. Liu Ye squeezed the pricked middle finger, then drew a circle on the paper horse's body, and then drew a horizontal line through the circle, and then pushed the paper horse into the fire pit. After the paper horse fell into the fire pit, it caught fire, and when the fire flashed, its body caught fire, but the flame was not red as before, but a strange green.The green flames jumped up to a height of one meter, and they were burning "crackling", which made us even more terrified. While pushing down the paper horse, Liu Ye walked quickly to the "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" next to "Yinhunxiang", resisting the fear in her heart, and put a drop of blood on the foreheads of the golden boy and the jade girl.It could be seen that Liu Ye was really scared, she also gritted her teeth and stiffened, her hands were trembling, and she almost tapped on it with her eyes closed. After lighting the golden boy and jade girl on the willow leaves, Da Ya and I quickly lit the pile of burnt paper that had been laid out long ago, chanting the words "the world is natural, and the filth is dispersed", without even daring to lift our heads. , the attitude is extremely respectful. At this time, a whirlwind suddenly blew up from the pit, and after turning around the bottom of the pit twice, it suddenly grew stronger, and the more it turned, the thicker it became, the stronger the wind was, and soon the paper at the bottom of the pit was blown away. All the ashes were blown into the sky.For a moment, the sky seemed to turn black, and the surroundings instantly darkened, covering the sky and the sun, without any light from the sky.Even though Da Ya and I were only three or four meters apart, we couldn't see clearly. After the whirlwind spun around the bottom of the pit for a while, it ran around like a headless chicken, and finally ran towards the gap in the northeast corner, which was the direction of Da Ya and me.The sound of the wind was mixed with not only paper dust, but also a lot of sand and porcelain particles, hitting the face extremely fast, like a knife cut, the pain was unbearable, it must have been bloodshot, and the face was burning and hurting.But Da Ya and I didn't dare to move, for fear that the burnt paper in our hands would be blown out, so we could only grit our teeth and hold on, holding on to the fire with our hands while constantly adding paper. I felt a "swipe" on my body, as if there was a cold air passing by, and at the same time there was a piercing whistling, I couldn't tell how the sound came out, and my heart trembled. When we came back to our senses, the wind had disappeared, and the scene returned to calm, as if nothing had happened. If it weren't for the paper dust all over the floor, I really doubted that we were just dreaming.I really didn't want to stay another minute, so I quickly called Da Ya to come over and fill the hole, and then leave as soon as possible. Da Ya and I filled up the big hole, although Da Ya was still a little reluctant to look at those tiles, but he also knew that now he could only choose to die instead of asking for money.When the place was almost dealt with and was about to retreat, Da Ya suddenly poked me, and asked me with a trembling voice: "Come... come, you...you...you see those two paper figurines No?" I was taken aback, and subconsciously looked back, only to realize that the two paper figurines had disappeared at some point.