Knife splashing

Chapter 69: The Demon's Hiding Place

The cold moon is dim and paper money is flying all over the sky.

This is called scattering money for the road.

According to the funeral customs of the people in China, when a funeral procession passes a crossroads, a respected person in the family will throw paper money.

One is to guide the deceased, as the saying goes, "The deceased travels west, and paper money paves the way."

The second is to lure away the surrounding ghosts and spirits so that they don't bother you.

Wu Laosi used the art of passing through the Yin. At this time, his soul had left his body, and his physical body was like a door wide open, which would attract wandering ghosts and unclean things.

Rumor has it that wandering ghosts have not entered the netherworld, but they are not so free. They are entangled by the obsessions of their memories from their previous lives, and have to endure terrible loneliness and cold.

But during the day, when the sun shines, your soul will fly away.

To put it simply, it's like arriving on a certain planet where it's like a lava hell during the day and the breath turns into ice at night, which can freeze a person's soul.

It is conceivable how attractive a warm body is to these things.
Sha Lifei had been around the world, and when he was in bad luck, he had gone to wealthy families to help arrange weddings and funerals, so he was very familiar with this routine.

"Everyone, please don't disturb me!"

He said flattering words while throwing paper money around.

Wow!
The paper money fluttered, swirling rapidly in the cold wind, turning up and down, and then returning to calm.

Li Yan sniffed, "They're gone!"

The cold wind died down, and the flickering oil lamp returned to calm.

When Sharifei saw this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

What's paper money?
Wu Laosi said he needed three kilograms, and he bought eight kilograms. As long as the job could be done, it wouldn't be a problem to spread a few more handfuls.

Of course, this comes from Wen.

If scattering paper money doesn't make them go away, Li Yan will have to resort to knife.

Then, a few more ghosts came.

Of course, before he got close, Li Yan discovered him and warned him.

Just then, another smell came from the river bank in the distance.

Cold and fishy.

Li Yan suddenly stood up, holding the Guanshan knife and blocking in front of Sha Lifei, and at the same time hung the Sancai Zhenmo Qian knife tassel on it.

Sharifei asked in confusion: "What is it?"

As he said this, he leaned over to take a look.

Under the moonlight on the river bank, a big snake as thick as a bowl slowly swam ashore, coiled into a snake formation, hissing and spitting out its tongue.

"Don't look into its eyes!"

Li Yan whispered instructions and gripped the Guanshan knife tightly.

The originally calm tassel of the knife suddenly swayed gently, exuding a cold and murderous aura.

As if feeling threatened by the Three Talents Demon-Suppressing Coins, the snake stopped moving forward and instead hesitated, spitting out its tongue.

However, Li Yan did not dare to be careless at all.

He once heard Wang Daoxuan say that lonely ghosts were the most pitiful creatures in the world. They were weak, and even if they wanted to possess an ordinary citizen traveling at night, they would need luck and a lot of effort.

Sometimes people can scare these things away just by spitting and cursing.

A handful of bribe is enough to make these things leave.

Even more fortunately, because of the presence of the Xianyang City God's soldiers, no powerful creatures dared to approach. In addition, the City God Temple offered food and released river lanterns every year to pray for the souls of the dead, so the water ghosts that drowned in the nearby river rarely caused trouble.

This kind of method of leaving the soul and temporarily emptying the body is used to get rid of evil spirits, and the ones that are most afraid of are those with magical powers.

Once possessed, the person behaves like an animal.

When these things are not very advanced, they often occupy human bodies to practice, and sometimes even use corpses to practice, crawling into coffins in cemeteries and perching on the corpses.

Sometimes when people open the coffin, they see snakes and foxes coiled around the corpse. These are the little creatures practicing.

Finally, the snake sensed the danger, twisted its body and dived into the river.

Li Yan did not pursue him either, after all, protecting the law was more important.

In this way, I spent the midnight hour peacefully.

Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the Southern Dipper Six Lamps.

Once the midnight hour passes, the difficulty of possession will greatly increase.

This time, I should be able to succeed.

I just don’t know where that evil cultivator is hiding?

…………

On the other side, in Xianyang city, the Iron Knife Gang’s headquarters.

Torches were bright and there were wailing and screaming everywhere.

Zheng Heibei had a gloomy expression as he watched his men busying about.

Zhou Peide was imprisoned, the White Ape Gang was surrounded and suppressed, Yuan Qu escaped, and the Zhou family was now facing a catastrophe, so he stayed in the Zhou Mansion and discussed countermeasures with everyone.

Unexpectedly, the gang was attacked again.

"Boss, it's someone from Taixing Car Dealership!"

A subordinate with broken limbs gritted his teeth and said, "I know that driver. He is usually very quiet and doesn't even dare to fart when he sees me. I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect anything!"

Behind Zheng Hei, a middle-aged man in green clothes shouted angrily: "I told you guys long ago that you should not mess with some people, especially those in the martial arts world."

"People from Taixing Car Dealership, you want to take advantage of us too. You are all tough guys in Chang'an. We just don't want to bother with you. Do you really think you have horns?" The speaker was named Liu Jincheng, one of the Eight Vajra Warriors. He was also the head of the Xianyang Changshun Escort Agency, and was ordered to come along to check it out.

He has traveled far and wide, and he is knowledgeable and knows what is right and wrong. He has warned Zheng Heibei and Yuan Qu many times, but the two of them were too lazy to pay attention.

Seeing the Zhou family’s current situation, he couldn’t help but feel angry.

Zheng Heibei was originally a stubborn person. He knew that these fellow apprentices looked down on him. Now, after hearing their sarcasm, he snorted coldly:
"Brother Liu, it's not your turn to teach my men a lesson yet!"

“Hahaha… hopeless!”

Liu Jincheng was so angry that he turned around and left.

Zheng Heibei said this in anger and regretted it right after he said it. When he saw Liu Jincheng leaving, his eyes became even more uncertain.

He was not directly involved in the child kidnapping, but he did help indirectly.

It was just that Yuan Qu escaped and Zhou Peide was unaware of the truth, so the government office did not come to arrest him. But some things cannot be hidden.

The more crucial thing is Zhou Pan!
Even his nephews and grandchildren can be sacrificed, let alone him who does the dirty work.

And the attitude towards him tonight was unusually kind...

Thinking of this, Zheng Heibei felt an inexplicable fear in his heart, but his face showed another expression. He was furious and said in a deep voice:

"Don't worry, brothers. I will take care of your medical expenses!"

"Come here, send them all to Anrentang Medical Clinic."

"Brothers, just rest and recover. We will definitely avenge this!"

"The leader is kind and righteous!"

The members of the Iron Knife Gang were immediately moved to tears of gratitude.

Zheng Heibei nodded, and after instructing his men to make proper arrangements, he turned and entered the room, pushed open the bookshelf, and opened the secret compartment in the floor.

When he opened the small box inside, he was struck by lightning.

The box was originally filled with gold bars, which were his savings over the years. If anything went wrong, the worst that could happen was that he would recruit soldiers and become a bandit in the mountains.

But now, it is empty.

"You Lao Si!"

Zheng Heibei had no idea who did it.

Although he was furious, he knew that he could not stay here for long. He went into the secret passage in the house, came out of a small courtyard near the Iron Blade Gang, changed his clothes, and disappeared into the darkness...

An hour later, the deputy gang leader saw that the candles had burned out and Zheng Heibei had not come out yet. He felt strange and hurried into the room to check.

Soon, a curse came from the room:

"What a coward! The gang leader ran away!"

…………

Before I knew it, it was the Yin hour.

In autumn, the nights are getting longer and the days are getting shorter. The sky is still dark, but the rooster tied to the tree is pacing back and forth. Then it stretches its neck and crows loudly.

Sha Lifei and Li Yan quickly looked at the copper bell on the tree.

Wu Laosi said that he would wake up when the cock crowed. If the bell was not rung, it would mean that the spell had failed and he would be burned immediately along with his coffin.

However, the bell remained silent.

Just as the two were worried, the hemp rope extending from the soil suddenly tightened, pulling the bells on the tree left and right, shaking them jingling.

"Hurry up!"

Li Yan and Sha Lifei quickly waved their shovels to dig up the loose soil on the surface, and then lifted the coffin lid together.

As soon as the coffin lid was opened, Li Yan's expression changed.

He smelled a strong yin energy, pure and cold.

One doesn't even need supernatural powers; one can see with the naked eye that the entire inner walls of the coffin are covered with a layer of white frost and are filled with cold air.

Wu Laosi's body was also covered with a layer of white frost, and his skin was frozen pale blue. When the two called him, he slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes looked empty and confused, as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Of course, after seeing the two of them, he quickly calmed down.

With the help of Li Yan and Sha Lifei, Wu Laosi stood up with difficulty, then pointed to the southwest, his voice extremely hoarse.

"The person is over there, in an old tomb a hundred miles away!"

"There are still a lot of children. If you want to save them, you have to be quick!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have a premonition of something. He struggled to get up, pushed Li Yan and Sha Lifei away, knelt respectfully on the ground facing south, and said in a trembling voice:
"Younger generation Wu Laosi knows his fault and is willing to take the blame..."

Before he could finish his words, his body tilted and he died.

"senior!"

Li Yan was sad and shocked.

Wang Daoxuan once told him that supernatural powers were not omnipotent. There were some powerful things that could only be sensed by those with a high level of Taoism.

But just now, he didn't smell anything!
"Brother Yan, look!"

Sharifei followed Wu Laosi's previous instructions and gently lifted up his shirt.

On the back, the hook and chain patterns formed by various blood stasis marks have disappeared without a trace!
The scene before them couldn't help but make the two of them feel uneasy.

Li Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Just follow the plan."

"You go to the City God Temple to report the incident, and then restrain the senior. I'll go and keep an eye on him first, to prevent the demon from escaping!"

After that, he and Sharifei worked together to lift Wu Laosi into the coffin, then jumped on the horse, shook the reins, and rushed into the dark night...

(End of this chapter)