Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 289 The Wooden Talisman Has Changed Too

Heixie continued to emit black mist and seemed to be in pain, approaching them from the other end of the road.

Hu Hai, Hu De and Old Man Duan all leaned their heads against the ground, praying not to be seen.

This is the sadness of ordinary people in this world. When faced with danger, they bury their heads like ostriches, close their eyes and wait for fate to decide.

The black evil was approaching them, little by little, and the dangerous aura seemed like a tide that was about to drown them.

As Hei Xie approached, Old Man Duan could even feel the distortion of his exposed skin.

If you stay with evil spirits for a long time, you will be polluted and slowly become half human, half evil, and then from half human, half evil to completely evil spirit.

Old Man Duan's heart was trembling, and he suddenly thought, since he was going to die anyway, he might as well look up and take a look at what this black evil was.
Even if he died, he wanted to be a clear-headed ghost.

As soon as this thought came up, it came out uncontrollably. Old Man Duan moved his head, but was stopped by Hu Hai beside him.

Hu Hai shook his head slightly, signaling Old Man Duan not to be impulsive.

It’s strange, why hasn’t Heixie killed them for so long?

They could feel that the dark evil was before them, but fear did not come in.

After an unknown amount of time, the thing finally left. The few of them still waited for a long time before they dared to raise their eyes.

"gone!"

Hood jumped up with joy. He clapped his hands and said excitedly, "He's gone. Hei Xie is gone. We survived!"

He cheered, but then he pulled at the exposed skin on his body and bared his teeth.

"What happened behind me?"

Hu De couldn't reach the place behind him, so he took off his clothes and turned around to let Hu Hai see.

"Ahai, help me take a look."

Ah Hai raised his eyes, his lips suddenly turned pale, he said without saying anything, forcing a smile: "Nothing, let's rest first, we'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

Hood frowned, but still lay down. Perhaps it was because he was too excited after escaping death, he now felt too tired and needed to rest more.

Old Man Duan glanced at Hu Hai, took out a pipe from his arms and took a deep puff.

Tobacco floated in the drafty little room, slightly smoked their eyes, and the two looked at each other and blinked.

In the middle of the night, Old Man Duan gently tapped Hu Hai's head with his pipe.

"scare!"

Hu Hai's body trembled, thinking that the black evil had been covered by the mouth by old man Duan's prediction.

"Shh!"

He pointed to the sleeping Hood, and the two quietly left the thatched hut.

The leaves made a creaking sound as they stepped on them. Their footsteps became faster and faster, until they were just running wildly!

"Run faster!"

Although Old Man Duan is old, his hands and feet are more nimble than Hu Hai. They fled quickly as if they were avoiding demons and monsters.

"My brother!"

Hu Hai was in tears. The two of them ran until dawn and stopped when they saw a pavilion passing by.

"My condolences."

Old man Duan sighed, and in the thatched hut, Hood asked them to look at their backs.

The two men looked and saw a huge hole on Hood's back. They could see that it was empty, with no blood and no heart.

But Hood is still alive, which means he is no longer a human being and will become a demon sooner or later.

"Let's go to Weishan Pavilion to rest for a while, and then we'll continue on our journey."

Old man Duan took out his pipe again, but his hands were shaking, and it seemed that he was also very scared.

Fortunately, the two arrived in Gushan County two days later.

They had no time to rest. If they were a minute late, the village would be in greater danger. It would be better for them to arrive quickly.

There are two big drums at the gate of the county government office in Gushan County, which should not be struck unless absolutely necessary.

Hu Hai glanced at Old Man Duan, gritted his teeth, picked up the drumstick and started beating hard.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The huge drum sound resounded throughout Gushan County, waking up the people in the county government office and the entire county.

"what happened?"

County Magistrate Wu woke up from his sleep, still in a daze.

"He came to complain so early in the morning. I will beat him till his skin is torn to pieces!"

Magistrate Wu stood up and put on his clothes. Constables and others had arrived one after another.

"Send the drummer outside in."

On the hall, the county magistrate sits in the center, with the county magistrate on the left, the county lieutenant on the right, and behind them are the staff, commonly known as legal advisors.

"It's so early in the morning, why don't you let people sleep?"

The county magistrate yawned. He had not put on his clothes properly and was still tidying them up.

Soon, Hu Hai and Old Man Duan came up. County Magistrate Wu took a look and was surprised to find that they were just ordinary people with tattered clothes. They were definitely not from wealthy families.

"Grandpa County Magistrate!"

Old Man Duan had just opened his mouth when he heard the bang of a gavel from above!
"Who beat the drum? Whoever beats the drum for reporting will be punished with twenty strokes of the cane!"

"go with!"

He waved his arm, and immediately a bailiff came up with water and fire sticks in their hands.

Hu Hai's body trembled. He knew how terrible the punishment of twenty lashes was.

After one set of treatment, you will be unable to get out of bed for ten days or half a month. If you are unlucky, you will be paralyzed after a few hits.

Old man Duan would definitely not be able to bear it at such an old age, and he was mentally prepared.

"it's me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Huanjiao was caught and then screamed.

"what!"

Heart-wrenching screams and muffled sounds were heard, and Old Man Duan's scalp was shaking. This process was extremely depressing psychologically.

When it was the thirteenth time, the screams outside suddenly became louder, with cracked voices and the sound of bones breaking!

"Hu Hai!"

Old Man Duan turned around hurriedly and wanted to go out to see, but he was stopped again by the oppressive force.

The noise outside stopped after the fifteenth stick, and it was not until the twentieth stick that someone dragged Hu Hai in.

That was no longer a human being. Hu Hai's body was covered in blood, the bones on his buttocks had pierced through the rotten flesh, and the blood could not be stopped.

However, this is not even more cruel. The cruel thing is that Hu Hai's eyes were blinking. At first, they were very fast, but slowly, Hu Hai blinked slower and slower.

For several minutes, his eyes were open, completely lifeless.

Hu Hai was beaten to death.

Old man Duan felt a tightness in his chest and felt as if he had lost his soul.

"Snapped!"

The gavel rang again, and at this time Magistrate Wu said condescendingly: "Tell me, what's the matter."

It was obvious that the bailiff was very angry at being woken up so early in the morning, otherwise he wouldn't have used so much force. It was a little too much.

But even if the person is beaten to death, it can still serve to establish one's authority.

Otherwise, with someone beating drums every day, how would they be able to live?

"My dear county magistrate! I am a commoner from the hillside of Wangfengting!"

Old Man Duan woke up as if from a dream. He quickly knelt down and shouted, "A few days ago, the drums in our small mountain suddenly sounded by themselves, and then Fu Zheng went crazy."

"Originally, nothing happened, but soon Fu Zheng's apprentice said he could draw lantern talismans, so we didn't report it. But who knew, soon the child also had problems."

"He was suspected to be contaminated by evil spirits, and became more and more unyielding day by day. Later, we had a new Fu Zheng come here, but within two nights, the new Fu Zheng was found dead in bed."

Old Man Duan spoke quickly and tremblingly, and his heart was beating rapidly.

"The new talisman is just like a balloon. If you poke it with your hand, only a piece of skin will be left."

"Fu Zheng is crazy? Xin Fu Zheng is also dead?"

The staff frowned and said to Magistrate Wu, "Master, I remember that person in the hill. A few days ago, when you were away, Fu Zheng from the hill came to the Qing'an Division and told him about this matter."

"Oh?" Magistrate Wu frowned. "You mean to say that Fu Zheng in this hill is pretending to be crazy?"

"Yes, but I'm not sure. Do you want me to ask the chief of Qing'an Division?"

If it's other things, you can just fool around with them, but evil spirits are a big deal and you can't be careless.

So the staff quickly asked the clerk to call for help, and soon the director of the Qing'an Division came running over.

Before anyone arrived, a voice came: "What! Xin Fuzheng in the hill died?"

His words were heavily alcoholic; he must have drunk a lot last night. But at this moment, his mind was filled with panic, and there was not a trace of alcohol left.

"Who reported the case!"

Qing'an Division is the agency responsible for dealing with evil spirits. At this time, the head of the division looked at Old Man Duan and grabbed him by the collar.

"Tell me, Xin Fuzheng is still alive, right?"

"Bei Sizheng, don't be so excited. You're almost scaring people to death."

Magistrate Wu spoke to ease the situation: "Why are you reacting so strongly? Does the new talisman have anything to do with you?"

"I wish he was related to me, but he's a very powerful person!"

Bei Huazhui took a deep breath and let go of Old Man Duan.

"I am excited. Tell me, what was the name of the dead Xin Fuzheng?"

New Fu Zheng?
Duan Lao's face flushed strangely: "That new talisman seems to have the surname Zhu, and his name is Zhu Heng or something."

"Zhu Hengrui!"

Bei Huazhui said the remaining word.

"Yes! His name is Zhu Hengrui!"

Old Man Duan nodded hurriedly, but the next second, he saw Si Zheng in front of him go limp and collapse to the ground.

"It's over."

"What's going on?" County Magistrate Wu stood up and said, "Bei Sizheng, can you explain clearly what happened?"

"What's wrong? The person who went to handle the mission is named Zhu!"

Bei Si was pounding his chest. "He said he was going to take a look. I thought what big thing could happen in a small hill? I ignored him, but I didn't expect that he died!"

Last name Zhu!

Magistrate Wu seemed to have thought of something and his shoulders trembled.

"You mean, the Zhu family from Black Lantern County?"

"Which other place is there?"

Bei Huazhui suddenly got up again: "I have to go collect the body of the young master. I hope I can make it in time. Magistrate Wu, I'm going now. Please send someone to notify the Zhu family."

This is a serious matter. The Zhu family is a first-class family in Heideng County. There are officials in the court among the family. How can they afford to offend them?

"Oh, you old man, you've caused me so much trouble!"

After Bei Huazhui returned, he simply packed up his luggage and hurried towards the hill with his men.

Evil spirits are not important, what is important is people!
…………

“It’s not the person that matters, it’s your heart that matters.”

In the hills, as the sun shone down, Tu Ming felt unwell all over.

He scratched his neck, which began to swell strangely.

Chen Ning'an said casually, sitting quietly on the ground, his eyes closed as if in meditation.

From time to time, a ray of golden light would flash by, but if you looked closely it seemed to be nothing.

"Sir, I feel like the villagers are not normal."

Tu Ming said respectfully behind him: "They seem to always avoid me. Is it because of my identity as Fu Zheng?"

"My childhood friend no longer talks to me. Every time I go to see him, he says he has something else to do. My mother rarely sees me either."

He was a little confused and felt that everything was normal, not much different from before.

But everyone's attitude towards him was completely different.

"Remember what I said when I asked you to eat that?"

Chen Ningan opened his eyes and said, "Once you choose a path, there is no turning back, and you have to bear the price that comes with that path."

cost……

Tu Ming was confused and didn't quite understand, but he shook his head, put his fingers into his mouth, and scratched his neck.

It was so itchy, and my inside started to itch too.

Chen Ning'an didn't seem to realize that some things only need to be said once, and there is no point in saying them again.

He looked quietly into the distance, his soul constantly touching this world.

Without the protection of the golden light, he would be burned by the sun and his body would dry up.

During this period of time, I recovered a lot by living in Tu Ming's body, but I also couldn't understand this world anymore.

He has been trying to analyze that the air between heaven and earth is no longer pure black air, but is mixed with white air, blending with each other.

and……

He took a step forward, and the soil under his feet turned black, having been contaminated by him.

"I am the source of pollution. This feeling is really not good."

If he hadn't chanted the name of the Heavenly Venerable without any harm, I would have thought that he was really an evil spirit.

Chen Ning'an took out the compass and looked towards the south, wondering who would come next time.

Once he understands clearly, it's time to explore the truth.

Some are hungry.

Chen Ning'an took a step forward, crossed a large distance with one foot, and came to a thatched hut.

There is a guiding-level evil aura here, not far away.

Huh?
Suddenly he found a person sleeping in the thatched hut, and he looked familiar.

Isn't this the Hood?

Why is he here?
Chen Ning'an pushed him and Hood slowly woke up.

"who are you?"

As he asked the question, he suddenly felt something pulling at his back and it was very painful.

"Hiss, my back hurts so much, can you help me see what's wrong with my back?"

He turned around and took off his clothes, while secretly looking at Chen Ning'an's expression.

Unfortunately, the light in Chen Ning'an's eyes remained calm from beginning to end.

"The flesh and bones on your back are all broken, your heart and blood are drained, and you are dead."

His words were calm. Anyone else would have probably been terrified by now.

Hood spoke up: "Aren't you afraid of me?"

"Why should I be afraid of you?"

Chen Ningan sneered: "Actually, the one who should be afraid is you."

"I'm hungry."

He opened his mouth and said, "It's hard for me to deal with the people in this world, but thank you very much. You are infected with evil spirits, so I can only help you clean them up."

"What are you going to do!"

Hood's face was distorted, emitting a dark and evil aura.

However, Chen Ning'an just opened his mouth and inhaled, and all the black mist entered his mouth.

While chewing, Hood's face turned pale, and all the evil in his body was eaten away.

Even so, Chen Ning'an still felt it was not enough.

He took out the wooden talisman and stuck it on Hood's body.

"I love you, love grows flesh and blood, I want to be full."

Beneath the calmness, there is endless madness, and within the madness, there is a vast calmness.

The flesh and blood on Hood's body began to spread wildly, and the life-saving wooden talisman became fatal!

(End of this chapter)