Weird past in the countryside

Chapter 10 Victory in the First Battle
Before I could experience this comfortable feeling enough, I was pushed down by Ning Xiaoyue.I got up and quickly apologized: "Xiaoyue, I'm sorry, I didn't stand firmly, where did you fall?"

Ning Xiaoyue blushed like a tomato.God knows what kind of thing I am in Xiaoyue's eyes. First, I peeked at people taking a bath, and then kissed them forcefully. If I was called a hooligan, I believe no one would object.

I didn't wait for Ning Xiaoyue to answer, so I hurriedly said to her: "The village is not peaceful recently, and many things have happened. You and your mother should go back to the house early to rest at night. Don't leave the house. Remember!"

When Ning Xiaoyue saw that I was so serious, she no longer held back and nodded.I made arrangements, and explained a few words to Aunt Ning, then turned around and went out to return to the dormitory.After chatting with Wei Meng in the dormitory, the master and Mu Guner also came back one after another.The few of us met and knew that the ghost-repelling charms had been pasted up, so we were a little relieved.

Then the master began to make a plan for the next step: "We have already set up the ghost-repelling talisman, and the ghosts cannot approach the target for the time being, but this is not our purpose. We'd better capture a ghost alive so that we can find out their details so that we can Make arrangements early." Then Master took out a piece of paper from his pocket and spread it out, which turned out to be a simple map of the village.The master pointed to the map and said: "This is the map I just asked the village chief to draw, and I also circled the few houses we just spread the talisman on. Since we don't know who their next target is, we can only draw the map. Cast your net wider."

Mu Zhuer interjected: "You mean to let us go to camp?"

The master nodded: "Yes, look, there are four of us, apprentice, you are in charge of Mrs. Ning's house, Mu Gu'er is in charge of Jinbao's house, Wei Meng is in charge of Er Dese's house, and the village chief's house and Zhou Dabang's house happen to be neighbors. I will be in charge of the two. The four of us will guard one road, and when we have news, we will immediately gather and annihilate them." Master said while pointing on the map, and finally tapped the table with his fingers , with the spirit of a general commanding.

I was looking at Master with admiration, and suddenly realized a question: "No, Master, the three of you are more or less capable, but I am a stick, and you let me guard the way alone, aren't you going to die?"

The master nodded and said, "Both Mu Gu'er and I have studied the art of exorcising ghosts, and Wei Meng's evil spirit will only make the ghosts stay away. If it appears in our three ways, we will deal with it ourselves, but according to my estimation, the ghosts It is very likely that it will appear on your path, so you are the key to our victory tonight."

After I heard these words, my disappointing legs began to shake again: "Master, aren't you using me as bait? If I'm not careful, I'll be the one lying around the village tomorrow."

The master waved his hand: "You look down on me too much. I finally accepted you as an apprentice. Can I let you die easily? Let's plan in detail and think of everything we need to think. I believe there will be about 50% chance of winning. "

I gave Master a thumbs up: "Master, you are really my real Master."

The master ignored me and continued to arrange: "I set up a formation in the northwest of the village. No matter where the ghost appears in our way, we will try our best to drive him into the formation. If the ghost enters the formation, I will stop it." killed him."

Seeing that we all understood, Master opened the satchel and began to distribute the equipment.He took out two copper coin swords and distributed them to me and the wooden stick.I took it over and saw that it turned out that copper coins were threaded together with red thread and fixed with bamboo pieces into the shape of a sword.I weighed the copper coin sword and asked Master: "I heard that mahogany swords are generally used to drive out ghosts. How can we use copper coins?"

The master said: "Our ghost master uses the copper coin sword to scatter the soul, so as not to die. The mahogany sword is too lethal to the ghost. Once hit, the ghost will be scattered and cannot be reborn."

Master took out two more compasses and handed them to Wei Meng and Mu Guner, but Mu Gun shook his head: "Master Yuan, I have this too, so I don't need it anymore." : "Then I'll take it with me." I actually want to have as much equipment as possible to reduce the chance of my death or injury.Master explained: "This compass can detect the existence of ghosts at the first time, and the pointer will point to the direction of ghosts. Once you find that the pointer is shaking, follow the direction of the pointer and drive the ghosts to the place where I set up the formation."

Then the master explained some details, seeing that it was still early, he asked Wei Meng and Mu Guner to recharge their batteries and called me out.

I followed the master out of the room, and the master said to me earnestly: "Apprentice, tonight's task is no small matter, let me take the time to teach you a hand formula. Use your time in the afternoon to practice quickly, and you may be able to use it at a critical moment in the evening." In addition, once the ghosts strike, you must not be willing to fight, just delay the time, and we will come to assist you when the time comes."

As the master read the formula, I began to memorize it silently. At the same time, the master demonstrated the formula again. This formula is relatively simple, and it is a one-handed formula.It is required to combine oral formulas and hand formulas and pinch them out in the shortest possible time.Master saw that I had written it down, and told me to memorize it by heart, and to use it at a critical moment, not to use it indiscriminately.

Throughout the afternoon, I practiced pinching hand formulas. Of course, the oral formulas and hand formulas were practiced separately. By the time it was getting dark, I was basically proficient.And Wei Meng and Mu Gun'er slept until dark before getting up.

When it got dark, it meant that our operation was about to start, and I couldn't help but start to tremble.A boy who was a teacher a few days ago is going to face a ghost today, so it's not shocking.

After the master gave an order, the few of us started to act separately.Holding a copper coin sword in one hand and a compass in the other, I squatted down in the corner outside the guardhouse of the school. This position happened to be able to observe Xiaoyue's small shop.I hope from the bottom of my heart that Li Gui will not come tonight, and if he does, he will not come along my way.

The canteen is closed. It seems that Xiaoyue mother and daughter listened to my arrangement and went back to the house early to rest.The courtyard was pitch black and very quiet.

Time passed by little by little, and there was no one on the quiet village road.I squatted until my feet were a little numb, so I sat on the ground, leaning against the corner of the wall, and under the moonlight, I stared at the compass in my hand, and the pointer on the compass did not move.The wind in the middle of the night blows the empty village road, sometimes rolling up the dust and waste paper on the village road and flying in the air, the leaves rustle, and occasionally there will be one or two hoots of owls in the distance, which sounds like someone is laughing. , Another person shudders.The wind at night can make people get goosebumps, but I feel my palms are already sweating.I know that if Li Gui wants to act, the time is almost up.

While waiting for the ghost to appear, I silently practiced the hand formula several times, but unfortunately, due to my mental tension, I couldn't pinch out the hand formula smoothly at all.My inflexible fingers were as hard as sticks, which made me feel even more uneasy.Now the only thing that can give me courage is this copper coin sword. I hold the hilt tightly and feel extremely nervous.

Just when I was very nervous and almost collapsed, I suddenly found that the pointer on the compass moved.The pointer continued to rotate, round and round, and finally pointed in one direction, and it jerked up and down.I hurriedly took a closer look, and what I didn't expect at all was that the pointer was actually pointing at me.

I raised my arm and wiped the sweat from my forehead, how could it be me, am I dead?I am a ghost?My mind was spinning rapidly, and suddenly a thought flashed past, no, the pointer was not pointing to me, but to - my back.There should be a wall behind me, isn't it?I screamed in fright, jumped onto the village road, and turned my head to look.On the wall behind me, there was a ghost image imprinted on the wall. I couldn't see his face clearly, but the compass needle in my hand was pointing to it.

The ghost shadow moved down from the wall step by step. I shook the copper coin sword in my hand. The copper coin sword, which had been unresponsive for a long time, shook slightly and made a buzzing echo. The red thread on the sword gave off a faint red light.The ghost was obviously afraid of the sword in my hand, hesitated, and formed a confrontation with me.

The ghost doesn't move, and I don't move either. I want to delay until the master arrives.

But this situation only lasted for a moment, and the ghost seemed to have received some order, stretched out his arms, and rushed towards me suddenly.

I dodged to the side, and it was a sword in return.The ghost barely escaped.Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of it, I swung the copper coin sword away, whirring to hang the wind, and swung it at the ghost.The ghost shadow backed away while avoiding my sword.I moved towards the northwest of the village, and the ghost shadow also receded in that direction.I was waving my sword and pressing every step of the way. At this time, I was not so nervous and felt like a fighter.But after swinging the sword continuously, my arm was so sore that I couldn't lift it up, and my movements were a little slow. Seeing this, the ghost rushed towards me again, and I hurriedly swung the sword to force the ghost back.One person and one ghost, you advance and I retreat, you retreat and I advance for several rounds, my arms are sore from being tossed, and my hands can't exert strength. When I swung my sword, I didn't grasp the hilt, and the copper coin sword was thrown I flung it out.Seeing this, the ghost rushed towards me quickly. I had no money sword, and I was no longer able to fight against the ghost, so I had to turn around and run away.The ghost shadow chased after me with the wind blowing, and I scolded as I ran: "Little old man, words don't count, don't you say come to support me, if you don't come, I will die."

I feel that gust of wind is getting closer and closer to me.I had no choice but to pinch the hand formulas like a living horse doctor. It may be that the fight just now made my fingers move, and I felt a lot more flexible. The formulas in my mouth did not stop, and I read them coherently. , It actually made me pinch it.

After finishing the hand gestures, I felt a cold air enter from the top door, quickly spread to all four limbs, and my whole body was icy cold.At the same time, the ghostly wind behind him suddenly disappeared.I hurriedly turned around and found Ghosting standing on the spot in a daze. At this time, I also saw Ghosting's face clearly, a cold, gray and expressionless face.I saw that he seemed to be ignoring my existence, and I tried to go around him to retrieve my copper coin sword, but when I was one step away from the copper coin sword, the coldness in my body suddenly disappeared .

I said badly to myself, and looking back, the ghost opened its arms and rushed towards me again. I ran wildly again, but I couldn't pinch any more.

Seeing the ghost shadow getting closer and closer, I no longer have the ability to deal with him.At this time, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded ahead, clear and long.I saw that the ghost stopped chasing me and rushed straight to the direction of the whistle.I looked along the place where the whistle sounded, and saw Master holding a copper coin sword in his right hand and making a tactic with his left hand, standing upright in the wind.Four candles swaying with the wind are placed in different directions in front of the master. These candles will not be extinguished when the wind blows, and the wind will be stronger.Presumably this is the formation that Master said.

The ghost rushed straight into the formation, and immediately turned into a cloud of clear mist, and was put into the soul lock ring by the master.

We have recovered the ghost, and we have won the first battle.The master was very satisfied with my performance, but I complained to the master that the hand formula was not very effective.The master laughed and said, "That hand formula is called entering the yin, because you are already in the body of the extreme yin, so you can practice it so quickly. If you master it, you will quickly enter the yin and eliminate your anger. It is basically like a ghost." It’s the same, so the ghost will think that you are of the same way. But when you first practice, the duration will be very short, and as your skills and proficiency deepen, the duration will become longer and longer.”

I suddenly realized that it seems that I really need to learn a few tricks, which will be effective at critical times.

The master looked at the sky: "It seems that today is the end, let's call it a day. Go back and hurry up to interrogate the ghosts. I guess they will make big moves soon."

I recalled the process of fighting the ghost, and said to Master: "I also feel that this ghost seems to be controlled by someone. At first, he was very afraid of the copper coin sword, but suddenly he didn't care and rushed forward."

Master nodded: "I suspect that the manipulator behind this is someone from Xuanjian."

We recalled Wood Stick and Wei Meng, and Wei Meng looked regretful because he didn't meet a ghost.

After returning to the dormitory, the master decided to start the ghost trial immediately, so as to find out the details of the other party and arrange the next move.The master spread a soul-locking picture on the floor of the dormitory, and used the soul-locking ring to release the ghosts.The ghost fell into the soul-locking map, and lost the viciousness it once had, with no hostility at all.

Master asked, "Where did that ghost come from?"

The ghost asked back: "Are you Yuan Tianjun?"

Master replied, "Exactly."

The ghost went on to say: "Since it is Yuan Tianjun, you don't have to ask me. I will tell you everything I know. I just hope that I can reincarnate smoothly."

The master nodded: "You should know that the duty of our ghost masters is to guide you to reincarnate. You are a ghost, and you shouldn't be reincarnated. If you can tell me what you know, I will protect you and guide you. You reincarnated."

Hearing this, the ghost stopped hesitating and said, "I was a wandering lonely ghost with no fixed place. I was captured by a mage that day. The mage was very powerful. He seemed to be collecting wandering ghosts everywhere. , all ghosts like me were raised by him to be driven by him, and there were also many ghosts who could not become ghosts, but were slashed by his sword. from."

The master asked: "Of the ghosts around you, is there one named Qiao Er?"

The ghost thought for a while, and replied: "There seems to be one, but he seems to have lost his vitality. The mage took good care of him and helped him recover himself."

The master asked again: "Where does the mage practice ghosts?"

The ghost replied: "There is a row of abandoned houses five miles outside the village."

Master nodded and said to us: "I know that house. It was built by Qiao Er a few years ago with big money from Qiao. It definitely has something to do with Qiao Da."

Master saw that the ghost could no longer provide any clues, so he took the ghost back again.He frowned, and said to himself: "This is the first time I've heard of someone so frantically adopting and raising ghosts to practice ghosts. What is their purpose? Is it just to kill a few villagers to vent their hatred?" Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and said to me: "Apprentice, I have to go back to my back mountain. I will come back tomorrow morning. You wait for me." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

After the master left, Wei Meng also returned to the guard room, and it was only me and Stick in the dormitory.For the current situation, the two of us are powerless, the only thing we can do is to sleep well.

(End of this chapter)