pin bone

Chapter 21
Unexpectedly, something happened before tomorrow.

In the middle of the night, Zhong Linlang got up to drink water. It was supposed to be a quiet moment, but she heard the sound of small footsteps, very close, as if coming from outside.

She opened the window a crack and watched secretly.

Her room was in the front house, which was in a good location, and the main road in the village could just be seen through the window.

The scene on the road was eerie.

The sound of footsteps came from two groups of people. One of them walked back and the other walked towards the back of the mountain. There were not many people, as if they were handing over shifts, but their movements were so stiff that it made people feel scalp numb.

The people who walked back were so thin that they seemed to be floating. No, it should be said that they had no consciousness, or in other words, no spirit.

The group of people walking into the mountain were obviously all men with strong physiques; on the contrary, the group of people walking back were also men, but they were all abnormally thin. To put it plainly, it was like a skeleton walking.

Zhong Linlang was still observing while hurriedly getting dressed.

These people walked very fast. The strange thing is that she used the fixed body formula, but it didn't work at all. She walked as fast as she should.

Zhong Linlang used the immortal method, and logically, no matter whether it was a god, a demon, a demon or a ghost, it would work, unless...unless the person who manipulated them also knew the immortal method, and cast the undoing curse in advance.

how can that be!

There was an inexplicable fog tonight, and those people were getting farther and farther away, and it was almost impossible to see their backs clearly.Zhong Linlang frowned and became anxious. Just as she was about to rush out, she heard a few bitter cries, accompanied by the sound of rummaging through boxes and boxes.

The sound was loud, as if it was coming from next door.

Soon, the whole village was filled with cries and cries one after another.

Aunt Gu and Uncle Gu were also woken up. They came out one after another and lit the lamps. They didn't know, so they looked at each other, with panic and panic in their eyes.

Fu Jingce was dressed neatly and looked like he was not asleep. He walked towards Zhong Linlang with a heavy face.

"Go out and have a look," he said.

It was already noisy outside, the lights were on in every house, and the howling and screaming could be heard endlessly. It seemed that the people who came back had already returned home.

Song Shu's elder brother Song Yang is a good example.

Song Yang fell to the ground, his body was thin, his cheekbones were high and protruding, and his eyelids were blue, like a skeleton with clothes on.His parents hugged him and wept bitterly, while Song Shu sat on the side with fear in his eyes.

This is the case in every family.

Uncle Gu boldly stepped forward to check Song Yang's breath, shook his head after checking, and wondered, "He's still breathing."

This is not surprising.Judging by the appearance of these people, their spirits should have been sucked away. Although they are still breathing, if they do not retrieve their spirits in time, they will die within two days.

Just as Zhong Linlang was about to speak, she suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

It was Ah Fu.

Ah Fu also walked on the road stiffly, his eyes were empty, and he seemed to be manipulated.

He didn't know why he fell behind and didn't keep up with the team in front. His thin body seemed to fall down when blown by the wind.

Zhong Linlang suddenly remembered that he said on the mountain that day that he would open a medicine hall in the future to treat poor people.

Everyone followed her gaze, Mrs. Gu called Ah Fu vigorously, and Ah Fu's mother staggered after her, coughing continuously due to strenuous exercise.

Fu Jingce suddenly walked up quickly, stopped Ah Fu directly, bit his finger and dripped a drop of blood on his forehead.

Ah Fu immediately stopped struggling, and his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had come out of an illusion.In the next second, he closed his eyes, fell down straight, and fell asleep.

Fu Jingce supported him, and Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu immediately went up to meet him. Ah Fu's mother cried and touched Ah Fu's face, wanting to kowtow to Fu Jingce gratefully.

The boy reached out to stop her and said no.

He stood up, walked to Zhong Linlang, and said in a deep voice, "There must be something wrong in the mountains."

Zhong Linlang nodded, suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help asking, "I haven't seen this kind of situation usually, and the villagers are all well, so why did you choose now?"

No, it's not that I choose the present, but I can only choose the present.After she finished asking this question, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She remembered talking to Aunt Gu during the day. Aunt Gu said that the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and all the migrant workers in the city had returned, including Song Yang.

Most of the migrant workers in the city are the labor force at home, and they are strong.After they go out, only weak old people and children are left at home. The spirits of vulnerable groups are relatively weak, and no one will take the risk to smoke, otherwise the mana will not increase but will be discovered instead.

This can explain why this kind of thing happened tonight. If there is no accident, this kind of thing will happen in the next few days.

The reason why Ah Fu followed behind was because he was too thin, and the spirit collectors never thought of sucking him. It can only be said that he was unlucky and happened to be recruited away.

Zhong Linlang told Fu Jingce his guess, and he agreed. After asking Aunt Gu, he confirmed that many people who went out to work did come back today.

Everything becomes reasonable.However, the only thing that is uncertain now is what it is to collect the spirits. It doesn't smell of evil spirits, and it definitely doesn't seem like something that mortals can do.

Moreover, absorbing only the spirit of men can break Zhong Linlang's body-fixing formula.

Hearing this, Song Shu knew that they were not ordinary people, so she rushed over and hugged Fu Jingce's leg, crying, "Master, please save my brother!"

Her tears were all on the corner of his clothes. Fu Jingce tried to pull her away with a dark face, but just as he grabbed her clothes, she held her back, "My lord, don't just ignore death!"

"..." Fu Jingce frowned, "Let go."

Song Shu still didn't want to let go, but clenched even tighter.There were tears in her beautiful eyes, and no one could bear to see her.

Zhong Linlang was afraid that Fu Jingce would not care about anything when he was angry, so he hurriedly asked, "When did you go out, brother?"

Song Shu wiped her tears, "It happened in the middle of the night. I came out to drink water. I saw him getting dressed and going out. He ignored him when he asked him why he was going. He just kept talking about going out. I thought he wanted to go out." I didn't care if I went out to get some air. I heard a knock on the door just now, and when I opened the door, I saw him like this..."

As she talked, she sobbed and cried even more sadly.

Fu Jingce didn't try to comfort her, but tried to break her hand, "I will save him, you let go."

Song Shu stared at him in a daze, and slowly let go of her hand, her eyes became even redder.

Zhong Linlang figured out the situation, went over to Aunt Gu and told Aunt Gu that these people were all going to the mountains. I'm afraid there are strange things in the mountains, and she wanted to go into the mountains to have a look.

Aunt Gu wanted Uncle Gu to accompany her at first, but Zhong Linlang declined.

She didn't delay any longer, and hurried into the mountain with Fu Jingce.

The mountains are full of mist, and the tall trees look even more eerie and gloomy against the mist.

Zhong Linlang carried the lantern and went straight to the cave with a clear goal.

When approaching the entrance of the cave, I suddenly heard a sound of crying and laughing, like a woman's voice.

She and Fu Jingce looked at each other, it was so strange, she was sure it wasn't a demon, let alone a demon, what was it?

Zhong Linlang walked in, just as Ah Fu said, this cave is very deep and dark.Her lantern was erratic in the dark, and the flickering light made people even more flustered.

After walking for a while, Zhong Linlang thought that he would see all kinds of bloody scenes, but when he walked inside, his vision was wide open and the light was much brighter.

There was the sound of dripping water in the cave, and as they continued to tiptoe into the depths, Zhong Linlang saw a surprising scene.

(End of this chapter)