I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 16 Looking back
There was thick fog by the lake.

A warm yellow light suddenly lit up, dispelling the darkness and illuminating Sangque's pale and frightened face.

Sang Que was sweating profusely. He knelt on the ground, gasping for breath, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

She looked to the right side of her body and found that her right arm was still there. It turned out that she had never lit the exorcism talisman. From the moment the ghost boy appeared, she entered the illusion created by the evil fog.

She didn't know what had just happened. The moment she turned around, an indescribable deep chill and inexpressible fear instantly enveloped her.

Then she felt a lightness on her shoulder, and something forcibly pulled Yin Tong away from her shoulder.

In the darkness, there was clearly nothing around her, but she felt as if she was surrounded by many "people", and countless fragmented and overlapping whispers came out of their mouths.

All kinds of horrific images with blood-red backgrounds flashed through her mind quickly, almost causing her sanity to collapse.

But soon, someone pushed her hard from behind, and she broke out of the terrifying cage. When her body regained its mobility, she immediately ignited the exorcism talisman.

Sang Que looked at the palm of her right hand. The mark of the evil-averting money seemed to deepen a little bit. She could still feel a chill in her body.

Could it be that the person who pushed her just now was the escaped Yin Tong, who brought back some evil power to her?

There were many reptiles on the ground that came from nowhere and fled in all directions. Sangque held the talisman to exorcise evil spirits and retrieved the extinguished soul lamp.

I don’t know if the summoning of spirits can continue, so now I can only try my best.

Sang Que used her own blood to light the soul lamp again. Fortunately, she took an extra handful of hair at that time, otherwise she would not be able to try it again now.

After burning his hair, Sangque called out to the surroundings.

"He Shouan!"

It was quiet and silent. After what happened just now, there was nothing around except a thin green mist, and even the wandering souls were gone.

"He Shouan!"

Still no response, has it really failed?

"He Shouan, please give me some strength! Your parents are waiting for you to come home! He Shouan!"

Suddenly, a green head popped out from behind a tombstone in the distance. It was He Shouan, whose soul was almost transparent.

There was a vague shadow of a woman behind him, holding He Shouan's shoulders to protect him. When Sang Que looked over, the shadow quickly disappeared.

Sang Que didn't care about that and continued calling He Shouan's name until his soul returned to the soul-guiding lamp.

Getting back on the road, Sang Que walked towards the village carefully avoiding the puddles on the ground. She called out after walking for a while. The smell wafting from the soul lamp gave her a headache. She felt uncontrollably sleepy and she had to use all her strength to stay awake.

After one of the exorcism talismans burned out, there was still no trace of the wandering soul around, so Sang Que did not burn the remaining two.

He simply took out a new talisman and, like before, held it tightly in his right hand, with his index finger hanging over it with blood, so that he could ensure that he could ignite it quickly with one hand if necessary.

The sky was filled with fog and was blue.

The mulberry bird identified the path it came from and tried to speed up its return journey.

"Little bird!"

Just as he was about to walk out of the woods, a familiar call from behind made Sangque stop suddenly, his eyes wide open, and he almost looked back.

However, she held back.

"Xiao Que, is that you? Mommy finally found you. Where is this place? Xiao Que? Xiao Que, why are you ignoring mommy?"

Sang Que's hand holding the exorcism talisman trembled slightly. Why was my mother here?

No, that's not right. She traveled through time and space because she was afraid of money. There's no way my mother would come here!
"Xiao Que, I saw the notebook you left on the table, and I guessed that something happened to you. Your aunt is back. She really came back from another world. She also became an immortal cultivator. She brought me here to find you. We got separated."

The cold wind blew on the back of her neck, making Sang Que's hair stand on end. The smell of the burning candle in the soul lamp made her more and more anxious, and the flame swayed violently.

She had never told anyone here her real name, and had never even uttered it out of her own mouth. How could the evil spirit know that her name was Sang Que?

Sang Que thought of something, looked down at the lantern in his hand, and frowned.

"Xiao Que, Mommy is too tired to walk anymore. Can you come over and carry Mommy on your back?"

Sang Que's eyes gradually became cold. She had just thought to herself, "Why don't you come over here by yourself?" when the voice behind her gave the answer.

My mother hasn’t used prosthetic limbs for eight years because of my aunt’s passing. She can’t even stand up or walk, let alone be unable to walk.
It was the smell of the candle in the soul lamp that caused her to have auditory hallucinations. This was all her imagination. The candles and the lamp, as well as the corpse mud used before, were all very evil. It was normal for this to happen.

The fire in the soul lamp gradually stabilized. Sang Que's eyes were calm. She walked away, no longer paying attention to the heart-wrenching cries from behind.

After walking only two steps, Kou Yushan's voice came from behind. "Yu Niang, Yan Daozi is guarding in front and wants to make you fail in summoning the spirit. I will take you back from this side."

Sangque still ignored him.

"Help - is there anyone who can help me -"

"Xiao Que, I'm your aunt. Have you seen your mother?"

"Miss, I passed by here and got lost. May I ask where Lanruo Temple is?"

Various voices came one after another, constantly calling out behind Sang Que. Sang Que turned a deaf ear to them and tried hard to control his own wild thoughts. If he continued to think about it, the childhood shadow of Chu Renmei would come out.

Sang Que took a deep breath, and the light of the soul lamp became more and more stable. Under the protection of the soul lamp halo, a few minutes later, she finally walked out of the woods and saw the blue brick courtyard where Yan Daozi lived from afar.

only……

Looking through the halo of the soul lamp at this moment, the small courtyard was filled with flowing black and gray mist.

In particular, the row of houses where Yan Daozi lived was surrounded by thick fog, forming the outline of a huge black coffin, which was very strange.

Sang Que couldn't understand what was going on, so he had to move away from the courtyard. When he passed by the side of the courtyard, he glanced at it out of the corner of his eye. There was no shadow of Yan Daozi on the window, so he didn't know whether he was still in the house.

Walking onto the main road of the village, the fog thinned a little. There were still dim lights in the courtyards on both sides, all night long. The sound of dogs barking came from the entrance of the village. All these made Sang Que feel a lot more at ease.

But her mind became more and more dazed and her fatigue deepened. This soul lamp was consuming a lot of her mental energy.

Passing by one earthen house after another, a faint sound came into the ears of the mulberry bird, like a song or a nursery rhyme.

"The stone is blue, with many white spots. My cruel parents wanted to sell me... Eighteen husbands, eighteen wives, and eighteen aunts disciplined me... I carried a load to fetch water. The well was deep, and the rope was thin. My hands were rubbed until they were bloody, bloody..."

The voice was old and hoarse, the song was sad and cold, and it was intermittent with an indescribable sense of weirdness.

Sangque glanced to the side and saw a hunchbacked old woman standing unsteadily by a well in the corner of the yard of Shouhou's house in front of him on the left. Then she fell headfirst into the well!
Sang Que opened her eyes in horror, but did not hear any splashing sound or the sound of any heavy object falling. She quickly looked away and ignored it.

The He family is not far away.

Sang Que looked up and saw a black shadow flashing quickly in the Li family yard. The sound of a rooster crowing was heard. The black shadow looked like a wild beast, squatting beside the chicken coop, grabbing a hen and gnawing on it.

The black shadow suddenly turned his head to look at Sangque. He was covered in blood, with a severed chicken head in his mouth, and his face was torn into pieces like a clod of earth.

Sang Que quickly looked away, held on to the soul lamp and quickened his pace.

boom!
A heavy object fell to the ground, and in the Liu family yard opposite the Li family, the corpse hanging under the old locust tree fell down and disappeared. Pairs of bloody footprints appeared alternately from under the tree and rushed quickly towards Sangque.

The He family is next door to the Li family, and Sangque ran decisively in the last few steps.

"I thought you failed to summon the spirit!"

The fog dissipated and Yan Daozi appeared outside the He family's courtyard. Sang Que quickly put the exorcism talisman in his hand back into his sleeve.

Yan Daozi was very surprised that Sang Que could come back safely. The other side of the lake was too dangerous, and there was no need for him to risk himself just to find out Sang Que's bottom line, so he waited here before midnight.

"Okay, give me the soul lamp, and I will take care of the rest."

Yan Daozi stared at Sang Que and stretched out his hand to take the soul lamp.

Looking at the hand extended by Yan Daozi, Sang Que's heart tightened. She was just one step away. As long as she brought the soul lamp into He Shouan's house, she would be able to summon the soul.

Yan Daozi clearly wanted to stop her on purpose. If she gave up now, even if there would be no terrifying turn around, nothing good would definitely happen.

In a flash, Sang Que drew the hatchet from his waist and threw it at Yan Daozi without hesitation.

"You're fake!"

A strong wind blew in his face, Yan Daozi opened his eyes in horror, and instinctively dodged to the right, but found that after dodging, the hatchet was right in front of the door.

Sangque predicted his dodge!
Bang!

The hatchet fell to the ground, Yan Daozi's neck was twisted and blood was gushing from his ears.

He turned around angrily, and Sang Que had already rushed into the yard and climbed in through the window.

Yan Daozi's face turned pale and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably with anger.

Even if he controls the evil spirit and can kill people with a wave of his hand, he himself is still flesh and blood. If he is not careful, he will still be hurt by ordinary weapons.

What's more, Sang Que's attack just now was too fast and too accurate, which was completely beyond his expectations!
Is it just a coincidence, or has she been pretending all along?
"Okay, very good, let's wait and see!"

Nearing midnight, Yan Daozi left with a flick of his sleeves. Passing by Li's house, he glanced at the courtyard, cursed "bad luck" inwardly, quickened his pace and disappeared into the night.