Cultivation little Taoist

Chapter 973 Human Greed

"Suddenly the guy looked at the box as if possessed, and quickly went to draw out the pawn ticket. I wanted to stop him, but he pushed me away.

The weird man took the pawn ticket and walked out of the pawn shop without saying a word. Before leaving, he looked back and said, "There are still people in this world who think this thing is expensive." ' and went out.

"I scolded the guy for being incompetent, but he held the box like a dementia, smirked and said it was a treasure to me, and then said that if I didn't want to, I could deduct the resource of the box from his salary. Then I found out the next day Both he and the box were gone.

"For several days, the guy was nowhere to be found, so I had to go to his house myself, but there was no one there.

Later, I heard from human and demon friends who run pawnshops that anyone who got the black box died a miserable death.

So I freaked out and had to report it to my superiors. "

I comforted the boss a few words, and felt a little strange, so I asked him for the guy's place to live.

Then tell his subordinates to help look after the pawnshop owner for a few days, and then go to that residence.

It is said to be a residence, but it is actually just a dilapidated old bungalow, with three rooms side by side, the other two are temporarily unoccupied, and the third room is the boy's residence.

I touched the doorknob, and there was a thin layer of dust—the wind in Lincheng is strong, and things that don't move for two or three days will accumulate a layer of dust.

After I opened the door, I found that the room was very small and smelled of mildew.

To my disappointment, there is nothing but a single wooden bed and a shelf for placing washbasin and toiletries. The room can be seen at a glance, and there is nothing. The light can hardly shine in, so the darkness is like night .

I rummaged around on the bed, but found nothing worth researching.

Nothing seems to be found.

So I planned to leave, but the place was too narrow, and I knocked over my teacup when I turned around.

The teacup suddenly fell to the ground with a strange falling route.

It felt like I hit something in the air and fell, because it should have landed at my feet, but now it bounced to the corner of the wall.

I picked up the teacup, squatted down, and slowly approached under the bed. It was dark and there was nothing underneath, but I heard a sentence clearly.

"I can't take it off."

It seemed to be muttering to myself, the voice was small and weak, which made me a little confused, but what happened next let me know that it was not my auditory hallucination just now.

A few drops of red viscous liquid suddenly began to drip slowly along the corner of the wooden bed. I smelled it, and it was blood, and it was very fresh. Cold, much like human skin.

I raised my head, trying to straighten up from under the bed, but found that there was an extra eye in front of me.

That's right, there is only one, and the eyes hang alone in the space, just like a painting, but full of pain and unwillingness.

"Help me." I heard the voice again, so I called out "Where are you" in a low voice, but there was no answer.

I looked at the eye again, it seemed to be dripping blood, and then I heard a scream of pain and a sound like something was tearing.

It turned out that the man was always in front of me, but I couldn't see him.

With his hands, he slowly tore off the skin of his face, and the flesh and blood were connected together, as if he had used great courage and endured unimaginable pain.

When the thin human skin mask left him, the whole body could be seen, the bloody face turned to one side, and the whole person collapsed on the ground, and in the pocket of his jacket, there was an angular mask Bags with clear objects.

I suddenly understood something.

But it was too late, the man had died.

Fifty live ducks, is it expensive?

It turns out that it's not the resources of pawnshops, but their life value. Isn't that person pawning the boxes, but the lives of those pawnshop owners?

But I didn't see the so-called black box, so I had to hurry back to the pawn shop again.

The pawn shop is located on the other side of Lincheng, and it usually operates in a miserable manner, but some people only pawn some valuable goods when their money is too tight.

Fortunately, the pawn shop was not closed. I lifted the heavy black cloth curtain with the characters "Da Da Pawn" and walked in. The shop was empty, with a light bulb hanging from the roof in the center. I saw nothing but sitting on the ground holding a black The boss of the brocade box.

His appearance changed again, as if a hungry person saw the food, his eyes were shining, his mouth was half opened, his upper and lower lips were trembling, he didn't know whether it was fear or excitement, a faint blush appeared on his thin and dry cheeks, but Under the dim yellow light, the color jumps and jumps makes people look very uncomfortable, the skin seems to be separated from his cheeks at any time, and it seems to be alive.

I hurried over to ask where the brocade box came from, but he suddenly stood up.

"It's really a good thing. No wonder that guy likes it. When he first came here, he had a problem with petty theft. After being punished by me a few times, he seemed to have changed it. But once he got this box, his heart was full of fear. Li's addiction that he had held down for many years came up again.

How comforting he was to open the box and steal with impunity!I want to open this box too, I want to realize my wish! "

The boss's words were a bit weird, his tone was also very strange, and he was very rude. When we met before, although he looked a little mean, he was still polite, but now he has become like this.

Could it be that the so-called box can fulfill other people's wishes?
As a person who likes to steal, making others invisible is what he most wants to realize, but what is the wish of this pawn shop owner?

I saw the thin boss opened the box and opened the lid with trembling hands.

He took out a thin, transparent light yellow sheepskin-like thing, I just wanted to stop him from putting it on, but it was already too late.

"I want, I want hair, I want hair!" the boss murmured.

Just kidding, is he just doing it for such an outrageous wish?I can't believe it.

"Do you know the pain of having no hair?
Ghosts have dignity too!What's the use of being strong?With great power, no matter how many resources I have, my hair can't grow back. People here laugh at me every day!

Even children, and I can only deal with it with a smile on my face.

Even that guy, behind people's backs, said that I was bald and ugly because of my physical illness. I couldn't bear it, I couldn't bear it! "The boss stroked his bald head and shouted angrily.

I used the light to see that his bald head turned blue, and then slowly stretched out a spike like a hedgehog. Did he really grow hair?

"Haha! It's grown, it's grown!"

The boss frantically took out a mirror and looked around. The scene made me dumbfounded, but the hair was still growing, and the hair was a bit unusually black. It squirmed slowly, as if it had a life of its own, and then began to grow. Slowly wrapped around his neck head.

In the end, the boss shouted "What thick hair, keep growing and growing", while being tightly wrapped by his own hair like a cocoon, until there was no sound at all.

Then, I heard a crisp sound of bones being twisted, and the boss's body slumped on the ground like a layout, he twitched a few times and then became unresponsive.

I called him a few times, but there was no answer. Just as I was about to walk over, I felt someone behind me.

It was the brocade box person they described in their mouths. As expected, his face was covered with bandages, only a pair of eyes were exposed.

But he didn't look at me, he just looked at the boss who was motionless on the ground.

"I'm here to redeem the pawn. Oh? Looks like it's dead pawn."

He walked over in a joking tone, and pulled away the pile of hair. I saw that the boss's face had disappeared, and the bandaged man had an extra leather mask in his hand. He carefully put it into the black brocade box, and then Looking at me with a smile.

"Do you have a wish too? If so, I can give you the box, but remember not to be a fool." He handed over the box, but I didn't accept it.

"You must be wondering why?

The buddy who likes to steal things, the shopkeeper who is dissatisfied with his baldness, and the one who was jealous of his younger brother's storefront than himself at the beginning, and hoped that he would get sick and die earlier, they all pawned their lives!
Fulfillment of wishes requires a price.

Do you know what it means to be fooled?It's pawning things in pawnshops. The so-called pawning means forced buying and deception. These people are willing to do business with me. "

He is not tall, but when he said these words, he seemed as arrogant as talking about ants.

I just remembered that shopkeeper Liu said that he was seriously ill and almost died. I didn't expect it to be his brother's curse. It's a pity that his brother died before he took over Mipu.

"Even so, you have no right to decide the life or death of others.

Also, why are you making such a mess in Lincheng? "I thought my words were very intimidating, but he laughed out loud.

"Is it just Lin Cheng?

I'm afraid you're overthinking it.

I didn't make a decision, it was their own decision. Opening the box and putting on the mask is all their own decision. The degree of evil in their hearts will have the effect of the mask. Of course, the side effects will naturally be greater. I'm just in charge of recycling.

The reason why you humans are a humble race is because of the greed that cannot be eliminated in your heart. "

He paused, then stared at me, "I advise you not to meddle in your own business, maybe I can spare your life."

At that time, I was ready to fight him, but with almost no resistance, I passed out, and when I woke up, Lin Cheng had already changed hands, and all my cultivation bases disappeared, and I became a Beggars, eating almost moldy steamed buns here.

It doesn't matter, I have lived long enough, our human soul has greed, perhaps, it should be the object of elimination. "

After finishing speaking, Xiaoli also imitated the old beggar's appearance of taking a bite of the steamed bun, which made Ye Feng couldn't help but patted Xiaoli's head.

But after that, the three of them fell into a long silence...

(End of this chapter)