Nightmare Apostle

A ghost came back, and the situation became complicated. Yang Xiao even suspected that Lu Youcheng had been poisoned by a ghost and died outside the courtyard.

"What about the next mission?" Tong Han suddenly asked.

Yang Xiao understood what Tong Han was worried about. If this ghost kept guarding the door, how could he open the door? If he didn't open the door, how could Sui Chengguo complete his mission?

Now there is no time to care about Lu Youcheng's life and death. The most important thing next is to deceive this ghost.

Get it out of here.

Walking through the fog, there was no one near the slippery stone road. Lu Youcheng remembered that Yang Xiao and the others had said that there should be ghost villagers in the fog, but after walking for so long, he didn't see a single person in the empty village. Death-like silence within.

The more he walked, the more cautious he became, and the more he walked, the more frightened he became. Not long after, he suddenly stood still, and saw scarlet moonlight shining down from above his head. The fog in front of his eyes was dispersed, and an ancestral temple building with a courtyard wall appeared in front of him. This scene It came very suddenly, and he was completely unprepared.

Raising the soul-inducing incense in his hand, Lu Youcheng knew that the highlight of the night was here. He took a deep breath and walked into the courtyard. The white lanterns on both sides of the courtyard door moved automatically without wind, as if to welcome guests.

Like Quan Doufeng, he also noticed the messy footprints on the ground, which led to the ancestral hall. As the door of the ancestral hall suddenly opened, the huge ancestral hall was filled with people. These people were kneeling on the ground, covering their heads and wearing clothes. The people in tattered clothes turned their backs to him and remained motionless. Lu Youcheng couldn't help but squeeze the incense in his hand because of this strange scene. It seemed that these were the ghost villagers who had disappeared.

Without any further hesitation, Lu Youcheng walked into the ancestral hall and passed by the ghost villagers on the ground. He did not dare to breathe for fear of disturbing these guys who seemed to be sleeping.

Deep in the ancestral hall is a stone platform where the deceased's memorial tablets are placed. Under the stone platform is a circle with the word "BU" engraved inside the circle, "BU" in Hanjia Village. Lu Youcheng was not surprised. On the lantern outside the courtyard gate, He saw the bright red word BU, and he knew that this was no longer the Bujia Village today, but the Bujia Village decades ago before the village was massacred!

He cautiously approached the stone platform, or to be precise, the table in front of the stone platform.

There are two dark wooden tables on the left and right in front of the stone platform. The seat on the wooden table on the left is empty, while a person is already sitting on the seat on the right. Because his back is facing away, Lu Youcheng cannot see clearly. The person's face, but judging from the rather luxurious blue clothes on his body, he should be the head of Bujia Village that Yang Xiaocheng mentioned in tea.

The furnishings on the two tables are basically the same, including a four-legged incense burner, a writing brush hanging under the pen holder, some paper filled with scriptures, and a ground inkstone. But strangely, there is also an inkstone lying horizontally on the inkstone. a dagger,

The blade of the dagger is very short, a bit like a modern paper knife. It is something that is not easy to use even for killing people, let alone killing people.

Lu Youcheng couldn't figure it out. His task tonight was to copy scriptures upside down. Pen, ink, paper and inkstone were naturally necessary, but what was this short dagger used for?

Is it possible that there is danger tonight and a dagger is needed as a weapon?

Lu Youcheng quickly recalled Quan Doufeng's appearance not long ago. Although he was as tired as a dog, there were no obvious wounds on his body. If he really encountered a situation that required fighting, with such a loser like him, It is absolutely difficult to escape without injury.

Also, the blade of this dagger is very short, so it is not a very handy weapon even for suicide, let alone for grabbing and fighting.

Lu Youcheng couldn't guess the function of this dagger, but he still sat down, and he and the ghost village chief happened to be back to back.

The mission has begun, and he can only adapt to circumstances. Besides, Quan Doufeng can come back alive. Am I not as good as him?

From the moment he entered until he sat down, there was silence in the huge ancestral hall. Whether it was the ghost village chief behind him or the ghost villagers below, they were all motionless, as if they were asleep. However, Lu Youcheng inserted the soul-inducing incense in his hand into the incense burner. For a moment, the whole scene changed instantly. He first heard a Buddha chant, a low and hoarse voice, coming from the many ghost villagers below, but he could not determine the specific location. Then many ghost villagers woke up at the same time and began to shake their heads. Recite scriptures.

At the same time, there was a sound of turning paper from behind. Lu Youcheng was startled. The next second, he immediately understood that this was the ghost village chief who also started to move. His task tonight was not just to copy scriptures backwards. There is also a competition with the ghost village chief. The rules are that whoever copies all the scriptures first wins, or whoever copies more scriptures within the specified time wins.

No matter what, time is the most important thing. Lu Youcheng immediately lowered his head to check the scripture papers on the table. The scriptures on it were obscure and difficult to understand, but he could still see that these scripture papers were arranged in reverse order. The first one on the table was Zhang is the last picture in the scripture, and the last word in this picture is marked with a red ink dot. This reminds him to copy forward starting from the last word.

Taking off the brush and moistening it in the inkstone, Lu Youcheng picked up the brush and began to trace. Yes, it was tracing, because every word on the scripture paper was hollow. Just use ink to trace the words solidly, even if Even people who can't read can write, but it's a little more troublesome.

Soon, Lu Youcheng finished writing the first piece. He picked up the written paper, put it on the corner of the table, and continued to write the next piece. But when Lu Youcheng had only the last few words left in the second piece, , there was a sudden sound of turning paper behind him, and the ghost village chief also finished writing a piece of paper.

This was the ghost village chief's first verse. Lu Youcheng heard it clearly. He had been paying attention to the movement behind him.

The two of them were almost back to back and very close to each other, so he could hear clearly even if there was interference from the chanting. Lu Youcheng was almost twice as fast as the ghost village chief. You know, this was Lu Youcheng's purpose of careful screening. The words above indicate that he was worried about a trap and deliberately slowed down.

If he wrote with all his strength, Lu Youcheng was confident that he could be three times faster than the ghost village chief. But at this moment, Lu Youcheng was not happy at all. There was a problem with his judgment. According to the ghost village chief's hand speed, tonight's task can be said to be There is no problem at all. If it were any one of them, they would be able to win steadily. It would be fine if they really have the skills. But if this is really the case,

Then what's the point of this mission? How come Quan Doufeng is being chased like a lost dog? This is obviously impossible.

Lu Youcheng was not worried about the speed. He knew that the crisis must exist elsewhere. After taking the second page and copying the beginning of the third page, Lu Youcheng turned his head slightly and looked at the chants below with his peripheral vision. He didn't believe that these ghost villagers were just spectators. Perhaps the real murderous intention tonight was hidden among them.

The hint given by Quan Doufeng was the ghost monk, but until now, he has not found any trace of the ghost monk.

Suddenly, Lu Youcheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, no, no, no! He just heard a Buddha's name.

It was also after the chanting of the Buddha's name that the ghost villagers below began to recite scriptures. The chanting of the Buddha's name represented the beginning of the mission.

Lu Youcheng boldly guessed that the ghost monk, the source of this mission, was hiding among the villagers below. When the mission was in progress, the ghost monk would suddenly attack. It was precisely because of this that Quan Doufeng was frightened like a bereaved dog. He Judging from the length of the incense left by Quan Doufeng at that time, he should have been attacked almost halfway through the mission.

Although Quan Doufeng did not dare to remind himself too much due to the task rules, a qualified veteran player would make his own judgment and analysis from various clues to draw reliable conclusions.

His eyes moved quietly among the villagers. Lu Youcheng became more and more convinced of his judgment. There was something wrong with these villagers.

He remembered that Yang Xiao and the others did not mention that ghost villagers would cover their heads with clothes, but today he saw it. Why?

It must be because he wants to help a certain being hide his identity, because the ghost monk is hiding among the villagers!

"La——'

There was a sound of turning paper behind him, and the ghost village chief also finished writing the second page. Lu Youcheng came back to his senses and moistened the tip of his pen.

He continued to lower his head and copy. He could not let the ghost village chief catch up with him. At the same time, he also had a plan in mind. Finding the ghost monk hiding among the villagers was the key tonight.