Nightmare Apostle

After being frightened all the way, Yang Xiao, who was walking at the front, finally saw the outline of his ancestral home from a distance, but he did not feel relieved. After all, returning to his ancestral home meant that Tong Han Mi Shu Er People go to the boudoir to keep vigil.

Tonight is unusual. Once you go, there will be bad luck, but if you don't go, the Taoist man behind you will not be easy to deal with. In Yang Xiao's view, the Taoist priest's most important task tonight is actually to escort the child. Han Mi Shu and the others went back.

No need to ask, this must be the conspiracy of the head of the Du family, this old guy is the most sinister.

While Yang Xiao was thinking about how to escape, he walked towards the gate of his ancestral home, but he stopped after just a few steps because he noticed that the footsteps behind him stopped.

Not one person, but everyone's footsteps disappeared. Yang Xiao held his breath and slowly turned his head. He saw several people behind him maintaining almost the same posture as him, turning their heads to look back, and in the team In the end, Wu Ma Haoming stood upright, his expression twisted, his body trembling slightly, as if he was about to cry in the next second.

But he dared not move, for there was a hand on his left shoulder.

The palm is dark blue, the knuckles are dry and distinct, and there are obvious patches and wrinkles on the back of the hand. This hand should belong to a dying old man.

Yang Xiao and others immediately realized that this body must have been stolen, but before they could think about it, the next second, the scene in front of them caught them off guard. They saw the Taoist priest let go of the lantern pole, letting the lantern fall to the ground, and then stretched out his backhand. To the back of his head, he pulled out a long knife from his back.

Everyone who saw this scene was frightened, and after noticing the expressions on everyone's faces, the person involved, Wu Ma Haoming,

He also realized that something was wrong, and he also knew that as long as he turned around and kept facing the other person, he might be able to avert the danger, but he was pressed by a hand, and his whole body seemed to be frozen, unable to move at all.

He squinted desperately. Although he couldn't see the Taoist priest due to the restriction of his field of vision, he could see a little shadow on the ground. After a while, his breathing stopped because he noticed that the Taoist priest's shadow was holding up a very long thing and Pretty straight stuff.

He knew what it was, a long, sharp knife.

"brush---""

He even heard the sound of the blade cutting through the air, and he closed his eyes. "Plop" was the muffled sound of a human head falling to the ground.

But after a while, Wu Ma Haoming didn't feel anything special, nor did he feel any pain on his body. Slowly, the hand on his shoulder moved away, and he took back control of this body. right.

After his arms could move, his first reaction was to touch his neck. Fortunately, his head was still there and there was no blood on his neck.

Wuma Haoming didn't know what was going on, but Yang Xiao and the others saw clearly from the beginning to the end. The Taoist priest's knife was indeed slashed, not at Wuma Haoming, but towards his side, and then a human head came out of the Taoist priest's bloated body. It rolled down in my arms.

The head rolled around on the ground a few times and stopped. It happened to be facing the direction of Yang Xiao and the others. It was the head of an old man with a bun on the back of his head, but it looked so miserable. The eyes had been gouged out, leaving only There were two black blood holes. In addition, the lips, nose, and ears were brutally cut off. The wounds were shocking. The flesh and blood on the head was still squirming slightly. Apparently, like Sui Chengguo and the others, they were affected by the people in the village. The restrictions of the rules are not completely dead yet.

Wuma Haoming, who had narrowly escaped death, did not dare to look back and immediately walked towards Yang Xiao and the others. Dao Tu behind him also stopped for a short time and picked up the human head on the ground in a dull manner. He just held it with his hands, the head in his left hand and the head in his right hand. Knife, step by step towards Yang Xiao and the others.

After arriving at the gate of the ancestral home, the Taoist placed the old man's head on the steps in the middle of the door, and put the knife aside.

Then he sat cross-legged in front of the head, made magic formulas with his hands, and recited something vaguely like a scripture in his mouth.

Yang Xiao held his breath and listened carefully, and actually understood some of it.

"The human realm is vague, the immortal realm is vast, and the ghost realm is joyful. When you enter the door of life, the immortal realm is noble, and the ghost realm is noble. The immortal realm always brings good luck, and the ghost realm always brings misfortune."

"The sky is clear and beautiful, and the tragic song is in the sky. I only hope that the way of heaven will be fulfilled, and I don't want humanity to be poor. There are thousands of ghosts in Quan Miao Mansion in the northern capital. But if you want to suppress people's calculations, they will cut off the door of life.

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"A man sings the cave chapter to take pictures of Beiluo Shan. He chants the demon spirits and kills the six ghosts. The weather is turbulent, and my Taoist sun is prosperous!"

After talking for a few minutes, the Taoist priest suddenly stood up, grabbed the long knife and slashed at the head several times.

The head trembled strangely, and the muscles twisted, as if they were suffering from great pain.

The Taoist priest tore off his clothes, revealing the tattered Taoist uniform he was wearing underneath, and then used his hands to perform magic tricks.

Keep chanting sutras over the head of the person.

At this moment, Cheng Cha quietly pulled Yang Xiao from behind, and slowly backed away, gathering everyone together, "This Taoist priest is reciting the "Sutra of Savior", the head on the ground is his master, and this body is also from his master. I snatched it from there. This guy abandoned the immortal way and killed his master and entered the ghost way."

"How do you know?" Mi Shu didn't understand how he analyzed so many things in such a short period of time.

"Look at the talisman on his left shoulder. It is a life-extending talisman. One hook and six crosses on it represent thirteen years of life extension. If a Taoist commits a serious crime such as betraying his master, his life span will be shortened to thirteen years. , I think the master and the apprentice should have passed by this place by chance, and felt that the feng shui was different, so they went to the village to check. As a result, the poisonous hands of Dujiacun were ruined. The master would rather die than cooperate with the beasts of Dujiacun, and the apprentice wanted to save himself. Bao gave up his Taoist mind, killed his master, and took his body, and he became a ghost cultivator from then on."

Cheng Cha turned to look at Wuma Haoming, "You were able to survive just now. I think it was the old Taoist who influenced the ghost path and saved your life."

"In Taoism, most people practice the immortal way, and it is forbidden to practice the ghost way. However, immortals and ghosts can only exist in a single thought. If the Taoist heart is damaged, the possibility of falling into the ghost way is very high. The key to the ghost way is to eliminate people's calculations, cut off people's lives, and achieve great success in practice. He is neither human nor ghost, neither immortal nor divine, neither born nor dead, nor destroyed by accident. Look at this place, this ghost place is simply the paradise of the ghost realm. No wonder his Taoist heart is damaged. "

"Tell us something we can understand." Wu Ma Haoming was about to have a mental breakdown after the knife just now. He urged with a sad face, "Just tell me what to do next. Do you have any ideas?"

"If that doesn't work, just fight with them. That knife is a good thing, but it is very evil. I'll go grab that knife.

He slashed this piece of earth with a knife from behind, snatched his body back and immediately put the old Taoist priest's head back to see if he could be revived. "This old Taoist priest is obviously not an ordinary person. Being able to revive him will definitely be a great help to them now.

But Cheng Cha shook his head and said, "No, it's too risky, and the old Taoist priest's facial features are all ruined. Even if he can be saved, he won't be able to fight against these beasts in Dujia Village."

Yang Xiao and the others all agree on this. After all, they were no match for the insidious schemes of the Dujiacun people when they were alive, and now they have no chance.

"Then what should we do? Is it possible that we really have to hand over Tong Han Mi Shu?" Wu Ma Haoming shrank his neck. He didn't want to see Tong Han Mi Shu die.

"No, I'll go for you." Cheng Cha grinned ferociously and patted his bloated belly.

Quan Doufeng's head was still stuffed there.

"You want to use Quan Doufeng's head to attract their attention?" Yang Xiao understood somewhat, "But how do you get away?"

"I have my own way. I don't have time to explain it to you." At this moment, the ghost Taoist priest's movements became slower and slower, and it was obvious that the ceremony was about to end.

Since Cheng Cha had the solution, Yang Xiao stopped talking nonsense, "How do you need us to cooperate with you?"

"I want that knife. One of you can help me get it, and then find a place to hide nearby. I will come to you after I escape." Cheng Cha said simply.

Tong Han agreed to ask for the knife, and things went surprisingly smoothly. She always faced the Taoist, making herself in an "invisible" state. She did not say hello to the Taoist priest, but directly picked up the long knife on the ground. The knife was the one Du San used to kill, but the Taoist priest seemed to be focused on that head and didn't even notice that the knife had been stolen.

While Tao Tu was distracted, everyone started to take action. Wu Ma Haoming ran over and found the lantern abandoned by the ghost Taoist priest. The candle in the lantern was still burning, with only a small section left.

Yang Xiao held a lantern and sent Cheng Cha towards the courtyard gate, "Can you do it alone?"

Cheng Cha patted Yang Xiao on the shoulder and pretended to smile casually, "It's useless to have too many people in this matter. It's purely a technical job."

"Okay, take care of yourself, we'll wait for you outside." Yang Xiao didn't waste any words.

After a moment of silence, Cheng Cha finally spoke, "Don't wait any longer. If I don't come out, just leave. If you can escape, it counts as one. If you survive, you will be avenging me."

Looking away, Cheng Cha looked at the candlelight in the lantern. The candlelight was erratic, as if it would go out in the next second. "Just use this candle as a timer. If it burns out and I haven't come out yet, you will leave immediately." if..,

If it's convenient, please go to Yunqi City after you go out, find the Yang family of the Confucian Academy of Sciences, and bring me a message, saying that I, Yang Cha, can't go back. "

At this moment, the Taoist priest's ceremony was coming to an end. Cheng Cha held the knife and ran into the courtyard gate quickly. The moment he stepped into the courtyard gate, the Taoist priest stood up straight, looked at Cheng Cha's back, and made a stiff and cold voice. , "Two people, the patriarch requires two people tonight."

Sure enough, the ghost Taoist priest could only identify the number of people, but not the men and women. The first step of the plan was implemented, and Yang Xiao took the rest of the people to hide in an alley dozens of meters away from the courtyard gate and waited quietly.

Although the distance was already very far, for the sake of safety, a few people still maintained their posture facing the ghost Taoist priest. No one knew whether this ghost would suddenly come back and kill him.

But the ghost Taoist priest guarding the gate of the courtyard paid no attention to people like Yang Xiao. After confirming that "two people" entered the gate, he picked up the human head on the ground, stuffed it into the tattered Taoist uniform, and then walked stiffly, Step by step into the courtyard, the figure quickly disappeared.