Strange Stories

Chapter 515: Master and Senior Sister Fuyao must not be here!
It was sunny in Mawei Village today, but for some reason, a dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky in the afternoon, but it didn't rain for a long time.

In a deserted place outside the village, two people were leaning against a dead tree in the mountain, bending over and vomiting continuously. One long sword was leaning against the dead tree, and the other fell to the ground.

"Ugh~~"

It felt like all my internal organs were vomited out.

"Brother... drink some water..." Pu Mei, who was older, took out a water bottle, "Otherwise, you will be eaten by the monster tonight."

"My legs are so weak..."

"Me too……"

"What can we do tonight?"

"Don't worry, Master's magic soldiers and generals are extremely powerful... When I came out to gather tiles before, I had no magic power at all and didn't know how to cast spells. I just had to recite the incantations." Pu Mei passed on his experience.

"Fortunately, we have the master's soldiers!"

"yes……"

The two men held onto the dead tree, their stomachs still churning.

However, a little ghost in brown clothes slowly floated towards them, with a serious face, and tilted his head to stare at them from bottom to top.

When the two saw it, it immediately pointed at the village next to it:

"Go this way!"

"Brother Chen Niu..." Xu Yi said with difficulty, "We are feeling very uncomfortable. Please allow us to rest for a while."

"..."

The little ghost's face was still serious. He turned to look at Xu Yi, then looked at Pu Mei on the other side and saw that he had actually fallen silent and put down his hands.

There was silence for several breaths.

After a few breaths, he raised his hand again:
"Go this way!"

The two men looked at each other with helplessness. They had to stand up straight by holding on to the dead tree, picked up the long sword, used the long sword as a crutch, supported themselves and took out the paper donkey from their arms.

"The donkey shows up..."

"Donkey show yourself!"

It was impossible to walk as the legs were completely out of control. Even climbing onto the donkey's back was difficult.

They finally climbed up, and following Chen Niu's guidance, the two of them sat on the paper donkey and swayed towards Mawei Village.

The village culture here is not as developed as that in Huizhou. The village is not big, with dozens of households scattered around and not closely gathered together. Due to the previous wars and the harsh policies of the last dynasty, more than half of the village is empty, and now there are less than 20 households.

The two men were wearing Taoist robes, riding on donkeys, holding long swords, and walking leisurely while swinging bells, with quite a Taoist demeanor.

They look just like the master and uncle from back then.

After hearing the rest of the people in the village say that there were ghosts and monsters here every night, and that there were large numbers of them, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.

The younger brother was young, and not as good as the older sister in stature, strength, and courage, but he was smart and not afraid of hardship, so he remained silent, listened to the older sister talking with the villagers, and learned secretly.

As night slowly fell, every household locked their doors.

Normally, in this day and age, if there were no weddings or funerals, the village should be pitch black at night, but here there were some faint green lights.

There were only two Taoists in their teens holding swords standing in an abandoned house, looking outside.

They were big-headed dolls with painted facial features, like the bamboo and paper lanterns held in the hands of people who dressed up as ghosts and gods in the Nuo opera in the city. They were lit with a faint green light and had a strange and festive smile. Their cheeks were painted with round blush and they floated in the air with the wind, or bounced on the ground.

When Xu Yi saw it for the first time, his eyes widened.

I recalled what the villagers said today.

"I don't know if this thing is a monster or a ghost. It should have floated out from the home of the richest family in the village at first, because someone in that family liked to mention this thing. But later, during the war, their entire family was killed by bandits who took advantage of the situation to cause chaos. I also went to hide in the mountains, and when I came back, I found this thing... I heard that there was only one at the beginning, but it killed many people. Every time it killed a person, there would be one more..."

It sounds powerful, and scary.

“Master, Junior Sister, tell me, while we are exorcising demons and monsters, will Master secretly follow us and watch us from the sky?”

"I don't think so. Before I became Master's disciple, I had already killed many demons and ghosts. Master will not follow us."

In the clouds in the sky, the two looked at each other.

"Then, will that allow Senior Sister Fuyao to follow us?"

“No!”

Above the thunderclouds under the moon, a white fox looked solemn, feeling that it had made a wrong decision.

"Don't be afraid, brother. I have experience. Master said, 'Demons are created by humans.' The more afraid you are, the more daring and powerful they will be. If you are not afraid, then you should be afraid of them." Pu Mei whispered to his brother, "Let's do as planned during the day - when those things gather, we will lead them into this room and deal with them first. You breathe out fire, remember to breathe out yang energy, and I will use a long sword. Some time ago, I learned swordsmanship from Senior Sister Ziyun and Uncle Shi for a period of time. When they all come in, we will close the door and send out the soldiers."

"it is good!"

"Speak softly, they can hear you."

"it is good……"

"Oh no! They are coming!" Pu Mei sneered and drew his sword. "Brother, are your legs still weak?"

"Not soft anymore!"

With a bang, the already dilapidated door was blown open by the cold wind.

The first lantern, which was emitting a faint green light, was blown in by the wind. The stiff smile painted on it was really creepy. There were many more spots of light behind it, some of which were blown by the wind, and some of which were jumping on the ground. Then they poured into the fenced yard of the abandoned house and rushed towards the gate.

"many!"

"Brother, if you are afraid, you can grit your teeth and curse! Turn your fear into anger!"

"Know!"

Pu Mei lowered his body and swept the sword in his hand. With a swish, the first lantern was cut in half horizontally!

Looking closely, there was nothing inside except a ball of eerie ghost fire, but a sharp, ear-piercing scream was heard!

The lanterns at the back were all stunned!
It seems that they are not as fragile as they look, and ordinary swords cannot cut them so easily. They did not expect that the long swords in the hands of the two little Taoists were actually obtained from powerful monsters by a master who was close to becoming an immortal and traveled around the world looking for materials for elixirs. Not only can they cut gold and jade, but they can also slay demons and ghosts.

However, when the cold wind blows, the lanterns still come one after another.

The room seemed to be getting colder.

Xu Yi opened his mouth, inhaled, and suddenly exhaled.

"call……"

A ball of fire suddenly burst out, lighting up the dark room and making it suddenly much warmer.

Those big-headed dolls seemed to be real paper lanterns, afraid of flames. When the flames came out, they floated away, and when the flames faded, they gathered together again.

The two men slowly retreated and retreated to the corner for defense.

More and more big-headed dolls gathered, and even began to consciously avoid Pumei's sword. Surrounding them, the stiff facial features painted on the lanterns finally changed. They opened their bloody mouths, revealing densely packed hook-like teeth. They kept trying to attack them from the side and bite their legs.

The two of them were naturally very anxious and tried their best to deal with it.

There are some larger big-headed dolls that spit out cold wind from their mouths. If you don't spit out yang energy to fight against it, you will feel your whole body is frozen.

Before we knew it, dozens of big-headed dolls had gathered in the room.

If you look from the sky, most of the village is quiet, bathed in the cold moonlight, except for one abandoned house that is a bit noisy, emitting green light, with flames constantly visible from the windows and cracks in the walls.

"There's nothing more behind!"

"it is good!"

Xu Yi took a deep breath and a large flame spurted out of his mouth, almost exhaling all the air in his lungs, forcing the big-headed doll lanterns to scatter. Pu Mei danced with the sword while moving forward, and actually rushed to the door against all these monsters. He held his breath and quickly grabbed the door.

The two of them cooperated tacitly and the door closed suddenly.

Turning back and spitting violently——

A big-headed doll lantern with stiff facial features was almost facing her, its mouth open, with its sharp teeth and ghost lights clearly visible, and it was about to bite her.

It was this breath of yang energy that was held back that happened to be exhaled into the big-headed doll's mouth, and it actually blew out the ghost fire inside.

Then he turned around and quickly inserted the bolt.

Turning around again, she saw countless lanterns appearing in front of her, and the faint green light illuminated her face, clothes, the door and walls behind her.

"The beans fall and the wind rises, and the troops appear!"

A bean flew out, suddenly grew larger, and turned into a soldier.

The will-o'-the-wisp fire flickered for a while, and between the rippling green light, a long sword slashed across, and the strong wind from the sword alone shattered a large number of lanterns in front of it.

"what!!"

There was a cry of surprise in the abandoned house.

Those big-headed doll lanterns seemed to have spirits and could distinguish strong from weak, soft from hard. They became very excited when they saw Xu Yi and Pu Mei, and gathered around to devour them. However, when they saw the soldier, they were terrified and retreated without hesitation. Looking at the long sword in the soldier's hand, which had killed countless goblins, ghosts, heavenly soldiers and gods, they were even more frightened.

Pu Mei was used to it and guarded a window.

Xu Yi was watching at another window. Although it was the first time he witnessed such a scene, he was not surprised.

And in the clouds, both of them looked down.

"Pume is very courageous."

"Just like Junior Sister." Lin Jue said, "Look at these two, aren't they very similar to us back then?"

"Not much." Junior Sister said, "After a while, I might as well let Ziyun follow them to eliminate the monsters."

"Isn't that perfect? ​​Let her earn her own medicinal materials, so that Junior Sister won't be so busy and have to worry about the disciple's cultivation expenses. And from my own experience, if the disciple obeys the master's orders to exorcise demons and monsters, he can also accumulate merits for Junior Sister."

As Lin Jue spoke, he suddenly frowned and thought in his heart.

"Am I as lazy as my brother? Besides, I have already accumulated enough merits."

"The more merit you have, the better."

Lin Jue was still thinking in his mind.

At this moment, the green light from the house below had completely disappeared and merged into the darkness. There was no other light except the moonlight.

But a woman holding a long sword climbed onto the roof, looked around, and saw a larger lantern in the distance. She stretched out her long sword and pointed in that direction and said something. The young man who climbed up after her immediately raised the token in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Rumble..."

At night, the thunderclouds suddenly grew larger, spreading over a hundred feet long and wide, covering the entire village.

Dazzling blue-white lightning flashed down in an alternating pattern, shattering the fleeing big-headed doll lantern.

"These two are really smart..."

The junior sister couldn't help but speak, and turned to look at her senior brother.

"Huh?" She was also puzzled. "The monsters here have been eliminated, why is Senior Brother frowning?"

"I don't know..."

Lin Jue suddenly felt a little strange, and faintly heard someone calling him. It must be some kind of mysterious response after becoming an immortal, but he didn't know where it came from.

After all, he is not a Taoist who is good at divination.

But when I thought about it carefully, I gradually grasped some clues.

(End of this chapter)