fairy family

Chapter 61: The old ghost gives directions, brothers kill each other

Outside the deserted village.

Examiner Lu Tiehua and Madam Red Snake looked at the eerie aura in the village with different expressions on their faces.

Lu Tiehua sighed: "People still died, six of them at once."

Madam Red Snake looked at him with a bright smile on her face, and said excitedly: "Finally, we saw blood. It seems that the old guy in the village is still quite vicious."

When Lu Tiehua heard what the woman beside him said, he frowned slightly and said in a muffled voice: "Don't just watch the show. You and I are the examiners tonight. We have to take care of the candidates."

Madam Red Snake didn't even blink when she heard this, and said nonchalantly, "I know, I know. But the rules of the county school require that the loss be more than 20%, before we are allowed to take action. I don't believe that the old guy, after being taught a lesson by the schoolmaster, can still have such a big appetite."

After saying this, the woman laughed and said, "In my opinion, he is just a crippled old ghost who was specially left here to train them. If they can't even do this, they can't save their own lives, so it doesn't matter if they all die here."

Mrs. Red Snake spoke with a bit of madness in her eyes and couldn't help licking her teeth.

When Lu Tiehua heard the woman say this, his brows furrowed even more. But he was too lazy to pay attention to her, nor did he think about stopping the tragedy in the village.

Allowing the candidates to see blood and experience life and death is an important part of each batch of county exams and cannot be easily skipped. Otherwise, the candidates will have to make up for the missed courses later.

By then, the losses to the county school and the harm caused will be even greater.

At the same time, in the deserted village.

Of the forty-nine candidates who entered the Ghost Market, three were eliminated and six died, leaving exactly forty, which is an auspicious number.

Expressions of fear appeared on the faces of most of the candidates, and they were sweating profusely.

Even though Yu Que remained calm and relied on his life-saving puppet to protect himself, he was still frightened when he was surrounded by so many wronged souls.

The Yin Master Cangtou sat cross-legged on the earthen platform, his face full of excitement and anticipation, his face twisted with ghostly aura, and he shouted:
"My fellow men, come up quickly, join me and strengthen my sect!"

But in the silence, none of the candidates answered.

Yin Shi Cangtou showed a murderous look on his face and cursed fiercely: "If you don't accept my toast, I'll punish you!"

It pointed at the audience and shouted, "If you don't come up on your own initiative, you will only be fit to be my soldiers."

Ahh!

There were screams, and two candidates were suddenly grabbed by the arms by the wronged ghosts of the villagers on both sides and dragged up. Their toes were off the ground and they were about to be thrown onto the earthen platform.

In their panic, these people even forgot to use their household gods for a moment, and behaved in an ugly manner.

At this moment, a cold female voice suddenly sounded in the room:
"Everyone, calm down. No matter how this beast forces you, don't go up to the altar on your own!"

Seeing someone talking, the other candidates looked over and their eyes lit up.

Because the person who was speaking had a pale face and a sickly look between her eyebrows, but her eyes were bright. She was the female candidate who had scored full marks in the basic literary style in the first literary examination.

This female candidate didn't care at all about the wronged souls of the villagers who were clinging to her. In order to avoid being lifted up by the souls, she took the initiative to step under the earthen platform, just a few inches away from the platform.

After being reminded by the female candidate, the two candidates who were lifted up by the villagers calmed down and no longer thought about taking the initiative to go on stage to try.

Sure enough, the two did not take the initiative to go on stage. The wronged souls of the villagers carried them to the front of the earthen platform and then stopped moving forward, as if it was impossible to carry living people directly up there.

Seeing this scene, the candidates present all relaxed their brows and showed joy on their faces.

Yu Que was among them and also breathed a sigh of relief.

The two candidates who had escaped death hurriedly bowed to the female candidate and said, "Thank you for saving my life."

The female candidate did not look at the two men. She looked calm as she stared at the Yin Master Cangtou on the earthen platform and said:
"There is no order without rules. The county exam cannot make us die. Even if you are a cold-altar Yin Master, no matter how much you want to accept a disciple, you cannot just take someone without permission.

Otherwise, it would not be us who came here today, but the county school teachers and alchemists who came here to suppress evil and eliminate violence."

When Yinshi Cangtou heard this, he stared at the woman with an evil look on his face. The soldiers at his side stepped forward and glared at the woman condescendingly.

But after a few breaths, this beast did not send his troops down from the altar to capture the female candidate.

It laughed dryly several times and said in a boring tone:

"Forget it, forget it. Since you all don't want to join my lineage, then leave your treasure chestnuts behind and get out."

Hearing this, five candidates were overjoyed. They didn't dare to stay any longer and immediately threw all the gold ingots and chestnuts in their sleeve pockets on the ground, then hurriedly walked out.

“Make way, make way!”

The five people squeezed the villagers who were blocking the way, impatiently fearing that the Yin Master Cangtou would change his mind again.

When they left, the five of them were worried that they would miss some opportunities if they left too fast. But when they thought of the six guys who had just died tragically, they decided to save their lives first.

"Let's leave this damn place earlier so that we have more time to search for medicinal herbs in the village." They muttered to themselves.

Yin Shi Cangtou, Yu Que and others all stared at the five people leaving.

After a while, seeing that the five candidates had really left safely, the sound of footsteps could be heard again.

Another ten people moved, threw down their gold ingots and chestnuts, and also squeezed outside.

There were also many people who made some unusual movements, but then stopped again, with a conflicted look on their faces.

These confused candidates would occasionally look at the female candidate's face, wanting to see why she didn't leave quickly.

Fifteen people left.

Yin Shi Cangtou sat cross-legged, laughing strangely: "Hehe, are almost all gone?"

It opened its mouth towards the earthen platform, and there was a dark hole in its mouth, from which air gushed out with a hissing sound. It sucked nearly fifty gold ingots on the ground into its mouth in one breath.

The yellow smoke from the burning ingots drifted unsteadily, giving it a look of satisfaction.

After sucking the treasure chestnut, Master Yin Cangtou looked at the other candidates, smiled expectantly and said:
"Do you still want to join my lineage?"

Yu Que and the others were silent, but stared at the female candidate with flickering eyes.

In full view.

The female candidate lowered her head and thought for a while, then took out six gold ingot chestnuts from her sleeves.

However, she did not intend to use it as money to buy her life. Instead, she threw it onto the table and said,
"Reporting to the senior, I am Xie Qingjie, and I am offering you the golden ingot chestnuts as incense money."

When Yu Que and the others heard this, they were surprised and immediately glanced at the gold ingots and chestnuts in their sleeve pockets.

The candidates at the scene were not stupid, and immediately there was a murmur of discussion:

"Could it be that this precious chestnut can not only be used as money to buy one's life, but also used for offerings and transactions?"

Many examinees' eyes lit up, and they stared even more closely at the female examinee, Xie Qingjie. "Hehehe!" Yin Shi Cangtou laughed strangely for a few breaths, and as expected, he said:
"Okay, I'll take the money. What do you need?"

The female candidate Xie Qingjie immediately spoke up: "Please give me some advice, seniors. Are there any old objects in the village that are suitable for the younger generation to open a temple and establish a deity?"

Master Yin Cangtou quickly sucked the six gold ingot chestnuts into his mouth and said casually:

"At the east end of the village, there is a well-guarding stele in the dry well. If you break it, you will get a jade."

When Xie Qingjie heard this, her expression finally changed and she showed joy.

She immediately bowed to the Yin Master Cangtou, and then ran outside without looking back, to find her own things for opening the temple and establishing the deity, so as to avoid being late and being preempted by others.

Twenty or so examinees watched her leave, their eyes suddenly filled with joy: "So that's how it is, so that's how it is!"

The next moment, another candidate hurried forward and placed the three gold ingots on the platform, also asking for:

"I also want something suitable for my own temple and deity. Please give it to me, senior."

Master Yin Cangtou glanced at the three precious chestnuts and said, "Only three, but the conditions are quite high."

It waved its hands impatiently: "There is an old dog in the west of the village, hanging on an elm tree, with a dog treasure inside. Whether it is suitable for you or not is none of my business."

Although there was a hint of disappointment on that person's face, he still saluted the other party, moved quickly, and suddenly rushed outside.

Next, the candidates present looked happy and rushed forward, offering gold ingots and chestnuts one after another, and asking about the medicinal herbs and old objects in the village.

One of them had a twinkling look in his eyes and suddenly asked, "Who in the village has the most herbs?"

The Yin Master Cangtou showed a strange smile on his face and actually answered:

"There is a gathering of medicinal energy in the south, maybe this person is there."

The candidate's eyes were fierce. He nodded and bowed, then left with his head down.

One after another, the candidates left with satisfaction. The remaining candidates kept talking about it with anxious faces, fearing that the good things in the village had been taken away by the people in front of them.

Yu Que stood in the crowd, holding his nine gold ingots and chestnuts. He was not in a hurry and was not worried that he would not be able to get anything good.

After all, there was no one on the field who could take out nine ingots of gold ingot chestnuts in one breath.

Suddenly, while watching from the sidelines, Yu Que heard someone mutter, "Everything you ask for will be granted. Could this young man be the local god of this village?"

These words entered his ears, and an idea came to his mind:
"Can this old man be the landowner of a village?"

For some reason, Yu Que was a little suspicious.

But before he could think about it, another candidate stepped forward, presented the gold ingot and chestnut, and suddenly pointed at a person in the field and said:

"Senior, this man killed my mother. Please help me kill him and avenge my hatred!"

Wow! This sound entered the eyes of the remaining candidates, and everyone was stunned.

Dozens of eyes were directed at the person who was speaking and the person he was pointing at.

Yu Que was standing in front of the earthen platform and was slightly stunned.

Because he was the "thief" being pointed out, and the person who asked Yinshi Cangtou to take action was Fu Ling.

This guy also sneaked in here and kept his composure until now.

This man originally wanted to wait for Yu Que to come forward to ask for medicine, and then he would immediately follow him, snatch Yu Que's medicine, and take Yu Que's life.

But Yu Que was too patient. Fu Ling thought about it and came up with an idea. He decided to step forward and try to see if he could get that Yin Master Cangtou to help him kill Yu Que.

"Murder?"

Master Yin sat cross-legged, his face blurred but he looked a little surprised. He said, "Your blood smells similar, could it be that you are brothers? Tsk tsk, brothers killing each other, I like it."

It accepted everything and swallowed the three gold ingots offered by Fu Ling in one breath. However, it did not immediately accept Fu Ling's request. Instead, it looked at Yu Que with a strange smile:

"Hey man, this guy asked me to kill you, did you respond?"

When Master Yin Cangtou's words entered Fu Ling's ears, he immediately looked embarrassed.

Obviously, although this guy has become a ghost, his thinking is not rigid. Instead, he is quite good at doing business. After eating the precious chestnuts on this side, he went to ask Yu Que on the other side.

Among the crowd, Yu Que had a strange look on his face.

He took out his nine gold ingots from his sleeves and asked Fu Ling with a smile:
"Brother Ling, are you sure you want to ask this old Yinshi to kill me?"

When Fu Ling saw the number of precious chestnuts in Yu Que's hand, his heart skipped a beat and his expression changed slightly.

It is said that this boy was busy with the exam most of the time during the second exam. Although he knew that Yu Que was the first in the martial arts exam and must have extra treasure chestnuts in his hands, he never expected that Yu Que would have as many as nine!

With a grit of his teeth, Fu Ling immediately placed a large stack of incense and paper money that he had prepared in his sleeve on the earthen platform. The number of incense and paper money was as high as 50,000. He also took off the wooden pendant from his waist and offered it up.

The boy shouted: "Please avenge me, senior. I will reward you handsomely!"

Whoohoo!
As pieces of paper money fluttered around, wisps of incense flew into the mouth of the Yin master Cangtou, making the beast very satisfied.

Without waiting for Yu Que to answer, the Yin Master Cangtou shouted:

"Okay! You kill him and offer his precious chestnuts to me. But whether to kill or not is up to you, hehehe."

These words made Fu Ling's heart sink. The reason why he asked Yin Shi Cangtou to take action was because he didn't want to dirty his hands.

With a fierce laugh, the ash-headed man threw the two examinees beside him, who had transformed into soldiers, towards Fu Ling. They instantly transformed into two ninth-rank ghost soldiers, full of ghostly aura.

Fu Ling got a ghost soldier on each side and looked delighted.

Since things have come to this, he will kill Yu Que himself to end the matter, so as to avoid more troubles! Even if the test scores are lowered, it is worth it.

The boy raised his eyes with a grim smile and stared at Yu Que with murderous intent.

While Yu Que was looking at this person, he could hear the shouts of others watching the fun:

"Brother, why don't you take out all the good stuff on you and fight for your life together."

But Yu Que sneered. He didn't intend to waste such good things as gold ingots and chestnuts on Fu Ling and the old man with bald head.

He took the gold ingot back with a shudder, breathed out gray air, and white hair suddenly grew on his face. He smiled ferociously:
"Want to kill me? Then die with your mother."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Que's figure flashed in front of everyone's eyes, and he suddenly pounced behind Fu Ling and reached for the boy's heart.

Fu Ling's eyes were tense, he had not expected that Yu Que's speed of action would be much faster than the rumors in the tribe, he could not catch him at all!

(End of this chapter)