Chapter 7 The corpse chaser

Youdao means...one mouth speaks from both ends.

What exactly did Shuangxue and the others encounter? Let’s leave things aside for now and let’s talk about the situation of another group of people.

Tonight, at the foot of the mountain to the east of "Yangdeng Slope", there was actually another group of people.

There are more than fifty people in this group, and most of them are experienced practitioners; they arrived here from the east as early as the early morning of the previous day, And here they set an ambush for Shuangxi and others.

Seeing this, some people may have guessed that there is only one organization that can take action in this Miao land and quickly assemble a large team of people to set up an ambush: the Five Spirit Sect.

The goal of these Five Spirit Cultists' trip is also very clear - to capture "Eastern Harmony and Western Poison" alive.

I don’t know if you all still remember that in the autumn of the eighteenth year of Yongtai, that is, the year before last... just after the Young Heroes Meeting ended, Tang Fu and Xuanwu, the leaders of the White Tiger Banner of the Five Spirit Sect, Li Qiyu, the deputy flag master of the flag, had tracked Shuangxie for a period of time in an attempt to obtain part of the contents of "Gu Qiying's Notes" from them, but ultimately failed.

Originally, this matter was over. Unexpectedly, more than a year later, one day at the end of January in the 20th year of Yongtai, Tang Fu suddenly received news from the spies. It was said that seven "very eye-catching people" were passing by on the territory of their Five Spirit Sect.

After several more explorations and reports, he knew that the seven people who came were: "Dong Xie" Sun Yi Xie, "West Poison" Huang Dong Lai, and "Invincible Swordsman" Linghu Xiang, "Hunyuan Divine Sword" Lin Yuancheng, "Blunt Sword" Jiang Muchan, "Bullet Hat Guest" Qin Feng, and an unknown Kunlun slave.

Good guy, this means that if you don’t take the road to heaven, there will be no door to hell.

For more than a year, since the leader Yi Shiqing has been practicing in seclusion (he is scheduled to be in seclusion for three years), the entire Wuling Sect has basically been in a state of dormant standby, without any major actions. But this doesn’t mean that your “Eastern harmonies and Western poisons” can swagger past our faces, right?

So, after confirming the news, Tang Fu personally led fifty elites from the White Tiger Banner and went to the Zhenling Mountain General Altar to kill them overnight.

Of course, the deputy flag leader next to him at this time is no longer Li Qiyu of the Xuanwu Flag (last time they were temporarily paired up because of special circumstances), but replaced by his own Baihu Flag The deputy flag master, you all know this person, his name is Mu Liyan, the coachman "Lao Wu" mentioned in the previous article who has been undercover beside Shen Youran for many years.

When you see this, some people may want to say, what is there to mention about this product? Isn't he the rookie who was suppressed by Feng Shunshui, the third leader of the Cao Gang, at the beginning of the book? In addition, this guy must have been suffering from the "Bliss Gu" for many years, right? After so long, why is he not dead yet?

Here is a good explanation for you:

First of all, when he was undercover next to Shen Youran, Mu Liyan must not have revealed his identity.The one who can use all his true skills.

So, when Mu Liyan fought against Feng Shunshui, he only used the "Thirteen Ways of Mountain-Opening and Water-Breaking Sword Technique" instead of any of the Five Spirit Sect's moves and internal skills... Then he Of course he is defeated.

Secondly, as to why the "Bliss Gu" on him did not attack... the reason is even simpler. In fact, if you think about it for a moment, you can understand: the Bliss Gu only attacks once every half a year, and Shen Youran and Gu When Qiying died, there were still several months before the attack of the poison on Mu Liyan. Mu Liyan only needed to find out how to get rid of the poison in these few months.

So where can I find out this information?

Anywhere will do...

Because this matter is no longer a secret. After all, Huang Donglai told all the righteous people who came to participate in the Young Heroes Association the method of undoing the poison. , most of the martial arts community knows how to solve it, Jinyiwei also knows it, and even those who open drug stores in Luoyang City know something about it... So they can find out about this matter no matter what.

In other words, this "Bliss Gu" recipe is actually not very valuable now, and it is not as useful as the other recipes in Gu Qiying's notebook that have not revealed the solution.

The Bliss Gu on Mu Liyan's body was naturally removed not long after.

After that, Mu Liyan ended his lurking mission and returned to the Five Spirits Sect. He was grateful to the leader for being rewarded with gold, silver, a sword, and the position of deputy flag master of the White Tiger Flag.

In order to live up to the expectations of the leader, Mu Liyan practiced the magic of protecting the leader day and night under the guidance of Tang Fu, the elder of the sect and the leader of the White Tiger Banner. After a year and a half of practice, he regained his Mu Liyan, who has a strong foundation in Wuling Sect Kung Fu, can be said to have been reborn; now, even with his bare hands, he can still have about 60% of Tang Fu's strength, and his own special skill is "Thirteen-way Mountain Breaking Water Knife" ", with the blessing of the "treasure weapon" given by the leader, his power is also doubled... Now it is not an exaggeration to position him as a "first-class master".

As for Tang Fu, not to mention, he is already a first-rate person.

With the two of them in charge, and fifty strong soldiers from the White Tiger Banner, they set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain, waiting for Shuang Xie and his party to fall into the trap... This wave, Shuang Xie Duan's. It's a bad thing.

But...

Both parties did not expect that in the early morning when Sun Huang and others were about to go down the mountain, the situation changed...

... ...

Dingle bells—Dingling bells—

The ringing of soul-stirring bells gradually approached the big house.

Linghuxiang, who was sleeping outside the house "watching horses" with Sun Yixie, was the first to wake up... He was timid to begin with, and he was having nightmares even when he fell asleep. Now he As soon as I opened my eyes, I listened to the vague ringing of a bell in the distance in the darkness. For a moment, I couldn't tell whether I was awake or still in a dream.

"Brother Sun...Brother Sun..." Linghuxiang groped in the dark and wanted to goPushing Sun Yixie's shoulder to wake him up, he unexpectedly touched the other person's buttocks, but he didn't care that he touched the wrong person, and just called Sun Yixie softly while pushing.

"Well..." Sun Yixie was sleeping soundly. He was a little angry after being woken up, so he said, "...Mom, what are you grabbing my ass for?"

"Shh-Brother Sun, listen, is there a sound of bells over there." Linghu Xiang lowered his voice and continued.

When Sun Yixie heard the words, he stopped talking and immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

"Fuck you!" Two seconds later, Sun Yixie's whole body was agitated, and he immediately lost all sleep. He softly continued, "What's going on..."

"I I don’t know... I just woke up too," Linghu Xiang replied in a trembling voice.

"Damn... come on, let's wake up the others." Sun Yixie didn't think much about it. At this time, his first reaction was that there were more people and he was emboldened.

So, after their eyes got used to the darkness, these two timid guys followed the road towards the big house.

The two of them didn't sleep too far apart, only about twenty meters apart, so they arrived in a blink of an eye.

As soon as they arrived at the door, before they opened their mouths, there were several sounds of weapons being drawn in the room, and at the same time, a cold voice came: "Who is it?"

Judging from the voice, this question was asked by Huang Donglai.

Obviously, the five people sleeping in the room had also woken up after hearing the noise and were on guard.

"It's us." Sun Yixie replied.

Because Brother Sun’s voice is very distinctive, these three words are enough for him to reply.

"Brother Sun, did you hear it too?" Huang Dong said and leaned out of the house; the other people also came to the door of the house one after another like him.

"Yes." Sun Yixie replied, "It seems to be a ringtone..." He paused and asked a question that everyone was interested in, "Brother Huang, what happened in the middle of the night?" ...There is no way there are people walking on the mountain road. Isn't this some kind of monster?"

"I don't know..." Huang Donglai said, "But whether it's a person or a ghost, listen to this voice. It’s not far away from us...”

That’s what he said, but in fact the other party was still a little far away from them. It was just because it was night and the valley was very empty, so the ringtone could be heard. Very far.

"What should we do?" Linghu Xiang suggested at this time, "How about we get on the horse and run away?"

"What are you thinking about?" Sun Yi Xie rejected him at that time, "You don't even look at the weather now. Just this early in the morning, when it's dark, you are riding a horse on a mountain road with no guardrails? A minor without a license is driving a high-beam dog delivering tofu. How dare you be so reckless?"

"Huh?" Linghu Xiang didn't fully understand what he said, "Is there anything about sending tofu here?"

Huang Donglai’s countermeasures quickly gained everyone’s approval. Of course, this was also because others had no confidence when facing this unknown and possibly supernatural ringtone, so they could only listen to him. Make up your mind.

One minute, two minutes...

Five minutes passed in a blink of an eye, but for the seven people waiting in the big room, these five minutes were a waste of time. Seconds are like years.

Finally, when the ringing sound was very close, they saw... a "group of people" coming out from the corner in front.

The leader. The man, 1.8 meters tall, was wearing a long green cloth gown, a green cloth hat on his head, a black belt around his waist, straw sandals on his feet, and a soul-catching bell in his hand; while those who followed him " "People" are all wearing black clothes and "Zongye bamboo hats" on their heads, and everyone has straw ropes tied to their bodies. The ropes "tie" them to each other, and also make their walking appearance become left-handed. Swinging to the right, it's very strange.

Everyone who came here will understand that the leader is a "corpse chaser", and those behind him are dead people.

Only this kind of people travel at night and rest during the day, and they don’t know how to light a lantern.

“Huh? "When the corpse driver arrived near the big house, he quickly noticed that some horses were tied up in the forest. After he walked a little further and came to the door of the big house, he stopped and said, "The house. If your friends here are awake, you might as well come out and say hello. "

Seeing that he took the initiative to talk and showed no malice for the time being, the fear of those in the room calmed down a little.

Not long after, Huang Donglai was alone He walked out of the dark room, kept a distance from the other party, clasped his fists and said: "This friend is polite, I dare to ask... which road is your Majesty on? "

As for the corpse exorcist, in the dim light where it was difficult for ordinary people to see anything clearly, he looked Huang Donglai up and down in confusion, and then replied: "A cinnabar cup in hand, three souls. Seven Souls follow me. "

As soon as Huang Donglai heard these two sentences, his expression flashed, and he immediately added: "Nine in thirty-six, the phoenix sings in the sparrow's nest. "

"It turns out to be fellow Taoist, I'm disrespectful..." When the corpse driver heard that the incision was right, he also clasped his fists and said politely.

"No, no, no, no, I'm sorry... I'll be glad to meet you. "Everyone is being polite to you, so Huang Donglai also wants to reciprocate."

"Hey, come out, it's okay. This is a friend who's driving away corpses." "The next second, Huang Donglai turned around and said to the six people in the room.

The six people inside, except Tyrell, all understood the meaning of driving away corpses; although they had never They have seen real "corpse chasers", but they have heard of the name of this profession and some anecdotes.

Therefore, after a brief hesitation, the other six people also came out of the house.

After the two parties exchanged pleasantries, everyone learned that the name of the corpse exorcist was Liang Jingshuo, who was thirty years old this year. Even though he is not that old, he has been a corpse driver for almost ten years.

Liang Jingxuan told Shuang Xie and others that the big house behind them was actually a "dead corpse inn", which was specially used for corpse exorcists and corpses; during the day, the corpse exorcists would The corpses were all led to stand in a row behind the door panel of the house to prevent them from being exposed to the sun. They would sleep in the middle of the house. When it gets dark, they would go out again... This is why there are no windows and no windows in this house. Furniture.

After listening to his popular science, everyone felt a chill running down their spines. It’s no wonder that the room was filled with “yin energy”.

Sun Yixie directly started complaining about Huang Donglai’s ignorance and leading his brothers into a trap. When Huang Donglai heard this, he spread his hands and said that they Taoist priests and corpse exorcists can only be regarded as "half-way comrades". These things It was right that he didn't understand, and then the two of them exchanged cross talk, wasting everyone's time for more than ten minutes.

After a while, Jiang Muchan asked a more useful question: "By the way, Taoist Liang, I have heard that you exorcists use the 'yin gong' to pick up the corpse, and the 'bell' "Open the way, but I don't know... why did you only ring the bell and not move the gong when you came here?"

His question was correct. According to the rules, the corpse driver was walking? At this time, gongs and bells are indispensable: the "bells" are shaken to the living people to remind everyone "I am going to fight here", so those of you who should give way should give way, and those who have dogs and children at home should do so as well. They were locked up to prevent the corpses from being startled by the barking of dogs or the cries of children. As for the "yin gong", it was played for the dead, and the corpse could only follow the corpse mover after hearing the sound of the gong.

But...the Liang Jingshuo in front of him only rang the bell but did not move the gong, and still led the dead body away. This was unusual.

"Well..." Liang Jingxuan's eyes flickered when he was asked this question, "The 'thirteen' I received are somewhat different from ordinary corpses, but what is the difference... …I can’t say it.”

Each profession has its own rules, but some rules are universal. For example... when the other person says the words “It’s not appropriate to say”, the outsider will Usually it’s just “it’s inconvenient to ask further”.

Now that Liang Dao’s long story has ended, no one will bother to get to the bottom of it.

Now that dawn is approaching, it is impossible for Shuangxi and his party to sleep anymore, so they no longer "occupy the corpse room" and simply give the room to Taoist Liang and those dead body and prepare to lead the horse on the road.

Unexpectedly, just as the two groups of them passed each other on the not-too-wide mountain road... one of the thirteen corpses stepped on a small hole in the ground. Then he stumbled and slid sideways.

Originally, this was not a big deal, because the thirteen corpses were all strung up with straw ropes. One fell in the middle, and there were two who were still standing in front and behind., so the one who fell to the ground will not break away from the team and roll down the hillside.

But...at this moment, the side of the slipped corpse happened to be Sun Yixie...

Everyone knows Brother Sun's courage, and his reaction at this time He was also extremely "alert". Faced with the sudden "corpse attack" in this dark environment, he instantly shouted: "Ah——"

With this shout, Brother Sun turned around, Instinctively, he pounced on his nearby companions, and the one closest to him was Huang Donglai...

At this moment, Huang Donglai was also stunned. He didn't know why, but Brother Sun in front of him suddenly let out a He screamed like a slaughtering pig, and then he was knocked down by the opponent with a grapple-like movement; if Brother Huang hadn't had a short neck, he might have been defeated by this combo of hugging and throwing with a "throat lock" Gotta get over it.

But it was not over yet. When Brother Huang fell, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell behind him were also brought down.

As we said before, this mountain road... it has no guardrails.

These people were walking on the downhill side and were unprepared in the dark by people very close to them, knocking them to the ground and losing their balance. Even if they wanted to use Qinggong to adjust their bodies immediately, He didn't know where to draw strength in the darkness, not to mention that he had the weight of his predecessors on him, and Tyrell and Brother Sun didn't have any light skills to speak of.

In this case, the result was obvious...the four of them all started to roll down the slope beside the road.

In the emergency, the reactions of these four people were also very consistent: they all grabbed the people in front and behind them with both hands, firstly out of fear that the person in front would fall, and secondly out of hope. The person behind can hold himself and the person in front from falling.

However, Tyrell was the last of the seven, and behind him... there was no one.

But Tyrell, who is naturally tall and has a long wingspan, still caught something in the dark - a straw rope.

In this way, an accident and a series of absurd chain reactions led to extremely terrible consequences.

Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell actually pulled thirteen "dead corpses" and slid down the mountain road like a string... and fell into a place In the bottomless valley.