C96 Ghost Prisoners

When Sky Soldier wanted to tie up Xia Xin and leave, I was so anxious that my head started sweating. I scratched at the ground, trying to grab a good weapon, but there was nothing around me, not even a shard of broken tile. All I saw was the matchstick I'd dropped when I was thrown at me.

I looked at the incense beside me and suddenly thought of a plan.

I pressed the end of the match to the incense and it lit with a crackle.

I thought to myself, "This is a village made of paper. We should be careful of the candles."

Then with a flick of my finger, the match spun away and landed on the head of a paper man.

It was only three or four seconds before the paper man began to smoke and then burst into flames. He let out a miserable scream and fell on the ground, rolling around in pain.

It didn't matter if he rolled like this, as it was connected to the paper men around him. All the burned paper men panicked and fled in all directions, igniting even more paper men.

I sat on the ground and looked at the fiery figures, feeling both magnificent and cruel.

The paper man was burning and Xia Xin had regained her freedom. Her face was black from the smoke around her, and only her eyes were white, making her look funny.

I grinned at her, and she smiled back, showing her white teeth.

I stood up and said to Xia Xin, "It's a pity that this village is made out of white paper. This time, it's going to be burnt to ashes."

Xia Xin said, "You're such an interesting person. It's just a dream, what's the pity?"

That's true, I thought.

However, Xia Xin and I were still too optimistic. The paper man was indeed on fire, but the soldier was not dead. They emerged from the ashes of the paper men, turning into angry wraiths.

Seeing that the chaos was subsiding and those evil spirits were approaching us, I tugged on Xia Xin and said, "Quickly leave. If you don't leave now, it will be too late."

We ran under the light of the fire outside the courtyard and through the gaps in the encirclement of celestial soldiers, heading out of the village.

When I ran to the entrance of the village, I saw Hu Dali lying on the ground. Fortunately, the paper on his body was not burned.

I shouted, "Hu Dali, move aside, quickly let us pass."

Hu Dali blankly crawled up from the ground, his tongue hanging out as he asked: "What is Jean?"

My heart sank. His current tone was clearly lacking a string. Could it be that from this moment onwards, Hu Dali's IQ was being damaged?

The troops behind us were getting closer and closer. Xia Xin pointed at the mountain of graves and said, "Go up the mountain and escape towards that mountain."

So we began to climb.

A Heaven-grade weapon was terrifying, as was a mountain. We are like people who have eaten chili and tasted coppertite. The spiciness is not covered, but instead, it is bitter.

I had thought that the soldiers would not dare to come to this forbidden area like the Graveyard of Gods, but we were wrong.

Xia Xin was trying hard to climb the mountain next to me, saying as she did so, "Even if I get caught, it doesn't matter. After all, this is just a dream. "

I said, "Yes, it was a dream after all."

We were both cheering each other on, but we both knew it. It was not just a dream. If we can escape, then that is our dream. If we can't escape, then that is our life.

We reached the top of the hill. The heavenly soldiers were climbing up the mountains. I looked behind me. Golden Toad Temple was hiding in the shadows, like a gloomy monster, staring at everything outside.

I said to Xia Xin, "Why don't we hide in the temple?"

Xia Xin smiled bitterly, "It seems like this is the only way."

This time, we are not in a hurry to go to Golden Toad Temple, we are not walking fast. Because I can feel in my heart that entering the temple may not be a good thing. Even if the Heavenly Soldiers don't dare to enter the temple or mess with the things in the Golden Toad Temple, we might not be able to survive. The most likely possibility was that he had just left the tiger's den and was back in the wolf's lair.

But even if it's a wolf's den in front of us, we still have to go in. After all, the tiger is right behind us.

The door of Golden Toad Temple's temple was ajar, as if it was waiting for me to push it open. I sighed and pushed at the door. A chilly wind blew past me, causing my body to feel cold. The soldiers behind us were blown backwards by the wind.

Xia Xin and I slipped inside. Xia Xin turned around and closed the door. I felt a door latch on the wood, and I closed it behind me.

It was a funny thing to do, because I'd never heard of a doorknob blocking ghosts. However … In this situation, it was better to have a little more security. It was just like when she was young and was scared at night, she would shrink back into the blanket.

There was a slap, then a crash. The small temple began to sway, on the verge of collapse.

I estimated that in five minutes, the small temple would collapse. After it fell, Xia Xin and I would have nowhere to run to.

If I knew that the things in the Golden Toad Temple didn't have the power to protect us, why would we have entered? He might as well continue to flee downwards, all the way down the valley, all the way to the end of the world.

But that wasn't true either, because we were alive, and after a few hours of running we'd be exhausted and caught.

I sighed and turned to look at Xia Xin. She was kneeling on the ground with her hands clasped together, muttering to herself.

I wondered, "What are you doing? "Is he paying respects to Buddha?"

Xia Xin was clearly praying with sincerity. I thought that she wouldn't be distracted to answer my question, but who knew that she would turn around and say to me, "I'm not worshipping Buddha, I'm begging for ghosts."

She spoke very seriously and seriously, and I had no choice but to put away my mischievous smile.

I asked Xia Xin, "What are you asking for? The ghost outside? "

Xia Xin said, "I'm begging for a ghost inside. We call the things in the Golden Toad Temple Ghost Prison. "

I seem to remember Xia Xin telling me that the things in the Golden Toad Temple were imprisoned here in the Underworld Prison, and us, the whole village, generation after generation, are the prison guards here. In that case, calling that thing a "ghost prisoner" was very appropriate.

Xia Xin kneeled on the ground and chanted for a long time. Her voice wasn't soft, but I couldn't understand a single word she said.

I listened again and found that I could understand every word, but not all at once.

Xia Xin suddenly stopped and started to listen. Finally she nodded and began to talk again, as if she were talking to a ghost prisoner.

I wondered: Isn't this a dream? Was there also a ghost prisoner in the dream?

While I was lost in my thoughts, Xia Xin suddenly stood up, took out her knife, cut her index finger, and sprinkled the bloody seep at our feet.

Then she sheathed her knife and wrapped a white cloth around her fingers.

Then, behind us, there was a muffled thump, and the door was smashed open. It fell to the ground, stirring up a great cloud of dust. The heavenly soldiers swarmed in like a tide.

They hadn't even reached me yet, but I was already suffocated by the Yin energy and the murderous aura emanating from them.

Suddenly, a long roar came from inside the Golden Toad Temple. He was like an old man who had not come out of the mountains for a long time, finally deciding to use his power to move his muscles and bones.

At first the sound was small, but it grew louder and louder, and after a dozen seconds it rolled over us like thunder.

Those heavenly soldiers were obviously afraid of this kind of momentum and retreated, but it was already too late. All of the heavenly soldiers in the room were scared out of their wits in an instant.

I was amazed at the scene.

Xia Xin suddenly whispered, "Close the door quickly."

I felt a little strange. As I supported the wooden door up, barely blocking the entrance, I asked, "Why?"

Without waiting for Xia Xin's reply, I already knew why. Because the sound was getting weaker and weaker until it was like a dying patient was groaning.

Xia Xin said in a low voice, "The Ghost Hell prisoner has been imprisoned for many years and is already extremely weak. Just now, I barely managed to kill a few Heaven Soldiers, my strength was slightly insufficient."

I nodded. "I hope that the heavenly soldiers outside won't charge in again."

Xia Xin shook his head and said bitterly, "A Heaven Ranked Spirit Weapon doesn't achieve its goal. It won't stop."

We had to sit in the house and listen nervously to what was going on outside. As expected, the Sky Soldiers did not disperse; they had been surrounding the area.

I said to Xia Xin, "Waiting like this isn't an option either. Those heavenly soldiers will try again sooner or later. Let's find another way."

Xia Xin said, "As far as I know, the place where the Ghost Hell Prisoner is being held is a grave. I suspect that this mountain is empty. If we can hide inside the Ghost Hell Prisoner's grave, there shouldn't be any danger."

I thought: I have already come to Golden Toad Temple three or four times, how come I didn't know that there was a grave below? Besides, if we hide, how am I going to get back to the human world?

However, if I was caught by the soldiers, it would be even more impossible for me to return to the human world. So I asked Xia Xin, "Do you know how to get there?"

Xia Xin knelt down again and began to chant incantations I didn't understand.

After a while, she raised her head and gave me a strange look.

Puzzled, I asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Xin suddenly took out the saber. Before I could react, a cold light flashed and cut my forefinger, then spilled blood on the ground.

I wailed.

Xia Xin said, "It's just a little bit of blood. Does it hurt?"

I shouted, "I'm not afraid of pain. I just want to know, what kind of agreement have you and the Ghost Prison reached? Did you sell me? "How much did you sell it for?"

Xia Xin said, "You're thinking too much. To enter the tomb of the Ghost Prisoner, one must drip blood, that is all. "

I said, "Then why didn't you tell me? Such a sudden attack? "

Xia Xin said, "What if you're afraid of pain?"

At that moment, I heard a sinister voice in my ear: "What if you're afraid of pain?"

I shivered and turned to see no one behind me.

Xia Xin seemed to know what I heard and pointed to a small door in the corner. "It's in there."

When the two of us walked in, I noticed that the two clay men from Golden Toad Temple were still there. However, their postures had all changed. The two clay figures looked towards the door, staring straight at Xia Xin and me.