I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a grave collapse. Shocked, I jumped to the window. The shoes crunched as they stepped on the broken glass.
I didn't see the cemetery, just the earth, pouring down like a torrential rain. Within the soil, the coffin and the corpse could be seen.
The dirt and dust flew into the air, then crashed to the ground. They spread into the village like a tsunami. He was about to arrive at the village committee.
Mr. Zhao pulled me back: "Be careful."
I took a sudden step back as the dirt poured in through the window. Mr. Zhao immediately grabbed a quilt and blocked the window.
Outside, I heard a crackling sound, as if countless hands were pounding on the window.
The overhead light flickered and snapped out. Inside the house was instantly pitch black.
It was as if I had returned to the Yama Temple. This caused me to be terrified and I couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Why did the mountain of graves collapse? "
No one answered me, I only heard the breathing of Mr. Zhao and Xia Xin. Clearly, the two of them were also quite frightened.
Half an hour later, it was finally quiet outside. However, I felt a wave of Yin Qi erupting from the ground and spreading to the ground, enveloping us within. I thought I saw a pair of eyes. He could see through everything.
When my gaze swept over me, I broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, this gaze didn't do anything to me. It withdrew itself. Then, the ball of yin qi left Hu Village.
I fumbled as I sat on the chair, and asked Mr. Zhao and Xia Xin in a somewhat dry voice, "Did the Ghost-Prison escape?"
After a moment of silence, Xia Xin faintly said, "I think so."
I asked, "How did he get out? Didn't we throw the child's body back? "
Xia Xin said, "Maybe the ghost prisoner found the child's corpse and brought it out."
Mr. Zhao immediately retorted, "Impossible. If the Ghost Hell Prisoner really finds us, he will know that we were playing with him, and he will spare us? "
I rubbed my temples and said with a slight headache, "That's strange. Just now, the ghost prisoner's gaze swept past us, but he didn't do anything to us. I didn't even feel any anger from him. "
"The child has already been thrown back to the Yama Temple. But he was not angry. More importantly, how did he come out? "
This matter gave me a headache. I really didn't know what was going on. In the end I had to put it down to the fact that the prisoner had picked up the body and taken it out with him. He was happy today, so he was kind enough not to kill us.
This explanation is extremely far-fetched, but other than that, I really can't think of a better reason.
We waited a little longer, but there was no sign of movement. Then I opened the door. A great cloud of stinking earth poured in.
This is a graveyard.
We covered our mouths and noses and climbed out through the doorway to find the yard a few inches higher.
I first looked at the conference room, but luckily this was the strongest room in the entire village. My uncle's corpse was safely placed in there, and then we made a trip to my house.
I saw that the big red lantern hanging on my doorstep had been extinguished, but the banquet in the courtyard had not been removed. When I heard that Erhu was having a happy occasion, I only took a glance from afar. When I came in and looked again, I felt a little creepy. There were paper cups and bowls on the table. There were even guests that had been cut out of white paper. They looked extremely sinister.
I opened the door and went to the main house. I saw Erhu sitting in a chair while the bride sat in the other chair.
Xia Xin wasn't wrong. This bride was made of paper.
I said to Erhu, "Are you okay?"
Erhu just sat there, straight and still.
Mr. Zhao walked over and checked his breath, then said to me: "He has already gone to reincarnation, this body is yours. You can return the favor now. "
Erhu just left like this, I was still a little surprised, I always felt that he was such a difficult ghost, even if he wanted to be reincarnated, he would have to torture me again.
Now that the body belongs to me, of course it's a good thing, but when I think back to when Erhu married a paper man with it, I always feel weird.
Mr. Zhao patted my shoulder and said, "Go. The sky is about to brighten. "
I know that when the sun rises, the yin and yang will change, and many things will become very troublesome. So I got into the body and got up from the chair.
I stretched my limbs and felt a little stiff. It could be because Erhu had left for a long time and my blood had already stopped circulating.
Mr. Zhao asked me: "Do you want to go to the cemetery?"
Actually, there is no point in going to the grave now. Since we have escaped from the Yama Temple, the most important thing is to leave this damned place and quickly find Hu Dali. It would be asking for trouble if he were to provoke the Ghost Prisoners again.
But when Mr. Zhao made this suggestion, I didn't reject it and was actually eager to give it a try. Maybe we just want to live a little too long, even if we have to put ourselves in danger.
We hurried out of the village. I saw that the grave hill had disappeared and was replaced by a huge pit. The crater was several hundred meters deep and it formed an abyss. At the bottom of the abyss, there was black soil that was filled with deep crevices. The Road to River Styx, Bridge of Helplessness, Underworld, and Yama Temple had all disappeared.
I asked the Mr. Zhao, "Did the ghost prisoner leave?"
Mr. Zhao replied, "Not only has he left. The former general and ancient head also left. was taken away by him. "
I saw a murky current rising slowly, turning the abyss into a lake.
The Mr. Zhao said, "Do you still remember the River Styx that we dug out? There is underground water here, and after a period of time, this place will turn into a lake.
I asked in astonishment, "You still know how to cause trouble?" Did the Ghost Convicts not leave? "
The Mr. Zhao said, "The ghost prisoner has already left, but look carefully, what does this abyss look like?"
I squinted and saw that the shape of the abyss was like a giant toad, quietly lying on the ground. What was even more strange was that everything in the valley had turned into ashes. The Golden Toad Temple was completely unharmed, and it just happened to be at the mouth of the toad.
I said to the Mr. Zhao, "This abyss is like a toad, but it seems to be missing a leg."
Mr. Zhao acknowledged: "This is called Three-legged Golden Toad. The people from the Underworld had their own reasons for locking the Ghost Prison here. For a Three-legged toad to be able to gather energy and make money, those who live in the vicinity will definitely be extremely wealthy. "
I smiled bitterly. "Why don't I feel that the villagers are wealthy? "Not only is there no wealth, it seems to be extremely unlucky."
Mr. Zhao said: "Because the Underworld's people built a Golden Toad Temple at the mouth of Jin Chan. In this position, there should be an elm tree. Winter to spring, year after year, the elm money fell into the mouth of Jin toad, Jin toad must have a good report. But this Golden Toad Temple destroyed everything. "
"When we were building this temple, the people of the Underworld used a lot of ghosts as sacrifices. As a result, every temple brick is very strange and dense with dark energy. When Jin Chan got angry, this place turned from a place of gathering wealth to a place of gathering yin. Of course there will be a lot of ghosts. "
I said to the Mr. Zhao, "If there really is a Ghost Lake here, I wonder how many people will drown here every year. Is there any way to break it?"
Mr. Zhao laughed: "Actually you don't have to worry. As long as the Golden Toad Temple is flooded with water, everything will be settled. "
After hearing what Mr. Zhao had said, I stared fixedly at him. However, when the lake water had risen to the front of the temple, I suddenly stopped.
I said to the Mr. Zhao, "What do we do now? Should we tear down the temple? "
Mr. Zhao shook his head: "We can't tear down this temple. "It's too evil. If we get blood on our hands, we won't be able to wash it off."
He raised his head to look at the sky and said, "If heaven wants to keep this temple to harm people, then don't let it fall."
Just as Mr. Zhao's voice fell, a black cloud suddenly floated over from the sky. A heavy rain poured down on us, and on Golden Toad Temple as well.
I could see that water was gathering in all directions in the pit, and its level was rising slowly, rising again. Finally, it submerged the entire Golden Toad Temple.
I heard a loud crash and the temple collapsed.
Mr. Zhao said narcissistically: "Looks like my cultivation is even better now, my wish can reach the heavens."
Xia Xin and I rolled our eyes.
Although we don't think much of Mr. Zhao blowing his own trumpet, but we can still feel that today's rain is truly strange. After all, it was already winter. It was rare to see heavy rain at this time of the year.
We were all cold from the rain for a while. Xia Xin shuddered and said to us, "Let's stop the rain and quickly find a place to hide. It's so cold that it could freeze one to death."
She hugged her shoulders and ran into a house. I don't know why, but as I looked at Xia Xin's back, I always felt that it was a violation of the rules.
Mr. Zhao's elbow knocked against me, and he said in a low voice: "Eldest Nephew, have you noticed that something's wrong?"
Puzzled, I asked, "What's wrong?"
Mr. Zhao whispered, "Living corpse. Not eating meat, not eating hot food. If one does not know how cold and warm it is, they will never die. "
I said, "I know that. What about it?"
Mr. Zhao laughed coldly: "What's wrong? What did she just say? You can't have forgotten so quickly, can you? "
I casually repeated, "She just said, let's not get wet anymore. This place is freezing cold …"
After I said that, I suddenly felt a jolt in my heart. Xia Xin was a live corpse, she should not have felt the heat. Was she afraid of the cold now?
I looked at Mr. Zhao in shock. And Mr. Zhao said mysteriously: "On Xia Xin, something happened. And it happened recently. What happened behind our backs, what happened to us was hidden from us. "
He patted my shoulder. "Come, Eldest Nephew, let's go take a look."
The two of us followed with large strides into the middle of the house. I saw Xia Xin raise a fire in the middle of the room and burn it. The fire made her face turn red.
Mr. Zhao and I sat down, and intentionally or unintentionally blocked the door.
Xia Xin quickly noticed the change in the atmosphere. She furrowed her brows and asked, "What's wrong with you guys?"