At this moment, Jing Xian felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. Even the eighty thousand cold winds in the ghost world could not compare to the coldness at this moment.
The invisible force in the air approached and hit Lu Yingjiu accurately—
At this time, Lu Yingjiu actually smiled.
The neon lights outside the car window were bright and beautiful, spreading on his brows and hair tips with a faint luster. He curled his lips and didn't say anything, but Jing Xian knew what he was thinking.
Just like usual, Lu Yingjiu deliberately teased him, and when he saw that he was embarrassed and in the wrong and could only take action to prove himself, he also smiled with this kind of tenderness and cunningness.
Jing Xian's heart was moved every time he saw this smile, and he wished he could hold him and make love with him for the entire long night.
But at this moment, his mind was blank. Lu Yingjiu was still sitting next to him, less than ten centimeters away from him. He could just reach out and embrace her—
But it was too late.
There was no space around him and Lu Yingjiu disappeared.
Traffic returned to normal, horns honked everywhere, cars started moving, and billboards changed color.
Everything in the world was back on track. Chen Xiaoling stretched dazedly in the passenger seat, yawned, and said vaguely: "Why haven't we arrived at the hotel yet..."
There was no answer to her.
She murmured: "Are you two doing something shameful? Xiaolu, I think the big demon..."
She turned her head.
The seats were empty.
…
Salty and fishy taste.
The salty smell of sea water.
Lu Yingjiu's consciousness was hazy, and it took a long time before he could recognize the sound of waves. The sea breeze blew in his face, blowing his hair. The smell reminded him of large pieces of dried coarse salt. If he bathed in the wind for too long, he would probably smell like sea water.
Where am I
He had a slight headache and when he opened his eyes, his vision was unable to focus for a long time.
After a long while, he could see the scene clearly: the cold white light, the black asphalt concrete ground, the countless vehicles parked in disorder, the straight and neat steel cables hanging from the sky, tightly hooking the side of the road. Looking far away, there was only the dark sea, without any lights or land.
This is a seaside bridge.
He sat leaning against the middle isolation guardrail, as if he had just woken up from a dream.
His head still hurt, accompanied by occasional dizziness. An ordinary person would probably not be able to sit steadily, but he supported himself and barely stood up, looking around.
There were few cars on the bridge, but no drivers.
Most of the cars were in tatters, with broken windows, rotten seats, half of the taillights smashed, and the trunk lids missing. The fronts of the cars were facing in different directions, as if they had been hit by a huge force, such as a serious car accident.
There was no signal on my cell phone and the compass didn't work. It just kept spinning around when I turned it on.
The doors of several cars were open. Lu Yingjiu got in and searched around in the driver's seat.
He didn't find a driver's license, or anything that could prove the driver's identity, but he did find half a cup of matcha latte. When he touched it, the cup was still warm, as if the driver had left not long ago.
But are there really any around here
Lu Yingjiu stepped on the hood of a red Chevrolet and climbed onto the roof.
Looking ahead, he could not see the end of the bridge and the vehicles, it was empty, without a single person in sight. A strong wind blew, and on the entire Linhai Bridge, there was only him and his puffed-up clothes.
Lu Yingjiu was briefly at a loss.
He wasn't even sure if this was the real world.
But he didn't hesitate, he simply jumped out of the car and started walking in one direction.
As he walked, he felt warmth at his feet.
"Ouch!" a familiar voice came.
He looked down and saw the furry ball clinging to his feet, wagging its tail at him.
"... You followed in too?" Lu Yingjiu couldn't help but laugh, picked up Maotuanzi and scratched his chin.
"Oh!" Maotuanzi replied.
—Even though his tail was wagging so hard that it was about to burst into flowers, Lu Yingjiu still knew that he was not in a good mood.
After all, Lu Yingjiu had been with him for so many years and knew his thoughts clearly: on the one hand, he was alert to the surrounding environment, and on the other hand, he was unhappy without Jing Xian.
So Lu Yingjiu held him in her arms and explained as they walked: "I know you want him to come along... but no."
"Ahh?" Maotuanzi looked up at him.
"The priest is restricted in the world of the living. He can't exert much of his strength. Maybe only 10% of his strength is left." Lu Yingjiu said, "And he came to the world of the living in a physical body, which violated the law. If he dies, he is really dead."
He stepped over a piece of broken glass, which crunched underfoot.
Maotuanzi listened quietly.
He continued: "No matter if it's a demon or a ghost, they can't compete with Tiandao. Earlier on the highway, he had already killed all of Tiandao's servants. I felt something was wrong then."
At that time, Jing Xian held him in the air, summoned hundreds of ghosts, and tore the lackeys of the Heavenly Dao into pieces. It was rare for him to show his ghostly side in front of Lu Yingjiu, with sharp and terrifying nails and a sinister aura all over his body.
After the illusion was broken, they returned to Yao Gou's car, and Lu Ying fell back into Jing Xian's arms.
Jing Xian's expression was normal, and he whispered to comfort him, but his body temperature was cold, and he had no breathing and no heartbeat.
Lu Yingjiu thought that he was a ghost incarnated and his body had not yet returned to normal.
But it seemed that his intuition was wrong, and he thought about it: when Jing Xian turned into a ghost, he was still breathing and having a heartbeat, so how come they stopped when he was in the car
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Since the priests have lost their physical bodies, the loss of vital signs is also a very serious matter for them, which often means that their power is gone and their physical bodies are about to decay.
Jing Xian was not seriously injured, so the only explanation was that he violated the rules again and was punished.
—Because what
Because as a priest, he actually tried to go against the way of heaven.
Lu Yingjiu had a vague guess.
Until today, when Jing Xian held him in his arms and looked straight into the huge eyes in the sky, his hands were as cold as death.
At this moment Lu Yingjiu was certain that Jing Xian was indeed fighting while enduring great pain.
The flesh and blood body is so fragile, how painful must it be to have the pain of breathing and heartbeat strangled in an instant
Lu Yingjiu couldn't imagine it.
But Jing Xian would never show any abnormality - based on Lu Yingjiu's understanding of him, even when he was dying, he was definitely not thinking about how to escape, but how to chop off another head.
At this moment, walking on the endless bridge with Mao Tuanzi in his arms, Lu Yingjiu continued, "So, I don't want him to continue to get involved in this matter."
He smiled and said, "Of course, even without this, I would not let him help me anymore. I don't want to see him get hurt because of me, and I don't want him to be in danger forever. This is supposed to be a war for me, and I should face it alone."
Love is mutual.
As much as Jing Xian wanted to protect him, he didn't want Jing Xian to get hurt.
Maotuanzi called out softly, "Ah~~" and then rubbed his hand.
"Yeah." Lu Ying said drunkenly, "I know I still have you. But you have also seen the consequences of fighting against the way of heaven. I will not use your power anymore."
Maotuanzi: “Ah! Ahh!” Very dissatisfied.
"It's okay." Lu Yingjiu rubbed his lips, "I'll find a way myself."
As they were talking, a burning smell came on the wind.
The smell was very pungent, and Lu Yingjiu could smell it clearly from a long distance away. He looked ahead and saw thick smoke.
After passing a few crooked cars, a car emitting black smoke appeared.
The front half of the car had been burned to a skeleton, completely black. The trunk was still blazing with flames, and the orange-red flames licked the taillights.
Lu Yingjiu took a few steps forward, and his breathing stagnated.
I saw a charred body on the driver's seat.
He pinched a piece of talisman paper.
The talisman paper floated in the air, and crystal clear water rushed out from the paper and sprinkled on the thick smoke. Mao Tuanzi jumped out of his arms, opened his mouth wide and pointed at the trunk, made a "Ugh!" sound, and began to spit out water.
Usually I drink a lot, but now it’s like a small sprinkler truck, flowing continuously.
The fire in the trunk was just a small one and went out quickly.
The seat of the driver had been burnt to carbonization, and the face was not visible, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Lu Yingjiu looked around the car, and everything was burnt, and it seemed that there was no clue.
He and Mao Tuanzi said: "Go in and look for it."
Maotuanzi received the order, jumped in through the door nimbly, and began to sniff around.
Taking advantage of this gap, Lu Yingjiu glanced around.
A sign stands on the right side of the road, indicating Kangli Bridge, 228km
Is this a milestone
But how could there be a bridge that is more than a hundred kilometers long and has no end in sight
Lu Yingjiu narrowed his eyes.
The furry ball let out a howl and jumped out of the car window, holding something shiny in its mouth.
Lu Yingjiu took it and found that it was a golden pocket watch with exquisite workmanship.
This type of pocket watch can usually only be seen in movies and TV shows. It was intact in the fire, without even a trace of ash on it, and it felt cold to the touch.
Lu Yingjiu turned the bag over and found traces of knife carving on the back of the bag: it was a small rune that suppressed the evil fire.
Ghost exorcists often leave this rune on important flammable items. The pocket watch was not burned thanks to this.
He opened his pocket watch.
The hands of the pocket watch stopped moving, and above it was a yellowed photo.
A man and a woman standing together, they are a couple.
Lu Yingjiu carefully took down the photo, turned it over, and saw the words written in blue-black pen on the back:
"Zhang Haokong"
"Wang Yaya"
In addition, there is a small piece of talisman paper placed at the end of the photo, which should be for emergency use.
Lu Yingjiu looked at the charred corpse again. Although she couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, since he was carrying ghost-exorcising products, it was most likely... the man from the Zhang family.
He sighed softly and asked Mao Tuanzi, "Do you have anything else for him?"
Maotuanzi shook his head vigorously.
Lu Yingjiu was about to move forward when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
The photo in my hand seems a little too thick, especially the middle area, which is slightly convex.
He immediately held up the photo and faced the bright lights on the bridge.
There is a faint black shadow in the middle of the photo.
There is indeed something!
He flipped his hand, took out a butterfly knife and gently cut towards the side of the photo. His hand was very steady, and even though the photo was so thin, he could accurately cut it in the middle.
After cutting about half a centimeter, the tip of the knife loosened and touched the hollow layer.
He reached out again and gently tore it open. When he turned the photo over, the contents of the interlayer fell out: it was a thin piece of paper that was carefully folded in half.
It was so thin that it would break if a little more force was applied.
Lu Yingjiu opened the bottle carefully.
What appeared in front of them was a formation pattern, and it looked very familiar... It was the one they saw in the Rainy Day Museum and on the wall of Zhang Chengzhou's office!
The formation has seven vertices, which means seven exorcists are needed to work together.
The purpose is to go to the ghost world.
Now, one of the vertices of the formation was circled, with a date scribbled next to it: "Not completed."
This road welcoming wine party is very familiar, it was during the Ghost Festival that year!
If you want to contact the ghost world, this time is the best choice.
Combined with the circled vertices...
Lu Yingjiu had a vague guess in his mind.
It is possible that this man named Zhang Haokong is one of the seven exorcists.
But why did he die here, in a charred vehicle
Did he die on the way to complete the formation
He was wondering when he suddenly felt a chill on his back. A cold feeling of being spied on rose up and overwhelmed him.
Lu Yingjiu turned back suddenly.
At the end of the dark sea, there is a huge eye on the horizon.
His eyes were fixed on him.
Then, a strange noise came from the side of the bridge.
“Huahuahua—”
“Pah, pah, pah!”
Something is crawling up the bridge from the bottom of the sea onto the road!
Maotuanzi's whole body exploded, and he kept howling and making warning sounds.
“Bang!”
The silver iron hook was hung on the railing and embedded firmly into the wall!
A terrifying, dark blue face appeared, resembling a cow or a horse. It was soaking wet, with seawater dripping down its body. It stared at Lu Yingjiu, with a terrifying smile on its lips.
Servants of Heaven.
Not only that, within just a few seconds, the bridge was filled with more than a dozen attendants holding magical weapons, each of them had a terrifying appearance, and each of them was like a wild beast.
There was madness on their faces, but their positions were extremely precise and orderly, forming an effective encirclement that trapped Lu Yingjiu.
It was like a group of cunning and ferocious hunters, hunting the prey they had coveted for a long time.
Maotuanzi's silver eyes lit up.
He wanted to fulfill the contract to invite the gods as usual and lend his own power to welcome the wine.
However, this time Lu Yingjiu did not respond to him. Instead, he picked him up and threw him far away!
"Ah?!" The furry ball flew through the air, "Ahhhh?!"
Lu Yingjiu had pasted talisman paper on his body, which had extraordinary power. With this throw, he threw the demon dozens of meters away.
This distance was enough to keep him away from the encirclement of the attendants. When he rolled to the ground and looked up, he saw that Lu Yingjiu was surrounded by swords and sabers!
The servants screamed and rushed forward, trying to chop the prey into pieces in a horrible way.
Lu Yingjiu's figure danced like a swallow, and the power of the talisman paper continued to flow in his blood.
He stepped on the hood of the car and flew up. Behind him, the heavy hammer smashed through the iron plate, and the axe brushed past the corner of his clothes. He was holding the knife in his hand, twisting his waist at an extremely delicate angle in mid-air, and the knife was like a light butterfly, kissing the servant's neck.
The kiss had a chilling coldness.
The servant's heavy head fell to the ground with a bang, and black blood burst out, splashing like a fountain to a height of 5 meters!
Before the blood fell to the ground, Lu Yingjiu had already circled around like a ghost and cut the throat of the next servant.
A servant rushed out, and the divine power chopped at his head with a frightening wind. Lu Yingjiu didn't even turn his head, bit his finger, and casually wiped the dripping blood on the talisman paper -
The talisman paper burst out with a fierce light!
Runes activated by blood are extremely dangerous and powerful, and only he dares to use them so casually.
The talisman paper fluttered out lightly.
This was a fire-summoning talisman paper. When placed in the past, it would only burn into a fist-sized fireball, which was not threatening. However, at this moment, the servants all stopped as they watched it lightly flutter through the air.
Instinct made them realize the huge danger.
And in fact, our intuition was correct.
Lu Yingjiu made a gesture.
A sun exploded above the bridge!
No one could look directly at that light.
If someone looked directly at the flash/bullet, he would experience severe astigmatism, double vision and blindness, his eyes would sting to the point of tears, and every turn would feel like sand rubbing against him. But now, the light of this talisman paper was much brighter and brighter, illuminating the Black Sea several kilometers away, the waves were bright, and the majestic bridge seemed to be burning.
The servants' cloudy eyes were completely blinded.
Blood gushed out of their eyes, they covered their eyes, screamed, and rolled on the ground in agony.
And this is not the end, along with the light comes flames.
The flames wrapped around their bodies, engulfing them completely and burning them until not even ashes were left.
The light and fire lasted for more than half an hour before they began to fade.
The power of the talisman paper had no effect on Lu Yingjiu. Even in the strong light, he still looked around with his sharp eyesight.
“Huahuahua—”
“Pah, pah!”
The unsettling climbing sound came again, more and more frequent this time, and the friction between the Shenwu and the bridge surface was like a violent storm.
How many attendants came this time
There must be several hundred of them, right
Lu Yingjiu clenched his dagger and took a deep breath. As expected, countless faces appeared on the edge of the bridge, and the new servants rushed over ferociously.
"Ouch!" A loud cry.
Maotuanzi finally rolled back!
Lu Yingjiu frowned slightly and looked in the direction of the cry, but he was plunged into the soft black fur. At the same moment, dozens of servants approaching them were cut off in half.
The sharp claws cut them in half cleanly.
A blood mist erupted in the air. Lu Yingjiu was stunned and took a small step back.
What appeared before him was a tall black beast.
Its fur is shiny and glossy, its eyes are silvery, its wolf-like body is powerful and strong, its limbs are slender and good at fighting, and its claws are stained with black blood. Just by looking at it, its fierce and ferocious aura makes people dare not approach it. No one will doubt that it will bite through the necks of all enemies and drink their blood.
This is…
Is this his fur ball
Lu Yingjiu was confused and looked at the black beast repeatedly.
The black beast's attitude was friendly. It used its big head to bow to welcome the wine. With a flick of its long tail, the ground was shattered into pieces nearly half a meter long, and more than a dozen servants were smashed into meat paste.
Lu Yingjiu was shocked. After a few seconds, he said, "You..."
The black beast wagged its tail, excitedly waiting for his praise.
Lu Yingjiu: "Your legs are actually that long?! I thought you would never grow any taller! Your legs were only 1 cm long before!"
Black Beast: “…”