What Duoduo took out was a hairpin made of peach wood, with a dragon head pattern on the wider end.
"Hairpin? How could it be a hairpin?" I said in surprise.
But Xiaoli, who was standing next to me, suddenly covered her mouth with her hands.
Then, she said in a trembling voice with a look of shock: "This hairpin, yes, it belongs to my grandfather. Yes, it is the magic hairpin that my grandfather wore on his head. It is also a magic tool for catching ghosts."
Is it Jiang Jiuzhen’s magic hairpin
My heart skipped a beat, and suddenly, I seemed to think of something.
I hurriedly said to Duoduo, "Come on, Duoduo, take us over there quickly. This thing belonged to my master, and was left in front of that deep well. This means that it is very likely that my master Jiang Jiuzhen is over there. He may still be alive."
Xiao Li thought so too. She could not hide her excitement on her face. Her eyes were slightly red and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
The four of us hurriedly followed the troublemaker Duoduo and headed deeper into the cave.
We ran for more than ten minutes, but what appeared ahead of us were a series of forks in the road.
There are many earth holes at the fork in the road, no less than twenty of them, and I don’t know where they lead to.
There was a chilling smell of corpses coming out of every hole in the earth, which was very ominous.
It is very similar to the earth cave we encountered before.
"Brother, come with me. I have been through all these earthen caves. There is a huge maze inside. Before, after I entered, I walked around for a long time and passed through several earthen walls before I found the location of the deep well. Only then did I find this magic hairpin."
"But now I have determined the path in the maze and can find the deep well."
I nodded and said, "Okay, Duoduo, you lead the way and we will all follow you."
Duoduo's soul trembled slightly and turned into a ball of black gas, flying towards a hole in the middle.
We followed Duoduo and entered the cave.
The corpse gas in the earth cave was very strong, and the surrounding walls were a little damp, with pieces of ice chips appearing. The ice chips connected together to form an ice layer, covering the earth wall of the earth cave.
And the further you go inside, the heavier the cold and gloomy atmosphere becomes.
Seeing Xiaoli shivering uncontrollably due to the cold, I took off my windbreaker and put it on her shoulders.
Xiao Li nodded slightly, looked at me, and said in a soft voice: "Brother Tianyi, thank you. You are so kind to me."
I narrowed my eyes, smiled and said, "How can I not be nice to you? You are my girlfriend, so I should be nice to you."
Xiaoli's face turned red and she moved slightly closer to me.
Her soft body leaning against me made me feel warm.
The path inside the cave was not easy to walk on, and there were many scattered stones on the ground. Sometimes, the four of us felt like we were walking in circles. At first, I could still roughly remember the path, but after a while, I couldn't remember the path clearly, and my head was a little dizzy.
"Go forward, turn a few more paths, and you will reach the deep well." Duoduo said softly.
At this time, the ice layer in the cave was becoming thicker and thicker.
At this moment, it feels like the four of us have arrived in Antarctica and fallen into an ice hole.
Sun Yaowen was shivering from the cold, and his teeth were chattering together, making a crackling sound.
Liu Deshui and I both had a yin-de aura flowing out of us, so we didn't feel the corpse aura or the coldness in the cave that much. However, it was still a bit cold, like the weather in the cold winter.
What I didn't realize is
, my nose has turned red from the cold.
However, just when we were about to walk out of the cave, Duoduo, who was flying in front of us, suddenly returned.
Her soul appeared in front of me, with a hurried look on her face, and said to me: "Oh no, big brother, there are black and red bugs in the ice ahead. There are so many of them, all huddled in the ice. But I found that they can move in the ice and are still alive."
"Bugs, what bugs?" I couldn't help but wonder.
At this time, Liu Deshui raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a deep voice: "The insect that your evil ghost friend is talking about is probably the corpse-singing insect. This kind of insect lives in the land of corpse evil. Its body is black and red. It can grow by relying on corpse qi. Its cry can disturb people's nerves and it is very difficult to deal with."
"You and I have good karma, so we'll be fine. But I'm afraid your girlfriend and her father will be in trouble."
Liu Deshui's voice was very serious, and I understood that the corpse insect must be no simple creature.
I hurriedly asked, "Master Liu, is there no way to deal with the corpse bugs?"
Liu Deshui thought for a moment and said, "There is a way. Human blood has a strong attraction to the corpse insects. Unless one of us uses blood to attract the corpse insects, and the others hide, they may not find us, and we may be able to get to the deep well smoothly."
After hearing this, I didn't hesitate and said, "Okay, I'll go, you guys hide first. Wait until I attract all those corpse bugs away, and then we'll go together."
Liu Deshui nodded and said, "Also, Tianyi, those corpse-singing insects live in the ice and are very afraid of fire. If they chase you, you can use the fire-burning talisman to attack them."
"Okay, I understand."
I agreed.
Xiao Li walked up to me and said with a worried look on his face, "Brother Tianyi, you have to be careful."
I smiled and said, "It's okay, don't worry."
Afterwards, Liu Deshui took Xiaoli and Uncle Sun to a fork in the road and hid there.
There are many paths and small holes in the fork in the road. It is not easy to be discovered if you hide in them.
Seeing the three people leave and hide, I said to Duoduo, "Let's go, I'm going to meet those corpse insects!"
Duoduo nodded and took me to the depths of the cave.
After taking a few more detours, the ice in front of us became thicker and thicker.
At this time, the road became narrower and it was good enough for one person to pass through.
Soon, Duoduo flew back to my side and whispered, "Big brother, it's just ahead. Ahead is a path that leads to a deep well. The corpse-calling insects are hiding in the ice. There are quite a few of them. Although their bodies are moving, their range of movement is not large. They should be hibernating like snakes."
Duoduo actually knew that snakes hibernate. It seems that she has learned a lot during her time in the world of the living.
"Okay, I'll go over and take a look first, then you lead the way for me and we can lead them to somewhere else together."
Duoduo said with a smile: "Okay, big brother, I'll listen to you."
Then, I moved slowly and walked forward.
After walking a short distance, I swept my eyes across the ice on both sides in front of me, and my "spiritual" eyes noticed the corpse insects hiding in the ice.
Those corpse insects were black and red in color, wriggling one by one in the ice.
Their bodies are not big, but very slender, like small snakes. However, on their flat heads, there are a pair of small red wings similar to fish fins.
The little wings trembled and made a "sizzling" sound, just like the sound of a TV covered with snow.
Although the "sizzling" sound was not loud, it was still piercing in my ears and caused a brief stinging sensation in my head. At the same time, I also felt nauseous in my mouth.
I know that the corpse beetle can indeed affect a person's nerves.
This is when they are resting and recuperating. If they become violent, one can imagine how terrible the consequences will be.
Immediately, the energy of good deeds slowly surged out of my body.
The energy of Yin De gathers above the ears, temporarily blocking the ears and isolating the sounds.
Suddenly, I couldn't hear any sound, like a deaf person.
The long ice path, which stretched for more than ten meters, was filled with black and red corpse-singing insects.
Their calls sound very much like the cicadas in the trees in summer.
But they are not cicadas, they are much scarier than cicadas.
I nodded to Duoduo, then took out a knife and gently scratched the palm of my left hand.
The knife cut a hole in his left hand, and blood immediately flowed out.
As soon as the blood appeared, the strong smell of blood spread.
When those silent corpse insects smelled the scent of blood, they became restless and agitated.
Although no sound could be heard, the corpse insects kept hitting the ice that protected them.
Soon, a corpse-screaming insect crawled out of the small hole, wriggling quickly, and rushed towards me.
This was just the beginning. Later, pieces of ice fell off, and large numbers of corpse-screaming insects swarmed out and chased towards me.
When I saw them chasing me, I quickly ran behind them, dripping the blood on my hands onto the path.
Duoduo flew in front of me and I followed behind.
When I looked back, I noticed that at the place where I had just stood, where my blood first dripped, a large group of corpse insects were entangled together, feeding on my blood.
Some corpse-calling insects even attack other corpse-calling insects.
The attacked corpse insect naturally wanted to eat blood, so it began to fight back.
Soon, the corpse-singing insects' black and red bodies were bitten apart due to each other, and sticky black fluid flowed out.
The ** had a strong stench and its color was like ink.
I was too lazy to look and just ran quickly along the path.
Behind me, the corpse insects were flapping their little wings, chirping, and crawling quickly on the ground.
It was at this time that I noticed that they actually had feet, and they were tiny little feet, as numerous as the legs of woodlice, which made people feel scared just by looking at them.
I ran along the path panting and passing through one path after another. But I found that I had not gotten rid of the corpse insects yet, and there were still an unknown number of black and red corpse insects chasing me.
Fortunately, Duoduo was leading the way in front of me, and we led a large number of corpse insects to the side path.
Half an hour later, the corpse insects behind me disappeared, and I finally found a small earth hole. I squatted in it, breathing heavily, and prepared to rest for a while.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, my mind slowly calmed down, and I felt the "spirit" in the air to regulate my body.
I discovered that although there was a lot of corpse energy in this earth cave, there were also a lot of "spirits".
After regulating my breathing for more than ten minutes, I finally opened my eyes.
But soon after I opened my eyes, I heard a loud scream.
(to be continued)
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