As the seven ghost children turned into ashes, the big-bellied evil woman who looked back while escaping was so frightened that her mind was trembling. With a "bang", she smashed the wall at the end of the corridor of the inn and jumped into the wind and snow outside.
The whistling sound of "Woo...Woo..." outside, accompanied by wind and snow, swept into the inn, and the temperature suddenly dropped.
As soon as Fengxue came in, the ground, which had shown signs of burning due to the kerosene torches, began to flicker with flames. Ji Yuan waved his sleeves, and all the flames, except those on the charcoal brazier and some lampshades and candlesticks that were still intact, were extinguished at once, and the light in the inn became much dimmer.
At the same time, Ji Yuan also reached out to catch the wisps of ghost boy ashes falling in front of him. After counting with his fingers, he turned his head and whispered something behind him.
"Go and look at her."
The green vine sword behind him trembled slightly, and then a green shadow flashed along the corridor of the inn and flew into the wind and snow.
This evil woman has no demonic aura and is neither human nor ghost. Although she has some evil methods, they are very shabby in Ji Yuan's eyes. Yet, she can be "resurrected" after being beheaded. Looking at her own background and combining it with what he heard before about "practicing skills", it is very likely that she has a heritage.
Although this evil training method is neither fish nor fowl, it is impossible for me to figure it out by myself. The person who inherited it is either rubbish himself or has ulterior motives. In any case, I cannot let it go.
I used this hexagram to ask about the partial and the partial, and indeed got the correct answer.
Du Heng took two steps towards Ji Yuan, put the knife behind his back and bowed towards Ji Yuan.
"Mr. Ji, do you need me to chase that witch?"
Ji Yuan shook his head and looked at the four knights with pale faces. Just now, the four of them were just holding on with strong breaths, but now that the crisis was over, they could no longer hold on and fell to the ground. Most of them only had the strength to breathe, and their situation was very bad.
"I have a backup plan. Let me save the lives of these warriors first."
Looking around, Ji Yuan pointed to the inn rooms that were still intact.
"We will help them to the room, and it is best to block the wall of the corridor with door panels and quilts first."
"yes!"
Du Heng responded and called on his friend to take action. Ji Yuan also went over with him to support those knights.
After most of the people entered the room, two warriors came over to move the door panel that was kicked away, and took quilts and other things from the bed to block the hole in the corridor over there, but there were no nails at the moment.
The waiter who had just been frightened paralyzed has come back to his senses. He stood up trembling and said that he would go look for the nail. However, looking at the awkward state of his clothes at the moment, he might change his clothes first.
The innkeeper and other waiters had already been awakened by the noise, but because of the sound of weapons clashing and the man's crying and screaming, no one dared to come out of the room. As the whole thing happened so quickly, they fell silent before they could even muster up the courage to go out and report to the police, and they dared not move.
The situation wasn't settled until the surviving waiter came downstairs and explained the situation with lingering fear. As for the guy whose heart was dug out, all they could do for the time being was mourn in silence.
In an intact room upstairs, four injured and poisoned warriors were placed on the floor covered with bedding, lying in a row next to each other.
The other warriors stood by and watched nervously. Ji Yuan carefully observed the changes in their auras one by one before starting to take action.
The short and quick spell gathered spiritual energy, which combined with the magic power formed an invisible magic whisk. Then Ji Yuan waved his sleeves to the left and right, and the spiritual energy and magic power surged out with the movement.
Most of the evil and poisonous gases were swept out of the bodies of the few people and fell into several newly set up charcoal fire basins nearby, making a sizzling sound.
However, the remaining poison has already eroded the essence of the body and it is impossible to eliminate it so easily. Either the body can be slowly nourished with spiritual energy for a long time and recover over time, or a panacea can be used.
So Ji Yuan took out the dates he had brought with him from his sleeve.
As soon as the fire dates appeared, Du Heng recognized them. He saw Mr. Ji holding a date in his right hand and slightly opening the mouths of several warriors with his left hand. He dripped some juice into each of them, and the powdered date fell into their mouths. When all four of them had eaten the fire dates, only half of the date was left in Mr. Ji's hand.
As soon as the fire dates entered their mouths, Ji Yuan used his spiritual energy to warm the four people's internal organs and help the dates absorb into their bodies.
From the perspective of others, the four companions who were originally in extremely bad conditions suddenly became rosy-faced, and there was a faint warmth rising from their bodies.
Ji Yuan nodded and stood up, and the four people on the ground also opened their eyes and sat up subconsciously. They intuitively felt a surge of strength in their bodies, no longer as weak and feeble as before.
Li Tongzhou clenched his fists and looked at the other three people beside him, and asked in disbelief.
"Are we ready?"
Ji Yuan looked at him, shook his head and smiled.
"Alright? Haha, it's too early. Now it's just that the energy of the fire dates has been absorbed into you, making you feel energetic. If you want to truly recover, it will take at least a month. The lost skills cannot be recovered either. You need to practice more. Remember to avoid cold showers and no sex within a month!"
It was also thanks to these people's excellent martial arts and certain attainments in internal strength that they had achieved, otherwise they would not have been able to hold on until this moment.
"Yes!" "No need!" "Thank you sir for saving me"
"Thank you very much!"
Several people hurriedly responded and thanked him. They thought they were lucky to be alive after having a near-death experience.
After giving a few words of advice, Ji Yuan turned to Du Heng and said.
"I'm going to chase that witch. You just take care of yourselves and take care of the inn's affairs."
After saying this, Ji Yuan opened the door and walked out of the room, nodded to the few people who were still filling the gap in the corridor, and left directly from the stairs.
After Ji Yuan left, the other warriors in the room relaxed. Although this master did not look stern, seeing that Du Heng did not dare to speak carelessly, the others dared not to speak either.
"Brother Du, is that Mr. Ji the 'teacher' you mentioned?"
A warrior finally couldn't help asking about Ji Yuan.
"That's right. I first met Mr. Ji because he saved my life and the lives of other friends."
Li Tongzhou and four others were sitting cross-legged and using their internal energy to coordinate with the heat from the jujube to clear their meridians, but they were still able to distract themselves and speak. When they saw Du Heng answering, they also joined in the conversation.
"Did Mr. Ji just blow a breath and all those ghost things turned into ashes?"
"It seems... yes..."
"How high must this martial arts skill be!"
"Martial arts? It looks like a wisp of smoke coming out of it... Do you think it's martial arts? Look at that witch and those ghosts..."
"Indeed, it's better to call it a spell!"
"this… "
Finally, they looked at Du Heng, who just shook his head slightly and smiled mysteriously.
"You can't say that!"
. . .
In the wind and snow outside the inn, Ji Yuan did not fly, but used the method of swimming dragon to chase after him.
The Green Ivy Sword had been hanging in the sky, looking down at the giant-bellied woman who looked neither human nor ghost. It would be best if she could act as a panicked guide along the way. But if she still wanted to harm others at this time, the Green Ivy Sword would kill her. Although it would be a little troublesome afterwards, it might not be impossible to find the culprit.
Moreover, the Qingteng Sword could be seen revealing a sharp aura, which seemed to be driving the woman away.
So the situation at this moment was just as Ji Yuan had expected. This woman who was neither human nor ghost fled in panic, but she did not have any escape skills. Although she looked like a ghost and was extremely fast, she was actually still running on the ground. It could not even be considered as light work, but could only be said to be close to ghost skills.
Although they seemed a little panicked and confused, they were basically moving in one direction.
From the information Ji Yuan learned and the brief contact tonight, it seemed that the other party was not outstanding in either ability or character. He would retaliate against several warriors if they bared their teeth. He dared to try to harm the life of a person from a small county town even though his physical body was destroyed by the warriors. Now he was fleeing with a clear direction and purpose.
This also made Ji Yuan more certain of his guess. With this kind of mentality, without someone to guide him, he would definitely not survive long, at least in the border of Dazhen.
Although the wind and snow at night were extremely cold, it did not have much impact on the half-human, half-ghost woman. On the contrary, the cover gave her a false sense of security. Although she was so panicked that she could not calm down, she thought she had temporarily gotten rid of the scary man in white.
"We can't relax. We must escape in this snowy night and come back to settle the score later!"
Just like this, one escaped and the other followed, they ran through the snow and wind, seeing the dawn and sunset for two days and three nights, and actually reached Qiu Ze Mansion in the north of Jinzhou, crossed Qiu Shui Lake, passed through large tracts of woods and wilderness, and finally entered a mountain whose top Ji Yuan did not yet know.
I have to say that this neither human nor ghost thing can really run fast. Even Ji Yuan, who didn't know how to fly yet, couldn't beat her.
After entering the mountain, the woman's speed did not slow down but became even faster. After another half a day, she finally ran into a shady valley. When she saw a wooden house inside, her face showed joy.
"Master! Master, save me! Master!"
The door of the wooden house opened automatically, and inside there was an old man in a black robe who looked like an immortal sitting cross-legged on a cushion. He didn't seem surprised at all to see the woman running away.
The woman fled into the wooden house, and the anxiety that had been hanging in her heart finally settled down.
"Master, Master, please save me! Avenge my child!"
The old man watched the pregnant woman run in, looked around but didn't see any other ghost children, so he frowned.
"Don't worry, don't worry. What about the other devils? Were they captured by the city god or some other land god or mountain god? I told you to be careful to avoid the eyes and ears of the gods. But it's not a big deal. The devils are dull and we can't ask anything. Besides, this is not the border of Dazhen anymore, so there's no need to worry."
The woman breathed a sigh of relief. Except for her pupils, she looked no different from an ordinary person. No one could tell that she had been beheaded.
"Master, the one who tripped me up was not the ghost or god you mentioned, but a man in white."
"people?"
The old man's heart moved.
"What kind of jade pendant magic weapon is the other party using?"
The woman shook her head.
"No, I ordered my ghostly children to pounce on that man, and he blew a puff of smoke and burned all my children to ashes. Mother and child are connected by heart, it was so painful and hateful! Fortunately, he was not fast enough to catch up with me. Master, you must do this for me... Master, what's wrong with you?"
The woman suddenly noticed that the old man's face had changed, and he was sweating, something she had never seen before. He looked at her seriously.
"Blow a puff of smoke?"
"Hmm... just a weird wisp of grey smoke..."
"The devil who turned into a ghost? He didn't use any magic weapon?"
The woman nodded nervously.
"Are you sure he has poor running speed? By the way, did you feel anything wrong when you came back? For example, you felt so anxious that you couldn't calm down!"
The woman's face changed. Seeing this reaction, the old man's heart skipped a beat. He knew the result without her answering.