There is a saying in Taoism that goes "The public gate shocks the ghosts and gods."
People in the public sector are not afraid of ghosts and gods because uniforms, police badges, seals, and everything else that can represent the majesty of the country carry the country's destiny and represent the majesty of the public sector, which is enough to kill ghosts. Even ordinary ghosts and gods will retreat when they meet people in the public sector.
However, there is a prerequisite for suppressing evil spirits with the power of the government, that is, the person concerned must have a righteous heart. A righteous person and a righteous heart are the basis for exorcising evil spirits and suppressing ghosts, and facing ghosts and gods directly. In other words, people in the government can choose not to worship gods, but they must be worthy of their official uniforms, otherwise they can never hold their heads high in front of ghosts and gods.
The light on Lao Du's collar is as sharp as a sword, slaying ghosts and exorcising evil spirits, which is enough to show that he is loyal and has no regrets. Perhaps even the ghosts did not expect to meet such a person, so they were hit by him.
Soon after I rescued Lao Du, I heard a cry coming from under the closet in the room: "Dad, Dad..."
"Child—" Chen Liu's voice suddenly became tearful, "Where are you?"
"Dad... Dad..." A child's hand suddenly stretched out from under the closet in the middle of the training room. The little hand, covered with mud, stretched out its five fingers and fumbled around outside the closet: "Dad, where are you? Save me! They buried me in the ground, I'm so cold!"
“No, no, no…” Chen Liu, who collapsed on the ground in fear, kept backing away, “Don’t come over here, don’t come over here…”
Just as I was about to move forward, the cabinet door beside me suddenly flew open, and four bloody fingers were clinging to the edge of the cabinet door at the same time. At first glance, it looked like someone pushed the door open, held the cabinet door with one hand, shrank his body in the cabinet, and waited for me to move forward.
When Lao Du raised his gun and pointed it at the door, I reached out and held his wrist: "Wait a minute!"
When Lao Du looked at me in surprise, Chen Liu was already lying on the ground, crawling towards me using his hands and feet: "Brother, help me..."
I watched a child covered in dirt sticking half of his body out from under the closet and grabbing Chen Liu's ankle. Chen Liu was immediately scared out of his wits: "Don't grab me, don't grab me... I'm not your father! Don't grab me..."
"Dad... don't you want me anymore?" The child leaned forward with a crying voice, held down Chen Liu's feet, and crawled towards Chen Liu little by little.
Chen Liu desperately kicked his legs: "Help, help! Brother, kill him, quickly! He is not my son..."
I took out a ghost-killing coin from my pocket with a cold look, held it between my two fingers, blocked the square hole of the coin with my index finger, and raised my hand to flick it towards Chen Liu.
The vertically rotating big coin fell from the sky and landed right on top of Chen Liu's head. After bouncing off him for a moment, it rolled along his spine to Chen Liu's waist. As soon as the ghost-killing money touched the yin energy on the ghost's body, it immediately exploded with a red glow. Under the red light, the inch-long ghost-killing money was like a rolling knife wheel, cutting down directly on the little ghost's head.
When the blade swept across Chen Liu's back, the little ghost lying behind him was also split into two and fell to both sides of Chen Liu's body. Before the two pieces of the little ghost's body exploded into phosphorous fire, Chen Liu rolled and crawled behind me: "Brother..."
“Hahaha…” Before Chen Liu could finish his words, Old Zhang, who was sitting behind the closet, burst into laughter. “How fucking funny! Chen Liu, don’t you usually treat your child like a treasure? Why are you so scared now?”
Chen Liu said sternly: "He is already dead. How can ghosts be the same as humans? When ghosts are unreasonable, they will not even let go of their own father..."
"Hmph!" Old Zhang snorted coldly, "No need to find so many excuses! Ghosts won't disown their relatives. If you're afraid of death, then you're afraid of death. What else can you say?"
Chen Liu was furious: "I don't believe you're not afraid! If you have the guts, catch a ghost yourself and let me see!"
"Of course I'm not afraid." Lao Zhang sneered, "If you are afraid of ghosts when you are alive, you will still be a ghost after you die. What's there to be afraid of..."
"You..." Chen Liu's voice trembled obviously, "Are you dead?"
I turned my head to look at Old Zhang, who had half of his body exposed from behind the cabinet, and sure enough, I saw a several-inch-long cut on the back of his head, with bright red blood dripping down his neck.
Sitting in a pool of blood, Lao Zhang laughed and said, "None of you noticed, did you? There were not one but two ghosts falling from the ceiling. There was also a little ghost lying on the back of the female ghost in red. When the female ghost landed, she blocked your view with her body, and the little ghost ran away secretly."
"When Mr. Wu was dealing with the female ghost, it wasn't that the female ghost couldn't see him, it was the little ghost who told him not to move. Hehe..."
Lao Zhang sneered, "You think you can scheme, but can you scheme against a ghost? You don't even know the ghost is in the house, what the hell are you scheming! I was just clinging to the cabinet, and he reached out from the cabinet and grabbed my hair, and then he opened my head little by little with his hands. I could even hear the sound of my bones being dug up, so can't you hear it?"
I said coldly: "Why didn't I see that little devil?"
"You didn't see it?" Old Zhang said in a sinister voice, "Tell them to think about it. When the female ghost came down, did they see someone behind her? Did they see the female ghost leaning sideways?"
When I glanced at Lao Du, he shook his head solemnly. I didn't know whether he wanted to say that he didn't see it or that he couldn't remember it.
Chen Liu said in a trembling voice: "I remember now. When the female ghost came down, her back was indeed bulging. Before she fell into the cabinet, she even used her hand to support the cabinet. I remember now!"
When I frowned slightly, Lao Zhang said again: "Mr. Wu, if you still don't believe it, just recall it yourself. That female ghost almost touched you twice, why did she suddenly stop? If there was no one giving the order, would she let you go so easily?"
I said in a deep voice: "Since someone is giving the orders, why not just let him kill me? Wouldn't that be easier?"
"Kill you? No..." Lao Zhang shook his head, "Killing you would be meaningless. They want one of you to survive, and it would be best if it was you. When you are driven crazy, Wen Xin will know how stupid his decision was. You will be sent to Wen Xin's home, and he will have to see a madman every day. Only in this way can he be reminded not to play any tricks."
Only then did I smile and say, "Do you think you can drive me crazy with your little tricks?"
"Why not?" Lao Zhang's voice suddenly rose a few notches. "What does a warlock fear the most? Losing the life of their employer! They will make you watch your employers being tortured to death one by one in front of you. I don't believe you won't go crazy."
Just as I was about to speak, Lao Zhang said sternly, "You'd better not say anything harsh! If you hadn't let that little devil in, your maze might have been somewhat effective, but when he came, he brought all our people in. Now this room is full of our people, and whoever we want to die will die."
"Really?" I said in a deep voice, "Then how about you let someone die for me to see?"
Lao Zhang sneered, "You can calculate it yourself, right? Then go ahead and calculate it! There are still four people. I don't believe you can't figure out who will live and who will die."
"I don't know if anyone among us will die. But one of your ghosts will definitely die first!" As I spoke, I suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into the cabinet door.
After the sharp blade pierced through the door, fluorescent green phosphorescent fire immediately overflowed from behind the door. Chen Liu was so scared that he knelt on the ground with a plop: "Brother, are you crazy?"
Chen Liu was so frightened that his face turned pale and his lips trembled: "What time is it now? Why are you showing off? You don't kneel down and beg the gods for mercy, and you still dare to fight back?"
Begging for mercy might not work, but it might not be useless either. Especially when a sorcerer is fighting against a demon, as long as he is not killed on the spot by the opponent, there is at least a 50% chance of saving his life by kneeling down and begging for mercy.
Because a living sorcerer is far more useful to ghosts and gods than a corpse. In a sense, ghosts and gods exist for profit. As long as someone can satisfy the needs of ghosts and gods, they can not only borrow power from ghosts and gods, but even ask ghosts and gods to kill people. Therefore, a corpse can only temporarily relieve the anger of ghosts and gods, but enslaving a sorcerer can allow ghosts and gods to receive tribute continuously.
Sometimes, the difference between life and death depends on whether the warlock's knees are hard or soft.
Chen Liu obviously wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy.
I looked at Chen Liu coldly: "I have done everything, but I have never died! I want to see how he kills me!"
Lao Zhang said in a sinister voice: "You are not afraid of death, and the people around you are not afraid of death either? How about we play a game?"
"No, no..." Chen Liu pushed me away, "Great Immortal, please spare my life. I am willing to serve you..."
Before Chen Liu could finish his words, I lifted him up by his arms. Chen Liu not only failed to keep his footing under my force, but he stretched out his hand and pushed me in the chest: "Get out..."
I didn't wait for his palm to get close, and stabbed the dagger in my right hand into his body. After Chen Liu screamed and fell to the ground, I also pulled out the dagger: "Now there are no people who are afraid of death. What game do you want to play? Start!"
"You..." Old Zhang turned his head suddenly in shock. His eyes had long lost their life, but a look of disbelief appeared in his empty pupils.
Just as I was about to stand up, Chen Liu, who was stabbed by me, suddenly stood up and put a hand on my shoulder. Chen Liu's fingers near my neck had become cold, like someone who had been dead for a long time, pressing my shoulder from behind.
Lao Zhang laughed and said, "What did I say? There are still us in the room..."
Without waiting for him to finish, I reached out and twisted Chen Liu's wrist, suddenly squatted down, carried Chen Liu over my shoulder, and threw him in the direction of Lao Zhang. (To be continued)