The snow in the village and on the road had been cleared, but when we walked to the wilderness, the snow was still above our knees, and every step was very hard. But I guess Mu Ziyan and Zhang Dachuan and their gang were not much better than us. Not only were they fighting over a soy sauce on the road, but they also had to protect two children. They wouldn't be very fast. I think we can catch up with them within an hour.
But when we were about to climb the first hill, we saw two ghosts blocking the top of the mountain. Just as we were about to attack, we found out that they were Dong Xuejuan and her son. This was difficult for me. They were like tofu in the ashes, and they could not be blown or hit. However, they were controlled by the enemy, and it was clear that they were taking advantage of my weakness to attack me.
When Chen Gulong saw the two ferocious ghosts, especially the little ghosts at night, he was so scared that he screamed and rolled down the hillside. Faint, you are a special forces soldier, not even as good as Shen Bing.
"Country bumpkin, why don't you just take them away?" Shen Bing poked me and whispered.
I shook my head. Since their souls were controlled by the other party, they would be cursed and would be torn apart once they were put into the container.
"What should we do? They look like obstacles in our way. How can we get past them?" Shen Bing asked anxiously.
"Use the Hell Rope and tie it around their wrists, so they will tell you what curse the other party has cast on them."
As I said this, I opened my yin-yang eyes, took out a red rope, chanted a spell and burned it, then quickly climbed to the top of the mountain as the two ropes flew forward. At this moment, the mother and daughter rushed towards me with their fangs and claws bared. Judging from their ferocious expressions, they were both evil spirits. I couldn't use magic weapons, or they would kill me.
But the buddy was not so easy to die. He made a sideways leap and landed at their feet. With a wave of the magic formula, two dark ropes quickly wrapped around their wrists. Haha, why is the buddy so afraid? Because he had the help of the magic treasure, he dared to fight them in close combat. Moreover, the dark ropes were driven by the magic treasure's huge yin energy, making it difficult for evil spirits to dodge.
As the rope was tightened around them, the mother and daughter shook their heads as if awakened from a dream. Dong Xuejuan looked at me and said, "Yes, sir, why are you here?"
Pipi also shouted happily: "Uncle, are you here to save us?"
When I heard the child ask this, my heart ached. Uncle came too late. If he had stayed in your house that night, Zeng Laojin would not have dared to kill you. But this is your fate and it cannot be changed. Alas, I finally sighed in my heart and said to Pipi: "I am here to save you. Tell me what curse has been cast on you. After it is removed, you can go to the underworld."
Pipi obviously didn't understand what I was saying and looked at her mother. Dong Xuejuan cried, "We were stabbed in the heart with a needle. Now that we are awake, we feel very painful."
"Mom, I'm an obedient child. I won't say it hurts!" Pippi said firmly.
I touched the children's cold little heads and felt sad. The rope could only keep them awake for a quarter of an hour. If the curse on them could not be broken within this moment, the curse would explode, unless the rope was untied.
Shen Bing half-knelt on the ground, holding the child's hand, choking and saying, "Pipi is so good!" Then she turned around and asked me, "Have you thought of a solution?"
I lowered my head and didn't answer. The needle that was stuck in their hearts was a soul-piercing needle, which was similar to the method of taking living souls. It was an evil method specifically targeting ghosts and was very cruel. Once this needle was nailed into the ghost's heart, it became a part of the ghost's body and could not be pulled out. If you pulled it out forcefully, the ghost's heart would be brought out.
But this is not absolute. The Gate of Life and Death should know how to remove it. But how could these cruel beasts tell me how to remove the needle
I touched my nose and thought for a long time, then walked up to Dong Xuejuan and whispered, "Sister, I can't think of a way to help you remove the needles for now, but there is a way to make you fall asleep and relieve the pain. I will come back to save you after I find a way. Do you think this is okay?"
Dong Xuejuan wiped her tears and said, "Sir, whatever you say is fine. I want to go to the underworld with my children as soon as possible and reunite with my husband."
I nodded, raised my finger and gently touched her forehead, and whispered: "Calm the soul, unite with the Tao, nourish the true spirit, and calm the qi and meridians!" Dong Xuejuan rolled her eyes and fell to the snow. But at this time, she was invisible, only Pipi and I could see it, but Shen Bing couldn't see it.
Pippi ran over in panic and shouted: "Mom..."
I just stretched out my finger and touched his forehead and chanted a spell, and Pipi also fell unconscious. This is a kind of soothing spell for healing ghosts, which makes ghosts sleep and reduces pain. It is just right for them. Then I untied the ghost ropes on their wrists. At this time, Chen Gulong also climbed up from below in a mess, but he was exhausted and panting, sitting in the snow and couldn't get up.
I had to wait for him to recover before leaving. Shen Bing quietly asked me, "How are Dong Xuejuan and her son?" I said they were fine for now and there was no need to worry.
"Did Lao Chu go to Wild Wolf Valley? Does your broken compass really work?" Chen Gulong asked unhappily.
Without waiting for me to speak, Shen Bing said proudly, "The bumpkin used this method to chase him all the way from the northeast to Sanmenxia. Do you think it works?"
Chen Gulong looked up at the snowy night sky and frowned, saying, "We will only hurt ourselves if we continue to chase them like this. If Lao Chu was brought here by them and his life was in danger, he would have been killed on the way. We should just walk slowly so that we can save our strength and fight them later."
I thought, what's the point of deciding whether it's male or female? They don't even know whether it's male or female. I was anxious to stop them from melting the ice, but Chen Gulong couldn't digest this.
"Why are you so confused? Saving lives is like putting out a fire. We can't delay for a moment!" I glared at him, stood up and walked down the mountain.
Shen Bing followed up by saying, "Yes, if you don't care about brotherhood, just rest here by yourself."
Chen Gulong felt embarrassed and had no choice but to get up and follow. But now we went down the mountain, so we sat directly on the snow slope and slid down. When we got to the bottom of the mountain, we found two rotten corpses lying in the snow. They were obviously dead corpse generals. I don't think it makes sense to use this kind of thing to fight between fellow disciples. I feel that these are not corpse generals, but corpse slaves. So, they should be the two zombies holding the sky lantern to illuminate the heart.
But the bodies are here, and there is nothing to see, which means that they have more than two corpse slaves with them. When Chen Gulong saw the two rotten corpses, his face changed completely. I guess it would remind him of his sad memories, and think of Tao Yiyi's body, which looked like this. So he didn't dare to look at it any more, and hurried forward.