Shen Bing and I hurriedly asked what happened. Wen Dayong pointed at the black gas and said that it was coming out of a deep well in the center of the village. It was said to be a well of evil spirits. The black gas was coming out because the evil spirits were going out to collect a few people. There had been no movement for many years. When he was a teenager, he saw this kind of situation once. The next morning, more than ten people died in the village.
Wen Dayong hurriedly helped his wife pack up the offerings and took them back to the house. He also called us in and closed the door tightly. When we ran to the bed, we saw that the child was awake, staring at the roof with a pair of black eyes. The redness on his face faded, and his complexion became a little yellow and white. This is the appearance of a person who has just recovered from a serious illness. It seems that the weakness is gone!
The couple happily picked up the child and kept thanking us, saying that we were as magical as the Big Foot Fairy.
I smiled, but in my heart I was worried about the legend of the Earthly Demon Well, because I didn't doubt that Wen Dayong was exaggerating. This black air looked really weird, and it was definitely a strong evil spirit. If it was really the evil spirit that he said, it would be a big trouble. When I encountered this situation, I couldn't just sit there and do nothing.
After thinking for a while, I told them that we have the habit of taking a walk after dinner, so let's go out for a stroll. Wen Dayong nervously stopped me and said that the evil spirit came out to seduce people, so if we go out, won't we just deliver ourselves to the door
I chuckled and said, "We are just doing the job of getting rid of evil spirits, you don't have to worry about that."
Under the stunned gaze of the couple, we walked out of the wooden house, closed the door tightly, and took out a talisman to ward off evil spirits and stuck it on the door. Then Shen Bing and I strode along a snow-free path and went deep into the village. In fact, this village is not big, with only more than 40 households, but they are unevenly located on the slopes, which makes it look quite big.
After the black cloud appeared, all the lights in the village went out. It was pitch black everywhere and there was no sound at all, as if one had entered a ghost village.
Wen Dayong just said that the well is in the center of the village, so it is easy to find. We shone the flashlight around and observed the terrain. Finally, we walked to a big tree in the middle of the village and saw a dark deep well!
The tree had long since dried up, and the bark had peeled off and the exposed trunk was worn smooth. Shen Bing stuck out his tongue and said, "Did this well suck the tree to death?"
I nodded. It looked like this. The big tree was sucked dry by the evil spirit at the bottom of the well. There were several large stones on the well platform. They were cleaned up without any snow. I was about to walk over when I heard footsteps around me. Shen Bing and I looked at each other and suddenly had an ominous premonition.
We both quickly hid behind a big tree and turned off the flashlight. I vaguely saw a few people coming out from behind the dark corner of the house, but they didn't come from one direction, but from all directions. I roughly counted them and there were nine people. They staggered and gathered towards the wellhead as if they were sleepwalking.
"Were they seduced here?" Shen Bing asked in a low voice.
I think it looks like it, but I'm not completely sure, because Wen Dayong said that more than ten people died that year, but there are only nine people here, which doesn't seem to fit the evil spirit's modus operandi. But then I thought of something else, if we add the two of us, wouldn't that be eleven people? Oh my god, did the evil spirit count us when he went out this time
"Hang the Bagua mirror around your neck. If you run into trouble later, just raise the mirror and point it towards the wellhead." I whispered to Shen Bing.
She shuddered when she heard that, and held my hand and said, "Are we also on the blacklist?"
Damn, what blacklist? You really are good at thinking of words.
"Well, we might be wanted persons, so you should be prepared." I said, clenching a copper coin in my palm, biting my finger, tapping her forehead and mine, and then closing the door to refuse visitors.
"Did you wash your hands just now?" Shen Bing asked unhappily.
"No, their washbasin looked unclean, so..."
"Asshole, why are you putting dots on my forehead without washing your hands?"
At this time, everyone came to the well mouth, and I hurriedly covered her mouth. They all knelt devoutly on the edge of the well, and I could vaguely see that there were five men and four women, tightly packed together, just surrounding the well mouth.
From between them, a red light slowly lit up from the well mouth, illuminating everyone's face clearly. Each of them had a cold expression and fierce eyes, which looked very scary under the red light. As if they were arranged by something, they kept moving their bodies and moved to the sides, leaving a space big enough for two people.
I was stunned. Could it be that this was the place made available for us
Just as I was thinking about this, I heard footsteps coming from behind. Three more people were coming. When I got closer, I saw that it was Brother Niu and the other three beasts. The three of them were just like those people. They walked to the edge of the well in a daze and knelt in the gap left by the big guy.
It turns out that twelve people are needed. There is a Taoist saying about the twelve-story building, which refers to the human throat, which has twelve sections. This well looks like a big mouth. Could it be that twelve people are needed to cultivate the twelve-story building
The three beasts deserved to die, but judging from the clothes and appearance of the other nine people, they were all villagers. It was a bit too cruel for them to be possessed by the evil spirit. Thinking of this, I whispered to Shen Bing not to come out from behind the tree, stood up and walked behind the group of people, and looked into the well.
The red light in the well was very bright, but from my angle, I could only see the area two or three meters below the well mouth, and could not see any water. I suddenly thought of the Ghost Town Soul-Reflecting Well. I thought, could there be a bloody light at the bottom of the well
At this moment, the red light in the well surged, and the twelve people turned around and looked at me. I was startled. Although my buddy closed the door to visitors, he was too close to the well mouth and was still discovered by the evil spirit inside. Since my whereabouts have been exposed, I might as well take action directly. I took out a talisman, pinched the magic formula and chanted: "Tian Peng Tian Peng, Jiuxuan evil boy. With a blow of the magic sword, all the ghosts will collapse. Hurry up and obey the command!"
The yellow talisman suddenly ignited the moment I finished reciting the spell, and I threw it into the well. With a "boom", the fire became brighter, and a straight black gas spurted out and rushed straight up to the sky. Twelve people suddenly jumped up, each of them ferociously rushing towards me. Damn, they didn't even catch the dead thing in the well, and they got angry at me.
I dodged left and right, leaving these people empty-handed. They actually piled up around me like a pile of monks. I raised my right index finger and quickly tapped each of their foreheads. After the Yang blood sealed their spiritual orifices, their heads tilted and they fainted one by one.
However, the black gas that rushed out from the wellhead quickly fell back, turned around on the wellhead, and rushed behind the tree like a black dragon, rolling up Shen Bing and taking him down the wellhead.
"Ah... bumpkin..."