But Wen Jiubai remained silent, apparently not wanting to tell me.
I was a little angry, stared at him and said, "Is it a huge black bug?"
Wen Jiubai frowned and looked at me, "How do you know?"
"I was dreaming. Just before you woke me up, I dreamed of my deceased grandpa. He said a lot of inexplicable things to me, and then... I saw a big black bug lying on his back." I said word by word, "Wen Jiubai, what the hell is that?"
Wen Jiubai and I looked at each other for a while, and finally sighed, with a smile on the corner of our mouth.
"That's right, I almost forgot about your special ability. It seems that I can't hide it from you even if I want to."
I crossed my arms, "You're still smart."
Wen Jiubai smiled, lowered his head, and seemed to be thinking about how to start explaining.
"Do you know 'sprites'?"
"Spirits? Are they sprites?" I wondered.
"That's right, it's that sprite." Wen Jiubai said firmly, "This is the name of the monster."
"But... isn't it said that '魑魔步' is the name of the four little ghosts? They are a kind of monsters?"
"There have always been different versions of monsters in history." Wen Jiubai talked eloquently, "First of all, this four-character phrase originally came from "Zuo Zhuan Three Years of Xuan Gong", and it was called 'monsters and monsters, you can't meet them.' However, in the Zuo Zhuan, it did not specify what kind of monsters the demons and monsters are. Soon after, the word demon appeared again in "Historical Records: The Book of the Five Emperors". ’ Here it is clearly explained that the ‘ghosts’ and ‘ghosts’ are two different kinds of monsters, not the four kinds of ghosts that most people understand literally.”
I nodded knowingly.
"The first dictionary in Chinese history, "Clouds" has separate explanations for demons and ghosts. It is said that the mountain god is a demon, and the water god is a monster. Since then, demons have evolved into monsters in the shape of mountain gods and monsters. Monsters are considered to be monsters of wood and stone." Wen Jiubai continued, "Then, in the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese Toriyama Shiyan further explained monsters and monsters. The sprites are described as such a monster: shaped like a three-year-old child, with red and black color, red eyes, long ears, and moist hair. It likes to eat the liver of the dead."
I became more confused, and couldn't help interrupting Wen Jiubai, "What are you talking about? Can't you explain it in more clear language?"
Wen Jiubai looked at me playfully, "Oh, fortunately, someone is still a student of the Chinese Department."
"you are annoying!"
"To put it simply, a sprite is a kind of monster that feeds on the corpses of the dead. In rural areas, mysterious incidents of graves being dug up and corpses disappearing often occur, which are mostly good deeds done by our sprites. Generally speaking, The sprites have a relatively mild temper and are not in large numbers. They feed on human or animal corpses, and they are relatively harmless monsters." Wen Jiubai folded his arms and thought, "It stands to reason that they rarely treat Living people do it, but there are exceptions to everything. If there is a person who looks delicious no matter what, then even if he is not dead, he will be targeted by monsters early."
I swallowed, "What will happen if you are targeted?"
"He will die, of course. But before he dies, his whole body has already been eaten by monsters, and he will die slowly in pain and unconsciousness." Wen Jiubai said calmly.
I was speechless for a while, and my grandfather's appearance before his death immediately appeared in my mind. Crazy, delirious, and before he died, his whole body had already begun to rot, giving off an unpleasant stench.
Including the dream I had tonight... Grandpa's entire legs were rotten to the bone. Is that the result of being eaten by sprites
"Then, what kind of person would be targeted by monsters while they were alive?" I recalled my grandfather's appearance before he was alive, and I couldn't think of how an ordinary grumpy old man could attract such a terrifying monster .
"Who knows." Wen Jiubai sighed, and spread his hands, "I'm not a sprite, and I don't know how they choose their prey."
"I see..." I was a little disappointed, but Wen Jiubai was right.
It seems like there's nothing we can do until something happens.
"However, this sprite did not leave after your grandfather passed away, but continued to hover in this home."
Wen Jiubai walked in front of me, and we walked into the hospital together, sitting on a chair outside the ward and waiting.
"Although I don't know why, this monster seems to be very interested in your family, and it continues to lie dormant here, preparing to hunt new prey."
"So, why can't you just get rid of this monster?" I became anxious again, "Can't you use your talisman, or a spell, to cast a spell or something?"
Wen Jiubai looked at me helplessly, "Did you watch too many TV dramas? If all the monsters in the world could be exorcised with a simple spell, the monster exterminator would have lost his job a long time ago."
I muttered, "Now the exorcists are almost out of work..."
Wen Jiubai raised his hand and gave me a shudder.
"It hurts!"
"Whoever told you to talk nonsense should be hit."
"You're the one. Did I touch the sore spot?" I stuck out my tongue.
Wen Jiubai ignored my joke, and continued the topic just now, "I've said it many times, so-called monsters are born from the human heart. Therefore, if you want to get rid of monsters, you must start with people. If you can't figure out the reason why the monster parasitizes, no amount of effort will be of use."
I opened my mouth, just about to say something more. At this moment, the door of the ward opened suddenly, and first my mother and my uncle came out, and then my cousin and second cousin who came after us.
Everyone's face was ugly, needless to say the adults, even the second cousin who was playing with her mobile phone with a disdainful face yesterday was pale and trembling uncontrollably. And my cousin was even more exaggerated. As soon as he walked out of the ward, his tears couldn't stop streaming down. After seeing Wen Jiubai and me, he burst into tears.
"Master! Great God! Great God Wen! Please save grandma, she is such a good old lady, she can't just die like this!" Cousin grabbed Wen Jiubai's sleeve, snot and burst into tears, "My grandma, she is right I'm so good, please save her!"
I was taken aback by this sudden situation, while Wen Jiubai frowned.
"Calm down, what's the matter?" Wen Jiubai asked in a deep voice.
"You go in and have a look." Uncle said a little unbearably, and then turned his head away.