Twilight Boundary Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Evil spirits in the woods

"what is that?"

 Today's Hu Ma is capable and brave, but now in the wilderness, in the middle of the night, seeing such a weird and evil paper man, I can't help but feel frightened.

 This seems to come from human instinct, and sometimes it has little to do with ability.

However, a capable person can recover quickly, take a breath, suppress the sudden panic, hold the handle of the knife, and ask in a low voice.

 “It's the evil ghost maid who's here.”

Aunt Zhang waited for the two paper figures to float back into the forest before she lowered her voice and replied: "Look, there must be some big evil spirit nearby. It smelled our stranger scent, so it sent little ghosts out to lure us. People."

“I set up an incense array, but they couldn't find us, so they could only keep wandering around here.”

Hu Ma's heart froze for a moment, then he understood the meaning of her words.

The two maids, when I first saw them, looked like two people. If ordinary people were here, they would probably see two maids carrying lanterns. It had just rained and the surroundings were damp and cold. Everyone is tired and their brains are unclear.

Perhaps he was really in a daze and went to drink hot soup with these two maids.

Of course, once you enter the woods, you can't tell who will drink whom.

I was reminded by Aunt Zhang that the first time I saw them, they were human beings, but I was distracted, and the next time I saw them, they turned into paper figures.

Hu Ma said: "Then what should we do now?"

Aunt Zhang watched the paper maidservants and the little light they were holding disappear into the woods, then turned around and gently touched Hu Ma's eyes with her fingers.

The flax was pressed with her fingers, and she could feel the roughness on her fingertips. She must have done a lot of farm work, but after wiping it on her eyelids, something was left behind, which was slightly moist, and her eyes felt cold.

Just as he was about to ask what it was, Agu Zhang had already put down her palm and held down his arm.

Hu Ma also immediately understood and looked into the distance again.

Looking again this time, there was no paper maid. Surprisingly, only two will-o'-the-wisps were seen floating out of the forest.

They rose and fell, stopping for a moment, wandering outside the forest.

 In my ears, I can vaguely hear the faint voice of a woman in the mountain wind: "Passing... guest..."

It seems that these two will-o'-the-wisps are the real entities. No matter the two maids I saw before or the two paper figures I saw after calming down, they are all evil changes.

As Aunt Zhang said, they kept floating out of the forest and patrolling back and forth, as if because they knew there was someone here but couldn't find them, they became more and more anxious, spinning around in circles like a whirlwind.

 “The mud I applied to you is the mud on the bottom of the coffin, so you can see the true appearance of evil spirits.”

Agu Zhang took advantage of them to float a little further and said to Hu Ma: "Look out for the people behind you and don't let them make any noise."

 “Mud at the bottom of the coffin?”

Humah stretched out his hand and touched it carefully. He felt a little chilly in his heart and said, "Can you see this if you put it on it?"

“Coffin bottom mud, grapefruit leaves, and cow tears are all things that allow people to see them.”

Along the way, Aunt Zhang got used to Hu Ma's tendency to ask questions, so she explained in a low voice: "The incense array I burned is to prevent the evil spirits from seeing us."

Hu Ma looked forward and saw that four or five bunches of incense had been burned in front of Aunt Zhang. They were all dotted outside. The smoke of the incense floated up, and the red dots were even more obvious in the night. But unfortunately, the two will-o'-the-wisps couldn't be seen.

They floated around, and sometimes they came into contact with the smoke from the burning incense, and then they drifted away again.

 “Xiang array?”

As he watched, Hu Ma memorized the number and arrangement of the incense in his mind, and then looked back at the handlebars and the waiter behind him.

These people are really lucky. They are still sleeping soundly, but they don't know that they are experiencing this weird and weird thing.

The donkey woke up and held its tail tightly between its legs.

Steward Zhou has also woken up now and is leaning against the wall. Although he is young, he is sensible. Although he was startled, he did not make any movement.

In the dark night, they couldn't see each other clearly, and he even made a gesture to Hu Ma, indicating that he wanted to help.

“I don't know what kind of evil spirits there are in this forest, how can they be compared to the Red Lantern Lady…”

Hu Ma was observing the people behind him. If they suddenly woke up and made a noise that alerted Xie Sui, something bad would happen. He would need to be ready to knock them out at any time.

But I couldn't help but be curious about the two will-o'-the-wisps. According to Aunt Zhang, these two were just little ghosts who came out to look for living people. In other words, the one in the forest was the real evil spirit that wanted to eat people...

But with my own eyesight, I can't tell how powerful this evil spirit is.

So what? Should we find the right opportunity to deal with it?

Thinking in his mind, he looked at Aunt Zhang, only to see that she just kept looking after the incense array in front of her. The incense sometimes burned slowly and sometimes burned quickly.

But she just watched with concentration, holding the fire stick in one hand and reaching into the baggage with the other. Whenever a stick of incense was about to burn out, she would replace it in time. In this way, the incense array continued to exist, and the will-o'-the-wisps outside kept lingering.

Having been suffering for about half an hour now, the two will-o'-the-wisps became more and more anxious, and suddenly exploded with a pop.

Immediately afterwards, a strange wind suddenly blew in the forest.

The wind blew so hard that the trees swayed this way and that, the vegetation and gravel rustled, and the incense in front of them became bright.

As it swirled into the forest, something seemed to be flowing out slowly. In the night, Hu Ma's eyes widened, and she couldn't see clearly what it was, or whether there was anything real. However, she could feel something coming out of the forest and squeezing through the trees bit by bit. , as if a sinister gaze was scanning.

“Is that evil spirit in the forest getting impatient and coming out to take a look?”

Aunt Zhang didn't need to explain. Hu Ma also understood what happened and quickly looked back.

I saw the handlebar type and the two guys who were sleeping soundly. They were also soaked by the cold wind and felt a little uncomfortable.

 The two of them turned over, from sleeping side by side to holding each other's legs.

There was another one, who swayed slightly and looked like he was about to wake up. Hu Ma hurriedly raised the handle of the knife in his hand and prepared to hit him on the forehead.

 But Butler Zhou over there quickly waved his hand, and then stretched out one hand, as if pressing somewhere on the man's neck, and the man who was about to wake up fell into a deep sleep again.

Hu Ma gave him a high look. This week the housekeeper came from an acting background and had a few tricks up his sleeve.

But when I turned around and looked again, I couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in my heart. I saw something in the forest coming out. The incense array in front of Aunt Zhang was burning rapidly at the same time. So many incense sank to the bottom quickly at the same time. In any case, it is too late to add.

Hurryly let go of the hand holding the knife, picked up the mahogany sword, and was ready to take action.

But Agu Zhang also looked at the incense array in front of her that was about to bottom out, and did not continue to add more incense. Instead, she sat silently, slowly holding something with both hands, placing it against her forehead, and silently reciting something.

Hu Ma felt that there was suddenly a cold and eerie feeling around her.

The last burning incense mist did not disperse in the night wind, but gathered in one place and filled the air in front of them.

Like an ethereal, translucent curtain, covering the distance between everyone and the evil spirit in the forest.

Hu Ma didn't dare to make any noise, for fear of affecting Agu Zhang's spellcasting.

Just watching, the evil spirits coming out of the forest slowly moved around. After watching for a long time, they finally calmed down quietly and slowly floated back into the forest. The surrounding temperature also gradually increased. The feeling just now made people feel uncomfortable. The coldness that chilled the body disappeared.

 Agu Zhang also slowly released her clenched palms, put away the things in her hands, and refilled the incense array.

The fierce battle that Hu Ma expected did not happen. Agu Zhang just stayed up all night, staring at the movement in the forest. It seemed that the things in the forest did not appear again because no one was found.

　It wasn't until the time passed by one breath at a time, the darkest period of the night passed vaguely, and some light appeared in the east, that everyone finally felt relieved.

"never mind?"

It was only at this moment that Hu Ma finally asked Aunt Zhang in a normal voice.

"Um."

Aunt Zhang said: "It couldn't find us, so it went back. We are very lucky to have escaped this disaster by borrowing the incense array."

“So this is how a ghost wanders around the world?”

Hu Ma was a little curious. If it were the old man who kept the old age, he would probably have to do it with real swords and guns.

Of course, the Shou Sui people can refining life into death themselves, but this can be avoided.

“This kind of evil spirit that can drive imps and transform into humans to deceive living people is generally very powerful.”

Aunt Zhang was also embarrassed and explained: "It was late at night again, so we might not be able to defeat it if we fight it."

“Besides, there are many people around us, and it's not worth it for anyone who gets hurt by it.”

Hu Ma thought about it for a moment and felt that Agu Zhang's approach was truly safe and reliable.

After waiting patiently for a while, until dawn, the workers and the handlebars also woke up, stretched out, and complained: "It's really uncomfortable to sleep in this cave. It's rainy again, and rheumatism is going to happen." ”

“But this is because I came out with a capable aunt. Otherwise, I would have lost half my life just sleeping in the wild at night, but now I can sleep peacefully for a night.”

“I went back to see my old friend, maybe I blew it.”

“You guys slept peacefully all night, but you didn't know that my aunt kept watch all night…”

Hu Ma felt it was funny in her heart, but there was no need to say it to scare them.

He didn't sleep all night, but he could bear it, so he got up to collect firewood and lit a fire to roast dry food to eat. While he was paying attention, he saw that Aunt Zhang didn't get up to catch up on his sleep, but took out a red cloth strip from the baggage. , rooted in the surrounding trees in a conspicuous position.

Hu Ma brought dry food for her to eat and said, "Auntie, what is this?"

 “To remind passers-by…”

Aunt Zhang said: "There are powerful evil spirits that cannibalize people here. You must not stay here."

 “Well, the world is in chaos now, and I can't get enough of it.”

"I heard from my mother that when something like this happened before, I had to find out the other person's background and either make him feel at ease or get rid of him."

 (End of this chapter)

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