242. Chapter 242 There must be a demon in the event of impermanence
The night in Cangzhou City was eerily quiet, and not even the slightest sound of wind, grass, birds, or insects could be heard.
The people in the city had already closed their doors early. It was only time to turn on the lights and no one was seen walking on the streets.
The night market that used to be very lively now only has a long bluestone street as far as the eye can see. Nowadays, among the thousands of bustling lights, there are only one or two flickering candles.
Xia Chuyi led people to the intersection of Jinhua Street, which was once the most prosperous. He stretched out his hand and silently waved. The people behind him immediately divided into two teams and moved quickly and quietly towards both sides of the road.
On the roofs of shops on both sides of the street, black shadows quickly passed one by one. Occasionally, one or two tiles were stepped on, making a subtle clicking sound, which seemed a bit abrupt in the silent night.
But in a moment, the large group of people brought by the mighty force were all hidden in the darkness on all sides.
However, only Jin Yuanbao and Chang Huan were left beside Xia Chuyi. The three of them stood in the middle of the road, motionless, as if they were waiting for someone to arrive.
It was dark all around, and even though my eyes had adapted to the blackness of the night, I could still only see some vague outlines, and my vision was a little blurry.
Xia Chuyi was obviously surprised. She raised her head and looked into the distance, couldn't help but move her steps slightly, and subconsciously let out a "huh" sound.
Jin Yuanbao turned his head to look at her, feeling as if his eyes were covered with a layer of black gauze, and he could only vaguely see her outline.
However, even so, he could still feel her agility, brightness and briskness, and her eyes with a faint golden light shone in the dark sky.
"What's wrong?" he lowered his voice and asked.
Xia Chuyi felt that he had seen something wrong. He rubbed his eyes and looked at it. The scene in the distance was still there.
She took a long breath and did not answer Jin Yuanbao's question. Instead, she asked: "When you were inquiring about things with the teahouse owner, did you ask about the recent weather conditions in Cangzhou City?"
Jin Yuanbao lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I haven't considered this. Do you need to find someone to ask?"
Xia Chuyi waved his hand: "No need to ask, the answer is already obvious. The weather is still beautiful during the day, but at night there is no starlight or moonlight, which shows that the sky is different."
Hearing this, Jin Yuanbao also looked up at the sky, but said helplessly: "I can't see far."
"Because there is something in the air." Xia Chuyi stretched out his hand in the air and rubbed it with his two fingers. He only felt a greasy and sticky feeling in his hand. It was not too obvious, but he could still feel it clearly.
Jin Yuanbao saw Xia Chuyi's movements and followed them, but he didn't feel anything at all. He couldn't help but wonder: "What can be in this air?"
"I don't know. There is a rotten smell, a very strange medicinal aroma, and many other things I don't know."
Xia Chuyi said, reaching out and pointing at the sky, and continued, "Have you seen the black cloud covering the sky and the moon in the mid-air? These black mist are all drifting out from the black cloud, what is the purpose?
, Yuanbao, you are so smart, you should have guessed it."
After listening to what Xia Chuyi said, Jin Yuanbao's eyebrows suddenly relaxed, with a look of astonishment on his face: "Everything is unpredictable and there must be monsters. This black mist has so many tricks, and it must be related to those walking skeletons!"
Xia Chuyi curled his lips and raised one corner of his lips slightly: "Did you see that black cloud drifting over? We were also lucky enough to witness the legendary Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a black shadow falling quickly in front of her, cupping her hands and saying, "Miss Xia, those skeletons are coming."
Xia Chu nodded, and the man quickly retreated.
She took a step forward and clapped her hands, signaling everyone to brace themselves and get ready.
The tense atmosphere broke out instantly, and there were only "rumbling" sounds coming from far and near, as if thousands of people were beating drums and shouting, overwhelming and rolling in.
As soon as Xia Chu looked far away, he saw at a glance the skeleton army approaching in rows and rows.
The large black cloak covered several dark skulls and skeletons inside. Only a pair of skeletal legs and feet emerged, moving forward slowly step by step.
It would be okay if there was only one of these things, but the sight of such an endless pile of things appearing all at once really requires a certain amount of endurance from the heart.
There were many officers and soldiers here who were drawn from the city lord's palace. They had neither received professional training nor been on the battlefield. When they saw this scene, they were so frightened that their legs became weak.
Fortunately, when Xia Chuyi made arrangements, Shadow was assigned to be in charge of the roof, while the soldiers brought by Lin Shengqin and the officials from the City Lord's Mansion, Ding Chakai, were responsible for the encirclement on both sides, so it did not affect the overall situation.
Those who were afraid quickly took two mouthfuls of Shao Dao, feeling that their hearts were being stabbed hard, and suddenly felt a little strength coming into their bodies. They held the fishing net tightly in their hands, waiting for Xia Chuyi's order.
But Xia Chuyi didn't seem to panic at all. He folded his arms and leaned his back on Chang Huan's tall and thick shoulders. He squinted his eyes and watched the approaching skeleton army without blinking.
Hundreds of ghosts walking at night...
When she thought of this word, she couldn't help curling her lips, thinking that this was not in line with their imagination at all. They didn't have the kind of white or red clothes with long hair covering their face and no feet...
The mood of Jin Yuanbao next to him was completely different from that of Xia Chuyi, who looked carefree. He held the storage bag tightly in his hand, ready to take out the spiritual weapon to fight with it at any time, and glanced at Xiao Nizi next to him from time to time.
, obviously the emperor is not in a hurry as much as the eunuchs are.
On the road those skeletons walked by, the houses on both sides trembled. Not to mention that they were really good at sorcery, they just didn't know anything. It was enough for them to just pounce on them.
Xia Chuyi naturally felt Jin Yuanbao's anxiety, and knew in his heart that he was worried about him. Even the knife in Chang Huan's hand began to tremble slightly, and the murderous aura around him burst like a spring.
She held Chang Huan's hand, curved her lips at him, and smiled: "Don't use the knife randomly, watch me catch ghosts for you."
Chang Huan looked at Xia Chuyi's smile. His eyes, which were so light that they were almost transparent, finally regained a little color and turned into the extremely beautiful smoky gray. The tight and sharp thin lips also relaxed, and the murderous expression was restrained.
Edge.
Xia Chuyi turned his head again, and said to Jin Yuanbao with a smile in his eyes, "Didn't you still want to raise zombies? There are no zombies here, but there are a lot of skeletons. Do you want me to be merciful and leave them for you?"
Are you keeping one for fun?"
Jin Yuanbao glanced at her helplessly, feeling that his heart was about to explode: "Junior Day, please stop playing, okay?"
"Just look at me." Xia Chuyi reached out and patted Jin Yuanbao's shoulder. The ungrateful look on his face suddenly disappeared, and his slightly narrowed eyes suddenly turned cold.
If there is one person who has changed his face the most completely, this is the first day of summer.
Jin Yuanbao has seen a lot of people of all kinds, but he has never seen him smile so eccentricly one moment, and then look so serious the next moment that it makes people feel scared, and the coldness in his eyes even makes people afraid. Make people look directly.
He clenched his fists tightly, lowered his head and secretly said that his worries were unnecessary.
Even if Xia Chuyi was always messing around, she would not joke about such a big thing, let alone risk her own life.
Xiao Nizi says "cherish life" every day and will not let herself die easily.
The sound in my ears became louder and louder, and I could even feel the bluestone floor of the street beginning to tremble slightly.
Xia Chuyi's pupils shrank, and his arms began to slowly be raised in the air.
Seeing those disgusting skeletons getting closer and closer, the two clusters of red light wrapped in black energy in the dark eye sockets were very strange, making people feel goosebumps all over their bodies.
And because Xia Chuyi's eyesight is better, he can still see some milky white maggots crawling out of the dark holes on his face, shrinking and moving there. The visual impact is simply overwhelming. It takes lives.
Ten steps away...five steps away...three steps away...
Just when Jin Yuanbao couldn't help but want to scream and felt that Xia Chuyi was going crazy, the lunatic finally waved his right hand and shouted: "Light the torch and surround him!"
As they spoke, they held Chang Huan in one hand and Jin Yuan Bao in the other. The three of them quickly swept back a few meters. A row of soldiers holding torches immediately ran in front of them and blocked the skeleton army.
The flames filled the sky, turning the dark night into an orange scene. The black fog surrounding the area began to gradually dissipate, and the eyes became able to see a little better.
However, seeing it was worse than not seeing it vaguely just now. The pile of skeletons in front of them immediately stopped moving when they saw the light, so everyone could see them clearly.
Some were still stained with mud, some were covered with rotten flesh, some were crawling with maggots... There was also an unstoppable smell wafting out, and the air was instantly filled with a rotten smell.
Everyone covered their mouths and noses. If possible, they would also cover their eyes to prevent them from being unable to eat in the next few days.
Xia Chu opened the team and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone cover their mouths and noses with a handkerchief. If you don't have a handkerchief, tear off your clothes. Be quick!"
She is also a weird one among little people. Her voice is loud and clear, and can be heard by everyone from afar. People who are closer to her may even feel their eardrums numb slightly.
Jin Yuanbao stretched out his hand to pull her, handed her a handkerchief, and whispered: "You should cover it too."
Xia Chuyi shook his head: "Our spiritual power level can resist it, so we don't need to cover it."
When Jin Yuanbao heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and stopped talking.
As soon as Xia Chu saw that everyone was done, he immediately issued a new order: "Those holding torches stand back, those holding fishing nets come up, and catch all these mischievous things for me!"
Once the skeletons were exposed to the light, they were no more than wood. They stood there and let people set up nets to catch them and bundle them together in piles.
Even just in case, Xia Chuyi asked the shadows to prepare a fishing net on it to prevent fish from slipping through the net.
Although it only took an afternoon to prepare, the rigor of this operation made people couldn't help but nod their heads in praise.
If you catch a ghost, it will naturally be destroyed.
On the first day of the summer, one was left alone, and the rest were loaded into cars and dragged to the outskirts of the city to be burned.
This time, the ghost hunting operation was carried out with lightning strikes, fast and sharp, with almost no losses, and all the things that wandered around every night were caught.
However, Jin Yuanbao secretly glanced at Xia Chuyi and saw her looking up at the black cloud in the sky, her face not very pretty.
He naturally knew what she was worried about. As long as that black cloud existed, the army of skeletons would be able to come back as many as they captured.
When they arrived, Gejiazhuang outside Cangzhou City had already begun to be affected. If it was not eradicated, it was difficult to guarantee that the area would continue to expand.
It’s just that these skeletons don’t hurt anyone. Why would someone go to all the trouble to create them?
Jin Yuanbao was confused when he saw Xia Chuyi approaching him with a smile on his face and a flattering look on his face: "Yuanbao, I want to ask you something."
His eyelids twitched and he subconsciously took a step back: "If anything happens, just tell me."
Xia Chuyi rubbed his hands, obviously very embarrassed, hesitated for a long time, and then said quietly: "Um, do you have any luminous pearls with you, the kind that shine as bright as day?"
"No." Jin Yuanbao said very firmly.
Xia Chu felt depressed for a moment: "Oh~~"
Jin Yuanbao said seriously: "No one of them can shine as bright as day, but dozens of them should have that effect."
Xia Chuyi was speechless. She raised her head and looked at Jin Yuanbao for a long time before confirming that he was indeed not joking with her.
But this very serious look seems to be similar to the Jin Yuanbao we first met. His innocent eyes are wide open, making people want to pinch his fair face.
Bundle.
So Xia Chuyi inspected the most luxurious corpse. On the street, dozens of shadows stood in a circle around the skeleton that was left behind. Each person held a luminous pearl as big as a bowl in his hand.
The light pierced so hard that everyone couldn't open their eyes.
She took out a homemade coat from her storage bag and put it on, took out a knife, thrust it into the skull's eye socket, and dug out the red stuff wrapped in black mist.
The shadows holding Ye Mingzhu immediately turned their heads, unwilling to watch this eye-irritating scene.
Xia Chuyi didn't care about anything else. He asked Jin Yuanbao for a piece of white paper and put the thing dug out with the silver knife on the paper. When the black mist dissipated, he could clearly see the identity of the red thing.
It is fleshy and has a special layer of powder on the surface of its body that emits red light at night. It is only the size of a small insect. It is curled up into a ball and motionless, like a dead thing.
"Oh, I just said where do all the ghosts and gods come from to cause trouble? It's just a disaster created by man."
With a sneer, she threw the knife directly at the skeleton and said to several shadows: "Take him and burn him too."
The shadows were very fast and cleared the ground in a short time.
Jin Yuanbao had been standing outside watching, and naturally saw the red thing that Xia Chuyi had made, and couldn't help but ask: "What is that thing?"