swish swish——
swish swish——
In the peaceful mountain forest, there was suddenly a loud noise.
It sounded like the chaotic footsteps of a wild animal running in the bushes.
As the sound gets louder.
The invisible beast behind the bushes is also approaching quickly.
suddenly!
A black shadow stumbled out from behind the bushes. It was not a wild beast, but a seriously injured man running for his life in the forest.
The man was wearing a black shirt and was a lean old man in his sixties. However, there was a huge wound on his waist, which almost tore the man's waist off and was dripping with blood.
Even if the person tried hard to press the wound with one hand.
But the wound was too big.
Intestines still slipped out from between the fingers.
This man's injuries indicated that he had no chance of survival.
The man was still injured and running for his life in the mountain forest. From time to time, he turned around and looked behind him, as if there was something terrifying chasing him behind him.
The terrain in the mountain was complicated. The old man in black shirt accidentally stepped on a patch of hanging vines and weeds and rolled down the hillside.
Fortunately, the slope of the hillside was not high, and there was a dry creek bed washed out by a stream at the bottom of the slope, so he could avoid being thrown to death.
But Ren still fell to the point where he vomited a lot of blood and no longer had the strength to stand up. He crawled out along the dry riverbed reluctantly until he died of excessive blood loss and was unable to escape from the forest.
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Jin An had already hid in the tree as soon as he heard the noise. He saw the strange scene happening in front of him the whole time.
Jin An had an impression of the old man in black shirt. When he was investigating the tangerine peel case, he had learned something about the owner of the incense and candle shop.
This man was the owner of the incense and candle shop who went into the mountains with the Taoist priest Wu Zang in search of the legendary cornucopia.
When Jin An met the owner of the incense and candle shop at first, he was so excited that he almost got off the tree to get in touch with him so that he could find out the specific location of the coffin temple?
Fortunately, when the owner of the incense shop stepped on the air and fell down, Jin An's excited mood immediately calmed down.
Because he remembered the three taboos of walking in the underworld:
First, don't be curious.
Second, don’t do unnecessary things.
Third, the living should not disturb the dead when they go to the underworld, otherwise terrible things will happen.
The main purpose of his trip was to find the bones of Taoist Wu Zang. Other trivial matters were just redundant and did not need to be paid too much attention to.
"It's strange, why does the owner of the incense shop appear here?"
"Is it a coincidence?"
"Or is it because this is also one of the lingering memories belonging to Taoist Wu Zang?"
Jin An couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He had better find the bones of the Taoist with five internal organs first.
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swish swish——
The sound of messy footsteps was approaching, and finally, a wounded figure crashed out from behind the bushes and fled towards the mountain.
Bang!
The terrain in the mountain was complicated, and the man missed his footing and fell into a dry river bed with a drop of one to two feet, and finally died on the cobblestones of the river bed.
Jin An, who was hiding in the tree, looked at the repeated death method of the incense shop owner with a strange look on his face.
The scene in front of me is a little too weird.
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swish swish——
As a result, the third cycle came again.
Jin An followed the soul-inducing lantern and walked deeper into the mountain, his brows getting tighter and tighter.
"This isn't over yet!"
Jin An finally stopped moving forward blindly and stood firm.
He began to carefully recall all the details of his actions after entering the underworld. He thought that he had not done anything extraordinary.
And every time when he hears any noise, he hides early, thinking that he has not been discovered by the owner of the incense shop. Why is he always being targeted?
Jin An started to stand where he was and looked around.
He should be trapped in some kind of illusion where ghosts are beating the wall. He has been moving forward, but he can't get out of this illusion no matter how hard he moves.
Just as Jin An was deep in thought, the sound of messy footsteps sounded again. This was the fourth time!
But this time, Jin An did not leave the place and hide in the surrounding trees as he had done several times before. Instead, he stood calmly and did not move.
In just such a moment of delay, the footsteps were already getting closer.
Jin An thought for a while.
He reached into his arms, pinched his two fingers together, and pulled out a yellow talisman that flashed spiritually. There were five thunder pictures painted on the yellow talisman.
Although the spirituality on three of the thunder maps has dimmed.
But even the two remaining thunder pictures are still so powerful that they dare not look directly at them.
"Five Thunder Dharma, all those who dare not look directly at me are evil heretics who violate the righteous Dharma of heaven and earth! Kill! All those who are afraid of my Five Thunder Pure Yang are all evil-minded people! Kill!"
Jin'an thundered.
His eyes were as bright as fire, and he did not shy away from this, looking directly at any evil spirit that dared to disturb him.
Just as Jin'an's voice fell, the seriously injured owner of the incense shop ran out from behind the bushes again. Jin'an stood still like a thunderous mountain standing in an invincible position in the world. He didn't hide or avoid, just blocked.
On the mountain road in front of the incense and candle shop owner.
The two faced each other.
But this time something strange happened.
Jin An's eyes were as cold as lightning, and he looked directly at the owner of the incense shop. On the contrary, the incense shop avoided his eyes this time, pretending to look back at the pursuer behind him, and did not dare to look directly at Jin An.
People actually consciously circle a half arc.
Go around Jin An and run away.
"Pretend to be a ghost!"
When you dare to look directly at ghosts and gods, they will naturally not be able to live in your heart.
At this time, the world in front of Jin An blurred for a moment, and then returned to its original appearance. All shrubs and riverbeds were gone, and instead it turned into a small stone temple leaning against a big tree.
The small stone temple is less than a person's waist high, and inside is a small and exquisite tomb-bearing beast with an animal face.
Tomb-suppressing beasts are famous for their eerie and terrifying images, which are inextricably linked to mysterious witchcraft. They are often used in tombs among the people to deter tomb robbers and to avoid disturbing the tomb owner's sleep.
Tomb-suppressing beasts include wǎng (wǎng) elephants that like to eat the livers and brains of dead people. Usually, the most common one is the animal face, which can ward off evil spirits and deter monsters, snakes, insects, rats, and ants from invading the tomb.
It is also divided into people with human faces and animal bodies (hè).
"猲" means to scare away and stop tomb robbers. No matter they are living or dead, they will accept all comers. The "猲" tomb beast with a human face and a beast body is much more evil than the "evil elephant" grave beast with an animal face.
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What Jin An encountered at this time was the beast-faced Tomb Beast, and he almost got killed.
Fortunately, what he encountered today was only a beast-faced tomb beast.
If you encounter an even more evil tomb-suppressing beast with a human face and a beast body, which knows people but not their hearts, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as being trapped in a ghost wall as soon as you arrive, and it will probably come to eat people.
The small stone temple is old and faded. It looks like it has been there for many years. The temple body has been buried in fallen leaves and loess.
If it weren't for the faint light of the soul-inducing lamp in Jin An's hand, which was very conspicuous in this underworld with only black and white colors, and just illuminated half of the animal's face in the fallen leaves, Jin An would not have been able to discover this small stone temple in time.
To be continued...