The Exorcist

Chapter 32 The Second Night

Nervous toughness is an excellent quality for humans. But for those who are very timid and have such a light horoscope that they may encounter ghosts at any time, this is not a good thing.

Because then you have to face fear personally at all times, and there is no way to use loss of consciousness as a means of escape and self-protection.

Xiaoxia was like this at this time. If she could faint, she wouldn't be so scared and nauseated. However, the more frightened she became, the more awake she became. Many thoughts and a series of questions that she hadn't paid special attention to were constantly popping up in her mind.

How is this going? Who is this rotting corpse? Why was his grave dug up? Who did it? Why did that 'old man' lead her here? Why don't those strange footprints dare to come here?

She had only studied forensic science, but not forensic medicine, so she could not tell how long he had been dead from the appearance of the body. She could only see that he was a man. His body had completely decomposed, but not to the extent that only bones were left, so the appearance was quite disgusting and terrifying.

Because the position where Xiaoxia fell was relatively high, Xiaoxia could see his upper body clearly even if he was sitting in the coffin. Half of his face is rotten, and his facial features are all blurred. Especially the eye holes that are rotten and have no eyeballs are very scary. No matter what angle you look at, you feel like he is staring at you, leaving you with nowhere to escape!

The clothes he was wearing were not the shrouds used in Han funeral customs, but the ordinary clothes of the local ethnic minorities. It seemed that he was buried in a hurry and without special preparations.

The clothes are a small double-breasted jacket, the colors are no longer distinguishable, and the front is stretched open. Xiao Xia guessed that it was because the corpse's belly was filled with air and the clothes were tight, so it was stretched open. But she didn't understand why the belly of the rotten corpse also exploded. Discolored things that couldn't be distinguished from muscles or internal organs were turned outwards. Maggots crawled everywhere, emitting a disgusting stench.

Xiaoxia resisted the feeling of vomiting and forced herself to calm down. She had heard stories about corpses that were moved by the wind. In that critical state where corpses were about to be lifted up, the slightest movement would startle them!

The only bloodwood sword that could protect her was thrown by the pit the moment she fell into it. Now she was directly facing this unavoidable accident!

So she stared closely at the rotting corpse sitting in the coffin not far away, fearing that it would move in some way. But she couldn't just stay here, she had to find a way to leave, otherwise if it was really dead, she would have to wait for death in this pit!

Thinking like this, she began to stand up slowly with very light movements, trying not to make any noise. However, in the dawn of this silent mountain forest, every slight movement she made could make a loud noise, which made her heart beat nervously. Almost stopped, while slowing down the action like a mirror, he continued to observe the situation over the coffin.

Fortunately, he didn't move. This gave Xiaoxia the courage to start looking for a place to climb up.

After taking a closer look, I discovered that the pit was not shallow, it was as high as two people, and the coffin was deeper. At her feet were flowers that had been uprooted. They looked extremely beautiful. In the surrounding soil, there were still some plants whose roots had not been pulled out. They were just hanging there, as if they were about to hang up at any time. The color of the loess is quite new, and it looks like someone dug the grave newly, maybe a few hours ago at night!

She tried to take a step, but a sharp stabbing pain came from her ankle, reminding her that she had been injured when she fell into this deep pit. But at this time, the pain was a secondary feeling to her, and the panic and uneasiness were what made her unbearable. of.

She saw a slope ahead. Although it was farther from the ground, it was steep enough to climb. But it was too close to the coffin, and you almost had to stand next to the corpse to do it. This made her hesitate for a moment, but she finally decided to take a chance.

The closer she got to the coffin, the more hairy she felt, as if the rotting corpse inside was about to jump out. And the more she looked at it, the more she felt that he was smiling at her, and even twisted his neck to stare at her depending on her position.

Standing next to the coffin, she looked at the rotting corpse for a while, then gritted her teeth and turned around, trying her best to ignore the numb and cold feeling on her back, and climbed up on her hands and feet!

She knew clearly that she couldn't fall down, because it was a big pit. The place where she fell just now seemed to be specially used to pile up those beautiful and weird plants, but this side was very narrow, with only one coffin. If she slid down halfway up, she would definitely fall into the coffin and have close contact with the rotting corpse.

But it looks easy, but getting up is not that simple. She couldn't use her right foot, and there was nothing on the earth wall to start with. She just pushed hard on the potholes, grabbing the earth and remaining plant roots with both hands, and clung to the earth slope like a gecko, sliding three times in one step. The ground is hard and upward.

Two minutes felt like hours to Xiaoxia. The desire to return to the top and the fear of being attacked behind her made her extremely nervous, so her physical strength was extremely exhausted. In such a short time, I feel like I can't hold on any longer.

At this time, a protruding plant rhizome appeared in front of her. In surprise, she tried her best to grab it and used her legs to try to use this 'life-saving straw' to climb to the top. However, as soon as she stepped on it, she suddenly felt that Something caught my foot!

It was the rotten corpse that was pulling her! He doesn't want her to leave!

She thought in horror, struggling desperately to get away, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake off the pull on her feet. And as soon as she struggled, the only 'life-saving straw' in her hand came loose!

stop! do not move! do not move!

She stood there in shock, reminding herself constantly.

The grass was hanging there so fragilely, and the grip below was so strong. As long as she moved, the grass could no longer bear her weight, and she would fall immediately.

What was being dragged was her uninjured foot. She had no choice but to endure the pain and try her best to bear some of the weight of her body with her injured foot. One hand was holding on to the grass that could be pulled out at any time, and the other hand was grabbing the soil. , although the sharp stones and various debris in the soil caused her hands to bleed.

She remained motionless, lying close to the soil like a gecko, not even daring to look back. Fortunately, the pulling force did not move downwards any further, so now she was half hanging there, unable to get up or down. Don't go, just pray that the grass will not loosen again, and then wait for a miracle to happen.

"Ruan Zhan——" In despair, she whispered his name. Whenever she is in danger, she always likes to think of him, which makes her feel particularly safe.

A hand appeared in front of her and suddenly held her wrist. She screamed and tried to struggle, but she only felt her body rising into the air, the grip on her feet disappeared, and she was immediately pulled to the ground.

Suddenly she stepped on solid ground, and the sting from her injured foot made her fall forward again. In that familiar and warm embrace, the consciousness that she had not lost even in extreme panic was restored by this safety. Declare surrender!

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Ruan Zhan hugged Xiao Xia quietly for a while, and felt a sense of peace in this desolate cemetery. However, this rare time did not last long. He immediately realized that daybreak was approaching and the body could not be allowed to see the light of day. So I had to put Xiaoxia aside gently, cast a spell to burn those alluring flowers, and let the rotting corpse automatically lie flat in the coffin, and then bury it again.

He dug this grave. In fact, he dug three graves in one night!

Because there was no progress in the investigation of Huang Boheng, the violent death of the three brothers in Naman Village a few months ago attracted his attention. The three brothers died in a very strange way. No one knows how the three brothers died. The villagers believe that an unjust ghost took their lives or that unfilial people were punished by the gods. But in Ruan Zhan's opinion, this incident must be related to the strange things that happened in the city, so he decided to dig the grave in the middle of the night!

According to Xiao Xia, in several cases handled by the Legal Aid Office, the deceased also died in strange ways. Plants that moved on their own appeared in the cemetery of the deceased and at the scene of the crime, as if they were alive. And how did this plant appear in the cemetery? If it was planted in the corpse like a poison, why would it not be eliminated after cremation?

Xiaoxia also saw a strange black cat in the office, and Guan Zheng also killed a cat, and then Guan Zheng was killed. When they were attacked in the wild shop, a black cat appeared, and there were moving plants pretending to be zombies!

To sum it up, when these weird things happen, there are black cats and moving plants!

Wan Li was poisoned, and nine out of ten other dead people were also poisoned. And since he came here, he realized what a powerful Gu master they were facing. He can use voodoo to control ghosts, plants, and animals (the black cat was probably the one who was bewitched by him), and he also cast such a vicious death voodoo on Wan Li.

He did not think that this was because they came to investigate the details of their opponents. You must know that using so many methods and poisoning them would also cause harm to the caster. Unless there was strong hatred, it would not be like this. Do.

But why? Could it be that 'Yang Muyou' is stirring up trouble again? Maybe he is also from here, or has a major origin?

There is also a key figure-Huang Boheng.

Although no one recognized his photo, it didn't mean anything. He was so rich that he could have had plastic surgery. He had a feeling that Huang Boheng must have a close relationship with this place.

These confusing clues made him puzzled, so he had to start from the most basic level. He wanted to find out whether the deaths of the three brothers were consistent with the cases in the city. If the answer was yes, then he was sure that the answer would be found in the mountains and forests.

And of course, there’s that weirdo!

So he came here in the middle of the night to do those immoral things of digging graves and disturbing the dead. And when he arrived here, he found that there were three tombs covered with beautiful flowers, so he knew where the tombs of the three brothers were without even looking at the tombstones. And as expected, these three people all died from the Gu technique. Although he was not very familiar with this technique, he could still tell it from the appearance of death.

The other flowers are poppies, just like the ones Xiaoxia investigated in the city case. Poppies are beautiful, but they are cremated in cities. Although the seeds that have been treated with special magic do not die in the high temperature of cremation, they are not as good as before, so they only grow branches and die as soon as they are removed from the soil.

Here, these flowers grow in the corpse, and then take root in the soil. They grow so luxuriantly that the grave must be dug very large to destroy their roots, and the talisman fire must be used to completely eliminate it.

And when he was doing these things, his heart felt the danger of Xiaoxia.