The Exorcist

Xiaoxia suddenly raised the amulet and shouted, "Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the female ghost's clothes suddenly caught fire, and she screamed and floated to the other side of the mountain road. When Xiaoxia saw this, she hurriedly ran away in the opposite direction. When she was too tired to run anymore, she realized that she was lost.

She is one of those so-called city girls who has no sense of direction from east to west, and she often gets lost in big cities, let alone in this dense forest where she doesn't know where she is. She knew that running around would only cause more trouble, and who knew what else she would encounter, and she couldn't just wait here for dawn, so she had to keep herself calm.

Think hard, there must be a way to solve the problem!

Rely on the stars? But the trees here blocked the sky and the sun, and even the moonlight was shining through. She couldn't see the stars at all. Even if she could see them, she didn't know where the Big Dipper was. She didn't have any directional equipment, instruments, or even a watch.

She was so anxious that she almost hit her head against a tree, but at this moment, she was suddenly awakened by the flickering phosphorescence deep in the jungle to an idea deep in her heart.

This is a dense forest, not a deserted cemetery. In addition to the bones of animals, so much phosphorescence is probably also caused by the deaths of many people. And judging from what she just encountered, there is definitely a ghost here. Judging from her numb scalp, there might be more than one.

So, since there's no one here, maybe she can ask a ghost for help.

She remembered the magic trick that one of her friends had mentioned in the past. At midnight, on a deserted road (preferably in a humid place), she walked forward facing her own shadow, chanting with each step she took. Once you name your own name, when you go to 13 steps, you will find two black shadows on the ground. One is your own and the other is the ghost you invited. This ghost will do you a favor but will also ask you to help. A favor.

She believes that ghosts are good and bad, and this game also says that you may attract kind ghosts or bad ghosts. If you attract the former, your wish will come true. If it is the latter, you can only ask for blessings.

The current situation fully meets the conditions for attracting ghosts, maybe she should give it a try.

This thought frightened her, and she didn't know what the outcome would be, but after much deliberation, there was no other way, and she couldn't waste time any longer. After all, a dead horse was treated as a living horse doctor! At least, it won't be any worse than it is now.

Gritting her teeth, she trembled and started the ritual. When she completed these steps, her cold sweat also slipped down. She looked nervously upwards to the ground. In the dim light, there was no shadow other than her.

Didn't you get invited? Or is this method completely nonsense! As a last resort, she tried again, but the result was still the same.

Ghosts have no shadows!

She thought of what the female ghost said just now, felt a chill coming down her back, and slowly turned around.

There was nothing, the surroundings were so quiet that you could only hear your own breathing!

When she turned around again, she felt something strange in the trees in front of her - the phosphorescence was no longer fleeting, but became brighter.

Her immediate thought was to run, but in the end she gritted her teeth and walked slowly into the depths of the woods. She walked along the eerie green light, one step at a time, one step at a time, one step at a time, one step at a time, she felt that it was drifting and had no fixed direction, as if it was tempting or testing.

But no matter how it floats, Xiaoxia just sticks to it. She didn't know if this was a blessing or a curse, it was all a gamble!

Suddenly, the green light rushed straight towards Xiaoxia. She was so frightened that she had no time to react. She still rushed forward with inertia, only to stop her feet three inches away from it.

Almost face to face, she stared at the surprise in front of her, and suddenly realized that it was not phosphorescence, but a pair of eyes. The owner of the eyes was a shriveled and thin old woman floating in the air. She was facing her expressionlessly, and her mouth was moving as if she was chewing something.

Xiao Xia was so frightened that she couldn't move at all. The old woman suddenly stretched out her chicken claw-like hands to gently caress her face, "So delicate!" She sighed intoxicated, and her hands slowly slid down, but as soon as they reached Xiao Xia's neck , was shocked away by the yellow light emitted from the amulet.

"Were you summoned by me?" Xiaoxia finally plucked up the courage to ask.

"It's not you, I'm just out for a walk." The hoarse, low voice replied in a straight and slow voice, "Don't follow me, go back quickly. This is not the place for you to stay. You will die without any body parts."

It turned out to be just a coincidence, and the ritual to attract ghosts was completely fabricated. But the old woman in front of her didn't mean any harm. It seemed like she was really lucky and met a kind ghost.

However, when she was hesitating, the old woman's front suddenly turned into her back, and she didn't turn around. She looked like she was about to leave. Xiao Xia was in a panic and couldn't think about it, so she went up to pull her arm. It missed the target and fell directly to the ground.

"I am a ghost, without entity." said the old woman.

"I know, I know, but I need help. In return, I will also grant you a wish."

The old woman had no expression on her face and didn't speak.

"I'm serious." Xiaoxia explained hurriedly, "Although I have no ability, my friend is a psychic mage. He can fulfill your wishes. If I lie to you - you go and strangle him to death in the middle of the night. I'm ready!"

"Are you a foreigner?" The old woman finally spoke, "You don't understand. If a ghost doesn't have a suitable container to contain it, it can't be far away from the place of death, otherwise it will disperse."

"Then - then you can detain me until my friend helps you! But I must go to help him now!"

The old woman stopped talking again. After a while, she spoke again.

"There is a very powerful ghost here, and I dare not offend him!" She still said unhurriedly, "But - you may move my bones to another place, even to a barren grave in the back mountain. That’s fine.”

"We can do it!" Xiaoxia quickly agreed, "Where is your residence? We will do it after we finish today's work!"

"I don't have a grave because I offended someone during my lifetime. He buried my bones in the middle of the mountain road, at the straight corner, next to a big stone that looked like a monkey. He wanted me not to be reincarnated after death. , I want millions of people to trample on me!" As she spoke, her expression became ferocious, and Xiao Xia was so frightened that she quickly stopped her.

"I understand! I swear that I will definitely do it and move your precious body to a Feng Shui treasure place."

"There is no need for Feng Shui treasure land, as long as I don't let so many people step on me anymore! It hurts, it really hurts, it's been hundreds of years!"

"Okay, I agree, but you have to help me now! I want to find someone, a man, in this dense forest. I believe he is here!"

"Human!" The old woman leaned down and sniffed hard, which reminded Xiaoxia of the Hungry Ghost Path. I saw her sucking on Xiao Xia, and then sucking again in all directions, "Let's go, it smells like a stranger here!"

She said and floated forward to the left. Xiaoxia quickly followed, but she suddenly stopped. "Will you help me?" she asked.

"I will definitely help. If I don't die and my friends don't die, I will definitely keep my promise!"

"Okay. Let's go!"

She stopped talking and just floated in front of her. Xiaoxia followed closely, fearing that if she missed a step, she would never find her direction again. I don’t know how long she walked, but the old woman suddenly stopped.

"Just keep walking straight ahead, there's nothing wrong with that. But that person is too yang-y, so I'm just an ordinary ghost and don't dare to get close."

"Thank you. I will do what I say! At the sharp corner of the mountain road, there is a big monkey-like-"

Before Xiao Xia finished speaking, the old woman suddenly showed a look of fear and disappeared in an instant. This made Xiaoxia confused and frightened. Is there something behind her? It will make even ghosts scared!

She suddenly turned around and looked around, but didn't find anything. Although her whole body was chilled, there was really nothing. She gritted her teeth, no longer caring about anything, and ran forward in three steps and two steps at a time. She felt that her steps were getting heavier and heavier, and her running became more and more laborious, but she finally saw a familiar figure in front of her.

"Wanli!" She shouted and fell to the ground with a thud, so tired that she could hardly get up.

At this time, Wan Li was waiting anxiously at the agreed place, and Xiao Xia's cry startled him. He followed the sound and saw Xiaoxia sitting on the ground breathing heavily, and then he wanted to go up to help her, but found that there was something on her back -

A female ghost, carrying a female ghost on her back! Dressed in red, with long hair disheveled, and a face painted with oil paint, it was bright and terrifying.

Fortunately, Ruan Zhan temporarily opened his eyes, otherwise how could he see! He had been standing here for a long time, looking at several ghosts of all kinds walking around, but he had never seen such a fierce one. He roughly understood the purpose of this female ghost, so he pretended not to see anything and only extended his hand to Xiaoxia.

"Xiaoxia, come here!"

Xiaoxia agreed, but it was quite difficult to move. She felt like she couldn't stand up. "I'm exhausted. Please pull me."

"I'm guarding his smelly body and can't leave even half a step away." He pulled away the grass with one hand and saw Ruan Zhan's body lying on the ground.

Before Xiaoxia could answer, she felt a flash of cold wind beside her and a light touch on her back. She saw a red shadow appear, and the cold light in her hand rushed towards Ruan Zhan's body.

"No!" She yelled subconsciously, and she understood almost instantly that a female ghost was following her, which was why she felt cold and heavy. She wants to harm Ruan Zhan and destroy his body. It must be Hong Haohao, Yang Muyou's lackey!

Wan Li over there seemed to be so frightened by the accident that he fell down and overturned another piece of weeds beside him in Xiao Xia's anxious eyes.

There was something standing there in the weeds, about a foot long, glowing with a metallic luster in the moonlight. There was a talisman hanging on it, and when Wan Li fell down, he easily tore off the talisman. Then it began to buzz and formed a current of air that rolled the surrounding weeds in one direction.