The Exorcist

Chapter 30 A strange house in the mountains

Subconsciously, Wan Li touched the fishing rod box on his shoulder. It didn't shake. He took another look and saw that the blood wood sword inside didn't emit red light. This proved that there was no evil thing nearby, but why did the light in front of him appear? Suddenly it went out?

He stood wary for a few seconds, then slowly turned around.

Behind him, the flowing firelight flickered. After counting, they are still the same four flowing fires! That is to say, the fire did not go out at all, but its direction changed, from in front of him to behind him!

In just the blink of an eye, how could he be at the position behind him? He was still at least two hundred meters away from the fire. If they had to turn at such a large angle, the distance would be even longer. How could they do it so quickly? Also, why did that dark strange house appear behind him? There's no way the house has been turned 180 degrees, right? Unless what he saw was illusory, like a mirage, a trap set by the mountain ghost for him, or - it was not the strange house and the flowing fire in front of the house that turned around, but himself!

He was sure that this was not a ghost hitting the wall, because the bloodwood sword did not react at all. So what's going on? Could it be that this situation occurs because you walked into a certain formation? This means that there is a formation about two hundred meters away from the strange house. Since this is an inaccessible barren mountain and old forest, it is basically certain that it was arranged by the owner of the house, probably to prevent uninvited guests from intruding.

To the owner, a late night visit is an uninvited guest!

He didn't know how to use formations, and he didn't understand the direction at all, so he could only give it a try. He stared at the four flames and walked forward slowly, trying to keep walking in a straight direction. He was getting closer and closer to the strange house. As it got closer, it suddenly fell into darkness without warning, exactly the same as before.

Turning around, the strange house and lights appeared in the direction behind him again!

"What a hell!" Wan Li frowned, looking at the strange house that seemed to never get closer, and muttered in a low voice.

He had to find Master Long, so he couldn't get close to this strange house in the mountains at once, so he could only keep walking. However, he thought that since he was walking towards the fire, when he reached a certain position, the strange house would turn 180 degrees unconsciously, so he might as well try walking with his back to the fire to see if it would turn exactly towards him. in front of.

He calmed down, determined his position, and then walked in the opposite direction to the fire. However, after walking for more than ten minutes, he suddenly realized that something was wrong - he was getting further and further away from the strange house, as if he had walked out of that place. Array. Turning around, I saw that the lights were dimming.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to walk back, but when he reached about two hundred meters away from the strange house, he still reversed his direction as usual, as if there was an invisible turntable on the ground.

Wanli tried again without giving up, but the result was the same - if you walked towards the light of the fire, you would turn, and no matter if you walked with your back to the light of the fire, or walked to the left or right, you would always get out of that weird formation!

He had been wandering around in the forest for half the night, and he was already exhausted. Now he was trapped in this unsolvable dilemma. He had no choice but to sit down on the ground and decided to rest for a while, ignoring the mosquito bites.

After sitting like this for a while, he suddenly realized that he was stupid again. In fact, he should adopt the most conventional method of visiting others.

He stood up, cleared his throat, and called to the strange house, "Master Long, Master Long, are you there? My name is Wan Li, and I'm here to visit."

The night in the deep mountains was very quiet. When Wan Li screamed like this, the sound was particularly loud, abrupt, and carried a profound echo. It not only startled a group of birds, but even himself.

However, the strange house was still lifeless and unresponsive. Even the four lights flowing outside the house were moving at the original speed and frequency without being affected in the slightest.

Wan Li looked around uncomfortably and continued to call the door, "Master Long, I know you are inside, please stop hiding from the world, okay? I don't dare to disturb you late at night, and I won't bother you if it's not an emergency. You, old man, have several lives at stake!"

silent.

"Master Long, even if I beg you, as long as you point out a clear way, I will save people myself. I don't bother you to do it myself. If I need anything to see you, I will do it." He knew Such an outsider is always a bit eccentric. He may not necessarily want expensive gifts, but he may be tempted and tested.

However, there was still silence.

Wan Li begged a few more times, but was surprised that there was still no movement in the house, and couldn't help but get a little angry. Because according to his investigation, although Master Long could not be said to be an aid to evildoers, and he wanted to calm down the resentful spirits so that they could go to where they should go smoothly, he did not redress the injustice of these people who died in vain. , and it is selfish. Now that there is such a big problem in the new town, he must bear a certain responsibility. Why is his attitude still so arrogant? !

"Master Long, you can't make me a fortune in silence." He became angry and began to speak rudely, "Those people died so unjustly, and now they want revenge. They have people with powerful magic to help them. , your demon-suppressing tower and Feng Shui layout have been broken by others, and the resentful spirits cannot be contained at all. You have to help others to the end. It's not too late now to use the trick of 'hanging high and not having anything to do with yourself' Yet?"

Still silent.

"Master Long, my friends were inadvertently imprisoned in New Town. They are completely innocent." Wan Li said loudly, "I have to see you. If you insist on missing me and corner me, don't blame me for setting fire to him." Mountain!"

This time, although there was still no sound for a long time, Wan Li felt that his words made Master Long hidden in the room react. Sure enough, after a full minute, an old sigh came from the strange house. It was so far away, but it clearly reached Wanli's ears.

"Innocent? Not necessarily?"

"It's not like they were the ones who harmed me back then!"

"But it was the so-called 'master' who acted strangely to deal with your friends. Otherwise, how could those resentful spirits come out? It's just one month away. Just one month. Alas -" Master Long sighed again, The voice was full of powerlessness and sadness.

Wanli's conclusion.

This is the fact, because Sima Nan wants to deal with Ruan Zhan, so all the dead and living people have become pawns on his chessboard.

"Master Long, but-"

"If you insist on seeing me, then come." Master Long interrupted Wan Li, "Be careful."

Wan Li didn't understand what he meant, and didn't feel any change in the surrounding environment. After hearing Master Long say this, he suddenly became silent again, and had no choice but to tentatively walk towards the fire.

After walking out for more than ten steps, Wan Li knew that he had broken through the formation, because he felt that the strange house in front of him was slowly getting closer. Although he didn't understand why there was still no light in the strange house, he still walked without hesitation. passed.

The strange house is a huge courtyard with very short walls. With a height of thousands of miles, you can easily climb over it. But he didn't have to climb over the wall, because the door to the courtyard was wide open, and he didn't know whether it was opened specially for him or whether it had never been closed.

Wanli didn't dare to take the risk, so he stopped at the entrance of the courtyard and looked inside. He saw that there were only two stone houses in the yard. The one facing him was very large, but the one on the left was very small. The overall feeling was quite uncoordinated. Moreover, there was nothing in the yard except a well, which was so empty that it made people panic!

"Master Long, I'm here." Out of courtesy, he said his name, shined his flashlight on the threshold, and raised one foot.

"No trespassing!" The moment Wan Li's feet crossed the threshold, someone on both sides of his body suddenly spoke at the same time, but as neatly as one person's voice.

Wan Li was shocked, not knowing that besides Master Long, there were other people in this strange house!

He looked around and saw two figures on each side of the courtyard wall, each carrying a lantern, which was the light he saw in the distance. Now he understood why the lights were flowing, because the four people were divided into two groups like patrols, holding lanterns and walking around the yard. He didn't see them at the door just now because they happened to go to the back of the house. .

Wan Li was a little confused. He didn't know that Master Long's house actually had guards!

He looked at the ground. In this starless night, he saw four vague shadows on the ground, which made him relieved. He was in an emergency, and he didn't want to get entangled with any monsters. He just wanted to be a normal human being with a shadow.

But then, he felt that something was wrong with these four 'people'. Not only were they unusually silent, but their bodies standing upright also seemed particularly stiff, and the lantern they picked was even more strange.

Ordinary lanterns are light-transmissive from all sides, but the outer cover of this lantern is made of wood, square and square, with wooden boards on three sides. Only the outward side is empty, and the light also emits light from this place.

The light from the lantern was very weak, and the four people held their arms outstretched and held it far away, so Wan Li couldn't see the faces of the four people at all. And after they said a word, they stopped talking. Wanli didn't move, and they didn't move either. Wanli tried to take a step back, and they moved forward a little, just like the robots.

He remembered what Master Long told him to 'be careful', and he couldn't help but feel vigilant. Although the Blood Wood Sword didn't react, if Master Long had such great ability, it wouldn't be certain what he did. He is a hermit, so he will not be easily seen. But who are those four people? Zombies?

Out of politeness, he never shined the flashlight in the direction of the four 'people'. At this moment, he no longer cared about these etiquettes. He slowly backed away and moved the light of the flashlight to the four people.

There was nothing wrong with the black cloth shoes and white socks on the feet; there was nothing wrong with the black long clothes and trousers on the body; there was nothing wrong with the white gloves on the hands, until the bright light of the flashlight moved little by little to my face -

Generally, when light shines directly on a person's face, the person's eyes will not adapt, and they will instinctively dodge, squint, or block it with their hands. But when the strong light of the flashlight hit the faces of these four people, they still looked straight. He stood there without any reaction. Moreover, under the light, Wan Li finally saw their faces clearly!

wood! Their heads were made of wood, and so were their entire bodies, it seemed. They are not people at all, but puppets the same size as people!

Wan Li remembered that the villagers at the foot of the mountain had said that an old craftsman who made puppets lived on the mountain. He had always thought that it was Master Long's identity disguise to hide his identity from others. Only then did he realize that he was really a puppet maker, but the puppets he made It can move and scare people in the middle of the night!

But Master Long's craftsmanship is not very good. The proportions of these puppets' limbs and bodies are normal, but their faces are blurry. The knife work is quite rough, and the painting is a mess. It makes the face red and green. Looking at it in the middle of the night Lai felt even more eerie and terrifying, even a bold person like Wan Li was shocked.

He continued to retreat slowly, trying to keep a certain distance from the puppets, but he didn't notice that a stone under his feet tripped him and almost fell to the ground. His movement was loud, like flipping the switch of the four puppets. They immediately rushed towards Wan Li. Because Wan Li hadn't adjusted his steps yet, he was quite embarrassed to avoid the attack. The box with the bloodwood sword suddenly fell to the ground!

It was a rare treasure from the Taoist world. Although it could not play a big role in his own hands, he was still wary of being snatched away by people with ulterior motives. Now that Master Long didn't know whether it was good or bad, he certainly couldn't just throw the Bloodwood Sword on the ground.

Seeing the four puppets surrounding him again, he immediately threw himself to the ground to grab the sword. However, their movements were faster than he imagined. One of the puppets raised its solid wooden feet high and aimed at Wan Li. The outstretched arm stepped down hard, causing Wan Li to quickly withdraw his hand in fear.

With a 'bang' sound, a deep oval-shaped footprint appeared on the ground.

"Damn. So cruel!" Wan Li cursed, his heart became angry, and he got up to fight back, but two puppets on the side swung their arms at his chest and abdomen at the same time, forcing him to jump back. He took a big step, but a gust of wind came from behind him again, forcing him to bend down and miss the third wave of attacks.

"There is still cooperation!" Even though there was no beautiful woman watching the battle, he still kept talking nonsense and provocatively threw the flashlight in his right hand at the nearest puppet.

Unexpectedly, the puppet refused to hide and hit him hard. Because he used too much force, the flashlight suddenly broke. If the four lanterns were not placed neatly on the ground not far away, he would have immediately hit him. Will fall into the dark night. Looking at the puppet again, its head was suddenly smashed off and rolled into the grass next to it, but it still didn't move. Another puppet went to help it find it.

Wan Li was stunned for a moment, then secretly cursed himself for being reckless!

He has always been witty, but this time he made many mistakes because he was anxious to rescue Ruan Zhan and Xiaoxia and because he was in an isolated and helpless state. He forced himself to calm down and saw a puppet reinstalling the head of a decapitated puppet. He quickly seized this opportunity and rushed to the puppet on the other side in two steps. He lit up the sole of his shoe and kicked it directly. The crook of the puppet's leg.

Of course the puppet didn't feel any pain anymore. What hurt was his feet. Although he kicked it with the soles of his feet and didn't dare to kick it directly with his feet, it still made him feel numb under his feet. But this worked. Although it didn't hurt, it couldn't stand still and fell straight to the ground!

This is the experience he gained from fighting zombies. Although this puppet is weird, its body is stiff and the principle is similar.

Just now he saw that the puppet's head seemed not to be connected to the body, but to be installed on the torso together with the neck, so after knocking down a puppet, he immediately threw himself on its side, pressing its wooden legs with both legs. He pressed his hand on its chest and pulled its head hard with the other hand.

He just heard a 'click' and the puppet's head was ripped off by him!

Without waiting for the puppet to react, he kicked it away and threw the severed head far away. His arm strength was not weak, and the severed head slid in the air for a considerable distance before falling to the ground with a slight muffled sound.

He threw it too far, causing the puppets to lose their sense of purpose for a moment. They tried to find the head but were unable to find it. The decapitated puppet immediately acted like a power-off robot, unable to attack Wanli anymore.

Taking advantage of the moment when the severed puppet in front of him was as motionless as the pile of rotten wood, Wan Li quickly threw down the other puppet who was still in a daze, and followed the same pattern. But when he got up to deal with the third one, the puppet learned the lesson. Although it fell to the ground due to stiff joints, one of its hands kept pressing on its head, allowing Wanli to twist it twice without twisting it off. But its other hand also pressed on Wan Li's face, desperately squeezing his head to the ground!

Although the puppet's movements were clumsy, they were extremely powerful. Even though Wan Li was already very strong, the struggle still felt like a tree being shaken by an earthworm, and it was impossible to break free!

There was a hot pain in the back of his neck and head. Wanli knew that it was caused by the rough gravel on the ground. He knew that if this continued, the puppet would crush his head, and from the wooden hand pressing on his face Between his fingers, he saw that the first puppet whose head he had smashed was moving a big stone and staggering towards him, knowing that it wanted to hit him to death. It's just that its head is mounted in the wrong direction and its face is facing backward, so it walks slower.

But even so, he will arrive sooner or later, and by then he will have no chance of survival!

Thinking like this, he simply let the puppet's hand press on his head, enduring the pain in the back of his head, and groped around him with both hands. He remembered that during the struggle, something sharp hit his waist and almost broke it. It must have been a big rock.

Waist side, no!

Rib, no!

Behind the crotch, no!

Above his shoulder, he finally touched something. The cold and rough texture told him that it was the usable stone!

He had struggled too hard just now, so now the stone was in a place where he could touch it but couldn't get it. Feeling that his head was about to burst, and the puppet with its head backwards was approaching, he gathered all his strength, pushed upwards, and took advantage of the gap of less than a second to turn his body in one direction. He hugged the rather large stone with both hands and turned over to smash the puppet that was entangled with him!

In a hurry, he didn't know where he was hit. He just felt the wooden hand holding his body loosen, and at the same time heard a sound of breaking through the air from behind his head.

He hurriedly rolled to one side several times, heard a loud "bang" behind him, and felt an airflow like an air wave blowing onto his back. Turning around, he saw that the puppet that was clinging to him had a stone smashed outside its chest and embedded in its wooden body. Another, bigger stone hit its belly, crushing it in half. !

"Hoho, you accidentally injured your comrade." Wan Li jumped up first, then leaned down and yelled.

The face of the last puppet was facing backward, so its leg curves were right in front of him. It was too easy to knock him over. With such a good opportunity in front of him, could he still miss it? !

The puppet fell down at the sound, and Wan Li jumped up again, kicking out its head that was not firmly installed!

ah--

The cry came from thousands of miles away!

"My feet!"