Chapter 159 – Jiu Ye

I could feel that I was bound by something that kept me from falling through the air, but I couldn't see what exactly it was. It was just wrapped around my body, leaving me entrapped amongst these corpses. I turned my head towards my surroundings and saw that these corpses were all closed-eyed, lifeless and motionless.

The silence around me was oozing, and I couldn't hear any loud noises other than my breathing. I was hanging here, the chains around my neck were gone, and I wouldn't feel hungry or tired on my body, as if I too had become a walking corpse. Living a life that the changeless could not understand. I gradually realized that only when the mouth of that cave suddenly appeared, a gap of white light lit up, I, and those corpses, were able to break free from this bondage, one after another, we fell from the heights, all the corpses piled up together, and I was one of them, and all the senses were numb, as if I had already been looking forward to the fact that I was still alive.

We slowly straightened up, almost as if it had become a habit, and walked towards the white light of the cave. Only I never had the chance to step into it as thoroughly as the other corpses, and almost as soon as I stepped to the edge, the impermanent would suddenly appear, strangling me into a suffocating unconsciousness with his chains, and then I would wake up in another world, sitting in my old home, living the same uneventful life as I had in the past.

I felt as if my life had been split in half, whenever I fell asleep at home, I would appear in the middle of a cave, I couldn't tell where the real world was and where the dream world was, I only felt that both sides had become part of my life, and over the years, I had even gotten used to it.

As if this morning I woke up, a simple wash, only to find that my mother even put up a great battle, from the first day of the day, I never left, the unit I do not go, just like before, gave Lin Tian a phone call, let his father to help me solve this problem.

I stayed at home all the time, compared to how quickly I got used to this kind of life, my mom always seemed very uneasy, she always thought that what I told her about my experience in the cave every night was a dream so lengthy that it was too much for people to pull themselves out of it, and even if it went on for a long time, I don't know how much my mind and body would be affected.

For this reason she thought of many ways, I even saw her change her attire for the first time, for me to perform spells to drive away the ghosts, but no matter what she did, I still went to sleep every night, and found myself in the middle of that cave, waiting for that white light to appear, so that I would wake up.

Because of this, my mother never let me leave her side, she became particularly anxious, night after night difficult to sleep, many times I woke up in the morning, only to find that she had not slept for another night. The whole person became more and more haggard.

I considered to the end, or feel to go to comfort her a few words, because in the end, in addition to some strange, I simply do not feel that this thing has much impact on me, and that the cave in the body does not say, think it is because of the relationship of seeing the impermanence of my mother's ability is no longer big, but also can not fight against it. Just she never understood, from when I started, messing with the impermanence.

But time passed day by day, seeing that my physique didn't get worse, and I didn't get any serious illness, she gradually felt relieved. The only thing that still mattered to her was that I had touched the bloodper's relationship, and although it was troublesome to deal with, it wasn't as complicated as Tintin's, because I had and her blood flowing in my body.

From that month onwards, I also follow my mother's request, began to release blood to raise the perch, I every time in take a knife in the arm to cut a mouth, the blood into the jar sealed up, and so on the next time to open the mouth of the jar, inside the blood have been sucked clean, without leaving a trace, this kind of days need to have been continued for ten years long, although occasionally because of lack of blood feel a little weak, but compared to no life, to be a good I am a lot better than being dead.

In addition, my life is also as plain as ever, two months later, I began to study the matter of work, the previous unit has been unable to return, I did not put it on the mind, and my mother after discussing, she also decided to leave this place with me, the old mansion is so closed, we will come back less and less, if not my mother has not been allowed to sell words, that piece of land has long been sold.

I re-found a job, and Lin Tian is also as good as ever brother, in the middle of his help a lot of help, even the beginning of the house are he helped us find.

I went to work every day, living a very regular life, my mom was at home to make dinner waiting for me to go back. Later on, because of my good performance at work, the days gradually got better.

As for Ding Ding they, although I am sure that the world is really the existence of his family, but I have never wanted to go to the meaning of knowing them, because our lives have never been intersected, I did not like that time, I did not hit the ghosts, also did not meet those strange things, so he is for me, as if I know the same as a stranger, silent in the heart on the good.

Time is always in our unconscious when we slowly pass away, in the blink of an eye, this kind of day has been more than ten years long, I occasionally look at myself in the mirror, only to find that I have aged a lot, but every night after falling asleep, found himself waking up in the middle of the cave, but still the same look, every day as the walking dead general life, just now, I have completely the cave happened, as a A weird and unexplainable dream.

After all, I'm doing well now, everything is going well at my job, my income has gone up quite a bit over the years, I've even gotten married, have my own kids and family, and occasionally go out and party with Lin Tian's family.

When my mother died, she was already in her sixties, although it is not too old, but one, she is usually not good health, two, these years, she from time to time will still be worried because of my dream things, worrying about the disease. Only she went very peacefully, so that the guilt in my heart to reduce a lot.

At her funeral, I put the Blood Purple in the coffin with her. I never did figure out where it came from, but it didn't matter to me at all anymore. I had a good life and family, and didn't want to involve myself in those horrible memories from my dreams. I was extraordinarily content with the life I had now.

My whole life seems to have passed so simply. I am slowly getting older, and the contact between me and Lin Tian and these friends is gradually less and less, after I retired, I almost always stayed at home, and seldom went out to go. Occasionally and old friends meet once, looking at their wrinkled face, can not help but sigh time change. No one knows which day we will sleep and never open our eyes again.

Lin Tian died two years before me, and at his funeral I didn't even shed a tear, just thought back to the days when I was a child and felt a lot of emotion in my heart.

And the day I passed away, also finally came in a dusk, my whole family, my son and grandson, all gathered around my bedside, I looked at them, unable to speak, but the heart is extraordinarily calm, and extraordinarily peaceful. I listened to their cries, slowly close my eyes, until the last wisp of breath disappeared, my life, only then considered the complete end.

But it was also that time, my body shook violently, opened my eyes, and returned to the stone cave, I was still the same as when I was young, but unlike in the past when I woke up after falling asleep, I didn't know when, but my face was full of tears, as if I watched my whole life pass by just like that. Watching the people around me gradually aging and dying one by one. In the end the bottom of my heart turned up, and I don't know what kind of emotion, so that I couldn't stop the tears from coming.

I kneeled on the ground, this time surprisingly not hanging on the top of the cave with those corpses. I saw not far in front of me, a tall white figure stood there, the lapel of his body gently fluttering, his left hand holding a wailing rod, his right hand dragging a black chain, just so silent standing there, a pair of white eyes, Moran cold and solemn gaze at me, as if waiting for me to do something in general.

But I can't understand what he means, I even know what kind of existence I am now considered, I only feel that I am now actually dead, but the dream of this cave still continues, I don't know the rush is the real existence of the person, or just the brain a thought that has not disappeared.

But that changeless looked at me, suddenly turned around, his hands of the invocation bell a shake, that a gap of white light, as if growing out of the wall, gradually become bigger, allow him to step in. I hesitated for a moment, then stood up from the ground, followed the changeless into that white light.

This light gradually extinguished, and I was finally able to see the things in front of me clearly. I slowly looked towards the front, and suddenly realized that I had already walked out of the same cave, and in front of me was an open hinterland, not far away there were rows and rows of houses built in the ancient style, and on the streets, there were even quite a few people coming and going.

I couldn't help but stay for a while, and that feeling of confusion in my heart grew stronger and stronger. There was only one thought in my heart, and that was, was hell originally like this?

But the impermanence had disappeared, I took a closer look and realized that it was not right, this was just like the real world, everywhere I looked, there were fields and houses, a very ancient scene.

I stood here dumbfounded, suddenly saw an old man from a short distance away, he saw me, suddenly froze for a moment, and then laughed and shouted towards me from afar, little brother is a newcomer? I don't know which family name?

I paused for a long time before I swallowed and said, I am called Tan Xi …… What is this place.

That old man, upon hearing my name, suddenly revealed a look of envy beyond measure, and hastily bent toward me, saying that it was the young master of the Tan family, and that here, it was not the village of Jiu Ye!

Chapter 160: The Milky Way

I froze at that at once, as I looked around, there were mountains and water, and the buildings were basically in the style of ancient buildings, as if they were the filming bases of those costume movies, it was said to be a village, but it was already far beyond the size of an existence.

But if this place is Jiu Ye, then that place we found earlier, where is it?

Although we didn't ask specifically at that time, but from what Xia Ruxuan said in his mouth, basically already determined that that village is Jiu Ye undoubtedly, I never thought that there is a village called Jiu Ye that exists here. And look at these people's attire dress, the vast majority, are also the appearance of the ancients, few modern attire.

The old man looked at me, to the front of the path, said, little brother, you follow this road, to the front can see a big house, say your name, there will be someone out to greet you, the old man I want to go to the field, these two days almost to the time of harvesting crops, can not be delayed.

I said a thank you, heart suspicious, but the face did not show, just follow the road he pointed out to go over, the farther away from the village, I can see things are also more and more, which found in and a bunch of ancient buildings, there are still some modern style of the house, only mixed in, looks very inconspicuous.

But these two different architectural styles, here, but exceptionally harmonious, not a little abrupt feeling.

I kept walking inward, and on the way, I met quite a few people who would curiously look at me, making me very uncomfortable, and the speed of my feet couldn't help but speed up a lot. But strangely enough, this village even seemed unusually lively, like the small towns in the TV series, extraordinarily noisy, on this narrow street, there were even quite a number of people setting up small stalls to hawk their wares, it was very lively.

I walked forward for a while more, and then I saw a tall house, this is the most abrupt thing I saw here.

The house was like a royal palace, completely out of place in a village. I stood at the entrance for a while, but I couldn't even tell just how big it was. It felt as if I had gone out traveling to the ruins of some dynasty.

The main door of the house was closed, and only the two small doors next to it were open, with people going in and out a bit from time to time. I looked up and realized that there was a plaque standing above the main gate that read Tan Family Clan Residence. I even thought I was looking confused, or worried that I was dreaming, I couldn't help but slap myself hard, resulting in pain that made my face quickly red and swollen.

Just at this time, I suddenly saw a person wearing a Chinese mountain suit look like a person walked out from the small door, he originally have walked next to me walked past, but suddenly stopped again, turned his head towards me to look at, up and down for a moment my dress up, said, you this person clothes look peculiar, but with me this body is almost the same, have not seen you before, is it a new one, what is your name?

I remembered that old man s words and busied myself with my name. This person slightly contemplated for a moment, laughed and said, since you are also our Tan family, no wonder the heart will inexplicably have a few good feelings.

I really couldn't figure out the situation, so I was silent and didn't say anything, he lazily looked at me for a while, then waved his hand and said, you come with me.

As soon as the words fell, he grabbed his body and walked towards the small door in the corner, I was busy following his footsteps.

From the small door in, is a very large courtyard, inside a lot of people, as if the ancient household servants, each busy, occasionally someone meets us, will also bow respectfully towards him, let me feel very strange.

He did not have the heart to pay attention to these people, just casually waved his hand and dismissed, look at me a little froze look, then laughed a little, said, although I do not know what era you come from, but thought, you and I such a person, should not be accustomed to this kind of people to you respectfully life. But the rules here are like this, can not change, only to get used to it.

I asked in passing, saying what kind of place is this.

He looked back at me, and then looked at this large courtyard, said, this is our Tan family mansion, the west side of the family of about the same size, is the Xie family. Those who live here are basically shrine keepers from various eras, these things, you should know it.

My body a jolt, suddenly looked at his eyes also strange, I earlier always have a kind of cross over illusion, but only now realized, this is not I cross over, but all the people here, in fact, do not know how long has been dead, just look in the eyes, just as if the living general, very strange.

He took me to a vacant house, the two sat down, before he said to me, you will rest here first today, there is no need to be restrained, wait for tomorrow, and then take you to see the Grand Master, recognize the ancestors.

I didn't understand at once, and asked strangely, what did he say?

He gave a laugh and said, this name you may not get used to, I still can not accept it, but there is no way, etiquette and filial piety still need to comply with, the Great Old Master is the ancestor of our Tan family, or should I say, is the person who brought us to create this place, without him, there is no everything here. It's also all thanks to them that we can continue to live in this place.

I originally thought that the eight generations of ancestors were considered to be the oldest ghosts I had ever seen, but once I heard this, I realized that this so-called Great Old Master might even be much further back than the eight generations of ancestors. And listen to this person's words, he even thought he was still living in this world, it is hard not even how many years he died, he is not clear in his heart. I even had a hidden thought in my heart, thinking that after I met this Grand Master, I would be able to know the oldest secrets of the Tan Xie and Xie families, even including the secret of the Blood Perpetuator, I would be able to know it clearly.

When this person saw that I did not speak, he gave me a curious look and said You seem to have something on your mind.

I was busy laughing, afraid that he read my mind, immediately put on a picture of a soulful appearance, changed the topic, said, I do not know what happened to me, I feel that I have already lived my whole life, and have already arrived at the time of old age and passing away, but suddenly appeared in this place again, and now my mind is in a state of confusion, I do not know what exactly has happened.

What I said was all about the lifetime I had experienced, because to be honest, I was still confused about whether the person who had already died of old age was very much me, or whether the person who was sitting in this room right now, saying these words, was the one who had died of old age.

Who knows this person heard my words, a little surprised expression is not, just slowly stroked his clothes, which looked at me, said, Tan Xi, you have heard of a word is not, called the yellow sorghum a dream?

I was skeptical, I naturally understand the meaning of his words, is to say that I really just dreamed a dream, but that everything is incomparably real, real to the point that I can not distinguish self. When it was a dream, how could it be that simple.

But then, he suddenly laughed again, said, of course, this is not an ordinary dream, but you cut in the inside of the living a hand, and when you die, the dream wakes up, everything has become the past clouds, of course, if you pay attention to some, you will find that some of the inside of the consciousness of your own deliberately avoided and constructed out of the things. You can even live the dream again if you want to.

I once read in a story about the origin of the term "yellow sorghum dream", which seems to be about a person who feels that he has experienced a life of great wealth and beauty and happiness, but when he dies, he realizes that he has only dreamt a dream, and even for a brief period of time, even the yellow sorghum rice cooking at home is not yet ripe.

I heard him say so, carefully recalled once again, which found that which is some unreasonable place, as if my mother and I showdown after admitting their own identity, but also did not mention to the blood peroxide behind the various things, and even about my father all everything is not mentioned, which may be because I subconsciously can be avoided caused by, because for those things, I myself do not understand. But I never thought there would be so real feeling, as if I really experienced a long lifetime, I even some hope, I really just so ordinary life.

I was slightly lost in my heart, really came to this place, there are still things I need to continue to face.

With this thought in my heart, I glanced towards the man and realized that the expression on his face was not the slightest bit surprised, as if he was extremely knowledgeable about all of these things. I frowned in confusion and asked him uncertainly, as if you had experienced such things as well.

He laughed again and said, Tan Xi, how do you think you are considered to be alive now, how are we considered to be alive, since we came to this place, then we are all the same. Don't you realize that in this village, there are also many unreasonable places that exist?

I stood up in a moment, the weirdness of this place naturally needless to say, just that I was really surprised at the idea that popped up in the bottom of my heart, just that I was just about to open my mouth to speak, when I suddenly felt that the sky outside the house darkened, as if in a moment, the sky was immediately black. The man also stood up, looked toward the outside, said, the time has come it, today is so over, wait for tomorrow, I will wait for you here, and then take you to see the great master.

Said, he stepped towards the outside of the house, I realized that all the people in this courtyard, unexpectedly, all towards the outside of the house. I quickly pulled him back and asked him where he was going.

Instead, he looked at me strangely and said, strange, can't you feel that you are going to wake up? The hour is up today, the dream is about to collapse, quickly return to your body.

As soon as his words fell, he shook off my hand and stepped away, leaving me standing alone and shocked. The houses around us began to tremble violently, as if they were experiencing a huge earthquake.

I sort of realized that I was different from them, I couldn't feel the ones he was talking about, because I was still alive, still truly alive! They, on the other hand, were all just living in their dreams!

This world I intruded into, turned out to be just a huge dream, and it was the dream of a bunch of dead people, a dream that allowed them to continue to survive in the world in a peculiar way!

Chapter 161: The Corpses

The surrounding houses shook more and more, the bricks and tiles on them kept falling down, smashing on the ground and turning into a pile of debris, and in less than a moment, this originally luxurious and incomparable building became a piece of rubble. The earth was trembling, what I saw in front of my eyes was an apocalyptic scene, and all the people who came and went in the courtyard disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving me alone.

But the strange thing is, no matter what the world becomes like, I stand in place, can not feel the slightest shake, this feeling, as if I am just a projection, in a world that does not belong to.

I don't know what to do, even if I want to run, I don't know where to escape to, only waiting for this violent trembling to be completely over, those broken bricks and tiles on the ground suddenly turned into a wisp of black smoke, the surroundings are just like when I just fell off the one-wooden coffin, darkness, I can't see anything clearly.

I don't know where I am now, and after looking around for a while, there was nothing but that endless darkness. I hesitated, wondering if I should move my feet a bit, slightly considering for a while, just wanting to take a step, suddenly I heard a shallow bell ringing, coming from the darkness in front of me. The sound was like a guiding beacon, making me unconsciously walk in that direction.

The ringing of the bells never stopped, and I didn't know how long I had been walking, but gradually, I suddenly saw a huge white shadow, emerging little by little from the darkness, the Impermanent Man was almost floating in front of me, his widowed white face was always expressionless, he was just separated from me by a distance, looking at me with a meaningful look.

I did nothing, just quietly stared at him for a long time, feeling as if time had suddenly frozen. But finally, he suddenly turned around and walked towards the darkness. I was busy to follow his footsteps, but no matter how I catch up, but and he only see, but always separated a distance, as if I can never catch up to go.

We a front and a back, do not know how long it took, the changeless only stopped in front, I saw him back to the head, meaningful look at me, and then the huge palm suddenly in the darkness gently wave, the front of the darkness slightly fluctuation up, as if by the wind blowing smoke, I just focus on looking at the darkness of those gradually distorted, even when the changeless suddenly disappeared also do not know. Only when I reacted, that place, there is no longer any person or ghost figure, just those fluctuating black mist under, there seems to be something, vaguely floating out.

I slowly walked over, now no longer able to distinguish what place I was actually in, because what I saw and heard, was completely unable to explain what I saw in front of me.

It wasn't until I came to the place where the changeless had stood earlier, and reached out towards the front, that I realized that behind all this mist stood a huge slab of stone, indescribably large to the eye. I slowly feel along it, the touch is a little rough, cold as if the cold winter river water in general.

This stone plate is about as high as my two people, a foot thick, there is no pattern carving on it, it looks like just a piece of waste stone excavated from the mountain in general, the location of this stone plate is very abrupt, before and after there is no connecting place, inexplicably and marvelously stands here.

I turned it around and looked at it again and again, the impermanent brought me here, then this thing must not be simple, just that I didn't see what exactly it does for a while.

I studied it for a long time before my brain suddenly felt like it had been slapped, and I suddenly realized that this thing, it seemed, was a door. Although it felt very marvelous, because it stood almost empty, without any place to lead to, but somehow, the moment this thought came to me, it felt more and more like it the more I looked at it.

Both sides of this stone door look the same, I can't even tell where the front is right, I don't know why, think about the current environment, together with the existence of this stone door, suddenly I feel like a novel I've read, but other people's doors are bronze, damn I'm here is a stone, and it's still left behind by the impermanent, it's just so chilling.

I thought for a moment, reached out in the stone bit by bit to touch, as if want to find a mechanism out, I began to not hold any hope, but I did not expect, the blind cat touched a dead mouse, but also really let me find an unusual place.

In this stone door from my head about a palm of the place, there is a sunken hole, very small, but feel very strange, seems to be specially polished out the same, and other places rough feeling is completely different.

I roughly compared the size and shape, I don't know why it feels a bit familiar, on second thought, my body was violently stunned, the shape of this small hole, the blood perch I was carrying was almost exactly the same, I couldn't help but think of the words Xia Ruxuan said before, he told me that this was the place where the blood perch was found, only that up to this day, no one knew the exact origin anymore.

Furthermore, the last time the impermanent chased out, the first action of reaching out, is to grab the piece of blood perforation I wear on my body, only once upon a time missing a piece, and now the two pieces of He together, there is a big difference, but the impermanent want this thing, and from the time I came in, the attitude and the previous comparison can be said to be the world of difference, and did not go out to snatch it, it seems that for the complete blood perforation, he has any He has some scruples about the complete Blood Purple.

After going around in such a big circle, but then led me to this place, by the looks of it, it was just to let me put the blood perforation back to its original position.

I hesitated slightly for a while, my heart was a bit scared, I didn't know if I should take down the blood perch and put it up in that hole, I was afraid that if I did that, something else would happen that I could hardly predict, although from what I had seen and heard since I came here, it had all gone far beyond my own expectations.

I tried to remember for a while, trying to rationalize the purpose and thought process of this impermanence as I understood it.

When we first came to this place, it was actually just a trap set up by my brother-in-law in order to place Xia Ruxuan by my side, no one had ever gone down to the bottom of the dowel coffin except for the corpse, so what happened here should have been outside of my brother-in-law's expectations as well.

At that time, the impermanent appeared, the purpose is the blood perch, but after that, but through the little ghost, want my life, so to say, he seems to think that my death, will bring an unexpected effect, but the specific what, this is not clear to me, and it is always impossible for me to go running to ask him.

Even after the brat sent me here, he even thought for a while that I would be brutally murdered by the Uncanny when I entered the coffin, so it seems that everything the brat knew was limited to the deal between the Uncanny and him. But in the end, everything, all of it, has undergone a bizarre change. The impermanent didn't take my life, but only made me like all the people who died here, first having a dream that was true to death, and then taking me, breaking into another dream created by those countless dead people.

It was as if, by giving me a sense of experience, I knew exactly with what kind of mind those dead people were living in the dream. But I didn't know what it did, and it didn't seem to have anything at all to do with what I needed to do right now, which was to put the bloodper back in place.

I had a bold, and at the same time unreliable, guess in my heart, that is to say, the Irregulars, as Ghostbusters, they were not able to see into the world either. The reason I'm not dead right now is because I'm carrying a full bloodperm with me, and he needs me as a helper. I don't think it's reliable because the Impermanent is pretty much an existence against the heavens in my eyes. There was no ghost he couldn't deal with, and no one he couldn't kill, so even I wasn't convinced about needing a helper.

But right now, it seems that I only have one option, to put the blood perch back where it belongs, because in the end, there is simply nothing else feasible for me to do right now.

I drooped my eyes, swallowed a little bit of saliva, thought to myself that death is just death, and then took off that blood perch from my neck, stood on tiptoe, and that hole to compare.

But how do I know, I just wanted to put the blood perforation into the hole, suddenly a withered hand with rotten meat sticking to it, from behind my head reached over and pulled my arm tightly, so that I couldn't move!

On this hand, most of the flesh and blood had rotted almost to the point of decay, and in many places, there were only blackened bones left, and only on a few joints, there were barely any signs of flesh and blood.

He pulled my arm, yanked hard, I was immediately overturned on the ground, even the blood perch also fell on a plate at the same time, I hurriedly turned my head to look behind me, only then I saw the black fog behind me, I don't know when, suddenly stood a flesh and blood has not yet completely decayed skeleton, his face, there is only a row of teeth, empty and no eyeballs of the eyes, straight towards me looked over, I looked at him on the I looked at his clothing, but also wearing a set of armor, look at this appearance, in life or a military general may also say.

He looked at me for a long time, then his eyes suddenly fell on top of the blood perch, bent down and wanted to pick it up.

Although I don't understand anything, but I understand that this blood can't fall in other people's hands, so I scampered up from the ground and rushed towards the blood.

But not waiting for me to come to the side of the blood, the skeleton suddenly raised his foot towards me is a kick, the force of the big, let me some unimaginable, I immediately covered my stomach and kneeled down, and the blood has fallen in the hands of the skeleton.

I endure the pain, the heart hates the teeth itchy, calculating how to be able to snatch the blood peroxide back, hard fight is certainly not. But how do I know, I have not thought of the method, suddenly found not far away in the black fog, there are countless silhouettes slowly come, those in the cave corpses, suddenly appeared in this place, closely behind the skeleton, all the eyes, all the cold stare at me!

Chapter 162: Life and Death

The atmosphere suddenly became cold and solemn, suppressing me in a cold sweat, although many of those corpses could not be seen clearly, I could feel that all of them were staring at me. I could only stay where I was, not daring to make even the slightest movement.

I slowly stood up, the speed is very slow, really do not dare to take a breath, if we do in reality, this feeling, as if the thief was surrounded by the police, no way to heaven and no door.

In front of the skeleton spread palm, looking at the hand of the blood, even if he that skeleton face can not see any expression, , but I do not know why, looking at his appearance, I suddenly feel that he is on this blood, seems to have unusual feelings, very odd.

Do not dare to act rashly, just in the heart calculating, I should use what method will be the blood peroxide to snatch back, but I have not made up my mind, see this skeleton violently raised his head, looking at my back, and even backed up to a step of panic, even around the surrounding corpses, are also brushed with a move, as if they saw something that makes them panicked general.

Cold sweat flowed down my forehead, and I slowly turned my head to face the direction of that stone door, and saw the huge white figure of the Uncanny, like a ghost, standing behind me.

On his face, there was an expression of shock and anger that I had never seen before, and those white flesh and skin had almost all twisted up, which was extraordinarily horrifying to look at. He held a soul inviting bell in one hand, and held the wailing rod high in one hand, directly crossing over me, violently smashing towards the corpse in front of him.

I only heard a loud bang, the wailing stick directly smashed in the skeleton's shoulder, immediately the hand holding the blood peroxide, from the shoulder position, should be sound and broken, plopped down on the ground.

Uncanny extermination of corpses, I have seen it before, just like the scene that I saw in the Xie Family Shrine underground room, those corpses, as long as they were touched by the wailing stick, suddenly all exploded into pieces. But what I didn't expect was that this skeleton in front of me, in addition to being hit by the impermanent coldly, broke a hand, but not a thing, he even became furious, slightly bent his body, opened his mouth toward the impermanent angrily trumpet, make a kind of provocation state.

I looked at him this posture, the whole person completely blinded, thinking that this with the impermanent board, you fucking is completely in the death ah!

But this skeleton not only did not retreat, even as he shouted, behind that no data corpses, all suddenly surged up, the hands did not have a weapon or something, almost all of them to make a gesture of intent to fight, one after another, fighting towards the impermanent pounced over.

I saw this situation is not good, busy with the hand over the head, only to feel the constant corpses ran past me, bringing up a gust of cold wind. I opened my eyes to take a look through the gap in my arm, these corpses unexpectedly did not even look at me, one by one, they flung themselves away, all aiming straight at Uncanny.

I lie on the ground, want to climb out of this pile of corpses, looked back, this look can be said to be surprised, the impermanent by these corpses tugging clothes, tightly affixed to the stone door above, he a burst of roar, in the hands of the wailing rod constantly towards the surrounding corpses hit over, but that one, but only tightly will be able to repel the corpses for a moment. Open a, but there are still countless corpses as a tidal wave like a steady stream of up, their bodies and the changeless comparison, although not to say that the ants, but the situation is almost the same, the changeless as if a large prey, in the face of such a "swarm of ants", very few chances to fight back.

I was shocked, I did not expect, this impermanence against these corpses, but completely helpless, and the impression of the strong appearance is completely different, I can not even understand, is this impermanence is too weak, or these corpses are too strong.

But right now I do not have the heart to think about it, avoid those corpses that keep rushing up, low on the ground a little bit crawling forward, suddenly saw that a cut off on the ground of the arm, my heart was happy, busy crawling over towards that side, reach forward to reach, want to take the blood perch from his hand back. But my hand just landed on top of the broken arm, this broken arm was suddenly lifted upwards, my heart suddenly chilled, looked up, and saw that the skeleton was using his only remaining hand, making gestures to want to pick up this broken arm.

When he saw my movements, he froze slightly, then turned his head and looked at me properly. My breathing suddenly tightened, looking straight at him, the movement of the hand also stopped, did not dare to move.

The skeleton looked at me for a while, will his section of the broken arm up, along the shoulder joints is a poke, I immediately heard a cool pick up the broken arm general click sound, and then saw the skeleton activities just picked up the arm, turned around in the air, see no major damage, which only re-appeared towards me.

I was lying on the ground, this feeling is very scary, his condescending gaze, let my heart constantly drumming. But where did I think, he slightly weighed the bloodper in his hand, and suddenly threw it in front of me in one go.

I was completely puzzled by his action, just heart suspicious, one side watching him, one side slowly reached out his hand, and when I held the blood perforation in my hand, it was a sigh of relief.

We are busy to put the blood peroxide back on, raised his head, suddenly found that this skeleton even still looking at me, but immediately after, he reached out towards the side of the several corpses a finger, even opened his mouth to say a human language, he looked at me, said, take this afterlife, to take out!

Those several corpses at once surrounded up, will my hands and feet lifted, high up, I carefully looked at the body under the several people, found one of them, the clothes worn on the body, but it is the appearance of the man in Chinese mountain clothes that I previously saw in the dream. And looking at his appearance, although the body is extraordinarily serious degree of decay, but probably still be able to distinguish is that person is right. In this way, I can be considered to understand, about the person in the dream, is the projection of these corpses, each corpse corresponds to a person in the dream, perhaps I stay here for a long time, but also be able to see earlier when we just know Xie Jia Ancestral that village, saw those old people it!

With this stance, they obviously didn't want me to put the bloodperm in the hole in the door. It seemed that they were fighting against the impermanent in groups, I was a little fuzzy for a moment, not knowing which side I should stand on, the impermanent wanted me dead, but these people, even if they were my ancestral relatives, they had implicated and killed many people for their own purposes in order to keep the secret of this place.

My mind has not yet turned a corner, and over there uncommonly I was lifted up by these few corpses. At once more angry, violently will a hand from the pile of corpses out, holding a long chain, also do not know where to come from, raised his hand and threw towards me, want to re-bind me.

But that chain just flew over halfway, the skeleton jumped up at once, yanking that chain tightly in his hand.

With such an opening, the corpses carrying me immediately threw off their steps and ran towards the darkness in the distance.

I was bumped by them waist is almost broken, and completely not recognize the direction, this place, the feeling has always been so vague, do not know where is true where is false, also do not know how long this past, in front of the eyes of those black fog a dispersal, I just sent down, I actually returned to the earliest that the cave, but look around, or so tightly closed, there is no exit look. I was now somewhat skeptical, whether it was the village called Jiu Ye earlier, or the stone gate that Uncanny took me to afterward. I've actually just been wandering around this cave without going anywhere else.

It's just that at this moment, those corpses hanging above my head are gone, and they're not anywhere else in the cave either, making me really a bit confused.

Who knows that when I arrived here, those corpses carrying me underneath me suddenly tacitly all spread their hands, and I directly fell from the air, smashing with a muffled grunt. Nonetheless, still quickly climbed up from the ground, wanting to get away from them.

That corpse wearing a Chinese mountain suit came forward, glanced at me, and suddenly asked me, saying, I originally thought that you were the same as us, but I didn't expect that you hadn't even died yet. This is even so, but why do you want to help the Yin God Uncanny and want to put us all to death, could it be that you are not one of my clan!

As soon as he said this, those corpses around him also walked up, fierce and vicious.

I was busy taking a step backward, my mouth kept explaining up, saying, I am a member of the Tan family this is right, but I myself don't know what's going on, I don't even want to come to this place, but I have no way out, I have already been pushed to the brink of extinction by the Uncanny!

This corpse sneered, looked at me and said, an impermanent you are afraid, that guy is trapped here for I don't know how many years, what big waves can he make. It's you who are so timid and scared, how can you guard the blood perch! You big deal is to die, we also have ways to make you live again, just can't see this no-good look.

I basically couldn't understand what he was saying, so I didn't say anything, but in my heart, I felt ridiculous. I secretly thought in my heart, it may be because of the relationship of this place is strange, the changeless is not able to exert his means, otherwise do not say here the corpse, is to come back to give hundreds of thousands of estimates are not rivals. And say what dead can also let me live over the bullshit, I one to these things completely do not understand, also never thought to guard what blood peroxide. Secondly, in the past, eight generations of ancestors did not also guard this thing, but in the end died, there is who let him live over!

I feel that I have absolutely no need to say on with them, and a group of corpses who do not know how long they have been dead to talk about my dead or alive, it would have been a ridiculous thing.

I sneered and said, to really have so much ability, you first live over to me to see.

Who knows this mountain suit and the corpse next to me, heard me this, suddenly looked at each other, suddenly laughed, but made me puzzled. Waiting for them to finish laughing, the mountain suit suddenly made a serious look, looked at me and said, we, originally, are living people!

Chapter 163: The Return Journey

I heard this, can be completely confused, just look at their appearance, the body is either dehydrated and dried up, or completely decayed into a dirty skeleton, where there is a bit of the appearance of the living. But this mountain suit dare to say so, I believe he must have said this kind of money, I even thought of borrowing a corpse to return to the soul, thought they are the same as my father, otherwise why collect so many corpses back.

But then I thought about it and thought it was wrong, because he used all his own corpses, even the dead people from that village of Xie's ancestral shrine, so there was no such thing as borrowing a corpse to return a soul.

Just this way, I couldn't figure it out at all, so I looked at them with a puzzled gaze and couldn't say anything.

This mountain suit looked at my appearance, said boy, you should understand, your task, is to properly guard the blood perch, as for other things, are not you should consider.

I was busy saying, I just don't understand, what is the use of me guarding this thing! No one has ever told me why! To be like this all the time, the blood perch whoever wants it, also be expected me to have so much spirit to guard it.

Zhongshan suit see my attitude is a bit tough, face suddenly sank, asked me, Tan Xi, what other people in your family?

I waved my hand, did not tell the truth, only said no, all gone.

He and the surrounding corpses glanced at each other, I can not see what it means, and then heard him say, how can there be no, we, are all your family, you just need to keep the blood peroxide, there will be a day, we will all go out from this ghost place, then you will understand, your loved ones in this world, much more than anyone else.

I was violently stunned, looking at them incredulously, hesitating for a moment before repeating his words, saying You …… are going out?

He nodded his head with certainty and said, If we don t go out, are we going to be stuck in this place all the time? We want to live in this world again truly and honestly, rather than hiding here forever and living in a yellow dream.

I was surprised, thinking could it be that these guys really do have a way to bring the dead back to life, that would be too fucking heaven-defying, but they even have a way to suppress the impermanent, so I guess it's not out of the realm of possibility. But I don't know why, I sketched that kind of scene in my head, the kind of people who have been dead for hundreds or thousands of years, suddenly reappearing in this world in groups and groups, maybe in other people's eyes, it's kind of a miracle, but for me, it's just so strange, and it feels extraordinarily gruesome in my eyes.

Who knows what they will do after they leave this place, after all, this era, and when they were alive has been completely different, casually do something could be very out of the ordinary.

In my values, since you're dead, just lie properly in the coffin, don't organize so many god five god six things out, not to mention that in the middle of this, also hitched a lot of people's lives.

The more I think about it, the more I feel shivering, by now, it can be said that the purpose of Tan Xie two families, although I'm not very sure, but according to the words of this mountain suit, it is in order to come back from the dead. Although the process to do I am not very clear, but think, this kind of thing, in that kind of unattainable times, should be said to be a lot of people difficult to reach a kind of desire.

In ancient times, how many emperors and generals, in order to seek longevity and can not get, may not practice a Dan eat, immediately on the corpse.

Zhongshan suit mentioned that big master, also do not know what dynasty, but think about it, may also have this fetish. Only his idea to eccentric some, do plan also long term some, although not counting longevity and so on, but can live through to, is estimated to be the biggest wish.

But this and my own ideas are somewhat different, I have always believed that a person living in this world, even if you have a long life, but in the end, watching the side care about the people, one after another died, and finally only left himself alone, which for me is a completely unacceptable thing. It was as if Lu Yao had said that they would stay in this world as a punishment from impermanence, because you can never forget the memories of yourself slowly losing everything, because you don't belong to this world after all.

I slowly collected myself, put on a curious look, and asked them, So what should I, now, do?

Zhongshan Suit forced a smile with his dried up face and said, This is not the place for you to be right now, you have to go back, until after you die, then come back. We are now, ready to send you out.

I didn't understand why I had to die once, but once I heard that I had a chance to get out of here, and I could say that I was unharmed, I was still a little secretly happy. No matter what decision I will make in the future, is to follow their footsteps, the continuation of the hundreds of rules, or stop there, live an ordinary person's life, all of this, need to wait for me to leave this place in the future to say.

But I did not think that this mountain suit words just fell, I still have a lot of questions did not ask the export, the side of the several corpses will be my hands and feet lifted up, towards the top of the cave is a hard throw, I have not reacted to a moment, the whole person will be towards the top of the cave crashed into the past, scared me busy with my hands in front of the block, eyes closed tightly, do not dare to open.

But after a long time, I didn't feel myself hitting the stone wall, and slowly opened my eyes, only then did I realize that I was actually lying in the ruins of the Xie Family Shrine, lying next to the one-wooden coffin, and my body was still the same as when I first came here, with wounds everywhere. It was as if everything I experienced in there was just a dream I had dreamed, and I was just sleeping next to the dowel coffin.

I raised my head to look at the sky, and found that the sky was beginning to dawn, this early in the morning, slightly chilly, surrounded by the ground above, everywhere is wet, it seems that last night, there was a light rain.

I hard to straighten up, but I did not expect too much action to pull the body's wounds, can not help but inhale a breath of cold air. I slowed down for a while, slightly open my mouth, only to realize that my lips are a little dry, it was hard to make a little sound, towards the direction of the village, gently called out the name of the little ghost.

But I don't know whether my voice was too small, or for other reasons, I never heard a response. Only when the pain in my body eased a bit did I slowly climb up from the ground and stagger out of this rubble.

Standing beside the Nuwa statue, I glanced towards the distance, the entire village was extraordinarily quiet, not a single sound could be heard, only from time to time some flying birds swept through the air, their cries making people panic.

I slowly walked towards the outside, constantly calling out the name of the little ghost along the way, but still, as before, there was not the slightest movement. The little ghost said he would be waiting for me outside the village, whether I am alive or dead, I believe that he said this sentence, but I searched around, did not find any traces of him, a large village, only I was alone, I feel very desolate.

I searched for a long time, still did not find traces of the little ghost, and dragged a body injury, the state is getting worse and worse, finally there is really no way, can only break into the former villagers of the house to go, want to find some can reduce the pain of the medicine and food can fill the stomach.

I didn't even know what day of the month it was, and I couldn't even find anything on me that could tell the time. Therefore, I couldn't tell exactly how long I had been in that weird world in the coffin.

I stayed in the village for three days before the wounds on my body scarred, and every day, as if in a movie about famine, I dragged my feet from house to house, trying to find something to feed my hunger.

Until I woke up on the third day, I decided to leave this place, the good thing is that the road back, I still vaguely remember some, when I came here before, almost have to walk for a day, I am now in this state, of course, it took a longer time.

This way did not happen any strange things, I touched the blood peroxide on my chest, I feel that I really like Ding Ding said, completely out of the will attract ghosts of the day, the heart just a little bit of relief, but when I think of the little ghosts to take away my Ding Ding's condition is very bad, I can't help but worry about it again.

I still have a little money in my pants pocket, but I didn't bring my ID card, so I had to take the bus back. I washed my face in the passenger station's toilet , look at the mirror on the sink, I just realized why others look at me with a look of disdain, and even if I come closer, are avoiding the look.

Not to mention that the clothes I'm wearing are dirty as hell, even my face is covered in dust, I look like a hobo, it's very messy.

The woman next to me on the bus had a disgusted look on her face from beginning to end, and she looked like she wanted to kick me off the bus, but I could understand her reaction, if I were her, I probably wouldn't be able to stand it either.

Just look at the time printed on the ticket, I realized that from me to the one-wood coffin under, to now surprisingly has passed three months long, but for me, it feels surprisingly short, as if only yesterday went down, today came up, and three months time, the injury on my body surprisingly did not change at all.

But thinking back, in that dream, in those three months alone, I had spent so much of my life, I didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. But from the words of the mountain suit, I had also come to understand that this kind of dream, the bland lifetime within it, the purpose it brings is simply to make you feel dull and ordinary, to make you feel as if you have some kind of unfinished regrets.

It's as if we are growing up, longing for that kind of sensational life, but always feel out of reach, as if there are so many beautiful and charming things we want to feel, but in the end can't reach the same, making you regret that you can't turn back the clock, and making you want to live again when you are about to die.

Unfortunately, for me, the dream of living an ordinary life like that is already enough, even if I am said to have no lofty aspirations and ideals, it doesn't matter.

Chapter 164: Double Body

It took me a generation longer than the train to get back to the city where I live, for one thing, there are mostly mountainous roads here, and for another, I wasted quite a bit of time transferring midway, and my body can't withstand the long distance travel, and when I arrive at a station, I need to rest for a while.

Therefore, when I returned here, looking around the familiar scenery, the heart is full of emotion, three months of time almost no change, the only difference, just with the time gradually approaching the end of the year, the clothes people wear also become more.

When I arrived at the station, I only had one or two or ten dollars on me, and after a meal in the neighborhood, I had even less left.

I thought about it carefully at that time, and the excitement I had felt when I came back disappeared. Suddenly I didn't know where I should go. I didn't know if Ding Ding would live or die after he was injured, and it was questionable whether he would continue to live in the rented room, not to mention that the house was pretty badly damaged on the night of the Ghost Festival.

Lin Tian was also injured when I left, and it was in front of his mom. Although I still want to ask his mom about something, she usually doesn't treat me well, and after that incident, it should be even harder to see him.

So after dinner, I sat in someone else's small store, hesitation for a long time, and then decided to go back to the rental house to see, if Ding Ding is still there, it is considered to be a blessing in misfortune.

I got up and took the bus, watching the people on the bus come and go, remembering that I don't have to worry about the blood peroxide anymore, and now I'm one of them, and my heart is still slightly happy.

When I came to the rental house downstairs, the past familiar everything into the bottom of the eyes, can not help but take a deep breath, but every step, feel a little apprehensive, until I came to the third floor, see Tan Lan's house door closed, which remembered that there is still such a person to come, but after I disappeared, he should not have the need to live here.

I walked to my own door, lying on the door to listen, but did not hear the inside of the movement, knocked for a while, but no one responded, the heart of this cold, thinking that Ding Ding perhaps really do not live in this place.

I more or less lost, hesitated for a while, this is ready to leave, thinking that there is no way really can only go to Lin Tian's home to see a glance, just back, really do not want to face his parents so soon.

But I was just about to go downstairs, suddenly I heard the voices of several people coming from the floor below, talking and laughing. As soon as I heard their voices, I instantly reacted that the person who was making a lot of noise right now was Lin Tian.

As his words fell, another person picked up the conversation, seemingly complaining as if he was disgruntled, and it was obviously Ding Ding's voice as well, I was overjoyed in my heart, both of them were surprisingly fine, and judging by the situation, it was already on the best side for me.

I was excited in my heart, just wanted to open my mouth to shout at them, suddenly I heard Ding Ding say, Tan Xi, you judge, I didn't mess with Lin Tian, he yelled at me as soon as he left the house, although I'm not as strong as he is, I can't be bullied like this all the time!

I was slightly stunned, and my heart was puzzled, Ding Ding called my name, but he hadn't even seen me yet, so how did he know I was back? And listening to this, it seemed as if I was with them.

But before I could think straight, I suddenly heard another person speak. That person let out a laugh, and seemed to be saying to Ding Ding, if you want to be powerful you should talk to him directly, don't drag me into this as a backstabber. Besides, I usually see you bullying the Hanged Ghost less ah.

When I heard this voice, I was dumbfounded, and stayed in place without moving, not even wanting to open my mouth to shout at them. Because what came from downstairs was clearly my voice! Even the tone of voice, the accent was exactly the same!

I completely do not understand what is going on, the heart is even more puzzled, could it be that there is an extra me?

As soon as this thought crossed my mind, I saw several of their figures about to turn up. I don't know what I thought, I turned around and ran towards the upper floor, as if I was afraid that they would see me, and I didn't understand what I was hiding from.

I stood at the corner of the fourth floor and watched them slowly walk up, the people one and all, Lin Tian, Ding Ding, the hanged ghost, and …… there really is another me!

He wore the clothes I usually wear, looks and movements are exactly the same, just don't know why, as if the body also has injuries in general, the appearance is slightly weak, but the expression on the face is very happy, Lin Tian they are the same. Only I am alone, standing in the corner of the building, hands and feet cold, body can not control the trembling, can not say what feeling.

They opened the door and walked in laughing and talking, leaving me standing there alone, the inside of my brain was blank, besides being terrified it was still terrified, I pinched myself hard and took another deep breath, only then did I manage to calm my emotions down.

I slowly made my way down the stairs and stood outside the door, reaching out to knock, but stopped when I heard laughter from inside. I didn't know how they would react if I rushed in like that, and that person who looked exactly like me seemed to know me very well, or else not to mention Lin Tian, perhaps even Ding Ding could have sensed something was wrong, but looking at the way they looked, it was as if they had all already mistaken that person for me.

But I find it hard to believe that there are really two people in the world who are so identical. This isn't one of those bloody dramas where two childhood friends grow up together and don't recognize each other with a rag over their faces. But if not, if this person is a ghost, then Ding Ding will definitely realize that something is wrong with him, but now it seems that this person can neither be a ghost, nor can he be any of my biological brothers, so who the hell is he, pretending to be me, and what is his purpose.

If I rashly barge in, when the time comes, will Lin Tian and the others believe me or that impostor, I really can't think of it, if I can really believe me, it's just that, if it ends up the other way around, then what should I do? After all, this person came to them before me.

I considered it for a while, and decided to observe secretly for a while first, to see if I could know this person's origin and purpose, or wait for Lin Tian and the others to fall alone, and then contact them one by one. That way I could also conveniently explain my situation.

With this in mind, I slowly withdrew my hand, made up my mind in my mind, turned around and prepared to leave. But down the stairs, my heart is again a moment of confusion, do not know where I should go to the right place, and then consider some, which decided to go to Lin Tian's home neighborhood, if he goes home, I will be there to block him.

However, when I left, I turned back to look upstairs, suddenly found that "I" is standing in front of the window, he reached out to pull the curtains closed, but suddenly swept his eyes, just fell on my body.

He slightly froze for a moment, the action of the hand stalled, stood at the window, and I stared at each other, so silent after a few seconds, as if someone called him, he jerked back to look at, and then turned his head toward me, I seem to see his deep smile, but then, he pulled the curtains up, and never showed up.

I stood downstairs and looked for a long time, the kind of anxiety in my heart is getting heavier and heavier, before finally looking for public transportation, also do not intend to halfway hijack road, directly run to Lin Tian's home.

I stood outside his home, to look inside, just want to press the doorbell, which happens to be their house cleaning aunt came out, a see me, busy shouted, said this is not Tan Xi, how to come alone, small days did not come back with you?

I laughed awkwardly, found an excuse to say Lin Tian he will be back. This aunt was busy opening the door to let me in, said you too, this sun, you still stand at the door to do what.

I naturally can't wait, busy into the house, this aunt is not polite to me at all, directly said, Tan Xi, feel free, I go out to buy some things, if Xiaotian came back, you and he said that tonight the family does not cook, his mother wants to take him out to eat.

I promised repeatedly and watched her leave, but when I entered the living room, I realized that Lin Tian's mom was sitting on the sofa, and even though I didn't see his dad's figure, I still felt a little embarrassed.

His mom seemed to be the same, turned her head to look at me, stayed for a while, asked me, why did you come?

I hemmed and hawed and laughed, saying I have a little thing I want to find you to ask ……

Although I really want to know why the bloodper is in her hands, but at first did not intend to ask now, not to mention the situation is very peculiar, I have even less heart.

But Lin Tian his mother blankly glanced at me, put the tea cup in her hand on the said, suddenly said, you are kind of pestering me right? Tan Xi, how many times have you come to ask me this month? Although I know that you now have injuries on your body that have never healed, and sometimes you can't remember what you've done. But I really can't stand this repeating this over and over again, how about next time, after you've heard it, while you can still remember, write a good chapter of notes and put it on your bedside, get up every morning and look at it, so that everyone is comfortable.

As soon as I heard this, I wondered, this is obviously aimed at should not be me, but that fake Tan Xi is right, but it still sounds extraordinarily harsh. But what made me puzzled was that that person even had injuries on his body, and would also come to ask Lin Tian about his mom's bloodper, which was almost exactly the same as me in terms of description, with the difference being that that person seemed to have a bit of frequent memory loss as well.

But now his mother since the opening, I can only rush ducks, to the end of the matter, but I thought about it, or first let her call Lin Tian, let Lin Tian first back to be important, ride this time, what is the matter, should also be able to say clearly.

But as soon as I opened my mouth, Lin Tian's mom said, "Isn't Xiao Tian going out with you? Why do you want me to call him back instead?

I don't know how to explain, slightly hesitated, intend to find an excuse to say that we got separated, the phone didn't bring, so I came back to see him first, but I haven't opened my mouth yet, his mom contemptuously glanced at me, suddenly said, wouldn't it be possible for you to dump Xiaotian on the road again, and then come back to tell us that you saw a person who looks exactly like you with Xiaotian, making us all worried, and only then you're happy?

I was slightly stunned, surprised and unable to speak, at this time I realized that they all already knew about the two "me "s ……