It was already dawn, and Ran Zhu had been tossing around outside for quite some time.
When Chen Si went out, he saw the table full of "delicious dishes" again.
"Brother, come and eat. I can't treat you badly after receiving the money, right?"
Chen Si looked at the dishes on the table and still didn't take a bite.
"I plan to hire you as a guide today. How about taking me to the temple?"
Working for Chen Si is naturally a good thing. If you don't do anything, you can get hundreds by walking around the village with him.
But when he heard that he wanted to visit the temple, Ran Zhu couldn't help but show hesitation.
Chen Si didn't rush him, he just silently took out another stack of big bills from his wallet and put it on the table.
"This is the deposit, I will pay you back later."
Ran Zhu looked at the thick pile, licked his lips, and his expression became submissive again.
"Hey, brother, you have found the right person. I can go to that temple several times a month and I know it very well. How soon do you plan to leave?"
Chen Si stood up immediately and said, "Let's go now, I don't have much time."
Ran Zhu looked at the food on the table reluctantly, but still felt that business was important, so he didn't shirk it anymore. He packed up a little and planned to go out.
After taking a few steps out, he was worried about his wife again. He turned around and gave her instructions for a while, and then left the deposit given by Chen Si to her before following her again.
At this time, the sky was turning white, and the rising sun was just enough to illuminate the street.
Only then did Chen Si finally see the whole picture of Huangkou Village.
I saw that the whole street was deserted and deserted, with not a single living person in sight.
Being in it always makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
But Ran Zhu still greeted the villagers around him and introduced Chen Si, as if the surroundings were still lively in his eyes.
After walking like this for a while, the two of them arrived at the edge of the village.
In front of us is an old forest. According to the superstitious saying in the village, there is something unclean in this forest, so no one has developed it for hundreds of years. The trees inside are very tall and dense.
At this time, the fog in the mountains and forests has not dispersed, lingering among the trees, looking deep and quiet.
Ran Zhu first knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and said loudly: "Grandpa Immortal, our Ran family is here to offer incense to you. Don't blame us for disturbing you!"
After that, he quietly led Chen Si into the woods.
As soon as he stepped forward with his front feet, Chen Si felt something strange. The mist from all directions slowly wrapped around his body, and it was extremely cold.
He just felt as if he was completely isolated from the outside of the forest at this moment, and entered another world.
Chen Si was shocked, but found that the white mist only lightly wrapped around his body and made no other movements, so he felt a little relieved.
No one has been in the forest for a long time. Weeds and bushes have grown all over the place, occupying the entire mountain path, leaving no place for people to go.
Ran Zhu used his hatchet to chop down the surrounding branches, barely opening a path.
He was a little worried that Chen Si was from the city and was not used to walking, so he reminded him: "Brother, please walk more steadily and don't sprain your feet."
But when he looked back, he found that Chen Si's steps were steady and much calmer than him, so he shut up and said no more.
Ran Zhu then remembered that this guy seemed to be a practicing practitioner and continued to chop wood to clear the way.
After walking forward for a while, there was a faint sound in the distance.
Chen Si frowned and ordered the monsters hiding in the shadows to explore the way.
A long and narrow black shadow flashed past and quickly jumped forward, without arousing Ran Zhu's suspicion at all.
When it came back it merged into the shadow again, and at the same time several pictures flashed into my mind.
About a few hundred meters ahead, a figure in tattered clothing was wandering in the forest.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a village woman in her thirties, but her face was ulcerated, her eyes were cloudy, and both of her hands were cut off.
He is also a living dead!
But unlike Ran Zhu, the village woman seemed to have no consciousness and was just wandering around based on instinct.
Chen Si did not choose to approach rashly, but took Ran Zhu to a tree and hid in the open space in front of the village woman.
"Do you know this person?"
Ran Zhu looked in the direction of Chen Si's finger, and the woman wearing bright red flowers came into view.
"Of course I know you. Isn't this Aunt Ma? Why is she here? I'm going to say hello..."
Just as he was about to stand up, the woman turned around, revealing a terrifying face.
Ran Zhu's eyes suddenly widened, he stumbled and fell to the ground, screaming from his mouth.
"What the hell is this! A dead person, she is a dead person! Ghost——!"
Chen Si covered his mouth, and Ran Zhu stopped.
He originally thought that Ran Zhu and the woman were of the same kind, and wanted to test his reaction, but he didn't expect that this guy looked like a ruffian, and turned out to be more afraid of ghosts than himself, and was a coward.
At this time, the woman had obviously noticed this, and slowly turned her head, staring at Chen Si with only the whites of her eyes.
Chen Si felt a chill in his heart, and he felt that there seemed to be some existence peering into him through the woman's eyes.
He thought for a moment and said loudly: "I wonder which Taoist friend is here to sacrifice a human puppet. Can he show up and tell me."
However, the woman turned a deaf ear and moved her nose, as if she smelled something, and suddenly rushed towards Chen Si.
Her arms had been chopped off, so she staggered when running. She opened her mouth with force, and the flesh at the corners of her mouth was broken, revealing two rows of black teeth, and only half of her tongue was wriggling wildly inside.
"Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?"
He couldn't tell what she was talking about, but he pounced hard and bit directly at Chen Si.
Seeing that he couldn't communicate, Chen Si didn't say much, raised his sword and slashed away.
The woman's neck was cut off at the waist like tofu, and her head rolled to the ground.
However, she still did not lose her vitality. Her eyes were still staring at Chen Si fiercely, and her jaws were biting hard, wanting to eat Chen Si clean.
The remaining corpse had black blood pouring out from its neck and was wandering around as if it had lost direction.
Ran Zhu was paralyzed on the ground in fear. His legs became weak for a while, and he finally stood up.
"There's a ghost...I won't take this road anymore, I want to go back!"
He was completely stunned, murmuring incessantly, and was about to retreat as he spoke.
Chen Si sneered and put his sword directly on his neck.
"You want to run away after accepting my money? I advise you to work for me with peace of mind. How can a ghost be as scary as me? You think so?"
He used a little more force, and the sword blade made a gash on Ran Zhu's neck, and blood overflowed from it.
Ran Zhu looked at Chen Si's cold eyes and knew that the other party was not joking. He was afraid that he would be chopped down, so he whispered: "Master, I listen to you, I will show you the way..."
