In the largest black stone house, there was only a faint candlelight shining.
This candlelight seemed so insignificant compared to the vast space of the house.
Jiang Qi stepped into the room and waved his hand.
"Crack, click, click."
The stone door that had been kicked to pieces by Jiang Qi seemed to be turned upside down and restored to its original state.
This time, the room, which was not very bright, became even darker, and it was almost impossible to see.
Jiang Qi raised his head and saw the light.
Behind the weak firelight, you can vaguely see a pale old face covered with wrinkles, looming under the burning lamp.
Eyes without any luster stared at Jiang Qi closely.
A silent sense of horror slowly spread in the room.
"tread"
Jiang Qi took a step forward.
In an instant, golden light filled the entire room, and the original darkness and weirdness disappeared in an instant.
That's right, it's okay to have a haunted house déjà vu.
Jiang Qi nodded with satisfaction, not caring about the old water ghost who covered his eyes because of the sudden light.
He looked around and saw that the room was empty.
Although these water ghosts are still human in nature, they seem to no longer need to eat. Jiang Qi did not see any kitchen utensils in the entire Black Stone Village, except for the large stone pot in the center of the village.
This room was no exception. Apart from the old water ghost sitting cross-legged behind the light, there was only a shrine made of black stones and hundreds of heads in front of the shrine.
These heads were placed neatly in front of the shrine. Each one was complete, not missing even a little bit of bone.
All the heads are placed towards the shrine, as if they are looking up and worshiping silently.
There was a rusty incense burner on the shrine. Jiang Qi suspected that even if it was touched a little, the incense burner would fall off.
It can be seen that this shrine has been around for who knows how many years.
Apart from the incense burner, there is only one tablet, or something similar, on the shrine.
Even the iron incense burner has decayed like this, so naturally the wooden tablet will not be stronger.
Jiang Qi could only vaguely recognize that it was just a tablet.
"The tablets are all rotten, why not replace them with another one?"
Jiang Qi said to himself that these water ghosts are still human in nature and retain part of their spiritual intelligence, and this shrine seems to be very important, so they should not even change the more important tablets.
"That's the tablet carved by the general himself. I'm not qualified to touch it."
A hoarse, unclear voice sounded from the old water ghost's mouth.
This made Jiang Qi stunned for a moment. He originally didn't expect this old water ghost to be able to speak, but now it seems that he can still communicate?
General? General when?
Jiang Qi looked at the tablet again.
But it was too long ago, and under the erosion of time, only rotten wood residue could be seen.
It couldn't even keep its shape, let alone the name engraved on it.
Jiang Qi thought for a while and simply sat in front of the old water ghost.
This action dimmed the lights in front of him, and the old water ghost seemed unaware, still staring straight at Jiang Qi.
"What is the name of the general you are talking about? And where is the general?"
Jiang Qi looked at the old water ghost in front of him and asked following what he just said. His intuition told him that everything here, or the cause, has a lot to do with "General".
"General."
The old water ghost murmured, and in Jiang Qi's expectant eyes, he continued: "That's the general, our general."
Jiang Qi frowned and was about to speak when the old water ghost in front of him spoke again.
"Too much, too much."
"Demons! Spirits! Ghosts! Devils! Monsters! Too many! Too many!"
"Wave! It's like a wave! It drowned the general!"
"Loulan!"
"Loulan is the only one who has not betrayed!"
"We have to stay here! Wait for the general to come back!"
"The general will definitely come back!"
The old water ghost's voice gradually became louder, and Jiang Qi could even see that his throat was twisting, and his voice was already hoarse.
He raised his hand sharply.
The hand that was so dry that there was no flesh and blood grasped Jiang Qi's wrist!
Jiang Qi made no move and just stared at the old water ghost in front of him. He felt no hostility.
"General!"
The old water ghost stared straight at Jiang Qi, as if he wanted to cry, but his dry eyes no longer supported this function.
"You're back! You're really back!"
The old water ghost held Jiang Qi's arm tightly, his voice hoarse.
"We've been waiting for you!"
"Five hundred people! Only Bai Jun and I are left among the five hundred people! The rest, the rest, the rest."
The old water ghost grinned, revealing his sinister teeth.
"We ate them all!"
It's a very shocking twist. Jiang Qi originally thought there would be a twist here. For example, the old water ghost would call every stranger who broke in a so-called general. All the previous conversations were just acting, just to make him laugh. The intruder is distracted.
But this is clearly not the case.
Jiang Qi saw desolation in the old water ghost's eyes, only desolation, endless desolation.
"We don't want this! But if we want to survive and wait until the general returns, we can only use Loulan's evil method to swallow people to survive!"
"Only me and Bai Jun are left!"
"We want to use the lives of those Loulan people to fill the gap! But they are common people, the only Loulan citizens who have not betrayed the general!"
"The pride of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty does not allow us to do this, and the general will not like us to do this!"
"We use our lives to exchange for immortality! In exchange for time! In exchange for your return, general!"
The old water ghost's larynx has been completely twisted, and he could no longer make a sound. In essence, the water ghost is still a human being. He will die if his head is beheaded, and he can no longer speak if his vocal cords are gone.
But Jiang Qi heard it, and heard what he wanted to say from the old water ghost's eyes.
"Kill me! General, kill me! Set me free!"
Jiang Qi was silent. He wanted to say, I am not the general you are waiting for.
But Jiang Qi knew better that the so-called general would probably never come back.
"Okay, I'll give you some relief."
Finally, Jiang Qi raised his head, and a short knife appeared in his hand.
The sharp dagger slashed across the old water ghost's head in an instant, without any blood gushing out.
The price of Loulan's evil practice of immortality is this body that is neither human nor ghost.
The old water ghost's head fell next to the light, with his eyes closed. His face was obviously frightening, but Jiang Qi felt satisfied with it.
When the general came, he got rid of the "immortality" and died in the hands of the "general".
The "general" personally sent him on his way.
Yes, he should be satisfied.
Jiang Qi stood up, held up the old water ghost's head, and tried to remove the tortoise shell. Unexpectedly, he took it off easily.
Then, Jiang Qi put the old water ghost's head together with the remaining 498 heads.
Together they looked up at the so-called general.
"You're such a bastard."
Jiang Qi also looked at the tablet on the shrine where no information could be clearly seen.
Then, Jiang Qi turned around.
The old water ghost is not the only one here who needs relief.
(End of chapter)
