Lin Quan ran to the bonfire, unexpectedly picked up a few thick burning branches, and threw them one after another towards the location of Vice General Zhang's body.
Su Qiqi and the others were startled, and quickly realized what they were doing. They immediately split up and planned to intercept the burning branches and protect the body of Vice General Zhang.
Qin Chuan and Yan Ruoyu had already run to the bonfire and took action to restrain Lin Quan so that he could not continue throwing flaming branches. Su Qiqi got closer to Vice General Zhang's body. She gritted her teeth, rolled on the spot, and slid to the side of Vice General Zhang's body. Then she raised her hands, set the sword on fire, and used all her strength to flick away the burning branches.
Qin Chuan also rushed over at this time, picked up Vice General Zhang's body, put him back into the coffin, wiped off the blood on the edge of the coffin, and then carefully closed the coffin lid.
Yan Ruoyu became even more angry when she saw the thrilling scene just now. Lifting the sword, he went straight towards Lin Quan and stabbed out in series. Several dense sword energy flashed in the air and flew towards Lin Quan's vital parts.
The two exchanged a few moves, and Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan also rushed over, and the three of them surrounded Lin Quan again.
Blood droplets appeared from the wound on Lin Quan's arm. The blood droplets gathered more and more, and a strange fishy smell gradually filled the air. Lin Quan's expression gradually turned bad and he became a little flustered. He made a feint, spotted Yan Ruoyu's position, and slapped her in the face with all his strength!
A sharp palm hit her face, and Yan Ruoyu was forced to take a few steps back. Lin Quan took the opportunity to escape through the door and disappeared into the dark woods again.
Su Qiqi and others were worried that another accident would happen if they had a long night and had many dreams, so they continued on their way at dawn the next day.
The three of them walked all the way at dawn and stayed overnight, trying to take the most crowded roads. A few days later, they arrived at the boundary of Chenzhou, which was only a few dozen miles away from Vice General Zhang's hometown. Su Qiqi and others planned to find a nearby inn to stay for the night and have a good rest.
Ordinary inns in the town were taboo about the coffin escorted by the two men and refused to entertain Su Qiqi and others. In desperation, Su Qiqi and the others could only store Vice General Zhang's coffin in Yizhuang in the town, and then stayed in a simple inn nearby.
The three of them asked for two connecting guest rooms, and then went to the front hall to have dinner. While they were eating, the shopkeeper suddenly came over mysteriously and said to the three of them: "We've been having a rough night here lately. You guys should go to bed early after dinner... Don't go out and hang out after dark..."
"Oh? Are there bandits and bullies here to cause trouble?" Yan Ruoyu's eyes widened when he heard this and asked curiously.
"That's not the case... Sir, have you heard of corpse exorcism? I'll tell you the truth, there is an inn not far from here that caters to corpse exorcists... There was a strange incident of corpse fraud some time ago, and there were several people passing by. The trafficker's lackey disappeared... A few days later, the body was found in the woods next to the inn, with traces of bites all over the body... So I would like to remind all guests, lest you accidentally run into evil spirits and get into trouble... "
Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu looked horrified when they heard this, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses. Qin Chuan's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly. After a while, he asked with some anxiety: "Housekeeper, is there anyone still staying in the inn?"
"Well, I heard it was closed for a while, but I heard from Old Man Qiao who went hunting in the mountains that the lantern at the entrance of the inn has been lit again in the past two days..."
As soon as the shopkeeper's voice fell, Su Qiqi and the others shuddered involuntarily, then looked at each other for a while and continued to finish the rest of the meal in silence.
The three of them finished their meal and chatted for a while. Suddenly they heard the sound of lightning and thunder coming from outside the inn, as if a heavy rain was coming. The three of them lost interest in chatting for a while and hurried back to the room to rest.
Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu lived in the same room. As soon as they entered the room, they locked the door and checked the windows and furnishings in the room. No abnormality was found.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, spread out the quilt, and got ready to go to bed.
Su Qiqi turned off the light and walked towards the bed with the moonlight coming in from the window. After taking two steps, she seemed to hear some strange noise, and immediately turned around and walked towards the window.
Yan Ruoyu, who was already lying down, also sat up in shock, put on her clothes and got out of bed, and walked towards Su Qiqi.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Yan Ruoyu asked with some confusion.
"Look there..." Su Qiqi carefully opened a gap in the window and pointed to a broken house in a mountain col not far away.
Yan Ruoyu looked in the direction Su Qiqi pointed and saw the shabby house standing alone among the woods on the mountain. Three red lanterns were lit at the door of the house, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night.
"Ah! How weird!" A trace of panic flashed in Yan Ruoyu's eyes, and she quickly retracted her body, asking Su Qiqi to quickly close the window.
Su Qiqi also felt a chill coming to her heart. She closed the window again, took out a special whistle and contacted Qin Chuan, telling him not to sleep too deeply at night and to be wary of someone breaking into the inn at night with evil intentions.
After a while, there was a slight knock on the door. Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and opened the door.
"Why are you here?" Su Qiqi asked while letting Qin Chuan in who was standing outside the door.
Qin Chuan turned around and closed the door, looked at Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu, and said in a low voice: "I just heard a strange sound of chanting a curse... I'm not worried about your safety... so I came here to take a look..."
"The sound of chanting a curse? Can you hear what it is?" Su Qiqi asked nervously.
Qin Chuan pondered for a while and whispered: "It seems to be a spell to drive away corpses... What's strange is... the sound is intermittent, sometimes near and sometimes far away... very weird!"
After that, he quickly walked to the window, poked a hole in the window paper, then put his eyes close to the hole and looked out.
Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu also came over, and they listened quietly to the sounds outside the window.
The sound of chanting the mantra filled the ears of the three people again, and their expressions gradually became serious.
"There must be something weird about that corpse exorcism inn..." Qin Chuan looked away and said with determination.
Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu both sighed subconsciously, and then asked in unison: "It seems we can't sleep at night..."
Qin Chuan nodded and said: "If you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while, I will stay here..."
Su Qiqi looked at the direction of the window, then looked at the two of them, and said: "The situation is unclear at the moment, and there is no use for us to stand guard. Everyone should go to rest first, and just be a little more alert... That's right, that's okay. Summon the red-haired monster you conquered before and let it guard us..."
When Qin Chuan heard this, he patted his head and said with a smile: "Oh! I almost forgot about this spiritual beast... I will summon it right now..." After that, he closed his eyes and recited a spell, holding his hand Jue, and began to cast a spell to summon the red-haired monster kept in the cellar of the escort agency.
