I sniffed and frowned.
"The fishy smell of water mixed with the smell of corpse, it is indeed a corpse ghost."
The corpse spirits that come out of this kind of water are much more powerful than those in the soil.
That's why Wang Fei was in so much trouble after he became Shuili Sha and killed his biological parents.
It is said that the ignorant are fearless... Now when I step into the Xuanmen Jianghu and learn some techniques. Only then did I realize how terrifying it was for Wang Fei to transform into evil spirits!
If it weren't for a mysterious master like my master who happened to be living in the village at the time, we would have been doomed.
Because even the four of them, including Lao Cao, Yuan Fei, Li Miao, and Daniu, as well as me now, combined, are no match for Wang Fei back then.
Of course, the smell I smell right now is like a zombie at best.
It seems that all of Li Miao's judgments and the information he told us are relatively accurate.
He is indeed the most famous corpse collector in dozens of miles around!
Lao Cao said: "Xiao Wu, turn on both batteries. Let the light shine a little."
"OK."
I immediately turned on the two high-power batteries in my hand and placed them on a wooden table next to me. The dark cellar suddenly became brighter.
I saw a cute-looking little boy sitting in the corner of the cellar, with a black fur dog leash wrapped around his waist and wrists.
His skin was pale and swollen, his eyes were red, and there were very obvious corpse spots on the back of his hands and neck.
It’s clearly a zombie!
The light from the two lighting batteries also made him a little uncomfortable, so he raised his hand to block it a little. Then he said to Li Miao in a childish voice.
"Uncle, why aren't my parents here?"
Li Miao was stunned by the question and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Just looked at Lao Cao.
He probably thinks that after all, he is older, has experienced many evil things, and has more experience.
Lao Cao took a step forward, put his hands behind his back, and answered with a smile.
"Kid, it's still dark yet, and your parents are sleeping. You don't want to disturb them, right?"
"Oh, that's right."
The child corpse nodded vigorously, and then asked doubtfully: "Grandpa, what are you and this big brother here for?"
Lao Cao continued to answer calmly: "Because, little friend, you fell into the water and caught a cold, so you must be sick. We are here to treat you."
As he said that, Lao Cao hooked his hand behind his back and motioned for Li Miao and me to step forward.
Three people stood in a triangle, surrounding the child's corpse.
At this time, I put down the lunch box I was carrying, took out the cooked meal first, and put it on the small table in front of it.
"Kids, these are all things you like to eat, right? Are you hungry? Eat some."
I said it as gently as I could to coax a child.
The child corpse rubbed his stomach with his little hands, with an embarrassed expression on his face: "I seem a little hungry, thank you, brother."
It opens the lunch box.
There are three dishes and one soup inside.
Twice-cooked pork, shredded fish-flavored pork, braised in white - also called braised pork with bean sprouts. There is also a cucumber and meat slice soup.
The child corpse stared blankly at the food in the lunch box, with a strange expression on his little face.
We all stared at it too.
The child corpse pouted: "Brother, these things look so unpalatable."
I said, "Try it and see."
It honestly picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork and put it in its mouth...
The next moment, he spit it out suddenly.
Bah bah bah!
"It tastes terrible. It stinks. Brother, are you mistaken?"
I thought to myself that was indeed the case.
Then he pushed another lunch box over.
open the lid.
Inside is a piece of raw pork belly and freshly cut shredded meat.
When the child corpse saw this, his eyes lit up.
He immediately grabbed the piece of raw pork belly and started chewing it in his mouth.
I can see that its teeth have become a bit sharp, not like the teeth of a living person.
Crunchy...
The entire cellar echoed with the sound of the child's corpse gnawing on the raw pork belly. There was some pig blood flowing down the corners of its mouth, but it didn't care and wiped it with the back of its hand.
From time to time, he would raise his head and smile at me, saying in a vague voice: "It's delicious, it's delicious. I like twice-cooked pork the most. Thank you, brother."
Li Miao, Lao Cao and I all looked a little solemn.
Lao Cao turned to look at me: "Xiao Wu, have you guessed that this child corpse can eat raw food?"
I nodded and replied: "After all, it is no longer a living person. It is relatively normal for the corpse to eat raw food. But it seems that it is not aware of this. It is very likely that its cognitive logic has also appeared. There have been some changes. It’s really weird.”
That's right!
Li Miao nodded, looked at me with a rather approving look, and said.
"Sure enough, a hero is born from a boy! I didn't quite believe it when Cao Coffinsmith said you were powerful before. Now it seems that your guesses are accurate."
"In the consciousness of this child corpse, it does not feel that it is dead at all, and thinks that it is still alive. But because it has actually been dead for more than ten days, its body has turned into a corpse. Some perceptions have changed."
etc!
Li Miao's words suddenly woke me up.
I suddenly grasped the memory that had been vague before.
Alive, corpse ghost...
I suddenly realized it and slapped my forehead: "I remembered it, finally I remembered it!"
I stared at the child corpse Xiao Sheng who was still lowering his head to gnaw on the raw pork belly, and said to Lao Cao and Li Miao: "Maybe not long ago, when my master and I were chatting, she seemed to have mentioned something. She said that she had the talent. An extremely rare corpse ghost is called a living corpse."
Living corpse?
Lao Cao and Li Miao were stunned.
Listening to this name, you can probably guess a little bit about it.
I went on to say….
The so-called living corpse, as the name suggests, is a living corpse!
The human body and soul are closely integrated, but in a certain sense they are independent to a certain extent.
After a person dies, the three souls and seven souls begin to dissipate, and the body begins to decay. Die at the same time.
If something unexpected happens, it will turn into evil spirits!
Things that change in the form of souls are generally called ghosts.
Those that change in the form of corpses are generally called zombies.
Of course, sometimes all evil spirits transformed from humans are collectively called ghosts.
But there is a very special situation!
That is, the corpse has changed into a corpse ghost, but the soul has not dissipated yet - it even maintains the complete state of three souls and seven souls, and still resides in the corpse that has been corrupted and changed.
And for some special reason, the memory and thinking of the deceased will be alienated, thinking that they are not dead.
This situation is called a living corpse!
After listening to what I said, Lao Cao and Li Miao both understood.
Li Miao frowned and said: "So...Brother Wu, according to your master's wishes, the soul of the child corpse Xiao Sheng in front of you is still intact?"
I answered hesitantly: "At that time, I was talking to my master about various evil spirits and monsters, and she just mentioned this situation casually. That's what I heard it should be."
Li Miao looked at Xiao Sheng, who looked like his hands were full of blood after eating, and his brows furrowed even more.
"If its three souls and seven souls are complete, then from this aspect, it should be considered a living person?"
Lao Cao shook his head and said resolutely: "Of course not! According to legend, some powerful ghosts started practicing with incomplete souls. Finally, when they became very powerful, they completed the three souls and seven souls and became ghost kings. . Then the three souls and seven souls are complete, can they be considered human beings?"
Li Miao nodded: "That's true..."
Lao Cao continued: "As Xiao Wu said just now, although the body and the soul are independent of each other, they are also closely connected. For living people, the body and soul are inseparable. Unless they are people with profound Taoism, ordinary people cannot If something goes wrong on one side, it can be considered dead. What's more, although the three souls and seven souls are intact, it does not mean that there are no other changes."
I very much agree with what Lao Cao said.
Intact and normal are two different things!
The corpse of the child in front of him, Xiao Sheng, had obviously turned into a corpse. Although the soul remains intact in the body, it may have mutated to some extent.
I said softly: "We still need to use some means to check its soul first."
good!
Lao Cao and Li Miao both nodded.
As a corpse fisherman, Li Miao mainly deals with corpses floating in the water, and he lacks soul-related methods. So naturally I let Lao Cao and I try it.
So Lao Cao took out his scissors and a stack of paper money, and cut out a plum blossom-shaped paper money on the spot.
He explained to me and Li Miao.
"This is called soul-searching money. It can detect whether a person's soul is intact and normal."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and threw it away.
The plum blossom-shaped paper money was floating in the air and flew towards the child's corpse.
Then it floated three feet above its head and began to burn silently.
Strange to say.
Under normal circumstances, burning paper money will definitely generate heat.
But when Lao Cao's "soul-searching money" burned, there was no heat at all. The flame also felt cold and very strange.
Soon, the paper money was burned.
But the ashes remained suspended in the air, and after a few seconds, they turned into ten small groups. He flew towards Lao Cao again.
He spread out his big, calloused hands.
The ashes fell into his hand and he stared at them carefully.
After watching for a while, he frowned and spoke in a very strange tone.
"The three souls and seven souls of this little boy's corpse... are really weird."
My heart skipped a beat and I quickly asked Lao Cao what was so strange?
Li Miao was also very curious next to him.
He explained that the three souls and seven souls of this child corpse were indeed complete. But it is very powerful!
Unusually powerful.
Logically speaking, whether judging from Xiao Sheng's birth date or its specific state, Three Souls and Seven Souls should not be so powerful.
There must be something unusual here.
Lao Cao guessed that it might be because its three souls and seven souls not only did not dissipate, but were also unusually powerful. Only then will it stay firmly in the body and not disperse.
In addition, Xiao Sheng may have lived a very happy life, and subconsciously it was difficult to accept the fact that he was dead.
Therefore, the superposition of multiple factors caused it to become a living corpse - which is the situation we see before our eyes now.
Li Miao thought for a while and said.
"Coffinmaker Cao, Brother Wu. Now, we have probably figured out part of the situation about the child's corpse. But anyway, how should we deal with it?"
yes!
This is a big problem.
Even if it is clear that its current status as a "living corpse" is clear, the key point is how to deal with and arrange it?
Let it remain "alive" in the cellar?
I'm afraid it's not appropriate.
Because we have no experience with this situation. I don't know what will happen if I keep it alive. It would be troublesome if it completely turned into a vicious corpse or even transformed into an evil spirit.
But what if we say to eliminate it directly?
Its three souls and seven souls are all complete!
Isn't this equivalent to forcibly breaking up the three souls and seven souls of a living being?
Let’s not talk about whether this is too cruel or not, such a moral issue. The real trouble is that if you do such a thing, it is very likely to be contaminated with huge consequences.
There may be trouble in the future during practice or after death!
Of course, if you are an evil cultivator, you will not be afraid, and you will even feel that it is a sense of accomplishment to destroy the three souls and seven souls of a living being.
But as a practitioner of the righteous path, we are most afraid of being contaminated by this kind of thing.
The three of us are, of course, righteous practitioners!
Therefore, no one dares to take action directly to eliminate a complete three souls and seven souls.
As a result, we are now at an impasse again.
Trouble indeed.
The three of us didn't speak, we just watched silently as Xiao Sheng continued to eat.
I racked my brain again and carefully recalled what Master said at that time, trying to find some useful information from it.
Don't tell me, I really remembered something!
I slapped my forehead and was pleasantly surprised: "I remember it. My master seemed to have mentioned something at the time, saying that under normal circumstances, living corpses are unlikely to be born on their own. It should be catalyzed by some external factors. That is to say. , if Xiao Sheng simply doesn’t want to admit that he is dead, that’s not enough. There must be something helping it. "
I see!
After hearing this, Lao Cao looked like he was suddenly enlightened.
He slapped his thigh: "Then this makes sense. The three souls and seven souls of this child corpse are so powerful that they are not in a normal state. It is likely that he was accidentally contaminated during the process of drowning, or afterward. Something that can strengthen the soul. Only in this way can its soul be strong and stay in the body."
Makes sense!
Li Miao and I both think Lao Cao's speculation is very possible.
I said: "Then it looks like this, we need to go to the place where the child's body Xiao Sheng drowned and died, all the way to the place where it was found, to check the waters in this area. See if we can find any clues." "
Speaking of this, Lao Cao was also a little helpless.
He patted Li Miao on the shoulder: "Brother Li, I originally thought this was a simple job. But I never expected that it would be so complicated. This little boy is a living corpse and is very difficult to solve. . We have to go to the river to find the reason."
Li Miao was also a little bit dumbfounded: "Coffinmaker Cao, I'm helpless too. What's more, it's mainly my responsibility to search for things in the river."
