"Hahahahaha."
Under the light of the flashlight, the ghost face of Bai Sen was laughing loudly. The sound was like a mute crying in mourning. It was hoarse, noisy and unusually unpleasant. Just one glance made the two of them tremble several times. Yue Guanchao was afraid that this thing would fall again. With quick eyes and quick hands, he protected Song Siyuan behind him.
"What the hell is this?"
Although Yue Guanchao was a little wary, he still wanted to know what this thing was. He took the flashlight and continued to observe the ghostly face at the corner. As the flashlight illuminated back and forth, the ghostly face's body gradually became clearer.
They had just glanced at it, and they had already seen something terrifying. Now if they look closely, they see that the ghost face is just a human skin mask. The support of this mask is close to that of paper. It has many wrinkles and lines on purpose. It is slightly dark yellow and gray, and the eyes are It was slender and flat, with a strong and tall nose, a thin and upturned mouth, and pointed ears that caught the wind. It looked pale, as if it were a face that had been dead for several days.
The owner of the ghost face is an old woman with a stooped figure and rags. She wears a gray robe and gauze that reaches her feet. It has faded and fallen off and is covered with patches of various colors. In addition, she is also covered with a linen blanket. , the hair on the top of the head is all gray and mottled, and it accumulates on the shoulders and back.
Realizing that Yue Guanchao and the others had not escaped, but were still staring at them with a flashlight, the ghost-faced old woman began to climb on the beam. Her strange movements of scratching her ears and head looked like a wild monkey hanging on the beam. People are extremely weird.
"Could this thing be a savage from Shennongjia?"
Song Siyuan thought of the savage Gui Fangzong said, and she could only guess this way.
Yue Guanchao shook his head and retorted: "No, that savage is covered in hair. His hands look full of wrinkles but not hairy. He is probably just pretending to be a ghost."
Before she finished speaking, the old hag laughed loudly again, jumped up from the beam, and rushed towards Yue Guanchao and the others with her teeth and claws open.
He pushed Song Siyuan out of the door, picked up the dagger, ducked, and cut off the ghost woman's withered grass hair.
She saw that her hair was broken, and she made several rumbling sounds in her throat, like an angry wild cat. She raised her arms and pinched him, her claws swishing, trying to get rid of his neck.
He looked at the old hag carefully, and there were no traces of martial arts skills at all. These moves were just random scratches by a bastard. He originally wanted to take out a dagger to deal with it, but he was afraid that she would be accidentally hacked to death, so he immediately put away the dagger. , hiding from the sharp claws of this old hag.
When the two of them were dodging, Yue Guanchao gradually understood that the old hag in front of him was not a ghost at all, and the breath she exhaled was clearly that of a living person. It can only be said that the scene just now was probably because the hag was probably scary, so she made that portrait of an animal. strange behavior.
He understood this, and the old hag was playing around in circles. Taking advantage of her lack of strength, he locked her hands and feet with a few moves and tied her to the railing outside the palace.
"Huh! Huh~"
On the railing, the old hag was trapped and her hands and feet were trembling constantly, as if she wanted to break through the comfort of the rope. Yue Guanchao clapped his hands: "Old lady, don't move your wrists. I used a finger knot. If you move your thumb, It was broken.”
After that, he picked up the engineering shovel and lifted the mask off her face from a distance.
Under the mask, everyone could see clearly what the old hag really looked like.
The face of this old hag is not as scary as the mask. She looks to be in her fifties, and her snow-white skin is like a peeled egg. However, as she gets older, some fine lines will inevitably accumulate around the corners of her eyes and mouth, and her eyebrows will look like ordinary ones. There is no difference between women, they look normal.
However, the mottled white hair is really amazing. Even if a woman of this age is overworked, she should not have this kind of hair. Her head is full of withered grass, like an old woman who has run out of oil and lamplight. It is impossible to appear on him. .
"The old lady has become an old lady."
Yue Guanchao squatted down and picked up the dagger: "From the moment we came in, I felt like someone was following me outside. Have you been teasing us? What on earth do you want to do?"
The old woman rolled her eyes at him: "You broke into my house and asked me what I wanted to do!"
"your home?"
Yue Guanchao narrowed his eyes: "You mean, the ghost world is your home? Or this palace is your home, and we thought you were a thief coming in from the outside world."
They had known for a long time that this person had the aura of a ghost. Yue Guanchao just wanted to bombard her by asking this question, and maybe they could get more information out of her.
"No comment!"
The old hag was wary of them and refused to reveal any information: "What do you want to do when you come to my house?"
"Find a mausoleum, Liu Yu's tomb, Beifu Clothing Tomb."
Yue Guanchao didn't say anything about the Twelve Ghost Bones and the Fish Pendant, lest the old hag know about their plan to use the ghost weapon and come up with any crooked ideas.
The old hag obviously knew about the tomb. She looked amused and said with a joking smile: "Hahahaha, then your trip will be in vain."
"What? Isn't there Liu Yu's tomb here?"
Song Siyuan looked at the old hag. She clearly knew the inside story of the tomb.
"Untie me and I'll tell you." The old hag glanced at her hands with sly eyes.
"That won't work." Yue Guanchao clearly refused, squatting down and teasing casually: "You old lady is too cunning. If we untie you, you will be in trouble again. If you don't want to say it, then you can Stop talking. If you don't say anything at night, we will tie you up outside for the whole night. What you will encounter depends entirely on your own luck."
"If you're lucky, maybe we can reunite with your tribe."
What she said was so unflattering that the old hag was so angry that she had veins all over her forehead, her throat rolled and she spat out: "Ah, you little kid with a yellow mouth, do you know the dangers of this ghost world?"
Yue Guanchao and Song Siyuan looked at each other. This old hag probably knew something, so he continued to deceive her: "You are really confused, you are so old. This ghost world has been abandoned, and there is not even a living person or creature to be found. What danger could there be? Don't tell me, the danger is you!"
"snort!"
The old hag glanced at the corner of her eyes and looked Yue Guanchao up and down: "Looking at how big and strong you are, you really are not very smart. Old lady, I am not dangerous. The real dangers are those things that you cannot see. That is the terror. place."
As expected, Yue Guanchao continued to ask: "Then, what danger are we facing? You should let us know clearly."
From then on until evening, no matter how he asked, the old hag didn't say another word.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, they had to think about how to hide. The village at the bottom of the valley was definitely out of the question. According to the old hag, there would probably be a lot of evil things happening in this valley, and it would be too dangerous to enter the village. , if we encounter any monster again, we will be in trouble.
Even if they encounter monsters, the houses in these villages are already in disrepair and may collapse at any time. Any disturbance may change the environment of the ruins. If they are buried alive again, they will be in trouble.
Song Siyuan leaned on the railing and looked carefully into the canyon. The sun had already set on the mountain peaks, creating a rich golden red. The valley became even grayer and blacker. Dusk had already entered in the shade earlier. After the heat of the setting sun disappeared, the wind blew across the valley. The wind that came was quite chilly, a bit like the coldness of being in a mountain cave.
She looked at everyone and said: "I think it's safer to stay in the Hanging Hall. This is not the bottom of the valley. It's hanging high on the waist of the Xuanshan wall. It's much safer than on the flat ground. Most of the buildings are fixed by stone walls, and it's much safer than those ruins." The residences here must be sturdy, and as long as the door inside the temple is closed, it should be able to withstand wind, cold, and moisture, and provide a safe environment for repairs."
Having said that, everyone has been gathering towards the hanging hall. The space here is wide enough and there are no evil puppets. It is most suitable for resting.
Before closing the door, the old hag seemed to be afraid that they would leave her, and kept pushing and pulling the railing. Yue Guanchao understood, separated her from the railing, and walked into the temple with her arms tied.
It was already late when they fetched water from the river near the valley bottom. They made a bonfire to cook and cook the dry food and meat they had brought in.
While everyone was eating and drinking, the old hag stared at the meat pie on their stove and kept swallowing her saliva. She probably hadn't eaten meat for a long time.
Yue Guanchao sobbed while eating the meat pie: "Old lady, didn't you say that this ghost world is your home? You haven't even eaten meat a few times, right?"
The old hag squatted helplessly by the pillar and said: "Besides me, there are no living creatures here anymore. Even the livestock and wild beasts are gone. Where can I find meat to eat?"
"Then how do you survive until now? Just by eating those rootless dew?"
When Yue Guanchao got close to the rope that tied her up, he had already discovered that there was a lot of rootless dew on her clothes. It seemed that she was the one standing on the cliff last night. If there was nothing to eat in the valley, how could she live so long? Time must have found other food to survive.
The old hag shook her head and retorted: "Wuge Dew is just to prevent me from dying of lack of water. What I eat most are wild fruits, vegetables, and even wild wheat."
Yue Guanchao exhaled: "Then your life is really miserable, why don't you leave?"
A trace of regret flashed in the eyes of the old ghost woman: "I can't leave. The people of Guifang can't leave this world at all. Do you think, old lady, I am really willing to live a miserable life here? That's because I have given up. I tried before There are many ways to get out of this world."
"I have raised a lot of wild flying fireflies, and they have found many roads for me. Every road cannot get out of here, so I can only accept my fate. Originally, I thought that I would be alone all my life, but I didn't expect... Hahahaha! "
"why are you laughing?"
Yue Guanchao became curious.
The old hag glanced at them meaningfully: "I didn't expect that someone would keep me company. If you enter this ghost world, you are destined to not escape the curse of Tianpu God."
