Chapter 0033 Human Pupa
I felt a pang of sadness in my heart when I saw Li Kun with a ferocious expression, crying and laughing. He pulled He Jiuye's body from the door, threw it to the ground and stomped on it several times.
There was a blood clot on Mr. He Jiu's head, and his legs were pierced by a branch and strung together. His death was exactly the same as that of the several people who were hung on the tree before!
"Old Five, calm down!" Boss Liao shouted in a deep voice.
However, the death of Mr. He Jiu seemed to have touched Li Kun's nerves. He screamed and vented his anger, acting like a madman.
There was another creaking sound at the door.
Fake Qin Ran couldn't help but curse: "What kind of thing is playing tricks?"
Just then, I saw the pink mist rolling out of the door , and a grayish-white figure suddenly appeared.
The man had long, jet-black hair that hung down on his face, covering his entire features. His head was drooping and he was covered with a gray rag that kept making a creaking sound. In the steaming mist, he looked particularly eerie and terrifying.
I couldn't tell what this woman with long hair was, or maybe she wasn't a human at all.
Suddenly, a few black things emerged from her hair and crawled out along the rags on her body.
I was horrified when I saw them. They were actually black corpse beetles the size of a fingernail!
"This...this...how could this happen!" The fake Qin Ran suddenly screamed, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
"What's wrong with the second brother?" asked the voice of Boss Liao.
"This looks like a human pupa that feeds a Yin Corpse Beetle! But...but why is she moving?"
The fake Qin Ran explained it as quickly as possible, and we finally understood that the human pupae that feed the Yin corpse beetles are regarded by the beetles as parasitic nests and food.
Just like the well at the east end of Erjing Village, the human pupa is locked inside, parasitized by the corpse beetles and growing.
To put it bluntly, human pupae are food for insects. Logically, when the corpse beetles grow up, the human pupae are already dead. How can they move around freely and appear here?
The fake Qin Ran suddenly shouted, "Old Five, come back quickly!"
As soon as she finished speaking, He Jiuye's body suddenly straightened up, his mouth suddenly opened, and a cloud of black smoke spewed out of his mouth, just hitting Li Kun's face.
But this was not black smoke at all, but the Yin Corpse Beetles that spewed out from the corpse and quickly drilled into Li Kun's mouth, nose and ears.
Just like the black-faced third brother back then, Li Kun didn't even have time to let out a scream before he fell to the ground with blood flowing from all his orifices.
My mind raced. The woman outside the door was probably the one locked in the Yin-Yang Well with iron chains, the human pupa used to feed the Yin-Corpse beetles as mentioned by the fake Qin Ran.
But somehow the human pupa managed to escape and roam around the mountains, killing anyone it saw. It would then chisel open people's heads and string them together and hang them on trees.
The monster that the innkeeper lady talked about is most likely this thing!
But there is one thing that I find very strange. As for Boss Liao and his gang, they had done something to Baoer in advance, so they chased me all the way here.
But where did this human pupa come from?
Could it be that she came here to chase after Boss Liao and the others?
And looking at Mr. He Jiu's body, he should have been dead for some time. Why did she carry his body all the way here?
These thoughts flashed through my mind in just a moment.
Without thinking too much, he immediately drew out two "Snake and Rat Talismans" and stuck them on Baoer and himself respectively.
This talisman with the shape of snake and rat is a kind of talisman widely circulated in the northwest region. It has always been mostly used by folk sorcerers. It is not a profound spell and cannot be worthy of being presented in a high-class hall, but I think it is quite effective in repelling insects, so I always carry it with me.
However, this talisman is quite effective in driving away snakes, insects, rats and ants, but I am not sure how effective it will be against this kind of Yin corpse beetle.
But no matter what, an extra layer of protection is always better than none. Sometimes the difference between life and death is just a tiny bit.
While clapping the talisman, I put a bone flute into my mouth.
This bone flute is actually a small flute made of ox bones, about half the length of a finger. It is engraved with talismans using micro-carving techniques and then refined using a unique secret method.
I made this myself when I was fifteen years old, under the guidance of my third grandfather. Its principle is similar to that of Meng Dazhi's pair of brass bells. It is an instrument that can emit incantations.
With my current level, of course I can utter many kinds of spells without the aid of any instruments, but on this bone flute, I have refined a more special spell, which will be more handy with the help of the bone flute.
Just when everything was ready, Li Kun's body suddenly straightened up, his mouth opened, a cloud of black smoke spurted out of his mouth, and swarms of Yin corpse beetles flew up.
"A mere trifle!" Luo Ziang snorted coldly, made a finger gesture, flipped his palm, and slapped out another Fantian Seal.
There was a sudden surge of air, and the Yin Corpse Beetles that were rushing over were blown away.
He then did the same thing, shaking his fingers and casting a talisman.
After the talisman was thrown out by him, it immediately ignited without wind, and a yang fire jumped out. It seemed that it was about to repeat the previous scene and burn the Yin insects to death.
However, the flame on the talisman suddenly went out, and I immediately realized that this temple was located in a very dark place, with too much yin energy, and even the yang fire could not burn!
Luo Ziang was surprised, but he reacted quickly. Seeing that the talisman was ineffective, he immediately made a seal with his hands, flipped his palm, and slapped out another Fantian Seal . At the same time, he shook another talisman with his left hand.
"Brother, let me help you!" Xie Cheng behind him hurried forward.
Luo Ziang snorted coldly: "No need..."
Before he finished his sentence, I saw his face suddenly change, as if he had discovered something incredible. Then a line of blood spurted out from his chest and splashed far away.
His junior fellow apprentice Xie Cheng smiled and took a few steps back.
This sudden change shocked everyone .
At first glance, I saw a dagger stuck in Luo Ziang's back, all the way to the handle.
"You...you..." Luo Ziang covered his chest desperately, staring at his junior brother in disbelief, unable to speak.
"Brother, are you so surprised?" Xie Cheng laughed and said, "You are really smart. You almost discovered my secret in Erjing Village."
My heart shuddered when I heard this, and suddenly I realized that the flying corpse beetles were circling in the air but were no longer approaching.
"Yes...it was you who raised the human pupa?" The fake Qin Ran pointed at Xie Cheng with horror.
Xie Cheng smiled, revealing his white teeth. His originally honest face looked particularly evil. "You are also an insect breeder, right? How is my human pupa?"
The fake Qin Ran turned pale: "You...you are not a disciple of Longhu Mountain, how...how..."
Xie Cheng's face suddenly showed a trace of ferocity: "So what if I'm a disciple of Longhu Mountain? Compared with others, I'm nothing! Haha, Luo Ziang, do you really think I'm so easy to bully?"
As he spoke, he suddenly clasped his hands together, and with a "crack" he broke Luo Ziang's neck!
