Chapter 5: Evil Ghosts Giving Out Porridge
"Okay, that's great."
The demon girl smiled brightly, "In that case, I will help you and send you away first. Don't think this is nothing. This is deep in the Yunmeng Lake. You have no cultivation skills, so it is probably impossible for you to get out. I am doing this because I just heard the mysteries of your master."
Jiang Zhou was overjoyed: "Thank you very much, young lady."
He was really afraid that he would not be able to get out of this big forest.
Apart from anything else, if he encounters another monster like the one that was just sucked dry by the witch, he will be finished.
"Let's go!"
The witch acted as soon as she said it. She moved her finger and pointed at Jiang Zhou. Then a green vine tied him up with a whoosh.
He lifted it up in the air like a chicken, then turned around and jumped onto the white deer's back.
Jiang Zhou didn't even feel the slightest bit of the soft jade's fragrance. He felt as if he was flying in the clouds, and he felt weak from time to time.
When he stepped on solid ground again, the witch was nowhere to be seen.
Just as he was dizzy, he heard the demon girl's laughter like a silver bell: " You slick-tongued human boy, two hundred miles to the southeast is the territory of Shanyin. The Sujing Division will be mobilized in Shanyin County in the near future to capture evil spirits. If you can make it, you may have a chance to enter the Sujing Division."
"If you can sneak in, I will come find you in three months. I have left a mark on you, so don't try to escape. Unless you can get the mentor you mentioned to protect you all the time, I advise you to be obedient and work for me."
“Gah, gah, gah~!!”
Mark? When was it placed?
Still let her be in trouble!
No wonder this witch asked for his help but didn't tell him anything.
"well."
Jiang Zhou sighed with a bitter face.
As soon as I heard these words from the witch, I knew that I had not completely fooled her just now.
In fact, he himself knew how lucky he was to escape with his life.
I originally thought that it was because of the wisdom of the world from ancient times to the present, as well as my own ability to remain calm in times of crisis.
Now it seems that the most important factor is the confidence of that witch.
She didn't completely believe herself.
The reason why she let me go was because she was not afraid that I would run away.
If Bodhi Patriarch does not show up in three months, his fate will be miserable...
Never mind. Things will work out when the time comes.
Jiang Zhou thought of the atlas of ghosts and gods, thinking that perhaps the turning point might lie in it .
But where is this?
Jiang Zhou finally recovered and looked up, only to find that all he could see was a vast wilderness, stretching as far as the eye could see, with no human habitation at all.
Got tricked...
…
A few days later.
Jiang Zhou's face had turned pale as he stood in a long queue.
Behind him were countless half-naked refugees, crowded together.
A large amount of mud, sweat, feces, and even the smell of corpses and rotten meat gathered together, and the air was filled with a foul odor.
He himself was of the same standard.
The original casual clothes have long since turned into a set of rags that are barely enough to cover up one's shame.
In front of us was a simple shed with many large porridge buckets half a person's height standing inside, and wisps of rice aroma wafted out.
This is a soup kitchen that provides relief to refugees.
He was still too young and was badly deceived by the witch.
He originally didn't want to follow the witch's instructions and go to Shanyin County.
After walking in the wilderness for a few days, I didn't see a single living person, but dead bodies were everywhere.
Hunger and panic exhausted him, and he almost died in the wilderness.
Fortunately, I met a group of refugees.
There was a kind-hearted refugee inside who gave him some food, which saved his life, but he himself died of illness the next day.
Jiang Zhou was also able to inherit the food left behind by the other party and survive.
After following the refugees for a few days, he realized that he had come to a chaotic world with countless monsters and disasters.
Human life is worthless.
And now he is just a refugee who doesn't even deserve a name.
Jiang Zhou heard from these refugees that a demon had recently caused trouble in Shanyin County under the jurisdiction of Wu County, killing many people.
Even the Wujun prefectural government was alarmed. The prefect was furious and ordered an all-out effort to encircle and suppress the demon.
The demon was frightened and fled. In order to accumulate virtue and eliminate evil, a wealthy young lady gave out porridge and provided relief to the victims in Shanyin County.
This group of refugees heard the news and rushed over eagerly, hoping to get a share of the life-saving porridge.
More and more refugees gathered along the way, and there were already thousands of them.
Jiang Zhou also wanted to survive, so he didn't care about the witch and followed the group of refugees to Shanyin County.
But he never expected that he would be so unlucky.
Just out of the tiger's den, into the wolf's den...
In front of him was the legendary rich lady who gave out porridge to the poor.
A beautiful woman in a green gauze dress stood next to a porridge bucket.
Her beauty can make people linger and unable to look away.
There was a hint of horror in Jiang Zhou's eyes.
The woman was scooping up a large spoonful of porridge with her white hands and handing it over.
"Is it too little? Then I'll give you some more."
A gentle and pleasant voice reached his ears. Seeing his dazed look, the woman thought it was too little.
He stirred the wooden barrel again with the spoon, and the white rice grains rolled in the barrel.
But Jiang Zhou was not surprised at all. Instead, there was an even stronger sense of horror in his eyes, and his stomach acid was churning violently.
The woman who was so beautiful and desirable in the eyes of others, in his "natural spiritual eyes", exuded a strong black aura all over her body, as if she had her own shadow background.
There was a horrible crack on his face, extending all the way through his chest and abdomen.
Red flesh and blood were exposed, as well as the empty abdominal cavity, with only white bones inside.
Holding a long wooden spoon in his hand, he was stirring in a broken wooden barrel.
It brought up a mixture of red, yellow, blue and green unknown mucus, and a bunch of fat, white, wriggling suspicious creatures.
Moss-like black hair, rotting flesh, the eyeballs seemed to be staring at him, the mouth without much flesh and blood, with the gums exposed, seemed to be smiling at him...
Jiang Zhou felt a chill on the back of his neck, and his hairs all stood up.
The reason why he can see these things is probably because of what the witch calls his "natural spiritual eyes".
But the witch was wrong. This was not some innate spiritual pupil, but the ability to distinguish evil spirits from ghosts and monsters given to him by the atlas of ghosts and gods.
"This is porridge . I put a lot of it in. It's very fragrant and nourishing."
The woman smiled sweetly and scooped up a big spoonful. Her green dress was so beautiful under the sunlight that it made people's heart flutter.
“Ha, haha…”
Jiang Zhou had no choice but to smile stiffly.
What is disaster relief?
Shanyin County has clearly turned into a devil's den and purgatory.
Otherwise, where would the "porridge" and "ingredients" come from to feed thousands of people?
Jiang Zhou now just wanted to run, but he didn't dare, not even to show the slightest sign of abnormality.
Didn’t they say that Su Jingsi would show up?
Where are the people?
Jiang Zhou could only hope that Su Jingsi would show up soon.
However, his mental state was not strong enough to ignore this horrifying scene , and his face froze.
"Do you not like it?"
The woman must have noticed his abnormality. The smile on her face became more brilliant and charming, but her voice became a little cold.
Can I say no?
"L-Like..."
The woman put the spoon into the bucket, scooped out a large spoonful of "porridge", handed it over, and smiled charmingly: "If you like it, eat more..."
Jiang Zhou smiled stiffly and handed over the tile stiffly.
The woman smiled and said, "Eat here, and I'll give you more when you're done."
"Thank you, Miss. Hehe, hehe, hehe..."
Jiang Zhou burst into tears.
Under the gentle gaze of each other's beautiful big eyes.
The strong smell of decay almost made him close his eyes and pass out.
Let him eat this?
Don’t eat?
Maybe it's death.
eat……
