Volume 3 Chapter 13: "Beach of Corpses"
Sure enough, not long after we walked forward, before we got out of the canyon, fine raindrops began to fall from the sky. Fortunately, I was more careful when I came here and brought the disposable raincoat I bought last night, which is still useful now.
Shen Bing was complaining that it shouldn't rain at this time, and it was obviously against her. But Qu Mo was silent, with a calm expression on her face. It seemed that it didn't matter to her whether it rained or not.
I saw that the sky was getting darker and darker, and I thought it would be completely dark after we walked out of the canyon, so I suggested going back to the hotel. Shen Bing was waiting for this sentence and was about to go back. Qu Mo had a look of pity in his eyes, but seeing Shen Bing's frozen face blushing, he had to nod and agree.
But when we turned around and walked back, we discovered a particularly strange and unbelievable situation: the road was gone!
What was originally a spacious canyon passage disappeared without a trace. Now in front of us is a cliff of Cangshan Mountain, blocking us like a giant. Standing in the vast rain, it looks gloomy and mysterious!
Turning back again, the scene in front of me had changed. It was a gray rocky area with a few lonely small trees, which looked particularly desolate.
"Ah, am I dazzled?" Shen Bing rubbed his eyes and said in surprise.
Qu Mo also looked at me in surprise, moved his mouth, bit his lips and said nothing.
Damn, there is no other explanation except that it is a crappy ghost trick called ghost wall. But ghost wall usually happens at night, and ghosts use darkness to create illusions to disturb people's mind. Although it is very dark now, we can still see the light. How can we be confused by ghost wall?
I took out the Purple Qi Talisman, burned a handful with Samadhi True Fire, and threw it forward. Damn, the mountain wall is still the mountain wall, without any change, my magic has also been affected!
"Why doesn't your broken talisman work?" Shen Bing was still mocking me.
Qu Mo bit his lip and asked tentatively: "Were we already bewitched when we came here?"
Suddenly, I was shocked and remembered the bend in the canyon. When I looked at it from the hill, I vaguely remembered that the canyon was a straight line. How could there be a bend for no reason? At that time, I was only thinking about Qu Mo entering the cave, and I was having too much fun playing with Shen Bing, so I didn't notice this flaw. Damn it, I was fooled by a ghost again, and I was blinded in the canyon!
I turned around and looked around, and realized that we had actually come from the left. There was a very narrow and winding mountain path over there. I thought we were in the canyon just now, and I was thinking about the Wushan God in my mind, so I didn't pay any attention to this and thought we were coming from the direction of the mountain wall behind.
I don't know if I can get back to the canyon. It was like a dream when I came here. I have no idea how I got here. There are many small paths in the mountains. It's getting darker and darker now. It's easy to get lost. I gritted my teeth and decided to move forward. Since I got blinded when I came here, it means the way back won't be safe either. I might as well burn my boats and go straight into the tiger's den.
I looked at the two of them. I was looking after Shen Bing, and if Qu Mo transformed, he would be able to protect himself. Fortunately, I didn't bring Wang Zijun, a burden, with me, so there shouldn't be any accidents.
"Let's move forward. It would be great if we can find that place. If not, we can just find a cave and stay there for the night." I handed each of them an evil-repelling talisman and asked them to stick it on their chest so that they would not be blinded again. I also stuck one on my chest, which was considered as making up for the loss .
There is no path on this rocky beach, and there are sharp rocks everywhere, making it very difficult to walk. After walking for a while, my shoes were almost torn. There were also large rocks protruding from time to time, and I was almost dizzy from walking around so much.
The sky finally got completely dark, and the rain was still going on, with no sign of stopping. There was a faint mist everywhere, and looking around, it was all white and eerie, and I couldn't help but feel a chill on my back.
It feels like entering a den of ghosts!
I took out a small flashlight to illuminate the area. In the vast mountains, this little light was like a firefly, which was insignificant. Shen Bing complained about foot pain and sat on a rock to rub her feet. We took the opportunity take a break. Qu Mo took out two bottles of water from her bag and handed them to us. She also took out some biscuits. After eating and drinking a few mouthfuls, I felt a little more energetic.
Shen Bing suddenly touched his butt and said, "Hey, why do I feel that the stone is not very hard, but a little soft?"
"Maybe you have strong inner strength and have softened the stone?" Since entering the rocky beach, we haven't spoken more than ten sentences, and the atmosphere has been very dull. I just happened to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere.
"Go ahead, let's be serious. Hurry up and take a look at the flashlight." Shen Bing stood up.
I shone the flashlight on the stone and said with a smile, "A stone is a stone, it's not blue..." At this point, my expression and mouth froze. How could a stone be blue? Moreover, the shape was very strange, twisted into a ball, like a person curled up there, which was very different from the angular shape of a stone.
Qu Mo cried out "Ah" and said, "It's a person, no, it's a corpse!"
Shen Bing covered her mouth immediately, her eyes wide open with fear.
I nodded. It was indeed a corpse, curled up on the ground in an incredibly twisted posture, with its arms holding its head and folded 90 degrees to its chest, forming a flesh ball in a kneeling position. If you don't look carefully at night, it looks no different from a stone. If I hadn't shone the flashlight on it and seen the flaws in its blue clothes, it would have been impossible to tell it was a corpse.
"I, I feel a little dizzy..." Shen Bing suddenly covered his head again, shaking his body.
I thought to myself, this is bad, I must have been poisoned by the evil spirit of a corpse! I quickly took out a small bottle of Erguotou from my bag, unscrewed the lid, bit it and dripped two drops of blood into the bottle, and asked Shen Bing to drink a sip. She fanned her lips with her hand and said, "It's so spicy, why did you let me drink!"
"Strong liquor mixed with yang blood can drive away evil spirits." After I said this, I handed the bottle to Qu Mo.
Qu Mo took a sip, but as if he couldn't drink, he choked and started coughing violently. His face turned red and tears flowed.
I took the bottle back and drank two sips. A stream of hot air rushed into my stomach and I felt warmer. I put the bottle in my bag and looked around carefully with a flashlight. As expected, there were corpses lying among the rocks. Some of the corpses had already rotted away, leaving only a pile of bones. The corpses on the ground looked particularly creepy under the flashlight, and Shen Bing hid behind me immediately.
Qu Mo might have been trying to give himself courage, so he deliberately smiled at the corpses and said, "I learned a new trick today. Mixing yang blood with strong liquor can drive away evil spirits."
I ignored her, thinking that since we had talismans on our chests, we shouldn't be blinded. How come the beach of rocks suddenly turned into a beach of corpses? Oh, yes, the talisman's power would be reduced by half when it got wet, but it still had some effect. Otherwise, it would be like the ghost covering our eyes in the early morning, and we would be tortured to death.
At this moment, a strange laugh came from not far away. It was so eerie and piercing that it instantly gave me goose bumps all over my body!
