The number of wandering souls outside Yin City is huge, and may even exceed that inside Yin City, which makes Tie Zhu even more uneasy. He tried to find out the specific number, but no one was willing to talk about it, so the matter became an unsolved case.
Not long ago, after those strange sounds, various illusions began to appear in front of Tiezhu's eyes. It was difficult to distinguish between reality and reality, making it difficult for him to make a choice.
He looked around and found that the surrounding environment was no longer the quaint look of Yin City, but instead had the atmosphere of modern buildings.
However, after passing through the bustling street market, the scenery suddenly changed and turned into a lush mountain forest. The mountains and fields were covered with colorful flowers, and the fragrance of the flowers overflowed, which was intoxicating.
Tie Zhu just took a slight sniff and felt an inexplicable heat in his heart, as if the fragrance of the flowers contained some kind of magic power, tempting him to jump off the old hen's back and roll around in the sea of flowers.
"Alas!" He shook his head violently, frowned, and pulled up his clothes to cover his mouth and nose, "Why is this journey back so twists and turns? There are too many traps set by the wandering spirits, one after another."< br>
Tie Zhu was secretly worried. If this continued, it would be questionable whether he could get home smoothly.
In just one hour since leaving Yin City, he has encountered many tricks of wandering spirits. And as he went deeper, he found it increasingly difficult to resist these temptations.
Just like the sea of flowers in front of him, he just tasted and smelled the fragrance of the flowers, and felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching his heart. I knew I couldn't look back, let alone jump off the old hen's back, but the thoughts in my heart lingered like inner demons.
He slapped himself hard, and the sea of flowers in front of him disappeared instantly, and the person woke up. He looked around cautiously, fearing something might happen again.
"Brother Chicken, you have to work harder. If this continues, I'm really afraid I won't be able to hold on." Tie Zhu patted the old hen's back, his tone full of anxiety.
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene in front of him changed again. This time, he actually saw his classmates, Goudan who came home from school with him.
Goudan stood in front of the old hen, his eyes full of fear, looking at Tie Zhu and pleading: "Tie Zhu, save me, are you going to kill me?"
Tiezhu learned the lesson this time and didn't let the old hen stop. He patted the old hen, pointed at the dog egg and shouted loudly: "Help, brother chicken, just hit him! This bastard still wants to harm me. Compared with the previous one, your little tricks are far behind!"
The old hen seemed to understand Tie Zhu's words. Instead of slowing down, she accelerated towards Goudan.
In an instant, Goudan's figure turned into pieces of black scum and disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Tie Zhu raised the corner of his mouth slightly and cursed in his heart: "You want to drag me into the water just because of this? You are really overestimating your capabilities! When you came back from school, if you hadn't been cowardly and escaped first, how could I have fallen into the water?" < br>
He gradually understood that these wandering spirits could invade his mind and use illusions of relatives and friends to confuse him. However, these wandering souls don't seem to be very resourceful, and they don't know that their friends are there to "betray" them. What's more, with his deep understanding of Goudan, how could he be deceived by such clumsy tricks?
After the Goudan incident, the road became much calmer. The scenery in front of me became more and more familiar: the small river in front of the village, the old trees at the entrance of the village, the farmland on the roadside, and the farmers working in the fields.
At this moment, the scenery on the roadside changed again. Peach blossoms were planted on both sides of the road, and the whole world seemed to be shrouded in pink.
When the old hen and Tie Zhu passed by Widow Liu's house in the east of the village, Tie Zhu actually saw Widow Liu's daughter, whom he had a crush on for a long time.
She was standing in front of the water tank in the yard, preparing to take a bath. She took off her clothes like peeling a shrimp and smiled at Tie Zhu: "Tie Zhu, can you wait for me? Don't you want to see me?"
The girl was six or seven years older than Tiezhu. She was in her prime, and her figure was no worse than that of a mature woman. She looked at Tie Zhu with a smile, showing both the shyness of youth and an indescribable temptation. Tie Zhu's face turned red, and he clumsily patted the old hen on the back: "Um...Brother Chicken, you can slow down... You don't have to stop, just slow down a little..."
A boy of his age doesn't even need to burn the kang in winter, his fire is enough to make the bed as warm as spring. Now that I see the girl I have a crush on bathing in the courtyard with a blush on her face, it is hard for anyone to control her.
Although Tie Zhu was fascinated by what he saw, his mind was still clear: "These wandering souls have gone too far! They will do whatever it takes to drag me into the water! This must be their trick. If they really stop, I'm afraid I will never be able to return to the sun again." .”
He sighed and watched the village goddess continue to undress and take off her clothes, her face as red as a monkey's butt. Even though he knew it was a trap, he still couldn't help but take a few more glances. It's like knowing it's a scam but still wanting to taste the bait.
Just when the village beauty was about to confess her love, the old hen happened to run across the yard.
Tie Zhu was so angry that he clenched his fists and waved them in the air: "Oh! Brother Chicken, run slower! I almost saw it!"
He sat depressed on the old hen's back, arms folded across his chest. Looking at the increasingly familiar scenery, I thought to myself: I am afraid this is the only opportunity in my life to see village flowers so close, right? If he were a real village beauty, let alone letting him see such a beautiful scene, I'm afraid he wouldn't even look at him.
"It was just a little bit... ugh... what a pity." After another sigh, Tie Zhu felt that there was a burning fire in his stomach that had nowhere to vent. But he also understood that the scene just now was just a trick of the wandering soul. They deliberately disappeared at critical moments to make him feel itchy.
Looking at the increasingly familiar scenery, he shook his head and sighed: "Forget it... If you can't see it, then you can't see it... Anyway, it's about to return to the sun... I can't do anything now that I've seen it... It's better to start again... It’s great to be a human being!”
Even though he comforted himself like this, Tie Zhu still couldn't help but want to look back.
At this moment, those wandering spirits seemed to have figured out his thoughts, and the voice of the village belle came from behind again. He felt a warmth in his ears, as if there was a sweet wind blowing: "My dear, look back at me... If you don't look, you will never see me again in this life... The way I look now, you Do you really not want to take a look? If not, I will put on my clothes... My dear brother, just look back at me..."
Hearing this numbing voice, a helpless tear fell from Tie Zhu's closed eyes: "Damn! This is too torturous!"
He covered his ears, but the sound seemed to have penetrating power and was still clearly audible. Coupled with the seductive tone, he almost turned his head.
However, at the last moment, he resisted the urge to look back and shouted loudly: "What the hell! I know you want to harm me! When I am still active, I will visit your house every day! I will see how you can seduce me." ! ”
After this loud shout, the voice of the village beauty finally disappeared without a trace.
After a while, Tie Zhu noticed that the movement around him had disappeared, so he slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
Immediately afterwards, he was shocked to find that the figures of himself and the old hen had become transparent, and pedestrians on the road passed directly through their bodies without any notice or leaving any traces.
Seeing this change, Tie Zhu secretly thought to himself, maybe this is a sign of Huanyang? During those days in Yin City, he asked the fortune teller about many things about returning to Yang, but the fortune teller himself had never experienced it personally, and what he said were all legends of others, so it was not very accurate.
At this moment, Tie Zhu stared at the surrounding scenery and suddenly realized that this was the Qinchuan Village he was familiar with.
For a moment, he was ecstatic, his mouth could not help but grin, and he couldn't wait to wake up as soon as possible.
The old hen was also unambiguous, its legs kept twitching, and its wings fluttered, and it quickly ran into the yard of Tiezhu's house. Tie Zhu followed closely behind. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Tie Zhu's mother sitting at the door. Her face was haggard but full of hope, as well as the villagers who gathered at Lao Xu's house, preparing to witness the miracle. Many of them were already drowsy from waiting.
Tie Zhu looked at the door in the courtyard and thought silently in his heart that as long as he crossed this threshold, he would be able to truly return to the sun.
"Iron pillar?"
"Tie Zhu, are you back?"
Before Tie Zhu could cross the threshold, Lao Xu's voice came from behind.
Perhaps it was because he had returned to a familiar home that Tie Zhu relaxed all his guard. With that familiar and kind voice, he turned around and responded almost without thinking.
"Well, I'm back, Dad!"
"You don't even know that on my way back to the sun..."
However, before he finished speaking, Tie Zhu was shocked to find that the person standing behind him was not his kind father, but a yellow man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Seeing Tie Zhu turn around, the yellow-skinned man showed a sinister smile on his face.
“I didn’t expect that you little kid has such good concentration!”
"I haven't been able to tempt you to look back this whole way."
Seeing this yellow leather boy, Tie Zhu's heart trembled and he secretly thought it was not good. Immediately afterwards, he saw the yellow-skinned man waving his hands, and a black mist emerged in front of him. Countless arms stretched out from the mist, trying to catch him one after another.
Seeing that he was about to fall short, Tie Zhu became anxious. The door is right in front of you, but it seems out of reach. He didn't care much, jumped off the chicken's back, and rushed towards the door with all his strength. However, those arms had already grabbed him and pulled him back desperately.
"No! Am I going to die inexplicably like this?"
Tie Zhu was filled with reluctance. At this moment, the big yellow chicken seemed to be stimulated by some kind of stimulation, and suddenly let out a loud crow. The arms holding the iron pillar seemed to be frightened by the rooster's crow, and they let go. Tiezhu regained his freedom.
At this time, the old lady suddenly pounced on the big yellow chicken, opened her big mouth and bit its neck. Tie Zhu took the opportunity to turn his head and look at himself lying on the bed, feeling a strong desire to survive in his heart. He pounced, passed through the wall, and pounced directly on his body.
In an instant, darkness fell before his eyes, and Tie Zhu felt as if his whole body was falling apart, followed by feelings of hunger and thirst. He felt his head swell and opened his eyes suddenly.
The world seemed to become brighter in an instant. Tie Zhu felt a warmth on his hand. He turned his stiff neck slightly and saw his father, Lao Xu, sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at him with red and swollen eyes.
Seeing Tie Zhu wake up, Lao Xu's tense body instantly relaxed, and he looked at him with a face full of joy, and he couldn't help crying in front of Tie Zhu.
"Wake up! Our iron pillar finally wakes up!"
"Tiezhu, look, our Tiezhu is awake!"
Lao Xu hugged Tie Zhu tightly in his arms, with no intention of letting go. He hit Tie Zhu on the back and couldn't help laughing.
"You bastard, your father and I were frightened when you fell asleep!"
Tie Zhu couldn't help but feel sad at this time. Although he had only spent one day in the Yang world, he had already experienced nearly a year in the Yin city. During this year, he missed his father and mother all the time.
Seeing Lao Xu and Tiezhu's mother at this moment, Tiezhu couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Dad! Mom! I'm back!"
Hearing Tie Zhu's words, Lao Xu let go of him and asked curiously: "You brat, do you know how good your life is?"
"It happened that you were harmed by that yellow man, and it happened that some experts came to our village. Thanks to that expert, you saved your life!"
At the mention of Huang Pizi, Tie Zhu's body trembled suddenly. Thinking that he was almost dragged to death by that yellow man just now, he couldn't help but feel scared. Fortunately, Brother Ji came to help at that time, otherwise if this yellow-skinned boy had appeared earlier, he would never have been able to come back.
Thinking of what he had just experienced, Tie Zhu hurriedly asked: "By the way, dad, did you find an old hen to pick me up in Yin City?"
Lao Xu nodded and looked at Tie Zhu blankly. Although he believed Zhang Hao's words before, it still meant that he was treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Now that he heard Tie Zhu mention the old hen, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
"Where's that chicken?" Tie Zhu asked again.
Lao Xu turned around and looked at the door, also looking confused. He pointed to the old hen at the door and said: "There it is. I don't know what happened, but the old hen was fine all the way. But as soon as he entered the house, he fell down and stopped, as if he was dead."
Tie Zhu couldn't help but feel secretly regretful. Thanks to the old hen for leading him, otherwise he would not have been able to come back. Thanks to the old hen holding Huang Pizi back at the last moment, otherwise he would have been taken away by Huang Pizi at the last moment, and he would not know when he would see his parents again.
So Tie Zhu shook his head, sighed and said: "Dad, let's erect a monument for this chicken. Without it, I almost wouldn't be able to come back."
Lao Xu and Tiezhu Niang looked at each other. Tiezhu's mother was already very anxious, but she felt relieved when she saw Tie Zhu wake up. Now that she heard Tie Zhu say that she almost wouldn't come back, she felt even more worried. She couldn't help but ask: "Tie Zhu, what's going on? I heard Mr. Yin Yang said that he can guarantee your return. It stands to reason. You shouldn’t encounter any trouble?”
Tie Zhu nodded, recalling his days in Yin City, and indeed no Yin ghost dared to attack him. He said: "This is true. When my soul was in Yin City, the Yin Chai in Yin City seemed to be very afraid of that gentleman... By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that this gentleman was in Yin City. Or the governor! ”
"Although he has not yet become a master, all the bad guys in Yin City trembled with fear when they heard his name. (End of Chapter)