Chapter 44 Sacrifice
A chill penetrated Xue Baoping's body, and she couldn't help but shiver. But Li Wuxiang grabbed her hand: "Don't be afraid. Do you remember what I said? Once you know what is going on and what to do, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Xue Baoping also grabbed his hand: "Then let's go tell the town leader?"
Li Wuxiang tapped his fingers on the back of her hand, thinking for a moment: "Zhao Qi knows more about his methods than I do. He has been with the town leader for a long time, and my identity is relatively sensitive to him. If he If you don’t admit it, the town owner may be more inclined to believe him, which is just to scare the snake away.”
"Once we get to this point, you and I will be in danger...you will be in danger. And..."
There is also the matter of external evil. Li Wuxiang looked into her eyes and hesitated for a while. In the past, he would hide such things in his heart and never tell others. This was one of the unspoken rules in his industry: don't trust anyone, don't try to seek comfort from anyone, and reduce your own risks to Minimum.
He had done this before. He couldn't remember exactly what happened after that, but he regretted it. That would accumulate too much pressure in the body. He avoided external risks, but ignored his own risks, and finally achieved an almost self-destructive result. He needs a little beauty and a little sincerity to avoid more terrible things.
"And me." He sighed softly, "Zhao Qi, maybe he is offering sacrifices to something. Do you remember what I told you about what happened in the stove? Zhao Puppet uses me as the emperor and other children as civil and military officials. I want to I need to practice Taiyi. I used to think that this was just a form, what exactly should I practice? Now Zhao Qi has hidden the Kitchen God talisman he drew in every house, and when he was hunting ghosts, he said that the ghosts knew how to use the incense... …”
"I guess there is such a thing as the power of incense in this world, which is substantial and can be used. Zhao Puppet Lian Taiyi may use more than a hundred children to believe wholeheartedly that there is only one person in the world composed of more than a hundred people. This kind of desire for the great cause, and what Zhao Qi borrowed should be the worship of the Kitchen God and the daily incense smell.”
"I think he is using this method to refine something like Zhao Puppet. This sacrificial ritual is very, very important to me, and I really want to get it."
"Is it... a way for you to practice well?"
"Yeah."
"Then can you ask him directly? He has already accepted you as his disciple. Didn't you say that he asked you to kill Chen Sanjiao tonight to test your character?"
Li Wuxiang let go of her hand and smiled bitterly: "Yes. But I should have messed up the matter - I should not have killed Chen Sanjiao."
Xue Baoping was stunned: "Huh?"
Li Wuxiang stood up and sighed: "At first, I thought the same as you, thinking he was trying to test whether I would listen to him. But after I killed Chen Sanjie, I found that Zhao Qi immediately became cold to me. I knew something was wrong. Now I think it's something else -"
"You know there are people who do all kinds of evil, but they want their children to study and learn well, right? Zhao Qi should be this kind of person. He wants his disciples to listen to him, but he doesn't want his disciples to be really cold. Cruel - especially for someone like me He seems to be very talented. If I listen to his words tonight and kill Chen Sanjiao, I may be able to deceive my master and kill my ancestors and join someone else. Zhao Qi's mentality is really awkward, but I can't help it. That’s really what I think. This kind of person is really annoying.”
Li Wuxiang took the bowl and walked a few more steps, then went to the basin and washed it: "You go first, leave Jinshui for a while. You are young, and I don't know how much life has been stolen from you now, but look It's only been four or five years. But since I can see it, it means that others can gradually see it. There was a ghost in Chen Sanjiao's house last night. I guess this means that what Zhao Qi is about to do is coming to an end. Sound, you know, that feeling of power accumulated to the extreme, about to erupt. You hide for a few days and go to the mountains. I am here... If I can learn something from Zhao Qi, it is really not possible. I am also a painting-skinned monster. I will fight with him." He thought for a moment and turned to look at Xue Baoping: "Do you want me to save the people in the town?"
Xue Baoping immediately shook his head: "I don't want you to take risks for them."
Li Wuxiang looked at her and smiled in his heart. This kind of energy is very similar to what he told her about the girl in the story... In fact, she has always been very suitable for the industry. But he also knows that sometimes a thought is like a seed. At first glance, it seems cute and stubborn, willful and protective of the person you love. However, if it is not controlled, it may eventually grow into something very terrifying.
He just said that people like Zhao Qi are annoying to death, so why not himself?
"After I saw them fishing dead people out of the river that day, I didn't like them either." He put the bowl back on the stove, "But it seems that there are gods in this world, and I am a monster. I'm not sure about this. ——That is to say, from a mysterious perspective, Am I already involved in this matter? If I want to ask Zhao Qi to continue this ritual so that I can learn what I want from it, will it be considered as aiding others and will treat me in the future? What impact? ”
"So let's take a look. I won't risk my life for these people, but I can help."
Xue Baoping was silent for a while, then suddenly nodded: "Okay, I'll pack up and go into the mountains tomorrow. I usually go into the mountains to collect things sometimes. I can stay in the mountains for two or three days and then come back to have a look. It shouldn't be Someone will pay attention to me.”
very nice. He thought he would have to persuade her a few more times, but she refused to leave. In the end, she had to reluctantly leave with tears in her eyes. Now it seems that she is more decisive and courageous than Chen Sanjiao.
I didn't sleep for the rest of the night. They dug out more than four kilograms of silver from the Wang family from the wall again. Li Wuxiang found a whetstone and sharpened the three daggers left before. He also asked Xue Baoping to use thin pieces of wood and Three scabbards were sewn on the coarse cloth, the dagger was inserted into the sheaths, then the chest was cut open again, and it was tightly wrapped with the white whiskers inside.
Li Wuxiang tried a few more times to make sure he could pull the dagger out of his chest instantly before he stopped.
Xue Baoping packed up some food and chose a place on Bishan Mountain - when the Xue family moved to Jinshui, the town was still prosperous and there was not much land around it. After her grandparents bought the current yard, they chose a gentle slope on Bishan Mountain and added a cave on the mountain wall that could accommodate one person to sleep and rest, so as to gradually open up some farmland.
But reclaiming land is not a day's work, it takes years. It didn't take long for the Xuanjiao to break out in the town, so nine out of ten houses were empty and a lot of land was left idle. His grandparents were then able to buy a small piece of land and establish themselves in the town. Then the small area that was just reclaimed and the cave on the mountain were abandoned. Except for her who often went there to stay for a while, no one knew about that place.
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Now she brought the insect repellent and veterinary medicine powder that the Wang family had collected. She should be safe and worry-free for a few days.
After being busy like this until dawn, Li Wuxiang asked Xue Baoping to take a short nap to catch up on his sleep, so that he could show up in the town during the day and then go to the mountains.
At this time, Chen Sanyao saw a second ghost in the wilderness on his way to Qingjiang City.
(End of chapter)