Chapter 8 The Nine-Eared Demon in the Belly of Starling
When Shen Lian thought about the fundamental thing, he became less and less interested in staying in the martial arts gym.
"Master Bai, the corpse-stripping case has been fermenting now, and a seventy-year-old woman died tragically at home nearby. How about I go back to the pawn shop first?"
"Tell me more about the corpse-stripping case in detail. . ”
Bai Haibo had just finished listening to Shen Lian’s retelling of the corpse stripping case, but within half an hour, he could already smell the smoke of burning paper money.
"Maybe she is Chen Maochun's mother."
Bai Haibo frowned slightly.
How could the Chen family's wife, who lives in Jianxing, offend the gangster wanted by the Yamen?
Or...
Bai Haibo's pupils shrank, realizing that the corpse-stripping case might involve demons and ghosts.
He looked solemn and glanced deeply outside the martial arts hall. The government officials beat the gongs and drums and loudly informed them about the curfew in the neighborhood.
Bai Haibo once traveled around the world and saw the terror of demons and ghosts.
In front of demons and monsters, warriors are as helpless as a mantis trying to block a car. Only the legendary alchemist can hurt them.
It seems that internal strength can also be used to deal with monsters, but it is extremely difficult to kill them.
Bai Haibo has never been exposed to Neigong and heard that Neigong has unimaginable drawbacks. Generally speaking, warriors are no better than mortals.
"Shen Lian, let me take you back to the pawn shop."
Bai Haibo deliberately did not mention the monsters.
The qi and blood of living people are like flames, which can resist the resentment emanating from demons and monsters.
But if a living person is frightened, it is inevitable that there will be flaws in the mind, leading to the decline of Qi and blood, and it will easily attract the prying eyes of monsters and ghosts.
So the yamen order stipulates that no rumors about monsters or ghosts can be spread outside.
"It's okay, it's clear and sunny."
Shen Lian didn't know whether Zhu Sanxing was a monster, but the target of the corpse-stripping case was all about women, and the crime was committed in the middle of the night. There was no reason to be so worried during the day.
"I'll take you to the entrance of the alley. It's only a few steps away."
Shen Lian and Bai Haibo chatted and walked out of the lobby.
In the courtyard, the children were still walking on horseback. They lacked medicine and could only stimulate the transformation of their skin and flesh through the severe cold outside.
"Hello, Master."
"Hello, Senior Brother."
"You continue to stand still for half an hour, and then go home early."
The two of them disappeared directly into the shadow. alleys.
Shen Lian was in front, Bage took the initiative to fly off his shoulders and patrolled in mid-air; Bai Haibo was behind, and the moment he stepped into the alley, his steps staggered.
The sound of dripping water, the squeaking rodents in the corner.
“Something’s wrong!”
Bai Haibo took a breath and smelled the smell of blood in his nose.
Veins popped out on his forehead, his muscles suddenly tightened, and his heartbeat became faster and faster. He quickly came to a conclusion from his experience of walking in the world.
“Resentment is overflowing, there is a ghost!!!”
What puzzled Bai Haibo was that Shen Lian's footsteps did not stop at all.
Normally, ordinary people cannot directly feel the ghost unless the ghost appears actively, but since there is resentment here, it will cause some discomfort.
Is it because I worry too much?
"Shen Lian, you..."
Bai Haibo continued to take a step forward.
Before he finished speaking, an inexplicable chill penetrated into his bones.
Bai Haibo took out the jade bottle he carried with him, which contained the talisman water given by the Yamen. He quickly rubbed it on his eyelids to get a glimpse of the true appearance of monsters and monsters.
"Hehe, bring me my human skin."
Bai Haibo saw in horror that a woman's face appeared on the wall, with a grin from ear to ear, sharp teeth. Blood drips.
“Ghost!”
Even the newly born demons and ghosts are not something that warriors can contend with.
Bai Haibo wanted to remind Shen Lian, but he could only make a slight gurgling sound. He mustered all his energy and blood to barely stop the collapse of vitality.
"Master Bai, there is no need to continue sending us off. I will come again tomorrow to ask for martial arts lessons."
But Shen Lian, as if nothing happened, had disappeared into the alley.
The grimace is full of greed, the flesh is flowing between the cracks in the wall, the upper and lower jaws are open half a meter, and the tongue covered with herpes is constantly twisting.
"Death!"
Bai Haibo didn't think that Shen Lian was immune to the resentment of the ghost. The ghost was most likely luring its prey into a trap, intending to eat Shen Lian alive. With the speed of the ghost, I am afraid that Shen Lian has been caught...
At this moment.
“Ahhhhh!!!”
The screams sounded out of nowhere, as if the woman had been tortured to death.
The resentment is gone.
Bai Haibo regained control of his body and realized that the scream came from the ghost in the wall, and quickly looked deeper into the alley.
His pupils were shaking.
The scene that caught his eye was enough to make Bai Haibo unforgettable in his life.
The darkness is so dark that one cannot see.
Shen Lian was nowhere to be found, only a six to seven meter nine-eared monster loomed, with black and gray hair scattered in all directions, biting something.
He listened carefully to the source of the scream. Wasn't it coming from the mouth of the nine-eared beast?
Roar!
The grimace disappeared into ashes.
Blood-red vertical pupils lit up. Just the gaze of the nine-eared beast made Bai Haibo unable to withstand the intimidation. His legs gave way and he fell to the ground.
After the nine-eared giant beast swallowed the ghost face, it turned into invisible smoke and dust and gathered in one place.
Myna opened his beak and stood on the eaves next to the alley. The smoke and dust of the nine-eared beast disappeared into it, and then he chirped a few more times.
“Worthless thing!!”
Bago grabbed a scroll of human skin and threw it to Shen Lian who was walking.
Shen Lian held the human skin scroll in his hand, his mouth slightly opened, and a large amount of information was revealed on the career panel.
"Crazy, Brother Batsu, where did you find the human skin scroll?"
[The portrait of the lady was successfully identified, and the nine-ear court experience +1.3%]
[Datang Dynasty Picture of a Lady]
[Created by Zhu Sanxing, the scroll was made half a day ago. The raw material is patchwork of women's skin, which is easy to infest and difficult to preserve. 】
Shen Lian's face looked slightly better. After his career promotion, Zhu Sanxing's human skin scroll seemed to be the only one that provided more than 1% experience.
“Hey, half a day ago?”
“Damn, isn’t this the old woman’s human skin? You really think you are a crow, picking up rubbish everywhere, you will kill me sooner or later! ”
Contact Jinwuwei? No, if you are targeted by the Three Elements, the gain will outweigh the loss.
“Ah.”
Shen Lian grabbed the starling and stuffed the human skin scroll into the bird's claw.
"Ba Ye, throw the scroll in from the back wall to the east of the Yamen, hide from the police, and be sure not to be discovered by the Jinwu Guards."
Ba Ge tilted his head and flapped. The wings shuttle through the dead ends between houses.
Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shen Lian, 伱...are you okay?"
Shen Lian turned his head and saw Bai Haibo moving towards the wall, holding on to the wall.
"Master Bai, I'm fine, why are you suddenly hit hard?"
"Ahem, cough, cough."
Bai Haibo looked around in surprise.
Shen Lian doesn't look like he encountered a ghost at all. Could it be that Jin Wuwei is secretly taking action? Why does it feel like demons and ghosts are fighting each other?
Bai Haibo suppressed his distracting thoughts, it was not something he could participate in anyway.
"As a master... I was seriously injured in my early years, and the injury relapsed accidentally."
Shen Lian felt that the master was only superficial, how could a warrior be so fragile.
He wanted to help Bai Haibo, but the latter waved his hand and refused.
"It doesn't matter if you are a teacher, don't go down this alley in the future. It's bad luck."
Bai Haibo suppressed his injuries. After all, the ghost was dead and his resentment had dissipated. However, it was inevitable that he was weak and physically weak recently.
Shen Lian exchanged a few hurried greetings and left the alley, eager to bind the basic objects.
Bai Haibo watched Shen Lian go away, the latter's shadow lengthening little by little with the sunlight.
He couldn't help but recall the terrifying nine-eared beast.
For a long time, Bai Haibo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's impossible for Shen Lian to be transformed by demons and monsters, right? Huh, there seems to be an alchemist in Jinwu Guard. Maybe it's a master?"
(End of Chapter)