Chapter 165 Flying Gu (8000)
Based on Xu Bai's guess, since the other party wants to let them leave, they must be worried about what will happen, but if they are not allowed to leave now, there must be countermeasures, maybe tonight, maybe later, but sooner or later it will happen.
"It's getting more and more interesting." Xu Bai looked at the villagers coming and going, seeing their pale faces and cowering expressions, he returned to his seat and sat down, took out the heavy sword method, and continued to work hard. up.
Ye Zi stood beside Xu Bai, waiting with Xu Bai at ease.
Wuhua continued to coil his bald head, and seemed to have a tendency to become more and more addicted.
Miao Xiao kept staring at Xu Bai, the look in his eyes became brighter.
Time gradually passed, and the day passed in a blink of an eye. During this day, Xu Bai saw many scenes in the pavilion, including the fearful expressions of the villagers, and their disgusted expressions when they passed by Xu Bai.
The sky gradually turned dark, and a faint sunset glowed in the sky. Starting from the distant horizon, it gradually dyed the entire sky red.
The village is lit with cooking smoke, and the smell of food reverberates in the village, making people salivate.
Gradually, the sky turned completely dark, the sunset glow disappeared, and the night gradually opened up, as if ink was dipped in a brush, and a drop of ink dripped on the rice paper, spreading layer by layer.
Faint candles were lit in the village, and the sound of barking cats and dogs gradually echoed in the silent village. Everything seemed normal, and nothing strange happened.
Xu Bai has been looking at the progress bar in his hand all day, until this time, he put away the book and looked into the darkness not far away.
"Finally willing to come."
Everyone followed Xu Bai's gaze, and heard the sound of complicated footsteps.
Footsteps sounded in this dark night, and there were a lot of them. Obviously, it would always make people feel a little creepy.
"吱—"
The sound of footsteps was accompanied by the sound of opening the door, and the wooden door creaked, making it especially creepy in the dark.
The villagers came out of the room one by one, gathered with the villagers from afar, came to the pavilion of Xu Bai and the others, and surrounded the pavilion.
The leader was the old man seen during the day. The old man was leaning on crutches. He obviously had a high status in this village. He walked in front, and no one had any objections.
"Old man, what do you mean?" Xu Bai smiled.
The faces of these villagers were still pale, but Xu Bai saw a little fierceness in their cowering eyes, like a rabbit that was cornered and wanted to jump over the wall and bite people.
Murder?
Or kill.
"Come on! Arrest them!" The old man changed from his usual kindness to a ferocious one. He waved his hand, and there was a trace of cruelty in his tone.
The villagers looked at each other, but no one stepped forward.
They seemed to be very scared, but Xu Bai knew in his heart that the villagers were not afraid of him.
There is no communication, and the other party does not know who he is, so of course he will not feel afraid, after all, there are few people on his side now.
The other party is afraid of this pavilion.
Xu Bai came to the edge of the pavilion, holding on to the railing, and said with interest: "Are you afraid of this pavilion?"
The villagers took a step back in unison. Although they didn't speak, this action has already revealed their thoughts.
The old man yelled again: "What are you afraid of! This pavilion was built by that witch, and we took down all the witches. You are afraid of this pavilion!
Let me tell you, if this matter spreads out, no one will ever think about it. Hurry up and take them down now, and stop this secret forever for me! "
As soon as these words came out, the villagers who were originally cowering seemed to have been injected with a shot in the arm. The fear in their eyes disappeared, replaced by madness.
They were no longer afraid, and surrounded Xu Bai and the others with ferocious expressions on their faces.
"Keep alive." Xu Bai yawned and didn't even want to do anything.
Wuhua clenched her fist, ready to replace Xu Bai, but unexpectedly, someone was faster than him.
"Master Xu, how can you bother me to take action on this matter." Miao Xiao looked at Xu Bai with admiration, and gently waved her fair arm.
The next moment, boundless Gu worms flew out of her sleeves, soared in the sky, blending with the night, looking extremely terrifying.
"Om..."
The Gu worm flapped its wings, and with the fusion of sounds, the originally small voice was amplified infinitely. Xu Bai and the others were not ordinary people, so they didn't feel anything, but when the villagers heard the sound, their faces turned pale, and they all fell down on the ground.
When this scene appeared, the old man obviously knew his situation. He looked at the villagers lying on the ground, and couldn't control his strength anymore.
"You! You!"
He didn't know how to speak anymore. Obviously, this scene was beyond his common sense.
"Bring it here." Xu Bai said lightly.
The fourth-rank puppet had a long knife on his waist. After Xu Bai gave the order, he strode up to the old man, grabbed the old man's sleeve, and dragged him into the pavilion abruptly.
"Don't! I don't want to go to that witch's pavilion!" The old man struggled frantically, trying to escape, but it was useless.
"boom!"
The fourth-grade puppet directly threw the old man on the ground, and at the same time put his foot on the old man's chest, making him unable to do anything.
The old man stared at Miao Xiao, fearfully said: "You too, you are also that witch who can use bugs."
Miao Xiao was in a daze, completely unaware of what happened.
At this time, the fourth-grade puppet raised his right hand and slapped his face. After more than a dozen slaps, he finally managed to calm the old man down.
Sometimes it takes a lot of talking, so it is better to use physical methods to calm the other party down.
"Now, let me ask you an answer." Xu Bai said flatly, "What's the situation with you, the witch you mentioned just now?"
The old man's face was swollen like a pig's head at the moment. After hearing Xu Bai's question, he shuddered and said in disbelief, "Aren't you the accomplices of those witches?"
"Snapped!"
The fourth-grade puppet slapped again.
The old man finally understood that he could only answer and was not qualified to ask questions. Seeing the light emanating from the long knife on Xu Bai's waist, he was terrified, and slowly told what happened...
"A long time ago... a woman came to the village. She was very beautiful, but she was wounded."
"At that time, the village received her warmly and asked her to recuperate here temporarily."
"This woman is very kind, and she often helps the villagers with work, including this pavilion, which was built by her. It is said that some tired villagers rest here."
"But unexpectedly, once, a group of robbers came to the village..."
…
In the dark night, the old man's voice sounded.
Listening to the old man's story, Xu Bai gradually understood what happened next.
After the robbers came, the woman directly shot and helped the villagers kill all the robbers.
But because the injury on his body didn't get better, this time it was an injury on top of the injury, and he fell into a coma directly.
Originally, this was a good thing, and his actions should be appreciated by the villagers, but the problem is that the woman's methods are not right.
The woman turned out to be manipulating the corpse to fight these robbers.
It's normal for a village like this to be located in a remote place and haven't seen many businesses.
For a village, this is an extremely terrifying thing, and the moving corpse is extremely terrifying.
Seeing the woman fell into a coma at that time, the villagers didn't know what was going on. The old man made an opinion, tied the woman up, and planned to tell the government early the next morning.
It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. Whether it is good or bad to send it to the government, everything is clear.
But what I never expected was that something big happened that night.
Several villagers who were guarding saw the woman falling into a coma, her **** behavior was rampant, and she did something inhumane that night.
Early the next morning, a villager was going to run to Lingyun Prefecture, intending to report to the officials, but he did not expect such a big thing to happen.
In case this woman is good, they all broke the law, especially the old man, one of the two villagers is his son.
Just like that, the old man became cruel and decided to kill the woman.
After waking up, this woman found out about her situation, and she went crazy after being injured more and more.
The old man was about to kill this woman, but some villagers raised objections.
They think that this woman can manipulate the corpse, and if she turns into a ghost after she dies and comes to them, none of them can escape.
She couldn't be released, and she couldn't be killed. This crazy woman was imprisoned by them in the ancestral hall.
Sometimes, when a person's animal nature rises, he cannot control it.
That woman meets all kinds of men every night.
The women in the village called her a witch, and the men cursed her as they entered the ancestral hall.
As time goes by, more and more...
Until now.
Xu Bai's face was extremely gloomy after hearing this, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Wuhua raised her foot, stepped on the old man's face, stomped on the bridge of the old man's nose, and said angrily, "The most vicious **** ghost in this world is not half as good as you."
Ye Zi and Miao Xiao had the same expressions, both of them were extremely angry.
Helped them destroy the robbers, but in turn suffered from them, and even suffered repeated humiliation.
This group of people is more poisonous than a cold poisonous snake.
The old man screamed and begged for mercy: "Let me go, I can't help it, that woman is too evil, she can manipulate corpses..."
"Young master, it should be a branch of the corpse-killing line." Ye Zi said: "This woman can help them destroy robbers, maybe she is still an orthodox branch."
Orthodoxy, recognized by the Great Chu State.
Xu Bai took a deep breath and said, "Is that woman still in the ancestral hall?"
The old man nodded, and quickly said: "Yes, I did it the night before..."
Having said this, he dared not say any more.
"Take me there." Xu Bai said.
The old man struggled to get up from the ground, and he didn't dare to speak, so he quickly led Xu Bai towards the ancestral hall.
Xu Bai himself followed behind, but the fourth-rank puppet was left in place by Xu Bai, guarding the people in the village.
Not long after, the old man led them to the outside of the ancestral hall. He pushed the door open and took them to a hidden room. The door reopened.
The room was very dark, the old man lit the oil lamp in the room, Xu Bai saw what was going on inside, and his eyes widened suddenly.
In the room, a woman with scars all over her body was lying on the ground, staring blankly at the roof.
There are scratches and bite marks on her body, as well as marks of kicking and beating, and her face is covered with dirt, but it can be seen that she is a woman with beautiful features.
A thick chain is wrapped around the woman's neck, tied to the window sill, and her limbs are also bound by chains.
Next to is a dirty iron basin with leftovers in it.
On the woman's left hand, there is a red silk thread tied around the wrist, and there are gold threads running through the thread, which looks extraordinary at first glance.
"We can't remove that rope." The old man said timidly, "I'm not afraid of fire or knife."
"Of course you can't take it apart!" Miao Xiao gritted her teeth and said, "Master Xu, this woman should be from the corpse collection line! That rope is the characteristic of the corpse collector."
"Oh?" Xu Bai replied calmly.
Ye Zi looked at this woman, with unbearable and angry eyes, and explained: "In this world, there are many people who are homeless, and there are also many people who have died and no one collects their bodies. They are dedicated to this."
"They collect the dead body for the dead, bury it, and whenever they go out, they also burn incense and candles, carefully, and respectfully control the two corpses as much as possible for self-protection."
"In short, this is a profession that even His Majesty thinks has no shortcomings. Even those who are evil will not be enemies of them, because the corpse collectors do not distinguish the past before they were alive, and they will only respect the corpse of the dead."
"This is a rare business that neither good nor evil will bother."
…
Xu Bai listened quietly, and slowly walked in front of the woman.
"Is it a business that even evil ways won't bother you?"
He took off his coat, covered the woman's body, covered the scars all over, and squatted down slowly.
The woman seemed to feel it, she tilted her head, looked at Xu Bai with empty eyes, and opened her mouth.
There was only half of the snow-white teeth left. Judging from the wound, it was smashed by someone.
"Why did you break his teeth again?" Xu Bai asked with his back to the old man.
The old man flinched and said, "She always barks, and even bites when you mess with her..."
Xu Bai stopped talking, closed his eyes, drew out the black knife at his waist, and flicked it lightly.
The next moment, there was a crisp knocking sound, which was Xu Bai's ability related to the soul in the exercise.
The melodious voice echoed in the room. The room was quiet and dark. Under the light of the oil lamp, the woman seemed to gain a moment of peace, but soon returned to her original state.
Xu Bai put away the black knife and said with a blank expression: "The moment she woke up, she destroyed herself, and her spirit became chaotic and complicated, and she couldn't recover."
Wu Hua suppressed her anger and tried to calm herself down: "Even at that moment, didn't she think about revenge?"
"I don't know." Xu Bai said flatly, "I don't know what she thinks."
As he spoke, Xu Bai untied the chains on the woman's hands.
The woman regained her freedom, looked at her with empty eyes, stretched out her hands, grabbed Xu Bai's sleeves, and slowly leaned her head over.
Xu Bai didn't dodge.
The woman pressed her forehead against Xu Bai's chest, her forehead was dirty and left marks on Xu Bai's clothes.
I don't know if it was Xu Bai's voice just now, or for other reasons, but the woman actually closed her eyes, and there was the sound of even breathing.
At this moment, the woman's face was peaceful.
Xu Bai put the slipped clothes back on the woman and said, "It seems to be very clear."
"Little monk, go out for a while." Wuhua turned around silently, wanting to go out.
Ye Zi and Miao Xiao looked at each other, they both knew what Wu Hua wanted to do.
They didn't stop them, and even wanted to go out with Wuhua to do that thing.
"Wait." Xu Bai suddenly looked at the old man and asked, "Has everyone participated?"
The control of the soul emerges.
The old man's face immediately became dull, and he nodded: "Yes, except for the child."
A moment later, the control of the soul disappeared, and the old man couldn't believe what he said just now.
"Benefactor Xu." Wuhua clasped her hands together and said, "Young monk, come as soon as you go."
He couldn't help it, he felt like there was a fire in his chest, and if he didn't let it out, he was about to explode.
The woman woke up, but she didn't make a fuss, she just held on to Xu Bai's clothes tightly, her eyes were still empty, but she wasn't afraid.
"Put it on." Xu Bai fastened the waistband on the woman.
This dress is very thin, but it maintains the last trace of a woman's dignity.
"ah!"
Outside the door, there was a shrill scream, which formed a strong contrast with the silence of the room.
Xu Bai raised his foot, kicked the old man in front of him outside, and helped the woman out at the same time.
"Go out and see, what is the real purgatory on earth."
Outside the door.
The fourth-rank puppet held a long knife in his hand. Every time he passed by a villager, he woke up the villager and cut it off with a knife.
Not in the place where the knife kills, but in the artery of the neck.
Death is an extremely slow thing, but they can clearly feel it.
Every villager had fear on their faces and covered their necks with their hands, but they couldn't stop the blood running wildly.
The long knife in the hands of the fourth-grade puppet was dripping with blood, which set off the cold face, which looked very strange.
The old man was shocked when he saw this scene, his hands and legs trembled.
"Ghost! You are a ghost!"
He pointed to Xu Bai who had a calm complexion. Apart from fear, there was only fear in his eyes.
"Yes, they all call me Blood Butcher Swordsman, but now, I think it fits my characteristics." Xu Bai smiled very calmly.
The woman lying in Xu Bai's arms looked at this scene with empty eyes.
The screams echoed here, and the blood flowed all over the ground, soaking the ground.
Gradually, the screams became almost silent, and the ground was covered with corpses.
"Here, take it." Xu Bai took the knife from the fourth-rank puppet's hand and let the woman hold it.
The woman's eyes were empty, and she subconsciously held the long knife.
Xu Bai brought the woman to the old man, took the woman's hand, pressed the long knife against the old man's chest, and then gently pushed it inside.
"Chick!"
The knife is very slow and there is a lot of blood.
The old man couldn't move his whole body, so he could only watch helplessly as the knife pierced his chest.
Pain and despair shrouded his heart, and the feeling of death was constantly approaching.
When the long knife pierced through, the old man died on the spot.
The long knife returned to the fourth-rank puppet, and everything returned to silence.
Miao Xiao saw this scene, and saw Xu Bai's plain expression, she suddenly felt that she seemed unable to see through the idol in front of her.
A man known as a blood butcher swordsman, ruthless and decisive.
But at this moment, the man's ruthlessness and decisiveness gave people an inexplicable warmth.
Miao Xiao looked at the woman lying in Xu Bai's arms. The woman seemed not afraid at all, even very quiet.
"Is this the real blood butcher swordsman?"
Miao Xiao doesn't know which one is in line with the rumors in the world, but she knows that she has seen another side of Xu Bai.
You are indeed our role model.
These people in front of them deserve to die.
Originally, if Xu Bai and Wu Hua didn't do something tonight, she would do it too.
But it seems unnecessary now, these people in front of them have been tortured to death.
Even the old man was stabbed to death by a woman holding a knife in Xu Bai's unconventional method.
Miao Xiao felt that this might be the real blood butcher swordsman.
Xu Bai didn't know what they were thinking, so he came to Wu Hua and said, "Let her watch."
He stuffed the woman into Wuhua's hand.
The woman struggled slightly, completely different from being beside Xu Bai, and kept wanting to leave.
Fortunately, Wu Hua still restrained the woman.
Xu Bai paced slowly, came to the most central position, looked at the corpses all over the ground, he drew out his black knife, which was full of cracks.
"I know you may be watching around, because I can feel a gaze watching, but you are proficient in concealment, and you can only feel a little bit of my soul."
"You should feel lucky, because you have completely angered me."
"So, come on, let me see what you are capable of."
In the dark environment, Xu Bai's voice was colder than ever before.
A moment later, there were bursts of strange sounds in the originally quiet open space.
The corpse lying on the ground opened its mouth, and one by one Gu worms flew out of the mouth, like covering the sky and covering the sun, a human face gathered in the midair.
Xu Bai squinted his eyes, watching this scene.
When this face came together, Miao Xiao spoke.
"It's you, Miao Zheng!"
Of course she knew the owner of this face, it was the Miao Zheng she was looking for.
The human face let out a big laugh, ignored Miao Xiao, looked at Xu Bai, and said sarcastically, "How does it feel? Doesn't this scene look very heartbreaking, Mr. Xu?"
Xu Bai no longer had the intention to play tricks with him, and said directly: "Tell me, your purpose."
Since he was asked to watch this scene, there was a purpose, and Xu Bai didn't believe it was for no reason.
"My purpose?" The face changed from a big laugh to a sneer: "What purpose do you say I have, I want you to see how many evil people there are in this world."
"It's true that I joined the Gu God Sect, I did it voluntarily, but I can clearly say that until now, I have used the methods of the Gu God Sect, all using the corpses of those who are treacherous and evil."
"In order to eradicate **** and demons, I can also improve my own strength by the way, but I was hunted down by you like this. What do you think my purpose is?"
The human face let out wanton laughter.
"For these so-called villagers, I planted Gu in their bodies and let them die slowly in despair. This is what makes them happy."
"Using their bodies to raise Gu, what's wrong?"
Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "This matter has nothing to do with me. If you want to do justice, that's your business."
Miao Xiao clenched his fists and said: "Miao Zheng, if this is the case, you and I go back and explain to the elders of the Miao Sect."
The man froze for a moment, then sneered: "Explanation? There is no need, they will only think that the Gu gods are wrong. As for Mr. Xu..."
"I'm sorry, Gu God Sect said, only by killing you can you tell me how to continue using the Golden Thread Gu after defecting from Miao Sect."
"What Master Xu did just now impressed me with new admiration. I was shaken at first, but for the sake of the Golden Silk Gu, please invite Master Xu to die!"
Xu Bai smiled and said, "Do you think I believe it?"
The face froze: "What do you mean?"
"Are you really using the treacherous and evil corpses to feed Gu?" Xu Bai said meaningfully: "It's just to find an excuse to save your life after failure."
"Why do you think so?" The voice of the human face became low.
Xu Bai said slowly: "I guess."
Human Mian almost lost his temper when he heard this sentence.
Guess?
What is this answer?
"You are too unreasonable!" The human face said angrily.
"Reasonable?" Xu Bai raised his hand, holding the black knife, pointing the blade at the face, and said, "If you listen to me today, come out honestly, and then tell me what you know, I will Just pretend what you just said is true."
"If I don't tell you, will I kill you?" Human Face asked.
Xu Bai felt a faint murderous aura, and said slowly: "If you don't want to, I don't care if you are true or not. All my enemies have never been alive."
No matter whether he is good or bad, as long as it is against him, Xu Bai never intends to let it go.
is good, don't fight against yourself, you can make friends, even Xu Bai can treat each other sincerely.
He is not the kind of unreasonable person. He has never been cruel to a good person.
But this good man, if he deals with himself, or even wants to kill himself, he will not sit still.
He is a saint, it is impossible for others to slap him on the left side of the cheek, and he is letting others slap his right cheek.
The moment you become an enemy, there is no distinction between good and bad, only enemy and friend.
"Good!" The face was not irritated, and it was gradually dissipating.
In the midair, came the last voice of the human face.
"Today, will you die or I will live?"
The Gu worms scattered all over the sky, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
This is not the end of everything, but the beginning of everything.
A burst of buzzing sound resounded all over the wilderness and mountain villages.
Compared with the sound of wings just now, this sound is a hundred times better.
Xu Bai turned his head and found that there were vibrating buzzing sounds all around him. He looked over.
In the distant sky, there is a dense black shadow approaching.
Under the moonlight, Xu Bai could see clearly that it was a large swath of flying Gu worms.
The number is staggering, and this small village has been wrapped.
In the blink of an eye, these Gu worms have come close.
"Master Xu, these Gu worms are difficult to deal with." Miao Xiao looked at Xu Bai with vigilance on her fair face.
Judging from the situation of a single Gu worm, the strength is not strong, but the victory lies in the number of them. It is so densely packed that it makes one's scalp tingle, and it is impossible to count them.
Some things, if the quantity is too large to a certain extent, it is a qualitative change.
"How many corpses are needed to raise so many Gu worms." Miao Xiao said in his heart.
She finally understood why the clansmen who had defected were able to fight against Miaojiao in the end.
This method of raising Gu is really too fast, and too fast.
How long Miao Zheng has been running out, and there are already such a number, it is simply unbelievable.
In the sky, those Gu worms did not attack them, but part of them turned into human faces and spoke out.
"Xu Bai, with so many Gu worms, your people may not be able to bear it. I will give you a chance. As long as you are willing to leave the village alone, then I will not hurt your people."
The words were full of arrogance.
Before Xu Bai could speak, Wu Hua spoke.
"You can't treat us as fools, it's so simple, you want to divide us, it's just fooling you like fools."
The human face paused for a moment, and said: "It seems that you all want to die with him. If that's the case, then I'll give you a ride."
After saying this, the human face made up of Gu worms disappeared and never appeared again. Afterwards, these Gu worms rushed over.
"My lord, I will sweep the array for you." Ye Zi raised his hands, his fingers moved slightly, and bursts of music came out from his fingertips.
The next moment, everyone present was blessed.
Miao Xiao was about to make a move, but Xu Bai stopped him unexpectedly.
"Your combat power is not good, protect Ye Zi well." Xu Bai said.
The fourth-rank puppet remained silent, guarding beside Ye Zi.
Ye Zi is the best support, of course there must be no mistakes.
Miao Xiao wanted to refute, but seeing that all the people he admired said it, he still didn't refute.
Gu worms are still on their way.
"Benefactor Xu, we are fighting side by side again." Bursts of brilliance rose from Wu Hua's body, enveloping him all over.
Buddha and killing intent are intertwined in Wuhua, forming a weird feeling.
The woman was restrained by Wu Hua and sent to Ye Zi.
At this moment, the Gu worms were approaching.
Xu Bai drew out the black knife at his waist, bursting into countless fragments, like a galaxy hanging upside down.
The next moment, the battle began.
The Gu worm rushing to the front was strangled by Xu Bai, but before he even took a step, he was surrounded by the following Gu worms.
On the other side, Wuhua was enveloped in light, punching and killing the Gu worms around her.
Although there are many Gu worms, it seems that the two of them are still able to do a job with ease.
Some Gu worms bypassed them and flew towards Ye Zi and the others.
But halfway through the flight, it suddenly stopped, and instead of attacking Ye Zi and the others, they continued to surround Xu Bai.
Xu Bai was surrounded by Gu worms, and after seeing this scene, his brows were furrowed.
He always felt a little strange just now, why these Gu worms didn't attack Ye Zi, there was something tricky about it.
Now that he is in battle, he didn't think too much about it.
There are a lot of Gu worms, covering the sky and covering the ground. At a glance, there are all Gu worms around, without even a single gap.
Every time Xu Bai swung his knife, he could kill thousands of Gu worms, and then thousands of Gu worms rushed over.
Wuhua can take away a lot of Gu worms with each punch, but there is also an endless stream of Gu worms besieging him.
What Miao Xiao said just now is correct, this is a battle of numbers and a war of attrition.
Xu Bai is capable, and Wuhua is fine for the time being, but if it takes a long time, he will be fine in this war of attrition.
Thinking about this, Xu Bai looked at Ye Zi's position again, he always felt that it was getting more and more strange there.
Because there is only Ye Zi's position, there are no Gu worms.
Besides Ye Zi, only Miao Xiao, the fourth-grade puppet and the rescued woman were left.
(end of this chapter)