Sacrifice

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, and was lost in thought 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. Remember what I told you about the stove? Zhao Puppet uses me as the emperor and other children as civil and military officials. I want to I want 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 willingness to achieve a great cause, and what Zhao Qi borrowed should be the offerings made to the Stove Lord by every household and the daily incense."

"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?"

"Um."

"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: "That's right. But I should have messed up the matter - I shouldn't have killed Chen Sanjiao."

Xue Baoping was stunned: "Ah?"

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. Cruelty - esp. I am very talented in his opinion. 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 others. This kind of thinking is really awkward, but there is no way. , I guess that’s what he thinks. 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 only took four or five years, but since I can tell, it means that gradually others can tell that 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. You know, the feeling that the power has been accumulated to the extreme and is about to explode. You hide for a few days and go to the mountains. Where is my side... If you can... It’s best to learn from Zhao Qi, but it doesn’t work. I’m also a painting-skinned monster now, so I’ll fight him.”

He thought for a while, then 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 involved in this matter? What if I want Zhao Qi to continue this sacrifice so that I can learn what I want from it? , will it be considered as aiding the evildoer, and what impact will it have on me in the future?”

"So let's take a look. I won't risk my life for these people, but I can help out."

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."

That's great. He thought he would have to persuade her a few more times, but she refused to leave, and finally left with tears in her eyes. Now it seems that she is more decisive and courageous than Chen Sanyao.

They did not sleep in the second half of the night. They dug out the more than four pounds 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 sew three scabbards with thin wood and coarse cloth, inserted the daggers into the scabbards, and then cut open the chest again and wrapped it tightly with the white beard in his body.

Li Wuxiang tried several more times, and stopped only when he was sure that he could pull the dagger out of the chest in an instant.

Xue Baoping packed up some food and selected a place on Bishan - when the Xue family moved to Jinshui before, the town was still prosperous and there was not much land around. After her grandparents bought the current yard, they chose a gentle slope on Bishan Mountain and expanded a stone cave on the mountain wall that could accommodate one person to sleep and rest, so as to slowly cultivate some arable land.

But cultivating land is not a one-day job, but several years. Not long after, the town was in turmoil with the Xuanjiao, so nine out of ten houses were empty and a large amount of land was left idle. His grandparents were able to buy a small piece of land and set up a foothold in the town. Then the small piece of land that had just been cultivated and the stone cave on the mountain were abandoned. Except for her frequent visits there, no one knew about the place.

Now she brought the insect and animal repellent powder that the Wang family had looted, so it should be safe and worry-free to stay there for a few days.

They were busy until dawn, and Li Wuxiang asked Xue Baoping to take a nap first, so that he could show up in the town during the day and then go to the mountains.

At this time, Chen Sanyao saw the second ghost in the wild on the way to Qingjiang City.