Twilight Boundary: Chapter 261 The oil lamp went out

Chapter 261 The oil lamp went out

"how come?"

On the hillside, Aunt Zhang didn't know what was happening in the forest. She could only feel the screams in the forest, which were extremely shrill.

Being on the slope, you can even vaguely smell the smell of blood coming from there. Just thinking about it, you can imagine how dangerous and **** fighting is going on in the forest.

"The shopkeeper is still the shopkeeper of the Blood Food Gang after all..."

Aunt Zhang even needed to slow down for a while before she realized that when Hu Ma learned her skills as a ghost walker, although her physique was not suitable, her skills and reactions were extremely fast, which vaguely misunderstood her as one of her own.

But no matter how much he looks like a wanderer, he is also a watcher of the year, so it seems reasonable to go into the woods with a knife.

It's just that the Shou Sui people are really good at getting close, but those who come from the forest are not just ordinary people. Agu Zhang can feel how powerful those people are. Every one of them has real life in their hands, and they are also on the road. Can you walk sideways?

 The shopkeeper is young and probably doesn’t have enough experience. Can he really fight against those monsters?

This worry was not awakened until the oil lamp on the altar suddenly turned on and the forest suddenly became dead silent.

She raised her head suddenly and looked at the forest. She saw that there was no movement there, and in the air, the red lantern had killed all the evil spirits and slowly fell to the ground. I really don't know what the shopkeeper had invited. What kind of method does the empress have? It’s too terrifying.

It only took half the time for the incense stick, and only part of it came to the altar, and all the powerful evil spirits that the other party invited were eliminated. The most important thing is that after they were eliminated, they left without any conditions...

but…

Aunt Zhang suddenly felt nervous: "Why hasn't the shopkeeper come back yet?"

Now that the things on the altar are not over, I have suffered the evil spirit from the two-headed snake, but the snake is still there...

He was seriously injured, if he met and was bitten again...

 “Steward Zhou, Steward Zhou…”

She hurriedly shouted behind her, wanting to ask Butler Zhou to come over and take a look. If the shopkeeper was injured, bring him to the altar as soon as possible.

 But after calling a few times, there was no response. I don’t know what happened to Butler Zhou.

Just as he was worried, he suddenly saw a terrifying scene. The oil lamp in front of him had been extremely bright, almost unreasonable, but it only stayed on for a while, and then suddenly slowly dimmed.

 Get smaller and smaller, smaller and smaller, until...

 …extinguish!

Aunt Zhang looked at the extinguished oil lamp, her expression suddenly changed, she couldn't believe her eyes.

How could someone who has set up an altar have his oil lamp suddenly extinguished?

 Unless it’s him, already…

 She was so shocked that she could hardly imagine that such a terrible thing had happened.

 But she raised her head and looked towards the forest, and saw that there was no movement in the direction of the forest. Not to mention the shopkeeper, not even his little messenger showed up.

“So, the little shopkeeper is dead?”

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded next to Agu Zhang. Agu Zhang turned around and saw Butler Zhou.

He just stood behind him, looking at the extinguished oil lamp in front of him, and said to himself: "This should be death. Only true death, losing the last trace of life, can the oil lamp on the altar... Will it be destroyed?"

“People can fake death, but lamps cannot fake it.”

　　　…”

These words spoke to Agu Zhang's worries. She was a ghost, so how could she not understand this truth? She hurriedly wanted to speak, but suddenly felt something was wrong, and looked at Butler Zhou silently.

 “That’s pretty much it.”

Steward Zhou said slowly: "This little shopkeeper seems to be hiding his skills, making it difficult for people to know accurately. He has to be more careful when doing things."

"But no matter how much he hides, he is still young, and the skills he learned from his mother's womb are limited. When he meets Cui Ganniang and other people who have entered the house, they don't dare to use evil methods easily. If he wants to defeat them, he must use That copper coin."

“As long as he uses that copper coin and gets close, Cui Ganniang and those monsters will naturally not be his opponents.”

"But his life depends on it."

　　　…”

"you…"

Aunt Zhang was even more frightened and looked at Housekeeper Zhou. Only then did she say in a trembling voice: "What do you mean, old sir?"

“Because it was not a life-changing copper coin, it was a life-demanding copper coin.”

Butler Zhou looked at the dark mountains ahead, sighed lowly, and said: "Once you use it, your life will be burned, and your Taoist skills will suddenly rise, but soon after, this Taoist skills will also disappear." It bottomed out all of a sudden.”

“The oil lamp on the altar suddenly lit up just now. This must be the reason.”

“In the past, if the Li family of Dongzi wanted to seduce a soul, they would first send a copper coin like this to them. It meant that the person was about to die, and a seductress would come to pick him up soon.”

"There is still a tradition in Lingshou Mansion. The old man who receives this copper coin will start to build a coffin, notify his relatives, then hold the copper coin in his mouth and lie on the bed to wait for death."

　　　…”

As he spoke, he sighed softly and said to Aunt Zhang who was staring at him: "The method is not very clever, but there is nothing we can do about it."

“Going any further will not be good for everyone, so let’s stop here…”

　　　…”

He spoke slowly and raised his palm, holding three slender and sharp silver needles between his fingers.

 At such a close distance, as a ghost walker, there is no room for resistance. Agu Zhang was almost desperate for a moment. She raised her head with difficulty and looked up. Under the starry sky, Housekeeper Zhou's face was not clear at all.

 “You...what do you want?”

Being forced at such a close distance, Aunt Zhang had no room to resist. Her voice was trembling but full of confusion: "The shopkeeper traveled thousands of miles to send your family back for me, you..."

“…If you don’t say you are grateful, why do you want to harm others?”

　　　…”

Listening to Aunt Zhang's puzzled words, the old housekeeper also sighed lowly and said numbly: "Aunt Zhang is a good person, and the little shopkeeper is also a good person, but it's just strange that you shouldn't interfere in the affairs of Dongzi's Li family. .”

“I’m not a person who doesn’t know the good and bad of kindness. I also remember the kindness of you two. It’s just that the young lady was kidnapped. This is something that everyone wants to see..."

"Her leaving will be good for the Li family and the entire Guidongzi family."

 “But rather…”

 As he spoke, he also sighed lowly: "Miss, you are so lucky to have met a good person."

“Not only did I not take the young lady’s body or life, she was still alive and well, and I even sent a message for her to come home…”

　　　…”

"hehe…"

I couldn’t see his face clearly, but I could feel that there was a wry smile on his face: “Does Agu know how I felt when I heard this?”

“I have already taken such a big risk by letting the young lady be taken away by those kidnappers. I don’t know when I will find me, and I don’t know if there will be any hidden punishment..."

“Unexpectedly, just a few months after hiding out, the third young master found me first...”

“He broke my legs because I was not doing things well and told me that the lady was in Mingzhou and had already thought of home. He also sent a letter home and was waiting for someone to pick her up..."

 “What can I do?”

　　　…”

The more he spoke, the deeper his voice became: "There is nothing I can do. I can only go over and pick up the lady."

“Not only do we have to pick up the young lady, but we also have to get rid of the troublesome one, Cui Ganniang and others who were involved in this matter, one by one, so that we can report to the third young master.”

“That’s it, when the young lady returns to the Li family in Dongzi, I don’t know if she can cover it up...”

 “It depends on your fate…”

　　　…”

While sighing lowly, the silver needle in his hand slowly fell down.

Aunt Zhang didn't know what to say anymore, she just sighed lowly. She didn't seem to be afraid of death at all, but she just felt a little unworthy of the shopkeeper.

"Then I think you can't cover it up."

 But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded down the slope.

The old housekeeper was startled when he heard the sound. He looked up suddenly, but unexpectedly, there was a sudden crash behind him, and something actually hit him.

He was shocked. Without thinking, he turned around quickly and scratched with the silver needle, but suddenly his tentacles were slippery. He reached out hurriedly, grabbed forward, and caught a snake head, which almost bit him. He was shocked. Covered in cold sweat.

 But just as he grabbed the snake's head, he suddenly felt the snake's tail flip up, and it bit him on the neck again.

This sudden shock made him scream "Ah", hurriedly tore it apart and threw it out.

 Saw something crawling on the ground, it turned out to be a two-headed snake.

 Touched his neck again, lifted his fingertips, and brought them up to his eyes. His fingertips were covered in black blood.

"How can it be?"

I was quite surprised, but what was even more panicked was the sound I just heard. I hurriedly turned around, only to see Hu Ma walking up from the slope.

Surrounded by the cold night, he was covered in blood. He looked like a dead man. There was no breath of life in him. However, as he climbed uphill little by little, his body gradually became more alive. Suddenly he raised his head and walked towards Himself, smiled brightly.

 And in the night behind him, a little devil emerged. The little devil had two pigtails and was carrying a torn leather bag in his hand, which seemed to have been used to catch snakes.

"you…"

He was in disbelief. He stared at You Hu Ma with his eyes wide open, feeling as if his world view was exploding.

 “Living up to our high expectations, those monsters have been dealt with.”

Hu Ma walked up the hill and glanced at Xiao Hongtang appreciatively. Just as he went to catch the two-headed snake, Xiao Hongtang made another meritorious deed.

I was afraid of snakes, so I only dared to pick up a dead snake for cover. Fortunately, Xiao Hongtang was brave enough to go up and hold it there. After fighting for 300 rounds, she put it into a cloth bag.

Facing the wide-eyed Aunt Zhang and the panic-stricken Butler Zhou, he was in a good mood. He weighed it in his hand and held something in his hand. It was the "life-saving copper coin" that Butler Zhou had given earlier.

He said softly: "But I didn't use it, I saved it for you."

 (End of this chapter)