Wandering in the world of martial arts

Chapter 219 Long Night, Alone
What Wu Chen is depressed about is that he still knows too little about this world.

These ordinary people think that such things as ghosts and spirits exist, so they are so afraid.

But modern people, who have received scientific education and have anti-feudal superstition thoughts, mostly hold a negative attitude towards this weird existence.

Wu Chen is no exception.

When he first heard that this place was haunted, he was more skeptical and negative.

If you don't listen to the wind, it will be rain.

But now, his ideas have been impacted, and he began to doubt these.

After all, the evidence is overwhelming.

The victimized young man had personally experienced these things. According to Wu Chen's own judgment, the words he said were highly credible and should not be false.

Moreover, the experience given by the young man and the information he received from other people can be mutually corroborated.

Then what is revealed behind this incident is quite terrifying.

What is the origin of the female ghost that the young man mentioned?
Why can only he see it and others can't?
What kind of existence is that female ghost?Or does it not exist at all?
Another strange thing is that what the other victims saw didn't seem to be this female ghost?

Could it be that the supernatural events in this house are caused by many ghosts together?

That's not right, every time this ghost appears, it seems that the number of people targeted is relatively small, which does not conform to the characteristics of group actions.

All this information greatly interfered with Wu Chen's judgment.

He really couldn't figure out what was going on.

He is also hesitating now, whether to turn around and leave immediately, and stop getting involved in this matter.

However, he felt a little reconciled.

At first, he thought that the other people who came to watch the night were not good enough, and they were timid, but now it was his turn, so the others survived until the night fell, and he, it was not night yet, he was going to be a deserter?He can't afford to lose this man!
Of course, the most important thing is that according to the information he collected, the ghosts in this house are not fatal.

That allayed his worst fears.

If he just experienced a fright, even if he couldn't reveal the truth of the matter, it would still allow him to learn more about the world.

Then why be too afraid?
When Wu Chen returned to Zhang's house, it was already dusk.

He decided to pay attention, and just tonight, he would experience for himself what the evil spirit was like.

Wu Chen's dinner was pretty good.

Because Zhang Yuanwai specially ordered Old Servant Yang to go to the market to bring back some delicious food, which can be regarded as an extra meal for Wu Chen, and then encouraged him with words, and gave him three props.

The first is a portable oil lamp, the second is a mahogany sword, the third is a thick cotton coat, and the fourth is a gourd of wine.

Oil lamps are used for lighting, mahogany swords are used for self-defense, cotton coats are used to resist the cold, and wine is used to strengthen courage and warm the body.

The reason why it was a mahogany sword was because everyone believed that the mahogany sword could ward off evil spirits, and if they were given iron weapons, they were also worried that Wu Chen would go crazy after hitting the evil spirits and cause death.

After dinner, the night began to cover the sky and the earth.

The entire county was plunged into darkness.

Only sporadic fires and lights are still functioning.

"Wu Chen, come on, try to survive tonight. Besides, if you really bump into that ghost, don't blame me for not coming to rescue you, because it's not like it hasn't happened before. It's a precedent for a ghost bumper to accidentally injure someone else."

This sentence was said by Pan Wulang, and it was also the last sentence Wu Chen heard before holding the night vigil.

Now, it is about seven o'clock.

The others have already gone to bed to rest, and if there is no accident, they will not dare to come out again throughout the night.

The entire Zhang family mansion fell into silence, only Wu Chen stood outside alone.

The dim light of the oil lamp in his hand illuminated his tense face.

This tension is not caused by circumstances.

In the wilderness, he didn't know how many lonely and barren nights he had spent alone.

These can't make a wave in his heart.

But the most frightening thing is always the unknown.

He couldn't keep himself from being nervous until he couldn't figure out the truth behind this matter.

Time passed slowly.

Holding the oil lamp, Wu Chen has circled around the mansion several times.

However, nothing unusual happened.

This did not surprise him.

According to the information obtained before, the time when those people hit the evil was not consistent.

It happened from about 9:4 to [-]:[-] am.

At this time of seven or eight o'clock, there has never been a precedent for running into evil spirits before.

But Wu Chen didn't relax his vigilance too much.

After several hours, Wu Chen stayed in this way until midnight.

This period of time was also the time when the young man was running into evil, and most other people's running into evil also happened at this time, so Wu Chen didn't dare to be careless.

However, he was also a little sleepy at this time, and he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days.

After thinking for a while, he took out the gourd pinned to his waist, opened the stopper, and took a sip of the wine inside with a "gudong".

Don't worry, it's just an ordinary liquor, he checked it before, and it's non-toxic.

At such a critical moment, he will not be negligent in this kind of matter.

After Wu Chen drank it, he felt better in spirit and warmed up a lot, so he continued to devote himself to the work of vigil.

However, he didn't drink much.

Although the alcohol content is not high, but if you drink too much, you will become confused.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Wu Chen reckoned that Zi Shi should have passed and entered Chou Shi by now.

The most dangerous time period has passed.

However, it may be that his attention was too vigilant during the child's time, and when it came to this ugly time, he felt that he seemed to have some sleepiness that could not be suppressed?

Wu Chen felt a little helpless.

He took another sip of wine, but still felt a little sleepy. After thinking about it, he went to the firewood room to get some firewood, lit it, and then leaned against the wall by the fire, intending to take a nap.

The firelight gave him a certain sense of security.

Ghosts are probably more afraid of fire, right?

Slowly, his eyelids felt a little heavy, and his head was a little dizzy. I wonder if it was the aftereffect of drinking before?

In this long night, it's unrealistic to be on high alert all the time. It shouldn't be a problem to take a break, right?

However, if I accidentally fall asleep, will I give that ghost a chance to sneak in?
Better not to sleep!

No, I don't want to sleep, I just close my eyes and take a little rest!
The rest of tonight is quite long, and I must take a break so that I can cope with it with a better spirit!

In such a psychological struggle, Wu Chen felt that he was getting more and more sleepy.

(End of this chapter)