there is someone behind me

The shadow reflected on the glass window flashed by, and the nurse on duty was undecided. Seeing Zhou Ling and the others standing there, she shouted again: "Is it the patient's family?" This time, there was a trace of tension in her voice , Maybe the haunted rumors in the hospital for many days made her think of something not so good.

Xi Chenzi signaled Pei Xing to go up and show his ID, and the latter followed suit.After showing his public security certificate, he made up an excuse and dismissed the nurse.When walking back, Pei Xing glanced at the window by chance. The light inside and the darkness outside turned the window into a black mirror. On the mirror, behind Pei Xing's shadow, a grinning pale face was closely pressed against her. Behind Pei Xing's shadow, it has no body, its entire face is twice as big as an ordinary person's, its eyes are only the whites of the eyes, no pupils, its lips are so thin that it's almost invisible when it smiles, and the corners of its mouth go all the way to the back of its ears, revealing sparse but sharp eyes. teeth.

Pei Xing froze there for a moment.She forced herself to calm down, pretending that she didn't see anything, and walked towards Zhou Ling and the others.

That strange face seemed to have seen through Pei Xing's plan, and the originally grinning expression expanded a bit.Pei Xing walked faster and faster, and the strange face followed closer and closer.

Zhou Ling breathed through Ling Xiaozi's palm, it wasn't cold anymore, but a little stuffy.It didn't take long for Zhou Ling to feel that the hot air he exhaled formed a layer of water vapor in Ling Xiaozi's palm.Unexpectedly, he stuck out his tongue and licked it.

It was so wet that something soft licked his face, Ling Xiaozi was taken aback, and withdrew his hand with a swoosh.Zhou Ling gasped for breath—the shadow by the window disappeared instantly—and the cold feeling invaded again.

Pei Xing didn't know what happened, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the strange face on the window disappearing.

Qi Chenzi looked at Ling Xiaozi and Zhou Ling in puzzlement, Ling Xiaozi turned his wrist, and the small sword in his palm flashed coldly.Everyone felt the air flow around them suddenly change.

Zhou Ling subconsciously held her breath, pulled out Chengying from the Qiankun bag, and stood in front of her with the blade facing outward.

The Cheng Ying given to him by his junior master finally ended its days as a collectible, and the invisible sword blade made a clear sound, causing the few auras of heaven and earth in the space surrounded by Yin Qi to become restless.

A shadow that was so faint that you would miss it distorted for a moment. Almost in the blink of an eye, Zhou Ling and the others felt that their entire orientation and position had changed.

Qi Chenzi let out a "huh" and said, "Why did you enter the road of life and death?"

The road of life and death is a three-way zone between the yang and the underworld, which is not made by man or ghosts, but formed naturally.When yin and evil qi are stronger than yang qi and anger, you can enter the road of life and death.Here, one step is yang, and one step is yin. If you accidentally step into the underworld, it will be difficult to come out completely.There is no nasty yang energy here, their power is maximized, and there will be no ghosts from the underworld to catch them, so the road of life and death is also a paradise for monsters and ghosts.

Ling Xiaozi said: "The air field is unstable, the passage is open. There is something nearby."

Zhou Ling took two steps forward and stuck to Ling Xiaozi's body: "Freeze, freeze, freeze to death."

Ling Xiaozi grabbed his wrist to check his pulse, and Qi Chenzi also came over: "It shouldn't be, little senior brother, why do you feel cold? The yin qi penetrates into the bone? Or is it a physical cold?"

Just as Zhou Ling was about to speak, Ling Xiaozi's eyes froze, and he covered his mouth and nose with his hands.

Zhou Lingweng said in a low voice, "It doesn't look like it. If I have to say it, it probably feels like something is being pulled away, I'm cold and tired, and I want to close my eyes."

Ling Xiaozi looked at Qi Chenzi: "I suspect it's a thief."

Xi Chenzi frowned: "Stealer? This species—wait, it still has devilish energy. So how much was the little brother stolen?"

Zhou Ling stared and asked Qi Chenzi: "What was stolen from me, junior brother, please explain clearly. I feel very uncomfortable when you do this."

Neither Qinghe nor Pei Xing understood the charades of Ling Xiaozi and Qi Chenzi.But Pei Xing didn't know how to interject, Qinghe was different, he yawned, pulled Qi Chenzi's clothes and said, "Grand Master, I also feel a little sleepy."

Xi Chenzi immediately pulled Qinghe to him: "When did you feel it?"

Qinghe: "Just now after the little elder leaned against the little uncle and said that he was cold. I suddenly felt a little sleepy."

Qi Chenzi and Ling Xiaozi understood something in an instant, and immediately looked at Pei Xing, who hadn't noticed it, and the latter was stunned: "Um, senior, what's wrong?"

This person is actually fine.Xi Chenzi didn't know if she had some special skills or if the thief had too high a vision and looked down on her.

Once you enter the road of life and death, you are no longer in the original world.Ling Xiaozi led Zhou Ling forward, this time he firmly covered Zhou Ling's mouth and nose, although Zhou Ling was puzzled, he did not struggle.He just blinked at the little uncle, as if he was asking, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

The scene of the hospital gradually changed.What was supposed to be the ward of the inpatient department turned into an operating room corridor with no one in it, and a whole row of operating rooms that could not be seen showed the red light of "in operation".

Ling Xiaozi kept on stepping, as if he had already determined his destination, and walked straight through the entire row of operating rooms, without any of the common death-defying behaviors in movies - such as pushing the door.

To be honest, if you don't look at Zhou Ling's act of pulling Ling Xiaozi's clothes full of trust, the actions of the two of them look like robbers and hostages, covering their mouths and restraining them, there is no sense of disobedience.

A step away, Qi Chenzi also covered Qing He's mouth and nose.

Pei Xing didn't understand this operation, she was thinking, should she cover herself?

After Ling Xiaozi and Qichenzi determined what was causing the trouble, they had already figured out its intentions.The thief is indeed not a particularly powerful guy, but it has a characteristic that is not easy to be discovered.Even with full concentration, a warlock ascetic could easily miss the whereabouts of the ghost thief.

Generally, catching thieves is like catching a turtle in a jar.Set up the formation in advance, and then put the things the thief wants in the center of the formation, and wait for it to take the bait by itself.

So what does this burglar want?

It is more greedy than its kind, no longer satisfied with throwing money, stealing clothes, stealing luck, what it steals is people's anger.

In other words, it is stealing lives.

Stealing a life is equivalent to harming someone.It means that it has fallen into the realm of evil ghosts.

And from the thief's behavior so that they couldn't find it to the audacious glass face, it all shows that its power is extraordinary-at least much stronger than its kind.

Because the souls of warlocks and cultivators are more stable, and the vitality in their bodies is solid, it is not easy to steal, so the thief can only steal a little bit from the breath each time.This little bit makes people feel tired at best. If it weren't for Zhou Ling's daily physical fitness, it would be difficult for them to notice the behavior of stealing ghosts.

The thief held Zhou Ling's stolen anger in his hands - even if it was only a little bit, it didn't have a big impact. Ling Xiaozi was also very cautious, and instead of directly using his sword to solve it, he chose a more stable formation to lure him. .Because, whatever is stolen by the thief can only be taken back after the thief is caught.Ling Xiaozi would not allow the slightest mistake in this matter.

The two people with the highest cultivation levels present consciously relaxed themselves, leaking a little vitality in their breaths, which made the thieves scratch their hearts and lungs to get it, but they still couldn't succeed.

Ling Xiaozi led the way and turned back twice on the road of life and death, while Qi Chenzi pasted talismans on every key place Ling Xiaozi passed by.Those specially made little talismans were so small that the ignited talisman fire didn't even attract anyone's attention.Only Zhou Ling could still smell that special burning talisman paper through the palm of the junior uncle's hand.He gradually realized that this was a formation.While seeing through, he was even more curious about what Ling Xiaozi needed to solve with formations.

With the last talisman of Xichenzi burning into ashes.A double trap that can only enter but not exit is completed.

Ling Xiaozi said to Zhou Ling in his arms: "Ling'er be patient, I will let go now, you can breathe out."

Zhou Ling nodded, and tightly clenched Chengying with her lowered hand.

Even though he was ready, Zhou Ling couldn't help shivering when the cold hit.

The thief stole a ball of anger, and was complacent, when a sword light slashed down in the air.

The thief was startled, his figure was erratic, and he wanted to run away immediately.

Qi Chenzi stepped on the ground, and the blue runes rose from the ground. The words written in cloud seal script formed a strong chain, trapping the thief who was still a phantom in the formation.

Ling Xiaozi was still holding the small pitch-black sword in his hand, and he flicked and turned, forcing the thief to the center of the formation.

The thief let out a scream, and a large wave of devilish energy burst out, filling the entire trap in an instant.

Qinghe sprinkled a lot of Qingxin Talismans, but with little effect.Xi Chenzi presided over the formation and could not move, Ling Xiaozi stepped up the offensive in his hands.

Pei Xing was no better than a disciple of Zixiao Mountain, and he didn't have so many talismans that could be used as pieces of paper in his hand, so he inhaled a few mouthfuls of magic energy in a panic.Just when she was feeling depressed and wanted to vent, she saw a light.

Zhou Ling frowned as he looked at the demonic energy that had turned the entire space into a mass of blackness. He raised his sword and slashed sideways. Although Cheng Ying was invisible, he scattered the free demonic energy.

The cinnabar on the brows was shining brightly, and the white pendant around his neck came out of the collar restlessly, and the roar of a tiger was deafening.

Zhou Ling took a sword flower, held the sword horizontally with one hand, and lightly supported the sword with the other, closed his eyes and began to chant.

The chanting sound carried an ancient and long-lasting rhyme, and when the first syllable ended, the devilish energy in the air stabilized.The chanting like the sounds of nature continued.

Qinghe looked at Zhou Ling adoringly.This is the ritual and music used for sacrifices, and it has the function of reaching the heavens and protecting the common people.When he was young, he saw the little elder sacrifice to the sky once, and it was very, very shocking. The little elder at that time was the same as now, as if he was a fairy.