Death Spell

Chapter 192

In the dry city, Xuan Luo leaned against the head of the bed, listening to the conversation between Jiang You and Anya.Jiang You hung up the phone and stood there for a few seconds, then turned around and saw the expressionless figure.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Xuan Luo looked away and said lightly, "I'm just worried about my lord."

"This Gu will not harm you, don't worry."

"That's not the case." Xuan Luo lowered his eyebrows: "I'm worried about my lord, not about this matter..."

Jiang You didn't understand these words, "Then what are you worried about?"

"Intuition, I don't think it's that simple." Xuan Luo thought about the changes in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the cause and effect of these things, and said in a steady voice: "Behind my lord, there should be another person who is controlling the whole situation. At first I thought It's your master, because of the relationship between Tang and Song, now that I think about it...it might not be that simple."

Jiang You nodded slightly, indicating that she was listening.

"We have overlooked a few issues, and these are issues that Su Mingyuan cannot control." Xuan Luo raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang You seriously.

"What is it?"

"Li Si's death."

Xuan Luo recalled the discovery of the ancient tomb in Kunlun Mountains. From the analysis of the corpse, Anya's judgment was correct.But after all, she had never seen Li Si who became a zombie with her own eyes, and before Li Si died, Xuan Luo had to meet him because his promise had not been fulfilled, otherwise there would be no cooperation with Su Mingyuan today.

"The prime minister's death?" Jiang You raised his eyebrows.

"Perhaps, Li Si didn't make it possible for us to have today." Xuan Luo said to himself, raised his eyebrows to look at Jiang You and skipped the question, "Jiang You, I have something to ask you."

Jiang You: "..."

……

The three people around the round table were eating their dinner quietly, all having their own thoughts in their hearts.

Le Wenyao has always been curious about what this "corpse warming Gu" is.After all, she has experienced Jiang You's Gu, which can be said to be an eye-opener for her. She did not expect that those little bugs are not only disgusting, but also scary.

Le Wenyao, who had been holding back her curiosity, ate half less dinner than usual, until she saw Anya and Sang Xie put down their chopsticks, and finally couldn't help asking: "What kind of Gu is this, and what does it have to do with the plague?"

Sang Xie knew that Le Wenyao wanted to ask a long time ago, so she patiently explained with her chin on her cheek: "The survival rate of this corpse temperature Gu is extremely low, and it can only live in corpses that have been dead for more than half an hour, not more than an hour. .It is too early and the Gu eggs will die before they are formed, and it is too late that there is no way to lay the Gu."

Le Wenyao heard goosebumps on the corpse, but she still bit her lips and nodded, indicating that Sang Xie was listening and digesting slowly.

"The corpse of this Gu... is like waking up from a dream. Not only is the body warm, but also its mobility and language ability are exactly the same as usual, but every midnight, it must go to a damp and cold place to replenish Yin Qi. Heaven can return to the appearance of a normal person."

"That's it?" Le Wenyao didn't think it was too powerful.

"Ecological balance is like the yin and yang of the five elements described in the Book of Changes." Anya continued: "The existence of corpse temperature Gu will lead to the imbalance of yin and yang in the local area. There will be fewer and fewer, and in the end they can only kill each other in order to survive."

"Sojourners?" Le Wenyao imagined the zombies in the West, and the scene of a group of corpses killing each other couldn't help shaking, "It's so disgusting."

"It's disgusting." Sang Xie didn't know what Le Wenyao was imagining, and he didn't deny these three words, "But the side effects are devastating."

"Side effects?" Le Wenyao thought about Ling Yu's words, "Is the client still alive..." The voice suddenly stopped, she was the one who visited the spirit world bar in person, and the case accepted there was really a living person ?

Sang Xie looked at Le Wenyao's ever-changing expression, and said with a smile: "The parasitic period of Corpse Warm Gu is two months, but from the moment they are together, the client is no longer alive."

"Huh?" Le Wenyao didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

"Corpse temperature Gu's survival rate is very low at the beginning, but once it survives, if it is not cleaned up thoroughly, it will be like the origin of a plague, one spreads to ten, ten spreads to hundreds." Sang Xie recovered his expression and said.

"Then... how to spread it?"

"Have you forgotten what Lingyu said about the relationship?" Sang Xie looked at Le Wenyao's naive face, then suddenly realized, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's like... a man and a woman are happy."

Le Wenyao didn't expect that this witch would still be willing to make fun of her at this juncture, but when she thought of this poor client, she fell in love with a dead body without knowing it, and had a relationship again...

"That's not with you..." Le Wenyao said halfway, but felt something was wrong, so she stopped.

"The existence of corpse temperature Gu is like the most shoddy method of longevity." Anya continued: "In ancient times, there was such a plague. It was the son of a local high official who died suddenly after eating. The only child in the family, the parents didn’t believe that their son died like this... hurriedly called the servants to find a doctor, when everyone was in a hurry, a person at the door said that there was a way to save him, but it would cost a lot of money and a price.”

"Why do I think..." Le Wenyao also rested her chin with one hand, with a look of seeing through the truth, "The person who said this is the murderer?"

Anya admired Le Wenyao's intelligence, and nodded with a smile: "But at the time, he was eager to save his son, and the family agreed to all the conditions offered by the other party. I didn't expect that this person really brought their son back to life, and he also got his wish. Take the money and leave."

"and after?"

"Later...that city became a plague city half a year later. The air was so dry and dusty, and it never rained. The emperor ordered the city to be burned within a year." Sang Xie continued After talking, seeing Le Wenyao turned to her in surprise, she continued: "This matter was aroused at the time, and the people who fled and the government had their own opinions, but experts knew at a glance that it was the corpse temperature Gu that was causing the trouble. And that subordinate Gu people were brought to justice in less than two years, and ended up like the people of that city, burned at the stake."

"I don't understand. What is the purpose of all this trouble? Is it just to spread the plague?" Le Wenyao couldn't imagine it, and asked curiously, "Witch, how do you and the sorceress know so much?"

Sang Xie regained his expression, and joked: "Ya and I have been hunted down by Nether for so many years, she uses Gu skills just like Wen Yao in playing games, no one dares to say that she is number two when she is said to be second..."

Although the words were said in a joking tone, Le Wenyao couldn't laugh at all. She had seen Jiang You's ability before, and being chased and killed by such a powerful person, what's so funny about it?

"Wen Yao, don't worry." Anya said softly, "At midnight, Sang Xie and I went to the place where the incident happened to see what happened, and we will know what the other party's purpose is."

Hearing what Anya said, Le Wenyao nodded without objection: "Then I'll wait for you here, and buy breakfast tomorrow when you come back."

Sang Xie raised her eyebrows slightly: "If Wen Yao stays in bed, wouldn't there be no breakfast? Let's go buy breakfast and come back."

Although Le Wenyao was dissatisfied with what Sang Xie said, but she was happy to hear that she came back early in the morning, as if she would appear in the blink of an eye.He didn't answer, just hummed softly, "Ignore you, Miss Ben is sleepy..." After saying that, he turned and went upstairs.

Anya who heard the sound of closing the door straightened up and said, "I'll clean it up, Wen Yao is still worried about you, so go coax her."

"I've coaxed it." Sang Xie subconsciously answered, and felt that something was wrong. Why did she act like a child who would never grow up in front of this woman when it came to feelings?

"Then you've already eaten dinner, so don't eat breakfast either." Anya didn't bother to care about this woman who had grown emotionally but was limited, picked up the bowls and chopsticks and walked into the kitchen.

In the living room, there was only an inexplicable and innocent Sang Xie left.

As midnight approached, the entire city gradually became quiet, and all sounds that were not noticed during the day could be heard clearly.

An Ya sat quietly on the edge of the bed. There was a wooden compass on the coffee table. Hearing the sound of turning inside, she raised her hand to close it, picked up the wooden sword beside her, and opened the door to leave.

At the same time, Sang Xie opened the door of Le Wenyao's room. Before Sang Xie could say anything, Anya said, "Wen Yao was coaxed to sleep by you?"

Sang Xie gently closed the door, and the question was not the answer: "Where are you going, can you tell?"

"The changes in the magnetic field are very subtle, but we can confirm three specific places. Let's go to the west first." Anya said that she was behind and left first.

Looking at Anya's back, Sang Xie really suspected that this woman was actually pretending to be blind!

Le Wenyao, who was lying flat on the big bed in the room, opened her clear eyes when she heard the door closing, turned over, and stared at the hazy silver crescent moon outside the lattice window.

"I hope the witch and the witch are safe."

If you don't worry about it, you really can't do it.

The outskirts of City Z are much more desolate than City S, but the more desolate it is, for Anya, she has found the right place.

"If you were a sojourner, where would you spend the night?" Anya closed the compass and asked.

"I'm obsessed with cleanliness. Even if I'm looking for a cold and damp place, I'll definitely find the cleanest place." After Sang Xie finished speaking, the two looked in the same direction, and said in unison, "Upstream!"

Supporting Anya, Sang Xie quickly walked up the river bank and settled in a very hidden place.

Anya held the compass in her hand, listening to the abnormal movement of the pointer and the dampness in the air.

"It's here."

Sang Xie observed the surroundings. The moonlight was reflected in the misty wetland. Not only was there no sojourner, but it reminded her of the first ghost hunting scene with Anya.

"Ya, do you still remember what happened when your father took us to hunt ghosts for the first time?" Sang Xie's eyes kept falling on Anya's face, and seeing her face sinking slightly, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, "Now The place we are in is similar to that time, half moon, wetland."

Anya said with a blank face, "Why are you talking about this for no reason?"

Sang Xie looked at her as if she didn't want to mention this matter, especially as the time passed, Anya didn't want to mention it.

Because it was the first time she saw Anya was scared.

"I know, you have never recognized me as your cousin since you were young..." Anyway, she was waiting for someone to come, and Sang Xie chatted about the past, "But at that time, I also felt that I was not worthy of being a cousin." Your cousin."

Anya: "..."

"Because you always put on an attitude that you know everything, and everything is the law of nature, which really makes me hate you a little."

Anya raised her eyebrows: "You don't like reading, and you still blame me?"

"Yes, yes, it's good to like reading, but you are too out of line with your peers, and you treat problems too lightly. It seems that you have a Buddhist heart very early. Don't you think this is unreal?" Sang Xie stared Looking at the half moon in the sky, he said meaningfully: "But that day, the first time I saw you squatting in the shade of a tree because of hunting ghosts, I felt that you were a real person..."

"Don't bring this up again!" Anya fell behind, shifted her gaze slightly, and raised her hand to make a silent gesture, "There is a voice."

Sang Xie suppressed her smile and didn't say another word. Following Anya's movements, she bent down and stared at the wetland in front of her, as if she had returned to that time all of a sudden.

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

Under the silvery moonlight, several black figures descended from the heights, lying on the ground with their knees bent in the middle of the wetland, shrinking into a circle.

Sang Xie frowned slightly: "There are only seven..."

"What?" Anya didn't understand why Sang Xie saw seven people, and her tone was somewhat surprised.

In fact, in terms of time, this number is really not much.

Sang Xie coughed lightly, and whispered, "...there are seven men."

Even Anya was a little surprised by this answer, and understood why there were only seven victims so far.

But I felt something was wrong, was it intentional, or...the Gu caster had other purposes?

"It seems that the taste of our first sojourner is not of the opposite sex." Sang Xie had already grasped the bone whip, "No matter what, they can't survive tonight!"

Under the moonlight, a white shadow flashed by. She was holding a white bone whip in her hand, with a smile that she was used to before killing people, but her eyes were extremely cold.

……

The black iron gate outside the yard was gently pulled open by slender fingers clasping the edge.

The figure stood in the middle of the courtyard, staring at the second floor, the corners of his lips curled slightly.