Ancient Art of Sealing Ghosts

The night passed quite peacefully. There was supposed to be another round at four or five o'clock, but I somehow slept until dawn.

When Dao Feng woke me up, I took out my phone and looked at it, and found that it was past seven o'clock, so I hurriedly asked him, "Why didn't you call me at this time?"

"I think you didn't wake you up because you slept too deeply." Dao Feng packed up his things, handed me his coat, and said, "Hurry up and have breakfast."

As soon as I heard it, several images flashed in my mind. I knew that Dao Feng must have seen me sleeping soundly and couldn't bear to wake me up, and then went to replace Amu alone.

So instead of picking up the coat, I grabbed Dao Feng's wrist and pulled him into my arms, hugged him and buried my head on his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "You must call me later."

Dao Feng didn't speak, but patted me on the back and asked me to let him go.

After breakfast, we quickly packed up our equipment and continued on the road. The uncle made two copies of the map, one in his hand and the other to Amu.

As a guide, Amu is very qualified. He will tell us many places to pay attention to, and he can tell the direction through the tiny plants in the sand and the humidity of the soil under the sand.

Although the camel is a powerful animal, its speed is too slow. It is so slow that I have nothing to do except take a sneak shot with my mobile phone.

The camel bells were jingling by the wind and sand, and we moved slowly in the sand sea like a caravan.

I glanced at my phone, and there were only two batteries left, so I had no choice but to turn it off and put it back in my pocket.

After Amu studied the map, he discussed with his uncle and decided to take a shortcut. If we are quick, we will arrive at the destination two days earlier than expected. This will not only save time, but also greatly reduce the risk factor. Amu thinks that in the desert The longer you stay, the more prone to accidents.

The uncle also felt that there was no need to follow the old path of those people back then, as long as he could get to the place, it didn't matter how the process was.

In this way, we changed the road temporarily, and under the leadership of Amu, we crossed layers of sand dunes and came to a dead forest at about two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

This is a dead forest composed of dry poplar trees in the desert. Because Taklamakan is dry and rainless all year round, the poplar trees can still stand in the vast desert for hundreds or even thousands of years after they die.Under the blowing of the wind and sand, those Populus euphratica trees gradually formed another distinctive appearance. Their thick branches gradually became strange and strange. From a distance, they looked like ghosts and ghosts, leaving only black and chaotic shadows.

Amu said that this kind of dead forest located in the depths of the desert is called "devil forest" by them. Basically no one dares to pass through it. Because there are man-eating monsters in this dry forest, they will pull you into the sand when you are not paying attention, so that your teammates can't find you, and then eat you up little by little.

"But those are all rumors." Amu said: "As long as we go out before dark, there will be no problem. In short, we can't spend the night here, otherwise no one knows what will happen."

The uncle looked at the devil forest in front of him and saw that the dead trees were not very dense, so he nodded and said: "It's nothing to be afraid of, I think it's better in this forest than outside, at least the wind and sand are not so strong, besides, we people see everything But let alone the devil, no one will be afraid when the Tathagata Buddha comes."

Amu commanded the camels to line up and walk to the devil forest. Sister Xuan was afraid that the sand would blow into her eyes and had been wearing sunglasses. When she entered the forest, she hurriedly took off her sunglasses, saying that wearing sunglasses to see these dead trees was just like Seeing a ghost always reminded her of the time she was frightened by the bloody face in the ghost town.

I took the opportunity to laugh at her, saying that when she yelled so loudly last time, Sister Xuan threw the sunglasses over in a fit of anger, hitting me on the top of the head.

Then I wore Sister Xuan's sunglasses and walked all the way into the Devil's Forest.

After entering the withered forest, I clearly felt a cold air. Also in the desert, the atmosphere inside is much gloomy than outside. Even if I was killed, I would not believe that there are no ghosts here.

I wore sunglasses and looked around. At some point, the wind and sand around me suddenly became bigger, and I could vaguely hear a sound similar to the roar of a wild animal.

We looked at the strong wind blowing up all around, and looked at each other, and felt that something was wrong. This devil forest seemed to be more difficult to deal with than imagined.

Amu made gestures to remind us to pay attention to our surroundings and not to be scattered by the wind.He didn't dare to speak, otherwise he would be sure to eat a mouthful of sand.

After walking for a while, Amu stopped suddenly. Seeing his strange expression, I hurriedly asked him what was wrong.

He didn't answer at first, stopped for a while and then continued to move forward. Finally, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, so he jumped off the camel and covered his mouth and shouted at us: "Grandma's lost her way!"

After finishing these words, the Devil Forest was instantly enveloped in oppressive darkness, and the violent gust of wind rushed in like a big wave, overwhelming everything.

I looked up and found that not only the forest, but even the sky was covered, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything.This reminds me of the sandstorm I encountered when I first set off, but it is obvious that this time is much more serious than the last one.

I wear dark glasses and am not afraid of these whirlwinds, it's just that the darkness around me is too much for me.

The sounds in my ears are getting weirder and weirder. Apart from the howling sounds caused by the terrain or the branches, I seem to hear other movements.

Regardless of the wind and sand blowing, Amu forcibly gathered the camels together. We jumped down to help, and it took a lot of effort for several people to stabilize them.

The uncle gesticulated and asked what was going on, and Amu replied that this had never happened before. He crossed the Devil Forest twice without any accidents, and he never expected to get lost this time.

The uncle asked again what about the wind and sand. Amu waved his hand and said that it was a sandstorm, which is very common in the desert, so the uncle was relieved.

The ten-peaked camels were all lying on the ground under the command of Amu. We sat cross-legged behind the camels, relying on the tall bodies of the camels to block the invasion of wind and sand.

Sister Xuan was sitting next to me, she didn't know what she saw, she frowned, and suddenly said loudly next to my ear: "Did you hear that voice?"

I really wanted to say that I heard a lot of voices, but I didn't know which one she asked, so I had to shout back: "Are you talking about the cry of a man or the roar of a beast?"

Sister Xuan gave me a surprised look, and continued, "I'm talking about the sound of someone running!"

I felt unbelievable, and thought that this was too far away, whether it was her ear problem or my ear problem, so I turned to the side and asked Amu, "Did you hear that?"

Amu's expression was a little dazed, and he answered me half-heartedly: "I think this place is very strange, unlike the last time I came here, we may really have encountered a devil!"

I was stunned for a moment, and asked why, Amu pointed to the top, and said: "The sandstorm lasted too long, and you didn't realize that the wind only blows around us?"

Sister Xuan seemed to hear Amu's roar, and she patted my face in shock and said, "Could it be that the devil wanted to keep us here, and blow the wind on purpose!"

When Amu heard Sister Xuan's words, his face turned pale with fright, and I felt him trembling against my body.Although Amu is more courageous among the locals, he has been superstitious for so many years after all. It is impossible to say that he is not afraid of those ancient legends.

I hurriedly turned my head to appease him, and said to him several times: "Don't be afraid, she's trying to scare you on purpose!"

Looking at Sister Xuan next to her, she couldn't straighten up from laughing a long time ago.

Due to the excessive supplies, our camel team looks very long even if they are gathered together. In the sandstorm that blocks the sky and the sun, the camels in front of us can no longer be seen. Amu is a little worried. run away.

I stood up and looked around, and saw a few black figures lying there not far away, so I sat down and comforted him and said, "Don't worry, I didn't run away, they're all lying there!"

Amu said with a mournful face, "If I knew I wouldn't bring the Camel King here, the camels would be obedient if he was there, and the Camel King has a camel bell, even if he ran away, he would find it."

Just as I was about to say that the camel is so docile, nothing will happen, when I heard a crisp bell ringing from nearby, the sound was completely different from Amu’s camel bell, so agile and unreal.

We all heard this sound at the same moment, looked at the camel bell on the neck of the Camel King next to us, and looked at each other.

Amu jumped up in shock, and quickly ran towards the camels in front, disappearing in the blink of an eye in the howling wind.

I knew he was going to see if the camels were still there, but I felt a little uneasy. The sound of the bell just now was too unbelievable. Amu’s impulsive actions undoubtedly put himself in danger. There is something in the devil forest that I can’t even describe. Weird feeling.

We waited for a while and found that Amu hadn't come back yet, but the sound of the bell appeared several times frequently.

Dao Feng felt that waiting like this was not an option, so he asked the three of us to watch things here, and he went to find him.The little black cat got out of his clothes after he stood up, and led the way cleverly.

I called out Xiao Hai and decided to go with Dao Feng, but I also felt that it would be dangerous for only two people to see things.Sister Xuan thought for a while, found her gun from the equipment, nodded to me and said: "It's okay, you go, we will die here without a guide."

The uncle sat on the ground and glanced at us, and waved us to hurry back.

I followed Dao Feng and walked in the direction of the first few camels. I counted the number of these camels carefully along the way, but when I got to the front, I found that not only one camel was missing, but Amu also disappeared without a trace.

Dao Feng and I looked at each other, wondering if this kid was chasing camels, or was there really something weird in the woods that captured them?

Dao Feng frowned and looked around, and found that the wind and sand were blowing too hard, and the footprints were blurred, and there were no traces at all if he walked forward.The little black cat turned around twice at Daofeng's feet, and suddenly ran to the left with a low cry. Daofeng made a gesture when he saw it, and we hurried to catch up.

I ran with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and Xiaohai obediently followed behind me. In the dark sky, I vaguely heard that strange bell again...