Ancient Art of Sealing Ghosts

The violent wind and sand slapped on the body, Dao Feng and I followed the little black cat all the way forward, the surroundings were still dark, and we couldn't see people a little farther away. We don't know whether Amu walked by himself or there were other special reasons. Do whatever it takes to find him and that damned camel.

I raised my arms to cover my mouth and nose as much as possible. In this strong wind, sister Xuan's sunglasses gave full play to its advantages, enabling me to see the road under my feet with wide eyes.

When the weird bell sound was getting closer and closer, I found two rows of deep drag marks on the sand, and there were other more messy marks beside them, which had not been swallowed by the wind and sand. We pointed in a direction.

I held Dao Feng and motioned him to look down. He glanced at me and nodded to me, which made me more sure that there was another thing besides Amu and Camel in the instructions given by this trace.

What exactly is that?Can one person and one camel be dragged away in this strong wind, or is it just something that Amu accidentally dragged in the process of retrieving the camel.

But no matter which one, it may be the reason why Amu cannot return.

Dao Feng and I don't know much about the desert, and we don't know what creatures are waiting for us here. Maybe it's really like what Amu said, there is a man-eating devil hidden deep in the devil forest, and Amu was dragged away by it .

I raised my hand to make a gesture, and together with Dao Feng slowed down, the two of them walked slowly along the strange trace, and after a while, they vaguely saw a tall black shadow standing in the wind.

The black shadow had a slightly higher head and two protruding humps on its back. It was the camel that Amu lost.

I took a closer look and found that the camel's posture was very strange. It seemed that it was trying to move forward, but its body kept moving backwards, and the strange dragging marks were extending to its feet.

Looking at each other with Daofeng, I signaled Xiaohai to open the way ahead, and Daofeng and I followed behind, approaching the camel little by little.

The strange thing is that the bell disappeared without a trace when it arrived here. I took a closer look and found two arms wrapped around the camel's neck. I wondered if it was Amu who wanted to drag the camel back?Then you don't need to hug your neck, wouldn't it be safer to just pull the rope?

Dao Feng obviously had the same doubts, but after looking at it for a while, he immediately realized that something was wrong, so he raised his legs and ran towards the camel, and I quickly followed behind, lest something happen to him.

When we came to the camel, the man holding the camel's neck looked up and saw us, and immediately showed an expression of tears of joy, opened his mouth and shouted in spite of the strong wind and sand, "Help, save me!"

I froze for a moment, knowing that I was right. This person was none other than the guide we were looking for, Amu.

He opened his mouth and choked the sand in his throat just now, and after only shouting, he bowed his head and coughed violently.

Seeing that something was wrong with him, Dao Feng went around and prepared to pull him off the camel, but he didn't expect that the reason why Amu would cling to the camel's neck tightly was because there was something behind him that was pulling him.

I took Xiaohai to the other side, and saw two human hands emerging from the thick sand. Those two hands grabbed Amu's ankles respectively, and dragged him back with such strength that even a camel couldn't handle it. shake.

I watched this weird scene in disbelief, and thought to myself who could hide in the sand, it is absolutely impossible for a normal person to have this ability and endurance.

Without a word, Dao Feng went up to help stabilize Amu's body. With his help, Amu and the camel finally stopped, but his hands still clung to Amu, as if determined to drag him into the sandy bottom.

Seeing this, I hurriedly directed Xiao Hai to pull those hands out. Xiao Hai understood, his long black hair scattered and fluttered, and then gradually converged into two awls, aimed at those pale and gray hands and pierced them.

Xiao Hai's movements were extremely agile, but his hands were not slow either. It seemed to have sensed Xiao Hai's killing intent long ago, and quickly let go before the deadly strands of hair approached, and instantly sank into the bottom of the sand layer and disappeared without a trace.

After it disappeared, Xiao Hai walked forward slowly, the dense black fog covering her body gathered and scattered with her movements, and those enchanting hair strands did not let down their vigilance, and surrounded Xiao Hai even more scatteredly, ready to move.

I took the opportunity to go to Dao Feng, and helped him put the frightened Amu on the back of the camel, and then gestured to ask him if he could go back first.

Amu's expression was almost demented, he shook his head numbly watching my hands, and completely paralyzed on the camel.

I cursed secretly, turned my head and continued to look at Xiaohai, and found that the little black cat had come to Xiaohai at some time, its keen sense of smell helped Xiaohai find where the hands were, and then patted its soft cat paws towards Xiaohai.

After the black cat jumped away, Xiao Hai quickly waved his hair, and his flexible and powerful black hair immediately penetrated the sand layer, heading straight for the strange creature below.

There was only a muffled sound, and there was a tremor from the bottom of the sand layer, as if something was moving underneath, the sand was raised and then fell, and then, a man in red cloth suddenly emerged from the sand without saying hello. With a sound, it quickly crawled into the wild sand, and its crawling speed was even smarter than the ghost mandrill I saw in the White Tower.

Both Dao Feng and I were taken aback. We didn't expect that the thing hidden under the sand was actually a human being, but looking at its thick cloth clothes, it looked like it was before liberation.

Suppressing the doubts in my heart, I waved to Dao Feng, and the two dragged Amu and Luo Tuo, and walked back faster.

On the way back to the original place, I vaguely noticed a few black shadows hidden in the dark wind and sand around me. I don't know if it was because of Xiao Hai's hostility, those shadows hovered nearby, and I never dared to approach easily.

I frowned, and didn't pay attention to them. I just pulled the camel's rope hard, hoping to hurry back to Uncle and Sister Xuan.

Due to the sudden gust of wind, our trip was delayed. Amu couldn't slow down for the time being, so he could only curl up behind the camel and tremble uncontrollably. I'm afraid it wasn't just him, even if I was suddenly caught by such a strange person in this kind of place. Even if people grab and drag it away, they will be scared to death.Amu had only heard about it, and had never really experienced such a thing, so he was paralyzed by fright.

Sister Xuan looked at him pitifully, and patted him on the shoulder to express comfort.

When it was really dark, the inexplicable sandstorm finally stopped, and the devil forest suddenly became extremely quiet, except for a few of us, no other sounds could be heard at all.

We set up our tent and prepared to barely spend the night here, because it is easier to get lost in the woods at this time, so it is better to wait for dawn and let Amu sort out the route and take us out.

At this time, Amu was able to stand up and walk around. He counted the camels and equipment, and he was relieved when he saw that nothing was missing, and then directed the camels to form a circle.

Sister Xuan and uncle were preparing dinner in the tent, and a few of us built a bonfire outside.

Seeing that Amu's face was pale, I patted him and asked, "What's the matter, are you still scared? It's okay, you follow us closely and don't run around, that thing won't dare to come to you."

Amu gave me an aggrieved look, and now he understands that our group is highly skilled and bold, and only by our side can we have a chance to save our lives.

"I was afraid that the camels would run away." Amu said, "I rented these camels, not bought them. If I lost them, I would have to pay a lot of money. But I must thank you for your life-saving grace, otherwise the devil would drag me away. .”

Hearing this, I pretended to be surprised and said, "I really didn't expect the legendary devil to look so Chinese. Have you seen what that person looks like?"

Amu thought of the person who dragged his feet, and was so frightened that he begged his grandpa to tell his grandma again. He said a bunch of things I couldn't understand, and then said: "I see clearly, this man has no face, his head is a ball, he must have a belt A mask, a devil's mask, that red dress must also be stained red with human blood..."

"Then you have to be careful." I approached Amu and whispered, "You were caught by him, and he might come to you at night."

When Amu heard this, he immediately said that he would not be able to keep watch at night.

Seeing his frightened look, Dao Feng smiled and shook his head.

The dinner was still the same. Sister Xuan tried her best to show her strengths as a woman, trying to make the simple egg noodles more delicious and unique.

During the meal, Amu told us that he had heard a legend about the Devil Forest, and that legend coincided with what happened to him today.

It is said that when the Devil's Forest was not a dead forest, a woman who married from afar passed by. She was wearing bright red clothes and followed the wedding procession, but suddenly disappeared on the way. When the wedding party found her in the depths of the woods At that time, there was only a white bone wrapped in a red cloth. Some people said that she was taken away by the devil in the forest, and she was eaten up. Some people said that she was the devil, and they married her. It's just a skeleton.But what is the real situation, no one can say now.

After dinner, everyone chatted for a while, and then decided to go to bed early. It was still the same order as the last vigil, but this time there was no Amu, and the time of each shift was delayed by one hour.

I cheered up this time, and went to sleep after watching Dao Feng fall asleep, and got up immediately when I heard a little noise, for fear that Dao Feng would leave me alone to change shifts.

In addition to the special situation this time, I really don't feel relieved that he is alone. When something really happens, who will I cry to?

Dao Feng seemed to be impatiently stared at by me, so he woke me up on time during the second shift.

I held the thermos cup that Sister Xuan left me, dressed and sat beside the campfire in a daze, watching Daofeng fiddle with the flames with tiny dead branches.

I don't know how long it took, but just when I was about to fall asleep again, there was a small noise not far away, which was particularly harsh in this dead forest where everything was quiet.

I quietly called out Xiao Hai, sat there with a blank expression on my face, then lowered my voice and said to Dao Feng: "Dao Feng, did you hear the sound?"

Dao Feng glanced at me, nodded and said, "Probably the guy I met during the day."

"Then what should we do, should we wake them up?" I asked.

"No need." Dao Feng raised his finger to make a silent gesture, and said softly: "Wait for it to come over."