Spiritual Walker

Next, they found the Fire Demon next to the stage on the west side of the inner courtyard.

The stage had been abandoned for many years, with curtains hanging and tattered, and dust on and off the stage.

He sat on the bench, staring at the stage with a blank look, as if a big show was being performed on the empty stage.

Zhang Yuanqing's face sank. In his vision, the Fire Demon's body was filled with yin energy, and his soul was about to leave, and he was already on the verge of death.

He hurried over, stretched out his hand and put it on the Fire Demon's shoulder, his eyes were black, and he continuously absorbed the yin energy into his palm and swallowed and digested it.

The Fire Demon shuddered, his empty eyes regained a bit of spirit, and he subconsciously shouted:

"It's so cold, so cold..."

The Fire Master shivered and looked around, seeing Zhang Yuanqing beside him and Xie Lingxi not far away, and shouted:

"Fuck, where did you go? There was no one as soon as I left the hall..."

"Everyone has dispersed." Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand, interrupting the other party's questioning, and asked:

"Why are you here."

"After I separated from you, I walked here unknowingly, and then I heard someone singing..." The Fire Demon said while recalling:

"I followed the sound and saw a stage here. There was a woman singing on the stage. I took a few glances, and then, I didn't remember anything."

At this point, he shuddered all over and saw the stage in the distance that had been dilapidated for many years. Where did the singing woman come from? The fire demon looked at the Night Walker beside him with gratitude, "You saved me?"

"This is very obvious." Zhang Yuanqing smiled.

Huh... The fire demon was relieved, thinking of the experience just now, he was scared: "My skills and props are useless in front of the vengeful spirit. Brother Wang Tai, thank you."

Although each profession has different characteristics, the vengeful spirit can control the fire demon silently, mostly by level suppression.

The "monsters" of the supernatural are weird and unpredictable. If you don't have the right profession, it will be very troublesome to deal with them. But there is also a disadvantage, that is, the means of harming people are not intuitive enough.

It is not as efficient as stabbing with a knife.

The three found a gold hairpin in the dressing room covered with spider webs next to the stage.

Holding the golden hairpin, the Fire Demon, who had received the betrothal gift, felt relieved and asked:

"Where are Xi Shi and the Monkey King?"

Xie Lingxi shook her head: "I haven't found them yet. I hope they can be as lucky as you."

The Fire Demon glanced at her: "Do you want them to die?"

Xie Lingxi looked pitiful and aggrieved: "Brother, how can you say such a thing? We are companions~"

The Fire Demon didn't bother to pay attention to her. The two had a quarrel before. He was irritated by the bitch attitude of this little girl and didn't like her very much.

Of course, it was also because the girl was not on the Fire Demon's XP, otherwise it would be another matter.

The three left here and went to another yard. This house was larger than expected. The backyard was cut into small yards, some of which were used as gardens and some were used to build a stage.

After walking for a while, Zhang Yuanqing, who had night vision, saw a figure in the distance, staggering towards him.

This person was wearing moccasins and tight pants, dressed like a spirited young man, and it was the Monkey King.

"Why are you here?" He approached with surprise.

Zhang Yuanqing's eyes were dark, and he examined for a moment and confirmed that it was the real person.

The four met and told each other about their experiences. After the Monkey King got separated, he mistakenly entered a yard. There was a room with candlelight in the yard. He pushed the door to check. There was no one in the room, and a wedding quilt was neatly folded on the bed.

The Monkey King guessed that it was one of the betrothal gifts, but he followed his heart's will and retreated silently.

Then he met Zhang Yuanqing and others.

The Fire Demon was stunned: "The most cowardly person is the safest?"

"What are you talking about? I am cautious, not cowardly." The Monkey King tried to save his reputation.

It makes sense. Sometimes, the ones who survive may not be the smartest and most capable, but the most cowardly... Zhang Yuanqing interrupted the two people's meaningless argument, looked at the Monkey King, and asked:

"Where is the wedding quilt?"

The Monkey King looked behind him.

Under his leadership, the four came to the yard and saw a room with candlelight.

Seeing the fear of the team members, Zhang Yuanqing exhaled helplessly:

"I'll get it for you."

This is the home of the Night Wanderer.

He immediately entered the house, and the lattice door closed automatically after he stepped over the threshold.

Xie Lingxi and others outside saw that the moment the lattice door closed, the figure of 'Wang Tai' disappeared. The candlelight in the house was dim, but his shadow was not reflected.

After waiting anxiously for a few minutes, the lattice door was knocked open with a "clang", and 'Wang Tai' rushed out of the door holding a wedding quilt.

He looked a little embarrassed, and his clothes were torn in many places and stained with blood.

"Great Sage, take it!"

Zhang Yuanqing threw the wedding blanket to the Monkey King, who took it with surprise and hugged it tightly in his arms. Just as he was about to ask him what happened in the house, Zhang Yuanqing said:

"Let's go, find Xi Shi."

The Monkey King didn't ask any more questions, and continued to explore the inner courtyard with his teammates.

The night was dark, without stars or moon. The only light source was the red lanterns hanging under the eaves, dyeing this dead world scarlet.

Occasionally, a gust of cold wind blew, and the lanterns under the eaves swayed, which became more terrifying.

"Come here, I'm here..."

Suddenly, a soft voice came from the front.

Zhang Yuanqing and others looked over and saw Xi Shi standing under the lantern at the corner of the eaves, waving to everyone.

She stood there, motionless like a clay sculpture, waving stiffly, and the smile on her face was also stiff, with a bit of weirdness.

"Xi Shi!"

The Monkey King was relieved to see that she was fine. Just as he was about to go over, his shoulder was held down by the Fire Demon.

At the same time, Zhang Yuanqing's voice rang in his ears: "Look at her shoes."

Shoes? The Monkey King stared and looked closely, his pupils slightly contracted.

She was wearing a pair of red embroidered shoes.

She is not Xi Shi!!

"Come here, come here..."

Xi Shi was still waving, with a stiff and weird smile on her face.

"Go past her, ignore her!"

Zhang Yuanqing whispered.

Seeing that he, the Night Wanderer, had a solemn face, the Monkey King quickly retracted his gaze, a little nervous, and dared not look again.

The crowd continued to walk for a while, and Zhang Yuanqing looked ahead and said:

"Do you remember when Xi Shi entered the house, she said she saw a woman standing under a red lantern."

Hearing this, the Fire Demon couldn't help but look back and vaguely saw the woman standing there, no longer waving, and quietly watching them.

"It's really fucking creepy..." Fire Master spat.

Xie Lingxi asked in confusion: "Why did she become like Sister Xi Shi?"

Zhang Yuanqing looked at a place in front and sighed: "You will know when you go there."

What does it mean? The three of them didn't understand at first. After walking a short distance, they vaguely saw a figure hanging under the eaves in front.

"Sister Xi Shi?" Xie Lingxi screamed.

That person was Xi Shi. She was hanged under the eaves. Her charming face was suffocated and twisted, her eyes were wide open, covered with bloodshot, her face was pale, and her lips were slightly spitting.

The death was miserable.

The Monkey King and the Fire Demon were shocked and frightened. They didn't expect her to die here silently.

Zhang Yunqing, who had night vision, had seen it a long time ago. He had passed the stage of shock. He led the three people with complicated expressions to approach the body.

Xi Shi was hanging quietly. Zhang Yuanqing touched his hand, which was cold. The time of death was more than half an hour.

"It's Xishi's sister's wedding invitation."

Xie Lingxi pointed to a red invitation that fell at the feet of the corpse.

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the wedding invitation and ignored it. Darkness surged in his eyes, and he communicated with the remaining spirit in Xishi's body.

He had to verify whether Xishi died from a vengeful spirit or other factors.

His eyebrows suddenly swelled, and memories that did not belong to him surged.

He saw several broken past events of Xishi. This sister was a level 2 water ghost, a spiritual realm walker in Nanhang City, Tong Province, an unofficial staff, and a member of a folk spiritual realm walker organization.

Her real job was a nurse, and she maintained relationships with several men, including the department director, a wealthy businessman, and the manager of the spiritual realm organization.

She was a non-marriageist and did not believe in love. In her eyes, men were resources.

She was a very successful socialite.

At the end of the memory, Zhang Yuanqing saw a shadow in a wedding dress appear, and the picture stopped abruptly.

Was she killed by the ghost bride? ! Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes, stunned, with a chill down his spine.

He thought it was impossible, how could the ghost bride take action in advance? Wasn't she waiting for the choice of a husband?

If the ghost bride could take action at any time, how could we play?

In addition, since the ghost bride personally killed people, why did she only kill Xi Shi and not herself and others? Or, she just hadn't taken action yet?

At this time, he heard the voices of Xie Lingxi and the Monkey King talking:

"Why is her gender crossed out?"

"I don't know, maybe it will be crossed out after death?"

Zhang Yuanqing was stunned and immediately said, "Let me see."

Xie Lingxi handed over the wedding invitation.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at it intently, and Xi Shi's "gender" was crossed out by a thick line of ink.

Xie Lingxi opened his eyes, "Brother Wang Tai, what did you see in Sister Xi Shi's spirit?"

The Monkey King and the Fire Demon immediately cast their eyes.

"She was killed by the ghost bride!"

"What?!"

The three looked horrified and looked around vigilantly.

If the ghost bride took action, I'm afraid that no one on the scene would survive. It shouldn't be possible. Even if it is an S-level mission, the difficulty is high, but they should be given a chance to survive.

"I have an idea, but the logic doesn't make sense..." Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and looked at Xie Lingxi, who was as alert as a deer, "Can I see your wedding invitation?"

"Oh!"

She cooperated very well and pulled out the wedding invitation clipped on her waistband.

Zhang Yuanqing took it, unfolded it, and looked at it strangely: "Gender male?"

The Fire Demon and the Monkey King leaned over and saw that the gender column was written as "male".

The Monkey King was heartbroken: "You look pretty, but I didn't expect you to be a man?!"

"What?" Xie Lingxi blushed and explained: "I think the ghost bride is looking for a husband, so the husband must be a man. If I fill in a woman, it doesn't conform to the rules, so won't I be eliminated directly?"

Fire Demon and the Monkey King fell into deep thought.

Xie Lingxi's gender was written as male, so my guess was right. In the old version, females passed the level directly, while in the new version, females were directly gg, because this is an S-level spiritual realm, and it is not so easy to pass the level directly... Zhang Yuanqing's speculation was verified.

Xi Shi was killed directly by the ghost bride because she did not fit the setting of the groom.

He told his reasoning, and after listening, Xie Lingxi said sadly:

"I just guessed, I was not sure, so I didn't say it. I should have reminded Sister Xi Shi earlier."

Whatever you say is what it is! This thought came to the minds of the three men tacitly.

Now there are only four people in the team, and the ghost bride can still die. At most, only one can die. Fortunately, fortunately... Considering that they have known each other for a long time, Zhang Yuanqing untied Xi Shi's body, gently put it on the ground, looked around at the remaining three companions, and said:

"Time is running out, we should find a wedding room."

Although he did not count the time silently, he could roughly estimate that it has been almost an hour since he entered the house.

Xie Lingxi, the Fire Demon, and the Monkey King quickly put Xi Shi's matter behind them and secretly cheered up.

The four people, each holding a betrothal gift, continued to move forward, went deep into the house, and silently shuttled through different gardens, with only red lanterns to accompany them.

After wandering for a long time, the four people who still couldn't find the wedding room suddenly saw a courtyard in front of them, with flying eaves, wedding characters on the windows and doors, and warm candlelight.

The road from the courtyard to the main house was covered with scarlet carpets.

"When the time comes, the wedding room will appear." Zhang Yuanqing looked at the tense expressions of his teammates and whispered, "Let's go."

He originally wanted to say something humorous: Don't be so nervous, the ghost bride might be a queen with big breasts and a big butt.

But seeing the solemn faces of his three companions as if they were going to the execution ground, Zhang Yuanqing wisely gave up the idea of ​​adjusting the atmosphere.

So far, they still don't know how the ghost bride chooses a son-in-law, one of the four, or all of them?

Similarly, they don't know whether they can survive.

Entering the courtyard, walking on the red carpet, Zhang Yuanqing stopped in front of the door, took a deep breath, and pushed the lattice door open.

"Bang!" The two lattice doors opened inwards. Zhang Yuanqing stepped over the threshold, tensed his muscles, and scanned the layout of the house.

The whole room was decorated in festive red, with a word "happiness" on the wall. There was a round table in the hall, with two candlesticks on the table, half-arm-long red candles swaying, and under the candles were a few plates of celadon, with longan, peanuts and other things.

There was a big bed on the east side, with the bed curtains and sheets in festive red, but no bedding.

The bedside was empty, without the bride in wedding dress and red veil as imagined.

The ghost bride was not there... Zhang Yuanqing's tense heartstrings slowly relaxed, and he exhaled hard. He turned around to talk to his teammates behind him, but when he turned his head, he found that he was the only one left in the entire wedding room.

The three teammates disappeared again.

"Am I the only one who entered the wedding room?" Zhang Yuanqing suddenly shuddered, then reacted and muttered: "The ghost bride is very playful, and she even arranged a wedding room for everyone..."

Looking at the current situation, it fits his previous second speculation: four betrothal gifts correspond to four grooms, and the rest are dead.

"Next, I just wait for the bride to come! I just don't know who she will choose..."

Zhang Yuanqing turned around and closed the door, silently summoned the little funny guy, let it lie on his head, and be ready.

He touched the head of the baby spirit, looked at the festive scene in the room, and thought of the jokes he saw on the Internet for no reason. He thought that just after getting married, he had a husband and a son, and the ghost bride was also at the peak of her life!

And the son is not black.

The candlelight was bright and the room was bright. Zhang Yuanqing originally wanted to sense the passage of time through the burning of the candle, but unexpectedly, the candle was particularly magical and did not seem to be consumed no matter how it burned.

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the room was blown open by the cold wind with a clang, and the candles were instantly extinguished. The cold wind whistled in every corner of the wedding room.

The room was dark, and Zhang Yuanqing's heart was shocked. The baby spirit above his head trembled violently, and he fell into extreme fear, as if facing the end of the world.

He turned his head stiffly and looked at the open door. It was as dark as ink outside. With his night vision ability, he vaguely saw a figure wearing a wedding dress and covered with red cloth, walking on the red carpet towards the wedding room.