I didn't chase after the red thread immediately.
Because I knew I could find it anytime if I followed it.
I went to the bedside and checked on Wang Kai's condition.
His condition had stabilized considerably, the convulsions had stopped.
His breathing had become a bit rapid, and his forehead was covered in sweat.
It was as if he was enduring a nightmare...
"Wang Kai, Wang Kai..."
I nudged him a few times, but he didn't respond.
Finally, I had to slap him hard a few times before he woke up.
Wang Kai startled awake from the bed.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he sat up.
Seeing me by his bedside, he grabbed my arm and shouted in panic:
"Brother Qin, save me, Brother Qin, save me.
She wants to eat me, she wants to eat me..."
Looking at the terrified Wang Kai, I patted his shoulder:
"It's alright now, I chased her away!"
Wang Kai's eyes were filled with fear.
Even after hearing my answer, he was still trembling.
It took him several minutes to recover.
Seeing that he had calmed down, I asked:
"Wang Kai, what did you dream about? You didn't do anything with it, did you?"
Wang Kai shook his head vigorously:
"No, no, I'd rather die than agree.
So I quietly attached a safety pin to her clothes.
As a result, when it saw I wouldn't comply, it suddenly choked me by the neck.
Saying it wanted to kill me.
I kept calling for you in my dream, begging you to save me.
Fortunately, it was just a dream, it scared me to death..."
I let out a wry smile:
"It wasn't a dream, you were almost strangled to death by her just now."
"Ah?"
Wang Kai looked very surprised.
He touched his neck and really felt a slight pain.
Seeing Wang Kai's stable condition, I didn't stay any longer.
I said:
"You rest well now, lock your door.
I'm going to chase after it and nail that wood spirit."
Wang Kai, however, looked terrified:
"Broth-Brother Qin, I-I'm scared!
What if you leave and that thing comes back?"
I frowned and looked at the Bagua mirror that had fallen on the ground:
"Keep that Bagua mirror for self-defense."
With that, I didn't hesitate any longer.
Because I saw the rolling red thread had reached its end, revealing the small bell hidden within.
I quickly turned, no longer paying attention to Wang Kai.
Following that red thread, I rapidly chased it out.
The red thread, dragging the small bell, jingled "ding ding ding" incessantly as it moved rapidly towards the stairwell.
I never expected such a large mass of red thread to have an end.
How far was this wood spirit tree from here?
I couldn't worry about that now, I sped out of the old building and out of the old community.
Following the jingling small bell, I continuously chased westward along the road.
I didn't dare to slow down, afraid of losing track.
After running for more than ten minutes, the small bell finally stopped.
I looked at the stopped red thread, panting and holding my knees.
It finally stopped, if the wood spirit had run any further, I really wouldn't have been able to catch up.
I took a breath and began to walk forward slowly.
Following the red thread, I soon found myself arriving at a small park.
The red thread passed through the park fence and extended inside.
The red thread should be close to its end.
This meant the wood spirit tree was likely in this small park.
I glanced left and right, seeing no one, and then climbed over.
Jumping off the wall, I continued to follow the red thread forward.
My speed began to slow.
Because this wood spirit could harm people, if I made too much noise, I was afraid of being ambushed.
Passing a small bamboo grove in the park, I saw the long red thread connected from a distance to a yellow-horned tree by the small lake in the park.
That yellow-horned tree was very thick, requiring at least two people to embrace it.
Its branches and leaves were lush, its shade like a large umbrella, covering half the small lake.
Seeing this, I let out a long sigh.
A hint of surprise appeared on my face, I had finally found you.
With that thought, I reached into my bag to get the coffin nails.
Preparing to nail this wood spirit and disperse its energy.
However, just as I was reaching for the coffin nails.
I faintly heard footsteps behind me, very light, approaching me step by step.
My expression darkened slightly, had the wood spirit discovered me? Was it preparing to ambush me?
With that thought, my movements slowed, judging the distance of the approaching person by the faint sounds.
A hint of coldness appeared on my face, and I gripped the fox claw in my hand tightly.
Feeling the wood spirit getting close to me, I instinctively stabbed backward.
However, the moment I stabbed backward.
The other party bent down, hastily dodged, and quickly moved backward.
I pounced forward, directly tackling him down.
And stabbed directly at his forehead.
My master had taught me not to show any mercy to impure spirits.
In my days of dealing with these impure things, I knew how insidious they were.
Any slight leniency could mean my own death.
However, just as I was pinning him down and stabbing towards his head.
The other party blocked my hand.
Lowering his voice, he said nervously and repeatedly:
"Brother, it's a misunderstanding, you and I are of the same kind..."
Hearing the other party speak, I was suddenly startled.
Only then did I clearly see the person in front of me was not the wood spirit in green clothes with an old tree-bark-like face that I had encountered before.
But a young man of similar age to me...