I spoke lightly, but my gaze was firm.
Though it was only a few sentences, I understood Qiu Xi's meaning.
She wanted to say that the paths of mortals and ghosts are different.
After all, there is never a good ending for humans and ghosts.
This is a chasm that no one can cross.
No matter what fate I shared with Qing Dai.
Ten lifetimes had passed, and everything had changed...
This was an undeniable fact.
At the same time, I could feel Qiu Xi's affection for me.
My answer was also to tell Qiu Xi.
This life, I might just be like this.
Marriage or anything, it didn't matter.
Qing Dai already lived in my heart.
I also hoped Qiu Xi could find a better belonging!
Though my words were subtle, all our conversation was indirect, with no direct questions or answers.
Yet, every word carried an answer and an inquiry.
Only we knew the truth in our hearts...
Qiu Xi listened to me, silent for a long time.
After a while, she opened her mouth, then hesitated to speak.
Just as we both felt a little awkward.
Old Mo walked up from behind:
"Hey! What are you two doing?"
Hearing Old Mo's voice, I turned to look.
I saw Old Mo and my junior sister Chen Yao walking over.
I smiled:
"Admiring the moon!"
Old Mo rolled his eyes:
"Admiring what? The moon is almost gone."
He said, pointing at the moon.
But as Old Mo pointed, the last trace of moonlight was obscured by the dark clouds overhead.
In an instant, the entire land was enveloped in darkness.
Apart from the light from the houses, outside was pitch black, as far as the eye could see.
We didn't pay much attention to this.
After all, every month there were a few days when fog obscured the moon, so it was nothing unusual.
But the problem was, the moment the moon was covered overhead.
A sudden, chilling wind swept through the entire Li Family Village.
The howling wind engulfed the whole village.
And around the village, the sound of wailing arose.
The sound was piercing and sharp.
In the pitch darkness, it made one's scalp tingle.
This sudden, chilling wind, and the wailing sounds.
Made our hearts tighten.
Li Chunlong, Yun Long, Yun Hu, and others inside the house rushed out.
"What's going on?"
"Such strong, chilling winds!"
"..."
Several people spoke.
We standing in the courtyard frowned.
Not only that, after this chilling wind.
The closed courtyard gate began to be struck with a "dong dong dong" sound.
Someone was banging on the door.
Seeing this, my heart sank, a bad premonition.
It was clear the malevolent spirits were restless.
Under the cover of the moon, taking advantage of the abundant Yin energy, they began to stir.
Thinking this, I quickly said:
"Everyone be careful, these malevolent spirits are starting to stir. They're going to make a move on us!"
As soon as I finished speaking.
A wave of sinister energy permeated from outside the courtyard.
"Sha qi! A fierce ghost has appeared!"
Old Mo was the first to speak, no longer his usual flippant self.
He became solemn.
"Xiao Yao, go into the house and calm the villagers.
Everyone, take your spiritual artifacts and be ready to defend at any time."
I immediately instructed.
Everyone responded and then took action.
The courtyard gate continued to resound with "dong dong dong."
The wailing grew louder, and in addition to the crying, sinister laughter also erupted from various parts of the village.
Even ordinary villagers could hear these strange sounds now.
Trembling, they all hid inside their homes, not daring to make a sound.
We quickly prepared our spiritual artifacts and gathered in the courtyard.
Except for Xiao Yao, who was calming the villagers inside, we all lined up in the small courtyard.
Looking at the courtyard gate being pounded with "dong dong dong."
Old Mo asked:
"Old Qin, what do we do now?"
As Old Mo finished speaking, Yu Bo added:
"In my opinion, we should rush out and hack these vile creatures to death."
"With Brother Qin and Brother Li here, these ghosts should be a piece of cake,"
Yun Hu seconded.
But I shook my head:
"Don't act rashly. Now we not only have ourselves to protect, but also so many villagers.
If there's any slip-up, it will cost lives.
And our orders are to hold the fort.
We just need to wait here for the seniors to arrive."
After speaking, I took out a few town-guarding talismans.
I walked directly to the gate being pounded with "dong dong dong" and affixed them.
Strengthening the power of the talismans to prevent the gate from being broken open.
Of course, under normal circumstances.
If there were no guardian spirits on the door, ghosts could drift in from over the wall.
Closing the door would be useless.
However, Li Da Niu's house had talismans affixed all around.
Unless those ghosts broke through the talismans directly, or smashed the walls.
The easiest way in would still be the courtyard gate.
Therefore, all we needed to do now was guard the gate.
"Dong dong dong..."
The banging continued.
The outside ghosts seemed to be increasing, unseen, but their malevolent aura could be felt.
And the low growls of "wuwuwu."
"Damn it, the ghosts outside seem to be increasing, and there are fierce ones!"
"Son of a bitch, if not for the villagers we need to protect.
I really want to rush in and kill them all, to let these ghosts know what righteous judgment is."
"..."
Everyone began to whisper.
In any case, the plan was to hold the position and wait for reinforcements. No matter how the outside ghosts banged on the door, we would not open it, nor would we go out.
However, we still underestimated the ghosts outside.
After a few minutes of banging, the outside ghosts suddenly fell silent.
Even the surrounding wails disappeared.
The entire village became quiet.
We were puzzled, what was going on?
Had the ghosts outside retreated?
Who knew that as we exchanged confused glances,
A much more powerful Yin Sha energy suddenly surged in from outside the courtyard.
The next second, with a loud "clang!"
The tightly closed courtyard gate was instantly flung open.
A fierce-looking, over two-meter-tall ghost in yellow, emanating yellow energy all over,
Its feet not touching the ground, appeared before us...