Chapter 31: Borrowing Clothes to Collect Souls

  "Master! Master!" As soon as I thought Zhang San was still alive, I shouted and ran. I don't know how long I ran, but I felt exhausted and couldn't run anymore, so I sat down on the ground with a thud.

  After sitting on the ground, I don't know if it was because I was too shocked, anyway, I fell asleep in a daze.

  After falling asleep, I felt as if someone had carried me on their back. Although there was a bit of a man's sweaty smell on the back, I lay on it and still felt very warm.

  I don't know how long I slept, but when I was in a daze, I heard the voice of Master coming from beside my ear.

  "Xiao Fei, Xiao Fei, wake up."

  I reluctantly opened my eyes and found myself lying on the back of my master, Bamboo Mountain Old Dao.

  "It's time to get up, we're almost there." Bamboo Mountain Old Dao said to me.

  After finishing speaking, the old Taoist of Bamboo Mountain put me down.

  "What's going on? Didn't I get lost?" I stared at Bamboo Mountain Dao with wide eyes and asked him.

  "Just now I saw you dazed and confused, as if you were about to fall asleep, so I carried you on my back. As a result, you fell asleep. Along the way, you said a lot of nonsense in your sleep, even saying that you saw Zhang San. Fortunately, you have the Qian Kun Jade with you, otherwise those filthy things would have entered your body long ago." said Zhu Shan Lao Dao.

  Was everything that happened just now in a dream? But why are my shorts wet?

  I pointed at the wet shorts I was wearing and asked: "How did these shorts get all wet?"

  "You still have the nerve to say that, at your age, you're still wetting your pants. You not only peed on yourself, but also on my back. After you peed in your pants, I carried you to that small stream, took off your pants and washed them, before putting them back on for you." Bamboo Mountain Old Dao said with a scowl.

  So it seems that what happened earlier wasn't all just a dream after all. At least the part about wetting my pants, that really did happen in reality.

  At this time, the old Taoist Bamboo Mountain suddenly raised his middle finger in front of his mouth, quietly gesturing for me to be silent. After understanding what he meant, I nodded obediently.

  After seeing me nod, the old Taoist pointed to the front with his hand holding a duster. I looked in the direction where the old Taoist was pointing and found that there was a thick white mist enveloping it. The white mist was similar to the one I saw around the woman in my dream earlier. It was very dense and thick, making it impossible to see inside, only faintly visible were some dark shadows.

  In the white fog, a black shadow was shrouded, sometimes one, sometimes two, and sometimes three... Those shadows appeared for a while, and then disappeared. However, there was always one shadow that stood still in it.

  "What is that?" I asked Master quietly.

  "That motionless black shadow is the Extinction Witch. The others that appear and disappear are the ghosts she's currently taming," said Bamboo Mountain Old Dao.

  As for the training of ghosts, I had only heard about it before, but as for seeing it, that's something I've never seen before. Not to mention me, even in the entire Shimawan Village, except for Li Tianzhen who might have seen it, no one else can be said to have seen a ghost trainer.

  With my master, Bamboo Mountain Taoist, by my side, I wasn't afraid of ghosts or the likes of the Door-Closing Grandma at all. Plus, my curiosity was piqued, so I wanted to see how she trained ghosts.

  "Can we get a bit closer, Master?" I turned around and asked timidly, looking at Bamboo Mountain Tao with eager eyes.

  I asked so cautiously because before I even asked, I had already anticipated that the old Taoist of Bamboo Mountain would definitely refuse me. This is a matter of destroying the family and training ghosts, it's not something that anyone can see if they want to. It's said that Wang Daoshi, the legendary Daoist, died an unjust death because of this, and even after his death, his eyes were dug out by someone.

  This time, Zhangshan Old Dao brought me to Songlin Mountain, where we came to find Zhang Xiaolan's body. Now I suggest going to see the extermination of the ghost mother, isn't that just a distraction from the main task? Moreover, this commotion is not ordinary. If the extermination mother finds out about Zhangshan Old Dao and me, there will inevitably be a fierce battle, which would truly be an unnecessary complication.

  After I finished asking, Zhushan Laodao didn't rush to answer me. He just stared at the white mist intently. I knew that Zhushan Laodao probably didn't want to disappoint me, so he chose to remain silent.

  Although I'm just a little kid, there are some things I understand. That Mie Men Po is so formidable, if Zhu Shan Lao Dao takes me over to sneak a peek and provokes her, he'll be in trouble. If he can handle Mie Men Po, that's fine, but if not, Zhu Shan Lao Dao will not only lose face in front of his disciple, but also risk his life.

  Just when he had given up all hope, the old Taoist priest of Bamboo Mountain suddenly spoke up.

  "Go!" With that, Bamboo Mountain Taoist slowly pulled me closer to Mie Men Po.

  "Master, who's more powerful between you and that Exterminating Granny?"

  Actually, I'm asking this now because I'm still a little scared in my heart. Mainly it's that Exterminating Grandma, who is really too formidable in the legend. My master, Old Daoist Zhushan, can't possibly be by my side 24 hours a day. If Exterminating Grandma takes advantage of when Old Daoist Zhushan is not around me and makes her move on me, I'll be done for.

  "Are you scared? With your master around, that Exterminating Grandma can't touch you." Bamboo Mountain Taoist seemed to have seen through my thoughts and comforted me with this sentence.

  Zhu Shan Lao Dao said that, it was clear that he was telling me that the exterminating grandma wasn't his match. Therefore, I felt at ease in my heart and didn't have a single bit of fear anymore.

  Under the leadership of Bamboo Mountain Old Dao, I slowly approached the Extinction Mother. About ten meters away from the Extinction Mother, Bamboo Mountain Old Dao stopped and told me to crouch down. After I crouched down, Bamboo Mountain Old Dao also crouched down.

  At this time, the woman who was going to wipe out her family had her back to us.

  Although it's already very close, the fog is too thick and I still can't see what those black shadows look like. However, now I can clearly hear the whip cracking "pa pa pa" and the wailing of the ghosts "wa wa wa".

  From head to toe, that exterminator just stood there stiffly, she never picked up the whip and didn't even lash those ghosts. In fact, I didn't hear her voice giving orders, nor did I see her make any gestures.

  This exterminating grandma is getting more and more incredible.

  After about ten or twenty minutes, the loud noises gradually subsided. As the sounds weakened, the thick fog in front of me grew thicker and thicker, and slowly I couldn't see anything at all.

  Before long, those "wa wa" mournful cries completely disappeared.

  After the sound disappeared, the thick fog in front of me was also blown away by a gust of wind.

  "The exterminating grandma has left." said Zhangshan Old Dao.

  I took a closer look, and the place where the exterminator was exorcising ghosts earlier is now empty. However, there is a cross left behind, made of two bamboo sticks tied together. On the cross, a scarecrow is tied up, wearing a woman's dress and pants.

  I recognize this dress and pants, they belong to Zhang Xiaolan. When Zhang Xiaolan was alive, I saw her wear this outfit.

  "That dress belongs to Zhang Xiaolan." I said pointing at the scarecrow.

  "It's no wonder, it's no wonder that Mie Men Po had to use such a ruthless move. It turns out she was collecting Zhang Xiaolan's soul." said Zhu Shan Lao Dao.

  Zhu Shan Lao Dao told me that the move "Mie Men Po" is called "Borrowing Clothes to Collect Souls". What's meant by "Borrowing Clothes to Collect Souls" is that when you can't find the deceased's corpse, you forcefully collect their soul. Doing this not only has a very low success rate, but the collector may also be counter-attacked. If they are counter-attacked, the collector will immediately die on the spot. At the same time, even if the collector successfully uses this move to collect the soul, their own abilities will still be depleted by half. It's impossible for them to recover within at least six months.

  Mengmen Po has now used the Borrowed Clothes to Collect Spirit technique, and although she successfully collected Zhang Xiaolan's soul, for the next six months, she won't be able to come out and harm anyone. In other words, for the next six months, Shimavillage will not have any danger.