Chapter 29: Demon

  I put down the big turtle and stopped in place, asking doubtfully: "Since it's such a strange place, let's just go around it."

  The sunglasses-wearing man shook his head and said, "I also wanted to go around, but if you want to enter Fengmen Village, this is the only way. Do you think it's easy to get into Fengmen Village?"

  I was shocked when I heard this. The road that passes through Fengmen Village is a must-pass route, which means that if I hadn't met the sunglasses hero, I would have taken this road myself?

  "Alright then, Sunglasses Hero, just tell me what to do when the time comes. I don't really understand these things either!"

  I don't want to continue making trouble with him either, after all we are just ordinary people and should listen to the great god's command. He nodded and said to me: "Alright, when we pass by that place, this big turtle will be handed over to you to drag along."

  "Really? I'm having a hard time dragging it." I stared at him in astonishment.

  "Either you perform magic and I'll drag the turtle, or I'll perform magic and you drag it, choose for yourself?"

  "I'd rather drag along with the turtle then."

  I'm also quite helpless about this, but there's no way around it, who made us not skilled in technology? I asked him, isn't it said that you can't do magic? He told me it's just superficial. Then he told me if there's no problem, let's go now, at noon, we can walk a bit better, if we wait until evening, it'll be terrible.

  Without staying too long, we started moving forward. To save me some energy, he was the one pulling the big turtle all along the way, and while walking, he said to me: "I'm telling you, little dragon, have you ever heard of demons?"

  "I've heard of it, isn't there magic among those monsters and ghosts?" I replied.

  "Not bad!" said the sunglasses-wearing hero to me. "The demon ranked second among the monsters and ghosts, which means this thing is ranked above the ghosts."

  "Are you saying that demons are a separate species? In my impression, others always say yaomo!" I was puzzled.

  The sunglasses-wearing hero tied the rope around his own waist and continued to say to me: "Of course, this must be listed separately. Generally, people only know about ghosts and demons, but very few people know about magic. This thing can only be understood by those with a deep understanding of Taoism. It's very mysterious, some have form, some are formless, it can be an old coffin board or a handful of dead man's hair, after being refined by the essence of the sun and moon for a long time, forming a kind of thought. Very scary!

  He stopped talking at this point, I nodded to indicate that I had heard enough, and looked at him saying: "I see, but why did you suddenly tell me this? You're not trying to scare me, are you?"

  "I want you to have a concept, because Mo Village is an extremely yin place. Most of the people here are demons, and knowing each other can make us invincible in battle! Let me introduce these things to you first!"

  The sunglasses-wearing guy said as he handed me the rope, saying that from now on, this big turtle was up to me. Although there's still a distance to go, I didn't have any complaints, after all, I couldn't do anything else, so I could only use my strength.

  We continued to move forward, and after walking for nearly a thousand meters, my body started to feel unwell. At first, I felt chest tightness, and then I felt cold all over my body, the kind that makes you shiver uncontrollably.

  "Are we there yet?" I asked the sunglasses-wearing hero.

  "Be careful!" The sunglasses guy came over and patted my shoulder again, "Brother, this big turtle is very important, you can't just throw it away. Otherwise, the several months of waiting I've done will be in vain. Can you understand?"

  "Don't worry, Sunglasses Hero, as long as I'm alive, the turtle will live; when I die, the turtle dies."

  After walking a few hundred steps further, we arrived at a village. To be precise, this is not considered a village anymore, although there are houses, they have all tilted and collapsed. The village was shrouded in a layer of fog, which added to the mysterious color, it seems that this should be the magic village.

  The sunglasses-wearing man glanced at me and we started walking, it's strange to say that the fog was originally shrouding the village from above, but when we walked in, the fog instantly enveloped us, with visibility of less than 10 meters within a short period of less than 10 minutes.

  As soon as I saw this scene, I was afraid. I grabbed the hand of the sunglasses-wearing man and said: "I say, this place is really quite eerie. I'm holding your hand, don't let go, okay?"

  "Alas, you're just a small fry, aren't you? I brought you to Fengmen Village thinking you were some kind of martial arts expert, but it seems you're already scared before the demon has even appeared?"

  Although this hurts my self-esteem, it's nothing, I really can't let him go. Fear is worthless in front of self-esteem. So I have to hold on to him, just in case we get lost in the fog and something happens.

  "No matter what you say, I won't let go." I said stubbornly.

  Although he was helpless, there was nothing he could do about it.

  "Wooo... la la la..."

  Just then, a faint sound came from afar, like singing, yet like crying...

  "Wooo... la la la... hmm... ahhh..." The sound was getting closer and closer, and my goosebumps were awakened again. Because the singing voice seemed to be there but not quite there, like it was right next to me, yet also very far away. Sometimes it sounded like a man, sometimes like a woman, sometimes like a baby, and sometimes like an old person.

  I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked the sunglasses hero: "Did you hear that? Someone was singing just now!"

  "Rubbish? I'm not deaf!" The sunglasses-wearing hero glared at me, "Indeed, the higher the virtue, the more evil it attracts. It's only been a few years since I last came here, and these guys have become so formidable. They're even starting to lure souls now."

  While speaking, he pushed my hand away and said: "This is the legendary demon, it's singing a sad song, and when it summons our souls, it also sets up a barrier. I'll go ahead and break this barrier for you, you just stay in place and don't move, remember, whatever you see or hear, don't respond to it. Pretend to be deaf and mute until I come back, got it?

  "Ah?!" I heard him say this and got scared, asking "Are you really going to leave me here all alone?"

  "Can't you act like a grown-up? What do you mean by 'lost' here? It's temporary, I'm leaving you in charge here, got it? You're on guard duty, like a soldier."

  "This sunglasses hero sounds good, but I think I look like a fool. However, in order not to delay the time, I said to him: "Okay, you go then, be sure to solve it quickly and come back early, remember that I and Wang Ba are here."

  "Hmm!" The sunglasses-wearing hero nodded and said to me, "Alright then, remember what I just said?"

  "Got it!" I nodded like a kid.

  Then he was about to leave, but after walking a few steps, he took out an instrument from his body and handed it to me. To be precise, it should be called Gu, because he told me before.

  "What's going on?" I asked.

  The sunglasses-wearing hero mysteriously said to me, "I'll give you this Gu, keep it for self-defense and as a token. This is a special Gu, only I have it in the world. When I come back, let me show you my Gu to confirm my identity."

  "Do you have to be so formal? Are you going to show off when you come back?" I was a bit puzzled.

  "Just let you do whatever you want, or else you come and perform magic, I'll watch the turtle." Mo Jian Xia had an air of being invincible with his magic.

  "Alright, you go quickly, I won't waste words."

  He nodded to me and slowly disappeared from my sight, I looked around at the fog that shrouded everywhere, a chill came over me. Hurriedly hiding under this turtle shell, but thinking of its beady eyes staring at me before it died, I kept some distance from it. Sat on a slightly larger rock!

  I suppressed myself from thinking about the terrifying things, but that damn song came into my ears again. This time, in addition to the previous sound, it was accompanied by crying and sinister laughter. The crying made people's hearts ache, and the laughter made people's hair stand on end.

  I don't ask for anything else, just hope that the sunglasses hero can deal with the screen barrier as soon as possible. If I don't come back soon, I'm afraid I'll have mental problems.

  After a few minutes, the fog got thicker and thicker, from about 10 meters of visibility to almost one meter now. Then it got colder and colder, I admit that my fearful heart had something to do with it, but it was really too cold. When I tried to breathe out, there was even frost coming out.