Chapter Seven: Differences Emerge

  I was thinking like this, and soon I saw a virtual shadow appear in front of me. That's Zi Ming. I saw him holding a heart in his hand, and it seemed to be showing off in front of me.

  I stared at him expressionlessly, I didn't care if he was dead. What I cared about was how they would kill these people, or rather, what method they would use to kill me in the end.

  "Mu Lin, you don't go take a look... eh!" Dong Qinger hastily walked to my side, just wanting to pull me towards the direction of the incident, but with her extraordinary intuition, she couldn't have failed to notice Mu Lin.

  Zi Ming saw someone coming and smiled as he started eating the heart in his hand. I could clearly see that the place where I had injured him was slowly recovering.

  Dong Qizhen couldn't accept this scene at all, she ran to one side and started vomiting.

  "A person's heart is our best medicine." Zi Ming said with a smile, and then left.

  Dong Qinger spat it out and then went to find Zhao Feiyu. Zhao Feiyu was still fuming, and I didn't want to talk to him for the time being. However, Zhao Feiyu pulled me over to the corpse and pointed at it angrily, saying: Are you hiding something from us? If you don't say anything, how are we supposed to know what kind of enemy we're up against?! And another thing, Qinger just said that a ghost ate Xiao Chen's heart right in front of her! Can you explain why you didn't take action?!

  "Was it useful to make a move just now?" I didn't want to continue listening to Zhao Feiyu's words, and instead shook off his hand to look for my backpack. Then turned around and said to them: If you don't want to die, it's best to hurry up and leave quickly.

  After finishing speaking, I left without looking back. But I could hear Zhao Feiyu's curses and Kong Yi's mediating voice.

  I raised my head and looked at the mountain road ahead, I always felt that Mu Rong Xing wouldn't let us in so easily, I always felt that he was watching us from somewhere...

  An hour later, another person's heart was dug out. I also pretended to be unaware of anything, but this time it wasn't Zi Ming who appeared, but another ghost that I didn't recognize. However, this time he wasn't so lucky.

  Zhao Feiyu suddenly pulled out a duster and started fighting with it the moment it appeared. After several moves, that ghost was desperately trying to kill someone before leaving, but I didn't understand what this was all about.

  Kong Yat pulled me aside and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"

  I shook my head and refused to speak. Kong Yiyi was getting anxious too, seeing his expression, I only said one sentence: "Believe me, I will let the four of us live."

  "What about the others!" Kong Yat's emotions were clearly becoming more and more agitated.

  "They're just pawns used by Mu Rong to play with our bottom line. From now on, don't stop, and hurry along every moment. We must arrive at the village tonight." I looked at Kong Yi, also extremely serious.

  Kong Yiyi seemed uncertain whether to believe me or not, but after a long silence, he walked over to Zhao Feiyu and discussed something with him. I knew then that Kong Yiyi had decided to trust me.

  From the second death onwards, we didn't stop moving forward no matter who died or how gruesome their death was. Along the way, Zhao Feiyu's face also became increasingly unsightly, and Dong Qizi hid behind Kong Yiyi, as if afraid that she would be the next to die.

  When there were only ten people left, we finally arrived at the village.

  The village was shrouded in a thick layer of yin energy. Zhao Feiyu, seeing this scene, hastened the current Daoist practitioners to enter and prepare to use an array method to drive away the yin energy before letting us go in. However, that array method required five people, but Zhao Feiyu could only find three Daoists.

  Kong Yatou took the initiative to step forward and said he could. Zhao Feiyu nodded and began to choose from the remaining people.

  "I'll go." I didn't say much, took a step forward and said. "I'm an Onmyodo practitioner, I also know some Taoist things. I won't cause you any trouble."

  "It's better this way." Zhao Feiyu let out a cold hum.

  He took out countless red strings and started tying them to our right wrists, I knew this was a way to protect our yang energy. Five people were tied together with one red string, with a copper coin in between each pair of people. It's also a way to ward off evil spirits.

  I walked to the end, and the first one was Zhao Feiyu. Kong Yi was in third place. Zhao Feiyu's intention was very clear, he knew that our three strengths were not bad, so it could also reduce casualties.

  I left the white girl's face on Dong Qiz's body, and I can trust that Mu Rong Xing won't let his guard down during our entry. On the other hand, White Girl can also be considered as helping me gather intelligence to see what Mu Rong Xing wants with so many hearts.

  Zhao Feiyu held a duster in one hand and had a red thread tied around the other as he entered. As I entered the village, I could feel that there were not a few vengeful spirits around me. They kept talking about their own suffering, and most of the time, I just frowned silently.

  We were moving at a very slow pace and I didn't know what Zhao Feiyu was doing in the front either. However, when the Taoist in front of me stopped moving, I became impatient.

  "Why aren't you leaving?" My tone betrayed my impatience.

  The Taoist's body trembled slightly as he turned around and looked at me, saying: "Mu Lin big brother, the rope...the rope broke..."

  Upon hearing this, I grabbed the Taoist's wrist and indeed, the red thread connecting him to Kong Yiyi had already been broken.

  It seems like something around us has taken a liking to both me and him.

  I took out the meteorite and vigilantly looked around. The surroundings were all shrouded in a thick fog formed by yin energy, with very low visibility. I could vaguely see an old thatched cottage in front of me, and the Taoist priest whispered to me: Shall we go in?

  I nodded, and we slowly approached the thatched cottage. After we managed to close the door with difficulty, I saw that there was nothing inside the cottage. I casually found a place to sit down. I forced them to hurry on their way, not to mention them, even I myself felt tired. I looked at my phone, now it's already dawn.

  "What should I call you?" I asked, looking at the Taoist who was frightened out of his wits, changing the subject.

  "Just call me Xiao Gao." Xiao Gao looked at me and forced a faint smile from the corner of his mouth.

  "Xiao Gao, take a break. I'll call you later. Let's all relax for an hour." I looked at Xiao Gao and smiled slightly.

  Xiao Gao heard what I said, wrapped his clothes tightly and went to sleep in the corner of the wall. I also felt a bit sleepy, so I found a wall surface, leaned against it slightly, and fell asleep with the meteorite in my arms.

  Just as I was dazed, I felt like something was wandering around me. I cautiously opened my eyes halfway and felt like a black shadow had floated across in front of me.

  There's no light in the thatched cottage. If I turn on the lights now, won't it just expose my target to others? I'm not that stupid. I quietly pull out the meteorite and pretend to continue sleeping.

  I can feel it, as if something is slowly approaching me. My right hand tightly grasps the hilt of the meteorite iron sword, waiting for a bite.

  When a pair of icy hands approached my skin, I subconsciously furrowed my brow. But I still didn't make any big movements. I continued to wait...

  Those hands moved slowly from my wrists to my chest, and I smiled slightly. It seems that Mu Zhongxian's ghost is only good at digging hearts. In that case, I'll dig your heart out too!

  When his hand touched my chest, I quickly drew out the meteorite and chopped at his hand. However, the ghost's reaction was also quite fast, his hand suddenly withdrew, and for a moment both sides couldn't see through each other's moves.

  I cautiously sensed my surroundings, waiting for the next opportunity to arise. Before long, I heard a faint sound of footsteps approaching. My brow furrowed involuntarily - how could a ghost possibly make footprints? Could it be that Xiaogao had woken up?

  "Xiao Gao?" I called out tentatively, but no one answered me. The only response was a series of chaotic and disorderly footsteps.

  I furrowed my brow, and couldn't guess what was going on inside the thatched cottage. Just then, my phone's alarm went off. I hastily pressed the power button, thinking to myself that I had thoroughly exposed my position!

  "I don't want to die yet, can you die for me instead?" Suddenly, these words emerged from the thatched hut.

  This voice was undoubtedly Xiao Gao's. When I heard this, I figured out what had happened. The chaotic footsteps were still going on, and I stood still, ready to turn on the flashlight of my mobile phone.

  The footsteps were getting closer and closer to me, I suddenly turned on the flashlight of my mobile phone and swung it towards my back. I saw a terrified Xiao Gao, who was holding a soul-destroying charm in his hand, staring at me.

  He originally had enough distance to kill me, but at that moment, he stopped moving. I didn't say a word and directly stabbed towards Xiaogao's chest. At this time, the door of the thatched cottage was suddenly opened!

  "Mu Lin... big brother... why..." Xiao Gao's eyes gradually lost their vitality, I sheathed the meteorite iron and randomly wiped away the blood on my face.

  Innumerable flashlight beams shone on me, and I could see that the people in front of me were Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren. They had already seen me kill Xiao Gao, and I wasn't planning to explain anything, so I silently put away the fallen iron.

  "Now the rules of the game have changed, the master said that you have to kill everyone with your own hands." At some point, Ziming's voice appeared in my mind, I didn't want to say much, just looking at them lightly.

  "Can you tell me what happened?" Zhao Feiyu's hands were clenched into fists, looking at me with great resentment.

  "He was possessed by a demon and wanted to attack me. I was just defending myself." I said calmly.

  "Mulian, you've changed too much... How can I trust you now? Speak! Was the death of Xiao Chen and the others caused by you?! What do you want to do?! Mulian! Give me an explanation!" Zhao Feiyu no longer listened to my explanation, and instead threw a punch at me.

  I swiftly flashed, and the meteorite slid along the scabbard to strike Zhao Feiyu's shoulder. He lost his balance and heavily fell to the ground. I could see that he wanted to get up and continue fighting me, so I once again drew out the meteorite and pressed it against Zhao Feiyu's neck.

  "I advise you one sentence, if you still want to live, then cry and roll back to the ghost building. The rest of the things, I don't need you." My words were full of threats.

  I let out a cold snort, and with just my meteorite iron in hand, I pushed through the crowd and walked away.