Two hideous-looking vengeful ghosts crawled out from under the bed. Their bodies were covered in blood, with wounds all over their faces and bodies. When they saw me, instead of attacking, they cowered. After sticking their heads out a bit, they quickly retracted them. The two of them huddled under the bed, trembling all over.
I held the incense in my hand, my heart pounding wildly. I stole a sidelong glance at them for a few seconds and felt that they were also very afraid of me.
The three of us were in a stalemate like this, and no one dared to make a move.
The stalemate was finally broken when a soft knock on the door came from outside.
The knock was so soft that it seemed like the sound was just tickling my ear.
Then came the soft murmur of Yu Xiao. Her voice was very pleasant, like a gentle song in my ear: "Come out. Don't hide. I've already seen you."
"Come out. If you don't come out, I'll get angry..."
At first, Yu Xiao knocked on the door gently, just like a mother coaxing a child.
But seeing that there was no response from inside the room, she tried to ram the door.
The door banged loudly for a while, and even the wall plaster was knocked off.
The two vengeful ghosts under the bed seemed even more scared than me. They hugged each other and squeezed into a corner, shivering all over.
After Yu Xiao rammed the door for a while, suddenly there was no sound.
The room fell into a deathly silence again. It seemed that I could only hear the sound of my own heartbeat.
I summoned up my courage and inched my butt towards the bed. They shrank their bodies further. Seeing that they were afraid, I didn't move forward. Instead, I asked softly, "Are you Li Meizhuang, and the other one is Xiao Mei, right?"
After a while, one of the women responded. She nodded slightly. Although her face was quite terrifying, it was still recognizable that she was the well - educated Li Meizhuang.
"Li Meizhuang, thank you for saving me today."
Li Meizhuang was still extremely scared and didn't give me much of a response.
To be honest, their current appearance was really terrifying. Their eyes were filled with bloody tears. Hearing me say thank you, Li Meizhuang's full - hearted grievances turned into bloody tears and flowed out. Although it was terrifying, it was also heart - wrenching. They must have suffered a great deal.
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. I have a spiritual shrine on me. My celestial beings will definitely come to save me." I gave them a determined look, although I was actually scared to death inside.
"I'm going to light the incense now and invite the celestial beings to possess me. Don't be afraid. I will definitely find a way to take you out. Okay?"
Li Meizhuang hugged Xiao Mei. Although she didn't know if I was just boasting, she still responded to me and nodded.
I lit the incense to invite the celestial beings and sang the incantation of the assistant. When half of the incense in my hand had burned out, I heard the sound of a fight coming from outside.
The cracking sound of the whip was especially harsh in the quiet room.
The first person I thought of who used a whip was Bai Ling'er.
"Great! My celestial beings are here. We're saved. You wait for me here."
Before they could respond, I stood up, pulled open the door, and rushed out to check the situation outside.
Sure enough, at this moment, Bai Ling'er was already fighting with Yu Xiao. Bai Ling'er's long whip was dancing, and it got entangled with Yu Xiao's long black hair.
The two of them were evenly matched in the fight. However, Yu Xiao had a charming face with a sinister smile on it. Her mouth even let out a shrill sound like fingernails scratching on glass. The sound was extremely creepy. After hearing it, goosebumps rose all over my body, and the glass in the room was shaken with cracks.
I covered my ears tightly with both hands. If I listened any longer, my eardrums would burst.
But Bai Ling'er couldn't do that. She was currently fighting with Yu Xiao.
Moreover, she was injured, so her combat ability had already declined. Coupled with this demonic sound lingering, in a situation where she couldn't bear it anymore, she just slightly shook her head, and Yu Xiao took advantage of the opportunity.
I saw a strand of Yu Xiao's wavy hair close to her scalp fly out. Countless fine hairs flew out from the back of her head. Each hair was as hard as steel wire and flew out in unison, heading straight for Bai Ling'er's chest.
I stood beside them, shocked. If these hairs penetrated her chest, she would surely die.
"Be careful..." I shouted. I didn't know where I got the courage from, but I took a big step forward and rushed out.
I pushed Bai Ling'er to the ground. The steel - wire - like black hairs passed directly through my side, tearing several big holes in the clothes on my back.
I felt a sharp pain in my back. I subconsciously reached out my hand to touch it, and it was already full of blood.
Although I dodged in time, some of the hairs still scratched the skin on my back. The fresh blood soaked through my clothes along my back.
Yu Xiao quickly retracted her hair. She put the strand of hair that had touched my wound into her mouth. A bloodstain oozed from the corner of her mouth. She greedily stuck out her tongue and licked it.
"The Yin bone. It's really a good thing."
As her voice fell, the room was densely covered with black hair. The whole room had fallen into endless darkness. The black hair on the floor tiles kept wriggling, trying to pull at my hands and feet and Bai Ling'er's.
Yu Xiao's figure was hidden in the darkness and was slowly approaching us.
I broke the black hair on Bai Ling'er's body and protected her behind me, saying, "Go quickly and call someone."
"No. I can't leave you behind."
"If you stay, both of us will die here."
Bai Ling'er still refused to leave. I mumbled the incantation to send the celestial beings back: "The spiritual ceremony is over. All celestial beings return to the shrine. I am grateful for the grace of heaven and thank all celestial beings again..."
After I recited the incantation to send the celestial beings back, the celestial beings in my spiritual shrine had no choice but to obey the order and return to the shrine.
After sending Bai Ling'er away, it was pitch - black in the room. My body was completely bound by the wriggling black hair.
I wanted to get up from the ground, but I couldn't move. An unknown yin energy lingered above my head. Then a cold and pale face was pressed against my cheek.
"Giggle. The rope in the bathroom is already ready. Come with me."
As her words fell, my body seemed to be pulled by an invisible force. Although my consciousness was clear, my feet didn't listen to me and walked towards the bathroom.
At this moment, the bathroom was the only place in the room that hadn't been occupied by the hair. The red light in the bathroom was swaying, flickering on and off. Two terrifying corpses were still hanging there, swaying on the ceiling like cured meat. Their eyes were bulging, their red tongues were sticking out, and they were dead but couldn't close their eyes.
I continued to step forward, stepped onto the stool that had been prepared long ago, pulled up the hemp rope with both hands, and lifted my heels. As long as I gave a light kick, I would be hanged here directly.
At the same time, Yu Xiao's figure was floating around me like snowflakes in an old - fashioned movie. She was holding a shiny dagger in her hand and was aiming at the artery in my neck, swaying back and forth.
"You smell so good. Is this the fragrance of the Yin bone? It has a faint sandalwood smell. As long as I make this cut, your blood will spurt out like a high - pressure water gun and splash all over the wall. Just thinking about it makes me excited."
"Kick the stool away. Hurry up. Kick the stool away." Yu Xiao was already blood - crazy. She sounded like a madwoman now.
As she urged, I stood on my tiptoes and suddenly kicked out to the side.
I directly kicked Yu Xiao onto the glass door opposite. Fresh blood poured down from the top of her head.
But she just kept giggling. She looked like she was possessed by a blood demon. The rolling fresh blood wrapped her up, and the blood was gushing. This kick seemed to have awakened her demonic nature.
My heart was in my throat. My mind was spinning rapidly, still thinking about what to do next.
Yu Xiao had completed her baptism of blood. Her figure slowly moved horizontally from the glass door and floated towards me again.