Chapter 126 The Days Without Hua Heshang Are Good Days escape! Run away! If you don't escape, you will die! Late at night, the moonlight was shrouded by dark clouds, the sky was filled with rumbles of thunder, and occasional bolts of lightning flashed across the sky. The whistling wild wind brings the prelude before the rainstorm. The young and strong man was running at full speed in the dense forest, and he kept looking back, as if some ferocious beast was chasing him from behind. Rumble! White lightning split the dark clouds, illuminating the dense forest, and also clearly showing the fear and panic on the young man's face. Tick, tick. After just a few drops of rain, a heavy rain curtain fell from the sky. Even with the dense forest as a shelter, the rain still soaked the young man to the bone. The wild wind blew even more violently, causing the young man to lose his balance and tumble down the hillside from the top of the mountain. The young man tried to grab or hook the tree trunk with his hands or feet, but he still couldn't stop his downward trend. The rain was pouring down, making the slope even more dangerously slippery.
The young man didn't stop until he fell from the top of the mountain into the grass at the foot of the mountain. The heavy rain fell recklessly, and about half an hour later, the young man finally crawled out from the grass. His clothes were soaked and torn, his back was covered in flesh, his arms and thighs were obviously scratched, and his ankle was sprained. But he still didn't dare to stop. He hurriedly looked back and staggered forward. It was raining heavily and the grass was slippery. The young man fell several times, but he got up every time. Every time he got up, he would habitually look back, and then hurried forward again. The night enveloped the forest and only when white lightning flashed could one briefly see the road ahead. A cave suitable for sheltering from the rain appeared in front of the young man. When he was still hesitating whether to take shelter from the rain for a while and rest, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. It was a pain that was enough to destroy a person's spiritual will, as if there were tiny creatures drilling in and out of the stomach. The young man bit his gums until they bled, and he tried hard to support himself and walked into the cave. The heavy rain above his head moved away, and the young man fell to the ground with a thud, his forehead was cut and bleeding. He did not utter a sound of pain, as if he was afraid that it would attract some terrifying existence. He managed to turn over, belly up. He tilted his head back slightly, looked at his bulging belly, and felt the pain that was like a crazy gnawing at him. The young man's eyes flashed, and he searched the ground next to him for a while, then stretched out his right hand and picked up a piece of stone with a sharp edge. He grasped the stone slab tightly in his right hand, pointed the sharp end at his bulging belly, and scratched it hard. The bulging belly, with thin skin, was cut open by the stone slabs. The hole was out of the young man's control and kept getting bigger and bigger. Despair flashed in the young man's eyes and his whole body twitched a few times. Out of the corner of his eye he saw small black spiders crawling out of his stomach.
He completely lost all will to live, the stone in his hand fell to the ground, and he could not close his terrified eyes. After the young man died, small black spiders crawled out of his stomach in groups, and then used his body as food, gnawing at it non-stop. …… "Rainy nights are the worst." "How long can you stay?" "Less than an hour..." "Then wait until tomorrow night to come out." "Who knows if it will rain tomorrow night, too." "I can't control this kind of thing." "Rainy days are really annoying." Under the rain, in the dense forest, Pinggong Qianye wore a bamboo hat, used the Zen stick in his hand as a cane, and walked briskly in the mountains. The moon doll, which doesn't like being rained on, is hung inside the clothes under Pinggong Qianye's throat, with only a small head sticking out. He was looking up at the dark clouded sky, complaining non-stop. "Let's find a place to rest first, and enjoy the rainy night here." Pinggong Qianye saw that the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping and didn't want to continue traveling in the rain. He felt uncomfortable being soaked all over. "There is a cave 200 meters to the left." The Moon Doll, who has excellent night vision, shows Chiye Pinggong where to take shelter from the rain. As for that place, covered with cobwebs? It's nothing at all. Pinggong Qianye followed the guidance of the moon doll's finger and walked to the outside of the cave. The white spider web almost completely blocked the entire cave. Black spiders kept shuttling back and forth on the huge spider web. Many flying animals and other small animals that wanted to take shelter from the rain were wrapped in the spider webs and became the midnight snacks for these spiders. Pinggong Qianye had no intention of intervening in this kind of predation-prey relationship of natural selection. He simply chose a place that was not covered by spider webs to take shelter from the rain temporarily. When Pinggong Qianye's eyes swept across a corpse in the cave, his brows frowned slightly. It was the body of a man. Only a white skeleton was left. It was impossible to tell why he died, but he must have died very recently. It was so short that the night hadn’t even passed yet. This is very abnormal. According to common sense, it is impossible for the man's body to turn into a pile of bones so quickly in just a short period of time. Moreover, the entrance of the cave was blocked by thick spider webs. How did the man break through the spider webs and enter the cave?
A more likely guess is that the man was the first person to arrive at the cave tonight, and this group of spiders and spider webs were slowly formed after the man's death. If this is the case, the man's death is worthy of suspicion. Pinggong Qianye opened his diamond eyes and scanned the area, sensing a very faint demonic aura from the group of black spiders, almost undetectable. If you don't open your Vajra Eyes, you might overlook this. The presence of evil spirits does not prove that the man was killed by these spiders. But the possibility becomes even greater. While Pinggong Chiye was thinking, the group of spiders shuttling back and forth on the spider web also discovered the intruder Pinggong Chiye. They seemed to be able to communicate with each other in some way. A large group of black spiders was divided into three parts. They kept weaving webs from different hidden areas and approached Pinggong Chiye. "The rain is a bit heavy and I feel a bit cold." The Moon Doll clearly sees all the actions and intentions of the little spiders. "Okay, let's make a fire." Pinggong Qianye placed the Dharma bowl in his hand on the ground, and a ball of golden Buddha fire emerged from the palm of his hand. He shook his hand gently, and the Buddha fire fell into the spider web. It burned violently in an instant. The little black spiders attached to the spider web were buried in the sea of fire. The little spiders that had intended to launch a sneak attack on Pinggong Qianye hurriedly crawled out of the cave. It was raining heavily outside, and this would be the only place where they could survive. Pinggong Qianye did not deliberately control the Buddha's Fire to target the spiders that had already escaped from the cave. He simply let the Buddha's Fire burn the spider webs covering the entire cave to ashes. When the flame of the Buddha's fire gradually dissipated, almost all the little spiders in the cave ran away. The entire cave was filled with the faint aroma of roasted spiders. Yes, fragrance. In China's Yunnan region, people eat roasted spiders and roasted scorpions. It is said to be very fragrant, nutritious and delicious. Pinggong Qianye had never eaten it and had no interest in tasting this kind of dark food. Then, Pinggong Qianye picked up some wood that was wet by the heavy rain from outside, arranged it into the shape of a pile of fire, and ignited it by roasting it with the Buddha's fire. The Buddha fire possessed by Pinggong Qianye is a flame based on the "Mahavairocana Sutra". Like the Taoist Samadhi True Fire, it is not an ordinary flame. Being resistant to water is just one of its common characteristics. The ability to defeat demons and monsters is the most powerful aspect of Buddha Fire. Once infected, unless one has a high level of cultivation, one will basically be burned to death. "Your clothes are soaked, too."
The voice that came from Yaezakura Jingu through the moon doll seemed to have some inexplicable emotions. "Well, you can bake it, and you can rest early tonight." "No...at worst, I'll just cover my eyes later." Pinggong Qianye ignored the resistance of the moon doll and put it into the bag, then took off his shirt, spread it open with a wooden stick, and roasted it close to the flame. The dim firelight illuminated the entire cave. The naked upper body muscles of Pinggong Qianye were imprinted on the mountain wall through the firelight, leaving an exceptionally strong and powerful silhouette. "Hmph, what's so good about it? I don't care." "Well, I know you don't want to see it, so I put you in the bag first." "..." Jingu Yaezakura was silent for a while, and couldn't help but murmured, "It's okay to take a look occasionally." When she tried to control the moon doll to crawl out of the bag, she didn't have enough energy and had to give up. After the Moon Doll stopped moving, Pinggong Chiye approached the pile of the man's bones and began to examine the real cause of his death. He was not a professional forensic coroner and could only judge based on his own knowledge whether the man died of natural causes or was killed by evil spirits. The result was obvious: the man's death was not natural, but was caused by the brutal means of demons and monsters. …… "Rainy days are really annoying!" Tsukimi Shrine, Yaezakura Jingu looked at the cloudless sky of Tokyo with a little annoyance. Unfortunately, the moonlight from Tokyo can never reach the mountains and forests far away in Wakayama Prefecture. "Go to bed early... How can I sleep... I have developed a bad habit of staying up late recently." Yaezakura Jingu murmured silently, leaning lightly against the trunk of the osmanthus tree, her thoughts drifting away into the distance. I don’t know if there are any terrifying monsters hiding behind those spiders. It’s difficult to travel on the road in the heavy rain tonight. Will there be some monsters and demons blocking the way? The Daijo Palace Chief, who was guarding the main hall gate, withdrew his gaze from the osmanthus tree and was in a good mood. This is what a normal Tsukimi Shrine should look like. The days without that flower monk coming are good days. You also said that you love the moon the most. Haha, if you continue to come into contact with the goddess, big problems will arise sooner or later. Now, being apart from each other is the best development. Tsk, I can finally have a good sleep this time. The Grand Priestess of the Imperial Court was in a good mood. He closed the door of the main hall and went back to his room to sleep.
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