Jiajing Spiritual Records

Chapter 111

Seeing Ning Huan's absent-minded face, Su Xian pursed his lips slightly, nodded Ning Huan's forehead and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Ning Huan shook his head: "It's windy here, it makes my head feel dizzy." Ning Huan raised his red face and stared at Su Xian from bottom to top, with a little daze in his dark eyes I'm at a loss.He shook his head for a while, his blurred eyes gradually became clear, he looked up at the darkening sky, and said: "Let's go, I hope to find an inn before dark."

"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have let you sleep here." Su Xian frowned slightly and looked at Ning Huan.He bent down, smoothed out the slightest creases on Ning Huan's shirt with his fingertips, and asked again as if worried: "Are you all right?"

"I, I'm really fine." Ning Huan replied stumblingly, he raised his eyes slightly, and was a little dazed by the attraction of the black eyes in front of him, where his own shadow was reflected, and there was an indescribable loveliness in the sparkling eyes. with tenderness.

"If you feel unwell, you must tell me."

Ning Huan shook his head, then nodded quickly again, and the moment he met Su Xian's eyes, he turned his head unnaturally.Su Xian frowned and gave a soft "tsk", and then he seemed to think of something, and a narrow smile flashed across his eyes.Warm lips brushed against Ning Huan's cheeks, and his breath brushed his forehead hair lightly: "It seems that it really hurt the brain." With Ning Huan's sullen expression on his face, Su Xian smiled and walked away. Standing up, he squatted down in front of Ning Huan, "Come up, I'll carry you on my back, please."

Hearing this, Ning Huan blushed immediately, and the blushing color almost climbed to the base of his ears: "I... at most I have a bad brain, and it's not that I have bad legs. I want...why do you want to carry me on your back? I can go by myself!" As he spoke, he stood up in a hurry almost using his hands and feet, and strode forward without looking back.

"Then Mr. Ning admits it?" Su Xian hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, and said lazily behind Ning Huan, and couldn't help lowering his eyebrows and smiling after seeing Ning Huan turning around in a demonstration with teeth and claws, "Fool."

After a long while, Su Xian stopped laughing, and he slowly looked away. The moment he turned his eyes, the gloomy color in his eyes became a little thicker.The strange feeling that lingers in my heart and cannot be ignored is like a pair of prying eyes dormant in the dark, but I can't tell where it comes from.Su Xian's eyes darkened, and he thought, he should take Ning Huan out of here first.

The two walked forward for a while, and the surrounding scene became more and more desolate. It was almost summer, but the greenery was only a rare star and a half, which seemed particularly desolate in the almost dark night.The sky is a cold black color, and a crescent moon hangs in the sky, as pale as a silhouette cut from drawing paper.The night was quiet, and there was no sound of insects around, only the footsteps of the two stepped on the sticky ground below, making "da, da, da" sounds from time to time, echoing endlessly in the empty moonlit night.

Ning Huan leaned against Su Xian, and asked in a low voice, "Are we lost?"

Su Xian has been silent since just now. Hearing this, he raised his eyes, and a complicated look flashed across his eyes, but he concealed it well.He turned his eyes to look at Ning Huan, smiled, and replied casually: "Then it seems that the two of us are really going to sleep in the wilderness tonight."

Amidst Ning Huan's mournful sigh, he glanced behind him from the corner of his eye.Su Xian didn't tell Ning Huan that the trail they passed just now had disappeared at some point, and behind them was a barren land covered with weeds.It seems that there is a force in the dark that is pulling the two of them all the way in this direction.What will be at the end of the road?Su Xian frowned.

"Ning Huan." Su Xianfang was about to speak, but he heard Ning Huan saying from the side: "There is light over there."

Su Xian frowned, followed Ning Huan's line of sight in surprise, and indeed saw a few clusters of sparse lights not far away, which seemed to be crowded places.Ning Huan looked at Su Xian happily, and said, "Looks like we don't have to sleep in the wilderness tonight."

Seeing Ning Huan looking over, Su Xian reluctantly twitched the corners of his mouth and nodded.He frowned, his face became more solemn, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said: "Then go and have a look."

So, the two walked towards the bright place, and it didn't take long before they saw a dilapidated plaque with the three characters "Sheren Town" written in mottled patterns. The red paint on the plaque had completely peeled off, and now that Three words can only make out the outline.

"Sheren Town." Ning Huan repeated in a low voice according to the words on the plaque, "I always feel like I've heard of this name somewhere." Town, Snake Town, where on earth have I heard these three words?Ning Huan thought.

In the dark night, the two walked silently towards the depths of Sheren Town.Although the word "Sheren Town" sounds like a town name, there are only a few rows of buildings here, which is more like a village.The gray walls, broken tiles, and the adobe underneath were exposed under the peeling wall skin, covered by slippery moss.The entire town was empty, only a few lanterns hanging around, like dusty antiques from the previous dynasty, even the light was dim and a little hazy.The two walked for a while, and finally saw someone at a corner.

"Bang Dang, bang dang", the iron was knocked on the wooden board and made a dull sound. Outside the simple shop sat a thin old man with a dry cigarette in his mouth, his back turned to the two of them, with craftsmanship.The elder, Su Xian and Ning Huan walked over as his figure was drawn by the dim light. "Excuse me, do you know there is an inn near here?" Ning Huan asked.

"Bang Dang, bang Dang", there was another dull sound.The movement of the old man's hands didn't stop, Ning Huan waited for a while and saw that there was no response from this person, so he asked again: "Do you know where there is an inn near here?"

"Kang Dang——" the hammer was thrown aside casually, and the old man turned around, "Do you want to live in the living or the dead?" His voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and the skin all over his body seemed to be burned by a fire. It was burning red, layers of dead skin were piled on the face, the facial features could not be discerned, only a pair of eyes were shining.

He turned slightly sideways, revealing behind him what he was busy with just now, which was a black coffin.Ning Huan was slightly surprised, there is a coffin shop in such a small town?Dim candlelight leaked from the shop, only illuminating the outermost wall, where several coffins that had already been made were erected. Under the dim candlelight, the black paint reflected strange light, like They are ghosts lurking in the dark.Ning Huan retreated shyly behind Su Xian, and replied: "Si...the living people live there naturally."

The old man raised his eyes and cast a gloomy glance at the two of them: "It's the same for the living and the dead, just go forward and turn right." Then he picked up the hammer beside him and didn't look up.

Su Xian and Ning Huan retreated.At this time, Su Xian, who had been silent since just now, suddenly said: "Ning Huan, have you seen the clothes he is wearing clearly?" Ning Huan shook his head, the light was so dim just now, he didn't pay attention at all. "It's the shroud." Su Xian said flatly.

Ning Huan's eyes widened suddenly, and Su Xian supported Ning Huan's shoulder with one hand in a soothing manner: "Maybe it's just pretending to be a ghost. I just want to remind you that if you arrive at the inn later, you must be careful."

Ning Huan nodded blankly, and after a while, he said with a bitter face: "I regret it, can we turn back now. I would rather sleep in the wilderness than stay in this ghostly place."

"Since you're here, you'll be safe. Besides, there's no safe place outside." Su Xian's slender eyelashes drooped slightly, and his voice was extremely low. He didn't tell Ning Huan that they might not be able to turn back. All the roads at that time have disappeared, and now we can only find a way out here.But what kind of place is Sheren Town?Why are they here.Su Xian's eyes darkened to the deepest blackness, he always felt that he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The two of them followed what the old man said, and after turning right, they found an inn.The light and darkness in the inn was surprisingly dark, if it wasn't for the simple word "Inn" written on the plaque, Ning Huan and Su Xian would have missed it.The door under the plaque was slightly open, and a few tables, chairs and furniture placed in the hall inside could be vaguely seen.The wooden door on one side seems to be slightly loose due to years of disrepair, and it makes a "creaking" sound like a dilapidated waterwheel from time to time accompanied by the sound of the wind.

"Is anyone there?" Su Xian pushed open the door.

Ning Huan looked carefully at the empty hall, tugged at Su Xian's sleeve, and asked, "Is there no one here?"

"Take a tip or stay in the hotel?" At this moment, a man's voice came to mind in the corner. His voice was extremely low, and there was a "hiss-hiss-" sound from time to time in his throat as if there was an air leak.

"I want an upper room." Suxian replied.

"How many days?" the man asked again.

"One day."

"This is the key. It's the fifth room from the left upstairs." Ning Huan was taken aback suddenly, and at some point, a tall, thin man appeared beside him silently.Ning Huan was slightly at a loss, wondering if it was his illusion, the moment he approached the candlestick next to the two of them, his eyes condensed into a straight line like the pupils of a snake.

At this moment, there was another burst of noisy footsteps outside the inn, and someone came again?The two frowned in surprise and turned their heads, the door opened with a "creak", and saw six big men walking in the inn.

The tall and thin man walked towards the six people: "Is the guest officer a tip or a hotel?"

Suxian took the key from the man's hand, he saw that Ning Huan was slightly dazed towards that side, "Ning Huan" he called him softly, "Let's go, let's go upstairs." Ning Huan was stunned and tried his best to restrain himself Feeling uneasy in his heart, he nodded: "Let's go."

Ning Huan turned his back, at this moment he heard a man behind him say: "Dashun, the boss is asking you something, why don't you pay attention."

Dashun?Ning Huan's brows twitched, he turned his head suddenly, and his eyes met the man below.With chills running down his spine, Ning Huan gasped for a breath, turned his head hastily, and followed Su Xian's footsteps in front of him as if fleeing.