I have a heavenly book of merit and virtue

Chapter 4 Skinned Puppet (please collect ~monthly ticket~)

The room was dark, with only the bright moonlight outside the room coming in, making it vaguely visible.

Chen Yan endured the pain and crouched down with the knife, holding his breath and not daring to move rashly.

suddenly!

"Roar!"

Just hearing a wild roar, a pair of black figures with red eyes rushed over, and their sharp nails shone coldly in the moonlight.

In the room of lightning and flint, Chen Yan rolled like a donkey, narrowly escaping from the flying shadows.

Knowing that the room was too narrow to move, Chen Yan fled to the small courtyard.

Behind him, a black shadow followed closely, its sharp claws pierced the air, and Chen Yan even heard the sound of 'wuwu' breaking through the wind.

His heart trembled, his body twisted, and Chen Yan raised his knife to block him.

"Zheng~"

There was a crisp bang, sparks flying.

Chen Yan took three steps back, released his remaining strength, and looked at the middle-aged man with solemn eyes.

Under the moonlight, the middle-aged man looked ferocious, his eyes were as red as blood, and he opened his bloody mouth, revealing sharp teeth stained with minced meat. This appearance no longer looked like a human, but more like an animal. He had no wisdom, only madness. Beast!
  "What? Zombies? Zombies?"

Chen Yan frowned, guessing the middle-aged man's background.

"Roar!!"

On the other side, the middle-aged man roared and swooped over again.

What’s even weirder is that the middle-aged man’s skin and even his eyes are glowing red.

"This is?"

Chen Yan was startled and did not dare to face the sharp edge. He stepped back and dodged sideways.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man suddenly jumped up in the air, and while shouting frantically, a fierce headbutt came towards him!

This explosion happened so quickly that Chen Yan didn't even react. In the critical moment, he only had time to take half a step back before he was hit in the chest by this fierce headbutt.

"boom!"

Chen Yan only felt severe pain in his chest, several ribs were broken, and a mouthful of blood spurted out involuntarily.

Chen Yan felt furious after receiving this blow.

But when he flipped his wrist, he held the knife behind his back and pulled it fiercely in front of him, pointing directly at the middle-aged man's chest!
  "puff!"

The blade entered his abdomen and sliced ​​through his chest without any hindrance.

however.

The expected scene of blood splattering did not appear. Chen Yan felt as if the hatchet in his hand was cutting into the air. He couldn't even feel flesh and blood?
  Looking closely, he saw that the middle-aged man's chest was open, and a long and narrow gap was made from bottom to top.

However, no flesh, blood or internal organs could be seen in the gap. What was left was just a dark void.

It seems that the middle-aged man in front of me is just an empty human skin!
  "Human skin?!!"

Chen Yan's pupils suddenly shrank, his eyes full of shock.

He never expected that the beast-like middle-aged man in front of him would turn out to be just human skin.

How to fight this? !

If you can't kill someone, is it possible that you have to use blood from the tip of your tongue or middle finger to drive away evil spirits like in the movie in your previous life?

On the other side, the middle-aged man didn't react at all after being stabbed by Chen Yan. His eyes flashed red and he looked like he was crazy. His limbs suddenly hit the ground and he flew out again at extremely fast speed.

The next moment, he slammed into Chen Yan.

"boom!"

Chen Yan was immediately knocked backwards and fell heavily to the ground. The entire bluestone floor was even dented due to this.

"Cough cough cough..."

Getting up from the ground, blood stains oozed from the corners of his mouth. Chen Yan felt pain everywhere in his body, as if his internal organs had been displaced.

While coughing violently, he was thinking quickly about countermeasures.

However, the middle-aged man didn't give Chen Yan any chance to breathe. He roared ferociously, used his hands and feet, and rushed over again. A pair of sharp fingertips flashed with cold light, and he fiercely grabbed Chen Yan's neck.

At this moment——

suddenly!

"Meowoooo!!!"

A shrill cat cry erupted. Immediately afterwards, a black light came first and hit the back of the middle-aged man’s head!

It was the black cat that Chen Yan rescued!

"laugh--"

There was a sound of steam that sounded like fire meeting water, and bursts of black smoke suddenly appeared from the back of the middle-aged man's head. The middle-aged man let out a roar of pain, immediately gave up on Chen Yan in front of him, and turned around to pounce on the black cat behind him!

Seeing this scene, how could Chen Yan let go of such a golden opportunity?

With a heartache and gritted teeth, Chen Yan bit his middle finger and quickly smeared the blood from the middle finger on the blade. The blood shone with an eerie sheen under the moonlight.

Then, Chen Yan looked at the back of the middle-aged man's neck with his back turned to him, his eyes turned red, and he roared:
  "Die to me!!!"

The next moment, Senhan's sword flashed like a drill and passed by his neck!

laugh! ! !
  A large amount of black smoke spewed out and boiled, and a large head rose into the sky.

Just like the snow under the scorching sun, the headless body of the middle-aged man immediately melted into a pile of human skin and lay limp on the ground.

After repeatedly confirming that the human skin could no longer move, Chen Yan let out a long breath:

"Finally dead..."

Bang!

The hatchet fell to the ground, and Chen Yan looked up and fell down without any image. His chest heaved violently, and he was breathing heavily. Every breath he took caused bursts of pain in his chest.

Sweat soaked his whole body, making Chen Yan look like he had been fished out of the water. The sweat was steaming from the top of his head, and wisps of white smoke were rising.

"Meow~"

At this time, the black cat meowed softly, came to Chen Yan, and licked Chen Yan's injured middle finger.

After regaining his breath, Chen Yan stood up, reached out to scratch the black cat's head, and couldn't help but praise:
  "Little guy, you take all the credit!"

Speaking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but have a flash of fear in his eyes.

If Black Cat hadn't been the savior at the critical moment, it's still unclear whether this battle would have been life or death.

Thinking of finally killing this human skin with the blood of his middle finger, Chen Yan couldn't help but feel doubts in his heart.

Could it be that the black cat and the blood on the middle finger can really ward off evil spirits?

On the other side, the black cat crouched on all fours, stretched out its head, and narrowed its eyes, looking like it was enjoying Chen Yan's tickling.

Chen Yan, who couldn't figure out the reason after thinking for a long time, saw the look of enjoyment on Black Cat's face and couldn't help but smile:

"Since you and I are destined, this will be your home from now on."

He originally didn't want to adopt a black cat, but with such a spiritual guardian black cat that could also ward off evil spirits, it was difficult for Chen Yan not to adopt one.

"You can't call a black cat "豼". Well... they say cats bring wealth and dogs bring wealth. From today on, I'll call you rich."

"How about it? Get rich?"

Chen Yan said with a smile on his face and scratched Fa Cai's neck.

"Meow~"

Fa Cai raised his neck and meowed as if he was enjoying himself.

"Well, then I'll take it as your consent."

Chen Yan nodded on his own initiative, and then turned his gaze to the human skin beside him, looking thoughtful.

At this time, Chen Yan had also guessed that this human skin was the culprit of several massacres in Shanxi Town during this period.

If an ordinary person faced this human skin, even a tall and strong man would only die.

If it weren't for his luck, he, Chen Yan, would almost have become the blood food in the mouth of human skin.

What Chen Yan was thinking about was that since the human skin was dead, he could take the human skin to the Yamen to ask for the reward, but it was hard to explain how he solved the human skin, and he couldn't be exposed. Is it a blood transfusion overnight?
  Fortunately for others, Zhao Gang, the head catcher who knew him well, would definitely find out the suspicion.

"It seems that there is no way to exchange it for the reward..."

Chen Yan thought with regret, then his consciousness sank and he came to the void space.

Since this human skin is the murderer, then by solving the human skin, he is equivalent to eliminating harm for the people. There is no reason not to give him merit, right?
  In the center of the space, the snow-white jade book of merits and virtues was opened.

On the title page, two new lines of small Yunzhuan characters slowly emerged.

"In the spring of the thirteenth year of Taiping, I killed and skinned a puppet to eliminate harm for the people. I returned home blessed with a hundred merits."

"If you have a hundred merits, you will get good luck and small blessings."

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