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Chapter 4 Burning Monster Cat (2)

Life-stealing ghosts are dusty gray things that resemble domestic cats but have long and hairy tails, and they especially like to hunt at night.It is small in size, flexible in limbs, cunning by nature, high in vigilance, and has many hiding caves, so it is difficult for ordinary people to come across.If you don't know this thing, even if you accidentally encounter it while walking in the mountains, you probably won't notice it.

In addition, it likes to live alone, wanders around, and does not often stay in one place, which further reduces the chance of being discovered or even captured.And because of the lack of natural enemies, it almost dies of old age naturally, but because of the difficulty in reproduction, the number is rare.

The life stealing ghost's claw has five fingers like a human hand, and its strength is amazing.The most important thing is that it is actually soft, it can shrink to a quarter of its normal body size just like the bone shrinking skill, and it can drill through extremely small holes.And its peculiarity is that this kind of animal will release the gas that makes people insane. Children with weak body and mental strength are not easy to resist. After smelling it, they will either go into a coma or have hallucinations. They will be killed in a daze without even having time to yell. .This is also the reason why many seven or eight-year-old children cannot escape the murder of stealing ghosts.

In this way, it turns out that the two glowing beads that Er Huzi saw that day should be the eyes of the stealing ghost.

But why did Er Huzi run away, and none of the others ran away?
Now everyone is puzzled again.The Taoist said that maybe Erhuzi was running too fast, and the children around were all curious about what was inside, so they went to the cave to see, which made the life-stealing ghost anxious.

Stunned children by releasing gas and then preyed on their brains.So Er Huzi yelled at that time but none of the children agreed, and fortunately Er Huzi was timid and didn't dare to go in, otherwise he would definitely die.Hearing these words, both Er Huzi and his father were afraid for a while.

"Generally, older children don't eat ghosts unless they get angry..." The Taoist speculated that the children were still young, so they would inevitably have curiosity, so they must have provoked this thing.

But no one expected that this curiosity could also kill someone.In this way, it is also reasonable that the second time the milk doll was killed.Everyone kept blaming themselves for not paying more attention to the things on the banyan tree. If they had found out earlier, maybe there would be no more accidents.I knew why I had to do it today, but there is no regret medicine in this world, the most urgent thing now is to catch the life-stealing ghost and burn it, otherwise it will be difficult to solve the hatred in my heart, so as to avoid this thing coming out to harm people in the future.

What the Taoist said that day was dismissed as crazy by everyone. Now that something happened, I still have to ask others to help catch the ghost. It is useless to hate myself. "Master, what's your surname?" The Taoist priest talked for a long time before he realized that he didn't even know his surname.

Now this seemingly down-and-out Taoist priest is the great benefactor of the whole village, so it's impossible not to even know the benefactor's last name. "Oh, Taoist Master Xuanji, how do we catch this thing?" Xuanji is my nonsense, anyway, he is a Taoist priest but he really forgot his name, it is a bit old.The village chief asked anxiously, the old village chief who was over fifty years old was almost worried during these days, and the life-stealing ghost would not sleep well if he didn't catch him.

"I reckon this thing will come back, and I will definitely catch it within three days." Daoist Xuanji said with unquestionable affirmation in his tone.Although the eyes are still cold as if they are thousands of miles away, everyone still believes in his words.

So, in the next three days, everyone pretended to restore the peace in the past according to Xuanji's statement. The adults should go to the ground, and the children should go crazy, so that the ghost who steals life will be hooked.Animals are more cunning than human brains.

Sure enough, three days later in the evening, when the sun was setting again, the life-stealing ghost appeared on the banyan tree at the door.

No one knows when he came to the village or how it climbed up the tree. It seems to appear on the tree out of thin air under the eyes of everyone.

I saw the cat-sized life-stealing ghost lying motionless among the dead branches of the tree, lazily half-opening its eyes as if it was waiting for the night to fall, and began to look for new crime targets and wait for the opportunity.

Expecting it would not slip away suddenly again, everyone surrounded the whole tree, not giving it a chance to escape.However, in order to avoid other troubles caused by the life-stealing ghost running down from the tree, everyone decided to burn the century-old tree together. Anyway, the tree has withered long ago, but it is useless to keep it if it has not decayed completely. Too many thoughts and let this bad thing escape.

The village chief took out the prepared tung oil, cloth strips and flints to start burning the tree, and only waited for the Taoist's order to start burning the tree. A circular area was splashed on the surrounding ground, set on fire, and burned.

From the first burst of sparks to the first cluster of flames gasping in front of the eyes to the last ray of fire shining red on the face, the fire instantly turns into flying flames with the power of wind and oil. Under the raging fire, the children's souls are detached and the trial of the evil hands.The whole scene was solemn as if an ancient ceremony was being carried out. All the people present were silent collectively, and they were praying in their hearts, praying that God would allow the children to have peace after death and be reincarnated in a good family as soon as possible in the next life so that they can spend their lives in peace.This is a sacrifice for the whole village, and it is also a harsh punishment to pay homage to the dead souls, a punishment for a life-stealing ghost.What kind of cause will reap what kind of fruit, good and evil will have their retribution one day.

The fire gradually grew, and the heat wave hit everyone's face began to sweat, a few drops of water dripped from unknown corners onto the ground and splashed muddy flowers, I don't know if it was sweat or tears, Or maybe both.The fire started from the root of the tree, and the flames reached the middle of the tree, and the hearts of the villagers were also raised. Everyone's eyes were collectively fixed on the life-stealing ghost who was watching and moving back and forth on the tree.

The dead wood doused with tung oil ignited at once. Seeing that the culprit had reached a desperate situation, he was anxiously looking for a safe foothold on the branches. When the life-stealing ghost was scurrying back and forth among the branches, it suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye, disappearing into the flames.

Huh?Is it possible that it can disappear out of thin air?Everyone was puzzled and afraid that the evil thing that killed Qiandao would escape again.Is it just a fall short?
"Master Dao, it's gone..." Some anxious man shouted.Everyone started to panic. At this time, Xuanji said a word with confidence after thinking for a while, and this simple sentence dispelled everyone's doubts, "The center of this tree should be empty, it hid in it. , don't panic, it can't escape no matter what..." So, that's what happened.

The raging fire crackled the branches, and the heat waves hit one after another. On the one hand, there was scorching heat and on the other hand, inner anxiety. No one spoke, and everyone was waiting, waiting for a final result.The air was filled with the smell of burning charcoal, and the burnt branches and leaves disintegrated little by little until they turned into fly ash that hovered above the fire and was blown away by the wind.The big tree was engulfed by flames one by one, and the soaring flames illuminated half of the sky, which contrasted spectacularly with the afterglow of the setting sun on the top of the mountain and had a strong brilliance.

(End of this chapter)