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Chapter Seventy-Nine: Hanging
Looking at the shocking scene before me, I couldn't help but feel panicked. I originally thought it was some kind of Evil Spirit coming at me, and I was ready to protect my leader. However, what I didn't expect was that it would be Ghost Granny, and my leader didn't need my protection at all. From the looks of it, Ghost Granny was extremely afraid of my leader. Most importantly, the reason Ghost Granny came was just to remind me that I was possessed?
Thinking about this, I suddenly felt that everything in front of me was indeed strange. First, it was impossible for my leader to come to Liu Family Village in the middle of the night. Second, how could Liu Er possibly turn himself in? Third, my city leader was an ordinary person; logically, Ghost Granny shouldn't be afraid.
Could it be that Ghost Granny wasn't lying to me and I really was possessed? At this point, I recalled Ghost Granny's reminder when she left; she told me to bite my tongue to wake up.
I knew biting my tongue meant biting the tip of it. In Yin-Yang techniques, it's believed that the tip of the tongue is where the body's Yang energy is strongest and also the most sensitive area for nerves. It can sense pain and temperature as well as taste sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy. Moreover, tongue blood is the strongest Yang blood in a person. When encountering troublesome evil spirits, practitioners often bite their tongue tips first; this way, they can spit out true Yang saliva in emergencies and avoid being invaded by ghostly energy.
Thinking of this, I didn't care about anything else and directly bit down hard on the tip of my tongue. Instantly, pain shot through my body, and tears streamed down my face. However, when I wiped away my tears, I was immediately startled!
Before me stood not a leader but a Paper Figurine, which was grinning at us!
Looking at the medal and prize in my hand, I then realized that what I held wasn't some Mao Grandpa but a string of white ghost money! These white ghost bills were strung together with a hemp rope as thick as a thumb, and the rope was filled with a strong aura of resentment. Seeing this made me realize that I had fallen victim to the Paper Drunkenness Soul Hooking Technique!
Feeling the hemp rope and white ghost money in my hand sent chills down my spine; cold sweat broke out instantly. No wonder I had seen that scene earlier; it turned out I had been deceived by the Paper Drunkenness Soul Hooking Technique into creating an illusion. Thinking about how nearly everyone in Liu Family Village had died from this soul hooking technique and those five criminal police officers made me feel terrified. If it weren't for Ghost Granny reminding me, I might have ended up hanging myself from a tree with that rope!
At this moment, I couldn't help but feel incredibly fortunate. It seemed that agreeing to help Ghost Granny truly wasn't in vain; not only had she guided us out of Ghost Market before but now she had also reminded me that I was possessed and saved my life.
Suddenly jolted awake, I looked over at Team Leader Wang and his team only to find they were no longer beside me. My heart sank; this was bad news! In a panic, I began searching around and finally spotted them. They were two or three hundred meters away, dazedly walking forward. Leading them was a pale Paper Figurine with a line of more than ten people following behind it. Looking toward where they were headed, I saw a bare old locust tree not far away—the place where those five criminal police officers had hanged themselves.
Seeing this made my heart leap into my throat; that guiding Paper Figurine must be leading them to hang themselves under that old locust tree! Immediately, I shouted at them, calling their names and urging them to come back. However, it seemed they couldn't hear my voice at all; they continued to follow behind the Paper Figurine in a daze toward that bare old locust tree...
Seeing that shouting at them had no effect, I panicked and started running towards them. However, at that moment, the Paper Figurine in front of me suddenly flashed and blocked my way, its face smeared with unnatural red ink, revealing a strange and eerie smile.
The situation was urgent; I couldn't wait, and neither could Team Wang. So I immediately pulled out the copper coin sword from my bundle and lunged directly at the Paper Figurine. The copper coin sword aimed straight for it, and the Paper Figurine didn't expect my movement to be so quick; I pierced it right through with a single strike.
But what surprised me was that although the copper coin sword had pierced through the Paper Figurine, it seemed completely unharmed. It grinned widely and then raised its pale hands to choke my neck. The Paper Figurine had an unexpectedly strong grip; in an instant, it felt as if an iron chain had locked around my neck, making it hard for me to breathe.
I was alarmed, realizing I had underestimated it. The Paper Figurine was not a ghost; it was merely animated by a sorcerer's spell, so it wasn't afraid of the copper coin sword.
At this moment, I began to panic. One hand tried to pry away the Paper Figurine's grip on my neck while the other hurriedly reached into my bundle. I couldn't afford to hesitate any longer; I reached into the bundle and grabbed a long object, stabbing it into the Paper Figurine.
Suddenly, I felt the pressure on my neck loosen, and I could breathe again.
I quickly took a few breaths to alleviate the dizziness from suffocation and then noticed that the Paper Figurine was now standing silently in front of me without any movement. Looking at its chest, I saw a copper nail embedded there. It dawned on me that in my panic, I had pulled out the seven-inch soul-locking needle that I had previously taken from the female corpse's head.
The seven-inch soul-locking needle had been mentioned before; because it was inscribed with soul-locking runes, it could bind Evil Spirit entities. Although this Paper Figurine was not a ghost, it was animated by a spirit, so this seven-inch soul-locking needle inadvertently turned out to be effective against it, locking its spirit inside and rendering it immobile.
Perhaps this was destined by fate; I saved the female ghost and set them free, which is why I had this seven-inch soul-locking needle in my bundle. Because I helped the female ghost, this time the needle helped me in return.
With the Paper Figurine temporarily trapped, I quickly took out a spirit talisman, made a hand gesture, and ignited the talisman. Then I used it to burn the Paper Figurine to ashes.
As the night wind blew, the ashes of the Paper Figurine scattered across the ground, leaving nothing behind except for a copper nail that fell onto the ground.
At that moment, I looked over at Team Wang and saw that they had followed the guiding Paper Figurine to an old locust tree and were tying their hemp rope around it! So I picked up the copper nail from the ground and hurriedly ran towards the old locust tree...
When I ran to the old locust tree, I saw that Team Wang had already tied a rope strung with white paper money around the tree fork. They all looked dazed, but there was a strange, sinister smile on their faces.
Seeing their smiles felt familiar. Yes, it was the same expression as the five deceased detectives and the villagers after they died—grinning grotesquely!
I was about to go and untie them, but the Paper Figurine that brought Team Wang over tried to stop me. When it lunged at me, I didn't dodge; instead, I charged forward and drove the seven-inch soul-locking needle I held straight into the top of Paper Figurine's head. It let out a strange scream and then ignited itself…
Once Paper Figurine was dealt with, I no longer paid it any mind and hurriedly climbed up the old locust tree to untie the ropes binding everyone.
Soon, everyone fell to the Ground. Some people, seeing themselves back on the Ground, picked up the ropes again to hang themselves from the tree, while some detectives fainted directly from asphyxiation.
Seeing that some of the detectives who hadn't fainted were still trying to end their lives, I quickly snatched their ropes away and threw them all onto the burning Paper Figurine. The ropes were strung with many pieces of paper money and made of dry grass, so they caught fire quickly, flames shooting up!
As soon as the ropes burned, everyone woke up, looking at the few detectives who had fainted on the Ground with puzzled expressions, asking me what had happened and where their leader had gone.
Seeing that they had nearly died and still didn't know what was going on, I told them about being ensnared by the paper-drunk soul-calling technique. They turned pale with fear and trembled in horror!
When they learned that it was Ghost Granny who saved us, Team Wang couldn't help but say, "Tomorrow let's find a new feng shui treasure site for Ghost Granny!"
I nodded in agreement with his suggestion; after all, our escape this time was entirely thanks to Ghost Granny's help. We definitely needed to repay this favor.
Fortunately, the few fainted detectives were not seriously harmed and were soon awakened by us. Once everyone had regained their composure, I urged them to hurry down the mountain because it was clear that the paper-drunk soul-calling technique had been cast by Liu Er. This meant he had returned. Now, he might be hiding somewhere around us, quietly watching…
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