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Wei Wuxian also sat down at the table and said, "Why didn't the old man put on a needle and light the lamp? I'll come."
He took the needle and thread, put it through at once, and gave it back to the old lady. Then he walked out of the house, closed the door, and said, "Don't go in."
Jin Ling said, "You went in just now, did you see whether that old witch is dead or alive?"
Wei WuXian said, "Don't call me an old witch, it's rude. This old lady is a living corpse."
The teenagers looked at each other, Lan SiZhui said, "What is a living corpse?"
Wei WuXian said, "From head to toe, there are features of a corpse, but a human being is alive. This is called a living corpse."
Jin Ling was shocked: "You mean, she is still alive?!"
Wei WuXian asked, "Did you look inside just now?"
"Look."
"See what? What is she gān?"
"Thread the needle..."
"How do you dress?"
"How else can I wear it? I didn't wear it..."
"Yes, I can't wear it. The muscles of a dead person are stiff, and there is no way to do such a complicated movement as threading a needle. And she doesn't have to eat yet. The face on her face is not an age spot, but a corpse spot. But she can breathe and is alive."
Lan Sizhui said, "But this old man is very old, and many old ladies can't get needles by themselves."
Wei WuXian said, "So I helped her put it on. But did you pay attention to another thing? She hasn't blinked once since she opened the door and walked in.
"The living person blinks to prevent the eyes from getting sore, but the dead don't need it. And when I took the needle and thread, how did she look at me, did anyone notice?"
Jin Ling said, "She didn't turn her eyes... she turned her head!"
Wei WuXian said, "That's it. Ordinary people look in another direction and their eyeballs will move a little bit, but dead people don't, because they can't do such a delicate movement of turning their eyes, they can only turn their heads and necks. Remember, Check out the subtleties.”
Lan Jingyi said blankly, "Should we take notes?"
Wei WuXian said, "When you're hunting at night, you won't have time to read your notes. Keep it in your heart."
Jin Ling said, "It's enough to have a walking corpse, why is there such a thing as a living corpse?"
Wei WuXian said, "It's difficult for a living corpse to form naturally, but this one was made by someone."
"Done?! Why?!"
Wei WuXian said, "Dead people have many shortcomings: stiff muscles, slow movement, etc. But dead people also have many advantages: they are not afraid of pain, they can't think, and they are easily controlled. Some people think that they can combine the two. The advantage is to create the perfect corpse puppet. That's how living corpses come."
Although the teenagers did not blurt out their words, their faces were already written in large characters: "This person must be Wei! Wu! Xian!"
Wei Wuxian couldn't help laughing and laughing as he thought, "I've never done anything like this before!"
Although it does sound like his style!
He said, "Cough. Well, it was Wei Wuxian who started it first, but he succeeded in refining Wen Ning, the Ghost General. In fact, I've always wanted to ask, who came up with this nickname? It's so stupid. There are also some people who imitate and imitate can't get a home, go in a crooked way, and take ideas from living people and create such things as living corpses."
He summed it up: "A failed imitator."
Hearing Wei Wuxian's name, Jin Ling's expression turned cold, and said, "Wei Ying himself is a crooked person."
Wei WuXian said, "Well, those who are living corpses are the wicked sects among the wicked sects."
Lan SiZhui said, "Young Master Mo, what should we do now?"
Wei WuXian said, "Some living corpses may not know that they are dead, so let's not disturb her for now."
At this moment, a crisp bamboo pole knocking on the ground suddenly sounded.
The sound came from close to a window. And this window was sealed up by strips of black wooden boards. The expressions of all the children of the noble family in the main room changed. After they entered the city, they were constantly harassed by this voice, and they changed their color when they heard it.
Wei WuXian gestured to them not to make a sound, and they all held their breaths, watching Wei WuXian stand by the window, find a thin piece of wood in the door panel, and look out.
As soon as Wei Wuxian approached the wooden fèng, he saw a white patch, he thought it was because the white fog outside the house was too thick to see clearly. Suddenly, the white piece receded.
He saw a pair of ferocious white pupils staring fiercely at the door. The white he saw just now was not fog, but these eyes without pupils.
☆、Chapter 36
Jin Ling and the others were pounding in their hearts, for fear that something unexpected would happen to him when he peeked out, covering his eyes and falling down.
Hearing Wei Wuxian's "Ah!", all the boys raised their heads in unison, their hair standing on end, "What's wrong?"
Wei WuXian whispered, "Shh, don't talk. I'm watching it."
Jin Ling lowered his voice even lower than his: "Then what did you see? What is outside the door?"
Wei Wuxian didn't look away, didn't answer directly, and said, "Hmmmm... um... It's amazing, it's amazing."
The look on his side face was full of joy, the praise and exclamation seemed to come from the heart, and the curiosity in the hearts of the children of the famous family quickly overwhelmed the nervousness. Lan SiZhui couldn't help but said, "...Young Master Mo, what's so amazing?"
Wei WuXian said, "Oh! It's so beautiful. You guys keep your voice down, don't scare it away. I haven't seen enough."
Jin Ling said, "Get out of the way, I'll see."
"I also want!"
Wei WuXian asked, "Really?"
"Um!"
Wei Wuxian slowly stepped aside, seemingly reluctant. Jin Ling was the first to lean over, aiming at the thin wooden fèng and looking out.
It was night time. It was cold at night, and the demonic fog in Yicheng dissipated a lot, and I could barely see the street a few feet away. Jin Ling stared at it for a while, but didn't see that "so powerful and beautiful" thing, and was a little disappointed, and said to himself, "Did I start talking just now and scared it away?"
Just as he was feeling bored, suddenly, a thin and deflated figure stood in front of Mu Fèng.
Unprepared to see the whole picture of this thing, Jin Ling felt that the whole scalp was blown off. He almost screamed out loud, but for some reason, a force was held in his chest, and he actually held it back. He stiffly maintained a bent over, waiting for the numbness on his head to pass, and couldn't help but look at Wei Wuxian. I saw this hateful man leaning against the window panel, standing aside, with the corners of his mouth hooked, raised his eyebrows at him, and said with a quirky smile, "Isn't it beautiful?"
Jin Ling glared at him fiercely, knowing that he was deliberately making fun of others, he gritted his teeth and said, "...
He turned his mind and straightened up, as if he didn't care about the tunnel: "That's just it, I can barely see it!"
After he finished speaking, he stepped aside and waited for the next person to be deceived. Being fooled by these two people one after the other, the curiosity of the rest of the others was drawn to the peak. Lan SiZhui couldn't hold back, he also stood there and bent down.
As soon as he put his eyes close, he called out an honest "Ah!" and jumped back, his face full of fright and helplessness, he looked around in confusion for two times before he found Wei Wuxian, and complained to him: "Young Master Mo, there is... there is..."
Wei Wuxian said with a clear face, "There's that one, right? You don't have to say it, it won't surprise you if you say it, let everyone see it for themselves."
Seeing that Lan Sizhui was so frightened, how could they dare to come up to it? What a surprise, it's just a fright, they waved their hands again and again: "Don't watch, don't watch!" Jin Ling spat, "You're still playing tricks at this time. , I really don't know what you think!"
Wei WuXian said, "Didn't you cheat too? Don't follow your uncle's tone. SiZhui, was that thing scary just now?"
Lan SiZhui nodded and said honestly, "It's scary."
Wei WuXian said, "It's right to be scary. This is a great opportunity for you to practice cultivation. Why should ghosts be scary? Because when people are scared, their minds are hurt and their primordial spirits are excited. At this time, they are most likely to be sucked away. Qi and life Qi. Therefore, the most afraid of ghosts is the courageous person. Because the courageous person is not afraid of it, it has nothing to do with people, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, as a child of a noble family, the first and foremost task is, It's just to make yourself bolder!"
While glad that she couldn't move, Lan Jingyi murmured, "Courage is a natural thing. Some people are timid, what can I do?"
Wei WuXian said, "You are born with the ability to fly the sky and control the sword? You don't have to practice it. In the same way, you can get used to it after a few times of fright. Does the toilet smell bad? Is it disgusting? But trust me, you are there. If I live in a latrine for a month, I can eat food in it."
The teenagers were horrified and refused in unison: "No!!! Don't believe it!!!"
Wei WuXian said, "It's just an analogy. Well, I admit, I haven't lived there before, so I don't know if I can really eat it. I'm gullible. But this one outside the door, you must try it. Not only If you want to see it, you have to read it carefully, pay attention to its details, and dig out its possible hidden weaknesses from the details in the shortest possible time. In the face of danger, look for opportunities to fight back. Well, I said so much, do you understand? ? Ordinary people don't have the opportunity to listen to my guidance, you should cherish it. Don't retreat, come and line up and watch one by one."
"...do you really want to see it?"
Wei WuXian said, "Of course, I never joke or tease people. Let's start with Jingyi. Jin Ling and Sizhui have both seen it."
Lan Jingyi said, "Ah? I don't need it anymore. People who have been poisoned can't move. That's what you said."
Wei Wuxian: "Put out your tongue. Ah."
Lan Jingyi: "Ah."
Wei Wuxian: "Congratulations, your poison has been cured. Take the first step bravely, come here."
Lan Jingyi: "So soon?! You lied to me?!"
The protest was ineffective, so he had to bite the bullet and go to the window, take a look, don't look, look, don't look. Wei Wuxian knocked on the board and said, "What are you afraid of. I'm standing here, it won't dare to break through this board, it won't eat your eyeballs."
Lan JingYi jumped away and said, "I'm done!"
Then it was the next one's turn, each with hissing breaths as they watched. After waiting for a round of people to take a turn, Wei WuXian said, "Have you read it? Then everyone, tell me what details you saw. Let's summarize."
Jin Ling said first: "Bai Tong. Female. Very short and thin. She looks okay. She holds a bamboo pole."
Lan Sizhui thought for a while, and said, "This girl is probably on my chest, her clothes are ragged and untidy, like a street beggar. That bamboo pole seems to be a blind cane, maybe Bai Tong is not. It was formed after her death, but she was a blind person during her lifetime."
Wei WuXian commented, "Jin Ling sees a lot, but SiZhui sees it carefully."
Jin Ling pouted.
A teenager said: "This girl may only be fifteen or sixteen years old. She has a melon-seeded face and is very beautiful. She has a vitality in her beauty. She uses a wooden hairpin to fasten her long hair. Although she is small, her body is slender. Not neat, but not dirty, not annoying."
Hearing this, Wei Wuxian immediately felt that this child had a promising future, and praised him vigorously, "Not bad, not bad, with meticulous observation and unique placement, this little boy will definitely be a genius in the future."
The boy blushed, covered his face and turned to the wall, ignoring his companion's laughter. Another teenager said: "It seems that the sound of the bamboo pole knocking on the ground was made by her when she was walking. If she was blind before she was alive, she would not be able to see it if she turned into a ghost after death. She must rely on that sound. A blind cane."
Another teenager said: "But, have you seen the blind man? Because of the inconvenience of eyes, walking and moving are slow, for fear of bumping into something. But the ghost outside the door is agile, I have never seen such agility. blind man."
Wei WuXian smiled and said, "Well, it's good that you have thought of this. It should be analyzed in this way, without letting go of any doubts. Then we will invite her in now to find out the answers to these doubts."
With that, he removed a door panel.
Not only the teenagers in the room, but even the ghost outside the window was startled by his sudden action, and raised the bamboo pole on guard.
Wei Wuxian stood in front of the window and said politely, "This girl, you have been following them, what are you thinking?"
The girl's eyes widened. If she is alive, this look must be incoherent. However, she has no eyes, so it only makes people feel hideous. And two tears of blood flowed from her eyes.
Someone behind him gasped. Wei WuXian said, "What are you afraid of? You've seen more bleeding from the seven orifices, but you can't stand the second one?" It really was less experience.
The girl had been spinning around in front of their window anxiously, knocking on the ground with a bamboo pole, stomping her feet, staring, and waving her arms. But now the action has suddenly changed. Continue with gestures, as if to tell them something. Jin Ling said, "Strange, can't she speak?"
Hearing this, the girl's ghost paused and opened its mouth to them.
Blood poured out of the empty mouth. Her tongue has been uprooted.
The children of the aristocratic family got jittery, and they all felt the same way: "No wonder I can't speak. I'm blind and dumb, so pitiful."
Wei WuXian asked, "Is she using sign language? Does anyone understand?"
Nobody understands. The girl stomped her feet in a hurry, and wrote and scratched on the ground with a bamboo pole. But she is obviously not a woman from the 52 library. She is illiterate and can't write anything. She drew a bunch of villains in a mess, making people completely confused about what she wanted to express.
At this moment, in the distance of the long street, there was a rush of running and the sound of people breathing.
Wei Wuxian only looked away, and the girl's soul suddenly disappeared. She should have found it by herself anyway, Wei Wuxian was not worried, he quickly chased back to the door panel, and continued to peek out from the wood fèng. The other disciples of the noble family also wanted to see the shape outside, and they all crowded in front of the door that came in. A row of heads folded from the top to the bottom, blocking the door with sight.
Just now, the demon mist thinned for a while, and now it is gradually flowing again. saw a láng figure breaking out of the white fog and running over.
This man, dressed in black, seemed to be injured. He stumbled slightly while running, with a sword hanging from his waist, also wrapped in black cloth. Wei Wuxian thought of the fog-faced man, and immediately denied it, the fog-faced man's movement was completely different from this person.
Behind the man, a group of walking corpses followed, moving very fast, and immediately caught up with him. The man drew his sword to fight, and the sword light was clear. Wei Wuxian cheered in his heart, "Good sword!"
But when a sword swept through and cut off these walking corpses, there was a familiar sound of "popping" and "popping". Black-red powder was sprayed from several walking corpses. Because of being surrounded by them, the man had nowhere to dodge, and stood on the spot, his face covered by the overwhelming corpse poison powder.