I watched the figure getting closer and closer uneasily, and couldn't help shouting: "Dad, is that you?"

The figure suddenly paused.

I suddenly felt happy, could it be that he was really my father?

"Baby, I'm not your father."

Just when I was excited, the figure finally walked out of the thick fog.

He is actually an old man.

He looked to be at least sixty or seventy years old, with white beard and hair, criss-crossing wrinkles all over his face, and his voice had an obvious accent, as if his lungs were not in good condition.

He had a hairpin on his head and a very large Taoist robe. The Taoist robe was supposed to be gray, but now it looked a little shiny due to stains.

"Are you looking for your dad?"

He looked at me in surprise: "In the village?"

"right."

I nodded quickly: "Have you seen him? He, he just entered the village two hours ago."

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious."

The old man was a little dumbfounded: "I don't know your father. Even if I saw him, I wouldn't know... Forget it, come with me and I'll take you in to look for him."

I saw that he was not in a hurry when he came out, and I knew that he was definitely not an ordinary person. I thanked him profusely and followed him into the fog.

On the way, he asked where I was from, so I told him, along with what happened in the past few days.

The old Taoist didn't say anything after hearing this, and followed me back home in silence.

As soon as I entered the door, I smelled the smell of blood.

I panicked and ran in quickly, and saw my father lying on the bed, looking like he was asleep.

"father!"

Seeing that he didn't look injured, I breathed a sigh of relief and quickly wanted to wake him up.

As a result, before I could reach out my hand, the veteran who had been silent all this time suddenly stepped forward and stopped me directly.

"Stop shouting, or you may disperse your father's spirit!"

The old Taoist shouted at me with a stern face: "Your father is okay for the time being. From the looks of it, his soul must have been sealed away."

I didn't understand what he meant and was a little confused: "Sealed the soul?"

"Well... not only your father, but everyone in your village is the same now."

The old Taoist's expression was ugly: "This is a type of Soul Seizing Demon Array. If I guess correctly, someone wants to do what your entire village did and raise a ghost demon!"

I was a little confused and asked half-understanding: "Then my dad..."

"If you want to save your father, just listen to me."

The old Taoist seemed to think that I talked too much. He glared at me and grabbed my hand: "Leave here first before talking. If you stay any longer, you may be discovered."

After saying that, he pulled me quickly out of the thick fog without any explanation.

After walking to the entrance of the village, I finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked him: "Grandpa, why do you know so much?"

It's not that I doubt him, it's just that the timing of his arrival was too coincidental, and it just so happened that at this time when the ghost fog was rising, it was impossible not to doubt him.

The old Taoist seemed to sense my distrust, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

He told me that his real name was Chen Rudao, and he was a traveling magician. Because he had done many rituals over the years, everyone always called him Chen Daozhang.

More than ten years ago, he passed by our village and discovered the big willow tree on the mountain.

At that time, the tree was not as big as it is now, but it was not too small and was at least several decades old.

Daochang Chen was a little surprised, so after a little exploration, he found that the willow tree was unusual.

Liu Tongliu, the willow tree is also called the Liu tree, which can retain three souls and seven souls of people. Taoist priest Chen was worried that this tree would cause trouble in the future, so he decided to take some measures to prevent it.

At that time, he tied the willow tree from head to bottom with gold nails and ink thread to restrict the growth, and left a talisman to suppress it.

As a result, a few years later, Daochang Chen happened to pass by the neighborhood and remembered this tree. When he came to take a look, he was shocked.

Not only did the willow tree not stop growing, it actually grew bigger.

The dense and prosperous posture was even more terrifying than he originally expected!

Daochang Chen didn't know what was going on. He was shocked and quickly went up the mountain to check. The results he got made him smile bitterly.

It turned out that it was not his spell that failed, but man-made damage.

All the seven or forty-nine gold nails on the willow tree were stolen by the villagers, and no talisman was left. Only seven or eight ink threads remained on the whole tree.

Originally, as long as the ink line was still there, it would be of some use, but the villagers didn't know what they were thinking, but they actually buried people under this tree! And there were quite a few of them!

The most terrible thing is that this seems to have become a habit in Bentiangou.

Originally, rural people didn't have much money, and it would take a lot of effort to buy a coffin. Now that everyone is doing this, I have to do the same.

Ever since, over the years, countless people have been buried under this big willow tree.

It's a pity that they don't know that because of this, the souls of their dead relatives are all left behind by this big willow tree, and there is no way for them to be reincarnated.

The nutrients from the corpse bones fully satisfied the growth needs of the willow tree. The resentment of the dead increased day by day, which also made the willow tree more powerful. Under the circumstances, the methods left by Daochang Chen naturally lost their effect.

When Daochang Chen saw this, he understood that the willow tree was no longer something he could solve.

But letting him just ignore it made Daochang Chen unable to overcome his conscience.

So from that day on, he would come back every few years, thinking that if the situation got worse, he could try his best to save some people.

But what he didn't expect was that the village, which was quiet and peaceful when he came last year, turned out to be the living dead just one year later!

At this point, Daochang Chen finally came to his senses and understood that there must be someone behind the scenes.

And he is a master with greater abilities than him!

"What now?"

Hearing this, I became even more worried: "Taoist Priest, can you save my father and others?"

Daochang Chen did not answer immediately.

He thought for a while and then sighed, "...It's difficult, it's difficult! If it were an ordinary situation, I might still be able to try it once or twice, but now..."

"What now?"

I was a little anxious and quickly urged him: "Taoist Priest, please stop showing off!"

Daochang Chen said with a bitter face: "Now that the souls of you people in Wantiangou have been lost, the ghost will probably be born soon. With my little ability, I am no match for it..."

I heard what he said was so serious, and I quickly asked what this ghost was.

Daochang Chen explained that ghosts are actually something between ghosts and spirits. Ghosts are invisible but can confuse people's hearts. Spirits are spirits born from vegetation. If the two are combined, they will become a creature that can do anything during the day.

Free-moving ghosts.

By that time, ordinary magic weapons and talismans will not be able to do anything to it, and may even be restrained by it in turn!

When he said this, he paused and glanced at me with a complicated expression: "Actually, it shouldn't have happened so quickly, but someone died in your village before, and he committed suicide. This resentment obviously accelerated the birth of ghosts.

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His words immediately reminded me of the grave dug under the big willow tree, and my heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough...it's all because of that woman!

At this moment, I wanted to give the village chief a slap in the face. If he had not found a trafficker to buy his daughter-in-law, these things would never have happened!

"Is there no other way?"

I asked unwillingly, thinking that if Master Chen had nothing to do, I would go find the ghost and try my best. No matter what, I couldn't do nothing!

Daochang Chen was silent for a while and then said: "There is a solution that is not a solution..."

I quickly asked.

He then told me that although the souls of the villagers had been hooked out, they had not actually been devoured, but were sealed in the human chrysalis under the willow tree. As long as I could bring the human chrysalis back, he could

Try to send the soul back into my father's body.

I agreed without hesitation.
Chapter completed!