C144.2 — [6.10 — The Strange Tales of Fengjia Town]

“Shhh… don’t, don’t say it!”

The bearded man listened to Xiao Hong’s complaints; his face grew paler and paler, almost like a corpse.

 

“Why shouldn’t I say it? What’s there to be afraid of? I just think she’s a foxy girl!”

 

Thinking that the bearded man was favoring ‘Ai Lan’, Xiao Hong was furious and raised her voice a little.

 

 

Hearing Xiao Hong’s voice echoing in the church hall, the Bearded Man covered his head and trembled in fear.

 

“Don’t. Please stop!”

 

The bearded man really wanted to get out of here immediately.

 

But it wasn’t necessarily safe outside the church, so in comparison, it was better to stay in the church.

 

But there was also something in this church that made the Bearded Man fearful.

 

No one knew how strong the bearded man’s fear was when he saw ‘Ai Lan’ coming back behind the priest.

 

It seemed that everyone didn’t see the monster that was wearing ‘Ai Lan’s’ skin.

 

Only he saw it.

 

Underneath ‘Ai Lan’s’ white, feminine skin were countless pairs of entwined arms with long, snake-like, bizarre tails that was almost bursting through the skin.

 

Those arms swam under the skin, like a disproportionate monster wearing an ill-fitting coat of human skin.

 

Every single one of its five senses was askew, and the limbs were all twisted and deformed.

 

That intense visual impact almost scared the shit out of the bearded man.

 

Especially since he instantly recognised this monster as the ghost he had seen earlier in the night.

 

That ghost with countless pairs of arms and a ghastly white body.

 

It came into the church.

 

Perhaps due to god’s majesty, it couldn’t reveal its real body, so it just took the skin of a human being to sneak into the church.

 

But in any case, this horrible ghost had come in.

 

If it found out that he had seen it all, the bearded man knew that the ghost wouldn’t let him go.

 

He didn’t want to die yet, he really didn’t want to die.

 

So the bearded man could only pretend that he hadn’t seen anything.

 

However, this Xiao Hong in front of him kept on provoking that dreadful ghost.

 

 

The cold hairs on the back of the bearded man stood straight up; he immediately knew that he had already been targeted by that fierce ghost.

 

The  bearded man’s face was white, and his body was too stiff to move.

 

He didn’t dare to leave the church now.

 

He could only hope that the ghost wouldn’t dare to offend God and wouldn’t dare to go on a k-illing spree in the church.

 

But glancing out of the corner of his eye, the bearded man happened to meet the gaze of the stern ghost.

 

Those dark, lightless eyes looked incomparably horrifying.

 

“The land maiden blessed… blessed god… blessed blessed blessed!” The bearded man began to chatter again.

 

Xiao Hong frowned and watched the bearded man having a fit of madness and sat a little farther away in some disgust.

 

Most of the men in this town were of this kind of behavior, full of belief in some unwarranted gods; in fact, they were simply evil gods.

 

Only God really existed.

 

The bearded man was so close to kneeling down and praying in order to enter the church, but now he was actually chanting other wild words in the church.

 

It was true that all men were false believers with a desire for profit.

 

Xiao Hong lost interest in continuing to complain and was ready to leave, but looking out the window at the foggy sky, she inexplicably felt chilled.

 

She glanced at the bearded man, who was still in a frenzy, stood up and prepared to leave, but who knew that without paying attention she would bump into a cold body.

 

Bang-

 

Xiao Hong stumbled and nearly fell when she was hit; looking up, she realized that she had accidentally bumped into ‘Ai Lan’ who had also gotten up and walked this way.

 

 

Looking at this woman from a close distance, Xiao Hong found that ‘Ai Lan’s’ face was unusually pale, the same as a corpse that had been dead for a few days and was placed in the spirit hall.

 

 

‘Ai Lan’ was of average size, and Xiao Hong was level with her eyes, but when she lowered her eyes, it inexplicably gave people an unprecedented sense of oppression.

 

Xiao Hong stood stiffly in place for a long time before she got her strength back; she didn’t know if ‘Ai Lan’ had heard the words she had used to discredit her earlier, so she inevitably felt embarrassed.

 

Just when she wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, she raised her head and met ‘Ai Lan’s’ gloomy and indifferent gaze.

 

She was obviously just an ordinary woman, but her aura was so powerful that it was terrifying, she didn’t even dare to look at her eyes for more than a few moments, and she felt a chill in her heart.

 

The inexplicable fear made her not dare to cause any more trouble, and she could only leave in a hurry.

 

The church was soon empty; Xiao Hong could only hear her own hurried footsteps echoing in the church.

 

When she walked to the door, Xiao Hong couldn’t help looking back.

 

 

‘Ai Lan’s’ slender back walked straight in the direction where the bearded man was.

 

Right now, the bearded man was the only believer other than ‘Ai Lan’ who remained in the church hall.

 

Xiao Hong took a closer look and found that the bearded man was trembling to the point where he was about to stop breathing.

 

It was as if he had seen something of incomparable fear.

 

What fearful thing could there be?

 

It was just an ordinary woman who wanted to seduce the priest.

 

At best, her eyes are terrifying.

 

As Xiao Hong thought this, the next moment she saw ‘Ai Lan’s’ arm resting on the back of the chair next to the bearded man, the shadow of her arm drooping down onto the floor.

 

Twisted and bloated, grotesque and ghastly.

 

Xiao Hong saw ‘Ai Lan’ bend over like an immobile corpse in a grotesquely twisted stance and look towards the bearded man who was slumped in his chair.

 

With vertical pupils full of violence vaguely reflected in its pitch-black pupils, it opened its pale lips and spoke softly to the bearded man.

 

After hearing these words, the bearded man was so scared on the spot that he was crying and his mouth was chanting gibberish, as if he was scared out of his mind.

 

Sa-

 

The wind outside the church grew louder, startling Xiao Hong.

 

She withdrew her gaze without being able to hear ‘Ai Lan’s’ words, and subconsciously fled the church, then stood outside the door again in a moment of hesitation.

 

Still, she went straight in the direction of her home.

 

Her home wasn’t far from the church.

 

Since separating from her original family, she had rented an old apartment near the church just like the other sisters, and although all the various living facilities were dilapidated and the lift was often out of order, the biggest advantage was that it was particularly close to the church, and she could see the view of the church at all times.

 

Especially when standing next to the windows of the home, one could even glimpse the blurred shadows of the church hall.

 

Upon returning home.

 

Originally, she should have continued to pray, but remembering the scene just now, ghostly, Xiao Hong put down the Bible in her hands and turned to the balcony, picking at the window to look in the direction of the church.

 

Xiao Hong’s eyesight was very good, and at a glance, she saw that the bearded man in the hall had already disappeared.

 

Only ‘Ai Lan’ was left sitting upright in the hall, her hands fiddling with some kind of fabric, carefully sewing stitch by stitch.

 

Where did the bearded man go? Did he leave?

 

Xiao Hong didn’t know what had just happened, she guessed that it must have something to do with the words that ‘Ai Lan’ had said to the Bearded Man.

 

Although the bearded man himself wasn’t too normal, he shouldn’t be scared to that extent.

 

This made Xiao Hong really curious as to what exactly ‘Ai Lan’ had said to him that could scare him into such a state.

 

 

It was almost as if he was being possessed by a ghost.

 

Thinking of ghosts, Xiao Hong couldn’t help but remember the scene where she saw ‘Ai Lan’s’ shadow just now.

 

“…… It was an illusion just now, right?” Xiao Hong muttered.

 

 

‘Ai Lan’ was a woman who was obviously a deceptive woman, how could her shadow look that strange, like a monster stitched together by countless pairs of stumps?

 

Xiao Hong reassured herself, but there was still some indescribable uneasiness in her heart.

 

But even she didn’t know what she was uneasy about.

 

At this moment, in the church hall, the woman ‘Ai Lan’, who was still sewing seriously, raised her head to look in the direction of Xiao Hong as if she had sensed the prying eyes of others.

 

Xiao Hong’s heart tightened and she immediately pulled the curtains closed.

 

She was so nervous that her hands were shaking, but she didn’t know why she was so scared.

 

Inside the church, looking at the curtains that were pulled shut, the ghost cocked its head, withdrew its gaze, and continued to sew what it had in its hands until it was finished before revealing a satisfied smile.

 

It looked at its masterpiece for a few moments before its gaze fell back on the windows of Xiao Hong’s house, the corners of its mouth curving strangely.

 

It enjoyed seeing the look of fear in humans.

 

Just like before, it could make it feel overwhelmed with joy.

 

That was the most normal it could be, not the strange version of itself that had faced the priest.

 

Thinking of the priest, the ghost couldn’t help but set its gaze in the direction of the lounge not far away again.

 

The priest was probably resting in his room by now.

 

 

He must be very tired after a busy morning.

 

But this was none of the ghost’s business, what it should do now was to leave the church and dispose of this current body.

 

 

Being trapped in a woman’s body didn’t feel good.

 

The ghost thought so, looking at its slender wrists, its strength was pitifully small.

 

It couldn’t even hold up that skinny man, the priest.

 

With such a useless body, the best choice was to dispose of it as soon as possible.

 

But …… this face seemed to fit that priest’s aesthetic, otherwise he wouldn’t be so gentle with this woman.

 

Having said that, those women just now seemed to say that its face was pale.

 

Picking up the mobile phone that had already ended the live broadcast, the ghost looked at itself in the mobile phone camera and looked straight at this pale and beautiful face.

 

Hesitating, it took out the lipstick in its pocket.

 

 

Putting on lipstick wouldn’t make it pale, right?

 

Maybe …… it was more in line with the priest’s aesthetic.

 

 

It didn’t mean anything else, and it wasn’t trying to gain that priest’s attention with it.

 

It just wanted to not arouse human suspicion for the time being.

 

After all, she just denied the possibility of being possessed by a ghost but anyone would suspect that she was indeed possessed by a ghost, just by looking at her.

 

 

But this reason seemed a bit far-fetched.

 

 

Putting away the mobile phone, the ghost thought about it and came up with another reason.

 

It was using this face to prove that the priest no longer liked Gu Yin and even began to loathe Gu Yin.

 

This would make Gu Yin become even more desperate.

 

 

Thus speeding up the speed at which it occupied this body.

 

This reason was justified and reasonable.

 

 

Having finally found a most suitable reason, the ghost stood up with satisfaction and walked in the direction of the lounge.

 

It and the priest were now the only ones left in the church.

 

So it walked unhindered all the way to Jiu Shu’s room door.

 

The door to the room was unlocked and simply fastened, so if it were to open it, it would surely disturb the person inside.

 

 

The ghost hesitated and didn’t open the door of the room directly.

 

Inside the door, Jiu Shu, who was changing his shirt, made a movement to straighten the collar that had slipped over his shoulder and sat down on the edge of the bed as if he hadn’t noticed anything, continuing to button his buttons.

 

It was a bit cooler today, and he had to change into something warmer, especially now.

 

 

The room was filled with an icy aura that came from nowhere, as if a being so large as to be ghastly had intruded and ensconced itself in the room and refused to leave.

 

 

Once Jiu Shu was dressed, he sat down at the table and began to sort through the data that had been sent to the church.

 

Although this town was just an unremarkable and remote town, and the size of the congregation was unremarkable, it was still required to pay taxes to the church.

 

The reason why the original owner of this body could amass wealth so recklessly was simply that the upper management wasn’t straight, so the lower management became crooked; it was partly due to oppression by the church.

 

In fact, even if the priest hadn’t been killed by the hero’s plot in the original plot, he wouldn’t have been able to stay for long and would soon have been arrested by the police for embezzlement and bribery.

 

The reason was simply because he wasn’t paying enough taxes to the church.

 

But now that he was preempted, the church should be busy dealing with its own various internal conflicts right now, not having the time to pay attention to this side of things.

 

Jiu Shu was very fast when dealing with the data and finished organizing a pile of documents in a matter of minutes.

 

For Jiu Shu, dealing with these things was simpler than dealing with primary school maths problems.

 

Whew…

 

A cold wind rose out of nowhere in the room, blowing up a corner of the documents.

 

It was as if someone was curiously looking through the documents, and then after looking at them for a long time, they put them back in silence.

 

Whether it was in the last life or this one, the uneducated ghost couldn’t read these documents.

 

The priest was different from it, dazzling in every way.

 

Finishing his work quickly, the priest rubbed his brow and stretched.

 

He seemed a little tired, so he poured a cup of hot tea and left it to cool.

 

Jiu Shu opened the window to let the cool breeze blow the hot tea, while he himself sat down and looked through the Bible.

 

The hot tea cooled much faster than Jiu Shu had expected.

 

It was even a little unnaturally fast.

 

 

Jiu Shu glanced at the ground not far in front of him and quickly withdrew his gaze again.

 

Picking up the hot tea, Jiu Shu arched his eyebrows after taking a few sips, as cosy as a cat.

 

Hiss-

 

The sound of snakes hissing came vaguely from the air, seemingly nestled right beside Jiu Shu, watching his every move with unblinking eyes, unable to take their eyes off him for a moment.

 

It was filled with a fascination that even they hadn’t even notice.

 

The hot tea was soon finished.

 

Jiu Shu looked at the time, it was lunch time.

 

As usual, he ate his lunch and then laid down on the bed to rest.

 

 

The faded jacket was placed on the chair beside the bed and it slowly slid down the back of the chair, but it was as if an invisible force dragged the jacket when it was about to fall on the floor.

 

The jacket was placed back on the chair.

 

The room returned to its original calm.

 

And Jiu Shu lying on the bed didn’t seem to notice everything in the room, his breathing gradually smoothed out and he fell into a deep sleep.

 

The lunch break wasn’t very long, but today’s lunch break made Jiu Shu feel extraordinarily tired.

 

He felt cold all over, and his body was unable to move as if it was encircled by something.

 

It was like a ghost pressing down on the bed as the common people said.

 

Opening his eyes, Jiu Shu looked at the empty room and slightly furrowed his eyebrows.

 

The two objects of discipline coming together was indeed a bit troublesome.

 

It could be seen that the degree of fusion had further deepened, and the body of the object of discipline, Gu Yin, was still being used.

 

 

But his body was now as invisible as a ghost’s body, and couldn’t be seen unless it was looked at with the system panel’s yin and yang eye ability.

 

Jiu Shu put away his thoughts and tried to move his arm.

 

His arm’s muscular lines were well-proportioned, and at this time, when it was placed flat on the bed, it didn’t look like there was any obstruction, but one could clearly see that the lines were taut when he exerted his strength, and he couldn’t lift his arm up.

 

Jiu Shu frowned a little in distress.

 

He could feel several different palms pressing against his arms, and even his waist.

 

Some arms were as slender as a woman’s, while others were as robust as a young man’s.

 

If he didn’t know that the only person in the room right now was the object of the punishment, he was about to think that he was being pressed down by a group of people.

 

How was this possible? This was obviously Gu Yin’s body, yet it was able to reveal the true form of the fierce ghost.

 

As a genius in terms of technology, Jiu Shu’s knowledge of ghosts were still somewhat lacking.

 

He blinked in rare bewilderment and moved his limbs.

 

Almost his entire body was surrounded by arms.

 

Compared to the tall and large object of discipline, he was as delicate and small as a doll.

 

After trying hard and still unable to break free, Jiu Shu could only give up struggling in the end and continued to close his eyes and fake sleep.

 

Just waiting for the other party to get up after releasing him from his  embrace.

 

But perhaps he was too tired from trying to figure out how to solve the problems between the objects of discipline lately, Jiu Shu really did fall asleep.

 

He slept deeply, the deepest dream he had since coming to this world.

 

When he woke up, it was already dark.

 

And Jiu Shu didn’t actually wake up automatically, he was awakened by a sensation of dryness and heat, and when he opened his eyes, his pupils dilated slightly.

 

Although there was still nothing in front of him, he could feel several pairs of arms roaming around his body, like they were curious or expressing some kind of suppressed fascination.

 

At the same time, Jiu Shu found his own arm resting on the void, as if he was wrapping it around some unseen being.

 

If one didn’t look at this bizarre image, and only looked at the gesture, it was like a close couple’s.

 

Seeing this, Jiu Shu didn’t know what to say for a moment, until he couldn’t control himself and stifled a grunt. It was only when he hummed that he finally caught the other party’s attention.

 

The ghost finally realised that the human beside him had woken up, and instantly withdrew its hand in a bit of panic.

 

Jiu Shu finally gained space to breathe.

 

He helplessly smiled as he stroked his sweaty hair, the ends of his eyes glowing with a faintly luscious colour.

 

Even his breathing had a lingering urgency.

 

The room grew quiet.

 

Jiu Shu rubbed his feeble wrist and saw that there were a few extra palm prints on it, it wasn’t deep, one could tell that the force was purposely controlled, but it still left a mark on the skin.

 

If an ordinary person saw this mark, they would be scared half to death by this ghost handprint.

 

After all, there was no normal person who could look at his arm and see more handprints of different sizes and shapes on his arm and still remain indifferent.

 

After looking at the marks on his wrists for a while, Jiu Shu intended to sit up, but but the next moment he was pushed back by several arms and his body was surrounded again.

 

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