nucmednet Chapter 18 This sorcerer is something else.
Chapter 18 This sorcerer is something else.
Under the dim light, Ding Yi looked at the map in his hand and noticed that the red cross stopped moving after entering the village area, seemingly entering a villager's house.
He got up and carefully approached the window, peering out through the gap between the cover and the window frame, trying to see if he could find anything in the direction of the red cross, but due to the obstruction of the building, he couldn't see anything at all.
"This is troublesome. It seems this guy's target really is here."
Ding Yi frowned behind the window, then returned to the table and began to think of a solution.
The oil lamp on the table had long been replaced with an enhanced lamp, because if the oil lamp spewed out by the stone statue were lit every night, it wouldn't last more than a week. Only the enhanced lamp could last longer and do more damage to the Shadow Claw.
But this thing definitely can't be discovered by that evil Taoist priest, otherwise he would immediately recognize that it doesn't belong to their Taoist temple.
After thinking for a moment, Ding Yi blew out the oil lamp on the table, then groped his way into the kitchen in the dark and hid them in the pile of firewood.
Under the dim moonlight, Ding Yi went to Old Man Wei's room and lay down, pretending to be asleep, but in reality, he continued to practice the Evergreen Technique on the bed.
Meanwhile, inside the small house near the village entrance.
In the dim light, two human heads with slightly open mouths and wide-open eyes are placed side by side on the table.
At the table, Qingyunzi sat upright, downed the crimson liquid in the teacup in front of him, then licked his lips and let out a satisfied sigh.
"The blood tainted by the Blood Fiend is indeed a great tonic. I have been busy serving my senior brother, and this is what I deserve."
Qingyunzi glanced at the two heads on the table and chuckled.
"Hmm, but these Shadow Claws are really strange. There was no movement at all, so how come so many have disappeared?"
Thinking of this, Qingyunzi got up and went to the window, slowly pushing it open. Instantly, the strong smell of blood in the room spread out.
Suddenly, the sound of wings flapping grew louder as it approached, and then a dark shadow carrying a chilling aura appeared in Qingyunzi's eyes.
Seeing this, Qingyunzi flicked his sleeve at the oil lamp on the table, and the oil lamp went out immediately. Then, the strange shadowy creature rushed into the room in an instant.
In the pitch-black space, these eerie claws pounced on the two mutilated bodies lying on the ground, and even the human head on the table was not spared. But strangely, they seemed to ignore Qingyunzi standing by the window, as if he did not exist.
Qingyunzi stood there quietly, watching the shadowy claw devour the corpse in front of him before flying out the window, before coming to the table to relight the oil lamp.
As the flickering flame on the lamp wick rekindled, the chaotic ground gradually came into view in the dim light.
The dry, yellow ground was now covered with bloodstains. The two corpses had been completely devoured. Only the occasional gray hair and torn pieces of cloth in the soil suggested that there had once been two clothed people here.
"The little ones have a good appetite, there's nothing wrong with them."
Qingyunzi looked at the gruesome scene before him, but seemed unfazed. Instead, he squatted down with interest, picked up a small handful of minced meat from the ground, licked it, and showed a puzzled expression.
"strangeness."
Qingyunzi got up and went to the window, turned sideways to look out the window, and stared at the dark night outside for a while until the eerie shadows completely disappeared into the night before returning to the bench and sitting down.
"Since it's not a problem with the little guys' appetite, then it must be a problem with the people. Although the oil lamps given by the temple can harm these little guys, they can only ensure the basic survival of these villagers. Trying to kill all these Shadow Claws with oil lamps is undoubtedly a pipe dream."
"Unless someone buys up a large quantity of these oil lamps..."
Qingyunzi stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and then came to a conclusion.
"This is interesting. Could it be that some of these villagers haven't yet been corrupted by the evil poison? Now that you mention it, there does seem to be one..."
As Qingyunzi pondered, the image of a young man suddenly appeared before his eyes.
"Let me see if it's you, little guy."
Thinking of this, Qingyunzi suddenly let out a strange chuckle, then got up, opened the door, and with one step, disappeared into the night.
In the darkness, Ding Yi, lying on the bed, suddenly frowned, and then his hand quietly reached for the hilt of the knife under the covers.
Since he started practicing the Evergreen Technique day and night with those pills, Ding Yi has now reached a level of keen hearing and sharp eyesight. No sound within a ten-meter radius can escape his ears, especially in the quiet of the night, when this perception is amplified by 30%.
At that moment, Ding Yi clearly heard footsteps coming from outside the house and stopping near the window.
Although he didn't know whether the person outside the house was a human or a ghost, or even the sorcerer who had just entered the village, Ding Yi knew in his heart that he had been targeted.
"Damn it, have I been buying too many pills lately? That shouldn't be the case. These villagers are all mentally challenged, why would they pay attention... Wait a minute!!"
At that moment, Ding Yi's heart skipped a beat, and a possibility suddenly occurred to him.
Although all the villagers seemed to be in poor mental condition, and he was safe blending in with them, from an outsider's perspective, his behavior, so different from everyone else's, was like a bright light in the dark, impossible to ignore!
"Damn it, has this evil Taoist priest already gone door-to-door asking around?"
Ding Yi cursed inwardly at how clever this sorcerer was, unlike the villains in the novels he had read. His heart was pounding with anxiety.
"No, we can't panic. We don't know why this evil Taoist has come this time. Maybe he just noticed my unusual behavior and came to take a look. He might leave tomorrow."
Thinking of this, Ding Yi quickly calmed his breathing and tried his best to suppress the tension in his heart.
In fact, at this moment, outside the window of the house where Ding Yi was, Qing Yunzi was standing quietly, looking inside expressionlessly through the crack in the window.
By the faint moonlight, Qingyunzi could see the extremely simple environment inside the house, and even smell a faint odor of blood.
This discovery made him tremble with excitement, and an exaggerated smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.
However, Qingyunzi did not intend to disturb Ding Yi. Instead, he slowly retreated and soon disappeared back into the darkness, as if he had never been there at all.
Inside the room, Ding Yi slowly loosened his grip on the knife hilt with his right hand, but clenched his left fist, clearly indicating that he was not at peace.
After an unknown amount of time, a sliver of warm sunlight finally shone into the dimly lit room, causing Ding Yi to slowly open his eyes.
He pretended nothing had happened, put on his clothes, slowly got out of bed, sat down at the table, ate some dried meat, and then opened the wooden door to go out.
But to his surprise, as soon as he stepped out of the room, Ding Yi saw an unexpected person.
"Young friend, you're up very early, and you seem to have plenty of energy."
Qingyunzi stood in front of the house opposite Ding Yi, his entire figure bathed in the light and shadow of the morning sun, looking like an enlightened master. He smiled and spoke to Ding Yi, who had just stepped out of the house.