MTL - Twilight Boundary-Chapter 4 desolate temple

Chapter 4 The Desolate Temple

 Under the strong twisting impact, Hu Ma obediently followed the little girl in red to go home for dinner.

　　Mu Ran’s brain was completely awakened by the strong impact. Everything he saw completely destroyed all his sanity, but he was unable to question...

It was already dark, an oil lamp was lit in the hut, and his mother-in-law was waiting for him at the Eight Immortals table.

The meal in this simple hut is actually very rich.

Hu Ma was out of breath when she ran away just now, and because she was frightened by those ghosts, she was in a daze. She didn't know how long she had been running away. She just saw a plate of pickles and two pickles on the Eight Immortals table. A bowl of porridge and a plate of meat cut into squares.

So Hu Ma sat obediently on the left side of the Eight Immortals table, and her mother-in-law sat at the top.

Xiao Hongtang is now squatting on the beam, stretching her head and looking down.

 The lights flickered, people were scattered, and something always seemed to peek in from the shadows outside the house.

Mother-in-law didn't speak, she just ate the meal in silence. She only touched the pickles on the plate.

Little Hongtang on the beam didn't say anything, just blinked and looked at Hu Ma who was sitting next to the Eight Immortals table.

The atmosphere was strange and depressing. Hu Ma finally couldn't bear it anymore and carefully broke the silence:

 “Then…what are those things?”

　　　…”

Mother-in-law and Xiao Hongtang, who was playing on the beam, both turned to look at him. The atmosphere in the room seemed to be even more depressing.

 “Evil spirit.”

 In the silence, the mother-in-law slowly spoke: "As soon as it gets dark, all those things come out."

“You were so injured that you forgot the rule of not going out at night.”

　　　…”

"I…"

It was okay not to hear this answer, but she felt even more frightened in her heart. Hu Ma whispered a word, but she didn't know what to ask.

 “Don’t be so afraid.”

The mother-in-law glanced at him and said slowly: "You are just fine. Your body is weak. It is normal to encounter evil spirits."

“As long as you listen to your mother-in-law and eat more meat, you will gradually get better.

　　　…”

 “Eat meat?”

Hu Ma had no choice but to look at the square piece of meat on the plate.

 The original piece was eaten by Xiao Hongtang, but the current piece looks like it was newly cooked.

But even if it is freshly cooked, it still has a cold temperament, the oil has solidified, and it glows strangely white under the oil lamp, and it is placed coldly on the plate.

He had been force-fed many times before, but he still couldn't taste what kind of meat it was.

 It is certain that it is not pork, nor beef, and certainly not human meat, nor any kind that I have ever eaten.

In addition, the shape of the meat always reminded him of the meat used to commemorate the dead in previous lives.

The conflict in his heart made it difficult for him to pick up the pair of chopsticks, but the mother-in-law stopped the chopsticks in her hand and looked at him faintly:

 “Don’t you believe your mother-in-law?”

Hu Ma met her eyes and was slightly startled.

"letter!"

He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and pulled the plate in front of him, lowered his head and ate it.

According to previous experience, after being stuffed with meat, it is the kind of torture that cannot be described in words. It is impossible to escape, so at least you have food in your belly and can carry it.

 The greasy meat was chewed up by himself and swallowed hard into his stomach. His already very hungry body gradually felt full.

I don’t know if it was an hallucination or not, but the piece of meat seemed to start digesting immediately after it entered my stomach.

It seems that after the meat entered his stomach, he came to life.

They squirm in your own body, seep into your own organs and blood, and repair your body.

 The strange feeling cheered him up, and the wounds on both shoulders seemed to feel lighter.

The mother-in-law watched him eat the piece of meat cleanly, her face seemed to soften slightly, and she said slowly: "Good boy, after eating, go back to the house to rest early."

“Pure against the wall when you get up at night. Don’t go out and don’t look outside. Those things are still there!”

“Tomorrow, my mother-in-law will take you to Laohuotangzi and pay homage to your ancestors. Then you’ll be fine.”

　　　…”

"thing?"

 Huma actually still has many questions to ask.

I vaguely remembered that there were extremely painful tortures waiting for me every night. It was like a hellish scene. But tonight, did I really let myself sleep like this?

He also wanted to ask clearly, but when he saw his mother-in-law's face hidden in the shadow of the oil lamp, he subconsciously shrank.

Just peeking outside the door secretly, I saw that it was completely dark outside, without even a trace of moonlight, it was so dark that I couldn't even see my fingers.

Together with this, it seemed as if the light of the oil lamp in the room had been squeezed to a dim level. There seemed to be countless weird things hidden in the sticky night, staring at a pair of strange and sinister eyes, staring at me. Unknowingly, My back was soaked with sweat.

 He immediately put away his dishes and chopsticks obediently and got into the side room next to him.

The room is narrow, with only one wooden bed, and the other bed should be a freshly made quilt, thick and cold.

He didn't dare to sleep, so he hid in the dark and narrow side room, his ears pricked up, and his mind was on the main room. Outside the house, the sound of my mother-in-law's chanting could be heard, faintly visible, mysterious and obscure.

 “Creak, creak, creak…”

Besides the sutra, there was a strange sound mixed in. I stretched my head and looked through the crack in the door. It was Xiao Hongtang holding an unknown bone and grinding her teeth.

Huma's feeling of uneasiness reached an extreme level. He hugged the quilt and silently hit his head.

 After such a scare, my head was obviously clearer than before, and the dizzy feeling seemed to gradually disappear.

 But in addition to being frightened, my heart was filled with endless questions and suspicions.

“So, I was reborn in this boy named Hu Ma?”

“That sinister mother-in-law’s grandson was harmed by an enemy. She wanted to bring his soul back, but she accidentally brought him back to me?”

“So the torture and torture before...is it really a cure?”

"But the key thing is...she still thinks that I just woke up and don't remember anything, but she doesn't know that I am not her grandson at all..."

　　　…”

It is too absurd and weird to believe it for a moment, but after seeing the weirdness of this world, I feel that no matter what happens, it seems very reasonable.

He has a strong desire to understand these things, but now he doesn't even have the courage to raise his head and look out the window.

　　　It seemed like I was imprisoned by the night on this small wooden bed.

In such a world, Hu Ma didn't dare to sleep at first, but she didn't know whether it was because she dragged her weak body around for so long today, her mind was tired, or whether it was the sound of her mother-in-law chanting sutras and Xiao Hongtang's teeth grinding outside that made her feel so different. Strangely hypnotic effect.

　　Not long after he was alert, he became drowsy and fell asleep unconsciously.

In a trance, it seemed that I had come to a dark and deep place, surrounded by dark red mist.

His body quietly pushed through the fog and walked forward, suddenly his steps paused slightly.

In front of him, there was a dilapidated platform with a broken incense burner on it, and behind it was a large area of ​​darkness.

You can vaguely see that there seems to be a shadow of a certain **** in the darkness, but it can't be seen clearly.

Hu Ma subconsciously took a few steps forward, unable to hear her own footsteps.

After approaching the stage in front, he found that it looked like an incense table in a temple. Even the entire space looked like an abandoned temple, but it was dilapidated. There had been no incense for who knows how many years. There were several tributes placed on the incense table. The plates were all empty.

As for the incense burner, only half of it was covered in ashes. It was cold and quiet, and no incense had been seen for an unknown period of time.

What is strange is that next to the incense burner, half a red incense stick as long as the length of the little finger is placed upside down.

 Looking as new as ever, there is still an aura that is familiar to him.

Hu Ma stood fixedly in front of the incense burner for an unknown amount of time. His heart moved slightly. Out of some unknown psychology, he subconsciously picked up the half of the red incense stick and put it in gently. into the incense burner, and then slowly withdrew his hand.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

　　After putting the incense stick into the incense burner, it suddenly lit up inexplicably.

That little bit of dark red light seemed to make the entire desolate and dilapidated space a little more alive.

The smoke curled up and dispersed, like a slender and illusory little snake, gliding lightly into the empty space around it.

Hu Ma realized something and held her breath slightly.

 He watched the smoke drift away quietly, as if he had a feeling what would happen.

 But the fact is that the incense stick has been burning quietly, and the burning speed seems to be faster than ordinary incense.

He waited until the half stick of incense was almost burned out, but nothing happened.

However, just when he breathed a sigh of relief and felt that there seemed to be no reason for his nervousness at this moment, he suddenly saw that the scattered and floating incense sticks suddenly stretched straight as if they were real objects, extending towards Deep in the dark red mist.

 This obviously unreasonable phenomenon caused Hu Ma’s breathing to disappear at this moment.

The next moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "The codename Erguotou is calling for reincarnation in Laoyin Mountain, does anyone hear it?"

　　　…”

"this…"

The unexpected words made Hu Ma's mind shaken, and he staggered back, his body trembling.

He looked in the direction of the voice in surprise and forgot to answer for a moment.

At this moment, my ankle suddenly felt cold.

A strange feeling surged through his body. Hu Ma woke up immediately and saw that he was sleeping on a narrow wooden bed. The little girl in red clothes was grabbing her ankle with her cold little hands, her eyes bright. Normal, just stare at yourself.

 Like an electric shock, he reacted and retracted his ankle violently:

"what you do?"

　　　…”

　　　“What a coward.”

Xiao Hongtang glanced at him and said with a smile: "Brother Huma is up, my mother-in-law is taking us to Laohuotangzi!"

 “Lao Huotangzi?”

Hu Ma turned her head in confusion and found that the skylight came through the small window above her head.

　　It is already dawn.

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