Chapter 38: Change

Sima Nan laughed loudly, his laughter filled with a sense of arrogance and complacentness.

While laughing, he walked around the open space, kicking around on the ground, destroying all the items that Master Long set up. Although he was smiling, his behavior showed his extreme anger.

He has always regarded himself very high. He has suffered many losses from Ruan Zhan. He has been unable to bear it. Unexpectedly, a Feng Shui master who died many years ago can also go against him. He first couldn't find him everywhere, and then he just used the formation and let him wander outside for six or seven hours!

It would be fine if this old ghost used earth and wood to set up a formation in the woods, but when he thought of just placing some ragged things on a small open space, he felt like he was falling into clouds and mist, he became even more angry!

Moreover, he knew that the situation of the vengeful spirits in the new town had been broken, and his carefully designed killing plan to use a knife was broken by Ruan Zhan! In this way, he had to deal with him on his own. What annoyed him was that he was a little nervous and had no confidence to win, and even - he was a little afraid!

This is a taboo for those who practice Taoism. Before they can fight, they are timid first! But he knew that this time he had to fight. He could not allow Ruan Zhan to become stronger, nor could he let the things he had always dreamed of falling into Ruan Zhan's hands!

What he pursues in his life is that! No matter what the price he pays, he must get it! Therefore, one of him and Ruan Zhan must not be able to leave this town alive!

But what about Wanli?

He has been with that old ghost, why is he missing now?

Sima Nan frowned and looked around. He didn't find Wanli's figure. He sniffed, but there was no human breath. Where did he hide? Could it be that the old ghost knew that he was coming and asked the boy to avoid it in advance?

He walked into the grass nearby and searched carefully, but still found nothing. Then he returned to the open space and looked over the ground inch by inch. A huge stone beside the open space attracted his attention.

This is deep in the woods, how could there be such a big stone? And the shape is a bit strange, a bit like a man curled up and lying there!

Sima Nan thought so, and couldn't help but walk over!

Just as Sima Nan approached the big stone, Wanli was still wondering - the place where he stayed was not hidden, with only a few grasses in front, why couldn't Sima Nan see him? He was walking around in the grass, as if he was looking for something. Was he looking for something important or trying to torture himself?

His whole body was stiff and could not move at all. He could not make even a hint of hum in his throat with all his strength. He was like flesh on the chopping board, but Sima Nan just ignored him, as if he did not exist!

In anger, he glanced down, but the scene in his eyes scared him - when did he and the wooden box in his hand turn into a big stone?

When I looked ahead again, I saw Sima Nan's feet slowly walking towards me, and I knew it in my heart for a moment.

His image of the big stone must be the illusion left by Master Long to Sima Nan. It was Master Long who protected him with the last power, so he could not move or say anything. In fact, it was him who attracted Sima Nan and brought disaster to Master Long. However, Master Long not only helped Ruan Zhan to regain his resentment, but also ignored his own safety, but protected him!

Now, it seems that Sima Nan has discovered the truth. But it doesn’t matter. As long as Sima Nan breaks the illusion, he will return to normal. At that time, he will fight with Sima Nan! Although the strength difference between them is huge, like an egg hitting a stone, he is not a coward. He will not lose Ruan Zhan’s face, nor will he live up to Master Long’s kindness to him!

Wanli made up his mind secretly, deciding that as soon as he unlocked the stone barrier that sealed him, he would take the initiative to gain the upper hand in close combat. That was his only advantage compared to Sima!

But as Sima Nan was about to walk up to him, the situation changed suddenly!

When Master Long went there, only his clothes were left on the ground, including the black gloves that were taken out of the wooden box and worn very seriously on his hands. No one noticed the gloves at first, but at this time, the gloves seemed to have lived and suddenly flew straight out, grabbing Sima Nan's ankles!

This change was completely beyond Sima Nan's expectations, and he did not react for a moment. When he realized that this was the spell left by Master Long in advance to deal with him, he hurriedly recited a spell and waved his hand!

However, he was one step late! When the power he swung reached his feet, the black gloves actually melted into his ankles as if they were absorbed by Sima Nan's skin!

Sima Nan's face changed, and he immediately took off his shoes and socks and rolled up the corners of his pants.

I saw a circle of black marks faintly appearing on the pale skin of his ankle. Although it was not the shape of a hand, it was flowing. It looked extremely strange, as if his ankle was wearing shackles!

Sima Nan cursed in a low voice, immediately sat cross-legged, muttering something, and made complicated movements to the black handprints on his pale skin, as if he wanted to pull out the black shadow that was integrated into his skin. But no matter what he did, his ankles were still the same, and there was no change at all. Instead, he spit out a mouthful of blood by himself!

"Bastard! I can't even keep my soul, I actually want to make a move!" Sima Nan wiped the blood from his mouth and cursed in anger, "Do you think this can change anything? No one can stop me!"

He jumped up and headed for thousands of miles, as if he wanted to vent his anger on the "big stone" in front of him. However, just as he came to the "big stone", the grass around him moved in a mess, and a woman came out of it.

"Anan, your nightmare technique has taken effect! Are you going to lock down the city? We--" The tone of the visitor was clear and eager. With the excitement of the child before playing games, it was Hong Haohao.

Sima Nan adjusted his expression and turned around, but the blood on the corner of his mouth still made Hong scream exaggeratedly, "Anan, what's wrong with you? Are you injured?"

She said as she walked over to touch Sima Nan's face, but was blocked by Sima Nan indifferently.

"I said, don't call me Anan." He was a little impatient.

He was too eager to remove the black gas just now, but not only did the black gas sink deeper and deeper, but his meridians were also damaged a little. This made him particularly annoyed, and he didn't want Hong to see this well. He didn't want Hong to call him "Anan" because it reminded him of another woman, a woman who was so gentle and pure that he had compassion. If he went into the new town, he might have met her, which made him a little upset.

He used Yue Xiaoxia as bait to deal with Ruan Zhan, but he was not worried that Ruan Zhan would use Ah Bai to deal with him. First, Ruan Zhan could not do such a thing; second, he would not give up his goal for Ah Bai, even though he could never forget her in his heart!

"What do I want to call you?" Hong asked with a hint of sourness.

She understood that the man in front of her had always been doting on her, but since that Abai appeared, he had changed. In his heart, only that woman could call him his name. She didn't understand who the woman named Abai was? She really wanted to see her and see what method the woman used to make such a cold and ruthless and moody man obsessed with!

"You are a person without roots, so you don't have to call me anything." Sima Nan said ruthlessly, "Just say it directly if you have something to do."

Hong Hao turned his head and looked at Sima Nan, unable to explain what he felt. He was cruel and ruthless. She had already experienced it countless times, but for some reason, she couldn't stand it this time and didn't say anything for a long time.

"What the hell is going on?" Sima Nan frowned.

"I mean - the nightmare technique has taken effect." Hong carefully considered the words, "Are we going to enter the new town?"

"It was me who entered the new town, not us."

"Don't you take me there?" Hong Hao's eyes widened in shock, "You said that you will take me wherever you go! Besides, Ruan Zhan is so powerful, I can help you."

When Hong Hao said the previous sentence carefully, Sima Nan felt soft-hearted for a moment. After all, no one can be ruthless. Although she has no meaning to him, she is just a temporary happy and saved Yan Hun, but after so many years, she feels a little intimate. But when he heard Ruan Zhan’s name from Hong Haohao’s mouth, his heart became cold and hard.

"You think he is amazing?" He was very eye-catching, and his eyes swept to Hong Haohao like ice lines. "Do you think I can't beat him, so do you still need someone to help?"

"No, I didn't mean that!" Hong Haohao quickly explained, "I just want to stay by your side."

"I want to help me, yes." Sima Nan continued to follow his words, ignoring Hong's explanation at all, "Then let me go back to the old town, someone must watch over there, and no trouble. If there is a trouble there, our skin will be replaced again! I really can't bear to leave it. This is my most satisfied identity so far!"

"But--"

"No, but. I said, someone must watch over the old town, I can only count on you." Sima Nan's tone suddenly became gentle again, "I can't believe others, those thugs need to be dealt with in the end. And-" He walked over and hugged Hong Haohao, and whispered a few words in her ear.

They spoke too quietly, and Wanli couldn't hear it. Hong Hao nodded constantly, and then left the woods reluctantly. Sima Nan turned his head and looked at the "big stone". Finally, he didn't come to investigate and left here.

In just a few seconds, the small clearing in the woods became quiet, as if nothing had happened, except for the black clothes and messy footprints on the ground.

Only then did Wanli feel like a needle prick.

He was a little sad about Master Long's "death". In his opinion, if Master Long helped the evil and committed this heinous crime because of the bondage of family affection, then he has been trying to make up for it for ten years, and everything he has done today should be enough to repay.

That's why Master Long said to him: No matter what you see, you must understand that this is the price I should pay and is what I am willing to do. No matter what the result is, it means liberation for me.

Now that Master Long has left, there is not even his soul left, and Sima Nan is going to sneak into the new town to show off Ruan Zhan. He doesn’t know what happened in the old town. What should he do? Should he just be a big stone and remain motionless?

Thinking of this, Wanli felt anxious and struggled desperately with brute force. After a while, he didn't know whether it was because of his anxious mood or because the barrier time had arrived, but he suddenly felt a sense of relaxation, and the numbness on his body disappeared instantly, and he screamed with a "ah"!

He quickly got up. Although his hands and feet became weak because of the Mu Zang's condition for too long, he could act independently. He stood there and thought for a while and decided to go to the old town to take a look. Anyway, the new town was sealed by the barrier and he couldn't get in. It would be better to ensure the safety of one party and make Ruan Zhan's backyard safe and sound, of course, it would be best to make Sima Nan's backyard catch fire.

As soon as he decided what he wanted to do, he immediately took action. He first made sure that there were no people or monsters around him, and then opened the wooden box and saw that there was not much left in it. There was only an ancient book, a small bamboo tube, a bamboo bow and three bamboo arrows, and a booklet.

When Master Long left, he said that the booklet was for him, so he immediately took it out and read it. The contents in the booklet surprised him a little, but the situation was urgent and he had no time to take care of it. So he put the booklet back first, then folded Master Long's clothes respectfully and placed them in the wooden box.

He once again carefully confirmed that no one had seen his actions, and then buried the wooden box in a tree nest, and did some protective work on it before leaving.

When Sima Nan tried hard to remove the black gas from his body, Ruan Zhan in the new town was also doing the same thing.

Although the resentful spirit was regained, the black air sword that penetrated his right shoulder was still there. Just staying in the tower would reduce his ability, and he had to run to the corridor in the middle of the lake to heal his wounds.

After the resentment spirit was retracted, he first let reporter Ma's soul return to his body. Because his and Liu Hong's body were once occupied by two resentment spirits, he stayed there after being hit by him with his palm thunder at the entrance of the stairs on the eighth floor. Liu Hong is dead, and only reporter Ma can be resurrected.

He ordered reporter Ma to go to the dark room to pull Mao Fu down, and then hide in any place in the town, just stay away from the tower.

"If the Mao surname is disobedient, he will knock him out!" He said to reporter Ma, "Hide in a place and don't speak until the sky becomes normal, no matter whether it is blue sky and white clouds, stars or even raining, as long as it is a normal astronomical phenomenon, you can go out. But remember, you must not say anything about the things here, and don't tell the people you are close to, otherwise it will be harmful to you!"

Reporter Ma was already admiring and grateful to Ruan Zhan at this time. He heard that the trap of Xinzhen had not been fully solved, so he bravely offered to help, but was rejected by Ruan Zhan because no one could get involved in the duel with Sima Nan. Anyone who encountered this may not survive.

He guessed that Sima Nan didn't know that this tower could reduce any energy, including his own spiritual energy. He must have stayed in it for not long when he destroyed the tower, otherwise Sima Nan would not have just sealed his abilities and allowed him to enter the town.

This is a place that is beneficial to him, and he can make full use of this to deal with Sima Nan.

Also, he knew that Sima Nan would definitely come in through the waterway. He was not sure at first, but Sima Nan was fooled by his cleverness. While he sent black fish to destroy his talisman array, he also exposed his own passage.

Therefore, he did not destroy all the evil spirits in the hungry ghosts in the lake. He just ran away in a very embarrassing manner, so he wanted to leave some good things for Sima Nan to taste!

I don’t know what kind of virtue it would be for Sima Nan to always think of himself as having the temperament of Taoist bones. When he came out of the water, he had his teeth hanging or was bitten all over his body with blood!
Chapter completed!