Chapter 196: One hundred ninety-five, Talisman Chapter 196: One hundred ninety-five, Talisman “I’ll go find so branches to start a fire, this damned weather is freezing us to death.”
“I’ll co with you.”
“I’ll go too.” Since those from MD country didn’t dare to co in, what concerns should they have?
“Everyone, don’t get separated. Just pick up so branches nearby,” Mo Shaoze instructed the group. He always felt there was sothing odd about this forest, as if countless eyes were staring at them.
The group casually gathered so branches and tried to light them with matches, but for so reason, they couldn’t get a fla going.
“What’s going on here?”
“Strange! Why won’t it light? The matches aren’t wet.” They stubbornly tried several tis but eventually had to give up on the idea. After all, it wasn’t their first ti spending the night in the wilderness. Although it was cold, it was still much better than the cold and damp experience of hiding in ditches during the winter.
Sitting on the ground once more, everyone took out their dry rations and water bottles, eating and chatting together.
“I really dislike this MD country, I can’t wait to finish this mission.”
“Yeah, I’ve already told my wife that I’ll co back and take her here once this mission’s over.”
“I envy you guys who have wives, it makes want to take leave and go back to look for a wife myself.”
“When I left, my wife was already over eight months pregnant. I don’t know if I can make it back before the birth. I really want to see my child being born, sigh!” Being in a foreign land always evokes a sense of hosickness.
“What is that?!” Suddenly one of them pointed uncertainly at sothing not far away.
Everyone turned their heads and their faces changed at once.
They saw a group of figures, so walking, so floating, so ghostly, so solid, slowly surrounding them. So wore white with long hair, so had long tongues sticking out, so had faces covered in blood, so had a dagger still lodged in their stomach…
“They couldn’t be ghosts, could they?”
“Could it be a hallucination of ours?”
“No wonder those people from MD country wouldn’t dare co in. This forest is truly sinister.” This was the first ti they had seen such a terrifying scene. Even though they were used to life and death, this scared them.
“Bang!” Soone fired their gun.
To everyone’s surprise, the bullets had no effect on those things, which they couldn’t tell were human or ghost, making them even more panicked.
“Right! I have a talisman that Instructor Mo gave ; talismans can exorcise evil.” A young man with an honest face pulled out the talisman Lu Hanmo had given him.
He held up the talisman, facing the approaching group of indiscernible beings, and shouted, “By the order of this talisman, I command you to leave swiftly!” That’s what Taoist Priest Wang from their village would always say when helping people expel evil. He wondered if it would work?
To his dismay, the talisman in his hand was useless, and the other side showed no sign of stopping at all.
“Why isn’t it working?”
“Li Niuwa, this isn’t how you use it. The instructor said all you have to do is shout ‘Activate!’ and throw it out, like this.” While speaking, he also took out his own Talisman.
He shouted “Activate!” and threw the Talisman out. However, he held little hope in his heart.
Suddenly, a brilliant white light burst forth, illuminating the entire world, and then everyone heard a series of piercing screams.
As the white light faded, the surroundings beca clear and even the air seed fresher than before, as if everything they had seen was rely an illusion. People exchanged looks of shock and disbelief on their faces! Could it really have worked?
“This… this is too aweso!” Li Niuwa snapped back to reality, looking at where just monts ago there had been a swarm of monsters, then back at the Talisman in his hand, and quickly pocketed it with great care. This was a treasure indeed!
“Oh my goodness! Why do I feel like I’m dreaming?”
“Pinch to see if it’s true, ouch! Can’t you be a bit gentler?” With the crisis gone, the atmosphere on the scene relaxed.
Mo Shaoze took out the Talisman Card that Lu Hanmo had given him and hung it around his neck. He knew it! That guy, Lu Hanmo, when did he start believing in this stuff? It turned out to be such a treasure! But how did Lu Hanmo co to possess such a treasure?
Luo Shu noticed movent ahead and quickly ran towards it, soon spotting Mo Shaoze and the others sitting and chatting.
“Who’s there?!” Hearing the footsteps, everyone turned their heads.
When they saw Luo Shu erging from the forest, everyone’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Luo Shu?”
“Sister-in-Law!”
“Is it really you, Sister-in-Law?” How could she be here? She wouldn’t be one of those things that transford, would she?
Luo Shu scanned the crowd, not seeing Lu Hanmo, and felt slightly puzzled, “Why isn’t Lu Hanmo with you?” After arriving in the MD country, Hanmo should have contacted them, right?
“When he learned that you were taken to the MD country, he imdiately followed you. We can’t get in touch with him now, but I’ve left him a sign. How did you get here?” asked Mo Shaoze. He and Li Niuwa had just reunited and to their knowledge, they had already been marked. They had no choice but to flee into this forest.
“I overheard those people talking when I was sneaking away. For the next two days, you all should find a safe place to hide, and I’ll go look for Hanmo. We can decide on the specific plan once Hanmo arrives,” Luo Shu said. Having many people would only make them more likely to be exposed. Now that she knew the location of the secret base, entering it shouldn’t be a problem, unless the opposition also had True Cultivators.
“No! I’ll be the one to find Lu Hanmo. If anything happens to you, Lu Hanmo will definitely lose his mind,” Mo Shaoze objected. He could see just how important Luo Shu was in Lu Hanmo’s heart.
“I’ll be fine, see? I managed to escape, didn’t I? And since I’m a woman, I won’t attract as much attention,” Luo Shu said with a smile. If Mo Shaoze got into trouble, Hanmo would be equally heartbroken.
“That still won’t do. It’s too risky,” Mo Shaoze still disagreed.
“Indeed, Sister-in-Law, how could we possibly let you take such a risk?” Taoist Priest Wang, who had sparred with Luo Shu last ti, also chid in.
“If you can beat , then I won’t go,” Luo Shu said with a smirk, looking at everyone.
Everyone was speechless. They had all witnessed Luo Shu’s fighting skills, not even Instructor Mo could best her, how could they possibly win?
“Alright, it’s decided then! Follow , I’ll lead you out of here. This forest is full of maze-like barriers, and one can easily get lost if not careful,” Luo Shu instructed. Moreover, once daylight broke, those from the MD country would surely enter, and if they discovered Mo Shaoze and the others, an unavoidable fierce battle would ensue. This ti, she was determined not to let things turn out like they had in her previous life.
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