Chapter 256: Lama

Chapter 256 Lama

The sky had fully darkened, green luminous stones were taken out by them, illuminating everything around, Li Huowang did not call halt, every person's expression tightened as they marched on without cease.

Gradually, only a sliver of the crescent moon began to rise and hang in the sky, silver light spilled upon the earth.

Standing atop the cart, Li Huowang glanced back occasionally, he found that the black mass from before had vanished somewhere without a trace.

"Gone? What exactly was that? What drew that thing here? Was it me? Or perhaps..... was it the newborn child?"

His expression shifting unpredictably, he guessed wildly.

Just then, Li Huowang suddenly felt the ox cart beneath him stop, "Do not stop! Keep moving!"

Yet his command, unusually, failed to make the ox cart move again.

When Li Huowang turned his head to look ahead, he finally understood why they stopped, because just now that black mass had blocked their path!

At this moment, Li Huowang also finally saw clearly what that black circle from before truly was.

That blackness was actually a large flock of black sheep, these black sheep with dark fur stood silently in place, motionless like wooden dolls.

And an old lama draped in black hide stood silently right in the center of this flock of black sheep.

Around the lama's waist hung a wax-yellow small drum, around his neck and both wrists were necklaces made of small bone discs.

Beneath that comb-shaped lama hat lay a pair of pure black pupils without impurity, he was staring at Li Huowang with those eyes, his expression gloomy.

The lama's face looked strange, patches of yellow and black, when Li Huowang carefully distinguished he realized that was actually age spots.

Just looking at this appearance, Li Huowang knew, the other party did not come with benevolent intentions.

Suddenly, this lama lightly raised that emaciated right hand, an old vulture with barely any feathers left and sagging skin descended from the sky, landing on his arm.

For some reason, when Li Huowang saw this vulture, he recalled, that day at Woman Mountain watching the sky burial with Bai Lingmiao, that flock of man-eating vultures.

"Senior Brother Li, this lama....." Chun Xiaoman, whose expression shifted wildly, pulled out a bell, her expression hesitant as if wishing to speak yet stopping.

"Do not panic, you go first, act as if there is no such person."

Under Li Huowang's order, everyone lowered their heads, following the carriage slowly passing by those black sheep.

Li Huowang stood on top of the cart, focusing all attention on the enemy before his eyes.

Getting closer Li Huowang saw more clearly, these black sheep were all old sheep whose teeth had fallen out completely.

On this lama and these sheep, Li Huowang felt there was something indescribable, an abnormally awkward sensation upon them.

In a trance, Li Huowang's vision suddenly transformed, before him were not black sheep at all, but a group of white-haired senile old men, wearing black sheepskin on their backs!

This feeling vanished in a flash, disappearing quickly, black sheep remained black sheep, nothing changed.

Li Huowang found it difficult to judge whether that feeling just now was real, or merely his own hallucination.

"Baa~" The black sheep beside the lama bleated in unison, immediately corresponding to this, Li Huowang's side white sheep flock also bleated simultaneously.

Immediately afterwards the sheep on both sides kept bleating, sounds rising and falling, hearing it made people feel agitated and distressed.

"Enough!" With Li Huowang's tongue pressing against his lower jaw letting out a roar, the sheep bleating stopped, if it is fortune it is not disaster, if it is disaster one cannot avoid it, Li Huowang looked at the old lama in the black sheep flock, simply decided to speak first.

"Esteemed senior, I am a practitioner of the Aojing Sect, Er Jiu, happened to pass through your precious land, if there are any places where I offended, please show forbearance!"

Regardless of whether it worked or not, Li Huowang decided to try using a false identity first, betting the other party currently had not discovered his Heart Pure identity.

Moreover this was also a kind of threat, I am from the Aojing Sect, not a wild cultivator without sect or lineage, think well before acting.

Hearing Li Huowang's confident words, that old lama stood in place without any reaction.

Li Huowang's expression shifted slightly, waved his hand towards others again. "Go!"

He did not know what this lama was thinking, under current circumstances where enemy strength was unclear, Li Huowang truly did not wish to start conflict with this lama.

The wheels rolled again, carrying others slowly away from that black lama. Subsequently for a time, everyone did not speak, moving forward trembling with fright.

Li Huowang could feel the sensation like needles pricking his back, his whole body tense, mind considering various possibilities.

Suddenly, that nameless aura appeared again, this time that aura no longer appeared in the distance, but right behind Li Huowang!

Li Huowang planted his feet firmly, turned his head violently, shocked to find that lama was only two meters away from himself.

At this moment, he finally saw clearly the age spots on the old man's face, age spots he had seen, but he had never seen age spots covering the entire face.

The lama's mouth looked toothless, or perhaps had very few teeth, those lips like some elderly seniors, were all drawn inward, his appearance was as if a human aged to the extreme.

Such a terrifying face appearing before himself, Li Huowang almost chopped his sword upward, yet he forcibly halted himself.

Vision slowly moved downwards, Li Huowang then discovered, the other party's legs always buried in the black sheep had no flesh, his entire lower body was prosthetics made of bones.

That strange feeling on the other party constantly impacted Li Huowang, attempting to soothe his aura, making him quiet down, close his eyes.

However such things, Li Huowang simply could not do. His hand gripped the sword hilt, expression grave to the point of being somewhat ferocious. "Senior elder, I do not seem to have offended you? If you continue like this, do not blame me for being rude!"

As the sword was drawn, thick killing intent instantly washed away everything.

That old lama's pure black pupils narrowed slightly, staring at Li Huowang's sword hilt wrapped in cloth strips.

This tense atmosphere pressed everyone until they could not breathe, like Scholar Lu who was already scared so much he wet his pants.

Li Huowang exerted force with one hand, just preparing to draw the sword, to fight to the death with this person before him, when this stalemate atmosphere suddenly changed.

"Boom!" As the old lama tapped the wax-yellow small drum at his waist, behind Li Huowang similarly rang out a drum sound, that was the sound emitted by the drum Bai Lingmiao used for spirit possession.

"Boom boom boom~ Boom boom boom~"

Two drum sounds rang out simultaneously with rhythm, like an unusual ensemble, as if different existences were communicating via drum sounds, after one incense stick passed, the drum sounds gradually ceased, the heavy atmosphere in the air like substance also vanished into thin air.

As the vulture in the lama's hand shot up to the sky, the distant black sheep covered over like dark clouds, covering his terrifying lower body, carrying him slowly moving backward.

Watching the lama depart, yet Li Huowang dared not be careless, leading others continuing to walk forward.

This walk lasted all night, when the sun came out, when Li Huowang called for a stop, everyone collapsed exhausted on the ground, panting heavily, half were tired the other half were scared.

Last night that lama was too creepy, saying he was a living person, appearance was more terrifying than ghosts and monsters.

Li Huowang looked around seeing no trace of the lama anywhere, turned head to look at Bai Lingmiao whose lips were somewhat pale, "Was that lama using the drum to say something to you?"

Bai Lingmiao nodded. "He said.... he is from the Sky Monitoring Bureau, this time let it go, next time won't be allowed."

(End of Chapter)