People often said that all things had spirits, but I had never thought that one day, I would see these withered skeletons move as if they were sentient beings. They got rid of the black cloth and lined up neatly like soldiers in a military parade. They floated forward in unison.
Earlier, when the wooden boxes rolled, there was some noise. But now, the skeletons floated forward without making any noise.
Old He and the others were still discussing something. They didn't notice the skeletons moving closer to them.
The fatty and I were restless. Although we didn't know what the floating skeletons meant, we knew it wasn't something good. If the skeletons reached them and Old He didn't notice it, it would be bad.
At this moment, we didn't care about hiding anymore. We directly dashed out from behind the rock. While running, we shouted at Old He and the others.
Old He and the others finally heard the commotion. They all turned to look at us. However, before they could see us, they were attracted by the skeletons.
What followed after was a series of exclamations. When the group of people saw the strange white bones floating in the air, their reactions weren't any better than the fatty and I. Almost everyone subconsciously took two steps back. Even Old He's expression changed drastically.
"Sprinkle cinnabar!
Sprinkle karmic water!
Summon the talisman! "
After a moment of hesitation, Old He shouted and gave orders. I could tell that he was frightened by the scene in front of him. He immediately used a series of skills.
Hearing his words, the others quickly calmed down as well. Following Old He's instructions, they took out cinnabar and karmic water one by one and threw them into the group of white bones.
Old He and the Daoist priest took out a yellow talisman and held it in their hands. They were ready to take action at any time.
Cinnabar had a strong Yang energy. It could ward off evil spirits and expel evil spirits. It was effective against ordinary otherworldly items.
The so-called karmic water was the water people used to bathe in. People had karmic karma. After bathing, the water would be contaminated with their karmic karma. The water in the bathhouse had been soaked in by countless people, so it had countless karmic karmic karma.
If the karmic water was poured on ghosts, it could suppress them.
Humans could bear negative karma, but it was very difficult for ghosts, not to mention the negative karma of many people.
To ghosts and evil beings, this negative karma was like a huge mountain. Ghosts that were not strong enough would be pressed to the ground and unable to move once they were splashed by the negative karma water.
Even with Old He's experience, this scene of white bones fluttering was something he had never seen before.
However, it still couldn't escape from the category of evil ghosts. Once cinnabar and Karmic Water were splashed on it, it immediately had a miraculous effect.
The few skeletons at the front of the row were knocked to the ground in an instant. After struggling for a while, they were pressed to the point where they could not move.
The white bones at the back were still drifting forward, but when they reached the spot where the skeleton had fallen, they too fell to the ground before anyone could pour any more cinnabar water on them.
Not long after, the originally neat rows of bones all fell to the ground, forming a messy pile.
At this moment, the fatty and I had just reached the grave, and we weren't far from the pile of bones.
Fatty was very bold. Seeing that there was no danger, he approached the white bones and prepared to take a closer look.
Then, he heard Fatty's father shout, "Back off!"
The fatty was startled by his father's shout. He didn't dare to take a closer look and hurried to back off.
However, after he had taken a few steps back, I saw that the pile of bones that had fallen to the ground had started to move again.
The pile of bones seemed to be squeezed by something from all sides, squeezing hard towards the center. Some of the bones were even twisted into a ball, and there were even "peng peng" sounds coming from the center, as if the bones were being squeezed and broken.
When I saw the fatty go there to take a closer look, I wanted to follow him. However, after seeing this strange scene, I was a little scared. I pulled the fatty and retreated behind Old He's group. Then, I felt at ease and craned my neck to take a look.
I didn't know what the pile of bones was doing, but Old He didn't want to take risks. He ordered the others to continue to pour cinnabar and Karmic Water on the pile.
However, the cinnabar and Karmic Water didn't work at this moment. The pile of bones was still rolling and moving faster. It seemed they weren't affected at all.
As the rolling speed of the pile of bones increased, suddenly, from the middle of the pile of bones, a skull emerged!
This pile of bones was the old principal's remains. Logically speaking, there should be a skull. However, when the bones were arranged in a straight line, I didn't see a skull. I didn't know where it had come from.
After the skull emerged, the rolling speed of the pile of bones didn't stop. The skull gradually rose up, and not long after, the shoulder bones on both sides emerged, followed by the arm bones below and the sternum in the middle …
As the pile of bones rolled, they formed a human-shaped skeleton!
Let alone me, Old He's group had never seen such an incredible scene before. They all opened their eyes wide in disbelief. They didn't know what to do.
No one knew what would happen after the skeleton was completely formed. However, they didn't need to think too much to know that it wouldn't be anything good.
Since only the upper half of the skeleton was revealed, Old He didn't want to wait any longer. He chanted, "Dispel evil spirits and scatter souls. Talisman becomes spirit suppressing. Quick!"
As he spoke, he thrust the yellow talisman in his hand forward. The yellow talisman turned into a beam of light and flew toward the skull that had just been formed.
With a "pa" sound, the thin yellow talisman fell on the skull and actually made the sound of metal colliding.
Then, the skeleton's sternum was smashed and scattered on the ground.
The rolling pile of bones gradually slowed down. It looked like it was about to stop.
Old He was worthy of his reputation. His first move was much stronger than the others.
I exhaled in relief. When I was about to ask Old He what was going on with the skeleton, I saw the newly formed hand reach out and touch the skull. The yellow talisman was pushed aside, gently falling to the ground.
Then, the pile of bones that had stopped rolling began to move again. The broken sternum was formed again, and its speed was faster than before.
Old He didn't have any more talismans in his hands, but the Daoist priest beside him still had a yellow talisman in his hand. Seeing the situation, he immediately shouted, "The Taishang descends, the Three Pure Ones aid me!"
After he finished chanting, he didn't throw the talisman at the skeleton. Instead, he stuck it to his chest with a "pa" sound.
As soon as the yellow talisman was stuck on his chest, the old Daoist priest lifted his head. His spirit, Qi, and soul seemed to have changed. His hunched back straightened, and he raised the steel sword in his hand. He raised his leg and dashed toward the skeleton.
At this moment, the skeleton was forming very fast. When the old Daoist priest arrived in front of it, the upper half of the skeleton was already formed. Only two leg bones were still twitching on the ground, moving toward the skeleton's body.
The old Daoist priest swung his sword and hit the skeleton's skull. It created an earth-shaking explosion.
I stood far away from him, but my ears buzzed. However, the skeleton's skull seemed to be made of steel. It didn't budge at all.
The old Daoist priest's sword attack was useless.
Then, the old Daoist priest swung his sword a few more times. The skeleton either used its head or its arms to block the attacks. Its withered bones weren't hurt at all.
Not only that, but the bones in the lower half of the skeleton's body also gathered and formed a complete skeleton. It stood there, gazing at us with its empty eye sockets.
Inexplicably, I shivered.
Old He's face became more solemn. He shouted at the old Daoist priest, "Brother Hui Zhen, come back here."
The old Daoist priest felt that he couldn't do anything to the skeleton. He reluctantly retreated and stood next to Old He. However, he still held his sword in front of his chest. He didn't dare to relax his guard.
The skeleton stood there quietly. It was really tall. Looking at it, I couldn't help but think of the old principal in Auntie Chen's story. I wondered if the old principal had thought that he would become like this after his death.
However, on that rainy morning, the old principal had given up on being a human. He didn't mind falling into the demonic path. Why would he care about his appearance after his death?
A group of people and a skeleton faced off against each other. After a few minutes, the skeleton moved again. This time, it charged at us.
This time, it was really fast. It seemed it had gotten used to this body after it had taken shape.
Old He didn't dare to act rashly. He shouted and asked us to scatter. Only he, the two old men next to him, and the middle-aged man who had been driving for us for the past two days remained.
The skeleton didn't care about us and directly charged at the four of them.
Old He was already prepared. The three old men raised their weapons at the same time and put them together, forming a shape similar to the Qian trigram in the Eight Trigrams. The middle-aged man held a very long piece of yellow paper in his hand. It was unknown what it was.
It was obvious that Old He and the others had prepared many methods to open this grave. However, I didn't know if they had thought that they would have to deal with the skeleton of the old principal that had appeared out of nowhere.
As the skeleton was about to reach them, I held my breath. Old He and the others also looked like they were ready to take action. However, right at this moment, the skeleton jumped over Old He's head. It didn't even turn its head to look at the coffin that we had forgotten about.
Everyone was startled and didn't have time to react. They could only watch as the skeleton rushed to the side of the coffin and reached out to touch the face of the lifelike female corpse in the coffin.
I was startled. Did the old principal's skeleton still retain his memory? Did he want to see his daughter?
As soon as I thought about that, the next scene almost made me scream.