allonlinenovel Chapter 245 The Call of Art
Chapter 245 The Call of Art
He subconsciously touched the talismans in his pocket, and upon counting, found that one was missing.
Liao Yunyan's situation was exactly the same, but she chose to remain in a stalemate.
She didn't take Cheng Ai's talisman, and no one else knew that she had bought the Taoist priest's talisman. In order for the plan to proceed smoothly, she couldn't expose herself for the time being!
Liao Yunqing grabbed Liao Yunyan's shoulders and shook her violently, "Yunyan, can you hear your older brother?"
Seeing her expressionless face, he shouted anxiously, "Jingke and Xiaoai, come quick! My sister can't move!"
Ye Jingke and Cheng Ai walked out of the room carrying their suitcases. They exchanged a glance, put down their things, and walked towards the Liao siblings. "What's going on?"
"I don't know." Liao Yunqing shook his head anxiously. "We were just trying to go inside to find you two, and then this happened."
He hurriedly pulled out a talisman, "Can this talisman be used on Yunyan?"
Cheng Ai pursed her lips and said, "Okay."
After saying that, she and Ye Jingke left Grandpa Zhang's house hand in hand, and what they saw next was astonishing.
On the street, everyone was frozen in place, as if under a spell.
Unlike Liao Yunyan, they all closed their eyes.
Zhong Zheyi and Shu Tian were sitting on chairs in a barbecue restaurant, one holding a piece of meat between his fingers, while the other was tilting her head back and drinking a beverage.
Because of the tilt, the entire drink was poured into Shutian's mouth.
Unable to swallow, she could only let the liquid flow from the corner of her mouth, dripping onto the ground and forming a puddle.
When Ye Jingke saw the two of them and called out a few times without getting a response, he realized that something was wrong. "Shu Tian or not, Zheyi has your talisman, how could he also get into trouble?"
"I didn't bring it with me!" Cheng Ai rubbed her temples. "People who can't move are unconscious, which saves a lot of trouble!"
The Liao siblings ran over, just as Chen Gu's figure appeared in the distance.
"Disguise!" Cheng Ai whispered, then immediately closed her eyes and remained motionless.
Ye Jingke did as he was told without saying a word, Liao Yunqing followed blindly, and Liao Yunyan did the same.
Chen Gu drifted past one passerby after another, then stopped in front of the four men, holding a dagger and a steel spoon. "You think you can stop me just because you hid the containers that hold your tools and artwork? You underestimate me!"
The container he was referring to was the cabinet that Nanchuan carried back in the middle of the night, which Ye Jingke delivered to Fang Yanmu early in the morning.
The props and ropes are nothing special; what's important are the teeth and eyeballs inside the bottles and jars.
Although it's unclear which victim it was, at least it can give the family some closure.
Chen Gu excitedly raised his right hand, and the white lanterns on both sides of the road instantly turned into red lanterns, and the villagers of Lantern Village immediately resumed their activities.
They pulled out knives hidden under the stall and approached the nearest female tourists from out of town.
"Haha, this is the real Lantern Festival! I can collect more artworks now!"
Chen Gu laughed heartily, flitting between the three female guests before finally stopping in front of Liao Yunyan. "What a filthy heart! Let's start with you!"
He raised the dagger and steel spoon and stabbed them towards her neck and eyes!
However, the result was different from what was expected.
A red light, a purple light, and two blue lights flashed in succession, the tools were blasted away, and the people were almost killed.
Chen Gu was shocked. Had he violated some heavenly law? Why was obtaining human skin and eyeballs so difficult this time?
The talisman in Liao Yunyan's pocket took effect on its own.
Ye Jingke and Cheng Ai had been secretly watching with narrowed eyes. When they saw Chen Gu make a move, they quickly formed hand seals to save him.
Liao Yunqing, worried about her younger sister, quickly threw out a talisman as well.
Ye Jingke pressed the button on his wristwatch, flicked out the chain, and bound Chen Gu's body, restricting his movement.
Cheng Ai looked puzzled. What was that red light just now? Was someone powerful secretly protecting Liao Yunyan?
Ye Jingke gritted his teeth, "Ai Ai, I can't hold on any longer!"
Cheng Ai regained her composure, summoned the jade hairpin, and threw it out.
Unexpectedly, Chen Gu's figure vanished into thin air, and Ye Jingke nearly fell due to inertia.
The villagers had already chosen their targets for skinning, but before they could even make the incision, their minds instantly cleared.
In a panic, they threw away their tools and ran home as fast as they could.
The outsiders still didn't react, when Chen Gu suddenly appeared in mid-air. "I released a mind-controlling smoke, how can you still move?"
"Don't embarrass yourself with your petty tricks." Cheng Ai raised her hand, and the jade hairpin flew back to her side automatically. "The purpose of holding the Lantern Festival is to harvest skins for lanterns. Aren't you afraid that all the villagers in the vicinity will die and there will be no skins left to harvest?"
Chen Gu was taken aback. This question was beyond his comprehension, and he didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
Cheng Ai smiled faintly, "Denglong Village is frequently the site of murders, so why are so many people still flocking there?"
"I have a mind-controlling smoke!" Chen Gu proudly raised his chin. "As long as I release the smoke, a large number of tourists will come to participate in the lantern festival!"
His voice was impassioned and his spirits were high: "This is the call of art, the symbol of eternal life."
Ye Jingke then asked, "So the villagers' strange behavior was also caused by your mind-controlling smoke?"
"That's right!" Chen Gu crossed his arms and smiled proudly. "How about that? Aren't I amazing?"
Ye Jingke curled his lips in a mocking smile, "I don't think so."
Chen Gu's face darkened, his hands hanging naturally at his sides, unconsciously clenching into fists. "What do you mean?"
Ye Jingke remained calm and composed, a sly glint in his eyes. "If you can get these outsiders back to where they came from, I'll admit you're amazing."
A confident smile crept across Chen Gu's lips. "It's a deal!"
He clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and muttered to himself. When he opened his eyes again, wisps of black smoke escaped from his fingertips and drifted throughout the village.
In just a few seconds, the entire street of outsiders walked toward the village entrance like zombies, their figures gradually disappearing into the thick darkness.
The Liao siblings were momentarily dazed, but returned to normal as the talisman in their pockets became ineffective.
Chen Gu grew increasingly smug, his eyebrows almost flying off. "A real man keeps his word. I have extraordinary abilities; even the gods can't do anything to me!"
With the unimportant people gone, even if you unleash your full potential, you don't need to worry about harming the innocent.
"Ai Ai, the bewitching smoke came from Chen Gu's hands. I shot his hands with the crystal bow. You send him back to the underworld!"
Ye Jingke whispered a task assignment and began to gather spiritual power in his left hand.
Before the amethyst bow could be summoned, Cheng Ai grabbed his wrist. "There are outsiders here, you'd better stay out of it."
Ye Jingke glanced at the Liao siblings and nodded helplessly, "Then be careful."
Looking at the empty streets, Chen Gu finally realized he had been tricked.
We finally managed to get a few flawless skins, and this kid ruined them!
Uncle can tolerate this, but Second Uncle cannot!
"Aaaaaah! You dare mess with me! I'll kill you!"
He roared, and his two hands transformed into eagle claws, extending infinitely, as he viciously grabbed at Ye Jingke.