Chapter 137: Obsession-Born Spirit, Yin-Sha Eye Cultivation

Since the place was found, naturally, he had to investigate it thoroughly.

Louis waved his hand.

*Click, click, click. *

In the car trunk, Gu Yi climbed out, grabbing the edge, and arrived in front of Louis.

"Go."

The fully armed Gu Yi immediately headed toward the wooden house, and Louis followed closely behind.

This could be considered a habit of his current actions: let the meat shield go first, hide behind to observe the development of the situation, and act according to circumstances.

It wasn't that he lacked the ability to confront things head-on, but this was more cost-effective. Otherwise, why would he cultivate this thing?

Gu Yi arrived in front of the wooden house and rudely pushed open the wooden door, making a violent sound. Then, as if triggering something, accompanied by a sharp sound like a teenage boy's voice-cracking, branches like withered old vines extended from all directions of the room along the walls.

*Bang! *

Gu Yi pulled out a blade from its body and chopped off the branches one by one, while constantly heading toward the direction where the vines and branches were surging—the basement.

Like an ancient fierce general, it charged and smashed, breaking through tables, chairs, and vines alike!

Louis observed these vines and branches from behind with some leisure, discovering that their movement speed was relatively slow, and they were both thick and thin. Among them, the thickest were some black, thick ones, even having vine knots like tumors. Such vines were rare, but they were the ones that took the most effort for Gu Yi to chop.

Moreover, these branches seemed to be able to suck blood!

Writhing and drawing blood, the black branches even had blood-colored flashes. Fortunately, Gu Yi could also do it, directly tearing open the black branches that were sucking its blood and sucking them back, which was the only reason it didn't fall into a disadvantage.

When Gu Yi arrived at a basement entrance and could see the wooden stairs below, a nervous voice came from below.

"Hurry! Hurry up and kill him!"

Accompanied by the voice, the speed of the vines and branches suddenly accelerated, and even those few black, thick ones increased. Finally, a collective body crawled up from the entrance.

It had a humanoid body, the exterior shaped by thick branches, but inside was straw. It wore a tall hat on its head, had beast bones at its cheeks, and a stitched-up cloth patch with a heart on its chest.

Winding, twisting, black tumor-like vine knots grew everywhere, covering the entire room in the blink of an eye, waving a large number of branches to wrap Gu Yi up.

Louis, who had been hiding behind observing, suddenly realized as he watched this scene. He recognized it.

The image of this scarecrow reminded him of a clip on a short video platform. It seemed to be about a man who, out of longing for his deceased wife, made a scarecrow with beast bones and her belongings to keep him company. As a result, perhaps due to an obsession-born spirit, the scarecrow actually came to life and, because it was guarding its territory, killed a little girl who had accidentally come by.

That man, in order to atone for his sins, stabbed his cane into the scarecrow's heart to seal it and then committed suicide by shooting himself. The farm was abandoned. After that, a little boy who was bullied by his older brother accidentally broke in and discovered the scarecrow's secret.

He could control the scarecrow using that cane. In the end, he used it to deal with the brother who bullied him.

So, what was this now?

While thinking, Louis stepped and snapped a vine that was spreading over, summoned a ball of fire, split it into two, two into four, four into eight, and in the blink of an eye, surrounded the scarecrow.

The scarecrow tried to extend several times, but was scared by the scorching flames and didn't dare to move. It had to be said that for most life forms, fire was the absolute nemesis, with few exceptions.

Hearing the movement disappear, a young, green voice came from below. "Scarecrow, did you solve it?"

The scarecrow looked silently at the flames threatening it from left and right, unable to respond.

"Hey! Scarecrow?"

Subsequently, a head popped out from the basement entrance. The boy's face had some freckles and looked a bit green; he was only of middle-school age, and his expression was dissatisfied at the moment.

Just as he looked up, his dissatisfied expression instantly froze, and he turned to shrink back.

"Ahhh!"

He was careless and fell down.

Louis glanced at the scarecrow surrounded by flames and walked to the entrance to look down. At just one glance, Louis's brow furrowed.

Below, there were shockingly several teenage corpses whose necks had been strangled by tree branches, as well as several adult corpses with terrified expressions. In the corner, there seemed to be several human skins that had been sucked dry of blood.

Who had committed these masterpieces was obvious.

A moment later.

In the open space outside the house.

Louis toyed with the cane in his hand. Calling it a cane, it actually resembled a scepter somewhat, and the end was sharp and thick. It felt good to hold, and waving it had a sense of power; it would probably be quite good for smashing people.

Beside him, the boy, who was being held like a chick by Gu Yi, looked at Louis in fear but still struggled constantly. "Let me go, let me go, that's mine, give it back to me..."

"What's yours? This is mine."

The matter had been clarified. The boy in front of him was the boy who had been bullied back then. Now, several years had passed. In these years, he had used the scarecrow to turn this place into his secret base, bringing all those who bullied others here to kill them, and even killing the adults who came looking for their children.

If it were just this, it would be one thing, but the key was that people who accidentally approached this place were also commanded by him to be killed by the scarecrow! So much so that this place gained an ominous reputation and was found by Louis.

In short, he seemed to have changed from the original avenger and anti-hero into an abuser and perpetrator.

Did the dragon slayer eventually become the evil dragon?

Louis tapped the scarecrow with the cane. "How many people have you killed?"

The scarecrow was silent for a moment, seemingly thinking, and then wrote a '15' on the ground with vines.

"How many were killed under his command?"

A '14' was written out.

Good fellow, so since your birth, you've only autonomously killed one person?

Louis tapped the cane, looking at the scarecrow that was waiting motionless to obey orders. His heart stirred. This guy was truly obedient, completely following the orders of whoever held this cane.

Perhaps it could be taken for his own use. Anyway, he already had one scarecrow; taking another wouldn't hurt.

With a turn of his wrist, he inserted the cane into the ground. Louis leaned on the cane and issued an order to the scarecrow.

"What are you going to do?"

"No! Help!"

"I don't want it anymore, I don't want it anymore, please, let me go..."

"..."

The boy's voice went from angry cursing to begging, from begging to wailing, and finally to silence.

It only took a few dozen seconds in total.

Louis didn't pay attention, instead checking the place where the Yin-Sha Qi was most concentrated.

He found it very quickly; it was the basement where the farm owner had committed suicide. This place was the coldest, and with over a dozen people dying here, the Sha Qi was the heaviest.

Louis felt it carefully and nodded. It was enough for an introduction.

He then said he would do it and immediately began his actions.

Willow leaf water, ox-eye tears, locust tree sap, chicken blood cinnabar, combined with the soil of the Yin-Sha Land, mixed and stirred into a ball of light red mud.

He applied this mud to his eyelids, closed his eyes, and was not allowed to open them for twelve hours.

Sitting quietly in the basement, feeling the cool sensation gradually coming from his eyelids and soaking into his eyes, at this moment, Louis's eyes could vaguely see some inexplicable changes in light and darkness.

It seemed that some cool gas was drilling into his eyes, washing his eyeballs.

This process needed to last for twelve hours every day for seven days to thoroughly transform the eyeballs; only then would the work be successful.

Gu Yi guarded the basement entrance, looking around vigilantly. At this time, the scarecrow walked back carrying the corpse that had been sucked dry of blood. Just as it wanted to go down, Gu Yi reached out and stopped it.

The two monsters looked at each other.

One scarlet, one pitch black.

Silence.

A moment later, the scarecrow paused and sat at the entrance, keeping watch together with Gu Yi.

Sunset and moonrise.

Time passed very quickly.

Late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Louis opened his eyes. At this moment, his pair of eyes were pure like the sea, clear and bright, looking quite beautiful.

Looking at the pitch-black basement, every object inside was very clear, simply showing every detail, as if darkness didn't exist. This was a powerful night vision ability.

"It already possesses such miraculous effects before even entering the door? This Spiritual Eye Art doesn't seem simple."

Louis stood up, pulled out the cane, and walked out of the basement. He looked at the two great guardians guarding on both sides and, for some reason, actually had the illusion that they were competing for favor.

He shook his head. They were just monsters; how could they have such consciousness?

Looking at the scarecrow, Louis's heart stirred. "Can you shrink?"

It was silent for a moment, seemingly thinking again.

A moment later, the scarecrow's thick vine branches began to retract and tighten. In the blink of an eye, it was only half the size of a normal person, looking like an elementary school student, or like a dwarf.

Louis revealed a smile. "Not bad."

He then brought the two monsters out of the farm. The driver was still waiting here, fast asleep.

Louis didn't wake the other party. After letting the two monsters enter the trunk, he sat in the driver's seat and began to drive.

*Hum! *

The vehicle started, and the slight vibration immediately woke the driver. He subconsciously placed his hand on his holster, but when he looked up, he discovered it was his Young Master starting the vehicle.

"Young Master, let me do it."

Louis waved his hand. "No need. You've waited all day, get some good rest. I'll call you later."

Hearing Louis's firm voice, the driver didn't dare to refute. After responding, he sat in the back seat, feeling uneasy, watching the vehicle start to move.

Seeing this, Louis began to chat with the driver.

He learned that he was also Italian. Because he couldn't survive in his hometown, his father brought him to America, and then they naturally huddled together for warmth and joined the Kano family.

There was no help for it; the racial discrimination in America at that time was simply too severe.

This included Italian-Americans, who were also on the side that was discriminated against and had low status.

In a few cases, they were even worse off than those black people. At least those black people could shout, "How dare you discriminate against me?!" when they were discriminated against.

When it came to slapping a label of racial discrimination on someone, Italian-Americans could only rely on the muzzle of a gun.

So the driver's family were all loyal supporters of the Kano family. Later, after making some contributions, he was sent to Louis's side, witnessed many incredible things, and thus became his confidant.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 138 =====