The small temple is not big, clean and tidy.

It was cold and cold inside, with only one altar table and nothing else.

Xu Da looked at it with a torch and asked: "Which god is enshrined in this temple? Why is there nothing?"

Xie Toad said coldly: "How could it not be? Isn't it right in front of you?"

Xu Da quickly raised his mace and prepared to fight, but his eyes widened and he found nothing. He suddenly felt a little cold: "Old Taoist priest, there is nothing in front of me. Have you seen a ghost?"

Xie Toad smiled and said, "No shit, I'm just teasing you."

Xu was so excited that he wanted to jump.

But the temple was indeed abnormal. Wang Qilin walked to the altar and took a look. There was a thin layer of dust on most places on it, and the clean areas were four paw prints that were two circles larger than his palm.

It looked like some kind of beast had been standing here before, but there was no dust on the ground where the beast's paws stepped.

He greeted Xie Toad, who didn't need to look at him and said, "The owner of the small temple went on a night trip. Sir, you should be able to see something strange, right?"

Wang Qilin felt that the strangest thing was Ma Ming. This soldier seemed to have no fear. He found a place and swept the dust with his dirty clothes before preparing to light a fire.

He winked at Ambassador Xu, who asked, "Brother Ma, what did you mean by what you just said outside the temple?"

"I'll show you something." Ma Ming pretended to take off his clothes.

Xu Da quickly stopped him: "We are talking seriously, there is no need to take off our clothes."

Ma Ming smiled and said, "I'm afraid you won't believe me if I don't take off my clothes. Look at this thing."

He took off his shirt to reveal a chest covered with heart-protecting hair. There were hideous scars on his chest and back. He didn't know how many injuries he had suffered.

There is a walnut-sized grimace among the scars, with all the facial features and a crooked mouth and an evil smile.

Seeing this, Xie Toad's face darkened: "Ghost Seal!"

Ma Ming nodded and said: "The Taoist priest has extraordinary knowledge. Yes, this is a ghost seal, so you don't need to be afraid. I guess the owner of this temple is out to monitor me."

Wang Qilin asked: "What is the ghost mark? Why are you still being monitored?"

Xie Toad said solemnly: "As the name suggests, the ghost seal is the seal taken by the ghost. It is equivalent to Brother Ma having an agreement with it. When the agreement is completed, the seal disappears. If the agreement cannot be completed, the person whose seal is taken away will be tortured.

Bar."

"What torture?"

"Fear of the unknown." Ma Ming said after getting dressed.

Wang Qilin didn't understand, so Xie Toad continued to introduce: "This thing is actually the qi of ghosts. People have yang essence, and ghosts have **. Qi is a kind of **. It is a good thing for ghosts, and humans have qi."

Ghost Qi will attract nearby evil ghosts, but ghosts are most concerned about strength. This Qi contains the power of the owner, and ordinary ghosts only dare to covet it but not dare to snatch it."

"So, pony will encounter evil spirits at night, and he doesn't know what kind of evil spirits he will encounter in the next moment or even tomorrow night. The unknown is the most frightening. In this way, he will live in fear for a long time.

Tormented."

Wang Qilin was horrified: "So scary?"

Ma Mingdao: "It's not scary. I have been a soldier for many years and am used to licking blood from the edge of a knife. That's how it is when you encounter war in the army. You don't know whether you will be alive next moment. This feeling is better than meeting a ghost.

But when people are tortured so much, what do ghosts have to be afraid of? They only dared to come out and look at me, but they didn’t dare to actually kill me. I didn’t understand what was going on before, but when the Taoist priest said that I understood, it turned out to be me.

There is also the power of that ghost, is this the power of a fox or a tiger?"

He laughed at the end.

This is not a show off smile, this is a real free and easy laugh.

Wang Qilin asked: "Why do you have ghost marks on your body?"

Ma Ming said: "When I was sending the bones of one of my brothers home, I accidentally entered a large tomb of bones. The owner of the tomb was a fierce ghost. It wanted to kill me and another little girl from the Southern Wilderness who accidentally entered the tomb, but

I still had a heavy responsibility and couldn't die, so I negotiated terms with it. I would return the bones of my brothers one by one, and then go back to claim death."

Xu Da swung his mace and said angrily: "There is still a ghost bullying such a loyal and courageous man like you? What you have done is a good thing that can move heaven and earth, but it still dares to attack you? Where is this place?

A ghost? Didn’t you go to the local jail to report the crime?”

Ma Ming said with a smile: "This ghost is very particular. It accepted my conditions and let me go. How could I turn around and go back on my word?"

Wang Qilin said: "It's impossible. With all due respect, ghosts are the most treacherous. How can they believe what you say?"

Ma Ming said: "Maybe I met a good ghost."

Xie Toad shook his head and said: "No, this ghost is just very treacherous. As the saying goes, his generosity is still too weak, but his loyalty will shine through the ages. He has not served the country in his life, so he left it as a loyal soul. Brother Ma is a loyal man, and he is always followed by fourteen loyal souls.

The evil ghost doesn't dare to get close, and that ghost can't do anything to you at all, so it treacherously places a ghost mark on you. When you return the fourteen loyal souls to your hometown and then go back to find it, it will be able to attack you.

"

Xu Da was very angry.

Ma Ming was stunned and said: "So that's it?"

Then he laughed again: "It doesn't matter, my biggest wish in life is to send my brothers back to their hometown. This was our mutual promise when we were assigned to a team, so as long as we can send them back to our hometown, everything else will be fine."

It doesn't matter."

Wang Qilin was a little moved: "How could Brother Ma think so? An ant can still live in vain..."

Ma Ming shook his head sadly: "I don't want to give birth, so I'm not afraid of death. The reason I don't dare to die now is because I still have the bones of my brothers."

As he spoke, he laughed heartily again: "Master Wang, there is no need to feel sorry for me. In my life, I have killed Rakshasa ghosts vigorously, drank the general's wine happily, ridden a good horse, and held a good sword. These two things

In the past year, I have also traveled all over the country and seen magnificent mountains and rivers, and I will die without regrets!"

Wang Qilin was silent for a moment and then asked: "How many brothers' bones do you have that you have not sent back?"

Ma Ming patted the bundle and said, "This is the last brother."

Wang Qilin said: "You send him back, and then the three of us will accompany you back to find that treacherous evil spirit."

Xu Da laughed: "Let's see if Master Qi doesn't chop it into dumpling fillings."

Ma Ming shook his head again: "Master Wang is upright, but there is no need for this. I once promised that ghost that I would go back to see it alone in the future. When the time comes, it can take my life at will, and I will never resist. It has fulfilled its promise to me.

Am I going to break my promise to it?"

As he spoke, he shook his head even more: "In my humble life, I have no university education, no prominent family background, and no great skills. The only thing that can comfort me in my life is that I still have some credibility. I can't give up this only thing."

Xie Toad also wanted to persuade him, but he was the first to smile and said: "Taoist Master is a good practitioner, so he must know the power of inner demons. I have been honest and upright in my humble life, and I think I have no inner demons."

"So, I am not afraid of death for my humble position. I can go to the underworld openly and aboveboard. When I see my parents or my brothers who died in the battle, I will dare to stand tall and say that Ma Mou has a clear conscience in his life."

"But if I break the life-and-death promise I made to others, how can I face my dead parents and brothers in the future? That would be torture for me!"

He patted his chest and continued: "Besides, this promise is still sealed, and I can't go back on my word. I understand the good intentions of the three adults, but I am a stubborn person, and I really can't appreciate it."

After hearing these words, Xie Toad could only say solemnly: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Lord Xu, bring some wine. I'm going to have a big drink with Brother Ma tonight!"

Xu Da sneered: "When we go out to do business, where can I get wine?"

Xie Toad flicked his sleeves, and the water bag hanging on his butt flew out.

Xu Da shouted: "Then I also want to have a big drink with Brother Ma."

Ma Ming smiled and said: "It's not like you are going to die soon because of your humble position. You two adults don't have to be like this."

Wang Qilin went up and patted him on the shoulder and said: "As long as what you say is true, you should not die. Also, do you believe in fate?"
Chapter completed!