Chapter 149 Uncle, you are not like this to others!

Ji Huaisheng walked in somewhat surprised. Seeing Jian Yue and Ji Huaiyu standing so close to each other, he asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Jian Yue didn't even see whether the ring moved or not, and stood up with some regret.

Ji Huaisheng came over to take a look and said, "What is this? Is it a test wood?"

Jian Yue asked: "Do you know him?"

Ji Huaisheng said: "There are records. I used to look at these records when I had nothing to do at home. But after the incident, these things were snatched away by some villagers in the town at that time..."

He stopped talking midway.

Perhaps he realized something and glanced at Ji Huaiyu's expression.

Ji Huaisheng coughed lightly and said, "However, many of our sect's things were bought back by my uncle at the auction, and some of them were lost in the hands of private buyers and have been floating around outside."

Jian Yue realized a problem.

Most of these things were scattered outside and were sent away by the residents of the local town!

He also captured a very sensitive sentence. Ji Huaisheng said that these things were snatched away by local residents after the accident. He recalled that he once saw a record of a disciple in the record book, which said that they were going to the mountain to pray for the villagers.

But after they prayed, the first thing the villagers did was to snatch away the disciples’ belongings and sell them.

Ji Huaiyu said: "Why did you come to see me?"

Ji Huaisheng finally reacted and said, "The town said that they will hold a wood worship festival in two days. Should we participate?"

Jian Yue immediately asked curiously: "What festival is that?"

Ji Huaisheng didn't expect that he would be so curious.

In fact, he had not intended to answer, but he did not expect that even though he did not want to answer, the person next to him, who never liked to talk much, spoke up.

Ji Huaiyu said: "The annual Wood Sacrifice Festival in the town is to celebrate the spirit trees and to express gratitude for the spirit trees given by God."

Jian Yue nodded, and suddenly it occurred to him: "The wood in our town is so spiritual, could there be people cutting down trees or mining them?"

When Ji Huaisheng heard this, he seemed to be showing off at his best point, and snorted, "Our spiritual wood is of protection grade. Let's not talk about whether the people who are destined to cut it down are still able to sell it. What's more, this whole mountain has long been bought by my uncle, and it's private property."

Jian Yue understood now. No wonder one needed the Ji family's consent to enter and exit the mountain and to film here. It turned out that the entire mountain was private.

Ji Huaiyu said to Ji Huaisheng, "Since you are back, why not join us? There are many outsiders in the town this year. You should connect with them. The day is coming soon. Don't cause trouble."

Ji Huaisheng's expression became more serious as he talked about this. He nodded and said, "I understand."

After discussing the main business.

Ji Huaisheng looked at Jian Yue, hesitant to speak, and said, "You, why are you still at my uncle's place so late?"

Jian Yue said: "I am the housekeeper, where would I be if I wasn't here?"

Ji Huaisheng said: "You really became a housekeeper? You have never done this kind of work before."

Jian Yue said confidently: "I love what I do. Anyway, there are no movies for me to shoot during this period."

Ji Huaisheng choked up. He asked Ji Huaiyu, "Can my uncle really take good care of you and not cause you any trouble?"

Ji Huaiyu raised his eyes to look at him and said, "He is less troublesome than you."

Ji Huaisheng: “…”

He's actually not that useless!

Thinking of the earthquake, Ji Huaisheng asked one more question. He said, "The mountains have been in turmoil these past two days. Are you not injured? I smell ointment in this room. This is the snow wood ointment you usually treasure. Are you seriously injured? Why didn't the assistant tell me?"

Ji Huaiyu said: "The person who was injured was not me, but him."

Ji Huaisheng looked at Jian Yue in surprise, as if he had seen a ghost: "Is it you?"

Jian Yue looked back at him innocently: "Why can't it be me?"

Ji Huaisheng choked up. He didn't know about others, but this was Ji Huaiyu. The snow wood ointment was so precious. It was the sap produced by the best spiritual tree on the mountain. It was a medicine made by his uncle himself. All the puppets would be terrified when they smelled it, and it was extremely nourishing to human wounds.

In the past, these things would definitely not be used by outsiders.

This is why he suspected that Ji Huaiyu was injured, but it turned out that Jian Yue was injured!

Ji Huaisheng choked and said, "It's nothing. How did you get hurt? You didn't seem to be injured on the day of the earthquake."

Jian Yue said: "I accidentally fell, and my uncle applied medicine to me. What's wrong? Is this ointment expensive?"

Ji Huaisheng hasn't spoken yet.

Ji Huaiyu, who was sitting on a chair, whispered, "As long as the things used by people are effective, they are not high or low, you don't have to think about those things."

Jian Yue then breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said, "Okay."

Ji Huaisheng: “…”

no!

Uncle, you don’t say that to others! !

I still remember that he broke his leg because of being naughty. It might leave a scar. I wanted to ask my uncle for some plaster, but what did his uncle say? The man just looked down at me and said lightly: "The snow wood ointment is expensive. Let the scar remain. Remember it for a long time."

This is really a discriminatory treatment, who is he after all the nephew? !

Ji Huaisheng was thinking about it.

Jian Yue said, "Then the Wood Sacrifice Festival you are going to attend sounds like a lot of fun. Can I go?"

Ji Huaiyu said calmly, "There are too many people there, so it may not be safe."

Jian Yue immediately said: "Then can I follow you? I promise not to run around!"

He looked at Ji Huaiyu with anticipation in his eyes; his eyes were round and exceptionally bright, as if he was afraid that the person in front of him would disagree. He even moved closer to the edge of the table, almost raising his hand to swear.

Ji Huaiyu looked up at him, into his eyes. He didn't nod immediately, but said, "Ask me first about anything you encounter at the banquet."

Jian Yue nodded happily and said, "I promise!"

Ji Huaisheng watched all this and found it really very natural, just like a junior acting coquettishly with an elder whom he trusted.

but……

It seems that there is more to it than that.

I always feel that they are a bit similar. What are they similar to?

After walking a long way out of the house and letting the evening breeze calm his mind for a while, Ji Huaisheng finally reacted belatedly.

Like flirting!!!

But that shouldn't be possible. Ji Huaisheng was so frightened by his own guess that he broke out in a cold sweat. His uncle was very picky, and what was so good about Jian Yue? Wasn't it just his good looks? How could his uncle like someone who was just pretty?

right……

He must be overthinking it, absolutely!!

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Day 2

Jian Yue woke up in the guest room early in the morning.

It was such a refreshing day. There were no puppets crawling outside Xiaoyu's guest room all night. It was so quiet!

When Jian Yue got up from the bed, there were already many missed calls on his cell phone.

He picked up the phone.

Wang Wenwen and the others were anxiously answering the phone: "Butler Wang, are you okay?"

Jian Yue asked doubtfully: "No, what can happen to me?"

"Nangong Xi said you were surrounded by puppets yesterday." Wang Wenwen said, "We are all very worried about you."

Jian Yue said: "This all happened last night. Why did you call me now? I thought you all went to bed last night."

Wang Wenwen was silent for a moment before she said, "Because Nangong Xi was too anxious to fly last night, he flew very low and was caught by the people in the front yard as if he were a bird. He has only been released now."

Jian Yue: “…”

What a joke from hell.

"I'm fine now." Jian Yue said, "But we'd better meet. I have some latest information."

Wang Wenwen also immediately said: "We have learned something new, let's meet at Sister Aya's store!"

Jian Yue agreed.

The group met at noon.

Several people in the teahouse arrived. Aya waited for Jian Yue to arrive and subconsciously asked, "Are you injured?"

Jian Yue asked curiously: "How do you know?"

Aya then calmed down and said with a smile, "I smell the medicine on you."

Jian Yue nodded and said, "I was injured a little. I was scratched by the puppet yesterday. But it's not serious. I feel much better today."

The others then breathed a sigh of relief.

Nangong Xi said in annoyance: "It's my fault for being too careless last night!"

Jian Yue said: "It doesn't matter. In that situation, it would be too late even if you called for help."

Nangong Xi finally realized that Jian Yue asked her to find reinforcements yesterday just to get her away as he didn't want any unnecessary sacrifices.

In this horror dungeon, everyone's life hangs on a thread. Friends who might be able to gather together and laugh today may disappear tomorrow.

Aya said: "We checked at the hotel yesterday and found that the doctor's hands, feet and legs were broken for no apparent reason. He is now bedridden."

Jian Yue was a little surprised: "How did you get injured?"

"It looks like he fell." Aya said, "Don't you think it's strange? How could a person fall like this? And isn't he a miracle doctor? How could his condition be so serious that he can't even get out of bed?"

Jian Yue frowned slightly.

He remembered that when the miracle doctor was with him yesterday, he was not injured. How come he became like that after returning to the restaurant?

In a flash.

Jian Yue suddenly remembered that after he was injured last night, Ji Huaiyu pulled a puppet out of the bushes and removed its hands and feet.

Could there be a connection?

Just thinking about it.

Aya suddenly received a call. After she answered the phone and said a few words, her face changed drastically, and then she said, "I know, are you sure?"

What did the person on the other end of the phone say?

After Aya hung up the phone, she looked at Jian Yue and the others and said, "The miracle doctor is dead."

Everyone at the table looked changed.

Wang Wenwen was shocked: "How is this possible!"

Aya put down her phone and said, "Li Lele said so. I left him and another player from the guild at the restaurant to keep an eye on them. He definitely wouldn't lie. This kid is very steady. He won't say anything unless he's 100% sure."

Nangong Xi's face turned pale: "How could the miracle doctor suddenly die? Our main task is the secret of the miracle doctor. Can we investigate it even if he is dead?"

Jian Yue dropped the main quest almost the moment he heard the news.

The task panel above was safe and sound, without any indication of possible failure, and the progress had quietly reached 80%.

The audience in the live broadcast room was also a little excited:

"The miracle doctor is dead?"

"I've relied on this dungeon for so long, and this is the first time the miracle doctor died before finishing the main quest!"

"How can we play this if he's dead?"

"The difficulty of this dungeon has really increased!"

Jian Yue calmed down. He put his hand on the tip of his index finger and rubbed it a few times. This was the action he usually used when thinking.

"Go and have a look." Jian Yue stood up and said, "I want to see his body."

Everyone else was a little stunned.

Wang Wenwen and Nangong Xi were both too young, and the two youngsters were so scared that they didn’t dare to move.

Aya stood up: "Let's go together."

Jian Yue walked directly outside. Wang Wenwen gritted her teeth and said, "You might get discovered if you go. Use my card."

Everyone nodded.

Nangong Xi saw that everyone had left and hurried over.

Jian Yue turned around and said to her, "It's useless to go with a large group of people. I have something to entrust to you. I didn't see some details of the altar on the top of the mountain carefully yesterday. If your card is cooled down, fly to the mountain again and take a closer look with your camera. I want to see it."

Nangong Xi quickly said: "Okay!"

Although she was afraid to go to the altar alone, she was also afraid to go to the death scene. Since she was afraid of both, it didn't matter which one she chose!

She comforted herself in her heart.

Jian Yue went directly to the hotel. After Wang Wenwen used the card, everyone went directly to the top floor under the guidance of Li Lele and came to the room where the miracle doctor had the accident.

The waiter in the room was answering the mayor's questions.

The mayor asked, "Why did this happen so suddenly?"

The waiter replied nervously, "We don't know either. He was fine in the morning and had breakfast. But we don't know why he was lying on the bed dead when we came here at noon!"

The mayor was a little annoyed and said, "The miracle doctor is a distinguished guest. How could such a thing happen to him? Sigh..."

The waiter said, "The miracle doctor has never been in good health. We often see bloody paper balls in the trash can in his room. Maybe he has always been ill. This may be an acute attack. Not long after breakfast, I heard a loud noise in the room. When I came in, I saw the miracle doctor vomiting blood. He was gone in a moment."

The mayor reluctantly accepted this explanation. He said with some regret: "Such a good person, how could something happen to him?"

He sighed.

Everyone left the room while talking.

After watching them leave, Jian Yue walked to the bed. The person on the bed was covered with a white cloth. Jian Yue did not lift up the face, but only lifted up the legs and feet. When he saw the legs, he could be sure that this was indeed a miracle doctor. One of the legs was indeed broken.

He exchanged the gloves from the system's mall and examined them carefully.

Aya and Wang Wenwen at the back kept silent.

It was not until Jian Yue took back his hand and took off his gloves that he turned around and said, "He should have been dead for more than eight hours."

Aya and Wang Wenwen were both shocked, because according to what the waiter said, the miracle doctor had just had breakfast, and it was only four hours away from morning!

Jian Yue said: "His body already has a smell, this kind of smell will only appear after more than eight hours of death, and I have confirmed the condition of his muscles, which also matches the time."

This means that breakfast in the morning is a complete lie!!

Even Aya, who was used to big scenes, looked a little upset: "Why is he still eating in the morning if he's already dead?"

Jian Yue said: "To make people think that he died of a sudden illness."

Aya and Wang Wenwen's expressions changed.

Almost at the same time, Jian Yue's system panel refreshed:

"Limited-time mission: [The cause of the miracle doctor's death]

Mission details: Find out the real cause of death of the miracle doctor.

Mission Reward: Fire-Repellent Bead"

Jian Yue knew that the death of the miracle doctor was definitely suspicious. He walked to the table, saw the marks on the window sill and said, "Come and take a look."

The two people behind came over.

Jian Yue pointed to the window sill.

Aya immediately responded: "The traces of the puppet crawling."

Jian Yue looked at the wide-open window and said, "There are puppets crawling in this room, and there are more than one. Yesterday, the miracle doctor brought the puppets to me. He can control the puppets and use them to treat people. I don't believe he would die so easily."

Wang Wenwen immediately asked, "He's not dead?"

Jian Yue said: "It's not certain yet, but it's actually easy to find him. All we need to do is find out what he wants."

Aya said: "That ring."

Jian Yue said: "The ring is with me. He will definitely come to see me again. As long as he is alive, he will definitely come. The Wood Sacrifice Festival will be in two days. You guys should pay more attention to see who behaves the strangest."

Everyone nodded. Even if they had to use the process of elimination, they had to find the miracle doctor. Otherwise, they would not be able to carry out their mission!

Two days later.

Wood worship festival.

This is a relatively large event for the mayor.

The town has been making carpentry works for generations, so the Wood Festival is naturally very grand. In the evening, Jian Yue followed Ji Huaiyu to the scene.

The Wood Festival is held in the square of the small town.

The square was brightly lit and many people were coming and going.

When Jane came over, she smelled a rotten smell. The last time she smelled this pungent smell was in the kitchen ice storage on the cruise ship. The fresh fish had green grass seeds in their stomachs, emitting a bloody and rotten smell.

And this square is only populated by people.

Jian Yue's eyes swept over the people around him. Some of them had a strong scent, while others had a light scent.

Wang Wenwen, who was mixed in the crowd, whispered to Jian Yue: "Many people at this banquet only ate the cakes provided by the program team and nothing else."

Jian Yue remembered what the director and the chef had said in the basement kitchen, and knew that this group of people would not give up.

"Look at their movements." Jian Yue said, "What do you think they look like?"

Wang Wenwen followed Jian Yue's gaze and saw that many people in the square were moving very stiffly, their eyes were dark without any light, their heartbeats were very slow, and they were even a little afraid of the light.

"Like a puppet." Wang Wenwen was hairy all over: "Like a puppet."

Jian Yue said: "Not only them, have you seen the residents in the town over there?"

Wang Wenwen looked over and found that some residents were also receiving cakes to eat. He said, "Because there was an earthquake some time ago, the director team borrowed their chef and sent a lot of food to the local residents."

Jian Yue looked at him from a distance and said, "Don't you think there are more and more people like this?"

In the beginning, there were only a few hundred people and the smell wasn’t even that strong, but now the whole town has gathered together and they are all filled with a rotten smell.

Green Relic Grass likes to feed on flesh and blood, and can use its host as a container to grow. Creatures whose flesh and blood are absorbed will eventually turn into puppets.

Wang Wenwen was really a little scared. He asked, "Will everyone in this town turn into that kind of monster in the future?"

Jian Yue's eyes were stern, and his voice was as deep as ice: "I'm afraid these are all the work of the miracle doctor. Find him out."

Wang Wenwen nodded.

Jian Yue was walking not far from Ji Huaiyu, who was talking to the mayor and others not far away, and Jian Yue was listening next to him.

After a while.

Someone came over.

The director, assistant director and others came over, still holding their glasses of wine. The director was very enthusiastic and said, "Butler Wang, I haven't seen you for a few days!"

Jian Yue turned around and looked at him, smiling, "Yeah, I haven't seen you for a few days, Director. How is the filming of your play going recently?"

The director sighed and said, "Don't mention it. This is a natural disaster. It will probably take some time before we can start filming. But you, Butler Wang, don't look too well. Are you feeling unwell?"

Jian Yue said: "I didn't sleep well."

The director immediately stepped forward and patted Jian Yue on the shoulder and said, "How can this be possible? You need to have a good rest."

Jian Yue pretended to be touched: "Thank you for your concern, Director. I will definitely work hard when the crew starts filming!"

The director said: "It's good that you have this kind of awareness!"

The two chatted for a while before leaving.

After the director left, Jian Yue looked at his back, then touched his pocket. Sure enough, the ring in his pocket was gone. He looked at the director's back and raised his eyebrows meaningfully.

The audience in the live broadcast room were somewhat excited:

“It was just stolen.”

"It's hard to take this thing back once it's given!"

"Anchor, you are confused."

“It’s useful for fishing, but the gain is not worth it!!”

“This anchor isn’t very rational either!”

"I think he will regret it later!!"

Some viewers expressed their incomprehension of this.

And the other side.

During the banquet, the director found an opportunity to leave, smiled at the people waiting for him outside, and said excitedly, "I got it!"

The person on the other side also said happily: "Really?"

The director nodded immediately and said, "Of course, I'm very quick. Steward Wang would never have thought that I took it. There's no place for regret!"

The man nodded and took the ring with satisfaction: "You did a good job. This ring is called Test Wood. It is a priceless treasure. The most magical thing about it is that it is located in the spiritual vein, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is sensitive to the breath of the puppet and is very psychic..."

Two people were talking.

When I looked at the jade carefully in the light, I didn't know where my fingers pressed.

suddenly.

The ring flashed.

Then.

Following the evening breeze, the ring lit up with colorful lights, and even a mechanical song came out: "Listen to me, thank you, because of you, I feel warm..."

There was silence for a moment.

The man holding the ring was furious: "What is this? I asked you to hold the ring, how can it sing?"

The director held his breath for a long time, then tentatively asked, "Maybe it's because...it has a spirit, spirituality?"