Qiao Xi followed the crowd through the grove and arrived at the ancestral hall.
The old saint was sitting in the ancestral hall.
Josh looked at the old saint calmly.
She looked to be around 60 years old, with obvious wrinkles and freckles on her face, and two "horns" on her head. Her long hair was tied into two upward-curved horns, one on the left and one on the right. It looked like a crescent moon passing through her head, with sharp corners on both sides.
The croissant was wrapped with all kinds of jingling silver chains, gems and flower vines, and she had a black veil on her head. What made her different from the other priestesses was that the veil on her head allowed people around her to see her face clearly.
Everyone was assigned work tasks.
Qiao Xi was assigned to visit the seriously ill elderly people in the village.
This one is a bit strange.
Isn't it said that priestesses cannot come into contact with men?
There are clearly men on her list.
After receiving the task, Qiao Xi walked to Yuexi and said, "Aunt, why is my task to visit seriously ill people? Didn't you say that I can't have contact with men?"
Yuexi glanced at her impatiently and said, "A saint naturally has her own principles. Just do as you are told."
Not only her, but most of the other people's tasks also require contact with men.
Some people wanted to get the beards of several old men in the village, and some people wanted to help the men in the village cook.
Josh thought about it, but had no idea, so he could only shake his head.
She followed the main group to the area where the villagers lived ahead.
This mountain village is arranged in a straight line from front to back, with ordinary residents' residences in the front and the ancestral hall in the middle.
The ancestral hall is very long, like a city wall separating the residential area in front and the boathouse in the back.
Behind the ancestral hall is the boat house where the priestesses lived.
There is a pebbled forest between the ancestral hall and the boat house, which is particularly eerie.
Josh could feel the eyes of the people around them were on them.
His eyes were numb and empty.
Qiao Xi inexplicably saw some displeasure and indifference in them. The way they looked at them was as if they were outsiders or dead objects.
These villagers didn't seem to like the priestesses very much.
Logically speaking, the priestesses are prepared to inherit the mantle of the saint. Even if the villagers don't love them, they should at least not dislike them.
Unless there was something about these priestesses that they disliked.
Aunt Yuexi brought them to where the residents lived in front and said coldly, "I repeat, do not have any physical contact with men, and do not let them see your faces. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
The players scattered and began to complete their tasks, while Aunt Yuexi and a few women patrolled and supervised the open space.
Qiao Xi walked up to the frail old man. When the old man saw her approaching, he suddenly covered his face and moved away: "Don't come over! You evildoers are going to kill me, an old man!"
She looked at the old man who was hiding away and frowned slightly.
See the system prompt task progress (1/8)
In other words, she still has to accommodate 7 elderly people.
Does this count as a visit?
It doesn't seem to be that difficult.
Qiao Xi walked to another frail old man, but the old man looked at her straight with a creepy smile on his face: "You are doomed."
She smiled and politely responded, "Thank you, you too."
elder:"……"
Barrage: [……]
After visiting several in succession, there was still one left that I couldn't find.
Josh looked towards the last room he had not entered.
This room is different from the other rooms next to it. Various white paper lanterns and white paper strips are hung outside the room, and it looks like a funeral is being held there.
Just as she was about to approach, a girl next to her carefully pulled her back: "You are going to die, go into this room! This room is an ominous place, anyone who gets close will die a miserable death!"
Qiao Xi smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'm lucky."
She avoided the girl's touch and stood up to go inside.
The door slammed shut, trapping her inside.
The sound of dripping water and the stench of blood could be heard in the room.
The simple house was even drafty on all sides, and the draught passed through the house with a gloomy whooshing sound.
There was a coughing sound from inside: "Who is it... cough cough cough..."
Only then did Qiao Xi notice that there was a tattered bamboo door in the house, and there seemed to be a bedroom behind the door.
Josh walked over slowly, reached out to push the door, but found that it was locked from the inside.
The old lady inside said in a somewhat unhappy voice: "I want to know who is outside!"
Qiao Xi didn't say who he was, he just raised his voice and said, "The Saint asked me to come and see you."
There was no sound from inside.
Josh peered through the crack in the door.
Inside was a dilapidated bedroom with a strong smell that was unique to an old man who had lived there for a long time.
But there seemed to be no one in the room and the bed was empty.
Sunlight seeped in through the thatched roof, forming spots like beams of light piercing through the mist. The house was so dusty that it really didn't look like a place where people lived.
Suddenly, there was a breathing sound approaching my ear.
Qiao Xi was caught off guard by a pair of old, cloudy eyes, staring at her through the crack in the door.
[Oh my god! I scared my dad to death! ]
【Ah ...
[Damn, this old lady is so scary! ]
The old lady did look scary. Her wrinkled face was hideous enough, but she also had a pair of cat-like eyes with pale yellow sclera and a not-so-conspicuous vertical pupil in the middle.
Josh took a look and realized that the mission was not yet completed, so it seemed that he had to go in.
She knocked on the door: "I came to see you."
The old lady laughed, which made the already terrifying atmosphere even more terrifying: "Then come in."
With a creaky sound, the bamboo door was slowly opened.
Josh couldn't help but burst out laughing and went into the house.
The old lady frowned unhappily: "What are you laughing at?"
Qiao Xi held back his laughter and looked at her: "Nothing, I just think your laughter is quite interesting."
old lady:"……"
In addition to dust in the room, there were some paper figures piled up in the corners. The clothes painted on these paper figures were the common clothes worn by the Moon Tribe people, but they all had expressionless faces and no eyes.
Qiao Xi came closer with curiosity: "You have good craftsmanship, didn't you make all these?"
"yes……"
Josh stretched out his finger and touched the paper man, and found that the material of the paper man was very soft and delicate, as if it was made of human skin.
She asked curiously, "What material is this paper figure made of? It's so smooth and has a strong musky scent."
"A secret I can't tell you..."
The old lady's voice behind her came closer: "Little girl, don't touch these things easily. If you make them unhappy, they will eat you."
Josh smiled and said, "He has a bad temper."
The comments have gone crazy: [Turn back quickly! Turn back quickly! ]
[I'm really going crazy. This old lady doesn't look like a decent person! What on earth is Josh doing? ]
[I couldn't bear to look at it anymore. The old lady's tongue was about to drop to the ground! She was even drooling!]
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