He was determined that we couldn't risk letting that thing in by kicking him out!
Seeing that he was pretending to be dead, Luo Tianhe lost his motivation to mock him and gradually fell silent.
The room was deathly silent, except for the sounds of vines rubbing together and the crackling of burning firewood outside.
Wu Yan gradually shrank to the corner, trying to minimize his presence.
His leg wound was bleeding profusely, and the bone was exposed, but he gritted his teeth and dared not make a sound!
He knew that he was now less than a dog here.
Sun Wang's hateful gaze, Luo Tianhe's undisguised contempt, and the disgusted looks from the young tourists felt like needles pricking him.
But he could endure all of that, except for the fear of being thrown out.
"Chen Yan, this can't go on. Sooner or later those vines will break in!" Luo Tianhe said anxiously, feeling that these things were more terrifying than ghosts.
I leaned against the wall, panting heavily. My Heavenly Eye was stinging from the previous intense exertion and the oppressive Yin energy.
But the more this happens, the more I have to force myself to stay calm.
Although the thing in front of us is strange, its core is definitely inseparable from the resentment of vengeful spirits.
It is not simply a demonic plant; it is likely an evil entity that uses a special plant as its vessel and integrates countless resentful spirits.
Understanding this made me feel even colder, but I also saw a glimmer of hope for a solution.
Dealing with vengeful spirits is my specialty, and I have plenty of confidence in this area.
"Luo Tianhe, don't panic." I straightened up and took things out of the cloth bag I was carrying.
Cinnabar, talisman paper, and ink line are all items used to ward off evil spirits, along with a few old copper coins engraved with runes.
This is amulet money, which I managed to get with great difficulty. It's specifically used to ward off evil spirits and suppress impurities!
Finally, I pulled out a small compass. The needle was swinging wildly from side to side, eventually pointing firmly to the northeast corner of the house, which is the direction of the wall behind Sun Wang's stove.
"What's behind that?" I realized something was wrong and immediately asked Sun Wang.
Sun Wang was also taken aback for a moment, then looked in the direction I was looking, his face full of confusion:
"There's just the back wall behind it, next to the cliff of the back mountain, nothing special."
"No!" Just then, Wu Qingshan, who had been curled up in the corner with a pained expression, suddenly struggled to raise his head.
His eyes were unfocused, yet he stared intently in that direction, his lips trembling:
"That's where I sacrificed my grandson before. It's an abandoned well, and there's definitely more to it than meets the eye!"
A well? A sacrificial site?
I frowned, my mind racing with countless thoughts.
This well is definitely key somewhere.
"Sun Wang, when you were building your house, did you dig up anything strange? Or is there anything eerie about the house, like a particularly cold and damp place?" I asked quickly.
Sun Wang and his wife exchanged a glance, thought carefully for a while, and then his wife suddenly spoke:
“Some masters! Every year during the humid season, while other places are just damp, that wall behind the stove can seep out a thick, yellow liquid, like corpse fluid. We thought it was a rat that died in the wall, and we tried to clear it several times but couldn’t find anything.”
That's it!
"Luo Tianhe, you take this sword and guard the doors and windows. Li Huai, come and help. Sun Wang, move the pot off your stove." I shouted as I quickly mixed cinnabar with cinnabar and wrote runes on the talisman paper, all for warding off evil and cleansing impurities.
Luo Tianhe responded, gripped the Thunderstrike Sword tightly, and stared intently at the cracks in the doors and windows.
Li Huaiyu and Sun Wang went together to move the heavy iron pot.
The pot was moved aside, revealing the stove platform built of blue bricks in front of it. I touched the wall behind the stove, and sure enough, it was cold and damp.
"Break down this wall!" I pointed to the area behind the stove.
"Huh? Smash the wall?!" Sun Wang was stunned.
"If you don't want to die, hurry up! At this point, don't worry about whether you'll ever have a hot meal again. If you die here, you'll only be able to eat offerings and wait for the living to burn paper money for you!"
Luo Tianhe turned around and roared.
At this moment, he was under the most pressure, as the vines would sometimes creep in through the cracks in the doors and windows, and sometimes from the nooks and crannies.
He had to look at both sides, and only by doing so could he barely maintain the situation.
Sun Wang gritted his teeth; what Luo Tianhe said made sense.
You can only eat if you're alive; once you're dead, you have nothing left!
He grabbed a wood-chopping axe from beside the door and smashed it hard in the spot I pointed to.
"Bang! Bang!"
Bricks and stones flew everywhere. After a few impacts, a blue brick loosened and fell down, revealing a dark, gaping hole behind it.
A strong, fishy stench suddenly wafted out of the cave entrance, causing the oil lamp flame to flicker wildly.
Sun Wang and Li Huai, who were closest to each other, couldn't help but gag and almost vomited.
I wasn't much better off; my stomach was churning, and I wished I had no sense of smell.
After a brief pause, Li Huai took over and continued smashing, quickly creating a hole about half a person's height.
Behind it wasn't a solid wall, but a narrow, dark space that stretched downwards.
The compass needle almost leaped off the dial, pointing deadly at the black hole.
Sun Wang was completely stunned by what he saw. He never expected that the place where he had lived for so many years would contain such a hidden secret.
"I'll go down and take a look." I grabbed an oil lamp and was about to crawl into the hole.
"Holy crap, Yan-ge, you're not kidding, are you? This is too dangerous!" Li Huai grabbed me and wouldn't let me get down.
"The root of that thing is probably down there. If we don't destroy it, we'll all die here!"
I shook him off and said to Luo Tianhe:
"Hold this position. If anything comes from below or outside, don't hesitate!"
Luo Tianhe nodded emphatically, his eyes fierce.
I trust him to get things done.
I crouched down and squeezed into the cave entrance. The passage was extremely narrow, allowing only one person to pass by bending over. All around were cold rocks and slippery moss. The slope became steeper as I went down, almost suffocating.
The light from the oil lamp could only illuminate a few steps ahead of me.
It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid, but this is the only option I have.
If we hesitate any longer, all the villagers outside will be eaten up, and the difficulty of dealing with this thing will probably increase exponentially!
After walking for about five minutes, the space ahead seemed to open up a bit, and the oil lamp illuminated a small space that resembled a cave.
In the center of the cave, there is a circular well opening with a diameter of more than one meter. The moonlight can be seen through the well opening. This should be the well where the sacrifice was performed before.
At this moment, I was in the middle of the well opening. I walked to the edge of the pit and, by the light of the oil lamp, carefully looked down.
The well was so deep that the light couldn't reach the bottom, which sent chills down one's spine.
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