Chapter 76
After giving a simple explanation, the other party hung up.
Lin Sheng immediately called Xu Guannan and led people to Yougu Mountain.
As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he heard screams coming from the mountain and hurriedly led his men to rush up.
Lin Sheng took Wangcai out of his treasure bag, stroked its head, and said hurriedly,
"Hurry up and find them. Make sure they are safe first."
Wangcai responded and immediately rushed into the woods, following the scent of human beings.
Lin Sheng and Xu Guannan quickened their pace, trying their best to catch up with Wangcai. When they arrived, they found that one of them had been hung upside down on a tree, with two bloody holes on his face. Bright red blood flowed down his naturally hanging hands, forming a bloody carpet on the ground.
In the horrified mouth, a long black worm exactly the same as the one in Wei He's body was wriggling. Under the woman's snow-white skin, the red blood vessels were also stained black. The blood vessels were still surging under the skin, and the flesh and blood were gradually being sucked away.
Wangcai was guarding in front of Tan Meng and shouted in the direction of Luo Yingying's body.
The group looked behind the tree with vigilance, and saw a black claw suddenly resting on the trunk. Then a rotten human face appeared behind the tree, and the head was still shaking slightly. The two black holes seemed to be looking at Lin Sheng and others. The corners of its lips were slightly raised, and it pounced towards Lin Sheng at an extremely fast speed.
Everyone immediately panicked and rushed to shoot at it, but found that this thing was not afraid of bullets at all.
Xu Guannan pretended to pull Lin Sheng away, but was pushed aside by her. She threw out a piece of talisman paper, which turned into a golden rope and tied up the thing on the spot.
The thing let out a terrifying roar, and a puff of black smoke spread around it. Lin Sheng saw the situation and immediately said,
"Cover your nose. Don't breathe in the black smoke."
Just as he finished speaking, he saw that thing suddenly broke free from the rope as if it had gone mad, and it flashed into the fog and disappeared in an instant.
"Wangcai!"
Lin Sheng gave an order, and the white figure rushed out. Lin Sheng threw a few yellow talismans to Xu Guannan and gave him some simple instructions.
"Take it, use it for self-defense. No one can be left behind. I leave her to you."
After saying that, Lin Sheng flashed and jumped into the fog.
Following the guidance of the yellow talisman all the way, Lin Sheng saw with his own eyes that thing jumped into a wooden house.
The wooden house was locked, and the lock showed signs of being used, which showed that someone came here frequently. Judging from the behavior of that thing, it must have often hidden in the wooden house.
Wangcai broke open the window and rushed into the house. He saw several bones piled under the bed. The thing was lying on the bones, looking at Wangcai with a defensive look.
Wangcai yelled at the thing and forced it out of the wooden house. Lin Sheng took the opportunity to lock it with a rope again and used a yellow talisman to draw a formation on the ground to exorcise evil spirits and trap it.
When Xu Guannan and the others arrived following the yellow talisman, the fog around them gradually dissipated, and only a few white bones remained on the ground.
Everyone went down the mountain in shock, but it was already dark. The road leading out of the village was difficult to travel at night, so the group had to go into the village.
The village chief glanced at the crowd, as if he saw something. A dark light flashed in his eyes, and a strange gentleness appeared on his wrinkled face. He was very warm and hospitable, and welcomed Lin Sheng and others into the village.
"It's just one night, no problem. I'll have someone arrange it right away. I'll cook something for you first. You must be hungry after a long day's journey."
As the village chief spoke, he walked forward and wanted to take Tan Meng's hand from Lin Sheng.
At this time, Tan Meng was frightened by the things on the mountain. Before she could recover, she saw people approaching in a trance. She couldn't help but scream and immediately hid behind Lin Sheng.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng immediately raised his hand and protected Tan Meng behind him, with a faint smile on his face.
"She was frightened and is a little shy now."
The village chief's hand dropped in mid-air, and he put on an awkward smile, trying to hide his feelings.
"You're a tourist going up the mountain, right? I was wondering why I've never seen you before. Don't be afraid, girl. I just saw that you're about the same age as my daughter. I haven't seen her for a long time, and I felt a sense of closeness when I saw you. Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."
The face in front of him was the same as the one in his dream. Lin Sheng instinctively felt disgusted and spoke in a bad tone.
"She doesn't feel close to you. After all, the village chief is a unique person with a thick skin."
The village chief's smile froze, but because Lin Sheng had participated in the ceremony and escorted the sacrifice, he dared not disrespect the gods. He could only swallow his anger and joked with a smile.
"Miss Lin, I'll be busy now. Please sit here for a while."
As soon as the village chief left, the mountain guard arrived and handed some dry food to Lin Sheng. After delivering the food, he left. However, there was not much food, only enough for Lin Sheng to eat alone, so Lin Sheng shared some with Tan Meng.
Tan Meng just shook her head and gently refused.
"No need, Sister Linlin, you eat first, I have no appetite."
Lin Sheng handed it to Xu Guannan, but heard Xu Guannan say,
"You've done the most work, so you eat first. We're not hungry yet."
The others nodded in agreement, and Lin Sheng didn't bother to be polite with them and ate directly.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the village chief brought hot dishes and hot soup.
"Everyone, hurry up and eat before the food gets cold. There's soup in the pot. It's foggy and cold at night, so it's perfect for warming up."
He scanned everyone's faces and saw that Lin Sheng hadn't touched his chopsticks. The village chief greeted him warmly,
"Ms. Lin, come and eat, this soup is very fresh."
Lin Sheng met the village chief's gaze, a glimmer flashed across his eyes, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Following the village chief's enthusiastic greetings, he picked up the bowl and drank up the soup in front of him.
When Tan Meng saw the food in front of her, the aroma lingered around her nose, which aroused her appetite and she started to eat.
Seeing that everyone had started to eat, the village chief left with a satisfied look on his face.
Probably because they were tired after a day of work, everyone went to bed early. Tan Meng didn't dare to sleep alone because of what happened during the day, so she squeezed in with Lin Sheng for a while.
The full moonlight poured down, the mist was thick, and the village was silent.
Lin Sheng heard the sound of steady breathing. He closed his eyes slightly and listened quietly to the movement in the corner of the ceiling.
With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open quietly. Several footsteps came in, slowly approached the bed, and stretched out their hands to the person on the bed.
“Hmm—”
Lin Sheng suddenly turned around and faced Tan Meng.
The outstretched hand suddenly stopped in mid-air. Not daring to breathe, he focused on Lin Sheng's condition. He held his breath and waited for a long time. Seeing that Lin Sheng did not show any signs of waking up, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Two people quietly took Tan Meng away from her sleep, and Tan Meng felt her body was light and she couldn't open her eyes.
The moment the door closed, a figure silently disappeared from the corner of the ceiling.
"Hurry up, they are still waiting."
"Would it really not offend the gods to let a foreign woman give birth? What if the gods blame me..."
"What are you afraid of? Didn't Mu Shan also give birth to offspring and live well? As long as there are offspring, God will not punish us."
"But Mushan's daughter..."
"Shut up! Don't mention this!"
After saying that, the two of them showed a trace of fear in their expressions. They looked around in panic, stood at the door of Lingdie Hall, knocked three times, and saw the door open from the inside.
After closing the door, the two men led the people directly into the back hall, where they saw the village chief sitting in the main seat, accompanied by two men who were in relatively strong bodies.
"Put it down, you can start now."
There was a makeshift bed in the middle of the back hall. The two men put Tan Meng on the bed, looking at her with eyes full of lust that could not be concealed in their hearts, and their short and evil hands reached out for the collar of the sleeping person.
A head suddenly hung down from the sky, long hair gently stroked the man's hand, the bloody lips curled slightly, the pale lips opened and closed, the eyeballs moved, and gave the man a gentle look.
The long hair silently wrapped around the hand reaching for the collar. The two were instantly frightened out of their minds. The evil desire in their eyes instantly turned into fear. They screamed hysterically, but before the sound came out, a piece of long hair blocked their mouths. They could only hear the head uttering words one by one.
"Sh ...
Tan Meng couldn't open his eyes, his brows slightly furrowed, and he muttered,
"It's so noisy, can you be quiet?"
"I heard...you must be...good..."
The two of them nodded continuously, their eyes were blurry and their clothes were wet. They turned around and were about to run, but suddenly a pair of hands stretched out from under the bed, immediately grabbed their feet and knocked them down in an instant.
The two men hit their heads on the wooden table beside them and died, leaving a red spot on the corner of the table.
The remaining three people saw a pair of skeletons crawling out from under the bed. They were dressed in red clothes and had long thin necks, but no head.
“Ghost…there’s a ghost!”
The head in the air slowly turned around, and a pair of bloodshot eyes looked at the three people.
Seeing that the two people beside the village chief were about to run away, the headless female corpse floated into the front hall slowly.
The door couldn't be opened for some reason. I could only hear two men banging on the door violently from the front hall.
"Let me out! Let me out!"
A chill arose behind them, and a skeleton was placed on their shoulders, patting them lightly.
The two men suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed loudly, and blood soon seeped from their foreheads. The bright red blood flowed down their hypocritical faces and dripped onto the ground, like a poppy sucking people's marrow.
"Let me go. I wasn't the one who killed you. I wasn't involved in anything. It's none of my business."
The female ghost took out a thin, sharp bone from somewhere and pierced through the palm of a man in an instant.
"ah!"
The poppies bloomed more abundantly, and in the quiet night, fear turned into joy.
The village chief was sitting in a high position, his legs had already gone limp with fear, he fell off the high chair with a tumble, half of his face hit the ground, leaving bloody marks on his face, his facial features twisted in pain, when he opened his eyes again, a red skirt appeared in front of him.
Just when the village chief thought he was going to die, the door of the front hall was suddenly kicked open and a figure walked into the back hall.
The village chief looked at the newcomer with eager eyes, as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and his voice was like crying.
"Ms. Lin! Miss Lin, please save me, save me, she wants to kill me!"
Lin Sheng smiled, approached slowly, threw the thing in his hand to the headless female corpse, and looked at the village chief calmly.
"It would be boring to die immediately. It would be more interesting to slowly peel off the skin and extract the bones~"
Things fell to the ground and scattered in front of the village chief, and then several soul-devouring nails appeared before his eyes.
The village chief's face changed drastically, he looked at Lin Sheng with horror and asked,
"How did you get this?"
Lin Sheng shared it with him very generously.
"Of course, I stole it while watching you handle the sacrifice. Don't worry, you know the Soul Devouring Nail's effectiveness best. It's easier to skin and bone the sacrifice if you keep it conscious, isn't it?"
Lin Sheng walked to the bed, tidied up Tan Meng's clothes, and took her away. Before leaving, he did not forget to say,
"Have fun, I won't tell on you."
The sky brightened and I had a good night's sleep.
"Village Chief?! What's going on? How come everyone died overnight?"
"What did they do last night?"
"Could it be...that she's back?"
The group was awakened by the villagers' chatter early in the morning. Xu Guannan got up and went out to see, and saw five corpses hanging on the ancient tree at the entrance of the village. One of them had only a complete head and an empty skin bag left. The death condition was exactly the same as that of the sacrifices, and even the eyeballs were still moving.
Bright red poppies bloomed all the way from Lingdie Hall and finally bore fruit on the ancient tree.
Lin Sheng took the fruit that Mu Shan brought him, took a bite, and handed one to Xu Guannan.
Seeing her calm and composed look, Xu Guannan said,
"You know everything?"
Lin Sheng spread his hands and spoke helplessly.
"How would I know? Tan Mengke and I were both sleeping last night, weren't you too?"
Xu Guannan stared at her, but saw that Lin Sheng's face remained unchanged, and only heard her words,
"Since human-made laws cannot restrain certain crimes, then let these demons be punished in their own way. So, young man, don't meddle in other people's business~"
The sun shines on a corner of the village, the fog dissipates slightly, and the coolness that belongs only to Funing Village no longer seems to make people tremble.
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