Chapter 237

Sitting high up and looking down, the people below can be seen clearly like ants. Jiang Tianming and his men had been waiting on the main road in the north of the village early. Some stood directly on the road as a roadblock, some hid behind rocks and waited for the right opportunity, and some were arranged to report the news in the village as soon as possible...

With this arrangement, it was impossible for the villagers to secretly set up a magic circle in the north of the village when they were not paying attention. The villagers naturally realized this after a brief observation, so they sent the village chief to coordinate.

"Tianming, why are you staying here all the time? Did you leave something here?" the village chief asked kindly, as if he really just wanted to help them solve the problem.

Jiang Tianming shook his head and gave a reason he had already thought of: "We were completing a school research assignment to study the geology of a road section, and we chose this place."

The village chief was really at a loss as to what to study. After thinking for a while, he asked, "How many days will it take you to study?"

"Two days." Jiang Tianming accurately timed it. The mountain village was far from the city, and the people who went to buy cinnabar might not be back until tomorrow. But no matter what, two days was definitely enough for them to complete the chicken blood magic circle, and would not give the village chief any chance to take advantage of it.

Hearing this answer, the village chief's face darkened and he asked in embarrassment: "Does it have to be on this road? I think other roads in our village are also good and suitable for research. We are planning to renovate this place in the next two days. The renovation team is already ready, and we don't want to delay their time."

"It's okay, we can pay for the delay." Li Shu said with a smile. Psychics are usually very rich, let alone hundreds or thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands of dollars is just a drop in the bucket for them.

His words made the village chief choke: "That's not what I meant, but...does it have to be this piece of land?"

"We have already started the research. If we change the location temporarily, it will delay a lot of time." Jiang Tianming continued.

After hesitating for a moment, the village chief nodded and said nothing more: "Okay, but even if you study hard, don't stay up too late. Your health is the capital of revolution."

As soon as he said this, everyone knew his purpose. It was obvious that the village chief was planning to take the villagers to make a magic circle at night, but Jiang Tianming and his men would certainly not let them do what they wanted, and they would definitely come out at night.

Su Bei got bored of sitting on the tree, so he used the invisibility charm and jumped down, heading straight to the village chief's house. He was free anyway, so he might as well go and see what the Life Stone looked like. If he was going to perform, he had to do it in its entirety.

The Life Stone was hidden by the village chief in the underground kiln of his house. However, because Su Bei learned this information from Jiang Tianming in advance, it did not hinder him at all.

After going down the kiln, I saw that the Life Stone was the same as in the photo. At first glance, it was just an ordinary big stone, about half the size of a washing machine.

This size is not considered big among life stones. As far as Su Bei knows, some of the life stones protected by the Nightmare Beast are as high as a wall. The effects of such stones are truly powerful.

But the stone that our ancestors got is also very good. Just looking at it, it can make the whole village live longer, and you can tell how powerful it is. If our ancestors really moved that huge stone of life away, it would probably be impossible to hide it here for so many years.

Just as he was about to leave, the village chief and his family suddenly came down from above. Su Bei quietly moved to a corner, and activated his supernatural power in case of emergency.

Even though the four people who came in together could not defeat him, there were some things that needed to be prepared in advance, so that if any variables occurred, he would not be too flustered.

However, what Su Bei didn't expect was that his foresight actually led him to discover something different - there was actually a destiny compass on top of the Life Stone!

This thing is actually alive!

Su Bei was so surprised that he didn't even bother to listen to the conversation between the village chief and the others. He carefully approached the Life Stone and examined it carefully. However, the Life Stone did not show any signs of life, so he could not tell anything.

If this stone really has life, then Su Bei doesn't have to think too much. It's impossible for a meteorite to have life, not to mention that it has already turned into dust due to the explosion, so even if there is life, it can't survive.

He took out the pendant from his chest necklace and examined it with his supernatural power. The Life Stone fragment did not produce a Life Fortune Compass, so it was obviously lifeless.

After calming down, Su Bei looked at the compass again. He realized that he had overthought just now, and this destiny compass could not be the life stone.

The compass needle, like most of the villagers, was at the death point. The Life Stone could not be destroyed, so the one who was going to die had to be someone else.

There is life attached to the Life Stone. After eliminating the idea that the life itself has life, Su Bei's thoughts became much clearer and he immediately understood who the owner of this compass is.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the destiny compass of the ancestor who faked his death and escaped. The ancestor's soul is attached to the stone of life.

The fact that the ancestor died of old age at home was witnessed not only by the villagers but also by the gravekeeper who had been dealing with corpses for many years. They all said that there was nothing wrong with it, so the ancestor's body must have really lost its vitality.

But the requirement of the life-extending magic circle is that the person being extended is on the verge of death but not really dead, so the ancestor must have kept a trick up his sleeve. This trick he left must not be taken out of the range of the magic circle due to any accident, so possessing the life stone is the best choice.

Knowing this, Su Bei just regarded it as a minor episode. He couldn't possibly do anything to the plot, otherwise how would the comic author survive?

It was already late at night when they returned to the tree. Jiang Tianming and his men had indeed ambushed them again. They hid on the road under the cover of darkness and with Li Shu's special powers, waiting for the village chief and his men to arrive, and then they would find a way to destroy their plan.

Not long after, the village chief and his party arrived, a large group of people, holding torches. In the front were two tall men, one of whom was holding the life stone. Between them was an old man, who was obviously the "sacrifice" chosen this time.

The old man had no intention of struggling, probably because he had been convinced. But the people around him did not let down their guard, as they did not want any accidents to happen at this critical moment.

When the group walked onto the main road, Jiang Tianming and his friends suddenly appeared and asked, "Village Chief, what are you doing?"

"..." When the village chief saw them, he was startled at first, then he was stunned for a long time before asking in confusion, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Tianming smiled, his smile was sanctimonious: "We just had an idea, so we hurried over to finish our homework. We plan to stay up all night here today. Don't worry, it's nothing for young people to stay up all day. We will get some good sleep after we go back."

Village Chief: “…”

Is he worried? He's having a heart attack, okay?

"But you see, there's something going on in our village. Why don't you delay for a day?" The village chief had no choice but to tear off his kind mask and said with a stern face.

"Speaking of which, what are you doing, village chief?" Li Shu said with a curious look, joking half-seriously, "If someone doesn't know, they would think you are going to lynch someone."

Officer Zhou was very interested and immediately responded: "How could it be possible that intentional injury would lead to a sentence? The villagers in our village are very honest and simple, and it is absolutely impossible for them to do such a thing that violates the law knowingly."

He already knew about the life stone, and although he was also tempted by Changshou, his reason prevailed in the end. Putting aside other things, even if he wanted to change his mind and stand on the side of the villagers, he might not be able to defeat Jiang Tianming and others. It would be better for him to work honestly for the government, and maybe he could even plead for the villagers afterwards.

In fact, it was difficult to plead for mercy, after all, three people had already been killed. Although it was not irresponsible, it was really a bad thing. He couldn't imagine what kind of punishment these people would receive. Changsheng was indeed a sharp weapon to seduce people's minds. It could easily make the uncles and aunts who had always been honest and kind in his heart go on a killing spree, and the people they killed were all villagers.

After hearing his words, the village chief's face turned a little grim, but it was not noticeable in the night: "Of course I didn't mean to hurt us intentionally. It's just, just..."

He was at a loss for words for a moment. But the young man behind him was quick-witted and said, "Grandma Chen felt that her time was coming up, so she told us that she wanted to be buried here, and asked us to come with her to take a look."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the other party: "Grandma Chen, am I right?"

Hearing this, the old lady lowered her head and hunched even more: "Yes..."

After getting a positive answer, the man turned around with satisfaction: "This is the custom of our village. It is not convenient for outsiders to be present. Do you think it is okay..."

Although the words were not fully said, the meaning was clear. If they knew nothing and were really only here to do their homework, they would have gone back after hearing this.

However, Jiang Tianming and the others knew the inside story, so they naturally couldn't just leave. The atmosphere between the two sides had already reached a stage of drawing swords, and it was definitely impossible to stay here with any rhetoric.

"Go ahead." Jiang Tianming gave an order, and three people plus Officer Zhou rushed forward to deal with the villagers.

The physical fitness of people with special abilities is far superior to that of ordinary people, not to mention that they have special abilities to assist them. In just ten minutes, all the villagers present were tied up tightly with ropes.

The village chief was horrified and puzzled: "What do you want to do, Xiaojian? We have watched you grow up. You can't come back and harm the village once you become successful."

"You are the village chief who has been bewildered." Officer Zhou looked disappointed. "Do you think we don't know how those three people died? Of course I can't stand watching you make the same mistake over and over again."

"What are you doing...something's wrong. Who are you?" At this time the village chief finally realized that something was wrong. Jiang Tianming and the others were obviously not ordinary students, otherwise even if Officer Zhou was here to investigate a case, he would not have brought them here.

Jiang Tianming didn't intend to hide it from him any longer: "We are superpowers, and we are here to investigate this incident. We have also investigated the fact that you chose to kill people in order to keep the treasure."

As soon as these words came out, the village chief's face suddenly turned pale. He had never thought that in just two days, their secrets had been dug up by the other party. If this matter was exposed, he knew without thinking how bleak the future of the whole village would be.

There was no other way. He could only play the emotional card. He looked at Officer Zhou, and his old face was instantly wet with tears: "Xiao Jian, I regret it! I shouldn't have taken such a risk just to make the people in our village live longer. But you know, those people were willing. I didn't force them."

Officer Zhou obviously understood why he suddenly said this, and told him helplessly, "Uncle, I am not in the same system as those people with special abilities, I can't help you."

If he could help, he would have, but unfortunately he couldn't. Officer Zhou continued, "The stone you hold is very important. Once its aura is leaked, not only will our village be razed to the ground by the nightmare beast, but the surrounding areas will also be in danger."

Hearing that the treasure was so terrifying, the village chief was also afraid, but he didn't quite believe what he said: "But it has been in our village for so long and nothing happened."

"That's because the ancestor is here. The ancestor himself is a supernatural being!" Officer Zhou said with a headache. He never thought that his ancestor was hiding such a big secret. He also never thought that the villagers would be so bold as to kill people collectively.

To be honest, Officer Zhou now regrets that he chose to report the problem after discovering it. If he had known earlier, he would have solved it secretly. Even if he couldn't keep the Life Stone, at least the whole village would not be sent to jail together.

Young people are smart. The man who helped cover up suddenly thought of something: "This treasure will bring disaster to the surrounding area, so can our act of sealing it make up for it?"

The more he thought about it, the more he thought this idea was feasible. His eyes lit up. "No, it's not about making up for what we did before. We killed people just to be able to continue to seal this stone and protect the people in the surrounding area after our ancestors passed away. We had no choice!"

Everyone was about to laugh at his shamelessness. Jiang Tianming asked calmly, "Then your ancestors told you not to touch this stone, and said that after you touched it, you could call someone to take it away. You were given two options, but you chose the third option that would kill people. Why is that?"

The man didn't expect that they even knew this, and was immediately speechless: "We...we..."

After hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to throw in the towel: "Anyway, our behavior is essentially good, so even if we have to sentence them, it should be a lighter sentence."

This is indeed possible. If the lawyer they hired is reliable enough, it is indeed possible to use this point to beautify their act of intentional homicide and thus achieve the purpose of reducing the sentence.

However, knowing that they didn't even think about this when they killed people, we had to watch them use this to get away with it. This is really annoying.

Before Li Shu could say anything mocking, Jiang Tianming's phone suddenly rang. He opened it and saw that it was a message from Lei Ze'en. After searching with his friends, they finally found the function of the human blood magic circle.

After reading the message, Li Shu smiled kindly and said, "I'm sorry, I'm going to disappoint you. The purpose of the magic circle you made is to revive the ancestor, not to block the aura. So I don't think you can get away with it!"

"What do you mean by resurrecting the ancestors?" The village chief was full of questions. Not only him, but the villagers behind him were also very confused.

Li Shu was in a good mood and explained to them the function of the human blood magic circle. The main function of this magic circle was to prolong people's lives, not to conceal their breath. As for who it was to prolong their lives, it would naturally prolong the lives of whoever gave them this magic circle.

Not until this time did they realize that they had been deceived by their ancestors. They worked so hard to kill so many people and do so many things, but in the end not only did they not live longer, they also lost their own lives.

However, Su Bei said that they deserved it, and that their ancestors were indeed selfish and deliberately took advantage of the selfishness of the villagers to set a trap for them. But it cannot be denied that the ancestors also gave them a lot of room for maneuver, but it was a pity that the villagers did not choose to stop.

Just when everyone except Su Bei thought that everything was about to be settled and was preparing to take the village chief and others away to Mingjin to withdraw their troops, the "sacrifice" old lady who had been released from her restrictions suddenly had a firm look in her eyes, pulled out a fruit knife from her waist, cut her wrist without hesitation, and then rushed to the road.

"Cuixia, what are you doing?" the village chief asked in astonishment, "You don't need to die now!"

The old lady's face turned pale due to rapid blood loss, but her expression did not show any weakness at all. Instead, she looked radiant. "You don't need me to die. Now it's time for you to beg me not to die!"

Completely different from her previous calmness, or rather her apathy, her eyes were now filled with hatred, and she was also pleased that her revenge was about to be taken: "Since you won't stay in jail for more than a few days even if I send you to jail, I might as well die here with you."

"Auntie, you..." Ling You spoke rarely, her brows furrowed, and she wanted to say something.

However, the old lady interrupted her directly: "I know you guys are good people, just go quickly and don't get entangled by this magic circle. He said that as long as I bleed on this road, the magic circle will be automatically generated. You can't stop me anymore."

After she said this, Ling You suddenly noticed that the blood flowing from her wrist to the ground had strangely formed a pattern automatically. Although it was less than half of the outline, Ling You could still recognize that it was the pattern of the human blood magic circle.

Jiang Tianming discovered the magic circle before her. He was still thinking about how to deal with it and whether it would be helpful to stop the bleeding immediately when he heard what the old lady said.

He looked up suddenly and said, "Auntie, who told you this?"

"My ancestor told me. I recognize his voice." The old lady didn't mind answering this question. "He whispered in my ear that he would be resurrected."

After saying this, she sat down on the ground weakly. The magic circle was still absorbing her blood from the wound, and only half of the area was left to be formed.

At the same time, some villagers began to feel weak. They felt as if something was slowly flowing out of their bodies, and as it flowed out, their condition became worse.

We still have to stop the old lady. Although these villagers are indeed hateful, they should not die in this way, nor should they use their lives to satisfy the interests of another person.

Thinking of this, Jiang Tianming immediately stepped forward to restrain the old lady, took out a hemostatic Band-Aid made by a healing psychic from his storage ring and put it on her. This Band-Aid can usually stop bleeding as long as the wound is not too big.

However, the next second, a translucent soul-like man suddenly appeared, tore off the Band-Aid he had just put on, and kicked Jiang Tianming out.

Su Bei, who was sitting on a tree far away, couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. He glanced at his phone which was recording, and the smile on his face became even bigger. What a good picture, whether it is posted in the group for fun, or used to threaten Jiang Tianming to write homework for him.

If he guessed correctly, that person should be the "legendary" ancestor. Seeing that the old lady was stopped from making the last magic circle, he was of course anxious. I didn't expect that this guy could come out in the form of a soul to stop others. He really has something.

But think about it, to be able to enter the world of Nightmare Beasts, get the Life Stone from there, and leave safely, he must be a very powerful psychic.

At this time, Su Bei could understand him a little bit. His ancestors had been living in seclusion in the mountain village for the so-called immortality. Even though they had no worries about food and clothing, they must have lived a very frustrating life in these years.

In the end, he found out that it was all in vain. He could only live a little longer, but he could not achieve immortality. All those years before were wasted. Is he a psychopath?

Su Bei sat on the tree, leisurely watching Jiang Tianming and his men fight against the old ancestor's phantom. This phantom had a bug, that is, it could touch others, but others could not touch it.

Li Shu's ability can affect the ancestor, but his mental strength is not as strong as the ancestor's, so the impact is not great. Therefore, among the three people, Jiang Tianming is the only one who can contact the ancestor, but he can't beat him.

In the end, Ling You played a big role. She took out a virus involving the soul and first transmitted it to Jiang Tianming. Then Jiang Tianming endured the severe pain in his soul and passed it on to the ancestor.

The old man rolled over in pain, and finally couldn't stop them from stopping the bleeding of the aunt. However, it was too late to stop the bleeding now, as there was enough blood to make the magic circle. In less than a minute, the magic circle would be completely formed, and then the whole life-extending magic circle would take effect, and all the villagers would die.

"Tell us quickly how to stop the magic circle from taking effect. If you don't tell us, even if you succeed in saving your life, the virus will always be in you." At the critical moment, Jiang Tianming had an idea and thought of a good way to threaten the opponent.

Although what he said might not be true, it didn't matter because the only person present who knew the truth was Ling You, and Ling You would not refute him.

Hearing this, the old ancestor was also scared. He didn't want to be resurrected with great difficulty, only to end up living a life worse than death. After thinking for a while, he rolled his eyes and pointed at Ling You: "I want you to promise that you will not use your supernatural powers on me after I answer."

Ling You pursed her lips: "If you are telling the truth."

The old man smiled and replied, "As long as my original body is killed before the magic circle takes effect, the magic circle will naturally dissipate without a user."

Hearing this, Su Bei on the tree also laughed. Isn't this a perfect match for their profession?