When the meeting time arrived, Sun Han and his two companions, along with the old man and his grandson, went to the pre-arranged location.
Since Qingyun had exited the dungeon, Cheng Shuang and Du Jun brought the grandfather and grandson into the temporary team. Of course, they had already informed the other three people beforehand.
The standard bronze sun and moon pendants were found by Sun Han and Lian Rong respectively, and the keys to this pair of mechanisms were placed in two different ancestral halls.
Li Lei and Han Meimei found a work diary and a piece of silk tucked inside in an abandoned house; it belonged to the reporter who had been out gathering information.
This reporter's trip to Twin Village wasn't just about finding love; he uncovered some secrets. Unfortunately, he couldn't decipher many of the ancient inscriptions, such as those on the village entrance stone tablets. He planned to find experts to decipher them after he won over his girlfriend and returned to the city, but little did he know he would die overnight.
The old man just happened to solve this problem. He held the silk handkerchief that Li Lei handed him and silently translated it while explaining it to the audience.
The young couple, who had initially been hesitant about the elderly man, immediately abandoned their last bit of distrust. If they wanted to fabricate something, they wouldn't do it this way. Who could guarantee that the content they made up would be completely coherent and without any doubt?
This silk scroll describes the contents found behind the silk scroll that was found inside the broken door of the small temple.
The village twins' eighteenth birthday does not refer to their actual birthday, but rather to the first day of the Lunar New Year, so they transition from being seventeen-year-old children to eighteen.
In Twin Village, women of marriageable age often conceive around the same time, resulting in many children of similar age reaching adulthood together. After officiating at the wedding of the bride in the mortal realm, the officiant accompanies her into the bridal chamber. Once the night is over and the danger of death is averted, the couple can fall in love, get married, and continue their happy life.
Once a bride in the mortal realm becomes pregnant with the child of the Blessed One, that child will be the next Little Blessed One, and the bride will be extremely popular because her offspring will be free from the curse, and she will only give birth to one child in future pregnancies.
Of course, such a curse will not apply to her children, but it will continue to affect the third generation.
Zhu Jun's body is no longer truly human in the strict sense, and she has few offspring. When several Zhu Jun marry in the same year, only one or two of them will give birth to a baby Zhu Jun, so their ages will vary by more than ten years.
Cheng Shuang finally understood why the bride she saw holding the dead rooster was so happy. She had broken free from the dead end and could embrace real life, which was certainly something to look forward to. But her life meant the death of her own sister.
The bride gave Cheng Shuang certain guidance, firstly so that Cheng Shuang could discover the underworld bride and become a scapegoat for her sisters' deaths, and secondly perhaps in the hope that someone could completely break the curse of the Twin Village.
Cheng Shuang didn't think she had that ability. The only thing she could do was to discuss with everyone and transmit all the information they had collected, along with the reporter's work records and diary, to the outside world through their own means.
Do not underestimate the power of a nation. Past grievances have persisted for generations and should have long since been forgotten.
This is the 1970s, the most difficult years are about to pass, and spring, when all things will soon be revived, is coming.
The stream that buried the remains of many infants and the mass grave at the bottom of the cliff, where bodies were filled, will eventually be exposed to the world. How innocent they were, bearing sins that were not their own.
When the adults heard the little girl's alternative way of breaking the deadlock, they were all somewhat stunned.
Their identities as protectors and tourists are ingrained in their very being, causing them to completely forget what it means to be a human being in a society governed by the rule of law.
Well, calling the police is actually a good idea. With so much evidence, the government will try to help the villagers. As for Zhu Jun, he shouldn't exist. The Taoist's so-called reincarnation is, in their eyes, driven by selfish motives.
The Taoist classic "Tianxuan Zhi" states that the location for setting up the "Seven Stars Gathering at the Top" formation must first be a mountainous area with abundant spiritual energy, and then it must withstand the impact of divine wrath and human resentment. At the moment the formation is established, the Taoist priest will be separated from the human realm and become a yin spirit. After five hundred years, the yin spirit will fully recover its consciousness and be injected into the body of the person in question, thus granting them immortality.
However, to achieve immortality, a large supply of human flesh and soul would be needed in the years to come.
The Taoist priest's intervention in helping the villagers seemed more like he was eyeing the Twin Village as a natural prize.
After a moment's thought, everyone unanimously agreed to report it. While they were considering, Cheng Shuang copied down the "Tianxuan Zhi" and tore out the page on the rare copy about achieving "Seven Stars Gathering at the Top" for immortality, leaving only its harmful effects.
She couldn't stay long to study the talismans in the 'Tianxuan Zhi', but she believed that since the world had a Taoist culture, there must be professionals in the field. Even if there weren't, there would always be someone exceptionally intelligent who could decipher the contents of the 'Tianxuan Zhi' and help the Twin Villages completely escape their suffering.
Following this line of thought, the evidence was compiled into materials, and Li Lei took photos of them with a Polaroid camera. Apart from Han Meimei and her granddaughter, the other four people used their own methods to submit several documents to various relevant national agencies.
Cheng Shuang sent out Luo An and Sang Sang Guai. Luo An was fast, while Sang Sang Guai had the ability to protect himself.
Li Lei's skills are related to animals. He didn't explain much, but the little girl guessed that he could temporarily replace an animal's mind and control its body to do what he wanted.
Because it was the dead of winter, several rats suddenly crawled out of the hole in the wall, circled around his feet a few times, and then ran quickly out of the village carrying the documents.
As the sun set and the mountaintop swallowed the entire sun, they heard a "ding" sound, indicating that they had successfully cleared the dungeon. The group immediately held hands and prepared to leave the dungeon together.
However, just as the view shifted, an unexpected event occurred: a mechanical notification sounded: "Congratulations on clearing the hidden level of the dungeon..."
Cheng Shuang only heard Li Lei utter the word "Holy crap" before feeling a pulling sensation in her body, as if she had been forcibly dragged off her original path.
When I opened my eyes, black mist filled the air, and I heard ghostly wails all around me.
"Watch out!" the old man shouted, and then a flash of light pierced through the natural barrier formed by the mist—it was a sword light.
The old man stood vigilantly in front of Lianrong, sword in hand, protecting the group who were momentarily stunned.
Upon seeing the scene before them, the maintainers gasped; it was truly a sight to behold.
A black shadow, disguised by black mist, was trying to approach them, but was temporarily forced back by the old man's righteous and awe-inspiring sword light. It was clearly unwilling to give up, and the emerald green in its eye sockets burst forth with an unusual brilliance like will-o'-the-wisps.
It was as if a long-starved beast had encountered a defenseless lamb and was about to feast on it.
When the sword light flashed again, the dark shadow dispersed like mist and then condensed back into one, rendering physical attacks useless against it.
The old man slowly stepped back, walking alongside his granddaughter, and Cheng Shuang and the others also began to move.
The shadowy figure seemed to know who was the most vulnerable member of the group, and lunged directly at Han Meimei, who was still recovering from her injuries.
Li Lei's face was even paler than his girlfriend's, and he hugged Han Meimei without hesitation.
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