The further you go in, the more oppressive the atmosphere becomes.
The vines on the side seemed to have a life of their own, and at first they would prick people randomly.
Meanwhile, the strange villagers that Yun Lian hadn't encountered before quickly appeared.
It was even more terrifying than a zombie apocalypse. The sight of the two people was like a mouse seeing a cat, with eerie villagers all around.
"Their souls have all been absorbed into the sky, and now they are all monsters."
Yun Lian used the dagger she conjured to strike the back of the villagers' necks again and again. As she moved, a row of villagers fell to the ground.
Yichan then took out a soul-summoning banner from the tattered cloth bag he carried with him, attempting to bring the wandering souls in the air back into his body.
But his actions not only failed to attract the soul, but instead finally caught His attention.
In an instant.
The entire Liu Family Village seemed to come alive in another way.
The villagers' bodies on the ground were also attacked by those plants, which, after sucking blood, added to the eeriness of the place.
"What kind of person hides behind the scenes? If you're so capable, come out and fight me fair and square."
As soon as Yun Lian finished shouting, the attacks from those plants almost all came at her. But just like when she first entered the village, the vines emitted a burning smell as soon as they touched her and quickly retreated.
Upon discovering this interesting phenomenon, Yun Lian became even more reckless.
Upon discovering that Yichan was quietly venturing deeper into the territory, she became like the most conspicuous fire, leaping and bounding, attracting the attention of most of the vines and villagers.
Perhaps she was so annoyed that the mastermind behind the scenes finally couldn't hold back any longer and showed up.
"I think you're just asking for trouble. You're tired of living, aren't you? If you don't want to live, just say so. I can give you a free ride."
Yun Lian looked in the direction of the sound.
The newcomer was dressed in black, with only a white flower by his ear standing out.
Black clothes, white flowers... Isn't this the attire for mourning?
"Who are you?"
Yun Lian blinked, carefully watching the person who was about to drift further and further away from her.
"Who am I? You're an outsider, aren't you? Heh, you bunch of good-for-nothings even let you in."
Are you observing mourning for someone?
Yun Lian looked her over.
Her face contorted for a moment, then she regained her composure.
"Get out. This is just hell in Liu Family Village. It has nothing to do with you outsiders."
“I have a reason to come to Liujia Village. The evil spirits here are too strong, and we must destroy it.”
"Destroyed?"
A strange sound rang out, and the seemingly weak and harmless mourning maid who had just been there suddenly appeared in front of Yun Lian and grabbed her by the neck.
Yun Lian retaliated quickly, grabbing her hair and slamming her head against the wall.
"It's really rude of you to resort to violence at the slightest disagreement. Didn't your mother teach you that?"
The woman in mourning had bloodshot eyes and was making a hoarse, unpleasant sound.
"None of you are worthy to mention my mother! You all deserve to die, all of you must die! Liu Family Village, such a sinful place, should not have a single person left alive! You are all murderers, hahaha, all murderers!"
Yun Lian accurately predicted every single one of her attacks.
"Regarding the matter of Liujia Village, I hope you can trust us this once. You are one of the mother and daughter who moved here, right?"
But didn't they say it was their daughter who died? How come you're the one observing mourning?
"I'd rather die than tell!"
She has a lot of backbone.
Yun Lian was also a stubborn person. Since she was the one who attacked him first, he would definitely have to beat her into submission.
But her idea was stopped by the young Taoist priest who rushed over.
"Are you Hu Die? Little fox, let her go!"
Seeing the little fox's violent appearance from afar, Yichan felt the urge to subdue her surge up in his heart once again.
But the thought of her braving dangers to accompany him into this perilous place made him feel uneasy.
Zen's mind is in turmoil.
"Little Taoist priest, how did you get injured again?"
One of Yichan's shoulders was soaked in blood, and he held a tattered notebook in his hand.
Hu Die, the woman observing mourning, almost instantly lost control when she saw the notebook in his hand.
She suddenly appeared like a monster, with countless spider legs extending from her body, and her eyes were only red.
"You all deserve to die! You all deserve to die for daring to touch my mother's things! All of you, die!"
Yun Lian and the young Taoist priest exchanged glances, both confirming that this was the very being that had previously terrified them.
The spider slithered by, and a tree so large it would take three people to encircle it was snapped in half.
She charged ahead recklessly, losing all reason. She had no sense of right and wrong; all that remained was the desire to destroy everything.
While dodging, Yun Lian didn't forget to secretly prepare a backup plan for her.
"Hu Die, if your mother were still alive, she would never want to see you like this."
I don't want to hurt you. If you lay down your weapons, we can give you another chance.
When Yichan arrived, he quickly flipped through a few pages of the notebook and saw the almost frightening records inside. He didn't know whether he should accept Hu Die as his concubine.
“The dead cannot be brought back to life. Even if you sacrifice all the souls of the entire Liu family village, you still cannot bring your mother back to life.”
Hu Die, stop being so stubborn!
"Am I stubborn and unrepentant? If it weren't for those good-for-nothing men who can't control themselves, my mother wouldn't have made me hide at home and go out to find work on my own."
If she hadn't gone out, she wouldn't have been targeted by those filthy people. No one in Liu Family Village is innocent; they're filthy to the core.
Yichan's knuckles turned white as he gripped the notebook, his eyes filled with compassion for humanity.
"Even if they have a thousand faults, they should be handed over to justice for judgment, instead of you refining their souls on your own and imprisoning them above Liu Family Village, never to be reincarnated."
"Trial? Justice? They talk about justice when it's their turn, but when it's my daughter and me's turn, why doesn't anyone talk to me about justice?"
Where is justice when we are being humiliated?
Where was justice when we were crying out and begging them to let us go?
That day, I should have been the one to die, but my mother shielded me with her frail body, and all her blood flowed onto my face.
Did you know that human blood is scalding hot when it first falls?
A total of 160 fatal wounds, 13 people, each of whom was involved, how could they not have died?
How much pain must my mother have been in? Yet she protected me until her death. We were put into the icy well together, but even the coldest water couldn't compare to the warmth of my mother's body.
Hu Die... died long ago in the well that day. Now I am the mountain god of Liu Family Village. Are you ready to offer yourselves as sacrifices? Hahaha..."
Yun Lian listened as she was blinded by rage, even willing to risk her life to fight them.
However, during the fight, the three of them moved further and further away from the direction where Yichan had returned with the notebook, and they also got closer and closer to where the "Ghost Bride" and the others were.
Yun Lian understood everything in that instant.
This madwoman, in order to resurrect her mother, did not hesitate to sacrifice everyone in Liu Family Village, including herself!
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