Chapter 20: Dislike? So what!
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't notice Kui Ming's stiffness and confusion. She looked at the girl, who was held in the shopkeeper's arms, tied with reins, her face sagging and wrinkled, and sighed deeply. If she wanted to save her, she had to find the source of the evil spirit. To find the source, she had to trace it back to the faceless corpse. But she had no idea how to trace it back to the faceless corpse...
What should I do?
Bai Xiaoxiao tapped her temples with her index finger, then suddenly remembered something and turned to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, come to think of it, I haven't asked you yet. Who were the people who disappeared in the first place?"
The shopkeeper was also momentarily dazed. He frowned and pondered for a long moment before answering hesitantly, "It's been so long I can't remember clearly. I think it was... someone's daughter."
"Girl?"
Bai Xiaoxiao repeated it silently, but she had no idea what to do. "Let's do it this way for now. Don't worry, boss. I will find a way to save this girl." Then she turned to Kui Ming as if remembering something, "Is there any way to make her feel better first?"
Kui Ming said: "I can't, but you can."
Bai Xiaoxiao understood that Kui Ming was referring to her Wood Spiritual Root. Recalling what she had learned, she spun her fingers together in a seal, gathering a stream of pale green spiritual energy and gently tapping the girl's brow. The girl's expression visibly relaxed, and she said, "When she's more awake, be sure to let me know."
The shop owner nodded repeatedly.
Bai Xiaoxiao dragged Kui Ming out of the woodshed.
The sky was still very dark, and Bai Xiaoxiao stood with her hands on her hips but did not feel sleepy at all.
"Where are you going?"
Kui Ming stood with her in the yard, his face cold and indifferent, but Bai Xiaoxiao knew that he was looking at her with extremely serious eyes.
"I plan to..." Bai Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, "I plan to go around Wuxiang Town first to see if there are any clues."
Kui Ming hummed softly, "Then where do you want to start?"
Bai Xiaoxiao looked at the chickens strutting past them in the yard, raised her index finger and said seriously, "Breakfast stall!"
…
Wuxiang Town is more lively in the early morning than in the evening.
Several hot bun shops have opened.
With the atmosphere of daily life, this quaint town doesn't look like there has been a murder.
Bai Xiaoxiao stuffed a beef bun into her mouth, picked up a pickled cabbage and vermicelli bun, put it in her hand, and took a sip of sweet soy milk to soothe her throat. Looking at Kui Ming who was sitting upright, she asked, "Big Brother, did you see anything?"
Kui Ming slowly swallowed the twenty-eighth meat bun and nodded: "Yes, I have."
Bai Xiaoxiao followed up: "What is it?"
Kui Ming said, "The entire Wu Town is shrouded in a faint evil aura." He then pointed to an alley near the Wu Town boundary, "It's worst there."
"Oh, girl. You can't go there!"
The lady who came forward to add sweetened soy milk was wearing a gray and white coarse linen skirt. She happened to see the direction Kui Ming was pointing and couldn't help but dissuade him: "You are from another place, right? Listen to my advice, and leave as soon as you finish eating. Don't stay any longer."
Bai Xiaoxiao pretended to be confused and asked, "Why?"
"This town is haunted!" The old lady lowered her voice nervously.
Bai Xiaoxiao: "Haunted? What kind of ghost? Have you ever seen one?"
"I've never seen that before." The old lady stepped back in fear. "It's really weird, you'd better leave quickly."
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't want to ask any more questions. She took out ten coins and put them on the table. She reached out to pull Kui Ming but surprisingly failed. "What's wrong?"
Kui Ming raised his head, looking somewhat pitiful: "Half full."
Bai Xiaoxiao touched her shrunken purse and said, "...That's enough. Be careful of gastroptosis if you eat too much."
…
The alley was narrow and blocked.
The further she walked in, the more Bai Xiaoxiao felt a depressing and low atmosphere without Kui Ming telling her.
At the end of the mossy bluestone road is a wall, with only a dilapidated courtyard gate on the left side of the wall. The source of the gloomy atmosphere is here. Bai Xiaoxiao and Kui Ming looked at each other. She was about to push the door, but someone was one step faster than her.
Senior Brother Youshan and the other three new disciples, who were also from the Wuliang Sect and wore light robes with arrow sleeves, were obviously stunned when they saw them.
"Why are you here?"
Youshan looked a little disgusted.
"Once I found out, I'll come here naturally." Bai Xiaoxiao replied to him.
Youshan glanced at the man in black clothes, then looked at Bai Xiaoxiao, who flicked her sleeves lightly. "Seeing my senior brother, you have no manners at all. You really have no manners at all."
"Yeah." Bai Xiaoxiao looked meaningfully at the new disciples behind Youshan. "They didn't even say hello to Senior Brother when they saw him. Have you learned all the rules?"
Youshan looked at Bai Xiaoxiao, his eyes holding a hint of intimidation. Bai Xiaoxiao had just entered the Qi Refining Stage, a mere rookie. With Youshan's gaze fixed on her, she felt as if an invisible mountain had pressed down on her shoulders, making it difficult to breathe. Just as Youshan was about to exert further intimidation, a hand reached between him and Bai Xiaoxiao, and as his palm opened and closed, the intimidation intensified.
"cough--"
“Senior Brother!”
Several disciples hurriedly supported Youshan who was retreating repeatedly.
Youshan covered his mouth and coughed up some blood.
"It's just a name, there's no need to be so harsh!" The speaker was a disciple who supported Youshan. Bai Xiaoxiao recognized him as the disciple who had explained the training rules to her before going down the mountain.
but……
"If it weren't for my senior brother's help, I would be the one coughing up blood now." Bai Xiaoxiao replied to him without showing any weakness.
The disciple wanted to say something else, but Youshan stopped him. "We are here to deal with the faceless corpse. There is no need to start a conflict now. We can discuss it after the matter in Wu Town is over."
"That's another matter. Am I afraid of you?"
Bai Xiaoxiao is very confident and will never lose face.
Two teams walked into the courtyard.
The courtyard was in a state of disrepair, with tiles on the roof overgrown with weeds, leaky windows and a broken and crooked wooden door. When they walked into the house, the thick dust choked them and made them cough continuously.
"There's a lot of evil energy here, everyone be careful."
Youshan drew the sword from his waist and took the other three disciples with him to carefully check the house.
Kui Ming looked at Bai Xiaoxiao, but Bai Xiaoxiao leaned against the door frame and waved her hand: "No rush."
Youshan and his companions circled the house but found nothing. Frowning, he pulled a compass from the mustard seed space, held it up with two fingers, and whispered a spell. The ancient, complex characters carved into the compass levitated, emitting a golden glow. He walked, chanting, and stopped in front of a wooden cabinet.
He put away the compass and carefully opened the wooden cabinet.
A faceless corpse suddenly appeared before my eyes.
Everyone gasped.
The corpse had no facial features - not the kind that had been cut off by a sharp blade, but the entire face was as flat as a piece of yellowed paper, without eyes, nose, or mouth. Only the rough and ugly skin remained, wrapping Him.
"this……"
Two disciples couldn't help but feel nauseous.
Bai Xiaoxiao pushed them aside and ran to the faceless corpse. This corpse... she knew it.
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