Deadly Enemy's Origins
The Jiangzuo Evil Cultivators were notorious in the Xuan Gate.
There was a story about their origins.
During the Three Kingdoms period, something strange happened at the residence of Eastern Wu's great general, Zhu Huan.
One night, a woman lit a lamp to get up, only to discover that her fellow maid's sleeping posture looked wrong in the dim light. She went over for a closer look and was scared half to death.
The maid's head had vanished, leaving only her body lying on the bed. Her chest was still rising and falling as she breathed slowly, as if she were sound asleep.
Terrified beyond measure, the woman instinctively pulled up the quilt and covered the headless maid's body tightly.
Before dawn the next day, someone heard a "thump, thump" outside the door, as though something were striking the floor. Following the sound, they found the maid's head hopping up and down on the ground before the bed, her face filled with worry.
Hearing someone approach, she desperately twisted her face around and cried for help, "Please lift the quilt! I can't get my head back on!"
The person was frightened but lifted the quilt anyway.
The head dropped into the body, and flesh and skin fitted together perfectly. In an instant, the maid opened her eyes, thanked him, and scared the servant unconscious.
Both servants were later drained of their vital essence and died.
When Zhu Huan heard the report, he was shocked and astonished. He had the maid executed, then asked his fellow officials about it. Only then did he discover that many Eastern Wu officials kept similar strange people in their homes. Supposedly, they were servants brought back during the southern campaign against Baiyue.
Of course, Zhu Huan's involvement ended there.
But the Zhu