After the red light covered the courtyard, Chen Lin suddenly felt his body grow lighter, as though something else had been drawn out of him.
Immediately afterward.
Everything in the courtyard became vivid, yet steeped in an uncanny strangeness that felt deeply jarring.
The hazy figures emerged one by one from dark corners, their bodies gradually solidifying until they regained their normal appearances.
There were maids, serving boys, guards, and even a large yellow dog wagging its tail.
"What are you standing around for? Hurry up and wash these two vegetable people, then prepare them to fill the young master's belly! He's starving. If he doesn't eat them, he'll have to eat you!"
The old woman barked the order.
The somewhat dull-eyed servants immediately sprang into action, rushing over to Chen Lin and Gu Youlan, grabbing them firmly, and shoving them toward the well platform to one side.
Chen Lin tried to resist, only to find his entire body powerless.
Gu Youlan was no different.
Light flashed several times between her brows, but she failed to produce any effective defense or attack and could only let the servants do as they pleased.
Chen Lin was not worried, however.
He tested his power. The seven-color thread's energy still worked, though it responded less readily than before. If he drove it with all his strength, he could still unleash its might.
He had refrained from resisting immediately because he wanted to discover what trickery lay within this courtyard and probe the old woman's and Young Master Big Head's capabilities.
Their strength was unknown, but since they could maintain normal human forms, they certainly could not be weak. Ideally, he would catch one off guard and kill them. That would make things safer.
"Draw water!"
After the two were pushed to the well,