Deep Sisterly Love

Chapter 33: Deep Sisterly Love

As long as she sacrificed one person,

she could stay safe for a while and make it through the rest of her time in the blessed land in peace. Before the next sacrifice to the Ghost Mother, she would be able to leave the blessed land and return to a normal life.

In her eyes, Wen Chao was as good as dead.

Any attempt Wen Chao made to fight back would cause him to break the Ghost Mother's rules.

But her hand never touched Wen Chao.

A hand with long fingernails clamped over her mouth, while an arm wrapped around her. The arm was slender, yet it held her fast as an iron vise.

Yue Mei struggled with all her might, but couldn't move that arm in the slightest. She couldn't make a sound, either.

Yue Mei never managed to utter a single cry of pain before she lost consciousness.

"I'm so sorry I've been making you eat corpses all this time. Now there's something fresh, so you can help yourself. Just be careful not to make too much noise or mess up the room."

Su Huilan had no idea what was about to happen.

With Yue Mei out of the way,

the name she wrote was Su Huilan!

The Ghost Mother's palm had nearly touched Su Huijin's eyelid, but the moment the name was written, she stopped. Then she turned to look at Su Huilan, hatred practically blazing in her eyes.

After their first brush with death, they had earned the favor of the God of Minor Wealth and received the blessing of Borrow and Return. This blessing allowed them to lend the talismans, magic treasures, and supernatural abilities they had acquired to others.

Could that be the Seeking Child Ghost Mother's child?

But hadn't the Door-Breaking Wraith released it?

Su Huijin realized there was no way to resolve this peacefully. The Seeking Child Ghost Mother was surely going to kill her today.

The Ghost Mother ignored the believer and followed the five claps Su Huilan had made, slowly leaving Room 401 and heading for Room 402.

Her only possible substitute was her sister.

"But I really have no other choice. You've always forgiven me, no matter what I did, ever since we were little. This time... you'll forgive me too, right?"

The Su sisters waited for the Ghost Mother to arrive.

"Actually, you shouldn't hate me. I wanted to help you, but there are important things in my room that I can't let you see."

Wen Chao kept his eyes closed and said softly to Yue Mei, "Little girl, I bet you have a lot of questions."

But Su Huijin had no choice. The Substitute Strawman's effect was powerful, but the conditions for using it were demanding.

They'd encountered situations like this plenty of times, so they were much calmer than the four people before them. The most important thing in a game like this was to follow the rules.

Riiip!

But she didn't want to die yet.

Relying on the blessing, before entering a blessed land, they would deliberately use their good looks to find an unlucky fool like He Qiong and trick him into entering with them.

The two sisters had been through four blessed lands.

Her sister had used the Substitute Strawman on her!

Wen Chao successfully transferred the Seeker role to the Ghost Mother.

Su Huilan's thoughts came to a halt.

The same was true no matter when.

"I've never seen your child. I couldn't possibly have killed—"

If they no longer wanted to lend out an item, they could take it back at any time.

Su Huilan looked horrified. "Wait, I didn't. It was her..."

Yue Mei's eyes flew wide as she realized what fate awaited her. Terror spread across her face.

Eyes closed and tears streaming down her face, she mourned her sister's fate.

The Ghost Mother stopped caring about the rules of the game. Her pale hand seized Su Huijin's arm, her fingernails digging deep into her flesh.

The Ghost Mother tore open her head with her bare hands, then stood motionless with her blood-soaked hand pulled free. Having vented her hatred, she closed her eyes and returned to the game.

Su Huijin had cried many times in the blessed land.

Su Huijin froze for a moment.

As long as she didn't panic, she was probably safe.

Just as she was wondering about this,

Room 404.

How much had she sacrificed to survive this long? Her conscience, her body, her honesty. How many people who trusted her and cared for her had she tricked and harmed?

Hearing Yue Mei being torn apart, Wen Chao's face softened into a gentle smile.

A pair of icy hands seized her head.

"You killed my child."

How could someone like her die in this mere game?

So she slipped her hand beneath her skirt, pulled out a straw figure, and quickly wrote someone's name on it. Then she immediately shut her eyes and held her breath.

Substitute Strawman: Bind a strand of hair, mark the target's birth date and time, and write their name. Once these conditions are met, the target of an evil spirit's attack can be transferred to someone nearby.

After finishing all this, Su Huijin waited for the Ghost Mother to leave, then knelt beside her sister's body and silently wiped away her tears.

So she used an offensive talisman to kill two of the little wraiths, while the rest fled in disarray.

The Ghost Mother stroked Su Huilan's face and blew into her eyes, successfully transferring the role. Then Su Huilan passed the right to be the Seeker to Su Huijin.

On the surface, they seemed delicate and helpless, but in truth, they were seasoned followers who had already survived several blessed lands.

Whenever they encountered danger in a blessed land, they put an unlucky fool in front. If he couldn't hold out, they abandoned him to draw the evil spirits' attention, then took the chance to run for their lives.

"You killed my child!"

The hatred in the Ghost Mother's voice made the Su sisters' hair stand on end. Su Huijin, her arm aching from the Ghost Mother's claws, forgot about the game and opened her eyes to face her.

"Sis... I'm sorry."

Wen Chao's voice grew gentler.

Su Huijin easily found the Seeking Child Ghost Mother nearby. Just as she was about to blow into her eyes, she suddenly heard a chilling voice from across the way.

"So... I'm sorry."

A mouth lined with sharp fangs opened against the back of her neck.

What was going on? Nobody had said anything like this could happen.

"???"

Hearing the Seeking Child Ghost Mother's words, Su Huilan realized her sister would probably die here. But there was nothing she could do to help, so all she could do was grieve for her in silence.

Besides, their belongings wouldn't disappear just because the unlucky fools died. With the blessing of Borrow and Return, they could easily get everything back.

She suddenly remembered a night earlier, when a group of pale little wraiths had burst into the sisters' room and tried to grab and grope them with their tiny Ghost Hands.

"You little bit—"

The Ghost Mother's words were full of hatred. They chilled the Su sisters to the bone, and Su Huijin, her arm throbbing with pain, forgot the game and opened her eyes to face the Ghost Mother.

But strangely, she didn't hear her sister scream.

"You've seen my child!"

But this time, it was real.

From that day on, she would never again weep sincerely over anyone else's sacrifice. As long as she survived, anything and anyone could be sacrificed.