The Purity Talisman, soaked through with blood, quickly fell to the ground. The cellar walls had all been stained red, with blood continuously seeping out, turning the entire cellar into a pool of blood.
One vicious, hate-filled face after another surfaced in the blood pool, opening their mouths in silent screams.
With nothing to do, Xue Xiaoliang was sweeping the courtyard with a broom when a fine drizzle suddenly began to fall.
She looked up and saw that, at some point, the sky had turned blood-red.
What fell from the sky was a rain of blood.
Having never seen such a sight before, Xue Xiaoliang was so frightened that she was about to cry out.
Then the sky before her suddenly returned to normal, as did the fine drizzle falling from above.
Xue Xiaoliang froze where she stood.
Had her eyes been playing tricks on her just now?
"Don't be scared, don't be scared. Daoist Dugu is here, and Brother Yu is at home too. I'm just scaring myself."
After comforting herself, Xue Xiaoliang hurried back inside and stayed by her father's bedside, immediately feeling much safer.
That evening, Mother Xue cooked a hotpot at home to thank Tang Yu and the young Daoist.
After taking the calming medicine Tang Yu had prescribed, Father Xue had recovered quite a bit after a good night's sleep. He had even wanted to drink with the two benefactors, but Mother Xue talked him out of it.
After eating and drinking their fill, the two returned to the small courtyard they had rented.
The young Daoist lay down on the bed, his face full of smiles.
"Did doing such a good job in front of your future father-in-law make you this happy?"
It was Tang Yu's first time seeing the kid this pleased, and