Chen Man's scream drew everyone's attention.
Everyone in the house came out.
Xu Ye noticed that Young Master Lü Cong had actually returned from outside, following Lu Bushen and a few other villagers.
Only after he appeared did Xu Jiaojiao slowly emerge from her room, her eyes heavy with sleep.
Liu Yan had been hanged, and her death had left her looking hideous.
Suppressing his discomfort, Lu Bushen took the corpse down. But the moment it touched the ground, it shriveled further. This time, even the bones crumbled to powder.
Liu Yan's corpse looked like a lollipop, her body completely dried out. All the advantages of being E-Rank had vanished. An Aberrant had sucked her flesh and blood dry.
Lu Bushen sighed. "I told her not to sit on the railing alone in the middle of the night. It's easy to attract sinister things, which breed negative emotions in your heart. I reckon she got worked up and hanged herself."
"Then what happened to her flesh and blood?" Xu Jiaojiao asked in terror, clutching Lü Cong's arm.
Lu Bushen glanced at her and sneered. "What else could have happened? A Yellow Immortal ate them. Those mutated weasels love eating that stuff."
Everyone present turned deathly pale.
"Young Master Lü, she was one of yours. What do you want to do?" Lu Bushen gave him a meaningful look.
Lü Cong replied coldly, "What do you mean, one of mine? She had nothing to do with me. She insisted on tagging along. What does her death have to do with me?"
"I think we should listen to the village chief and stay in our rooms. We'll leave first thing tomorrow..."
No sooner had he finished than thunder exploded on the distant horizon.
Thick, dark clouds churned, piling up like mountains.
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