Something terrible had happened.
The old Village Chief looked as ghastly as a corpse.
But he did not shout or yell. Instead, he summoned the heads of several prominent families, and they huddled together to discuss the matter.
"Today's festivities will proceed as usual."
The old Village Chief looked back at the people behind him. What worried him most were these young people, whose temperaments had yet to settle.
"No one is to breathe a word of what happened in the Ancestral Hall. Do you all understand?"
"Yes..."
The old Village Chief swept his aged eyes over everyone, then said to the head of the Wang Family, "You'll preside over this year's festivities. Remember, the Immortal Sheep must be found..."
The head of the Wang Family was overjoyed, showing no sign that two young people from his own family had just died.
"Yes, I'll make sure everything goes well, Village Chief!"
"Go on. I'm old. I can't manage these things anymore..."
Day broke, and Qin Manjiang opened his eyes at seven thirty sharp.
"You're awake, Classmate Qin. Come have something to eat." It was Liu Jingqing speaking.
"Where is everyone?" Qin Manjiang glanced around. Apart from Liu Jingqing, everyone else was gone.
"They went into the village at daybreak. They said they wanted to investigate more while it was light," Liu Jingqing replied.
"These are instant noodles we brought ourselves. Have some." As she spoke, Liu Jingqing brought over a bowl of instant noodles. "I heard that in one of the previous Ghost Story Games, the problem lay in a building's water supply. Because everyone drank the water in that building, ghosts in the water eventually burrowed out of their stomachs and killed them all."
She set the noodles in front of Qin Manjiang and said, "So ever since