Zhou Yize was still confused, propping his head up as he squatted by the threshold, thinking. He compared the length of his legs to his own to make sure he hadn't misremembered.
The threshold, which only reaches the ankles during the day, was so high that he couldn't cross it even after running so hard last night; it must be at least above the knees.
He turned around, "I still think there's something wrong with the height..."
The courtyard was empty. Si Yan and Pu Sang, who had come out to discuss altitude with him, went back into the room.
Zhou Yize: "..."
Do I really need to have such a low profile?!
He's a powerful CEO who makes tens of millions every minute!
[Hahaha, Mr. President Zhou, don't cry!]
[Holy crap, why is Shuishui hiding in the corner?! Look over the corridor to Zhou Yize's left!]
With his back to the arched stone gate, Zhou Yize didn't notice Shuishui standing quietly among the hanging vines and Xiaohua in the corridor to the left of the arch.
Perhaps because she had just woken up from a coma, her face was deathly pale, her dress was dirty and stained with blood, and she stared blankly into the room, looking truly eerie.
As Zhou Yize entered the room, Shuishui's lips curved into a smile, and she turned and walked out blankly.
"Wearing hemp clothing, and carrying a bronze staff..."
After listening to their story, Wu Chou looked up in surprise, "Is it the Mourning-clad Sha?"
After studying Li Ta's neck, Jiang Nuo straightened up, propped her chin on one hand, and tilted her head. "But the Mourning-clad Sha' usually appears during weddings. Could it be that someone in the village is having a wedding recently?"
Everyone looked at the village chief again, who sighed and shook his head, "No, there are still zombies causing trouble here. What young man or woman would dare to hold a wedding at this time?"
Pu Sang looked surprised and suspicious, and subconsciously licked her dry lips. The image of the bridal sedan chair crashing into her in the illusion kept flashing through her mind.
Does getting married... have anything to do with a bridal sedan chair?
Just as he was recalling this, and seeing Li Ta lying on the bed, Pu Sang suddenly gasped, remembering the fourth sentence.
" The Guiding Souls arrives at the fourth person, and someone is chosen as a scapegoat..."
She murmured to herself, her pupils fixed on Zhou Yize was lying unconscious on the bed in place of Shuishui.
Doesn't this perfectly illustrate the result of the fourth statement?
Si Yan noticed that Pu Sang was distracted and patted his head, "Don't overthink it."
Pu Sang looked pitiful. " Brother Yan, I'm the fifth one. Will I end up like this too? Or will I just... die?"
Si Yan tried to comfort her, "You probably won't be able to until you've finished your review questions."
Pu Sang: "..."
"Thank you."
She suddenly calmed down.
What ghostly sedan chair? Nothing compares to the horror of a college student's final exam week.
Jiang Nuo: "The blisters on this neck look like a combination of Gu Poison and corpse poison."
He's unlikely to wake up for now; we still need to find a solution.
He stretched, then smiled sweetly at the village chief's grandmother waiting outside. "Do they provide breakfast here?"
Yes, yes.
The old woman nodded meaningfully and led them to the kitchen.
The guests looked at each other, bewildered, as they each had a plate of raw beans in front of them.
Si Yan pursed her lips, put down her chopsticks in dissatisfaction, and tugged at Jiang Nuo's clothes, " Nuonuo, I'm so hungry."
Jiang Nuo followed her heart, gave up eating raw beans, and started taking out food from her backpack again.
"Hey... young man, eat the beans first, then eat the rest."
The old woman sat down shakily beside them, her wrinkled hands fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan, her eyes crinkling with laughter.
[Perhaps it's a difference in customs; we always eat beans cooked here.]
"That's the refreshing feeling of fresh, green beans!"
[Hahahaha, it's that time of year again when Jiang Nuo makes a fortune!]
Why force people to eat raw beans?
Jiang Nuo gave the old woman a strange look, but still picked up two pieces and put them in her mouth.
Chewing and chewing, wrinkling his face and sticking out his tongue.
It's so bitter.
It's even more bitter than chewing mud!
Si Yan was also speechless. After swallowing the water with difficulty, she quickly drank several mouthfuls of water and leaned on Jiang Nuo's shoulder, looking sullen.
"Hmm... it's quite sweet."
Pu Sang savored the taste with delight, "Are these beans a local specialty? Why are they all so sweet when they're raw?"
"Then please take a look, young lady, and see if you have any blisters on your body?"
The old woman turned to look at him with a smile, fanning herself as she explained, "This is something we use in our village to check if someone is Gu Poison by a Gu curse. People who are poisoned will find beans to be incredibly delicious, sweet and moist. Conversely, people who aren't poisoned will find them extremely dry and difficult to even eat."
The old woman was quite old and spoke slowly; a single sentence could take her almost two or three minutes to finish.
Pu Sang's face grew paler as she listened. She quickly found a place to check her body, but found nothing. This made her think of the contents of the illusion again, and she subconsciously touched her chest.
Actually, it doesn't seem to say that people who are infected with Gu will develop herpes, given how many Gu Poison there are in this village.
Pu Sang wondered whether her situation was good or bad, and decided to ask Brother Yan and Brother Nuo for advice.
But the two guys clearly didn't intend to wait for her; after eating their bread and milk, they went out to look for clues.
Pu Sang quickly followed, and also called on the temporary team member Wu Chou.
As Jiang Nuo left the courtyard, she thought for a moment, then turned back to the mysterious room and asked the village chief, "Who lives in there? Why won't you let us in?"
"This house is empty, no one lives there. The reason we wouldn't let you in yesterday was simply because we had placed items for an exorcism ritual inside."
The village chief answered casually, said a few words to the crowd, and then left with his hoe.
Jiang Nuo and Si Yan exchanged a glance and simultaneously pushed open the door.
The room was empty, dilapidated and covered in dust. There was no pregnant woman or insects swarming around it.
It's as if everything yesterday was just an illusion for Jiang Nuo.
Jiang Nuo opened the cabinet, and inside there was still only a vase. Upon closer inspection, she realized that it wasn't even a specially sculpted vase, but rather a real vase with the base made of an infant's skull and two arm bones attached.
So I didn't misread it that day.
Jiang Nuo puffed out her cheeks, gestured for Si Yan to step back, and then grabbed the vase and smashed it on the ground.
The skull shattered into pieces, from which a black snake crawled out at incredible speed and disappeared into the yard.
The stone, which was coiled around by the black snake, faintly emitted a blood-red glow.
Jiang Nuo picked it up and examined it; there was nothing inside, it seemed to be just pretty.
He subconsciously handed it to Si Yan, and as soon as he said "This is for you to play with," he regretted it and bit his tongue.
How did I get so used to having him around?
"I'll keep it safe." Si Yan smiled seductively, kissed Jiang Nuo's cheek, and quickly left the room before he got angry.
I'll keep it safe~
Although, I still feel that this stone must have some use!
[I'll leave this here and come back to check it out later!]