Xiao Fei's Death

"Buzz..."

A white light washed over Zhou Yang's body, both inside and out.

His consciousness was also filled with a warm white light, and for a moment he was captivated and felt as if he were bathed in a spring breeze.

Zhou Yang's mind wandered freely in the white light, and he also felt a throbbing sensation between his eyebrows, with waves of Mindfulness constantly emanating from there.

After the eighth wave of Mindfulness, faint, indistinct waves appeared again.

This fluctuation was originally extremely subtle. Even when Zhou Yang was fully focused on examining his own Mindfulness, he would sometimes mistake this fleeting ninth fluctuation for an illusion.

But now, under the white light illuminating the world, this almost illusory fluctuation slowly intensifies.

Having experienced a series of dangers tonight, if Zhou Yang's Mindfulness were still only five strands as before, after resolving these dangers, his Mindfulness would surely have increased to six strands, or even as many as seven strands.

However, in the practice of Mindfulness, every time a strand of mindfulness is added, one must overcome an even higher hurdle before another breakthrough can be achieved.

Therefore, even though he faced numerous dangers tonight, he only faintly sensed the fluctuation of the ninth strand of Mindfulness.

I was unable to fully concentrate this ninth strand of Mindfulness.

Fortunately, this white light is here to help. The faint fluctuations of the ninth Mindfulness gradually intensify.

When the intensity increased to the point that Zhou Yang could perceive its presence without consciously trying, the ninth strand of Mindfulness was completely condensed!

Zhou Yang opened the Knife Credit Ledger and looked at his own resume.

In the Mindfulness section, the number "eight" exploded into an ink blob.

The ink blob writhed and finally settled into a new word:

Mindfulness: 9.

"Good, Mindfulness has reached its peak!"

Looking at the Mindfulness numbers recorded in the book, Zhou Yang's eyes gleamed.

Mindfulness breaks through the limits of number, that is when he forges Upright Heart!

Once you have cultivated Upright Heart, you can use that Upright Heart to bind evil spirits.

Only then will he truly possess the power to fight against ghosts! Zhou Yang felt as if a bright path lay before him, just waiting for him to push open the door and enter.

He was greatly encouraged and pressed on, continuing to absorb the white light that filled the world until he estimated that the white light was about to dissipate, at which point he sealed the Ghost Mouth around him.

A figure, white and gleaming like a mirror, then reverted to Zhou Yang, his face glistening with oil.

Not long after, the white light that filled the sky and earth vanished in an instant.

In Zhou Yang's vision, the houses and courtyards that had been illuminated by the white light and seemed to be reduced to blurry lines suddenly became clear.

The sky was glowing blue; it was dawn.

The villagers who had been hiding somewhere earlier all emerged from various corners and alleys.

Zhou Baigou also emerged from an alley in the distance and ran towards Zhou Yang.

The dark pits on its face disappeared, and its skin became smooth as before.

"A-Yang, A-Yang!"

The Baigou ran up to Zhou Yang Zhou Yang even panting. It stared at him, its eyes scanning him up and down.

It seemed to be trying to find some unusual clue in Zhou Yang, but ultimately found nothing.

He felt an even stronger affinity for Zhou Yang.

It felt that its three brothers should be like this.

So he said to Zhou Yang, "A-Yang, it's time to go home."

"Go home?" Zhou Yang asked with a smile. "What about our wages for guarding the fire tower?"

"No one has paid us our wages yet."

The person guarding the fire tower would be rewarded with one pound of paper copper coins.

This pound of paper money is equivalent to what Zhou Yang earned working at A Fu's blacksmith shop for three or four days.

With this pound of paper copper coins, he suddenly had a lot more money in his pocket.

From then on, all I had to do every day was to work diligently at A Fu's place, and by the time the Revelation Ceremony, I would naturally be able to raise enough money to buy thirty catties of fat.

"It will be sent."

The Baigou said, "Let's go home. The Patrol Team will come and hand out money."

Since "Big Brother" said so, Zhou Yang nodded and followed it all the way home.

At this moment, the gates of the houses along both sides of the village road opened one after another, as if by prior arrangement.

The villagers went out to enjoy themselves.

"Baigou, are you and Zhou Yang going home?"

Along the way, the villagers began to greet Zhou Yang and Zhou Baigou.

This time, Zhou Yang didn't need to introduce himself; the villagers recognized him and gave him friendly looks.

He nodded in response to the villagers' greetings, but his mind did not relax much.

Now, without him needing to identify himself, the Guan Village can recognize him, which seems to indicate that Guan Village has accepted him.

They completely accepted him as one of their own.

But now, whenever he shows his face in the village, the villagers still flock out to see him.

This shows that the surveillance of him, a living person, by Guan Village still exists.

Zhou Yang didn't expect that by mimicking the Ghost Rhyme of these Human-Skin Ghost, he could completely blend into them—as long as he was still a living person, there would always be flaws in his presence among these Human-Skin Ghost.

Fortunately, these weaknesses are no longer enough to threaten his life most of the time.

He could now relax a little and focus all his energy on the upcoming "Revelation Ceremony".

"Brother, when you get home, don't tell your family that I saved two villagers who were almost killed as ghosts."

Zhou Yang followed Zhou Baigou to a less crowded road, and suddenly said to Baigou.

Upon hearing this, the Baigou didn't ask Zhou Yang why, and simply nodded. "Okay."

He then added, "Even if I don't tell, it won't be long before my family finds out."

Although the ghosts of Guan Village rarely interact with each other, they have their own ways of sharing information.

If even one Guan Village witnesses Zhou Yang's actions while guarding the fire tower tonight, it won't be long before all the Guan Village know.

"It's alright, as long as you don't mention it to the family."

Zhou Yang replied. He couldn't hide from the Guan Village what he had done.

But as long as we can keep it from Zhou Heigou for a while, that's fine.

If he manages to guard the fire tower tonight and return home unscathed, Zhou Heigou will surely become wary of him.

Under such circumstances, if Zhou Heigou Zhou Heigou to find out that he had saved two living people in front of the ghosts tonight, alarm bells would probably be ringing in his mind!

If he then tries to make Zhou Heigou die silently, it will likely be fraught with difficulties.

He was still thinking about obtaining Zhou Heigou's strange stomach pouch, intending to keep it for himself during the Revelation Ceremony.

From afar, Zhou Yang could see Huang Shaozi standing guard at the door on the small path near his house.

Huang Shaozi craned his neck, frequently glancing towards the alley entrance.

Its appearance was just like that of an old mother longing for her children to return, which made Zhou Yang feel very uncomfortable. He immediately called out to it, "Mother!"

Just then, Huang Shaozi spotted the Zhou Yang and Baigou brothers at the intersection. Overjoyed, he waved to them, saying, "You're back! Come home quickly, Mom has prepared breakfast for you!"

Zhou Yang rushed to the front door and hugged Huang Shaozi tightly. "Mom!"

"Thank goodness you helped me, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it back this time!" His gratitude came from the bottom of his heart.

Huang Shaozi nodded repeatedly, patting Zhou Yang's back lightly, and said, "Mother has heard about it, Mother has heard about it."

"You did a good job, my Yang'er, you're such a sweetheart..."

"Last night was really dangerous. I heard that Xiao Fei, the child from the Xiao Family, was taken away by the ghost of the Guo family. He's probably going to die."

His parents started searching everywhere in the village as soon as it was light, looking for their child!

I don't know if we'll be able to find the child's body.

"Oh, thankfully my two children are alive and well, otherwise, how much pain would I be in..."

Upon hearing what Huang Shaozi said, Zhou Yang's heart stirred.

This was the first time he had heard about the follow-up to a certain event from the Human-Skin Ghost.

Last night, Xiao Fei was first skinned alive by the ghosts hanging in the darkness, and then they used the human skin as a rope to grab the River Floater Ghost beneath Xiao Fei as well...

Zhou Yang originally thought that this matter would cease to exist after dawn.

Just like many things that happen repeatedly every day in Guan Village, Xiao Fei will "grow" out of his house again and continue his previous life.

But Zhou Yang didn't expect that after Xiao Fei died this time, he wouldn't enter the previous cycle.

The villagers were convinced that Xiao Fei was dead.

His parents began searching everywhere for Xiao Fei's body!

This is the first new incident to spontaneously arise in Guan Village!

Will there be any further developments?

Will the body still be found?

"We can't go to Guo Family Alley either... Xiao Fei died too pitifully..." Before Zhou Yang could speak, Zhou Baigou, who had been silent beside him, showed obvious sadness on his face and spoke in a low voice.

He and Xiao Fei were kindred spirits, and childhood friends who had grown up together.

It's normal to feel sad at this time.

Zhou Yang then thought of another problem— Xiao Fei is a ghost in human skin!

If the Guan Village really find its corpse, is it the River Floater Ghost beneath the skin, or the human skin corresponding to Xiao Fei's character? Surely they won't find the River Floater Ghost wrapped in Xiao Fei's skin again...? If that's the case, will the ghost fully revive after Xiao Fei's human skin "dies"?

If that river drifter weren't restrained by human skin, it would surely cause a huge disturbance in Guan Village!

Upon thinking of this, Zhou Yang felt a chill run down his spine!

He just wanted to stay away from everything related to "Xiao Fei".

But things rarely go as he wishes.

In particular, his older brother Zhou Baigou, who was standing next to him, was a close friend of the deceased Xiao Fei!

"When I went out, I had already heard people say that Xiao Family's parents had run to Houkeng and found a lot of people to help dig soil in Houkeng."

"His parents must have found something in the back pit, right?"

"Xiao Fei was killed by those Guo Family Ghost. The pit is right next to Guo Family Alley, so maybe we can find Xiao Fei's body in the pit."

"That's what Huang Shaozi said."

"Let me go take a look!"

Zhou Baigou immediately said, "Xiao Fei and I grew up together. If something happens to him, I should go see him and help him no matter what!" "Yes, you should go see him." Huang Shaozi nodded. "Speaking of which, your father and the Xiao Family family are related."

"With the young people in the family gone, when things happen, our family has to go and visit."

"If you want to go, then go and see."

"If there's anything I can do, please help me with it."