Volume 1: Yellow Springs December Chapter 35: Drinking Blood and Breaking the Heart
The Lord of the Hundred Bones did not break his promise, prepared his own horses, and took the Seven Girl to the dead village with them.
It was late at night, and Dai Luan dozed off on Mu Wan's horse, if it weren't for her arms holding the reins, she would definitely fall off the horse. Back there, Dai Luan came to her senses again. She always felt that this girl hadn't grown up yet, and she was sleepy for a while, like a child.
The head sticks out from the mouth of the well, and it is pitch black below. The moon is hiding in the clouds tonight, and it's hard to be sure what's underneath. Dai Luan threw the stone down again, but no sound came.
"I was surrounded by that monster and dragged directly down the well. At that time, I felt that there was water under the well, and I couldn't breathe, so I struggled for a long time before I stepped on the wall of the well and escaped. But when I came up, the water on my body disappeared. Shanhai recalled.
Shi Wuqi circled around twice. He picked up a small stone on the ground. When he looked at the stone from side to side, they realized that it was actually a half-cut skull of a man.
"Ahh That's the bowl it filled with water for me. β
ββ¦β¦ It's a carpenter. Not to mention less than 200 years after his death. He had a wife and a concubine, and had no children. β
The words of the Lord of the Hundred Bones made Dai Luan stunned. Mu Wan looked at him with some suspicion, but that look looked like that.
"Do you know everything?" Shanhai asked.
"The more time passes, the less you know; The more complete the body, the more you know. Shi Wuqi said.
He went to the well again and threw the half of the skull back into the well.
There was no reverberation, but other voices came up.
Quack, crunch β
Dai Luan retreated again and again.
"Daoist Rin, do you dare to go down with me?"
"Why don't you dare?"
Mu Wan took the rope that had been prepared a long time ago, but Shi Wuqi said that he didn't need it yet, and then jumped down without hesitation. Shanhai didn't take the rope, but just took two unlit torches, and then jumped down. However, before the two girls could react, the seven girls who were standing on the side suddenly threw themselves into the well.
Shi Wuqi raised his arms, caught her steadily, and carefully put it down. The torches burned, and Shanhai brought one of them to him, and he handed it to the seven girls.
Without rope bondage, they go further. When I came to the place where I saw the bones, I took a few steps forward, and there were more bones. Most of them are buried in the ground, and the exposed parts, no matter how you look at them, have human characteristics.
The seven girl held the fire, Shi Wuqi leaned down, and with her white hands with distinct bones, she slowly stroked the broken bones, as if she were soothing some small animal.
"It's a washerwoman...... have rheumatism; This is an old man, very stubborn; Here, he's an idler, and he's got a lot of villagers' stuff. Well, this is still the old man just now...... It's just ordinary people. β
It's as natural as buying groceries at the market. Although I have seen a lot of strange images, this seemingly ordinary but unusual scene still makes Shanhai feel a little frightened.
However, after going around so much, they still couldn't find where the source of Fang Cai's sound was. Even the skull that was thrown down was gone, perhaps "taken away".
"I don't think so" Shi Wuqi said, "Your yang energy is too heavy, plus me-Qi doesn't count, two big men...... I'm afraid it won't show up. I think it's better to call them down, I think that little girl is suitable......"
"Don't even think about it."
"Okay. Just talk about it, don't get excited. β
As soon as he said this, the familiar voice came again. The two of them immediately became alert, tensed their nerves, and quietly listened to the location of the sound source. But it's hard to judge here.
Suddenly, Miss Qi twisted her head behind her. Her face was completely turned away, as nimble as an owl. Shanhai was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that she was just a corpse, which was not a big deal. She was born beautifully, and as a dead person, she was too well "maintained", and coupled with the strange talent of the Lord of the Hundred Skeletons, she could always make people forget that she was dead.
Looking in her direction, something was approaching this way.
About a dozen relatively intact skeletons, draped in broken fabric, were hobbling towards them.
Unexpectedly, before Shanhai calculated the countermeasures, Miss Qi suddenly rushed forward.
The sharp hand knife and the movement of her legs were perfectly matched, and the crisp sound of broken bones was endless, and it seemed that she was in such a state. Her movements are faster than the wind, sharper than a knife, and fiercer than a hammer. In just three or two strokes, a few moving dry bones turned into a white residue.
Finally, she grabbed a section of her spine with one hand, her fingers between her ribs. It looked like she just closed her palms with ease, and the bones were crushed.
And during the whole process, Shanhai almost didn't react at all. On the other hand, the Lord of the Hundred Bones looked relaxed as if nothing had happened. If he didn't know that he was the one in charge of this conflict, he would have felt that he was not even a dead man.
A terrible spell indeed.
Shi Wuqi bent down, picked up a short broken bone and looked at it.
"There are more than so many bones," he asserted, "and there are more than a dozen families in this village, and even if the whole village were to be confessed here, there would never be more than a hundred people in total." But on this scale...... I'm afraid it's more than that. The rib belonged to a young boy who had just come of age, but the bone was older than the old man...... Perhaps the mad bones have been doing evil for generations. β
"Yes......" Shanhai couldn't react.
Although it was the middle of the night, apart from this inexplicable fight, the two of them found nothing, and they didn't even see the main messenger behind the scenes. Back at the bottom of the well, Shanhai asked if Miss Qi could go up by herself.
"Usually I can carry it on my back, but this well is not big, and I will throw a rope down later."
So the two of them jumped briskly one after the other, like two light birds. After returning to the ground, Shanhai saw that the two girls had made a bonfire and were sleepy next to each other. Ah Luan fell asleep again, but Mu Wan slept very lightly, and immediately opened his eyes when he heard a little movement.
Shanhai estimated that they had gone a long way below. Coupled with the fact that the battle was fast and the well was deep, there might not have been much awareness of what was going on below.
Mu Wan woke up Ah Luan, and then threw the rope down according to the meaning of the mountains and seas.
They could indeed feel someone tugging at the rope from underneath, and it wasn't heavy. They pulled the rope backwards so that the girl could come up faster. And the Lord of the Hundred Bones stood aside, as if thinking about something.
When Miss Qi came up, one hand was about to climb the edge of the well, but Mu Wan grabbed her and prepared to pull her up.
At this point, the unexpected happened.
Something was pulling the rope in an instant, pulling it down with great terrible force. The girl who had just left the rope had not yet gone up, and her whole body suddenly fell. Mu Wan clenched her arm, and her expression was much more frightened than hers. The Lord of the Hundred Bones didn't expect this scene either, and he rushed up to take her other hand. But before Miss Qi could hand her other arm, the stronger force seemed to tighten her legs and pull down violently.
There was a dull sound of water below.
She fell.
She fell, but her left wrist was still in Mu Wan's hand.
Mu Wan's instincts were excited, and Dai Luan was even more sleepy. Walking the rivers and lakes, she has heard a lot of bloody deeds and seen a lot, and it is the first time that such a strange and indescribable thing has happened to her. She was stunned for a long time, and Shi Wuqi was on the edge of the ancient well made of stones, staring at the dark hole with wide eyes.
ββ¦β¦ No blood? β
The first to react was Ah Luan. When she said this, Mu Wan came back to her senses and tore off the left forearm of the only remaining Qi girl from her wrist. She had a lot of strength, and even when she separated her body, she clenched it tightly. Sure enough, as Luan said, there was no trace of blood on the section that fell off from the elbow joint.
Even though the fire wasn't very bright, she could see that the bones were pitch black, in contrast to the fair complexion.
"Seven ββ!!"
The Lord of the Hundred Bones shouted hoarsely. Since I met him, I have never found that he also has such a gaffe. But he didn't have time to feel too much, looking at the posture, he stepped on the well, and decided to return to the well alone to save her. Shanhai recalled the sound of the water, and immediately supported him from behind, trying to persuade him to calm down.
"Let it go!"
"Do you know what's going on? Didn't you hear what happened just now? I'm afraid that the monster has cast some kind of magic again, and if you fall into some trap, it won't be so simple! β
Even Mu Wan was a little anxious: "You should calm down first." You didn't make any big mistakes, but when you returned, this kind of thing happened, no matter how you think about it, it's a problem. β
Shi Wuqi's breathing was still rapid, but his movements were a little slack.
Dai Luan cautiously approached.
"Don't give up, I ask, don't be upset...... Who are you? If you can manipulate the bones, why should you cling to her? β
The other two frowned slightly, both feeling that this was the wrong time to askβalthough, they were also curious about the answer to this question. Thinking about it, it is indeed a little strange that the lord of a hundred bones, who has always seemed frivolous, should show such a strong and unbelievable action for a dead person.
This question did make Shi Wuqi a little annoyed. But that glimmer of displeasure was only for a moment, and he didn't have a seizure. He calmed down, his face was still ugly, he pushed away the hand that Shanhai was holding back, and took two steps to the side.
Mu Wan didn't want to hold a dead man's arm anymore, so she handed the arm over. The stiff slender jade arm suddenly became flexible and soft when it reached the hand of the Hundred Skeleton Lord. He took the hand gently in his arms, and it rested on his shoulder.
"Is this still ...... Take it back? I mean, if you find Miss Qi. Mu Wan asked him.
"Yes."
He sighed, his gaze falling back on Dai Luan. The moon peeked out from the clouds, and the faint light dimmed his eyes.
"She was my enemy when she was alive."
β¦β¦ What the?