Chapter 319

Very soon.

Wu Xian's doubts were resolved.

They followed the direction of the water flow, walked for a dozen meters, and turned a corner, where they saw a spacious area. This area was almost level with the center of the village.

In the center of the flat ground were two coffins.

And another coffin was being carried over from a small path nearby.

Those two people carrying the coffin.

Wore black short jackets, melon-skin caps, and small braids. Their faces were as pale as paper, with red lips and red cheeks, and their eyes were just a smear of hollow red. Even though their steps were unsteady, they could easily carry the heavy coffin...

They were clearly two paper figures! It stood to reason that the lamp oil for those street lamps was also added by these paper figures.

The three of them didn't even dare to breathe loudly. It wasn't until the paper figures put down the coffin and returned the way they came in a straight line that the three of them cautiously walked over from the corner, curiously looking at these three coffins.

The three of them looked at each other and decided to open one coffin to take a look.

All along.

They had been very puzzled about these coffins.

They only knew that these coffins were a part of the complete and correct ritual and were very important in this Fudi.

But they didn't know why the people of Undead City had to send the coffins to No-Burial Village at night, and why they had to send the coffins away from underground during the day.

The reason given by the elders was to let the elders bury themselves.

But this could not convince Wu Xian.

But if they could see what was inside the coffins being carried away, this mystery could be solved to some extent.

However, the coffin could not be opened simply; there might be poisonous gas, hidden arrows, venomous snakes, or some other harmful ghostly things hidden inside.

So the three of them backed away five meters. Wu Xian took out his Ruyi Telescopic Rod, extended it to five meters, pressed it against the coffin lid, and pushed it together.

Crack! The coffin lid was pushed open.

Nothing popped out from inside; this was another battle of wits against the air.

But to survive in a dangerous Fudi, this kind of vigilance was necessary. Wu Xian would rather do a hundred useless tasks than make one mistake and lose his life.

They cautiously walked to the side of the coffin.

And found that the coffin was very empty, containing only one thing, an item Wu Xian had seen several times!

It was a longevity peach! Wu Xian put on gloves and picked up the longevity peach, and new information appeared on his du-die.

Yin Spirit Longevity Peach: Transforms the power of Yin spirits into a peach. If a living person eats it, their lifespan decreases; if a malevolent entity eats it, their Dao cultivation increases...

"So that's how it is..."

Wu Xian narrowed his eyes, and his train of thought suddenly expanded.

With the existence of this longevity peach, many things in No-Burial Village now had reasonable explanations.

"It seems that all the fussing back and forth with these coffins is entirely for the sake of these peaches."

"The entire No-Burial Village is like a giant alchemy furnace. Those elders who failed to be buried, the walking corpses all over the mountains and plains, the petrified dead people underground... are all just medicinal dregs produced during the alchemy process."

Wu Xian could not eat these longevity peaches, but they might be useful in the future. They collected the three longevity peaches and continued to explore in the direction the paper figures had left.

They walked for another distance.

The view suddenly opened up, and at the end of the road was actually a pool! In the center of the pool.

There was a twisted monster.

The monster was shaped like an hourglass, pieced together from vines, flesh and blood, and a material similar to porcelain. The upper part of the monster faced the bottom of the large pit, while the lower part faced the pool water. The thinnest part in the middle was just enough for a coffin to pass through.

Its large mouth, several meters in diameter, perfectly caught the coffins and urns leaking down from the large pit, ground those things into fragments inside its large mouth, and then discharged them through the pool water, flowing along the current to who knows where.

The reason why the coffins and urns in the large pit kept sinking was because of the existence of this thing! The source of nutrition for this monster was those insects.

After waiting for a while.

The middle part of the monster suddenly opened a large mouth, and a coffin covered in mucus was spat out from inside.

The paper figures scrambled to fish out the coffin, cleaned off the mucus, and were about to carry it to the open space where the coffins were previously placed.

It stood to reason that a longevity peach was already placed inside this coffin! "Hmm, this monster is the alchemy furnace of the malevolent entities?"

They had seen enough. Before the paper figures came out, the three of them retreated all the way.

Eliminating these things was not their mission; they were just here to scout the path. If they really wanted to kill these things, they would need everyone to gang up on them.

Very soon.

They returned to the location of the well without any danger.

There was a float on the water surface under the well, and this float was connected to Li Juxian's fishing line. After pulling it gently a few times, Li Juxian knew that the people below wanted to come up.

The order of going up was the same as the order of coming down; Wu Xian was the first, and Wei Qinglan was the last.

Once at the wellhead.

Wu Xian took a deep breath of fresh air, looking at the sun, feeling a sense of rebirth.

The underground was truly too oppressive, and his nasal cavity was filled with the strange smell of burning corpse oil.

Next was Su Xuan.

He also came up very smoothly, performing better than Wu Xian, perhaps because his nose had long been ruined by alcohol.

When it came to Wei Qinglan.

Li Juxian's expression changed drastically.

He found that Wei Qinglan was unexpectedly heavy; even though he had used all his strength, he still had no way to pull Wei Qinglan up.

The fishing line tightened, the fishing rod bent, as if it were about to snap at any moment.

Clearly.

Something had happened! Wei Hengbo was the first to run to the wellhead.

Looking down, he felt the blood in his body go cold! He saw that Wei Qinglan was unexpectedly weighed down by countless paper figures. There were dozens of these paper figures, some grabbing her feet, others pulling her hair.

All the paper figures were looking up at the sky, their faces revealing eerie smiles.

What was even more eerie was.

Even though there were so many paper figures around her.

Wei Qinglan didn't notice it at all, just looking up expectantly, waiting for everyone to pull her up.

Wei Hengbo roared down below.

"Wake up, there's a ghost beside you!"

His voice was loud, but Wei Qinglan only tilted her head slightly, not hearing her brother's words at all.

Seeing that if this continued, the fishing rod would be snapped, Wei Hengbo steeled his heart and actually jumped directly into the well.

Splash! Accompanied by a huge splash, the paper figures rushed to grab Wei Hengbo one after another.

But Wei Qinglan took out a bronze mirror; this was a magical artifact that Wu Xian had once obtained, called the Bagua Mirror! Wei Hengbo roared.

"Expel evil and break the curse!"

Boom! A burst of golden light spread out, and all the paper figures were repelled.

Wei Hengbo took the opportunity to grab Wei Qinglan's legs, and Li Juxian above seized this opportunity, pulling the fishing line violently, and only then were the two of them pulled up.

Splash! By the well.

Wei Hengbo lay on his sister, panting heavily, his heart almost jumping out.

Wei Qinglan pushed him away with a look of disgust.

"Was that necessary? We haven't seen each other for just a little while, what are you doing? You're covered in water, isn't it dirty?"

Even now.

She didn't know what had happened under the well just now.

Jian Lingyu walked to her side and recounted what had just happened.

Wei Qinglan suddenly felt a chill down her spine; if her brother hadn't risked his life to save her just now, she would have remained below forever...

(End of chapter)