Chapter 62

"Brother Liang, let's go, we need to hurry and call the police."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin gave Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang a tug.

He had vaguely guessed what Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan intended to do.

When they first met, he had called the boy "Brother," half out of respect for a child prodigy and half in jest.

But ever since witnessing the boy retaliate at the cost of his own eyes bleeding and risking blindness, and having seen the dismembered bodies of the dwarf father and son floating on the river, the "Brother" in his address had become tinged with awe.

This was truly a helpless situation; a high school student who usually only got into fights had suddenly encountered such a ruthless person, and this ruthless person usually liked to put on an innocent and harmless appearance.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, no matter what you are going to do, you must ensure your own safety, understand?"

"Mm, I will, Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin left.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the edge of the cliff, stood on tiptoe to look down, and asked, "Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, is it possible?"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng bent down, signaling for the boy to climb onto his back.

Then, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng stood straight, facing away from the cliff, and reminded him, "Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, hold on tight!"

"Okay."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan used his arms to wrap around Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's neck.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng placed his left hand on his chest, gripped the steel pipe tightly with his right hand, and took a deep breath.

Then, he jumped backward.

After falling a certain distance, he inserted the steel pipe into a crevice in the rock; as his right arm muscles tensed, he also exerted force from his waist, hanging his entire body almost straight against the cliff.

Then he pulled out the steel pipe, continued to fall, and inserted the pipe again.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt like he was on a pirate ship, but this was far more dangerous than any facility in an amusement park; people doing extreme sports abroad would at least tie a safety rope, while Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng relied on just one pipe.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan even suspected that even without this pipe in his hand, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng could still descend the cliff like this with his bare hands.

It made sense; with the terrifying amount of food Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng consumed, the fact that he hadn't become fat meant it had all clearly gone into his strength.

Descending section by section, when there was no suitable rock crevice to insert the pipe, he would just fall a bit further to find one.

In the end, seeing that the remaining height was about right, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng simply let go completely; just before hitting the ground, he kicked the rock wall twice with one leg to offset some of the momentum, and upon landing, he took a series of steps back, turned around to set Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan down, and then collapsed Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face-down on the ground.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, it was actually quite thrilling."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan got down from Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng also stood up, brushing the grass and wood chips off his body.

The boy knew that if it weren't for himself being a burden, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng wouldn't have been in such a sorry state upon landing.

This was talent.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had no doubt that if Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had someone to teach him, he would inevitably be no worse than Qin Zhanglao in the future.

The boy himself actually had no sectarian prejudices, and even less moral fastidiousness; after all, he had already read and learned the feng shui techniques of both the Qin and Liu families, but the horse stance and breathing techniques Qin Zhanglao taught him were things he couldn't teach Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng.

This required an extremely professional person to individually correct one's muscle exertion and breathing adjustments; the set he was practicing now was only suitable for himself, and teaching it to Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng might have the opposite effect.

He could only hope that when he saw Qin Zhanglao again after A Li recovered from her illness, he could ask Qin Zhanglao to teach Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng.

The courtyard wall of the ancestral hall was not high; Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng climbed up first, then hooked his legs over and reached down with his upper body to pull Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan up, and the two of them climbed over the wall and entered.

Unlike when they were in the spatial interlayer—where it was just the four of them and they could kick down doors as they pleased—now, if they dared to make a big commotion, they would definitely wake up the village.

The door of the ancestral hall was closed, which meant someone from the village had been there; when they walked into the inner hall, they found fresh offerings placed on the altar table.

It must have been that the ghost haunting the village these past few days had made the villagers anxious; even the ancestral hall door had been kicked open by a "ghost," which meant the ancestors had been disturbed, so naturally, they had to come and pray quickly, asking for the ancestors' protection.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan smiled and said, "Eat."

"Okay!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng sat on the altar table, grabbed the offerings with his right hand, pulled out the thick, unburned incense from the censer with his left, and began to eat in large mouthfuls.

He was truly hungry.

He had eaten a stomach full of grass at noon and only some dried corn in the afternoon; even a mule pulling a millstone didn't have such poor food.

Of course, he actually had other sources of replenishment, such as the cured meat Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin had taken out of the room, but he had only eaten that one piece and hadn't gotten up to get more from the room.

There were so many corpses in the pool; although they didn't have the fragrant, aged flavor of a "dead-walker," they weren't impossible to eat.

He was holding back; firstly, he didn't want to ruin his image in front of Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan too much, and secondly, he hadn't reached the point of total desperation yet.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took some offerings and walked around the hall while eating.

There was still some time before dawn, and even if it were dawn, the villagers might not come here early, so he had plenty of time now.

After re-examining and analyzing it in detail, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but sigh:

"The level of the Qi family ancestors is truly too high."

When building a mausoleum, unless one was a separatist force, one could choose the dragon vein and use laborers at will; even in the final years of a dynasty, no matter how difficult things were for the imperial court, they would squeeze out the finances to let you perform, so it was a waste if you couldn't build a good mausoleum, and normal if you did.

But here in this mountain gully, under such crude conditions, they could still build such an exquisite layout; that was truly not easy, it was genuine technical craftsmanship.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng asked in confusion while eating, "Then why was the old nest occupied by an outsider?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "In this world, how can one rely solely on feng shui to solve everything once and for all? If that were the case, those dynasties wouldn't have perished."

The boy reached out and gently patted his forehead; the better the feng shui layout was arranged here, the greater the difficulty would be for him to modify it, and he feared he would have to overdraw himself again.

But since he had already made the decision, he would not change it.

The advantage was that by modifying it on the existing foundation and using local materials, as long as he designed the blueprints well, the construction would be very simple and fast.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan turned his head to look at Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and found that Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng was peeling and eating a sweet potato.

He remembered that when he bought roasted sweet potatoes on the train, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had been peeling and eating them while feeling pained by the cost.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, I think sweet potato skins are also delicious."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng: "In the past, when the family ran out of food and there were only sweet potatoes to eat, my grandfather told me not to eat the skin, that I had to save a little and leave a little, so that life would have some hope. Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, I'm done eating." Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng got down from the altar table and patted his distended belly, "Hehe, this time I can hold out for a long time."

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, you take this place, this place, and this place..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan assigned tasks to Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, either to take down the copper coins and copper swords on the eaves or swap their positions, or to dig up the bricks and stones in the courtyard and rearrange them.

In the corner of the ancestral hall, there were tools used for daily repairs, which were just right to use; he only needed to be careful not to make too much noise.

These were actually just peripheral chores; they weren't difficult but were time-consuming, so he let Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng start on them first.

The real core changes were on those three pebble walls; changing the position of just a few pebbles, or even just one, could achieve a reversing effect.

This wasn't because Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was so brilliant, but because of the attainments of the Qi family ancestors; they had truly achieved the art of arranging a grand layout as easily as cooking a small fish.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng picked up the tools and began to busy himself.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan brought over a long bench, sat in the center of the hall, closed his eyes, and began to deduce.

But just as he started, the boy felt dizzy and a stinging pain appeared at the corners of his eyes.

Last time, he had only interpreted it at a shallow level, reading the puzzle message on the three walls, which was actually something left intentionally for their descendants; now, he was going to deeply analyze the application of their techniques, and the difficulty was certainly different.

As he calculated, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt his nose "running."

He didn't open his eyes, but could only slide off the chair, lie on the ground, and continue the deduction.

Soon, "tears" also flowed out; he still couldn't spare the effort to wipe them away.

It wasn't until his head began to throb with pain that Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan finally became somewhat irritable.

Because the more he deduced, the more unknown mysteries he could perceive.

If it were in the past, he would have jumped up with joy, learning bit by bit every day, but now, he was in a dilemma.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes and wiped the bloodstains from the corners of his eyes with his clothes; he couldn't keep calculating like this, he had still overestimated himself and underestimated the ancients; he had to change his approach, otherwise, he would end up blinding himself again.

Since this was an ancestral hall and ancestral teachings were left on these walls, could he try to observe and learn by adopting the perspective of a Qi family descendant?

This behavior was akin to taking a shortcut, skipping a large amount of reasoning and proof, and just memorizing the formulas; but after truly immersing himself in it, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan suddenly discovered that this path was unexpectedly viable.

The pebbles on the three walls actually reorganized into information in his mind; this was clearly a message left by the Qi family ancestors for outstanding descendants.

And the "outstanding" here was actually quite protective; standing from the ancestors' perspective, it seemed they had long anticipated the decline in the level of their descendants.

The new message had three parts; because it wasn't a pure textual medium, it was something that could only be understood but not described.

The first part of the message meant that any descendant who could see this could obtain a notebook; the location of the notebook was recorded below, right under a specific brick in the ancestral hall; read it and put it back for future generations.

The second part of the message was that this place was a wondrous land with a boundary, as real as it was fake and as fake as it was real; because of this special nature, they chose this place to live in seclusion; the method to enter that realm and the location of the exit were recorded below.

The third part of the message was that if the clan encountered disaster and had to migrate away, they could change the feng shui layout of this place; the specific method for modification was recorded below.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan smiled with some relief; it was fortunate that he had changed his approach on the fly, only then discovering that the ancestors had already placed the answer here.

It was ruthless enough; whether the descendants migrated away voluntarily or were forced to, they could prevent those who lived here later from benefiting by changing the feng shui layout, or even place a terrifying curse on those who occupied the nest.

But clearly, the Qi family descendants hadn't done so; it was unknown whether the incident happened too suddenly back then or if the descendants' level was so poor that they couldn't even reach "outstanding" and couldn't see the ancestors' message.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan called Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng over, selected a brick according to the recorded location, and signaled for Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng to pry it out.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng inserted the small shovel, pressed down with his hand, quickly loosened and removed the brick, and continued digging downward, pulling out a box.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan opened the box with excitement, then frowned; the box... was empty.

This must have been taken by someone, and the person who took it hadn't put it back; furthermore, it was highly probable that it had been taken by a Qi family descendant, but he hadn't followed the ancestors' wishes to let the family descendants earn the qualification to read this notebook through their own ability.

One could only say that ancestors had their perspective, and descendants had their reality.

This notebook had either been lost along with the Qi family's misfortunes later on, or it might have been buried in a Qi family member's grave on a nearby hill.

This notebook was either lost following the upheaval of the Qi family, or it might have been buried alongside someone from the Qi family in a grave on a nearby hillside.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt very regretful; the Qi family ancestors chose to live in seclusion here back then because they valued the natural spatial interlayer here; if that group of people's level could reach such a height, how precious must the notebook they left behind be?

The method to enter the spatial interlayer was very simple; in the surrounding area, one only needed to artificially lower one's own three lamps of life fire to enter automatically.

The latter meant making oneself "unlucky."

The exit was at the Taiji pattern in the ancestral hall.

The exit is at the Taiji pattern in the ancestral hall.

The little girl who followed them on the train provided the necessary prerequisite for the four of them to enter, and while he himself should have been fine, he was dragged into this because he was too deeply entangled with Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and the others... much like the steel pipe in Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's hand.

However, that bunch of ancestors from the Qi family were truly a group of madmen; in order to study this spatial interlayer, they didn't hesitate to damage their own three lamps, possessing quite the spirit of "hearing the Dao in the morning, one can die without regret in the evening."

If the ancestors liked to play like this, it is no wonder that the inheritance level of their descendants would plummet, because the more talented they were, the faster they died.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, is the work outside finished?"

"Everything has been settled according to your requirements, but, Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, are you alright now?"

Clearly, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had seen the bloodstains remaining on the boy's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

"I'm fine, I won't go blind this time." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan reached out and pointed to a green stone on the east wall, then pointed to a black stone on the west wall, and just as he was about to point to the north wall...

A massive sense of crisis suddenly enveloped Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

His eyelids began to tremble rapidly, and his heart was pounding "thump, thump, thump."

This forced the boy to lean forward, brace his hands on the ground, and kneel down.

He had a premonition that if he truly pointed to the red stone on the north wall and told Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng to pry it out and swap their positions in order, then he would inevitably meet with disaster.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan stood up, walked to the entrance of the hall, and picked up a bronze sword that Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had previously removed from the eaves; the bronze sword was polished very smoothly, and by the moonlight, it barely reflected his own Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

He began to read his own fortune.

In just an instant, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt the world spinning, and he collapsed onto the ground.

He had once again violated the taboo against reading one's own fortune, but he had no choice but to look.

And the result was that his current physiognomy was... many times worse than the damage the little girl in red had caused to Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and the others.

Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and the others had their lifespans borrowed at the time, showing the physiognomy of a dried-up lamp, while he himself could now be described as "hated by gods and ghosts alike"; it was a "life worse than death" fate, and things like the Five Blemishes and Three Deficiencies would all be arranged for him.

Why would it be like this?

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, I'm fine." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pulled away from Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's support and looked back at the wall.

He began to rethink what would happen after he changed the layout here.

First, the corpses under the pool would all turn into "dead-returns," and they would rush into the village and slaughter all the living people here.

This didn't matter; at least Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan thought so, because this was the retribution the village deserved.

But... what next?

He had no ability to control these "dead-returns," nor could he resolve them; if they didn't dissipate on their own after completing their revenge, they would spread to other villages or even towns, and by then, he would have personally triggered a catastrophe.

In fact, once the Feng Shui layout here was overturned, the resentment of these "dead-returns" would be even stronger, and it was highly probable they wouldn't dissipate even after killing their enemies, making this catastrophe almost inevitable.

Does this... count against me?

Didn't he do the same thing back in Nantong? Grandfather also did this; could it be because Grandfather isn't by his side now to shield him?

No, what happened before was just a small scuffle; in a scene this big, even if Grandfather were here, he definitely couldn't shield him.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan couldn't understand: why is it that those who rob and kill are fine, yet he has to bear the blame for eliminating evil and seeking revenge here?

He looked up at the night sky, and if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't make a big commotion, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan really wanted to jump up and curse: What kind of Heavenly Dao is this?

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, you..."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng truly felt that something was very wrong; Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan was bleeding, fainting, and then becoming emotionally agitated, which made him very uneasy.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, let me be quiet for a moment."

"Oh, okay."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng squatted in a distant corner, silently lit incense, took out the offerings from his pocket, and continued to eat; when there was nothing to do, filling his stomach was never a mistake.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat on the ground with his legs spread, his hands gripping the brick seams beneath him tightly.

He was forcing himself to calm down, and then, he suddenly found the effect of calming down was too obvious, forcing him to lower his head again, his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face showing pain, silently reciting the name "A Li" in his heart, which finally curbed the trend of his impending illness.

"Hoo... hoo..."

He lifted his head again and took a deep breath.

In any case, he was unwilling to sacrifice himself to avenge the people in the pool below.

Anyway, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's side would call the police, and the police would soon arrive to surround this place, and the crimes would be brought to justice.

It was just that, feeling this way, there was a bit of loss, a bit of unwillingness, a bit of unhappiness... with so many "little bits" accumulating, his emotions became much more complex.

Heh, he actually had emotions?

For a moment, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't even know if he should be happy about this.

Although these emotions began to fade quickly after appearing collectively, at least they had sparked.

At this moment,

He thought of that pair of dwarf father and son; they were clearly very evil, yet their style of conduct was flawless, as if they were deliberately avoiding something.

He thought of Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei and Qin Shu; they lived in Grandfather's house, treating him only as an ordinary person, avoiding all boundary-crossing behavior as much as possible.

Finally, he thought of one person.

He had always wondered why that person didn't explicitly write that helping "dead-returns" fulfill their resentment was also a good way to dissipate them.

He also always thought that whenever he saw a Feng Shui layout, the first thing that came to his mind was how to change it to the extreme; this was certainly due to his own playful psychology, but if the books didn't teach these ideas, he wouldn't know how to start, and the content of the books itself was guiding.

"Heh..."

The boy smiled; he had figured it out, the answer was Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao—the Pseudo-Righteous Path.

What he wanted was a result; since the cost of walking a straight line was too high, he would just take a detour, deceive and coax this Righteous Path; as long as he could keep up appearances, they could live in peace.

Anyway, it was a hypocrite.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, this green one, this black one, and this red one, pry them all out in the order I said and swap them in sequence, but for the last step—that red one—don't put it into the green slot yet."

"Okay, I understand."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng picked up the tool and began to pry, quickly completing the first two steps, and handed the red stone to the boy.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, what's next?"

"Next, let's make a commotion.

Do you remember the residential house closest to the ancestral hall? The one where we ate their corn cobs, and also where Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin found the cured meat."

"I remember."

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, go there now, grab the woman in the house and bring her here; remember, be fast, there is another man in her house, if he resists, don't be polite." Hearing the words "don't be polite," Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan added: "They are genuine murderers; you are going to catch murderers. Citizens have an obligation to assist the police in handling cases and maintain social harmony and stability; this is not illegal.

Besides, the slogans on the county walls even say 'Beat car bandits and road tyrants to death, no crime and a reward'."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng scratched his head and asked somewhat puzzled: "Uh, Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, why are you telling me this?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shrugged and said: "What I just said wasn't for you, go, Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng."

"Alright!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng grabbed the steel pipe, opened the ancestral hall door, and ran out.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan leaned against the entrance, watching the situation over there while playing with the red stone in his hand.

A smile hung on the corner of his mouth; he had noticed it, and even tried to press it with his hand, but couldn't press it down.

This smile wasn't an act, because he was truly happy now.

This emotion was very persistent, simmering on a low flame.

It was hard to imagine how joyful he would be when it truly boiled over later.

Following the rules and doing things step-by-step held no challenge for him.

Instead, it was this kind of repeated jumping on the edge of the Heavenly Dao that gave him true, stimulating pleasure.

This was truly interesting and fun.

"Bang!"

That was the sound of the door being kicked open.

Immediately after, there was a woman's scream.

Then, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan saw Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng running fast under the moonlight, carrying the woman.

Previously, on the slope behind the village, he had only heard the woman's voice without seeing her appearance; now that he saw her, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was happy anyway, so he simply read her fortune seriously:

The woman was about thirty years old, with a Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face full of freckles; even if her brows and eyes were distorted by panic, one could still see traces of spring, which was a typical "peach blossom" physiognomy, and a rotten one at that.

Regardless of gender, those with this physiognomy would be unlucky for a lifetime because of matters below the belt; if their overall physiognomy were wealthy and peaceful, they could offset it, but the woman was clearly not of this type. Beneath the rotten peach blossom, there was an even clearer fate of premature death.

This physiognomy was common among serious criminals in prison; in "The Essence of Yin-Yang Physiognomy," it was explained as those who would be executed by the law.

In other words, even without his intervention, a person like her would likely Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face the execution ground in the future.

Or rather, most of the people in this village would go to the execution ground to eat "peanuts" (bullets).

To use Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's habitual words, it was the wheel of the era's development that was destined to roll over, and they were the objects destined to be crushed.

But the problem was, before they were crushed, how many more Zhu Yangs would fall victim to their poisonous hands during this period? Zhu Yang's wife would soon be coming here from Nantong with money and their daughter.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, I've brought her."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng threw the woman onto the ground.

"Help me!!!!!"

"Slap!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng slapped the woman across the Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

His slap had terrifying force; Liu Liu Jinxia and Old Man Shan could testify to this.

Several of the woman's teeth were slapped out directly, one side of her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face swelled up high, and she only dared to whimper, not daring to scream again.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng pointed his finger at her and said viciously: "Shut up!"

The woman was frightened and nodded vigorously.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan then looked at Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and asked, "Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, what are you doing?"

"Huh?"

"I want to make her scream."

"I..." Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng immediately said to the woman, "Scream again!"

The woman immediately shook her head, signaling that she didn't dare.

"Smack!"

Another slap.

"I told you to scream, so scream!"

"Help... someone come... help... help!"

At first, the woman's screams were quite soft, but after hearing the commotion and dog barking in the distant village, her screams grew louder and louder.

In fact, the commotion of Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng kicking the door had already disturbed the village, but by the time the nearby villagers came out of their homes, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had already carried the woman into the ancestral hall.

In this pitch-black darkness, it would take the villagers quite a while to figure out exactly what was happening.

"Who else is in her house?"

"A man," Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng said. "But after I glared at him, he only dared to shrink back on the bed; he didn't dare to stop me."

Clearly, the woman's husband was a coward who didn't even dare to protect his own wife, yet such a person could be ruthless toward those passing drivers from out of town.

Perhaps it was the woman's husband's account and the woman's current screaming that finally let the villagers know what was happening and where they should go.

Soon, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan saw a group of people running toward them, holding flashlights.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng lifted the woman up, held a steel pipe to her head with his right hand, and shouted sternly, "If you dare to come any closer, I'll kill her!"

It was clearly a line from a martial arts movie, but combined with Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's deep, booming voice and the hostage, it did indeed stop the first batch of villagers who rushed over, making them afraid to move forward.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng..."

"Huh?" Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng was stunned for a moment. "Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, did I do something wrong again?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sighed. Forget it, it didn't matter; he would just coax the righteous path a bit more.

The boy shouted loudly toward the door of the ancestral hall, "What have you done to the truck driver Zhu Yang who kindly gave us a ride? His license plate is Su F, his truck is loaded with steel cables, and there are letters in his truck that he wrote to his wife and daughter!"

Fearing that the other side wouldn't remember which one it was, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan specifically provided many suffix hints.

At this moment, someone in the crowd shouted, "He's already dead. Didn't he love to read? I stuffed all the books into his stomach, let him go down there and read to his heart's content, hahahaha!"

Then a group of people laughed.

Obviously, since it wasn't their own wives being held hostage, they didn't really care.

Of course, rushing up directly now might cause an accident for the woman, and since they were all from the same village, it wouldn't look good on their reputation.

"So it's you guys. The village chief even told us to go find you. I didn't expect you to be hiding in the village!"

"That's fine, it saves us the effort of searching. You delivered yourselves to our doorstep."

At this time, the second and third batches of people gathered, and more and more arrived. There weren't many households in this village, and basically, all the adult men and Wo Sect capable of action had come over.

Moreover, they seemed certain that the two outsiders in the ancestral hall couldn't escape, so they didn't bother to hide anything at all, and their words were full of blunt recklessness.

After all, who would worry about dead people leaking secrets?

At this moment, the crowd voluntarily cleared a path, and a person walked out—it was none other than the repair shop owner who had pointed the way for them earlier and said the road ahead was dangerous.

The owner pointed at Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and said, "Let her go, and we will let you two leave safely. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other!"

This was obviously a lie meant for fools; how could they possibly let anyone leave alive?

The reason their village was so ruthless and left no survivors was precisely to keep things secret.

And as it stood, once an out-of-town driver went missing, with no surveillance and no records, if the family reported it to the police in another city, the police wouldn't even be able to pinpoint the missing section of the road, let alone the province or city.

Those who drove long-distance trucks wouldn't call home every few days, and their families wouldn't know where they had temporarily taken a job.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shouted, "What you are doing is against the law. The police officers will come and catch all of you."

The boy's voice, combined with these words, once again caused the crowd to burst into laughter.

The village chief reiterated, "Be obedient, let her go, and you can leave safely. We keep our word!"

"We don't believe your words. Unless I see the police officers coming, we won't let her go."

Seeing that they were repeatedly refused, the villagers began to press forward.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to shout, "Don't come over. You have already committed so many crimes, yet you still refuse to repent. Do you want to compound your mistakes and continue to harm us?"

Now, not only were the villagers laughing, but even Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng beside him couldn't help but look at the boy; he felt that Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan wouldn't say such naive nonsense.

"Sigh, my throat hurts." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his throat, but he had to keep shouting. "Don't come over. This makes me feel in danger. If you want to harm me, I will choose to defend myself!"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan wasn't satisfied with this line because it felt a bit too deliberate.

At this moment, although Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng didn't understand, he found a certain pattern, and he also shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Stop moving forward, otherwise it is an illegal attack on the people. Please immediately turn back from your errors, terminate your illegal behavior, recognize reality, and repent, otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"

Illegal attack on the people...

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but open his mouth and laugh, laughing until tears were about to flow down.

Tonight was already very grotesque, but he didn't expect Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng to add another layer of bizarre strangeness to it.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng continued to shout, "Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist. Recognizing your crimes in time and turning yourselves in is the right path!"

"Damn it, are these two idiots?"

"Charge!"

Three people couldn't hold back anymore, took the lead in breaking away from the crowd, and ran up the steps of the ancestral hall.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng didn't waste any words; he used the steel pipe to lash out at them in a series of fierce strikes. The three didn't expect this big fool to be so ruthless and have such great strength. Even though they were holding hammers and wood axes, they couldn't withstand the terrifying force of Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's steel pipe, and they were all knocked down, each with a broken head and bleeding.

Such a fierce scene also scared the crowd of villagers behind them into stopping their steps.

Then, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan saw the village chief take a hunting rifle from someone behind him.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng immediately pushed Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan away and then dodged to the other side himself.

"Bang!"

The gun fired. It didn't hit Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan or Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, but the woman, who didn't have time to dodge, had her chest riddled with holes.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, close the door and come over."

"Okay!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng immediately closed the door of the ancestral hall, engaged the bolt, and then ran into the hall himself.

Seeing Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng come in, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan then stuffed the red stone in his hand into the groove.

"I am defending myself, I am acting in legitimate self-defense. They want to kill me, this is a very normal human instinct for survival."

The ancestors of the Qi clan who arranged all this probably didn't expect that under the layout of this blessed land, there would be so many corpses filled with resentment.

When the layout here was extremely inverted, it was equivalent to throwing a firecracker into a clogged septic tank.

The wind started to blow, a very, very cold wind. The ground of the courtyard was instantly covered with a layer of white frost, and the white frost expanded very quickly. Surprisingly, it was the same inside the hall, and it even started to snow outside.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's heart skipped a beat: Oh no, I didn't expect the coverage to be this large!

When the resentment below was triggered, every single "dead-fall" was equivalent to a girl in red—no, the dead-falls were even more terrifying than the girl in red, and the negative effects they could produce were even stronger.

When Li Sanjiang was resolving the Xiao Huang Ying incident, he told Li Li Weihan that if the dead-falls weren't invited away, the whole family would suffer bad luck.

The group of dead-falls down here, when their resentment was triggered upon waking, far exceeded a group of little girls in red, enough to suppress all three lamps on the bodies of all living people within range.

And those whose three lamps were suppressed would enter the spatial interlayer. Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't want himself and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng to go in as well.

While the people outside were either smashing the door or climbing over the wall, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan immediately picked up the incense on the offering table and divided some for Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng.

"Don't eat this."

"Oh, okay."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan said sincerely, "Every debt has its debtor, every grievance has its perpetrator. You have helped me, and I am also helping you. Please open your eyes wide and look carefully at who exactly is the enemy!"

The white frost on the ground had already covered the entire ancestral hall and extended very far.

Only the area under Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's feet had the white frost melted away.

In the pool below, all the floating corpses gradually changed from lying flat to standing upright. Water began to overflow from their bodies, and their bodies slowly unfolded.

Above, the door of the ancestral hall was smashed open, and the villagers swarmed in. The village chief held a hunting rifle, his gaze cold and sharp. When he swept his eyes toward the two people in the hall, he couldn't help but sneer:

"Burning incense to pray for protection now? It's too late!"

The next moment, all the dead-falls below collectively raised their heads.

Clusters of black energy, almost visible to the naked eye, burst out from the ground and wrapped around these people.

Suddenly,

The villagers who rushed in discovered that their targets, the two outsiders in the hall, had suddenly disappeared.

"Where did they go?"

"Where did they run off to?"

"Did they hide somewhere?"

"Am I seeing things? They were right in front of my eyes just now, how did they vanish all of a sudden?"

The environment in the spatial interlayer was the same as in reality. They didn't realize that they had gone to the wrong place, just like Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and the others at the beginning.

The village chief shouted, "Find them for me, they must still be here!"

Inside the real ancestral hall.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng opened his mouth wide. He was just about to drop the incense in his hand and pick up the steel pipe to fight for his life, but who knew that in the blink of an eye, a group of living people had disappeared.

Immediately, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng lowered his head and looked at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan standing in front of him. He knew clearly that all of this was Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's doing.

This time, Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng was once again shaken by the power of knowledge.

But soon, he was horrified by an even more terrifying and dense scent of the dead:

"Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, so many, so many dead!"

Yet in an instant, the scent of the dead, previously so thick it seemed as if it would drip water, suddenly vanished.

"Uh, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, the dead are all gone again..."

"Brother Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng."

"Hmm?"

"That is because the dead have also gone inside."

"This..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan reached out and pointed to the Taiji pattern in the courtyard: "Brother Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, take your tools and smash that place to pieces for me!"

That was the exit; by smashing the exit, this spatial interlayer would be completely sealed off.

"Alright!"

"Also, Brother Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, half an hour."

"Huh?" Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng didn't understand at first, but after seeing Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sit cross-legged on the ground and close his eyes, he realized and asked, "Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, are you going to walk the underworld for that long this time?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan nodded gently:

"It's a rare opportunity, one must enjoy it properly."

After speaking, the boy raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Snap!"

Opening his eyes again, he was still in the ancestral hall, but he saw the villagers throughout the hall rummaging around, yet these villagers could not see him.

No wonder the ancestors of the Qi clan couldn't help but live in seclusion here to study this; this place is indeed very interesting, alas, what a pity.

If it weren't for the fact that he had to destroy the exit, he would have really liked to treat this place as his own private plot, to fence it off properly and study it, even if it meant bearing a heavy burden for it.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan passed through the crowd very naturally, and when he passed by the village chief, he even deliberately stopped to take a few extra looks at him.

Then, he walked out of the ancestral hall gate and stood on the steps.

A group of the dead had already slowly arrived here from the cave entrance below, dense and numerous.

Each of them was seeping water, their resentment deep, like wild beasts choosing people to devour.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan smiled and stepped aside, making a bowing gesture with his hand toward the inside of the ancestral hall gate, just like the most professional waiter at the entrance of a grand hotel in the capital:

"Everyone, please enter."

(End of this chapter)