Chapter 132

"That really scared me to death yesterday!" Meng Jingzhou recalled the experience of last night, still feeling lingering fear.

Lu Yang appeared relatively calm: "First get familiar with the rules; once you're familiar with the rules, you won't be afraid."

Meng Jingzhou nodded.

The two checked the twenty-one rules to ensure there were no memory deviations, and only then did they feel at ease.

"What time is it now?"

At this moment, the sound of a gong came from outside, and the night watchman shouted loudly while knocking: "The Hour of the Si has arrived."

The two hurriedly went downstairs.

On the first floor, two traveling merchants were holding saddles and getting angry at the owner: "Yesterday we left the horses in the backyard stable, how come today there's only a saddle left!"

Lu Yang remembered the monster with the huge body they encountered last night; perhaps it was the one that ate the horses.

They didn't hear the horses neighing last night, which meant the horses didn't even have a chance to resist. What a terrifying monster.

Not bothering with the traveling merchants anymore, the two ran out of the inn.

The Decayed Fairy reminded them: "These two traveling merchants have heavy baleful energy and are entangled by vengeful spirits; they are not simple traveling merchants."

Lu Yang nodded, indicating he had remembered.

Bursts of fragrance came from the street. The restaurant opened, steaming with hot meals, whetting people's appetites, but strangely, the restaurant was empty. One of the steamer baskets had a sign standing on it, written with "Meat Buns".

The people of Cloth Town wore brown coarse hemp clothes. They were already used to this matter, took their breakfast, sat down, and ate, avoiding the meat buns.

Lu Yang and the other also learned in the same way, three sesame seed cakes, one bowl of soy milk, eating with great relish.

Lu Yang noticed that people ate very quickly, some eating while walking, very anxious.

A commotion came from one side of the street. A group of people fled in a hurry. Those who were eating saw this and didn't care about eating, fleeing directly.

"Let's run too!" Lu Yang picked up the sesame seed cake and ran.

The two ran to the end of the other side of the street and turned around to see what had happened.

A group of people wearing black clothes walked over, about several dozen people, with knives tucked at their waists.

"That person, you stop!" The person in black clothes called out to someone who was fleeing. That person turned their head subconsciously, and their head turned three hundred and sixty degrees directly, their neck drooping.

The person in black clothes laughed loudly when they saw this, sat at the door of the restaurant, lifted the steamer basket, picked up a meat bun and ate it, eating until their mouth was oily.

The head of the person who died lifted up and twisted back, returning to normal, as if forgetting what had just happened, and slowly left the scene.

"They are the government's government office runners. The rules say we cannot eat meat buns, but the government office runners can eat them, which means the rules the other party needs to follow are different from ours." Lu Yang analyzed in a low voice.

"There are many types of breakfast, and all the government office runners choose to eat meat buns, which means they can only eat meat buns."

"And the rules say you cannot turn your head; it seems turning your head will twist your head off!"

The two looked at each other and decided to leave, staying as far away from the government office runners as possible.

"At the beginning of life, human nature is good. Nature is similar, habits are far..." Passing by the private school, the sound of reading aloud came, the voice mature, like a group of adults reciting the "Three Character Classic".

Lu Yang, however, remembered that the rules stated the private school had been abandoned for many years, the town had no private school teacher, and only dog barking would come from the private school, not the sound of reading.

This was absolutely unreasonable.

The two walked away quickly, but were blocked by a person wearing gray clothes: "The two look unfamiliar, could it be you came from other places?"

The ninth rule: Those wearing gray robes are private school teachers. If you encounter a private school teacher, no matter what the other party says, you need to pretend you didn't hear it.

The tenth rule: You cannot make eye contact with the private school teacher. If you make eye contact with the private school teacher, you will turn into a black dog.

The two reacted first, lowering their heads and walking forward, not looking at the private school teacher's eyes, nor listening to what the private school teacher said.

The private school teacher was relentless, saying beside the two: "I see the two are dressed extraordinarily, you should have cultivation, could it be you also believed the rules on the white paper?"

"The rules on the white paper are not all true; there are parts that confuse people."

"Actually, the lord who set the rules here has no malice; he just wants to protect himself, which is why he resorted to this desperate measure. The lord learned of your arrival and specifically asked me to help you."

"I have a way to leave the town, but the price is that you will lose your memories within the town."

"As long as you recite the Three Character Classic in the private school for three days, you can leave the town! I am not lying to you; listen to the sound in the private school, someone already left the town with my help yesterday."

The private school teacher ran to the two people suddenly, bent over and made eye contact with Lu Yang.

Lu Yang closed his eyes and walked forward. Before closing his eyes, he saw that the lower half of the other party's face had no skin, red muscles exposed, very creepy.

Seeing the two ignoring him and lowering their heads on their own, the private school teacher had to give up, shouting behind the two: "You only have this one chance to leave the town; you will regret it if you don't accept my help."

The Decayed Fairy said in the spiritual space: "Lu Yang, don't believe his words; only a part of what he said is true."

"A part?" Lu Yang was a bit surprised; he thought everything the other party said was a lie.

"He indeed has a way to let people leave the town, but not in the posture of a 'person', but in the posture of a 'black dog'. I saw him let a few black dogs go last night."

"And before he met you, someone made eye contact with him. After making eye contact, the person had a splitting headache, eyes full of bloodshot, arms gradually grew black hair, and then walked into the private school."

Lu Yang felt a chill down his spine; the private school teacher's ability was very tricky and not easy to deal with.

"Go to the tailor shop." Lu Yang had some ideas and needed to verify them.

The two visited all the tailor shops in Cloth Town, but none sold black, white, or gray clothes, nor did they have corresponding fabrics.

When visiting the town, the two discovered a problem: "Where is the ancestral hall?"

The rules said the ancestral hall was safe, but there were monsters in the ancestral hall. Such a contradictory statement meant this place was definitely not simple.

But the two walked around and didn't find the location of the ancestral hall.

At this time, it was late, approaching the Hour of the Bo, and the two had to return to the inn.

"Two guests, you have returned safely. This shop is very safe; you two don't need to be so nervous. I will protect your safety." At the entrance of the inn, the smiling waiter greeted the two. The waiter had no whites in his eyes, his pupils were pure black, as if he could see things ordinary people couldn't see.

The two felt their hair stand on end; this voice was exactly the sound of knocking on the door in the hallway last night!

It was him last night!

"Waiter, the time hasn't arrived yet, go back to your room!" The innkeeper drove the waiter away.

The waiter stared fixedly at the innkeeper. The two made eye contact for a long time before he left unwillingly.

Lu Yang noticed the waiter went to the third floor, which was the Heaven-grade rooms.