Qiao Rui still closed her eyes, maintaining communication with the ghost bride Hua Yurong. She spoke at the same time, speaking quickly: "Make a decision quickly, Hua Yurong is waiting for my response whether it is yes or no..."
There is no doubt that choosing "yes" means being on Hua Yurong's side.
If you choose "No", the consequences are hard to predict. Hua Yurong may turn against you and attack, or you may directly expel the guest.
Bai Xiaowen did not hesitate: "Promise her."
Qiao Rui breathed a long sigh of relief, and her tense nerves relaxed. On the other side, Hua Yurong's attitude towards everyone seemed to have softened a lot, but that face was really scary, and even the smile was too scary.
It's heart-stopping.
Bai Xiaowen quickly said in the team channel: "The Liu family is a prominent surname in the village. Choosing Route A means that we are on the opposite side of the large number of ghosts in the Liu family village. Although it is difficult to complete, there are so many ghosts to kill, which means
Our revenue will increase significantly.”
Li Shuyi said: "The ghosts in Liujia Village are so annoying. They won't let them go until they die. I also agree with Route A."
Han Xu said: "But the ghosts here are immune to damage, how should we deal with them?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Don't worry, this ability to be immune to damage comes from Youbai Stone, and since Hua Yurong has a damaged Youbai Stone, there must be a way to deal with it. Don't forget, this is just a B-level guild mission.
Detected by psychic particles."
This state of "blessed by the white stone" among the ghosts in Huaiwang Village can be understood as a mandatory rule for solving puzzles. The awakened must first solve the mystery, find out the true identity of the ghost bride, and communicate with her before they can survive here.
A land of ghosts, a hearty battle.
Of course, ghost matchmaker Liu Siye's side should also have corresponding quest line trigger conditions, most likely contacting the evil ghost Liu Fu. But no matter which side you choose, you must complete the puzzle and have a deeper understanding of the history of Huaiwang Village.
Only by understanding.
On the other side, Qiao Rui was still communicating with Hua Yurong. She looked sideways at Bai Xiaowen, with a look of surprise and admiration in her eyes, and said: "Hua Yurong just told me that she can help us solve the problem of the Youbai Stone on Liu Fu and others.
Interference... Your guess is correct. However, this ritual requires the use of our blood."
"Everyone?"
Qiao Rui nodded.
"Okay, I'll come first." Bai Xiaowen followed the instructions and walked over first, standing next to the red coffin.
Hua Yurong pinched Bai Xiaowen's wrist with her left paw.
The rules of the spirit world prompt: "The ghost bride Hua Yurong is about to launch a blood curse seal on you. Do you agree?"
"Agree!" If it weren't for the notes he saw along the way and the puzzle-solving process in the mirror space, Bai Xiaowen might still be beating his heart. But after understanding the inside story, Bai Xiaowen knew that Hua Yurong could be trusted, at least in dealing with the Liu family.
With Bai Xiaowen's agreement, his blood flowed faster, and the veins and veins on the back of his hand were exposed. Hua Yurong's other hand claws, sharp nails scratched, and a line of blood suddenly spurted out, and Hua Yurong opened his mouth
Swallow.
After taking the blood, Hua Yurong's ghost claw flicked on Bai Xiaowen's wrist, and the wound healed immediately. However, there was a strange human face mark where the blood was taken.
"This process looks a bit evil no matter how you look at it..." Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes and activated Insight on the face mark on the back of his hand.
[Blood Curse (Ghost Bride): You are now a member of Huaiwang Village. If you cannot achieve the Ghost Bride’s obsession, you will bear her curse and stay here forever.]
After sharing the effect of the blood curse in the team channel, Li Shuyi muttered: "Why does this blood curse look like a negative state?"
Bai Xiaowen said: "As a fierce ghost full of resentment, it is impossible for Hua Yurong to trust strangers like us. Only a curse in the form of a contract can make her feel at ease. And the first sentence 'You are now a member of Huaiwang Village'
', it's already a positive effect, which means we can launch an attack on the ghosts in Huaiwang Village."
"Then if we fail to achieve our goal, won't we have to be trapped in this precious space forever?" Li Shuyi said.
Qiao Rui also said: "Yes, there are two other Class A teams. If they choose the ghost matchmaker's mission line and win the final victory...will we be in misfortune?"
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said: "No, if the other side wins another quest line, it means that both Hua Yurong and Mr. Hua will be eliminated, and then the curse on us will naturally be ineffective."
Based on their trust in Bai Xiaowen, the teammates stepped forward one after another and accepted Hua Yurong's blood curse.
Qiao Rui said: "Hua Yurong asked us to ruin tomorrow's underworld wedding ceremony. She doesn't want to endure this kind of torture anymore."
"The ghost wedding ceremony? Hasn't it already been held?" Li Shuyi said.
Bai Xiaowen thought thoughtfully: "It seems that the ghost wedding ceremony is not a simple one, but a routine that is held every day... I said it can't be such a coincidence that we happened to bump into the ghost wedding on the day we came in. So, tomorrow
The wedding team will probably come again and steal the ghost bride Hua Yurong again..."
"At that time, I clearly saw a ghost bride being tied to a sedan chair. So what is this beautiful woman?" Li Shuyi felt that her brain cells were not enough.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head: "I don't understand either. However, there should be a special reason for the Liu family to do that."
The five people left Hua's house. After going out, Li Shuyi said with a smile: "Xiaowen, you also made mistakes one day. The ghost bride is not the second sister of the Zhou family, but Hua Yurong. You didn't expect it."
Bai Xiaowen hummed: "I really didn't expect it. It seems that there are some twists and turns... We can go search next door to Hua's house. We should be able to find the diary fragments and learn more about the inside story. Of course, for the mission line that has been clearly understood
For us, this step is unnecessary."
"Next door to the Hua family... yes, there is a diary fragment that says that the Zhou family is next door to the Hua family." Li Shuyi said.
In the end, the five of them went to Zhou's house first. As expected, everyone in Zhou's house rummaged through and found two diary fragments.
After reading these two pages of the diary, the five of them were all a little stunned.
It turned out that the reason why Zhou Bin left home was that the college entrance examination was resumed. He was admitted to university, so the burden of the family fell entirely on the second sister of the Zhou family... Dragging Zhou Xiaoduo and disabled Zhou's mother with them were two burdens, which led to Zhou Bin's death.
The family's life was in embarrassment, and Sister Zhou had to promise to marry Liu Fu's lame son.
Zhou Bin went home during the winter vacation and made a big fuss, but it didn't help, so he could only acquiesce to this fact.
Later, there was a large-scale rehabilitation. Through the relationship between Zhou Bin and the father of his girlfriend (emphasis here) in the provincial capital, the Zhou family was able to be rehabilitated and given the opportunity to return to the city. However, the second sister of the Zhou family was married to Liu Fu's son.
, unable to return to the city and settle down.
Zhou Bin, Sister Zhou wanted to force a divorce and return to the city, but Liu Fu had been a vegetarian for many years in the Liu family village. Fourth Master Liu gathered all the men in the Liu family's five clothes, surrounded Zhou Bin and beat him severely.
Hua Yurong came to the rescue, but I don’t know how things turned out. Hua Yurong married Liu Fu’s son instead of Sister Tuesday. According to Zhou Bin, this was called a stopgap measure, but from then on, Zhou Xiaoduo never saw Hua Yurong again.
Yurong...
The diary ends here.
Li Shuyi said sympathetically: "It turns out that Hua Yurong is such a supporter. She must be waiting for Zhou Bin to pick her up. No wonder she turned into a ghost after death. This resentment is too deep... But her obsession, is it possible?
Doesn’t it have anything to do with Zhou Bin?”
Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes and thought for a second, then said: "Something should have happened later, which caused Hua Yurong to hate Fourth Master Liu, Liu Fu and others far more than her admiration and resentment for Zhou Bin. However,
I don’t know what the specific thing is…”
Bai Xiaowen shook his head, put away the remaining pages of the diary, and said: "It's okay not to mention the story of a silly girl and a heartless man... Now, it's time to help Hua Yurong get out of trouble."
"Hua Yurong asked us to destroy the underworld wedding ceremony. Should we wait until the next day when the wedding team arrives?" Qiao Rui asked.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "No need to wait. If the Liu family wants to hold a ghost wedding, they must have a ghost matchmaker and a groom. It is the most direct and time-saving way for us to kill Liu Fu, his son, and Mr. Liu directly."
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said: "Don't forget that we are not a team, there are two teams competing with us. Now our first-mover advantage is very small, we must do it as soon as possible... I have prepared a plan for this."
Bai Xiaowen immediately told his teammates about his plan. The final arrangement was that Han Xu and Qiao Rui stayed at Hua's house, while Bai Xiaowen took Li Shuyi and Cecilia directly to the village chief Liu Fuji's house.
Maybe it was time for the ghosts to rest. The journey was quiet, not a single ghost was seen, and the doors of every house were closed.
Bai Xiaowen and the others arrived at the door of Liu Fu's house. Just as they were about to climb over the wall and enter, the door suddenly opened automatically with a creak.
"Come in...I've been waiting for you for a long time." A slightly older voice sounded from inside the door.
In the dusk, two will-o'-the-wisps lit up in Liu's yard. They turned out to be two human headlamps. Under the dim halo of the will-o'-the-wisps, Liu Fu and Liu Siye stood side by side, and the dancing flames made their already pale faces turn pale.
More eerie.
Bai Xiaowen hesitated for a moment and looked back.
Mr. Liu who just spoke coughed: "Now that you are here, don't even think about leaving."
At the intersection, in the alley, under the eaves, behind the wall...
Ghost shadows floated out one after another, blocking the retreat of Bai Xiaowen and the others.
These shadows were all ghosts with the appearance of young and middle-aged men, staring at Bai Xiaowen and the others with expressionless faces.
Bai Xiaowen tilted his head: "Do you know we are coming?"
Fourth Master Liu said: "The ghosts in Huaiwang Village are all under my control. You were not the ghosts here originally, and I never noticed it. However, now that you have Hua Yurong's blood curse on you, as long as you are close to me, you can
, I can feel it.”
After a pause, Mr. Liu picked up half of the white jade hanging on his chest and said leisurely: "After all, I am the owner of this half of the white jade."
Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes: "Are you a human or a ghost?"
The wrinkles on Mr. Liu's face relaxed and he said with a smile: "Of course I am a human being. I am probably the last living person in Huaiwang Village, right? But you should understand that after staying in this ghost place for a long time, human beings and ghosts
There’s no difference.”
"The old gentleman's conversation is not like that of the old people in the countryside." Bai Xiaowen said.
Fourth Master Liu waved his hand and said: "To be arrogant, old man, I have been studying Feng Shui for half my life, and I have crossed more bridges than you have walked. Young man, you are in great danger, and you still don't know how to repent?"
"Um?"
Fourth Master Liu said: "When Hua Yurong turned into a fierce ghost, she used a white stone passed to her by Old Man Hua to imprison the entire village, causing all the people in the village to follow her and become ghosts. If I hadn't set up a trap
, took away half of the Youbai Stone, and these innocent villagers will never be reincarnated. If you help her, you will end up harming yourself."
"What you did is so unethical," Bai Xiaowen said. "You kidnapped the bride and caused her to fall into a well. She should have been punished for this. And now you are still marrying underworld every day. It is simply too much of a deception."
Fourth Master Liu shook his head: "The underworld wedding ceremony is just to dispel Hua Yurong's resentment. She is a ghost who died unjustly. I can only eliminate her resentment and take back the remaining half of the Youbai Stone. Can these innocent villagers be freed?"
The souls of the dead are no longer restrained. The underworld wedding ceremony is carried out once a day, just like peeling off the cocoon. The original resentment of Hua Yurong has been almost eliminated. It will be successful in a few months, but who knows that outsiders like you are here to disrupt the situation. "
Bai Xiaowen sneered: "How can you kill your grievances by repeating the scene of snatching the bride over and over again? I see you are uncovering the scars in Hua Yurong's heart again and again, do you want to tame her?"
"It's not a bad idea to say tame," Fourth Master Liu nodded, "Young man, do you know the consequences of being planted with a blood curse by Hua Yurong? You will never be able to escape from it for the rest of your life, you can only be at the mercy of Hua Yurong. Now I
How about giving you a chance to help me put things right, and then I can help you break the blood curse?"
Seeing Bai Xiaowen shaking his head, Mr. Liu snorted and looked at Li Shuyi and Cecilia: "Your companions have become obsessed with their thoughts. Only I can save you now..."
Li Shuyi glanced at Bai Xiaowen. It has to be said that the process of Hua Yurong planting the blood curse and the explanation of the blood curse were very strange and scary, full of evil, and far less reliable than the Fourth Master Liu in front of her.
"Did we really choose the wrong side?" Li Shuyi thought of this and looked at Bai Xiaowen again. Seeing the latter's indifferent expression, Li Shuyi's doubts immediately dissipated.
"How could I have such an idea? Xiaowen can't be wrong." Li Shuyi thought this way.
Cecilia also trusted Bai Xiaowen extremely and unwaveringly.
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, don't waste your efforts. If my guess is right, your spiritual suggestion can only amplify the doubts in others' hearts and make them shaken. However, there are no seeds of doubt in our hearts.
, No matter how strong the mental suggestion is, it is useless..."
Before Bai Xiaowen finished speaking, Mr. Liu, whose face changed color, immediately shouted angrily: "Tear him apart!"