Chapter 426: Xier
Lu Sheng smiled at the girl before asking Chu Sihan, “Lor… Brother, what should we do next?”
Chu Sihan turned back to look at the villagers and said to Lu Sheng, “Bring everyone into town first.”
When they heard that they could enter town, everyone’s eyes lit up.
“You want to enter town?”
The boys walked forward and looked at them. “Can you bring our parents along?”
Lu Sheng nodded. “Of course. Where are your parents?”
“They’re in the neighboring village.”
When Lu Sheng heard that, she looked at the five guards and said, “Bring them to the neighboring village and bring their parents here. We’ll wait for you at the village entrance.”
“Yes!”
After the five acknowledged her, she walked out with the boys.
Chu Sihan looked at the others and said, “Let’s go to the village entrance.”
“Okay!”
Hence, the group walked towards the village entrance.
At this moment.
In Brother Liang’s room.
Looking at the beauty sitting in front of him, Brother Liang smiled in satisfaction.
“Little beauty, don’t worry. As long as you follow me, I won’t let you starve in the future.”
He caressed the ‘beauty’s’ face and realized that her skin was soft and s.h.i.+ny. However, he did not think too much about it.
When his hand slid down to the beauty’s neck, she suddenly looked up and gave him a strange smile.
Her neck tilted and a golden light flashed. There was no beauty tied to the table. It was obviously a paper figurine.
Brother Liang fell to the ground in shock and stared at the paper figurine in horror.
“Ghost… Ghost!”
He yelled and crawled out.
Outside the door, Huaner, who was about to eavesdrop, hurried out.
Brother Liang crawled out of the room with a pale face.
She hurried forward to help him up. “Brother Liang, what happened?”
“Ghost! A ghost!”
Brother Liang pushed her away and ran out quickly.
Huaner frowned. She glanced at Brother Liang, who had run off, and walked into the room.
When she saw the paper figurine in the room, she could not help but be shocked.
However, she had not seen the ‘beauty’ turn into a paper figurine, so she was not that afraid.
“You’re lucky to have escaped just like that.”
Huaner mumbled to the paper figurine and was about to leave.
Unexpectedly, the paper figurine suddenly stood up, pushed open the window, and left.
Huaner’s eyes widened. Before she could catch her breath, she had already fainted.
On the other hand, Second Brother was awake too.
He got up from the ground and looked around suspiciously. Only then did he realize that the woman had been rescued.
He cursed and stood up. He was about to report this to Brother Liang when he realized that Brother Liang’s face was pale and his body was trembling.
“Big Brother, what happened to you?”
One of them went forward and said in a low voice, “Brother Liang said that the woman in his room was a ghost, not a human.”
“What?”
Second Brother smiled disapprovingly and said, “Big Brother, you’re mistaken, right?”
How could such a beauty be a ghost?
“Brother Liang has yet to regain his senses. I sent someone to Brother Liang’s room to take a look just now, but found Miss Huaner fainted there. That girl has already disappeared.”
“What?”
Second Brother frowned. “That girl was also rescued?”
“I heard from Brother Liang that the little beauty was still there when he entered. After that, she suddenly became a paper figurine.”
“Turn into a paper figurine?”
Second Brother found it hilarious. “How can that be?”
How could a human become a paper figurine?
“It’s true!”
Brother Liang regained his senses and said to Second Brother, “I saw it with my own eyes. A golden light flashed and the little beauty became a paper figurine.”
“Then… where’s that paper figurine?”
Brother Liang spoke confidently, but Second Brother was still doubtful.
“In the room. She even knows how to smile at people.”
When Brother Liang thought of that scene, he could not help but s.h.i.+ver.
Second Brother touched his neck and frowned. “Big Brother, are you sure you’re not seeing things?”
Brother Liang shook his head. “I’m not seeing things. I saw it with my own eyes!”
“I think Brother Liang might be telling the truth.”
Another person said, “How can there be such a beautiful girl in the wilderness? She must be a female ghost.”
Second Brother’s heart trembled when he heard that.
He remembered that he did not see anyone before he was knocked unconscious.
Could it be that the people they ate had returned for revenge?
His legs immediately turned weak and he almost collapsed onto the ground.
“Brother Liang, Miss Huaner is awake.”
Someone brought Huaner over.
Huaner’s face was also pale.
After walking in, she pounced into Brother Liang’s arms.
“Brother Liang, there’s really a ghost!”
When Brother Liang heard that, he quickly pulled her out and asked with a trembling voice, “You saw it too?”
Huaner nodded. “Huaner was curious, so I went in to take a look. I saw a paper figurine sitting in the room. Huaner thought that Brother Liang had been tricked by that little s.l.u.t. Who knew…”
She said with a terrified expression, “Who knew that paper figurine suddenly stood up by itself, opened the window, and jumped out? Huaner can’t remember what happened after that.”
As Huaner spoke, she suddenly lifted her head and looked at Brother Liang with a terrified expression. “Brother Liang, do you think those who were eaten by us came back to take our lives?”
It would have been better if she did not say anything. Once she said that, everyone immediately became terrified and uneasy.
“Brother Liang, Brother Qi, bad news!”
A person ran in frantically and panted heavily. “We’ve lost all our food. There’s not a single person left.”
When Brother Liang heard that, he collapsed and sat on the chair. He mumbled, “They’re back! They’re back!”
“Sob—”
When Huaner heard that, she immediately sobbed in fear.
“Shut up!”
Second Brother forced himself to stand up. He looked at the person who came to report and said, “Did anything happen before they were lost?”
“I don’t know!”
The person did not know what happened and only said nervously, “After we locked the man in, we were knocked out by someone the moment we locked the door. We had only woken up just now.”
Second Brother’s neck turned cold. He swallowed his saliva and continued asking, “Did you see that person before you fainted?”
The person shook his head. “No!”
“We’re finished!”
Second Brother slumped back again, his face full of despair.
“They’re gone!”
At this moment, a loud shout was suddenly heard from outside the door.
Brother Liang and Second Brother looked at each other before crawling up and running out.
They only heard laughter.
“It’s… It’s that paper figurine!”
Huaner pointed not far away and shouted in fear.
Everyone looked over. The paper figurine suddenly turned its head slowly and stared at them fixedly. A strange smile hung on its lips.
Then, she gradually transformed into a human.
“Ha!”
When Huaner saw the paper figurine’s face clearly, she immediately retreated in fear.
“It’s her!”
Second Brother was dumbfounded.
“All of you have to die today. Hehe—”
The paper figurine twisted its neck twice and suddenly continued walking towards them.
“Ghost!”
Everyone was so scared that they escaped in all directions. However, there were raging flames everywhere. No matter where they escaped to, they eventually escaped into the sea of fire.
Brother Liang, who stood rooted to the ground, as well as Second Brother and Huaner, looked at the fate of those people. The three of them were in a daze.
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“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Lu Sheng suddenly stop, Chu Sihan asked suspiciously.
She lowered her voice and said, “My paper figurine seems to be occupied by something.”
“Paper figurine?”
Chu Sihan frowned. “Didn’t Uncle-Master Lu say not to use paper figurines as a subst.i.tute anymore?”
“I didn’t inject my memories into it this time. I just used it as a subst.i.tute. There won’t be a problem.”
The paper figurine must have been attached to something in the room when it returned to its original form.
“Do you want to go over and take a look?”
Chu Sihan asked softly.
Lu Sheng contemplated for a while and nodded.
Chu Sihan smiled lightly and patted her head. He said dotingly, “Come back quickly.”
“Okay.”
Lu Sheng smiled and nodded.
Seeing her return, everyone was very curious, but they did not ask further.
When Lu Sheng arrived, she saw wandering souls everywhere. In the courtyard, a girl was strangling Huaner’s neck and lifting her up.
“If not for you, why would I die?”
“Xier, I’m… I’m sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose. Let… let me go!”
Huaner’s face had already turned purple. She looked at the person opposite her in horror and begged for mercy with difficulty.
“Let you go?”
Xier smiled coldly. “Why didn’t you think of letting me go when you made them kill me and even eat my flesh?”
She and Huaner were biological sisters. However, in order to survive, Huaner secretly fawned on Brother Liang.
That day, all the women were eaten, leaving only the both of them.
In order to escape, she woke Huaner up when those people were sleeping, wanting Huaner to escape with her.
Unexpectedly, not only did Huaner choose not to escape with her, but she even yelled loudly, attracting people’s attention.
In the end, Huaner even said in front of Brother Liang that she wanted to escape. In a fury, Brother Liang immediately got someone to beat her to death.
“I… I…”
“Crack.”
Huaner wanted to say something, but Xier had already twisted her neck forcefully, causing her to stop breathing instantly.
Xier threw her corpse into the fire and her gaze landed on Brother Liang and Second Brother, who were so scared that they were incontinent.
“Do you want to jump in yourself, or should I throw you in?”
Her voice was very clear, as if she was a human.
However, to the duo, it was extremely terrifying.
“Xier. Oh, Xier!”
Brother Liang knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. “Let me go. I… I didn’t want you to die back then. It was your sister. She killed you!”
“Yes… Yes!”
Second Brother hurriedly knelt down and said in a panic, “Xier, let us go!”
“Let you go?”
Xier snorted coldly. “My parents were killed by you and my brother was eaten by you. You didn’t even let my three-year-old nephew off. You want me to let you go?”
Xier’s voice suddenly became shrill.
Instantly, chilly winds blew everywhere, causing the fire to burn even more fiercely.
She turned her head slowly and stared at the duo with her black eyes. “Jump in yourself!”
The duo wanted to say more, but Xier kicked them into the fire.
“Haha—Hahaha—”
Xier suddenly bent down and laughed maniacally. Her sharp laughter made one’s scalp turn numb.
“Father, Mother, Brother, Nephew, Sister-in-law, I’ve avenged you!”
As she spoke, she suddenly knelt on the ground and sobbed fearfully.
Lu Sheng, who was standing at the side, watched the fire silently.
Xier suddenly turned her head. When she saw that it was her, her lips curved upwards.
“Thank you!”
As she thanked her, Xier’s face gradually turned ethereal before returning to a paper figurine.
A gust of wind blew and the paper figurine spontaneously combusted. In the end, it turned into ashes and dissipated into the air.
Lu Sheng sighed softly and left in big strides.
Her master was right. There was karma.
In order to live, Huaner betrayed her biological sister. Brother Liang and Second Brother treated humans as food in order to live.
Although they had no choice, they deserved to die.
The person who deserved to die the most was the county magistrate who hid the truth.
“How is it?”
Seeing her return, Chu Sihan hurried forward to inquire.
Lu Sheng smiled faintly. “The paper figurine combusted.”
“Miss, was there a fire?”
The girl from before walked forward and asked suspiciously.
She was familiar with that place. Before she escaped, she had stayed there for some time.
That was also the place that destroyed her family.
“Yes.”
Lu Sheng nodded. “It caught fire.”
“Then… What about the people inside? Did they escape?”
The girl tried her best to suppress her joy and antic.i.p.ation.
“No, none of them escaped. They were all burned to death.”
“Really?”
The girl’s eyes lit up and her lips trembled.
Lu Sheng nodded. “Yes. Those human-eating monsters are all dead. No one escaped.”
The girl immediately covered her face and wept.
She was happy for the retribution that those people had suffered.
“They’re all dead?”
The villagers who heard this news could not help but look excited.
“It’s good that they’re dead!”
“The heavens have eyes!”
…
Seeing their happy smiles and angry expressions, Lu Sheng could not help but sigh.
This natural disaster and man-made calamity took many lives away.
The group waited until noon before the boys returned.
They brought back a total of thirty people. Most of them were young men.
There were thirty people. Including the twenty people in front, the five guards, Lu Sheng, Chu Sihan, the couple, and eight boys, there were a total of sixty-seven people, which looked quite spectacular.
“Young Master, can we really return to town?”
Someone questioned.
They had no choice. They had been blocked too many times and no longer had the confidence to enter the town gate.
“Yes.”
Chu Sihan replied faintly and led Lu Sheng forward.
Everyone looked at each other and hurried after them.
For some reason, they felt that Chu Sihan was trustworthy.
The group walked for half a day. It was only at dusk that they saw dozens of tents not far away.
A young man told Chu Sihan and Lu Sheng, “There are soldiers there. They’re guarding here and won’t let us leave. There are even soldiers patrolling the mountain.”
Lu Sheng’s expression turned cold. She turned back and instructed the five guards. “Protect everyone here later. Lor… Brother and I will go over and meet them.”
The five of them nodded. “Don’t worry, Master. We’ll protect everyone!”
Lu Sheng looked at everyone and smiled. Then, she whispered to the five of them, “Bring them further away later. Don’t scare them.”
The five guards nodded in agreement.