CHAPTER 105: CHAPTER 105: HEMU VILLAGE (PART 5)

Lin Xiaoyan now feels a bit scared when she thinks about it.

She will never be lazy again!

Originally, she thought that since nothing had happened in the past few days, she could slack off and not have to run around the village with these people.

Unexpectedly, she only slacked off for half a day and encountered something!

"What happened to Liu Dan?"

Xuan Er looked at Lin Xiaoyan and asked coldly.

"She... she suddenly became very frightening, she talked about retribution..."

Lin Xiaoyan recounted what had just happened.

"Let’s go, take a look." As soon as Gongben and the others heard Lin Xiaoyan’s words, they immediately led people to the village chief’s house.

Xuan Er looked at the village chief and found that the village chief was staring at them expressionlessly.

Everyone else also noticed the village chief’s demeanor and exchanged glances.

"Village chief, tell us about your daughter," Xuan Shiyi walked up to the village chief and directly asked.

"Daughter... I don’t have a daughter..." the village chief weakly replied.

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed.

Xuan Shiyi frowned, "Isn’t Liu Dan your daughter? Didn’t you say earlier that her husband had an accident and is missing, and that she has been living with you? If she’s not your daughter, then who is she?"

The village chief looked at everyone coldly, saying nothing, only seeming completely different from before.

"You!"

"Shiyi, come back!" Xuan Er called out.

Xuan Shiyi pulled back his steps and returned to stand with Xuan Er and the others.

Xuan Liu released the black snake, and Lin Xiaoyan saw the black snake slithering along the base of the ancestral hall’s wall, heading inside.

The others walked under the locust tree and took out their magic artifacts, starting to set up a formation.

Xuan Shiwu pulled Lin Xiaoyan aside, "No matter what happens later, you must not trust anyone, including me!"

Lin Xiaoyan’s already uneasy heart instantly leapt to her throat upon hearing this.

"Wh-what do you mean?"

Xuan Shiwu looked around, "Actually, the moment we entered Hemu Village, we entered the Ghost Realm. Everything here could be fake."

"Then... what about these talisman papers..." Lin Xiaoyan tightly clenched the talisman papers in her palm.

Xuan Shiwu glanced at them, "In the Ghost Realm, as long as the Evil Ghost doesn’t touch you, the talisman papers won’t change."

Lin Xiaoyan recalled that, since coming to Hemu Village, she indeed hadn’t had any direct contact with the villagers.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, clutching the talisman papers on her body.

"Remember, just stay here and go nowhere else!" After repeating this instruction once more, Xuan Shiwu ran swiftly towards the locust tree.

The surroundings were silent; during the day, villagers typically chatted under the locust tree, but today, not a single soul was there.

Lin Xiaoyan looked around at the quiet surroundings, the entire village silent, windless, and deserted... presenting an eerie scene.

Lin Xiaoyan gulped, glancing at the people setting up formations not far away, comforting herself slightly, thinking that with so many capable people here, nothing would happen!

She lowered her head to secure each talisman paper on her body, grateful that her backpack had been with her wherever she went lately.

She checked the contents of her backpack: talisman papers, phone, power bank, and some snacks...

After finishing her check, she suddenly felt something was off.

She had just heard Xuan Shiyi and the others’ voices; now... there seemed to be no sound at all.

Lin Xiaoyan’s body gradually stiffened, her heart racing, as she raised her head stiffly.

Xuan Shiyi and the others, who had been setting up formations, had now vanished without a trace.

No one was in sight!

The old locust tree stood there as before, with the well looking somewhat desolate under its shadow.

Lin Xiaoyan didn’t know if the locust tree and well were desolate, but her heart certainly felt frigid!

There was no wind, yet Lin Xiaoyan felt chilled to the bone.

Regret filled her heart once again!

Lin Xiaoyan shivered as she lowered her head, searching for talisman papers in her backpack.

She remembered that when organizing the talisman papers earlier, there was an Invisibility Talisman among them.

Lin Xiaoyan found the Invisibility Talisman, and regardless of its efficacy, she took an elastic rope, tying the talisman paper securely, hanging it around her neck.

Carrying the backpack in front, she clutched it tightly, trying to find some warmth.

Lin Xiaoyan took out her phone, which still had no signal; however, fearing boredom these past two days, while everyone was searching, she stood under the old locust tree and, while there was signal, downloaded a few movies...

So, she pretended that nothing had happened!

Lin Xiaoyan pretended to be calm, putting on headphones to block out everything around her!

She lowered her head to watch movies!

"Help!!!"

"There’s a ghost! There’s a ghost!"

"Run! Run to the ancestral hall!"

"Oh no! My treasure..."

Suddenly, a group of people appeared ahead, running frantically.

Lin Xiaoyan looked up and saw that it was those foreigners participating in the competition.

Her heart tightened, and she quickly lowered her head to continue watching the movie, determined to obey and stay put!

Shiwu had instructed her not to trust anyone and not to leave, so she obediently stayed still!

Those people rushed into the ancestral hall in panic but, after a short while, ran out again, wailing.

Lin Xiaoyan’s fingers turned slightly pale while clutching her phone; she hadn’t been watching the movie at all, sobbing...

"Miss, what are you doing? The night is falling, you should go back, your friends are waiting for you."

At some point, the village chief appeared in front of Lin Xiaoyan.

Lin Xiaoyan looked up, seeing the village chief staring at her eerily; her heart skipped a beat—did the Invisibility Talisman not work?

However, as Lin Xiaoyan panicked, the village chief continued to repeat his words, looking to the left.

Then, the village chief continued his repetition, wandering around the area saying the same thing.

Lin Xiaoyan understood from this scene.

The village chief might indeed be looking for her, but he didn’t know where Lin Xiaoyan was.

Realizing this, Lin Xiaoyan quickly averted her gaze, not daring to make a sound, fearing the village chief would notice her.

After searching the vicinity for a long time without finding Lin Xiaoyan, the village chief went back into the ancestral hall.

Lin Xiaoyan didn’t know how much time had passed, but it was already dark. She curled up her body against the cold, not daring to look around since it was pitch dark everywhere.

She feared accidentally seeing something terrifying that would scare her to death.

Suddenly, a light appeared ahead.

Lin Xiaoyan felt a flicker of joy, craning her neck to look.

However, upon seeing who was approaching, her body trembled, and she quickly ducked down.

Ahead, a procession dressed in white clothes and hats, resembling a funeral procession, approached.

Upon closer inspection, all their expressions were identical, completely expressionless, and terrifyingly so.

Lin Xiaoyan’s face turned white with fear; she wanted to lower her head, but she suddenly noticed that in the middle of the procession were Xuan Shisan and Xuan Shiwu.

The two had blank expressions, with slightly swollen lower abdomens...

Covering her mouth in horror, Lin Xiaoyan recognized the scene as eerily similar to what she had "seen" from the two of them earlier.

She had warned them, so why hadn’t they taken precautions?