Chapter 15 Resurrection

Resurrect the dead?

Hu Ma was shocked when he heard this.

For a dead person to be resurrected sounded like a fantasy.

He had been in this strange and evil world for so long, and there was only one known case of resurrection.

That was himself.

But his resurrection had gone through so many twists and turns, from the death of the original owner to his own revival. If it weren't for Granny's great abilities, summoning his soul and cutting so many blood Ganoderma to nourish his body, the resurrection would not have been possible.

But the Dongzi Li family could use only a copper coin to resurrect a dead person. Such a thing…

…Could it be that the Dongzi Li family's abilities were greater than Granny's?

That was impossible.

No matter how powerful the Dongzi Li family was, they were not one of the Ten surnames. Granny, on the other hand, could argue with the Meng family.

There was no reason why Granny's abilities would be weaker than the Li family's. So, there was another explanation. Could it be that the Dongzi Li family…

…Was really guarding the Gate of Hell?

Granny revived a dead person, and put in a lot of effort to do so. But the Dongzi Li family directly brought back the souls that had entered the underworld?

"Don't worry!"

As if seeing what Hu Ma was thinking, Miss Red Wine said calmly, "The Dongzi Li family shouldn't be guarding the Yama Palace."

"There are no Ten Halls of Hell in this world, and no Underworld."

"..."

Just as the thought arose, Miss Red Wine spoke it out, causing Hu Ma to pause slightly, turning to look at her:

"Why are you so sure?"

"..."

"Because I'm from the Acrobatics Sect."

Miss Red Wine sighed softly and said, "We of the Acrobatics Sect play the most dazzling tricks and see the truest things."

"Also, people of the Acrobatics Sect are curious."

She smiled faintly before continuing, "Most reincarnators are lazy and cautious, but some are diligent. I belong to the diligent type. In addition to working hard to learn my skills, I'm also curious about this world."

"So, I've been trying every possible way to gather information about this world, understand its workings, and see the essence beneath its bizarre and absurd surface."

"I've always felt that reincarnators can be careful, but the exploration of this world can't stop."

"Only by truly understanding this world can we avoid the Ten Surnames' purge, and even figure out how we came to this world."

"..."

"This…"

Hu Ma tilted his head slightly, seeing only Miss Red Wine's profile.

She really wasn't as delicate as Miss White Wine. A reincarnator was living like a peasant woman in this world.

But she had good looks, with sculpted cheeks.

Or perhaps, her beauty didn't come from her appearance?

Most reincarnators were lazy and bored. It was rare to see someone with such initiative.

Miss Red Wine's most special quality was that she actually stuck to these things when everyone else was avoiding them.

However, thinking this, Hu Ma suddenly became curious.

Miss Red Wine had a deep understanding of this world. Perhaps that was what he should be concerned about?

Before coming, he hadn't decided what reward to ask for after delivering this letter. Now he understood.

Perhaps more valuable than the Night Watcher's skills, the two oil lamps he hadn't obtained yet, or the blood food pills, was to chat with Miss Red Wine more, to learn those secrets and understand this world…

"Stop talking, let's take care of this matter first!"

But before Hu Ma could ask, Miss Red Wine suddenly sighed softly and said, "That thing you're hiding from has already arrived outside the village."

Hu Ma suddenly woke up and looked up at the village gate shrouded in the night.

Everything seemed normal now, only the faint chill mixed in with the night made his skin tingle slightly.

Some of the livestock in the village sensed something, raised their heads slightly, and looked around blankly.

Some were still lying there, chewing on grass bit by bit.

Hu Ma hadn't noticed anything other than the slight chill, but he immediately took out the fire starter from his pocket, blew it gently to light it, and lit a brazier placed at his feet.

Then, watching the flickering flame slowly turn green, his expression also became slightly serious.

"Don't be nervous!"

Miss Red Wine glanced at him, smiled faintly, and suddenly stood up, grabbed Hu Ma's hand, and stood up from the rattan chair.

From this single act of standing up, Hu Ma felt as if he had suddenly awakened from a dream, suddenly discovering that he and Han Niangzi were standing in that dilapidated and strange village, all alone.

The brazier he had lit and the screen that Miss Red Wine had pulled over were still there.

He didn't dare to relax, subconsciously looking around, feeling that everything seemed normal, and even the color of the flame in the brazier hadn't changed, but he knew that Miss Red Wine had noticed something, so he just waited patiently.

Sure enough, after waiting for a moment, the sound of rattling chains rang out outside the village, and then his eyes seemed to be blown by a gust of wind.

He saw that a person wearing a tall hat and wrapped in chains had appeared in the village. It was at least two normal people tall, walking slowly in the village.

He had only felt it before, seeing it for the first time, and was hiding on the third floor of the inn, looking down.

But now that he was sitting in the village, he felt the strong pressure it exuded, carrying a strong Yin energy, slowly walking from left to right, from the village entrance straight to the end of the village. The closest it came to Hu Ma was no more than a zhang away.

But it didn't look at Hu Ma, just silently walked past.

Hu Ma saw the face under its tall hat, pale, stiff, with an inhuman evil.

He was extremely worried, afraid that it would stop next to the small house where Xiang Yaotou was hiding, but when it walked past, Hu Ma breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Miss Red Wine's arrangement was very proper.

This thing seemed to hesitate when it reached the small house, but it still walked past. What he didn't expect was that when it reached the end of the village, it slowly walked back again.

Hu Ma's heart was in his throat.

Before, when this ghost thing came to find someone, it only came once.

Now it actually walked back and forth three times, trying hard to find something, even stopping next to that small house.

But it still didn't go in, just paused slightly, then left, and returned again after a while.

The air seemed to freeze, and the breath exhaled was all Yin energy.

The livestock in the village seemed to feel uncomfortable, some raising their heads high and mooing a few times.

Miss Red Wine stood quietly without speaking, but when that thing had turned around in the village three times and still didn't leave, she sighed softly, and suddenly gently pulled the screen in front of her to the side.

Immediately, the surrounding Yin energy suddenly surged twice as strong, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

The thing wearing the tall hat, floating next to the small house, also suddenly looked up, its stiff gaze falling straight on Hu Ma.

"Stop searching."

Han Niangzi put away the painting, didn't look at the strange chain ghost wearing the tall hat, but looked at the deep night outside the village, and said loudly with a smile, "There are many people in my village who deserve to die, but now that they're in my circle, it's not their time to die yet."

"If you want to hook souls, please go elsewhere, lest you startle my livestock."

"..."

"Who is Han Niangzi talking to?"

Hu Ma focused slightly and also looked outside the village, but he couldn't see anything there.

Behind him, the chain ghost wearing the tall hat was staring straight at him stiffly, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

"Boom..."

But at this moment, the wooden door of the village was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind. The night outside the village seemed so thick that it was about to squeeze in. In the vague darkness, Hu Ma saw a black sedan chair appearing indistinctly.

From blurry to clear, it stopped quietly outside the village, facing Han Niangzi across the gate, as if he could feel the cold gaze from inside the sedan chair.

"Han Niangzi, the one who makes clothes from human skin..."

A cold voice also sounded from the sedan chair, "I know you're hiding someone here."

"Many bandits and evil villains from Anzhou Road are hiding here. The government clearly knows, but doesn't dare to investigate."

"But it's fine for you to hide them, but there are some people you can't hide."

"Our Ghost Cave Li family has always kept the water of the well from the river with friends on the road, and has always been polite and friendly to everyone, but if you have to interfere in our family's grievances, you'll break the rules of the jianghu. Could it be that Han Niangzi has some opinions on our Li family?" (jianghu: martial world)

"..."

"Opinions?"

Han Niangzi smiled and said, "No, why would I have any opinions on the Dongzi Li family? On the contrary, I'm planning to visit the Li family!"

"I'll go first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll invite all the fellow daoists from Anzhou to go with me. What do you think?"

"..."

These words were clearly full of provocation. The person in the black sedan chair was also furious. Suddenly, the sedan curtain was lifted, and two black talismans were thrown out of the sedan chair. The talismans fluttered, as if blown by the wind, circled in the air several times before falling to the ground.

And when they landed, they had already turned into paper ashes, and were blown away by the wind, disappearing without a trace, but the order had already been issued.

The chain ghost wearing the tall hat suddenly raised its head, and the chains on its body slapped out in unison, instantly smashing the small house where Xiang Yaotou was hiding to pieces.

The walls, the roof, and even the bed and cabinets inside were all shattered.

Hu Ma's heart was instantly raised.

That wooden house was not big, and now it was suddenly disrupted. After all, Xiang Yaotou was a living person, it was impossible for her to hide anymore…