Alone, I can eliminate him without any reservation!
Taking Kanqui along actually made things more inconvenient.
"Alright, uncle, you can't lie to me. My sister is the best to me. If you lie to me, she'll be unhappy." Kanqui looked at me seriously and said.
"I never..."
My brows slightly furrowed, I originally intended to say that I never lie.
Frowning slightly, I had originally thought to say that I never lie. But in fact, ever since coming to Jin Yang and maneuvering among various parties, the reason I could navigate so smoothly at first... was because of the information gap, through which I've told countless lies.
"I never thought of leaving you out. Without enough manpower, I have no confidence. And I need to remind you one thing: the place where your sister is trapped, there are demigods who have turned into qing." My words were long, covering up the small loopholes in my speech. At the same time, I told Kanqui about the seriousness of the situation!
Kanqui clearly jumped in fright.
However, she quickly regained her composure.
"Don't worry, the people from Zhou's family will work hard." Her eyes shone with cunning.
Although Kanqui is delicate and petite, she truly embodies the saying that "little people have big brains."
I didn't ask her much about her plans and details.
With this, the matter was about settled.
I let Kanqui rest well. Tomorrow, we will each go do our own business.
Then, I entered my own room.
Before I knew it, the sky had turned to dusk.
I went to bed early to rest.
I woke up at 5 in the morning the next day to the sound of my alarm clock.
After a simple wash and freshen-up, I left my room. I was about to wake up Kanqui to give her a few more instructions before I head out.
But to my surprise, Kanqui's door was open, and the room was empty inside.
I knocked on the door, and there was no sound from the bathroom either.
After entering the room, I gently pressed my hand on the bedsheet. There was a faint feeling of coldness, indicating that the person had been up for a while already.
I shook my head slightly.
Kanqui woke up before me.
She left even earlier than me.
I left the guesthouse. There are many places to buy breakfast around here, as well as a market.
After eating a steaming hot baozi and rice porridge for breakfast, I dived into the market.
I chose to stay here because of the existence of this market.
This is one of the largest markets in Jin Yang, and I need to buy some things.
It took me half a day, under the scorching sun, until noon when I finally emerged from the market, carrying a backpack.
I bought quite a lot of things.
I swept up almost all the roosters older than six years from the entire market, collecting enough cockcomb blood to fill a water bottle.
I chose eight black donkeys with a history of over five years and took their hooves.
I also bought an old black dog and took its blood from the head and tail. The bones were removed and ground into a powder using a processor.
Of course, I didn't forget to buy glutinous rice flour.
In this period in Jin Yang, I mostly consumed the things I had on me.
The sudden departure of Lao Qin meant that I didn't have many useful things left. My hand-to-hand skills were completely ineffectual.
When I returned to the guesthouse, I mixed the dog bones and glutinous rice flour together and added a certain proportion of cinnabar.
As for the eight donkey hooves, I soaked some of them in black dog blood.
The remaining black dog blood still had its uses.
The black donkey hooves inherently carry a strong aura, and adding dog blood soaking will make it even more ominous!
As for the bottle of rooster comb blood, the tail feathers inside are enough for me to use multiple times for killing arts.
Of course, killing arts are soul-wounding, so they shouldn't be used indiscriminately. I can only say that being prepared is better than being unprepared.
With all the preparations done, I had to put everything into my backpack.
After cleaning up the guesthouse and ensuring there were no bloodstains left, I left and hailed a car heading towards Laoiao Village.
I still had the car stop at the National Highway, and I walked the rest of the way to Laoiao Village.
When I arrived at the village, it was once again nighttime.
I didn't enter the village immediately. I looked up towards the direction of the back mountain.
At first glance, the back mountain looked no different from before. It was ordinary and unremarkable.
But I was well aware in my mind that the tranquility was just on the surface. The mist of corpse spirits had at least enveloped the mountain waist, and possibly the entire back mountain.
I first dipped a bit of black dog blood on the center of my palm before entering the village and heading towards my house and Lao Qin's.
It wasn't very late at night, but there were few people on the village path.
I paid some attention to the houses of the villagers. The lights were mostly normal, and there were no white ribbons or white lanterns hanging.
This made me feel a bit relieved.
If there were many white ribbons and lanterns in the village, it would mean that there were more deaths.
With everything normal, that's good.
When I returned to my home, the courtyard was still in the same state as when I left before.
I sat in the front hall and took a breath, then drew a pitcher of clear, crisp well water to drink. I felt somewhat relieved.
However, I kept my nerves tight and did not allow myself to relax in the slightest.
I went to the kitchen next, prepared some food, and after eating to fill my stomach, I left the courtyard and walked directly to Yu Xiao's residence.
During my journey, I finally saw a few villagers.
When they saw me, they just lowered their heads and walked fast, without approaching.
I did not change my expression.
The black dog blood in my hand has one purpose.
I can't distinguish between humans, spirits, corpse beings, and ghosts. However, the black dog blood can distinguish them clearly.
I was afraid that there might be some strange and peculiar things in the village that I wasn't aware of, and I was even more afraid that the corpse spirits might send something else down.
As for anyone who approaches me, a pat on the shoulder will reveal whether they are human, ghost, or corpse.
After more than ten minutes, I arrived outside Yu Xiao's house.
The surroundings are all quiet and empty little yards.
Yu Xiao's home was also filled with silence and stillness.
The usually spotlessly clean courtyard was now piled with dead branches and leaves...
"Lao Gong?" I patted the night pot hanging at my waist.
There was a faint knocking sound, but Lao Gong didn't come out.
I frowned, and my expression wasn't very pleasant.
Since the day before yesterday, when Lao Gong ate Uncle Zhongkuan's skin, he hasn't been clear-headed.
Finding Yu Xiao largely depends on Lao Gong.
Now that Lao Gong is unconscious, it's a hassle.
I steadied myself and entered the yard.
The dry branches and leaves underfoot creaked slightly.
Walking up to the door of the hall, I pushed it open. The inside was also full of dust. The wind blew in dust, and I started to cough.
It took quite a while before it stopped.
I reached out and touched the lamp by the door.
Everything in Yu Xiao's house was old, and even this lamp was pull-chain operated.
A click, and the dim, yellow light of the tungsten filament lamp spilled out, illuminating the entire room.
There were simple tables and chairs, with tools such as hoes, scythes, and baskets on the sides of the walls.
I entered Yu Xiao's room and turned on the light.
The room was also covered in dust.
First, I walked over to the bed and carefully inspected it.
The last time, Lao Gong mentioned that Yu Xiao had nothing.
She had nothing to do with anything.
Therefore, I didn't pay much attention to the things in Yu Xiao's house.
On the bed, I didn't find anything.
I went over to open the old wooden wardrobe where Yu Xiao kept her clothes.
Inside, there were various messy and mismatched clothes hanging neatly, but they couldn't hide the messiness.
For a while, I still couldn't find anything useful.
My mood started to become uncontrollably agitated.
Time passed slowly, and I had essentially searched through every inch of Yu Xiao's home, except for digging up the earth three feet deep...
I found a lot of things, but they didn't seem to be items that Yu Xiao would have. Instead, they appeared to be items that villagers had given her randomly after she came to the village.
Just as I was about to forcibly wake Lao Gong, by some strange impulse, I looked up.
I found that the roof of Yu Xiao's house was different from the other houses in the village...
The normal tiled roofs are all supported by beams, allowing you to see the inside of the roof tiles.
In Yu Xiao's room, I couldn't see the beams when I looked up. Instead, it appeared to be a flat piece of wood, suggesting that it had been separated into a small attic...
