A thin, wispy blood mist sprang up from the night pot, continuously intertwining to form the shape of a head.
Invisible gray mist began to flow from a direction, entering the head formed by the blood threads.
Old Gong's head was slowly recovering.
I felt for a small porcelain bottle, poured out some ointment for boils, and stopped the bleeding between my fingers.
The gray mist is still piercing through the night pot piece by piece.
I paused for a moment, and my pupils slightly constricted again.
Because, I thought of another point.
Finding Zhenying and Zhenqi, in fact, how to escape from this nightmare prison is still an unknown.
It is likely that we will still encounter Qi Xiaoyao's soul.
But is there a way to break this place?
It would be to break this part of Qi Xiaoyao's soul!
The headless woman beside me speaks and thinks in fragments, just like the old Gong at the beginning.
She spoke in fragments, saying that no one can harm me, and she is the same.
She probably knows what's going on with her?
She knows what I might encounter?
Lao Gong ate Wu Zhongkuan with the help of a stray remnant of Wu Zhongkuan's soul, forcefully swallowing it.
If the headless woman eats Qi Xiaoyao, it will be completely different.
It would be equivalent to the headless woman's thoughts taking the lead!
In this case, I might even know about the layout Lao Qin's head has set up on Qi Xiaoyao's body?
As the headless woman becomes more complete, her strength will naturally be even stronger!
I feel that she is definitely not going to betray me, and with the effect of earth qi, it's a hundred percent guaranteed!
I quickly sorted through these thoughts, and my footsteps changed.
I didn't walk towards the main house; instead, I followed the gray mist formed by Lao Gong's ghostly spirit, heading towards the source!
The feeling of being watched by terrifying things is still there.
Unable to dispel, nor can it be avoided!
Since it can't be avoided, face it head-on!
A fork in the corridor appeared at a certain spot, and after I walked past, both sides were filled with peonies in full bloom, vying for attention.
The fragrance of the flowers was overwhelming, as if it made one's mood become more peaceful.
I walked a few more steps and saw a large house standing in the middle of a vast flower garden.
The front of the house was decorated with lights and lanterns, looking very festive.
Red double happiness characters were pasted everywhere.
This large house is not like the one I and the corpse-tamer dreamt of getting married in, it seems more like a new bridal room for a couple.
"Sigh...Haha..."
"Sigh...Haha..."
Lao Gong's heavy breathing suddenly echoed, filled with uncontrollable panic.
"Grandpa..."
"Dear grandfather... Out of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best..."
"Ouch, how did you end up in the headless woman's chamber... You're bringing your head here yourself." Lao Gong had completely recovered, and even had a flicker of blood light on his head. His spirit was much more solid than before.
"Is she not here?" I asked.
"She was there earlier... Then she disappeared, and this time she brought a lot of heads, she can't finish picking them all at once."
"After she picks all those heads, she will come to pick yours. The headless woman has no head and no brain, so she won't recognize you as you." Even though I haven't said much to Lao Gong, he's been around me for a while, soaking up bits and pieces of information, and understanding quite a bit about things.
"What about Zhenqi and Zhenying? Should they be alright?"
With those words, I reached the front of the room and pushed open the door.
"Little miss, you are fine."
"Temporarily..." Lao Gong added a sentence, looking rather flustered.
I took a deep breath and stepped directly into the room.
I had already taken a look at the layout of this room through Lao Gong's vision before.
Looking at it now, I feel even more festive and warm.
I walked straight to the copper mirror in front of me. The angle at which I was standing was the same as where Qi Xiaoyao was standing before.
Looking at myself in the copper mirror and Lao Gong's wrinkled, flustered head.
For a moment, I felt a trace of coldness wrapping around me again.
"Grandpa... You want to deal with her..."
"But I think she can deal with you..."
"The headless woman has been alone in an empty room for so many years, and she doesn't recognize you. Her resentment is so great that it could eat people." Lao Gong's dry lips clicked together as he spoke, his words lacking warmth and any chance of winning.
"The resentment is too great, this place, up doesn't reach the sky, down doesn't touch the ground..."
Suddenly, Lao Gong paused and muttered, "Earth, center, long summer, moisture, stability, five... up doesn't reach the sky, down doesn't touch the ground..."
"Sigh!" The sound of Lao Gong's sigh was clearly one of great unease and panic.
What he said was even more profound than before.
But I understood one thing in his repeated last sentence.
Up doesn't reach the sky, down doesn't touch the ground.
Not reaching the sky means there is no yang energy, and not touching the ground means there is no yin energy.
Not touching the ground not only means no yin energy but also no earth qi.
For a moment, the feeling of goosebumps suddenly surged up!
I relied on the earth qi.
Without grounding, without the earth qi, it's tantamount to suicide!
"Run..." Lao Gong trembled as he muttered a word.
I had beads of sweat on my forehead. I gave up on the hope and immediately turned around.
In that instant of turning around, the environment in front of me changed.
It was originally a room that was extremely warm and festive, full of bright red.
The fresh red is still there.
But the blood smell that accompanies the fresh red comes rushing up, causing extreme nausea.
There was nothing on the wall originally, but now there are multiple skeletons standing there.
Straight bodies without heads.
The clothes of these corpses are all very unfamiliar to me, which I don't recognize at all.
There have been so many people dead here!?
The cries of wailing and pain suddenly exploded in my ears!
I suddenly jolted my head around and looked towards the bed, and the position where the dressing table used to be.
The carved wood bed was piled with many human heads.
Those heads were crammed together in a messy manner, looking exceptionally painful and unable to close their eyes in death.
I saw a head, slightly higher up, that belonged to Shao Si!
Shao Si was also staring with wide eyes, and it was particularly excruciating.
"The ghost covers the ghost's eyes, live sees the ghost..." Lao Gong's jaw was shaking.
I naturally know that before, Lao Gong didn't see that the room was actually this filled with evil spirits and bloodstains!
In three steps, I walked two steps to get to the door of the room.
Resultantly, a person was quietly standing in front of the door of the room, I don't know when.
It was Qi Xiaoyao!
White and delicate skin, graceful and transparent figure.
She gently crossed her hands in front of her, with a graceful posture, and even her mood seemed somewhat joyful?
"Are you... you?"
"Where is the token?" Her delicate fingers pointed towards my heart.
"If you are a liar."
"And you, will have to leave both your body and your head."
"Old man said that liars are the most detestable."
"He wants to take away everything."
"Including me." The voice is gentle and soft, without a hint of murderous intent, just a gentle inquiry.
But I have no token to give.
My heart was pounding wildly.
Qi Xiaoyao's originally gentle figure seemed to be gradually stiffening up.
Qi Xiaoyao's fingers were pointing at my heart, but they were slowly moving towards the sky.
A trace of coldness was growing from all sides!
"Deceiving is the most disgraceful act."
"I am so lonely, and yet you make me empty-hearted."
"I am so sad." The tone became extremely melancholic and wistful.
Qi Xiaoyao's other hand lifted, cupping towards my neck.
