On the way back, the silence around them was terrifying, except for the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound.
Walking in this kind of place, everyone's heart was hanging.
However, not long after they started walking, the sound of footsteps suddenly stopped. Li Huowang and the others stared intently at the darkness around them and the suddenly appearing green eyes in the darkness.
It wasn't just one pair, but a group. The things in the darkness just stared at them with those green eyes, big or small, without doing anything.
In Li Huowang and the others' eyes, it seemed like a monster with eyes all over its body was breeding in the darkness.
"F*ck!" Irritated by the other party's repeated teasing, Li Huowang's expression became ferocious. With a fierce pull of his right hand, the red bamboo slip in front of him quickly unfolded.
Li Huowang raised his right index finger and stuck his fingernail in the sharp edge of the bamboo slip.
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The next moment, he suddenly thrust his finger forward, and a piercing pain came. The thin bamboo slip was inserted between his nail and flesh.
Immediately, Li Huowang pried again, and his fingernail detached from its owner, spinning with blood and disappearing into the darkness.
After a while, accompanied by a miserable scream, the green eyes in the darkness began to decrease in number.
Li Huowang felt that this was not enough. He raised his middle finger again, and after prying off his three fingernails, all the eyes in the darkness disappeared, and a pungent smell began to fill the air.
When they walked over with the lantern, the bloody and fleshly scene inside was presented in front of them.
At this point, Li Huowang and the others realized that those eyes were not some evil spirit, but animals in the forest, including lynx, hedgehogs, foxes, and so on. They were all dead now, and no body was intact.
"Senior Brother Li, did we break the rules again? They said not to mess with these animals, didn't they?" Xiaoman's words made everyone present feel a chill.
However, Li Huowang didn't think so. He lifted his right foot and stomped fiercely on a fox's head beside him, crushing it to pieces.
"What rules? It's all a bunch of nonsense. If this thing could defeat us head-on, why bother with all this trouble? Don't let others lead you astray in this kind of thing. Let's go back to the courtyard!"
After another half an hour, they saw the light of the Wu family courtyard again.
"Li Huowang!" A shout that seemed to come from a faraway place made them all stop.
"Who?" Li Huowang turned around and looked into the darkness, but still found nothing.
"You can continue to fool yourself, but someday you won't be able to fool anymore! I'm telling you, on the 18th of the twelfth lunar month, I will take your eyes!!"
After leaving this harsh remark, he led the others back to the brightly lit Wu family courtyard.
The village chief with a goat beard lying on the ground was tied to a pillar, and a bowl of cold vegetable soup was lifted and splashed on his face.
"Cough cough~!" When Wu Qing woke up dazedly, he immediately saw Li Huowang's face full of hostility. He was frightened and trembled. "So, you guys are from Xiangma!"
"Smack!" When a slap was thrown, Wu Qing's half face visibly swelled up, and he was immediately stunned.
"Speak! Where is the 18th of the twelfth lunar month? What is your relationship with it?"
"What are you talking about? I... I can tell you that this is the Wu family village, and everyone here is surnamed Wu! If you really want to do something, you better think twice!"
Seeing that Wu Qing was still pretending to be ignorant, Li Huowang grinned, revealing his sharp white teeth.
"Old man, I'm being polite first and then rude. The 18th of the twelfth lunar month is related to whether I can live or not. If you still protect it, don't blame me for being heavy-handed."
He lifted his right hand, which had its nail pried off and was still bleeding, and patted the torture device beneath him.
"These things are not just for my personal use. In critical moments, they can also be keys that open everyone's hearts!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Lingmiao, who was worried, took a step forward but was stopped by Xiao Man. She shook her head gently.
"What do you want? What is this 'Lunar 18'? Qingming has just passed, and it's still far from Lunar 18. Spare me, young man. Have mercy on this old man."
Wu Qing was scared and his face turned pale when he saw that the other party was still stubborn. Li Huowang hooked his right hand, and a small long awl with a blade full of barbs appeared in his hand.
Li Huowang, with a cruel smile on his face, held the terrifying long awl and slowly approached Wu Qing's xyphoid process.
Wu Qing was obviously panicked. He shouted desperately and struggled, but he did not reveal any information about Lunar 18.
When the tip of the blade was about to pierce through his clothes, a big hand pressed on his wrist from behind. "That's enough. It seems that he really doesn't know anything."
"Why not try? This person is obviously suspicious. He just came to the village and started talking about rules. He must be related to Lunar 18!"
"Calm down. You weren't like this before. You will only become more and more like Danyang Zi if you continue like this."
Upon hearing this, he felt a sudden jolt in his heart. Unconsciously, he was indeed becoming more and more indifferent towards others, just like the leper who used people to refine pills.
He quickly put the long awl in his hand back and turned his head. "Thank you for reminding me, Li Senior Brother. I almost didn't realize it."
Then he saw Li Huowang, who was wearing a blood-red Daoist robe, smile familiarly in front of him.
"We're brothers, why be so polite? Now we should think about what to do next since there are no other clues."
He frowned and looked at the old man who had almost passed out in front of him, silently pondering this problem.
Although he might have acted excessively just now because of Danyang Zi's influence, he also knew that this was closely related to the increasingly urgent time.
If he couldn't find Lunar 18, he couldn't get rid of Danyang Zi who was attached to him. He could only watch himself become more and more like Danyang Zi, and he really couldn't wait any longer.
"Shall we wait until it's light and ask other villagers? Maybe someone else knows." Gou Wa reminded him.
"Okay, after experiencing so much tonight, everyone is tired. We can only do this for now. I'll talk to them when it's light."
After Li Huowang said this, Gou Wa stopped talking and walked towards the west wing.
The next morning, when he woke up, he found that the other senior brothers had already left their rooms.
When he went out, he was surprised to find that his senior brothers and sisters were acting as if nothing had happened, drinking porridge with the Wu family, even though he had treated Wu Qing harshly.
"Come and have breakfast. I explained your situation to Village Chief Wu, and he is not a stingy person." Li Huowang said to him.
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