Chapter 64: Missing the Treasure
"What a coincidence, Man Shu, I happen to be a weirdo too."
Qu Lian showed an endearing smile, took Huo Manshu into his arms and hugged her tightly, with a gentle voice: "It's just right for two weirdos to be together."
Huo Manshu felt that her heart, which had not beaten violently for a long time, suddenly contracted, and a strange feeling came to her heart.
She pushed Qu Lian away, trying her best to pretend to be calm: "Don't touch me, or you'll be in trouble."
Huo Manshu's expression showed obvious alienation: "The Bai Sangan couple and the people in this ancient village had ill intentions towards me, so they all died unluckily."
She didn't look at Qu Lian, but just stared at a point on the ground: "You will die if you stay with me."
"I won't, Manshu, I won't die. I'm different from those people. I'm a blessed person."
Qulian nodded Homanshu's nose: "At least, I won't die in front of you."
As if she didn't want to hear Huo Manshu's words of rejection, Qu Lian changed the topic: "This demon of desire is coming out. Do you want to put him in your book or should I kill him? This place is full of dead people, so we can't stay here longer." .”
Qu Lian didn't have any good solution to the demon possessing a living person, because he had no way to separate the demon from the person. If he wanted to do it, he could only kill the person together, but if the person died, there would be no solution. So much attention is paid to it.
"I'll put it away."
Huo Manshu hesitated for a moment and said innocently: "If Xiaoshi eats it, will he turn into a Doraemon frog?"
Qu Lian couldn't bear to attack Huo Manshu, so he just responded perfunctorily: "If you are curious, just give it a try."
Huo Manshu didn't reply, but her actions spoke volumes.
He opened the illustrated book and said to the corpse of Bai San's gambling wife: "Take it."
I saw a ball of gray mist with blurred features being sucked into the book with a scream.
Huo Manshu took out the corresponding card and took a look.
[Ancient Village Desire Demon (alias: Guardian of the Ancient Village):
Ability: Listen to people’s desires and satisfy people’s desires
Level: LV2 (low level)]
"It has a good ability."
Huo Manshu admired and turned over the card. Sure enough, there was a white light behind the card.
In the upper left corner is a number 50.
This time the merit value is fifty.
There are more reasons than last time because the merit value is because Bai Keke and her mother are sincerely grateful.
This merit value is an unexpected surprise.
But she didn't find any clues about the treasure Bai Keke mentioned.
He and Qulian walked around the village and found that, just as they had guessed, everyone was dead in a mummified state.
No one in the ancient village was spared.
Huo Manshu also saw several children who were still in their infancy.
Huo Manshu noticed that those children were all deformed.
"This village has probably always been closed before. If close relatives get married, there is a high chance that the children will have problems."
Qu Lian also saw it and explained a few words to Huo Manshu.
Huo Manshu withdrew her gaze and did not continue the topic.
Walking out of the last family's house, Huo Manshu sighed: "The treasure was not found."
She looked around and searched everywhere. It seemed that the treasure she and Bai Keke were talking about had no fate.
Huo Manshu never forced things. Since there was no fate, she should leave here. When the two walked to the entrance of the village, Huo Manshu felt something crawling on her feet.
It feels like a runny nose.
Huo Manshu stopped and looked down. It was a snail.
"Manshu, why don't you leave?"
Qu Lian felt that Ho Man Shu was not following him, so he looked back and saw the snail on Ho Man Shu's leg.
After a pause, Qu Lian said bluntly: "Why is the color of this snail so strange? Isn't it poisonous?"
Qu Lian knelt down and took a closer look, then stood up with a strange cry and grabbed Huo Manshu's arm tightly.
"Manshu, this snail has eyes!"
Homanshu, "."
"If you don't have eyes, wouldn't you be blind?"
Huo Manshu pushed Qu Lian's hand away, calmly bent down and grabbed the crawling snail, and threw it into the grass aside.
Then we went down the mountain without looking back.
Qu Lian looked at the grass where Homanshu threw away the snail from behind, then looked at Homanshu's unrelenting back, and quickly chased after him: "Manshu, wait for me, I'm scared!"
After Huo Manshu came down from the mountain, she went to the store where she had bought daily necessities before. She borrowed a phone and anonymously told the local police about the ancient village.
By the time Huo Manshu returned home, news media had already begun to report on the events in the ancient village.
The anchor of the science column on TV was explaining passionately and generously: [It is understood that there has always been a legend of a patron saint in the ancient village. As long as the heart is pious, the patron saint can make people's wishes come true. 】
[But this villager’s method of proving his inner piety is actually a bit cruel. During every sacrificial festival, the host has to bring a living woman as a sacrifice. According to police investigation, there have been many women over the years. Tourists were killed by villagers. 】
[Are patron saints good or bad? 】
[According to the photos sent back by the reporter of this column on the spot, the statue of the patron saint has been destroyed, and his true appearance cannot be seen. 】
[The whole ancient village was silenced. Is this the distortion of human nature or the anger of the patron saint? Let’s break it down next time]
"The statue of that obscene demon was destroyed."
Both Homanshu and Qulian were sitting on the sofa watching TV. Homanshu turned to look at Qulian: "It was not like this when we left."
"Maybe it's retribution." Qu Lian didn't care much about the follow-up of Gucun, and just said it casually.
Although Huo Manshu felt that this was not what Qu Lian said, she acquiesced. After all, this was the most likely possibility. It was not the villagers or the dead women who destroyed the statue.
After turning off the TV, Ho Manshu asked Qu Lian: "Actually, when I meet the devil, I always hear the roar of a beast, like Song Xiaoshuang."
Huo Manshu turned her head and glanced at Qu Lian, then added: "And your father, I have heard it from them."
Huo Manshu frowned and was simply confused: "But I haven't heard it from Bai Keke and her mother."
This is also the reason why Huo Manshu didn't know who the devil was for the first time in the game.
If it was a coincidence the first time, it would be a little unreasonable the second time.
"Manshu, you want to know?"
Qu Lian was originally uninterested, but when he heard Huo Manshu's question, he perked up instantly and nodded his cheek: "Manshu, just kiss me and I'll tell you."
In the end, Qu Lian didn't get a kiss, but got a bun instead.
He held his head and sighed quietly, "How can you be as confident as you when asking for help?"
(End of chapter)