jdhmnovel Chapter 198 Huaimu Village
Chapter 198 Huaimu Village
All of this may seem complicated and tedious, but in reality, it all happened in the blink of an eye. Wei Chaoyan was just staring wide-eyed in astonishment as the resentment-repelling herb suddenly melted into liquid, when she was suddenly enveloped in the warm, safe, and comfortable sensory enjoyment of being surrounded and soaked in the amniotic fluid of her mother's womb. With her head tilted to the side and a happy and satisfied smile on her lips, she casually sat cross-legged in front of the ancestral tablet in the small ancestral hall and fell asleep!
Fortunately, she had reached the first level of the Nine Cleansing Technique. At night, it automatically absorbed the cool moonlight and starlight in the air. The essence flowed through her meridians along the path of the technique, maintaining her body temperature and preventing the cold of the spring night from invading her body and causing her to catch a cold!
I slept soundly through the night. As dawn broke over the sky outside the window, the early birds chirped and hopped about, their calls echoing in the damp morning breeze.
The noisy chirping of birds, mixed with the hustle and bustle of early-rising businessmen across the street, kept jumping into Wei Chaoyan's ears, disturbing her from her sweet dream. She had to frown, pout, and open her sleepy eyes.
Wei Chaoyan turned his stiff neck like a puppet, staring blankly at the wooden window where the daylight was gradually increasing. It took him a long time to truly come to his senses!
Realizing the incredibly rude and shameful thing she had done the night before, Wei Chaoyan immediately jumped up as if pricked by a needle, only to groan and fall back to the ground in a flash.
It turned out that she had been sleeping cross-legged all night, and the blood circulation in her legs was poor, making them numb and temporarily as numb as if they were prosthetics. When she suddenly moved, all the aftereffects came knocking. She felt extremely sore, numb, and painful, as if thousands of tiny needles were pricking her at the same time, or as if countless ants were gnawing at her. The feeling was indescribable!
Wei Chaoyan had no choice but to remain in this awkward and embarrassing position, grimacing and rubbing her legs while mumbling a sincere apology to the ancestors she was worshipping.
It took Wei Chaoyan a good half hour to finally finish, and that was only after she circulated her internal energy to speed up the flow of blood and qi in her legs; otherwise, it would have been much more difficult!
Wei Chaoyan struggled to her feet, bowed to her ancestors again to apologize, and then limped away from the small room. She hurriedly returned to her room to wash up, as she needed to meet up with Yan Niangzi and the others at the cloth shop later. Today's task was to go to the curse wall at the mass grave outside the town to confirm whether there were any traces of the resentment-repelling grass at the several suspected locations discovered last time!
After taking care of herself and feeding herself briefly, Wei Chaoyan leisurely opened her live stream, casually greeted everyone, and then affixed the Shadow Floating Light Talisman that Wei Ying had given her to a round mirror, activating the talisman amidst the expectant gazes of the viewers.
A flash of white light appeared, and the mirror that had only reflected Wei Chaoyan's face blurred and distorted for a moment. Then, a handsome and charming smiling face suddenly appeared in it.
This was Wei Ying's youthful appearance after using the Mimicry Talisman!
Early in the morning, Wei Ying was struck by the stunning good looks of the young Wei Ying. Wei Ying and netizens alike gasped in surprise, contributing to global warming in both worlds!
"Aying, where are Qiye and the others? Why are you using the Mimicry Talisman instead of the Face-Changing Pearl?" Wei Chaoyan asked in genuine confusion.
“Sister, this is not a mimicry symbol, it is a face-changing bead.”
"Then what...?"
"Hehe, this makes A-Ying feel more comfortable and pleasing to the eye," Wei Ying blinked his wet, peach-blossom eyes innocently, drawing out his words in a sweet, cheeky tone, "So I changed the effect of the Face Bead! And now, A-Ying's outrageously handsome face is back~"
"..." Wei Chaoyan tilted her head, not quite understanding, and skillfully steered the conversation back on track, "Where are Qi Ye and the others?"
"Hmm ╯^╰!" Wei Ying pouted and explained, "Qi Ye and Lan Zhan are preparing breakfast, and I'm supervising Qing Yan's morning exercise."
As he spoke, he adjusted the camera, turning it towards Qingyan, who was practicing swordsmanship in the open space of the village, sweating profusely. "As for the gentlemen, they are currently visiting the village head, the village chief, and other elders, subtly trying to extract information from them!" Wei Ying added with a deep look in his eyes.
"Hmm? Hmm!" Wei Chaoyan nodded as she listened, but then, sensing something was amiss, she pressed on, "Why is it the teachers who are going? Why aren't you going? Weren't you supposed to be doing some practice?"
"The master said that we are a bunch of greenhorns, full of theory but with zero practical skills. In order to prevent us from making a fool of ourselves, they will go down on the field first to give us a demonstration." Wei Ying said somewhat sullenly.
“That’s right!” Wei Chaoyan agreed wholeheartedly.
“Sister…(?﹏?)” Wei Ying’s beautiful peach blossom eyes were filled with misty, rainy light as he stared intently at Wei Chaoyan.
Wei Chaoyan turned her head to avoid Wei Ying's piercing gaze and asked, "Which village are you in now?"
"Huaimu Village!"
"Where am I?"
"There's a small village about 50 miles northwest of Weicun, with a population that's almost 30% smaller than Weicun's. Didn't my parents pass through Weicun a little over a year ago? Before we set off the day before yesterday, we found Aunt Yan and learned from her that Weicun was the place where my parents went before they reached Yiling. Then we went directly from the town to the village to ask my grandfather and the others, and found out that my parents left Huaimu Village before they went to Weicun."
"So you suspect?"
"Yes, the information Aunt Yan gave clearly stated that my parents were just staying in town to rest, and the people they later received who needed exorcism services were not from the town. The evil spirit in Wei Village a year and a half ago was just something they happened to encounter and exorcised on the spot."
“We suspect that my parents received the distress call in the vicinity of Wei Village, but because the evil spirit is too cunning and good at hiding, it took them a long time to find and locate it. At the same time, they probably didn’t have much luggage left, so they decided to rest in Yiling Town and replenish their scarce supplies. After all, the villages in the Yiling area are very poor, and there are many supplies that cannot be replenished in the villages, so they have to take a detour to the town to buy them.”
"So that's why you passed through Wei Village and ended up in Yiling Town?" Wei Chaoyan murmured to herself.
“That’s right!” Wei Ying replied with a blank face.
"But the exorcism site is so far from Yiling Town, why would they leave you alone in the town? Do you remember what happened back then?" Wei Chaoyan was completely puzzled.
"..." Wei Ying was silent for a moment before saying with a sour tone, "I remember that my parents did not seem to be acting strangely at the time. They just followed them to Yiling Town and stayed for a few days as usual. Then, we left together."
Later, I think I got sick or injured on the way, so they took me back to Yiling and stayed at an inn. After that, I don't remember anything! I only know that one day I woke up and didn't see my parents. A few days later, the innkeeper's wife kicked me out fiercely. And then, well, you know what happened next…”
"..." Recalling the scene of their first meeting, Wei Chaoyan's heart clenched, and she could only offer dry words of comfort, "Aying, it's alright. You have us by your side now. As long as you are happy every day, they won't be too sad if they have a spirit in heaven!"