Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 243: Ancient Well

Chapter 243: Chapter 243: Ancient Well

Leaving the village chief’s house, the strange awkward feeling in Bai Yanliang’s heart finally dissipated.

He noted this unclear sensation of abnormality in his heart; there must be something undiscovered...

"Let’s walk faster."

Being watched by the elders in the nearby houses made Jiang Li’s skin crawl with goosebumps, and she couldn’t wait to leave the village center and head towards the back of the village.

The three of them retraced her memory and quickly arrived at the back of the village.

"It should be... right here." Jiang Li stopped, then pointed outward, "Back then, Lu Guo and I were standing on that small hill."

Bai Yanliang followed Jiang Li’s finger. It was more like a small mound rather than a hill, but it was indeed tall enough to overlook this area.

However, in this area...

The three of them looked around in a circle.

They were close to the village’s edge; the houses around were not dense, and the number of abandoned empty houses was even greater than at the village entrance.

This area was also very open, and if there was anything to speak of, it would only be that well not far away.

The three of them simultaneously looked towards the well.

The well’s edge wasn’t high, made of colorful stones that appeared to be roughly hewn, with many uneven spots, but the sharp edges had been smoothed over, indicating that the well had been used for many years.

However, at this moment, the area around the well’s mouth was overgrown with weeds, showing no signs of recent use.

This was an ancient well that had been used for many years but abandoned in recent years.

Although its mouth wasn’t sealed, the bucket and hemp rope set above it were covered in spider webs.

An ancient well...

This image is often used in some eerie places.

So when the three of them saw the well, their nerves immediately tightened.

"Should... we go over and take a look?"

Jiang Li licked her lips, which had become dry from nervousness, and asked quietly.

Bai Yanliang nodded, having come this far; there was no reason to retreat.

He focused his attention and slowly approached the ancient well.

Bai Yanliang moved slowly, stepping carefully with each foot to react as quickly as possible to any situation.

Jiang Li and Yu Wenxuan stayed by Bai Yanliang’s side, the surrounding air seemed to grow tenser.

The chilling sensation grew as they got closer to the well, gradually creeping over the three of them.

This chill peaked when they were only two meters away from the well mouth!

Bai Yanliang, slightly ahead of Yu Wenxuan and Jiang Li, was the first to notice the change.

A terrifying cold invaded his skin, flesh, bone marrow...

His vision blacked out quickly, and the scene in front of him changed immediately!

An ancient village...

Every household had a white mourning garment hanging by their door...

Suddenly... a strange wind blew by, and a hint of red appeared on the hem of each white mourning garment hanging by the door...

The wind grew stronger, making the mourning garments dance wildly, while the eerie red quickly spread like it was mad, until... white turned to blood-red, and the mourning garments became funeral clothes.

Then, a baby’s cry sounded.

Something... was born.

Bai Yanliang "saw" a small, twisted arm reaching out from the blood-red swaddle.

A dense crowd of villagers surrounded him, and Bai Yanliang seemed to be one of them at this moment.

He looked at the newborn wrapped in the red swaddle and soon... saw its face...

It was better said to be a deformed creature than a baby.

Its body was as tender and red as a newborn, but on its head... grew many faces...

Countless faces!

Although these faces were small and only had outlines, the twisted, pained, and desperate expressions on each were already visible...

Soon, the grotesque monster was jostled by the noisy crowd to be thrown away.

The person holding it seemed reluctant, but more and more people came to snatch it.

One hand...

Two hands...

Three hands...

Countless hands reached for the blood-red swaddle.

Then, someone’s hand slipped, and the blood-red swaddle fell into the well, followed by a "thump" sound.

The image abruptly ended.

Bai Yanliang suddenly reached out to stop Jiang Li and Yu Wenxuan from advancing.

"The death scene reappeared; do not get any closer."

Bai Yanliang said calmly.

Jiang Li and Yu Wenxuan felt a chill in their hearts. Bai Yanliang’s body had stiffened just now; so... he had seen an eerie death scene?

Phew...

Bai Yanliang exhaled a breath of turbid air; the imagery he had seen was suffocating.

From Jiang Li’s and Yu Wenxuan’s position, what he experienced seemed to last less than a second in reality.

Bai Yanliang stood by the ancient well, motionless for a while.

"I have to go down."

After a long time, he spoke up.

Go down, go where...

Jiang Li’s eyes widened and she immediately rejected, "No! Absolutely not! A similar scene happened before in Fog Gathering; a senior went down the well and never came back up..."

She looked urgently at Bai Yanliang, "Mr. Bai, I know you are very capable, but you are still just flesh and blood. We... can’t afford to make a single mistake."

Bai Yanliang understood Jiang Li meant well, but now... it was the most critical moment.

He quietly looked at the well mouth and said, "Mountain Moon Hiding, Coffin at the Bottom of the Water. Before entering the village, our bodies drifted downstream; with guided reasoning, we easily concluded there were bodies at the riverbed and that we should retrieve them from the river."

Jiang Li nodded subconsciously, although she didn’t say it, she had indeed suspected that. The river at the village entrance was exceedingly strange... the decryption had also hinted at a coffin at the bottom, so this conclusion was not unreasonable.

"But what I just saw was that there is also a coffin in this well."

Bai Yanliang’s voice was calm, as if suggesting going down the well wasn’t even his idea.

"A blood-red swaddle, both a cradle at birth and a coffin after death; a young body has been buried in the water."

With that, the two understood.

Since it was confirmed there was a body in the well, eventually, someone had to go down to confirm.

If they successfully retrieved the body, this mission... might conclude immediately.

On the other side, Bai Yanliang already removed the hemp rope from the well mouth, tying one end around his waist and tossing the other to Yu Wenxuan and Jiang Li.

"If I shake it three times in a row, pull me up immediately."

"Alright." Yu Wenxuan did not utter any teasing or sarcastic words this time, only saying a simple word.

Jiang Li watched Bai Yanliang with concern, puzzled as well.

Was Bai Yanliang really that kind?

Going down the well wasn’t even his responsibility; why was he volunteering?

Shouldn’t such matters be decided collectively?

She couldn’t reach a conclusion and could only attribute everything to Bai Yanliang being indeed a good person.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang already stood by the well’s edge, leaning his head out to peer downwards.

A chilling aura hit him head-on, stimulating every pore of Bai Yanliang’s body.

Something extremely... extremely terrifying was definitely at the bottom of the well, but Bai Yanliang... had a reason he must go down.

He took a deep breath, something he seldom did, glanced back at the two of them.

"Here I go."

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