I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 779 Running to the Riverside to Dig for Human Brains_1

Chapter 779: Chapter 779 Running to the Riverside to Dig for Human Brains_1

Wu Qiyi didn’t even feel like checking, and said to Zhao’er with a smile, "It’s fine, just a stinky bug. If he wants to follow, let him. When he gets his heart gouged out one day, that’ll be one less problem for us to deal with."

Zhao’er looked at you, paused, and then said, "Stinky bug, a nuisance, just squash it with a palm."

Seeing Zhao’er about to take action, you quickly embraced her in your arms and in front of everyone, you lifted her up in a princess carry with a smile and walked towards the pitch-black forest, "Good Zhao’er, we have more important things to take care of now. Let’s leave the stinky bugs for those that feast on them."

Sun Lin and Cao Shan shook their heads and smiled wryly at the sight, while Zi Qian looked on with envy, simultaneously taking out his cellphone with a wallpaper of a pure and pretty girl.

As for Xi Yu, she pursed her lips and said to Wu Qiyi, "Miss, aren’t you going to do something about this?"

Wu Qiyi just smiled serenely and followed your steps.

Zhao’er was becoming more and more like a normal person. Although she still couldn’t communicate normally, her recent series of actions showed that she could now respond to events with simple and direct solutions. Her methods might be too violent, but that’s what made Zhao’er so endearing, wasn’t it?

"Ding——Ding——"

As you walked, a string of bell sounds suddenly came from deep within the forest.

Holding Zhao’er, you suddenly stopped and then let her down.

Turning to look at the people behind, you said, "Everyone, don’t move. Whatever happens next, don’t speak. Remember, don’t say a word no matter what you see or what happens, and don’t move."

As you spoke, you took out seven yellow vermilion charms from your pocket and handed three to Wu Qiyi, "Little Yun, help me fold a Thousand Paper Cranes."

She nodded and began folding with practiced movements.

Zhao’er stood by, staring blankly as Wu Qiyi folded a cute-looking Thousand Paper Crane.

Wu Qiyi was slower than you, but by the time she finished folding the three Thousand Paper Cranes, you had already gently blown on the four in your hands. Following that, the four cranes slowly rose, hovering above the heads of you, Zi Qian, Sun Lin, and Cao Shan, emitting a soft, gentle glow.

"Little Yun, raise your hand."

Wu Qiyi did as told, opening her palm, and you blew into the center of it, causing the three paper cranes to rise as well, hovering above the heads of the three women.

"Alright, now everyone turn off your flashlights and don’t speak. From here on out, just use your eyes."

"Turn off the flashlights?" Cao Shan immediately had a hard time accepting this, "The forest is already so dark, if we turn them off we won’t be able to see anything."

You looked at Cao Shan and said seriously, "Professor Cao, please trust me. You certainly won’t want to see them later."

Sun Lin patted Cao Shan’s shoulder and said, "Old Cao, we’re at this point now, just trust Mu Yun."

The latter sighed and finally turned his flashlight off.

In that moment, everything around went pitch black.

Any normal person would be afraid of the dark, especially in a forest where you can’t see your hand in front of your face.

Right now, there was no moon above, and utterly no hint of light anywhere, making it impossible to see anything.

"Ding——Ding——"

The bell sounds drifted through the dark and deep forest. Hearing such a sound in this setting could hardly avoid stirring a very uncomfortable fear in one’s heart.

"Leaves flutter, the wind laughs;

I call for you, but if you don’t come, I’ll create my own turmoil,

Swinging left, toppling right;

Going to the river to dig out brains,

With one dug out, I clap my hands,

With two, I play at lifting a palanquin;

Dig out three or four, and tonight they’ll smile at you."

"Scared you into crying your eyes out..."

"Gulp."

You clearly heard Sun Lin and Cao Shan swallowing their saliva nervously beside you.

In the night breeze, an eerie nursery rhyme echoed from the woods, and it was clear that there was more than one singer.

Then, all of a sudden, a completely white child jumped out from the shrubbery to your right front!

At first glance, the child’s appearance seemed decent enough, except for its somewhat spooky makeup, as though it was modeled after the paper dolls sold next to funeral parlors.

But soon, you all realized a problem—how could you see the child without any light!?

Could it be the child was self-illuminating?

The child seemed to be searching for something on the ground and squatted down, followed by five other similar children who also jumped out and squatted on the ground, with their backs turned to you.

Except for you, no one could see each other, and everyone, especially Sun Lin and Cao Shan, visibly began to tremble.

And at that moment, the six children whirled their heads around abruptly!

No, their bodies didn’t move, but their necks twisted 180 degrees!

The six kids looked at you simultaneously, grinning widely...

You can’t move, you can’t cry out!

Sun Lin simply closed his eyes; after all, he still trusted you and knew that no matter what, he mustn’t make any sound.

Cao Shan, on the other hand, was terrified out of his wits; he could even distinctly feel a dampness in his pants, and although he hadn’t quite wet himself, he wasn’t far off from doing so.

"Don’t come here, please don’t come over," Cao Shan repeated in his mind. He dared not close his eyes, for it would make him even more terrified.

However, the more he looked at the six children, the scarier they seemed. Now terrified to even turn his head, he could only lift his gaze gradually upwards, looking at the Thousand Paper Cranes suspended above him.

Whoosh—

Seeing that the Thousand Paper Cranes were still magically floating, Cao Shan let out a slight sigh of relief.

You watched Sun Lin and Cao Shan’s reactions, and somehow, you approved of how they were handling the situation.

Zi Qian seemed to have quite the nerve; he didn’t appear to be scared and instead watched the six kids with relish. Perhaps because the entities were children, they didn’t possess an intimidating horror.

As for Wu Qiyi and Xi Yu, they seemed much more composed.

Wu Qiyi, emotionless, continued to stare at the six children with a tinge of curiosity in her eyes, while Xi Yu watched indifferently, as if everything happening had nothing to do with her.

As for Zhao’er, there was no need to mention—standing still as instructed by you, she would likely remain so, unshaken for a thousand years.

Your luck was still good; these six nursery rhyme-singing children were not wangliang but mandrills.

Through the Sen Luo Eye, the scene you saw was different. These six children all looked identical and were rather cute on the surface, it was only their sudden appearance in the deep, dense forest that was a bit chilling.

In fact, it was an illusion; each of them had a different true appearance, but what they all shared was the same manner of death—buried alive!

You couldn’t understand who would be so cruel as to bury six adorable children alive, preventing their souls from escaping into reincarnation, forcing them to wander and play in these mountains and forests instead.

At this thought, you sighed softly, then made a hand seal, and immediately thirty-two Yellow Vermilion Charms flew out from your pocket.

Eight within, sixteen without, hastily shining a golden light, they formed an Innate Bagua Formation.

The emergence of the golden light from the Innate Bagua Formation instantly changed the expressions of Cao Shan, Sun Lin, and Zi Qian—they became animated, of course, mainly with surprise and shock.

Although Cao Shan and Zi Qian knew you had some abilities, they hadn’t expected you to pull off such a flashy move, and with the appearance of the light, the fear in everyone’s hearts also dissipated.