Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 876 The Water-Spraying Old Lady (Two Chapters Combined)

They're all human skin!

The three newcomers were horrified and instinctively avoided the water bags.

How many people died in this mansion, and what kind of torture did they suffer to become such deformed water bags?
Li Xiaohu shuddered. Luckily, Wu Xian had pulled him back, otherwise he would have been courting death by touching human skin.

Wu Xian licked his lips.

These human skin water bags are likely related to the figure with the strange hairstyle.

The figure was currently in the inner courtyard. If they chased after it rashly, they might be ambushed. Therefore, they should start by exploring the front courtyard.

But before we begin...

Wu Xian asked Li Xiaohu seriously, "During the time you were separated from us, did you encounter any unusual situations?"

This question should have been asked long ago, but Wu Xian only had time to ask it now.

Li Xiaohu paused for a moment, his expression slightly unnatural: "Didn't you ask me to make a pot of boy's urine? I did as you said. The only unusual thing is that a female doll turned away to avoid suspicion."

He is lying!

Wu Xian suddenly felt a headache coming on. The most troublesome thing about this blessed land was not the scarcity of worship props, nor the strangeness of evil spirits, but that he had to do his best to keep the newcomers alive.

Li Xiaohu's lies show that he is no longer trustworthy.

Wu Xian didn't have time to test him, so he chose the most direct way to verify.

"Bring it!"

Wu Xian snatched the wine pot containing children's urine from Li Xiaohu's waist.

The wine jug was warm on the outside. I pulled out the stopper and poured some out onto the ground. It had a faint, foul smell. Then I walked over to a water bag and poured a few drops onto the human skin water bag. The water bag then began to hiss and steam.

This means that the urine from young boys is genuine.

Then Wu Xian grabbed Li Xiaohu's finger and stuffed it into the wine pot, then pressed the finger onto Li Xiaohu's head.

Li Xiaohu is safe and sound.

This at least to some extent proves that Li Xiaohu is still Li Xiaohu, and has not been replaced or controlled by evil spirits.

Wu Xian tossed the wine jug to him and said in a serious tone:
"No matter what happened to you when we parted, I hope you can tell us the truth and the details. This is not a game, but a matter of life and death!"

Li Xiaohu took the wine jug, his face flushed, and a hint of resentment lurked in his eyes:
"I'm telling the truth!"

He knew that his lie had been seen through, and he also understood that Wu Xian's actions were to eliminate risks.

But Li Xiaohu still felt insulted.

This so-called relative was too self-important, didn't take them, the newcomers, seriously, and even abandoned Hu Zhongjian, just like those tourists and leaders who didn't respect the security guards.

Seeing his expression, Wu Xian stopped asking questions.

Not everyone can make the most rational judgment when faced with danger, and even Wu Xian cannot guarantee that he can do so 100%.

Even when some people know they are wrong, they will continue to make the same mistake for the sake of saving face.

Every year when the Qiantang River tidal bore arrives, some people stubbornly stand in the danger zone despite numerous safety warnings, and even mock those who evacuate as cowards.

They might only understand what it means when they are swept into the river... "The tide comes in on the Qiantang River, and only today do we realize that we were wrong."

If he had enough time, Wu Xiangao would definitely try to correct his bad habits.

But he didn't have that kind of time. As long as he was sure that Li Xiaohu was still human and wouldn't launch a surprise attack on them, that was enough.

……

After entering the main hall, Wu Xian looked around.

The main hall of the Ye residence was furnished with a complete set of wooden furniture, including an eight-immortal table whose texture was strikingly similar to the huanghuali piano he had seen at the music museum. Unfortunately, Wu Xian couldn't take anything with him...

The four searched the main hall separately, but only found two stacks of yellow paper, which could be given to the dolls outside for communication.

Therefore, all the useful things in the main hall should indeed be hidden in these ten coffins!

The three newlyweds' expressions changed drastically. Opening these coffins one by one was far more exciting than opening a massage parlor cubicle downstairs.

Li Xiaohu shook the bell to soothe the soul, while Chen Chao and Liu Nana pushed the coffin lid open, and Wu Xian held a burning dagger in case of any unforeseen events.

crunch...

The first coffin was slowly pushed open. The inside of the coffin was very clean, with hardly any dust or odor. On the yellow soft cloth lay a clean human skin dressed in clothes.

The human skin was adorned with a pearl necklace, a jade bracelet, and a gold hairpin, among other items.

Then, one after another, the other coffins were pushed open, and the contents of these coffins were basically as everyone expected.

Some contained valuables such as gold and silver, while others contained items that could help improve everyone's abilities.

As the third coffin was pushed open, a nearby human skin water bag suddenly shook violently twice, like a pudding.

This put everyone on alert for a moment, but ultimately nothing happened.

When the sixth coffin was pushed open, a screaming black cat jumped out as soon as the lid was opened, and then a human skin swayed out and tried to catch the cat.

A cat and a skinny cat ran out of the Ye residence, scaring Li Xiaohu so much that he trembled all over.

Soon only two coffins, number nine and number ten, remained. These two coffins were somewhat special because the main hall of the Ye family mansion was leaking, so both coffins were wet, and the condition inside was unknown.

First, everyone pushed open the last coffin, number ten. They saw that the coffin was completely filled with a semi-transparent substance, which looked like a large piece of pale yellow jelly.

Liu Nana and Li Xiaohu were still wondering what the jelly was when Wu Xian immediately understood, while Chen Chao almost vomited.

His favorite cold dish was cold pork skin jelly. He had just eaten a large plate of it before entering the blessed land. It was smooth and delicious, with a rich aroma, and the pork skin inside was very chewy.

The contents of this coffin were clearly human skin jelly, formed by boiling out the gelatinous substance from human skin!

If coffin number ten contained human skin jelly, then coffin number nine should be in a similar situation.

Chen Chao paused for a moment, his face pale, and pushed open the lid of coffin number nine. He breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he opened a crack. There was no human skin jelly inside the coffin, which he least wanted to see. In fact, it was quite dry, and only some white hair could be seen from the front.

As Chen Chao pushed the coffin further away, his heart sank.

This situation is wrong!

There was no human skin in the coffin; instead, there lay a gaunt old woman with her hair styled into a two-foot-high hairpin, dressed in red and blue clothes…

"Get out of the way!"

Wu Xian recognized the old woman at a glance as the hunched figure with the strange hairstyle he had seen before, and immediately shouted.

"Ahhh!"

The old woman screamed loudly, her voice hoarse and unpleasant, like scratching a blackboard with her fingernails, making one's heart, liver, and lungs itch. She sat up straight from the coffin, opened her mouth with only two rotten teeth left, and made a vomiting gesture towards Chen Chao.

"vomit……"

A stream of clear liquid, like a water jet, vomited from the old woman's mouth and sprayed onto Chen Chao's face!
However, Chen Chao was already on guard, and with Wu Xian's reminder, he immediately crouched down, dodging the weak water arrow, though a few drops still landed on his back. Seeing that his attack had missed, the old woman nimbly climbed out of the coffin, but how could Wu Xian allow this thing to continue its attack?
Holding the Cursed Dream Dagger, Wu Xian viciously plunged the flaming blade into the old woman's throat, then immediately pulled his hand away and used the flames around his neck to wipe away the few drops of water stuck to his hand.

Glug, glug glug...

The old woman kept gushing clear water from her throat, and her whole body deflated like a punctured inflatable doll, shrinking into a skin-like shape within ten seconds.

Wu Xian paused for a moment, looking at the burning dagger in his hand with some confusion.

"It's that simple?"

Wu Xian thought this old woman would be a troublesome evil spirit, but he didn't expect her movements to be so similar to those of an old woman. He killed her with a single stab to the throat.

"Wait, something feels wrong with my back!"

After Chen Chao got up from the ground, he felt an unusual pain in his back. He wanted to touch it, but he couldn't reach it. This is probably a problem that all strong men have.

So Liu Nana went around to him and lifted the back of his shirt.

At first glance, Chen Chao's back looked normal, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there were two or three areas of skin about the size of broad beans that were sunken in. When she touched these areas lightly, the skin jiggled like cream pudding, as if there was no flesh and blood underneath, but rather... water!
Upon noticing Chen Chao's unusual behavior, Wu Xian immediately looked down and promptly discovered that his hand was also acting strangely. The spot where the old woman's throat had just touched the water that was gushing out of her throat had become dented.

It turns out that the old woman's ability was to turn the flesh and blood of anyone who came into contact with her bodily fluids into clear water!
At this point, Wu Xian no longer looked down on the old woman.

If Wu Xian were completely hit by the water vomited by the old lady, he would probably die instantly. Even his naturally thick skin wouldn't be able to reduce the damage in the slightest.

Fortunately, the damage from this evil spirit was related to the amount of water splashed on him, so the injury wouldn't worsen; otherwise, it would have been a real problem.

……

The danger has temporarily passed.

The group began to tally up what they had found in the coffin.

There are two items that can enhance the power of the worship items: a feather and a yellow talisman.

Light Feathers:

The person who possesses supernatural powers—the one who lands silently—can insert this feather into their skin and increase their speed within three minutes, making their movements lighter and more agile.

Soul-soothing talisman:

Wrapping a talisman around a soul-soothing bell and shaking the bell can put certain evil spirits into a sleep state; the effect depends on the power of the evil spirit.

Like 'Fire Powder', 'Brass Bell', and 'Expired Healing Medicine', these two items can temporarily enhance the abilities of worship items.

Therefore, although the rewards for worshipping the gods in this blessed land are stingy, one can gradually become stronger by exploring the blessed land's scenery.

Wu Xian handed the two items to Li Xiaohu and Liu Nana. In this blessed land, the distribution based on work could not be adhered to. Instead, the props would be given to whoever was suitable for them. Then, he took out a book with only a few pages left and a blue cover from the number nine coffin where the old lady was lying.

The book is titled "Xuanling County Annals".

It was only at this point that everyone learned that the county was called Xuanling County.

The county annals recorded some events, all related to the Ye family. Liu Nana picked up the annals and read aloud the account of the massacre of the Ye family.

……

"At that time, there was an evil monk in Xuanling County who raised a lot of money, which he used entirely for gambling and prostitution. Hundreds of people in the county were deceived by him, leaving their homes destitute and their food and drink baskets empty."

“There was a couple named Wu on East Street. They were good people and made a living by selling pancakes. They lived an honest life, but their savings were swindled away by an evil monk. In despair, they agreed to hang themselves from a tree in the east of the city with his wife, Pan.”

As Liu Nana read on, she began to feel a little awkward.

This half-classical and half-vernacular language is difficult for her to read and also requires a lot of brainpower for everyone to understand. It would be better to understand the meaning and then read it out in plain language.

"The eldest son of the Ye family is named Ye Yankai. He has a reputation for being public-spirited and righteous in the county. After learning about this matter, he submitted a collective lawsuit to the county magistrate on behalf of the county residents, seeking justice for the victims."

"On the first night of the appeal, grateful villagers brought gifts to the Ye family one after another. Ye Yankai's mother, accompanied by two maids, opened the gifts in the middle of the night."

"It turned out that one of the gift boxes contained a box of human skin. Fearing trouble, Ye's mother ordered her maid to bury the human skin under a tree in the house."

“Starting from the second night, people in the Ye family began to see an old woman with a two-foot-high bun wandering around the courtyard, occasionally spitting out water. No one knew where the water came from, which made everyone in the family uneasy and scared.”

"This situation continued for several days, and finally, Mother Ye could not bear it any longer and wanted her maid to find a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirits in the house."

"But as soon as she told the maid about it, the old lady who spouted water rushed to the window and vomited a mouthful of water at Ye's mother and the two maids."

"By the time Ye Yan Kai arrived at the scene, her mother and one of the maids were already dead, while the other maid was barely clinging to life."

"After the maid was revived, she explained the situation."

"Ye Yan Kai dug out the human skin under the tree, threw it into the woodpile and burned it. In the days that followed, no one in the Ye family saw the strange old lady again."

"After seven days of mourning, before the coffin was nailed down for burial, Ye Yankai wanted to see her mother one last time."

"When the coffin was opened, he was horrified to find that his mother's hair had been styled into a bun more than two feet high by someone..."

……

The above is what happened at the Ye residence.

According to the story, the Ye family suffered retribution from evil spirits because they targeted the wicked monk.

The old woman who sprays water is an evil spirit that lives on human skin. Burning the human skin can temporarily calm this evil spirit down.

But after a certain period of time, the skin of the person killed by this evil spirit will become the old woman's new host...

So in the end, the Ye family was completely wiped out.

One can imagine the panic that ensued when the residents of Xuanling County saw human skin water balloons hanging everywhere in the Ye residence.

Furthermore, even though the county had already investigated the matter to this extent, they still pinned the blame on the imprisoned woman, Su Qi. No wonder Su Qi harbored such deep resentment.

In addition, the county annals also record another event.

When Xuanling County was first established, it received seven precious gifts.

These seven treasures were used to suppress the local feng shui, and the county magistrate entrusted them to the "Three Buildings and Four Families" for safekeeping.

I don't know what's on the third floor, but the four families should be the four major families on the east side.

In other words, besides the county annals and the two small items, the feather and the yellow talisman, there is another treasure hidden in the Ye family mansion!
County annals do not record this information for no reason.

Therefore, that treasure must have been of great help to Wu Xian and his companions in passing through the blessed land.

Wu Xian took the county gazetteer from Liu Nana, flipped through it again, and then put it down. He discovered another piece of bad news between the lines.

If the records in the county annals are true, then his act of cutting the old woman's neck probably doesn't count as eliminating the evil spirit.

Before long, the old lady who sprays water will come back again.

Throughout the Ye residence, there were human skins left behind by the people she had killed. It would be virtually impossible to destroy all the skins in a short time without using the 'True Fire of the Sun' talisman.

That is to say...

They had to be wary of the old lady who suddenly appeared during all their time at the Ye residence!
Wu Xian scratched his head, took a deep breath, and said:
"Let's get moving! We need to find that treasure before 1 a.m. and then evacuate the Ye residence!"

(End of this chapter)