Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 393

Li Zhuiyuan awaited its response.

The boy had repeatedly soaked himself in blood along that line at the village entrance, setting up a protective barrier at the highest cost.

First, shift its perspective, then introduce it with a barrier. The current situation is actually a two-way race between "inviting the enemy into the trap" and "walking into the snare."

If it were any other opponent, Li Zhuiyuan was confident that he could seal them here forever. In fact, it could be said that those so-called powerful evil spirits did not deserve such treatment.

But Li Zhuiyuan did not have such a wishful thought when faced with it.

It's just trapped in its own perspective, temporarily binding itself.

What the boy needed was this short buffer period, after all, it would take time for the guests to get to his funeral.

As for actively approaching and integrating himself into the current environment, attempting to reconnect with Li Lan's previously interrupted "homecoming visit," Li Zhuiyuan wanted to use this method to assess the extent of Li Lan's integration with the giant tortoise.

If it shows strong resistance to the current environment, it indicates that Li Lan and the giant tortoise are highly integrated, truly intertwined.

If it behaves calmly and enters naturally and proactively, it means that Li Lan's integration with the giant tortoise is merely superficial.

In the latter case, the giant tortoise can stop the damage to Li Lan in time, treating Li Lan as a piece that can be discarded and destroyed after its use.

Given Li Lan's intelligence, it's truly hard to understand why she would degenerate to this state in order to treat her illness.

However, everything has two sides. This kind of integration, where the individual is not in control and is relatively distant, can prevent Li Lan and the giant tortoise from sharing both prosperity and loss.

Theoretically speaking, if the boy hadn't been killed by the giant tortoise this time and had instead launched a counterattack, he could have caused Li Lan's influence to "rise in the east and fall in the west," greatly increasing her dominance over the giant tortoise.

Li Lan once said that she had not entered the Xuanmen sect and planned to skip this stage.

If she actually succeeds in the end, then she... has truly succeeded in skipping over it.

To directly seize a fruit of the level of a giant tortoise as an ordinary person is simply an unprecedented leap to heaven!
At this moment, faced with Li Zhuiyuan's "warmth and understanding", it softened its expression, sat on the tricycle that the boy had ridden over, and patted the boy's back lightly, indicating that he should ride faster, as it couldn't wait to go home and see.

The answer is out.

The boy's expression remained unchanged.

Without expectations, there is no disappointment.

She was indeed going to jump over there, and she was using her son as a stepping stone.

Li Zhuiyuan even suspected that even if Li Lan went to the East China Sea, she would have had a way to escape the influence of the giant turtle. The real reason that prompted her to take the initiative to become the giant turtle's eyes and merge with it was because she saw those two paintings.

She recognized the person in the painting as her son as an adult.

If the adult son can kill the giant tortoise, then the underage son can help injure the giant tortoise.

This logical deduction seems absurd, but Li Zhuiyuan can easily apply that way of thinking. Driven by extreme self-interest, the cost of her own life and so-called "self" is so low that it can be almost ignored.

She is a madwoman.

Braving the wind and rain, Li Zhuiyuan rode his tricycle.

Li Weihan stood on the path in front of his house, holding a large oil-paper umbrella, looking around constantly; Cui Guiying stood at the kitchen doorway, her feet on the threshold.

Li Lan is back.

All the characters here are controlled by Li Zhuiyuan, who can perfectly simulate the scene of grandparents seeing their daughter.

Everything is proceeding according to normal procedures.

Li Lan's brothers and sisters-in-law all came. Her brothers sat around Li Lan with Li Weihan, chatting. Her sisters-in-law were busy preparing food in the kitchen with Cui Guiying.

The children of Li Zhuiyuan's generation also came. There weren't enough small stools in the house, so Shi Tou Hu Zi and the others had to sit on the ground for the time being.

This is the scene that Li Weihan and Cui Guiying had been longing for for many years in reality.

Unfortunately, the real realization came from a perspective that had nothing to do with them.

A sumptuous dinner was served one after another, filling the entire table. Li Weihan invited everyone to sit down and eat. There weren't enough tables, so a small table had to be set aside near the stove.

Li Zhuiyuan sat beside Li Lan, with bowls covered in front of them—a measure to keep the previously prepared dishes warm, in case they got cold.

Cui Guiying took the covered bowls off one by one.

Li Zhuiyuan held chopsticks in his hand, looking at the small turtles still wriggling in the uncovered bowl of food.

It is polluting this place.

Li Zhuiyuan turned to look at Li Lan, who was also looking at him.

The red in her eyes had changed from light to completely covering them, and a dark red slit had appeared between her brows.

Using the excuse of going to relieve himself, Li Zhuiyuan went to the riverbank behind the house.

The small boat that Grandpa tied to the tree by the river has developed dark blue-green lines, resembling a giant tortoise shell.

It hasn't fully awakened yet, but it will soon. As this process continues to advance, this pure land deep within the consciousness of the teenager will be completely taken over by it.

Even after having so much power stripped away by its own efforts, this level of being still possesses a chillingly sinister aura.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and faced the inside of the room.

The little turtles in the bowl were picked up by the people sitting around the table, who then picked up their chopsticks and put them into their mouths.

They looked blissful, as if they were enjoying a rare delicacy.

One by one, turtles crawled out of the stove. At first, they scurried around on the ground, then climbed onto the furniture, and finally climbed onto the walls and beams.

Inside, the people were still chatting and laughing. Even the children were enjoying this luxurious meal, which they rarely had at home, completely unaware that they had fallen into the tide of turtles.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't go inside. Instead, he went to his tricycle, got on, and rode a short distance. Across the farmland, he saw countless turtles suddenly pouring out of the doors and windows of his grandparents' house, as if a flood had been released.

They began to expand in all directions, overflowing rivers and encroaching on farmland, like a small volcano erupting.

The final countdown has begun.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that he should hide now, as he was not suitable to be seen by the people "on the shore" after they came in.

Suddenly, the tricycle sank.

The boy turned his head and saw "it" sitting on the tricycle.

It remained seated at the dining table, holding a non-existent bowl in its left hand and invisible chopsticks in its right.

It is devoted to itself and wants to follow it.

This was an unexpected turn of events for Li Zhuiyuan.

Even though he had done his best and every step was implemented according to his plan, he ultimately underestimated the power it had placed on him.

Even if you don't actively seek it out at the village entrance, it will quickly appear beside you. Even if it is not yet awake, it still retains the instinct to follow its prey.

This cannot go on.

Once Grandma Liu and the others enter this place, they will definitely be able to pinpoint its location immediately.

If Grandma Liu and the others discover that I am here, they will realize that I am not dead.

Therefore, his own arrangements only weakened the opponent's strength, and completely failed to absolve him of responsibility in terms of cause and effect.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out, wanting to push it off the tricycle.

But it was very heavy, not only could it not be pushed, but it seemed to be welded to the car, without even the slightest wobbling.

Li Zhuiyuan took out a talisman from his pocket and shook it, but it did not burn. He shook it again, but it still had no effect.

The boy opened his palm again, trying to summon the spirit of the dragon, but there was still no response.

He has been completely drained.

He is now completely overdrawn, and everything he has is being used to keep this fake village running.

But he couldn't steal a portion of this process for himself, because the operation was already at its limit, and if there was even the slightest bit of cutting corners, this "world" would reveal its flaws.

Any flaw will accelerate its awakening, and may even lead to immediate awakening.

The heavy rain kept pelting Li Zhuiyuan.

At this moment, he was just an ordinary twelve-year-old boy. What could he do in the face of a powerful evil being from the East China Sea?
Li Zhuiyuan tried to abandon the tricycle and walk away on his own.

After walking twenty meters, I stopped and turned around, only to find it still behind me. This time it was standing, holding a cup loosely in its hand, probably toasting its family.

You can't get rid of it; it will keep sticking to you.

Unless external forces intervene, there is no chance of breaking the deadlock.

Li Zhuiyuan returned to the tricycle and got on.

Then it slumped again and returned to the car, sitting down with its right hand making a stroking motion, probably touching the head of one of its nephews or nieces.

Li Zhuiyuan started riding his bicycle, and thankfully, it was still rideable.

Based on the timeline, Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shuyou must have been among the first to arrive for their own funeral.

He gave them three candles and told them to light them in their respective rooms at eight o'clock and return immediately when the candles went out.

They will not disobey their orders, no matter how absurd or negative those orders may be.

But in fact, Li Zhuiyuan had tampered with the candle beforehand.

When the three of them, believing they were deliberately sending them away to sacrifice themselves to save their lives, light the candle with resignation and sorrow, and wait for it to slowly burn out, they will discover...

This candle will explode if you light it.

In other words, at eight o'clock, the three of them would set off immediately, with Runsheng coming from Xiting and Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou departing from Shigang Town.

The time they spent on the road was enough for Li Zhuiyuan and the giant tortoise to finish their "staring contest".

The three of them were his partners and were very familiar with the red line. As the first batch of people to enter, they could set an example for those who would come to pay their respects later, and also help him deal with some unexpected situations.

Just like right now.

The statues of Runsheng and the other two are all in the great-grandfather's house.

They are connected to the red line, and once inside, they will land on the statue.

So at this moment, Li Zhuiyuan rode his tricycle toward his great-grandfather's house.

This way, they can meet up with you as quickly as possible and help you stop or drive the animal off the car, giving you a chance to escape and hide.

Time was of the essence, because Li Zhuiyuan didn't know exactly when Grandma Liu and the others would return.

On the way from Li Weihan's house to his great-grandfather's house, they would pass behind the house of the bearded man. Li Zhuiyuan heard the clear sound of a flute, which was added with a unique flavor by the strong wind.

The peach grove in front of the house was completely bare. The giant tortoise had already moved the peach grove out of sight, and Li Zhuiyuan had naturally taken corresponding measures as well.

Therefore, at this moment, Chen Xiyuan's statue is playing a song facing a field of withered branches and fallen leaves.

However, at that moment, the flute music stopped.

Li Zhuiyuan looked up in surprise, heading towards the direction of the bearded man's dam.

Under normal circumstances, each character here will "act out" according to a predetermined logic.

When there is no external disturbance or interaction, Chen Xiyuan will continue to play the flute.

The cessation of the flute music signifies that Chen Xiyuan's statue has malfunctioned and deviated from its original trajectory.

Soon, Li Zhuiyuan saw Miss Chen walking out from in front of the bearded man's house, holding a flute.

Her tears, like a flood bursting its banks, revealed a near-out-of-control hysteria.

Even the most beautiful girl cannot cry tears of joy when she is truly emotionally broken.

Sister Chen looks really ugly now.

Especially when she saw the little brother of a woman riding a tricycle suddenly appear in front of her, Chen Xiyuan's expression immediately became awkward and twisted.

All sorts of emotions were stuck together, and no one could express them; they were all stuck on their faces.

She thought her little brother was dead, but he was actually alive!

Although Li Zhuiyuan made a paper figure for Chen Xiyuan, he did not have much hope that Chen Xiyuan would come back.

Because she is blessed with so many protections that they can help her turn bad luck into good.

But Chen Xiyuan not only came back, but she was also the first one!
Even Runsheng and his group, who started running at eight o'clock sharp, couldn't catch up with her!

With that kind of efficiency, she probably already returned to Shinan Town the moment I died.

Chen Xiyuan raised her arm and wiped away her tears.

She didn't come back because she sensed something.

While sitting in the taxi, she found the money that Grandpa Li had secretly slipped into her backpack from the side pocket.

She recognized the money because her money was all from the savings bank and was very new, while Grandpa Li's money was all old and worn with frayed edges.

Although she was touched, it wasn't enough for Chen Xiyuan to turn back. The main reason was that while she was carefully counting the banknotes that represented care and love, she discovered that Grandpa Li had accidentally tucked his ID card inside!
If you remove the outer transparent plastic seal, the current ID card is actually just a slightly stiff piece of paper.

When Li Sanjiang was stuffing the money in, he was doing it behind everyone's back and didn't want to be discovered. In a flash, he pulled up the zipper and stuffed the money in his pocket without even noticing what else he had brought in.

Chen Xiyuan immediately instructed the driver to turn around and return the item.

Upon entering the village and arriving at Grandpa Li's house, Chen Xiyuan saw her younger brother's mourning hall in the living room.

Although she didn't get a close look, she could sense that the little brother's body inside the coffin was lifeless.

A surge of intense grief and indignation welled up within her. She didn't know what her little brother had gone through, and she couldn't understand why, if he knew he was in danger, he hadn't told her beforehand so she could stay and protect him.

Upon catching sight of herself playing the flute in front of the mourning hall, Chen Xiyuan, in a fit of rage, raised her flute and smashed the paper effigy of herself.

Immediately, the red thread inside the paper figure wrapped around Cui Di and was then transferred to Chen Xiyuan's hand by Cui Di.

She was just crying, and as she cried, she found herself standing in front of Big Beard's yard, playing her flute, and the peach grove was gone.

Even then, Chen Xiyuan was unaware that she had detached herself from reality and was still immersed in deep sorrow. When she saw her little brother again, she finally realized that something seemed wrong. Finally, when she looked at the woman on her little brother's tricycle and met her gaze, a strong sense of horror and crisis instantly erupted!
"Little brother, who is she?!"

"Chen Xiyuan, let's go with Chen Xiyuan," Li Zhuiyuan said without explanation, simply turning his head to indicate.
"Throw her out of the car!"

"it is good!"

Miss Chen was already used to doing things with a head full of questions.

He held the flute horizontally, lunged forward, activated his domain, and struck it.

It wasn't flung away, but it did leave the tricycle and land on the ground.

Li Zhuiyuan took the opportunity to ride away on his bicycle.

But the next moment, it disappeared from the spot.

Seeing this, Chen Xiyuan moved as well, and halfway through, she unfolded her domain and drew her flute again.

However, this time, her domain twisted strangely, and Chen Xiyuan felt a surge of blood rushing to her head; the flute she had pulled out was slapped back by it with one hand.

"boom!"

Chen Xiyuan spat out a mouthful of blood, her body flying backward like an arrow released from a bow.

In reality, Chen Xiyuan, standing in the mourning hall with her eyes closed, felt her chest heave and blood trickle from the corner of her mouth.

It is not fully awake yet, so it does not have any subjective aggression, but it will instinctively feel disgusted if anyone tries to stop it from following the boy.

Her figure disappeared once again, reappearing above the tricycle. Just as she was about to fall back onto the tricycle, Chen Xiyuan, who had just flown away, reappeared.

The jade flute in her hand slammed down again.

No sound was made because the emerald flute was held in one hand.

It grabbed the flute and swung it around. The terrifying momentum, like a giant wave, slammed into Chen Xiyuan, throwing her into the side of the farmland and carving a ditch more than ten meters long.

This was the first time Li Zhuiyuan had ever seen Chen Xiyuan, who was always invincible in one-on-one combat, in such a sorry state.

It's not that she's weak, but that her opponent, even after being slashed countless times, is still far beyond her capabilities!
But Chen Xiyuan was never going to give up. Every time it disappeared from the spot and reappeared behind Li Zhuiyuan, Chen Xiyuan would always appear along with it. Although the result was always that Chen Xiyuan was knocked away, Sister Chen would never be absent next time.

In reality, in front of the funeral hall, her injuries kept resurfacing, and her clothes were constantly being stained red.

Li Zhuiyuan: "When you can't hold on any longer, disconnect yourself and leave this place. Remember, don't tell anyone that I'm not dead yet."

Chen Xiyuan: "I can't!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Be obedient."

Chen Xiyuan: "No, I can't!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You don't have to die here. It's not something we can deal with right now."

Chen Xiyuan: "I said I don't know how to disconnect, how do I disconnect?"

Li Zhuiyuan bit his lip hard.

Judging from the current situation, even if it hasn't entered a specific killing state, Chen Xiyuan alone cannot stop it from following her closely.

"what!!!"

A furious wolf howl came from the direction of the bearded man's house.

Li Zhuiyuan recognized the voice; it was Chen Jing.

Now that Chen Jing has arrived, Zhao Yi should be here as well.

Li Zhuiyuan believed that his team would not be delayed in the slightest and would be the fastest in terms of theoretical time.

But... both of the foreign teams arrived faster than their own comrades!

Zhao Yi rode Chen Jing, galloping at breakneck speed.

Since we're going to go all in and place bets, it's better to come early than late. Even if we come early and get yelled at and kicked out by that guy surnamed Li, we can just come back later. This is a great opportunity to curry favor with people for free!

To everyone's surprise, upon entering the village and then Old Li's house, they found a mourning hall in the living room.

Chen Jing is simple and honest, and even more innocent than Chen Xiyuan.

Upon arrival, he immediately smelled the scent of Brother Yuan inside the coffin, along with the thick aura of death.

His brother Yuan is dead!
In an instant, his defenses crumbled.

Perhaps because Li Zhuiyuan's paper figures were so lifelike, Chen Xiyuan, who was clearly a living person standing there motionless, was also carelessly classified as a paper figure by Chen Jing.

Zhao Yi glanced at Chen Jing. He believed that even if he died one day, Chen Jing would not be as heartbroken as she was now.

However, Zhao Yi did not believe that the man surnamed Li was dead.

It's not that people with the surname Li can't die, but it's not like someone with the surname Li would set up a funeral hall for themselves before they die!

This guy wasn't that boring, nor that pretentious; most of the time, he was as cold and aloof as a machine. Zhao Yi's first instinct was to check the body of the man surnamed Li inside the coffin, even though he sensed that Li was lifeless, he still wanted to carefully examine it.

But when he saw Ah Li's paper figure pressed against the coffin, Zhao Yi took a small breath and didn't move any closer to the coffin.

Turning back, he saw that blood was beginning to seep out of Chen Xiyuan's body in a regular pattern. Although there was no paper doll of Chen Xiyuan here, there were scraps of paper on the ground.

Even now, Zhao Yi still didn't fully understand what kind of scheme the man surnamed Li had set up, but he knew what he should do next.

He walked up to the paper figures of himself and A-Jing standing in front of the wall.

"Ugh……"

For a moment, Zhao Yi felt a lump in his throat.

The fact that someone surnamed Li made his own paper figure and displayed it here suggests that he believes he might come back to help him.

This is not just tacit understanding, but also recognition.

Zhao Yi shouted, "A Jing, don't resist or reject it!"

After saying that, Zhao Yi threw Chen Jing's paper figure directly at A Jing.

"Snapped!"

The paper figure shattered, and Chen Jing, who was brewing extreme grief, was completely unaware of what had happened. When he was about to vent his anger and let out a wolf howl, he suddenly realized that he was no longer at Grandpa Li's house or Big Beard's house.

On the dam next to him, Zhao Yi, who had been sitting by the crib, stopped playing with the clumsy little bird.

Zhao Yi looked around and cursed:
"Hey Li, I was just touched, and now you're making up stories about me? I'm just putting on an act to amuse the kids, when have I ever actually played it?"

The sounds of Chen Xiyuan's battle with it on the village road not far away, or more precisely, the sounds of Chen Xiyuan being repeatedly knocked away, immediately attracted Zhao Yi's attention.

Zhao Yi stepped forward and first covered Chen Jing's mouth with his hand, instantly turning the wolf's howl into a dog's bark.

"Go help! That guy surnamed Li is definitely not dead yet!"

Immediately, Zhao Yi rushed over first.

When they arrived at the place, they saw that it was indeed Chen Xiyuan. Even though he had anticipated it, Zhao Yi still felt disgusted.

"What, she beat you to it again?"

He always felt that this kind of competition outside the official ranks was neither reasonable nor fair, and that he was not competing with Chen Xiyuan herself at all.

He had just left Nantong and immediately turned back without any delay. Why did you, Chen Xiyuan, return earlier than me?

No, how did this silly girl figure out the layout of the Li family's place and get in here?
But since things had come to this, Zhao Yi didn't intend to dwell on it. He first called out to the man surnamed Li who was still riding his tricycle:
"Xiao Yuan, don't be afraid, your Zhao Zu... your brother is here to save you!"

After shouting, I wanted to slap that damn mouth. It's so pathetic. It came to save people, but it didn't even dare to say a word of respect to its ancestors.

As soon as Zhao Yi finished speaking, Chen Jing charged out like a ferocious wolf and crashed into it.

It struck again, and Chen Jing felt a dizzying sensation as his body tumbled to the side.

However, as a result of being knocked away by Chen Xiyuan's two consecutive attacks, its body was indeed left behind, and Li Zhuiyuan finally managed to create a small distance between them.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Stop it for me, and also, don't let the people on the shore know I'm still alive!"

Zhao Yi's eyes lit up. Those words sparked a flame within him, and he immediately realized the truth, cursing back:

"That guy surnamed Li, I know for sure there's a new version above the 'Code of Conduct for Traveling Along the River'!"

Soon, Zhao Yi stopped cursing, because he himself had been knocked away.

The black dragon's skin made intimate contact with the ground for tens of meters, leaving Zhao Yi astonished:

"What kind of bastard is this?"

Being in a sleepwalking state, not intentionally killing but acting purely on instinct, even just casually swatting away a fly, can be so terrifying?
The three of us were like children's toys in front of it.

The distance was increased, but not to an exaggerated degree. Even so, it was the result of Zhao Yi, Chen Xiyuan, and A Jing repeatedly disregarding their injuries.

In reality, in front of the mourning hall, it was no longer Chen Xiyuan bleeding alone; Zhao Yi and Chen Jing were also present. The former's skin was severely wrinkled, while the latter's demonic aura continued to dissipate.

Li Zhuiyuan continued riding towards his great-grandfather's house. After leaving the village road and entering the path, he reached the dam in one breath. Runsheng turned off the TV, Tan Wenbin hung up the phone, and Lin Shuyou unplugged the power cord.

Clearly, in reality, they arrived at the funeral hall.

The scene inside the funeral hall was incredibly impactful.

But Tan Wenbin immediately noticed that Zhao Yi's hand was inserted into the chest of the "Zhao Yi paper doll".

This is the most obvious clue.

Tan Wenbin had a premonition that this hint should have been given by the three of them, but the former foreign team beat them to it.

The red line connects us to this point.

Upon seeing the boy appear before them, all three showed excitement on their faces.

"Brother Xiaoyuan!"

"Brother Xiaoyuan!"

"Xiaoyuan!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't let it go up to the dam."

"understand!"

"understand!"

Lin Shuyou activated his True Lord state and charged down first.

The lines on Runsheng's body flowed rapidly, and his vents opened one by one, pressing downwards.

Tan Wenbin glanced at Zhao Yi and Chen Xiyuan on the path and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: those without official positions are indeed more proactive.

With the addition of three more people, it was completely blocked on the path.

Li Zhuiyuan arrived at the Taoist temple in the rice field behind the house. The boy hesitated, wondering whether to go in or take the opportunity to escape to a more distant place.
The safest option is to flee further away and hide; if you hide inside the dojo and it can't hold you back any longer, and it follows you into the dojo, then you'll be completely disfigured.

Fortunately, as things unfolded, Li Zhuiyuan made the decision on his behalf.

In the distant farmland, a black mass can be seen wriggling towards this place like a tide; those are countless turtles.

And the eye between its eyebrows was gradually taking shape, and at this moment it finally opened a crack.

It has begun to awaken.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't need to escape any further. If Zhao Yi and the others couldn't stop it, it would appear in front of him in the next instant. It wouldn't chase him anymore, but would kill him directly.

The boy bent down at the entrance of the dojo and pieced together the battle flags that were disguised as rice stubble on the ground.

He can no longer open the dojo entrance with a wave of his hand like before, so he can only use this most primitive method.

Fortunately, when he designed the dojo, he didn't mind the trouble and specially left a mechanical lock; even more fortunately, the original owner is a perfectionist, and he replicated his great-grandfather's house and the surrounding environment in great detail and completely, and he also updates it in real time.

Zhao Yi: "It's opened its eyes a little, everyone be careful, it's going to kill someone, follow my instructions!"

Everything seemed to have returned to that day at the Yu family, and even Chen Xiyuan tacitly obeyed Zhao Yi's commands.

Its body remained standing in place, no longer actively seeking out the boy as before.

At this moment, the only thing moving on its entire body is its eyes.

It is wholeheartedly reopening its eyes.

Zhao Yi: "We have to stop it, and buy as much time as possible. As long as we can hold on, there's always a chance for things to turn around!"

As he said this, Zhao Yi glanced behind him.

Instead of looking at Li Zhuiyuan behind the house, she was looking at the man working in the vegetable garden in front of the dam, the woman cooking in the kitchen, and the old lady drinking tea at the door of the east room.

Because it has already polluted more than half of this "world", the original operation of this world has gradually deviated from Li Zhuiyuan's logical control.

Logically speaking, since they were fighting on the path, the three people behind them should have reacted, at least interacted, instead of continuing to do their own thing indifferently.

But that doesn't matter, as long as their three "bodies" are not damaged and are well preserved here.

Perhaps there's still time; the man surnamed Li must have planned the time ahead of time. But time is something that's always better when you have more.

Don't let it open its eyes wide before the others have a chance to come in.

Zhao Yi: "One by one, each person goes up and interrupts it."

Ah-you, insert the pins, insert as many as you can, insert them all!

Da Ban, unseal the four spirit beasts inside you and release them all!
Ah Jing, burn your demon blood! Get it burning to boiling point!
Back team, expand your domain to its maximum, expand it to the point of breaking!

Runsheng, open the vents fully!

With a "whoosh",
Zhao Yi tore off the skin from his own body and wrapped it around his waist.

When he and Chen Xiyuan appeared here, it was as if they had voluntarily entered this wave.

In all his years of wandering the martial world, this was the first time Zhao Yi had ever seen such a massive object!
If we could defeat, no, repel, an existence of this level, even if we were just standing by and offering encouragement, the benefits would be unimaginably terrifying!
"If I lose this, I might as well leave my life here; but if I win, haha, I'll be swimming in the Sea of ​​Merit!"

……

Originally, Liu Yumei envisioned the giant tortoise landing at midnight, and she could return before midnight. This way, Xiao Yuan wouldn't have time to use any inherited laws to suppress her, and she could then do whatever she wanted.

However, precisely because Liu Yumei was so accurate in her feng shui and weather predictions, she miscalculated the timing.

At eight o'clock at night, amidst thunder and lightning, when the giant turtle projected its image directly onto the entrance of Siyuan Village from the sea, Liu Yumei noticed it immediately.

"Damn it, its main body didn't come ashore!"

Liu Yumei immediately got up and rushed back, holding A Li's hand, with Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu following behind.

Even though they had been worried that Xiao Yuan would be able to figure out their location with a compass, so they deliberately found a place to rest a little further away, in reality, they didn't return that late.

Runsheng and his two companions were the fastest they could theoretically achieve, as set by Li Zhuiyuan. Liu Yumei and the others, despite their rapid pace, were only slightly behind Runsheng and his group.

Unlike Chen Xiyuan, who only knows how to act on her emotions and stumbles around blindly;
Unlike Zhao Yi, who became so familiar with Li Zhuiyuan that he wished he could write Li Zhuiyuan's autobiography, since Zhao Yi's autobiography, if given a different name, would simply be an autobiography with the surname Li.

Unlike Tan Wenbin and the other two, who were very sensitive to their own brother Yuan's secret techniques.

Liu Yumei and the others, being not from the river area, had many taboos; moreover, having traveled a short distance across the river, they could not even hear a ripple on the water.

Grandma Liu could only learn about Xiao Yuan's experiences by listening to Tan Wenbin's crosstalk performances.

Therefore, the impact of the funeral hall was immense for them.

Because Xiao Yuan had sent them away beforehand, they immediately assumed that Xiao Yuan was dead and chose to sacrifice themselves to prevent the Qin and Liu families from being destroyed.

Liu Yumei looked at the tea set in front of her paper doll on the round table;

Aunt Liu's gaze fell on the melon seeds on the tray held by her paper doll;

Uncle Qin stared intently at the soy sauce bottle standing in front of his paper figure.

Even the calmest and wisest person will lose control of their emotions upon seeing the funeral hall and the paper figures arranged there. In this state, people are more likely to act impulsively and make...unreasonable judgments.

Liu Yumei's eyes were so deep they seemed to be dripping with water.

She wanted to curse, she wanted to kill, and she even wanted to slice everything around her clean with her sword.

Without you, what future do the Qin and Liu families have? Without you, what meaning is there for our lives?
The moment Ah Li entered the living room, she pushed aside her grandmother's hand and rushed to the coffin.

Looking at the lifeless boy covered with a quilt inside the coffin, Ah Li's face broke into two dimples.

He didn't die.

The girl's hand lifted the blanket, revealing the boy's skin, which had turned blue, and the holes in his head where silver needles had been inserted.

There was no heartache on the girl's face.

He's amazing.

When Li Zhuiyuan first went blind from exhaustion in his quest for revenge, A Li didn't blame the boy for not cherishing his body; she was genuinely happy for his success.

Despite her excruciating pain, Aunt Liu walked towards the coffin:

"I don't believe Xiao Yuan is dead. Even if he's dead, I'll bring him back to life!"

Ah Li's dimples disappeared, and her eyes, which had been smiling, immediately turned indifferent and cold.

Before Aunt Liu could get closer, A-Li turned her head away.

The girl's hairpin fell, her hair flew up, and a piercing shriek filled the entire living room.

Aunt Liu stopped in her tracks, her face filled with despair.

The other three people present all knew that Ah Li's reaction meant that Xiao Yuan was really dead, with no chance of survival.

Uncle Qin: "I'm going to the East China Sea!"

Aunt Liu looked around at the crowd standing there motionless.

"They are..."

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

A series of explosions came from Lin Shuyou's body, and blood oozed from every pore on his body before he fell to the ground.

Tan Wenbin bled from all seven orifices, and gray smoke rose from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. He collapsed to his knees.

Liu Yumei: "That thing hasn't had a chance to leave yet, and these kids are risking their lives to hold it back!"

Before Grandma and Aunt Liu could figure out how to enter, A-Li reached out and stabbed the paper figure beside her, while her gaze swept over the paper figures of her grandma, Aunt Liu, and Uncle Qin.

The three paper figures all left their original positions and hurled themselves at the three people corresponding to them.

It's alright, Uncle Qin.

But we can't let Grandma and the others continue to ponder this, otherwise they might glean other meanings from it.

The girl knew why the boy had placed her paper figure closest to him.

The next moment, Ah Li opened her eyes on the rattan chair on the second-floor terrace.

The girl removed her hand from the cover of the book on her lap and then cut open the seal.

Once freed from external constraints, the pages of the book were carried upwards by the strong wind.

Behind the house, Li Zhuiyuan saw the pages of a book fluttering above. He kicked away the last stubble with his toe, and the gate to the temple opened. After Li Zhuiyuan stepped inside, the gate closed behind him.

On the path ahead, Lin Shuyou had just inserted all the talisman needles and completed one round of attack. It was still focused on opening its eyes. It seemed that it was only a glance out of the corner of its eye. Lin Shuyou did not even have time to get close to it before its body was stopped and it showed signs of breaking apart.

Fortunately, Zhao Yi ordered Tan Wenbin to activate the attack immediately, and with the four spirit beasts fully released from their cages, they were able to pull Ayou back.

Ah-you lay on the ground, exhaling more than inhaling; Tan Wenbin was in a daze, as if he had lost all perception of the outside world.

Zhao Yi felt his scalp tingle. The opponent had only opened his eyes slightly, yet he was already so terrifying. He had crippled Ayou and Tan Wenbin, and this only interrupted the opponent for a brief moment, causing the distant swarm of turtles to pause slightly.

How can we stop them now?
His impassioned words were meant to boost team morale, but he himself had to be clear-headed about them.

But just then, Zhao Yi heard a noise behind him. He turned around and saw the pages of a book flying on the rooftop. Then he saw the girl who had been sitting on the rattan chair on the second-floor terrace suddenly stand up.

Zhao Yi was overjoyed and immediately urged:

"Quickly, quickly, let's attack together! We..."

The second half of the sentence should have been: Let's all hurry up and show off, earn performance points, and lots of merit points!
But Zhao Yi, with reddened eyes, shouted out:
"We'll avenge the one surnamed Li! Li, wait for me ahead. On the road to the underworld, I, Zhao Yi, will walk with you!"

Following instructions, Chen Xiyuan expanded her domain to its maximum, leaped forward, and slammed down with her emerald flute in hand.

Blood mist rose from A Jing's body, and demonic energy filled the air as she charged towards it.

It glanced at Chen Xiyuan again out of the corner of its eye. Blood lines appeared on Chen Xiyuan's body, and her domain was riddled with holes, but she still stubbornly threw the emerald flute down, hitting its body.

It took a step back, while Chen Xiyuan was trapped in mid-air, her upper and lower body being pulled apart, about to be torn apart.

Following the opening created by Chen Xiyuan, A Jing rushed forward, knocking it back another step. But when it reached out, the blood mist on Chen Jing's body quickly dissipated and was soon drained away.

Runqi opened its gas valves fully, and a terrifying shockwave, carrying the Yellow River shovel in its hand, slammed down, forcing it to raise its hand to block.

Incidentally, this also freed Chen Xiyuan and A Jing from their restraints, allowing them to land on the ground.

Runsheng swung his shovel a second time, and it still raised its hand to block. This time, it not only caught it steadily, but the eye on its forehead finally opened completely.

It became fully awake.

"Buzz!"

Runsheng's body was struck as if by a heavy blow, the sound of bones breaking could be heard continuously, his skin and flesh were about to separate, and his consciousness was violently torn apart.

Zhao Yi rushed forward.

But before Zhao Yi could step forward and complete the evacuation,

A fist suddenly appeared in front of it.

"boom!"

With one punch, it staggered back several steps.

Runsheng's body was thrown towards Zhao Yi, who quickly caught it.

Standing ahead was Uncle Qin.

Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, not because he was glad they had arrived in time.

In fact, the timing Li calculated was correct. Before that guy fully opened his eyes, their own forces had already arrived, so there was no question of a life-or-death moment or a close call.

Zhao Yi was relieved that when they came in, all the actors around him who weren't good at acting had already fainted from serious injuries.

This prevented the three men from seeing through the scheme and causing half of Li's hard work to go to waste.

Zhao Yi, holding Runsheng in his arms, gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Why are you so slow? You're too late! If you had come even a moment earlier, or if you hadn't left, that Li guy wouldn't be dead today!"

Inspired, Zhao Yi thought to himself, "At worst, I'll just have to make up for it by chipping ten holes in the cement dam later." He then burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, I knew it! You old fogies saw through it all along. You were just taking advantage of the situation. You always put on a good show, but in reality, you're just cowards who are afraid of death!"

"boom!"

Uncle Qin clenched his fists, his clothes on his upper body burst open, and dark shadows intertwined and swirled on his back.

Aunt Liu walked out of the kitchen, and there was a dark shadow around her, even above her head.

On the dam, beside the tea table.

The old woman slammed the teacup down with her withered hand, spilling tea that splashed onto the smooth, white back of her hand.

As the old lady used both hands to support herself on the armrests and stood up from the chair...
Miss Liu, you've regained your youth!
(End of this chapter)