After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 303 Bonfire Takes Life
"I don't!"

Xue Wan glared fiercely at Su Xianyun, annoyed that this girl looked honest but was actually scheming and had managed to pin a bad reputation on her with just a few words.

These lowly people from humble backgrounds are also stupid!

They have absolutely no brains; they believed a few words of provocation.

"Didn't you hear what she just said?!"

Xue Wan pointed angrily at Song Lan: "She's threatening me!"

The more hysterical she became, the more bewildered people looked at her.

Because from beginning to end, all that everyone heard and saw was Xue Wan inexplicably going crazy.

"Sister Xue..."

Su Xianyun called out cautiously, feeling somewhat sorry for Xue Wan.

How could a perfectly healthy person suddenly go crazy?

The crowd became increasingly convinced that Xue Wan was possessed by an evil spirit and that something unclean was attached to her.

They fearfully moved further away from the people.

At this moment, someone said, "Are we still going to tell ghost stories?"

"Hey! Don't say that word!!"

It was Xue Wan who suggested that they tell each other ghost stories to see who could be braver.

They also said that girls should do some thrilling and exciting things. They don't need to be able to ride horses and fight like men, but they should at least have some courage.

It's really too boring to just stay in your boudoir embroidering and composing poems.

result……

Everyone thought in unison that perhaps it was because of this that Xue Wan had offended the wandering ghosts of the past, which was why she was possessed by a ghost.

Oh oh oh!
Some people couldn't help but cry.

"Hey! What are you still talking about? Can't you see that Xue Wan is..." someone angrily rebuked, but the words "Xue Wan is possessed" were swallowed back down before they could be uttered.

Everyone suddenly remembered Xue Wan's identity and the Xue family's status, and dared not speak loudly.

But no one dared to mention "telling ghost stories" anymore.

Ye Ling was one of the older women among these people, and also more adept at social maneuvering.

She smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "It's getting late, we should go back and rest. I think we should call it a day!"

Ye Ling also pointed to the campfire in the middle of the courtyard, which was almost out of flame because no one had added firewood for a long time: "This fire is about to go out too."

Song Lan's gaze followed Ye Ling's words and fell upon the campfire, her brow furrowing slightly.

"Did you add firewood to it too?"

She looked at Su Xianyun beside her and asked very seriously.

Su Xianyun was puzzled, but she still obediently answered: "We added two pieces. At the beginning, Sister Xue called us to add firewood together, saying that we should have a sense of ritual."

"Then I went to find you and Brother Liu Wu."

"Is there a problem?" The little girl mustered her courage and asked, expressing her confusion.

Song Lan gave a soft "hmm": "This campfire doesn't burn firewood, but rather the lifespan of the living. Anyone who adds firewood to this campfire is considered to have agreed to be sacrificed!"

"Every piece of firewood added is equivalent to agreeing that the other party will take away one year of your lifespan."

Su Xianyun's expression changed immediately when she heard that her lifespan had been taken away again.

"Then I...I...I am not..." The little girl thought of the years she had been in a coma, the days that had caused her mother and father so much worry, and she was about to cry.

She began to regret joining in the fun today. "That's right! By adding two pieces of firewood, you've agreed to let them take two years of your lifespan."

Song Lan said sternly, "The contract is in effect and cannot be changed."

"The methods used by the person behind this are quite clever."

She looked up at the pitch-black sky where no stars could be seen.

“The other party has reached a contract with you through legitimate means, and all sacrifices are voluntary on your part.”

"Even I can't interfere."

Upon hearing this, Su Xianyun couldn't hold back her tears any longer, and soon burst into sobs: "My benefactor, I..."

She knew that since Song Lan had already said that, if she was sensible and perceptive, she should honestly admit it; otherwise, she would be making things difficult for him and repaying kindness with enmity.

but…

She doesn't want to die, she really doesn't want to die yet.

I no longer want to fall into a deep sleep like before, where I can clearly perceive everything, hear sounds, and even have my soul floating in mid-air, and vaguely see things that are relatively close to me.

Song Lan snorted and flicked the little girl's forehead, but didn't try to scare her anymore.

He simply said, "Lifespan is divided into Yang lifespan and Yin lifespan. Your Yang lifespan has been marked by me. No one can take it away, even through this seemingly formal contract sacrifice. Without my permission, without communicating with me, and without obtaining my approval, they cannot take it away."

"However, you won't be so lucky in your death year."

"It seems that the person who set up this feng shui formation is not picky."

"They not only take away people's lifespan in the mortal realm, but they also don't care about their death lifespan."

The little girl blinked, seemingly confused: "...So I don't have to die now?"

"nature."

Song Lan chuckled: "You didn't have to die in the first place."

"If you don't live to be eighty years old, no one will dare to come and take your soul."

Su Xianyun blinked, and after feeling relieved, she dared to make a witty remark: "So, does that mean I'm immortal?"

The kind of person who can survive being slashed with a knife, burned, drowned, poisoned, etc.?

For at least eighty years, he was truly immortal.
Song Lan sneered, as if she could see right through the girl's thoughts: "Why don't you give it a try?"

There was absolutely no threatening or intimidating tone in his voice; it was just calm and indifferent, without even a hint of anger.

But Su Xianyun just felt scared.

The aura emanating from Song Lan was even more frightening than when her mother twisted her father's ear.

"No, no, I was just saying, just talking nonsense, don't take it seriously!"

Su Xianyun immediately became obedient, standing up straight and ramrod straight. Every now and then, she would steal a glance at Song Lan with her eyes. When she was caught, she quickly stood up even straighter and taller, as if afraid that others would not have noticed that she had been peeking.

Song Lan snorted lightly, but didn't bring up the idea of ​​scolding the little girl for courting death.

"Not only has your lifespan in the underworld been taken away."

She gestured slightly to the group who were still discussing whether to call it a day and go home to rest, and said, "Those people are going to be in trouble too!"

Currently, we are still within the area covered by the formation, so naturally we cannot sense anything.

But once they escape the array's cover and are no longer deceived by the illusion, these people will soon discover that their bodies are already on the verge of death and are extremely old.

even……

Some people, whose lifespan has been exhausted, can only have a brief moment of lucidity before leaving the formation.

Perhaps, to avoid suspicion, the person who set up the formation and formed the bond might allow the person to return to the room alive.