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

Chapter 305 Rehydration of Mummified Corpse
Screams rose and fell, even startling the birds sleeping in the trees, who flapped their wings, cawed a few times, and flew away.

"How...how could this happen?"

Ye Ling was the first to calm down. After asking the question, she realized that no one present could answer it.

Including Xue Wan, the instigator.

She had been ignored by everyone for a long time, still preoccupied with Song Lan's threat to her, but everyone said they hadn't heard it.

Hearing the commotion, he went forward and saw what was happening before him, and was quite frightened.

how so? !

Why is this happening?! Huh? Why?!

Nobody told her this would happen!

She knew, of course, what would happen and what would be lost to everyone here after they added firewood to the campfire.

She knew that everything here would die!
The reason she went to such lengths to invite these lowly people to dine with her was to take their cheap lives.

But she never imagined these people would die like this!

What she was thinking was that if these people died quietly, even if they died on their way home, she could still pretend to be sad and go to their homes to pay her respects, and also take a look around to see if there was anything suitable to steal the lifespan of the adults.

What's going on here?
Especially now, only Yang Qing has died!
If all of them died here, it would be easier to handle.

Coercion and bribery can always shut the old men of the Longevity Cult!

Furthermore, they could even use the concept of immortality to kill and bury corpses, helping adults steal more lifespan and souls.

Xue Wan glanced at the others, wishing they would all die immediately, especially Song Lan!
This woman, somehow, saw through his secret and was even more audacious than to utter threats!

Song Lan sensed a hostility that was almost tangible and smiled faintly.

He didn't care about Xue Wan at all.

"...The problem lies in the campfire you just lit."

Song Lan casually picked up a piece of firewood and threw it into the nearly extinguished fire.

The firewood, dried out completely, was instantly coiled by the embers of the fire, crackling and popping as soon as it came into contact with the embers.

In just a moment, the fire blazed up again.

Song Lan added a few more pieces of firewood, which startled Su Xianyun: "My benefactor!!"

Isn't it said that adding firewood is tantamount to agreeing to extend one's lifespan?
"What's wrong with this campfire? Could it be that the campfire roasted Yang Qing into a dried-up person?"

Everyone looked at Song Lan, not quite understanding.

“Yeah, we’ve all roasted ourselves over the campfire, but none of us have seen anyone like Yang Qing, all dried up and just skin and bones…”

Song Lan chuckled: "Want to be all dried up and left with just a skin?"

"That's easy!"

She gestured with her chin toward the spot where Yang Qing had fallen: "Now you step out of this courtyard... oh, no, to be precise, you should step out of the area shrouded in firelight, and you'll immediately become just like her."

What's the meaning? !

Everyone looked up in confusion at Song Lan, while also keeping their distance from Xue Wan.

Su Xianyun, however, thought carefully about the cause and effect, recalling what Song Lan had told her before, and suddenly realized: "Benefactor, you mean that the place shrouded in firelight is where the formation is located!"

“We have all made a contract with this campfire. It’s only a contract now. Once we leave the area covered by this fire, or the fire goes out, the deal will be done!”

"By then, there will be no chance to back out."

"Sister Yang Qing, what's going on...?"

Su Xianyun glanced at the spot where Yang Qing's mummified corpse had fallen.

She choked up slightly, but more than that, she was afraid: "My lifespan has been taken away by evil spirits, which is why I suddenly became like this."

"Smart!" Song Lan raised an eyebrow: "Exactly!"

The crowd was still somewhat confused, not understanding what these two were talking about in riddles.

What firelight, the location of the formation, the contract exchange... Who signed the contract?
To agree to such an absurd idea as borrowing longevity is insane for these two people.

Of all those present, Xue Wan was the only one who understood what Song Lan and Su Xianyun meant, but she was already panicking.

How can it be? !
how can that be possible!
How could those two know about this?!

Besides, Song Lan was clearly adding firewood to the campfire just now!

Xue Wan was initially ecstatic as she watched Song Lan add firewood to the fire: Add more! Add more! Add more, ahahaha, the more you add, the faster you'll die!
Once she's dead, no one will ever know her secret again!

But it turns out that Song Lan knew there was something wrong with the campfire?!

"Since you say there's something wrong with this campfire, that it's some kind of life-stealing formation that takes away your lifespan if you add firewood to it, then why are you still adding firewood to it?"

Xue Wan's words brought everyone back to their senses, and they made sure to keep their distance from her.

Xue Wan: ...

However, Xue Wan's words still make sense.

Soon, everyone's attention turned to Song Lan.

Even Su Xianyun was filled with worry and couldn't care less about anything else.

"My pleasure."

Song Lan ignored Xue Wan's questions.

Just as Xue Wan was about to smugly accuse him, Song Lan laughed and said, "Besides, if I didn't add fuel to the fire, do you think you would still have a way to survive?"

She picked up a piece of firewood and poked around in the fire a few times.

The flames instantly grew stronger, illuminating a wider area.

Even Yang Qing, who had already become a dried corpse, was illuminated by the firelight.

The crowd was still wavering between Song Lan and Xue Wan's drastically different statements.

But they all moved quite close to the campfire, seemingly in perfect unison.

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "Look!"

Ye Ling and the others looked in the direction the man was pointing and exclaimed in surprise one after another.

"My God!"

"what happened?!"

"Oh my God! Oh my God!"

"Yang Qing, Yang Qing, she..."

The screams continued, and even Xue Wan, the planner, was somewhat frightened.

what happened?
Why is this happening? !
Wasn't Yang Qing already dead? How... how could he be dead again...?

Seeing that everyone was quite frightened, Song Lan smiled slightly.

She picked up a few more pieces of firewood and threw them into the fire.

A moment later, the fire blazed brighter, and more areas of Yang Qing's body were illuminated.

No one could even doubt their own eyes.

All that could be seen was a dry, wrinkled layer of withered skin, as if it had been scalded and shrunken, tightly wrapped around Yang Qing's skeleton. The areas illuminated by the firelight suddenly bulged up.

Before long, he returned to his normal appearance.

If it weren't for the fact that the rest of her body was still dry and rough, with skin wrinkled on her bones, people would probably think that what they had seen before was an illusion.