Shi Xiaolang looked at the clay pot on the table and lost the smile on his face for the first time.
"You found this in Fourth Brother's house?"
"Actually, there are two more jars." Lu Ning escaped the other two pottery jars, placed them on the table, and pushed them towards Shi Xiaolang.
At this time, the female hunter was carrying a hot water bottle over to add water. When she saw the four clay pots on the table, she also had a look of horror in her eyes.
"Five, fifth brother, this is..."
"Haha, you read that right. That's why the fourth brother disappeared... I just asked him how could such a strong person disappear just by saying he would disappear!"
"But, that's fourth brother. He can do it, right? No matter how difficult it is, he can do it..."
"Calm down!" Shi Xiaolang shouted sternly, then moved four clay pots towards her, "Take these back to the storage room and put them away! We will have a meeting to discuss this tonight!"
The huntress responded immediately, put down the kettle, picked up four clay pots and left quickly.
Shi Xiaolang, on the other hand, took a deep breath and opened his eyes after a moment. His emotions just now were completely covered up.
"These things have nothing to do with what you're trying to do, I'm sure of it."
——No, it must have something to do with what I want to do, and I’m pretty sure about it.
Lu Ning nodded quietly.
"So, the last question. I know that once we leave this mountain, we will die from one-third of our organ failure. If you are willing to let me live, at least please do it to the end."
"You want the blood ritual." Shi Xiaolang nodded slowly. After thinking for a moment, he took out two metal objects from his pocket and threw them on the table.
It was a pair of very special instruments. It looked like several iron rings connected with iron chains to form a cylinder, which could be opened like handcuffs. There were several "cylinders" in between. The metal chains are connected to each other, and a thicker square prism is cast between the iron ring column and the iron chain, standing vertically close to the side of the iron ring for fixation.
If you look carefully, you can see that there are complicated patterns on both the iron ring and the thin square prism.
"This is the prop for the dirty blood ritual."
Shi Xiaolang picked up the two metal rings, looked at the expression on Lu Ning's face, and said with a smile: "Don't you believe it? It looks pretty simple? Look."
He closed the metal rings on one side, and as a row of metal rings formed a circle, a row of extremely thin needles suddenly popped out from the side of the square prism facing the opening.
When Lu Ning saw the row of needles, she immediately thought of the row of red dots on her arm.
"If I don't tell you this secret, you might not understand the difference. Look here."
Shi Xiaolang took the iron ring on the other side and closed it. There was also a needle sticking out of it.
"The side with an odd number of needles is the blood collection end, and the side with an even number is the blood supply end. In other words, if you want to replace the 'corrupted blood' in your body, you have to insert the even-numbered end into your arm, and the odd-numbered end. Pierce one end of the blood bag into the arm. Once reversed, the 'clean blood' in your body will be sent out. In addition, the ritual needs to be maintained for five minutes. After five minutes, one-third of the blood in the blood bag will be It will be sent into your body. At this time, no more blood collection can be performed under any circumstances. The blood bag must be allowed to rest for twenty-four hours before the next blood collection can be performed."
"Is it...this thing?"
"The ceremony sounds mysterious, right? To be honest, it's not worth mentioning." Shi Xiaolang chuckled, threw the tool towards Lu Ning, then took the pipe from the window sill and lit it, stood up and walked towards outside the house.
"Wait, when will..."
"Wait for the evening! Now you can rest and recover your strength. Xiao Zilan will prepare food for you, and you can also find her in the guest room. We are quite generous to our collaborators - as long as they don't do anything that we can't tolerate!"
Shi Xiaolang laughed and walked out of the door, and the female hunter quickly came over and asked Lu Ning in a low voice what she wanted to eat.
Mu Zilan is the name of this female hunter. She is not a novice. She just took a break today and stayed here in the wooden house. Although she was a little embarrassed when she saw the clay pot just now, she is still a big sister with a friendly tone... Although Lu Ning doesn't know how old she is. .
The food here only consists of meat and wild fruits and vegetables picked from the mountains. There is no shortage of condiments. Lu Ning has only eaten one and a half fruits so far and is already very hungry. But facing the hunters who had already shown their cards and knew her identity, she didn't have to worry about what kind of medicine they put in the food. She immediately started to fill her hungry stomach after the food was served.
Mu Zilan was also sitting at the table carving wood carvings with a short knife. When Lu Ning started chatting with her, she avoided those sensitive topics and gradually learned some of the stories here.
The hunters were sorted according to the order in which they were sent. Mu Zilan was the eleventh one. She was actually very senior. The leader here is Shi Xiaolang, also known as the "Fifth Brother" by everyone. .
Since there was the fifth child, of course there were four people in front of them. Mu Zilan was quite wary about this and did not elaborate. She only knew that they were "eldest brother, second sister, third sister and fourth brother", and she didn't even know their names. The four oldest people had successively entered the mountains to build hunting cabins in the past twenty years, searching for something with purpose, but in the end they were never heard from again.
And they had strictly forbidden their companions to inquire about their whereabouts. This kind of prohibition was still observed even if they were missing or dead in a group of hunters where the order of birth was extremely important. Therefore, no one had ever moved the hunter cabin on the mountain. As for The people in the village had no idea such a thing was happening.
By the way, what Mu Zilan said also belongs to the "can be said" part.
Her superficial gentleness cannot conceal the aura of a hunter, and as the eleventh-ranked senior hunter, Lu Ning can even feel how many deaths she has caused with her own hands, and how many people's blood she has used to extend her current youth. .
Judging from this, the short man and fat man I met last night might really be novice hunters.
After eating and being led to the guest room for a good sleep, Lu Ning felt that her body was full of energy again. As a guarantee for her smooth operation, Mu Zilan also prepared a backpack for her, which contained props such as pliers, daggers, ointment, and flint.
This is to let her make as much noise as possible.
Lu Ning thanked her, picked up her backpack, counted her things, and walked out of the guest room.
At dusk, the sun slowly sets, and a bright moon rises in the east. Two bright celestial bodies hang in the sky at the same time, which looks a bit emotional. Shi Xiaolang stood outside the house, still smoking his pipe. Many hunters who went out to hunt also came back. Naturally, their strong physical fitness and unpredictable abilities would not return empty-handed. Everyone was covered with clothes and hands. There is one dragged on top.
"Have a rest?"
Shi Xiaolang didn't even need to turn around to know that Lu Ning was coming out, which made Lu Ning even more afraid.
"Okay, I'm leaving."
"Well... look at this harvest scene."
The man in military uniform slowly opened his arms.
"No matter what, nature still takes care of us. The sight of returning home with a full load every day is probably my favorite time, so don't let me down, 'clean blood'."
"You didn't call me by my name." Lu Ning also smiled, "Well, I hope we won't see each other again, Mr. Hunter."
"You're wrong! You should pray that we won't see each other again! Hahaha!"
Shi Xiaolang laughed, and then took steps to meet the returning hunters. Lu Ning walked in the other direction. Before leaving, she turned back and glanced at a short figure in the crowd.
"I see, this is the fact you are hiding... Mo Xiren."
====================
When the sun sank below the horizon, Lu Ning finally returned to the mountain village. It was already meal time, and smoke was rising from every house. There was no one on the road, and even the children were called back to help. Lu Ning followed the high and low terrain of the field to the dungeon door not far from a house, and quietly cut the iron rope that locked the outer door, but did not go down, but quickly moved to the next house.
For her, she had the basic knowledge of silent operations and lurking, and following this would be foolproof for the unsuspecting villagers.
Soon, Lu Ning picked the locks of seven or eight dungeons. She didn't know where there were tourists, but at this time, she only needed to do a shotgun operation. The only thing she needed was to find the most important one.
The scenery in front of her became more and more familiar, and Lu Ning's mood gradually became calmer.
It should be so.
The moon slowly climbed up into the sky, and Lu Ning returned to her starting point.
Two old wooden boards formed the wooden door, and a finger-thick chain and a padlock secured the door. Nothing was different except that she was standing outside.
"time……"
Lu Ning murmured something in a low voice, took out the tool and cut the chain.
It's much better than the previous violent break-in situation.
"...Reset."
She opened the door gently and walked into the dimly lit underground cell.
——"You will die! I will kill you with my own hands!"
A familiar shout came over. The long-faced man was still spewing anger into the cell opposite with the same anger as "last night", and the outermost part of the cell opposite was leaning against the man who was facing such an angry scolding. She heard Lu Ningyi raised his head at the sound of footsteps.
"It's time to make an appointment, Cheng Wuling."
Lu Ning smiled at the man and showed the pliers in his hand.
"I hope it's not too late."
"It's still early and Ye Yi hasn't woken up yet. Considering our physical strength, why don't we wait a moment."
Cheng Wuling's face was still expressionless. Lu Ning approached the cell and saw Zhao Chenshuang's arrogant smile and Ning Yeyi, who was leaning against the wall of the dungeon and fell into a deep sleep.
"Then, let's make sure first. What's left in your memory?"
"Nothing, it's a complete reset." Cheng Wuling tilted his head, "But this is also a good thing, at least it will not cause confusion in the sense of time."
"I'm afraid this simple time trick can't disturb you at all, right? Also, don't think that I am the only one who has escaped from time."
Lu Ning gestured to the cell in the opposite corner.
"The four murderers over there haven't come back either."
