The Master of the Hundred Bones did not break his promise, prepared his own horses, and took Miss Qi to the Dead Village with them.
It was late at night, and Dai Luan dozed off on Mu Wan's horse. If it weren't for her arms holding the reins, she would have fallen off the horse. Back there, Dai Luan woke up again. She always felt that this girl hadn't grown up yet, and she felt sleepy from time to time, just like a child.
He stuck his head out from the well mouth, and it was pitch black below. The moon is hidden in the clouds tonight, and it's hard to be sure what's underneath. Dai Luan threw the stone down again, but no sound was heard.
"I was wrapped around my upper body by the monster and dragged directly down the well. At that time, I felt that there was water under the well and I couldn't breathe. I struggled for a long time before I escaped on the wall of the well. But when I came up, the traces of water on my body disappeared." Shanhai Remembering.
Shi Wuqi walked around twice. He picked up a large stone from the ground. When he looked at the stone from side to side, they saw clearly that it was actually half a human skull.
"Ah! That's the bowl it filled with water for me."
"...He was a carpenter. He died less than two hundred years ago. He had a wife and a concubine, but no children."
Dai Luan was stunned by Bai Skeleton Master's words. Mu Wan looked at him suspiciously, but it looked like that.
"Can you know everything?" Shanhai asked.
"The longer time passes, the less we can know; the more complete the body is, the more we know." Shi Wuqi said.
He came to the well again and threw the half skull back into the well.
Although there was no echo, other sounds came up.
Gah, crunch—
Dai Luan retreated continuously.
"Master Lin, do you dare to go down with me?"
"Why don't you dare?"
Mu Wan took the rope that had been prepared, but Shi Wuqi said it was not needed yet, and jumped down without hesitation. Shan Hai did not take the rope, but took two unburned torches, and then jumped down. However, before the two girls could react, Miss Qi, who was standing blankly by the side, suddenly fell into the well.
Shi Wuqi raised his arms, caught her steadily, and put them down carefully. The torch burned, Shanhai brought one of them to him, and he handed it to Miss Qi.
Without the restraints of ropes, they can go further. When I arrived at the place where I saw the bones, I took a few steps forward and found more bones. Most of them are buried underground, and the exposed parts have human characteristics no matter how you look at them.
Miss Qi held up the fire, and Shi Wuqi leaned down and slowly stroked the broken bones with his white hands with clear joints, as if comforting some small animal.
"This is a washerwoman... who has rheumatism; this is an old man, very stubborn; here, he is an idle man, who has passed on many villagers' things. Well, this is the same old man as before... they are all ordinary people."
It's as natural as buying food at the market. Although he had seen many monsters, this seemingly ordinary but unusual scene still made Shanhai feel a little creepy.
However, after going around in such a big circle, they still couldn't find the source of the sound just now. Even the thrown skull was missing, perhaps "taken away".
"I don't think it's possible," Shi Wuqi said, "You are too yang-yang, plus I - Qi doesn't count, the two big men... I'm afraid it won't make them want to show up. I think it's better to call them down. Well, I think that little girl is suitable..."
"Don't even think about it."
"Okay. Just talk, don't get excited."
Just as he said this, the familiar voice came again. The two immediately became alert, tensed their nerves, and listened quietly to the location of the sound source. But it's so spacey here that it's hard to tell.
Suddenly, Miss Qi turned her head behind her. Her face was completely turned away, as nimble as an owl. Shan Hai was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that she was just a corpse, and it was no big deal. She was born beautiful, and as a dead person, she was well "maintained". Coupled with the strange talent of the Master of Bones, she could always make people forget that she was dead.
Looking in her direction, something was approaching.
There were about a dozen relatively complete skeletons with torn and tattered fabrics hanging from their bodies, staggering towards them.
Unexpectedly, before Shanhai could figure out a countermeasure, Miss Qi suddenly rushed forward.
The sharp hand knife and the movement of the legs worked perfectly together, and the crisp sound of bones breaking and shattering could be heard endlessly. It seemed that she was in this state. Her movements are faster than the wind, sharper than a knife, and harder than a hammer. In just a few clicks, a few moving bones turned into pale debris on the ground.
Finally, she grasped a section of the spine with one hand and dug her fingers between her ribs. It seemed that she just easily closed her palms, and the bones were crushed into pieces.
During the whole process, Shanhai almost didn't react at all. On the other hand, Bai Skeleton Master looked as relaxed as if nothing had happened. If he hadn't clearly known that he was the one in charge of this conflict, he might have felt that he was worse than a dead man.
A terrible spell indeed.
Shi Wuqi bent down, picked up a short broken bone, and examined it.
"There are more than this number of corpses," he asserted. "There are more than a dozen families in this village. Even if the whole village is here, the total number of people will never exceed a hundred. But judging from this scale... I'm afraid there are more. This rib belongs to a young adult." Little boy, but this bone is older than the old man just now... Maybe Crazy Bone has been doing evil for several generations."
"Really..." Shanhai couldn't react.
Although it was the middle of the night, apart from this inexplicable fight, the two of them found nothing, and they had never even seen the person behind the scenes. Returning to the bottom of the wellhead, Shanhai asked Miss Qi if she could go up by herself.
"Usually I can just carry it on my back, but the mouth of the well is not big. Once I get up, I can throw a rope down."
So the two of them jumped up briskly, one behind the other, like two light birds. After returning to the ground, Shanhai saw two girls making a bonfire and leaning against each other to feel sleepy. A Luan fell asleep again, but Mu Wan slept very lightly. He opened his eyes immediately when he heard the slightest movement.
Shan Hai estimated that they had walked a long way down there. In addition, the battle was very fast and the well was very deep, so the people on the ground might not be aware of what was happening below.
Mu Wan woke up Aluan, and then threw the rope down according to Shan Hai's wishes.
They could indeed feel someone grabbing the rope from below, but it wasn't heavy. They pulled the rope back to allow Miss Qi to come up faster. The Bai Skeleton Master stood aside, seeming to be thinking about something.
When Miss Qi came up, she was about to grab the edge of the well with one hand. Mu Wan grabbed her and was about to pull her up.
At this moment, an accident happened.
Something pulled at the rope in an instant, pulling it down with terrible force. The moment Miss Qi's center of gravity left the rope, her whole body suddenly fell before she could get up. Mu Wan tightened his grip on her arm, his expression more frightened than hers. The Hundred Skeleton Master didn't expect this scene either. He rushed forward and was about to take her other hand. But before Miss Qi handed over another arm, the stronger force seemed to have tightened her legs and pulled her downwards violently.
There was a dull sound of water below.
She fell.
She fell, but her left wrist was still in Mu Wan's hand.
Mu Wan's instinct was aroused, and Dai Luan was even more sleepy. As she traveled around the world, she heard and saw a lot of bloody deeds. It was the first time that something so weird and indescribable happened to her. She froze there, not moving for a long while, while Shi Wuqi stood beside the ancient well made of stones, staring at the dark hole with wide eyes.
"...No blood?"
The first person to react was Aluan. When she said this, Mu Wan came to his senses and pulled the remaining left forearm of Miss Qi from her wrist. She was very strong and held on tightly even when her body was separated. Sure enough, as Aluan said, there was no trace of blood on the broken section from the elbow joint.
Even though the firelight wasn't very bright, she could still see that the bones were dark, contrasting clearly with the fair skin.
"Qi——!!"
The Hundred Skeleton Master shouted at the top of his lungs. Ever since I met him, I have never noticed that he has such a gloomy side. But he didn't have time to feel too much. Looking at the posture, he stepped onto the wellhead and decided to go back into the well alone to save her. Shanhai recalled the sound of water and immediately grabbed him from behind and tried his best to persuade him to calm down.
"Let go!"
"Do you know what's going on next? Didn't you hear what happened just now? The monster may have cast some kind of magic again. If you go down and fall into some kind of trap, it won't be that simple!"
Even Mu Wan was a little anxious: "You should calm down first. I thought you didn't make any big mistakes just now, but if something like this happened on the way back, there is something wrong no matter how you think about it."
Shi Wuqi's breathing was still rapid, but his movements were a little more relaxed.
Dai Luan approached cautiously.
"Wu Qi, let me ask you something, don't be unhappy...Who are you, Ah Qi? If you can control the bones, if something goes wrong, you can just change to another one. Why are you obsessed with her?"
It was really childlike. The other two people frowned slightly, feeling that it was the wrong time to ask this question - although they were also very curious about the answer to this question. Thinking about it, it is indeed a bit strange that the dignified Lord of Hundreds of Bones, who has always seemed frivolous, would show such a strong and inconsistent behavior for a dead person.
This question indeed made Shi Wuqi a little annoyed. But that hint of displeasure only lasted a moment, and he did not have an attack. He calmed down, his face still ugly, and he pushed away Shan Hai's hand that was blocking him, and took two steps to the side.
Mu Wan didn't want to hold a dead man's arm anymore, so she handed her arm over. The stiff, slender arm suddenly became flexible and soft when it reached Bai Skeleton Master's hand. He gently held the hand in his arms, and it rested on his shoulder.
"Can we...take it back? I mean, if we find Miss Qi." Mu Wan asked him.
"able."
He sighed and his eyes fell on Dai Luan again. The moon poked its head out from between the clouds and mist, and the weak light shone down, making his eyes dim.
"She was my enemy during her lifetime."
……What?
