The damp smell faded away like a tide, replaced by the smell of moldy old earth.
Jiang Yao leaned against the wooden door and panted. The cold air poured into his lungs, causing a knife-like pain to the lungs that were contracted due to extreme lack of oxygen.
Her physical strength was exhausted, her platinum-level mental items were exhausted, and she disappeared from her backpack. Her mental value dropped from full to 9 points again.
The sound of heavy breathing woke up Li Yu, who was sleeping deeply on the bed. With her hazy eyes, she saw a figure in front of the door and sat up quickly.
"Sister Yao, Yao?" Li Yu called uncertainly.
Jiang Yao's ribs were throbbing with pain, his throat was burning and dry, and he couldn't say a word.
She bought a bottle of mineral water, drank it down, supported her tired body, staggered to the walnut bed and collapsed.
"I'll sleep for an hour."
After saying this, Jiang Yao closed his eyes.
The whites of her eyes were red and covered with dense bloodshot eyes, and the black and blue under her eyes were particularly obvious. Not only that, her entire condition was very bad, like a seriously ill patient in bed.
Li Yu couldn't understand how Sister Yao could become like this after just one night?
She clearly didn't hear anything last night. Did something big happen after she fell asleep?
In addition to doubts, Li Yu felt worried.
She folded the quilt, ate breakfast in a hurry, and squatted next to the walnut bed, waiting for Jiang Yao to wake up.
When it was completely light up, the sound of a baby crying came from far away. Tan Rongfu and Zou Ermei, who had been missing all night, returned to their residence early in the morning.
The sound of the two arguing was mixed with the baby's cry, breaking the silence and desolation in the village.
Li Yu heard the sound, got up quickly, walked to the wooden door and looked out through the crack in the door. Seeing that Zou Ermei was about to come over to torture her precious son after putting her to sleep, she had many things in her mind.
Although she didn't know what Sister Yao did last night, she was exhausted at this time and must not let anyone disturb Sister Yao's sleep.
Since entering the dungeon, Sister Yao has been protecting her and taking care of her, and now it is her turn to take care of Sister Yao.
Just when Li Yu was about to burn the boat and go out alone to bear the anger of Zou Ermei, a voice came from behind.
"Put the bed in your backpack."
Jiang Yao slept for nearly two hours. She didn't know whether it was because she was too mentally and physically exhausted, or for some reason, but she didn't wake up the whole time and slept very comfortably.
After a short sleep, the mental value increased to 90 points, which is a normal level.
She put the walnut bed into her backpack and put on the rough linen clothes again.
Seeing that her condition was much better, Li Yu finally relaxed her tense heart. Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door, Li Yu hurriedly put away the bed.
It's the same housework as yesterday.
After making breakfast, they carried two basins of clothes to the Yanhe River.
In addition to a few players, there were also many women and young girls from the village, squatting on the bank of the Yan River, scrubbing their thick clothes.
Their fingers were often soaked in the cold and biting water of the Yanhe River, causing frostbite. They felt no pain and acted mechanically.
A gust of cold wind blew up, blowing up the forehead hair of a woman not far away, revealing a large patch of purple.
The scars were caused by someone pulling her hair and slamming her head onto the floor.
Jiang Yao glanced at everyone.
They were tightly dressed, with linen clothes covering their necks, arms, and ankles. Very little skin was exposed. Even their faces were wrapped in gauze, leaving only a pair of numb and hollow eyes outside.
Dragon Girl Village not only favors boys over girls, but even treats women with strong malice.
For example, their parents, Tan Rongfu, had a bad attitude towards Zou Ermei. Whenever Zou Ermei talked back, quarrels would continue in the family.
Zou Ermei returned all these oppressive and painful tortures to her two daughters. It seemed that only in this way, she would feel a little better.
In a hierarchical family, Tan Rongfu is at the top, Zou Ermei is in the middle, and Tan Pandi is at the bottom.
In addition, Jiang Yao saw the genealogy in the ancestral hall.
People in this village are very repulsive to people with foreign surnames.
"Let's cooperate."
The player He Zhizhi who invited Li Yu to join the Qinghe Guild yesterday came to Jiang Yao with a wooden basin and said.
Jiang Yao's eyes turned and landed on the face of the confident player in front of him.
He Zhizhi has his own self-confidence and pride. Although the Qinghe Guild is not among the top ten guilds in the country, it does have its own regional divisions, many high-level players, and the salary is considered to be above average.
As a newcomer, she was able to reach level 6 within a month, and I don't know how many people admired her.
The most important thing is that she has a gold-level rare item.
Jiang Yao: "No."
He Zhizhi, who was still thinking that finding her a level 3 player would be considered a compliment to her, heard this and couldn't hold back her smile. She knitted her brows together and stared at her closely and asked:
"Why? Do you know my level? You need to clear more than three dungeons to reach level 6... I have more experience than you, why do you disagree?"
Jiang Yao: "…………"
As a die-hard fan of Sister Yao, Li Yu couldn't stand listening.
"What do you mean, why don't you agree? What you say is too unpleasant."
He Zhizhi was already a little angry, but now she was refuted by a level 2 newcomer, and she was so angry that she wanted to curse.
Jiang Yao interrupted: "You can find someone else, I won't cooperate."
"Don't regret it!" He Zhizhi said these words and left angrily.
Li Yu pouted: "She still glared at me, that's too much."
Jiang Yao picked up a piece of clothing and soaked it in the river, scaring her and saying: "Wash it quickly, I won't wait for you if it's too late."
Li Yu was so frightened by this sentence that he quickly speeded up.
She didn't want to wash clothes alone by the river. The thought of the players being cooked into broth made her feel cold all over and her scalp was numb.
The reason why Jiang Yao is unwilling to cooperate with other players is because she wants to explore the main line of the "Dragon Girl Village" copy.
The dungeon was full of dangers. She was walking a tightrope last night. If she wasn't careful, she would die.
After washing the clothes, we went back on the road.
Li Yu glanced at her from time to time, but hesitated to speak.
Jiang Yao knew that she wanted to ask about what happened last night, so he made up a random story to dispel her question.
Jiang Yao didn't plan to tell her.
With her phobia of ghosts, she would be frightened to death even half the time.
Not long after returning home.
The villagers brought big news.
"What? Goddess Qian is dead?" Tan Rongfu reacted fiercely, his face suddenly turned pale, and his usually rough voice became higher pitched at this moment, even breaking.
Jiang Yao, who was squatting outside the kitchen house picking vegetables, pricked his ears when he heard these words.
Through the clothes hanging on the thick rope and swaying in the wind, she saw the fear buried deep in the eyes of her cheap father, Tan Rongfu.
It was the same fear that Goddess Qian had when she encountered the conjoined floating corpse last night.
Jiang Yao opened the wooden box embedded in the floor of Qian Shenpo's residence and looked at it.
Inside were two dried eyeballs.
