When he heard that the footprints belonged to Tang Jiao, Liu Chengfeng's eyes widened:
"Holy shit...it's actually her!"
Bai Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes.
"Come on, Bearded Man, are you so surprised?"
"Everyone went out to visit scenic spots in the afternoon to look for clues. Only she went to the nearest Boweng Temple... Of course, she might not have gone there at all. Anyway, she didn't tell the truth at all."
Liu Chengfeng said angrily:
"I knew this woman was not a good person. She called it a meeting in the room, but in the end, she bossed everyone around and tricked us into being a gunman!"
"Now... you actually want to harm us!"
Ning Qiushui kept staring at the ground and suddenly said:
"Sister Bai, give me the flashlight."
Bai Xiaoxiao nodded and handed the special flashlight that could illuminate the footprints on the ground to Ning Qiushui.
Ning Qiushui turned on the flashlight, followed the footprints around the room, and finally stopped in front of the huge wardrobe.
He carefully looked at the wardrobe, then groped up and down, and finally found a wooden sign in the wooden slit in a very hidden and broken corner of the wardrobe.
There is a red rope tied to this wooden sign, with a character that is very familiar to the three of them written on it - Ruan.
After seeing this wooden sign, Bai Xiaoxiao's eyes flashed.
Liu Chengfeng also seemed to understand something and said in surprise:
"Last night, little brother, was that burnt ghost in your room looking for this sign?"
Ning Qiushui nodded.
"Probably."
"This sign should only be owned by people from the Ruan clan. At least we tourists from outside cannot get it casually. Tang Jiao can get so many signs from the Ruan clan. She must have cooperated with the people in the village. I’ve met Goddess Ruan..."
Bai Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows slightly:
"...Did Goddess Ruan instigate Tang Jiao to do all this?"
Ning Qiushui sighed.
"Yeah, that's the worst case scenario, too."
"As foreign tourists, we certainly don't know much about the ghosts wandering in the village as much as Ruan Shenpo. If she wants to use these ghosts to kill us, it will be impossible to prevent us!"
Liu Chengfeng didn’t understand:
"But we have no enmity with Goddess Ruan, why would she do that?"
Ning Qiushui was silent for a moment.
"I guess it may have something to do with the temple festival in six days!"
"Big Beard, do you still remember the diary in our first copy?"
Liu Chengfeng nodded.
"Of course I remember... the little girl's mother received a call. Grandpa said that grandma's health was deteriorating rapidly and she was about to die. She needed the little girl's mother to go back, but the little girl's mother decisively refused at the time."
"And later, after learning that her grandmother died, the little girl's mother felt very frightened, as if she was afraid that something would come to find her. She even went to get a piece of blood jade from someone who didn't know where it came from to protect the little girl... "
When Liu Chengfeng said this, he suddenly froze and murmured:
"Brother, you mean...that little girl's grandmother is the Ruan Goddess in the village?"
Ning Qiushui said:
"That's right."
"The little girl's mother is the daughter of Ruan Shenpo. She must have grown up in the village when she was a child. She must know something... and Ruan Shenpo's sudden deterioration in health is probably not caused by any disease, but has something to do with the ghosts in the village! "
"I guess, in the timeline behind our first bloody door, this rain-praying village... got out of control!"
"Those ghosts with extreme resentment are looking for revenge on the Ruan family!"
When Liu Chengfeng thought of that scene, he couldn't help but take a breath:
"His grandma's... what kind of outrageous things did this Ruan family do to create such a terrifying ghost?"
Then, he seemed to understand something.
"The person that the human-skinned female ghost we met in Fangcuntang asked us to take there...couldn't it be Ruan Shenpo?!"
Bai Xiaoxiao patted Liu Chengfeng on the shoulder happily.
"It's okay to have a big beard. You've got a brain!"
Liu Chengfeng was speechless.
"So what do we do next?"
"Go directly to Goddess Ruan and tie her to Fangcuntang?"
Ning Qiushui shook his head.
"There are so many fierce ghosts in this village who want to kill the Ruan clan, but they are still alive and well. I guess they must have some powerful abilities and are not so easy to deal with."
"Let's first think about how to deal with the person who put this sign in our room..."
Both of them knew that he was talking about Tang Jiao.
"What else can we do? Whatever she does to us, we will do to her!"
"We'll hide all the signs in her room later, and let her experience what it's like to be stared at by ghosts at night!"
Liu Chengfeng hated evil and became angry when he mentioned Tang Jiao.
"But I still don't understand. What's the benefit of her helping an NPC to mess with us?"
"We have died a lot, and there is no one to help her find a way out. Isn't she even more dangerous?"
Facing Liu Chengfeng’s question, Bai Xiaoxiao explained:
"The Blood Gate has two very strange hidden rules. The first is that when the number of people who die in a Blood Gate exceeds 90% of the people who enter, then the difficulty of the Blood Gate mission will be greatly reduced, and the ghosts inside will attack people. The restrictions will also increase. Just like the place in Fangcuntang just now, if Qiu Shui is the only living person left, the human-skinned female ghost will not attack him easily. There needs to be a triggering condition for preawakening, and that condition is Not easily triggered.”
"The second hidden rule is that within the blood gate... you must see blood!"
"If there is a powerful person who finds a way out before everyone else dies... then this way out will randomly reduce the number of people being sheltered, and the ghosts in the dungeon will randomly select up to 1/10 of the number of people to kill! "
"The last thing is the compensation mechanism. If only one person from a blood gate comes out alive...then he will definitely receive a ghost weapon donated by the blood gate!"
As soon as these last words came out, Ning and Liu's expressions immediately changed!
"Motivated by huge profits, no matter how crazy things are, some people will do them."
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't seem surprised by this.
"That's why the people who form the team in the dungeon are almost all people from the same hut in groups of two or three. You rarely see people from different factions forming a team."
"As for putting these wooden signs in Tang Jiao's room, it's not impossible."
"But her door is locked, we have to find a way to unlock it."
At this time, Liu Chengfeng chuckled.
"No need to go to so much trouble, just find a piece of wire and leave the rest to me."
The two looked at him in surprise.
"Do you know how to do this?"
Liu Chengfeng seemed to sense the strange look in their eyes. A dry cough:
"Let me explain in advance that this skill was taught to me by my master, and I have never done anything bad with it... Moreover, we are in a legal society now. I can make a living with my ability, and there is no need to take risks to do such things. "
The two nodded. They quickly found a piece of wire and handed it to Liu Chengfeng. He bent the wire and fiddled it into strange shapes. Then the three of them came to the door of Tang Jiao's room and checked the surroundings. When there was no one around, Liu Chengfeng thrust in and out skillfully, and the three of them heard a slight sound coming from the keyhole.
The door...opened.
pS: There will be 2 more updates later.
