CHAPTER 613: CHAPTER 113

"Let’s go, have a look."

Li Zhiyuan decided to accept the invitation.

Three clans’ blood bowls had been offered, allowing Yu Xuzi’s Array to continue, and Big Fish’s scheme had been bankrupted.

It could be said that with the huge advantage gained from being proactive, their side had their base secured, a test paper, currently graded passable.

If they retreated now and Li Zhiyuan repaired the Array a bit, the score could be improved, possibly reaching good; if he could add an even stronger erosion effect on top of the original Array, that would be excellent.

But Li Zhiyuan was accustomed to scoring full marks.

Having come all the way from school, he would regret it if he couldn’t kill it directly.

Moreover, thinking from the problem-setter’s perspective, if he let this wave slide superficially, there may be a possibility that in some future time, this place could be ignited again.

Since six university students could come this time, the next could bring six half-baked Xuanmen practitioners with good intentions but poor execution, or even, six malevolent entities seeking revenge on the mortal world.

The group left the charitable establishment and descended, entering the main path of the village.

As they approached, those six university students resumed their previous manner, carrying lanterns and proceeding at a slow pace, continuing to lead the way.

Upon seeing this, Tan Wenbin couldn’t help but sigh, "Ah, today’s youth, neglecting their proper university education to come here and play the part of the welcoming team."

Run Sheng: "Are you talking about yourself?"

Tan Wenbin: "Hey, Run Sheng, if I were to die by the roadside one day, will the person who finds my corpse say the same thing about me?"

Run Sheng: "No."

"Is it because I don’t have a student ID?"

"I will cremate you by the roadside."

"At least take my ashes back and hold a memorial for me."

"That I will have to discuss with your family."

"No, seriously, you’d also dare to take a red envelope at my funeral? Heh, just wait, if you die before me one day, I’ll go to your funeral and personally play the suona for you."

"Welcome."

"I’d also pinch off all the incense sticks on your offering table!"

Run Sheng frowned.

Yin Meng: "Alright, whoever dies first, I’ll go to their funeral and cook for their family."

Yin Meng’s words silenced both Tan Wenbin and Run Sheng.

Tan Wenbin quickly changed the subject: "Brother Xiao Yuan, I’d like to greet my predecessors and see which university they’re actually from."

Li Zhiyuan nodded.

Binbin jogged up to catch up with the last male student in line, and upon noticing an ID tag on his chest, moved closer to take a careful look:

"Jinling Auditing Adventure Club.

Turns out they’re our neighbors, no wonder they were arranged to stay at Uncle Xue’s place, as they are university students from Jinling too."

Just as Tan Wenbin withdrew his gaze, he shockingly discovered that the other was also slowly turning his eyes towards him.

The two of them thus unexpectedly made eye contact.

"Fuck!"

Tan Wenbin exclaimed.

That student’s eyes then started to rotate incessantly.

Tan Wenbin extended his hand and placed it under the other’s nose, and surprisingly felt an extremely faint breath.

"Damn it, this one’s actually still alive!"

Tan Wenbin immediately checked the one up front; it was a female student. When Tan Wenbin approached her closely, not only did her eyeballs move, but her eyes also conveyed a plea for help.

"This one’s alive too!"

"This one as well!"

"Brother Xiao Yuan, they’re all alive!"

These six university students, four males and two females, all retained their self-consciousness but were unable to control their own bodies.

The shock stemmed from their entry into this place a month ago, and yet they were still alive, which was nothing short of a miracle.

Yin Meng also stepped forward to check and found that all six people had swollen lower abdomens. She gently placed her hand there and could feel something moving inside. Furthermore, due to the contact of her hand, whatever was inside suddenly became agitated.

"There’s something inside their stomachs, likely a fish. We can’t save them at the moment, because any stimulus to the fish inside will lead to their immediate death."

Li Zhiyuan: "Then let them continue leading the way."

If he could deal with the main body of Big Fish, the issues they were facing would naturally be resolved.

If they couldn’t be dealt with in the end, they would be killed upon exit.

The pleading look in the young students’ eyes was understood as a plea for release.

Although the houses on both sides of the village road were decaying and dilapidated, their overall structure was still intact.

However, all the doors of the houses they passed by were open, revealing their dark depths.

And the "welcoming team" brought the four to the front of a house with closed doors, with the first two pushing the doors open and the final two standing by the entrance, each holding a lantern.

This scene appeared as if servants were guiding the master back home.

Li Zhiyuan observed this particular house carefully, realizing it was no different from the other houses in the village except the door was initially closed and he did not detect any traces of an Array.

The four entered the gate and found themselves in the courtyard.

The first four students who entered the courtyard, each holding a lantern, stood at the four corners, with the light barely illuminating the surroundings.

In the center of the courtyard was a large square table, on which stood three statues, and around it on the ground were circles of cushioned stools, each with a skeletal figure in a Daoist robe sitting upon it.

Directly in front of the table was a skeleton in a yellow Daoist robe, holding an Eight Diagrams Mirror in its left hand and a Peach Wood Sword in its right.

But the Eight Diagrams Mirror was shattered, and the Peach Wood Sword was broken; the figure itself was facing down on the table, with a fractured and caved-in skull.

This suggested that when the catastrophe struck Zhengmen Village, Taoists were once summoned to exorcise demons and subdue devils, but it ended with the Taoists themselves being eliminated by the demons.