CHAPTER 104: CHAPTER 104: HEMU VILLAGE (PART 4)

After Xuan Er and the others revealed their identities, the village chief of Hemu Village was overjoyed and warmly invited them to his house.

The village chief’s two sons and daughters-in-law were in the kitchen making food for them.

Among those participating in the competition, only Hua Country and Gouzi Country had a full team of fifteen people; all other countries only sent five people.

Altogether, they numbered fifty people.

They directly filled up the village chief’s house.

Lin Xiaoyan sat by a door, looked at her phone, and found there was no signal at all.

"In our village, the signal is not very good. You can only get a signal under that locust tree..."

Suddenly, a faint voice came from behind her. Lin Xiaoyan swiftly turned around and saw a gaunt woman, pale-faced, with disheveled hair, who had somehow opened the door and was standing behind her.

"Oh my god!"

While Lin Xiaoyan was already nervous, suddenly seeing a woman who looked like a ghost scared her so much that she fell back onto the floor.

"What’s wrong?"

Everyone’s eyes followed, and they saw Lin Xiaoyan sitting on the ground, looking terrified at a woman.

The people from Hua Country, upon seeing the woman and her bulging belly, all showed hints of curiosity in their eyes.

People from other countries didn’t know Lin Xiaoyan was an ordinary person; they immediately turned their attention to the woman, thinking she had something on her that the people from Hua Country discovered.

Seeing that she had scared Lin Xiaoyan, the woman showed a hint of sorrow on her face, apologized to Lin Xiaoyan, and then turned around to close the door again.

Xuan Shiwu helped Lin Xiaoyan up, and it was only then that Lin Xiaoyan realized the woman just now was not a ghost.

Xuan Er glanced at the closed door, then looked at the village chief by his side, whose face was sullen.

"Who was that just now?"

The village chief sighed, "Alas, that’s my daughter. Her husband had an accident this year, so she’s been staying at home... Ah..."

"My daughter is about to give birth soon. We’re worried about this matter, and then you all showed up. Masters, we plead with you to save our village! I beg you..."

As the village chief spoke, he was about to kneel down.

Xuan San quickly grabbed the village chief, coldly saying, "You just have to tell us the details of what’s going on in your village, and we will naturally handle the rest of the matters!"

...

In the end, what the village chief told was basically no different from what the innkeeper at the foot of the mountain had said, but none of those present believed what the village chief said.

For no other reason than that something so strange happening in this village must have a cause.

In this world, every effect has a cause!

For four or five consecutive days, all the competitors searched around the village and found no useful information.

All of Hemu Village appeared very harmonious. The villagers were also very honest whenever they searched the villagers’ homes.

The people all brought out their best food and drink and cooperatively accepted the searches, telling everything they knew.

"Strange!"

Xuan Shiyi couldn’t figure it out, "It’s been five days, and we haven’t discovered anything unusual in this village!"

The others remained silent, looking at the sky.

For some reason, after they arrived, the black energy in this village disappeared. Could it be they scared it away?

"I told you, you are foreigners, you can’t enter the ancestral hall!!!"

Suddenly, the village chief’s loud voice scolding came from the ancestral hall.

Xuan Shiyi and others immediately ran over.

Upon reaching the ancestral hall, they found Gongben and others attempting to forcefully enter.

They had checked this ancestral hall before and found nothing unusual.

However, the scene Lin Xiaoyan "saw" at first took place in this ancestral hall, so they had not let their guard down about it.

"Gongben!"

Xuan Liu walked over.

Gongben and the others looked very displeased as they looked at Xuan Liu and the others. They immediately spoke.

"This is unfair!"

"Why can you enter this place, but we are forbidden!"

"That’s right, everyone is in the competition, we need fairness!"

"What if there’s an issue here and you discover it, but we can’t because we didn’t enter..."

Hearing these people repeatedly claim it’s unfair, Xuan Liu and the others ignored them.

Xuan Shiyi directly went to the village chief and chatted with him for a while.

In the end, after who knows what Xuan Shiyi said to the village chief, the village chief allowed them to enter the ancestral hall.

However, the only requirement was to not touch anything inside the ancestral hall.

Gongben and others got permission but did not express gratitude and still entered the ancestral hall with sullen expressions.

Lin Xiaoyan was chatting with the village chief’s daughter, Liu Dan, at that moment.

"You need to eat more; otherwise, your body will be even weaker after giving birth in your current condition..."

Liu Dan smiled bitterly, "It’s not that I don’t want to eat, but I have no appetite, and..."

Liu Dan gently patted her belly, "I don’t know if I can give birth to him smoothly..."

Lin Xiaoyan looked at Liu Dan’s bulging belly, "You will. With so many people here, they’ll surely solve the village problem."

After hearing Lin Xiaoyan’s words, Liu Dan did not respond. She just looked down at her belly, continuously stroking it. She felt the movements inside her belly, a gentle smile forming on her lips.

Then, tears unexpectedly started to fall.

"Retribution... Actually, this is all retribution..."

Liu Dan said softly.

Lin Xiaoyan looked at Liu Dan uncertainly, "You... said what?"

Liu Dan slowly raised her head, "I said, retribution!"

For some reason, seeing Liu Dan suddenly become expressionless made Lin Xiaoyan’s skin crawl. Her hand couldn’t help but clutch the talisman paper in her pocket.

She kept silently screaming in her heart, No way! No way! She couldn’t be this unlucky!!!

Liu Dan looked at Lin Xiaoyan and slowly stood up.

Lin Xiaoyan quickly got to her feet, cautiously keeping her distance, while taking out the talisman paper.

Liu Dan saw the talisman paper in Lin Xiaoyan’s hand and raised an eyebrow, "You think I’m going to harm you?"

Lin Xiaoyan swallowed, her throat already dry from just a minute.

"What do you want?"

Liu Dan’s mouth curled up, "What do I want... huh?"

She patted her belly, "I want my child to be born safely!"

Lin Xiaoyan felt the hairs on her body stand up straight. Instinctively, she realized something was very off with Liu Dan!!!

She quickly threw an exorcism talisman towards Liu Dan and dashed out of the room while Liu Dan dodged.

"Shi Wu!!!"

"Xuan Shiyi! Help!!!"

After running out of the room, Lin Xiaoyan opened her mouth and shouted loudly.

Liu Dan slowly walked out of the room, watching Lin Xiaoyan flee. Her gaze was deep, and she did not give chase.

"Help!!!"

At this moment, everyone in the ancestral hall heard Lin Xiaoyan’s cries for help, panicked expressions crossing their faces as they quickly ran out.

"What happened? What’s going on?" Xuan Shiyi grabbed the running Lin Xiaoyan and asked.

Lin Xiaoyan swung Xuan Shiyi’s hand away and rushed to Xuan Shiwu, holding him tightly, seeking a bit of warmth from him.

"Liu Dan! It’s terrifying!"