"Thank you, it must've been tough on you during this trip." My heart ached for Granny Wu's house while also appreciating Yun Hao's diligence, "As for these grains, they must be the result of Granny Wu's rice asking."
"This is Corpse Rice." Yun Hao poured the rice from his palm onto the table.
When the sunlight hit the black hairy rice, it actually emitted bursts of black mist.
I glanced at Beichen on the bed, whose complexion had improved and body temperature returned to normal. Reassured about Beichen's condition, I lowered my gaze to observe the Corpse Rice, "Rice contaminated with corpse poison turns to Corpse Rice. The asking of rice ended up accidentally imbued with Corpse Qi, which doesn't feel very auspicious, especially this black hair, it looks like the kind that would grow on round-furred animals..."
"Sister-in-law, you don't know this, and you still claim to be a successor of the Su Family?" Yu Rongling, who was just awake in the corner, came over and picked up a grain, "After a body undergoes zombification, it can still grow hair - black, white, red, green, purple hairs~"
This is actually basic knowledge; red hair indicates a red fiend, white hair a white fiend...
Each has its own terrifying aspects...
But I just didn't think that the hair grown on these rice grains was like mold akin to what grows after zombification.
"The Corpse Rice is full of corpse poison, why are you picking it up? Have you forgotten the last time you were poisoned by the zombie demon..." I reminded Yu Rongling of the last time he was inflicted with corpse poison.
Unconcerned, Yu Rongling tossed the black hairy rice in his palm and interrupted: "Pfft, I'm not afraid of such toxicity, and besides, Big Brother Yun has already touched it, proving that serpentine creatures touching Corpse Rice is harmless."
"I'll call Granny Wu again to see if she and Wu Zhenglin are alright and hope they haven't encountered something dangerous like Corpse Gu." I took out my cellphone, wanting to try contact Wu Zhenglin again.
Even though we no longer needed their help, I will forever remember Granny Wu's life-saving grace.
How could I possibly neglect their disappearance and disregard their safety?
My phone lit up, showing three missed calls.
All from half an hour ago.
I glanced at Yun Hao.
Yun Hao admitted, "I was afraid of disturbing your sleep, so I put it on silent."
"No worries, it was Ahmao who called, probably just regular check-ins." Knowing Yun Hao was sensitive, I reassured him.
Occasionally, I would receive friendly WeChat messages from Ahmao, who always stayed in touch quietly and dutifully, so I didn't take these three missed calls seriously.
My phone vibrated, and just then, Ahmao called again.
After a moment's hesitation, I answered, "Ahmao?"
"Master, you finally answered. Help... ah... do you have time? Can you come and save me??" Ahmao's voice was filled with terror, he spoke hoarsely, "The monsters are eating people; I'm about to kick the bucket, along with those three good buddies of mine, also together... ah..."
With a scream, the phone filled with noise, and Ahmao's voice abruptly stopped.
"What happened... where are you?" My heart tightened.
What exactly happened?
Just as one crisis abated, another arose.
Barely had Beichen been rescued when disaster befell Ahmao and Granny Wu's family.
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, plunging into a terrible quiet.
I hesitated, then opened WeChat to see if Ahmao had sent anything during my nap.
After all, these days calls are rare; people usually use WeChat.
Only if WeChat was inaccessible would they resort to a call.
Fortunately, Ahmao was clever enough to leave his location and a few pictures.
The pictures showed a school, which appeared to be in a village and looked somewhat dilapidated.
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The water in the lake had actually been drained completely, and then...
The black mud was filled with nothing but stark white bones.
[Master, are you busy? Are you feeling better?]
[Something terrible has happened, and I really had to reach you; several Taoists and monks have died, and none could handle it.]
[Help, something in the mud seems to have targeted me, I'm done for, please save me... sob sob sob...]
There were about seven or eight such desperate messages.
Each message more urgent and pressing than the last.
Unfortunately, because my phone was on silent, I only saw them now.
Though there was still no clue about the affairs of the Wu Family, Ahmao's situation was urgent, and I had to rush there immediately!
"Yu Er, I need to make a trip to Spirit Lotus Village. I'm going to leave you tied up at home, you're forbidden to go to the Lin Family. As for seeing Qing Li, Yu Longting and I will give you an answer sooner or later; you don't need to rush it." Without time to think further, I grabbed my crossbody bag and indiscriminately stuffed in some materials Yun Hao brought.
Using the red-thread-wrapped Yin Yang Scissors left by my dad, I cut the dead knot on my wrist and tied it to the doorknob of the room where Yu Longting stayed.