"Since that's the case, I'll tell you," Jing Minghe turned to face the wall and slowly began, "What I saw was the same as Wu Wen described, but those corpses were not animals, but children. After the ritual failed, the girl did not commit suicide. Instead, a different scene unfolded. At the moment of day and night exchange, humans turned into ghosts, and ghosts turned into humans. The girl, holding a long pestle made of blood jade, slaughtered wantonly. Finally, the blood jade pestle was snatched away, and she was torn to shreds by the ghosts and thrown into..."
Jing Minghe paused, turned to face the pit behind him, and continued, "Her dismembered body was thrown down here."
"My heavens," Ke Wuwen craned his neck to look inside, "Her body was thrown down there! Could she have become a vengeful spirit too? Idol, did you encounter her down there?"
"No," You Mi answered proactively, "Besides those entangling plants, there were no other dangers below."
Tong Zheng guessed, "Since she was torn apart by ghosts, her soul should have scattered, right?"
Yan Xiaoqian raised a question, "Then, what is our instance mission? This day is almost over, and we still don't know what the instance wants us to do."
Tong Zheng hesitated and then asked Jing Minghe, "By the way, Minghe, what was the content on that notebook that we couldn't see? Can you tell us now?"
In Jing Minghe's opinion, he had gathered enough clues and no longer concealed anything. He nodded and told Tong Zheng and the others the contents of the small notebook.
After listening, everyone fell into silence.
You Mi was the first to speak, "The content of the notebook is related to what Minghe saw on the mural."
"So," Tong Zheng analyzed, "this girl did evil deeds to save people, but failed to save them and instead attracted a swarm of ghosts. Ghosts and humans mixed together. She wanted to kill ghosts to save her village, but ended up killing more humans, and was eventually killed by the ghosts."
Ke Wuwen followed up, "So, our mission is to help the girl kill ghosts? Save her village? Where is her village then? Is it this village? Then where was the mass grave we saw earlier? And how do we find those ghosts? Also, Idol, you said the notebook mentioned killing eight ghosts, why eight? If it's a specific eight ghosts, wouldn't it be even harder to find?"
"And the blood jade pestle," Yan Xiaoqian joined the discussion, "and those seal patterns, what are they for? Are they related to those eight ghosts? Since there are eight ghosts, why are there only seven seal patterns?"
Lin Ling also added her question, "Mr. Jing's statement about the phrase below the seal patterns, 'Humans and ghosts dissipate, the path of the bizarre separates,' is it a hint? Are the seal patterns used to find those eight ghosts, or are they related to the method of killing ghosts? Where is the blood jade pestle?"
Jing Minghe pressed his eyes, which had started to ache again, and said, "These questions are what we need to solve next. In my opinion, let's first try to find the blood jade pestle, and then look for other clues that can help us identify the eight ghosts that need to be eliminated."
With a goal, everyone's spirits lifted.
Ke Wuwen cracked his knuckles, "Alright! Idol, we're going back to the village now. If this girl's village is this village, then there must be clues in the village!"
"Mm."
After saying this, they prepared to return to the village.
Outside, the sky had completely darkened. Ke Wuwen ran up to Jing Minghe, took a small flashlight from the small bag he carried, and handed it to Jing Minghe, "Idol, this is for you. I bought it with points in the rest area before. I haven't used it, and I guarantee it's fully charged."
Jing Minghe looked up at the moon hanging overhead and said, "The light is fine. You can put it away for now. If I need it later, I'll ask you to borrow it."
Ke Wuwen looked around and felt that it indeed didn't affect his vision. He had to put the small flashlight away. "Alright, Idol, if you need it, please don't hesitate to ask."
"Don't worry, I won't be polite," Jing Minghe patted Ke Wuwen's back and said to everyone, "Let's go."
The group returned to the front of the main hall of the Dragon King Temple. Tong Zheng said, "Chen Mu should still be waiting in the Star Lord Hall. I'll go get him."
Just as Tong Zheng was about to go to the Star Lord Hall to call Chen Mu, a cry for help suddenly came from outside the Dragon King Temple.
"Help!"
Ke Wuwen recognized the voice of the person calling for help, "It's Brother Yu!"
As he spoke, Ke Wuwen ran out. After all, they were comrades who had experienced three instances together. Hearing the cry for help, Ke Wuwen instinctively rushed out to save him. Su Dan Novel Network
Jing Minghe said to You Mi and the others, "Sister You Mi, you all go into the main hall first."
After speaking, he turned and chased after Ke Wuwen.
Chi Hao frowned. Although he was somewhat unwilling, he couldn't leave Jing Minghe behind and followed.
As soon as Jing Minghe stepped out of the Dragon King Temple, he heard Ke Wuwen shouting, "Ghosts! Monsters! What are these things?!"
It wasn't Ke Wuwen's fault for being incoherent; the things chasing Zhang Yu and Jiang Zheng were indeed hard to identify.
They floated without their feet touching the ground, their heads resembling carnivorous plants, but their bodies were human-like.
The floating specters naturally brought to mind ghosts, while the flower-headed human bodies were more akin to monsters.
Zhang Yu and Jiang Zheng were being chased and entangled by a large group of ghost-monsters, dodging and fleeing with difficulty. Zhang Yu, despite his muscular build, was not as agile as Jiang Zheng, who appeared to have average physical fitness.
Ke Wuwen waved his hand and shouted at Zhang Yu and Jiang Zheng, "Brother Yu! Brother Zheng! Over here!"
After shouting, he was about to rush over to help them but was pulled back by Jing Minghe.
"Idol? Why are you out here? Those things..."
Before Ke Wuwen could finish his sentence, Jing Minghe ruthlessly interrupted him, "You brat, get inside. I'll go save those two."
"No, Idol, it's too dangerous! You can't..."
"If you don't listen to me, you won't be allowed to follow me anymore!" Jing Minghe interrupted Ke Wuwen again.
"Awoooo~"
The big wolf howled and circled around Jing Minghe.
Jing Minghe pushed Ke Wuwen back into the Dragon King Temple, "I have a wolf, you don't. Go back and stay with Sister You Mi and the others obediently! Whether you listen to me or not is up to you."
"I'll listen!" Ke Wuwen quickly turned and ran back, shouting as he ran, "Idol, you can't abandon me!"
Chi Hao, who had followed, heard Ke Wuwen's words and his face grew even colder.
Jing Minghe did not notice Chi Hao's expression and led his wolf to help Zhang Yu and Jiang Zheng.
Chi Hao quickly overtook Jing Minghe and ran ahead of him.
Jing Minghe originally wanted to tell Chi Hao to go back, but he saw Chi Hao kick a ghost away, sending it flying more than ten meters and hanging high on a treetop.