Jing Minghe laughed helplessly, "Wu Wen, what are you nervous about?"
"No, it's not," Ke Wuwen stealthily glanced at Chi Hao, who was dragging Guan Wei along at the back, and tried his best to lower his voice to speak to Jing Minghe, "Idol, Brother Chi is so scary, I always feel like he's going to hit me."
"He won't," Jing Minghe chuckled, "Why would he hit you for no reason?"
Ke Wuwen finally had a chance for close, one-on-one contact with his idol and couldn't help but pour out his grievances, "It's true, I really feel like that, especially when Brother Chi looks at me, I get goosebumps all over."
As he spoke, he once again felt that terrifying gaze. The hand supporting Jing Minghe trembled uncontrollably. He dared not continue to complain to Jing Minghe and obediently held onto him as they walked.
Jing Minghe didn't have the energy to ponder Ke Wuwen's words because he saw that the person walking in front of him also had blurry red glowing characters appearing.
If they still appeared on the forehead, judging by the height, it could only be Lin Ling or You Mi.
What puzzled Jing Minghe was that according to his arrangements, the two of them were supposed to act together, never separated. Why did only one of them show abnormalities?
"Sister You Mi," Jing Minghe called out softly. Seeing the two people in front stop simultaneously, he asked, "Do you have any food on you?"
"Food, I think I do, let me look," You Mi's voice reached Jing Minghe's ears.
Sensing that Ke Wuwen beside him seemed about to speak, Jing Minghe pressed his hand on Ke Wuwen's back and subtly applied force, signaling Ke Wuwen not to make a sound.
You Mi found some food and walked over, handing it to Jing Minghe, "I really do, here."
Ke Wuwen very perceptively took the food from You Mi for Jing Minghe. Jing Minghe said in a light tone, "Thanks, Sister You Mi."
"Why be so polite with me?" You Mi smiled and turned to continue walking with Lin Ling.
So it was her.
Jing Minghe stared at the blurry two characters in front for a moment before calmly shifting his gaze away.
When everyone returned to the thatched hut, Jing Minghe found that the characters on the foreheads of both Guan Wei and Lin Ling had completely disappeared.
However, whether they had returned to normal now, or if the characters had only temporarily disappeared for some reason, Jing Minghe could not be sure.
Stopping in front of the thatched hut, Jing Minghe asked, "Brother Tong, Wu Wen, did you gain anything today?"
"No," the two replied in unison.
Tong Zheng sighed, unable to hide his disappointment, and explained, "Lin Ling and I have asked almost everyone in the village, but they have no idea what a Blood Jade Pestle is, let alone its whereabouts."
Ke Wuwen quickly added, "Sister You Mi and I are the same. We've searched almost everywhere we could think of and didn't even find a similar pattern. It's strange, we walked around the village all day, and I feel like this village has nothing to do with the instance."
"What about you?" Tong Zheng asked, "Did you have any success?"
Jing Minghe shrugged and said, "Not much better than you, we only found Guan Wei, whose situation was abnormal."
Tong Zheng sighed again, "It seems like these are all the clues we can find in that village. Now we need to find the mass grave from the beginning. Perhaps there will be more clues there."
"I might have a way," Jing Minghe said, "But for now, everyone should go back to their rooms and rest. We've been running around all day, and we need energy to continue searching for clues."
A flicker of confusion crossed Tong Zheng's eyes, but he did not object. Instead, he was the first to agree, "Alright, then we'll go rest first. Let us know if you have any plans."
Jing Minghe nodded and said to Ke Wuwen beside him, "You go back to your room and rest too."
Ke Wuwen wanted to take care of Jing Minghe, but seeing that Jing Minghe seemed to have other arrangements, he agreed, "Okay, then I'll go rest. Idol, do you need me to escort you back to your room?"
"No need," Jing Minghe said, "Please trouble Sister You Mi to escort me back. I'm not feeling well and want Sister You Mi to check on me."
"Oh," Ke Wuwen reluctantly let go of Jing Minghe and handed him over to the approaching You Mi.
Chi Hao didn't need Jing Minghe to arrange it; he knew what he should do. Although he was somewhat reluctant, after watching everyone return to their respective thatched huts, he dragged Guan Wei into his own thatched hut alone.
Guan Wei had been silent all the way. After Chi Hao dragged him into the thatched hut, he rolled his eyes and said faintly, "I say, Mr. Chi..."
"Shut up."
His words were cut off by Chi Hao's cold and ruthless interruption.
"You..."
Guan Wei wanted to continue speaking, but saw Chi Hao give him a stern look. The piercing cold gaze seemed to penetrate the soul, and Guan Wei was instantly terrified.
Something was wrong, more than wrong, it was terribly wrong!
"Guan Wei" finally remembered. He was Lu, one of the eight great evil spirits of the underworld. He had successfully possessed this human with the purpose of killing the eleven espers who wanted to destroy them! And the one he possessed was one of them.
That's right, he was a great evil spirit!
So, why was he now bound and gagged and thrown on the ground by a human? And why was he so easily scared by a human's glance? Was there any justice in this world?
No, why would a ghost like him ask about justice?
Lu felt like crying. He had clearly killed a human and successfully possessed them, so why was he now in the hands of another human and so easily scared that he didn't dare to speak? This was a huge loss of ghost pride!
No! He had to regain his dignity!
"Hey, human, you better..."
"Shut up."
"..." Was this damnable cold aura emanating from this human? Who was the ghost between him and this human?
Chi Hao was in a bad mood. He had to keep an eye on this ghost. Jing Minghe had a task for You Mi. He knew Jing Minghe didn't like You Mi, but he couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"Jing Minghe?"
Chi Hao softly uttered the name. He realized that what was making him feel annoyed was not just the inability to personally watch over Jing Minghe, but that at some point, he had developed a strange possessiveness towards Jing Minghe.
Chi Hao fumbled in his pocket and took out a small blue bead. He had found this item in his original pocket the first time he changed clothes in the resting area. It wasn't until the second plot development of the last instance that he suddenly remembered that this blue bead was one of the highest-grade items in the City of Death, called a Storage Bead, with infinite space inside, capable of holding any amount of items.
Unexplained memories and inexplicably possessed high-grade items.
Moreover, at the same time he remembered the Storage Bead, his sense of familiarity with Jing Minghe inexplicably increased, as if this person had always belonged to him.