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Chapter 67 The Woman (Please continue reading)

The following day, in a mass grave about twenty miles away from Xuejia Village.

"Um, Taoist priest, are you sure I only need to take you this far, and don't need to come with you?"

The village chief spoke cautiously.

“That place is notorious for being a dangerous place lately. A while ago, some young men from Huacun went there hoping to find some food to eat, but they all disappeared without a trace. Daoist, are you sure you don’t need me to lend a hand?”

—Can you lend a hand?

Zhou You glanced at the village chief's hunched figure, then at his slightly lame foot and unsteady posture, and then spoke from the bottom of his heart.

“Grandpa, really, there’s no need for that. And you don’t have to be so open with me. After all, I was partly to blame for what happened before—if I hadn’t brought that donkey that had turned into a beast, your nephew wouldn’t have suffered like this. You’ve already done a great favor by bringing me here. I really don’t dare to trouble you again.”

The white-haired old man gazed at Zhou You for a long time before finally sighing.

"Then I won't insist. I can only wish you a safe journey, Daoist Master. By the way, let me just say this: ever since I first met you, Daoist Master, I've had a vague premonition."
"Master Dao, you might really be able to save this part of Cangzhou from disaster."
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After saying goodbye to the village chief, they remained mostly silent the rest of the way.

The surrounding mass graves are filled with tombstones, creating an eerie atmosphere. Some of the better ones have a mound of earth with a few words carved on a stone, while the worse ones are simply wrapped in a mat—some don't even have a mat—leaving the remains exposed in the mountains.

However, due to the prolonged drought in the state, it was difficult to find any new corpses. When one accidentally stepped on one, one could only see some exposed white bones and brittle, cracked, and pitiful skeletons.

Zhou You wasn't afraid at all; instead, he observed his surroundings with great interest.

The trees were dead, birds and beasts had vanished, and there was not a trace of life in the surroundings. Only occasionally could one hear a whistling sound coming from the bushes—and upon closer inspection, it could be seen that it was just the sound of the wind blowing through the skull.

In a daze, this place had become a ghost realm.

"So, you see," Zhou You rubbed his chin, "who has nothing better to do than open an inn in this godforsaken place?"

However, no one could give him an answer; only countless skeletons stared at him.

The old Taoist priest seemed to be affected by the scene, and for a moment he also fell silent.

So only Zhou You's footsteps could be heard on the road.

After an unknown amount of time, after turning a corner through a grove of withered locust trees, Zhou You's view suddenly opened up before him.

The tombstones and skeletons have disappeared, and all the surrounding trees have been cut down. In this mass grave, a clearing has been artificially created, and a wooden building sits in the center. It looks like the Jinhua Inn marked on the map.

Zhou You didn't rush inside, but instead walked around the inn twice.

There was nothing wrong with its appearance. Apart from being a bit shabby, it was normal. Zhou You touched it casually and found that the rough edges on the wall hadn't been cleaned off, suggesting that it had only been built a few months ago.

Overall, there doesn't seem to be any major problem.

But for some reason, there was always a strange, lingering smell of blood in the room, making it feel like a slaughterhouse rather than an inn.
Zhou You frowned, but ultimately gave up on pursuing the matter. Instead, he went back to the main gate and knocked gently.

No one responded.

After a while, just as Zhou You was about to knock a second time, a languid yet charming voice rang out from inside the house.

"who is it?"

It was a very simple sentence, but the voice was like a flirtatious feather, gently brushing against the ear.

A single sentence can make one's blood boil and one's heart yearn for it.

"That thing inside is definitely a malevolent evil." Even without meeting it, Zhou You could make this judgment immediately.

An ordinary man would probably have been unable to control himself by now, but fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, due to taking the heart's blood very frequently recently, the negative effects of the Zhouyou Yin Gui Bait Song have already vaguely reached the second type.

So even when he heard such a seductive voice, he was able to maintain an extremely calm demeanor.

"Excuse me for bothering you, I'm here to do business."

This time, it took a long time again before the voice from inside the door sounded for the second time.

"Doing business at this hour? Are you part of a meat delivery team? Never mind, come in first, we can talk things over face to face."

Upon hearing this, Zhou You pushed open the door and went inside.

Then, the first thing he saw was an incredibly beautiful face.

Her beauty was hard to describe in words; it was as if she were the embodiment of a legendary demonic enchantress. Not just a smile or a frown, but even a single glance or gesture, she took the word 'bewitching' to its extreme.

—This is a woman whose beauty defies all reason.

At this moment, the beautiful woman looked at Zhou You as he walked in, and there was a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Hey, new face, are you new here?"

Then, she glanced behind Zhou You again, and her arched eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

"Why are you alone? Where are your goods? Where are the people who were the goods in this transaction? Do you even know the rules?"

Upon hearing this question, Zhou You straightened his posture and replied with a perfectly normal expression.

"Excuse me, I'm not part of any merchant caravan, and I'm not transporting meat this time. I'm just hoping to buy some from you."

But before he could finish speaking, the woman suddenly smiled sweetly.

"Not a caravan? That's strange. The only humans who come to our little shop are meat-carrying teams and government officials. You say you're not a caravan member, and you don't look like an official at all, so..."

The woman stood up from behind the counter and walked gracefully toward Zhou You.

Her graceful figure seemed to exude a myriad of charms, and every gesture she made was full of tenderness and allure.

Coupled with that extremely revealing red dress, it was hard to know where to look.

Her figure slowly approached, and soon she stood before Zhou You. Then, she looked up at Zhou You, accompanied by a waft of perfume.

"Young man, are you perhaps just an ordinary person who has wandered into this place by mistake?"

The moment she tilted her head back, her collar seemed to open unintentionally.

However, Zhou You looked at that spot without the slightest fluctuation in his eyes.

This isn't about the influence of the Yin Ghost's feeding song, but rather...
There was no trace of the fair skin I had imagined between the fabric and the fabric.

All Zhou You could see was a blood-soaked body cavity and a pile of rotting, stinking internal organs.

That's all.

　Many thanks to a kind soul who went to the forum to promote the book; it gained about ten new favorites. Although I don't know the soul's name on Qidian, I'm still extremely grateful.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)