I was almost eaten at the beginning, luckily I was able to transfer the negative status

"No problem."

Zhou Heng shook his head calmly.

Ever since he reached the realm of a first-rate warrior, the number of negative transfers he refreshed every day has reached as many as eighty, and he hasn't used today's transfer opportunity even once.

Therefore, he didn't take the negative condition of rapid aging of his face seriously at all.

The most urgent task is to thoroughly study the corpses of those who died from the evil spirit before nightfall. This will give us the best chance of finding out the power of that evil spirit and thus figure out how to control it.

Of course, although he doesn't mind losing one or two negative transfer opportunities, Zhou Heng is not a sucker, so he will try to save as many transfers as possible.

Ever since.

He did not directly touch the bodies of Mr. Liu and the other man, but first took out a pair of green silk gloves from his pocket and put them on.

These green silk gloves are made from silk spun by a spirit called the green silkworm through some special techniques.

After wearing it, when you come into contact with [Evil] or its derivatives, it can slightly isolate some of the [Evil's] abilities, and some weaker abilities can even be completely isolated.

These green silk gloves have only two drawbacks.

First, they are expensive. To exchange a pair from the military camp, one needs 10,000 military merits. In today's Qingliang Army, most of the fourth-rank thousand-householders cannot afford them.

Another disadvantage is its "fragility". Although these green silk gloves can block out evil, they can be easily damaged when facing physical attacks.

Therefore, this is also the main reason why Zhou Heng did not wear it on his hand all the time.

Even though he was rich, he couldn't afford the heartache of having such expensive gloves damaged.

After putting on gloves.

Zhou Heng then drew out the cold sword from his waist, and with a flash of the sword, he instantly chopped off all the clothes worn by Liu Yuanwai and the other man into pieces without leaving a single piece.

Then, he began to touch the naked bodies of Mr. Liu and the other man, not leaving out a single piece of skin.

The moment his hands came into contact with Mr. Liu and the other man, a new negative entry unexpectedly appeared on his system panel: [One year of life lost].

Look at this entry.

Zhou Heng suddenly understood and immediately understood why Wang Wu said that one's face would age rapidly after coming into contact with an evil corpse.

At the same time, he also realized that the green silk gloves he was wearing could indeed block the power of [evil] to a certain extent.

Because he only lost one year of his life after coming into contact with the evil corpse, it was far from enough to cause much change in his appearance. If other people who came into contact with the corpse also only lost one year of their lifespan, then they should not have experienced the rapid aging of their appearance that Wang Wu mentioned.

Therefore, other people must have lost a lot of their lifespan after coming into contact with the corpse.

Zhou Heng, wearing gloves, showed no obvious changes after coming into contact with the evil corpse.

Zhong Xiang and the other two present were suddenly extremely surprised, and then they couldn't help but reveal a great passion in their eyes when looking at the green silk gloves.

No matter how ignorant they were, they could understand that the black silk gloves were definitely a treasure.

Of course, although they coveted the treasure, they absolutely did not dare to be so bold as to try to seize it. After all, the person who possessed the treasure was someone they could not afford to offend.

Zhou Heng examined the bodies of Liu Yuanwai and the other man very thoroughly. In addition to examining their external conditions, he even swung his sword and dissected all the flesh and blood from the bodies of Liu Yuanwai and the other man in front of Liu Yuanwai's son, not leaving out a single bit of flesh and blood and a single bone.

Seeing this, Mr. Liu's son was angry but dared not say anything. He didn't even have the courage to walk away and pretend not to see it.

that's it.

Time passed slowly in the depressing atmosphere.

Zhou Heng, who had cut the bodies of Mr. Liu and his third concubine into a pile of broken flesh and bones, frowned slightly and slowly stood up.

He first glanced coldly at Magistrate Zhong, who seemed to be deliberately concealing the situation or only partially aware of it. Then he looked at the chief clerk Wang Wu and said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the next one."

"Yes."

Wang Wu did not dare to delay. After responding, he immediately turned around and led the way.

……

Under the leadership of Wang Wu.

Zhou Heng quickly dissected the bodies of 27 people who had died from evil spirits (excluding Liu Yuanwai and the other two).

Through these corpses, he discovered three strange situations.

First: There was a shallow mark of strangulation on the neck of each corpse. Logically, such a shallow mark should not be fatal, but the cervical vertebrae of each corpse were broken.

Second: The exterior of each corpse looked intact except for the marks left by strangulation, but their internal organs had become extremely exhausted, like those of an ordinary old man of a hundred or eighty years old.

Third: When a normal person comes into contact with a corpse, his lifespan will be rapidly lost.

Judging from these three strange situations, the ability of the "evil" in Niluo Village should be to strangle people's necks and extract their lifespan, or vitality.

'But... even with all this, I still can't find a way to control that [evil]!

It seems that we can only wait until nightfall and use the lives of living people to observe the specific killing methods of that "evil".

While Zhou Heng was thinking secretly in his heart, he glanced at the sky which was already getting a little dark, and then called out to Wang Wu who was still leading the way.

"Okay, it's getting dark. There's no need to look at the bodies behind us. Let's get out of the village first."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Wang Wu hurriedly stopped, responded respectfully, and immediately turned around and walked towards the village entrance.

Soon, the three of them left the village.

At the same time, a group of people had already gathered outside the village.

These people were none other than the constables who were previously in the main hall of the county government office. In addition, they also chained and shackled about a dozen death row prisoners and serious criminals detained in the county government office.

See Zhou Heng leaving the village.

They immediately came forward to ask for credit with great flattery:

"Your Excellency, all the death row prisoners and serious criminals held in the yamen have been brought here. Please give your instructions."

"Ah."

Zhou Heng nodded lightly, and after glancing at them lightly, he ignored them and put down the large wooden box he had been carrying. He jumped onto the edge of the box, turned his head to look at Zhong Xiang, who had been looking worried, and said:

"Zhong Zhixian, tell your men to surround Niluo Village closely. After dark, don't let a single fly out."

"Yes, I will take care of it now."

Zhong Xiang, whose life and death were in the hands of others, did not dare to delay even a little. After responding, he hurriedly called upon the constables who were escorting the prisoners to go with him to arrange the manpower.