Super System in the Early Tang Dynasty

The next day, sunlight streamed into the wooden house through the gaps in the windows.

Inside a wooden house at the foot of the village, a boy sat cross-legged on a bed.

The boy slowly opened his eyes, gently exhaled, and a wisp of white mist shot out from his mouth, only dissipating slowly three feet away.

Li Xingzhi sat on the bed, feeling the surging internal energy within his body, and nodded in satisfaction.

Since his inexplicable breakthrough, he has finally solidified his cultivation, and his previously somewhat frivolous internal energy has become smooth and easily controlled.

"Squeak-"

He opened the dark, decaying wooden door, and the light that greeted him made him squint slightly.

Li Xingzhi stretched and took a deep breath of the moist, earthy air of the mountains, looking completely relaxed and content!

Another beautiful day is about to begin!

Without needing to ask anyone, he had already memorized some of the maps and buildings in the village since he arrived yesterday, and now he headed straight for the front courtyard of the witch village.

Walking along the road, looking at the low and simple wooden houses around me, I felt as if I had traveled back to the primitive era.

At this time, the men in the witch village had all gone out to work, while many young girls and children played inside and outside the houses, and the women of the witch clan were spinning cloth or raising gu (poisonous insects). This was a true matriarchal clan.

The women and children around looked curiously at the foreign boy who was walking in the middle of the road and looking around. Some of the more outgoing children followed behind the boy, seemingly quite curious about the person in front of them.

Ignoring the curious and astonished gazes around him, Li Xingzhi walked straight to the front courtyard of the witch village.

"This is a sacred site of the Witch Clan. Please wait!"

Two fair-skinned, silver-eared women stood guard in the courtyard, holding curved knives and watching Li Xingzhi warily, as if they would pounce on him at the slightest movement. The fierce aura between the two women suggested that even if they hadn't killed anyone, they had certainly slaughtered many wild wolves and ferocious beasts.

Before Li Xingzhi could say anything, one of the women nodded to the other and walked into the courtyard without looking back. The other woman remained wary of Li Xingzhi, holding her curved sword, and said nothing.

Looking at the situation before him, Li Xingzhi understood the situation a bit, took two steps back, and stood aside to wait.

Not long after, the woman who had gone in came out. "You can go in now!" After saying that, the two women stood by the door of the front courtyard again, no longer paying attention to Li Xingzhi.

Li Xingzhi walked through the door and found himself in a small courtyard filled with lush green trees.

Someone was already waiting for him in the courtyard.

The middle-aged woman standing in the courtyard saw Li Xingzhi, walked over, looked him up and down, and nodded without saying a word before continuing to walk forward.

Li Xingzhi followed the middle-aged woman through several courtyards and finally saw a large house.

When they reached the door, the middle-aged woman had already left through a side door.

"Come in!" A slightly hoarse female voice came from inside the house.

Li Xingzhi opened the door and saw a beautiful woman sitting languidly beside a small table. On the table was a gilded incense burner, from which wisps of smoke rose, filling the room with a unique fragrance.

"Sit down~" came a hoarse voice from the beautiful woman.

At this moment, the beautiful woman raised her head.

Li Xingzhi looked at the woman in front of him with some suspicion and surprise. Her face seemed familiar, but he dared not recognize her.

"What, don't you recognize me?" The woman's voice was hoarse, tinged with sorrow and weariness.

Li Xingzhi was taken aback, and immediately clasped his hands in a salute, saying, "This junior has been impolite!"

It turned out that the woman in front of them was the mother-in-law of Yue'er whom they had met that day, and also the witch of Wuzhai.

In just one night, the woman's body shape remained unchanged, and she still had a head of black hair, but her face was covered with wrinkles, her chin was thick, her voice was hoarse, and her eyes were bloodshot. If Li Xingzhi hadn't had good eyesight, he wouldn't have been able to recognize her at all!

"You Han people are all so cunning—tell me, what brings you to my witch village?" He ordered with a barbarian air, his voice hoarse, sharp, and sarcastic.

Li Xingzhi was somewhat incredulous. How could a person change so much in just one night? Appearances might change, but what about their state of mind?

Although he had previously hinted that the beautiful female priestess didn't like him much, it shouldn't be this bad.

The woman seemed to remember something, and without waiting for Li Xingzhi to answer, she said, "Your brother is under a curse, isn't he? For Yue'er's sake, I won't make things difficult for you. Tonight I will give you the secret method to break the curse, and you can do me a favor in return."

"Alright, you can go now!" The woman waved her hand impatiently, as if shooing away some ugly fly.

Although Li Xingzhi was somewhat indignant, he could only endure it. They had turned their backs on him, and there was nothing he could do. Only by obtaining the method to lift the curse could he sever all ties with this damned witch clan.

Inside the house, the woman watched Li Xingzhi's departing figure, seemingly recalling that person from years ago. Her face contorted with rage, her eyes turning into gaping black holes, like a primordial beast ready to devour its prey! Her silver hair was as red as blood, and a murderous aura emanated from her!

"It's him! It's him! If it weren't for him, how could we sisters have turned against each other! If it weren't for him, how could Yue'er have been so easily infected by the cold energy! My poor Yue'er, my poor Yue'er, suffering from the cold poison every month! Han people, Han people, those damned Han people! Thank goodness..."

The woman seemed to have thought of something, and let out a low, eerie laugh—the whole room was plunged into a gloomy and fearful atmosphere.

Just as the woman went mad and was about to pounce forward, a golden light shone from under Li Xingzhi's clothes, making the two dazzling black holes spin rapidly.

The old woman made a few strange noises in her throat, and her eyes slowly returned to normal, only the whites of her eyes had a bit more color, making her face look even older...

As Li Xingzhi walked to the door, a blast of cold air blew in from inside, making his scalp tingle! He quickly took a few steps, closed the door, and left the small courtyard.

Back in the cabin where he was resting, Li Xingzhi looked more relaxed.

Although he found the woman's sudden change of attitude rather strange, he didn't care about anything else as long as he could find out how to break the curse.

However, this witch village was not a place to stay for long.

As he thought about leaving, Yue'er's image came to mind—although he had felt a flutter in his heart at times, he mostly regarded her as a little sister.

Li Xingzhi shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions. He drank some more spring water, sat cross-legged, and continued meditating—he didn't know what kind of trouble that witch would cause that night, so it was best to conserve his energy first.