late at night.

Moon stars are rare.

The lights flickered in the dilapidated temple halfway up the mountain.

The bonfire in the courtyard was burning brightly, crackling and hissing.

At some point, two black bears appeared in the cage; they were real black bears.

Jiang Zifeng and Li Sanlang lay on the doorway, peering through the crack. The black bear was tightly bound and was roaring.

Jiang Miaomiao's eyes were covered by her older brother, preventing her from seeing.

Too gory, not suitable for children...

"What's so interesting? It'll be your turn soon..." a resentful voice came from the corner.

"What do you mean by that?" Jiang Zifeng looked towards the corner.

"Why don't you come and see for yourself? We're not going to eat you."

Jiang Zifeng hesitated for a moment, then carried his younger sister over.

My sister's eyes were bright; aside from a moment of surprise, she didn't seem afraid of anything in the corner at all...

By the flickering light of the tinderbox.

Jiang Miaomiao finally saw the person in front of her clearly.

I immediately got goosebumps all over my body.

You can still vaguely make out a person's facial features and the fair skin beneath the mane...

And the hand hidden in the bear's paw—it's like they've just given these two a new layer of skin.

The baby's tiny heart was subjected to a huge impact.

Having lived two lifetimes, the cruelty of these people was somewhat beyond her comprehension.

Jiang Zifeng's pupils were terrifying.

The outstretched hand trembled as it withdrew.

He assumed that the group had made clothes out of the black bear skin and put them on, but he never expected it to be like this...

"How...how...did you get it up there?" Li Sanlang leaned closer.

Even if he were slow-witted, after seeing the group of people skinning a bear outside, and then seeing these two people...

I understood in an instant.

What were those people doing capturing him and Jiang Zifeng?

He was trembling all over and collapsed to the ground.

The man in the corner said softly, "My name is Song Siyuan, and his name is He Lingjun. We are both students of Donglin Academy. We went out for a trip this spring, but we were kidnapped by this group of people..."

"Has no one noticed that you're not real bears?" Jiang Zifeng looked at the two of them incredulously.

If viewed from a distance, it really is difficult to tell the difference between the real and the fake.

Song Siyuan couldn't help but shed tears, his voice hoarse, "They used needles to prick many bloody holes in our bodies, then peeled off fresh black bear skin and pasted it piece by piece onto our bodies, mixing it with our flesh and blood. Once the blood congealed, it was impossible to remove it..."

That kind of pain, so excruciating and agonizing, will be unforgettable for them.

Jiang Zifeng gasped, "There were so many people in Qing Shi Town that day, why didn't you call for help?"

He Lingjun gave a bitter smile, "Do you think we didn't want to? Another classmate was kidnapped on the same day as us. He opened his mouth to speak during the performance, but died on the spot before he could finish his sentence..."

"Later they fed us poison, and we had to take the antidote once a month, otherwise we would die from intestinal perforation."

The air fell silent instantly.

After a long while, Li Sanlang got up and excitedly grabbed Jiang Zifeng, "Brother Feng, what should we do? I don't want to end up like them..."

Those guys are already skinning the black bear outside; weren't they supposed to stick the skins together while the blood is still fresh?

So, will they be next?

terrible!

"Brother Feng, let's run away!"

Song Siyuan gave a bitter laugh, "Escape? How can we escape? There are people everywhere, in front of and behind the house..."

If those people hadn't caught the bear today, they might still have had a chance to escape.

Now, they're all like meat on a chopping board.

Too late...

Li Sanlang suddenly lost his temper, ran over and pounded on the door, shouting, "Let us out... I don't want to be a black bear demon..."

Black Bear Spirit!

Song Siyuan and He Lingjun turned pale. How did they become black bear spirits?

They are not.

They will never forget that they are human beings.

Jiang Miaomiao's eyebrows twitched.

Does Li Sanlang want them to die even faster?

Sure enough, the door opened.

Li Sanlang was dragged out, crying and wailing.

"Help! Help!"

The door was slammed shut again.

Xu Baiyan and Heiwa were so frightened that they cried loudly.

Jiang Miaomiao was whimpering.

"Awoo awoo... Awoo awoo..."

Jiang Zifeng tightened his grip on Jiang Miaomiao and covered her ears.

But his sister's cries sounded strange, a soft, babyish "ooh ooh ooh ooh," which made him feel less panicked.

Jiang Miaomiao heard a lot of strange noises.

"Woo-woo~ woo-woo~~~"

The wolf is howling...

"Gugu Miao~~Gugu Miao~~"

The night owl emitted a chilling hooting sound.

"Zhizhizhi~~"

I don't know what kind of animal it is, it sounds a bit like a weasel...

A faint green light slowly approached from all around the dilapidated temple.

"Master, something terrible has happened..." A man stumbled into the temple gate.

The bearded man grabbed his collar and snapped, "What's the rush?"

"Master, a group of people is coming this way from the foot of the mountain. They look like government troops."

"Soldiers?" The bearded man slammed his broadsword into the ground. "Who? Who among you has provoked the soldiers? Step forward!"

The people present looked at each other.

One of them suddenly pointed at the scarred man and the fat woman, "Da Hu, Ru Yan, did you kidnap someone you shouldn't have?"

The fat woman waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, troupe leader, we didn't... They were all captured from villages near Qing Shi Town, except..."

She choked up halfway through her sentence.

Thinking back to the people he had kidnapped during the day, almost all of them were from Taoxi Village, except for the boy wearing a satin jacket.

They were afraid of getting into trouble, so they never kidnapped children from wealthy families.

Of course, occasionally one or two will be caught.

The children of wealthy families are almost always born with fair skin and tender flesh, which can fetch a good price.

The bearded man's expression changed. "Hurry up and tell me, what is it?"

The plump woman trembled slightly. "Except for that chubby little boy... we found him in the big tree behind the government office..."

When I saw him, the little brat was climbing a tree in the open space behind the government office...

"Behind the government office!!" The bearded man's eyebrows twitched.

"Are you all crazy? You dare to kidnap someone and take them to the government office!"

The bearded man slapped the scarred man across the face and roared, "Look at the kind of woman you found! She's more trouble than she's worth!"

"Hehe! You're all finished. Do you even know who you've tied up?" Li Sanlang was stripped naked and tied to a tree.

They were looking at the group with a sigh.

"Speak up, who is it?" The bearded man stepped forward and grabbed his throat.

"Cough cough... Let go... Let go and I'll talk..." Li Sanlang's face turned red as he looked up at him. "Untie me and I'll talk."

The bearded man picked up his knife, cut the ropes with one stroke, and threatened, "Talk now! If you don't talk, I'll twist your neck."

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