Chapter 63.2 (2/2)
Shen Yuan frowned as he applied medicine on Xiao Tangqiu.
Xiao Tangqiu spoke awkwardly, “It’s actually not very painful …”
Shen Yuan snorted, “Liar.”
Xiao Tangqiu blinked, “It really doesn’t hurt.”
Shen Yuan puffed his cheeks, “I don’t believe it.”
Looking at Shen Yuan’s blowfish-like appearance, Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help but reach out and poke.
Shen Yuan blinked, staring blankly at Xiao Tangqiu.
Xiao Tangqiu poked again, “Thank you for saving me just now. If you didn’t kill the monster, maybe we would’ve all suffered.”
Shen Yuan blushed and asked, “Generally this kind of life-saving grace, how do people repay the other?”
Xiao Tangqiu, “…”
Amazing! Not long ago, this guy was still like a baby, but now he has learned to want repayment! He’s learning bad things!
Tang Mianmian suddenly interrupted, “Great deeds cannot be repaid, there is only repaying with the body!”
This was the first time that Shen Yuan did not glare at Tang Mianmian for interjecting. Instead, he looked at Xiao Tangqiu with expectant and shining eyes.
Xiao Tangqiu spoke without missing a beat, “Great deeds cannot be repaid. One can only give back as a cow or horse in the next life… Then I will just be your cow or horse in my next life!”
Shen Yuan rolled his lips wanting to say something, but Xue Junli’s voice suddenly sounded, “Okay, it’s time to go.”
Thus Xiao Tangqiu also interrupted what Shen Yuan was about to say, “Okay! It’s more important to do priority things! Let’s go!”
With the special hemostatic agent, the place where he was scratched by the monster quickly recovered so when he changed into clean clothes, he was completely reborn.
“Resurrection with full health!” Tang Mianmian also jumped up.
Shen Yuan hummed but did not protest, obediently following behind Xiao Tangqiu.
Everyone sorted out the equipment and set off towards their destination.
They came to Hundred Ghosts Town under the moonlight. The villagers of Hundred Ghosts Town rose at sunrise and slept at sunset. Now they had fallen asleep and the gate of the village was closed.
But this time, they did not intend to sneak in. Xue Junli glanced at Duan Hongzhen, “Go knock.”
Duan Hongzhen huffed, “Don’t always order me around.”
Having said that, he stepped forward and hit the big wooden door with spikes on top.
This kind of door was not any real hindrance to the Reincarnation Team, they could just break through it with a big swing, but they did not do so.
Duan Hongzhen hit the wooden gate hard and the sound echoed throughout the village. Soon, one house lit up with candles and then another lit up with candles. After a while, all the houses in the village lit up.
Someone hurried out of a house with a torch. He stood by the wooden gate and looked at the Duan Hongzhen and others outside the door in surprise. Then another person came out. After a while, a small crowd had gathered by the wooden gate but they didn’t dare to open the door nor let the people outside leave. They just gathered together in twos and threes, whispering and discussing something nervously.
They didn’t even dare to be too close to the people outside the gate, standing at a distance. Their faces were half lit and half dark in the light of the torch, acting just like the mice in a cave, staring at the intruding strangers with gleaming dark eyes.
Their gaze was clearly full of vigilance and hostility. Xiao Tangqiu felt a little shook. Although he had already guessed that the more remote and closed the place, the more exclusive, especially in such a weird village with strange customs. But it was still disheartening to look at the villagers’ unsightly looks.
A moment later, an old lady walked out of the crowd. All villagers with unkindly looks respectfully made way for the old lady. Obviously, they had some levels of religious worship towards this old lady and she had a relatively high status in the village. Maybe she held some kind of elder position in the village.
But to call her an old lady was actually not accurate. This woman was only about 40 or 50 years old, only the age of a middle-aged woman in modern times. But her eyes were particularly old and wizened as if she has experienced the vicissitudes of life. Also, unlike the simple clothes of the other villagers, she was wearing a particularly gorgeous kimono.
But calling it gorgeous was also not very accurate. It was just that the kimono was embroidered with complicated and mysterious patterns.
With her weary eyes, she looked at the people outside the gate, her voice low as she asked, “Who are you?”
Xue Junli replied, “Just a few passers-by who came by coincidence. It’s already dark and traveling is difficult. Can you allow us to stay here for a night?”
The female elder stared at Xue Junli for a long time before answering slowly, “Please leave, Hundred Ghosts Town does not welcome outsiders.”
Naturally, Xue Junli wouldn’t be easily sent away by her. He frowned and pretended to be annoyed, “Now it’s so dark, this area is all barren wilderness and I don’t know if there are wild animals. After hearing the wolf howl, I was really worried about my life so I wanted to find a place to stay temporarily. We can guarantee that we are definitely not bad people. Can you reconsider? “
The elder woman repeated herself, “No need to think about it. Hundred Ghosts Town does not welcome outsiders, please leave.”
Her attitude was so determined and full of hostility that the villagers around her raised the tools in their arms, most of them being farming hoes.
Xiao Tangqiu didn’t expect them to encounter such a difficult character like the village elder. She didn’t accept either a soft or hard approach… Would they really need to force their way in?