Mysterious Resurrection: Seize the Artifact

Chapter 306 The Living Messenger

"Collecting three beautiful flowers in the mountains, Shi Leilei and vine vines; resenting the son, forgetting to return, and the king thinking about me, so I can't be idle."

"The people in the mountains are full of fragrance and duruo, drinking stone springs and shady pines and cypresses, the king thinks of me and doubts; the thunder fills the sky and the rain is dark, and the chirping and chirping are the night chirping."

The sacrificial oration fell slowly, like weeping and complaining, like frightening ghosts and gods.

At the end of the sacrificial service, the air seemed to be still until the old village head's last words fell.

Let the heaven and the earth listen to the gods.

"Please God!"

The old locust tree began to shake, and the villagers prostrated themselves on the ground with solemn expressions.

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There seemed to be a wind chime, and a wooden sign fell, and the old village chief reached out and grabbed the wooden sign.

Immediately afterwards, the old village chief said:
"Sacrifice!"

Not long after the words were spoken, several big men in coarse linen clothes and red masks appeared carrying a blood-colored coffin.

Going straight to the altar, the coffin was placed on the altar, and the big man stepped back.

The old village chief walked up to the altar with a solemn expression, holding three burning black incense sticks in his hand.

"Sacrifice has been offered, please take your seat!"

The black incense was inserted into the censer, and the black smoke was lingering. The old village chief bowed his head and exited the altar.

"Salute! Exit!"

The old village chief said loudly, and the kowtows sounded all at once.

Afterwards, the old village chief took the lead to leave the old locust tree, and so far, the first day of sacrifice was over.

On the roof, Lin Qian watched all this with a blank face, the blue and red on his body slowly faded away.

Stepping out, Lin Qian returned to the courtyard, already knowing most of the truth in his heart.

There are people in the coffin, and the people are the sacrifices.

That ceremony was triggering the ghost's law of killing, but Lin Qian didn't know why he did it.

"Living sacrifice, it's interesting."

Lin Qian let out a breath, then looked down at Ke Ke, and found that the little girl had woken up, but was still in a daze.

It seemed that he was awakened by the movement just now.

"Father, Keke is hungry!" Keke rubbed her eyes and wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth.

Lin Qian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and without speaking, he took out a peach from his pocket and handed it over.

As soon as she saw a peach, Ke Ke's eyes lit up immediately, and she reached out to take it and took a bite.

Lin Qian smiled and said nothing, turned her head and looked outside the door, her brows raised.

Huang Hui opened the door and walked in, and behind her were three people, two men and one woman, dressed very retro, as if they were only in the Republic of China.

As soon as Huang Hui entered the door, she pointed to Lin Qian and said:
"It's him, he didn't go to the sacrifice, he didn't want to go, and he didn't allow a few of my classmates to go."

Hearing Huang Hui's words, the woman among the three nodded and said with a smile:

"Excuse me, after this time, I will ask the village chief to bring you in touch with the spirit officer."

"Really! That would be wonderful..."

Huang Hui was so excited that she was about to jump up, but before she finished speaking, she fell to the ground with a plop and passed out.

Seeing this scene, the woman frowned, obviously a little unhappy.

But she looked at the three big red cocoons in the yard, then at the bride in Lin Qian's arms, thought for a while and didn't say anything.

But although she didn't say anything, the two men beside her had gloomy faces and looked at Lin Qian coldly. One of them immediately said:
"If you do this, you won't be afraid of death?"

Lin Qian shifted his gaze, looked at this man, and narrowed his eyes:
"Do you want to die?"

When the man heard this, his eyes instantly became fierce:

"you wanna die!"

As she said that, she wanted to go forward and kill Lin Qian, but Lin Qian didn't care, but at this moment, the woman reached out her hand to stop the man.

"Don't forget what we are doing this time."

Hearing this, the man was slightly silent. After thinking for a while, he didn't continue to move forward, but backed away, but his eyes were still staring at Lin Qian viciously.

Seeing this, the woman didn't care, instead she smiled and said to Lin Qian:
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Liu Meng. The two next to me are Wang Shou and Tan San. We used to be couriers on the fourth floor of the ghost post office."

"Don't be surprised. I know you are also a messenger. Don't deny it. If a ghost master like you said that he didn't come here to deliver a message, you might not even know there is such a place."

The woman looked at Lin Qian with a playful smile, looking forward to the expression on this young man's face.

But after waiting for a while, she was a little disappointed. The young man just looked at her blankly, just looked at her.

"Oh~ it's you guys. Some people say you're dead. It seems that the information is wrong, but it doesn't matter. I don't care much about it."

"And then? What do you want to express?"

Lin Qian's expression was extremely calm. He didn't care about the identities of these people. Although he was a little surprised that they were still alive, it was not surprising that he had seen a lot of things.

Hearing Lin Qian's words, Liu Meng was not surprised, but nodded with a smile:

"Very interesting messenger, since this is the case, let's get straight to the point."

"We came here this time to invite you to participate in the sacrifice. I wonder if you would like to?"

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I believe you have also read the taboos in the letter, is it telling you not to participate in the sacrifice?"

"Hehe...that's actually killing you. You should have heard the movement last night, right? Isn't it weird?"

"There is a ghost knocking on the door, but you don't know where the ghost is. Isn't it scary?"

"We came here in the same way at the beginning. Just like you, we also didn't agree to the village chief to participate in the sacrifice at the first time. The result was like this, and we were harassed by ghosts every day."

"It's only the first day, and the ghosts won't enter the courtyard, but the second and third days are different, I think you should understand what I mean."

Liu Meng's eyes narrowed into crescent moons, looking at Lin Qian with a strange smile.

"This is the consequence of not participating in the sacrifice. The sacrifice will last for nine days. If you don't participate in the sacrifice, you will not survive nine days, let alone leave here after delivering the letter."

"So, you should understand which is more important. Young people, participate in the sacrifice honestly. It will do you no harm. This is a good thing. After participating in the sacrifice, you will no longer be troubled by the recovery of ghosts."

"You see, I am the best example. When I first came, the recovery of the ghost was already in sight, but you see, I am still alive and well, and my appearance has not changed at all. I still look like 25."

"You know, I'm already 80 years old~."

"Young man, participate in the sacrifice, and eternal life is close at hand."

Liu Meng looked at Lin Qian with smiles in her eyes, and the same was true for Wang Shou and Tan San beside her.

Lin Qian looked at the three of them, thoughtful in his eyes:
"Eternal life and eternal youth are really very tempting conditions."

"Unfortunately, if I were blind, I might not believe it."

In Lin Qian's eyes, it is true that these three people are living people, but the life of these three people is too outrageous.

He never believed that a ghost master who hadn't become an alien could live forever.

Lin Qian looked at Liu Meng coldly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth:
"Should I still not participate in the sacrifice?"

Hearing Lin Qian's words, Liu Meng narrowed her eyes slightly, and the smile on her face slowly disappeared, but soon she laughed again:

"Trust me, you will participate, I never lie."

"Don't even think about killing us, we can't die."

After speaking, Liu Meng turned her head and left without looking at Lin Qian.

Tan San and Wang Shou just sneered, then turned and left.

Lin Qian just looked at them without speaking, and looked down at Huang Hui who was lying on the ground, his eyes flickering slightly.

"It's interesting, the things in the coffin village are really scary enough."

"Suppress the recovery of ghosts, and stay young forever. As long as you don't leave the coffin village, you won't die."

"It sounds good, but is it really true?"

Lin Qian smiled and didn't care too much.

Looking up at the sky, the sun is still rising.

"Go to the wishing well and take it away if you can."

Thinking about it, Lin Qian rolled his eyes at the three red cocoons beside him, and walked out of the yard without saying anything.

On a street, the three of Liu Meng walked towards the old house in the south.

"Liu Meng, why didn't we force him to participate in the sacrifice? As for being so gentle?" Tan San asked a little puzzled.

"Yeah, the three of us can't limit him to one? Besides, we can't die. If we really have to waste it, he can't afford it." Wang Shou also said.

Hearing their doubts, Liu Meng was not surprised, but shook her head and said:

"It's only the first day of the sacrifice. If something goes wrong and interferes with the sacrifice, are you responsible? Or are you responsible? The matter is very important, and you can't let it happen."

"It's okay if the sacrifice is on the third day, you can do it directly, but today is only the first day, and the sacrifice has just begun. If something goes wrong, causing the sacrifice to make a mistake, we will all be finished."

"What do you think we live on? Isn't it... well, forget it, you know."

"In any case, he will participate in the sacrifice. He can't escape. Believe me, I will make him have to participate in the sacrifice tomorrow at the most."

Liu Meng is very confident, her eyes are full of disdain for Lin Qian.

Hearing Liu Meng's words, Tan San and Wang Shou looked at each other, but they didn't speak any more.

"By the way, what's the situation with Zhao Cai? He's still looking for a way to leave?" Liu Meng asked suddenly.

"Well, Zhao Cai and Zhou Li have never given up. No, they didn't come to participate in today's sacrifice." Tan San said.

"Hehe...you will never die until you reach the Yellow River. Do you really think you can go out? If you can go out, we won't be here for 60 years."

"Besides, if you go out, you will die. It's not like they don't know that it's not good to live here? Do you want to die that much?"

Liu Meng looked in one direction with a sneer, shook her head and said nothing, Tan San and Wang Shou remained silent, their eyes flickering slightly.

"Okay, you guys go back first, I'll go to the wishing well." Liu Meng said.

"Well, we got it." Tan San and Wang Shou nodded without refusing.

Liu Meng ignored them, turned around and walked into an alley, and soon disappeared.

Wang Shou and Tan San looked at Liu Meng who was leaving, did not speak, and left silently.

On the east side, on a street near the old locust tree, there is a well built in the center of the road, named Yuanjing.

Liu Meng stood beside this bottomless well, her eyes were calm, just like the water in the well, the ancient well has no waves.

"I said, you will participate in the sacrifice."

Liu Meng laughed, took out a piece of cold silver from her pocket, threw it in without thinking, and then closed her eyes.

After a while, Liu Meng opened her eyes, looked at the mouth of the well, turned around and left without staying any longer.

But just as she left, there was a sound in the well, a splash, as if something had fallen into the water.

Hearing this voice, Liu Meng smiled and left without looking back.

The well water rippled gently, and then returned to calm.

On West Street, Lin Qian put his hands in his pockets and walked on the street. The surrounding villagers looked at him indifferently.

Lin Qian didn't care about this, looked at the bride who was holding his hand, and sighed, feeling very helpless.

Ke Ke was bouncing and stepping on the bluestone slab in front, Lin Qian just looked at it with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

After the villagers saw Lin Qian, they seemed to be extremely repulsed, as if they were looking at the plague god, and they were afraid to avoid him.

As long as they saw Lin Qian approaching, they would run away, and if there were children, they would tell them to hide in the house as soon as possible.

Lin Qian looked at all this coldly, feeling very calm in his heart.

"It's all rubbish."

Ke Ke ran back, looked up at Lin Qian, and pointed to a small river not far away:
"Dad, let's go catch fish, fish is delicious."

Following the direction of Ke Ke's finger, there is a small river, only about three meters wide.

The depth is estimated to be more than one meter. The river water is very clear, and there are river fish in it, which are not small.

"Well, yes, but don't worry, it won't be too late for Dad to go after he has seen something first." Lin Qian shook the little girl's head and said.

Ke Ke shook Lin Qian's hand, but she was also happy:
"Yeah, listen to Dad."

Lin Qian smiled, turned a direction for Ke Ke, and continued on her way.

After passing through several streets, Lin Qian soon came to the east side of the wishing well.

Looking at the secluded well, Lin Qian was a little silent. He tapped his fingers in the air and found that nothing happened.

He was a little puzzled, but soon he seemed to think of something, hesitated for a while, turned and left.

Ke Ke didn't understand what her father was doing, but she didn't care, she still followed her father by running around.

"Slightly similar ghosts, if nothing else happens, it's what Master Li is looking for." Lin Qian thought in his heart.

"This thing has to be taken away, but not now. After the ghost in the sacrifice appears in reality, I will eat it, and then I can start packing."

"If you can't kill him, there is no one in this world who has been eaten by me and is still alive." Lin Qian laughed, thinking of that woman Liu Meng, scarlet flashed in Lin Qian's eyes.

Walking on the street, ignoring those weird eyes, Lin Qian came to the small river.

Ke Ke was very excited to see the water, and started playing in the water after taking off his shoes. Lin Qian didn't care what happened to Ke Ke, so he just sat on a willow tree protruding from the water by the river.

Quietly watching Ke Ke stepping on the water to play, the deepest river is only more than one meter, and the shallowest reaches Ke Ke's calf.

How high is the cocoa, which is enough to show how shallow the water is.

The sun shines on the water, reflecting the whiteness of the pebbles in the river, and the wicker falls vertically into the water, moving with the water.

Lin Qian, who was sitting on a willow branch, looked at this scene very calmly. In front of the temple to the west, a starving ghost appeared there.

The same is true for the mountains in the north. Lin Qian is asking the starving ghosts to check the situation. There are no starving ghosts at the old house in the north and south. There is no need. There are people living there, probably the messengers.

It is already certain from the temple that the temple is a ghost, and the degree of terror is not low.

On the other side of the mountain, the ghosts were also terrifying, and the starving ghost was attacked just after entering.

Lin Qian didn't pay much attention to these, and turned to look at the old locust tree in the center of the village.

The locust leaves shook, and the black wooden signs on them collided with each other, looking very beautiful.

The coffin on the altar has disappeared, and it is not known when it happened.

However, Lin Qian was sure that the person inside the coffin was already dead, really dead.

When seeing those villagers, Lin Qian discovered one thing. These villagers are real living people, no different from the living people outside.

They can also eat and sleep, and they can also reproduce.

It looks perfectly normal, but this is precisely the most abnormal place.

Living people and ghosts coexist in perfect peace. As long as sacrifices are offered during sacrifices, they can live like this forever.

And Lin Qian also discovered that what Liu Meng said about immortality and eternal youth was only for ghost masters, and it had no effect on ordinary people.

Because, he saw old people in the village, and there were more than one, and the old village chief was the best Liezi.

The old village head is not a ghost master, he is just an ordinary person, but he seems to be a little special, as if he can also be immortal.

"It's really an interesting village. The longer you stay here, the more interesting it will be." Lin Qian looked at the old locust tree that didn't know how old it was.

He felt that the ghost might appear from there, and of course it might appear from the altar.

As for which one, Lin Qian didn't know, it was just a suspicion, but these were not too important, as long as all the sacrifices were over, he would know.

"Dad, look, there is a kitten!"

Ke Ke stepped on the water and ran over with a trot all the way, holding a white kitten in his hand, raised his head and shouted at Lin Qian.

Hearing Ke Ke's cry, Lin Qian recovered from his thoughts, and saw Ke Ke holding a snow-white kitten smiling at him.

"ghost?"

Lin Qian appeared in front of Ke Ke, stepped on the water, squatted down and took the kitten from Ke Ke's hand.

The kitten's body was very soft, and it exuded a coldness. Lin Qian stared at the white cat's eyes, which were green and scattered.

"Ghost cat?"

Looking at the white cat whose pupils rolled slightly, Lin Qian was a little surprised. This thing is a different kind, and it is a different kind with cat consciousness.

This thing is just like the Tibetan Mastiff Xiao Hei, who can understand human speech.

"Where did it come from?"

Lin Qian handed the kitten to Ke Ke, but did not choose to eat it.

"It ran over by itself." Coco hugged the kitten in her arms and stroked it. The kitten didn't resist, as if it liked Coco's petting very much.

"Is that so?" Lin Qian looked around.

"Dad, can Keke raise it?"

Ke Ke hugged the white cat and looked at Lin Qian eagerly.

The white cat seemed to understand what Ke Ke said, turned its small head, and stared at Lin Qian with those slack green pupils, as if hoping that he would agree.

"Well, yes, but remember not to eat it." Lin Qian thought for a while and did not refuse Ke Ke's small request.

"Okay, dad is the best." Ke Ke hugged Lin Qian directly.

Lin Qian smiled, touched Ke Ke's small head and said:
"Okay, let's go play."

"Yeah!" Coco nodded quickly, then hugged the little white cat, and started running in the river, it could be seen that she was really happy.

Lin Qian just watched, thoughtful in his eyes:
"Wild aliens, or animals, were recruited by Ke Ke?"

"Or?"

Lin Qian turned to look at the tricky bride, thought for a while and shook her head:

"It shouldn't be possible. Why would the cunning bride recruit ghosts just to find a playmate for Ke Ke? She's not conscious."

"It should have been recruited by Ke Ke."

Lin Qian looked at Ke Ke who was playing with the white cat, smiled, turned around and reappeared on the willow tree.

"Everything is getting more interesting."

(End of this chapter)