NOVPUB"So, Lady Qianshi is actually from 'Yu Family Village.'
The great monk helped the people of 'Yu Family Village' to create a deity, who would be worshipped day and night by the villagers, not only to dispel their tormented spirits but also to protect them under Lady Qianshi's divine grace."
After Tian Lin finished speaking, the Class C trainees all turned to look at him when he suddenly added, "But will Lady Qianshi, who was killed by the villagers, truly protect them?"
"Please Lady Qianshi, return to the village!"
In the valley, the Village Chief's voice rang out, followed by the appearance of a bright sedan chair carrying a female corpse, fixed in place with iron spikes.
The female corpse was riddled with holes, patched up so that not a single area of her skin was unscathed.
Her eyes were open, with a smile hanging on her lips. But that smile was obviously manipulated post-mortem, making it look rigid and eerie.
A group from 'Yu Family Village' returned to the village with the female corpse, accompanied by gongs and drums, and then placed the corpse from the sedan chair into the temporarily constructed temple.
That night, as rain and wind intertwined, the mournful wails of the woman filled the old and young of 'Yu Family Village,' echoing from the newly built Goddess Temple.
But no matter what, the female corpse in the ruined temple did not come out to harm anyone.
The next day at dawn, no one in 'Yu Family Village' hanged themselves again. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
The villagers finally felt at ease; the great monk had not lied to them.
After a day and night of heavy rain, peace returned to the village.
The scene in front of Tian Lin and his companions changed; not only was the ground no longer wet, but they were now in Elder Ran's neighbor's house.
Senior Brother Changxue and the others were nowhere to be seen. When Tian Lin got up, he only saw the Zhou siblings and Zhang Rou lying on the table or the ground.
Zhou Mengjiao slowly regained consciousness, touching her stomach and furrowing her brows then pressed her temples, "Such a powerful dream realm, did our souls just enter Lady Qianshi's dream?"
"Fortunately, Lady Qianshi had no intention of letting us die in her dream."
Zhang Rou, who also woke up, said with a lingering fear, "It seems that Lady Qianshi is not an Evil God. Otherwise, why would she let us leave her dream alive?"
"If the current villagers of Yu Family Village are the descendants of those villagers in the dream, then Yu Family Village deserves to be wiped out."
Zhou Jin didn't know whether he was serious or just ingratiating himself to Lady Qianshi.
As he stood up from the ground, he brushed dust off himself and said:
"Lady Qianshi suffered too much, and that great monk from the Little Thunder Temple was too malicious. Doing such an evil act, isn't he afraid of falling into Avici Hell after death?"
Tian Lin remained silent and observed the surroundings of the house.
It wasn't just him frowning; Zhang Rou also sensed something peculiar.
She took two steps back, feeling a continuous chill in the air, as if an Evil Spirit had visited.
But she couldn't see anything out of place, nor was there any sign of roaming souls or Evil Spirits.
"It shouldn't have been long since we fell asleep, but there's something off in this village."
Zhou Mengjiao said, "Before we entered the dream, in Yu Family Village, there were Undead howling and ghost babies crying. But now, we can't hear any of that."
Tian Lin glanced at her and Zhang Rou then at Zhou Jin.
Zhou Jin noticed Tian Lin's strange expression and asked him, "What's the matter with you?"
Tian Lin shook his head, went out of the main house, and after inspecting the belly of a female corpse, said:
"I think it's better for us to leave Yu Family Village."
Zhou Mengjiao frowned upon hearing this, "The situation is not critical right now, and it seems that Lady Qianshi has no malice towards us. Why the rush to leave without any reason?"
Tian Lin replied, "Relying on the goodwill of a 'deity' for one's safety is always too risky. Moreover, even if Lady Qianshi has no ill intentions, what about that unknown deity?"
"Did you discover something, Tian?"
Just then, Zhang Rou asked.
After pondering for a moment, Tian Lin secretly communicated with Zhou Jin, "I think we were supposed to die in Lady Qianshi's dream, which must be her method of murder.
But we've survived because of that unknown Evil God."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jin blurted out, "Why do you say that, Tian?"
He wasn't whispering as Tian Lin was, so Zhang Rou and Zhou Mengjiao both knew Tian Lin was avoiding talking to them.
Zhang Rou was alright, but Zhou Mengjiao was somewhat displeased.
Seeing Zhou Jin lose his composure, Tian Lin decided to open up:
"From what I've seen, the female corpses from Yu Family Village have the heaviest yin energy. And when I awoke, I found both Zhang Senior Sister and Zhou Senior Sister to have an extreme amount of yin energy on them."
Initially, Zhang and Zhou did not react, but upon the realization that all women from Yu Family Village had mysteriously conceived ghost fetuses and Tian Lin was saying the two of them were no different from those women—
"Tian, it's not funny to joke about these things."
Zhang Rou turned pale, her voice threatening as she looked at Tian Lin.
She appeared strong, but her trembling voice betrayed her weakness.
After a moment, Tian Lin said, "Senior Sister, if you don't mind, may I take a look at your stomach?"
Zhang Rou's brows were slightly furrowed, but she did not believe Tian Lin was the type to be brazenly lustful.
At this moment, Zhou Jin turned his back, closed his eyes, and said, "Disciple Sister Zhang, rest assured, I won't peek. I advise you to listen to Disciple Tian, as I think he is not unaware of the severity of the situation."
Zhang Rou stopped being pretentious. She tore open her daoist robe and lifted the hem of her clothes at her belly.
Tian Lin only glanced once before he saw the shocking green footprints and palm prints on her belly.
These prints were clearly only the size of an infant's, and on the bellies of all the women in Yu Family Village, such palm prints had appeared.
Tian Lin had consumed the True Eye Fruit, which allowed him to recognize the shape of the Yin energy, whereas other cultivators could only sense its presence.
When he entered Elder Ran's house, aside from seeing the ghost baby, he also saw footprints and palm prints all over the room.
But back then, he only thought these prints were formed after the birth of the ghost baby.
He never imagined that the ghost baby had crawled in from the outside, and then burrowed into the bellies of the women in Yu Family Village to cast its ghost fetus flesh with their blood and flesh.
"What do you think?"
Zhang Rou let go of her clothes and asked Tian Lin a question.
Tian Lin said, "My guess is that there may already be two ghost babies in Disciple Sister Zhang's belly."
Zhang Rou stepped forward and reached for Tian Lin's collar, but Tian Lin easily dodged.
She didn't pursue further and asked Tian Lin, "How did you conclude that, do you have any evidence?"
Tian Lin said, "Whether Disciple Sister believes me or not, I do not guarantee my judgment is correct. If Disciple Sister believes me, then consider how to prevent the birth of the ghost baby. If Disciple Sister doesn't believe it, then it's of no concern."
At this time, Zhou Mengjiao also stepped forward, biting her lips as she said, "Disciple Tian, can you help me check as well?"
Tian Lin did not respond, not because he held a grudge, but because he didn't want to help and bring trouble upon himself.
Knowing that Tian Lin was unwilling, Zhou Mengjiao straightforwardly said, "I heard from my brother that you have a strong interest in Cold Fragrance Leaves? If you help me, I can purchase them for you."
As she said this, Tian Lin's smile at the corner of his mouth became genuine, "If Disciple Sister trusts me, then what's there for me to say?"
Zhou Mengjiao lifted her clothes, revealing her snowy white belly with only a pair of handprints and a pair of footprints.
Seeing this, Tian Lin said, "Disciple Sister Mengjiao's situation is somewhat better than Disciple Sister Zhang's; there's only one ghost baby."
He said nothing about congratulations, as being afflicted with a ghost baby, whether one or two, didn't seem to make much of a difference.
Hearing Tian Lin's words, Zhou Mengjiao also subconsciously wanted to retort.
But she knew that such emotional outbursts were of no help to the situation.
"Disciple Tian is right; we can't stay in Yu Family Village for long."
At this moment, Zhang Rou had also calmed down, her voice cold as she said, "I want to leave Yu Family Village."
Zhou Jin had already turned around, giving Tian Lin a nod of agreement.
The four did not rashly summon their flying swords to leave but quickened their pace towards the village entrance.
Yu Family Village was not small, but to Foundation Establishment Cultivators, crossing the village did not take much time.
It did not take long for Tian Lin and the others to reach the village entrance, but when they walked out of the archway, they found themselves back in the center of the village.
"A ghost hitting the wall?"
Tian Lin frowned, Zhou Jin said, "It's a Prohibition, set by Elder Gao."
Tian Lin realized, "Of course, Elder Gao and Elder Fang are determined to eliminate the roaming souls and Undead in the village; how could they not set up a Prohibition? But their Prohibition not only blocks roaming souls and Undead, but also prevents us from coming and going."
Zhou Jin turned around and asked Zhang Rou, "Disciple Sister Zhang has quite some research in Arrays, do you see a way out?"
Zhang Rou shook her head, "Elder Gao's attainment is not something I can match. The Prohibition she deployed cannot be easily seen through by me."
Zhou Mengjiao, refusing to give up, took out her Compass. But the needle on the Compass did not move at all, obviously, Elder Gao's Prohibition was extremely hidden, even the Compass could not detect the slightest.
Seeing this, Zhou Mengjiao threw the Compass in frustration and said, "What do we do now? Does Elder Gao truly dare to let all of us disciples die in Yu Family Village?"
Though Outer Disciples weren't very high in status, they were not to be cast aside like worn-out shoes.
After all, many of the Outer Disciples had some background and identities.
Although Elder Gao was Elder Xue's daughter-in-law, she did not represent Elder Xue. If she made a mistake, she would still be punished.
"The urgent matter at hand is to find Elder Gao first."
Tian Lin said, "I think since she has set up the Prohibition, she must have entered the village, right?"
As soon as Tian Lin finished speaking, Zhou Jin suddenly said with a sinister tone, "If she really entered the village, is it possible that Lady Qian has pulled her into the dream and she's also carrying a ghost fetus?"
His thought was bold, but Zhou Mengjiao's eyes lit up.
She didn't dare to believe Tian Lin's words, but based on her experience, Tian Lin should not be lying.
Also, with the mysterious pregnancies of the villagers in Yu Family Village, she anticipated that Tian Lin's words might actually come true for Tian Lin.
At this moment, she wished she could tear Elder Gao to pieces.
But Elder Gao had a very high cultivation level, what power did she have for revenge? If it were up to the sect to decide, the sect's punishment for Elder Gao may not be to her satisfaction.
But what if Elder Gao was also afflicted and had to give birth to a ghost baby?
