radicalducati Chapter 83 Insidious Villain
Chapter 83 Insidious Villain
Then, Lin Tian grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it into his mouth, signaling to Chen Ximing that he was walking behind her, and then fell backward.
With Lin Tian behind him, Chen Ximing felt much more at ease.
The two of them slowly retreated, one in front of the other.
Chen Ximing stuffed too much dirt into her mouth, and some of the dirt got into her throat, making her want to cough.
When the two retreated to the second candlestick, Chen Ximing's face was flushed, and she felt that she was about to reach her physiological limit.
Chen Ximing quickened her pace; she wanted to get out as soon as possible.
But as she retreated, she stepped on the foot of the person behind her, stumbled, and fell to the ground.
Chen Ximing suddenly felt an unbearable itch in his throat and couldn't hold it in any longer, coughing up dirt.
"Oh no!"
Chen Ximing coughed so hard that tears and snot streamed down his face, making him look extremely disheveled.
The restless footsteps in the ancestral hall suddenly stopped for a moment, then reappeared, heading straight for Chen Ximing.
Chen Ximing hurriedly opened the earthenware jar and stuffed soil into his mouth again.
But because her throat was still itchy and she kept coughing, she had to cover her mouth tightly and try to control the volume.
"We're here, almost there."
Chen Ximing kept reassuring herself, and soon, the first candlestick appeared in her sight.
Chen Ximing turned a corner and continued retreating towards the location of the door as he remembered it.
When the door frame came into view, Chen Ximing was so excited that he almost cried.
But before she could even feel happy, she soon realized that she had bumped into something.
It wasn't the main gate of the ancestral hall, because the things behind it were uneven.
She shifted her position from side to side, but the thing behind her seemed to move with her, blocking the doorway and preventing her from leaving.
Soon, a cold and corrupt aura spread from behind Chen Ximing.
Chen Ximing was trembling like a leaf. Her trembling hands reached behind her and touched a piece of tattered clothing.
Chen Ximing's defenses crumbled, and she turned around in despair.
At the entrance of the ancestral hall, a group of well-dressed but very tattered corpses stood densely packed with their backs to Chen Ximing.
As if sensing something, the bluish-black, decaying faces slowly turned around, making gurgling sounds from their necks.
............
Lin Tian stared at the entrance of the ancestral hall with mixed feelings. Just now, she had watched helplessly as Chen Ximing fell to the ground for no apparent reason.
It seemed as if something had tripped her up from behind; Lin Tian sensed something was wrong when she heard Chen Ximing cough.
So she scattered soil as she walked, spreading all the soil from the jar on the ground some distance away from her.
She then quickly left the ancestral hall, and when she looked back at it, goosebumps rose on her arms.
The entrance to the ancestral hall was crowded with countless ghosts, all staring at him and Li Zheng standing to the side with resentful eyes.
Li Zheng was also in a sorry state at this time, having used up all the adipocere in the first and second positions.
The candlelight burned his hair and half his face, leaving gruesome and terrifying wounds.
"Lin Tian, are you disappointed to see that I'm still alive?" Li Zheng asked sarcastically as he washed his wounds with a wooden basin filled with water in the yard.
"That's it then. Seeing you still alive is more painful than seeing me die," Lin Tian replied dismissively.
"By the way, aren't you curious about who my target is this time? Aren't you curious about how I recognized you?" Li Zheng said.
Lin Tian was too lazy to waste words with this treacherous villain; he'd just find an opportunity to get rid of him.
"Hey, it doesn't matter anymore, the goal has been achieved anyway. I have no grudge against you or that old man, so if you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you either."
Seeing that Lin Tian didn't respond, Li Zheng didn't hold back and spoke on his own.
As if knowing that tonight's task was complete, the old attendant came in. Perhaps the last procedure hadn't been completed well, because the old attendant's expression was clearly not good.
But he didn't press the matter about the two missing people. With a long face, he said:
"My lords, the ancestral worship ceremony for tonight has concluded. Please return to your residences to rest; unless there is urgent business, please do not leave your residences without permission."
After exchanging a few perfunctory words with the old servant, Lin Tian left. Li Zheng watched Lin Tian's retreating figure, his previously nonchalant attitude vanishing, and his expression gradually turned cold.
After returning to the courtyard, Lin Tian found that there was no one guarding it, so he went to Su Zixu's door and knocked on it using the pre-arranged code.
When Su Zixu heard footsteps in the courtyard, he came to the door and peered warily through the crack in the door.
The code wasn't enough; after a heated standoff, Su Zixu finally opened the door.
Lin Tian quickly slipped into the house and closed the door. She strode to the table, poured herself a glass of water, and after taking a few sips, said, "Wen Zhunian and Chen Ximing are both gone."
"Two people?!"
Su Zixu was not surprised that something bad was bound to happen tonight, but the sudden loss of two people was still unexpected.
"We must be careful of Li Zheng from now on. He tricked all three of us today." Lin Tian felt an unbearable urge to retaliate whenever he thought of Li Zheng.