CH 146.3

He left the vendor and opened Samael’s chat window, telling the other party everything about the location and the current situation.

Since Samael had decided to join up with him, he should show him some sincerity.

Samuel was silent for a long time after listening to Bai Lixin’s narration and then said: [I’ll look for the two missing zombies first, and I’ll look for you after I’m done. ]

[This town is weird.]

Bai Lixin stopped in his tracks, [What’s wrong?]

Samael: [It’s ten in the morning, and there’s still no one on the streets, and all the houses are closed.]

[I jumped up on the roof and looked around, everyone in this town has one or a few coffins in their homes, and there are several in the coffin houses, all having corpses.]

[But this is a town, there must be some form of activity; if it’s not in the morning, then it should at least happen at the night.]

[And I didn’t find the paper-tying shop in the alley you mentioned.]

[I haven’t rested for a day and a night, so I’m looking for a place to sleep in case I don’t have a chance to sleep again, so I’ll contact you at night.]

[S-level copies are not as simple as they appear on the surface. I’ll try to find you later, so be careful and don’t die before then.]

Bai Lixin shrugged: [Yes, I will try to survive.]

Bai Lixin fell into thought after ending the chat with Samael.

The initial Yanwang town they entered, where the living were supposed to be, had a strange and deathly aura about it.

It was oppressive and silent.

On the contrary, the side of the living souls here was more welcoming.

An ordinary person would doubt which side was the world of the living.

Was this just a contrast to the characters? Was there another reason?

As he pondered, he walked to the location in the east.

The house was a little shabby, but it was homely. There were two couplets on the door, in black letters on a red background.

The gate was not closed, and a thin gap was left open.

Bai Lixin pushed the gate and walked in.

There was a well in the corner of the courtyard, and a peach tree next to it.

The courtyard was clean, and there were no signs of a struggle.

Bai Lixin pushed the door to the house open and went inside the room.

The moment he opened the door, a red figure suddenly rushed toward Bai Lixin’s face.

The figure flew through the air, its empty skirt swinging towards him.

Bai Lixin held his breath, calmly dodged back, and took a look at the wedding dress hanging from the beam.

The moment the door opened, the wind poured in, and the red wedding dress swayed with the wind, as if it were alive.

Bai Lixin passed by the wedding dress and walked into the room.

It was a very old-fashioned room, with very elaborate furnishings.

At the dressing table, the makeup case was still open, and the comb was casually discarded to one side.

There was a basket next to the dressing table and a child’s cotton dress in the basket. It was only half sewn, and the cotton wool inside fluttered in the wind.

The dressing table was in disarray, and the clothes were left lying around….

The hostess seemed to have left in a great hurry.

Bai Lixin opened the drawer and saw a large red letter of appointment in one of its drawers.

Opening the letter, there were only two short lines on it.

[There is a pretty lady in the house that made King Yama smile once he saw her. On the fifth day of the fifth month, a big red palanquin will come to welcome the bride.]

[Gold, silver, and treasures are the betrothal gifts, and a wedding dress has already been delivered. If the door is knocked three times, the palanquin will come at an auspicious time.]

Bai Lixin fell into deep thought when he saw the two paragraphs.

King Yama, this guy was everywhere; it was easy for him to attract attention.

Bai Lixin looked at the wedding dress floating overhead and then looked at the invitation. After thinking about it, he took the wedding dress off the eaves of the roof.

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A knocking sound rang out in the middle of the night.

In the silence of the bedroom, a bride in a red wedding dress quietly sat on the bed. The bride folded her hands over her lap, quiet as a virgin, patiently waiting for the arrival of the palanquin.

Suddenly, three knocks came from outside the door, and a sharp voice rang out: “The third night has come, King Yama is going to marry his wife tonight, so please answer the door and we take you to the palanquin.”

Inside the door, the bride gave a shy, soft “mmm.”

As soon as the voice fell, the closed door instantly opened, and two rows of people in big red wedding clothes burst in, each of them with a pale white face. They all had bright red blush on their bloodless cheeks and blood-red lips.

The unblinking eyes were devoid of any white, and they all looked straight at the bride sitting on the bed.

Two white-faced and red-clothed men walked up to the bride, standing left and right of her. Their pale white hands slowly helped the bride up, saying: “Please rise, bride, we shall send you to the palanquin. Don’t be afraid, bride, you will soon meet the groom.”

The bride slowly stood up and was suddenly a head taller than the men around her.

The two white-faced men were stunned for a moment, and one of them asked stiffly, “Bride, please answer, why are you suddenly taller?”

The bride under the red veil paused for two seconds and said in a soft, weak voice, “I’m wearing height-enhancing shoes.”

Expressionless black eyes immediately shifted down, they could only see a huge hemline of the skirt and no shoes at all.

One of the men touched the bride’s back and said, “Yes, the bride is soft as cream, she will be King Yama’s beloved wife.”

The two men felt relieved and helped the bride forward.

When they reached the threshold of the gate, the two men stopped again, and one of them walked up to the bride and bowed, saying, “Bride, please climb on my back, cross the threshold, and your bad luck will be dispersed.”

The bride hesitated for a few seconds before finally climbing onto the back of the man.

The man stumbled a little and almost fell.

The white-faced people who had been standing in the courtyard like paper figurines also instantly looked at the bride in a daze.

For a moment, countless scrutinizing gazes shone over, as if they wanted to pierce the bride.

The man next to her looked at the bride strangely: “Bride, please answer, why are you suddenly heavy?”

The bride paused for another few seconds and lightly squeezed a few words out of her throat, “The wedding dress is too heavy, also, King Yama wants to marry me, I was too excited; I overate.”

Several eyes fell on the bride’s waist.

“The bride’s waist is as thin as a water snake, the posture is elegant, and the bride is fair.”

“It’s time, let’s go.”

The man stumbled and carried the fair lady on his back, panting as he carried her onto the large red palanquin.

Several white-faced men lifted the palanquin and sang as they walked.

“It is almost midnight; Yama is marrying a wife. Mortals retreat; all ghosts are not to be disturbed. King Yama’s wife, the pretty lady, get into the palanquin bed.”.”

This is the song that Bai Lixin heard on the first night he entered the copy.

Bai Lixin sat in the palanquin sullenly, he could feel the palanquin trembling wildly, and it was traveling at a fast pace.

He opened the chat window and sent a message to Samael while keeping an eye on the changes outside.

When it was dark, the streets that had been busy during the day were suddenly deserted.

He’d gone to the alley once more but didn’t find the entrance to the paper tying-shop.

It was as if the shop had evaporated after he had signed a contract with it.

Come to think of it, he went to the paper-tying shop after walking in the fog at dawn, so the entrance to the shop at that time was on the other side of the living.

No one said that he had to enter the paper-tying shop from the side of the living souls as well.

To complete the deal with the proprietress, he not only needed to get enough money but also find a way to re-enter that shop.

Failure to complete either of these two pits would count as a breach of contract by the customer.

This contract may seem fair, but it was full of mysteries.

So to re-enter the paper-tying shop, he had to go to the side of the living again.

He met King Yama’s wedding party that time with the corpse drivers, so it might take him back to the other side.

But this was only in theory, and he was not completely sure if it would work.

The wind howled outside, and the people carrying him seemed to be flying in the sky.

Suddenly, the palanquin swayed a little.

The next second, it swayed even more violently, and the palanquin lurched up and down.

Bai Lixin subconsciously fetched his dagger from his backpack, listening to the movement outside vigilantly. He pinched his throat and asked tentatively, “What’s going on outside?”

A few muffled grunts sounded, and then a husky voice slowly rang out, “It just became a little windy.”

Hearing this voice, Bai Lixin froze for a moment, and his tense body suddenly relaxed.

He asked once more, “Who are you?”

The man coughed lightly, as if a little shy: “A palanquin bearer.”

Bai Lixin: “……”

Why did it feel like he had just staged a bride-snatching scene?

The palanquin moved again, but it was at a different speed this time; it was faster and more stable.

After a few minutes, the palanquin came to a slow halt.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the curtain of the large red sedan chair was lifted.

The next second, a familiar face appeared before Bai Lixin.

The man’s fingertips trembled a little as he carefully moved them to the young man in the sedan chair.

A gust of wind suddenly blew up and lifted the red veil over the young man’s head with force, and his flawless face rushed into the man’s eyes.

The green grass swayed in the breeze, and the two pairs of eyes met under the moonlight.

The face he saw in the water mirror was even more beautiful in reality. The man’s deep eyes scrutinized the young man in front of him, the big red wedding dress made him look even more beautiful, he now looked like a brilliant and heavy evening sunset in the sky, and the big red dress spilled all over like the colorful clouds in the sky.

The young man blinked, tilted his head, and asked in a soft voice: “You don’t look like one of them. Who are you? You look tall and handsome.”

The man’s face instantly reddened, and he coughed lightly, “I’ve come to save you, you’ve been tricked, the one you’re marrying isn’t Yama.”

“Be careful in the future, don’t be cheated.”

The young man’s beautiful eyes looked back at the man, “Really, then thank you.”

The man just wanted to put a hand over his chest.

‘Hiss! Who could withstand this?’