CH 178

The colorful ribbons on the drum swayed slightly with Bai Lingmiao's footsteps. She walked alone in the alleys of the somewhat dilapidated Qianjia Village. Every now and then, barefoot farmers with oxen and women holding children would cast surprised glances at her. This young girl dressed in such a way had never been seen in the village before and was quite rare.

With a nervous expression, Bai Lingmiao continued walking towards the location Twin Soul had told her about. Before long, she saw two short houses side by side. She took a deep breath and walked into the courtyard.

"Woof! Woof!" The watchdog scared Bai Lingmiao, but the barking also saved her from having to announce her arrival.

With a creak, the door opened, and a simple farmer walked out, his eyes filled with fear as he asked, "Who are you looking for?"

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Bai Lingmiao hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say. After all, she hadn't done this kind of thing many times before. Finally, she asked carefully, "Um... has anyone in your family been possessed?"

The door slammed shut with a bang.

"Ahh..." Bai Lingmiao stood awkwardly in place. She looked at Twin Soul beside her and said, "See... they closed the door. Maybe nothing's wrong."

Then she seemed to hear something and said with a worried expression, "I know the immortals are pressuring us to work faster, but maybe this family doesn't have... Oh well, I'll go try again."

She walked over and knocked on the door with her white hand. "Please open the door! I have learned how to exorcise ghosts and spirits. If you really have trouble in that area, I can help!"

After knocking a few times, just when Bai Lingmiao thought they wouldn't open the door, a crack appeared in the wooden door, and a pair of old yellow wax eyes suddenly appeared, scaring her.

"How did you know we encountered a possessed person?"

Hearing the voice, Bai Lingmiao finally realized that the wax-yellow eyes belonged to a person.

"Uh..." Bai Lingmiao was at a loss for words for a moment.

"Old man, don't worry about how I know. I can really help you with this. Possession can't stay in a person's body for too long, or it will cause trouble."

"How many boards do you want?"

"Fifty copper coins. No matter how powerful the possession is, it's always fifty copper coins." Bai Lingmiao quoted the standard price for performing exorcisms.

As soon as she finished speaking, a young man's voice came from behind the door. "Dad, choose her! This exorcist is much cheaper than Cui Mipo!"

The door slammed shut again, and the two father and son inside discussed something. Just as Bai Lingmiao was waiting anxiously, the door creaked open again.

A short and stout old farmer came out, carrying a pole with a heavy heart. After looking at Bai Lingmiao for a while, he said, "Fifty copper coins, as you said. We are poor people, so don't bully us."

Hearing this, Bai Lingmiao breathed a sigh of relief and stepped over the threshold. As soon as she entered, she was scared by the white decorations in the room. The whole house was decorated like a funeral parlor, no, it was a funeral parlor except for the lack of a coffin.

"Old man, why don't you put the memorial tablets in the ancestral hall? Why put them in the house?"Upon hearing this, the old man let out a deep sigh. "If I could have let her go earlier, I would have. Come with me, I'll take you inside and tell you more about it."

After passing through the house, they arrived at a bright courtyard where a few chickens were kept. The father and son nervously led Bai Lingmiao to the courtyard and pulled out a bamboo stool for her to sit on before beginning to tell their story.

"My wife passed away five days ago...she was 71 years old and died without confessing any sins. It was just a regular funeral, but on the seventh day, something happened. My nephew who was on watch duty heard someone knocking on the coffin."

Upon hearing this, Bai Lingmiao's heart tightened and she looked around warily, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"We were scared, so we hastily buried her. But the very next night, she came back on her own..."

Although the farmer's words were dry, Bai Lingmiao felt a chill run down her spine. This seemed different from what she had encountered before.

"As soon as she pushed open the door, she said she wanted to eat meat. My son and I were both frightened. She looked like she would eat us if we didn't give her meat."

"So we took down the half-preserved pork leg that we had hung up for the New Year. She ended up gnawing on it like an animal, blood dripping from her mouth. And when she finished the whole leg, she said she would come back tomorrow for more."

The old man's face became even more sorrowful as he spoke.

"I'm not stingy, but that wasn't our wife. The way she ate meat was like an animal. If she comes back and there's no meat, she might eat us."

"If you can help my wife pass on peacefully, you'll be our family's goddess."

After finishing his story, the old man hung his head and fell silent.

"Is this a case of a corpse being reanimated? Did something possess her?" Bai Lingmiao wondered to herself, considering the danger of the situation.

After discussing with Twin Soul in her mind and determining that the danger was not too great, Bai Lingmiao looked at the time and said, "Old man, the sun will be setting soon. Since I'm already here, I'll stay for the night. What do you think?"

Since she had come, she had to solve the problem. After experiencing so much with Senior Brother Li, Bai Lingmiao found that she had confidence in herself.

"What? You really have a way?" The old man became excited.

He had thought the young girl had no skills, but when Bai Lingmiao nodded in confirmation, the old man immediately stood up and rushed towards the chickens in the courtyard.

"Alright! Let's have dinner at my place! Don't be polite!"

That night, a whole chicken was placed in front of Bai Lingmiao, but she didn't have much appetite. She anxiously waited for the night to come.

As soon as night fell, the father and son retreated to the back room to sleep, leaving Bai Lingmiao alone in the large hall that resembled a spirit hall. The house looked very poor, with only one oil lamp illuminating the surroundings, casting eerie shadows and making the already terrifying environment even more sinister.