CH 237

Looking at the hanging ghost so close, Li Huowang almost instinctively drew his sword.

But at the moment he was about to strike, he abruptly stopped.

Because Li Huowang realized that this thing wasn't looking at him, it was an inanimate object! The hanging ghost was not the "rope son"!

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Li Huowang's gaze shifted slightly upward, towards a very blurry puddle above, with only a rough outline of something.

Thinking back to the previous tremors, he thought to himself, "This hanging ghost is just a part of it! Perhaps it's just one of its fingers! That big guy in the darkness is the 'rope son'!"

It was obvious that the spell of the person had taken effect, as it didn't attack them immediately.

After realizing this, Li Huowang took a deep breath and carefully examined the female corpse in front of him.

The clothing on the female corpse in front of him was red, which turned into a eerie black-red color in this dark environment.

From the wrinkles that almost covered her facial features and her gray hair, it could be judged that she was an old person.

This old woman was hanging in mid-air, staring at Li Huowang with her waxen, withered eyes.

Soon, half an incense stick had passed, and Li Huowang guessed right. When he didn't move, the female corpse didn't make any movements either, hanging there like a puppet.

In the darkness, everyone present was frozen in place. If it weren't for the slight white mist proving that they were all alive, everyone at this moment would be no different from a stone statue.

At this moment, Li Huowang experienced the feeling of living like a year for the first time. His limbs were sore and numb.

In this state, he didn't know how long had passed. With the creaking of the rope sinking into the flesh, the hanging ghost slowly floated up, gradually leaving Li Huowang's line of sight.

Li Huowang's gaze followed it slowly, watching it finally merge with the extremely blurry giant thing in the darkness.

Li Huowang still didn't know what this female corpse meant to the "rope son", whether it was a part of its body or just a decoration. "Rope son? Why is this thing called 'rope son'?"

The trembling sound from before sounded again, but this time it was gradually moving away instead of getting closer.

As time passed, with the trembling sound gradually fading away, the oppressive feeling finally disappeared.

"Whew~" The fire illuminated the pale faces of Li Huowang and the others. It was a yellow talisman ignited by the flames, with the lower end of the talisman clipped between the hands of the previous Taoist.

He first glanced at the exposed ribs on Li Huowang's chest, then smiled and said, "This cultivator, the 'rope son' is gone, we're safe now."

When the light of the fluorescent stone illuminated the faces of others, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When the Taoist saw their strange appearance, Li Huowang was about to explain."Hehe, no problem, disciple of Luo, Han Fu, has seen fellow cultivators." The thin Taoist bowed to Li Huowang and revealed his rotten teeth again.

The yellow and black rotten teeth were scattered and growing in all directions, and the roots of the teeth were tightly wrapped in yellow plaque. The strong bad breath emanating from the gaps in the teeth made others quietly step back a few steps.

This person's breath was very bad, not just bad, it was worse than a latrine.

Although this person's hygiene was very poor, Li Huowang did not feel any repulsion towards his rotten teeth after going through the An Ci An before.

Instead of directly asking the easily cowardly question, Li Huowang also bowed to the person. "Xuan Yang of the Qing Feng Guan, nice to meet you."

Since the other party could communicate and didn't seem to have any malicious intent, Li Huowang might be able to find a way out from him.

"Oh? You are also a disciple of Xuanmen? Rare, with your skin peeled off, I thought you were a disciple of Ao Jingjiao." Han Fu seemed particularly talkative.

"I was indeed a disciple of Ao Jingjiao in the past, but I left recently due to some reasons." After casually making up a reason, Li Huowang looked at Han Fu in front of him and thought to himself.

"Where is the person who talked to him? Was he hung by the rope son? But why isn't he sad at all? No, I can't ask him directly, otherwise he will definitely know that I was eavesdropping on them."

Li Huowang was too lazy to worry about the other stranger. He pointed to the Black Tai Sui wrapped in his own skin behind him.

"Our master asked us, a few fellow disciples, to come here to find medicine, but we got lost and happened to meet a Taoist friend. It was also our luck. I hope Brother Han can take us out of this realm." Li Huowang not only revealed his own purpose but also implicitly expressed that he had someone behind him and asked the other party not to have any ideas.

While Li Huowang was looking at Han Fu, Han Fu was also looking at Li Huowang, from top to bottom and then from bottom to top.

After hesitating for a moment on Li Huowang's copper coin mask, he smiled and said, "Sure, why be polite, we are all cultivators. Let's go, I'll take you out. You can't walk around randomly, be careful not to lose your physical body."

Following Han Fu's footsteps into the darkness, Li Huowang thought for a moment and asked, "Friend Han, what kind of evil creature was that just now? I have never seen it before."

Li Huowang naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to learn as much as possible without a master's guidance.

Han Fu seemed very casual and immediately began to answer when asked. "That was the Rope Son. Some people who are old and have no children to take care of, or their children are unfilial, can find it to help them take care of them in their old age."Upon hearing this, Li Huowang immediately thought of the female corpse from before and asked in surprise, "So that thing can really help people with end-of-life care?"

"Ha, do you think others are stupid? It's all self-deception. Anyone with eyes can see that such a thing cannot help people with end-of-life care."

"But for the elderly...they're useless anyway. They can't do anything or farm, they just waste food. So when the time comes, the neighbors will pick an auspicious day, carry the elderly person in a sedan chair, and give them to the Sheng Erzi."

"As for the house and property left behind by the elderly person...heh, of course everyone shares it."

At this point, the nearby Gouwa chimed in, "I know this. In our village, it's called eating the family of the deceased."

"Yes, yes, yes! That's eating the family of the deceased. But that sounds so unpleasant. It's much nicer to say we're giving the elderly to Sheng Erzi for end-of-life care."

Han Fu's mocking words made Li Huowang's anger rise, and he felt a lump in his throat, not knowing how to vent it.