Chapter 333: Yinshan Village

"So for the first seven days, you need people from the village of Yinshan to keep watch." He Daniu said, as he walked up the hill, then rested on his knees and muttered, "Sooner or later, if we outsiders come to guard it, something strange will happen."

Bai Liu gave He Daniu a hand: "What could have happened?"

He Daniu was quiet again for a long time before he waved his hand and said, "It's all right, now that everyone is dead, you are the only remaining seedlings of Yinshan Village, there is nothing to hide, so it's okay to tell you."

"This village of Yinshan is not only xenophobic, but also has many strange customs, which I have heard about even though I am not from here, because they are so bizarre."

He Daniu looked at the paper money scattered on the mountain road and was lost in memory.

"There are no good deaths in this Yinshan village, they die in all sorts of ways, from being killed by falling bricks and tiles to choking to death on bones while eating, but it is the drowning that kills the most people, the weirs outside, several people drown every year."

"That's not the most bizarre thing, the most bizarre thing is the burial custom in Yinshan Village."

"If the person drowned, the village would bury her in a coffin, or if she had not drowned and was unmarried, the village would dress her in a wedding robe and carry her in a palanquin with great fanfare and blowing suo."

"They also like to have a joint burial, which means that people who have died together recently have to find a day to be buried, and if there is a drowning and a sudden death of an unmarried young girl during that time, then it is a happy palanquin and coffin that go together, and the red and white events are done together."

"Which has been done so ......" He Daniu shook his head repeatedly, "newlywed burial, red face, red clothes, red palanquin, red shoes, red rouge, all five red, drowning burial, white water, white clothes, white trousers, white shoes, white paper money, all five white, these two When these two things collide together, they are to become a disaster, and the person to be buried will never be able to live forever."

He Daniu let out a long sigh: "This is how the ancestors of this Yinshan village have been buried for generations, and I don't know how many grievous souls have been saved in this realm."

"But it's not as if I'm a superstitious person." He Daniu turned his head to look at Bai Liu for a moment, "I don't suppose you youngsters believe in that, do you?"

He Daniu didn't wait for Bai Liu's answer and continued, "It's okay to disbelieve; if you don't believe, you won't be able to see the ghosts and gods."

"But if it is time for you to believe, don't be afraid of these things when you see them, just don't offend them, they won't easily come and actively hurt people."

He Daniu gave Bai Liu a deep look, "If you are unrighteous and insist on offending them, then you will not be able to escape from this Yinshan village, even if you go to heaven and earth."

"This is a realm of iniquitous and fatal souls that have been trapped for hundreds of years and have not been allowed to live, so I advise you young people who don't know the sky is high to take care of yourselves."

After saying this, He Daniu didn't even look at Bai Liu's expression, he let go of Bai Liu's hand to help him and limped off up the hill with his hand behind his back.

"Come along." He Daniu said without looking back, "The place where your ancestors put their bodies is coming up."

When Bai Liu looked farther down the mountain road where He Daniu was walking, he saw a temple covered with white cloths not far away, and when he got closer, he realised that it was a Taoist temple.

There are seven or eight wreaths at the entrance of the temple, with two long elegiac scrolls hanging on either side of the wreath, and in the centre of the temple is a statue of the Three Pure Ones, which looks very old, but there is no ash or peeling paint on it, and there are many signs of restoration, so it is clear that it has been well cared for.

The statue is now holding a floating dust and its eyes are slightly narrowed, as if it is sizing up Bai Liu and his group who have walked in.

The temple is full of incense, candles and incense are burning and there is a strong smell of incense oil. Seven coffins are lined up outside the incense stand in front of the statue, all supported by two wooden benches.

As soon as He Daniu entered, he lit three sticks of incense, bowed respectfully to the statue and then lit it.

"Gods three and ghosts four." He Daniu, who had finished lighting the incense, turned his head over and looked at Bai Liu, "Remember this, don't burn the wrong incense when you burn incense for Master Dao, or else something will happen and Master Dao won't bless you little brats who forget your ancestors."

Mu Sicheng whispered in Bai Liu's ear, "What does it mean to be a god and a ghost?"

Bai Liu explained softly, "A common setting in Chinese horror games, burn three joss sticks of incense for the gods and kowtow three times, burn four joss sticks for the ghosts and kowtow four times."

Mu Sicheng asked with a stony expression, "What if I burn the wrong one?"

Bai Liu's gaze flicked over the seven coffins, "I guess it's about to wake up the things in these coffins and start the chase."

Mu Sicheng looked horrified and quickly chanted a few words in a low voice [God Three Ghosts Four].

"Come here." He Daniu beckons to Bai Liu.

Bai Liu pulled Mu Sicheng, who was saying in horror, "What about a four by my name", over to him.

When He Daniu saw Bai Liu coming, he patted the coffin: "Look at this."

Bai Liu looks down at the surface of the coffin. Four bells are tethered to the corners of the black lacquered coffin, and the four bells are threaded with several thin red threads, one each across the surface of the coffin.

Where the red lines crossed, a talisman was affixed with some designs drawn in vermilion dragons, and at the top were three large words written in wild cursive - [An Fury Spell].

He Daniu looked up at Bai Liu: "See the yellow talisman pressed on this crossed red line? This is the [Anshu Incantation] drawn by a Taoist master with deep Taoist skills nearby, to suppress the water corpse in the coffin, don't remove it."

Bai Liu scanned the amulet: "What happens if you take it off?"

He Daniu looked at Bai Liu steadily: "The coffin is full of your grandparents, all of whom died after a long life, so it is a happy funeral.

"But the bad thing is that they fell into the water and died when they went up the mountain to worship their ancestors at Qingming."

He Daniu looked at the coffin: "Here in Yinshan Village, there are disgruntled souls who have not been reincarnated for many years, and the Qingming Festival is the time when they come out to wander.

"What do you think will happen if you lift this charm?"

He Daniu's ghastly face showed a seething smile: "Dragged by your good grandfather and grandmother to be a double, of course."

Mu Sicheng shudders with laughter and subconsciously takes a half step back.

Steady as a mountain, Bai Liu calmly inquired, "And is there more of this [An Fury Spell]?"

He Daniu turned around and paid his respects to the statue of the Three Purities in the temple again, answering Bai Liu without looking back, "No more."

"Nowadays, apart from us old-timers, who still believes in this, and there are few who are willing to pay for a Taoist master, only people in Yinshan village still believe in this, the temple has good incense and there are several small shops selling yellow talismans and vermilion sand."

"But then there were fewer and fewer people in Yinshan Village and these little shops closed down long ago, and these are the talismans that were left in the village before that Taoist master left."

He Daniu turned around shakily, his tone sultry.

"That Taoist master said that there would be a great turmoil in Yinshan Village in recent years, so he left these [Anshu Spell], saying that although he could not dissolve it, he could barely delay it for a while, and also came to our village to say that we should not go near Yinshan Village in the near future, as we would be prone to accidents."

"Not long after that Taoist master left, something happened to your grandparents, and these Anzai spells came in handy."

He Daniu's eyes looked straight at Bai Liu: "That Master Dao left behind a talisman, one no more, one no less, exactly seven, and your dead ancestors, one no more, one no less, also exactly seven."

"Seven talismans, seven coffins, and the return of the first seven souls ......"

"In Taoism, seven is the pole of yin and yang, the number of coming and going, meaning that things come together at this number, and the past comes and goes." He Daniu looked obscurely at the statue of the Three Purities and shook his head, "What has happened in the past is about to happen again, and there is nothing humanly possible to stop it."

"If you hear the bells ringing at the four corners of the coffin, don't run away, it's more dangerous outside, stay here Master Dao and possibly save your life."

With that, He Daniu looked up at the sky outside and held up his torch as he walked outside: "It's late, I have to go, if it's any later I won't be able to leave."

Mu Sicheng tried to reach out and grab He Daniu, a useful-looking NPC, to keep him from leaving, but only managed to catch the fluttering corners of He Daniu's coat.

"Don't keep those who shouldn't stay, they can't stay, just as those who shouldn't go, can't go away either ......" He Daniu said while his voice was indistinct, while he stumbled out of the room, looking slow in his movements, but his back soon disappeared into the mist and paper ashes.

"Something more to ask for help Master Dao, it's dark, don't walk across the weir, it's not safe ......"

As soon as He Daniu left, the lights in the temple, which had been in full bloom, swayed and the gusts of wind blew through, lowering the brightness several degrees out of nowhere.

Mu Sicheng asked in a whisper, "Bai Liu, how credible do you think He Daniu's words are?"

Bai Liu lowered his eyes to the amulet on the coffin: "You can believe it all."

Mu Sicheng was stunned: "Why? Does this He Daniu have any identity?"

"He's supposed to be the Taoist master." Bai Liu said lightly, "It's an obvious copy of Chinese horror that uses Taoism to fight against ghosts and gods, and the NPCs given out at the beginning are so familiar with Taoist information and give a lot of direction-friendly hints about the general setting of a worldly man."

"And at the moment the only person we know of from outside the world is the Taoist master that he himself talks about, so in my case the best guess is that He Daniu is the Taoist master."

Mu Sicheng stood next to the idol, away from the coffin, and asked, "This He Daniu I feel like he wants to help us, and it's this setting of a Taoist attainer, so why is he leaving?"

Bai Liu looked up at the idol behind Mu Sicheng: "Because he can't handle what's coming."

"Animals run away when they are in a dangerous situation, let alone people."

Mu Sicheng's comment to Bai Liu sent a chill down the back of his neck and he stepped away from the coffin again, wary.

"But it's not like there's nothing we can do." Bai Liu withdrew his gaze to look at Mu Sicheng, "He gave us a hint, look for anything hidden behind the idol."

Mu Sicheng responded by flinging his hand into a monkey's paw, taking a deep breath and reaching behind the idol to pull it out.

Kong Xuyang and Yang Zhi, who had been hiding behind the idol, gave a smug smile when they heard Bai Liu asking Mu Sicheng to come over.

Because they had played the game, they took a shortcut down from the back of the mountain directly, instead of going through the main gate to trigger He Daniu the NPC to go through the plot, so they arrived at this temple one step ahead of Bai Liu and hid behind the idol one step earlier.

Yang Zhi gives a thumbs up to Kong Xuyang and sincerely compliments him with his mouth.

Kong Xuyang looked to the Maoshan Runic Art in his hand and sinisterly curled one side of his mouth.

Bai Liu is a very clever man, and his guesses about the game's setting and plot are all correct.

That He Daniu is indeed an old Taoist who stays here to guard the spirits because he is afraid that those who return will be maimed by the spirits here, so he stays here to remind those who return home.

However, as He Daniu himself is under the watchful eye of the spirits, he dares not hint at it openly, and can only give the players something to protect themselves by hiding behind the blessing of the temple in this way.

The most valuable item that He Daniu left for the player's protection was this copy of the Maoshan Runes and Spells, hidden under the idol.

With this book, even if you have no skills or props at all, you will be able to survive this difficult puzzle-oriented game without any problems.

But sorry, the book was already in his hands.

This book was one of Kong Xuyang's main reasons for daring to use his next plan, because after he activated the [Silence] skill, neither Bai Liu nor he would be able to open the system panel.

Without the book, he would not have survived the pass in this copy.

Kong Xuyang turned his head to look at Yang Zhi again and said with his mouth, "You know what you're going to do later, right? You use your skills first, then I'll use mine, got it?"

Yang Zhi nodded solemnly.

Kong Xuyang's eyes stared straight up and he made the sign for one, mouthing, "One - two -"

"Three! Go!" Kong Xuyang bellowed, and Yang Zhi and he jumped out behind the idol at the same time, appearing in front of Bai Liu and Mu Sicheng.

[System Alert: Player Silent Lamb uses his personal skill (Memory Eating Lamb) on player Bai Liu and player Mu Sicheng. This skill allows (Silent Lamb) to eat all of the memories of player Bai Liu and player Mu Sicheng during the game, making the opponent forget who he is and restoring his memories after leaving the game.

[System Alert: Player Kong Xuyang used his personal skill (Silence), the whole player system panel is frozen and cannot be used.]

A wave of watery white light wavered away and the system panel floating in front of Mu Sicheng quickly turned grey and froze before shattering and disappearing, the game manager in front of him turning grey like an ordinary coin.

The moment Mu Sicheng noticed the two men jumping out from behind the statue, he turned his head almost reflexively and tried to run towards Bai Liu.

But before he could run past it, the watery white light swept across the back of Mu Sicheng's head and his eyes went blank and his movements suddenly stopped.

The white light swept over the brains of Mu Sicheng and Bai Liu, then turned into a circular halo and was sucked back into Yang Zhi's mouth, whose belly instantly grew larger and he belched with his bulging belly.

Mu Sicheng looked dumbfounded at his hands, frowned again and rubbed the back of his head before lifting his head and turning his head to look around in confusion, "What is this place ......?"

"How did I get here ......?"

Kong Xuyang and Yang Zhi looked at each other with a knowing smile and then came forward to help Mu Sicheng, who was still a bit dizzy and swaying on the spot because of the skills he had been given: "You're a live uploader in the wild, specializing in ghost videos! "

Mu Sicheng looked over in bewilderment, "What is it?"

Kong Xuyang pretended to be angry and slapped Mu Sicheng's bag on his shoulder: "Eh! How can you forget who you are after drinking? Open the bag and see for yourself."

Mu Sicheng dazedly opened his book bag and read it.

In the bag were several cameras, a folded up tripod, two radios, and two professional grade video cameras, and in the small pocket was Mu Sicheng's work card, which clearly read [xx live streaming platform contracted psychic live uploader].

Mu Sicheng was stunned as he held up his work card in confusion, looked at himself in the photo on the job and frowned back, "Am I really a ...... psychic live uploader?"

Next to him, Kong Xuyang smiled wickedly, "Yeah, that's what you [are]."

The most netherworldly point of this book "Yinshan Village" is that it gives each player who comes in a particularly death-defying [identity] setting, which the player must play in the game, and once they do something against this identity setting, the difficulty of the game rises steeply and the action is easily met with spiteful ghosts being screwed.

The last time Kong Xuyang entered this copy of the game there were six people with an identity set as [an upkeeper who came to Yinshan Village to do a live psychic broadcast], and the side quest for this identity was [to photograph the scariest ghosts].

As soon as Kong Xuyang saw Mu Sicheng carrying a large bag, he knew that Mu Sicheng had gotten this identity setting.

But the hardest identity setting is still ......

Kong Xuyang turns his head wistfully towards Bai Liu, who is lying next to the coffin.

Bai Liu, you're lucky to get the hardest character set up in the copy I've cleared in one go.

Mu Sicheng also seemed to notice an unconscious person lying here and sprang to his feet, Mu Sicheng subconsciously rushed up and picked Bai Liu up, shaking him twice anxiously: "Hey! Hey! What's wrong with you!"

After the shake Mu Sicheng pauses oddly.

What was going on ...... why was he so worried about this person he didn't even know? He doesn't seem like the type to get to know strangers very well, but why does it feel like ...... to this person

It's been like knowing each other for a long time.

But before Mu Sicheng could figure it out, Bai Liu had already woken up.

Bai Liu stood up as if he had never fainted, naturally holding Mu Sicheng's shoulders, and Mu Sicheng naturally reached out to help Bai Liu up, and placed a small bench for him to sit and rest.

When he had finished, Mu Sicheng paused again, slowly realising that something was wrong.

Why is he so used to doing this like a servant to this person ......

When Bai Liu woke up, he opened his backpack on his own initiative and nodded knowingly, without Kong Xuyang having to remind him to do so.

This overly normal demeanor caused Kong Xuyang to glance at Yang Zhi in disbelief, questioning with his eyes - [Are you sure you've eaten Bai Liu's memories?

Yang Zhi was also very surprised to see Bai Liu's unusual and spontaneous actions.

Yang Zhi patted his belly in confusion, confirming that the memories he was digesting were really Bai Liu's, before raising his three fingers to Kong Xuyang with wide eyes and assuring him - [I really did eat Bai Liu's memories].

The memories Yang Zhi eats enter his gut in the form of [meat] and if digested quickly, Yang Zhi can still see something in the digested memories, which is why Yang Zhi's memories were often confused before.

But to devour all of one's memories would be like eating a whole cow for Yang Zhi, and one game would not be nearly enough time for Yang Zhi to digest it.

Therefore, the Yang Zhi skill, Kong Xuyang, is only used as a skill to confuse the opponent and not as a skill for spying.

But Yang Zhi has a sense of the memories he has eaten, and he says he is digesting Bai Liu's memories, so that proves that Bai Liu has indeed had his memories eaten and is a blank person with no memories.

Kong Xuyang withdrew his gaze and took two tentative steps in Bai Liu's direction: " Bai Liu ? Are you alright? Have you just had too much to drink?"

Bai Liu looks up at Kong Xuyang: "I'm okay."

Kong Xuyang sat down next to Bai Liu and comforted him with a look of pity: "Our grandparents have both died, we are both returning to our hometowns to pay respects to our ancestors, so we are kind of in the same boat, don't be sad."

"I'm not sad." Bai Liu pulled a book out of his bag and held it up with a smile, "Because I seem to have come back to do bad things."

The book that Bai Liu held out had seven scribbled brushstrokes that plainly read "The Handwritten Book of the Evil Arts of Maoshan".