Chapter 66: The Water Ghost Granny Appears

  Everyone turned back to look at me with disbelieving expressions on their faces after hearing my words. After all, I'm not very old and a lot shorter than the group of people around me. If I were them, I wouldn't believe it either if a little kid suddenly came out and said these things.

  There must be a question in everyone's mind, these adults can't do it, but a child can actually do it. Seeing them like this, I didn't pay attention to them either. Instead, I said to them: "Let it be for now, don't touch the bodies of these three people, I know you have some doubts about me, but after tonight, you will understand."

  But when I turned around, I suddenly gritted my teeth. In my mind, the face of the Water Ghost Granny suddenly flashed before my eyes. It was a face that made people extremely hateful, and I remembered the expression on her face in that village, which made me want to die. And then I remembered what she had said.

  It's over, I've been searching for this person for half a year, it should end here.

  That day, the villagers didn't quite believe me, but they still listened and didn't touch the three corpses. I trusted this old man more than the others, so I followed him back to his home. The old man's life was also very poor, lonely and solitary, living alone.

  After entering his home, I found that his house was in a mess and the stove was so dirty that it was unbearable to look at. The old man was very polite to me, after entering the room he asked me to sit down, then he got up to cook. I quickly stopped him, how could I eat the food he cooked?

  Although the old man was frugal, he was very diligent and had prepared all the ingredients. After stopping him, I took the initiative to cook myself. First, I cleaned up the stove, washed the dishes, and then started cooking. This meal took a bit long to prepare, and before the dishes were even out of the pot, the old man burst into tears on the side. He said that his wife had passed away early, and he hadn't smelled such delicious food for many years.

  In his crying, I remembered the days with the hanged old man. I clearly remember the look of the hanged old man eating, that old man was very stubborn and refused to admit defeat, but lost face in front of me. The meal was finally ready, and even I couldn't help drooling.

  These days, I've been wandering around, eating wild fruits every day, and I'm already starving. As soon as the meal was ready, the old man and I wolfed it down. When we took the first bite, the old man's face scrunched up, looking ferocious, and he kept shoveling food into his mouth with a clatter. I myself ate in an extremely sorry state, with oil dripping from my mouth.

  After dinner, the sky had completely darkened. At this time, I came alone to the outside of the house and sat silently on a chair. And not far from me were those three corpses. These three corpses had been carried here during the day and no one had touched them again, because I had warned them that these three corpses must not be moved.

  At this moment, the villagers also came to my back, staring at the three corpses not far away. In my hand, I was holding a few peach pits.

  I knew that these few corpses would inevitably become zombies, and they could be dealt with in advance. For example, putting peach pits into the mouths of three people, even if they became zombies, they wouldn't be too ferocious.

  And I didn't do that because I was waiting for the corpse to prove myself. Only when these villagers believe me, will they stand on the same front line with me and become my helpers.

  As time passed, the atmosphere in the village became increasingly tense. After all, it was a dead person, who wasn't afraid? Even if these few corpses didn't become zombies, in this superstitious mountain village, death was also something that everyone avoided. Probably after waiting for two or three hours, time flashed to midnight.

  At this time, the people behind me began to get impatient and complained. However, at this moment, I clearly saw that one of the three corpses moved its head slightly. Then, the corpse's head directly turned towards us.

  The night was too dark, the corpse's movement was too small, and the villagers didn't notice. But I saw that when the corpse turned its head around, those eyeballs were staring straight in our direction. Expressionless, mouth tightly closed.

  Suddenly, the corpse sat up from the ground. It was like a person who had just woken up, but its posture was abnormally stiff and eerie. At this moment, the villagers around finally discovered it. They were originally still complaining, but when they saw the corpse sit up, their faces suddenly changed, and they let out a loud scream in fright.

  In their cries, the corpse suddenly sat up and then stood up with a sudden jerk. Then, a hoarse voice came from its mouth, and it walked towards us like a wooden puppet, extremely mechanically.

  Behind me, the villagers were frightened and scattered. At this moment, I also stood up suddenly, holding a peach kernel in my hand, grasping a red thread with one hand, and rushed towards the corpse quickly. Finally, I wrapped the red thread around the corpse's neck. The corpse suddenly turned its head to me, baring its teeth. I shouted loudly at the villagers: "Come over two people to help!"

  The villagers were full of fear, but two men still ran out. I immediately handed over the two ends of the red line to the two men and stuffed the peach kernel into the mouth of the corpse with my hand holding it. Then, I took out a few silver needles and pinched them between my fingers, stabbing randomly at the hands and feet of the corpse.

  The corpse thudded to the ground, convulsing all over, and couldn't get up again. However, the corpse continued to move restlessly on the ground, its mouth opening and closing as if it wanted to devour my flesh. The surrounding villagers saw the corpse's appearance and were frightened, shrinking back in fear.

  I stabbed the corpse's chest with a silver needle at this time, and the corpse instantly stopped moving, leaving only its head shaking back and forth, making loud wailing sounds. Behind me, a woman burst into tears, probably the wife of this corpse. I turned around, pushed the woman back to her original position, and coldly looked at the surrounding villagers.

  The villagers' faces changed as soon as they saw me. From their expressions, I not only saw shock but also a kind of trust and dependence. Obviously, my goal was achieved. At this time, the other two corpses also turned into zombies one after another.

  One of the corpses, like a dying patient, lay on the ground for half a day without getting up. The other corpse was constantly convulsing, as if it had contracted rabies. I walked over and directly stuffed peach pits into their mouths, after which the two corpses were almost motionless.

  As I saw that the three corpses had been collected, I immediately asked them to set up the peach wood frames they had picked up during the day and prepare a fire to burn the three corpses. These three corpses all have yinshi worms, if not burned away, even if the Water Ghost Granny doesn't come here, the people in this village will definitely die out within a month.

  I had already told them these words during the day, so there was no need to repeat. After hearing my shout and seeing my method, the villagers immediately took action. They started to bring peach branches one after another and lit a fire.

  Immediately, we threw the three corpses into the fire, and they crackled and popped as they burned. In fact, this was a cruel thing to do, because these three corpses were jiangshi, and the souls of jiangshi are sealed within their bodies. Burning their bodies was equivalent to burning their souls, and once their bodies were gone, their souls would naturally disperse.

  But at this moment, who still cares about so much. In fact, I burned these few corpses, and there are other uses. First, if the yin corpse worm is done by the water ghost granny, she must be prepared to destroy this village with just a few yin corpse worms.

  However, the corpse worm was handled by humans, which would naturally attract the attention of the Water Ghost Granny. Moreover, this sky-covering firelight, even a blind person could see it clearly from ten miles away. If that Water Ghost Granny was still around here, she must have seen the firelight and been attracted to it.

  I'm not afraid of her coming, I'm afraid she won't come. What I'm doing now is trying to lure her here.

  The moment the flames rose, I proactively picked up some peach wood branches and threw them into the fire. My eyes, however, kept scanning around. The flames were too bright, making the surroundings seem even darker. But I could feel that in this darkness, a pair of sharp eyes was staring at me motionlessly.

  I then moved away from the bonfires and looked in the direction of the river. As a result, I saw that there was a figure, motionless, crouching on the edge of the river ditch. Although it was very far away, I clearly felt that her head was facing our position.

  At the same time, I heard some wailing sounds coming from inside the river. The water was churning as if someone had emerged from it. As soon as Water Ghost Granny saw that person, I took off in a sprint.

  Ran past the crackling burning bonfire, and rushed straight into the darkness. I remembered what happened last time, and my heart was both excited and angry at this moment. It's a very calm anger, why is it said to be calm?

  I feel like I'm surrounded by a pack of wolves, and I'm standing right in the middle of them. All around me are these ferocious wolves staring at me with piercing eyes. If I make even the slightest move, they'll pounce on me and tear me to shreds in an instant. So, I stand still in the midst of this pack of wolves, very calm.

  But is this really calm?

  As I ran, all I felt was the scenery around me flying backward. Everything around me seemed to have disappeared from my eyes. I could still hear my own breathing, and in my breath, my gaze was rising and falling. In the distance, by the river, that figure was also rising and falling in my line of sight. Soon, I ran into that grove of trees.

  Then ran out of the woods again. At this time, I heard a voice coming from behind me: "I didn't expect it to be you little devil causing trouble, I've been looking for you for a long time."

  That was an old woman's voice. Turning around, I saw a disheveled figure, like a dog, rushing towards me from the darkness.