Chapter 72: Distinguishing Relatives

  After arriving at Shima Village, Zhangshan Old Road first went to the old well. Because from Liu Dajiang's narrative, if Liu Zhi really died, he should have drowned in the old well too.

  With the Taoist practice of Zhushan Laodao, as long as it's within a month, he can tell if someone has died in a certain place. Therefore, Zhushan Laodao went to the old well, just to confirm whether Liu Zhi had really died or not.

  After arriving at the old well, Zhangshan Old Dao took out his essential equipment for jumping into the divine - the Peach Wood Sword. After taking out the Peach Wood Sword, Zhangshan Old Dao made a few gestures and then recited scriptures for a long time. After finishing the scriptures, Zhangshan Old Dao told Liu Daxiang very affirmatively that his brother Liu Qizai might not be dead, at least he wouldn't have died in this well.

  To explore more information, Zhangshan Laodao asked Liu Daqiang to find a long rope. Because the water in the old well had been drained for several days and not much water had accumulated yet, Zhangshan Laodao wanted to use the rope to go down into the old well and take a look.

  After all, if he didn't personally go down to the old well, Zhangshan Old Road wouldn't know how that Liu cripple had disappeared.

  Soon, Liu Daqiang brought the rope. Bamboo Mountain Taoist had Liu Daqiang tie the rope to a large locust tree on the side, then grasping the rope, slowly descended into the old well.

  After descending into the old well, at a depth of about five meters from the ground, the diameter of the old well suddenly narrowed by one circle, that is to say, there was a ring of protruding stone steps inside the well, just enough for one person to stand on.

  On the stone steps, there was a mark left by a fallen stone. According to Liu Daqiang, when Liu Quezi was dragged into this old well, he heard a splashing sound, which sounded like someone falling into the water. Therefore, he thought Liu Quezi had fallen into the water.

  Liu the Cripple couldn't swim, and to make matters worse, there was something pulling him down. If he had really fallen into the water, it would have been certain death for him. But in fact, Liu the Cripple didn't die, which means that Liu the Cripple probably hadn't fallen into the water at all.

  Based on these clues, Zhangshan Lao Dao roughly deduced the entire process. After Liu Quezi was dragged into the well by that thing, he didn't fall into the water but landed on this stone step. That thing pushed the stone on the stone step into the water to make Liu Dachang, who was standing at the edge of the well, mistakenly think that Liu Quezi had fallen into the water.

  Originally, the sound of a stone falling into water and the sound of a person falling into water were different. However, at that time, Liu Daqiang's nerves were in a state of high tension, plus the thing knew some magic tricks, which made Liu Daqiang have some hallucinations. Therefore, Liu Daqiang mistakenly took the sound of the stone falling into the water as Liu Zaizi falling into the water.

  That must have been anticipated, Liu Dajiang would definitely be afraid of ending up like Liu Wazi after knowing that Liu Wazi had fallen into the water. Therefore, out of fear, Liu Dajiang will immediately escape.

  But that thing is exactly what Liu Daqiang wants to escape. Only if Liu Daqiang escapes, can the thing get Liu Cui out of the old well again and drag him away.

  On the wall of the old well, there were some drag marks, and on those drag marks, some eerie aura still lingered. Bamboo Mountain Old Dao was now quite certain that Liu Cripple had been dragged away by a little ghost. And that little ghost who dragged away Liu Cripple should be the one from the Exterminating Witch.

  They dragged away the still-living Liu Quezi, it seems that the Extinction Witch is going to create another living dead person.

  Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaolan, Zhang San, Chen Widow, and Li Shu, unexpectedly, these four people have now become living dead men in the hands of Mie Men Po. Now, Mie Men Po has also taken Liu Zong away, it seems that she is going to create another living dead man.

  According to Zhushan Laodao's understanding of Mie Men Po, the use of creating living dead is not as great as that of taming little ghosts. However, for Mie Men Po, the cost of creating living dead is much higher than that of taming little ghosts.

  This family-destroying woman, why did she create so many living dead people?

  This problem, Zhushan Lao Dao has never figured it out.

  After finishing his exploration, Zhangshan Lao Dao climbed out of the old well along the rope.

  After crawling out, Zhangshan Laodao told Liu Daqiang about the situation in the old well. Of course, his analysis was also for Liu Daqiang to hear.

  Bamboo Mountain Old Dao finished speaking, took out his compass, and began to recite scriptures. As soon as Bamboo Mountain Old Dao started reciting the scriptures, the needle on his compass moved. When the sound of reciting the scriptures stopped, the needle on the compass also came to a standstill.

  "The needle points southeast, Liu Quezi should have been dragged in that direction." said Zhu Shan Lao Dao.

  Having said that, Zhu Shan Lao Dao took up his compass and headed southeast.

  After walking for about two hundred meters, the old bamboo mountain path stopped.

  Jianzhu Mountain's old Taoist suddenly stopped, Liu Dajiang thought something was wrong and asked: "What's wrong, Taoist priest, did we take the wrong direction?"

  Zhu Shan pointed at the weeds in front of him and said to Liu Daqiang: "Look."

  Following the direction of Zhang Shan's finger, Liu Dajiang saw a few drops of dried blood on the leaves of that clump of weeds. "Is this blood from Erlang?" Liu Dajiang asked.

  "Yes or no, take it back and test it, then you'll know." said the old Taoist of Bamboo Mountain. After saying that, he let Liu Dajiang pick down those few pieces of wild grass leaves stained with blood.

  "How can we verify it?" Liu Daqiang asked with a surprised face.

  Now, with the advancement of science, it's easy to test bloodstains. However, in those years, especially in a small mountain village like Shima Village, villagers had never heard of such technology as testing bloodstains. The most they might have heard of was something like tracing relatives through blood drops in stories. Therefore, when Liu Dajiang heard about testing bloodstains, he would naturally be so shocked.

  "You'll know soon enough," said Zhang Shan Lao Dao.

  After finishing speaking, Zhu Shan Lao Dao went back to Liu Da Qiang's home together with him.

  After arriving at Liu Daqiang's home, Zhu Shan Lao Dao asked Liu Daqiang to bring two bowls and some white wine.

  After Liu Daqiang was ready, Zhu Shan Lao Dao first poured some white wine into a bowl, then picked up the wild grass leaf stained with blood and soaked it in the white wine.

  After soaking in the white wine for about five or six minutes, until the bloodstains on the herbs had completely fallen off, Zhang Shan Lao Dao took out the leaves from the bowl.

  After taking out the leaves, Bamboo Mountain Taoist called Liu Daqiang over and asked him to drip a few drops of blood into the wine bowl. So, Liu Daqiang readily bit his own finger and dripped a few drops of blood in.

  After Liu Daqiang finished bleeding, Zhu Shan Lao Dao took out a small glass bottle. In that glass bottle was a dark green liquid.

  "This is the kinship testing liquid." The old Taoist, Zhushan, said, pointing to the small glass bottle in his hand: "If you drop the blood of parents and children, or close relatives such as siblings, into a bowl of white wine, and then add a few drops of this testing liquid, the white wine will turn blood red. If the bowl contains the blood of two people without any blood relation, the color of the white wine will change to dark green."

  As he spoke, the old Taoist of Bamboo Mountain poured the kinship-testing liquid into the bowl. As soon as the liquid entered the bowl, the white wine inside immediately turned blood red.

  "This bloodstain is really a bit too much!" Liu Dajiang was truly excited this time.

  Liu Quezi is after all Liu Dajiang's own brother, so Liu Dajiang naturally hopes that he is still alive and hasn't died yet. According to Zhushan Laodao's reasoning, Liu Quezi is indeed not dead. However, that reasoning has always been just reasoning and can't be taken as true. Now, the bloodstains left behind by Liu Quezi have been confirmed, which means that Zhushan Laodao's reasoning now has evidence to support it.

  "Is this paternity test really that magical?" After the excitement, Liu Daqiang somehow had some doubts again. Mainly it was this paternity test, which looked really too incredible, so incredible that people didn't dare to believe it was true.

  "I knew you wouldn't believe me." As he spoke, Zhangshan Laodao poured the white wine into another bowl.

  "Come, let a few drops of blood go in," said Lao Dao of Zhushan.

  After finishing, the old Taoist Bamboo Mountain himself bit his finger and dripped a few drops of blood into it. Although Liu Dajiang had already believed in the old Taoist Bamboo Mountain, he wanted to make his heart more at ease, so he could only thicken his skin and drip a few drops in. After dripping the blood, the old Taoist Bamboo Mountain poured the paternity test liquid into it.

  This time, the white wine did not turn blood red, but instead turned emerald green.

  In the face of iron facts, Liu Dajiang no longer doubted the magic of the paternity test.