Chapter 40

  Li Bojian soon received the news and rushed over, seeing those headless blood corpses, his heart was also shocked. What kind of person would commit such a cruel crime? Or, is it that the murderer wasn't human at all?

  The children on the scene were all covered by their parents, not allowing them to continue watching. The adults in their hearts were shocked beyond measure, and they all thought of a terrible legend at the same time.

  Rumors have it that many years ago, a man-eating demon that fed on human souls and blood was suppressed in this village. In the end, no one knows how it was suppressed to the back mountain of the village. Only after many years, the back mountain has long been leveled, and where the suppressed man-eating demon went is also unknown.

  Later, this place was uninhabited for a long time and became a wilderness of marshes. It wasn't until the 1920s that people came here under the call of the country to start developing it.

  This legend has been passed down through the mouths of older generations, and its authenticity is unknown.

  Today, something like this happened. Everyone looked at those few corpses and really couldn't imagine that humans could have such means to brutally murder people like this.

  Li Bojian suppressed the shock in his heart, ordered a few villagers who were bolder to move the body back into the ancestral hall first, and then sent someone to the town to find the police.

  No one noticed that when the body was lifted, a blood-red jade pendant fell from the body and lay quietly on the grass.

  After everyone had left, Cheng Zihan walked over and picked up the jade pendant, putting it away safely.

  Nowadays, I don't know what happened to Tian Can.

  She let out a sigh and turned back home.

  Li Lan's mood doesn't seem too good, she spent a lot of money to bid for the land and now it's all flooded. Just now, she asked someone to come and plow the field, asking for help also costs a lot of money. And that bamboo shed, when I looked over just now, I found it had completely collapsed, even the bamboo used to build the shed is nowhere to be seen.

  If the water keeps rising and doesn't recede, it's estimated that a lot of money will be lost this year.

  Fortunately, all that money was earned by Cheng Zihan himself, and after bidding, there was still a lot left.

  "Mom, I want to go out for a bit." Cheng Zihan was still worried about the situation with the Heavenly Silkworm. Since they couldn't enter the Tree Spirit Space, maybe going to the big tree where Mangcang used to live would yield some clues.

  Li Lan Man carelessly glanced at Cheng Zi Han and asked lightly, "Now that something like this has happened, you're just a child from a good family, where do you still want to go? Stay home quietly, take care of your little sister, and don't go anywhere!"

  Li Lan instructed Cheng Zihan and then took the tools to go to work.

  Cheng Zihan was anxious in her heart, but she knew that Li Lan would definitely not let herself go out. If she sneaked out and ran away, then she would worry again, so she also obediently stayed at home.

  It was strange that at around eleven o'clock in the morning, the suddenly rising river water actually receded, leaving people caught off guard.

  Cheng Zihan was the first to discover it, and she was still worried, so she secretly ran onto the embankment. As soon as she went up, she saw that the river water was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. She clearly saw that all the water was flowing towards the bamboo forest, forming a terrible whirlpool there.

  Is it that something is wrong with the ancient tomb in the bamboo forest?

  Cheng Zihan suddenly remembered that the blood corpse also came out of the ancient tomb, or there was a real connection between the two.

  The water has receded and the water level is even lower than before. The sandbars in the middle of the river can be seen clearly.

  Cheng Zihan originally wanted to go down and take a look, but the water had just receded, and the ground was still very muddy, making it impossible to approach the bamboo forest, so she could only give up.

  At this time, the jade pendant that had been placed in his pocket suddenly had some reaction.

  Feeling that the pocket against his own seemed to be hot, Cheng Zihan only took out the jade pendant. The jade pendant emitted a soft white light, and a shadow suddenly appeared in front of Cheng Zihan. Fortunately, there was no one around, so as not to scare others.

  In the light and shadow, Tian Can had an anxious expression on his face, as if there was something terrifying behind him. He only had time to say one sentence before the light and shadow suddenly disappeared with a "poof".

  "Zi Han sister, don't go near that bamboo forest!"

  In Tian Can's voice, Cheng Zihan clearly heard fear and fright.

  Even the silkworms are afraid? What's so scary inside that bamboo forest?

  Cheng Zihan was shocked in her heart, looking at the lush bamboo forest, but she was a little curious.

  It's like looking at Pandora's box, you always want to rush and open it.

  However, Cheng Zihan also understood that since Tian Can said so, he must have his reasons, so it's better not to get close for the time being.

  Cheng Zihan held onto the jade pendant and fiddled with it for half a day, but couldn't see any light or shadow reappear, so she gave up.

  She didn't return home until she had carefully put away the jade pendant again.

  Li Lan has already finished work and returned home, seeing Cheng Zihan coming back from outside, she frowned and couldn't help but scolded, "Didn't I tell you not to run around everywhere? Why are you so disobedient?"

  "The river water has receded, I just went to take a look. Right at the door." With a glance at Li Lan, Cheng Zihan could tell that although she was scolding herself, her tone still carried a hint of worry.

  In my past life, I was ignorant and always quarreled with her. We quarreled for a lifetime, made a fuss for a lifetime. In the end, our parents died miserably, and she didn't even have time to see them one last time.

  Now reborn once, she found herself looking at problems seemingly becoming more transparent, no longer so persistent.

  When I got back to the room, Cheng Zixi also woke up and saw Cheng Zihan. He rubbed his eyes and said to her, "Sister, I had a nightmare."

  Cheng Zihan didn't pay attention at first and just nodded slightly, still worrying about the safety of Tian Can.

  "I had a dream about my brother Tiancan. He was covered in blood, lying there, and told me to tell his sister that for the time being, she shouldn't go running around everywhere, shouldn't go to the riverbank, and also shouldn't look for him."

  Cheng Zihan didn't react, and Cheng Zixi continued speaking on her own.

  Cheng Zihan was shocked, looking at Cheng Zixi in surprise, but saw that she still looked puzzled, her bright eyes filled with confusion.

  "Zixi, what else did you dream of? What else did you see?" Cheng Zihan excitedly grabbed onto Cheng Zixi's shoulder, not even noticing when he pinched her.

  Cheng Zixi didn't know why she had such a dream, but she believed that Tiangong must have wanted to convey some information to her through this way.

  Don't go near the riverbank? What happened that night after all? Why are even the fireflies so cautious and afraid?