Chapter Fifty-Four Four Murderers

  Although I don't believe him now, I still asked him: "What's your name? How can you be sure you're a good person?"

  "My name is Ouyang Ju, I'm from Yunnan. There's an apprentice next to the witch, she knows me."

  "Are you referring to Xiao Rou?" I asked in doubt.

  "It's really Xiao Rou!" The person who claimed to be Ouyang Ju replied.

  He doesn't seem to be lying, but I still need to be on guard against him. I untied the belt from his waist and tied his hands together. I'm preparing to take him to see Xiaorou, although he's a bit unwilling, but he didn't say anything else.

  When I escorted him back to the witch's room, I saw how haggard Xiao Rou looked. Her two eyes were dull and swollen, I knew she must have cried again after I left, and her face was pale and cloudy. She fell beside the witch!

  "Xiao Rou, what's wrong?" I asked with some urgency.

  At this moment, Ouyang's eyes also changed, with a particularly surprised expression, and his eyes were actually filled with tears.

  "Grandma witch, how can this be......"

  Ouyang Ju didn't actually shed tears, but I could feel that he was truly heartbroken.

  "Hey kid, let me go. I have to save Xiao Rou, she must be using powerful magic to try and bring the witch back to life, this is just too stupid."

  When he said that, I was stunned. He directly kicked my butt and said to me: "You little guy, don't be stupid, if I were really a big bad guy, would I let you tie me up?"

  Sometimes people are really stupid. When he was talking to me nicely, I didn't understand, but when he said that, I suddenly woke up and immediately untied him.

  He came over to Xiaorou's side, picked her up and put her down on one side, took out a pill from his pocket, put it in her mouth, and softly called out Xiaorou's name.

  A few seconds later, Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes and a few tears flowed down.

  "You're awake, Xiao Rou!" I went over and helped her up.

  Ouyang Ju helplessly sighed and said: "You silly child, relying on your strength, how can you let the witch return to heaven?"

  After finishing speaking, he came to the front of the witch's grandma and "plop" knelt down on both knees, worshiping the portrait of the witch's grandma.

  I gently pulled up Xiao Rou, she bit her lip and looked at Ouyang Jiu with a hint of surprise, saying: "Are you Medicine King Uncle Ouyang Jiu?"

  At this point, Ouyang Ju nodded slightly. Xiao Rou immediately rushed up and grabbed Ouyang Ju's hand, crying out in pain: "Please save Wu PoPo, Medicine King! Please, I beg of you!"

  Xiao Rou's appearance caused both me and Ouyang Jiu's emotions to lose control on the spot, with tears swirling in our eyes.

  Ouyang Ju shook his head helplessly and said to Xiaorou, "Child, Wu Po has already passed away. Even if a god came, it would be of no use. I'm afraid even if I wanted to, it's too late."

  Actually, when Ouyang Ju said these words, what I thought of first was not his relationship with Wu PoPo, but rather a realization that once a person dies, they cannot be revived, even someone as powerful as Wu PoPo. But when Tang BingXue saved me and brought me back to life earlier, it didn't seem like it took much effort at all? Is there something more to this?

  Ouyang lifted up Xiaorou, letting me look at her, and then repeatedly checked the witch's body. After a long time of contemplation, he finally said to us: "The one who harmed the witch is not just one person, but several people."

  "What did you say, Uncle Ouyang?" Little Rong rushed over.

  "Ah, sigh... The old witch was initially frightened, although she's always been in contact with paranormal events. I guarantee that what scared her was a kind of evil spirit. Her hands were pierced by steel nails, which is man-made and extremely cruel. Furthermore, there are strangulation marks on her neck, indicating the killer used a rope or whip-like weapon. And her walking stick is not beside her, it's clear someone snatched it before she was frightened. Based on my deduction, there are four culprits in total, and one of them... isn't human."

  After listening to Ouyang's analysis, Xiaoyu and I took another look at the old witch's neck, and indeed there was a very obvious strangulation mark. I slightly imagined the scene in my mind. Although I didn't know how he inferred it, his idea was plausible.

  "Mr. Ouyang, then do you know who they are?" asked Xiao Rou.

  Ouyang Jiu was stunned for a moment and said to me, "I can probably guess one of them." It seemed that he didn't want to say it, but because our emotions were too excited, he told us again.

  "Who is it?" Little Rong grabbed Ouyang Ju's arm.

  "Who is it, Medicine King?" I was also eagerly waiting for him to say it out loud. In fact, the scoundrel in my mind was Jiuquan Daoist.

  Ouyang Ji did not conceal it, and told us: "The Cloud South Gu King Miao Shun, the scar on the neck of the witch's wife, was indeed injured by the rope in his hand."

  "Could it actually be him?" Little Rong got a bit excited.

  Ouyang raised his hand and patted Xiao Rou's shoulder, saying: "Xiao Rou, don't get too excited, I'm just speculating for now, it's hard to say for sure. Moreover, forgive me for being blunt, but currently your strength is far from the gap with the Hornet King."

  "No matter how big it is, I will avenge." Xiaoyu clenched her small fist tightly.

  "Yes! I'll go with Xiaorou."

  Ouyang raised his head and let out a helpless sigh, saying: "You're really too young, apart from the disparity in strength, I'm just guessing. Now, what we should be thinking about isn't revenge, but cremating the old witch's corpse. If we don't cremate it before tonight, those vengeful spirits and malevolent ghosts will come knocking on our door. The old witch saved many people when she was alive, but also offended quite a few. If her corpse is not handled properly and something uses evil methods to turn her into a vengeful spirit, then no one under the heavens can deal with her."

  Xiao Rou asked curiously at this time: "Ou Yang uncle, so your meaning is that the purpose of these guys killing the witch was to make her become the vengeful spirit you mentioned?"

  "I think it should be like this, of course, not excluding hatred. Xiao Rou, we need to burn it before 12 o'clock tonight, or it will be too late. The witch is already dead, so I hope you won't worry about it anymore, okay?"

  Xiao Rou nodded reluctantly.

  "Actually, the three of us are not strong enough to stop the scene that appears during cremation. If Jiǔquán Dào Shì were here, it would be great. Unfortunately, he comes and goes without a trace! And besides, we can't have the cremation during the day, it's really unpredictable."

  "What else will happen?" I asked, also sighing in emotion. This Jiuquan Daoist is really not an ordinary person. Ouyang Ji seemed to be very formidable already, but at the critical moment, he still mentioned his name.

  "To put it simply, the witch had offended many evil spirits before her death. While she was alive, she had the protection of magic, so they couldn't do anything to her. But now that she's gone, those guys will definitely come out and cause trouble at night. Among the three of us, you don't understand magic or Taoism, Xiaoyu only has a little knowledge of magic, and I'm just a paper tiger, I don't know how to use magic or Taoism."

  "What's wrong with you? How can you be so useless?" I was getting a bit anxious.

  Watching Ouyang Jie speak with such conviction, I thought another hidden master had appeared. But when he said the next sentence, it was truly devastating.

  Xiao Rou pulled my hand at this time, indicating that I shouldn't say anything more. She wiped away the tears on her face and said to Ouyang Ju: "Uncle Ouyang, finding Ji Quan Daoist now is even harder than ascending to heaven. We'll listen to your plan, whatever you say we'll do."

  Ouyang nodded and asked Xiaorou, "You should know the Buddhist Great Compassion Mantra and the Rebirth Mantra, right?"

  Xiao Rou nodded in agreement, and Ouyang said to let her hand it over to me. When the sky turned dark, I began to recite incantations until the old witch's body was cremated. As for the two of them, they went to find other people from Fengmen Village again. If they couldn't find anyone, they would collect some things that belonged to the deceased and use them during the cremation.

  I really regret not learning enough when I needed it. The things Ouyang Jiu said, I didn't understand at all. But I think it should be related to the cycle of cause and effect?