Besides myself, who else can I trust?

  I suddenly thought of another chilling question, what exactly did the young man do in Fenghuang Town yesterday afternoon? Why was it that as soon as he returned, someone reminded the village chief to search his body? And that person seemed certain that the young man had the Three-Step Soul-Stabbing Stance on him!

  Little brother, he went to Fenghuang Town, won't it be to see Qiu Yan's aunt - the boss of Phoenix Inn, Jin Xiangyu?

  I panted and asked tremulously, "Qiu Yan, I have another question for you. Did you see Xiao Ge coming to the guest house looking for your aunt yesterday afternoon?"

  Autumn Goose looked at me with a tense expression, pursed her lips and smiled, "Brother, are you scared silly or really confused? Have you forgotten that yesterday afternoon I was chased by you in the mountain forest of Huanglong Village and almost sprained my foot? After I left, I didn't return to the inn but went back to my old village, then ran into you and that little girl... If Aunt hadn't suddenly appeared and subdued her, wouldn't we have almost died at her hands?"

  It's true what she said, I remembered. "So to speak, did little brother go to the guest house to find your aunt yesterday afternoon? You didn't know?"

  Autumn Goose shook her head, "I don't know."

  "If that's the case, then it might not be her who secretly used the Three Steps Soul Piercing Stab on Little Brother..." I was muttering to myself and didn't notice the flash of panic on Autumn Swallow's face.

  It took me a good while to come back to myself, and I asked again, "Qiu Yan, what exactly is the relationship between Xiao Ge and your aunt?"

  The autumn goose was stunned for a moment, and replied, "I don't know much about their relationship either. Anyway, the young man would come to visit his aunt every now and then, and whenever he did, his aunt's face would light up with joy. If the young man didn't come to visit for too long, his aunt would sigh and occasionally scold him in secret."

  As Autumn Wild Goose said, what's there to say about Xiao Ge and Jin Xiangyu's relationship? It's obvious that they're like a couple, missing each other terribly if they don't see each other for just one day, just like lovers!

  Is the relationship between Jinxiang Yu, a descendant of the Western Xia people, and Xiao Ge, a descendant of those who once destroyed her homeland, really that simple? Is it possible that they are tacitly understanding each other, mutually using each other?

  The autumn goose saw me staring blankly, suddenly smiled and said, "Brother, what are you thinking about? Just forget it quickly and think of a way to leave this ghost place as soon as possible!" As she spoke, she collected the smile on her face and solemnly whispered, "Brother, you'd better leave quickly, this ghost place is really not where you can stay."

  She said this with genuine emotion, and I not only felt a warmth in my heart, but also stretched out my hand from the window to grasp her slender, boneless palm, saying, "Autumn Goose, thank you for caring about me. However, for now, I still can't leave..."

  "Why?" Autumn Geese's hand was held by me, and she raised her head in surprise.

  "I want to get to the bottom of what secrets this village is hiding, I don't want any more killings to happen!"

  "But you're just an outsider, is it worth risking your life to figure out the truth?" Autumn Goose hesitated.

  "Hmm, if I don't get to the bottom of this, even if I die here, I won't leave!" I thought for a moment and continued, "Qiu Yan, if everything that happened in Huanglong Village is really related to you and your aunt, no matter how deep-seated the hatred between you two is, I want to tell you, let it go! When will this cycle of revenge end?! Moreover, so many people have already died in Huanglong Village..."

  As soon as I finished speaking, Autumn Goose's face suddenly turned pale, and she forcibly pulled her hand out of my palm, lowered her head, and said, "Brother, don't say anything else. I should go now. Remember to be careful with everything and don't easily believe what others say! Sometimes, it's even me that you shouldn't trust!"

  She finished speaking and raised her head to glance at me, with two sparkling teardrops hanging on her face. Then she turned around and walked away, quickly disappearing from my line of sight.

  Is it that sometimes even her words can't be trusted? What does she mean? Is she always lying?

  No! It's impossible, how can a liar be so sincere and shed tears? I sat weakly on the cement floor of the stone house, and the surroundings suddenly fell into a terrible silence.

  If it's really like that, in this village, I couldn't think of anyone else to trust except myself. I even felt a faint sense of crisis towards Xiao Ge...

  The whole afternoon, no one came to the stone house, I guess they were dealing with the body of the real and fake eighth grandfather and eliminating the villagers' panic.

  It wasn't until nightfall that a series of footsteps faintly echoed from not far away. Someone was coming, and it must be the ruthless village chief!

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, at the moment when the iron gate was opened, I saw the village chief's ferocious face, but because the light was too dim, I couldn't see the expression on his face.

  How did the village chief's figure become much thinner than during the day? Could tension and fear really change a person's appearance all of a sudden?

  I was in a daze, when I saw the village chief throw something on the cement ground, his voice hoarse and menacing as he said, "What are you looking at? Finish eating and follow me to Duān Hún Yá! Remember, don't try any tricks, or by dawn, your brother will be sliced into pieces!"

  This tone, this ferocious and sinister look, isn't it the village head again?

  I was so hungry that I couldn't care about the village chief's threat, and picked up that thing to open it. It turned out to be two buns! I grabbed them with one hand and stuffed them into my mouth, eating them clean in just a few bites.

  I let out a burp and stood up, saying coldly to the village chief's shadow in the darkness, "You can leave now."

  The village head handed me something and said in a hoarse voice, "Take it with you, maybe you'll need it later!"

  I took it and touched it, and to my surprise, it was the dagger that Village Chief had swapped with a magic dagger on the stage during the day, and it was the one that Ga Ba Uncle gave me!

  I put the dagger into my pocket and said, "Thank you."

  The village head replied in a gloomy tone, "Don't be polite, I don't want to be harmed by something before you even reach the Soul-Breaking Cliff. So, don't be polite to me! Moreover, remember not to harbor any evil intentions and try to stab me in the back. Once you enter the Eight Million Wronged Souls' Soul-Breaking Mountain, if you kill me, you won't possibly come out alive!"

  What he said made my back involuntarily rise with a chill, I knew he was not intimidating, the Broken Soul Mountain of 80,000 wronged souls, let alone at night, even during the day, few villagers dared to enter.

  Moreover, even if the village head is despicable and shameful, dying a thousand times or ten thousand times would not be enough, I also don't want to bear the name of a murderer.

  I nodded silently at once, "No need for you to say it, I know."

  The village head had a heavy backpack on his shoulders, which looked very heavy. He didn't know what was inside the bag. He walked forward with a flashlight in hand, and his thin figure was instantly stretched long by the cold moonlight in the darkness.

  I hurriedly jogged all the way to catch up.

  The village head led me quickly into the Duanhun Mountain of 800,000 wronged souls. The trees in the mountain were lush and dense with thorns and vines everywhere, and there was no road underfoot. A faint light suddenly appeared in the distance, but it was a group of blue and eerie ghost fires, which was very frightening.

  My emotions are complex, both tense and excited. The tension is worrying that a red-clothed fierce ghost or something else will suddenly appear from the depths of the forest and pounce on me and the village chief; the excitement is that going to Duansheng Cliff will really reveal the secret of the ancient well's evil rumors after four sentences, solving the mystery of Huanglong Village for thousands of years?

  All the way, the village chief silently shuttled through the dense forest, and I had to quicken my pace to keep up with his footsteps.

  Following the village chief for a while, a rhythmic jumping sound "da da..." suddenly entered my ears, and my heart jumped wildly. I couldn't help but whisper, "Village chief, there's a sound! Do you hear it? What is that sound?"

  The village chief suddenly stopped in his tracks, cocked his ear to listen for a moment, and his face suddenly changed greatly. "Something's wrong! We may have run into something unclean!"

  "What, dirty things?" I was shocked.

  The village chief hoarsely shouted in a rough voice, "Don't mind, let's go quickly!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief quickened his pace and ran forward. I was frightened and followed closely behind him in a frantic sprint.

  Unfortunately, just as we had run out for a short distance, that rhythmic "da-da" sound caught up with us from behind.

  Dark winds suddenly rose behind him.

  I let out a loud cry and turned my head, under the cold moonlight, I suddenly saw an old woman wearing a black dress standing in front of me with a chilling smile saying "Hehe..."!

  I was so scared that I froze, unable to move a single step.

  "You are..." The "who" in my mouth had not yet come out, when I saw the most terrifying scene under the sky. That old woman blew two mouths of cold air towards me and actually used both hands to move her head from her neck down, moved forward two steps, then put her head back on her neck and continued to "heh heh" coldly laugh at me!

  My god! Her head can actually leave her body at will, is she a ghost or what? I almost fainted from fright!

  Suddenly, a loud and angry shout came from behind, "What thing dares to play tricks in front of your grandfather?"

  In the darkness, I saw clearly that the village chief was holding a strange-shaped short-handled weapon in his hand and swung it towards the black-clothed old woman who was standing in front of me and laughing coldly at me like a whirlwind!

  But in the flash of a knife, the white-haired old woman's head flew out more than ten feet away from the village chief's powerful blow, rolling on the forest floor with a rattling sound.

  That headless body did not fall, but stood still for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the place where the head had fallen.

  A headless body surprisingly knew to go find its own head! This scene made me feel a chill run down my spine, and suddenly I heard the village elder's loud shout, "Hurry up and run!"

  I suddenly came to my senses and hurriedly followed the village chief, rushing forward like a madman. Fortunately, we ran for about half an hour, and there was no sound of "thumping" coming from behind.

  I and the village head ran until we were out of breath, stopping our footsteps leaning against two big trees panting loudly.

  "Village... village chief, it... it won't come after us again, will it?" I asked in a panic. The vengeful spirit taboo

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