There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 652
Chapter 652: Chapter 561: When the Bride Gets Tough, She Dares to Take on the Abyss!_2 Chapter 652: Chapter 561: When the Bride Gets Tough, She Dares to Take on the Abyss!_2 Xu Shuo withdrew his cane and checked his current spiritual power, with a focus on observing the status of the violin.
Then he discovered.
All is well, not much of an issue.
He had just unleashed a burst of the “Radiance” ability, which was the light stored since yesterday.
Accumulated bit by bit, it was followed by the concentration of a considerable portion of Xu Shuo’s own spiritual power.
That was what had caused the commotion just now.
His original intention was to stir up trouble; he never imagined it would disrupt the entire battlefield directly.
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At that moment.
A crimson mist blew towards him, and Xu Shuo suddenly looked up to see the flailing hem of a bridal gown and a corner of the red veil lifted by the wind.
He caught a glimpse of a chin.
But before he could take a closer look, the bride’s pale fingers reached out towards him and then—
“Boom!”
The instant her hand touched Xu Shuo’s clothes, the bride let out a shriek and was flung away!
She fell to the ground, with her red veil half-fallen, revealing a pale and delicate face with one red eye full of terror.
“What is that?” the bride asked in a hurried tone.
“Ah…”
Xu Shuo was actually a bit surprised as well, because he hadn’t done anything just then.
Although the bride was brimming with Resentment Energy and looked as fierce as a ghoul, her murderous intent was not actually directed at him.
Looking at the intense bride, Xu Shuo thought for a moment and took out the Jade Ruyi from the hidden pocket.
By night, the Jade Ruyi shone brightly.
The bride’s gaze momentarily faltered: “Is that something you took from the shrine?”
Xu Shuo nodded: “Yes, after I burned down the shrine, I found this thing in that big ashtray.
It seemed useful, so I kept it with me.”
Upon hearing this, the bride fixed her gaze on the Jade Ruyi, causing the Resentment Energy swirling around her to become even denser.
Having had her way in Osmanthus Village for over sixty years, the bride certainly knew there was something in the village shrine aimed at her, but she never knew exactly what it was.
It was that thing that suppressed her power, allowing her to appear only during the time of the year when the Yin energy was strongest.
Therefore, she could not truly kill those of the Wang family.
It also prevented her from entering Osmanthus Village’s shrine!
However, the villagers of Osmanthus Village to this day do not know that the bride cannot enter their shrine.
Because those people simply did not dare to go out at night.
And those bold enough to venture out never made it to the shrine at the foot of East Mountain without losing hands and feet.
After all, the bride only targeted the direct bloodline of the Wang family that she took a liking to, mainly active around the houses at the foot of West Mountain.
The fifty meters from there to here was enough for a person to be tormented by the bride hundreds of times.
Although the item did not completely restrict her.
It was still a thorn stuck in the bride’s throat!
If not for being suppressed, the Wang family members, including the entire Osmanthus Village, would have been wiped out long ago, with no offspring remaining!
Thinking about this filled the bride with hatred!
Red mist started to grow in the alleys, and blood threads gradually spread over the bride’s pale skin.
Sensing the boiling murder intent, Xu Shuo hurriedly stuffed the Jade Ruyi back into his pocket—there was no way he could just discard it, as it clearly was very nice!
Seeing Xu Shuo’s defensive action, the bride’s gaze faltered momentarily, and then her momentum gradually receded.
“Do you like this thing?” The bride stood up again and asked coldly.
“It looks pretty, doesn’t it?”
Xu Shuo earnestly replied: “And just now, it was this Jade Ruyi that suddenly emanated light, and that’s what gave me the strength to help you fight against that darkness over there.”
The bride hesitated at his words: “Was it really the work of this thing just now?”
Xu Shuo nodded affirmatively.
So, the atmosphere, previously a bit tense, relaxed slightly again, and it seemed the bride accepted this explanation.
After all, the Jade Ruyi had blocked her for so many years.
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So it was not unreasonable for it to possess the power to destroy that darkness as well.
At that moment, the bride said: “There’s been a situation over at North Mountain, hurry back inside your house and don’t come out unless necessary.”
Although the bride had previously gone to intercept it for a while.
She had also realized that the situation had become more serious.
The gravest aspect was that, after the beam of light appeared in the sky, the darkness at the graveyard had gone into a frenzy as if it were New Year’s Eve.
So the bride rushed back, intending to move Wang Tiezhu to safety.
However, Xu Shuo remained unconcerned: “Before that, can you tell me why you’ve appeared in Osmanthus Village?
I’m really curious—if you don’t tell me, I won’t go inside.
Anyway, you can’t get close to me.”
Bride: “…”
The resentment energy within the bride surged, and in the next moment, she fiercely threw her water sleeves toward him!
The red sleeves flowed out like water but, upon touching Xu Shuo, were indeed repelled by an invisible barrier.
Xu Shuo gave her a gentle smile.
The bride fell silent.
Then she said, “Use that thing, and I will tell you.”
Xu Shuo glanced at her, making sure the bride wasn’t teasing a child before he took out the Jade Ruyi and placed it on the stone stool beside him.
The bride walked over, and under the wide sleeves of her robe, her right hand gently lifted and rested on Xu Shuo’s shoulder.
At that moment, the scene before his eyes shifted and transformed just like the previous night.
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“Sister, this is Osmanthus Cake I made myself, hurry and take it to fill your stomach.”
In the dimly lit room.
Xu Shuo raised his head, and a dirty-faced little boy was looking at him earnestly.
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The boy appeared to be only eight or nine years old, with ragged clothing and tousled hair, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
In his hands, he was holding two pieces of cake.
Immediately after, Xu Shuo felt an intense hunger roaring within his belly, and he quickly lifted his hand, grabbing the Osmanthus Cake and wolfing it down.
The taste was not bad.
“Cough cough cough!”
“Sister, slow down, have some water.”
The boy, startled by her actions, hurriedly poured a cup of water from the pot and handed it over.
At this moment, Xu Shuo had understood the situation.
He played the violin within the Spirit Sea, and after feeling it stir, he pushed his spiritual power outward.
Whoosh—
Xu Shuo exited that body and appeared next to it in his own form.
He looked at the scene before him and indeed saw the person eating was the bride—or rather, the girl before she had donned her wedding dress and embarked on the wedding carriage.
This was just a pitiable, weak and sorrowful young girl.
After finishing the two pieces of Osmanthus Cake and looking at the little boy concerned for her, the girl covered her mouth and began to sob.
But she dared not cry out loud, so she merely muffled her cry with her hand, letting the suppressed sound seep out through her fingers, echoing in the gloomy and silent room.
The little boy also felt touched by this atmosphere, his face showing anxiety and unfairness.
But he didn’t know how to comfort someone, so he could only imitate the way he had seen other parents console their children in the village, moving closer to the girl and patting her back while cooing softly.
“Don’t cry, sister, don’t cry.”
“Wuu wuu wuu…”
The girl cried even louder, and the boy’s face was a picture of bewilderment until he was suddenly hugged tightly by her.
The great force seemed as if it wanted to merge the boy into her body, and Xu Shuo saw that the boy’s face turned red from the pressure; still, he dared not complain and continued to pat the girl’s back to comfort her.
“Tiezhu, can you…
help me leave?”
After a while.
The girl finally stopped crying, and with a trembling voice squeezed out the words, full of cautious hope.
The boy asked curiously, “Sister, do you want to leave our village?”
The girl nodded frantically, releasing the boy and looking at him pleadingly, “Please, help me leave this place, okay?
I can’t keep hiding here forever; they will find me sooner or later; I must leave as soon as possible!”
As she spoke, tears fell again from her eyes.
The boy hurried to comfort her, “Don’t cry, don’t cry, just tell me what to do, and I’ll help you!”
At this, the girl cried out of sheer joy but also seemed somewhat guilty.
She wiped away her tears and whispered to the boy, “Can you draw?
First, help me draw the layout of the village.”
The boy scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, “I can scribble a little bit, but it won’t look very nice.”
“That’s okay!
You just need to draw a rough idea!”
The girl calmed her panicked heart and, using water stains as ink, calmly instructed the boy before her:
“Draw the houses as squares, the streets as lines, and just draw what you see, like…
look, draw it like this…”
In the dim little house.
The two of them sat close, speaking in hushed voices by the meager moonlight.
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