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Chapter 17 - Qiyu Village - The Headless Guy

"The Blood Door has hints?" Ning Qiushui asked in surprise.

Bai Xiaoxiao explained beside him:

"Only the first Blood Door doesn't have any."

"Because 99.999% of players encounter a very low difficulty at the first door, the ghosts that want to kill people… are also quite difficult, most of them are just scaring, not actually taking action."

Pausing for a moment, she teased the two of them:

"That's why I said you two are unlucky, you encountered this kind of demon at the first door, and almost destroyed the group!"

"After the first door, the difficulty of the second door will increase by one level, but the Blood Door will also give corresponding important hints."

"Next is the sixth door… but these things, can be discussed later."

"The top priority right now is to find a way to survive the second door."

"Your second door… is not simple!"

After Bai Xiaoxiao patiently explained, Ning Qiushui immediately remembered the hint on the Blood Door.

"The good people bleeds out, turning into auspicious rain; The merciful people cuts off his head, granting peace; The innocent people closes his eyes, praying for auspicious rain and peace…"

This hint was very strange, it sounded… quite creepy.

Soon, it was time for them to enter the door.

The blood-stained wooden door was once again slowly pushed open by a pale hand, after which the three people's consciousness quickly became hazy…

...

When she woke up again, Ning Qiushui found himself standing in front of a huge building.

This building was quite dilapidated, the two white walls at the entrance were full of cracks, covered with damp green moss.

The ground was full of rubble and weeds.

On the white wall on the right, there were red painted words:

[Qiyu Village Tourist Group Guest House]

"Tourist Group…"

"This time, we appear as tourists?"

Ning Qiushui looked around, in this large courtyard there were a total of fourteen people, standing in groups of three.

Unsurprisingly, these people should be like him, the people of the Demonic House outside the Blood Door.

In no time, Ning Qiushui found Liu Chengfeng and Bai Xiaoxiao.

It was just that… the complexions of both of them were not very good.

Ning Qiushui stepped forward and asked in a low voice:

"What's wrong?"

Bai Xiaoxiao jerked her chin towards Liu Chengfeng and lazily said:

"Ask him."

Ning Qiushui looked towards Liu Chengfeng.

This person's face was covered in sweat, and his eyes were filled with fear.

"I just appeared at the foot of the mountain behind that forest. I was planning to follow the sign to cross the forest, but in the middle of the forest, I saw a... headless person!"

Ning Qiushui narrowed his eyes.

"Are you sure?"

Liu Chengfeng gasped, his eyes filled with fear!

"Yes!"

"I'm sure!"

"It… just kept going straight ahead, then…"

At this point, Liu Chefeng's voice trembled.

"Hurry up and say it, what happened next?" Ning Qiushui urged.

Liu Chengfeng's next words sent a chill down Ning Qiushui's spine.

"Then… it merged with the crowd and disappeared."

Ning Qiushui:

"Disappeared?"

Liu Chengfeng nodded vigorously.

"Yes!"

"That headless person… is hiding in the surrounding crowd!"

After he finished speaking, he looked around with a frightened look, taking a deep breath.

Ning Qiushui turned to look at Bai Xiaoxiao.

"Bai Yi, what do you think?"

Bai Xiaoxiao shook her head.

"Don't panic for now, this is only your second door, the ghosts are not so perverted that they kill people as soon as they come out!"

"However… we still have to be more careful!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a middle-aged man's voice suddenly came from outside:

"Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting!"

Everyone on the open ground looked over, only to see a middle-aged man wearing simple clothes and dark skin walking in front of everyone.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Hou Kong, I am the team leader of the Qiyu Village Tourism Company, I have been on duty these past few days, usually sitting in the main hall on the first floor, if you have any problems, please let me know!"

"If you feel that this trip experience is not bad, then please help promote it in the future, thank you!"

As he spoke, he smiled and distributed the room keys to everyone present.

"There is a free restaurant next to the village guesthouse. After you have eaten your fill, you can take a walk around. Our Qiyu Village has quite a few interesting sightseeing spots…"

"Seven days later, it will be the village's annual temple festival. At that time, everyone in the village will participate. You can also join in… Although outsiders like you don't believe in these things, asking for a blessing is not a bad thing."

He instructed everyone on a few things, then led everyone to the guest house.

Throughout the entire process, the person in charge named Hou Kong always had a smile on his face.

That smile was very faint, very faint, but it looked… very strange.

Ning Qiushui just glanced and felt goosebumps.

"This is everyone's room, electricity and hot water are provided 24 hours, there are also some rules in the village, I hope everyone will try to follow them."

"First, there is a curfew in the village, from 12 midnight to 6 am, it is best not to go out."

"Second, the mountain behind the village is where the temple is located, due to preparations for the ceremony, outsiders are currently not allowed to come near that place."

"Third, if everyone encounters strange things in the village, you can go to old woman Ruan."

After speaking, Hou Kong didn't care if everyone had any problems, turned around and hurriedly went downstairs.

Ning Qiushui looked through the lobby window, saw Hou Kong go into that dense black forest, then… never came back.

After regaining his senses, he started to check his accommodation.

Although the guest house looked old, the wooden floor and wooden doors were cracked, but the room was quite clean.

The three of them, Ning, Liu, and Bai, were standing together when handing out the keys, so their rooms were adjacent to each other.

In the room, Ning Qiushui glanced at the ticking clock above his head. 

Three o'clock in the afternoon. 

There was still some time until dinner. 

He walked around his room, saw that the bed and floor were very clean, the walls were also very new and white, but there was always a lingering smell of... burning in the air. 

It seemed like something was burning.

At this moment, Ning Qiushui suddenly felt a warm sensation in the bag, he instinctively reached out to touch it, it turned out to be a piece of blood jade.

Ning Qiushui saw that the piece of blood jade in his palm… was emitting a faint red light!

This scene was not unfamiliar to him.

When they were in the villa behind the first Blood Door before, the red-clothed demon on the third floor only needed to get close to their room, and the piece of blood jade hanging on the wall would emit a red light!

In an instant, Ning Qiushui's body tensed up!

Could it be that in his room… there was something unclean?

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