After Failing to Influence the Protagonist Chapter 17
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Chapter 17 The black-clothed man with silver hair and blood eyes
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Pei Jing jumped down from the eaves and looked at the ground. “Demons emerge from underground because the mirror breaks. Doors, windows, everything matches the positions of the mirrors.”
Pei Jing’s eyes darkened, and he drew his sword. He stabbed it into the ground, and when he pulled it out, the tip of the sword was covered in red soil.
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He whispered quietly, “Finally found you.”
Using the Cloud Slayer Sword, he cut a square hole in the wooden board.
The soil below was dark red and rotting, with strands of black hair entwined inside. But after digging through that layer of soil, there was nothing.
Pei Jing closed his eyes and used his divine sense to explore the surroundings. He only found trembling evil spirits hiding in the corners.
The trail ended, and the demon was no longer in this room.
He opened his eyes again, sat at the table, and pondered heavily on the events that had taken place in the Yunlan Mountain Range.
“Blood spiritual mushroom, infant ghosts, the missing brides, and the children who died with the old man.”
He took out the basket from the mustard seed and placed the bloody and mangled head on the table.
Well, the toad spirit didn’t lie. This baby’s head must truly have emerged from the ground during rainy days. The head and teeth were caked in mud.
Pei Jing remembered the group of infant ghosts holding hands that he had encountered that night.
When they opened their mouths to wail, there was no tongue.
Thinking about it, Pei Jing ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴏᴅᴇɴ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜰᴀɴᴛ’ꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ. Inside, there was a lot of mud—cloudy yellow and putrid—with a few ants crawling around. But upon closer inspection, indeed, a portion of the tongue had been snipped off.
His expression turned serious.
“It appears necessary to first clarify the matters regarding the Yunlan Mountain Range.”
Early the next morning, the old man came to check on him and, once he confirmed Pei Jing was unharmed, tentatively asked, “Did you discover anything?”
Pei Jing shook his head and said, “No, the demon that killed your grandson is probably no longer here.”
Upon hearing this, the old man’s expression carried a hint of sadness. He said, “After so many years, it must have already left.”
Pei Jing glanced around and asked, “Have you been living alone here all this time? Why haven’t I seen your second son?”
The old man looked downhearted. “After my second son’s two marriage proposals failed, nobody from Yunlan City wants to marry into our side. Those who couldn’t find wives in the village blame him and talk behind his back. Unable to bear it, he went outside to do business. He returns every few months, and I reckon he’ll be back soon.”
