I can rewind time to prevent death

Chapter 251: Chapter 236: Half a Hide (Part 3) (4000 words)_2

Including the figure of the woman who was suspected to be Mo Sheng’s soul, also disappeared.

Perhaps, at the moment the human skin was completely burned away, her obsession was thoroughly liberated.

At the same time, beside a desolate street in an unnamed city.

The Back-faced Woman held Ke’er in her arms, the mother and daughter sitting skewed on the ground, motionless.

The Back-faced Woman still had large amounts of black smoke rising from her body, as if ignited, but ultimately, it did not catch fire.

Moments later, Ke’er lifted her head, trembling uncontrollably, and looked at her mother.

“Mom… Mommy…”

The Back-faced Woman shook her head, embraced her daughter, and slowly stood up, then staggered off towards the other side of the street.

The figures of the mother and daughter moved further away, vanishing at the end of the street.

Yan Junze stood beside the coffin that had burned, thought for a moment, then took out a hexagonal badge and stuck it where the dried corpse and human skin were burned, absorbing some residual Different Dimension Energy.

Then he took the coffin lid, covered the coffin with it, and re-covered it with the dirt he had dug up before.

Regardless, Mo Sheng and the human skin were truly buried in the earth; may they rest in peace and sooner embark on their journey to the Ultimate Bliss World or be reborn.

Yan Junze was physically drained and found a comfortable chair in the old house where he sat for a long time. As the day turned to dusk, he finally got up and hurried over to Mo Xiaofeng’s house.

By then, the middle-aged leader had dispersed the other Exorcists into nearby houses, trying to avoid gathering everyone together to prevent the human skin from taking them all out in one go.

Meanwhile, Guo Youliang was searching with him nearby, and the two did not dare to stray too far, fearing for the safety of their colleagues here, so they only searched in the vicinity.

The population of Mo Family Village was not large, but the houses in the village were quite scattered. One family might be located on this end, while another could be on the opposite hillside. At first glance, it did not seem far, but it would take at least half an hour to walk there.

Yan Junze quickly returned to the place he had originally left. He couldn’t find anyone inside Little Wind Zhai and just walked out when he met Guo Youliang, carrying a magnetic knife, followed by the middle-aged leader.

“Yan Junze?! Are you okay?” The middle-aged leader showed a look of surprise, but then Guo Youliang abruptly held him back.

Guo Youliang watched Yan Junze warily, without saying a word.

Yan Junze had no choice but to speak to the middle-aged leader, “We were assigned into this team right at the meeting chaired by Group Leader Huo Zhisen, and we arrived here the next day.”

Guo Youliang looked at the middle-aged leader, who nodded, confirming Yan Junze’s account was true.

Guo Youliang asked, “What about the human skin?”

“I burned it to death.” Yan Junze shrugged, “It was evenly matched with my Semi-Spirit State, we were at a stalemate. I took the opportunity to burn it with fire.”

Guo Youliang was curious, “It was attached to your head, how did you burn it?”

“Wasn’t there a wrinkle?” Yan Junze gestured, “I just grabbed the wrinkle like this, and then used a lighter to burn it. Of course, ordinary flames are useless. My Semi-Spirit State can catalyze the flames, creating an effect similar to Samadhi True Fire.”

“Damn Samadhi True Fire!” The middle-aged leader couldn’t help but let loose a curse.

The corners of Guo Youliang’s mouth twitched slightly.

If it weren’t for the fact that Yan Junze really looked like a normal person now, he would have been tempted to split him with his knife.

“Anyway, it took a great deal of effort to deal with the human skin,” Yan Junze said.

“Can you take me to see it?” Guo Youliang asked.

“Sure,” Yan Junze turned and pointed, “It’s a small path, about a twenty-minute walk.”

“Big Brother Guo, now that the danger here has been temporarily lifted, shouldn’t we go check on the village first? Zhang Di and the others have not come back, they might have encountered danger,” the middle-aged leader said.

Guo Youliang thought for a moment, then nodded, “You don’t need to go there, just stay here. This place is relatively safe right now, and we can maintain contact with the outside at any time.”

“Then, can I go with you?” Yan Junze asked.

After all, there are no tasks for now on this side, and over where Zhang Xiaomo is, there are still the tasks of [the woman carrying a lantern] and [Lift the Coffin]. Going over there, I might have the chance to complete them when the opportunity arises.

“No,” Guo Youliang shook his head, rejecting Yan Junze’s idea, “It might be even more dangerous over there. I can go alone. You’re quite strong, stay here and protect everyone.”

“First, let’s go inside and eat something,” the middle-aged leader reminded them.

The three of them entered a room diagonally across. Inside, there were two younger Exorcists, sitting and drinking water.

As they saw them come in, the two quickly shared some bread and mineral water. Yan Junze casually ate some, and Guo Youliang also took the opportunity to replenish some food.

Meanwhile, Yan Junze was thinking about how to slip deeper into the village without letting these four-star Exorcists notice, to stealthily check on the remaining tasks.

If he had known Guo Youliang’s intentions earlier, he wouldn’t have come back at all but would have gone directly to the western side of the village. Now, it was not a good time to leave.

As he was pondering this, a violent noise erupted, causing the small house to shake slightly. Dust fell from the ceiling, leaving everyone in the room covered in dust and dirt.

…

Time rewinds to the moment before.

Mo Family Village has a total of seven wells, but the largest one is under an old pagoda tree on the east side of the village.

The well had water for several hundred years but turned into a dry well about twenty years ago. The reason was that the upstream groundwater was redirected by constructing an artificial river channel, and several small and medium-sized reservoirs were built one after another.

Yan Long’s slender figure stood next to the dry well. After about four or five minutes, he took out several glow sticks he carried with him, broke them, and threw them into the well.

Then, he leaned over to look into the well.

The glow sticks fell rapidly. The light from two of them was not very clear, but the remaining three landed vertically on the ground of the dry well, clearly reflecting the surrounding scenery.

Yan Long lay down and watched for a while, then removed what he was carrying, including a backpack, a belt, and a long object wrapped in black cloth. It looked like a thick sword, wide and heavy.

After placing them on the ground, he took out a rope and secured one end to the lowest branch of the thick old pagoda tree, then threw the rest of the rope into the well.

Without another word, Yan Long grabbed the rope and climbed down. He was agile, quickly reaching the bottom of the well, firmly standing on the ground.

There was still some water on the ground, just enough to wet his shoes, but Yan Long didn’t pay it any mind. He took out his Wolf-Eye Flashlight to scan the surroundings and found that the well led to openings on both sides, but one would have to stoop to enter them.

This also explained why the well was not very far from the Dark River.

After standing there for a while and determining his direction, he walked towards one of the openings.

Stooping as he went, the space became narrower until he had to lie completely flat to proceed. Yan Long then stopped.

He remained silent for a moment, feeling the chill emanating from the place.

He could normally withstand a bit of chill, but the cold here was indeed once-in-a-hundred or even a thousand years type of cold. Just after standing still for a bit, his eyebrows and eyelashes were already frosted with a layer of white.

Then, Yan Long took out an Incense Cup, which had a small pink incense candle already placed inside.

After he took it out, he only fanned it with his hand a couple of times, without even lighting it, and a faint fragrance was already wafting towards him.

Yan Long immediately placed the Incense Cup further into the opening, allowing the fragrance to quickly drift deeper inside.

He didn’t linger there but immediately started backing out. Unable to turn around, he almost crawled backward with his hands and feet.

Not long after he retreated, a deep sigh came from deep within the hole, followed by the sound of something scrambling where the scent of the candle had drifted.

The sound seemed slow and heavy at first but soon escalated in speed, becoming a concentrated noise close to his ears.

Yan Long was startled and hastily retreated even faster.

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