Chapter 39 The scapegoat

Chapter 39 The scapegoat

Chapter 39 The scapegoat

The dead magpie fell straight down from the branch of the pomelo tree and turned into a man in a suit and tie who fell to the ground with a thud.

It was Zhang Yangxu.

Ning Zhe's consciousness was slightly dazed, and then he realized what had just happened.

——The ghost killed the magpie.

But wasn't the world where Hejia Village was already broken with the death of the snake god? Even if it wasn't broken, why was the magpie still alive?

A dead person cannot die again, otherwise Ning Zhe would have come here directly using the identity of Zhang Yangxu.

But the magpie just now died for me. Does this mean... it is still alive?

"escape."

After a moment of doubt, Ning Zhe quickly gave up thinking that would not produce any results in a short period of time. He could no longer waste his identity as a living person who could be used as a scapegoat.

Ning Zhe's body turned back into a bird that had long died, flew through the shade of the trees, and into the lush flowerbed full of hydrangeas.

The cruelty of the ghost wandering in the Bishuiwan Manor was far beyond Ning Zhe's expectations. Unlike Taiyi who had no ability to kill, and the snake god Zhaoyou who sought good fortune and avoided danger, this ghost in the manor could be said to kill people indiscriminately. Ning Zhe lost his life just because he got close to it.

Fortunately, after killing the magpie, the ghost did not continue to chase Ning Zhe. Sharp screams came from far behind, and the ghost seemed to be chasing other people who were closer.

"Is the ghost's killing rule related to distance? Is it a direct relationship or an indirect relationship?"

Ning Zhe didn't have time to think about it. He changed back to his original appearance and returned to the pavilion. He grabbed Feng Yusu's hand and said, "Let's go. Let's leave here."

The ghosts in the manor were too ferocious. Ning Zhe lost his life just by getting close to them. Ning Zhe was not a reckless person. He would only risk his life when he was desperate or really confident. The current situation was obviously neither of the two.

With Taiyi's rules in mind, he has plenty of ways out.

"There's no need for me to fight this ghost to death here. Even if I really have to crack it, the more sensible approach would be to return to Ancient Monument Town first and obtain enough living people's identities to serve as scapegoats. Only then can I test its killing rules without any worries."

Ning Zhe had a clear mind and he knew exactly what he should do now.

But Feng Yusu was far less rational than him.

The lights in the manor were bright, the screams and cries had faded away, leaving behind bodies scattered all over the ground. Feng Yushu bit her lip tightly, her eyes slightly red: "My, my daughter is still in there... I can't leave."

"What can you do by staying here?" Ning Zhe let go of Feng Yusu's hand: "Become the next corpse killed by the ghost?"

"...You are right, Ningzhe, I am weak and slow, and I can't do anything even if I stay here." Feng Yuxu's legs softened, and she knelt down in front of Ningzhe, grabbing the corner of his clothes with trembling hands: "But you can do it, right? Ningzhe, you must have a way, right...Please, help me, please? Help me save Azhi, you can ask me to do anything you want, I can give you everything I have, please...I really can't lose her..."

You didn't say a word about your husband...

Ning Zhe pried open Feng Yusu's hand that was tightly grasping the corner of his clothes and breathed a sigh of relief: "In the past, you might have been able to impress me with money, but now I'm not interested in money anymore." To him now, money is just a string of numbers.

Seeing Feng Yushu reaching her hand towards his chest tremblingly, he added: "The same goes for you."

After saying this, Ning Zhe didn't argue with her any more. The young man's body once again turned into a magpie, flew out of the pavilion and toward the outside of the wall.

He would never put himself in danger again until he had obtained enough identities of living people.

Seeing Ning Zhe's figure disappearing into the night, Feng Yusu covered her face with her hands, knelt on the ground in despair, and cried inconsolably. But after crying her heart out, she still held on to the columns of the pavilion with both hands, supported herself and barely stood up, wiped her tears and walked into the manor.

She was determined to get to her daughter, even if she died on the way.

But before she took a few steps, a nimble figure fell from the sky and landed next to her.

"Ningzhe?!" Feng Yushu cried with joy: "Did you come back to help me?"

"Yes, because I can't get out." Ning Zhe said lightly: "This manor has been closed."

Ning Zhe, who had transformed into a magpie, hit an obstacle as soon as he flew to the edge of the wall. It was an invisible wall, like a huge semicircular dome upside down, covering the entire Bishuiwan Manor.

"I flew over the wall, but I didn't see the rushing Taojiang River outside the manor. There was only a brightly lit European-style castle flashing in front of me - as if I had just come in from outside." Ning Zhe said softly: "You can understand it as some kind of strange phenomenon similar to space folding. There is no way out of this manor anymore."

He stepped towards Taojiang outside the door, but the next moment he found himself facing the welcoming avenue inside the door. The space at the critical edge of the manor had been folded, and any movement "outward" would automatically be bent into "inward".

"Let's go and find your daughter. Since she could dream about the scene of Hejia Village without ever being in Gubei Town, she might know something about the current situation." Ning Zhe said, and turned into a magpie again, standing on Feng Yusu's shoulder: "Let's go."

"...Okay." Feng Yusu nodded quickly.

Of course, she could see that Ning Zhe was using her as a scout to explore the way and was risking her life to step on the mines for him, but Feng Yusu readily accepted Ning Zhe's cold and ruthless use.

As long as it can increase the hope of rescuing her daughter, she is willing to be used by Ning Zhe to do anything, just like what happened in Hejia Village.

The Bishuiwan Manor is very large, covering an area of ​​about 1 hectare. There are not many residents living there, only Bai Fugui's family and some executives of the New Home Group, and the cleaners who are responsible for daily maintenance of green plants and cleaning up garbage.

Most of these people were frightened by the weird sight of the evil ghost killing people and the corpses all over the ground, and they fled in all directions. Most of them fled to the other side of the manor. According to Ning Zhe's previous observation, the ghost seemed to be attracted to that side by the crowd.

"Hurry up, before those people are killed by ghosts, you don't have much time left." Ning Zhe reminded.

"Okay." Feng Yusu held the magpie standing on his shoulder with one hand, trotted along the wall, and entered the European-style castle in the center of the manor.

"No need to support me, I can stand steadily." Ning Zhe reminded again.

"Okay!" Feng Yusu quickly let go of her hand, took off her high heels, held them in her hand, and continued running forward barefoot.

(End of this chapter)