Chapter 127 Bone Kite

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu watched Fang Yue's retreating figure, dejectedly got up, and stomped her foot.

"I won't eat steamed buns!! Also, the tail technique I was talking about is amazing, not the kind you were talking about. Anyway, it's not that kind!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu shouted from behind, but Fang Yue could no longer hear her.

...

"What does the family tree say? Did you find any information about the Wu Yu clan?"

"Yes."

Lin Duoduo didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "There is only one sentence about the Wu Yu clan in the family tree."

"What sentence?"

"The Wu Yu clan are bizarre creatures who believe in [Night Rain], rumored to be descendants of the origin of all curses."

"Huh?"

"What 'huh'?"

"No, just that one sentence? Nothing else?"

"Nothing else."

Fang Yue said gloomily, "Isn't that the same as saying nothing at all?"

What's with believing in [Night Rain]? Is it some kind of religion?

What does it matter to him what they believe in?

What are the descendants of the origin of all curses?

"I have heard of the origin of all curses. It is rumored that all the curses in the present world originate from an ultra-transcendent being who is the origin of all curses."

"So the descendants of the origin of all curses are naturally good at curses."

"As for why they believe in [Night Rain], I don't know. Maybe it's because times have changed, and they've gone from believing in their ancestor, the origin of all curses, to believing in [Night Rain]."

Fang Yue stared blankly at the bucket-shaped Lin Duoduo.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

"No, it's just that Sister Lin looks so convincing when she's talking nonsense!"

"What nonsense? I'm just trying to clear up your confusion since you look so blank."

Okay, Lin Duoduo's explanation is better than him being completely clueless.

But... the origin of all curses? No matter how powerful the curse is, it will be exposed in front of my system panel.

With that said, Fang Yue opened the task panel and glanced at his status.

"Status: Curse [Back of Hand], Curse [Unknown]."

Fang Yue: ???

What is the second curse? It clearly wasn't there before!

"Status: Curse [Unknown]."

"Name: Curse [Unknown]."

"Effect: ????"

"Description: ????"

"Time: ????"

"Note: Powerful, unknown, terrifying, death is approaching!"

His pupils constricted, and Fang Yue's expression changed drastically!

What kind of curse is this! What's with all the question marks!

Where's my Analysis Eyes? Where's my big Analysis Eyes?

Fang Yue panicked and shouted in his heart.

"Parchment!!"

[Here!]

...Get to work!

[Yes, sir!]

This guy, he sees me as a rich man, so obedient!

[I am Fang Yue, and I led the team out of Luo Ye Village to Mo Village.]

[Along the way, it was rare to have peace and tranquility.]

[Two days later, we arrived safely at Mo Village.]

[The curse that I had been worried about was lifted.]

[I am very safe!]

Eh?

Eh, eh, eh, eh?

How could this be?

The system describes this curse as terrifyingly dangerous.

But according to the parchment, nothing happened to me.

What's going on? Who should I believe?

Fang Yue's face was ugly, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Parchment, will I really arrive safely at Mo Village? Will I be in danger after arriving at Mo Village?"

[I am Fang Yue, and I am still worried about the influence of the curse.]

[But soon, I knew that my worries were unnecessary.]

[Mo Village is much safer than I thought!]

Okay, since the parchment said so, Fang Yue stopped suspecting.

It seems the key is to get to Mo Village as soon as possible.

As long as he gets to Mo Village, it seems he will be safe.

After thinking about it, Fang Yue asked again, "When I... get to Mo Village, will the merchant caravan still be there? Does the merchant caravan have the day-after-tomorrow second-rate mental cultivation manual I want?"

[I am Fang Yue, and two days later, I led the escort team to Mo Village.]

[At that time, there were still merchant caravans selling goods in Mo Village.]

[I excitedly approached the merchant caravan, and after some twists and turns, I finally bought what I wanted.]

[Congratulations, congratulations!]

Yes!

It can be done!

Fang Yue was overjoyed.

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Although the parchment's congratulations made him feel like he was having a PTSD attack, this time it should be genuine, right?

After all, he paid for it!

Fang Yue hummed in his heart.

It must be said that since showing off the solid financial strength of 7 black stones, the parchment has been very obedient to him.

Could it be... is this the power of money?

Parchment, you are so corrupt now!

The corners of Fang Yue's mouth rose in an arc, and Lin Duoduo next to him just found it a little strange that Fang Yue was suddenly happy and suddenly lost.

"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

"Ah, it's nothing."

Fang Yue's conversation with the parchment can be done silently in his mind. When others are around, Fang Yue generally doesn't take out the parchment.

Getting up to leave, Fang Yue suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, right."

Fang Yue told Lin Duoduo that the escort team would leave Luo Ye Village at noon today.

"So soon?!"

Lin Duoduo was stunned.

"Yes, Mo Village is almost here, everyone is excited, and Doctor An can't stand it anymore. He wants to go home early."

"This... okay."

Lin Duoduo sighed, her mood seemed a little low.

Could it be... is something wrong?

Could it be related to me?

"There are so many wounded in the village. I wanted Doctor An to work hard for a while after his injury healed."

...Okay, I was thinking too much.

Time passed quickly. At noon, the sun was fierce, and Fang Yue led the escort team and separated from Lin Duoduo and the others.

Doctor Luo didn't come to see them off. He is the busiest person in the village now.

"Let's go."

Fang Yue gave the blood hunter a look.

He and the blood hunter, one at the front of the team and one at the back of the team, formed a protective formation to protect the team in the middle.

Fortunately, along the village road, it was really much safer.

Fang Yue thought for a while and put on the human skin mask.

Although the human skin mask consumes little lifespan, Fang Yue was still a little reluctant to use it.

However, compared to these losses, it was the strange actions of the Memory-Erasing Ghoul before its death that made Fang Yue feel the most uneasy.

Even if the parchment said that it would be safe along the way, he still decided to be vigilant and defensive according to the highest safety standards.

After all, the parchment's prediction is limited to the current action and belongs to the butterfly effect type. Once there is any change, the future predicted by the parchment will also undergo huge changes.

As the sun gradually set, the afternoon passed without encountering any danger. Fang Yue felt relieved and gradually relaxed his vigilance.

But he didn't know that a line that no one could see was tied to his neck.

Following this line and constantly raising the height, one could see a human bone kite in the high sky, swaying in the wind, following Fang Yue's movements.

In the empty high sky, the human bone kite swayed in the wind. If anyone saw this scene, they would be terrified.

And in ancient times, dense human bone kites floating in the high sky were a common sight.

That was the method of the Wu Yu clan, that was... a terrifying curse!

The first day of leaving Luo Ye Village passed quickly.

Except for rushing on the road at night, which made Fang Yue a little worried, the rest of the time was calm and tranquil.

They rested for the night in a nearby small village.

The next day, the energetic team set off again.

Doctor An's condition was obviously a notch worse than yesterday, and Fang Yue forcibly put him on a cart to rest.

As for the others, everything was the same, but compared to the initial team, there were now only more than fifty people left.

Although Fang Yue had solved problems time and time again with his own efforts along the way, the team's casualty rate remained high.

Fortunately, the last two days of the journey were unexpectedly peaceful and harmonious. They didn't encounter any ghouls and just had to follow the village road.

This peace made Fang Yue feel that the village road was a safe road.

And in the high sky above this team, the human bone kite seemed to be slowly lowering its height.

Originally at a height of more than three hundred meters, it has now dropped to a height of more than one hundred meters.

The human bones and the thin membranous wings seemed to be gradually merging into one, becoming a thin piece of paper. The outline of the human bones on the paper had gradually deformed, gradually turning into the shape of a human face... that was Fang Yue's face.

Danger had already quietly approached, but the people below were still ignorant.

In front of Fang Yue's escort team on the village road, there was a black-level initial-stage ghoul in the shape of a black hairball more than one meter in size.

It sensed the approach of human scent, but when it was preparing to hunt down this ignorant human team, it suddenly felt a more terrifying existence.

It suddenly looked up, and although it didn't see anything, it felt fear and trembled all over.

Before the human team could approach, this hairball-shaped black-level initial-stage ghoul rounded and rolled away from the village road as if fleeing, not daring to approach any further.

This situation had also happened once near the village road yesterday.

It was just that this escort team seemed to naively think that there were no ghouls haunting the village road.

And under this strange deterrence, the escort team went smoothly.

But today, a ghoul emerged from the trees on both sides of the village road, not avoiding the escort team.

Its body was milky white, like it was made of resin. Its facial features only had two eyes and a mouth, all appearing as empty holes.

The resin ghoul first looked up at the human bone kite floating in the sky, its eye sockets contracted, revealing an ugly expression.

Then it looked at the escort team below.

After scanning around, it frowned.

Because the person it was looking for was not in the team.

"...Not... here?"

The resin ghoul frowned, and its body slowly floated down, merging into the branches like it was merging into silt.

At the same time, white spurts of liquid began to emerge from the village road, spurting like a fountain.

"Then... kill... them... all..."

When the resin ghoul's body completely drilled out of the ground, it had returned to its previous form.

That was a half-meter-sized white humanoid monster made of resin.

Both the front and back sides looked exactly the same.

The empty eyes made it impossible to see the true strength of its power.

"Stop!!"

Fang Yue was shouting.

He noticed the ghoul in front of him!

But he couldn't recognize what this thing was.

However, before Fang Yue could take any further action, he saw the resin ghoul suddenly widen its eyes and start shaking all over.

At first, it was just a slight tremor.

Then the shaking became more and more violent, as if an earthquake was coming.

Its whole body was shaking like it was falling apart.

"...Don't... do... this..."

The resin ghoul suddenly raised its head in despair and looked at the sky.

Its jelly-like body suddenly seemed unable to withstand the pressure and exploded with a bang, turning into white liquid all over the ground.

It was dead.

Everyone in the escort team was taken aback.

Fang Yue frowned, but he couldn't figure out what had happened.

He just felt a terrifying feeling rising from his heart.

He was worried that in the next second, he would die inexplicably like the resin ghoul, with no power to resist.

Fang Yue remembered the resin ghoul's actions before its death.

He raised his head and looked at the sky. The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly.

Everything was the same as usual.

"What... was that thing looking at in the end?"

Fang Yue couldn't understand. His Analysis Eyes could see ethereal ghouls and many other things, but now, there seemed to be something that even the Analysis Eyes couldn't see.

And what was it, it might be in the sky above their team?

"What's wrong?"

The blood hunter had already rushed over from the end of the team at this time. Fang Yue simply described what he had seen before, but the blood hunter's pupils suddenly contracted.

"You just said... that thing was like a white dwarf made of resin?"

"Yes, do you recognize it?"

"...That thing is called a Lipid Half-Ghoul, it's... a black-level intermediate-stage ghoul."

Fang Yue: !!!

His pupils shrank, and Fang Yue's face turned pale.

Even if he was dull, he knew what a black-level intermediate-stage ghoul meant.

He also understood what it meant for a black-level intermediate-stage ghoul to die here with no power to resist!

"Parchment!!"

Fang Yue roared in his heart.

[Here!!]

No...

Fang Yue rode forward a little further, distanced himself from the team, and then directly took out the parchment from the game.

He had lost confidence in the parchment that directly communicated with his mind.

He wanted to see the words that appeared on the parchment.

"I'm almost at Mo Village, what dangers will I encounter!"

[I am Fang Yue, and in half a day's journey, I will be able to reach Mo Village.]

[But on the road, I encountered the bizarre death of a black-level intermediate-stage ghoul.]

[I am uneasy, I am anxious.]

[I seek help from the great and noble Lord Parchment.]

[The great and noble Lord Parchment soothed my emotions.]

[Half a day later, I arrived safely at Mo Village.]

Safely arrived again?

Then what happened to the resin ghoul before?

Why does the parchment only say that I will safely arrive at Mo Village, but doesn't say anything else?

Could it be... is everything because of the curse on my body?

Could it be that the unknown curse is of a higher level than the parchment, making the parchment unable to detect the danger?

Thinking of this possibility, Fang Yue couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

All along, he had relied too much on the parchment and trusted the parchment too much.

He had never thought that the parchment would also make mistakes, or that there would be something that could shield the parchment's ability to predict the future, an existence that suppressed the parchment in terms of rules and level.

No, it's not that he hadn't thought about it...

But, the parchment is a Rain-level Cursed Object!

An existence that can deceive a Rain-level Cursed Object shouldn't be targeting me! This is the novice village!!

As if sensing Fang Yue's distrust of itself, the parchment began to show words.