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"In this world, it is easy to pass through calamities, but emotional tribulations are hard to escape. You and that gentleman with the surname Yun are probably fated to be entangled in a karmic relationship!"
Yin Yuan somehow produced a chicken leg from nowhere, gnawing on it while expressing his thoughts, making him appear even more ghostly.
"Emotional tribulation? Indeed, meeting him has been a trial in my cultivation journey. Karmic relationship? In hindsight, those two words are quite fitting. In the beginning, we were very close. He was intelligent and eager to learn, very ambitious, and extremely attentive to me. To help him achieve his revenge sooner, I spared no effort in using my own magic to create opportunities for him. Gradually, he transformed from being the son of the Yun family into Manager Yun, then Lord Yun, and we also had our own child."
Bai Jiao instinctively touched her belly as if that life was still growing within her.
"I never imagined I would get married or have my own child, and that this child would not be with someone of my kind but with a mortal. To be honest, I was quite anxious at that time because I didn't know what kind of child would be born from the union of the Spirit Serpent clan and humans. During that period, I was filled with both anticipation and unease.
His business grew better and bigger, and he spent less and less time at home. At that time, I even felt a bit fortunate that he didn't see how increasingly unattractive I had become. Even in the final stages of carrying that child, I often couldn't help but transform back into my original appearance."
Bai Jiao moved her serpent tail: "I come from Qingqiu, from the Spirit Serpent clan of Qingqiu, but in the eyes of ordinary people, I am a snake demon—a large enough snake demon to eat people. I was relieved that he wasn't around much during that time; otherwise, seeing my appearance would surely scare him to death just like that other person!"
"Like that other person?"
"Yes! Like that other person!" Bai Jiao retracted her serpent tail: "One morning, feeling discomfort in my abdomen, I went out for a walk. At that time, we were still living in the old residence of the Yun family in Shixia Village. The village was very quiet in the morning; as I walked along, I inadvertently revealed my true form and began to roam freely through the village. It was then that I suddenly encountered someone—another person who couldn't sleep and was taking a morning stroll in the village. I had hidden my true form, but it was too late; she caught sight of me and died on the spot from fright.
You must have been to Shixia Village; how terrifying it must be for someone to die from fright in such a place! I felt panic rising within me and hurriedly used my serpent tail to wrap around her and temporarily hid her in an ancient well in the village."
"Is that the haunted well?"
"Yes!" Bai Jiao nodded: "That well is indeed strange. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary water well, but inside there is a hidden eye that leads directly to some place in the underworld. At certain times of the year, it nourishes spirits; at other times, it absorbs them. I had lived down there for some time but never figured out the secrets hidden within.
The moment I wrapped that girl up with my serpent tail was precisely when it nourished spirits. Those who are not common people should know that when an ordinary person dies, their soul will leave their body within a certain time frame—either wandering among humans or waiting for a Ghost Messenger to take them to the Ghost Domain. However, those who fall into the well are different; their souls can either be completely sealed within their bodies like clouds and become undead monsters or have part of them absorbed while leaving some behind to become corpse puppets. That girl of mine became a corpse puppet."
"Corpse puppet?" Xing Ruyi had never heard this term before and looked towards the fox for clarification.
"A thing that lies between humans and ghosts," the fox explained simply, and Xing Ruyi did not ask further.
"That's right, young master. A corpse puppet is such a thing; she is human yet devoid of life, resembling a ghost. But if she were a ghost, it wouldn't fit, so the term 'corpse puppet' was coined. As for where this term originated, it has become impossible to trace."
Seeing that the tea in front of everyone had cooled, Bai Jiao poured it all out and replaced it with a fresh cup.
"It was just after I had rolled that girl into the well, intending to pull her up from the bottom and properly settle her, that chaos erupted in the village. It was the villagers who went to draw water early in the morning who found a person hanging from the frame of the ancient well."
"Hanging from the frame of the ancient well! This method of death—how does it resemble that of the Hu Family?"
"That's because the Hu Family also kept a corpse puppet, and this corpse puppet has intricate ties to the ancient well in Shixia Village." Bai Jiao smiled slightly. "I will explain about the Hu Family later."
"That's fine. Compared to the Hu Family, we are more curious about what changes occurred with the Yun family back then."
"Then let me continue my story!" Bai Jiao flicked her hair. At that moment, there was noise outside again; everyone looked out to see that the previously quiet street now had some pedestrians moving about. It seemed that the spell Yin Yuan had cast on those people had worn off.
"I initially thought it was the villagers who discovered the girl I had scared to death and thrown into the well. But as I got closer, I realized it was an old woman. The old woman was entangled by a mass of water weeds, hanging from the frame at the mouth of the well. Her face was distorted, her eyes rolled back, revealing large areas of white. Her tongue hung out long like that of our Serpent Clan, but her complexion was a bluish-purple. In human terms, her appearance in death was truly terrifying.
I recognized that woman; she lived under the Soap Pod tree at the village entrance and belonged to the Niu Family. They made tofu, so they usually rose earlier than others to fetch water for grinding beans from the well. Just as everyone was anxious and speculating about the cause of death for the Niu Family, their son arrived. He glanced at his mother and then sat down on the ground crying loudly.
As everyone tried to console him and suggested retrieving his mother's body from that frame, an unusual sound suddenly came from within the well. Following that, the frame above broke, and Niu Family's corpse fell right into that ancient well.
In an instant, there was complete silence! After a long while, Niu Family's son finally reacted and begged the village chief to have his mother's body retrieved. Since I was pregnant at that time, I was advised by the village chief to return to Yun family's old residence. However, according to what I heard from people in the village, they fished for an entire day without seeing Niu Family's body."
"Could it be that Niu Family's corpse was eaten by that corpse puppet in the well?"
“Corpse Puppet does not consume those things!” Bai Jiao said, looking into the distance. “As the saying goes, a guilty conscience makes one feel uneasy. Originally, I planned to sneak into the well after nightfall to take a closer look at the situation at the bottom of the well and to clarify the cause of death of the Niu Family. However, unexpectedly, he returned home after being away for business for a long time. Along with him was a young and beautiful girl who called me sister upon meeting me and asked me to take care of her in the future. Although I had only recently come to the human world, I knew that this young and beautiful woman was his concubine.
At that moment, I looked at him with a disbelieving and questioning gaze, just like an ordinary woman would. He merely glanced at me lightly, showing no remorse, and stated that from now on, I would be considered family with that young and beautiful girl, without any distinction between wife and concubine. He then led the young woman to the main room, chatting warmly with her while instructing me to move my belongings to a side room, claiming that I was pregnant and should rest. As for serving him, he suggested that the young woman should do it instead, which he considered considerate of me.
At this point, Bai Jiao let out a cold laugh. “At that time, I felt as lost as an ordinary woman would, even shedding tears until nearly dawn. Yun Family Old Residence, you have been there too; that night, their affectionate exchanges fell into my ears. If it were now, I would probably scoff a few times, turn around and leave, never to see that man again for eternity. But back then, I wasn’t so carefree; I was heartbroken all night while they enjoyed their intimacy amidst my tears. In that moment, I developed a murderous intent and wanted to devour them.”
“But in the end, you still couldn’t bring yourself to harm him, could you?”
“No! It wasn’t that I couldn’t bear it; it was that I didn’t have the chance.” Bai Jiao glanced at Xing Ruyi: “I became so angry that it caused instability in my pregnancy, leading to early signs of labor. I knew that if I gave birth, I might lose control and reveal my true form, which would inevitably cause panic throughout the village. At that time, I had only one choice: to hide away, and the best hiding place in the village was that ancient well.”
“That ancient well was indeed an excellent choice; the strange occurrences caused by Bai Shi would deter villagers from approaching it. Any unusual sounds coming from the well would seem reasonable to them,” Xing Ruyi rubbed her aching temples, trying to calm the chaotic energy within her.
“You’re right; at that time, I truly thought so. Taking advantage of the dim light before dawn, I hid in that ancient well and successfully gave birth to my Daughter. However, since he betrayed me like this, I had no intention of allowing my Daughter to stay by his side. Moreover, at that time, my mind was solely focused on devouring them.
Just as I was about to return with my Daughter to the Yun Family Old Residence, there was movement in the well. Holding my Daughter, I followed the sound and saw the girl whom I had scared to death carrying the Corpse of the Niu Family, heading towards a certain place. That place is likely known to you as well; it is where later they buried Sister Yun Family, specifically beneath that Tomb lies the Yin Eye.”
“It sounds like this so-called Yin Eye has become a demon itself. The Corpse Puppet is its servant while those from the Niu Family who hung from the ancient well’s frame are food sought by the Corpse Puppet. In this way, those concubines from the Hu Family are also food sought by the Corpse Puppet for the Yin Eye.”
“Exactly! From a certain perspective, it is indeed so!” Bai Jiao nodded in agreement.
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