The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

609: Reanimated Corpse

The sisters’ expression improved once they saw Jier had no malicious intentions. “If there was a way to leave, we would have left long ago. You’re wasting your time looking for clues in this house.”

“That’s not necessarily true.” Han Jiang said mysteriously.

The sisters looked at each other, puzzled why this gentle young man would say such a thing. “What do you mean?”

“To make a long story short, we suspect your mother either sealed the village or had an active hand in the process.” Han Jiang spoke with certainty.

“You mean our mother was the one who sealed the village back then?! But that’s impossible; our mother is just an ordinary person. How could she have that kind of ability?”

The younger of the sisters widened her eyes in disbelief. She couldn’t believe her ordinary mother was capable of doing such mysterious things.

“No, I can believe it.” The older sister had a strange expression on her face. She obviously had doubts in her heart.

“Sister, do not forget, Mother is an ordinary person. How could she do it?!” The fact that their mother was an ordinary person was something the younger sister could not reconcile. It was impossible to believe their mother could be involved.

“Oh! An ordinary person! You really believe that she’s an ordinary person? Look at what’s in this room! What are these?!” The older sister pointed to the pile of bottles and jars in the room containing powerful Gu insects and other transparent jars that held scary insects crawling around inside.

It was what made Han Xia scream earlier. She had a fear of creepy crawlies, so it was no wonder she screamed in fright after see so many all around her.

“Those Gu worms...” The younger sister lost her voice. What ordinary people raised Gu worms?

“She’s coming back.” Feng Wu suddenly received communication from Rui Baby.

“Oh no! You must leave immediately. Tomorrow us sisters will find a way to contact you. It’s best if you use another girl. If Mother sees us talking to a man, she will be suspicious.”

The sisters spoke while pushing Feng Wu and the others out of their mother’s room.

The older sister turned around and put the door back in order, while the younger sister led Jier and the others out quickly through the back door.

Their mother returned through the front door just as the group exited through the back.

Jier and the others didn’t dare linger now that the old widow was back. They immediately returned to the small thatched hut where they were living temporarily.

“Rui Baby, did you discover anything from following the old widow?” Jier promptly asked after swallowing a mouthful of nervous saliva.

“Oh, did I? Guess who I saw her visit?!” Rui Baby asked mysteriously.

They all shook their heads. There were so many people in the village; they couldn’t even begin to guess.

“She went to visit Laiya.” Rui Baby dropped the bomb directly.

“No way! Laiya and the old widow are working together?!” Han Xia felt she needed a drink of water to calm her shock.

That the beautiful, gentle and virtuous Laiya would have anything to do with the perverted old widow was unbelievable!

“And I have more news.” Rui Baby kept on.

Jier rolled his eyes, really hating this bird for being dramatic and not just spitting it out. “What is it? Are you going to say Laiya’s family is also in on it?”

“How is that possible? What I wanted to say was, I found out the old widow is not human anymore!” Rui Baby looked at their bewildered faces in satisfaction.

In fact, there were only three bewildered faces – Feng Wu still had her normal poker face.

Feng Wu looked at Rui Baby and said, “I knew that based on the smell in her room. It smelled of rotten flesh.”

“Xiao Wu! When did you find out?” Han Xia was shocked.

“I found out as soon as I entered her room.”

A chill ran down Han Xia’s back. “So the old widow is a dead person?!” The whole thing was too scary!

“Yes, but she’s more than just a dead person but rather a reanimated corpse.” Rui Baby said.

“A reanimated corpse is quite appropriate.” Han Jiang nodded.

“What is appropriate? A corpse moving and talking by itself and living with its two daughters? Just the thought is enough to scare people half to death. How can you say it’s appropriate?!” Han Xia rubbed the goosebumps on her arms. Why did it suddenly feel so cold?

“A reanimated corpse is the lowest ranked creature. It’s irrational and has no intelligence, but the old woman is obviously intelligent. It seems like she is using some kind of special method to keep her soul sealed in the body. In this way, she can be a reanimated corpse with intelligence and live with her daughters none the wiser.” Rui Baby explained.

“So that old widow is really the most suspicious. If she was just an ordinary person before, how could she have learned these techniques? No matter how you think about it, it would have been impossible for her.” Han Xia said anxiously.

“By the way, Rui Baby, did you see or hear clearly what the old widow and Laiya talked about?” Han Jiang turned to ask Rui Baby.

“Well, I didn’t hear what they said, but I did see Laiya give the old widow a small pot of blood. After the old widow drank the blood, she turned into a normal human again.”

“What kind of blood is that? So powerful!” Han Xia, who didn’t have much knowledge in the area, asked Rui Baby.

“It’s probably blood for raising corpses. In the ancient oriental countries, there is a profession called corpse controller. The blood of the corpse controller can nourish the corpse. If the corpse keeps on drinking the blood, there is a chance it can evolve into a high-level corpse; its body won’t rot and it may even return to normal. A corpse drinking the blood of their corpse controller will get a lot of benefits.

For the corpse controller, letting a corpse drink their blood means they’ve gained a contract. They can make contracts with low-level and high-level reanimated corpses.”

Rui Baby was truly worthy of being a divine wise beast. Its powerful knowledge inheritance was immense.