Wang Li's mother kept kowtowing to Miao Nanzi.
She took the porcelain bottle.
Then, the scene shifted again.
Wang Li's mother was suddenly raising several pigs.
But these pigs only had one ear each...
Wang Li's mother held the medicine bowl.
Sitting by the bedside, she fed her husband medicine, saying:
"Husband, once these people turn into pigs and fatten up,
We can sell them to pay off our debts.
Little one can come back, and you can get treatment for your illness."
In her husband's eyes, however, the warmth was gone, replaced by fear and terror of her.
The next scenes were chaotic and quickly became unclear.
Until the final scene froze.
It was a group of constables surrounding a thatched hut.
Wang Li's mother was dressed in mourning clothes.
It seemed her husband had passed away...
Among the constables, the leader was none other than Master Wang.
He stepped out from the crowd and pointed at Wang Li's mother, saying:
"Constable Zhang, this is the demoness.
The villagers have been disappearing one after another, and it's all related to her.
She must have harmed them.
But most importantly, she also stole our family's pigs.
Yes, these fat pigs she's raising.
They are all from my home that went missing. Constable Zhang, please see justice done..."
After speaking, he quietly slipped a silver ingot to the constable.
The constable sneered:
"Take the demoness away, and drive all the pigs back to Master Wang's home."
Wang Li's mother was already somewhat delirious.
Upon hearing this, she immediately stood in front of the pigsty:
"Don't come near, don't touch my pigs..."
With that, she grabbed a sharp knife and stabbed a constable in the leg.
"Demoness, how dare you resist arrest!
Surrender now, or this constable will execute you on the spot."
Saying that, the constable drew his saber.
But Wang Li's mother's eyes turned red, and she brandished scissors, lunging madly at the constable;
"These are my pigs, mine.
Husband still needs medicine, and Little one needs to be redeemed.
No, don't come over..."
"The demoness is mad, kill her without mercy!"
The constable snorted coldly.
Several constables rushed forward.
Wang Li's mother struggled and resisted a few times before kneeling on the ground, covered in blood.
The constable walked up and raised his saber, striking a blow.
The scene reversed, revealing a headless corpse kneeling on the ground.
Soon, everything around them turned to darkness.
Seeing this, we felt our vision blur.
The hazy, disorienting feeling vanished.
Opening our eyes again, we found ourselves still standing inside the villa.
Everything around us remained unchanged.
Looking at Old Mo and Xiao Mei on either side, both wore expressions of shock.
Old Mo even blurted out:
"I, I saw, saw the female ghost's memories from before she died?"
"I saw them too!"
Xiao Mei chimed in.
I also nodded:
"I saw them too."
"What's going on?"
Old Mo asked, confused.
I frowned:
"It might be related to that bug."
This situation only occurred after I killed the soul-devouring worm.
Since Xiao Mei was the only one here who knew about the soul-devouring worm.
Old Mo and I both looked at her.
Xiao Mei didn't seem to know much either, but she said:
"Perhaps the soul-devouring worm contained her memories?"
Hearing this.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
In those memories, I saw a tragic life of Wang Li's mother.
From a happy family, she was gradually pushed by local gentry and tyrants, transforming into a demoness who practiced蛊 and harmed others.
And her final fate.
It can only be said that Wang Li's mother was truly an unfortunate soul.
Forced by life and wicked people, she stepped step by step towards her current end.
After her death, her obsession must have been too strong.
Her soul remained in that bottle.
Until now, it was awakened.
Thinking of this, I just sighed faintly, not wanting to dwell on it any further.
Because Wang Li's mother had already been utterly annihilated.
It was all over...
As for Wang Li's mother's life, there was one thing that piqued my interest: Miao Nanzi, who gave her the 蛊.
It now appeared that this demonic daoist lived much longer than we had imagined.
In his lifetime, he was not a good person.
And besides cultivating rice.
He also knew how to raise 蛊.
This was a crucial point that must be remembered.
If we encountered him again, we would have to be wary.
"Old Qin, do you think the demon daoist in the female ghost's memories was Miao Nanzi?"
Old Mo suddenly asked.
I nodded:
"No doubt about it, it must have been Miao Nanzi.
It's just that at that time, he probably wasn't dead yet."
Old Mo also grunted.
"This scoundrel, we'll catch him sooner or later and get rid of him."
"Alright, let's deal with what's in front of us first!"
I didn't want to think about anything else.
I planned to settle the immediate matters.
Old Mo also nodded in agreement.
We turned and walked towards Wu Lianhua.
But upon getting closer, we found that Wu Lianyong, who was pinned beneath her, had been crushed unconscious.
No wonder there had been no movement for so long.
Old Mo and I quickly moved to lift Wu Lianhua away.
Then we pinched Wu Lianyong's philtrum.
Only then did Wu Lianyong wake up.
Seeing that everything was fine, Xiao Mei transformed back into a small fox and lay down to the side.
After waking up, Wu Lianyong said with some fear:
"Daoist Master, the female ghost, the female ghost, is she gone?"
I nodded:
"Gone!"
"Th-that's great, that's great..."
But as soon as he spoke, he turned to look at his sister Wu Lianhua.
Covered in black pig hair, she looked like a human-pig demon.
"Daoist Master, my, my sister, is my sister going to stay like this?"
Wu Lianyong hesitated.
This fatness could be reduced through dieting.
But this monstrous appearance, not human nor pig, there was nothing that could be done.
Hearing this, I chuckled.
Now that things were mostly settled.
The only remaining task was to cure Wu Lianhua of the 蛊.
Once cured, Wu Lianhua's appearance should return to a great extent.
But I didn't rush to inform Wu Lianyong, nor did I ask Wu Lianyong to boil medicine.
Instead, I planned to settle the bill for this incident with Wu Lianyong first...