Chapter 464: The Daoist’s Rain-Summoning Ritual! A Clan Wiped Out! The Crow-Eyed Shopboy! Rudimentary First Realm!

Liu Jun said, “According to my grandfather’s records, the town suffered a severe drought that year, not a single drop of rain fell. All the crops were about to dry up and die in the fields. Fortunately, a Daoist came. With one look, he said the town’s feng shui was bad, and that this was what caused the natural disaster. So he presided over the construction of the ancestral hall and chose the site himself.

“Strangely, the moment the ancestral hall was finished, it suddenly rained heavily. After that, the weather was favorable every year, the harvests were abundant, and the town became prosperous.”

A Daoist summoning rain...

Li Yanchu listened patiently. This technique sounded more like something a feng shui master would do. Traditionally, rain-summoning required ritual altars, not site selection.

At this time, he remained silent. Something must have gone wrong afterward, otherwise, the whole clan wouldn’t have ended up nearly wiped out.

The Liu ancestral hall was abandoned and became what it was today.

Liu Jun continued, “Later, strange things began happening in the town. At first, poultry started getting eaten. People thought wild animals had come down from the mountains. But more and more households kept losing poultry, and traps were useless. The town chief led the militia on night patrols to catch the culprit.

“And then they discovered that a married couple in one household... were secretly eating their own poultry in the middle of the night. They were eating them raw and savagely. It was gruesome.

“That incident shocked everyone. Later, they realized all the households whose poultry were ‘stolen’ were actually eating them themselves in the middle of the night! But when questioned afterward, none of them remembered anything.

“Then people started dying. First the elders, then the middle-aged, then the young adults. Families were wiped out one by one. In a short time, the entire Liu clan died out. Some said altering the feng shui doomed the whole village. Though back then, a few people did manage to escape.”

Liu Jun’s voice sounded sorrowful. An entire town of people were gone just like that; it was unimaginable what kind of terror the Liu clan had faced at the time.

“Is your grandfather still alive?” Li Yanchu asked suddenly.

“He’s dead,” Liu Jun said. “He hanged himself.”

“Oh?” Li Yanchu asked. “For any particular reason? Or did he just suddenly do it?”

Liu Jun shook her head. “It was abrupt. After marrying my grandmother, he lived quietly among the Baiyi clan. Nothing unusual. Life was peaceful. But during that time, he kept locking himself in a room. Sometimes he would suddenly mutter nonsense, saying things like, ‘Stop bothering my family... I won’t run anymore... I’ll go with you.’ At first, we thought he had gone senile. But after reading the records he left behind, I realized things weren’t that simple.”

“So that’s why you came to the Liu ancestral hall?” Li Yanchu asked.

Liu Jun froze, then nodded. “Yes. I wanted to find out what really happened here. Why my grandfather died. What it was he was running from.”

A normal person coming here is basically asking to die...

Li Yanchu gave a small nod. “Your determination is rare.”

Liu Jun grabbed his arm excitedly. “Daoist Master, I don’t know your name, but I can tell you’re powerful. Please take me with you. I want to leave this place. I’ll do anything for you.”

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

However, Li Yanchu glanced at her, saying nothing.

Afraid he would abandon her, Liu Jun said anxiously, “I’m the most beautiful girl in my clan. I can dance. I sing well. Daoist Master, please take me with you. I’ll be obedient. If danger comes, you can throw me aside anytime. I won’t ask too much from you.”

Liu Jun

was

indeed very pretty. She had large eyes, fair and delicate skin, and a kind of natural aura. Plus, her long legs were especially striking. A woman like this certainly had attraction. But she was trying way too hard...

Li Yanchu shook his head. “You don’t need to do that. This place is strange. My Daoist abilities have all been sealed. I’m basically just a stronger-than-average human now. Even protecting myself is a problem.”

Liu Jun bit her lip hard. “Daoist Master... I’ve never had a man before. All the young men in the clan like me, but I never gave them the time of day. On the way to the ancestral hall, some men had bad intentions toward me, but I avoided them. If you agree... you’ll be my first man.”

She desperately wanted to stay close to Li Yanchu. This eerie place was simply too suffocating, too hopeless.

She had hidden inside the coffin for two whole days, and the experience had been torture. This young Daoist was her straw to grasp after falling into deep water, and no matter what, she had to hold on to him.

First man my ass...

Li Yanchu straightened his expression. “That’s not the point. If I bring you along, stop saying things like that.”

Hearing his response, Liu Jun froze. This incredibly handsome young Daoist seemed... different from other men.

She nodded quickly, then followed closely behind him as they walked away.

“Actually,” Li Yanchu suddenly said, “lying inside the coffin might be the correct way to survive here.”

Liu Jun paused, then lowered her voice: “Staying in there is just waiting for death. But following you... I have hope of getting out.”

Li Yanchu couldn’t help glancing back at her, he hadn’t expected her to be this decisive.

The two continued exploring the silent, dead town. In Li Yanchu’s hand was the massive iron hammer; tucked behind his waist was the kitchen knife.

With his tall, solid build, he really did radiate a sense of security. Soon, they reached an inn. Inside stood a person: a shopboy with crow eyes, radiating a chilling, gloomy aura. Something about him felt deeply wrong.

“Sir, looking for a room?” The shopboy smiled.

He was creepy enough without smiling, but the moment he smiled, his eyeballs fell out of their sockets!

Liu Jun clamped her hands over her mouth, desperately holding back a scream, while her face instantly drained of all color.

“If we weren’t looking for a room, why the hell would I come here!?” Li Yanchu snapped.

Then, he stomped down with one foot, and

splat

, the eyeball burst under his heel.

Seeing this, Liu Jun thought speechlessly,

Daoist Master Li... weren’t you the one who said we needed to proceed steadily because this place is dangerous!?

She suddenly understood why this handsome Daoist had insisted she stay inside the coffin earlier.

The shopboy froze for a moment, then calmly reached into his chest and took out another pair of fresh eyeballs and popped them right into his empty sockets.

Still unbothered, he smiled eerily. “Sir, please follow me.”

These new eyeballs were dripping with blood, and the nerves and veins were still attached, as though freshly gouged from a living person. The eyes themselves were filled with terror and despair.

Such a pair of eyes on that smiling face... It was grotesquely wrong.

Liu Jun followed behind Li Yanchu carefully, barely daring to breathe.

Then, a cold gleam flashed. Li Yanchu raised the knife, and a head rolled across the floor, the severed face staring at him with those horrifying eyes.

The decapitated body simply turned itself around casually. “Sir, what are you doing?”

The severed head’s voice and tone did not change at all. Even in this condition, it exuded an indescribable chill.

“You motherfucker!” Li Yanchu abruptly raised the iron hammer and smashed the head into pieces!

With that, brains, blood, and shattered bone splattered across the floor. The scene was gruesome.

Instantly, Li Yanchu closed his eyes. Inside his body, a thread of spiritual energy slowly awakened. Now, his power was at the rudimentary first realm!

He grinned.

So this is the right way to navigate this blood-mooned town.