The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 258 This place is indeed eerie (2nd update)
"Please help me find the bride! There will be a big reward if she is found!"

Whether they were spirits or humans, their eyes lit up at the mention of a great reward, making Yunran feel a surge of excitement.

Yunran followed them outside. Once outside the courtyard, the place that had just resembled an ancient street had now transformed into a forest.

"It also lets you switch maps at will."

It wasn't until Yunran saw that the thief carrying the bride looked very familiar from behind that she realized things had taken a dramatic turn.

"Is that Zhongli Su?"

[Host, you're not mistaken, that's Zhong Lisu!]

When she saw that the guests who had just been eating at the banquet had somehow pulled out large machetes and were chasing after the kidnappers.

Yunran couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. They had originally come to find the missing tourists and their livestock, but now they had become kidnappers.

[Host, this seems a bit like the large-scale live-action game I saw before. Everyone has their own role, and the cast is fixed.]

"It's not just similar, it's exactly like this. I have no idea what the guy who created this illusion is trying to do!"

Yun Ran wasn't 'invited,' so she's currently just a passerby without a fixed role. Since she doesn't understand the situation in this illusion, she can't take action directly.

If she accidentally triggers some self-destruct mechanism, she can't afford to bear the consequences.

Yunran was about to take out the paper doll to cheat when she saw that it looked listless and collapsed in Yunran's palm.

The little paper doll's sweet, childlike voice rang out: "Master, I'm dizzy~"

Yunran: ...

Doesn't she know what kind of little paper dolls she's raised are? They're incredibly resilient.

Now I've become a weakling, and I can only put the little paper doll away. This place is indeed eerie.

However, she kept her pace without slowing down, closely following those who were chasing Zhong Lisu.

If necessary, she could lend a hand; she couldn't just stand by and watch him get hacked to pieces.

Yunran glanced at the knives in the hands of the people and monsters out of the corner of her eye. They were gleaming coldly and looked really sharp. With one slash, they could probably cut bones as easily as cutting tofu.

Zhong Lisu was very fast; he disappeared in the blink of an eye, and those who were chasing him could only scatter to search for him.

[Host, that kid is at your 3 o'clock position.]

Yunran glanced at the people chasing after the 3 o'clock direction; most of them were spirits in disguise, while the real people seemed to be running around like headless flies.

Yunran lifted her foot and chased after her. Just now, she had been controlling her speed to keep herself in the middle of the crowd.

There was no need to hide anything now, so she sped up, and soon she heard the sounds of fierce fighting.

The bride, dressed in red, was left under a tree by Zhong Lisu. She was not restrained at all, but she didn't even think about running away. She just squatted there stupidly.

Yunran was speechless.

Zhong Lisu had several cuts on his body, and his body was covered in blood.

Perhaps stimulated by the stench of blood, the monsters became even more ferocious, each strike fatal.

Just as Zhong Lisu's arm was about to be cut off, Yun Ran rushed over with a swift kick and knocked the knife out of the leopard spirit's hand.

Then he grabbed Zhongli Su and pulled him away from the attack of another spirit.

Only when she got closer could Yunran see clearly that Zhongli Su had a red mark on his forehead.

He didn't recognize Yun Ran at all, and showed no reaction to Yun Ran saving him. The hateful expression on his face was still directed at the monsters he had just fought.

Yunran: ...Damn it, at this moment, she really wanted to punch someone. Whether it was the people who caught the kidnapper or the kidnapper himself, they completely ignored her.

"Are they all ganging up on me to isolate me?!"

The ginseng fruit was speechless. In the current situation, its host was not even a passerby, no different from an invisible person who had nothing to do with it.

Another large cleaver came crashing down on Yun Ran's face; she could even hear the sound of the cleaver cutting through the air.

If that knife were to cut you, you'd really lose half your life.

Yunran would not kill these monsters without knowing the full story.

They could only be knocked unconscious in a few blows, then they found some vines and tied them all up.

Seeing that the person who had fought with him was tied up, Zhongli Su picked up the knife on the ground, intending to finish off the monsters that Yun Ran had captured.

Startled, Yun Ran kicked Zhong Lisu two meters away.

"This is going to kill me!"

Regardless of whether this is a game or not, or what special markings it may have, as long as other people or spirits are killed, the cause and effect will be established.

Just because this is a place of illusion doesn't mean we'll receive any special treatment.

Zhong Lisu, who was kicked to the ground, contorted his face in pain, but it was also because of this pain that his mind cleared up for a moment.

Looking at Yun Ran standing not far away, and the monsters that were bound.

Zhongli Su, his face filled with anxiety and his expression contorted with rage, shouted at Yun Ran, "Run! There's something wrong here!"

After he finished speaking, his eyes, which were fixed on Yun Ran, became blank again, as if he didn't know what he was looking at.

Yunran: ...

No wonder the divination for these people was all doomed. With things as they are now, it's no wonder they've brought this upon themselves.

After thinking for a moment, Yun Ran took out her ancestral magic weapon, the "Immortal Binding Rope," from her bag and tied Zhong Li Su's hands together.

"I guess I'll have to search everywhere for them now. I'll tie them up one by one, then tie them up in a bunch, and see how they dare to mess around!"

[Host, are we chained together like those exiled prisoners in ancient times?]

"Pretty much. I've already located the other prayer bead. Let's go check it out."

Although Zhongli Su ignored Yun Ran, he could not ignore the rope Yun Ran was holding.

He was bound tightly, and a look of confusion appeared on his face, as if he didn't know how he had gotten tied up.

Yunran picked up a large cleaver from the ground, slung it over her shoulder, and with her other hand, led the bound Zhongli Su into the mist.

Although she is getting closer and closer to the prayer beads, the fog here makes visibility very low.

"Get out here, all of you! What kind of skill is this, pretending to be a ghost or a demon!"

The sound of Abbot Jiechen breaking down came from not far away.

For the usually good-tempered Abbot Jiechen to break down like this, it seems the situation is not good.

Following the sound, the fog suddenly dissipated, as if we had stepped into another space.

Everywhere you look, there's endless yellow sand; just looking at it makes you feel hopeless.

The Venerable Master Jiechen looked disheveled, and his robes were tattered; he no longer resembled a venerable master.

(End of this chapter)