For ten years I practiced Gu poison in Southeast Asia; all living beings revered me as a deity.

You are dead...

[Intervention in "Ati's Reincarnation Fragment" failed; you have 29 chances left.]

[Comment: Only by remaining cautious can one achieve a successful conclusion.]

[Reward: No reward was obtained. However, the two remaining reincarnation intervention mechanisms from the previous Panupon reincarnation segment have been added to this reincarnation segment, for a total of 31...]

Luo Feng's eyes lit up.

A red "31" appeared on the palm of his right hand. Does this mean that fragments of previous reincarnations can be accumulated?

"That's good news."

Being restricted in the cycle of reincarnation is not a good thing in the first place, so having more opportunities to "roll back" is not bad either.

"Re-entering the 'Segment of Ati's Reincarnation'."

He touched his neck somewhat unhappily.

The feeling of that ghost dancer suddenly snapping her neck still lingered on my body; it was a truly unpleasant sensation.

"Activate the loop segment."

He whispered.

hum...

Amidst the tinnitus, his entire head throbbed and vibrated, and as his vision distorted, his consciousness and sight blurred simultaneously.

……

……

Once again, we entered the cycle of reincarnation.

Luo Feng also became "Ati" again. This time he learned his lesson and didn't waste any words, running non-stop.

"In the last time I was in this cycle of reincarnation, I was targeted by the ghost dancer after I met that old hunter. This time I ran back to the village beforehand, so I should be safe."

Although this body is very young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, it has good physical fitness, a slender body, and very agile movements.

He ran very fast and soon reached the outskirts of the village.

Ati's village is a typical Thai village, with buildings made of wooden stilts.

These are local dwellings. Typical stilt houses are not multi-story buildings. The upper level is supported by several bamboo or wooden stakes of varying heights, from 1 meter to several meters. The lower level has no walls, only the stakes, and is used for raising livestock and poultry, and for storing farm tools and other items.

Southeast Asia has high humidity and is prone to flooding during the rainy season. The characteristics of stilt houses are that they are not afraid of water, are well-ventilated and moisture-proof, and are not easy for venomous snakes and leeches to climb up. They can also keep out some wild animals.

As soon as Luo Feng returned to the village, he sensed that something was wrong and a sense of unease welled up in his heart.

He looked around. The sky had completely darkened, a gentle evening breeze blew, and the night was hazy. The nearly one hundred wooden houses in the entire village were shrouded in an eerie silence.

"Why? Not a single house has lit a candle?"

Luo Feng also noticed something else: none of the houses in the village had any lights on, and the rooms were all dark.

The windows of the nearest house were pitch black, and the house was deathly silent; it was so quiet that you couldn't tell anyone was inside.

This is very abnormal.

This is the villagers' home. Even if they go to bed early, they still keep guard dogs and livestock such as chickens and ducks.

However, he could not sense any movement there.

Suddenly, an unpleasant sense of tension swelled up inside me, yet this feeling was almost like a chill.

Ding ding dong...

The ethereal sound, seemingly emanating from the darkness, diffused gradually in the air and space, as if being rendered.

The smooth sounds of musical instruments encapsulate the night.

"That voice."

Upon hearing the sound of this Thai folk music, Luo Feng felt a chill run down his spine. Suddenly, a blood-stained hand emerged from the darkness and grabbed his right hand.

Luo Feng felt a chill run down his spine.

"Ati".

The owner of the bloodied hand said in a comforting tone, "It's me, don't be afraid."

Luo Feng turned around in surprise and found that the person speaking was a middle-aged woman dressed in traditional northern Thai clothing.

"Mom?"

He recognized her; this woman must be Ati's mother.

However, the middle-aged woman was deathly pale; she was bleeding heavily and was clutching her side with her right hand.

Luo Feng then noticed that the woman's straight skirt was stained red with blood, and from the huge wound under her hand, it was difficult to distinguish whether it was fabric or blood.

"The 'Hitachi no Omotta' arrived in the village at dusk."

The middle-aged woman, severely injured, was sweating profusely from the pain.

"I don't know how many people have died in the village... You, hurry and cross the forest to the north to the Black Sheep Cave to find Master Ajarn and Master Saina. Only he has a way to deal with that ghost dancer—"

At this point, she quickly stuffed a Buddhist amulet and a comb from around her neck into Luo Feng's hands.

"This is a Buddha amulet I obtained from Wat Chedi Luang. It's dangerous to cross that forest at night, as it's said that hungry ghosts roam there. But don't worry, with this amulet, you'll be able to cross it safely..."

Despite her furrowed brow in pain, she overcame the agony and continued, "If Ajarn Saina is unwilling to act, give him this comb. He is actually..."

At this moment, she hesitated, then finally pushed her son away forcefully.

"Hurry up, hurry up and go!"

Luo Feng dared not delay any longer, for the ethereal, otherworldly folk music was growing ever closer. Thinking of the strange dancer, a chill ran down his spine.

He nodded to Ati's mother, grabbed the amulet, and turned to run wildly into the darkness of the night.

Just as Luo Feng had left the village, he faintly heard a weak scream behind him.

However, he hesitated for only a moment before gritting his teeth and running as fast as he could.

That demon dancer was something I couldn't possibly fight against.

Even if he went back, he wouldn't be able to help at all; he would just be wasting an opportunity to intervene in a fragment of reincarnation.

"Old hunter Uncle Cha, and my mother, should both be dead."

Luo Feng tried hard to sort out the memories in his mind.

The place he is going to is a place called Black Sheep Cave, which is known as the "Ghost Cave" by the local villagers.

To reach the Black Sheep Cave, one must traverse a treacherous forest. It is located at the entrance to the northern mountains, leading deep into the mountains. The people of several nearby villages call that forest the "Forest of Sacrifice."

In the past, a high monk performed rituals here to appease some wandering ghosts, and occasionally villagers would offer food to the forest on the eve of the Loy Krathong festival.

However, even the most daring hunters dare not enter the Forest of Sacrifice at will.

There are all sorts of terrifying stories in the deep mountains of northern Thailand. Dangerous wild animals live in the mountains. It is said that a brave young man in the village invited his companions to go into the mountains at night to test their courage. However, his companions were too scared to go.

Out of spite, the young man ventured into the Forest of Sacrifice and was never heard from again. Later, a few ascetic monks discovered his remains—only his head and right foot—by the roadside at the edge of the forest where it met the mountains.