After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

Tang Li stared at Lian Shi in shock, completely bewildered as to how he had made this decision to help others.

Even Han Zhou, who was not quite normal himself, began to look at Lian Shi's head with a probing gaze, as if he wanted to pry it up and examine it.

Lian Shi continued speaking without showing any interest.

"The oil was taken and quickly put on the blue-clad old woman. Then, she came back to life and stood unsteadily in front of me again. She touched the hole in her head and cursed that her head and neck hurt."

"So I chopped off her head again, but soon the oil stuck back on. I knew I couldn't kill her like that, but since there was oil, I thought I'd just burn her to ashes. Unfortunately, the final payment hadn't been settled yet, so I couldn't burn down the employer's yard."

"I had no choice but to find a box, put the old woman in blue inside, and carry the box to a secluded place where I could set a fire."

"Along the way, the old woman in blue seemed to be using the wooden box as a door, constantly tapping it with her finger bones. I ignored her, but halfway there, the tapping suddenly stopped. I felt something was wrong, so I opened the box and looked inside. The old woman in blue was completely still. I made a few cuts to check, and the oily substance in her body was gone."

"The old woman in blue is really dead, but I found a crack at the bottom of the box. The edges of the crack were damp and greasy, and there was a familiar strange smell. Soon after, it attracted a large number of ants."

"I wondered if the grease had escaped from the old woman in blue's body? But since I had completed my task and the employer was satisfied, I didn't investigate further."

After Lian Shi finished speaking, the remaining people looked at each other, their minds filled with a jumble of confusing clues.

"Let's summarize the commonalities," Lian Sheng said from the front. "I'll start by saying that everyone who has come back from the dead is or was a killer."

"After they are resurrected, they will all retain some..." Tang Li struggled to find a word in her mind, "the appearance of death."

She counted them off one by one on her fingers: "The burn scars, the missing half of a finger—that half was probably the one that choked him to death, the tongue that turned the color of a balsam flower, and the bloody hole in his head."

"What remains on their bodies is very likely the cause of their previous deaths."

Everyone agreed with Tang Li's guess. Han Zhou said, "There's also 'oil'."

Lian Sheng tilted her head slightly, trying her best to recall: "So... when I saw Zhao Jiuzhi the next morning, his newly severed half finger did indeed seem to have a layer of oily sheen."

Tang Li raised her hand. With the support of her strong companions, she immediately became brave again: "The flower girl didn't show any wounds, otherwise I'll go back today and find an opportunity to poke her with a needle?"

"You just do your menial work, leave these to me. Don't alert them." Han Zhou pressed her hand down, then looked at Lian Shi, who had been deep in thought. "Do you have anything to add?"

Lian Shi had clearly been racking his brains for a while, and he solemnly said:

"Lian Sheng said that everyone has the right to name their own child."

"Now that I've discovered this oil, may I name it?"

Han Zhou: ?

Now that you have this awareness, why have you carried the name "Sand" for so many years?

Lian Sheng's previously deep gaze suddenly changed, transforming into a tender expression, as if she were watching an adorable puppy picking up a package alone: ​​"Of course, what name would you like to give it?"

Lian Shi nodded seriously and said, "No one knows where it came from, and it is something that is different from the norm... so let's call it Weird."

Han Zhou, who was more cultured than Lian Shi, twitched the corner of his mouth: "Strange is a descriptive term, not an object, much less a living thing..."

"I agree with this name!" Tang Li turned her head sharply; her DNA was activated.

"? This instance is actually weird?" "I always thought this world was just for grinding combat power, how come there's a hidden storyline like this?" "What's going on? I thought all the anomalies came from the various internal energies of those martial arts masters!" "The ones ahead, I thought they were some kind of side effects of poisonous insects..."

Tang Li's heart began to pound with excitement. She knew that at this very moment, the copy, which had been half-concealed, was finally lifting a corner of its veil to reveal itself to her.

After a while.

After exchanging information, Han Zhou and the two agreed to investigate the matter together and assigned tasks.

Tang Li applied to join the group, but was ruthlessly rejected by the three.

"Little Tang Li is still too young," Lian Sheng said, casting a loving look at her. "I'll take you to play when you're older."

Lian Shi looked at her thin arms and legs with concern: "Practice martial arts diligently."

King Zhou of Han succinctly stated: "I will not recruit weaklings."

Tang Li: ?

The veil of the copy was lifted slightly, then fell back down in front of her.

"Outrageous!" Tang Li gasped. "Do you even know what you're rejecting? How could you reject a player's application?!"

Even as they were about to part ways, the two were still arguing about Tang Li.

"What's wrong with letting the little girl come with us?" Lian Sheng softened her tone, pretending to be coaxing her. "Han Zhou, this child shows no trace of martial arts training, yet she already possesses internal energy, which is perfectly integrated with her meridians. In 'Jie Bailing,' only you can achieve this."

"Since you like her, why keep her in 'Jiebailing' and turn her into a lifeless, zombie-like creature?"

Han Zhou cast a disdainful glance at her, about to speak—

"You think you're saying that transferring your inner strength to her is to make it easier for you to use her? I advise you not to say such stupid things." Lian Shi didn't even lift his eyelids, still insisting on not looking at Han Zhou, but he accurately blocked Han Zhou's possible perfunctory answer in advance, "There are many ways to temporarily lend inner strength to someone, but this is the only one without any side effects."

"Going to such lengths, Han Zhou, have you really become some kind of great philanthropist?"

Han Zhou chuckled, but his words were directed at Tang Li: "Did you hear that? I've done so much for you, so you'd better be incredibly grateful to me in the future."

Tang Li's gaze darted between the three people, then she shrank back under Han Zhou's threatening stare and loudly announced, "I want to go back to my sect!"

Then she tugged at Lian Sheng's sleeve and whispered, "Sister, wait for me to come find you."

Lian Sheng glared at Han Zhou warily, then squatted down and asked in a low voice, "When are you coming to find me?"

Tang Li said seriously, "The sect hasn't given me the puppy yet. We'll leave once we get it."

Lian Sheng paused for a moment, her gaze falling on the carefree puppy she had taken with her all the way from the sect, traveling all over the country. She nodded empathetically, "Alright! Once we get the puppy, we'll leave!"

King Zhou of Han heard everything clearly, and he twitched his lips speechlessly.

Foolish Lian Sheng.

This greedy little thing isn't interested in your stupid dog at all; she's hoping to get her hands on the magnificent and fierce golden eagle that I own!