northernbook Chapter 295 Luoyin Village
Chapter 295 Luoyin Village
Chapter 295 Luoyin Village
The record mentions that, in order to figure out what he was talking about, the mother specifically asked people in the local village.
Soon, kind-hearted people expressed their willingness to listen to the recording.
"That person asked me if the recording was real or fake." Yan Xun looked at that sentence in the record. "I don't understand what he meant."
He said his great-uncle had heard these words and remembered who had spoken them.
"They say he was a wicked man who did all sorts of evil deeds. One night, while drinking and walking at night, he fell into a ravine and died. The villagers breathed a sigh of relief until someone went to clean his mud house and found some strange things in this wicked man's house."
"It is said that he was researching evil and heretical practices, and was eventually killed by those things."
“Some people also said that on the night that big bad guy fell to his death, they heard ghostly wails and loud laughter.” Yan Xun read this and looked at Lou Yanchuan, “The voice in your recording is exactly the same as that person’s.”
But both the kind-hearted people and the boy's mother knew that this record could not be faked.
According to the other party, the person's accidental death occurred at least 40 years ago.
Putting aside the fact that the boy's mother had never been to that village, the villagers themselves couldn't have made any recordings 40 years ago.
Perhaps because the matter was too strange, a kind person suggested that the boy's mother find someone to pray for him, and that's how they found Yan Xun's grandmother.
"He told me, 'You should quickly find someone to help your son take a look and try to summon his soul.'"
"That really bad guy's child died suddenly."
In the record, Grandma Yanxun asked the other party's mother when the symptoms first appeared.
The boy's mother said that the symptoms first appeared when she and the boy's father had a fight and were temporarily separated.
"...Could it be related to this?" the boy's mother said.
She said that she and the boy's father had an irreconcilable conflict over something. After the argument, the boy's father temporarily moved to another place. If he did not give up on that matter, they would have no choice but to divorce.
Grandma Yan Xun naturally inquired about this matter.
The boy's mother seemed hesitant, and finally said that it was his family's privacy and she couldn't say for the time being.
Grandma Yanxun didn't dwell on the matter. After examining the boy's condition in detail, she concluded that it was a kind of malevolent spirit.
It's mostly because the boy recently came into contact with something he shouldn't have, and because his birth chart is weak, he's been entangled with this.
Afterwards, she performed a ritual to prepare talismanic water for the boy to drink, saying that if there were any problems, he could come back to her.
Only then did the mother leave with the boy.
"Yin Sha?" Yan Xun looked at the record.
"That village is so far away from where they live. Even if it were a Yin Sha, it should at least use what it has on hand. How could it possibly travel so far just to possess Du Yun?"
Clearly, this thing was deliberately brought here, but it inadvertently struck Du Yun.
After much thought, Yan Xun could only think of the master who had never made a direct appearance as a suspect.
The other party knew Du Yun's father, and it wasn't until several years after Yan Xun was born that Dr. Du truly became a "Goddess of Mercy who grants children".
Although Dr. Du was somewhat famous before, only a limited number of people knew about him. The post on the forum to express gratitude dates back to 15 years ago.
In other words, as more and more people fulfilled their vows, Dr. Du became known as a miracle doctor.
"It must have been because more and more people were coming to Dr. Du for help that Du Yun's mother realized something was wrong."
Their argument might be related to this.
Of course, this was just Yan Xun's guess.
"Where is Dr. Du's hometown?" Lou Yanchuan asked, starting to search as well.
“Not that village,” Yan Xun said. Then the two exchanged a glance, and Yan Xun contacted the man with the crew cut, showing him the name of the village to inquire—
[Yan Xun: Is your master relative's hometown around here?]
[Buzz cut: Where did you find that??]
[Buzz Cut: Is this the place? Have you found a new clue?]
Just as the news about the crew cut was sent, the phone rang. Yan Xun answered the phone in front of Lou Yan Chuan.
"Where did you find this village?" the man with the buzz cut asked from across the way.
"Luoyin Village is neither a famous historical site nor a tourist attraction; not many people should know about it."
"Is this also your hometown?" Yan Xun asked.
“No,” the crew-cut man said. “Anyway, my relative is from this village.”
The man with the crew cut paused for a moment, then said to Yan Xun, "Luoyin Village was only renamed in the last few years. It wasn't originally called this."
"The pronunciation is the same, but the 'yin' sound is from the underworld," he said on the other end of the phone. "It should be Luoyin Village."
“Back then, the village was poor and had no way to get rich. Many people in the village knew how to read ghosts,” the crew-cut man said. “That’s why the village was called the Ghost Village.”
"But later, as the village developed with the construction of roads, people no longer relied on this for a living, so they changed the name of the village."
"My relative is from this village."
"So I have some skills in this area."
"Is Du Yun next to you?" Yan Xun asked.
"Brother! I'm here!" Du Yun shouted hurriedly.
“Come to my house with the crew-cut guy,” Yan Xun said.
……
The two arrived at Yan Xun's bedroom and saw Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan inside, along with their notebooks laid out to the side.
Yan Xun briefly explained why he knew about this village.
“…I really don’t know that.” Du Yun looked at the record in surprise. “I have absolutely no memory of this part.”
"That's really strange." The man with the buzz cut stroked his chin. "How can there be such a coincidence in the world?"
"You suddenly started speaking the local dialect of Luoyin Village. My relative is also from Luoyin Village."
“That timing was also a bit strange.” Du Yun nodded. “After Dr. Du became famous, I started to be possessed by evil spirits.”
"And Dr. Du knows your relative too." He said, then looked at Yan Xun, "Brother, do you already have some ideas?"
“Yes, but there’s no evidence,” Yan Xun said.
From his father's medical records to Dr. Du's rise to fame and his relationship with the master, and the local dialect of Luoyin Village that Du Yun spoke after being "possessed"... Yan Xun had a rough guess.
He just lacks this part of his memory.
Unless he can find the conversation between his father and Dr. Du, or the content of the exchange between the master and Dr. Du, the system will not determine that he has completed the task.
“Your relative should know some ways to change one’s fate or help someone reincarnate,” Yan Xun said to the crew-cut man.
"Dr. Du's most amazing skill isn't his ability to cure patients' hidden ailments, but that he can actually conjure a child out of thin air," Yan Xun said.
"Create a child out of thin air?" the crew-cut man muttered to himself. "Does he think he's Nuwa? Creating a person out of thin air?"
But judging from Yan Xun's expression, he didn't seem to be joking.
He learned roughly what Dr. Du did from Du Yun, "How did he mold the child?"
Yan Xun, without any hesitation, recounted his father's "secret" once more.
Now it was Cun Tou and Du Yun's turn to be dumbfounded.
The man with the buzz cut pointed at Yan Xun and said, "...You're the one who was created by being molded?"
"As it stands, I can jump and leap without any problems," Yan Xun said.
“In this instance, only Yan Xun hasn’t developed any extra memories,” Lou Yanchuan said. “Perhaps his memories will be involved in the main storyline.”
The two men with buzz cuts thought what he said made sense and nodded in agreement.
"That's going to be difficult," Du Yun said with a worried look. "I don't have any leads on my secret yet."
"Find out why Xie Qingdu called you at that time. Did you two make some kind of agreement?" Yan Xun thought for a moment. "Can you contact your former roommates or your mother?"
"Sure, I have their contact information here."
“You can contact your mother directly and ask her what happened when you were a child,” Yan Xun said. “Specifically, you can ask if your family had any pets when you were a child.”
"And after you were possessed, did you kill these small animals?"
Although the hidden quests are difficult, the basic side quests in the dungeon are not high level.
Players can find clues by asking other NPCs.
For example, Du Yun found Granny Shi's records in Yan Xun's notes, and indirectly learned about the "abnormal behavior" of going to school from Cun Tou. He was able to learn about the things that happened when he was a child from his mother.
The situation here in Yan Xun is complicated, entirely because of Lou Yanchuan.
"No need! I'll ask right now!" Du Yun perked up immediately when he heard Yan Xun say that.
First, she found her roommate with whom she had a good relationship at the time—
[Du Yun: Brother, I have a question. When I was staying in the dormitory, was I a little possessed?]
[Roommate: ? Dude, you remembered?]
[Roommate: Is the treatment really that effective?]
[Roommate: When your mom took you away in such a hurry, I thought something was wrong, but I heard from others that she went to get you medical treatment.]
[Roommate: I didn't mean anything by it, I just think getting better is important!]
[Du Yun: ...When did this happen?]
[Roommate: Around the time you were about to graduate, you suddenly disappeared. I heard from other people that your mom took you to see a doctor.]
[Roommate: ? ? Could they be lying to me?]
Du Yun looked at the records, still a little confused.
He was a little bewildered holding the phone, and could only hand the chat history to Yan Xun, asking, "What's going on?"
"Did I disappear to get medical treatment?"
What illness do I have?
Schizophrenia?
Yan Xun took the phone and started the conversation on Du Yun's behalf.
[Du Yun: I just got out of the hospital recently, and I feel like I've forgotten a lot of things. Do you remember when I disappeared?]
[Roommate: I don't remember the exact time, but I remember you and the guy with the buzz cut next door were right around the same time.]
[Roommate: You two disappeared around the same time.]
[Roommate: I asked his roommate, but neither of them would say anything. Oh, and that skinny guy who used to run errands for you hasn't come to school either. He said he wasn't feeling well and went to another place for recuperation. I told him that with all that work every day, his health is bound to suffer sooner or later!]
[Du Yun: I wonder why the guy in the shirt and the muscular guy with the buzz cut aren't coming to school?]
[Roommate: I'll never tell you!]
[Roommate: But there's something I find quite strange. Do you remember that couple in our department, a few years older than us? The guy had even won awards for his novels, and he wasn't very familiar with our group, but before graduation, I saw him occasionally going to the dorm of the guy with the crew cut.]
[Du Yun: Fang Shuo and Lin Wen?]
[Roommate: Yes! That's the name!]
[Roommate: I don't remember the two girls with the buzz cut in the dorm knowing him. How come they're catching up with each other after graduation?]
[Du Yun: He's alone? Lin Wen didn't come?]
[Roommate: It's just him. Lin Wen is busy; she was filming on the island with others during that time. She didn't have time to come to the dorm with him.]
[Du Yun: Lin Wen was the photographer? You guys know about this too?]
[Roommate: How could I not know? Everyone knows she won the award...]
When my roommate sent the message here, she just replied with an awkward emoji, probably because she remembered that Du Yun was "receiving treatment" during that time and didn't have time to pay attention to these outside things.
[Roommate: Anyway, he's pretty impressive. You probably don't remember Fang Shuo... I heard from guys on this campus that he's usually arrogant and that he had a falling out with Zhu Gan before.]
Yan Xun learned from Xie Qingdu that Fang Shuo had indeed interviewed him through Lin Wen's connections, but he did not expect the matter to spread so widely.
[Du Yun: How so?]
[Roommate: Zhugan works odd jobs everywhere because his family isn't well-off. Fang Shuo is always suspicious. Lin Wen helped Zhugan when he was a freshman applying for a grant, and Zhugan wanted to repay her, so he helped Lin Wen a few times. I didn't expect that this petty guy Fang Shuo would still hold a grudge.]
[Roommate: Before, when they said they wanted to interview Zhugan, their words were clearly meant to be derogatory. They even said they received a report that Zhugan was doing improper part-time work off-campus. Isn't that pure nonsense? Everyone knows that Zhugan is working odd jobs because he's short of money.]
Roommate: Anyway, that's how it is.
[Roommate: Fang Shuo and those two are birds of a feather.]
[Du Yun: I seem to remember that the muscular guy and the bamboo pole were on pretty good terms back then?]
[Roommate: Bullshit, this guy is the most cunning.]
[Roommate: On the surface, he seems to get along well with Zhugan (a nickname), and appears to be an honest person, but behind his back, he's done a lot of things to sabotage him.]
[Roommate: Who do you think instigated the guy with the buzz cut to cause trouble at the bar?]
Yan Xun had no idea that there was such a drama unfolding in their dormitory.
[Du Yun: You said Fang Shuo came looking for the shirt-wearing, muscular man, what did they look like?]
Roommate: Nothing special.
[Roommate: That's true. Every time Fang Shuo comes, those two are always very nervous, and they always have to look around before pulling Fang Shuo into the dorm.]
[Roommate: Our leader and I suspected that these three might be plotting something.]
[Du Yun: Did you see the day my mother took me away?]
[Roommate: How could I see that? Didn't you move out a long time ago?]
[Roommate: I heard it from people in the next courtyard.]
[Du Yun: Who?]
[Roommate: There was just a pink-haired girl... I think her name was something like Song En.]
Not only Yan Xun, but everyone else in the room was momentarily confused when they saw Duan Songen's name.
[Roommate: You don't remember her?]
[Du Yun: I don't remember much.]
[Roommate: No way! She said you two are old acquaintances, that you've known each other since high school.]