Chapter 66: Blood Preservation Method

Two days passed in a flash, and by noon on that day, the great witch of Boqie came to the door, and our group had already been waiting for him in the lobby.

He didn’t care about the others, his eyes only stared at me, his eyes were very strange, full of eagerness, excitement, and a kind of indescribable, inexplicable meaning.

This gaze made me very uncomfortable, but I still calmly met his gaze and said to him, “Can my friends leave? Just leave me and him in the village.”

I was referring to Huigen! This decision had already been known to Su Rou and Qin Huai, and they were very calm about it. Huigen was happy to hear that she could stay with me and had no objections.

Only Ling Ruxue looked at me and said in a reproachful tone, “Why do you want to keep Huigener?”

I was too lazy to explain, and just looked at the great witch of Boqie in silence. He said in a tone of indifference, “As long as you are in the village, I don’t care about the others.”

I thought that was the end of it, but Ling Ruxue suddenly said, “I’m not leaving either. Don’t try to convince me. I’m not going.” She didn’t even look at the witch, and she said this to me.

To be fair, I didn’t want her to stay here because it was too strange and dangerous. But in fact, I couldn’t do anything about her! She suddenly said she wasn’t leaving, so I couldn’t tie her up and leave. I could only wait for this moment to pass and then try to convince her to leave.

After all, at the moment, I didn’t want to delay sending the crispy meat and Qin Huai away from this place.

The witch doctor became impatient with our procrastination and said, “Have you decided? Do you think I have time to waste?”

I looked at him calmly. I didn’t want to provoke him at this time, so I said, “Just do what she says. She’s not leaving, but you have to let me take my friends to the village. I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to walk out of here alive and see them.”

Upon hearing this, the Boqie Da Wushi only snorted in a sneer, not saying anything, and waved his hand, indicating that I should hurry up and get things done.

Surrounded by many Miao people from the village, I delivered the crispy pork and Qin Huai to the entrance of the village, but my mood was at a low point. I had just said that sentence to test the great witch Boqie, and I had no idea if my life was in danger. He didn’t deny anything, so it seems that my future days will be full of crises. Where is Hui Gen? Why did Ling Ruxue want to stay? My heart was in a mess.

At the entrance to the village, I hugged Su Rou and Qin Huai, just to remind them in their ears to hurry back to Beijing, my greatest hope is here.

Su Rou and Qin Huai did not dare to delay anything, and after looking at me with concern, they went down the mountain escorted by the Miao people. I assumed that they should not encounter any danger. With the Miao people’s pride and integrity, they should not disdain to play such a conspiracy with me. However, Ling Ruxue was not at ease. She stepped forward and said, “I will send them to the town and come back. If I don’t delay, I will probably be back the day after tomorrow.”

After she finished speaking, she chased after them directly. This woman was really meticulous, but she also relieved me of my last bit of worry.

As I watched their figures recede into the distance, I felt a sense of relief, but also a sense of tension. I was left alone with Huigen. How would I face the days ahead in the village?

Hui Gen’er’s little hand was still in my hand. He was still ignorant of all this, and I was his only support! I didn’t even dare to hand him over to Qin Huai and Su Rou to take him away, because I was afraid that the traitor could be anyone. Although I didn’t want to suspect Ling Ruxue, I didn’t dare to gamble.

Just as I was thinking about my troubled thoughts, a pair of somewhat cold and dry hands grabbed my wrist, and the strength was so great that it was like a pair of pliers clamping my wrist. Then I felt the disgusting breath of death. Without turning my head, I knew it was the witch doctor who had grabbed me.

“I have already fulfilled your request. Now come back with me.” The voice of the witch doctor had a hint of urgency to it, but no matter what emotions he was carrying, the voice was still as dry and unpleasant as ever.

The feeling of being held by him was no better than being held by the corpse-carrying corpse, and the smell of him made me feel sick. I took a deep breath and said to him as calmly as possible, “Let me go. I’ll go back with you.”

I followed the witch back to the small building. As soon as I stepped into the room, the first thing I did was to send Hui Gen back to his room. From the anxious tone of the witch, I knew that nothing good would happen. I didn’t want Hui Gen to see this. He called me brother, so I had to do what a brother should do and do everything I could to protect my younger brother.

I locked Hui Gen’er’s door and tried to keep calm as I returned to the living room. Boqie was waiting for me there. When he saw me, he smiled sullenly. I was mentally prepared. I had to endure as much as possible. Even if he cast a spell on me, I had to endure it.

But things were not as bad as I had imagined. Boqie just took a step forward and grabbed my wrist, his sharp nails piercing my skin.

I was furious and swore in my heart, “Damn it, don’t the Hmong people in this village know anything about hygiene? Don’t they know that there is a tool called a knife? Don’t they know that there is a disease called tetanus? If you want to bleed, can’t you use a knife to disinfect it first? They are all like this, damn it, long-nail monsters.

It’s not that I want to think about these irrelevant things, but thinking about it like this makes me feel less stressed. After all, I can’t resist, and it’s not easy to watch a mummy bleed for me.

Boqie didn’t care about me at all. After his nails pierced my skin, he skillfully drew a line, and my blood gushed out. At this time, he didn’t take out any equipment to hold my blood, but instead took out a bug and placed it on my wrist.

The strange flat bug crawled onto my wrist and began to suck blood along the blood trail. I watched as the bug’s belly swelled up, transforming it from a flat bug into a fat bug. I really wanted to slap it to death.

This bug reminded me of a story my master once told me. He said he had been to the desert, where there was a type of bug that would wait by water sources and when people came to drink, they would lie on top of them and suck blood until they died of over-sucking.

And this kind of bug sucks blood, and people don’t feel it at all. Often, when you slap it accidentally, it’s a hand full of fresh blood, and you don’t know what a big surprise it will be!

At the time, I thought it was ridiculous. How could there be such a stupid bug? But now I believe it. I suspect that the one on my wrist is the one! And I really didn’t feel anything when it sucked blood!

This bug didn’t waste a drop of my blood, it sucked it all into its stomach. When its stomach swelled to a certain extent, Boqie carefully put the bug into the bamboo tube, and then took out another bug and put it on my wrist…

After sucking three bugs full, Boqie stopped, took out a kind of powder, and sprinkled it on my wound. The blood stopped immediately. These things made by the Hmong people are really very useful.

But the next sentence from Boqie made my skin crawl and I felt extremely uncomfortable. He said with satisfaction, “Don’t waste it.”

It felt as if I was his food, and he was going to store it.

After all this, Boqie left, but at the moment he walked out of the door, he suddenly turned to me and said, “Blood will coagulate, and it is not suitable to be stored in any utensil. This kind of bug is the best transportation tool. When I crush it, your blood will be as fresh as if it had just flowed out of your body.”

I tried to resist the urge to kill him with a thunderbolt, and turned my head to ignore him, looking very indifferent.

Boche left, but the four Miao people stayed at my door and said to me, “For the next hour, you cannot go out.”

What the hell kind of order is this? I didn’t want to go out either, because the psychological pressure and torture made me feel weak all over. I watched myself being sucked dry, and then the blood that was sucked away…

I couldn’t help but think of a picture in my head. Boqie was drooling, took out three worms, threw them into his mouth like peanuts, and then said, “It tastes good.”

This disgusting image made me sit on the ground, unable to even get up. I lit a cigarette and took a deep breath to calm down.

I told myself to calm down, be patient, and stay calm. If I need to fight desperately, I will fight.