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"Oh my! Your mother looks just like Aunt Ma did last night!"
I ran while recounting what had happened to Second Uncle.
Second Uncle's expression changed dramatically. "This is bad!"
"Quick! Let's go to the Village Chief's house!"
The Village Chief's house was nearby, and he was a respected authority in the village with some skills.
When we arrived at the Village Chief's house, I finally let out a sigh of relief.
The Village Chief's house had never seen a death or any strange occurrences, so it felt relatively safe.
But before long, we heard that Aunt Ma had died in her home.
Upon hearing this news, I immediately lost my composure.
Aunt Ma was dead!
She looked just like my mother did before she became possessed!
Could it be that my mother would meet the same fate?
I was terrified and wanted to go home to check on her, but the Village Chief's Wife stopped me. "Don't go outside! It's not safe out there!"
"Go home and find your father. Have him come with you to take a look."
The Village Chief and Second Uncle went to Aunt Ma's house.
They didn't return until more than an hour later.
The Village Chief asked me, "Er Gouzi, are you alright?"
"Is your mother alright?" I retorted.
I shook my head. "I don't know. I'm too scared to go home."
The Village Chief didn't say anything else; he just told me to stay at home and not go out.
Then he took a few people and headed back to Aunt Ma's house.
The Village Chief's Wife told me that Aunt Ma had died under mysterious circumstances.
She was scared to death!
Her body was completely purple, her mouth wide open, her tongue stretched out long, and her eyes bulging like copper bells.
Even more bizarre was that her body was covered in inch-long white hair.
It was exactly the same as when her son died!
Hearing this made my heart uneasy.
With the Village Chief not at home, I could only stay in his house.
However, I always felt like someone was watching me.
That feeling was as unsettling as a venomous snake coiling around my face, flicking its tongue.
It was eerie and sticky!
Fear made my heart race and my body sweat.
Before long, I found myself slumped over the dining table, drowsy.
In my dream, I was holding a knife, cutting into my wrist.
“Er Gouzi! Wake up!”
I was jolted awake by the Village Chief.
He was drenched in sweat, his face pale.
“Did you have a nightmare?”
I nodded. “Yes.”
The Village Chief said, “You were experiencing Walking in the Shadow.”
“Walking in the Shadow is an invasion of Yin Qi. People are prone to Walking in the Shadow when they are in extreme fear, anger, or sadness.”
“Walking in the Shadow can lead one into hallucinations, dreams, or even a fainting state.”
“At this time, people are most easily possessed by evil spirits.”
After saying this, he widened his eyes and looked at me. “Er Gouzi, tell your uncle the truth. What exactly happened?”
I recounted everything I had seen last night and today in detail.
The Village Chief sighed after listening. “Alas! Such misfortune!”
“Er Gouzi, don’t worry. You won’t have to offer your blood for this year’s ritual.”
Hearing this, I immediately felt relieved.
But later, I discovered that things were not so simple.
It turned out that my blood was different from others.
My blood had the property of attracting malevolent spirits.
If I were to make a sacrifice, not only would my own life be in danger, but it would also bring disaster to the entire village.
The blood used for sacrifices must be that of an ordinary woman.
That night, Aunt Ma’s son returned to keep vigil over her body.
He saw a Black Cat pounce on his mother’s corpse and then ran out in a frenzy.
When he chased outside, the Black Cat had vanished.
He turned back to look, and his mother's body was nowhere to be found!
Upon hearing this news, the Village Chief's face changed dramatically.
He said that it was a resurrection!
The so-called resurrection refers to a corpse coming back to life.
There are generally two situations for this phenomenon: one is when the corpse is filled with resentment, and the other is when it is stimulated by external factors.
Aunt Ma's death was suspicious; her body was covered in inch-long white hair, and coupled with that Black Cat, it was very likely she could come back to life.
Because the Black Cat is a creature of both yin and yang, it is most likely to trigger a resurrection.
The Village Chief quickly gathered people to search for Aunt Ma's body.
Everyone searched through the night and finally found her under the Old Huai Tree at the edge of the village.
To their shock, she was standing straight under the tree.
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