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n174 The Laughter at Night

nDong Xi smiled and cupped her fists to the crowd. “I still have some missions to complete, so I won’t delay any longer. Goodbye.”

nSeeing Dong Xi leave, Qianqian and Yu Li looked at Li He and cupped their fists in farewell.

nAfter Dong Xi left the Ningtian Sect encampment, she immediately went to the location of the first mission.

nWas this a village near Fotai City? Every night, there would be laughter. Dong Xi’s mission was to find out what was going on and report it to the sect.

nIn her previous life, Dong Xi had been obsessed with all kinds of supernatural horror stories. When she had first seen this mission, Dong Xi had been overjoyed.

nMidnight laughter? Was there a ghost?

nDong Xi threw away the broken shoes on her feet, changed into a new pair, and walked towards the village.

nDong Xi could see a big willow tree at the village entrance from afar. The willow tree was very thick and needed two people to hug it. The dense crown of the tree covered the sky at the village entrance.

nDong Xi activated Earth Bending and arrived under the willow tree.

nThere were also a few large rocks under the tree. The surface was smooth, and it was obvious that many people used to sit here and chat in the cool.

nThere was a well beside the tree, where the villagers drew water. Dong Xi took a quick look and walked into the village.

nThe doors of every house were closed. Dong Xi glanced at the chimneys. They were all smoking, indicating that there were still people living there.

nDong Xi immediately knocked on the door of a house. Dong Xi said, “Is anyone there? I’m just passing by and want to drink some water.”

nThe person in the room looked around and realized that it was a little girl.

nBut how could her family be at ease when she came out alone? Thinking of the laughter at night, which seemed to be children, the people in the house did not dare to open the door!

nDong Xi knocked on the doors of a few houses, but none of them dared to open the door. Dong Xi peeked through the crack of the door and could see some children tied up by their family members.

nMany families were the same. It was really strange.

nDong Xi felt that he should change his strategy. This time, he walked directly to the door of a house and removed the door.

nThe people in the house were all wrapped together. Dong Xi stood at the door and looked at the old couple in the house. Dong Xi said, “You’re all at home, why didn’t you open the door?”

nThe two old men immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, “Fairy, please spare me!”

nDong Xi casually put the door back in place. After circulating her wood spiritual energy, all the damaged parts were repaired.

nDong Xi sat at the side and looked at the two old men who were trembling in fear. Dong Xi said, “Get up! Can you tell me why you won’t open the door even though there are people in your house?”

nThe old lady looked at Dong Xi and asked in fear, “Y-y-y-you’re an Immortal?”

nDong Xi stretched out her hand, and a flame appeared in her palm. She said, “What do you think?”

nThe old lady immediately relaxed and said, “Fairy, save me!”

n“Answer my question first,” said Dong Xi. “If you don’t say anything, how can anyone save you?”

nThe old lady said, “It’s like this…”

nThe two old men talked for a long time, and Dong Xi also understood.

nFrom three months ago, this village had been filled with laughter every night.

nAt first, everyone was also afraid, but at most, they did not go out at night and worked normally during the day.

nBut one day, when they were ready to go out to work, they suddenly realized that everyone had gone out of the village, and they were even more afraid.

nAt this time, everyone also found that the children in the family always ran out in the middle of the night. The families with children were even more afraid, so they could only tie their children up.

n“There’s only so much food in the village,” the old lady said. “We’ll run out of food one day. What will we do when we run out of food? And those children, I don’t know what’s attracting them, but they run out in the middle of the night. Don’t you think it’s scary?”

nDong Xi frowned. It was indeed a little scary. She had to investigate properly and report it to the sect.

nAt this moment, she finally understood why the mission description was not so detailed. It was because no one could get out of here!

n“Then can I still go out?” Dong Xi asked.

nThe two old men looked at each other and shook their heads, “We don’t know,”

nDong Xi immediately stood up and used earth shrinking to walk towards the village entrance.

nThe two old men looked at Dong Xi’s actions and immediately became happy.

n“Although this female Immortal is very young, she looks quite powerful!” the old man said.

nThe old lady also nodded excitedly, “Yup! It’s quite powerful!”

nWhen Dong Xi arrived at the village entrance, she found that she was also blocked inside. There seemed to be an invisible wall in front of her blocking his way.

nDong Xi circulated her spiritual Qi and raised her hand to poke the barrier. She discovered that her finger had actually poked a hole in the barrier.

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