Chapter 171 Danger Surrounded
Next to the pond in Lijia Village, under a locust tree.

The villagers gathered in groups of three or four, with different expressions on their faces, some sad, some afraid, and some surprised.

Everyone looked towards the pond, as if something was attracting their attention.

Li Yanming was among them, because just now someone ran to his house and shouted for help, saying that something had happened and asked them to go to the pond quickly.

So he followed Li Laosan to the pond and heard people talking about it, and found out that the two sons of Li Changde, who sold clay sculptures and pottery jars, had drowned in the water.

"What a sin! They are all Changde's children."

"Two more drowned?"

"No"

"How could these two brothers suddenly drown in this pond? It's really strange."

"Oh, who knows. Old man Changde must be crying his eyes out now, oh."

The villagers were talking about the cause of death of Changde's two sons.

After all, if a person drowned in the water, it could be said that it was because he slipped and fell into the water and no one rescued him. But since both brothers of the Changde family drowned in the water, it seemed that it was not as simple as just falling into the water and drowning.

Some people are mysterious and say there is a water ghost in the pond.

Some people said that it was retribution for the Changde brothers to drown in the water.

All in all, everyone has their own version of the story, but it's pretty scary.

Lijia Village is considered a large village in the surrounding area. There is also a market in the village. Many people come to the market every day, and many people have heard of various strange things.

But this is the first time in decades that people have died one after another in his village.

No wonder the villagers were talking about it, fearing that it was some bad omen.

Li Yanming, who was standing aside, had a pale face. His eyes were fixed on the bodies of the two brothers, and the scene of the death of the child from Li Tie's family that he had seen that day kept flashing through his mind.

They were both soaked until their skin turned pale, had looks of fear on their faces, and had their eyes wide open and unable to close.

"Is this how all drownings happen?" Li Yanming felt cold all over, and he had a vague feeling that this was definitely not normal.

If the drowned people were all soaked and turned pale, why did they all have the same look of fear and die with their eyes open? He couldn't help but have some strange thoughts in his mind.

Although he and Li Daoxuan had seen some strange things, Li Yanming was still a boy after all.

He will feel scared and panic.

Trembling in his heart, he wanted to turn his head away from the corpse, but for some reason, his eyes seemed to be drawn and kept fixed on Li Tian's face.

All the chaotic sounds around receded like the tide, and only the hazy voices of people could be heard in my ears.

The world gradually became quiet, and Li Yanming seemed to be able to hear only the sound of his own heartbeat.

Once, twice, three times.
The sound of his heartbeat continued to echo in his ears, his breathing began to rapid, and his whole body felt as if it was electrocuted, with all the hair standing on end.

The only things in his field of vision were the faces of Li Tian and Li Yue, and his body was unable to move.

At this moment, Li Tian suddenly turned towards him, his wide eyes began to move, and a strange smile appeared on his pale face.

"." Li Yanming was shocked by this scene and was terrified. "Dad! Dad! Save me! Save me."

He tried his best to make himself move.

But the chill was so severe that he couldn't even move his fingers.

Li Tian on the ground opened his mouth, his whole body began to wriggle, his limbs gradually twisted, and he slowly crawled towards Li Yanming.

"The water is so cold, so cold." A hoarse voice reached Li Yanming's ears. He stood there blankly, his body stiff, unable to move. He could only let Li Tian get closer and closer to him.

He screamed in his heart and opened his mouth to shout for help, but no one responded to him.

No one seemed to hear his shouts.

Even though he was in the crowd and even though Li Laosan was right beside him, at this moment Li Yanming felt like an abandoned child and no one would pay attention to him. "I died so miserably, so miserably." Li Tian's body had already crawled to Li Yanming's feet, and his wet arms stretched straighter and straighter along his trouser legs. His wet fingers gradually climbed up Li Yanming's body until they rested on his chest. The dead face that had been soaked in the river water and was pale and swollen slowly rose along his chest, almost touching his nose and looking into his eyes, still with a weird smile on his face.

"I'm so miserable, please come and accompany me."

"No, I don't want it. I don't want it! Someone save me! Someone save me!" Li Yanming's head was buzzing and he felt that his consciousness was almost disappearing.

His instinct was to scream and struggle, but he could only watch as the drowning man's hands tightened around his neck.

Li Yanming began to realize that at this moment he could clearly feel his rapid breathing. The feeling of breathing seemed to have never been so obvious, and it was almost magnified several times. It seemed that the only thing left in the world was the sound of breathing, and it even began to fill his entire brain.

However, this feeling of rapid breathing did not last long. Li Yanming felt that his breathing was becoming more and more difficult, and his consciousness was slowly becoming blurred.

"Save me!" Li Yanming pleaded in his heart for the last time. The light in front of his eyes gradually dissipated, and the strange face that was soaked in water also became blurred and dim.

"Am I going to die?"

His breathing had stopped and only a trace of consciousness remained.

Suddenly, a warm current appeared in my shoulder and instantly swept through my whole body, followed by a clear voice, like a spring breeze blowing away the winter snow, bringing warmth to everything.

"Are you OK?"

It was a cry for help, which made Li Yanming's originally blurred consciousness clear again.

"hiss---!"

I took a deep breath, and the sounds around me became clear again, the villagers talking, the birds singing, everything was normal.

Li Yanming stood there in a daze, his whole body soaked in cold sweat.

Breathing heavily, his body gradually warmed up.

He felt a hand on his shoulder, and then saw a pair of familiar eyes staring at him.

"You almost suffocated yourself." The man chuckled, loosened his hand on his shoulder, and poked Li Yanming's forehead. "Don't be stunned, where's your father?"

"Young Master" Li Yanming covered his forehead with his hands, looking dazed.

He breathed in the air vigorously.

Everything that happened just now seemed like a nightmare and it no longer existed after I woke up.

The person who came was Li Daoxuan. After he knew that the two brothers Li Tian and Li Yue had drowned in the pond, he hurried here.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Li Yanming standing outside the crowd in a daze, his face flushed red from holding his breath. Seeing him like this, Li Daoxuan knew what had happened to this kid. He circulated a trace of Dan Qi in his palm and woke him up from the illusion.

"I'm not dead?" Li Yanming's voice trembled and his hands were still shaking.

"Of course you are not dead. You must have been possessed by an evil spirit and fell into a hallucination." Li Daoxuan said. "What did you see just now?"

"I just saw it." Li Yanming was about to speak, but then he thought of the horrifying scene. His voice unconsciously became much more timid and low, but he still whispered to Li Daoxuan what he had just seen. As Li Daoxuan listened to these words, his brows gradually furrowed.

"The Changde brothers died in the same way as the previous child. Did you see the Changde brothers coming to take your life?"

"Ah."

"You must have been possessed by a yin energy." Li Daoxuan said seriously. "Where is the amulet I gave you? Why don't you carry it with you?"

"I... I changed all my clothes, I forgot, I forgot," Li Yanming muttered softly with his head down.

"Don't forget this in the future. You are still young and cannot withstand the erosion of such evil energy. Last time I used talismans to dispel the evil energy, there were still some residues in your body. It was the same this time, so you had hallucinations. If I hadn't saved you just now, you would have suffocated yourself to death now." Li Daoxuan said.

"Young Master, I know I was wrong. I will definitely carry the amulet you gave me in the future." Li Yanming said obediently.

"It doesn't matter. This has nothing to do with you." Li Daoxuan shook his head. "This place is not normal, and you just happened to be in trouble."

"Let me see how these two brothers will die."

After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, he pushed through the crowd and walked inside.

(End of this chapter)