The blood - covered man suddenly fell silent.
His eyes involuntarily glanced at Luo Wuyou and then quickly dropped his head.
Just that one glance was sharply caught by Niannian.
The way this blood - covered big brother looked at Luo Wuyou was so complicated.
There was unwillingness, blame, and pleading...
Suddenly, like a light bulb going off in her head, the little dumpling asked, "Big brother, are you Brother Luo's friend?"
The blood - covered man suddenly looked up, hardly believing how Niannian could hit the nail on the head with just one sentence.
Shen Weixun immediately understood.
No wonder. When they mentioned Luo Wuyou, although the man didn't call his name, his tone was a bit gritted - teeth angry.
After all, at first they had their eyes on Luo Wuyou's body. Since he was too hard to deal with, they had to settle for the next best thing.
In a way, he was a scapegoat for Luo Wuyou.
"Jiang Cheng! Is it really you, Jiang Cheng?"
Luo Wuyou had been pacing outside the door just now, too scared to come in. After all, the blood - covered man looked so terrifying that his mental endurance just couldn't take it.
But when he heard the little dumpling say that the blood - covered man inside was his good brother, he rushed in without a second thought. When he saw the blood - covered man again, there was no longer just fear in his eyes.
"I'm not. I'm nobody."
The blood - covered man avoided Luo Wuyou's eyes and curled himself up in the corner, as if as long as he did so, others couldn't see him.
"Big brother, Brother Luo is really worried about you. He came to find us on purpose to save you."
Jiang Cheng had lost his skin, so it was impossible to tell anything from his face, but Niannian could still sharply catch his emotions.
The little healer with a warm look was on the job.
The soft and cute smile of a child could easily make people let down their guard.
Jiang Cheng looked at Niannian and then at Luo Wuyou.
The indignant anger in him was actually miraculously soothed.
When he knew that he had actually suffered in place of Luo Wuyou and become this ghostly appearance, he must have harbored resentment in his heart.
Although he knew this kind of thought was wrong, he still couldn't control the emergence of such emotions.
Especially when he saw Luo Wuyou standing in front of him unscathed, this resentment reached its peak.
During this period, he had prayed countless times, praying that someone could save him.
But he was worried about the people around him. After calculating, he found that the only person he could turn to was Luo Wuyou.
He didn't know how he managed to send a dream.
But after sending the dream, he didn't hold out much hope, because he knew there was another Jiang Cheng beside Luo Wuyou.
A living Jiang Cheng who seemed to have no abnormalities.
But... Luo Wuyou actually came back.
The warmth flowing in his heart washed away the resentful emotions.
He slowly stood up, let out a sigh, and said to Luo Wuyou, "Thank you for still coming back."
"What are you thanking for? We're best friends. If I were in trouble, you'd definitely find a way to save me too."
Luo Wuyou suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
"They should really want to break the curse too, or they wouldn't have found so many people from the mysterious sects. Third Senior Brother, as long as we break the curse, will this big brother return to normal?"
Niannian still remembered Luo Wuyou's promise.
Luo Wuyou had said that if she could help him rescue the living Jiang Cheng, he would give her ten million.
Plus the bonus...
Hehe, so much money, so, so much money!
Shen Weixun somehow understood what the little dumpling was longing for in her eyes.
He really wanted to say that he was worth billions and it was really unnecessary.
"Ah, I'm not sure. There's no record of this kind of situation in the books, and I've never encountered it before. There's no set method for specifically breaking this curse. We can only grope our way forward. But the most important thing now is that we have to find his skin first and let him put it back on."
Shen Weixun pointed at Jiang Cheng.
The little dumpling understood immediately.
A normal person couldn't survive without their skin.
The reason why these people who had lost their skin could still walk freely and maintain their vital signs was all thanks to the curse.
Once the curse was broken, they would only face two situations.
The first was that those who had already lost their skin wouldn't be able to get it back and would die on the spot. Those who were still wearing the skin might merge with it and truly become another person.
The second was that everyone would return to normal on the spot.
But Niannian thought the second situation was highly unlikely.
No matter what era it was, demons that could walk around in human form had quite high cultivation levels. The curse cast by such a powerful great demon at the cost of its life wouldn't leave a way out for others.
Jiang Cheng still had a glimmer of hope, which meant this method might be feasible.
Find his skin for him before breaking the curse and let him put it on himself.
After the curse was broken, he might return to being a normal person.
"Hmm, but where should we look? We don't seem to know where his skin is now."
Niannian's eyes involuntarily fell on Luo Wuyou.
He had followed the fake Jiang Cheng here.
Among the people present, only he might know the approximate location of the fake Jiang Cheng.
"I don't know either. He just told me he had something to do and then left. You know how scared I was of him at that time. I didn't even dare to ask. I just wanted to escape from him quickly. So I don't know where he is now."
Luo Wuyou regretted it so much that he could have bitten his tongue off.
But there was no regret medicine in this world. Now, even if they wanted to find someone, they didn't know where to start.
"I know."
Jiang Cheng said silently, "They usually hide in the village and never live here. They only come back at night. When they come back, I need to move the trash can to open the door for them. If I don't open the door, they'll assume the matter has been exposed. Then they'll block the other end of the tunnel and hide in the village, waiting for you to starve to death."
"I know the way they go to the ancestral hall. I can lead you there, but I can't leave the castle now because I'll die if I touch sunlight. It's still daytime."
Shen Weixun was a bit confused about one thing.
If those villagers all lived in the ancestral hall, then what was the deal with the human skins in the basement?
Why didn't they put on or take away the skins but hang them there?
Weren't the human skins extremely precious to them?
But he didn't ask this question out loud.
Instead, he nodded slightly and said, "Then please lead the way."
"You came here to save me. It's me who should thank you and trouble you. Come on, follow me. There's a passage here."
Jiang Cheng left a blood - stained footprint with each step. He slowly walked out of the room and led everyone to a narrow passage.
He just pointed to the end of the passage and said, "This is the place. Follow the passage and you'll see the ancestral hall."