Chapter 78: Terrifying Wedding
The shrieking in his ears incessantly ravaged Liu Haoyu’s mind.
His consciousness was also sinking in the darkness, his breathing becoming more and more difficult, as if some invisible force was tightly strangling his throat.
Images of a terrifying girl, a rotten face, and bloody eyeballs flashed through his mind.
It was like a revolving lantern.
Liu Haoyu felt like he had died.
But he also felt like he hadn’t died.
Finally, he saw a beam of light.
This beam of light pierced the darkness, allowing Liu Haoyu to open his eyes.
“Where is this?”
After opening his eyes, he was surprised to find himself at a grand wedding.
Silk hung high, and red wedding candles swayed in the wind.
The air was filled with a faint scent of sandalwood and osmanthus.
Liu Haoyu felt that his brain was still in a haze, and he had no idea what was happening in front of him.
Looking down, he saw that he was wearing a bright red wedding suit, with “Groom” embroidered in gold thread on his chest.
Wedding (1) ??? ??? ?
Liu Haoyu felt very strange at this moment.
“Husband…”
A gentle female voice came, and Liu Haoyu turned his head to see a bride, veiled in red, walking towards him with light steps.
Beneath her skirt, a pair of very familiar embroidered shoes peeked out.
Seeing these embroidered shoes, although he couldn’t see the bride’s face clearly, Liu Haoyu’s heart couldn’t help but race, and a feeling of intimacy and happiness surged in his heart.
He knew that the bride in front of him was Qin Liu… was it?
“Take this.”
A red silk ribbon, which appeared from nowhere, fell into Liu Haoyu’s hands. Qin Liu and he each held one end, and amidst the blessings of dozens of people around them, they slowly walked towards the wedding hall.
Along the way, Liu Haoyu kept paying attention to the guests around him. He was surprised to find that the faces of these people were blurred, as if… their facial features had been cut off.
Their laughter was like distorted radio waves, carrying inexplicable noise, extremely strange.
“Bow to heaven and earth~”
Liu Haoyu mechanically bowed. His peripheral vision caught sight of the bride beside him.
The red veil did not completely cover her face. Liu Haoyu clearly saw that she had an unsettling smile on her face, the arc of her mouth seeming to exceed what a normal person could achieve.
“Bow to the elders~”
As he turned, Liu Haoyu saw Qin Liu’s parents. They were a very ordinary couple. His father was a factory worker from the last century, and his mother was wearing plain clothes, but even so, it was difficult to hide her beautiful and moving appearance.
No wonder they could give birth to a girl as beautiful as Qin Liu, who looked otherworldly.
But the question was… why was he seeing Qin Liu’s parents?
A nameless chill began to creep into Liu Haoyu’s heart.
The parents looked at him and seemed to nod with great satisfaction. Their lower jaws opened and closed, emitting a “ge ge ge” laughter, like two cold skeletons.
“Bow to each other~”
Liu Haoyu bent down again, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that the red silk in his hand had become very sticky, even a little disgusting.
Upon closer inspection, it was not red silk at all, but a blood-stained intestine!
And at this moment, the bride’s red veil was blown away by the wind, revealing the rotten face beneath the veil.
It was Qin Liu’s face, pieced together from human skin!
This was not Qin Liu at all!
Liu Haoyu suddenly retreated, but in the blink of an eye, the wedding hall in front of him twisted and deformed. The red satin turned into white soul-summoning banners, and the fragrance filling the air was no longer sandalwood but a pungent smell of incense.
The wedding photo of the couple hanging in the wedding hall had also become a black and white memorial photo.
In the photo, he and Qin Liu had greenish complexions, with twisted and terrifying smiles on their lips.
“Sent to the bridal chamber~”
The emcee continued the ceremony as if nothing had happened, and the surrounding guests were also urging them on.
“Send them to the bridal chamber! Send them to the bridal chamber!”
Facing the bride in front of him, Liu Haoyu felt a sense of great unease.
“Husband…” the bride’s originally gentle and sweet voice suddenly became sharp and grating: “It’s time to go to the bridal chamber…”
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Let’s rewind a little.
When Qin Liu and Liu Haoyu entered the ancestral hall, the girl’s powerful spiritual sight sensed something was wrong.
She tried to pull Liu Haoyu, but as soon as she reached out and grabbed him, Qin Liu found… Liu Haoyu’s hand felt wrong.
It felt less like human skin and more like… rough Xuan paper.
“Shrimp head?”
Qin Liu subconsciously called out to him, but the Liu Haoyu in front of her didn’t react at all.
He stood there as if he were dead, staring fixedly at the ancestral shrine inside the hall.
Facing this situation, Qin Liu inevitably felt a little scared. She tugged hard.
But with just a slight effort, “Liu Haoyu” fell to the ground, turning into a pile of scrap paper.
He was fake!?
Fear almost stopped Qin Liu’s small heart, but besides fear, she felt more worry and doubt.
Where had the real Liu Haoyu gone?
“Shrimp head! Liu Haoyu! Where are you?”
Rarely, Qin Liu would proactively call Liu Haoyu’s name.
Usually, she would call him “Hey” or “Shrimp head.”
This also showed that she was very anxious now.
But being anxious wouldn’t help. Liu Haoyu had said that in supernatural events, one must maintain a calm mind.
After a period of panic, Qin Liu quickly calmed down.
She was no longer the timid person who would be easily frightened.
“It’s likely related to this ancestral hall.”
Before entering the ancestral hall with Liu Haoyu, everything was normal.
But after entering, she could no longer sense Liu Haoyu’s aura.
Her connection with Hong Yu was also cut off, so it was unrealistic to find him through this method.
Therefore, after some thought, the only way to understand the current situation was to enter this ancestral hall.
“Tsk…” Qin Liu clicked her tongue. “If only I could use the Guide’s ability unconditionally.”
Being able to use power but not being able to do so was like a man in his thirties being unable to do anything when facing a beautiful woman, which was very frustrating.
No, it wasn’t that she couldn’t use it, it was just that using it would kill people.
“Qin Liu, we meet again.”
As Qin Liu was searching for Liu Haoyu’s trace, a hoarse voice came from behind her.
Hearing this voice, Qin Liu stiffened and immediately turned to look.
She saw a hunched figure standing at the doorway.
Beneath the worn Taoist robe was a gaunt face with sunken eye sockets.
“Gu Qianyang…”
When Qin Liu said his name, Gu Qianyang was not angry. Instead, he let out a piercing laugh.
“My dear daughter, you finally remember my name.”
