Chapter 42: Untransformed Bones

  When the clock struck twelve, everyone exchanged New Year's greetings - including Du Shilin.

  Everyone here is the most important person in her life, she loves them and wants to spend her whole life protecting them.

  Among them, the little guy naturally gained the most. As the youngest and most beloved member of the family, the lucky money and New Year's gifts were surprisingly numerous.

  "Eggs are one year older." Grandma couldn't help but say with joy when she stuffed the red envelope into the little guy's arms.

  "Hahaha..." The little guy seemed to have felt the joyful atmosphere of the crowd and was also clapping and laughing.

  "I'll go out and take a look, don't let everyone else go." Du Siling whispered to Xiao Qingzhu when the group had a few idle chats.

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Qingzhu asked with concern.

  "There are guests visiting, it's nothing, I'll go out and entertain them." Du Sulin smiled at Xiao Qingzhu and said softly.

  "Uh, be careful." Xiao Qingzhu nodded, she saw a cold and stern meaning in Du Sulin's eyes.

  Murong Luyu and Du Siyan said the same thing at the same time. The two went out one after another, and when they met again, they understood each other without saying a word.

  Outside, snowflakes danced in the sky. Du Sulin and Murong Luyu stood quietly like this, empty and still, but in their ears, a low howl like that of a wolf seemed to be faintly sounding, as if contemplating its prey.

  "Are you going to do it or should I, or shall we do it together?" Murong Liuyue asked Du Siling with a casual tone as if asking about something ordinary.

  "You choose." Duslin replied, finding that her sister-in-law was actually a person who looked gentle and elegant on the surface but was actually a violent enthusiast.

  She was actually looking forward to seeing Murong Luyu and those people, oh no, or rather, the zombies fighting. Whether it was really as she thought.

  "You come at me with your small moves, I'll counter with my big ones. Let's see who's faster." Murong Yuanyu tied up her long hair while laughing and talking, and a multitude of slender needles materialized in her hand, looking resplendent.

  "Good." Du Si Lin's words had just fallen when he rushed out like an arrow off the string.

  A single zombie appears, and there are no low-level zombies; at worst, it is a blue-eyed zombie with blue pupils.

  Not far away on the rooftop, Purple Qi stood with his hands behind him, facing the wind. "You're here." His voice seemed somewhat distant amidst the crackling of fireworks.

  The people behind him didn't speak up, Ziqi turned around, and Dusilin was looking at him with a hint of a smile.

  This man who is usually arrogant to the extreme looks dejected today.

  "I came today, not wanting to fight with you. Your aunt is in his hands. He said that if you know what's good for you, then leave Xiao Qingzhu." Zi Qi took a few steps forward and said.

  "Who?" Du Sulin said expressionlessly.

  "Aren't you already aware of who he is?" Ziqi smiled wryly, "Du Sulin, no one can beat him, don't struggle anymore."

  "You say Auntie is in his hands, and I should believe it?" Du Siling's heart sank, her guess was correct.

  "This is for you." Zi Qi tossed it at Du Si Lin, a purple glow steadily falling in front of him.

  Du Sulin stretched out his hand to pinch the purple light, and the light dissipated. A transparent emerald jade hairpin lay in the palm of his hand. On it were engraved two words: Yun Xing. Du Sulin's body shook, no wonder, no wonder there had been no news from Aunt all along.

  "You must be wondering why Du Kongyang ended up in his hands," Zi Qi said, "Hua An didn't die."

  The words "Hua'an is not dead" shocked Du Sulin. She remembered that her aunt had told her that Hua'an had long since disappeared into the mortal world, but now this fact, which had been believed for decades, was being overturned.

  "This is also what he let you tell me?" Du Sulin stared into Ziqi's eyes and asked.

  "Don't fight him, that's my advice to you. Maybe you can defy the heavens, but you can't defy him." Zi Qi didn't answer Du Si Lin's question, she just solemnly said to Du Si Lin.

  "Thank you for your advice." Du Sulin put away her hairpin and turned around, wanting to leave.

  "Douslin!" Zi Qi suddenly shouted, he stepped up to the edge of the roof, pointing at the outside world, excitedly roaring: "Look, look at this outside world, can you bear to die?"

  "Hmph." Du Sulin stopped in her tracks, laughing incredulously. Her pupils suddenly turned purple, "Do you think death is a possibility for me now?"

  "You... " Zi Qi exclaimed in surprise, "You can actually control your eye color..."

  "For the mastermind behind this incident, you're surprisingly still surprised." Du Sulin said with some sarcasm.

  "If you had left Xiao Qingzhu earlier, there wouldn't be today." Zi Qi said, "I was just following orders. But what I don't understand is that after turning you into a zombie, you still have that expressionless face."

  "There's gain and loss in everything. If he wants to see me suffer because I'm a zombie and can't take it, then maybe he'll be disappointed." Du Sulin said coldly.

  "This is just a goal, don't you think that as the most renowned and legendary Du family in the yin-yang family, the only successor became a zombie, isn't it a very interesting thing? You say, will Du Kongyang insist on the mission of the Du family and kill you, or continue to cultivate you, let a zombie inherit the Du family, and make the yin-yang family a completely zombie family?" Zi Qi's words were like this, but Du Siling saw helplessness in his eyes.

  "You go," she said.

  "This might be our last meeting, if you still insist on your idea, don't give up. Du Sulin, you are the only one who has hope to contend with him. Good luck." Zi Qi suddenly appeared in front of Du Sulin and stretched out her hand.

  "Thank you." Du Sulin shook hands with Zi Qi's outstretched hand. Zi Qi's hand was icy and cold, without any temperature.

  "We'll meet again someday." After saying this, Ziqi turned around and leaped off the rooftop dozens of meters high, disappearing into the vast night sky.

  Du Sulin sighed and his pupils returned to their normal color.

  "Aunt." She muttered softly. I don't know what Du Kongyang's situation is like now.

  When he returned to the outside of the house, only one red corpse remained, bound by a thin rope transformed from clear blue spiritual energy. Mu Rong Yu's foot was stepping on its body.

  "Tai Guang, you're late." Seeing Du Si Lin, Mu Rong Yu Ye withdrew her foot and patted her hand.

  "You're not done yet either." Du Sulin's mouth corners slightly curved upwards, and he made eye contact with Murong Ruyu, hinting for her to look behind.

  "It's all right now." Murong Yu didn't even turn his head, but a clear blue talisman flew out behind him. It turned out that the red corpse had taken advantage of Murong Yu's conversation with Du Si Lin to break free from the spiritual binding.

  "Let's go." She finished off the last zombie and told Duslin. Then she went into the house first.

  Du Sulin shook her head, and it seemed that her guess was correct. It was indeed as Du Siyan said, Murong Ruyu's strength was not bad. At least when dealing with Hong Jiang-level zombies, there was no problem.

  "Are Tàiguāng and Mùróng Lùyǔ back?" Grandma asked with a smile as soon as Dù Sīlín and Mùróng Lùyǔ entered the house.

  This old man's body is always surrounded by a kind of Buddhist calm and peaceful atmosphere, staying by her side can make one feel calm and peaceful, as if there is hope in the future.

  Du Sulin sat back down beside Xiao Qingzhu, giving her a reassuring smile, but Xiao Qingzhu didn't truly put her mind at ease. Because when she touched Du Sulin's hand, his palm was dry yet icy cold.

  Grandma kept chatting, occasionally talking about Xiao Qingzhu's childhood, occasionally saying some philosophical words, and before she knew it, she fell asleep while talking. The corners of her mouth still had the smile from that time.

  Xiao Qingzhu carefully helped her grandmother spread out the quilt, and then they all withdrew from the room, gathering in a circle in the living room.

  "Auntie has been caught." Du Si Lin said this matter.

  "What?! Du Siyan couldn't believe it, he had always thought that Du Kongyang was out on business, but it turned out that he had been caught. "Who caught him?" he asked.

  "I don't know who he is." Du Sulin shook her head, but what she found strange was that this person seemed to be easy to guess, at least Ziqi thought so. From Ziqi's words, it seemed like Du Sulin should have known who this person was.

  "But." Duslin paused, "He is a non-decomposer." This was a fact she had to admit, from the fear that Ziqi showed him, his ability was beyond doubt. Who else could be like the legendary non-decomposers?

  "Untransformed Bone." Xiao Qingzhu repeated the term that had come out of Du Sulin's mouth in a low voice. She didn't understand the zombie hierarchy, but from the look of astonishment, shock and momentary solemnity on everyone's face after hearing this term, she knew that Untransformed Bone was an almost impossible existence that had actually appeared.

  "It's unlikely." Fengfeng muttered in a low voice.

  Du Sulin raised his head and glanced at her before lowering it again.

  "Auntie must have something in her possession that he's holding onto, I think Auntie wasn't captured but rather stayed there voluntarily." Du Siyan quickly regained his composure and analyzed after a moment of thought.

  "Aunt's lover is in his hands." Du Sulin said another unexpected thing.

  The matter of Hua An, except for Du Si Lin, Du Kong Yang had never mentioned it to anyone. So, no one knew that Du Kong Yang had also loved before, and the love was so deeply etched in his heart.

  Du Sulin handed the purple chess piece to her jade hairpin, and Du Siyan carefully examined it. He thought that Du Kongyang would definitely leave some clues for them, and wouldn't let them be like headless flies, without a clue.

  This time, however, it seemed that Du Siyan had really made a mistake. The jade hairpin had been examined by everyone dozens of times, but no clues were found, not even the slightest hint.

  "I'll have Zhou Yun verify the fingerprints." Du Siyan said helplessly.

  It can't be solved with special methods, perhaps ordinary detective methods can solve it. After all, science and technology are also advancing day by day now.

  "This hairpin...” Xiao Qingzhu stared at a small ink dot on the hairpin, “Logically speaking, there shouldn't be this scratch.” She said uncertainly, pointing to a small point at the top of the hairpin. It was just a tiny scratch that didn't affect the beauty of the hairpin.

  Du Sulin looked in the direction where Xiao Qingzhu was pointing and furrowed his brow.

  "Aunt has always been a perfectionist, the things she chooses will not have any flaws." Du Siyan said, Xiao Qingzhu's words really aroused everyone's speculation and suspicion.

  "I remember, the reason why my aunt bought this jade hairpin was that it was entirely emerald green and polished to perfection." Du Si Lin recalled the scene when Du Kong Yang bought the jade hairpin.

  "But this mark is just an ordinary scratch, no hidden meaning, and this hairpin is just a very ordinary hairpin." Jing Ji took the jade hairpin and looked at it back and forth, saying.

  Soon, everyone fell silent again, all thinking deeply about the profound meaning hidden in that little scratch.

  Suddenly, Du Sulin stood up and looked at Xiao Qingzhu with an extremely unbelievable gaze, shaking his head involuntarily.

  "Impossible..." she muttered to herself.

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Qingzhu asked with concern.

  "I know who is not made of bone."

  The author has something to say: I've been offline for days, waiting for the internet technician to fix the network cable.

  The chapter from a few days ago was like what was written in the notice today that tomorrow will start V, and three chapters were updated on the same day.

  Hesitated for a moment and still posted this chapter anyway the novel will continue to be updated.

  Three chapters is just three chapters