Traveling through the world of Paper Wedding Dress

Chapter 21 Zangling Village

[My name is Tao Mengyan. I have had the same dream since I was a child. In the dream, I was wearing a paper wedding dress and was tied to an old tree on the cliff outside Zangling Village... I was very young when my family moved out of Zangling Village. Apart from the old tree in my dream, I don’t have much impression of the village. Whenever I talked about Zangling Village or my dreams with my parents, they were reluctant to say more, as if they were avoiding something. As I get older, the same dream becomes more and more frequent, which has seriously affected my mental state. If this continues, I’m afraid I will go crazy. I don’t know what this dream means. Maybe I can find something when I return to Zangling Village.] Tao Mengyan fell into deep thought as she watched the scenery flash by as the train passed by.

Tao Mengyan came to a small mountain village where many red ribbons were hung on the trees at the entrance of the village.

[Is someone getting married here? Why is it so grand?] Tao Mengyan looked around and suddenly she saw someone who shouldn't be here.

[Is that Xun Yuanfeng? Why is he here? ]

"Xun Yuanfeng?" Tao Mengyan shouted to him in a puzzled tone.

The woman in front of him was wearing sportswear and carrying a backpack. Her hair was slightly curly and tied into a ponytail. She had an oval face with delicate features, white teeth and red lips. Her almond eyes made her look pure and innocent. She was very beautiful, but Xun Yuanfeng was more surprised as to why the person in front of him appeared here.

"Xiao Tao!! Why are you here!!"

"I also wanted to ask you why you are here?" Tao Mengyan asked back.

"I'm here to look for something." Xun Yuanfeng flew a kite and followed the direction of the lark to get here. When he got nearby, the lark hovered over the village. Xun Yuanfeng realized that his soul was somewhere in the village, so he took back the lark and planned to enter the village. He didn't expect to meet Tao Mengyan at the gate of the village.

"Is this the hometown you mentioned before?"

"Yes, but I moved away from here when I was very young. I came back mainly to figure out some things." Tao Mengyan explained.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence." Xun Yuanfeng scratched the back of his head unconsciously.

"Yes, yes..." An awkward atmosphere spread between the two of them.

"The atmosphere is so awkward, Traveler." Paimon said in a low voice.

"How about... let's go in together?" Xun Yuanfeng broke the silence and made an invitation.

"Okay."

The two of them walked into the village with a white floating object. There were red ribbons hanging outside the village for welcoming the bride, but inside it was completely silent and deserted. There wasn't even a child playing outside. Xun Yuanfeng felt that this place was unusual. How could a normal village not even have a person walking outside and it wasn't time to rest at night?

"It's so quiet here." Paimon also noticed something was wrong.

"Ah, I see the house where I lived when I was a kid." Tao Mengyan was about to quicken her pace but stopped and said to Xun Yuanfeng, "You don't have to accompany me. Aren't you looking for something?"

"Okay, then I'll leave for a while and come to find you when I find it." Xun Yuanfeng said.

"Okay, we'll meet up later."

The two separated, and Xun Yuanfeng explored the village. The weirdness of this village made Xun Yuanfeng unable to understand. The doors of occupied houses were always closed. Xun Yuanfeng knocked on the door politely, but no one responded. If it weren't for the light and shadows coming through the window, Xun Yuanfeng suspected that there was no one inside. As the sky gradually darkened, the yin energy around became more dense, but no ghosts were seen. This abnormal phenomenon left Xun Yuanfeng puzzled.

At this time, Paimeng discovered a temple. Although the temple looked very old, it was well maintained and did not look dilapidated. It must have been worshipped there all year round.

"Traveller, look over there, there is a temple." Paimon pointed to the temple in the distance and said

"Let's go and take a look." Paimon was curious.

"Let's go."

Xun Yuanfeng walked in. There was only a statue of a god placed in the middle of the temple, but the head was missing. Looking at the statue, Xun Yuanfeng felt that he had seen it somewhere before, but he could not remember where.

Paimon also felt that he had seen it somewhere, and suddenly a picture flashed through Paimon's mind.

"Traveler, this... this is the Six-Tibet Bodhisattva summoned by the evil Taoist priest! Why is He here?"

Xun Yuanfeng was thinking about the question of the Six Burial Bodhisattva when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. "Traveler, be careful!"

Hearing Paimeng's reminder, Xun Yuanfeng turned his head quickly, only to see a black thing hitting his head. He immediately saw stars, felt dizzy, and couldn't control his body and fell backwards.

In a daze, I could only hear Paimon shouting, "Traveler, Traveler, don't die!" and a slightly obscene voice saying, "Come to Zangling Village with the paper bride. What if you interfere with the wedding ceremony? It's better to lock him up first and deal with him after the wedding ceremony."

In Xun Yuanfeng’s last moments of consciousness he was still wondering who the paper bride was. Was it Xiao Tao?