I don't even know how many lashes I got, until my whole body didn't have a single intact spot, until I felt like I was about to be flogged to death. Only then did Han Feiyan stop her actions. Following that, Han Feiyan threw away the whip in her hand and looked at me with an uneasy expression, whispering: "Are you okay?"

  "Get out of my sight!!!"

  Looking at Han Feiyan, I was so angry in my heart. In the end, I turned all my remaining strength into a rolling character.

  "Sorry, I have to do this. Before you're sealed in the jar, the witch needs to check if your body is suitable or not. It's unavoidable. If you want to deceive the witch, you'll have to endure this bitter experience!"

  "Why didn't you tell me earlier?! You idiot! Can you hear me telling you to get out?!!!" I furiously yelled at her.

  Seeing me yelling at her, Han Feiyan could only stand up and then reluctantly looked at me a few times before finally choosing to go down from the loft.

  After He Feiyan left, my aching body was curled up into a ball, just like a snake coiled up. I kept rolling over in agony. The pain was truly heart-wrenching.

  Just as I was rolling back and forth in pain, Han Feiyan came up again. This time she brought a small bottle of medicine with her.

  As soon as I saw her coming, I wanted to get angry, but before I could get angry, Han Feiyan directly sat on my body and wiped the medicine water in her hand on my body.

  After the medicine was applied to my body, I only felt cool and refreshing. The wounds from being whipped by the leather whip no longer hurt as much. Feeling less painful, the words I originally wanted to scold Han Feiyan were swallowed back again.

  After Hei Feiyan applied the small bottle of medicine all over my body, I felt that my pain had alleviated a lot. Although it still hurt, it really did ease up a lot. At least I wouldn't be rolling back and forth in agony anymore.

  After I felt much better from the pain, I coldly said to Han Feiyan: "Take out the cigarette in my clothes and give it to me, I want to smoke one."

  "Oh! Good!"

  Seeing me like this, Han Feiyan quickly went to dig out my cigarettes from my clothes and lit one up for me.

  After taking two puffs of smoke, I asked Han Feiyan: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that I would have to endure such suffering from the whip? Why didn't you tell me that I still need to wear this dog chain?"

  "I'm afraid... I'm afraid you'll know too much suffering, and then you won't be willing to continue cooperating with me!"

  "Damn it! So you've been deceiving me? I feel like a total idiot now! If you hadn't saved my brother, I'd have killed you with one slash of the knife and escaped from the village. If I couldn't escape, then so be it, I'd die!"

  "I'm sorry." Han Feiyan said with her head down.

  "Is that all? You're also ruthless! This is torture, it's almost as bad as the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty! Luckily, the medicine you applied afterwards had some effect, otherwise I would have really cursed my mother!"

  "Are you still willing to continue helping me?" Han Feiyan's face was filled with guilt and unease.

  "To be honest, I really don't want to help! You're whipping me today and putting chains on me, who knows what other torture you'll inflict on me tomorrow? But as a man, since I chose to agree with you, I will see it through. Who made me so stubborn and stupid? Besides, I also want to save Han Jingjing and not let her stay in this place any longer."

  As I said that, I saw Han Feiyan's face suddenly lit up with joy, and then she asked me: "You like my daughter, don't you?"

  "Hmm... I don't really like it, but I have a good impression of your daughter. I don't want her to suffer. If possible, I'd also like to take her away from here and let her leave this hell-like village."

  "If you take away my daughter, then marry her." Han Feiyan suddenly interjected.

  "Stop it, I've already told you so, how can I marry her then? If that's the case, it would be against ethics. Besides, I know my own worth, and I know I'm not worthy of your daughter. If she goes to a big city, the rich and handsome guys chasing after her could form an entire reinforced regiment."

  As I said this, I saw a hint of disappointment on Han Feiyan's face.

  After I finished smoking a cigarette, I asked Han Feiyan again: "Now let's open the window and talk frankly. You don't have to hide anything from me either. If I say cooperate with you, I will stick to it until the end. What big moves do you have behind your back? Tell me, I also have my own mental preparation."

  Han Feiyan replied to me, "There's nothing else after this. Tomorrow I'll notify Witch Granny to prepare to seal you in the jar, and then Witch Granny will come to check your physical condition. Your whole body is covered in whip marks, and you're wearing chains, and your body has been squeezed dry, basically meeting her requirements. After she takes a look, she'll leave. After she leaves, I'll put Autumn Beauty's corpse in the jar, disguise it as yours, and then seal Autumn Beauty's corpse inside. Three days after unsealing, Autumn Beauty's corpse will be soaked in the jar for half a year, and you'll have plenty of time to do your own things during this half year."

  I nodded as I listened to Han Feiyan, and then asked again: "Then what identity should I appear in the village afterwards? Or do I have to hide and sneak around?"

  Seeing me ask like this, Han Feiyan replied to me: "I've already thought of all this. In the following days, you'll go to the house where I live. The house where I live is at the south end of the village, not far from the South Mountain Gorge we went to before. My house has a secret underground room that I had built in private, nobody knows about it except me. If there's an unexpected situation, you can hide in the underground room. As for what identity you'll use to appear in the village, I've also thought of it, but won't say it now, you'll know when the time comes."

  "Cut! You're playing mysterious with me again!" I gave Han Feiyan a white eye.

  ......

  The next day at around 5 am, I didn't leave the house but stayed instead. Han Feiyan left early at 5 am.

  Han Feiyan told me before she left that she was going to find the witch. The witch lives in a separate house on the west side of the village, and normally, no one is qualified to enter. Not to mention entering, it's not even possible to get close. To see the witch, you need to tell the man guarding the house, and he will notify her. If someone dares to trespass and is discovered by the man, they will be strangled to death. In the past, two girls in the village took matters into their own hands and forcibly entered the witch's house without going through the man, resulting in their heads being brutally torn off...

  It was almost 6 o'clock in the morning when Han Feiyan returned. After she came back, Han Feiyan told me that Hanzi had informed Wu PoPo, but as for how long it would take Wu PoPo to arrive, no one knew. She also instructed me that when Wu PoPo really arrived, I should not speak carelessly.

  But what neither of us expected was that within two hours, the witch brought that hollow-eyed man over.

  After the old witch came with her cane, she examined my entire body as if checking a work of art, and nodded repeatedly.

  After the examination was completed, the witch said to Han Feiyan: "Not bad, you did a good job. However, this little boy's yang energy still has some residue, it seems that you didn't squeeze him dry enough! But that's okay, now he meets the qualifications for being a Tan Nu. In two days, there will be another batch of new 'prey' coming to the village, so it's also good to let him become a sacrifice to the gods as soon as possible."

  Hearing this, Han Feiyan hastily replied: "In that case, I'll find time today to seal him inside the jar."

  Hua Fei Yan finished speaking, but the witch suddenly made a hand gesture towards Hua Fei Yan and said: "Wait! This is not for you to do. I have high hopes for this young man. He was able to escape from the dream world I created, which shows his strong willpower. If he becomes a slave of the altar, I believe he will be very powerful and the gods will be very pleased. So, sealing him in the altar is such a sacred thing, I want to do it myself."

  I almost cried out when the witch said she would personally seal me in a jar. If Han Feiyan hadn't spoken first, I really wanted to open my mouth and scold her.

  At this moment, I saw that Han Feiyan's face had also turned pale. To be honest, Han Feiyan's original idea was to pretend to seal me in the jar, and then switch it with a fake one, allowing me to escape and ascend to heaven. But the witch was different. If she sealed me, I would have no hope of escaping! After the jar was sealed, there would be no air inside, wouldn't that be waiting for me to suffocate to death?

  Looking at the smiling, wrinkled face of the black-robed old woman in front of me, I felt a surge of hatred that made my teeth ache. At the same time, I also started to worry - if she really sealed me in the jar herself, what would I do? Wouldn't it be an act that ultimately cost me my own life...