Despite their suspicions about the situation inside the house, Josh could not resist asking, "What happened in the room?"
Hannah withdrew her feet in fear and huddled closer to Lilly.
The old woman's voice was filled with grief and anger as she shared, "A little girl was sitting by the edge of the bed. However, she wore a layer of human skin and was gnawing on a piece of flesh!"
As soon as she was discovered, the creature wearing human skin swiftly fled with a swoosh, disappearing into the mountains and forests in an instant.
Trembling, the elderly couple approached the bed and lifted the blanket, only to witness a scene of blood and gore. All that remained of their son were his skull and a few strands of hair...
Chills ran down everyone's spines upon hearing this, and the harem spirit yelled out in disbelief.
Lilly asked, "What's next? How did you manage to capture her and preserve her in a sauerkraut jar?"
The old woman's tone shifted from grief to resentment.
"Our son was the breadwinner of our family, and we relied on him... Now we have nothing, and our hope for a future has vanished."
They were filled with resentment, of course, and hated themselves for their greediness. But it was due to their greed and their carelessness that they ended up causing their son to die, which they could not bear.
The entire village became aware of this incident, and some older folks whispered in horror, claiming that this creature wearing human skin was a monster from the mountains and forests, known as Pretty Flesh.
Countless lives were lost in the Medali War. The vengeful spirits merged into human flesh, gradually turning it into a spirit.
They survived by consuming human flesh and blood, particularly targeting the flesh and blood of young and strong men. They generally avoided confrontation, fleeing after feasting on their sleeping victims.
The old couple desired to capture Pretty Flesh and avenge their son.
However, Pretty Flesh never appeared again, and as the two grew older, the village, which had initially been in a state of panic, gradually returned to normal.
During that period, the old couple was weakened and faced difficulties in harvesting their crops, resulting in a shortage of food. They became too fearful to cook and eat vegetables, so they resorted to growing some mustard greens and making sauerkraut for survival. They cooked sauerkraut porridge to sustain themselves.
Given her old age and fearlessness, the old woman wished to preserve the Pretty Flesh in a jar through pickling.
"At that time, there was a girl in the village who constantly quarreled with her husband's family and sought death every day. Eventually, she hung herself..."
At this point, Flesh snorted and interrupted, saying, "What do you mean she hung herself? She was immortal, but the old woman kept telling her every day that there was no reason to live such a life and that it would be better to die. She provoked the girl, knowing well that she was prone to crying, causing trouble, and threatening to hang herself if her husband's family continued mistreating her."
Under Flesh's manipulation, the girl hung herself one day when she felt cornered.
Josh and the others immediately recalled the village they had recently passed through, where they witnessed a room with only one chair and a woman hanging from the beam...
Lilly asked, "And then?"
The old woman hesitated but continued, "After the girl's death, her husband became a widower. Then, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had been constantly quarreling, and everyone knew that the mother-in-law was difficult to get along with..."
Their family desired to find a new spouse for the widower, but naturally, no one was willing to marry into their family.
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