Hair in the nails

Little Hu Tu's eyes glowed green as she bared her teeth and claws, charging towards me with a fierce and vicious expression as if she wanted to take my life. But in reality, like her, I had already been drowned by Hu Jun, so her actions were futile. I couldn't die again.

The only thing that puzzled me was why I didn't turn into a vengeful ghost like her.

Just as I was feeling shocked and doubtful, a white light suddenly emerged from within me, and I saw a figure similar to Little Hu Tu's protruding from my body, holding her back forcefully.

This situation surprised me, and upon closer inspection, I realized that the white figure was none other than the ancient girl Yun Qingyue. However, her condition didn't seem to be very good, as she struggled to withstand Little Hu Tu's pressure and had a somewhat unpleasant expression on her face.

It was yet another fight between two little ghosts, and I didn't know how to react, so at that moment, I let out a sigh and decided to sit back and watch the show.

But then, suddenly, a voice resounded in my mind, shouting at me, "Recite the Diamond Sutra quickly! Do it now! Do you really want to die? Today is her seventh day since death, and her power to come back to life is too strong. I'm almost unable to handle her. If you want to die, that's fine, but don't take me down with you!"

The voice was Yun Qingyue's, and she was clearly trying to convey a message to me and give me advice.

This made me feel puzzled. Could it be that I hadn't really died yet? But hadn't I already sunk to the bottom of the water? Was there really still a chance for me to survive?

Despite my confusion, I immediately followed Yun Qingyue's instructions and began reciting the Diamond Sutra silently. After all, as long as there was hope for survival, no one would give up.

Soon after I started reciting the Diamond Sutra, something miraculous happened. A faint golden light appeared around me, but to my surprise, it didn't harm Yun Qingyue at all. Instead, she seemed to have taken advantage of this opportunity to enhance her power, becoming even stronger. Meanwhile, Little Muddle was pushed back step by step and started to lose her grip. "Wowowow!" Little Muddle cried out in a bizarre, frenzied manner, her body convulsing as she charged forward, swinging her small arms frantically. It was terrifying to watch. However, since I was now enveloped in the Buddha's light and protected by Yun Qingyue, Little Muddle couldn't harm me in the slightest, despite her ferocity. This made her very angry, and the light in her eyes flickered as she pondered something. After a while, Little Muddle seemed to have figured out something. She charged forward again, but this time, she didn't just wildly swing her arms. Instead, she separated her fingers, and her fingernails suddenly grew to half a meter long. They were as sharp as knives, glinting with a cold light as she stabbed them directly into Yun Qingyue's body, then tried to gouge out my eyes. I was stunned and trembling with fear, my body covered in cold sweat. But I had no idea what to do. All I could do was recite the Diamond Sutra and the Great Compassion Mantra as hard as I could. However, it seemed to have no effect as Little Muddle's power clearly surpassed my resistance. Her sharp nails eventually pierced my face, causing a burning pain.

However, what surprised me was that just when I thought I was going to be strangled to death by Xiaohutu, a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes again. Then she pushed me flat with both hands and extended her palms towards me. Suddenly, I saw her small hands, which were white and swollen from being soaked in water, gradually growing larger, until one of her hands became as big as a winnowing basket. A pair of winnowing basket-sized ghostly hands floated in front of me. It was such a surreal feeling. I couldn't even have imagined this kind of scene in my dreams. At that moment, I felt like I was about to be smashed into minced meat by her palms with a single pat. But Xiaohutu didn't move. Her huge hand stood upright in front of me, and after my initial fear subsided, I gradually calmed down and began to scrutinize her giant hand. Xiaohutu's hand wasn't fat, but rather skinny and bony. At this moment, her hand was white, chubby, and large, all swollen from being soaked in water. Therefore, I looked at it for a long time but didn't see anything unusual on her hand. This made me somewhat puzzled, because at this point, I already vaguely felt that Xiaohutu seemed to want to convey some message to me, and this message seemed to be written on her hands. But I was unable to receive it at the moment. What did she want to tell me? Just when I was wondering about it, the giant hand in front of me slowly moved downward, and then I saw her fingers. There were huge and sharp nails on her fingers, shining with a cold light, like a large iron shovel, looking extremely terrifying. However, these were not the things that concerned me, because at this moment, I finally discovered something unusual on her hand, which was located in the gap between her fingernails.

I noticed that the dirt under her fingernails was not clean, with some fingernail crevices filled with black dirt, while others had a lump of rotten skin and hair mixed together. The sight made me feel nauseous and extremely disgusted, and I couldn't understand how this situation could be normal.

There were ten fingernails in total, and upon closer inspection, I found that the middle fingers on both hands had rotten flesh and black hair in their nail crevices, with the other nails having similar issues. Overall, her nails were dirty and increasingly terrifying, especially as they grew larger.

After an unknown amount of time, a sudden noise interrupted my thoughts, followed by flashing lights and shadows. I woke up abruptly, coughing violently and opening my eyes to the sight of myself lying on the grass by the water's edge. My parents were sitting next to me, looking shocked, along with many people from the village. My entire body was soaked, and I realized that I had indeed drowned, but had luckily been rescued.

Despite my good fortune, I couldn't forget how I had drowned and I vowed to seek revenge!

"A-Hen, my son, you finally woke up!" At this moment, seeing me wake up, my mother couldn't help but hug me and burst into tears. I instinctively lifted my hand and patted her shoulder, wanting to comfort her. But just as I lifted my hand, the flashlight beams around me penetrated my fingers and nails, revealing something in my nail crevices. I found that my nail crevices were also dirty, with some bits of flesh and black hairs inside.

What's going on here?

My heart skipped a beat, and then I finally understood. I jumped up from the ground unconsciously and shouted loudly, "I know, I know! Xiao Hutu, don't worry, I will avenge you! I will make him pay!"