“Crimson Hair Bloody Face?” The moment those words were spoken, Sha Lifei burst out laughing. “Isn’t that just a story used to scare children?”0

Even Li Yan frowned slightly. Rural villages across the Divine Continent always had strange folktales; everything from shadows behind someone at night and hands reaching out from latrines to faces appearing outside windows and tiger crones…0

The Crimson Hair Bloody Face was one of those stories. According to the legends, the creature wore a large green robe, had a head full of red hair, and a face drenched in blood. It often appeared at dusk and lure away any child still playing outside at that hour.0

The thing was said to appear near ancient trees. Elders would swear up and down that children from some nearby village once went into the mountains to play and encountered the Crimson Hair Bloody Face. 0

The children had then fled in terror. When they turned back to look, they could still see that horrifying green-robed, red-faced figure beneath the twilight trees, coldly staring at them. After returning home, the children would fall gravely ill, and some were even said to have lost their souls from fright.0

Some old people also claimed that one child had never returned at all. Later, a master from Chang’an had been invited to perform rituals,...0