"Sigh!" Lin Yuan let out a heavy sigh and said in a deep voice, "You're really out of luck, old man!"
"Such an impressive tattoo, unfortunately, you didn't get the chance to awaken it!"
"We've known each other for a while, I can't just let you rot here. I'll give you a proper burial!"
Lin Yuan glanced around, intending to dig a hole to bury the man.
However, seeing that the yard was paved with concrete, digging would make too much noise and be too troublesome.
At that moment, Lin Yuan noticed there was a well in the yard.
He thought for a moment, then decided to simply throw him into the well.
After throwing him in, he planned to cover the well with a large stone, counting it as a grave.
Lin Yuan was a man of action; once decided, he single-handedly lifted the tattoo shop owner's body and tossed it into the well.
"Splash!"
The sound of a heavy object falling into water rang out as Lin Yuan was about to find something to cover the well, but suddenly a scream pierced the air.
"Ah!"
The scream came from within the well.
"Someone else?" Lin Yuan was startled, suddenly remembering that the tattoo shop owner had a daughter.
The scream just now was clearly a woman's voice—could it be her?
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan hurriedly leaned over to look into the well.
The inside of the well was pitch black, and Lin Yuan could vaguely see the tattoo shop owner's daughter, dressed like a Little Fairy from the arts world.
The tattoo shop owner's daughter was hugging her father's body, sobbing quietly.
Seemingly aware of someone outside the well, the arts world's Little Fairy looked up and pleaded, "Help, save me!"
Lin Yuan turned and went inside the house, rummaged around, and found a rope and a flashlight.
Soon, Lin Yuan returned to the well.
Shining the flashlight into the well, he saw that the water level wasn't deep, reaching only about waist-high on the arts world's Little Fairy standing in it.
Thankfully, the water wasn't deep; otherwise, she might have drowned.
"Grab the rope, I'll pull you up!" Lin Yuan called into the well.
The tattoos covering him, providing his strength, were inked by this father and daughter.
Knowing them, Lin Yuan couldn't just stand by and watch her die!
Lin Yuan threw the rope into the well, but the arts world's Little Fairy didn't immediately try to climb out. Instead, she tied it around her father's body, pleading, "Can you pull my dad up first?"
"I want... I want him to rest in peace."
"A grave..." Lin Yuan was about to say that it's difficult to dig a grave in the concrete yard.
But on second thought, once saved, his daughter could dig the grave herself.
The responsibility of burial falls to one's own family; it only made sense.
After pulling them out, it wouldn't be his concern anymore.
With that in mind, Lin Yuan pulled the tattoo shop owner's body up first.
Then, he pulled up the arts world's Little Fairy from the well.
"It's you!" Once pulled up, the arts world's Little Fairy recognized Lin Yuan, exclaiming in surprise.
She vividly remembered this big spender who maxed out credit cards, took out loans, and spent a hundred thousand on tattoos.
"It's me!" Lin Yuan nodded, saying, "I just happened to pass by your shop, so I came in to take a look."
"You..."
"Why did you throw my dad into the well?" the arts world's Little Fairy asked, voicing her confusion.
"If left outside, who knows what might eat him!"
"Throwing him in the well at least keeps the body intact," Lin Yuan replied.
"Then why didn't you bury my dad for a proper rest?" the arts world's Little Fairy questioned.
The question struck Lin Yuan as naive.
Given the current circumstances, his willingness to help was already commendable.
"He's your dad, not mine."
"Throwing him in the well to preserve the body is already quite good!" Lin Yuan replied confidently.
Before she could ask more, Lin Yuan quickly cut in, "How did your dad die, and how did you end up in the well? Did something happen last night?"
Upon hearing this, a sorrowful expression crossed the arts world's Little Fairy's face.
After a long pause, she finally responded, "A crow, a big crow."
"It was really fierce. My dad got his head pecked trying to save me. I panicked and jumped into the well."
"The crow seemed to leave afterward, and I couldn't climb out of the well until you came…"
At that moment, a hoarse "caw" echoed from the sky above the yard.
Hearing the call, Lin Yuan immediately recognized what it was.
It was the "Funeral Crow," something he had narrowly escaped death from in his past life.
This creature appeared in the Supernatural Invasion 1.0 version, infamous for loving to eat human brains.
Moreover, it was extremely intelligent.
It only ate one brain at a time despite having a small appetite.
However, it liked to mark its food.
If it encountered a group, it would only eat one but marked the others.
Once marked, no matter where you hid, it would find you.
Then, it would devour your brain.
Once marked by it, unless it died, you would live under constant threat of death.
In a past life, Lin Yuan and over a dozen others were marked by the Funeral Crow.
Luckily, during their escape, the crow marking Lin Yuan was shot dead by a Life Pattern Master sporting a Huang Zhong tattoo.
"It..."
"It's here again." The arts world's Little Fairy looked terrified and was about to jump into the well once more.
Lin Yuan grabbed her arm, rolled up her sleeve, and pointed at a black feather tattoo on her arm, saying, "You don't think this well can stop evil spirits, do you?"
"It didn't eat you yesterday because it was full. This is its mark; you're its reserve food. Today, it's here to eat you."
"It won't stop until it devours your brains."
After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the arts world's Little Fairy turned pale with fear.
Evidently, the scene of her father being devoured by the Funeral Crow had become her lifelong nightmare.
"Then..."
"What should I do? I don't want to die; I don't want to die!" The arts world's Little Fairy frantically shook her head, biting her lip as tears streamed down her face.
In a past life, when Lin Yuan and more than a dozen others were marked by the Funeral Crow, they watched as teammates were eaten one after another; some even chose suicide.
Fear of death is no disgrace.
Facing the threat of death, even the strongest might break down.
Not to mention a girl in her early twenties!
Lin Yuan still needed some Deceitful Qi to awaken his Deceitful Gate Tattoo.
Since the Funeral Crow showed up, he decided to deal with it handily.
In a past life, he too had been chased by it, running until his shoes flew off.
Though this one wasn't the same as the one from before, killing it would be satisfying.
Lin Yuan patted the arts world's Little Fairy's shoulder and said, "Meeting me today is your good fortune!"
"Had I not come, you'd be dead for sure."
"Making the mark disappear is simple: kill it!"