"At that time, my mother was very fierce . I couldn't go to the school, but I could learn her skills . Among all the other children, I was abnormal . But I was so talented that I learned about 70% to 80% of my mother's skills when I was still a girl . At that time, my mother was no longer come out to help other instead it was me . Gradually, I also had some fame in the surrounding villages . Slowly, I found a lot of weird things that actually started in our village . At that time, the ancient well had not been sealed yet, but there was an old tradition in the village . It said that after the moon appears, it was prohibited to fetch water from the old well anymore . No matter how thirsty people are . Even for people chatting around the ancient well . They had to go from entrance of village to the end of village for drinking water rather than drinking water from the old well . If anyone's family was not obedient, they will be punished fiercely . In the beginning, I didn't recognized why people had to do in this way, until I helped one man got rid of ghost . He was a stranger, I did not know why things was so troublesome . Before this I had never met that kind of tough ghost . At that time I paid tremendous effort trying to remove the ghost from him, but just after one night every time I got rid of a ghost from him, the stranger will be entangled with another ghost . Even if I lived next to the man, I still couldn't find the reason . I had been helping my mother and successful for three years . Because proud and arrogant, I could not accept such a fact that I couldn't deal with it . We lived together day and night, I got a good impression on the stranger gradually . Just at that time, my mother appeared . She said that the stranger drank the water in the old well when the moon rose, and it's impossible to get rid of ghost from him . ”

Witch Yan stopped . Her face turned red a bit while she talked about that man . But, it was replaced by sad soon . I and Li did not speak, just watching her recalled the past quietly .

“I'm old now, talking such unimportant words may looked silly” Witch Yan did not wait for our answer, but went on to talk about the past .

"I've helped people for so long, and I've never seen any G.o.ds . If there was, it turned out that they were just some fake G.o.ds, so I certainly not believed in G.o.d, and in order to better protect the stranger and find out what was going on . I lived in a house with the man together, gradually other people started some groundless talking about us . But I did not care about them . I still couldn't find out how the evicted ghost is attached to him again . Since this way was blocked . I intended to take another ways . It's said that the reason was he had drank the water from the old well when the moon was risen which annoyed some G.o.ds . Then I'll see what kind of G.o.ds were there . On one night, I took him to the old well . When I was about to go down, he stopped me to do so . His reason was that I was a girl . He was the only one person who cared about me and treated me as a girl . I couldn't argue with him,and I could only watched him disappear in the old well bit by bit . And the last word he said was “there was a gate below . ” When I thought I could find out the truth, my mother came and gave me a hard beat . Then I knelt on the beside the ancient well and watching villagers lift the bucket from the ancient well . Unfortunately, there was nothing but only a shadow, a shadow of him . "

Witch Yan turned back her head in a gentle face, her hand was caressing in the air . I then saw him, I didn't know from what time that huge black shadow had been standing at the back of Witch Yan, he was just standing there silently .

Witch Yan turned back her head in a gentle face, her hand was caressing in the air . I then saw him, I didn't know from what time that huge black shadow had been standing at the back of Witch Yan, he was just standing there silently .

Was it, Was it the stranger?

As expected, the next words of Witch Yan proved all this .

As expected, the next words of Witch Yan proved all this .

"After the shadow came up, my mother's expression was strange . She said I was blessed by G.o.ds, G.o.ds let the stranger protect me, because he loved me as well as I loved him . I remembered that I was so happy . As well as he was still right there with me, what was the difference between a ghost and a man . But later on, I recognized I was wrong . He has completely lost his consciousness . He was just protecting me instinctively . Since I was banned by my mother, at that time I began to learn everything about the ancient well in all ways . But everything seems to be deliberately hidden, and there were not many information . The only thing I got was the ancient well and the locust tree had existed when the village was found long time ago, and no one knew how long it had been . n.o.body knew when the locust tree and ancient well started to become the patron saint of the village, blessing our village had good weather for the crops every year . On one hand, no one asked for a reason, just obeyed this ancient rule . On the other hand, those who had not complied with G.o.ds was punished . There were about two kinds of punishments . One was just like the stranger, who was attached by a strange ghost, impossible set free for rest of his life, moreover, he would disappear mysteriously within about 49 days . As for the shadow, it was said that, as long as two people loved each other, if one of them got into the ancient well voluntary he or she would become a powerful shadow and kept protecting the other one against evil . As time pa.s.sed, young people left here gradually because of the more and more open environment, and more and more young people no longer believed in the legend of ancient well . Until about a decade ago . A young man who had a successful career outside of the village came back suddenly . He was very rich at that time . Thanks to his wealth, villagers had a chance to take a look at luxury cars . The young man known human being very well, he sent almost every family a generous gift . It was said that the young man was doing antique business . He insisted that there was an ancient tomb under the ancient well . He planed to dig down the ancient well . The elderly in village were definitely not agreed with him, but because villagers had accepted his gifts, no one stopped him at that time . Furthermore, the young man promised that he would build a new house for every family . The elderly were persuaded by their children, finally, even the elderly became silent . The young man's team was very professional . Though they didn't believe in ancient legend, they were well equipped . They succeed at getting down the ancient well for several times which gave them enough confident . So, they began to excavate inside the ancient well, but this time, no one was able to return . Later on, lifting machines pulled out countless skeletons and corpses, but no living man . Some of them were recognized as old people who lost their way decades ago . The elderly in the village started to object to dig ancient again . The young man was also frightened and ran away in a hurry . In less than a month, the village found the young man at the entrance of village, and he was cursed by the second kind of punishment . It is no longer important whether the ancient well was G.o.d or not . There were so many skeletons in the ancient well that no one dared to take water from it again . Soon, the ancient well was sealed, and no one walked on the road in front of the well . It would also have to thank the young man, anyway, he built a new road for the village . "

Witch Yan seemed to have finished the story and no longer spoke . I still had a question in my mind, because she didn't ill.u.s.trate one thing clearly . What's the second kind of punishment？

. At that time, my mother was very fierce . I couldnt go to the school, but I could learn her skills . Among all the other children, I was abnormal . But I was so talented that I learned about 70% to 80% of my mother's skills when I was still a girl . At that time, my mother was no longer come out to help other instead it was me . Gradually, I also had some fame in the surrounding villages . Slowly, I found a lot of weird things that actually started in our village . At that time, the ancient well had not been sealed yet, but there was an old tradition in the village . It said that after the moon appears, it was prohibited to fetch water from the old well anymore . No matter how thirsty people are . Even for people chatting around the ancient well . They had to go from entrance of village to the end of village for drinking water rather than drinking water from the old well . If anyones family was not obedient, they will be punished fiercely . In the beginning, I didnt recognized why people had to do in this way, until I helped one man got rid of ghost . He was a stranger, I did not know why things was so troublesome . Before this I had never met that kind of tough ghost . At that time I paid tremendous effort trying to remove the ghost from him, but just after one night every time I got rid of a ghost from him, the stranger will be entangled with another ghost . Even if I lived next to the man, I still couldn't find the reason . I had been helping my mother and successful for three years . Because proud and arrogant, I could not accept such a fact that I couldn't deal with it . We lived together day and night, I got a good impression on the stranger gradually . Just at that time, my mother appeared . She said that the stranger drank the water in the old well when the moon rose, and it's impossible to get rid of ghost from him . ” Witch Yan stopped . Her face turned red a bit while she talked about that man . But, it was replaced by sad soon . I and Li did not speak, just watching her recalled the past quietly . “I'm old now, talking such unimportant words may looked silly” Witch Yan did not wait for our answer, but went on to talk about the past . Ive helped people for so long, and Ive never seen any G.o.ds . If there was, it turned out that they were just some fake G.o.ds, so I certainly not believed in G.o.d, and in order to better protect the stranger and find out what was going on . I lived in a house with the man together, gradually other people started some groundless talking about us . But I did not care about them . I still couldn't find out how the evicted ghost is attached to him again . Since this way was blocked . I intended to take another ways . Its said that the reason was he had drank the water from the old well when the moon was risen which annoyed some G.o.ds . Then Ill see what kind of G.o.ds were there . On one night, I took him to the old well . When I was about to go down, he stopped me to do so . His reason was that I was a girl . He was the only one person who cared about me and treated me as a girl . I couldnt argue with him,and I could only watched him disappear in the old well bit by bit . And the last word he said was “there was a gate below . ” When I thought I could find out the truth, my mother came and gave me a hard beat . Then I knelt on the beside the ancient well and watching villagers lift the bucket from the ancient well . Unfortunately, there was nothing but only a shadow, a shadow of him . Witch Yan turned back her head in a gentle face, her hand was caressing in the air . I then saw him, I didnt know from what time that huge black shadow had been standing at the back of Witch Yan, he was just standing there silently . Was it, Was it the stranger? As expected, the next words of Witch Yan proved all this . After the shadow came up, my mothers expression was strange . She said I was blessed by G.o.ds, G.o.ds let the stranger protect me, because he loved me as well as I loved him . I remembered that I was so happy . As well as he was still right there with me, what was the difference between a ghost and a man . But later on, I recognized I was wrong . He has completely lost his consciousness . He was just protecting me instinctively . Since I was banned by my mother, at that time I began to learn everything about the ancient well in all ways . But everything seems to be deliberately hidden, and there were not many information . The only thing I got was the ancient well and the locust tree had existed when the village was found long time ago, and no one knew how long it had been . n.o.body knew when the locust tree and ancient well started to become the patron saint of the village, blessing our village had good weather for the crops every year . On one hand, no one asked for a reason, just obeyed this ancient rule . On the other hand, those who had not complied with G.o.ds was punished . There were about two kinds of punishments . One was just like the stranger, who was attached by a strange ghost, impossible set free for rest of his life, moreover, he would disappear mysteriously within about 49 days . As for the shadow, it was said that, as long as two people loved each other, if one of them got into the ancient well voluntary he or she would become a powerful shadow and kept protecting the other one against evil . As time pa.s.sed, young people left here gradually because of the more and more open environment, and more and more young people no longer believed in the legend of ancient well . Until about a decade ago . A young man who had a successful career outside of the village came back suddenly . He was very rich at that time . Thanks to his wealth, villagers had a chance to take a look at luxury cars . The young man known human being very well, he sent almost every family a generous gift . It was said that the young man was doing antique business . He insisted that there was an ancient tomb under the ancient well . He planed to dig down the ancient well . The elderly in village were definitely not agreed with him, but because villagers had accepted his gifts, no one stopped him at that time . Furthermore, the young man promised that he would build a new house for every family . The elderly were persuaded by their children, finally, even the elderly became silent . The young man's team was very professional . Though they didn't believe in ancient legend, they were well equipped . They succeed at getting down the ancient well for several times which gave them enough confident . So, they began to excavate inside the ancient well, but this time, no one was able to return . Later on, lifting machines pulled out countless skeletons and corpses, but no living man . Some of them were recognized as old people who lost their way decades ago . The elderly in the village started to object to dig ancient again . The young man was also frightened and ran away in a hurry . In less than a month, the village found the young man at the entrance of village, and he was cursed by the second kind of punishment . It is no longer important whether the ancient well was G.o.d or not . There were so many skeletons in the ancient well that no one dared to take water from it again . Soon, the ancient well was sealed, and no one walked on the road in front of the well . It would also have to thank the young man, anyway, he built a new road for the village . Witch Yan seemed to have finished the story and no longer spoke . I still had a question in my mind, because she didn't ill.u.s.trate one thing clearly . What's the second kind of punishment？