Chapter 35: Xiyue Jade Removes Evil Spirit, Qingdou Heaven Master

  Qin Feng looked at Zhou Qin, whose expression had changed dramatically from earlier, and felt puzzled in his heart. Although he didn't know what the letter said, he could at least guess that its contents were somewhat strange. Otherwise, why would Zhou Qin be frowning and repeatedly looking at it?

  At this time, Zhou Qin explained: "The content of the letter is like this, I will read it out loud for you."

  "Maoshen's heroic martyrdom, blood staining the rivers and mountains, is truly a great man. Thinking back to when we discussed the affairs of the world with General, our words were sincere, it was indeed fortunate for three lifetimes. Unfortunately, today the heavens are not clear, the rivers and mountains are unstable, I deeply regret this situation and specially leave a letter. I, Maoshen, learned from Master Mao at Mount Mao, mastered the array method, so set up this array. Whoever can break through this array must be a fellow traveler on the same path, I also prepared a humble gift. Before General's death, he entrusted me to give the piece of ancient jade in his right hand to someone with fate, hoping he would use it well."

  (Guo Songling, courtesy name Maoshen.)

  "Is it the Xuyan Old Jade? The letter said that this piece of jade is to be left for someone with fate, isn't that Qin Feng?" Lin Ruochen listened carefully to Zhou Qin's content and then asked: "Could it be that he set up this formation just for that piece of Xuyan Old Jade?"

  After careful analysis, Qin Feng said: "Xueyan jade is a specialty of Xueyan County in Liaoning Province. Due to the excellent feng shui here, the jade produced is generally used for feng shui and Taoist rituals to ward off evil spirits. Xueyan jade can be divided into old jade and soft jade. Old jade has a dense texture and a strong yang energy, making it an ideal choice for warding off evil spirits. Since Liu Qinfang wants to give the Xueyan old jade in Guo Songling's right hand to someone with good fortune, I think this matter is not that simple. Since the letter says so, let's go take out the jade and have a look."

  Now that it has come to this, there's nothing else to do. Coming to the coffin, sure enough, in Guo Songling's right hand was still a small piece of jade the size of a fingernail. Taking it out and examining it carefully, Qin Feng knew that this was the Xueyan Old Jade. The deep green color looked dull and lusterless, and even after careful examination, there was no discovery of what made this piece of jade special. Could it be that he had been wrong? Qin Feng's mind kept whispering to him, but in his heart, he felt that this piece of jade shouldn't be so simple.

  There's no other way, so it's best to just cremate the body and be done with it. Apart from this jade, Zhou Qin felt a bit reluctant, so he took out that letter and photo, saying they were for keepsake, after all, they couldn't have come here for nothing. But as things stand now, since the corpse moving on its own and that snake haven't been figured out yet, it's really too forced to just rush through this matter like this.

  On the way back, Qin Feng suddenly received a call from Manager Liu. He said that his son Cong Cong's illness had been completely cured, and to express his gratitude, he wanted to invite guests at the Jingyang Hotel. So, after all this fuss, Qin Feng might as well go for a drink to calm down.

  On the second day, I woke up and looked at my phone, it was already past 10 o'clock. This is not surprising, last night Manager Liu was so happy, he personally brought two bottles of Maotai from the hotel saying that he wanted to have a drink with Qin Feng. Qin Feng's drinking capacity is no match for Manager Liu's, so they just kept drinking and chatting, until the hotel closed and stopped serving.

  However, Qin Feng was willing to suffer this crime, touching the 5,000 yuan that Manager Liu had stuffed into his pocket. Sitting on the bed with nothing to do, he couldn't help but think of that piece of old jade from Xiuyan.

  Until now, Qin Feng repeatedly looked at the old jade of Xuyan Mountain and still couldn't figure out what was special about it. Could this ordinary piece of Xuyan old jade really have caused Liu Qifang to go to such great lengths to set up the six Ding array? But apart from this piece of Xuyan old jade, all that's left is a corpse and some clothes - what exactly is going on? And the corpse can move, could it be that some animal has possessed its body? Hmm, it's highly possible. So it seems that this snake really wants to cultivate into a demon. This is bad, if its powers increase greatly, it will definitely harm the local villagers. No, I have to think of a way to destroy its primordial spirit.

  Realizing the danger of that snake, Qin Feng prepared to get rid of it. Just then, his mobile phone rang again, and looking at the number, it was a call from Zhou Qinda.

  "Anything wrong, Brother Zhou Qin?"

  "Come with me to Dongtou Village, something has happened there again."

  "What's going on?" Qin Feng guessed it was probably about the giant snake.

  "Old Zhang reported that the snake had come again, but this time it didn't eat a chicken, it came to eat people. Old Zhang and everyone in the village were so scared that they didn't even dare to go out. The whole of Dongtou Village is now in a state of panic," Zhou Qin said anxiously.

  "What's this all about!?"

  "Alright, I'm driving over now, wait for me and we'll go take a look."

  After hanging up the phone, Qin Feng's anxious heart finally struggled to the surface. The snake had become a demon and was likely to enter the path of evil. Zhou Qin said that the snake descending from the mountain to attack people was good proof, human blood was much more spiritual than chicken blood, so drinking chicken blood for a year was not as good as drinking human blood for three days. However, fortunately, it was discovered in time, and Qin Feng still had a way to deal with it.

  Qin Feng did not go directly to Dongtou Village, but instead had Zhou Qin drive him to the funeral home.

  It seems like I have no choice but to go to Master Qin's place first to find some way to crack it.

  "Grandpa, have you seen this kind of jade before?" When they arrived at the funeral home, Qin Feng didn't mention the snake first, but instead took out the old jade from his pocket and handed it to the smoking grandpa.

  "This is...Hsu Yen's old jade." Qin Feng replied after carefully examining it for a while, puffing on his cigarette.

  "Yes, Grandpa, it's inside the tomb."

  "You broke that six-ding array? Stinky little kid, you really have some skills!" Qin Ye praised Qin Feng a few times, then continued to ponder the old jade of Xiayu, saying: "How are those two police officers doing?"

  "Master Qin, what's going on? Those two policemen are fine now." Zhou Qin explained that he knew Master Qin's skills were all learned from his grandfather, so he had extra respect for him.

  "Broken... Xiaofeng, is there anything else in the tomb?"

  Qin Feng heard that his grandfather was also puzzled by this matter, and said: "No, except for three wooden boxes, inside are all tattered clothes and some photos of the deceased, there's nothing else. Also, a letter in the clothes said to leave this old jade pendant from Xiayu Mountain to someone who has fate with it, and let that person cherish it well."

  "That's strange, I'm not a member of the Mao Shan Sect, but I also know that the Liu Ding Formation is a forbidden formation in the Mao Shan Sect. Is it just for one dead person?" Qin Ye puffed on his cigarette, suspicious about this matter.

  "So Master Qin, your meaning is..."

  "At least this thing standing in the grave is worth investigating, you've also said it, in your hearts, let those who have fate, that is, you take good care of it, do you think it's just simply treasuring this piece of jade dug out from the tomb? I'm old, can't think anymore, still relying on you!" Indeed, at such an old age, leisurely drinking tea and smoking, how can one bother with so many troubles. As he spoke, he lay down in his chair, leisurely sipping his tea.

  "Little Maple, this old jade from the mountain shouldn't be that simple. You should get someone to use a laser scanner on it and see if there are any characters or something."

  "Can such a small jade be engraved with words?" Qin Feng didn't know the high level of ancient Chinese craftsmanship, let alone on this one, even on a single strand of hair. I remember that a micro-carving artist from Changzhou once spent just over three hours to complete a 260-character "Heart Sutra" on two ivory pieces, each only 4 cm long and as thin as a strand of hair, which could only be seen under a microscope. There was also a peasant from Mei County who had such an extraordinary skill, he engraved words and poems on fine strands of hair, writing over 30,000 characters of "300 Tang Poems" on 210 strands of hair, front and back, as well as hundreds of other works, some of which were collected by micro-carving enthusiasts in Japan and Singapore.

  It can be seen from this that China's carving technology is absolutely world-class.

  It seems that there are indeed words on this jade. Just as he was about to continue investigating, Zhou Qin reminded Qin Feng not to forget to go to Dongtou Village. Coincidentally, at this time, something happened in the funeral home that made Qin Feng determined to get rid of this snake.