Chapter 5 of Volume 1: Desolate Mountains and Wild Ridges

  Brothers and sisters, can't you give a few more flowers?

  The Martyrs' Cemetery in X City is located at the foot of a desolate and misty mountain, covering an area of nearly 100 mu. Behind the mountain slope is a chaotic burial ground. Every year, due to its geographical location and the various fox demon legends that have been circulating here, even schools will not organize students to come here for tomb sweeping.

  The weeds all over the mountain and fields are reflected in the endless night sky, giving people a desolate and helpless feeling.

  Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anyone here at all, but just as Jiang Qicai climbed over the mountain from behind, he happened to see a few white shadows, like mountain demons, quietly disappearing from his line of sight.

  Jiang Qicai gently took out the Wheel of Reincarnation, facing the mountain wind, his clothes fluttering slightly as he aimed at the direction where those few white shadows had disappeared. After checking, he found that the spiritual energy value on the Wheel of Reincarnation was almost zero, which meant that the few white shadows that had just passed by were absolutely not wandering souls.

  Desolate mountains and wild ridges, a solitary grave on a moonlit night. Yet, someone was sneaking up the mountain at this hour, wasn't that a strange thing? Jiang Qicai's curiosity was instantly piqued.

  He didn't expect that in other people's eyes, he himself was also sneaky.

  Just then, Jiang Qi suddenly heard a faint voice floating in his ears from the mountain waist not far away.

  Jiang Qicai slowed down his pace and quietly moved over, trying not to make any slight noise.

  The sound grew louder with Jiang Qicai's footsteps, and gradually, he realized that there seemed to be a man and a woman conversing. The man's voice was probably over thirty years old, thick and low, while the woman sounded very young.

  Jiang Qicai stopped in his tracks and heard the girl's voice say somewhat hesitantly: "Why aren't you speaking? Why did you ask me to come here after all? This place looks... really scary!"

  The man fell silent for a moment, then deliberately lowered his voice, "You're not always very interested in our family's heirloom, are you? The purpose of bringing you here today is to let you take a look..."

  The woman interrupted him unhappily, saying somewhat affectedly: "I'm with you, not to covet your money or treasure. What do you mean by this? Do you take me for something?"

  "Xiao Yan... Ah, sorry, Xiao Yan, don't be angry! My intention was just to let you see what you've always wanted to see. I know you're not that kind of greedy woman, but... isn't it enough that I'm letting you see it on my own initiative?" The man's voice sent a slight shiver down Jiang Qi's spine, giving him an ominous premonition that spread throughout his body.

  The woman sighed, "Alright! But remember, I'm absolutely not with you for your money. Actually, what we're doing is already very unfair to my husband!"

  The man comforted her a few more sentences and then both of them fell silent.

  After a while, Jiang Qicai heard another strange sound, like... the sound of a shovel digging soil. Then, Jiang Qicai heard the man and woman whispering something in a low and intermittent voice, but this time the sound was too small, and Jiang Qicai didn't hear clearly.

  Jiang Qicai cautiously moved his feet, relying on the moonlight around him, and vaguely saw through the weeds in front of him that the man was indeed sweating profusely, holding a iron shovel over one meter long to dig something. The woman had her back to Jiang Qicai, constantly trembling with fear. At this moment, she suddenly turned her head, her whole face facing Jiang Qicai's direction, her expression twisted and distorted, and a hint of eerie smile appeared at the corner of her mouth!

  Jiang Qi's heart skipped a beat at her sudden movement, and he had already secretly prepared everything. If this woman made any other unusual moves, he would rush over and knock her down with one punch.

  But what happened next was very obvious. The woman didn't actually see Jiang Qi, she just bent down slightly and quietly picked up a stone from the ground.

  With the moonlight shining on the river, Jiang Qi could clearly see that the stone in the woman's hand was an irregular triangle with a sharp front corner.

  Jiang Qicai could even imagine that if this stone were to be smashed forcefully onto someone's head, it would definitely cause their brains to splatter on the spot!

  Could it be... that this woman wants to murder the man who is digging the soil?

  Jiang Qicai took a deep breath and felt a chill run down his spine!

  Although he had caught many wandering spirits and witnessed various strange events, Jiang Qi had never seen a scene of human murder before! Especially since this was a woman who looked quite decent, but the smile she showed before killing someone was so sinister!

  Just as Jiang Qicai's thoughts were paused for a moment, he suddenly heard a loud "bang" and the woman fell to the ground.

  Jiang Qicai's eyes shifted, just in time to see the man behind the woman raise his iron shovel with force, striking the already fallen woman's face again and again!

  In an instant, the woman's head burst into a bloody mist, and the scattered blood plasma exploded everywhere like firecrackers. Large chunks of bloody flesh were splattered everywhere under the force of the man's iron shovel. The event happened so suddenly that Jiang Qi was completely shocked by what he saw before him!

  Now Jiang Qicai's mind only had one thought, that the scene of people killing people was absolutely more terrifying than any kind of evil spirit!

  Jiang Qicai only felt his stomach contracting repeatedly and really wanted to vomit on the spot, but he still managed to hold it back.

  At this time, the man's entire body was stained with the dead woman's blood, and he seemed to be getting a bit tired from the fight. He threw away the iron shovel and sat on the ground, panting violently like an ox.

  After a while, the man looked at the corpse on the ground and muttered, "This is what you forced me to do. You knew I was about to marry her, but you still wouldn't break up with me. You already have a husband, yet you still wanted to seduce me. Who do you think you are? In my eyes, you're just a whore! You asked for it, it's all your fault..."

  At this moment, Jiang Qicai also completely regained his calmness. No matter what, the thing to do now is to call the police!

  But just as Jiang Qi was quietly taking out the phone from his pocket and lowering his head to dial the number, he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind coming from behind! Under the moonlight, Jiang Qi saw through the shadow on the ground that there was someone behind him, holding an iron shovel high up, fiercely chopping towards his head!