The fox spirit is urgent and swift like a law enforcement officer.

  I've been feeling uneasy about the messy graves on the hill behind, so I haven't gone up there for two or three days. Occasionally glancing over, I didn't take a closer look. Now that I'm walking up, I notice that the graves are crowded together, and in some places, you can still see half-rotten coffins.

  In 1995, many places had already implemented cremation, but here it was still traditional burial. There was also a custom that after the deceased was buried for several years, they would dig up the coffin, put the bones that had decomposed into a jar and bury them again. Some people were afraid of trouble or the taboo day was not suitable for immediate burial, so the coffin was placed directly on the ground, covered with bamboo mats, looking particularly frightening.

  Five people walked up along the winding mountain path, Lu Qingwen stepped on a soft and fluffy thing, felt a bit strange, so she used the branch in her hand to pick it up...

  "Ah!" She let out a loud shriek, as if bitten by a venomous snake, and hastily threw away the branch.

  The driver, Alyan, was originally at the back, but with a sudden burst of energy, he jumped to the front, his hand grasping a military dagger, his body tense like a hunting leopard about to pounce. However, what had fallen to the ground was not alive, it was just a tuft of white hair, one strand still tied in a braid.

  It was originally a strand of hair left behind by an old woman's corpse after it had rotted away. This thing might not have been scary if it were placed somewhere else, but appearing in this chaotic burial ground made it very disgusting and frightening. Lu Qingwen looked like an adult, but she was actually still a child, and on top of that, a girl; at first glance, she couldn't help but be scared out of her wits.

  Lu Chengshan shook his head, not scolding her. "Reading ten thousand volumes is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles." This was exactly why he had brought his granddaughter along with him. He believed that next time she saw something like this, she wouldn't be afraid anymore.

  We walked to the middle of the mountain, Lu Chengshan looked around a few times, then pointed to the distance and said something about Qinglong White Tiger, coming and going, left and right accounts, I listened to it and almost fainted. It's not that I don't give him face, but I really can't stand it, and I don't want to flatter him, do I need to pretend to understand?

  Lu Chengshan found himself wasting his breath, so he simply said: "On the surface, this is a Feng Shui treasure land, but in reality, it's a natural simple Yin gathering array. The ignorant Feng Shui masters misled the villagers into building graves here, which further increased the Yin energy. There's only one outlet for the Yin energy here, and that's towards the village. Originally, with just a bit of guidance and clearing, there wouldn't be any issues. But some idiot came up with the idea to build a school to suppress the Yin energy, resulting in blocking its dispersion, just like a reservoir accumulating more and more water. After accumulating for twenty or thirty years, how could it not give rise to evil spirits and ghosts? If I hadn't come here today, who knows how many lives would have been lost?"

  Everyone suddenly understood, and Principal Chen asked somewhat nervously: "So are we going to demolish the school?"

  "No need, what's the point of mentioning a trivial vengeful spirit? This Yin Gathering Formation can be easily broken." Lu Chengshan said and turned back to walk away.

  When going down the mountain, Secretary Chen had already brought five or six strong men to dig at the foot of the mountain. According to local customs, young people who died abnormally cannot be buried horizontally in a slope, but instead dug "facing the sky pit", and no monument can be erected, it's not easy to find after many years.

  Lu Chengshan ignored the grave diggers and walked towards the school, pacing back and forth near the teaching building. I noticed that he quietly placed some colored pebbles, talismans, and copper coins on the ground, covering them with floating soil, for unknown purposes.

  At this time, the monks had already left, and there was no one else in the school. Principal Chen hastily boiled water to make tea, then ran back home to fetch some peanuts, melon seeds, fruit cakes, and other snacks to entertain his guests.

  Lu Chengshan casually chatted with the crowd, saying that the monks were not entirely useless, and all the ordinary vengeful spirits in the nearby area had been exorcised. The only one left was Xie Yongfang's vengeful spirit, and once it was eliminated, everything would be fine. After waiting for a long time, Secretary Chen still couldn't find Xie Yongfang's grave, so he called in over a dozen strong men to help with the search, digging up a large area of land. Lu Chengshan personally oversaw the scene.

  When the sky was about to darken, a badly decayed coffin was finally dug up. From the remaining marks, it could be seen that it had never been painted. According to local customs, coffins of people who died young and unjustly were not allowed to be painted, so it could be confirmed that it was Xie Yongfang's remains. Lu Chengshan ordered the crowd to carry the coffin to the school playground, set up a pile of dry firewood, put the coffin on top of the firewood, and it seemed like they were going to burn it with fire.

  I'm a bit puzzled, if it's just going to be burned, why go to the trouble of bringing it back? Moreover, the multiple times I've been harassed by that monster might be even more terrifying than the vengeful spirit. Why didn't Lu Chengshan mention anything about it? Although I felt suspicious in my heart, I kept my mouth shut, lest I be ridiculed or commit some kind of taboo.

  Soon, all the villagers were driven away, and even Principal Chen and Secretary Chen hid in a distant civilian house. Only Lu Chengshan, Lu Qingwen, Aliang, and I were left on the scene. Lu Chengshan repeatedly instructed that all villagers must hide at home and close their doors and windows, otherwise they would be held responsible for the consequences.

  The sky had completely darkened, and Ah Liang took a large bundle of cloth from the trunk of the car and set up an incense case in the center of the playground. Lu Chengshan changed into a Taiji Bagua Dao robe, wore a hibiscus crown, inserted a peach wood sword with the Big Dipper Seven Stars and symbols on both sides behind his back, held a jade-handled white silk duster, looking ethereal and extraordinary, floating out of the dust.

  Lu Chengshan muttered to himself, drew a few talismans, took one of the talismans and burned it in water, then splashed the water on the coffin. Next, he cut off four willow branches, stuck the talismans on them, and placed them outside the coffin in the east, south, west, and north directions.

  "Ah Liang, open the coffin and take a look."

  Alyan responded with a sound, walked up and grabbed the upper coffin lid with one hand, pressed down on the lower coffin board with the other, sank his waist and sat on the horse, using both arms to exert force. The coffin had long since rotted beyond recognition, the nails were loose, and it creaked open at the sound, the coffin lid was flipped to one side.

  Lu Chengshan glanced inside and snorted: "Almost let you get away with it!"

  Alyan took out a small flashlight and shone it inside, I and Lu Qingwen were very curious, and also walked over to take a look. After taking a look, we couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and retreated several steps. Inside the coffin was not a skeleton, but a corpse, just like someone who had just died. However, the skin presented an unusual white color, emitting a chilling aura that was oppressive.

  "Zombie?" Lu Qingwen asked in a trembling voice.

  "She wasn't a zombie yet. When she died, her soul didn't linger in her body and she didn't become a zombie. However, she was buried in the spot with the heaviest yin energy within the Yin Gathering Array, so her corpse didn't rot. Over many years, she absorbed the yin energy and accumulated a large amount of corpse poison, making it possible for her to undergo resurrection. Moreover, her vengeful spirit hadn't dispersed and had been nourished for over twenty years, becoming a fierce ghost. If given more time, her yin soul would combine with her corpse, not only turning her into a zombie but also an extremely terrifying silver corpse!" Lu Chengshan explained in detail to broaden his granddaughter's horizons and spark my interest.

  Lu Qingwen asked again: "How terrifying is the Silver Corpse?"

  "The Silver Corpse can still be eliminated, but if it hides and cultivates, after a thousand years it will evolve into the Silver-Haired Qiong, at which point it won't be something that ordinary humans can kill."

  It's actually such a huge hidden danger, this is also a rare treasure that can be seen once in a thousand years. So I took another look. The female corpse had delicate and pretty facial features, but her expression looked somewhat ferocious. Her clothes were mostly rotten and turned into mush, revealing her beautiful figure. She was undoubtedly a great beauty when she was alive.

  The dead woman's face looked very much like the hanged ghost I dreamed of, but there were no ligature marks on her neck, her eyes were not bulging, and her tongue was not sticking out. Principal Chen had said that Xie Yongfang was pregnant when she died, but now her belly was not swollen, perhaps it had changed a lot after burial.

  "Whoa......"

  Suddenly a whirlwind swept in, the willow tree swayed violently, and the temperature dropped several degrees. Lu Chengshan grunted: "It's here, stand behind me and don't move. Its remains are here, it can't help but come!"

  I was a bit nervous, my eyes wide open as I searched ahead, but saw nothing. Lu Chengshan glanced at me and pressed a finger seal onto my forehead: "Your physique is special, I can temporarily open your heavenly eye for you; no matter what you see, don't be afraid, and don't shout or run around randomly."

  Lucheng Mountain's fingers emitted a strange power, and I felt my mind shake. The scene in front of me became somewhat blurred, but some things that wouldn't normally glow began to glow, as if I was wearing night vision goggles. As I looked around, I suddenly saw a woman with long hair flying, eyes bleeding, and her tongue sticking out very far at the door of a classroom. It was the hanging ghost from my dream, also known as Xie Yongfang's vengeful spirit.

  The vengeful spirit was somewhat afraid of Lu Chengshan and didn't dare to come over, but instead emitted waves of yin energy from its body, which collided with the hot air nearby to form whirlwinds.

  A voice suddenly echoed in my mind: "Taoist, why did you dig up my body? Can't even spare a poor soul?"

  "You're dead and gone, why don't you just reincarnate and be reborn? Why linger in the mortal world?"

  I didn't see the vengeful spirit speak, but in my mind I heard her mournful and tearful voice: "I'm so bitter, I won't give up... wail... I was originally a city girl, came to the countryside and suffered a lot, finally met someone who understood me, but he left. That corrupt official deceived me, saying he would help me get a permit to return to the city, but he actually just wanted to defile me, never intending to help me. I became pregnant with his illegitimate child, wanting to expose him, but he strangled me and made it look like suicide. I won't give up!"

  "Injustice has a head and debt has an owner. Although you have suffered some grievances, you cannot blame others for it and take out your frustrations on them."

  "I want to take revenge, but I couldn't find him and can't leave here. Can you help me? His name is Jian Shan, with a black mole next to his nose. He used to be the captain of the militia, then got promoted, don't know where he went..."

  Lu Chengshan frowned: "I'll help you investigate, but you scared the villagers and strangled the monk to death. A life for a life, a debt must be repaid, I won't tolerate you either."

  The vengeful spirit's voice suddenly turned sharp: "That monk did many wrong things when he was young, I killed him and it serves him right!"

  Lu Chengshan angrily said: "Even if he has done wrong, he has repented. With the gods above and the law of the land below, it's not up to you to decide someone else's life or death!"

  The vengeful spirit was filled with murderous intent, ferocious and violent, not rational like a normal person. Upon hearing this, it flew into a rage, shouting loudly: "So you're also a bad egg! Die, die, all of you go die!" As it spoke, it charged towards the coffin, and at the same time, the white female corpse inside the coffin began to convulse.