Chapter Fifty-One: My Corpse

  After listening to her finish, I was stunned for a moment and asked in doubt: "Eaten by whom?"

  Xiao Rou said to me: "It was eaten by a strong ghost, if you want it to help, of course, you have to invite it to dinner first."

  While speaking, Xiao Rou took out another bundle of incense from her backpack and placed it in the same position as before, setting the entire bundle on fire. I was about to follow her when she said to me: "You'd better stay where you are, the Da Li Gui's appetite is not small, one stick of incense just now was far from enough."

  Helpless, I stood on the spot again, this time after lighting these incense sticks, she didn't retreat but waited instead. And I just stared at that bundle of incense, wondering what was going on, without much suspense, and like the previous stick of incense, it disappeared completely in three parts.

  Right after that, Xiaorou whispered: "Collecting money and goods for others to eliminate disasters, Great Power Ghost, today Xiaorou has something to ask of you, it's all up to you."

  After she finished speaking, she retreated to one side. At this moment, I saw the five-colored rope on the ground floating up, as if it was being pulled by something. I guessed it should be the powerful ghost that Xiaoyu mentioned.

  Xiao Rou quickly took down the Bagua plate that was originally hung on the wall and held it in her hand. At the same time, several bundles of incense and talismans were placed on both sides of her body.

  After the five-colored rope floated up and tightened quickly, the white coffin's position emitted a "creaking" sound. It seemed that this powerful ghost was about to use its strength. At this time, I also tightly grasped the ancient bronze sword, fearing that many hands would emerge.

  I and Xiao Rou are staring at this coffin, waiting for the moment it is lifted. Originally, this place was cold, but I couldn't feel any chilliness, instead, I felt especially hot. I guess it has something to do with my emotions. Although Xiao Rou didn't say anything else, judging from her expression, she should also be exceptionally tense.

  "Creak...""Creak..." The coffin lid and body were rubbing against each other. The five-colored rope was tied tighter and tighter! The lid's position had already been lifted halfway, at this moment I saw a white mist emanating from the coffin.

  "Ahh!" At this time, a loud roar was heard...

  My mood suddenly became tense, holding the ancient bronze sword and staring at the coffin. Xiaoyu whispered to me not to be afraid, this is the voice emitted by Daligui. The coffin lid is about to open!

  "Bang!"

  Before Xiaoyu could finish speaking, the coffin lid was lifted open. A strong cold air burst out of the coffin, and Xiaoyu quickly threw out some talismans that were burning on the ground. After observing for a few seconds, she went to pick up the five-colored rope. During this time, I stared tightly at the coffin, but didn't see anything else coming out of it.

  At this time I saw Xiao Rou's forehead was sweating, and I asked: "What's wrong, Xiao Rou, you're sweating."

  Xiao Rou bit her lip and forced a smile: "Too tense, as the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send one away. I'm afraid of not being able to get rid of Da Li Gui, then we'll have another enemy."

  "Aren't you and he friends?"

  "Of course not, who would be friends with a ghost? I once saw the witch use it, and this time it was according to her method. Fortunately, it succeeded!" Xiao Rou wiped the sweat from her forehead at this moment.

  After the five-colored rope was collected, I and Xiaorou both tiptoed to the side of the coffin. Just as she was about to walk over, I pulled her back. She turned around and asked me, "What's wrong, Little Dragon?"

  "I was wondering if I need to set up some magic or something."

  "Never mind, let's take a look inside first and see what's in there."

  While speaking, she had already put her hands on the coffin and leaned in, and at this time I glanced around with my eyes to see if there was anything else. When I turned back to look at Xiaorou again, it gave me a fright, at this moment her face was pale, with a terrified expression.

  "What's wrong, Xiao Rou!" I'm getting a bit anxious too.

  "It turned out that there was actually a corpse inside, and..." At this point, Xiaorou hesitated and stopped speaking...

  At that time, I was filled with infinite doubts. Xiaoyu, although a girl, had always been dealing with the supernatural and ghosts. Seeing a corpse wouldn't normally make her so afraid, but she looked like this, what on earth had happened?

  "Xiao Rou, don't be nervous, don't be afraid!" I comforted her, but actually I was also quite scared in my heart.

  At the same time, my single hand also grasped the coffin. As soon as I grabbed the coffin, I felt that my hand was extremely cold, just like grabbing an ice cube. I leaned forward to take a look and saw that there was a thin layer of cold air inside the coffin. In the midst of this cold air, a person was shrouded, with their face perfectly preserved. At that moment, I cried out in shock because the person in the coffin was none other than myself.

  This is a person who has seen himself in the mirror many times. It's as if I'm looking at myself in the mirror, although it's a corpse, but his face is rosy, just like a living person.

  I swallowed hard, my heart suddenly racing, and my head spinning. That sense of fear swept over me! No wonder Xiao Rou had that expression earlier, it turned out that inside here was...

  Xiao Rou grasped my arm at this time and said: "Xiao Long, are you okay?"

  "I...I'm fine...I'm really fine!" I was a bit speechless. Just now, I was a bit stunned, and it wasn't until she called me that I came to my senses a little.

  "Don't be too nervous, don't be afraid." Xiao Rou comforted me with the words I had just spoken to her, and pulled me to one side: "The resentment here is extremely heavy, it's probably some vengeful spirit causing trouble. You stand here first, I'll go take a look around."

  "Hmm!" I subconsciously nodded, and my mind began to imagine what kind of person was inside. It couldn't be myself, could it? If so, then who am I now? No, that's impossible, it doesn't make sense logically.

  Xiao Rou came before me after checking the coffin's position for over ten minutes and said, "Xiao Long, the heart demon is gone."

  "Huh?" I asked in doubt, "What do you mean, Xiao Rou? You're saying that the corpse lying down there is the Heart Demon's?"

  "No, the heart demon is just a thought, it's neither dead nor can it transform into this form. This is indeed a corpse, one that looks exactly like you. But don't be afraid, and don't worry, it's just a corpse, there's no soul inside, no resentment either."

  "What's going on here? How did this corpse end up in the sealed cave, and how is it so well-preserved?" I had too many doubts in my mind.

  Xiao Rou sighed and said to me, "I'm not sure about this either. A body that's exactly the same as yours, placed in a sealed cave, without rotting... I think it must be someone with special abilities who did this. My knowledge is shallow, so I can only roughly judge that it was done by a witch or someone with equally advanced magic skills. Or perhaps, this corpse has something to do with your past life."

  "What?! I was stunned again, and after being dazed for several seconds, I asked: "What should we do now?"

  "The heart demon no longer exists, I'm not sure of the specific reason, but its disappearance is a very good thing for us. From now on, don't think about guilt and fear again, the heart demon will never appear again."

  It was either intuition or something else, but when Xiaoyu said this, I had a very strong imagination in my heart. That is, the disappearance of the heart demon must have something to do with the corpse in the white coffin, although I don't know who he is.

  "Xiao Rou, I promise you that I will never have that feeling again. I guarantee it to you!" I promised Xiao Rou, and at the same time asked her: "But the coffin has already been opened by us, are we just going to leave like this?"

  "We'll put the coffin lid back on and tell Granny Witch about all the things we've found. She's sure to figure out what it all means!"

  Although I always feel that there is still something missing, it can only be like this for now. There's no better way! Looking at Xiao Rou's pale face, I felt a bit apologetic and said to her: "I'm really sorry, let you suffer injustice."

  "Little Dragon, don't say that anymore. This is not a bit difficult for me. I just hope the corpse in the sealed cave will be beneficial to us, otherwise our efforts would have been in vain." Xiao Rou still maintained her gentle side, looking so delicate and touching.

  I don't want to use too much ink to describe Xiao Rou's beauty, but she has a sacred place in my heart that no one can replace. Even if I encounter such things, she is still treating them with a normal heart, even if she is also afraid in her heart, but she has never easily revealed it.

  I didn't say any more words of gratitude to her, because I felt that saying thank you at this time was a bit too light. It's hard to say, the coffin lid wasn't particularly big, but my own strength couldn't lift it, and I could only ask Xiao Rou to help, although I didn't really want to trouble her, but there was no other way.

  The two of us joined forces to move the coffin lid onto the white coffin, preparing to cover it. After expending a great deal of energy, we finally managed to get the coffin on, and Xiaorou was also panting heavily.

  Although Xiao Rou is usually very fierce when dealing with ghosts and monsters, once she exerts herself, she looks especially petite. I smiled lightly and said, "Alright, let's go."

  Xiao Rou also rubbed her hands and said: "It's so tiring to make this, I should have used magic from the beginning."

  When I saw Xiao Rou say that, I still only want to describe her as cute, although it's not very suitable in this scene. But just when we were about to leave, suddenly heard a loud "bang" sound, the coffin lid was blown open by a powerful force...

  At that time, I and Xiao Rou were stunned on the spot, staring straight at the white coffin. I had a very strong feeling in my heart that this matter seemed not to be so simple...