Chapter Sixty: Switching Beams Under the Eaves

  Only saw Mao nineteen walking from afar.

  "Old Five, get up!" The corpse of Cao Zhi on the ground turned into a white mist.

  Originally, Mao Shi Jiu had already secretly replaced him with Lao Wu, and he might have known about Ding Ke's wrongdoing a long time ago. Otherwise, when I was following them earlier, Mao Shi Jiu surprisingly didn't object.

  "For crying out loud, you scared me to death! Can't you give me some warning? I thought you were really gone for good."

  "You young fellow, your recent performance is somewhat decent, and it's not in vain that Master taught you a lesson." Mao Shi Jian said with a nod.

  "It's interesting, haha, I didn't expect that even I was deceived by you." Yu suddenly said.

  "It's all because you showed your horse foot too clearly. Firstly, this Ding Ke didn't go back to sleep at midnight and wandered around here without reason, which is suspicious; Secondly, Ding Ke's expression was very strange, just like a manipulated wooden puppet, I suspect he has no soul left, his grandma is equivalent to the string that pulls the puppet; Thirdly, what her grandma said, I only half believe and half don't believe, I believe she loves her grandson very much, but I don't believe in things like Li Bansi and Blood Grass Tomb, I just made up some blood curse and deceived Yang Guo." Mao Shi Jiu said.

  "What a wonderful trick, the move of stealing the beam and replacing it with a pillar is indeed hard to guard against. But that's okay, I'll give you another chance to witness my final masterpiece."

  "Hei Mao, let's go!" A gust of wind swept Hei Mao into a bag.

  "Right, my Ghost Blade hasn't drunk its fill of souls yet, let me give you a parting gift!"

  Only then did I see that the ghostly knife had emerged, but it wasn't heading towards Mao Shi Jiu, instead it was coming straight for me.

  "Yang Guo, be careful." Just at this critical moment, the jade pendant on my chest lit up and a white-clad woman flew out, surprisingly it was that Cai Yan.

  "Yang Guo, you must save my child, farewell." The Ghost Blade touched Chang E's ghost, and a burst of blood light shot out. Chang E was sucked into the Ghost Blade, which flew back to Jiao's hand like a boomerang.

  "Always be with you." I shouted loudly.

  "Consider yourself lucky that I'm sparing your life this time. Next time, you're mine." With a loud, maniacal laugh, he transformed into a swirling cloud of dark energy and flew away.

  "I'd rather hurt you once than kill you." Mao Shi Jiu shouted as he took out the Ghost-Beating Whip and struck the black shadow, a pained cry echoing through the air.

  "We will meet again someday, you stinky Taoist priest, wait for me." The voice faded away into the distance.

  Chang Ai'ai was sucked in by the ghost knife to save me, and I don't know if he's dead or alive. My heart is not feeling well, Chang Ai'ai has saved my life many times, but I have always promised to save his son which I haven't done yet.

  "Master, is Chang Ai Ai dead?" I asked with a heavy heart.

  "It's not yet, but if he wants to destroy his own soul, there's nothing that can be done." Mao Shi Jiu sighed and said.

  I clenched my fists, and the hatred in my heart surged upwards as I looked at Ding Ke's corpse beside me. For the first time, I felt powerless, unable to protect my friends and family, all because of my own weakness.

  "Master, when we get back, you can teach me the way of Tao!" I said, half-kneeling.

  "Yang Guo, you must remember to be on guard against anyone, don't let emotions blind your eyes."

  "I've learned my lesson." I said with a clenched fist.

  "Master, is Ding Ke's soul still here? Is he really dead?" I asked, pointing at the corpse on the ground.

  "He might be dead, he might not be dead. His soul was taken away by the wild."

  "What can be done about it?"

  "For the time being, let's freeze his body at low temperature to preserve it. We can't let the cells in his body deteriorate, otherwise even if his soul returns, there will be nothing we can do." Mao Shi Jiu said seriously.

  "I'll call Li Jian Tian and ask him to handle it!" At this time, Li Jian Tian was the scapegoat.

  "Ah Mei, has Mo Mo woken up yet?" I suddenly remembered that Mo Mo was still unconscious.

  "Brother, come and take a look quickly, sister seems to have been poisoned by corpse poison." Hearing this, I was greatly shocked in my heart, and then dared to go over.

  Lin Mo was taken by Ah Mei to a pavilion in the woods, Lin Mo seemed to have woken up, but her lips were pale and her face was greenish-red. Upon closer inspection, there was a claw mark on her neck, which had broken through the skin and was oozing out tiny drops of blood.

  "Silently, is everything okay with you?" I anxiously asked.

  "Yang Guo, I feel so hot, I want to go and grab the wound on my neck." Lin Miao's voice was somewhat weak.

  "Don't even think about catching it, my master is coming."

  "Master, come and save Lin Mo quickly!" I shouted loudly.

  Cao Jingyu hastily rushed over, afraid of missing my lifelong major event.

  "Psst psst psst." Mao Shi Jiu hissed three times in a row, startling me and making me break out in a cold sweat.

  "What's wrong?" I asked, pulling up my collar.

  "The wound is not deep, it's nothing serious. Just apply some of my homemade ointment and it'll be fine."

  At this moment, a thousand grass mud horses flew through my heart, "Your grandfather's, no big deal, what the hell are you?"

  "It's okay, don't worry." I held Lin Mo tightly.

  "This doesn't seem right, Master! Lin Mo's symptoms look very severe!" I asked in puzzlement.

  "You should ask her about this." Mao Shi-jiu pointed at Ah Mei.

  I turned around and looked at Ah Mei.

  "I, I." Ah Mei said with a stutter.

  "What kind of flower is this, I ask you, old lady? Is it a fairy spirit flower or a hell king flower?" asked Mao Shi Jiu with some interest.

  Unexpectedly, Mao Shi Jiu actually guessed Ah Mei's identity.

  "How did you know?" I asked in surprise.

  I knew it the moment I saw her. Don't you smell a strange fragrance on her? The scent is so eerie that it's frightening, and I'm guessing she must be either the Supreme Flower of the Heavenly Realm or the Underworld Flower Supreme Ruler. If you ask about the mortal world's flower supreme, it would be the peony, but a peony becoming a spirit has never happened since ancient times, and if it does, it will be unparalleled in this world.

  "Ah Mei, did you save Mo Mo?" I flipped over Ah Mei's wrist and saw a new wound on it, the blood had not yet dried.

  Sister Ah lowered her head, her big round eyes looking at me fearfully, afraid that I would blame her.

  I really don't know what to say, Ah Mei has saved me more than once, and now she's saved Lin Mo. We were originally unrelated, but now she treats me better than my own brother, and I have nothing to give her in return. The favor she's done for me is etched in my heart, and I've secretly sworn that from now on, whoever dares to bully my sister, I'll stand up for her with my life on the line.

  Indeed, Lin Mo's complexion slowly improved, his face was no longer pale, his lips were no longer white, and his energy and blood circulation improved a lot.

  "Ah Mui, thank you, I don't know what else to say."

  "Brother, you are Ah Mei's real brother, even your name was given by Brother. No matter what, I want Brother and Sister to be good." Ah Mei smiled.

  "Ah Mei, from now on you are also my own sister." Lin Mo suddenly said.

  "Alright, alright, nothing's wrong now, the police have arrived. First, let's get Lin Mo to the police station and apply some medicine later." Mao Shi Jiu pointed at the police who had just arrived late.

  Li Jian Tian got down from the police car and ordered people to clean up the scene. A group of people returned to the police station.

  We first applied medicine to Lin Mo and let her rest on my bed, while we few people discussed it aside.

  "What's going on now? Something else has happened?" Li Jian Tian asked.

  We roughly told Li Jian Tian about the situation.

  Li Jian Tian suddenly flew into a rage.

  "These bastards are too much, I'll screw your grandpas." Li Jian Tian had never seen anyone curse so loudly before, and he wondered what kind of medicine the person had taken.

  "Hey, hey, don't steal my catchphrase." Muo 19 and I said in unison.

  "This medical school has had one thing after another, do they think I'm a vinegar-drinking director? Tomorrow I'll order someone to dig up all the graves in their family's ancestral tomb. Another person is dead, how can I explain this, when I get home my wife will scold me." Li Jian Tian kept talking nonstop.

  "Oh!" We all said in unison with a tone of understanding.

  "Wait a minute, what did you just say? I suddenly feel something is wrong."

  "I said my wife would scold me," Li Jian Tian said.

  "No, the one before that." I negated.

  Another one is dead, it's hard to account for. Li Jian Tian looked at me with a bewildered expression.

  "Yes, it's this sentence." I said with a thoughtful tone of certainty.

  "Why did this ghost find Ding Ke? There's no reason at all! This ghost didn't even know I had yin-yang eyes before, so why would it use my weakness to set up this trap?"

  "What's so special about Ding Ke that he can make such a big detour to deal with us?"

  "Just then Mao Nineteen said that another person had died, I wonder if Ding Ke's death was also part of the grand plan? For example, it has something to do with earth in the five elements." I speculated.

  "It's possible!" Ma Shi Jiu was the first to speak out firmly.

  "This matter even implicated Ding Ke's grandmother, and with your Yin Yang eyes, you can see that it was all real. His grandmother suddenly pretended to be crazy and was washed away by a mountain flood, becoming a ghost who possessed his body. I reckon it was because of something on Ding Ke's body that the ghost took a liking to." Ma Shi Jiu also chimed in.

  "Let's think this through! What was the purpose of coming here tonight? I once heard that Black Hair Zombie said that you and a Taoist priest entered the Song Tomb together, you killed the Taoist priest but didn't kill Black Hair Zombie. Instead, you provided him with several corpses at regular intervals, nurturing him into what he is today. In other words, Black Hair Zombie is extremely useful to you, but judging from his tone, he doesn't seem willing to submit to you. I think this whole thing tonight was actually orchestrated by you behind the scenes. You knew that Black Hair Zombie would try to escape and that we would come to stop him, so you arranged for Ding Can Nainai to be lurking around the campus beforehand, gaining our trust. Then, when Black Hair Zombie is subdued by us, you'll make your move, just like a scripted play." I exclaimed in surprise.

  Cao Zhen suddenly fell into deep thought, as if considering what I had just said.

  Li Jian Tian was still staring at us with a blank expression.

  "We should go back to the beginning to figure out the truth of things." said Mao Shi Jiu slowly standing up.

  I listened to Mao Shi Jiu finish speaking and quickly stood up, saying together with Mao Shi Jiu: "Ghost Burial!"

  "As long as we find out where the ghost is buried, everything will be clear!" I said fiercely.