Chapter 7: Corpse Spirit

  After I explained it in great detail, the two security guards looked at me and I looked at them, both of us were stunned.

  They hesitated for a long time.

  Then one of the gatekeepers at a slightly higher level walked towards me.

  "Child, your mother is calling you back home to take medicine! Hurry back home!"

  Another gatekeeper also spoke up and said: "Don't give up on treatment!"

  Damn! I've been looked down upon.

  I had expected this outcome and turned back to give Ali a awkward glance, letting her see that I had done my best.

  But Ah Li was still laughing and chuckling, her laughter becoming more and more eerie, making me feel a little scared.

  "Two big brothers, what I said is true."

  The guy behind is hard to deal with, can only think of ways to deal with the two door guards. If I don't get the corpse, Afu will probably let me die from poisoning.

  "We're telling the truth." The guard grunted.

  "What do you want me to say for you to believe me? Big brother, it's a matter of life and death, can't you let me in? I'm not going to steal the corpse, what are you afraid of?" I shouted.

  "It's you who steals the corpse, we're not afraid!" The gatekeeper saw me shouting loudly, his voice also rose up, "Now there is no corpse inside, really not afraid of you stealing."

  "No corpses? Isn't this a crematorium? Did I mistake the door? No way, it's written on the sign!" I took another glance at the sign beside the gate.

  "This is a crematorium, not a morgue!" The security guard said to me, "We only take care of burning bodies, we don't take care of storing them. All the bodies were burned into ashes today, if you really want to find a body, go to the hospital's morgue! That's where the bodies are, and your whatever spirit can collect them."

  As soon as I heard him say that, I suddenly realized. What he said made sense, a crematorium doesn't necessarily have corpses, and even if it does, it's not easy to get started. The morgue in the hospital must have many corpses, and it's easier to get started, why not go there?

  I turned around and looked at Ah Li, then walked towards her. I decided to go to the morgue to collect the bodies.

  "How was that? Wasn't I clever? A neurotic with just a few words and he's sent packing." As soon as I turned around, the two gatekeepers whispered to each other.

  Your whole family is mentally ill!

  I cursed them silently in my heart, but didn't want to bother with them anymore, and quickly walked towards Ah Li.

  The raccoon dog saw me return, initially still chuckling, but when I walked in front of her, her face suddenly turned gloomy, and a hint of murderous intent appeared in her eyes.

  "Don't look at me, this has nothing to do with me! It's entirely your poor planning, I've already asked around, the crematorium doesn't have any bodies today." I couldn't stand her gaze and hastily explained.

  "Oh?" Ah Li asked in doubt.

  "The crematorium is not a morgue, the bodies are usually brought in and burned immediately. If you want to find a body, I think we should go to the hospital's mortuary instead? There are many bodies there, and it would be easier to get what we need."

  The raccoon dog looked at me with a puzzled expression for a while, and finally nodded its head.

  "This is your last chance. If you can't even do this small thing well, I'll let Xiaoyan fire you. You'll be waiting for death then." Ah Li warned me.

  I twitched my mouth, really wanting to slap her hard, but looking at the wound on my shoulder, I endured it. That poison can't be said to be true, ah, a good man doesn't fight with a woman, endure it.

  After convincing Ah Li, we moved the location for collecting spirits from the crematorium to the hospital's mortuary.

  I'm not sure how many hospitals there are in Hongshan City, but I do know which one is the largest.

  Hongshan City First People's Hospital. This must be the largest hospital in Hongshan City, going to the morgue there to find a corpse will definitely yield results.

  Although I still don't know the truth of the matter, in order to get rid of the poison on my shoulders as soon as possible, I was very careful when doing things. Soon, I figured out the location of the hospital morgue. Then I started thinking of ways to sneak into the hospital morgue.

  The hospital morgue is still easier to get into than the crematorium. After all, there aren't as many guards outside the morgue, and grave robbers are relatively rare in this world.

  I sneaked in secretly.

  In the morgue, there was a silence. There was no one inside, as for whether there were any cameras, I didn't dare to confirm, so before entering the morgue, I put on a white mask and disguised myself as a doctor.

  Holding the black gourd given by Ali, I walked in front of a corpse.

  I've always been quite brave. I'm not too afraid of dead bodies, but after all, they are dead people and there's nothing good to look at. Unless necessary, I try my best not to look at their faces.

  I fumbled to open the black gourd in my hand, then inserted the mouth of the black gourd into the dead man's mouth. At the moment when the black gourd was inserted into the dead man's mouth, a white mist emerged from the bottom of the gourd. Under the temptation of the white mist, I glanced at the face of the corpse.

  My goodness!

  This glance scared my heart for a moment.

  The corpse's face was actually turning green, first light green, then dark green, and when the white hairs on the black gourd disappeared, the corpse's face turned from dark green to dark blue, and later became an even more frightening black purple color.

  I was worried and started to hesitate. I wasn't afraid that the corpse would get up and bite me, but I was worried that if the corpse really changed, the hospital would investigate and cause trouble for me. However, after a while, I found out that my worries were unnecessary. Because the corpse's face color gradually returned to its original state, restoring its previous dead person color. And the white fluff at the bottom of the black gourd also disappeared at this time.

  It must be said that this is proof that the corpse's spirit has been fully absorbed.

  I pulled the gourd out of the dead man's mouth and went on to find the next corpse.

  After collecting a few corpses in succession, I felt that it was about enough, so I slipped out of the morgue quietly.

  Perhaps what I did wasn't thorough, but as long as the corpses in the morgue don't change much, the hospital won't make a big fuss about it. After all, someone stuffing a broken gourd into a dead person's mouth and saying it came out is also a terrifying thing to say.

  After I successfully collected all the corpses from the morgue, I found Ah Li.

  Ah Li is waiting for me by the street at the hospital entrance.

  I shouted out to Ali and directly handed over the black gourd in my hand to Ali.

  The raccoon dog patted the gourd and smiled.

  "Not bad! That's enough." Ah Li said to me.

  "Can you take me to see Xuyan?" I asked.

  "What's wrong? Missing your wife? So eager to see her?" Ah Li teased me on purpose.

  Nonsense!

  If I hadn't been poisoned, I wouldn't bother with you bunch of inexplicable people and monsters.

  I thought so in my heart, but I didn't say it with my mouth.

  "I've thought about it, I've thought about it, I'm almost dead from thinking." I said with a smile.

  "Consider yourself lucky." Ah Lie stuffed the black gourd into his pocket, "I'll take you to find Xu Yan now."

  After finishing speaking, Ah Li beckoned a taxi over with a wave of her hand.

  This time, Ah Li didn't take me to that somewhat inauspicious place like the crematorium, so the taxi took us all the way to our destination.

  It's just that this place is in the suburbs and a bit far from the city center.

  It was already dark when we got off the bus.

  The raccoon dog took me to a courtyard. The gate of the courtyard was made of red wood, and there were several bungalows inside.

  I pushed open the door and walked in.

  The house in the yard is a bit old, and in front of the main building there is a pomegranate tree as thick as a bowl, with a twisted trunk and an air of vicissitudes.

  "Is this your home?" I asked Ali, looking at her. Judging from Ali's attire, I thought she was a wealthy woman too, but I didn't expect her to live in such a simple place.

  The raccoon dog shook its head.

  "I don't have a home anymore," Ah Li said with some sadness. "This is a courtyard that I bought together with several sisters, and for now, we'll just live here temporarily."

  "Several sisters? Is there someone else here?" I asked A Lian as I looked at her.

  "Yes, but I'm afraid they're not here today. Something's come up." Ah Li said to me.

  She said, and quickly walked ahead of me.

  "Xiao Yan, guess who I've brought for you?" Ah Li walked to the door of a small room and shouted inside.

  The door creaked as it was opened from the inside.

  "Who?" Xu Yan poked her head out and asked, then immediately saw me.

  Xu Yan stared at me for several seconds.

  For a few seconds, I was extremely embarrassed, and my face was burning hot.

  Xu Yan didn't say a word, she just kept staring at me. I also didn't know what to say, so I lowered my head and avoided her gaze.

  "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go inside, Xiaoyan just gave birth to a child and can't stay outside for too long, it's not good for her body!"

  A Li's words broke the awkward atmosphere, I lifted my head and walked forward with a thick face.

  Under Alai's persuasion, the three of us walked into Xuyan's room.