bookbashuk Chapter 458 Bones Emerge, Resentment Gathers
Chapter 458 Bones Emerge, Resentment Gathers
"I don't believe it!"
I shook my head as I watched Chen Sheng's retreating figure.
"Fine, don't believe me then!"
Long Nier snorted, not caring, and just smiled at Chen Sheng's back.
Chen Sheng hadn't gone far; he could hear our conversation.
After Chen Sheng left, the examination continued, and the remaining two people were found to be fine.
"Master Feng, Master Lin, thank you so much. Otherwise, we would have been in big trouble. I really didn't expect that someone would do such a thing for money!" Cai Chengyu looked like he was still shaken.
"These are minor matters!"
Fatty Lin waved his hand, looked at the pool, and said, "The key is in the pool. Alright, let's get started!"
After saying that, Fatty Lin looked at the workers and said, "I'll emphasize again, once you find any bones, you must call them 'ancestor' and then step back. Leave the rest to us, understand?"
"Got it!"
After the investigation revealed the traitor, the workers looked at us with a hint of fear.
"Also, if anyone has ulterior motives, I advise you to step forward now. You all know what's going on at Yuyuan. I don't need to say more. Once something goes wrong, the troublemakers won't be able to escape!" Fatty Lin added.
"Master Lin, don't worry, we understand!"
"That's what one of the workers said."
"Yes, yes, we all understand!" the other workers echoed.
"Okay, do as I say, let's get started!"
Fatty Lin looked around again and directed the workers to start work.
We didn't argue with Cai Chengyu about what he said about those fake fortune tellers coming for money.
The first two could be explained as being motivated by money, but the last one, even a fool could see, wasn't motivated by money.
Cai Chengyu pretended to be stupid, so we pretended to be stupid too.
After construction began, the soil started to turn black and smelly before they had dug even half a meter deep, and there was also a faint fishy smell.
The workers became increasingly silent as they dug, and their movements became quieter and quieter.
Fatty Lin thought for a moment, then pulled Cai Chengyu aside and said, "If we keep going like this, we might not finish by tomorrow. Let's give him more money!"
"No problem, Master Lin, how much do you want to add?" Cai Chengyu, acting like a big spender, nodded and agreed without saying a word.
For him now, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.
With Cai Chengyu's promise, Fatty Lin turned and went to the poolside, saying to the workers, "You've all seen the situation here after digging for half an hour. This HK$100,000 a day isn't for nothing!"
"Let me be frank with you. The longer you dig here, the greater the impact on your health. The sooner you finish digging, the sooner you'll be free. Otherwise, if it drags on for three to five days, it won't be Boss Cai's wallet that suffers first, it will be your bodies!"
"I just spoke with Boss Cai. If you work diligently and can excavate the remains today, the price will double, which is HK$200,000 per day!"
"If you can't dig up the remains today, the price remains the same, HK$100,000 per day. Do you want to dig up the remains today, minimizing the impact on your health, and then take the money and leave? Or do you want to work two days, get the same pay, and risk harming your health? The decision is yours!"
After saying that, Fatty Lin didn't waste any more words and stood aside with his arms crossed, watching coldly.
The workers didn't say anything. After exchanging glances, they all increased their digging speed, no longer complaining about the strong smell or making any strange remarks.
While they were working, Fatty Lin began setting up the altar.
"Master Lin, we've unearthed an ancestor!"
An hour and a half later, when they had dug to a depth of about two meters, a worker shouted.
"I've dug up my ancestors' remains here too!"
Then another worker shouted.
"Those who dig up ancestral graves should step out first!" Fatty Lin said.
"good!"
Without saying a word, the two workers immediately came over.
Over the next twenty minutes, the remaining five skeletons were gradually unearthed.
"Madman, seal the evil spirit!"
Fatty Lin nodded to me, and I immediately took seven peach wood nails and, following the direction of the Big Dipper, pierced them into the soil around the seven skeletons.
Fatty Lin personally came down to clean the remains, chanting the Rebirth Sutra as he did so.
The seven skeletons were not large, and they looked to have died at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
There's one thing Cai Chengyu got wrong: these seven people didn't have nails driven into their chests before they died, but rather into their foreheads.
After cleaning all seven skeletons, Fatty Lin looked at them and said, "I know you resent, and I know you hate, but nearly a hundred years have passed..."
At this point, the seven skeletons trembled simultaneously, the soul-locking nails between their brows fell off one by one, and black energy seeped out from the gaps in their bones, intertwining and condensing into a phantom dressed in an old-fashioned maid's uniform.
"Oh shit!"
Seeing this maid with a deathly pale face, bloodshot eyes, and seven faces superimposed on each other, I instinctively cursed. In the middle of the day, she had actually manifested herself, and not only that, she had become a vengeful spirit.
As she became visible, the sky darkened.
Upon seeing this, seven or eight of the workers nearby ran away on the spot, and the rest hesitated for less than two seconds before following suit.
"What about the money?"
They had run less than twenty meters when someone shouted something, and they stopped again, watching from a distance.
I didn't have time to pay attention to them. After glancing at them twice, I focused my attention on the maid with seven faces that kept changing.
"The grudge has lasted for a hundred years, all because of the matriarch of the Cai family. She has long since passed away. If you continue like this, you will never be able to be reincarnated!" Fatty Lin continued to persuade.
"We don't care about any of that. We will never give up until we see the Cai family line die out!" Seven voices overlapped, sharp and shrill.
"You madwoman, Nier, this is beyond talk. We'll use the Hell-Breaking Ritual to forcibly break this bond!"
Fatty Lin gave a brief instruction, then lifted his robe and draped it over the maid. At the same time, he plunged a peach wood sword into the soil, saying, "Use the Bagua to determine the location, set up the ancestral master's shrine, light lamps in the five directions, and burn coins in the northeast direction to open the ghost path!"
Long Nier and I didn't dare to delay, and Cai Chengyu also came over to help. We set up the ancestral tablet and arranged the incense burner, candlesticks, and water cup in order.
Meanwhile, a platform for wandering souls was set up on the left, with food, flowers and fruits placed on it; a talisman rack was set up on the right, with talismans for suppressing evil and talismans for summoning souls arranged in order; oil lamps were lit around the perimeter according to the Big Dipper constellation, and the Bagua flags were unfurled in the wind.
As we set up the Hell-Breaking Altar, our robes billowed, and a series of mournful cries rang out from below, while the Bagua patterns on them were gradually stained with ink.
Just as the robe was about to be breached, the Hell-Breaking Altar was erected. Fatty Lin slammed his peach wood sword into the ground, dipped a willow branch in clean water, and chanted the purification incantation: "Heaven and earth are natural, the foul air disperses. The cave is mysterious and vast, the primordial energy shines brightly..."
He chanted as he sprinkled the holy water onto his robes.
The water splashed onto the robes, making a sizzling sound, and the cries from below grew even more shrill.
As they cried out, wisps of black mist rose from the entire pond, instantly engulfing the shells of the eight turtles, which then began to tear at each other.
Upon seeing this, Fatty Lin grabbed three incense sticks, quickly bowed three times to the ancestral tablet, and said, "Respectfully, the ancestral master has descended!"