The man stood there in a daze, his face pale and his eyes filled with tears.
After pausing for a long time, he took wooden steps and moved with difficulty towards the direction where the crying sound came from.
For a moment, he actually blamed the Immortal Master in his heart.
If the Immortal Master was willing to help, why would it come to this...
But soon, the man put away his disrespectful thoughts towards the immortal master.
He smiled bitterly. Since the immortal master had not agreed to his request, what right did he have to complain
When he returned to the yard, he was filled with sorrow and grief, which made him feel heartbroken.
Seeing his wife crying so hard, the man gathered himself together and tried to comfort her.
The daughter was too young to even have a thin coffin, so she was simply wrapped in a straw mat and moved to the back hillside where she was hastily buried in a pit.
Before burying her, the man wanted to untie the straw mat and take a last look at his daughter.
But his wife stopped him with tears in her eyes, "Don't look at it, Nannan doesn't want others to see her like that."
His heart ached, but in the end he said nothing and silently covered the straw mat with yellow soil.
On the way back, the woman saw that he was distracted and opened her mouth to tell him the truth.
But thinking of the Immortal Master's instructions, he finally held back. In a few days, he would discover the truth. He just hoped that the evil cultivator would be caught by the Immortal Master as soon as possible.
The person who was wrapped in a straw mat and buried in the ground instead of little Nannan was naturally Xu Chunniang.
In order not to alert the evil cultivator and catch him, she had no choice but to resort to this last resort and sacrifice herself in his place.
After the man and the woman left, she used her spiritual energy to dig a small hole next to them to allow air to circulate.
Although as a cultivator, I can hold my breath for a long time, but I don’t know when the evil cultivator will come, so there is naturally no need to hold my breath all the time.
The moon was rising in the courtyard, and a thin man took advantage of the moonlight to climb up the back mountain.
After arriving at the hillock, he began to dig the soil. Soon, a corner of the straw mat that was not buried deeply was exposed.
The man was delighted and dug the soil more gently, for he was afraid that he might accidentally damage the corpse. Even if he could refine a Yin corpse, it would still have defects.
He took out the straw mat, covered the pit a little, then carried the mat on his back and walked quickly in one direction.
It was not until dawn that he entered a dilapidated Taoist temple on a desolate mountain and put down the straw mat he had been carrying.
Someone in the Taoist temple saw him and exclaimed, "Xiao Hai is back!"
When the others heard the sound, they looked over and saw Xiao Hai putting the straw mat on the ground. They couldn't help but look unhappy.
The more outstanding the newcomer Xiao Hai is, the more incompetent these old guys seem.
One of them said sarcastically, "That's great, Xiao Hai. You've only been in the alliance for a month, and you've already found some good materials for refining Yin corpses for the adults. I'm afraid it won't be long before all of us will be outdone by you."
It is difficult to be an evil cultivator these days, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve some results that will satisfy the adults.
Xiao Hai is not stupid. Upon hearing this, he immediately smiled and said, "I just got lucky this time. How dare I compete with you big brothers?"
After hearing this, they felt relieved. Xiao Hai is indeed a very perceptive person.
A bald man stood up with a smile and patted Xiao Hai's arm. "Since you call me big brother, I wonder if you can tell me where you planted these seeds. Let big brother get a few too, so that I can show my face in front of you."
"Brother Xiong, this..."
Xiao Hai looked embarrassed. Although there were no immortal cultivators in Yang County, the mysterious deaths of a large number of people in a short period of time would most likely lead to an investigation by the government, which would lead to the intervention of immortal cultivators.
He still wanted to monopolize the Yang County area, so naturally he didn't want to reveal the location.
Seeing Xiao Hai hesitating, the bald man Brother Xiong's face suddenly darkened and his eyes looked vicious.
"Why, you don't want to tell me? Do you want to take all the benefits for yourself?"
Xiao Hai couldn't help but tremble when he saw that look.
Although he entered the sect late, he had heard of his deeds. He heard that some people who refused to obey him were frightened to death by his methods.
Xiao Hai hurriedly shook his head, "There are so many people here, I'm afraid others might hear it."
Brother Xiong was satisfied. "Very good, come with me. Tell me in private where you planted the Yin seeds."
Seeing Xiao Hai leaving with Brother Xiong, the others immediately showed excitement on their faces.
"Hehe, I bet Xiao Hai will be gone once he leaves."
"Xiao Hai is still too young. Even if he has some ideas, he can never compare with Brother Xiong."
"If you want to blame someone, just blame Xiao Hai for wanting to have it all to himself. He found a good place but kept it secret and refused to tell anyone, haha."
Just as they were chatting animatedly, a thin figure walked into the Taoist temple.
When they saw the person in front of them, they were quite shocked. They never expected that Xiao Hai could survive in Brother Xiong's hands.
Xiao Hai came back, but Brother Xiong was nowhere to be seen.
The few of them quickly exchanged glances. Since Brother Xiong didn't come back, he most likely died at the hands of Xiao Hai.
As if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding, they no longer mentioned Brother Xiong, but instead smiled at Xiao Hai.
"Xiao Hai has been busy all night, come over and rest for a while? The adults will be here soon."
"Xiao Hai has made great contributions this time and has the opportunity to show his face in front of the adults. I believe that it won't be long before he will be reused by the adults."
Xiao Hai smiled, still looking as kind as before, but no one looked down on him anymore.
Two hours later, the adult that everyone had been waiting for finally arrived.
"Greetings, sir!"
Several people were excited and quickly stood up and saluted.
This gentleman had a mask on his face, looked like a male cultivator, and had a hoarse voice.
"Hey, did you get anything good this time?"
They hurriedly took the evil and filthy things they had been refining these days from the back of the Taoist temple.
Xiao Hai also brought a straw mat and placed it among the many evil things.
The adult glanced over these items and looked dissatisfied.
He said sinisterly, "Blood beads, iron corpses, soul-devouring nails... It took you so many days to refine these rubbish. Are you kidding me?"
The expressions of several people changed slightly. If this person got angry, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Please calm down, sir. It is because our cultivation is low, only at the second or third level of Qi training, so we are limited in what we do."
"We were afraid of being exposed, so we had to be careful. That's why we couldn't make anything good to repay you."
"Sir, Xiao Hai refined a Yin corpse this time, you might as well open it and take a look."
"Oh? You actually created a Yin corpse?"
The adult's expression relaxed a little, and he glanced at Xiao Hai with an approval look in his eyes.
"Xiao Hai, right? I remember you. You've only been here for a month, but you've achieved such great results. You deserve a reward!"
As the adult finished speaking, a small porcelain bottle was thrown into Xiaohai's hands.
Xiao Hai took the porcelain bottle, opened it with a happy look on his face, and poured out a scarlet pill with a strong smell of blood.
Without any hesitation, he swallowed the pill in one gulp and meditated to absorb it.
Everyone looked at Xiao Hai with great jealousy, but no one dared to act rashly in front of the adults.
But he had made up his mind that after the adults left, he would make Xiao Hai spit out the Feng Shui treasure land.
After throwing the pill to Xiao Hai, the adult looked at the straw mat beneath him with a look of satisfaction.