The spell on the white amber was burned clean by the hellfire, and the stench became stronger as time went by.
In just a few minutes, the whole room was filled with that disgusting smell.
Wu Weiwei pinched his nose hard and kept fanning himself with his hands, then turned to look at Jiang Yu and Chen Ling. Tsk, don't say it, the boss is the boss. Chen Ling just frowned slightly, but Jiang Yu was even calmer than him, with a blank expression throughout.
"Brother Jiang, this smell is so strong, it won't attract people from the Special Investigation Department." He also saw clearly what happened on the shore just now. The people from the Special Investigation Department only followed Li Daoxuan's lead.
The smell is so strong right now that it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a stench that spreads for miles. It would be terrible if Li Daoxuan smelled it and discovered that the thing in his hand is a fake and he came to kill him directly.
Chen Ling held back his anger with a straight face, but finally couldn't help it anymore and pinched his nose and said in a muffled voice, "What we want is to lure the people over here."
The old ancestor is such a calm person, he would not make such a low-level mistake. He is deliberately letting the stench of corpse emanate from the white amber... If my guess is correct, the old ancestor should want to test Li Daoxuan.
"What do you mean?" Wu Weiwei was stunned.
Chen Ling: "You will know when the time comes."
But no one expected that the first person to come would be the village chief.
The village chief came here following the smell. After entering the room, he dry heaved, thinking that the septic tank had exploded. When he found that the smell was not coming from the direction of the bathroom, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned again and rushed towards the main room.
"What the hell are you doing!" The series of events that happened today were too horrifying. Before this, several groups of people in the village had come to him and questioned him about the Blue Lake.
The village chief was totally confused and didn't know anything. He wanted to go to Li Daoxuan's house, but was pushed out by the other party. He happened to fall on the pile of corpses that were dragged ashore from the water, and was scared to death.
He was filled with doubts and anger, and now he was irritated by the smell and was not as polite as before.
Wu Weiwei jumped over on one foot, opened the bolt, and led people into the house with a smile.
The village chief looked around cautiously. Every furnishing in the house was the same as before, with no signs of having been touched. He could not find the source of the stench.
Fighting back the nausea of vomiting, he asked in a rough voice, "What's that smell in this room? The whole village can smell it!"
Chen Ling let out an exaggerated "ah", wrinkled his nose and took a few deep breaths, "It really does smell a bit bad."
“You said it’s just a little bit?!” The village chief really retched this time. He suppressed the strangeness in his throat and pinched his nose and said, “I don’t care what you are doing, stop it immediately. If there is still smell coming out of you, don’t blame me for asking you to leave.”
Chen Ling made a bitter face: "Village Chief, I really don't know where this smell comes from."
The village chief stared at him for a few seconds, then turned his head to look around again, becoming more and more confused, "Where does that smell come from?"
"How do we know?" Wu Weiwei muttered.
The village chief thought of something and opened his eyes wide, saying, "Could it be... Could it be that there are many corpses hidden under this house like in the Blue Lake?"
The village practices burial. Some children are filial and arrange for the bodies of their parents to stay in the yard for seven days after their death. It is okay in winter, but if it is summer, a foul smell will come out of the bodies.
Thinking about it this way, the smell he smelled at this moment was like the smell of a rotting corpse!
The village chief was shocked and turned around to call for help, but Chen Ling grabbed him from behind.
"Wait." Chen Ling still had some questions in his mind, "Village Chief, do you know where those bodies in the lake came from?"
“How would I know…” Seeing the corpses emerging from the water, with their fangs and claws bared, trying to attack the living, the villagers screamed in fear and only focused on escaping, not caring about anything else.
Chen Ling narrowed his eyes slightly. "I have observed that some of the dead bodies have clothes that are not from this era. Do you really know nothing? Or are there any related legends in the village, such as mass graves or mass graves?"
“Mass graves…Mass graves!” The village chief muttered to himself as if he was stimulated.
Chen Ling frowned, loosened his hand, and waited quietly for his next words.
The village chief looked up and said, "I remember now. I heard from my father before that there was indeed a mass grave in the east. Later, because they heard that the feng shui there was good, many people in the village buried their deceased elders there..."
"But one year, a heavy rain caused a mudslide and a serious landslide. The mass grave rolled down with the mudslide and formed a barrier lake... Maybe that's why the bodies were hidden under the water." The village chief thought about it carefully, "This happened decades ago..."
While Chen Ling was thinking, the village chief began to panic again, "I have to go find Mr. Li and ask him to see if there is a mass grave hidden down there!"
After saying that, he ran out in a hurry.
Chen Ling sat back in his chair, a look of heavy worry between his brows.
Obviously, the bottom of the blue lake is the most yin place chosen by the inner demon.
The old corpses in the mass grave had accumulated countless dead air and corpse air. With the help of these, the inner demon successfully nurtured a hairy zombie that should have taken at least a hundred years, or even a thousand years to form.
He controlled the hairy zombies under the water, and whenever there was any living life invading the water, the dead bodies and even the hairy zombies would be awakened.
This is why the villagers went into the water twice but failed to find the drowned children.
Because they had been dragged down by the corpses below, it was unknown whether they were eaten or the child became one of them.
As for that piece of white amber, it must have been hidden in the throat of the hairy zombie intentionally by the inner demon.
The throat is the place where both living and dead air enter and exit. When white amber is placed in this position, it can absorb the corpse gas from the zombie's body very well.
Chen Ling reacted suddenly, he opened the notepad on his phone and started writing and drawing.
After a moment, he stared at his phone in a daze, and after a long while he spoke, "There should be other gifts, there should be more!"
"What ritual vessel?" Wu Weiwei came over.
On the notepad on the mobile phone is a mind map made up of simple text and lines.
Rongshen Middle School (due east) - Pingshan (due south) - Blue Lake (due west) - Fengling Mountain (due north)
Chen Ling glanced at Jiang Yu and tapped his finger on the screen. "The Blue Lake is located due south, and white amber has appeared."
Wu Weiwei hummed, and was shocked when he thought of the things he had read in the book before!
He shouted, "Is it a coincidence?"
The ritual vessels used for sacrifices would be placed in the four directions of east, south, west and north, namely Qinggui, Chizhang, Baihu and Xuanhuang.
These ritual vessels respectively symbolize punishing evil and promoting good, the protection of gods, strong military force, and a good harvest.
These were originally auspicious objects that humans used to ask for protection and blessings from God, but now the white amber among them is used as a carrier of corpse qi.
It is a contempt for the gods, a disrespect for the gods, and a declaration of war.
Chen Ling knew what Wu Weiwei was thinking about, and he nodded: "I was wondering, could it be that Rongxin and Fengling Village also have jade ritual objects buried?"
Jiang Yu: "The cases of Rong Xin and Feng Lingshan are both being handled by the Special Investigation Department."
The implication is that even if Qinggui and Xuanhuang really existed, they would have been taken away by the inner demon long ago.
"Jade can gather spirits, and naturally it can also gather evil." Jiang Yu drew a circle on the notebook with his fingertips, and the line happened to pass through four place names including Rongshen Middle School.
Then, he pointed at the location of Pingshan and said, "The evil spirits from the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast have gathered together. They are either raising corpses or raising souls."
Chen Ling pursed his lips, feeling inexplicably anxious. His eyes kept uncontrollably scanning the screen of his mobile phone, as if he wanted to see a flower in it.
How things will develop next is right in front of him, he raised his head impatiently: "Let's go to Pingshan now!"
Jiang Yu patted his head gently, his movements were gentle and tender, but his eyes seemed to be covered with a thick shadow: "No hurry, have you forgotten that we still need to use white amber to lure the snake out of the hole?"
Chen Ling took the man's hand off his head and held it in his hand.
He frowned, thinking of the time when Li Daoxuan went to Yuhe Mountain. "Jiang Yu, did you really go to Yuhe Mountain because of the withering of Yuhe Mountain overnight?"
Li Daoxuan is now the most suspicious. Everything he has done and said has taken on a deeper meaning.
"Not necessarily." Jiang Yu lowered his eyes, "The records of his life are not very detailed, only a rough outline. Why not ask the City God to come up and ask him?"
Wu Weiwei: "Well... can we just call the City God casually?"
If the land god is the mayor, then the male city god is the mayor. They are all local officials, and they can be called at any time? Impossible.
But seeing Brother Jiang's calm expression, Wu Weiwei felt an inexplicable trust in his heart. Maybe Brother Jiang was really that awesome.
Chen Ling trusted Jiang Yu without a second thought and nodded firmly to Wu Weiwei, "Of course!" He turned to look at Jiang Yu, "Do you need to prepare incense, candles, and paper money?"
"No need." Jiang Yu shouted "City God" into the void, and in less than three seconds, green smoke rose from the ground.
A man in a suit and glasses walked out from the smoke and bowed to Jiang Yu respectfully: "Sir."
Jiang Yu glanced at Chen Ling and saw that the young man just raised his eyebrows and didn't ask any more questions.
He turned his face away, a trace of seriousness between his brows. The atmosphere in the room became stagnant at this moment, and it made people feel depressed for no reason. "Do you know Li Daoxuan of Qingxuan Temple?"
The City God did not dare to raise his head, "Sir, I know that he is the last disciple of the previous master of Qingxuan Temple. He has great talent and ability, is kind, and is a good person."
"Then do you know about his trip to Yuhe Mountain twenty years ago?" Jiang Yu's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table. The slight sound hit people's hearts, making them more nervous.
The City God quickly said, "Twenty years ago, the anger on Yuhe Mountain disappeared overnight. Li Daoxuan was already a member of the Special Investigation Department at the time. He arrived at Yuhe Mountain the day after receiving the news and stayed there for less than three hours before leaving."
"What did he do?" Jiang Yu asked.
"This..." The City God was in a dilemma. Twenty years ago was not a long time for gods and monsters. What made him embarrassed was that Li Daoxuan did nothing at that time.
After thinking for a while, he reported truthfully: "After arriving at Yuhe Mountain, he first went to check the water source, and then... then he sat by the water, motionless."