How Xie Wanhua discovered the ban on me is what I am most concerned about.
"You have a seal on you?" After Xie Wanhua realized what was happening, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, "So, a person's memory can be forcibly sealed. I guess I'll have to study it when I have the chance."
Xie Wanhua raised her head and said, "I didn't know you were sealed. There is a theory in psychology that people will selectively forget some memories that hurt them, or unconsciously beautify some memories. Once those things are restored, even people with good psychological qualities will have strong emotional fluctuations, and it will take at least a few days to ease. This period of time is enough for me to implement my plan."
Xie Wanhua looked at me and said, "However, I didn't expect you to disappear for more than ten days, which almost put me in a passive position. Fortunately, you came back in time."
Xie Wanhua continued, "After I forced you away, Yang Jiakai went to the Black Concubine's Tomb again. This time, he and the ghost in the tomb were both injured. Yang Jiakai knew that he couldn't fight the ghost in the tomb, so he came up with a way to lure the ghost out of the tomb. The person he chose to lure the ghost out was me."
Xie Wanhua chuckled and said, "How could I, who is so smart, be a cannon fodder for Yang Jiakai? I simply tricked Tom here. I think he is better at understanding women's psychology. He is the only one who can draw ghosts out of the grave."
I couldn't help but ask, "Do you have a grudge against Tom?"
"I guess so!" Xie Wanhua said ambiguously and continued to walk forward, "Do you think Yang Jiakai died too easily? In fact, you should thank me. Without me, you might have won, but you would have paid a price."
Xie Wanhua said: "Since you fought with Yang Jiakai, I cut off contact with him."
"I found that he had a strong attachment to me, just like he had to his sister. As long as I stopped contacting him, the child's personality would take over. He would feel that his favorite toy had been taken away from him, and he would not only take it back, but also seek revenge."
I said coldly, "You mean, Yang Jiakai will definitely kill us, but he won't do anything to you, so no matter who wins or loses, you can remain invincible?"
"That's right!" Xie Wanhua changed the subject and said, "But I'm sure that you will be the winner in the end."
Xie Wanhua explained without waiting for me to ask, "After Yang Jiakai becomes a child, his spell skills will be extraordinary, but his mind will definitely weaken to the corresponding age."
"With his intelligence level at that time, he could not be your opponent. Just like you said, he could have set up several killing traps in the ghost building, but he thought that one trap could keep all of you in the ghost building. So, he will definitely die in your hands."
I frowned slightly when I heard this. The trap in the haunted building was obviously designed by Xie Wanhua, and she didn't deny anything at the beginning, so why did she give a different answer now
Monk Shi took over the conversation at this time: "Logically speaking, He Yang is dead, Yang Jiakai is dead, your goal has been achieved, and you didn't leave any traces of murder, you can live peacefully, why do you have to look for the Black Concubine's Tomb?"
Xie Wanhua answered bluntly: "Because, I also want something from the Black Concubine's Tomb. When you have no more progress in a field, someone suddenly opens the door to another world for you, and you find that world is more novel and interesting, would you feel excited?"
Xie Wanhua turned around and said, "I am very excited. I want to reach the pinnacle of magic and do whatever I want, so I must get the secret of the Black Concubine's Tomb."
Monk Shi and I looked at each other, and neither of us said anything.
It is difficult to explain the things about the art to Xie Wanhua. Even if we explain it, she will not believe it. She has learned magic, but she does not understand the art, and she does not even have the most basic common sense. Opening the tomb of the Black Concubine is not as simple as she imagined, but we have sworn a solemn oath, so we can only follow her all the way forward.
Xie Wanhua said: "I know that with your intelligence, you will definitely come here soon. So, I set a trap for you."
I said in a deep voice: "Isn't that stone the fish-watching platform?"
"Of course not. But the more bizarre the statement, the more suspicious you will be, right?" Xie Wanhua said, "I know that with my brother-in-law's character, he will definitely not let go easily. He will definitely come with me to arrest me. My brother-in-law is the best hostage."
I said coldly, "You set the trap? Do you have the ability to activate a large-scale illusion array now?"
Xie Wanhua did not hide it: "The illusion array was created by Yang Jiakai. He set up the illusion array in the first place to prevent the sorcerer from showing up and competing with him for the secret burial. As for Li Qiang who led you into the trap, I am controlling him. My brother-in-law is a policeman, so he is more likely to trust the police and will definitely ask for help from the local police station. Li Qiang is the best person to lead you into the trap."
Xie Wanhua stopped talking after this. We followed each other for about three or four miles before Xie Wanhua stopped in front of a cave and said, "This is the Black Concubine's Tomb."
"Wait for me." I circled the cave entrance twice. "There is a Feng Shui formation here, which is used to block the cave entrance. No matter what is inside, nothing can get out. Xie Wanhua, you have come into contact with the bewitching ghost, don't you understand why the ghosts in the Black Concubine's Tomb released the bewitching ghost?"
I stared at Xie Wanhua and said, "It wants the ghost to open the restriction from the outside and help him escape. Do you think it's wise for us to continue like this?"
Xie Wanhua smiled and said, "I already knew what you said, and Yang Jiakai also knew it. But don't you think that a trapped ghost is easier to subdue, or easier to meet the conditions?"
I said in a deep voice: "Since you already know the other party's purpose, why do you still want to lure the ghost out of the tomb?"
Xie Wanhua explained: "According to Yang Jiakai's inference, in addition to the two ghost servants in the Black Concubine's Tomb, there should be a more powerful ghost guarding the tomb. As long as we get it out, everything in the tomb will be ours."
Xie Wanhua said: "At this point, you have no room for regret, so you should think about how to open the tomb!"
Xie Wanhua was crazy. She was very smart and good at grasping people's hearts, but she was not a sorcerer, or rather, she was just someone who had learned the basics of magic. She had no idea what it meant to forcefully open the Black Concubine's Tomb, and what consequences it would bring.
Seeing that Monk Shi and I were motionless, Xie Wanhua finally spoke up, "You two, do we need to wait for an auspicious time to open the tomb?"
After sighing, I took out the compass from my bag, and stood on the mountain with my back to the cave entrance.
Big money and compasses are what Northeastern masters use to make a living. Many people also make a living by fortune-telling and feng shui. Xie Wanhua naturally didn't doubt anything. After I circled the cave entrance several times, I pointed to a stone in the distance: "Monk, lift the stone, there should be something underneath."
Monk Shi walked over with a half-believing and half-doubting look, and pried the stone with an iron rod for a long time before he moved the millstone-sized stone to a new position. Xie Wanhua did not ask Monk Shi to do anything, but used a wooden stick she picked up to dig in the pit twice, and indeed dug out a stone sculpture of a head from under the loose soil.
Xie Wanhua pushed away the dirt on the stone and asked, "What is this? There's still a body attached to it. Is it a whole stone statue?"
"That's a Weng Zhong Xiang, a stone statue used to guard the tomb." I walked over and said, "There are Weng Zhong Xiangs outside the imperial mausoleums, used to guard the tombs and exorcise ghosts and evil spirits. However, Weng Zhong statues are all facing outside the mausoleum, while this stone statue buried underground is facing the cave, which can only mean that he is guarding the things inside the mausoleum. Do you still want to go down?"
Xie Wanhua said in a deep voice: "How can we decipher the Weng Zhong statue?"
Xie Wanhua was determined to go to the tomb, and no one could stop her.
I said helplessly, "Just smash the statue... Monk, go ahead, smash it, and then we can go down."
I knew I couldn't continue negotiating with Xie Wanhua, so I simply stopped trying to persuade her to give up her plan to go to the tomb.
Without saying a word, Shi Heshang smashed the head of the stone statue into pieces with a stick. Xie Wanhua kicked the rubble twice to make sure that the statue was completely destroyed before leading us into the cave.
After I walked into the cave, I found that the space inside the cave became narrower and narrower, and in the end, it became a long and narrow cave like a tunnel. This funnel-shaped cave is very suitable for a tomb-suppressing tomb, that is, a tomb specifically used to suppress evil spirits.
After entering the narrow area of the cave, Monk Shi couldn't help but ask, "Old Wu, have we entered the tomb?"
"Yes!" I said bluntly, "From the perspective of Feng Shui, whether it is a tomb or a house, it is important to have a prosperous Feng Shui. This cave is like a funnel, absorbing the Feng Shui energy into the cave, and it begins to sink downwards. People buried at the bottom of the cave will not be able to benefit from the Feng Shui energy, but will be suppressed instead. This is definitely a tomb-suppressing place."
Xie Wanhua knew that I was reminding her that such tombs should not be disturbed, but she pretended not to hear anything and walked to the bottom of the cave without saying a word.
Old Du, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up: "Xie Wanhua, Wu Zhao and the others have repeatedly reminded you that opening the tomb may cause unimaginable consequences. Why did you pretend not to know?"
Xie Wanhua said: "I never like to argue with others."
Lao Du said angrily: "What do you want to do? I think you are crazy!"
Xie Wanhua still disagreed: "Brother-in-law, you still don't understand me. From childhood to adulthood, no matter what I do, I must do my best. Now that I have entered the path of magic, I will be the most brilliant magician. Under the tomb is what I want, that's all." (To be continued)