Chen Yang went to the edge of the clearing, picked up a dead branch, and poked the soil. After a while, he poked a hard object. After a pause, he used the dead branch to push the soil to both sides, completely revealing the upper body of the rotten corpse covered with mud under his feet.
When Qiu Shengmin saw the mummies for the first time, he was shocked: "Oh my God! Are there so many buried underground?"
This is just the shallow layer. If we dig it up, we don’t know how much more there is. Chen Yang threw away the dead branches, handed Qiu Shengmin a talisman, and said to Kou Xuanling, “Let’s go to the bungalow and take a look.”
Kou Xuanling nodded. Qiu Shengmin followed, but she felt terrified when she thought about the corpses below and how they would walk over them. Fortunately, she didn't let her legs weaken and she didn't complain about being scared.
Chen Yang thought Qiu Shengmin was a good candidate, born with the ability to see Yin and Yang and could learn the Yin by himself. He didn't know if Ma Shanfeng would be willing to accept him as his disciple. Ma Shanfeng was a disciple of the Northern Spiritual Master, and Qiu Shengmin was quite suitable to be a Spiritual Master.
The three of them walked near the bungalows and felt a chilly breath coming towards them. The doors and windows of the bungalows were closed, and the weeds at the door were all dying. It was very quiet, and there was not a single insect chirping. Qiu Shengmin looked back at the empty space inadvertently, and suddenly goose bumps appeared from his back to his neck, cold and creepy.
Chen Yang and the other man noticed Qiu Shengmin's change, so they asked in a low voice: "What did you see?"
"Behind us," Qiu Shengmin swallowed nervously, "so many people... are staring at us."
Chen Yang looked back, and the open space was empty. He still couldn't sense the ghost energy, but Qiu Shengmin had seen it. That could only mean that the ghost energy was covered by something, so that Jinshui Middle School became very clean. "Don't worry, let's keep going."
The doors of the bungalows were not locked, except for one door which was sealed and chained. So the three of them went straight to the bungalow. Chen Yang tried to push the door open, but the chain was locked tightly. Qiu Shengmin went forward and took the big lock on the door handle and took a look at it. Then he took out a hairpin from his pocket and tried to fiddle with it a few times. With a "click", the big lock was opened.
Qiu Shengmin turned around and saw that Chen Yang and Kou Xuanling were staring at her with slightly strange eyes, so she explained: "My eating skills are just average."
Chen Yang nodded and said thoughtfully: "It's good to have many skills. It seems to be quite useful."
"I think so too." Kou Xuanling agreed, and said to Qiu Shengmin, "Teach us when you have time."
"… oh."
When he put the hairpin back into his pocket, he suddenly touched a piece of cardboard. Feeling strange, Qiu Shengmin took out the cardboard and found it was a blood-red card. The number 139 was written on the front of the card, and his face changed immediately.
Chen Yang glanced at it and said, "Did you receive the card? 139... If you are the last person to participate in the game, then there are currently 139 people dragged into the death game. If we subtract the people who failed the game, there are more than a hundred people."
Qiu Shengmin: "Didn't they say that the card would appear at 10pm?" She turned the card over and saw the three Chinese characters 'Count Stairs' written on the back, with the number '5' underneath them: "Or are the newcomers being given special care so they can adapt in advance?"
"It should be the 'Counting Ladders' game tonight, with a total of five participants." Chen Yang took the card and looked at it. It was indeed the same card he had in his hand last night. "It seems that getting the card at 10 o'clock in the evening is not a hard and fast rule."
"Indeed, it's not. It may have something to do with the fact that we came to the open space in advance and triggered it. Maybe we angered the things in the open space in the back mountain, and they can't wait to kill us." Kou Xuanling said as he took out a red card from his pocket.
Chen Yang also took out a card from his pocket. The content on the back was the same as Qiu Shengmin's. He shook his head and said, "If you want to kill me, just kill me. Why do you have to do so many tricks?" After saying that, he pushed the door open.
A large amount of dust suddenly poured out, and the smell of mold and decay filled his nose. Chen Yang pinched his nose and stood aside waiting for the dust to pass before stepping into the house. There were some sports equipment in the house. Before anyone died, the bungalow was where the sports equipment was stored. Later, the barbed wire was hastily built around it, and the things inside were not moved.
The three of them entered the room, which was quite dark. Kou Xuanling pushed open the window, but still no sunlight came in. Although the light was not good, it was still brighter. Chen Yang looked up at the beams. Teacher Bai Yan should have hanged herself here, and the rope she used was a skipping rope. At this moment, there was still nothing to be found, it was empty.
Chen Yang frowned, stepped back a few steps, stood at the door and looked at the open space. The bungalow was a little higher than the open space, and looking down, the entire open space on the back mountain was in sight. Then he walked out of the bungalow and observed the surrounding terrain.
Kou Xuanling came over and asked, "What did you see?"
"I have a vague feeling." Chen Yang walked forward until he reached the bushes. The entire open space and the bungalows on the back mountain were now in the shape of a semicircle, from top to bottom. The area of the open space on the back mountain where the body was buried was barren, and although there were weeds growing near the bungalows, they were all dead. The grass and trees were lush around the open space and the bungalows.
Chen Yang pushed aside the bushes, picked up a dead branch and poked the ground, pushing away a thick layer of fallen leaves and digging out the soil underneath. He took a look at it in his palm and roughly knew the reason. When Kou Xuanling came over, he spread the soil in his palm and showed it to Kou Xuanling: "Aluminum powder."
Real estate powder? Kou Xuanling frowned immediately, his expression serious. Real estate is a Yin material, which can be used to attract souls. Real estate powder can be sprinkled on the road to attract souls, and then the real estate can be used to set up a ghost gate array, which can lead all the souls of the entire mountain to the open space behind the mountain. This can also explain why Jinshui Middle School is very clean.
"Are you sure it's a ghost gate formation?"
"We still have to find the 'Ghost Control Pillar'. If we don't find it, it won't be considered a Ghost Gate Formation. At most, it can only be considered a soul-guiding formation."
The so-called Ghost Gate Formation is to use real estate powder to attract lonely ghosts to gather in one place, and then use real estate to set up a formation. At this point, half of the Ghost Gate Formation is completed, which is used to attract and gather souls. After that, white marble stakes engraved with soul-attracting sutras are used as ghost-controlling stakes to set up a "ghost wall", so that the lonely ghosts who have gathered here will circle around the stakes, unable to get out or reincarnate, and will burst into resentment for a long time, and then become evil ghosts.
If the special terrain can be used to create a large-scale "ghost wall", just like now no one in the entire Jinshui Middle School can leave the deep mountains. It is estimated that the entire deep mountain is "ghost walled".
Suddenly, Qiu Shengmin screamed from the bungalow. The two ran over immediately and found Qiu Shengmin being dragged backwards by a sports rope. Chen Yang grabbed the rope and was suddenly dragged forward. Qiu Shengmin rolled his eyes. Chen Yang frowned, made a quick hand gesture and shouted: "... Kill the evil ghost first, then kill the night light. What god will not surrender, what ghost will dare to take it? Hurry up and obey the order."
Kou Xuanling took out the peach wood sword and chopped along the end of the sports rope: "Destroy ghosts and eliminate evil, live forever, and command the law!"
There was a sudden scream from the dark place at the end, and the skipping rope suddenly broke. Then a piercing scream filled the bungalow, followed by a sharp laugh that sounded like crying or wailing, extremely piercing and terrifying.
Chen Yang pulled Qiu Shengmin, who was coughing non-stop, and said to Kou Xuanling, "Let's go first."
The three of them quickly left the bungalow but found that the soil on the open space began to loosen, and the corpses below were ready to move. The three of them ran through the open space as quickly as possible. When they ran to the middle, a rotten hand suddenly stretched out from below and grabbed their feet. Kou Xuanling swung the peach wood sword to cut off the hand, and then countless hands rushed over. And along with the hands, the corpses below crawled up and wanted to pounce on them.
Chen Yang pushed Qiu Shengmin to Kou Xuanling: "Protect her." Then he used the Beifeng Killing Ghost Heart Seal: "Beifeng Killing Ghost Seal, Fengdu Summoning Ghosts and Gods Seal... Forbid all ghosts, kill the evil gods, and hurry up as the Beiyin Xuantian Fengdu Emperor ordered!"
A golden light suddenly appeared, covering all the corpses in the open space. The corpses were blocked from moving and stopped in place. Chen Yang's forehead was covered with sweat and he said, "Hurry up."
Kou Xuanling helped Chen Yang and Qiu Shengmin through the zombies, climbed over the wire fence and ran to the basketball court. During this time, they looked back and saw a woman in a blood-red skirt and blood-red high heels standing at the door of the bungalow, staring at them coldly.
When they landed on the basketball court, the noise in the open space behind them stopped and returned to calm. It was as if there was no zombie riot at all. Chen Yang panted and said, "My magic power seems to have been weakened, less than half of the usual."
With his magical power, he could handle a single evil ghost, let alone use the Beifeng Killing Ghost Seal. This seal was extremely powerful and could kill all evil ghosts. However, the power he had just exerted was only enough to hinder the movement of the corpses, not to mention harming the evil ghosts in the bungalow.
Kou Xuanling: "Me too, it seems like I'm being hindered, and my attack power has dropped a lot."
Qiu Shengmin touched her aching neck with lingering fear: "There is indeed a problem." She looked up and said: "When you left the bungalow, I was still inside, feeling very cold. I felt something was wrong, and just as I was about to come out, I found a woman hanging from the beam." She thought of the situation just now, and a look of fear appeared on her face: "I was so scared that my hands and feet were numb, and she was still staring at me, slowly smiling. The smile gradually became hideous, and I couldn't shout or move. I watched the skipping rope circled and put it around my neck. When the skipping rope touched my neck, I suddenly made a sound and could move."
"I think she should be Teacher Bai Yan."
It can be so fierce during the day, not to mention what will happen at night. Chen Yang sighed and said, "We still have to come to the bungalow to find the ghost-controlling pile. If it is really a ghost gate formation, we must destroy the ghost-controlling pile."
Kou Xuanling agreed. Then the three of them returned to the dormitory, where Qiu Shengming had been waiting for them. When he saw them, he first noticed the marks on Qiu Shengmin's neck and asked with concern. After seeing that everything was fine, he said, "I went to see Director Jin and the other three directors, and also went to see the vice president. I asked Director Jin why he was able to contact the outside world. At first he refused to say, but later he said that it was not him who issued the task list. It was someone else. According to the description, that person is probably the male student who leaked the school news to you before."
"Is it him? Can we find him?"
"I couldn't find him. His roommate said he hadn't seen him for a day." Qiu Shengming added, "In addition, I found out that the principal was dead. He was dead in his office, leaning against the window, hanged."
Qiu Shengmin suddenly remembered that when he looked at a window of the administrative building yesterday afternoon, he saw a face pressed against the glass. He was immediately horrified. Could that face be the principal
"Also, I found that the vice-president and three other deans were entangled by those things. When I went to find them, I found a dried corpse stuck to their backs."
Qiu Shengming had been a liar for many years, and he was very good at reading people's expressions and talking, otherwise he would not have been able to persuade the stubborn Director Jin. But after hearing about the matter related to Teacher Bai Yan, the other few people changed their faces, refused to mention Bai Yan no matter what, and scolded Qiu Shengming, warning him to just do his job well. Others were not allowed to interfere, and then they turned around and closed the door.
When he turned around, Qiu Shengming saw that there were mummies on their backs, both men and women, almost melting into their backs. He also saw the vice-president's back itchy, so he reached out to scratch the mummies on his back, and the more he scratched, the more itchy it became. The skin of the mummies was scratched out, falling off piece by piece, and finally the mummies suddenly opened their eyes and met Qiu Shengming's gaze.
Qiu Shengming hurried away, and at this moment he shook his head and said, "He must have killed someone, and he owes a life debt to him, so he is haunted. A mummy close to you is like a ghost haunting you, and you won't live long. And those who owe a life debt to others probably don't need to be saved. They deserve to die."
Chen Yang smiled: "You still understand these?"
"Professional requirement." Qiu Shengming said shamelessly: "Even though I'm a liar, I still have to understand these things. So that I can distinguish between the real and the fake. We deceive people but don't harm them. If we encounter a real supernatural event, we won't intervene. Otherwise, we will lose our own life and kill others."
Kou Xuanling: "You lied to people and even developed a sense of superiority?"
Qiu Shengming touched his nose and said, "Not really... It's mainly because I don't have any skills and I make money quickly..." At this point, he couldn't say anything more. Cheating is cheating, why so many excuses? The so-called thief has his own code of conduct is just an excuse they use to satisfy their sense of superiority.
But after this incident, he didn't dare to pretend to be a Taoist priest to fool people anymore. After all, it was a scam and he couldn't do it forever. The most terrifying thing was to encounter a real supernatural being. He didn't know how many times he died. If he hadn't met Chen Yang, his sister would have fallen asleep last night and never woke up again.
Qiu Shengming felt that he was not a good person, but he did not want to hurt anyone, and he certainly did not want to kill his only relative.
"The guy who leaked the news to us may have been prepared, so we can't find him now." Chen Yang said, "Let's talk to Director Jin again. At least we need to know about Bai Yan."
"No need to look, I'm here." Everyone looked at the door, and saw Director Jin and Teacher Liu standing at the door. Director Jin looked tired and exhausted at this moment. He said, "Can I come in?"
Chen Yang nodded, and he walked in and sat down. He sighed and was silent for a while, then said carefully: "This is not a glorious thing. Teacher Bai Yan is a good teacher, cheerful and optimistic, and loves her profession and all students. She treats all students equally, whether good or bad. I don't like her. My educational philosophy is that strict teachers produce excellent students. She is too soft, too indulgent to students, and too casual and free. In my opinion, it is not desirable."
At this point, Director Jin paused for a moment and sighed again, his face showing sadness: "It was not until she left, until I found out that the good students whom I regarded as elites were cold-blooded, emotionless, cruel and selfish, that I realized that I was wrong and she was right. I valued grades but ignored their emotional needs, and ignored the fact that moral character was more important than grades!"
Everyone was silent, listening to Director Jin's sorrow and remorse. At this moment, Director Jin stripped off his rigid and serious image and looked more like a frustrated person, full of regret.
"Teacher Bai Yan did not have a romantic relationship with her students, nor did she embezzle. These were all slanders! The students, teachers, and school leaders colluded to slander her. I chose to believe my students, my colleagues, and my superiors, and rejected her explanation because of prejudice. She committed suicide out of despair. If I could listen to her explanation and understand her, maybe she would not have committed suicide."
After realizing the truth, Director Jin has been in regret. His stubbornness and prejudice made him ignore Teacher Bai Yan's explanation. It was not until students were trapped and people died in the school that he realized his ignorance. But the mistake cannot be entirely blamed on Director Jin. He was too focused on grades and too stubborn, but he felt that as a teacher he should trust his students wholeheartedly.
There is nothing wrong in believing in your students, and there is nothing wrong in trusting your colleagues and superiors. The only mistake is that he does not know how to distinguish between good and evil.
Chen Yang: "Why do students want to slander Teacher Bai Yan? Why do your colleagues and superiors want to slander her for corruption?"
"Because Teacher Bai Yan discovered that the principal and his team were laundering money. This school was jointly opened by several directors for money laundering. The principal, the director, and the teachers were all bribed. As for the students slandering Teacher Bai Yan, I think they were instructed by the directors and the principal. Because the students who led the charge are the children of the principal and the directors."
"That's not the case." Teacher Liu said, "The students slandered Teacher Bai Yan first, and then Teacher Bai Yan discovered that the school was laundering money."
Director Jin was quite surprised. After thinking about it, it was indeed as Teacher Liu said: "But why did the students slander Teacher Bai Yan? Teacher Bai Yan loves her students very much."
Teacher Liu: "You don't know how selfish and cold-blooded those students are. Although I have only been here for a year, I know their nature better than you do." She looked up and said to Chen Yang and others: "I came to Jinshui Middle School under the guidance of Teacher Bai Yan. I know she is a good person. A few days later, it was revealed that she seduced students and embezzled money. I didn't believe it. But everyone said it, and the evidence was conclusive. No one listened to me. I was ignored by my colleagues and threatened by students if I dared to say anything. After Teacher Bai Yan committed suicide, I knew that it was useless to say more."
"I applied to be transferred to Class 4 and Class 5. Although the students in these two classes have poor self-discipline and like to play around and make mistakes all the time, they are real children, optimistic and kind. Teacher Bai Yan taught Class 1 and Class 2 at the time. There were rumors that she was in love with a student, but in fact, Li Hui was in love with the boy who was hanged on the basketball court. The boy cheated with another girl, and Li Hui used school violence against the girl. After Teacher Bai Yan found out, she advised Li Hui, and when she saw that Li Hui didn't know how to restrain herself, she warned her. Li Hui thought that it was another girl who informed on her, so she turned to school violence against the girl. Guan Xinyu has always been the one who gave advice."
"The more serious the school violence, the angrier Teacher Bai Yan gets. The school invited Li Hui's parents to the office, and Li Hui was slapped in the face by the parents, who scolded her for making her lose face among the students. She also lost her position as the student union president, and Li Hui was furious, thinking that it was Teacher Bai Yan who informed on her. So she turned the school violence onto Teacher Bai Yan, and students from both classes were committing school violence against Teacher Bai Yan. People who did not participate were watching, sometimes making fun of her and condoning her. The students in Class 3 knew about the situation, but just watched coldly."
"The two girls who were previously bullied in school turned into perpetrators. All the children who were once taken care of have become ungrateful. Director Jin, you have been a teacher for so many years, you should know the horror of school violence. All the violence you can't imagine is inflicted on an innocent female teacher, how terrible. Teacher Bai Yan wanted to call the police, but was stopped by the school and advised to pay the money. She refused, and accidentally learned that the school was laundering money, and everyone stood up to accuse her. With the witnesses and evidence, no matter how innocent she is, she can't get away with it."
"He died unjustly and turned into a fierce ghost. He only paid for his sins with his life. But if innocent people are involved, we can't just sit back and watch." Kou Xuanling said while holding the peach wood sword: "But who set up the ghost gate formation?"
Director Jin was confused. After listening to what the two said, he thought for a moment and said, "Could it be Bai Lu?"
"White pheasant?"
"The person who posted the task list on your app is also a student of Jinshui Middle School."
Teacher Liu was quite surprised: "He is my student. He is usually very quiet and inconspicuous. He doesn't seem to be in good health and often takes sick leave. The school does not allow leave unless it is a serious illness. For this reason, I often go to the school doctor to ask for sick leave for him."
Bai Rong was the male student that Chen Yang and his friends met on the first day. He was the one who informed them of the school situation and guided them to find out the truth. "Surname Bai, are you related to Teacher Bai Yan?"
Unfortunately, Bai Yan disappeared and could not be found, and the final doubts could not be solved. When Director Jin and Teacher Liu left, they sincerely begged Chen Yang and others to save the innocent students. Even if someone made a mistake, it was not them who directly killed Teacher Bai Yan. If they wanted to atone for their sins, they were willing to give their lives to Teacher Bai Yan, after all, they were once bystanders.
There are just hundreds of young innocent lives in the school. I hope Teacher Bai Yan can let them go.
The Qiu siblings also left, leaving only Chen Yang and Kou Xuanling in the dormitory. Chen Yang took all the talismans with him, and at the same time gave Kou Xuanling a three-day noble blessing talisman as a gift. Kou Xuanling took it and said, "I will study the length of the talisman when I go back, and tell Mao Xiaoli to draw a few more. Wear it when you go out in the future, and you won't be afraid of getting lost."
After saying this, he went to pay homage to his ancestor.
Chen Yang smiled and looked down at the two words Du Shuo replied on the phone screen. I don't know when he will come, and I miss him suddenly.
Kou Xuanling snapped his fingers: "Want to help?"
Chen Yang nodded, then suddenly looked up with a surprised look. Kou Xuanling waved her hands: "Really? You guys hid it well enough. Du Ju has been in the General Administration for three years, but he didn't mention a word about his marriage."
"Brother Du is not the type to talk about his personal affairs, and I was still studying at that time. Less trouble is worse than more."
Kou Xuanling nodded, but did not ask any more questions. He was not a gossipy person, and he was very calm after knowing the truth. After all, no one could compare to the position of the Grand Master in his heart. He walked into the bathroom and said, "Let's finish this order quickly. It would be unfair to the Grand Master if there is no incense, flowers and five offerings. Next time I encounter such a deep mountain university, I will bring my own incense, flowers, lamp oil and five offerings."
Chen Yang stroked his chin and stared at the portrait of Kou Xuanling's ancestor, and asked loudly: "Kou Xuanling, can you ask the ancestor to appear?"
"cannot."
"Why?" He also planned to ask Kou Xuanling, the spirit of his ancestor, to go to the back mountain to smash the ghost-controlling stake.
"Without sufficient offerings, I am reluctant to invite the ancestor."
Chen Yang clicked his tongue twice, thinking that Kou Xuanling would not need to get married in the future, and would be happy just holding his ancestor in his arms for the rest of his life.
Noticing that Chen Yang's breath was gradually fading, Du Shuo put down his work and rushed from Fengdu to Jinshui Middle School in Mentougou. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, the yin energy was shrouding the top of the mountain, and the ghost wall covered the entire mountain. There were no living creatures in the deep mountains, and the animal corpses had not rotted for a long time.
Du Shuo whispered: "Ghost Gate Formation?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared immediately, and when he reappeared, he was standing in Room 404 of the teacher's dormitory building. He knocked on the door twice, and when he heard Chen Yang's voice, he pushed the door open and saw Chen Yang with his back to him.
Chen Yang thought it was the Qiu family siblings so he didn't look back. He was pleasantly surprised when he felt the familiar aura envelop him. He looked back and saw it was Du Shuo. He immediately jumped up and hugged Du Shuo's waist, looking up and saying, "Brother Du! How did you get here so quickly?"
"I came here as soon as I couldn't detect your presence." Du Shuo hugged Chen Yang, pinched his neck out of habit, and then said, "I saw the gloomy air covering the top of the mountain at the foot of the mountain. There must be evil spirits behind the ghost gate formation. How come Yang Yang only discovered these after two days here?"
Chen Yang nuzzled into Du Shuo's arms and said, "I didn't think that much."
"Hmm?" Du Shuo lowered his voice and frowned. "When dealing with ghosts, you can't be careless. Have you forgotten what I taught you?"
"That's why I have you." Chen Yang tried even harder to hold Du Shuo, showing his full attachment to him.
Chen Xiaoyang rarely acted like a spoiled child and said nice things, and Du Shuo had no way to deal with it for the time being. All his unhappiness disappeared, and he was left with nothing but helplessness towards his little wife.
"I know I was wrong. I took the order without checking the situation carefully."
"It's not all your fault." Du Shuo knew how big a loophole it was to rate a list higher than three stars as three stars in the blue sector on the app. "Reform it when you get back."
The author has something to say: This unit should be concluded in the next chapter.
I didn't write about the Red Embroidered Shoes because it's just a torture, representing the torture imposed on people who make mistakes. The Red Embroidered Shoes is also the name of a ci tune, so let's just treat it as the name of a ci tune.
"Taoist Ghost Killing Curse": Kill the evil ghosts first, then cut off the night light. What gods will not surrender, what ghosts dare to confront? Hurry up and obey the command.