My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Having received permission, Tong Xin smiled and said gratefully, "Don't worry, we'll hide it well. Just pretend you didn't see us. We want to capture the most authentic footage."

The man nodded, then ignored them and continued eating at the banquet.

The funeral hall was very simply decorated. A large coffin was placed in the center of the hall, and the deceased lay on a plank. The person on the plank was dressed in burial clothes and looked to be about seventy or eighty years old.

The deceased's face had a lifeless, deathly gray hue, and his skin was wrinkled, like the peel of a dehydrated orange.

The man's relatives knelt beside him, chanting sutras with the monks, while offering incense to the incense burner above their heads.

The entire mourning hall was filled with an indescribable eerie atmosphere, but it didn't make people feel scared.

Zhang Hao was an insider. From the moment he came in and hid behind someone, he could tell from the sound of the monk chanting that the monk was definitely an experienced and legitimate Taoist master.

The Ksitigarbha Sutra of Rebirth in the Pure Land is not something that just anyone can recite, let alone recite so fluently.

This person doesn't have that crazy, eccentric feeling that modern people have; he seems to be an old-fashioned Taoist master.

Zhang Hao mentally assessed the situation while outwardly remaining calm as he observed everything. At that moment, he received a message from the little koi fish in his mind.

“Mr. Han, we’ve packed up and are on our way to your location. We’ve just received word that there’s a very powerful old-school Taoist master in that village. We’ll go under the guise of meeting and protecting him, so we won’t arouse suspicion. Besides, we’ve attracted quite a few new-school people who are eyeing us covetously along the way, so we can lure them over to deal with that Tong Xin.”

The excuses and their movements were all plausible. Zhang Hao reviewed the entire plan for them, and after confirming there were no problems, he urged them to implement it immediately.

Upon hearing the Ksitigarbha Sutra, Tong Xin's brows suddenly furrowed deeply, and he raised his hand to cover his head, looking as if he had a headache.

Zhang Hao quickly noticed that something was wrong with him and came over to ask, "What's wrong? Is your injury acting up again?"

Tong Xin's eyes flickered as he stared at the chanting Taoist priest, a clear hint of malice in them. But he ultimately smiled and said, "Yes, I'm not feeling well. I'll leave this to you; I'll head back now."

Zhang Hao watched as he shoved the camera into his hand, then turned and quickly left.

He was moving so fast it was as if a dog was chasing him.

This isn't right.

Tong Xin was determined to uncover the secrets of this village, and he would never give up halfway through something he set his mind to. What caused him to suddenly abandon his investigation?
No, we can't say we abandoned the investigation; we should say we interrupted it.

Could it be that there's something in this mourning hall that he's afraid of, making him afraid to stay here any longer?

However, there was no special aura emanating from this mourning hall. If there was anything special, it was probably the Ksitigarbha Sutra that this unassuming old Celestial Master was reciting.

The Ksitigarbha Sutra of Rebirth... This sutra can generally only be recited by celestial masters who have reached a very high level of cultivation, because each word of the sutra requires a large amount of yin and yang energy to support it.

This scripture can purify the soul, deliver the deceased, and allow the soul to have the best possible rebirth, so that it can be reborn into a good family.

Even if one is unwilling to be reincarnated, one can remove the ominous aura remaining on the corpse, allowing the deceased's soul to attach itself to the body.

Besides these, Zhang Hao had also heard a rumor—the Ksitigarbha Sutra of Rebirth was a scripture personally written by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, specifically used to suppress inner demons.

The new generation of people all sign contracts with evil gods, amplifying the worst aspects of human nature. In the words of Yin-Yang cultivation and Taoism, they amplify their inner demons and fuel their power... After this analysis, it seems reasonable that Tong Xin would be afraid of the Ksitigarbha Sutra.

Zhang Hao discovered the opponent's weakness, but he wasn't sure yet and needed to find another opportunity to test it.

He watched from this side and saw that after the incantation was heard, the aura attached to the corpse lying on the board was slowly purified, and even the expression at the time of death became much more peaceful.

This is probably because they have been exorcised.

Finally, the deceased's family members began circling the body, weeping and ringing bells, saying things like, "May he rest in peace." After they finished crying, the family members lifted the body and placed it in the coffin.

The body, once placed in the coffin, appeared even more serene.

Everyone grabbed a handful of incense ash and sprinkled it into the coffin.

After the old Taoist priest finished chanting the last word, he stood up, walked to the coffin, and personally closed the lid.

After the coffin was closed, the family members continued to weep, one by one, lying on top of it. As they wept, the appointed time arrived, and the old Taoist priest led the ringing of a bell. The funeral procession began to play mournful music, and the sound of suona horns echoed throughout the house.

A dozen or so very strong villagers stepped forward to help carry the coffin, and the group followed the funeral procession toward the back of the village.

That place on the back mountain was the location Zhang Hao had previously sensed as having the strongest yin energy in the village.

It turns out that over there was a cemetery specifically for burying the villagers' corpses, but there were no tombstones there, which explains why I didn't notice it before.

The burial pit has been dug, and the group of people started performing rituals and scattering paper money. The family members shoveled a handful of soil into the pit, signifying that they were personally sending the deceased to be reincarnated, and that there was no need to worry about family matters; they could rest in peace.

Once the coffin was buried, the funeral was considered complete. The entire village bowed and paid their respects behind the coffin, and their synchronized movements showed that they were very experienced in handling such funerals.

Zhang Hao watched silently. The place where they were buried had an extremely dense yin energy, making it a good place to nourish corpses.

Nourishing corpses doesn't always produce zombies. If done properly, corpses can be used as the focal point of a feng shui formation to improve the feng shui of the entire area.

Clearly, this village falls into the latter category.

It seems the villagers are well aware of this, which is why the village is so filled with a strong sense of yin energy.

Every household keeps a black dog because they know that yin energy needs to be controlled, so they keep black dogs to protect their homes.

This village is far from big cities, but almost every household here lives in a self-built villa with a small courtyard, and the decorations are quite nice. It can be seen that the village is actually quite wealthy.

It just looks a bit conventional on the surface.

Since that's the case, then I don't need to intervene.

Zhang Hao went back.

Tong Xin was lying on the bed, his eyes closed, his face shrouded in black mist, his expression somewhat ferocious and resentful. (End of Chapter)