Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 147

A leaky attic, a rotten bed; a warped floor, a crumbling wall.

Yin Meng sat on a stool with a sprained foot, looking around her VIP room.

She knew very well that if she went through the underworld to see it now, she should be able to see the splendor.

But now she is very afraid of vaginal sex. Every short vaginal sex gives her a painful feeling as if a hammer is chiseling her head.

Outside the attic stood two maids.

They are not difficult to deal with. You can avoid them by flipping down from the other side. However, although this place is in the corner of the palace, it is also covered with mechanisms.

The most important thing is that even if she leaves here now, she doesn't know where to find her companions.

In desperation, she could only take out some weakly toxic but strongly reactive powder from her backpack, broke off a piece of wood in the room, sprinkled the powder on her head and rubbed it.

"Crackling, crackling..."

Red and blue smoke just rose up.

She placed the wood next to the windowsill.

Instead of running around aimlessly, it is better to send a signal and wait patiently.

She didn't have to wait long. From a distance, she saw Tan Wenbin and a strange middle-aged man, followed by the shadow of a eunuch, walking towards them.

The eunuch sent away the two phantom maids downstairs.

Xiong Shan stayed downstairs and Tan Wenbin ran up.

"Yo, come and admire our cute single-family villa."

Yin Meng rolled her eyes at him, put her backpack on her back, and asked, "Can we go now?"

"Wait a minute. Give me all the incense you brought for Runsheng in your bag. I have something to do."

Yin Meng took two boxes out of her bag and handed them to him.

"What to do?"

"Prepare some generous gifts, use some connections, and go through the back door."

"Who is that person downstairs?"

"Eunuch Wang, he's a good man. We're from the same hometown. He's from Shu. When he was young, his family committed a crime. After his family property was confiscated, he was sent to the palace and became a eunuch."

"You know it wasn't him I asked."

"His name is Xiong Shan, he is not one of us."

"I see."

Tan Wenbin packed up his things and waved his hand: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."

After going downstairs, Eunuch Wang took Tan Wenbin away.

Xiong Shanze continued to stand downstairs and did not go upstairs.

Not long after, Tan Wenbin came back. In addition to Eunuch Wang, there was also a senior eunuch wearing a red eunuch's uniform.

This eunuch was older, but his skin was whiter and he exuded a graceful demeanor.

The original eunuch Wang was also very cautious and had a flattering look when he was around the eunuch.

Xiong Shan really felt that this young man named Tan in the youth team was very different.

It seems to be inconspicuous and a bit out of tune, but it can always produce extraordinary effects.

He himself is the captain of the team. From the perspective of team building, even if the second and third brothers are fine, his team is indeed lacking such a person.

Sometimes, not everything has to be solved by force.

Xiong Shan suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly. What's the point of thinking about these things now?
The deaths of the second and third brothers caused his already tattered defenses to completely collapse. Now he just wanted to get through this wave safely so that he could light the lamp again and exit the world normally.

Tan Wenbin led the eunuch over, and the eunuch said as he walked:
"Xiao Binzi, I am willing to help you because I trust you. I am also a poor man. Not only have I lost my roots, but I also lost my life early. Whether you can fulfill the promises made afterwards depends entirely on your conscience, Xiao Binzi."

Tan Wenbin: "Don't worry, godfather!"

Xiong Shan: “…”

Yin Meng was called down, and the eunuch came with them to the ruined palace.

After he arrived, he directly dismissed all the maids and eunuchs nearby, making the surroundings suddenly become extremely deserted.

Tan Wenbin lit a thin incense stick and stuck it into the ground: "Brother Wang, you smoke first."

Then, Tan Wenbin lit another thick incense stick and held it in front of the eunuch, "Godfather, you smoke it."

"Put it in the ground, so as not to tire yourself out."

"Hey, since I have nothing to do right now, I'll just show my respect to you."

"Stinky boy, have you ever served your own father so attentively?"

"Yes, you didn't see it. When I made a mistake as a kid, the private school teacher called my father to talk. I was very diligent at home, washing clothes and mopping the floor. When my father came back, I wanted to kneel at the door to change his clogs."

"Hehehe." The eunuch laughed.

The eunuch Wang, who was squatting on the ground and enjoying the food, also laughed.

"Put it down. Let's sit down and eat slowly. It's not as comfortable to eat by yourself after all when someone else feeds you."

"Hey."

Tan Wenbin stuck the coarse incense into the ground, then took out some alcohol for wound disinfection from his bag, poured it into a plastic cup, and placed one cup in front of each person.

Eunuch Wang hurriedly took a sip of it through the air, and his originally translucent face suddenly turned red, as if he was floating in the air.

The eunuch saw this and spat at him, "You are such a loser."

Then, the eunuch took a sip of incense and a sip of wine:

"Hiss, Xiao Binzi, your wine is really strong."

Eunuch Wang immediately nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, godfather. I'll need your wine every time we celebrate a festival."

As he said this, Tan Wenbin secretly gave Eunuch Wang a look, meaning that you have it too.

Eunuch Wang secretly responded with a smile that said "I understand".

"Alas, when I was still alive, I always felt that this blood offering was so important. After I was exiled and entered the palace, I had to provide well for my brothers and their families. I only hoped that my nephews and nieces would remember my kindness in the future and at least leave me a bite when they offer sacrifices to their own parents.

Now that I am dead, in fact, that is all. Although it is not possible for a person to die like a lamp, but death is death, there is nothing to worry about. "

"Godfather, what you said is wrong. I should repay the kindness of others. Although I am not married yet, I have a lover. In the future, I will have children, and my children will have children.

In the summer nights when we enjoy the cool air, we tell our children some strange stories, and naturally we cannot forget your experience as godfather."

"Hahaha." The eunuch was amused again. "Okay, since you call me godfather, it's rare to meet a godson with a penis. When you get married in the future, your godfather must also give a gift."

Tan Wenbin immediately rubbed his hands and moved closer: "Oh, you still have a trick up your sleeve?"

"That's not true." The eunuch glanced at Tan Wenbin, "When they were buried alive, they were buried alive in a pit. Some maids were even trapped there and starved to death. We are different. When we were buried alive, we had a coffin. When you dig up my body, remember to break a layer in the coffin. There are some gold, silver and jewelry inside."

“I dare not refuse the elder’s gift. After I dig out those treasures, I will build a tomb for you first. As for the rest, I will donate 90% to the village to build bridges and roads, and the remaining 10% will be your share of the money.

When your tablet is ready, I will bring my unmarried partner to pay my respects to you first."

The chief eunuch was suspicious and said, "Only 10% is too little? Although I, your godfather, hid some, I didn't hide too much. The burial was sudden, and I didn't have time to sell off the farms and shops.

Although your father is a government official, he is only in Moling, so I'm afraid his family background is just that. What kind of person is your father?"

"Upright and incorruptible."

"Then it's over. I'm just a poor bastard."

"Not really."

"What will you do for a living?"

"Build water conservancy projects."

"What? I still have to do corvée labor on the riverbank?"

"Uh..." Tan Wenbin scratched his head, "It's something that benefits the country and the people."

"He is ambitious and a good kid."

"Godfather, you are too kind."

Most of the maids and eunuchs here, including the Yuan soldiers and knights who had appeared, actually did not know that they were dead. They still thought they were alive and were doing their previous work.

A eunuch of his rank knew that when he died, he would be at the top of the group of people to be buried alive.

But he is actually just like those people who cannot be looked directly at. He has basic thinking, but it is still limited. If you tell him how many years have passed outside or what era it is now, they will not understand.

After all, they are accomplices and have their own limitations.

This is also the reason why Xie Shunan was able to trick the ancestors of the three families into condensing such a rich and powerful curse power.

Their self-awareness is that they clearly know that their descendants have made mistakes, and they are willing to take the initiative to use spells to punish their descendants.

However, due to the limitations of their thinking, they are unable to perceive and understand what kind of terrible disaster such a huge curse power will bring to the human world today. It is no longer as simple as punishing the three families or exterminating them.

Xiong Shan was standing nearby, watching Tan Wenbin chatting so animatedly with the two ghost eunuchs, and he simply found it incredibly magical.

Yin Meng stood by and didn't find it strange at all.

Everyone in the team, including Xiaoyuan, recognizes Zhuangzhuang's abilities.

Sometimes she worries that her role in the team is not that meaningful.

It seems that his most important value nowadays is still reflected in his "surname Yin". After all, Brother Xiaoyuan will definitely go to Fengdu Ghost City again in the future.

Ugh.

After being treated as a "guest of honor" this time, Yin Meng couldn't help but feel a little helpless:

Even in their own generation, the Yin family is still living off their ancestors' wealth.

At this moment, there seemed to be a sound of wave.

The chief eunuch slowly raised his head and said, "Oh, there is news."

After a while, a group of maids and eunuchs came here.

Eunuch Wang stood up and drove them away.

After a while, more maids and eunuchs came, and the young eunuch could not stop them.

The eunuch glared at them and coughed heavily: "Go away."

The maids and eunuchs scattered like birds and beasts again.

After a period of silence, several eunuchs dressed in high-ranking eunuch uniforms came over.

The chief eunuch stood up and walked forward: "Why, our words are no longer binding in this general's mansion?"

Several senior eunuchs retreated immediately.

Xiong Shan stared at the side, he knew that he had to start the hard work at this moment.

In the end, the difficult work was just muddled through?

Is it just a matter of standing aside and watching the blocking battle that the young man had strictly ordered to defend?
It was quiet for a while again, and this time the ground shook, and a group of knights came.

The eunuch yelled at the top of his voice this time: "We want to see what the surname of this general's mansion is, and which family has the final say!"

The knights looked at each other and rode away.

Time passes in this way, minute by minute.

But what is coming will come.

It can block it for a while, but it can't block it forever.

Tan Wenbin licked his lips and cursed in his heart: Damn, it seems that it is true as Brother Xiaoyuan said, Jie Shunan does have some control over this place.

This time, there were more maids and eunuchs, almost a crowd.

If the order is stuck here, more and more people will gather here, thus forming a joint force to push the order forward.

They are lackeys, and their nature is actually to be influenced and manipulated.

The eunuch's expression also became embarrassed, not because he lost face, but because even he himself felt the pressure.

Not only was he unable to stop the people in front of him, he couldn't even control himself.

Eunuch Wang had already stood opposite, the respectful look on his face disappeared, and like the others, his expression became gloomy and he began to exert collective pressure.

"Xiao Binzi, we are useless. In a little while, we will have to stand on the opposite side."

"Look at what you said, Godfather is already very brave, so, please let go, we still have our own way."

"Really?"

"Let him go. You can keep a clear conscience and protect us from being ostracized."

In fact, with the great eunuch by his side, he and others didn't have to carry straw poles or hold up scarecrows to pretend to be sociable.

"Okay." The eunuch breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand.

Tan Wenbin looked at Xiong Shan and said, "It's your turn now. The time should be about right. You just need to hold on for a while longer."

Xiong Shan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, it will be fine as long as it lasts."

Tan Wenbin shrugged helplessly. He still preferred his brother Yuanzi's sophisticated way of speaking. He would not be used to someone like Xiong Shan being his boss.

"No need. My boss likes to be swift and decisive when doing things. You can hold on for a while."

Xiong Shan began to recite the Chenzhou Talisman. He was seen squatting on the ground with his hands pressed against the ground.

Straw extended from his body again, and eight straw piles appeared around him. One of the straw piles was woven into two scarecrows. The two scarecrows carried a straw pole and entered the palace first.

Under Xiong Shan's control, they walked as slowly as they could, and when they reached the steps at the entrance of the palace, the squatting movement was as if in slow motion.

After the first person who could not be looked at directly got on the straw pole, the two scarecrows slowly stood up, and then carried the person who could not be looked at directly, and slowly circled in the spacious courtyard in front of the palace gate.

Then, a second pile of scarecrows is woven out and picks up people in the same way, and then goes around in circles.

Next, the third one, the fourth one...

The Chenzhou talisman that Xiong Shan is good at has an excellent camouflage effect here. With the effect of the talisman, these straw corpse drivers are "locals" in the eyes of the locals.

Because these "fake locals" kept appearing, going in, and circling, the real local corpse-drivers outside had no choice but to queue outside.

This is like finding a loophole and getting stuck.

After the original eight piles of straw had all turned into "corpse drivers", Xiong Shan summoned out eight more piles.

At this time, he was already feeling a little tired.

However, Tan Wenbin and Yin Meng next to him began to look at Xiong Shan with a new respect.

This was controlling eight puppets at the same time, and he was only slightly struggling.

Considering that Xiaoyuan had compared Lihua to himself before, Tan Wenbin had to admit that the overall quality and strength of Xiong Shan's team was much higher than that of his own team.

However, our own team is more comprehensive. For example, no one in Xiong Shan’s team can sit in the general’s VIP seat and eat for free, but we have our own team.

But it is mainly due to Brother Xiaoyuan’s wisdom.

It was Xiaoyuan's brain and his deeper understanding of walking along the river that brought his team to another level.

At this time, those who could not be looked at directly suddenly stopped coming out, and they began to make seals and cast spells.

Wisps of black mist rose from the bottom, gathered in the air, and formed a black vortex.

Xiong Shan was stunned for a moment, his face gloomy: "Is it over?"

Tan Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's done."

Soon, the black vortex began to decompose and turned into wisps of black gas, returning to the body of everyone who could not look directly at it.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

All the straw poles broke, the scarecrows also fell apart, and all the invisible people on the straw poles fell to the ground.

After finishing the seals, they all returned to the palace and everything returned to peace.

Tan Wenbin clapped his hands: "Okay, this is the signal Brother Xiaoyuan sent us."

At this time, Xiong Shan wiped the sweat off his face and suddenly said:
"Your life in the martial arts world is much simpler than ours."

Tan Wenbin glanced at Xiong Shan and said, "We are only halfway done, don't be so eager to show off."

Xiong Shan's expression froze, he felt no anger, only shame.

Tan Wenbin's own background was even more humble than that of the common people. He was not originally a member of the Xuanmen sect and was just treated as a "temporary plaque".

But he really looked down upon some of Xiong Shan's behavioral habits. He never forgot to test others, and he would always ask for favors from others.

This actually has nothing to do with your background. People are constantly breaking their own limitations throughout their lives. Once you are tired and stop, it will turn into a cage to trap you.

This river is really not suitable for you to walk on.

Tan Wenbin waved his hand and said, "Let's go, gather together."

……

Li Zhuiyuan walked up to Xie Shunan, who was sitting on the ground with a dejected look on his face:
"just kill me."

Li Zhuiyuan ignored him, knowing that Xie Shunan was not afraid of death.

After the young man came over, he passed by Jie Shunan naturally.

Walking to the edge of the huge pit, the boy looked at the black coffin below, raised his hand and pointed.

The corpse-driving Taoist priest, who was still standing on the steps in the same posture as before, turned around and walked slowly towards the young man.

It also passed by Shunan's side.

Xie Shunan asked, "How did you do it?"

He mainly relied on the traditional methods of corpse drivers, using a bamboo pole to control the corpse.

Even if it was the previous situation where he cut off his own eyes and used secret techniques to force the corpse-driving Taoist to attack on his own, it could only last for a moment.

But the young man was able to control it almost perfectly.

Without the help of external force, he could make the corpse obey him directly.

In Xie Shunan's opinion, this is simply an incredible ability.

Li Zhuiyuan's special technique originated from a fellow patient named Wei.

It is also only suitable for sharing among fellow patients.

Not only is it difficult for outsiders to learn, but even if there are occasionally talented people who force themselves to learn, the end will be miserable. Not only will their life be worse than death, but they will also be unable to die.

The one under the peach tree in my hometown is the best example.

However, whether or not he could learn it was secondary. Li Zhuiyuan was too lazy to continue communicating with Xie Shunan.

If Xie Shunan was really willing to sit down and talk properly at the beginning and hand over the command flag to me, then I would probably sit down with him to discuss the revenge plan.

The boy really likes to think about this.

Sometimes, he would think of the black cat.

It believes in itself and is truly good, obedient and well-behaved. It can report progress and final results and see things through to the end.

Sadly, it was freed.

The difference between the two is that although the cat-faced old lady had suffered a defeat in a fight with zombies in her hometown, when she was met in the village at night, the black cat still had the ability to control herself.

Although I tricked Uncle Qin into the village, Uncle Qin at that time was still at the stage where he couldn't hold a bottle, so we were not that close.

Therefore, the cat is willing to follow his own advice based on his strength advantage.

Xie Shunan was not like that. He was completely defeated by himself.

"Are you too tired to talk to me?"

The ferocious look on Xie Shunan's face slowly reappeared.

However, when he was about to stand up again, Runsheng pressed his back with a shovel, and forced him to sit back down again.

Runsheng really wanted to slap him in the face, but Xiaoyuan hadn’t said anything yet.

Under the control of Li Zhuiyuan, the Taoist corpse driver walked down the huge pit and lay back in the coffin.

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes and ended his control over him.

Then, blood flowed from the corner of the eye.

This is the price of controlling an existence of this level. Even if the other party is still cooperating with you deep down, it is still an extremely terrible burden.

Li Zhuiyuan has a set of standards to measure the extent of his overdraft. Headache is the first step, nosebleed is the second step, and bleeding eyes is the third step.

At this point, it is very dangerous. If you continue to overdraw, you may go blind.

"Brother Runsheng, the altar."

"okay."

Runsheng immediately went to set up the altar.

Xie Shunan was about to stand up again, but this time, his shoulder was stepped down by the White Crane Boy who was still holding the child.

He uttered a muffled groan of pain and was stepped on the ground, forbidden to struggle.

After the altar was set up, Li Zhuiyuan began to offer sacrifices to the ancestors of the Xie family, which was a ritual.

The young man held up three burning incense sticks.

Because the other party is half the ancestor of the Xie family and half the general, the incense gift has to be cut off in half.

No matter how ordinary the general is now, and how much he sympathizes with those who once suppressed him, as a young boy, he cannot pay tribute to him.

When he pulled out a stick of incense and was about to pinch half of the second one, he thought of the glass of wine that the general toasted him with in the banquet hall.

Come to think of it, this half stick of incense can be regarded as repayment for that glass of wine.

The sacrifice is completed.

Turning around, Lin Shuyou hurried forward, holding a tissue and water, to help Xiaoyuan wipe the blood off his face.

The boy had left quietly, and now the one holding the child and stepping on Jie Shunan was Lihua.

When Li Zhuiyuan came over, Lihua smiled shyly.

She seemed to have completely forgotten that not long ago, she had taken the initiative to bare her breasts and feed her baby in front of the boy.

Her son’s future was right in front of her, but as a mother she didn’t know how to start the conversation.

Finally, he looked down at his infant son and managed to utter:
"I suddenly remembered that my son is still missing a godfather."

She knew that being a godfather at such a young age seemed inappropriate.

But she couldn't let her son recognize the boy as his brother, then wouldn't she become the boy's godmother?

On the side, Runsheng, who was collecting the altar with his back to the table, said silently:
"You don't deserve to know my husband."

Lihua: "Hahahahahaha!"

Only a very loud laugh could hide my embarrassment at this moment.

But this also eased the slightly depressing and cramped atmosphere at the moment.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the child.

Previously, he used the child's crying to disrupt Jie Shunan's perception of "whispering", and the effect was very good, and the child also knew how to cooperate.

"The child can walk in the dark now. It's not good to expose him to these things too early."

"Hmm?" Lihua was delighted at first, then asked in confusion, "Not good?"

My son can walk in the underworld when he is still in swaddling clothes. Isn't he a genius? What's wrong with that?
Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his foot and gently touched Xie Shunan who was lying on the ground: "He can barely be considered a genius."

His experience is worthy of pity, but his behavior is not worthy of empathy.

There is no need to put yourself in his shoes, because you may be the one who went home from work and had dinner with your family, but because of him, you were slaughtered by evil spirits overnight. Lihua seemed to understand something and immediately asked, "Then...what should we do?"

"Let your man use the talisman to seal his spiritual sense, so that he can at least have a normal childhood."

"Okay...I will." Lihua nodded vigorously.

Rika was convinced by the boy's abilities and background.

Li Zhuiyuan thought of A'li, but A'li was much more pitiful than this child.

If Ahri was only able to travel through the underworld at a young age and occasionally saw ghosts that ordinary people could not see, then Ahri's childhood would probably have been very innocent.

How can two or three little ghosts compare to those big evil spirits who are dead and are forcing the palace to intimidate and humiliate you? They are not on the same level at all.

But even so, A'li just closed herself off and showed resistance and rejection of the outside world. She never thought of taking indiscriminate revenge.

Lihua mustered up her courage again and said, "The child only has a nickname now, and has not yet been given a full name."

Li Zhuiyuan: “I am not suitable.”

He has too many karmas on his body now, and most importantly, he really doesn't like children, especially smart and sensible children.

At this time, Xie Shunan said, "So what if you captured me? If you don't kill me now, I'm very grateful because I can hear the sound of the disaster, hehe."

Got no response.

Xie Shunan: "Are you looking at me with disdain? Haha, I don't believe you can solve it. It's impossible to solve it. You are dreaming."

Runsheng just came back after packing up his things, lowered his head and said to him:
"Xiao Yuan didn't even look at you."

Xie Shunan immediately clenched his hands and pounded the ground desperately.

Lin Shuyou helped Li Zhuiyuan clean up his face, then opened a can of Jianlibao with a "pop" and handed it over:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, do you want to take a break?"

Li Zhuiyuan took the drink, drank it in one gulp, and then shook his head: "It's too late to rest."

After being controlled by Jie Shunan and himself, the corpse-driving Taoist priest became even weaker and could not stay here for too long.

The problem of cursed energy here could explode at any time.

And if nothing unexpected happens outside, the people from those three families will probably arrive at Taohua Village soon.

There are too many variables. All I can do now is to seize the time and solve this problem as soon as possible.

Li Zhuiyuan sat down on the ground, took out a notebook and pen from his schoolbag, and began to draw.

The only way he could think of to break the impasse was the "Dragon Eye Locking Gate Array" at the entrance of the water burial.

Use the fire of the ghost's eyes to burn and dissolve the cursed power.

The premise is that it cannot be dissolved all at once, otherwise the formation and this place will explode together, causing catharsis.

Therefore, the vortex of cursed energy must be decomposed and dispersed to everyone who cannot be looked at directly.

Then let them be carried into the pond one by one and annihilated and dissolved one by one.

There is a problem here. There are too many people who cannot be looked at directly. How to send them in? The method of corpse drivers is feasible, but Li Zhuiyuan suspects that the team of corpse drivers here is seriously insufficient. Otherwise, when Tan Wenbin and Runsheng mixed into the corpse driving team, they would not have to go back and forth. The corpse driving teams sent out here each time would not be only eight.

Moreover, he wanted to completely repair the "Dragon Eye Locking Gate Array", changing it to use corpses as lamp oil and borrowing the tidal power of the lake above to make it endless.

Otherwise... it would not be enough for the ghost eye to burn several times, and he could not temporarily find fresh dead bodies to fill it, that would require a huge amount.

Once the complete "Dragon Eye Locking Gate Array" is in operation, it is very difficult to take shortcuts. After the corpse-driving team carries in those who cannot be looked at directly, they have to destroy them one by one.

Moreover, even if they were just burned one by one, the flame magic power generated at that time would splash out and would probably completely cover the environment.

Therefore, the team of corpse-drivers must be treated as disposable items.

Fortunately, Xiong Shan should be able to make it with the Chenzhou Talisman. If not, squeeze him until he vomits blood and collapses, or even squeezes him dry. In order to end this cause and effect for his son, I think he would be willing to do so.

Li Zhuiyuan quickly drew the blueprint. He didn't let Runsheng open all the valves before because Runsheng was the most efficient one in cooperating with the construction of the formation. If Runsheng was paralyzed, his own construction progress could not be guaranteed.

Even if it means temporary paralysis, it is better to open all valves when meeting deadlines.

Li Zhuiyuan drew the construction drawings in his hand very quickly. It was not difficult to find the raw materials for the formation here. Although the palace was destroyed, there were many lost mechanisms and formations. He could just tear down the east wall and repair the west wall.

He also thoughtfully made notes on each drawing, pointing out where in the palace to dismantle and how to do so.

Tan Wenbin came back with Yin Meng and Xiong Shan.

After Xie Shunan went crazy, he fell into silence.

Because the boy was drawing furiously, no one spoke.

Lihua held the child in one hand and ran to her husband.

When Xiong Shan saw his wife's right hand become like that, he immediately looked distressed and wanted to check the injury to see if there was a chance for some recovery to avoid complete disability.

But Lihua dodged his hand and kicked her husband.

The woman looked at the young man intently, then looked at her husband.

Xiong Shan didn't understand.

The woman looked anxiously at the boy again, then at her husband again.

Xiong Shan still didn't understand what his wife wanted to express. This wasn't like the sex life where a pat on the butt would tell him immediately what position to change to.

Lihua had no choice but to keep Xiong Shan at a distance. She knew that the other person must know what she was going to say, but she couldn't help but say it.

"That young man is from the Dragon King's family!"

"What?" Xiong Shan was shocked at first, then gradually felt relieved.

I was very surprised, after all, it belonged to the Dragon King's family, but I also felt it was normal, it was worthy of being from the Dragon King's family.

Xiong Shan then cried out "Ouch" and sat on the ground.

"What's the matter with you?"

Xiong Shan patted his forehead with his hand, looked at his son, and said:

"You just lost a hand, and I just broke a sweat. Anyway, we have already planned to light the lamp and retire from the world. If we had known earlier, we should have found a suitable opportunity to die, so that we can send our son on his way and ascend to heaven in one step."

Lihua paused, then nodded and said:
"Damn it, it's too late to die!"

……

Tan Wenbin walked over, squatted down, and looked at Xiaoyuan's red eyes.

Then he picked up a thick stack of finished drawings on the ground.

He didn't care whether it would disrupt Brother Xiaoyuan's train of thought, and asked, "Brother Xiaoyuan?"

Li Zhuiyuan didn't even raise his head. He continued drawing and said, "Speak."

"The workload is a bit large, but we can mobilize the ghosts and dead here."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and looked at Tan Wenbin: "How do I start it?"

"I have found a godfather here. He is the highest-ranking eunuch in the palace. I can ask him to organize the ghosts for help..." Tan Wenbin took the opportunity to tell Brother Xiaoyuan about his contact with the eunuch.

"Okay, go ahead and do it. We need to be quick."

"Okay, I'll go talk to my godfather right away."

Tan Wenbin went to find the eunuch, and now he was able to call him "godfather" very easily.

He can help you at a critical moment, leave you gold and silver jewelry, and is nearly two thousand years older than you. What's wrong with calling him "godfather"? It's really worth it.

Li Zhuiyuan had finished drawing the blueprints, and next, he entered the stage of full-scale construction.

Ghosts without a physical body cannot touch reality, but they can lead the way, point out the direction, and help you hold down the mechanism for easy dismantling.

Those eight teams of corpse-drivers can be used as porters, because they are dead people and have physical bodies.

In short, the construction efficiency is very high.

However, after drawing the blueprint, Li Zhuiyuan still could not rest, as he had to arrange the details of the formation himself.

Fortunately, the original formation was only damaged and modified, and the overall basic framework is still there. If it is patched up and not aimed at long-term use, the construction period can be further shortened.

Lihua threw the child into the fist pit on the steps of the stone gate. With only one hand left, she still did the job skillfully and frantically.

In this respect, she is very much like those strong mothers in the secular world who have to leave their children at home and go out to work to earn tuition and living expenses for their children.

Xiong Shanben also wanted to join in, but he was ordered by Li Zhuiyuan to rest.

Where he is needed is in the back.

There was no other way. If it was other skills, as long as Xiong Shan gave the incomplete scroll to the young man to look through, and read it twice at most, Li Zhuiyuan would have learned it. This way he could also help him share the pressure of weaving straw corpse-driving men.

Unfortunately, Li Zhuiyuan was born without any knowledge of talismans.

If other people in the team want to learn Chenzhou Fu, it would probably take years, but this... is considered a rapid progress in understanding.

When Li Zhuiyuan inserted the flag that temporarily served as the center of the formation into position, the "Dragon Eye Locking Gate Formation" was finally completed.

This formation will directly connect to the power of the lake tides, and it will no longer have one eye, but two eyes, and it will not look like a ghost, but a dragon's eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan even had to thank the people from those three families, who had transported in a large amount of secret corpse oil through the "Second and Third Brothers" and drained the storage here.

Otherwise, it would take a long time just to paralyze the old formation.

However, this kind of gratitude is not appropriate to be expressed out loud, as it will cause displeasure to the Xiong Shan couple, although they will certainly not show it at this moment.

After completion, Li Zhuiyuan's vision was all red.

He was already on the verge of overdraft limit, and if he didn't want to be blind for a while longer, he could only try not to use his brain.

The next step is to transport those who cannot be looked at directly out of the stone gate one by one and place them into the formation.

When they arrived in front of the palace, Runsheng carried Li Zhuiyuan on his back.

Eight local teams of corpse-drivers were already waiting nearby.

However, Li Zhuiyuan planned to let the "outsiders" go first, and a small number of local people could take over in the middle to give Xiong Shan a chance to catch his breath.

"Xiong Shan."

"Yes!"

There was already more respect in Xiong Shan's tone.

Dust returns to dust, after coming down from the river, ambition is no longer important. When facing the mountain of reality, you have to bow your head eventually.

Xiong Shan knelt on the ground and formed eight haystacks. Then, the first team of straw corpse drivers appeared and walked in.

Next to him, Jie Shunan was tied up and brought over.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't kill him, and he was not afraid of death.

Because Li Zhuiyuan promised the ancestor of the Xie family that he would arrange an ending for him.

The ancestor of the Xie family also told the young man that the Dragon King of the Qin family back then was Qin Kan.

However, although Xie Shunan could not see it, he could sense the orderly movements of the entire underground palace.

This means that this young man really has a way to solve the problem of accumulated cursed energy.

His face was filled with genuine panic, and from the beginning till now, he had been shouting:

"Grandpa, I beg you, please die quickly! Old thing, why are you still alive, die, die! You old beast, why don't you die!"

His voice had long been hoarse from shouting himself hoarse, and gradually he could no longer utter a single sound.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at Lin Shuyou who was standing next to Runsheng, and Lin Shuyou looked back at Brother Xiaoyuan.

Seeing this, Tan Wenbin, who was standing farther away, took out a bottle of water, walked up to Xie Shunan, fed him a few sips, and said:

"Come on, moisten your throat, then continue shouting and the music will continue."

Xie Shunan was like a madman, shouting in the direction of Li Zhuiyuan:

"Since your Qin family is coming, why didn't you come back then?
Since I was a child, I have heard my grandma tell the story of how the Dragon King Qin and the four families of my Tianmen family joined hands to suppress evil spirits. Do you know how much I respected the Dragon King Qin since I was a child?
I once dreamed of joining the Qin family when I grew up, even if it was just to be a slave!
Before our Xie family's ancestral home was burned down, the Qin family's Dragon King's spirit tablet was worshipped first in the family ancestral hall for generations!

Before my grandma set herself on fire to protect me from escaping, I only took the tablet of the Qin Family Dragon King from home.

During those years, while I was hiding from the searches and hunts of those three families, I never forgot to offer sacrifices to the spirit tablets every day and cried out to the Qin family, begging them to show their mercy, remembering that my Jie family had paid a huge price to help the Dragon King seal the evil spirits, and to protect my Jie family and seek justice for my Jie family!
Even when I am almost starving to death, I will still keep the offerings!
How many nights have I cried myself to sleep in front of the Dragon King’s tablet!
Why are you pretending to be compassionate and loving to the people here? Pah, so disgusting!
Since you, the Qin family, are coming, why don’t you come before I give up? Otherwise, just don’t come!
Could it be that back then,

Are all members of your Dragon King Qin family dead?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Slap."

Tan Wenbin put the water bottle on the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and slapped Jie Shunan hard in the face.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Tan Wenbin did not hold back and swung his arms wide each time.

Xie Shunan's face was swollen, his lips were broken and his teeth were broken.

But he still opened his mouth, ignoring the blood in his mouth, and grinned:

“Hahahahahahahaha, did I hit the nail on the head? What Qin family, what Dragon King, they are all hypocritical, deceiving the world and stealing fame, bah!”

Li Zhuiyuan: "Tan Wenbin, help him to go undercover. Even if he loses his eyes, I want him to see with his own eyes how his plan was broken."

"understand!"

Tan Wenbin placed his hand on Jie Shunan's head, and the resentful baby on this side of his arm slowly slid down and touched Jie Shunan's body, helping him to forcefully start walking in the underworld.

It was at this time that the Scarecrow Driver received the first person he could not look directly at.

Two straw corpse drivers squat down and put down the straw pole. Those who cannot look directly at it go up, stand up and lift it up.

"Crack!"

The straw pole broke, the scarecrow fell apart, the unwatchable fell down, and then walked back to the palace by itself.

This sudden change stunned everyone present.

Yin Meng stepped forward and asked, "Did you hold back?"

Xiong Shan's face turned extremely ugly.

He immediately wove a new team of straw corpse drivers and walked to the palace gate. A person who could not be looked at directly came out and got on the pole.

"Crack!"

The same thing happened this time. The straw pole broke, the scarecrow fell apart, and those who couldn't bear to look at it walked back.

Xiong Shan began to panic and immediately organized a third team, but got the same result.

"I...I...I..."

Xiong Shan opened his mouth in disbelief. Everything was ready, but he failed at the most critical link.

This is not just a failure in this wave. If this is not handled properly and a disaster occurs, he will bear the huge consequences.

Tan Wenbin said, "It seems that this has happened before. Last time, after they formed a seal and cast a spell and dispersed the spell power back to each other, the straw pole cracked. I thought Xiong Shan saw that the matter was over and stopped the spell himself."

Xiong Shan: "I...I thought I was tired."

In fact, when the first team was weaving out, he was already fully focused and did not dare to hold back at all, because he wanted to get off to a good start.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Change team."

The local corpse-driving team entered the palace.

At the entrance, squat, sideways, a person who cannot be looked at directly comes out, go up.

Get up.

“Snap!” “Bang!”

The bamboo pole broke and the two bodies carrying it exploded.

In fact, judging from the short-term effects alone, the straw corpse driver woven by Xiong Shan is of better quality than the local ones and has a stronger carrying capacity.

"Hahahahaha!!!"

Xie Shunan laughed.

"Do you know why it didn't work? Because the last time, the last time they formed a seal and cast a spell, it reached the critical point. They, they couldn't lift it anymore!
I won, I won in the end!

It was the last time I waved the flag that I broke the critical point. You worked in vain, completely in vain, hahahaha!"

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes.

Lihua immediately stepped forward and said, "My husband and I will carry it ourselves!"

The boy said nothing.

Tan Wenbin said, "The lever is not strong enough to bear the load."

Lihua: "We can just hug her!"

Xiong Shan grabbed his wife and signaled her not to speak anymore.

Lihua shook off her husband's hand and said, "Why? I'm not afraid of death!"

The woman's voice was already shrill; she had completely lost her composure due to anxiety. If things here were not handled properly, her son would also be implicated and ruined!

Tan Wenbin: "It's unbearable to even look at it, and you still want to touch it with your own hands."

Lihua: "..."

Xiong Shan immediately pushed his wife back and said helplessly: "Even if we can pick her up, we can carry her into the formation and burn her, but how many times can you be burned to death?"

Upon hearing this, Lihua knelt on the ground in despair.

Xie Shunan continued to yell, "What's wrong? Why don't you speak? Speak up, aren't you very powerful? Why are you silent now?

This natural disaster will eventually break out, and those who are to be buried with me will not be left behind, they will all die, all of them will die!"

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes.

At this time, his eyes were already deep red, and his vision was all red, and he could only vaguely see some fuzzy shadows.

He had just recalled all of his encounters with the Unsightly, focusing on the details in the ballroom and the palace.

When Tan Wenbin and Runsheng were carrying those who could not be looked at directly, they could not enter the banquet hall with their eyes open, so they simply unloaded the cargo at the door like unloading cement. Those who could not be looked at directly would crawl or roll to their seats according to the guidance of the maids and eunuchs.

At the palace gate, every time people were picked up or dropped off, those who could not be seen directly actually walked out in a queue on their own.

This means that they can actually move on their own.

Just as Tan Wenbin said to himself, most of the eunuchs and maids here didn't know that they were dead. Only the senior eunuchs and old maids knew that they were dead.

But even so, even Tan Wenbin's godfather could not think specifically about things like "what year is it today".

Therefore, the reason why the group of people who cannot be looked at directly have to use corpse drivers to pick them up and drop them off time and again so that their feet don't touch the ground is not that they cannot really touch the ground, but because their existence as minions has limitations.

Since there is no way to transport them to the formation now, we can only let them...

Li Zhuiyuan: "Brother Runsheng, let me down."

"Okay." Runsheng bent down and the boy slipped off him.

"Brother Runsheng, go to the banquet hall and move the statue here quickly."

"understand!"

"understand!"

Except Yin Meng, everyone went, including Xiong Shan and Lihua. Although the couple didn't know the reason for doing so, at least they had something to do now.

Yin Meng took out a tissue and helped Li Zhuiyuan wipe the blood that was still flowing from the corner of his eyes.

The statue is actually not heavy. Runsheng can hug it by himself. If so many people go together, the speed will be even faster.

Soon, Qin Kan's statue was moved here.

Xie Shunan mocked, "What? Are you imitating me now and setting up memorial tablets for the dead? Haha, I tell you, forget it, it's useless, just give up on this idea!"

Li Zhuiyuan pointed forward and said, "Move to the palace gate."

"Let's do it, let's do it!"

Xiong Shan and Lihua closed their eyes and moved the statue to the palace gate.

"Come out." Li Zhuiyuan said as he walked inside.

Xiong Shan and Lihua went out with their eyes closed.

The closer you get to the palace, the more cracks there are. When you reach the entrance of the palace, you can actually see the people who are not to be looked at directly standing in a row inside, but they are all facing sideways towards the entrance, which is also facing sideways towards you.

Li Zhuiyuan walked here. His eyes were now bloodshot and he was very close to being blind. He no longer had to worry about whether he could see or not.

The boy stood in front of the statue, facing the palace entrance.

He tried to open his mouth several times but stopped by pursing his lips.

Cold sweat kept flowing down his forehead and his breathing became more and more rapid.

He felt bad.

Just like when Ahri left home and saw the crowd as if she saw ghosts, the boy had no problem performing, but when facing the outside world except for a few specific people and using real emotions without performing, he would be extremely painful and tormented.

Especially, this time we have to face so many people at once. Even though they are all dead, they still retain some self-awareness and can be considered "alive" in a strict sense.

Li Zhuiyuan squatted down slowly with trembling body, supporting himself on the ground with his hands.

Beads of sweat mixed with the blood from his eyes kept dripping onto the ground.

The people outside were looking at him, but no one dared to step forward. Except for Xie Shunan who was still barking, no one even dared to speak.

Xiong Shan and Lihua are praying for a miracle to happen and for the river to bless them.

Tan Wenbin, Runsheng and the others did not believe in miracles, but they knew that when Brother Xiaoyuan stood there, the problem would definitely be solved. They were worried about whether Brother Xiaoyuan's body could hold on.

“Hiss…hiss…uh…”

Many scenes flashed through Li Zhuiyuan's mind, including the one at his initiation ceremony, himself and A'li holding hands, himself accepting the pocket money handed to him by his grandfather, and himself in A'li's dream, looking at the rows of densely packed cracked tablets on the altar.

Finally, I paused to think of the words I had said to myself under the peach tree:
"Be careful or God will peel off your skin with his own hands."

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and touched his face.

It is not someone else's turn to peel off my skin.

Some things are his own responsibility, and he cannot escape from them under any circumstances.

The young man stood up again with difficulty and stood in front of the statue again, facing the palace.

Li Zhuiyuan straightened his chest, although he moved slowly and seriously, and performed the Qin family's salute to all the people in the palace who could not be looked at directly, and to the ancestors of the four old Tianmen families who died in the battle to suppress the general!

Even at his own initiation ceremony, Li Zhuiyuan had never expected that this set of etiquette would one day become so heavy.

However, as the ritual went on, the boy's movements became more fluent, and his aura gradually grew stronger and stronger.

Even the statue behind him seemed to be shaking gently at this moment, and was stained with a faint red glow.

Inside the palace, those who were originally facing sideways towards the boy, who could not be looked at directly, slowly turned around and collectively faced the boy.

In the huge pit in the center of the palace, the coffin lid collapsed.

The corpse-driving Taoist priest stood up again without anyone controlling him.

At this moment, green light flashed in his eyes. Although the two souls were in the same body, they both recalled the same old friend at the same time.

The ceremony is over.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes that could no longer see.

The young man's voice rang out in front of the palace gate and surrounded the entire palace.

“The only contemporary heir of the Dragon King Qin family, Li Zhuiyuan.

Brave and daring,

Please everyone,
For the righteous path and for the people,

Today,
Die again!"

(End of this chapter)