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Chapter 390 The Soul-Sealing Altar

Why do you want to know about Yin Hui's family?

The old man looked at Li Gongyang and asked.

“I am Yin Hui’s classmate. After he passed away, I wanted to visit his family and help them if I could.”

"Yin Hui's classmate?"

The old man looked Li Gongyang up and down, clearly somewhat disbelieving.

But the old man believed him after Li Gongyang showed him his student ID.

"Hey……"

The old man sighed.

"Yin Hui's family is gone."

"Gone?"

Although Li Gongyang was somewhat prepared after seeing the eerie atmosphere of the house, he still frowned at this moment.

"Yes, since you're Yin Hui's classmate, you should know that Yin Hui is an orphan..."

Afterwards, the old man told Li Gongyang about Yin Hui's family situation.

Yin Hui is an orphan; his parents died in an accident when he was in high school.

That five-story building was built a year before his parents passed away. Who knew that before they could enjoy the fruits of their labor, the two of them were in a car accident and died together.

Fortunately, the compensation from the car accident and the substantial wealth left by Yin Hui's parents meant that as long as Yin Hui didn't go astray, he wouldn't have to worry about the rest of his life.

But no one expected that Yin Hui, such a strong child, would pass away unexpectedly in college.

After Yin Hui died, his sister, with the help of Yin Hui's uncle's family, took care of his funeral arrangements.

They thought it was the end, but to their surprise, Yin Hui's sister hanged herself on the seventh day after Yin Hui's death.

In this way, the Yin Hui family was completely wiped out!
Upon hearing this, Li Gongyang's heart clenched painfully.

After a long silence, Li Gongyang continued, "Doesn't Yin Hui have any other relatives? What about his uncle?"

Since Li Gongyang couldn't help Yin Hui, he decided to help Yin Hui's family; he had to do something.

"His uncle? His uncle's entire family is dead."

The old man took a drag of his cigarette and exhaled sharply.

It seemed that this matter had been weighing on his mind for a long time, so he made Li Gongyang a confidant.

“In the days after Yin Hui’s death, it was Yin Hui’s uncle who took care of the family affairs. After Yin Hui’s sister committed suicide, Yin Hui’s uncle’s family moved into the small Western-style house that Yin Hui’s family had built.”

"result……"

The old man paused for a moment.

But Li Gongyang had already guessed the outcome.

"Oh, you have no idea! His uncle's whole family, including his aunt's relatives, totaling more than ten people, filled Yin Hui's little villa."

"There was no one left in Yin Hui's family, so it was understandable that Uncle Yin Hui's family moved in. But who knew that after only ten days or so, Uncle Yin Hui's two sons, one daughter, and son-in-law all hanged themselves in the house!"

“When we saw that scene, we were really scared. Many people said there was something dirty in the building, and some even speculated that the dirty thing was Yin Hui’s sister.”

“At the time, we were scared, and Uncle Yin Hui’s family was even more scared. Before we could even handle the aftermath, we invited a fortune teller to solve the problems in the building.”

"It would have been better if the result hadn't come. That very night, everyone in Uncle Yin Hui's family who remained in that house, including the fortune teller, hanged themselves."

"You have no idea, the whole village panicked at that time."

Li Gongyang frowned upon hearing this.

"Didn't anyone call the police?"

The old man glanced at Li Gongyang.

"Call the police? Is this something that calling the police can solve?"

The old man shook his head.

"Someone wanted to call the police at the time, but then something happened and no one called the police anymore."

"what happened?"

Li Gongyang asked.

The old man took another puff of his cigarette before sighing, "What a tragedy!"

It turns out that Yin Hui's sister did not commit suicide, but was murdered by Yin Hui's uncle's family!
What for?
Naturally, it's the Yin Hui family's inheritance and that building!
These were all revealed by Yin Hui's aunt, who survived but went insane.

After Uncle Yin Hui's family died, Aunt Yin Hui went insane. From her incoherent ramblings, the villagers pieced together the truth of the matter.

The villagers were immediately enraged.

There was anger towards what Uncle Yin Hui had done, and also anger towards Uncle Yin Hui for creating a ghost story that caused chaos in the village.

Some people wanted to call the police, but then they thought that this might be revenge from Yin Hui or his sister. It was the two siblings who were making things difficult for Yin Hui's uncle's family. If they called the police, they might anger Yin Hui and his sister and get harassed again. What would they do then?
As a result, this matter became a taboo in the village, and no one dared to mention it again.

As time went by, and the villagers found that nothing strange happened again, their fear of Yin Hui's family faded considerably, and the neighbors around Yin Hui's house gradually returned home.

After hearing this, Li Gongyang finally understood why the neighbors near Yin Hui's house all had a bowl covered with incense ash placed in front of their doors.

It looks like it was placed for Yin Hui's family.

After figuring out the situation, Li Gongyang was at a loss for what to do.

If what the old man said is true, then it means that the ghost in Yin Hui's house is very likely Yin Hui or Yin Hui's sister.

In that case, should he still take action?

After saying goodbye to the old man, Li Gongyang returned to the vicinity of Yin Hui's house, found a tree, and sat down under it, looking in the direction of Yin Hui's house.

After observing for three or four hours, and with noon approaching the time to activate the house-protecting medicine, Li Gongyang finally got up and headed towards Yin Hui's house.

Instead of activating the house-protecting medicine at Yin Hui's house, they went to dig out the four house-protecting medicines that had already been buried.

Li Gongyang's idea was simple: since the ghosts in Yin Hui's house didn't come out to harm people, why should he bother to deal with them?
Was killing Yin Hui once not enough? Did they have to kill him again?
Although he knew that the ghost could no longer be considered Yin Hui, he was still unwilling to deal with it.

But just as Li Gongyang got up and took a few steps, he saw a black SUV drive in from outside the village and stop in front of Yin Hui's house.

After a moment of surprise, Li Gongyang seemed to realize something and quickly walked over.

……

Ding Xiuyuan and Zhao Haoran, who got out of the car, put on the net sieve and looked at the five-story building.

"Wow, more than a dozen people have died. It has indeed become a malevolent spirit."

After Ding Xiuyuan finished speaking, he put down the sieve.

Just as he was about to enter Yin Hui's house, his ears twitched, and he turned to look to the side.

"Who is this? It feels like they're coming for us."

Ding Xiuyuan asked Zhang Haoran, who was standing beside him.

"It's not a feeling, they're definitely coming for us."

Soon, the two heard Li Gongyang's voice.

"Are they from the Bureau of Investigation?"

Ding Xiuyuan took a few steps forward and looked Li Gongyang up and down.

He only sensed a tiny bit of Qi and blood power from Li Gongyang, which was not much stronger than those rookie agents from the Bureau of Investigation who had just completed the second version of the physical training exercises, let alone the two senior Yang Xiu team leaders.

"who are you?"

Ding Xiuyuan stared at Li Gongyang, his tone questioning.

Ding Xiuyuan's hometown is in the next village.

He had originally planned to visit his hometown after finishing a mission, as it had been a long time since he had been back.

As a result, while chatting with some acquaintances, he heard about what happened to Yin Hui's family in the next village.

More than a dozen people died, all by hanging. Given the current situation in Great Xia, it would be strange if this wasn't a supernatural event.

He immediately reported the matter and received a temporary investigation assignment.

Because both of them were senior team leaders and had special equipment, they weren't too afraid of the house that seemed to have malevolent energy.

But it was clearly a temporary mission, so how could other people know they were here?

Li Gongyang looked at the wary Bureau of Investigation agent in front of him, said nothing, and simply showed off his raven-feather raincoat.

"I am a messenger from the underworld."

One sentence was enough to change their expressions.

They're underworld messengers!
They had only heard of the presence of underworld messengers in other cities, but had never seen them. Who would have thought that a chance temporary mission would lead them to encounter underworld messengers!
With those peculiar clothes, it would be difficult for underworld officials to impersonate them.

"So they are underworld officials." Ding Xiuyuan and Zhao Haoran reached out and shook hands with Li Gongyang.

"Could this haunted house be related to the underworld?"

Ding Xiuyuan asked.

Li Gongyang shook his head.

"It has nothing to do with the underworld, but it does concern me."

Li Gongyang's words startled the two of them.

Then they heard what Li Gongyang said next.

"The ghost in this house, I wonder if you two can spare it?"

Ding Xiuyuan and Zhao Haoran looked at each other in bewilderment.

What does "letting go..." mean?

"Just don't deal with the ghosts here."

Ding Xiuyuan had never heard of anyone daring to make such an outrageous request to a member of the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigations.

If there's a ghost, why not get rid of it?

Keeping it as a pet?
What are the underworld officials up to?
Could it be that the ghosts here... are raised by this underworld official?

Ding Xiuyuan's heart sank. If that were the case, then the nature of this incident would be serious, and it would definitely have to be reported.

Li Gongyang seemed to have guessed Ding Xiuyuan's thoughts, and immediately explained that Yin Hui was his classmate and the reason why ghosts appeared in Yin Hui's house.

"Since they haven't come out to harm anyone, let's leave them here."

Upon hearing Li Gongyang's words, Ding Xiuyuan almost laughed.

If anyone else had said that, Ding Xiuyuan would have slapped them across the face.

These ghosts haven't left this house yet, so they won't leave it in the future.
The Bureau of Investigation is short-staffed everywhere these days. Does it mean they have to leave someone here every day just because this ghost might be a classmate of a ghost messenger?
absurd!

In an instant, the image of the underworld officials lost much of its mystique in Ding Xiuyuan's mind.

The so-called underworld messenger is nothing more than a lucky guy.

"Heh, does Li Yinchai mean to make the villagers move out and let the ghosts live in this village?"

Ding Xiuyuan's words made Li Gongyang frown.

"They're all fine now, so why are they moving away?"

fine?

If something happens and this ghost runs away and kills people, becoming a blood disaster, who will be responsible?
Ding Xiuyuan stopped talking, knowing that reasoning with him was pointless, so he took out his phone and called his bureau chief.

He couldn't manage this kind of thing, and he was too lazy to manage it.

If the higher-ups are going to make concessions to the underworld officials in this regard, then he'll have to think more about himself in the future. Who knows if the Bureau of Investigation will try to curry favor with them by sacrificing their lives for other reasons?

After making the call, Ding Xiuyuan quickly received instructions.

"If it's a sneaky thing, the Bureau of Investigation has the right to punish it. If the Underworld is not satisfied with our approach, they can have the Underworld negotiate with the Bureau. If it's just the actions of an individual underworld official, we don't need to pay attention to it."

Upon hearing the reply, Ding Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Li Yinchai, you just said this is your own business and has nothing to do with the Underworld?"

Seeing Li Gongyang nod, Ding Xiuyuan said nothing more and led Zhao Haoran toward Yin Hui's house.

Li Gongyang's face was somewhat grim, but he had no other choice.

Even waving the banner of the underworld couldn't intimidate anyone; it seems the ghosts in Yin Hui's family really will have to be dealt with by the Bureau of Investigation this time.

What should I do?
Li Gongyang looked at Yin Hui's house, and suddenly, something occurred to him.

If we can't stop the Bureau of Investigation from eliminating the ghosts in the building, can we take the ghosts away from the building?
"Hold on!"

Li Gongyang strode after him, but soon saw the Qi and Blood Furnace that Ding Xiuyuan had condensed.

"Li Yinchai, the matter is clear now. If you have any complaints, let the Underworld communicate with the General Administration. Now, please do not obstruct our work!"

Feeling the heat emanating from the Qi and Blood Furnace, Li Gongyang did not back down.

“I won’t stop you from dealing with the ghosts in the building, but could you wait one day? Tomorrow at this time, I’ll go with you to deal with the ghosts in the building.”

Upon hearing this, Ding Xiuyuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Although he didn't know why Li Gongyang had changed his mind, he was still prepared to refuse.

But at that moment, Li Gongyang spoke again.

"If you agree, then consider it a favor I owe you."

Ok?
A favor from a ghost messenger?

Ding Xiuyuan and Zhang Haoran exchanged a glance, both understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.

He put away the Qi and Blood Furnace.

"In that case, we should go back and hand in our mission and rest first. We'll be here on time tomorrow at noon, and no matter what, we'll clear out the ghosts in the building."

Seeing that Ding Xiuyuan and the other person agreed, Li Gongyang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay! Thanks."

After watching Ding Xiuyuan and the other person leave, Li Gongyang turned his head and glanced at Yin Hui's building, then took out the sticker and went straight back to the Sanshan garrison.

Since we need to bring Yin Hui's ghost out of the building, we need something.

He had glanced at that thing when he went to the exchange section earlier.

Soon, Li Gongyang found the item he had seen before in the exchange section and used his Yin Virtue to exchange for its crafting and usage instructions.

……

【Suppressing Evil - Soul Sealing Altar】

Uses: Soul suppression, soul sealing

Description of the talisman:

Legend has it that beyond the vast ocean lies a divine island, suspended between heaven and earth, connecting the mysterious and the divine, yet secluded from the human world.

It is hundreds of millions of miles from the Central Plains, and below lies the ravine of Guixu, which mortals cannot cross.

Therefore, the ancients believed that the soul of the deceased could go to this realm, so they made pottery urns as vessels to guide the soul, which were called "soul altars".

Later generations continued to use it for collecting souls and suppressing evil spirits, and it was often placed in tombs.

Its manufacturing process is divided into two parts: the lid and the body.

The altar lid is made of multi-story pavilions, with celestial birds and exotic beasts arranged in the form of dancing and music; the altar body is decorated with fish, dragons, turtles and tortoises, all of which are spiritual creatures that live in the deep.

Then, smear the crimson blood of a black cat on it, and it's done!
When using it, open the jar lid, aim the jar mouth at the evil spirit, bite your middle finger, and smear the blood from your middle finger onto the jar mouth.

The suction force within the altar manifests itself, drawing in evil spirits and causing them to fall silent.

Remember, once the soul is sealed, the jar lid must not be opened again, otherwise evil spirits will be released, malevolent energy will appear, and disaster will befall you!

……

Looking at the crafting instructions for the Soul Sealing Altar that he had exchanged, Li Gongyang felt a bit of a headache.

The jar's capabilities were indeed what he needed, but this jar was clearly not the kind that could be used by simply picking it up from the roadside.

He certainly couldn't make it himself in just one day.

So, we need to find someone!
Li Gongyang thought of the people he had met during his time as a fortune teller and immediately prepared to leave the Sanshan residence to make contact with them.

But just then, he saw the notice board for posting tasks on the side, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He walked to the taskbar and said, "Sir, I want to issue a task!"

Immediately, a cloth dog jumped out of the room behind the taskbar.

After Li Gongyang explained the requirements for the jar, he added a reward to the task... 200 Yin Virtue!

He then used the taskbar's value-added service, which was to use 100 Yin Virtue to announce this task to all Yin Messengers who owned the cloth dog!

Despite spending a full 300 units of Yin Virtue, Li Gongyang didn't feel any heartache.

Just as he was preparing to return to the mortal world to take further precautions, he was told that someone had already accepted the task he posted!

……

P.S.: I haven't been feeling well lately because I haven't been able to adjust my writing schedule properly, which has prevented me from taking good care of my wife and family's emotions.

I write to earn money for my family, and there's no reason why writing should cause problems for my family.

Fortunately, I took the problem seriously and am now adjusting my writing and life rhythm. So, I'll postpone the extra updates for now and start doing them again once I find a suitable rhythm.

thanks for your support.

(End of this chapter)