After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 100

Will it lay eggs inside her belly?

Will they use her belly as a breeding ground for leeches' offspring?!
As soon as these thoughts popped into her head, Bai Xiao immediately ran to the side and started gagging herself.

"What egg can't be cooked when the water's boiling?" The old clan chief waved his hand dismissively, "It's drinkable, it's drinkable!"

When we worked in the mountains, it was common to drink stream water raw, but we never saw them drink leech eggs!

"You guys are ambitious and courageous, go!"

He then sent his two grandsons to fetch water.

If you can't get anyone else to do something, surely you can get your own grandson to do something too!

The two grandsons, both in their thirties, had no choice but to carry buckets to fetch water. However, seeing the leeches swimming on the surface of the water like seaweed, they felt very reluctant and slowed their movements down tenfold.

The old clan chief was getting angry at their dawdling, but he didn't really want to do it himself. After all, he was old, and if he had his blood drained, how much meat would he have to eat to make up for it?
Whether it was a leech or not was secondary; what mattered was that Bailu's brow hadn't relaxed since she saw the leech in the pond. She simply couldn't believe that she could encounter something like this!
She called Bai Chen and Bai Wei over and patted them on the shoulders: "It's time to test your learning results!"

Bai Chen and Bai Wei felt as if their shoulders weighed a ton—

What do you mean?
They exchanged a glance. The eldest sister's "learning achievements" could only refer to the metaphysical realm. Could it be that there were other ghosts beside their ancestors' resting place?!
That would be terrible!

The two men perked up and strode confidently toward the pool, maximizing their senses as a chilling aura assaulted their faces.

His face lit up, and he began to carefully observe and feel.

A faint, gloomy aura, and a putrid smell.

Ghosts? No.

But at the bottom of the pool, which was four or five meters deep, there was a dead body, a dead body completely covered by leeches.

Leeches kept breaking away from their nest and floating to the surface of the water, swimming towards the chicken and attaching themselves to it.

The visual impact was so intense that Bai Wei almost vomited.

She glanced at the half-eaten apple that Bai Xiao was still holding after vomiting, then knocked the apple away and ran to the side, gagging repeatedly.

"What's going on?"

Bai Xiao was startled and quickly nudged the egret.

The latter sighed and sincerely advised, "I suggest you go home first, and then block everyone in the village, including your parents' WeChat Moments. It's best to focus on work during this time, don't even go online, and avoid contacting the villagers as much as possible."

"Can you please stop making things so creepy?!"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to handle this news."

Bai Xiao swallowed hard: "What happened? Tell me, I can handle it!"

"Those who don't heed the advice of their elders will suffer the consequences." The egret then asked, "Are you sure you're not leaving?"

Bai Xiao's heart trembled, but curiosity ultimately prevailed: "Could there be a ghost here?"

She looked around, but there was nothing there. After all, she had seen ghosts before, so she still had that much courage!

Bai Xiao silently encouraged herself: "I won't leave. You'll hold the sky up even if it falls!"

"I can't handle this, since I haven't eaten an apple or drunk any water."

Bai Lu patted Bai Xiao and said to the clan chief, Uncle Taigong, "Uncle Taigong, this water is no longer drinkable. It's not even suitable for washing vegetables or cooking. There's a leech nest down there, and a corpse that's been dead for three months."

Upon hearing this, the noisy scene suddenly paused. The two grandsons of the great-uncle who were fetching water abandoned their buckets and ran away.

God, collapsed.

Bai Xiao felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Serves her right! She deserved it!

That damned curiosity of hers! Why didn't she listen to Bailu?

What good would it do her to know these things?
Now, her stomach is filled not only with leech eggs but also with putrid fluid!

Bai Xiao really wanted to faint, but her body was too resilient and she managed to hold on!

"Wow--"

She had nothing left to vomit, so she vomited bile, experiencing firsthand the bitterness of not heeding the advice of elders.

Uncle Taigong, his white beard trembling, looked at Bailu: "Lulu, you can't just say things like that! What corpse? We can't have a murderer in our village!"

"Uncle, what you're saying doesn't mean that the murder was committed by someone from our village!"

Although Bai Jiang was taken aback by his eldest daughter's words, he immediately sided with Bai Lu.

Although he didn't know how his eldest daughter knew there was a corpse in the pool, he did know that his Lulu had learned skills from Master Qingxu!
"Where's the body?"

Gao Laorong held the chicken by the neck and looked into the water. The pool was three or four meters deep, with water plants and moss. The bottom wasn't very clear, but there was definitely no sign of a corpse or anything like that. He scolded her, "You silly child, you really dare to make any kind of joke in this desolate place. When the meal is ready, you have to personally serve a bowl to the old man and light two sticks of incense!"

According to the older generation, talking about ghosts and gods in the wilderness is dangerous and can easily lead to being haunted. Gao Laorong asked Bailu to offer two more sticks of incense to the old man so that he could protect her and ward off any misfortune.

Qin Xiu wanted to chime in, but thinking of the swarm of caterpillars she had lined up to enter the pit back then, and the thriving little cabbage now, she hesitated for a moment: "Lulu, tell Mom, did you really see it?"

The egret nodded: "Whether it's true or not, we'll know once we fish it out and see."

Qin Xiu gasped.

Some people disagreed: "Xiao Lu, you should know when to stop joking! With water levels of four or five meters, it's not impossible to dive down and take a look, but there are so many leeches, you'll come back with half a pound less blood!"

"I come!"

Uncle Bai couldn't stand anyone questioning his eldest niece. Without saying a word, he took off his shoes and was about to jump in. He was a good swimmer, so what were leeches? They couldn't possibly drain his blood.

"No need! Uncle, you don't need to go into the water!"

Bai Lu quickly stopped the person and had Bai Chen drag a bamboo pole from a short distance away. He cut off the bamboo at the tail end, then cut off the hardest part of the bamboo at the head, about 30 to 40 centimeters long, split it into three-finger-width sections, and then split the bamboo at the head into about 20 centimeters long sections. He then inserted the three-finger-width bamboo strips and secured them in place. A simple bamboo hook was thus made.

"Everyone, move aside, this scene is a bit disgusting."

Bai Lu reminded everyone present, and Bai Xiao was the first to respond, leaping away as if she were a feather. If conditions allowed, she would have wanted Bai Lu to use the Ghost Path to send her home directly.

But some people didn't believe it and insisted on getting close to the egret to see it.

Bai Lu told her parents, grandparents, and uncle to go far away. Bai's uncle even wanted to help, but Bai Lu refused, since he "couldn't see" them.

But Bai Lu could. She found the right spot, stretched the bamboo pole to the bottom of the pool, and by feel, pierced through the encirclement formed by the leeches, accurately hooked the corpse's ribs, and pulled the bamboo pole up little by little.

The egret's movement clearly indicates that it has hooked something on the bamboo hook.

"Could there really be a corpse down there?!"

Those who initially didn't believe in such things thought it over and walked away—just in case! Right? Only a few stubborn individuals refused to listen to advice.

However, there really is no such thing as "what if".

Bai Lu didn't care about them. Just as she was about to pull the body out of the water, she twisted her wrist and flashed away. As she ran away, a corpse that was tightly wrapped by leeches and looked no different was left on the lawn!

Those who were close by inevitably got a few leeches thrown at them.

"Ya! Ya ya! Ya ya ya!"

The group jumped up and down while patting themselves on the ground.

"Uncle Yan, a cat has crawled into your clothes!"

Bai Chen shouted to Bai Yan from afar.

Bai Yan quickly took off his clothes, revealing a large abdominal muscle. The leech was clinging tightly to his not-so-developed pectoral muscles. He tugged and hissed, "What kind of leech is this? Why is it biting so hard?!"

Bai Xiao shrank her neck, thankfully she had listened and run far away this time!

otherwise……

The leeches were startled and began to scatter in all directions. A sharp-eyed person spotted the pure white bones and exclaimed, "Human bones! Really human bones! Who is so despicable as to dump a corpse here!"

"What are you standing there for? Call the police!"

Gao Laorong came over again, carrying the iron box.

He was wearing several layers of disposable gloves when he picked up the leeches and tossed them into the small metal box.

These aren't leeches!

This is clearly money!

"Hey Gao, aren't you disgusted? These leeches have eaten human flesh before!"

"These aren't leeches, they're ginseng! You might find them disgusting, but I don't. May my ancestors bless me, allowing me to come here to pay homage and even make some disgusting money!"

He said he closed the full metal box, then took another metal box to fill it, but he couldn't fill it all.

Some leeches have already disappeared into the grass and are hard to find.

This valley is absolutely uninhabitable.

The old clan chief slapped his thigh and cried out that it was a terrible thing. He ordered the police to be called and the meat that had not been touched by water to be taken back. As for the washed fruits and vegetables, they were too gritty to feed chickens and pigs, so they were simply discarded.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Qin Xiu quickly pulled Bai Lu aside: "When the police come, don't tell them you found the body!"

"So many people saw it, I can't deny it even if I wanted to! It's okay, let's just tell the truth. I didn't kill anyone, what's there to be afraid of?"

"You can't say that!"

"What should I say?"

"Hey, I can't explain this to you!" Qin Xiu threw her hand away, giving up entirely: "Do whatever you want with me!"

“Then you and Grandpa should go home first. The atmosphere here isn’t very good. You’re all in poor health, and you’ll easily get sick if you stay here too long,” Bailu said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiu turned and left.

Bai Xiao also walked quickly: "My health isn't very good either..."

"You, stop!"

Bai Lu grabbed her arm: "Learn from this experience, gain some knowledge, it might come in handy when you're filming in the future!"

Unable to break free from the merciless iron grip, Bai Xiao could only howl in despair, "Duck, no need! I know I was wrong!"

Who would be a decent person to make this kind of movie?!
Reality will teach those who don't listen to advice a lesson. As Gao Laorong collected more and more leeches, the hole with not a trace of rotting flesh was gradually exposed to everyone's eyes.

The sight of the corpse covered in leeches had already instilled unprecedented fear and disgust in everyone present, but now the skeleton amplified their terror to an even greater degree, with many people covering their children's eyes and running away.

"What is all this about! Ugh—"

The old clan chief kept bowing towards the direction of Taigong Mountain, saying, "Ancestor, please don't be offended, ancestor, please don't be offended."

Bailu helped him up and said, "Grandpa, this happened so suddenly. We've already offered fruits and incense, so Grandpa won't blame us. Let everyone go home first. Have you called the police? Let the police come and handle this!"

"Call the police...we must call the police..." Uncle's voice trembled. "How could such a thing happen in our village? It's a terrible tragedy!"

"Uncle, what's done is done, we have to face it. Someone dumped the body here in our village, we have to find that person! Who knows if it will happen again!"

Bai Jiang stepped forward, his expression grave: "You should go back first. We can handle this here. Don't worry, everything will be fine."

The old clan chief also found this matter terrifying; a murderer was hiding in a place they were unaware of.

In this remote mountain forest, where few people live, if they hadn't come to worship at Taigong Mountain this year, and if it weren't for the egrets, would anyone have discovered the murderer's evil deeds?

Qin Xiu still couldn't rest easy and turned back, taking Bai Lu's hand: "Come back with us. Your dad and uncles can handle this."

Girls shouldn't witness too much of this kind of filth.

Bai Lu gently patted Qin Xiu's hand: "Don't worry, I'm not scared. I know what I'm doing. You and Dad can take Grandpa, Grandma, and Qingqing back home."

Seeing how much bolder her eldest daughter had become, Qin Xiu finally let go.

Bai Jiang originally didn't want to go back, but Bai Lu persuaded him that their children had grown up and were capable of handling these issues.

In the end, the dozen or so people who remained, apart from Bai Lu, Bai Wei, and Bai Xiao who was forced to stay, were all young and energetic lads.

Bai Chen took out his phone and dialed the police. He described the situation in detail and waited for the police to arrive.

“Lulu, are you really sure you want to stay here? This is no small matter. There will definitely be a lot of problems when the police arrive.”

Bai Xiao's cousin, Bai Fei, looked at his little cousin who was following Bai Lu and couldn't help but ask. He was right next to them at the time and he clearly heard that Bai Lu didn't want Bai Xiao to go back, and Bai Xiao was too cowardly to go back.

"It's alright, any further problems will be resolved when the police arrive," Bailu said, walking towards the skeleton.

Bai Fei quickly grabbed her: "We can't ruin the scene."

But to his surprise, Bai Xiao squeezed him aside: "Brother, there were so many people just now, it would have been ruined by now. Don't stop Lulu, she must have her reasons for going there."

Bai Fei: "..."

He knows that his younger cousin has been close friends with Bailu since childhood, but what you're doing... isn't that a bit too unprincipled?

(End of this chapter)