Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 16, a new chapter, has appeared.

Fushou Funeral Center, north of the city.

After nightfall, most people at the funeral home had already gone home, but there were still some people on night duty.

"Has the boss not left work yet?"

The two middle-aged guards in the gatehouse were chatting idly.

"No, let's call Lao Li over to play cards after the boss leaves, otherwise we might get fined if we're seen!"

"You mean... Hey? Who are you, and what do you do!"

A gatekeeper suddenly came out of the guardhouse. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a pair of gloomy, triangular eyes.

Immediately, the questioning look on his face turned into a smile.

"Oh, it's Master Zhong. You're looking for the boss, right? He's in his office."

Seeing that Zhong Fa ignored him and went inside, the gatekeeper muttered to himself as he returned to the guardhouse.

"What's the relationship between Zhong Fa and the boss? He always comes at night. Last time, if the boss hadn't given me a heads-up, I would have been scared to death by his deadpan face!"

"Why bother with all this? By the way, don't say anything out of line. I heard that Master Zhong is quite capable!"

"real or fake……"

The gossip at the gatehouse went unnoticed by Zhong Fa, who was already sitting in the office of the owner of Fushou Funeral Center.

The owner of Fushou Funeral Center is named Du Rui. He is a slightly overweight middle-aged man who wears gold-rimmed glasses and has a somewhat refined appearance. If he didn't say so, no one would associate him with the funeral industry.

At that moment, he took out a black plastic bag containing something from the cabinet under his desk.

“Master Zhong, although Fu Shou has a lot of business, there aren’t many customers under the age of twelve.”

Seeing that Zhong Fa didn't speak, Du Rui reached out and adjusted his glasses.

"Of course, I will do my best to fulfill Master Zhong's request, but... I heard that only one cold storage manager died at Tianmen Funeral Home a few days ago. Isn't that a bit too few?"

Zhong Fa's triangular eyes darted around, staring at Du Rui.

"Only one person died because the resentment in that corpse was less."

"I'm not just here for your things, I also have something to tell you."

Du Rui's eyes lit up.

"what news?"

Zhong Fa said slowly, "Tomorrow you will hear the news that people have died again at Tianmen Funeral Home. You should know how many people are in the funeral home tonight, how many will die, and what preparations should be made."

Du Rui's eyes held both excitement and apprehension.

He immediately stood up and handed the black plastic bag on the table to Zhong Fa.

"Master Zhong, you have excellent skills. Don't worry, I know some people in the funeral association, and I'm quite familiar with a few of them. If I can't meet your requirements here, I'll find someone to help you."

Zhong Fa nodded, said nothing more, got up, picked up the bag, and left.

After watching Zhong Fa leave from the doorway, Du Rui murmured, "What would he do with the child's ashes?"

……

Snapped!
The lights in the 'Divining Yin and Yang' shop came on, and Zhong Fa went to take a look in the air-conditioned room in the side hall.

Seeing that Li Shirui was lying quietly in the uncovered coffin and nothing had happened, Zhong Fa left the side hall and entered the secret room.

He took down four empty white porcelain jars from the shelf one by one, opened them, and scooped out the powdered ashes from the black plastic bag and put them into the white porcelain jars one by one.

After filling four small white porcelain jars, a little white powder remained in the black plastic bag.

Soon, two handmade cigarettes were rolled out.

Zhong Fa did not light it directly, but put it in the cigarette case he carried with him.

After rearranging the four small white porcelain jars, Zhong Fa turned around and took down an exquisite wooden box from one of the top shelves.

As he was about to leave with the wooden box, he turned and glanced at the jar on the offering table.

Walk over and light four incense sticks.

"Performing well."

Zhong Fa turned and left.

In the sealed room, only four incense sticks remained, burning quietly.

Smoke from the incense sticks was slowly swirling and fading away.

……

Back on the first floor, Zhong Fa lit three incense sticks for his master and then went to the side hall, placing the wooden box he was carrying on the table next to the coffin.

The wooden box was opened, revealing five compartments inside.

Of the five squares, all but the first empty square contain varying numbers of talismans.

These talismans were all a dark yellow and old-fashioned color, and the material was exactly the same as the talisman that Zhong Fa placed under Li Shilei's body at the Tianmen Funeral Home.

There were five types of talismans in the box: Spirit Suppression Talisman, Yin Exorcism Talisman, Yin Gathering Talisman, Heart-Unity Talisman, and Corpse Control Talisman. The Spirit Suppression Talisman was originally placed in the first compartment, but he had already used the last two on the jar in the secret room.

Of the remaining talismans, the most numerous were the Yin-dispelling talismans (three), the Yin-gathering talismans (two), the Heart-to-Heart talisman (one), and the Corpse-controlling talisman (one).

Apart from the Corpse Control Talisman, all the other talismans were drawn by Zhong Fa according to the "Zhong Family Talismans" passed down by his master. They were accumulated one by one over the past twenty years.

Unlike the fake triangular talisman given to Li Liang, genuine talismans are not easy to draw. Not only do they require special paper, but the cinnabar and other materials used in their creation are also of exceptional quality.

But this is only the foundation for drawing talismans. In addition to these, there are also requirements for proficiency in drawing talismans and the environment in which they are drawn.

If any step goes wrong, the material will be scrapped.

Ten years ago, Zhong Fa could still successfully draw two or three talismans every year, but since he was injured in a magical battle three years ago and yin energy entered his body, he has been unable to go to places with strong yin energy.

Unable to go to the Yin places, the environmental requirements for drawing talismans are not met.

Thus, his stock of talismans dwindles with each use.

Among these talismans, the Corpse Control Talisman was one that he could not draw even if his body was in good condition.

This unique corpse-controlling talisman was something he had salvaged from his master's belongings.

Whenever he thought of this, Zhong Fa felt a little gloomy.

His master could have passed on the complete cultivation techniques, but because the methods of controlling and refining corpses were against the natural order and not suitable for today's increasingly modern environment, he kept those methods to himself!

Over the years, he had been exploring the methods of corpse refining, but the process was too difficult.

Therefore, he kept this corpse-controlling talisman on a shelf.

However, this situation is about to end.

He has found a suitable corpse and has been raising it for more than a month. Once the corpse is fully raised, he will use his years of experience to refine and control it!

If he succeeds, he will go after those people from his past!

A cold glint flashed in Zhong Fa's eyes.

After taking out a Heart-to-Heart Talisman and a Yin-Gathering Talisman from the box and placing them aside, Zhong Fa took out the hair and nails that he had previously cut off from Li Shilei. He wrapped them into a triangle with the Heart-to-Heart Talisman, then ran his nail across his middle finger and smeared the blood onto the triangle.

Having done all this, he took the Yin-gathering talisman and the Heart-uniting talisman and went to the coffin.

They stuffed the love charm into Li Shirui's mouth and placed the Yin-gathering charm on Li Shirui's chest.

Immediately afterwards, he poured the crow's blood he had prepared beforehand around the coffin.

Crow blood is yin in nature and can help gather yin energy.

I glanced at the time; it was 8 PM.

Zhong Fa reopened the wound on his finger and flicked the blood onto the Yin-gathering talisman.

Within two or three minutes, Zhong Fa felt a chilling sensation throughout his body.

Due to his physical condition, he is very sensitive to yin energy.

Without lingering, Zhong Fa retreated to the doorway of the side room.

The Yin-gathering talisman has already taken effect; in the next few hours, the Yin energy near the coffin will become increasingly dense.

Originally, this yin energy would have nourished Li Shirui's body, nurturing the resentment remaining within her and transforming it into a vengeful ghost.

However, Zhong Fa had placed a love charm in Li Shirui's mouth, so the gathered yin energy would appear in Li Shirui's body at Tianmen Funeral Home through the love charm.

That was his real purpose.

As for resolving the feud between the twins?
He wasn't lying; once the matter at Tianmen Funeral Home was settled, he would naturally help the twins pass on to the afterlife.

After all, his jar can hold more than just one little devil.

Having one more pair wouldn't be bad either.

click!
Zhong Fa pulled up a chair and sat down at the door of the side room, waiting for the right moment!

……

It was 10 p.m. at Tianmen Funeral Home.

After organizing the recent data from the funeral home, Chen Miao, as usual, opened "Notes on Becoming a God in the Secular World".

Once he saw it, he couldn't look away.

The table of contents, which had remained unchanged for some time, now included an item without a title.

[Chapter 2]

With a rustling sound, Chen Miao quickly turned the pages of the book, and soon he saw the contents of the newly appeared second chapter.

It consists of only five words.

"I died at dawn!"

……

(End of this chapter)