Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 179 Salvation, Blood Infant Curse

Chen Miao looked at Huang Jinjin and shook his head.

"It won't hurt."

Huang Jinjin forced a smile.

"Then, please, help him."

Chen Miao nodded, glanced at the unchanged contents of the book, and stood up, saying, "This place isn't suitable, let's go somewhere else."

With that, Chen Miao led the way outside.

Chen Muqing and Shao Qidong immediately followed, while Huang Jinjin swayed slightly as she propped herself up.

Not long after the four of them stepped out of the booth, Deng Chen and the others, who had been sent aside by Huang Jinjin, came over.

Upon seeing the tear stains on Huang Jinjin's face, Deng Chen shouted that he was going to take action.

Upon seeing this, Huang Jinjin slapped him across the face.

"Go away."

Deng Chen was somewhat dazed after being hit.

"Jinjin, they bullied you, why did you hit me!"

"Didn't you hear me tell you to get out of here?"

Huang Jinjin, her face streaked with tears, looked coldly at Deng Chen.

Without daring to say another word, Deng Chen led the others back to their previous booth.

After seeing that Huang Jinjin had resolved the matter, Chen Miao continued walking out of the bar.

But they were stopped again after taking only a few steps.

But this time, they're not here to cause trouble.

"Mr. Chen, we meet again."

Xie Songde smiled and extended his hand to Chen Miao.

Chen Miao looked at the waiter behind Xie Songde and seemed to understand something.

"Hello, Mr. Xie."

Xie Songde looked at Chen Muqing and Shao Qidong, and finally his gaze fell on Chen Muqing.

"Hello, I am Xie Songde. This is my business card. Please feel free to contact me if you need anything in the future."

Xie Songde handed his unassuming business card to Chen Muqing and Shao Qidong.

The two were still reeling from Huang Jinjin's situation. After receiving the business card, they were stunned for a while before they remembered who Xie Songde was.

Immediately, the fear I had felt from encountering the ghost dissipated somewhat.

The two looked at Chen Miao at the same time. They never expected that the Boss Xie corresponding to Chen Miao's card was Xie Songde!
If the Xie Group is a well-known name in Shannan City, then Xie Songde is a well-known name among the many shareholders and bosses of the Xie Group!
After the passing of the Xie family patriarch, Xie Songde acquired most of the shares in the Xie Group.

The Xie Songde of today is very different from the Xie Songde before the old man passed away.

Xie Songde now holds the top position in the Xie Group in terms of both shareholding and influence; it's no exaggeration to say that he has the final say.

Therefore, Chen Miao's Black Gold Card and supplementary card became even more valuable at this time.

"Is this the end for you all?"

"Hmm, let's go somewhere else."

Hearing Chen Miao say this, Xie Songde felt regretful, but he didn't think about continuing to cling to her.

He understood the principle of moderation.

Even though he specifically canceled a meeting and drove half an hour to get here.

Just as Xie Songde was about to say goodbye, a voice rang out.

"Thank you, Uncle Xie."

Xie Songde turned his head and saw Huang Jinjin, who had wiped away her tears, with only her eyes still a little red.

After thinking for a while, Xie Songde finally recognized Huang Jinjin.

"Oh, it's Jinjin."

Xie Songde naturally noticed that Huang Jinjin had been crying, but he had no intention of getting involved.

Just as he was about to say goodbye to Chen Miao, he suddenly saw Huang Jinjin standing beside Chen Miao.

"Oh, you two know each other?"

Xie Songde exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Miao realized that Xie Songde already knew about his situation, so he didn't hide anything from him.

"I guess so. She has something on her, and we're going to take her to get it dealt with."

Is there something on him?

Xie Songde was stunned for a moment, then his whole body trembled.

Instantly, he thought of the incident that had happened to his family last time.

"Is...is it that kind of thing?"

Xie Songde asked softly.

Seeing Chen Miao nod, Xie Songde suddenly rubbed his hands nervously.

"I wonder if I could come along and take a look?"

"Of course, if it's inconvenient, I don't have to go."

Seeing the boss's reserved demeanor, Shao Qidong and Chen Muqing exchanged a glance.

Is this correct?

This doesn't seem like the kind of treatment Chen Miao should receive for being lucky enough to get a black card!

Xie Songde recognized Huang Jinjin in two or three seconds, but went straight for Chen Miao.

This situation clearly cannot be explained simply by good luck.

What exactly is between them?
Chen Miao thought about it and didn't see anything wrong with it.

It's just a ritual to deliver the dead; such ghosts aren't even mentioned in the book, so there shouldn't be any danger.

"Okay, let's go together."

Then, Chen Miao said to Huang Jinjin, "Let's go to your place nearby, or get a hotel room, either way is fine."

Huang Jinjin thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to my house. I want him to leave from there."

Chen Miao nodded.

Afterwards, the group of five left the bar.

As soon as he stepped outside, Chen Miao remembered something and activated his Yin-Yang Eyes again.

During the day, under the vision of the Yin-Yang Eye, the blue color is almost invisible; instead, a faint layer of gold is visible.

If blue represents yin energy, then gold should represent yang energy.

Chen Miao looked at Huang Jinjin, and sure enough, the ghost baby was no longer on his shoulder.

Chen Miao lowered his gaze and saw Huang Jinjin's wrist, where there was a faint red color that seemed to push away the surrounding yang energy.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the entity that the ghost infant is attached to.

Chen Miao wasn't in a hurry to have Huang Jinjin take out her things. The five of them got into two cars and headed to Huang Jinjin's residence.

Chen Miao, Chen Muqing, and Shao Qidong were together, while Huang Jinjin was invited by Xie Songde to ride in his car.

In the car, Chen Muqing and Shao Qidong remained silent for a while before Chen Miao broke the silence.

"Sis, just ask whatever you want to ask."

Before saying this, Chen Miao had some idea of ​​what Chen Muqing wanted to ask.

But Chen Muqing's question caught him off guard.

"Sanshui, does your uncle also know these things?"

"Uh...no."

"You didn't lie to me?"

"If even my father didn't know how, where did Sanshui learn it from? Was it because I didn't inherit the family business that my father passed on all his skills to Sanshui?"

Chen Miao opened his mouth, unsure of how to interrupt Chen Muqing's train of thought.

Just then, Chen Muqing's inner voice resurfaced.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness for Sanshui, otherwise I would go crazy if I had to come into contact with those things!"

"Sanshui, you must have suffered a lot."

Chen Miao looked at Chen Muqing, thought for a moment, and then emphasized it again.

"Uncle, you really can't!"

At this moment, Shao Qidong cautiously asked, "Sanshui, can others learn your skills?" Before Chen Miao could speak, Chen Muqing suddenly turned to look at Shao Qidong.

"No! What are you trying to do!"

Shao Qidong had not expected Chen Muqing to react so strongly.

"I was just curious, I didn't want to learn!"

Chen Miao looked in the rearview mirror and said, "Brother Dong, this is something you can learn, but it's very difficult. If you only learn it halfway, I'm afraid it will actually harm you."

"Don't worry, now that I've made this clear to my sister, I won't let you worry about these things."

Chen Miao reached into the bag on the passenger seat and took out four peach charms.

"Take these peach charms, carry one with you at all times, and keep one at home."

"If you find any cracks in the peach charms in the future, no matter why they're cracked, come find me directly or call me, understand?"

Chen Muqing and Shao Qidong understood what these peach charms meant from Chen Miao's tone, and nodded in unison.

Chen Muqing suddenly remembered something and said with some surprise, "I remember my dad gave me one before, and it's been sitting at home. I had completely forgotten about it until you mentioned it."

Chen Miao nodded: "That's for my uncle, and he asked you to give it to me. Remember to carry one with you at all times."

Seeing Chen Muqing nod, Chen Miao took out six spirit-suppressing talismans that he had prepared in advance and folded into triangles from his pocket.

“These are triangles made of stacked talismans. You should also carry one with you. If a peach talisman breaks and you don’t have time to find another one, just smear blood on the triangle. You don’t need much, just a drop will do.”

As Chen Miao instructed, Chen Muqing and Shao Qidong distributed the spirit-suppressing talismans.

Holding so many things, the two of them suddenly calmed down a lot.

Seeing that the two were still looking at him, Chen Miao smiled and said, "Stop looking, that's all. Just be careful not to look for thrills at night."

Chen Miao gave some more instructions, but seeing that the two were getting nervous again, he changed his approach.

"Actually, you can all feel that, over the years, we've only encountered one thing like Huang Jinjin."

“If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even know about this.”

"So there's really no need to worry too much. Just live your life as usual."

Whether I'll ever meet another one like that in my lifetime is anyone's guess.

Chen Miao's words relieved the two of them.

However, Chen Muqing's question then put Chen Miao in an awkward position.

"Sanshui, what about you? How many have you met?"

"There aren't many, and none of them are big problems, otherwise you wouldn't see me still alive and kicking, right?"

Chen Miao said this insincerely.

Meanwhile, in another car, Xie Songde had also heard Huang Jinjin recount the entire process.

As I realized this, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Mr. Chen is such a good person."

"You and I are both very lucky."

……

Half an hour later, the five of them arrived at Huang Jinjin's house in the city center.

"Mr. Chen, is there anything else you need?"

Having chatted with Xie Songde the whole way, Huang Jinjin had adjusted her mindset and was calling Chen Miao "Mr. Chen" just like Xie Songde.

"That's all, I have everything I need."

Chen Miao put down his bag and took out four ordinary incense sticks.

Although it's just a harmless little ghost, regular incense sticks probably won't be enough; at least four sticks won't be enough.

Chen Miao wanted to conduct a test, so he didn't increase the number of incense sticks.

Holding incense sticks, Chen Miao activated his Yin-Yang Eyes to look at the ghost infant that had reappeared, and said to Huang Jinjin, "Take off what you're wearing on your hand and put it on the table."

Huang Jinjin was taken aback, then placed the watch and a bracelet on the table.

Chen Miao glanced at the bracelet, then began to change the opening.

One minute later, Chen Miao's Yin-Yang Eyes disappeared, and the Yin Bridge was activated.

"Get ready to begin. Don't be afraid of anything you see. Leave everything to me."

After Chen Miao finished speaking, his gaze swept over Huang Jinjin's bare shoulders.

Sure enough, having the ability to see ghosts is still more convenient.

Snapped!
The windproof lighter lit four ordinary incense sticks. Chen Miao held the incense sticks, faced Huang Jinjin, and said:

"Fragrant clouds (ethereal journey to the lotus platform)...Little one (infant spirit, do not grieve)...May you be reborn (into a family that accumulates good deeds)...and not fall (into the underworld to suffer calamities)!"

The "Instructions for Descending to the Pure and Helping the Spirits of Infants" can be recited when offering incense to the spirits of aborted children (those who died young, miscarried, etc.) to help them reincarnate.

The others in the room initially thought Chen Miao was burning incense to prepare for the event.

Xie Songde was very familiar with this routine, after all, he had seen that grandmaster do it before.

He originally thought that even if the archmage was fake, the process shouldn't be too different.

But now, looking at the incense smoke that was burning and rising rapidly as Chen Miao chanted, he knew he was wrong, terribly wrong.

True masters don't need foreplay!

As the four people stared in disbelief, the sudden appearance of large amounts of incense smoke drifted towards Huang Jinjin.

All eyes were on the incense smoke splitting into two streams.

One thread burrowed into the bracelet on the table, and another thread burrowed into Huang Jinjin's shoulder.

White smoke entered, but black smoke emerged.

Huang Jinjin felt the chill emanating from her shoulders, gripped her pants tightly with both hands, and didn't turn around.

Chen Miao felt the depletion of Yin energy in the Yin Bridge under his tongue, lost in thought.

It's been buffed as expected!

Previously, Chen Miao had not performed a proper ritual to guide the spirits to the afterlife, so there was no reaction in the Yin Bridge, but this time it was different.

When the "Incantation for Descending to the True Child" was recited, the yin energy in the Yin Bridge began to dissipate, and then the ordinary incense sticks in his hand began to burn with smoke that was not something that could be produced by the sticks themselves.

It's like fuel that was initially not burning completely suddenly burning fully.

While Chen Miao was pondering this, Chen Muqing covered her mouth in surprise.

Chen Miao came to his senses and saw a small, illusory figure appear on Huang Jinjin's shoulder. However, this time, the small figure did not have a red glow and was not fierce.

Huang Jinjin seemed to sense something and slowly turned her head to the side.

Huang Jinjin's eyes met the small, innocent eyes of the figure as it slowly opened.

The small figure reached out and pressed its cheek against Huang Jinjin's cheek.

"Hey~"

A soft murmur—the first and last sound that small figure left in this world.

When Huang Jinjin reached out to touch it, the small figure had already disappeared.

Only a trace of coldness remained on Huang Jinjin's profile.

Huang Jinjin's tears began to flow uncontrollably, and she cried loudly.

Chen Muqing's eyes reddened as she looked at Huang Jinjin.

She walked over, put her arm around Huang Jinjin's shoulder, and let her lean against her chest.

After being shocked, Shao Qidong and Xie Songde also felt uneasy.

Chen Miao shook his head as he watched this scene.

He reached into his bag and took the book out.

A new chapter has appeared, and the story has now concluded.

[Chapter 8 - I Want to Be With You (Completed), gained Yin Virtue (two coins), obtained "Blood Infant Curse".]

The absence of memory fragments is to be expected.

But what is "Blood Infant Descent"?
Chen Miao frowned as he looked at the three words. Judging from the words alone, they didn't seem like anything good.

Moreover, Huang Jinjin doesn't seem like someone who could be associated with this thing at all.

Chen Miao then examined the contents of "Blood Infant Descent".

"Blood Infant Curse": Using vengeful blood as a medium, the cursed fetus is transformed into water!
Chen Miao looked at Huang Jinjin, his expression turning serious.

So, none of this was an accident, but someone was plotting against Huang Jinjin?

who is it?

……

(End of this chapter)