Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 221 Chen Miao, save me!
Yang Jiuhua then understood the hesitation in the old man's eyes.

Anyone who saw him dressed like that would hesitate to help him.

After being stimulated by this incident, Yang Jiuhua suddenly felt that he had regained his strength and could move again.

The first thing he did was tear off all the paper clothes and paper hat he was wearing, and then he rushed out of the pile of paper scraps as if he were escaping.

Looking at the pile of paper scraps with burn marks on the edges, Yang Jiuhua's heart pounded.

"Young man, are you alright?"

Yang Jiuhua snapped out of his daze and immediately replied, "It's nothing, it's nothing, thank you, thank you!"

As he spoke, Yang Jiuhua tried to take out some money from his pocket to express his gratitude, but after searching for a while, all he found was his cell phone, which was out of battery.

"It's good that you're alright, now you can go."

As the old man spoke, he took a broom and swept the scraps of paper that Yang Jiuhua had just messed up back into a pile.

In front of Yang Jiuhua, the old man lit the pile of shredded paper with a lighter.

Looking at the pile of flames, Yang Jiuhua suddenly thought of the fire whirlwind he had extinguished last night, and his face paled even more.

He turned around and was about to leave.

Just then, he saw the pig's head meat, wine, peanuts, and his bag placed on the stone steps!
Besides that, there were three talismans scattered around.

Yang Jiuhua stood there, stunned, staring at the unopened talisman.

If he remembered correctly, he had torn apart a triangular talisman last night, stained it with blood, and thrown it into the pile of unburnt paper scraps.

Why are there still three now?
Turning his head, Yang Jiuhua looked at the old man behind him who was burning paper money.

Feeling the warmth of the flames behind him, a chilling thought suddenly popped into his head.

He slowly walked to the bag, opened it, and reached inside to take out the broken peach charm.

Looking at the cracks on them, Yang Jiuhua shakily picked up the three triangular talismans on the ground, grabbed his bag, and left without looking back.

After watching Yang Jiuhua leave, the old man shook his head.

"Young people these days are really bold."

……

This time, Yang Jiuhua finally left the cemetery and returned to his car.

After driving far away from the cemetery, Yang Jiuhua finally stopped on a street.

Looking at the people coming and going at the breakfast shops around him, Yang Jiuhua's panic subsided a little.

After removing his equipment, Yang Jiuhua charged his phone.

While waiting, he stared blankly at the peach talisman and the three bloodless triangular talismans.

Half an hour later, Yang Jiuhua turned on his phone.

Yang Jiuhua opened the live streaming app on his phone, clicked on the live stream replay in the streamer's backend, and dragged the progress bar to around 10 o'clock.

Soon, he saw himself taking out the pig's head meat.

He stopped fast-forwarding and started watching slowly.

After he put the peanut in his mouth, a sound of wood cracking was heard in the video, and then he found the peach charm.

After exchanging a few words with his viewers, he started moving. After muttering to himself for a while, he pricked his finger and started groping around in the air.

After he finished, he walked forward alone and came to a pile of ashes, gesturing with his hands.

By the time Yang Jiuhua saw this, his face had turned pale.

According to his memory, he had cut his hand and smeared his blood on the talisman after receiving donations from his viewers, and then took the talisman to try it out.

However, in the video, he didn't have any talismans in his hand at all!

Opening the donation history in the backend, sure enough, there was no such donation, but many more donations of varying sizes appeared afterward.

Yang Jiuhua had no memory of these tips!
Thinking of this, Yang Jiuhua's body stiffened again.

If what he saw after the peach charm cracked last night was all an illusion, then who were those netizens he chatted with?

And who was speaking on those emergency calls that were never actually made?

Yang Jiuhua immediately got goosebumps.

After a while, he continued reading.

The more he looked, the paler his face became.

In the video, he sat down next to the ashes left from burning paper money, swallowed a handful of black ash with a look of enjoyment, and then stood up in horror shortly afterward.

Then he started running, running in circles.

After running for a few minutes, he saw the location of the pig's head meat, then turned around and continued running with a pale face.

After running back and forth a few times, he stopped and started muttering a bunch of unintelligible words.

Not long after, he found a burnt paper garment and put it on, then shivered as he looked on with a look of enjoyment.

Then he made a phone call with a black screen, and found paper pants and a paper hat.

At the end of the video, he picked up a pile of scraps of paper, his face pale, and curled up in the pile of paper before falling asleep.

Yang Jiuhua remained stunned for a long time before finally opening his private messages.

In the backend, hundreds of viewers sent thousands of messages.

Most of them were asking "Are you still alive?", a small number were saying "I was so scared last night that I cried", and a few were praising the amazing effects of his video last night.

So, all those tips in the middle of the night were because he wore paper clothes and slept on piles of paper?
Holding his phone, Yang Jiuhua stood there stunned for a long time before suddenly realizing something.

He opened the video again and started watching it.

Soon, he discovered something.

According to the video, the pig's head meat he saw after being trapped in a maze last night was indeed real pig's head meat. But the problem is, he doesn't remember having those three triangular talismans next to his bag!

In reality, the three talismans were always there.

"So, those ghostly things deliberately made it so I couldn't see those talismans?"

"why why!"

Yang Jiuhua had his answer. Trembling, he took out his phone, found the number he hadn't contacted in a long time, and dialed. "Hello, Chen Miao? Help me! My peach charm is broken! I've encountered a ghost!"

……

In Shannan City, Chen Miao, who had just finished exercising outside Xiang Shang's villa, remained silent for a long time after hearing Yang Jiuhua's account.

After obtaining the other party's address, Chen Miao offered a solution.

"Your place is too far away. Here's what we'll do: fly back first. Judging from your situation, you should be fine once you leave that place."

"I'll take a look at it for you when you get here."

"Remember, if there are no flights, you must leave the area!"

After giving some instructions, Chen Miao listened to Yang Jiuhua ramble on and on, but it all boiled down to one point.

"How can there be ghosts in this world? I'm so scared! Thank goodness you're here!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Miao turned on his phone and found Yang Jiuhua's account.

There were no videos from yesterday in the video list, but Chen Miao saw many people talking about last night's live stream in the comments section of the first video, and some people even posted the live stream recording on their own accounts.

Chen Miao clicked in and took a look.

Seeing how Yang Jiuhua acted recklessly in the early stages, Chen Miao couldn't help but facepalm.

After watching the second half, Chen Miao could only say that Yang Jiuhua was very lucky; he only encountered the ghost's illusion and didn't encounter the fierce ones.

"But are they ghosts from the original graveyard, or new ghosts created because of Yang Jiuhua's actions?"

Chen Miao was unable to determine this point.

However, he was certain that as long as Yang Jiuhua left that place and didn't go back, he would be fine.

"What are you doing squatting here? Go eat!"

Xiang Shang walked out of the villa and took Chen Miao to the clubhouse for a meal.

After they finished, the two returned to the villa, where Xiang Shang continued to pull Chen Miao aside and make him look at the talisman.

Last night, Xiang Shang demonstrated how to draw talismans to Chen Miao. He demonstrated from 8 pm to 11 pm, but still failed to draw them successfully.

If Chen Miao hadn't been worried about him harming his health, Xiang Shang probably would have continued painting.

Sure enough, as soon as I woke up this morning, I had to prove something to Chen Miao again.

"I feel great right now. You wait, it'll be quick."

Chen Miao shook his head and did not stop him.

An hour and a half later, Chen Miao received a spirit-suppressing talisman.

With his Yin-Yang Eyes, Chen Miao nodded as he looked at the faint purple light on the talisman.

"It seems you have indeed mastered it, but the success rate is still a bit low."

Xiang Shang, however, seemed not to have heard the last sentence and looked completely satisfied.

"I'm a genius!"

Chen Miao glanced at Xiang Shang and said seriously, "A maximum of two hours a day. If you can't finish drawing it, you're not allowed to continue."

“If you don’t listen, I will never teach you any more talismans, and I will take this memorial tablet away.”

"Do you understand?"

Xiang Shang's smile faded.

"I understand. I was just trying to prove something to you. I'll be more careful from now on."

Chen Miao nodded after seeing the other party's assurance.

After chatting for a while, Chen Miao called Xie Songde.

An hour later, Xie Songde returned to the villa area and met Chen Miao.

Chen Miao then learned of Xie Songde's intention in inviting him.

Xie Songde wanted to continue buying peach talismans, even though none of the ones he had bought before had been activated.

On the other hand, there was the matter of Chen Miao asking Xie Songde about the scorpion.

Xie Songde found three relatively large scorpion breeding bases, invested in two of them, and bought the one closest to him.

The reason I called Chen Miao over was to ask him to come and take a look.

Chen Miao was stunned for a while before he came to his senses.

Looking at Xie Songde's serious expression, Chen Miao finally understood why in TV dramas, there are always rich guys who steal the male lead's woman.

When a rich person becomes attentive, who can resist?

Chen Miao did not answer either of the two questions directly.

Regarding peach wood charms, since he didn't have much merit left, he didn't want to use it to exchange for peach wood, but he could give him talismans instead.

As for the Scorpion Base, Chen Miao planned to check on Yang Jiuhua's situation first before making a decision.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, let me know when you want to go. By the way, I'll send you the video of that breeding base in a bit."

Chen Miao nodded.

After they separated, Chen Miao received a video from the breeding base.

This is much bigger than the breeding base in Shilang!

Chen Miao's eyes lit up as he looked at the scorpions inside.

If you use the gold in stone, what kind of scorpions can you pick out?
……

In the afternoon, Chen Miao received a call from Yang Jiuhua, and then met Yang Jiuhua in Shannan City. Yang Jiuhua had rushed over without stopping, and was pale and in very bad condition.

The moment Yang Jiuhua saw Chen Miao, his expression relaxed completely.

After striding over, Yang Jiuhua's first words were: "Chen Miao, save me!"

……

(End of this chapter)