What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

Li Qing walked in at this moment, holding a compass in his hand. He turned it around by the bed, and the needle spun wildly, finally pointing firmly to the southwest.

"We bumped into each other."

Li Qing put away the compass, his expression somewhat grim.

"Moreover, the ghosts we hit weren't ordinary wandering spirits; they were beings with spiritual cultivation."

Judging from these symptoms—scaly skin, vertical pupils, and a preference for cold, damp places—it's as if it has offended the Willow Spirit.

"Liu...Liu Xian?" Qian Dafu's legs went weak, and he almost knelt on the ground.

"That's... the snake demon?"

"More or less," Jin Wanliang interjected from the side.

"Mr. Qian, this is no small matter."

Willow spirits are extremely vengeful; once they get involved, it's a fight to the death.

"Your grandson must have done something terribly disrespectful, hasn't he?"

I turned around and looked at Qian Dafu, my gaze calm yet sharp: "Mr. Qian, let's speak frankly."

The child harbors a great deal of resentment; that thing is determined to take his life.

If it were just a child being naughty and peeing or throwing a stone, it wouldn't warrant such a huge grudge.

What exactly did you do during your trip back to your hometown to pay respects to your ancestors?

Qian Dafu's eyes darted around, and he stammered, "No... I didn't do anything, just put up a monument for the ancestral graves and built a wall around them..."

"Build a wall?" Li Qing sneered.

"They've started construction?"

"It moved...it moved a little."

"Have you dug up a snake's nest?" I suddenly asked, my tone certain.

Qian Dafu shuddered, his face drained of all color.

"Not only did we find it, but it was also hibernating."

I stared into his eyes and approached him step by step.

"If I'm not mistaken, you found those snakes in the way and were also afraid they were bad luck, so you had them... eradicated completely?"

Qian Dafu finally couldn't take it anymore and knelt down with a thud, crying out in a sob, "Master, you are a diviner! I had no choice!"

The feng shui master said that it was an auspicious place where a snake coiled around a rabbit, and if you wanted to get rich, you had to get rid of the snake completely...

I didn't dare do it myself. I had the excavator operator dump a truckload of lime in, and then... poured in some boiling water..."

"What a terrible thing!" Li Qing stomped his feet in anger.

"Digging snake nests in winter is already a big no-no, and you're pouring lime and boiling water in on it?"

You've wiped out their entire family! No wonder they targeted your grandson; they wanted to ensure your lineage would end!

The room was deathly silent.

Only the child on the bed, though unconscious, was still twitching from time to time.

I took a deep breath and suppressed my emotions.

Although Qian Dafu's actions were utterly despicable, the child is innocent.

Moreover, since we've taken on this job, there's no reason to give up halfway.

Get up.

I helped Qian Dafu up. "Crying won't help now. This matter can't be resolved in Jiangcheng; we have to go back to your hometown."

The one who tied the knot must untie it; as long as the resentment in that place doesn't dissipate, your grandson won't get better.

"Go...go back to my hometown?" Qian Dafu asked in horror. "Now?"

Yes, immediately, right away.

I looked out the window and saw that the sky was already bright.

"Take advantage of the strong yang energy on the first day of the Lunar New Year and hurry up and leave."

If it drags on until night, and that thing starts acting up again, I might not be able to control it.

After I finished speaking, I turned to look at Li Qing and Jin Wanliang.

"Li Qing, prepare some realgar, cinnabar, and quicklime."

"Old Jin, go get a few big roosters, live ones, the redder the combs the better."

"Alright!" Jin Wanliang readily agreed, after all, five million was at his beck and call.

Although Li Qing was still cursing and complaining about Qian Dafu's immorality, he knew the gravity of the situation and immediately made a call to have something prepared.

I walked to the bedside and looked at the child.

The bone needle in my chest trembled slightly, as if sensing the cold, sinister aura hidden within the child's body watching me.

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor."

I spoke softly, gently touching the child's brow with my finger and channeling a wisp of gentle malevolent energy to temporarily protect his heart meridian.

"Now that I've taken on this task, let's discuss it thoroughly."

Time is of the essence; action must be taken swiftly.

Now that it's been confirmed that it's Liu Xian taking lives, we can't just idly wait around in the villa.

This matter has a root cause, which lies in the ancestral graves. Performing rituals here is like scratching an itch through a boot.

Jin Wanliang was extremely efficient, or rather, his potential was amplified infinitely under the stimulus of five million in cash.

In less than twenty minutes, he obtained nine large roosters with bright red combs and feathers, a large bag of quicklime, and high-quality cinnabar and realgar powder through nearby farmhouses and pharmacies.

Qian Dafu's driver drove a long black van, taking us straight to Qianjia Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Jiangcheng.

The atmosphere inside the carriage was extremely oppressive.

The boy named Qian Xiaobao was strapped to the back seat with a specially made restraint strap and had a cork stuffed in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue to commit suicide or biting others.

I sat next to him, one hand on his shoulder, continuously channeling my malevolent energy to suppress the restless demonic power within him.

The black bone needle in my chest was slightly hot, a direct reaction to the evil energy.

"Mr. Qian, please tell me."

Li Qing sat in the passenger seat, his face grim as he watched the scenery rushing past the window.

"What exactly did the feng shui master who gave you the explanation?"

Although the snake-coiled-rabbit formation is not considered a top-tier dragon's lair, it is still considered an auspicious site in folk tradition for bringing great wealth and prosperity.

The snake represents the earth dragon, and the rabbit represents wealth. The earth dragon protects wealth; your Qian family's prosperity is mostly due to the auspiciousness of this land.

Qian Dafu huddled in the corner, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead: "That...that gentleman said that although this place is good, there are too many snakes and the yin energy is too heavy, which can easily damage the yang energy of the descendants."

He said that wealthy people nowadays are particular about cleanliness, and told me to clear away the weeds, fill in the snake hole, and then lay marble on it, so that it would be both aesthetically pleasing and able to suppress bad luck…”

"fart!"

Li Qing suddenly turned around and slammed his hand on the center console, startling the driver so much that his hand trembled and the car almost went awry.

"Who the hell taught you this? To suppress your luck?"

Snake coiled around rabbit, snake coiled around rabbit, if you kill the snake, it's just dead snake and rotten flesh!

Filling in the snake hole is a plan to wipe out your family line!

Snakes are vengeful creatures. You destroyed its home and wiped out its entire clan; how could it not seek revenge against you?

Li Qing became increasingly angry as he spoke, pointing at Qian Dafu's nose and cursing, "The most crucial thing is that you even poured cement in there."

Are you afraid they won't die completely, or are you afraid their resentment will dissipate too quickly?

Sealing the roof with cement is like suffocating all the resentment underground, letting it devour and ferment among itself!

You're raising a venomous insect, don't you understand?!

Qian Dafu was thoroughly scolded and dared not utter a word in rebuttal, only repeatedly bowing and begging for mercy.

I watched this scene with a cold eye, speechless.

Many strange things in this world are actually caused by people's insatiable greed.

When you get rich, you want to change your fate, but in the end, you change your fate and it's gone.