C9 Past

Grandpa Li had already prepared everything and now all of them were pushed to me.

I looked and saw that there were only two candles and a small bowl with a red bottom. Grandpa Li told me to find a grey rabbit and kill it, take half a bowl of its blood, and then dig a hole half a meter deep in the designated place.

Although he didn't understand, he had no choice but to do as he said. Who told him to do this kind of thing by Mr. Feng Shui?

Since I didn't have to wait until night to go this time, I wasn't particularly afraid. Grandpa Li also said that there wasn't any danger. I just had to do something to a sleeping fox.

I carried these things with me as I carried a grey rabbit to the wasteland. Although I couldn't bear it, I killed the rabbit anyway. I took half a bowl of its blood and dug a hole about half a meter deep in the ground.

He placed the small bowl of blood outside the hole and lit a candle on each side. According to what Grandpa Li said, I can now find a place to hide.

I looked around and saw that the big, thick tree was a good choice, so I bent over and ran over.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the candle was burning by about half. A completely black fox ran out from the forest not far away, and its two eyes were emitting a faint red light. Perhaps it was because it was in the middle of the day, but it seemed to be a bit timid and would stop after running five or six steps to look around.

I squatted behind the big tree and watched attentively. I tried my best not to move. I was afraid that any movement would scare it away.

It took the black fox two minutes to reach the bowl of rabbit blood. He first put his nose in it to smell it, then something happened that surprised me.

The black fox's two front legs were bent, while its hind legs remained standing. Its head drooped down onto its front legs, forming a kneeling posture.

After about thirty seconds, the black fox left the ground and used its hind legs to prop itself up. It bowed towards the bowl of rabbit blood on the ground.

From behind the big tree, I was stunned. When I was young, I heard the elders say that animals were intelligent. They would shed tears, kneel, bow and other such things.

After doing all this, the black fox drank the rabbit's blood in the bowl. Then, it actually lied down in the hole that I dug beforehand and fell into a deep sleep.

Afraid that the little fox would sleep soundly, it waited behind the tree for another five minutes before moving closer. Taking a closer look, this black fox was still sleeping soundly, and there was still some blood at the corner of its mouth.

If I do this, I can make it lose all of its cultivation experience. I also asked Grandpa Li why he didn't kill it directly, but Uncle Li said that with cultivation experience, this animal will become extremely intelligent, and it won't be able to easily harm its life.

I used my foot to lightly kick that black fox. Seeing that it didn't react, I pulled out its tail and tied a knot on my hand. Alright, since you don't have any cultivation experience now, I won't kill you on account of Grandpa Li's face.

When I thought about how this guy was trying to harm us, my anger flared up and I kicked him in the butt. He woke up abruptly and rolled into the forest in a panic.

After completing my mission, I was filled with joy because I felt that I had done a good deed. The most important thing was that I had avenged the matter from before. After thinking about it, I walked home with large strides.

After returning to the village, seeing that Grandma was busy cooking dinner while Grandpa Li was still chatting with my Grandfather, I walked up to him and said, "The matter has been settled. You should tell me what happened back then."

"You still remember this? Let your grandfather tell you. I won't stay here to eat." Master Li then stood up and left.

[I thought you were going to run away, old man. You don't keep your word. How can I let you go like this?] If you don't tell me what happened back then, you'll have to stay and eat.

Just as I was about to go out to catch up, my grandfather stopped me and said, "There's no need to go. I'll tell you about this myself."

I was so happy to hear it from my grandfather that I called Cong, who was working in the kitchen, to listen to the end of this strange story.

At that time, my grandfather was still a strong young man, and because he was drunk late at night, he was blocked by a black coffin on his way back, which led to strange things happening again and again on his way. Afterwards, things became more and more bizarre until a situation occurred.

This strange event lasted for some time. The villagers had to send my grandfather to fetch Mr. Li, and within two days of Mr. Li's arrival, the village was restored to its former tranquillity. However, he had a request; he insisted on taking my grandfather with him for a month.

I will begin by telling you in order how Mr. Li restored the peace to the village in two days.

Mr. Li was invited to the village by my grandfather. He learned from the villagers that if anyone was invited to join the village, two people would be mysteriously killed. He immediately deduced that this matter was still inextricably linked to the red-clothed woman who hanged herself.

That night, Mr. Li stayed at my grandfather's house to understand in detail the strange things that happened in this village. He was also very confused, if he had already dealt with the vengeful spirit that was wrapped around my grandfather's body, then the strange things that happened afterwards shouldn't have happened again.

At this moment, Mr. Li suddenly remembered something. Ever since he asked my grandfather to go to that woman's grave alone to burn paper men, the flood caused by the continuous torrential rain was stopped at home, so he was unable to inquire about my grandfather's progress. Over time, he forgot about this matter.

Mr. Li suddenly remembered something and asked me if my grandfather had put out the red candle or the white candle that night.

Because it was so weird, and my grandfather remembered it so well, he said it was two candles going out at the same time.

Mr. Li was also stunned hearing this reply. He had thought of all sorts of possibilities, the red candle extinguishing meant that it had died down, while the white candle extinguishing meant that there was still resentment left, but how could two candles extinguish at the same time?

My grandfather told Mr. Li about the two candles that were extinguished at the same time. He said that my wife went to find me at the cemetery, so she took me to the back of the mountain, but it turned out that it wasn't my wife at all, so I ran home.

When Mr. Li heard this, he thought it was bad. Most likely, there were other matters connected to it, so he didn't dare to delay any longer. He hurried up the mountain to the woman's grave.

After a long period of time, the grave was covered with weeds, making it difficult to identify them. Furthermore, after looking at the marks left by the grave, they had dug it up at least two or even three times.

Helpless, he could only return. On the second day, he began to ask the young men who had died in the village about this matter. After asking around, Mr. Li discovered a pattern.

The pattern only came to mind in Mr. Li's mind, so he was not particularly sure, and then he ran up the hill to draw a simple view of the village. He connected it with a pen according to the place where the dead young men lived, with the arrows connected to the view, and came in from the east end of the village and came out from the west end of the village.

He studied the map in his hand, and already had a few conjectures in his mind. In order to confirm these conjectures, he did not hesitate to spend a day's worth of time to search and observe the mountain range surrounding the village.

In the end, he turned his guess into certainty, because the diagram he drew in the top view according to that rule was very similar to the one recorded in the Secret Wind and Water Art of the Evil Tomb called "Revolving Life and Death".

After a busy day, Mr. Li returned to the village. He entered the Old Ma couple's house and chatted for an hour. After leaving the Old Ma couple's house, his entire face changed.

At this time, the sun was about to set. Mr Li angrily returned to my grandfather's house. Before my grandfather could give up his seat, he angrily said, "Do you know why the two candles were extinguished that night?"

My grandfather replied, "I don't know about that."

"It's not the Ma family's daughter at all."