Chapter 146 Dead Tree Comes Back to Life

Following the direction Ye Wanxi pointed, everyone immediately saw Bai Haoqi standing not far away.

Old Master Bai frowned slightly, somewhat worried: "Haoqi is in poor health, will it be alright to send him..."

“No.” Ye Wanxi interrupted his concerns, her expression more serious than ever before. “This is his karma, and he has to resolve it. Otherwise, his illness will stay with him for the rest of his life.”

The words that were on the tip of Grandpa Bai's tongue had to be swallowed back because of Ye Wanxi's words, and he turned to look at his grandson with worry.

"Grandpa, I can do it." A gentle smile appeared on Bai Haoqi's pale face, but if you looked closely, you could still see a trace of tension in his body.

"Don't be afraid, those are your family."

Bai Haoqi was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, the images of the two people who loved him very much but were forced to leave early appeared in his mind, and his uneasy heart calmed down immediately.

The remains of the Bai family's ancestors were quite old, and Bai Haoqi's body was rather weak, so he dared not make any big movements.

The process of collecting the bones took nearly half an hour. After the remains were placed in the coffin and the lid was closed, several bodyguards helped to nail the other nails in place, except for the one at the very front, which was only half-nailed in.

This time, Grandpa Bai didn't hesitate. He turned to look at his grandson and encouraged him, "Good boy, go ahead."

It took Bai Haoqi several minutes to hammer the nail in completely. None of the people waiting nearby showed any impatience; on the contrary, they were all holding their breath for him.

Whether it was an illusion or not, after doing all this, Bai Haoqi's unhealthy deathly pallor faded considerably, replaced by a vibrant blood color.

Grandpa Bai was overjoyed and became even more convinced of Ye Wanxi's words.

After the coffin is buried, the descendants of the Bai family still need to offer sacrifices and prayers.

This time, Bai Haoqi wasn't sent to offer the first incense; instead, it was Old Master Bai who personally took the initiative.

Firstly, to comfort the spirits of the deceased, and secondly, to hope that the ancestors could bless his only grandson so that he would live a peaceful and safe life from now on, free from the harassment of evil spirits.

After Old Master Bai, Bai Haoqi also offered incense to his ancestors.

Finally, there's Ye Wanxi. Although she's not a member of the Bai family, the ancestral tombs of the Bai family have been disturbed, and the feng shui of this area has also been slightly affected. They need someone who can suppress the dragon vein here to help them calm it down.

Of all the people present, only Ye Wanxi could do that.

The moment Ye Wanxi inserted the incense stick, smoke rose and drifted around the burial site.

Wherever they went, a patch of green quietly blossomed, and in places where the damp soil had been exposed due to their digging, a patch of lush green grass sprouted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This surreal scene startled many people present. Several bodyguards even subconsciously rubbed their eyes, fearing that what they were seeing was just a hallucination caused by being too tired from digging pits all day.

Gao Min's hand, which was touching her phone, was itching to take a picture. If it weren't for her reason telling her that it was impolite and inappropriate to take pictures of someone's ancestral grave without their consent, she would have taken out her phone and posted the picture online!

Ye Wanxi will definitely trend on social media again.

Several bodyguards who were close to the mulberry tree stared in disbelief ahead, when suddenly they heard a strange popping sound.

The group shuddered in fright and cautiously shone the lamps they had brought towards the source of the sound, their pupils dilating in shock.

"It's sprouting! This mulberry tree has sprouted!"

At their shout, Bai Haoqi and the others hurriedly chased after them.

Several lights shone upwards together, and sure enough, clusters of tender buds were sprouting on the withered and dry mulberry branches, which were nowhere to be seen during the day!

"Grandpa Bai, congratulations! Like a withered tree sprouting new life, or a glimmer of hope appearing in despair, thanks to the blessings of our ancestors, you, your grandson, and the Bai family will have an even brighter future. However..."

"but?"

"The reason why the dragon vein here has not been destroyed is because the person who arranged it knows how to use the force against you. Originally, the better the feng shui here, the stronger the fortune of your Bai family members. But after he changed it like this, it is exactly the opposite. The better the feng shui here, the more harm your Bai family members will suffer."

"Now that I've broken this trap, the person who set it up will definitely be aware of it. The same trick might work once, but it won't work the second time. At that point, he might choose to destroy the dragon vein here as well, cutting off its lifeline. Even I'm afraid it will be too late to save it then."

To put it bluntly, what's truly terrifying is never the demons and monsters themselves, but the people who manipulate them to harm others.

It makes no sense that such an important ancestral grave of the Bai family was located here without any protection around it, and that someone would dig up the grave, replace the coffin, and bury things there without them knowing.

How many tricks and schemes are hidden here? Old Master Bai has lived most of his life; there's no reason he wouldn't notice something so obvious.

As expected, upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, Old Master Bai's face immediately darkened.

"Thank you for reminding me. I've already sent people to investigate, and I believe we'll have some leads soon."

As he spoke, Old Master Bai took the file bag handed to him by the old butler and handed it to Ye Wanxi: "This is ten percent of the shares of Bai's Pharmaceutical and a small token of my personal appreciation."

Ye Wanxi took it and glanced at it; even the so-called "little token of appreciation" from Old Master Bai amounted to five million.

However, the majority of the shares are clearly those 10%. It should be noted that with the Bai family's current assets, the annual dividends from those 10% shares would be more than a million.

Ye Wanxi took out the five million check but returned the document bag to Old Master Bai.

"This is enough for my compensation."

Old Master Bai was slightly taken aback, and the old butler beside him also stared wide-eyed in surprise.

He had handled all the documents here, so he naturally knew the value of what Ye Wanxi had handed back.

If it were anyone else, the old butler would probably think the other person was foolish and unaware of their own stupidity, giving up mountains of gold and silver but only wanting this visible five million.

But it could be placed on Ye Wanxi...

"If you feel bad about it, then do as I said before and give me a discount on the medicinal herbs I want to buy. Just so you know, I need quite a lot of herbs, both in quantity and variety, so don't blame me for making you bleed a lot after you give me the discount."

Old Master Bai's gaze towards Ye Wanxi immediately held a touch of admiration. In fact, if Ye Wanxi really accepted this share, even if she was just a nominal director in Bai's Pharmaceutical, she would still be completely entangled with the Bai family.

If anything were to happen to the Bai family or Bai Haoqi in the future, she would definitely get involved even if she didn't ask for help herself.

Now she has refused those shares, only asking for a discount, thus doing the Bai family a favor in return. She maintains good relations with them without getting too involved, striking the perfect balance.

While it may seem like the Bai family suffered a loss, it was in fact a missed opportunity for them.

"Since you insist on not taking these shares, then the money for those medicinal herbs will be waived, as a thank you gift from this old man."

(End of this chapter)