Chapter 976 The Consequences of Littering

Director Jian stared wide-eyed at the talisman on the well for a long while, then closed and opened his eyes repeatedly before finally confirming that it was not a hallucination and gasped.

Shang Jiajia's agent was the same. She even took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, and then put them back on to make sure she wasn't seeing things. She looked numb and doubtful.

Having already witnessed Ye Wanxi's prowess, Sister Yao was the calmest among them, but she also looked somewhat nervous, fearing that Ye Wanxi wouldn't be able to handle the thing in the well.

Shang Jiajia, being young and curious, had her eyes light up when she saw this scene, her face full of surprise and wonder.

After the yellow talisman was pasted on the edge of the well, the runes on it lit up.

Thin golden threads, invisible to Director Jian and the others, floated out and instantly wove into a small net, covering the well opening and enveloping the dark, malevolent energy spreading from within.

The yin energy inside the well was unwilling to be locked inside, and immediately bared its fangs and claws as it rushed straight at Little Gold Net.

Unfortunately, Ye Wanxi's runes not only contained her spiritual energy, but were also imbued with the golden light of her merits. How could these filthy things that could not see the light of day possibly contend with them?

The black energy that surged out not only failed to cause any real damage to the Little Golden Net, but was instead devoured by the yang energy on the Little Golden Net, instantly turning into ashes.

"Ugh, what's that smell? It stinks!" Shang Jiajia covered her nose and took two steps back, waving her hands frantically in an attempt to dispel the nauseating, awful stench.

Director Jian and the others naturally smelled the scent as well, and their reactions were similar to hers.

Sister Yao pinched her nose, looking pained. Just as she was about to ask Ye Wanxi what was wrong, she saw Ye Wanxi pull out a large, indistinct stone from somewhere and casually throw it into the well.

Everyone heard a splash as the stone fell into the well.

Surprisingly, the stench in the yard gradually dissipated not long after the sound started.

Two or three minutes later, there was no longer any stench in the yard.

Director Jian and the others exchanged bewildered glances. If it weren't for the few people around them who were still holding their noses and hadn't had a chance to let go, they would have thought that everything that had just happened was just their own hallucination.

A subtle silence spread through the courtyard, until Ye Wanxi finally broke it.

"Alright, you guys find someone to fish the stuff out of there."

Director Jian swallowed hard, his expression complicated, and said incredulously, "This...this is it?"

He only realized what he was doing after asking the question: "Something? Something in the well? What is it?"

"We'll know exactly what it is once it's retrieved. Don't worry, I've already cleaned away the filth that can affect a person's mind, so there's no danger."

Director Jane: "..." You should have said that, it just made everyone more scared!

Ye Wanxi frowned slightly when she saw that Director Jian hadn't moved.

Shang Jiajia, seeing Director Jian standing there dumbfounded for a long time without calling anyone, frowned slightly and directly told her agent to go out and call her bodyguards in.

These bodyguards were also hired by Shang Jiajia's brother. After hearing Shang Jiajia's request, although they were somewhat unwilling, they eventually compromised.

I borrowed a net from the crew to retrieve things, tied a long bamboo pole to it, and went down to retrieve them.

Not long after, they pulled several things out of the well.

"This is..." The expressions of the group of people who saw the item changed in unison.

A lot of things were salvaged, and they were quite varied.

There were women's embroidered shoes, men's pipes, and even children's longevity locks!

These things looked very old, and it was unclear how long they had been soaking in the well, which left the crew with mixed feelings.

You see, their film crew had been shooting in this house recently, and coincidentally, they had just filmed several kitchen scenes a few days before the incident.

In other words, besides the actors who had this role, many staff members had been inside the courtyard.

They were relatively lucky, because in those few scenes, two or three scenes were filmed where the actors drew water from this well to wash vegetables and clothes.

Upon realizing this, many people's expressions changed drastically, because they belatedly remembered that the staff member who had the accident at the beginning was one of the stagehands who had taught the two or three actors how to draw water from the well.

The staff members who had the accident, as well as the actors who left the crew shortly afterward and subsequently suffered misfortune, all had in common that they had come into contact with the well and drawn water from it!

Many people who realized this felt goosebumps all over their bodies and instinctively hugged their arms and retreated.

Director Jian was clearly one of them. Looking at these things, he felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the back of his head. After a long while, he asked, trembling, "How did these things get in the well? They..."

"Of course, he was thrown in there."

"That……"

Before Director Jian could finish speaking, Ye Wanxi provided the answer first: "They're all things related to dead people."

"What? Dead...dead things?" Director Jian exclaimed in surprise, and the bodyguard who had been in charge of retrieving these things dropped what he was holding.

Don't let their size fool you, they're scared when they encounter something like this!

"Hmm. Before I came, Sister Yao told me that this house must have been built a long time ago, and no one has lived here for the last one or two decades. Only some film crews come here to shoot scenes. This well..."

Ye Wanxi paused for a moment, "There's nothing wrong with it itself. It's just that someone jumped into this well and died decades ago. Although it was retrieved afterward, it was still tainted with the aura of death, which is not very auspicious. I think that's probably the main reason why the owner of the house chose to move away from here and leave the house empty."

Director Jian's eyelids twitched. People like them who are in the industry believe in these things to some extent, which is why they hold a special opening ceremony before each shoot to pray for a smooth shoot and a great box office success.

If they had known beforehand that a house had been the site of a murder, they would never have come to film there!

"But...but...none of the film crews that came here to shoot before have ever heard of anything like what happened to us!"

Ye Wanxi glanced at Director Jian upon hearing this, and said with a hint of sympathy, "Originally, it wouldn't have been a big deal if this well had been idle for a long time, but it's become a bit eerie. As long as you don't stay here for too long or drink the water from it, it's fine. But the problem lies with those film crews who come to shoot scenes. After they finish shooting, they just leave, leaving their things lying around, and coincidentally, they carelessly throw some things that shouldn't have been thrown into this well."

"This well was already rather gloomy, and then a whole bunch of old objects belonging to the deceased were smashed into it. The mutual influence caused it to become this ghostly place."

(End of this chapter)