As the iron box was opened, Xu Qi seemed to hear the scarecrow in his arms whisper something, but when he looked down to listen carefully, he heard nothing at all.

Inside the iron box, a headless, thin skeleton was fixed to the back panel of the box in a standing position. He was dressed in exquisitely crafted ancient clothing, which appeared to be men's attire.

[This...it really is a small coffin?]

"How could that be? Is your coffin made of iron?!"

[This must be some kind of formation, right? The corpse's limbs seem to be fixed in place.]

[Oh my god! This feels so eerie!]

Xu Qi runs really fast! I didn't even have time to react.

[This corpse looks like a child, how cruel.]

[And they seem to come from a well-off family. Could they be another child from the Qian family?]

[That shouldn't be the case. Look over there, Mr. Qian and Mrs. Qian haven't reacted.]

Seeing that no one was coming forward, Han Mengyao excitedly rubbed her hands together and quickly walked over. She picked up the skull that was still on the ground, carefully put it into the iron box, and then reached out to check the corpse's limbs.

Han Mengyao then discovered that dozens of thin steel nails had pierced through the bones at the hands and feet of the corpse, firmly pinning the unidentified body to the iron plate.

Moreover, the corpse was dressed in luxurious clothes, and a jade pendant was hanging from its waist. Han Mengyao carefully took off the jade pendant and found that a name was engraved on the back: "Qian Huaishu?"

Han Mengyao subconsciously looked at the Qian family, only to see that the previously composed Old Master Qian was now terrified, and Madam Qian had even lost her composure and cried out:

"How could that be? I saw Sanlang being buried with my own eyes!"

Noticing that everyone's eyes were on them, Madam Qian quickly explained, "My youngest son, Qian Huaishu, died of illness when he was ten years old."

Because children without offspring cannot be buried in the ancestral graveyard, we buried him in an open space next to the ancestral graveyard, more than ten miles away. How did he end up in this iron box…”

No one could answer the question, but Xu Qi seemed to have a clue: "Your house... has it been turned into a demon-gathering formation?"

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces downstairs, Xu Qi couldn't help but feel a little smug, and even felt that his legs weren't shaking as much anymore:

“I know a bit about this. The distribution of the corpses in your house perfectly matches the requirements of the Gathering Evil Formation: ‘Old corpses hanging in front of the door and inside the house, and yang corpses buried in water and soil!’ However…”

"But what? Tell me quickly!"

Noticing that Xu Qi was trying to keep her in suspense, Ji Qian picked up a pebble and threw it at him. Xu Qi almost got hit in the foot and quickly said:

"However, the Gathering Evil Array usually appears together with the Yin-Turning Array, and I haven't found any place in this house that matches the Yin-Turning Array yet."

What are the conditions for setting up the Yin-Yang Transformation Formation?

"The Yin-Turning Formation requires gathering all five types of death: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth."

In other words, there must be bodies from five different causes of death: being killed by a sharp weapon, suffocation, drowning, burning, and being buried alive, and these bodies must be placed at fixed locations within the courtyard.

[I didn't realize Xu Qi knew so much.]

[Please be polite, Qiqi is very smart!]

[The one who burned to death... wasn't that the one who impersonated Ying Xu the one who burned to death?]

[Yes! And there's also that ghost face that Ji Qian and Xu Qi encountered in the backyard before, it also had a face full of burns.]

[Didn't Qian Hanying drown?]

[There must be corpses everywhere from those killed with sharp weapons. Didn't Madam Qian say that those men in black killed anyone they saw?]

Now all that's left is to bury them alive or suffocate them.

【Seriously, you guys actually believe that? Aren't all formations just scams?】

[The existence of ghosts has been officially acknowledged, and you're still playing the materialist card?]

Since there were clearly not enough clues, and this stalemate couldn't go on, at Director Liu's request, Ji Qian endured her discomfort and dragged the iron box, which had been sealed up again, aside.

Madam Qian circled the iron box, trying to find her son's ghost inside. Ji Qian couldn't bear to watch any longer and explained, "He has no lingering attachments; he should have already been reincarnated."

Ji Qian was telling the truth; she did not sense any trace of a soul from Qian Huaishu's remains.

After what had happened in the past two days, Madam Qian had come to trust Ji Qian completely. So when she heard Ji Qian say this, she felt much more at ease and soon returned to her daughter's side.

Watching Madam Qian's figure disappear around the corner, Ji Qian carefully opened the iron gate, took the jade pendant off the remains, and put it into her backpack.

When Ji Qian returned to the courtyard, she ran into Zhao Chengyuan, who had just finished filming an advertisement: "Hey, Ji Qian, where are you going?"

Ji Qian briefly explained to Zhao Chengyuan what had happened that morning. After hearing about the Yin-Yang Transformation Array, Zhao Chengyuan pondered for a moment and said, "I might know the location of the live burial."

Is Brother Yuan some kind of resource NPC? How come he always brings new clues?

I prefer to call him the hidden lucky charm.

[Teacher Zhao is incredibly lucky; I think he even won the lottery before?]

Yes, I won five million, and I donated it all to charity.

Yesterday's unexpected disappearance must have been the most unfortunate experience of Teacher Zhao's life.

【Our Xuxu is different; he's already gotten used to bad luck】

Ying Xu's luck is truly incredible; that last fracture was his fifth injury this year, wasn't it?

Yes, the first four times were: straining my back while using the toilet, twisting my ankle while going down the stairs, getting my hand caught in a door, and being bumped into by paparazzi while walking at night.

Wait, the first three times were one thing, but what's with the fourth time?

[This kid went for a night run dressed entirely in black, without even a single reflective piece of jewelry! The paparazzi car was too afraid to turn on its lights, so it just crashed into him.]

【666】

When Zhao Chengyuan wandered around by himself, he didn't encounter any ghosts, so he walked around many places without restraint, including the bamboo grove behind the restroom.

Although Ji Qian, Han Mengyao, and Xu Qi had visited many times, they were almost always there for Wang Dahai, so they never really looked at what was in the bamboo forest.

At this moment, Zhao Chengyuan led them all the way to the depths of the bamboo forest, where Ji Qian discovered that there was actually a platform made of blue bricks.

However, this is not Ji Qian's fault. Due to years of neglect, the platform is now covered by a thick layer of loess, and it is not noticeable unless you look closely.

Zhao Chengyuan walked to the front of the platform and carefully searched for something. After a while, he bent down, picked up a small piece of white stuff, and waved to Ji Qian and the others in the distance.

Ji Qian rushed over, and Zhao Chengyuan handed her the object in his hand: "Doesn't this look like a human bone?"

Ji Qian took the object and examined it carefully for a while before saying with some uncertainty, "This looks like a finger bone."

After saying that, she looked up at Zhao Chengyuan: "You mean there are people buried underneath?"

Upon receiving Zhao Chengyuan's affirmative answer, Ji Qian felt the ground beneath her feet instantly become scorching hot.