The Dead Burn Incense, Puppets Sit in the Hall

In our long-standing and historically rich land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. This is especially true for ancient and mysterious crafts.

For instance, when engag...

Chapter 108 Restless Bones

Although Zhao Youliang is now a disciple of a shaman and receives teachings in his dreams, he has only been practicing for a short time and is only at the level of a first or second grader.

Therefore, one cannot recognize what is in front of them.

Zhao Youliang slowly shook his head: "I recognize these things individually: the broken jar, the spilled ashes, and the yellow talisman, but I don't know what they're for when they're put together."

Li Mao was stunned upon hearing this, then his face turned deathly pale.

"Quantum, you're saying this white powder is bone ash? Are you sure?!"

Zhao Youliang nodded: "Yes, of course I'm sure!"

"No matter what, I am a shamanic disciple, so I still have this much spiritual awareness!"

"What, you don't believe me?!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Li Mao's face turned even paler. He suddenly turned around and ran into the yard, where he squatted in the corner and vomited violently.

Seeing this, Zhao Youliang couldn't help but wonder: "It's just ashes, what's so disgusting about that?"

"Brother Chen, what's wrong with Li Mao?"

At this moment, Brother Chen's face was full of a mixture of laughter and tears.

“You don’t know, before you came, Li Mao said that these powders might be drugs that someone had hidden away, and he tasted them with his mouth, just like he did on TV.”

"If it were really drugs, the reward for reporting it to the police would be huge."

Zhao Youliang: "......"

He really didn't expect that Li Mao, who seemed so clueless, actually had such a rich inner world, and he was speechless for a while.

"Brother Chen, how did you find this jar of things?"

"Li Mao accidentally broke it during the move."

"It must have been left by the previous owner. It was originally placed on top of the tallest cabinet."

The place where Sister Yingchun now runs her shop was originally an abandoned house.

It was later taken back by the street where it was located and remained idle for many years.

The reason it's left unused is because the old folks in town say the house is unclean and haunted.

Two years ago, when Yingchun's sister-in-law wanted to open a barbecue restaurant, she had no choice but to use this place because she didn't have much capital and wanted to save on rent.

However, nothing strange happened in the past two years, and people gradually forgot about the ghost stories.

That's why the neighborhood committee has proposed collecting rent several times this year.

This is why Sister Yingchun immediately agreed when Zhao Youliang suggested moving.

......

"Sis, didn't you notice this before?"

"No!" Sister Yingchun quickly shook her head.

"If I had known there was an urn of ashes in the room, I would have had it disposed of long ago!"

"I'd heard this house was haunted before, so I've never dared to rummage through it or do anything wrong!"

"Fortunately, nothing bad has happened in the past few years..."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information or see anything, Zhao Youliang found a new jar, put the ashes and the strange talisman inside.

"Alright!"

"Sister, Brother Chen, you continue moving. I'll take this back and ask the spirits how to deal with it."

"Since it's ashes, we can't just throw them away."

"Yes, yes!" Sister Yingchun nodded repeatedly, "Then I'll have to trouble the immortals."

"Quantum, I'll buy some melons, fruits, pears, and peaches to send to the immortals later. Please ask them to take good care of you."

Just as Zhao Youliang was carrying the new jar back, he suddenly felt that the jar was a bit prickly.

Actually, the word "prickly" is not accurate, because the feeling is like constantly touching tiny static electricity.

Or the feeling of having popping candy in your mouth.

Because of the recent spate of strange events, Zhao Youliang has become extremely cautious.

Back at the paper-making shop, he immediately carried the large jar to the spirit medium: "Brother Huang, are you there?"

As Zhao Youliang called out, a burst of green smoke flashed by.

A grasshopper spirit appeared amidst the yellow smoke, accompanied by several evil immortals: "Quantum, why did you call for Young Master Huang?"

“He took Little Dumpling and Brother Bear into the mountains early in the morning.”

"Oh, I see." Zhao Youliang was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this.

Having experienced several incidents, he no longer trusts these evil spirits who run away at the first sign of trouble.

If the jar really does contain something dirty, and the Evil Immortal goes into "runaway mode" again, then wouldn't I be the one who suffers?

Especially since the paper-making shop is so eerie... When evil meets evil, it can really be deadly!

Just as Zhao Youliang was hesitating, the voice of the mad prisoner suddenly came from the memorial tablet.

"Zhao Youliang, if you trust me, then put the uneasy bone here."

"With me here, this thing won't be able to cause any trouble!"

Zhao Youliang never expected that the mad prisoner would actually offer to help him.

Even though he's already the leader of his own sect, Qingfeng Sect... he really is a "mad leader"...

"Trustworthy, of course I trust you!"

"With you, Brother Prisoner, on my side, I have absolutely no worries!"

After saying this, Zhao Youliang immediately placed the large jar on the incense table, and then respectfully lit three incense sticks for the prisoner's memorial tablet before turning to leave.

Of course, Zhao Youliang was good at dealing with people—after offering incense to the prisoners, he didn't forget to light one for the evil spirits.

As for why the prisoner referred to himself as "this general" and why he called the contents of the jar "unstable bones," Zhao Youliang did not ask further.

He could sense that the arrogant prisoner was a man who didn't like to talk, and it was best to ask fewer questions when dealing with such a person.

If you really want to know, we can talk about it when Huang's son comes back.

Aside from this little incident, the entire moving process went very smoothly.

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