Chapter 92 Revisiting the Cemetery
Zhang Yuegui sat alone beside the cenotaph, crying until her tears dried. By the time she stood up, it was already broad daylight.
She looked up at the sky, bewildered, and muttered to herself, "Why am I here? Did I sleepwalk here last night?"
"It must be because I miss Sheng'er so much that I came to this cemetery in my dream."
She looked up in the direction of the town and stumbled away.
After she left, the cenotaph also disappeared, leaving only an empty grave.
The group of people who had been keeping watch over her at the cemetery all night looked at each other in bewilderment.
When everyone returned to the town, everything seemed no different from the morning before; it was still bustling and peaceful.
Children played in the alleys, adults walked along the town's only street, people carrying loads left from the market, and the sound of reading came from the private school classroom.
Everyone felt as if they had been transported to another world.
Last night, Ge Hui and his team returned to the town and recounted what they had seen and heard at the fire scene, which was no different from what everyone had seen the night before.
All the residents of the town died in the fire, including the female shop owner herself, who also experienced that heartbreaking scene.
It was still a series of human tragedies, but these tragedies were illusory; these people couldn't even touch a spark of them.
Most importantly, when the fire broke out, all the residents of the town were asleep, including the innkeeper.
No matter how we called to them, they wouldn't wake up.
"So last night, the female shop owner did not fall into a deep sleep as usual, but spent the whole night in the cemetery."
If that's the case, why did she appear in that fire like the other townspeople?
"Furthermore, after Baiyun Town became Guixu, shouldn't the scenery here remain unchanged? Why was the female shopkeeper still able to erect a cenotaph for her daughter after dawn?" Nie Xiaoxiao asked.
"I guess this Ruins of Return is the manifestation of Zhang Yuegui's obsession."
Driven to madness by this disaster, she devoured the souls of all the innocent dead in the town, turning them into vengeful spirits.
However, before losing her mind, the female shop owner had a strong conviction: she wanted to work hard to earn money so that one day she could bring her daughter's body back to the town cemetery for burial.
Subconsciously, she hoped that her daughter could be buried around this small town.
So she used her obsession to 'create' the scenery of this town, preserving the harmonious scene of the last day in the town from her memory.
All the vengeful spirits of the town that she swallowed were separated from the malevolent spirits and returned to the town that she had created with her obsession.
The vengeful spirits are unaware that they are dead, so every day, everyone goes about their daily routines, and the town repeats the peaceful and bustling scenes she remembers.
But at night, the vengeful spirits of the sleeping town will relive that tragic night in their dreams, because they were filled with too much fear, too much pain, and too much injustice that night!
And so it went, year after year, day after day.
Since the scenery of the town is all a product of Zhang Yuegui's obsession, then this Guixu is actually under her control.
The vengeful spirits in the town may not be able to change the scenery in her memory, but she herself can. The cenotaph was 'created' according to her will.
But when the female shop owner left the cemetery, her 'creation' also disappeared, and the cemetery returned to the way she remembered it when she first 'created' the town with her obsession.
Although she 'created' the town, the tragedy that occurred there at night was the result of all the vengeful spirits entering her dreams.
Even without her dream, the dream wouldn't be affected in any way, because this scene has been etched into the memories of the townspeople day after day, and not a single detail would be missed," Ah Chen said.
"Then who was the old woman who told us this was Guixu when we first entered the town?" Lele asked.
“I’m also completely baffled, but the most important thing right now is to separate Mo Yusheng’s soul fragments,” Meng Hanhai said.
“We originally thought that if we found Mo Yusheng’s grave, we would be able to find her body, but now that grave mound is just the female shop owner’s dream. How can we access her daughter’s body in her dream?” Leng Qiuchan said.
“We can’t reach her, but the female shop owner outside the dream can,” Achen said.
In the evening, Lele returned to the cosmetics shop, but the female shop owner clearly did not remember her.
Lele repeated what she had said yesterday, and the female shop owner indeed packed her bags as well, preparing to go to the cemetery to erect a cenotaph for her daughter.
This time, Lele didn't pretend to leave, but insisted on going with her. Zhang Yuegui was moved to tears and let her take her arm and go together.
The female shop owner lit the incense and candles again, and offered her prayers with tears in her eyes. Lele also cried with her and patted her back to comfort her.
Just after midnight, flames shot into the sky over the town, and the empty crater turned into a high mound of graves. Zhang Yuegui's eyes began to turn red.
Before she could completely lose her senses, Lele took out the Soul-Nourishing Wood and shouted, "Sister, calm down! Sheng'er is dead, but I've collected fragments of her soul for you!"
A glimmer of clarity appeared in Zhang Yuegui's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a bloodshot red. She shouted sharply:
"You're lying! You're in cahoots with that despicable couple. You forced my Sheng'er to self-destruct her soul."
I saw it with my own eyes; her soul fragments were shattered into pieces. How could they possibly be collected?
"Sister, you have to believe me! Think about it, what good would it do me to lie to you?"
"I think you don't want your daughter's soul to be repaired, and you don't want her to be able to reincarnate!" Lele shouted.
"No, no, no! I want Sheng'er to be reincarnated into a good family, with parents and brothers and sisters who love her." The female shopkeeper shook her head in fear.
“As long as you remove Sheng’er’s body, the fragments of her soul will automatically gather around her body,” Lele said.
"But I finally managed to bury Sheng'er peacefully, how can I dig up her body again?" the female shop owner hesitated.
"Sister, think about it carefully. Is it more important for a soul to be reincarnated, or for a body that has already decayed?"
"You'd better make a decision quickly before dawn, otherwise it will be too late after daybreak!" Lele urged.
The people hiding around the cemetery were so tense they could hardly breathe, fearing that the female shop owner might suddenly go berserk and hurt Lele.
Fortunately, the female shop owner really cared about her daughter, and she remained sober throughout the process of Lele persuading her to dig up the grave.
After being persuaded by Lele, the female shop owner finally made up her mind to dig up the grave.
She stretched out her hands, and her long, black fingernails instantly grew longer. In no time, she dug out a coffin.
The female shop owner carefully opened the coffin lid, and Lele quickly took out all the soul-nourishing wood that everyone had entrusted to her.
Sensing the presence of the original body, the fragments of the soul within the Soul-Nourishing Wood floated out and drifted around the girl's withered and rotting corpse.
Unfortunately, they were already shattered beyond recognition and could not reassemble on their own.
The female shop owner was heartbroken at the sight, and her eyes turned bloodshot, showing signs of turning into a vengeful spirit.
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