After fleeing the altar, the villagers hid in various places, but in their haste, their hiding skills were not very good.
Because of what happened before, they were terrified of Xia Linyin and the others to the core.
After being found by Xia Linyin and the others, their legs were shaking like sieves. Without any interrogation, they spilled everything like beans.
This altar has existed since their ancestors' time, and no one knows how many years it has been there. The ancestral precept passed down to them is to guard the altar and offer a sacrifice of blood to the evil spirits below every year so that the evil spirits cannot escape.
In the past, during the annual sacrificial ceremony, the able-bodied men in the village would bleed a little. Later, a few outsiders came to the village; they had gotten lost in the forest and wandered into the village by mistake.
Among these people was a girl who was quite beautiful. She dressed in revealing clothes, showing a deep, snow-white cleavage. Her two white thighs were so dazzling that they almost made people's eyes water. When she spoke, she looked at people with the eyes of a fox spirit, capable of bewitching people and making them lose their souls.
That night, while these people were staying at the village chief's house, Shi Tou couldn't resist reaching out and groping the girl's chest, only to be caught red-handed by her boyfriend.
Seeing the stone with drool dripping from its mouth and grinning foolishly, the girl's boyfriend was furious, and the village chief led the stone to apologize desperately.
The girl cried and said she would call the police, but the boy said that this matter absolutely could not be left like this. His girlfriend had been touched by someone, and if this got out, how would he ever be able to face anyone again?
The situation escalated, and the two sides fought fiercely. When the other side threatened to lock up Shi Tou for at least ten years, the village chief couldn't tell if they were just saying it out of anger or if they really meant it. He became increasingly frightened, especially since the group seemed to be quite powerful.
Fearing retaliation, the village chief decided to strike first and poisoned the group overnight.
The day of the sacrifice arrived, and the village chief used the blood of these people to sacrifice to the evil spirit. To his surprise, the evil spirit, after drinking more blood, gave them a pile of gold, silver and jade artifacts.
After that, things spiraled out of control and evolved into what they are today.
After each sacrificial ceremony, the village chief would contact a man outside known as "Monkey" to come in and buy the jade artifacts.
Xia Linyin and the others got the villagers to contact that person, and then gave all the funerary objects dug up from under the altar to the monkey to dispose of. In the end, the four of them each received more than three million.
The truck drove along the winding dirt road, and Xia Linyin followed behind it in her car.
Xiao Li lay straight in the passenger seat. He had changed out of his Qing Dynasty official robes and was now wearing thick gloves, a cotton coat, a scarf, and a woolen hat with a fluffy little ball on the tip.
The mirror-like lake shimmered under the sunlight, and there was still some snow around it.
A few two-story log cabins are partially hidden among the trees.
Upon arriving at their destination, Monkey turned off the engine, stopped the truck, got out, and said to Xia Linyin and the others, "This is it."
"There is a wooden house in each of the four directions around the small lake. The distance between each wooden house is neither too close nor too far, which ensures personal privacy while making it convenient to visit each other. Moreover, there is enough space around the wooden houses, so raising pigs or chickens is definitely not a problem. The fish in this lake are all wild. If you want to eat fish, you can come here to fish anytime. It's very convenient."
"Most importantly, it's absolutely quiet here. Don't worry, no one will come to disturb you. If you raise a zombie here, no one will notice."
"So, are you satisfied?"
Xia Linyin nodded, "I think it's great, what about you guys?"
Old Zhang said, "Okay, I have no objection."
"Alright, this is it." Yin Yichen patted the monkey on the shoulder. "Finding a place like this must have taken a lot of effort, right?"
"It's alright, it's alright," the monkey laughed. "It just took a bit of time to build the wooden house. We had people working overnight to finish it all. But don't worry, even though it was rushed, the quality is absolutely guaranteed."
"Alright, put my little zombie down now." Yin Yichen walked towards the back of the truck.
After lifting the plastic sheet covering the truck, several people worked together to lift down the three cages covered with black cloth.
A series of roars came from inside the cage.
The monkey carried a styrofoam box down to the ground, opened the lid, and inside were bags of dark red blood in transparent sachets.
"The blood I bought is all here, a total of thirty-two bags. I'll get you this much for now, and I'll send you another batch in a couple of days."
Old Zhang took out a wad of banknotes and handed them to Monkey. Monkey stuffed the money into his coat, grinning from ear to ear. He was a shrewd guy; although these people were of unknown origin, they were always generous and easy to talk to, as long as he didn't ask questions he shouldn't.
At first, he was coerced and lived in fear for several days, afraid that he would be killed by them like the village chief. But later he did it willingly. Who would turn down money?
"I'll be going now. Call me if anything comes up. Oh, and don't forget to get the zombie-raising certificate from Master Chunyang."
The monkey waved, opened the car door, and drove the truck away.
"If the monkey hadn't mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten about it. This world is really interesting; there's even this thing called a zombie breeding certificate." Old Zhang clicked his tongue.
"Fuck! I'm too lazy to go. If anyone doesn't let me raise the zombie, I'll shoot them dead!" John said while pulling the cage.
“John, the monkey said that Master Chunyang has experience in raising zombies. We’re not just going to get a certificate for raising zombies, but also to ask Master Chunyang how to raise zombies.”
Xia Linyin said that she was very surprised when she first heard the monkey talk about the zombie-raising certificate. She never thought that there was such a certificate as a zombie-raising certificate in this world, just like a pet license.
If someone wants to raise zombies, they need to register with the Taoist Association and complete the adoption procedures.
The adoption certificate contains various information about the zombie and its owner, as well as a classification of the zombie's lineage.
Moreover, ordinary people are not allowed to raise zombies. Raising zombies requires strict requirements from the owner. However, the monkey also hinted to them that as long as they have money, everything will be easy.
“Xia, you’re right. I really don’t know what to do with this little zombie. It’s giving me a headache. I wish it was as well-behaved as your little zombie.” John looked enviously at the little zombie next to Xia Linyin. If it were possible, he really wanted to trade with Xia Linyin for one.
Unfortunately, that little zombie only listens to Xia Linyin. If it were forcibly taken away, it would definitely be more ferocious and troublesome than the little zombie he is now.
After parting ways with Yin Yichen and the others, Xia Linyin took Xiao Li to her little wooden house.
After tidying up for a while, Xia Linyin said to Xiao Li, "Can you wait for me at home? I'm going out to buy some things."
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