Since it was a group activity, we planned to wait for Hu Lingshang to come back and set off together. While she was still not here, I made some simple arrangements and said, "Although we all have a day off today, we still have to finish what we need to do. Survival in the wild is the key."

Seeing them nod, I continued.

"Well, Bailu, you go wash the pots and bowls, I'll go irrigate the fields, Yunwen, you'll be responsible for preparing what needs to be taken. Today's route is like this. We'll first sweep the grave of our old teammate Yingchun and pay her a visit. Then we'll go to the hyenas to collect some lotus roots and the like, and check on them. Then we'll go to the Jade Emperor Temple to help sweep the ashes, and also pray for Yingchun and bring good luck. How do you think?"

Bai Lu said, "That's great. Brother Zhou Bo is really thoughtful. I hope the gods in heaven can forgive Yingchun and take her to a peaceful and pure land so that she won't suffer like she does now."

"Okay, then I will take the tiger head token with me, so that the hyena people will not turn against us when they see us, so as to avoid any accidents." Yunwen said.

So everyone prepared to go, and I also carried a clay pot to fetch spring water, ready to water the farmland, so that the potato sprouts can be moistened, so that we can have a good harvest. While doing this, I came to the left side of the house, and I remembered the original intention of Yunwen and I to rebuild this place, which was to allow the predecessors of Milongying to have an ancestral hall to receive incense. However, during this period of time, there were more people, more things to do, and more words, and slowly those original intentions became blurred.

The experience of visiting Song Yingchun's grave reminds me from time to time. The dead are the greatest and should be respected. If it weren't for the guidance of Senior Li Mufeng, who taught us to obtain the Golden Que Sword, allowing me to avoid the danger of life and death and survive to this day, and also passed on the Dragon-Seeking Tooth Axe to Yunwen and me, such kindness should be remembered.

Furthermore, this matter of the ancestral hall is also related to my marriage with Yunwen. I think that now that we are relatively safe these days and our life has returned to normal, this matter must be put on the agenda and I must mention it to Yunwen.

After watering the plants, I saw Yunwen standing at the door, looking thoughtful, so I went up to her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

When she saw me, she immediately pulled me aside. Seeing that there was no one around, she said, "Zhou Bo, I suddenly remembered something. Wasn't the Kaiyuan worm grafted onto Yingchun's body? If it can be grafted onto Yingchun, could it also be grafted onto the curser Peter?"

"What do you mean?" I asked immediately.

"Dark sacrifice, revive the Kaiyuan insect!" Yunwen said seriously.

"It's possible. After all, we haven't checked for a long time. Do you know what kind of traces would be left if a sacrifice was made? How can we verify whether the Kaiyuan worms have decayed along with Yingchun's body?" I asked.

"It's very simple. The dark sacrifice requires a living creature as a sacrifice, exchanging life for life. But it's not that easy. We also need to collect many objects, such as crow feathers, rhizomes of piranha plants, toad mucus, etc., in order to sacrifice the Yin Fire and burn the living things. With a special black witchcraft spell, it can lead to the dead things, and the dead things will graft the flames and be reborn in the ashes. Therefore, as long as we find traces of the Yin Fire there, we will know whether Peter has done it." Yunwen said.

"But if it was done a long time ago, how can we find any traces? If there were any ashes, they would have been blown away by the wind long ago," I said.

"There is one thing that cannot float away, and that is Yingchun's body. When the Kaiyuan insect is resurrected, the flame of rebirth will continue to spread and burn, burning the land black and burning everything that can be burned around it. It is a ball of black flame. If it really happened, then Yingchun's body would be affected by the fire and burned to black ashes. Therefore, if we have to, we may have to dig up the grave and take a look." Yunwen said.

This is fatal. After all, it is the tomb of Song Bailu's biological sister. If she knew that we were going to do this, wouldn't she be so angry that she would die? This is also what I am worried about, but what Yunwen said is particularly important. If the Kaiyuan worm is really grafted onto the body of the curser, then even if Hu Lingshang breaks the opponent's neck, with the special ability of the Kaiyuan worm, it can transform essence into flesh and blood, and it may only take a slight operation to restore it. Then Peter's fall into the sea may be a fake death.

Therefore, no matter what, this matter must be verified, after all, it is related to our current situation.

But I was thinking, if that guy is really still alive, why hasn't he come to trouble us in the past two weeks? Could it be that he was scared by Hu Lingshang and dared not come again? He is timid, maybe that's the reason.

"No matter what, I will find a way for us to test it," I said.

Yunwen nodded. She was a little uneasy. She held my hand tightly and said, "I hope I am overthinking it."

Not long after, Hu Lingshang came back, and we all talked to her about going out for fun. She was a wild fox in the mountains and was used to freedom. When she heard that we were going out for fun, she nodded happily. So I put on my backpack and took the Golden Que Sword, Yunwen went to lead Sanfu, Lingshang led the red foxes, and Bailu went to block the door to prevent wild animals from entering to trample on the fields and steal the bacon.

She also brought a small bag of peaches and plums, saying that she would use them as offerings at the Jade Emperor Temple. In her other hand, she tied a bunch of flowers with flax roots, which should be for Yingchun.

Hu Lingshang didn't have these ideas. She was having fun all the way and seemed very happy. She held my arm and said some incomprehensible words to the sky, saying that all the animals and tree spirits were practicing. She also told me that some were good at practicing and some were not. She listed the reasons to me, but I didn't quite believe it because they looked like ordinary animals after all.

However, those animals did have special looks when they saw Hu Lingshang, and they seemed to respond when Hu Lingshang greeted them.

But she kept talking noisily, but most of what she said went in one ear and out the other, because Yunwen and I were still thinking about the things we were talking about, and we had no interest in listening to her talk about anything else.

Although Hu Lingshang was between us, Yunwen and I still looked at each other, and her eyes were full of sympathy.

We walked and talked along the way, and also took some breaks and played. Soon we arrived near the castle and found Song Yingchun's tomb. Song Bailu helped to sweep up the fallen leaves and the like around and tidied them up. Then she placed flowers in front of the tombstone and said something. I didn't listen carefully until she finished after about four or five minutes. Yunwen and I followed her and paid our respects together.

"Bai Lu, you and Hu Lingshang go to the castle and look for candles or something. They will be useful when we go to the Jade Emperor Temple. Yunwen and I also want to say something to Yingchun, so we'll wait for you here." I said.

"Yes, Sister Bailu, we had some conflicts with her when she was alive, and now we hope that she can let go of her obsession and go to a peaceful place, so we want to talk to her alone." Yunwen also said.

Bai Lu was confused for a moment, but still obediently followed Hu Lingshang.

Taking advantage of this time, Yunwen and I were going to do something relatively insidious. We first checked around and found nothing unusual. Then we quickly dug away the rocks and turned over the land where the person was buried. I took out the folding engineer shovel prepared in my backpack and dug the soil bit by bit until we finally found the place where the person was buried. I thought it would emit a rotten stench, but I only smelled a burnt odor. I lifted the engineer shovel and saw a mass of black substance on it, and I knew the answer.

"Sure enough, Yunwen, your sixth sense is correct. Someone resurrected the Kaiyuan worm through dark sacrifice." I said.

Yunwen sighed and said, "I really hope I'm overthinking it. Zhou Bo, what should we do? The crisis is just as I expected and has not been resolved."

She pouted, full of frustration. I held her tender hand and said, "Since it has come to this, we can only face it together. But I just remembered that we were going to get married after the ancestral hall was built, and now it will be delayed again."

At this point, she couldn't help but smile again and said, "Now there is the virtuous Sister Bailu and the prettier Sister Lingshang, will you still choose me?"

I quickly held her hand tightly, fearing that she would misunderstand me, and said, "Of course, you are irreplaceable in my heart."

She smiled complacently and said, "Zhou Bo, you are the same in my heart. Whether we get married or not, I will only recognize you in this life. Whether I live or die, I want to follow you."

We couldn't help but become affectionate again, but it wasn't very appropriate in this kind of occasion, especially at the place where Yingchun was buried.