The leading young man immediately ordered everyone to pull the rope up.

As the rope moved upwards little by little, the man who had gone down the well earlier showed his head. Then he climbed up by holding the edge of the well with both hands, flipped his body to the side, sat down and gasped for breath.

The man's naked upper body was muscular and shiny with water drops dripping down, but his hands were empty, and it was obvious that he had gained nothing.

The middle-aged monk who had stopped these people earlier chanted the Buddha's name loudly, and said in a rather stern tone: "If you don't leave and disturb the purity of Buddhism, we will send you to the authorities!"

A dozen young monks gathered together at some point, each holding a stick.

Judging from their attire, they are a group of monks.

A temple like this with so much worship, even in this town, would earn an astonishing amount of money from incense offerings, so naturally it would employ warrior monks to guard the temple's safety.

The leading young man looked unhappy and said awkwardly: "Since I can't find my sister, I'll look for her somewhere else--"

"Yes, someone—" the man who climbed up finally slowed down, and the moment he opened his mouth, the tense atmosphere became even more tense.

"What do you mean there are people here?" The leading young man's face changed, and his previous timidity disappeared instantly.

The man pointed down the well and said calmly, "There's someone down there!"

Anyone who is led by the leading young man to go down the well to look for corpses is naturally quite courageous.

As soon as the man said this, the middle-aged monk's expression suddenly changed, and the noisy crowd suddenly burst into heated discussions.

The leading young man's face was not much better, and he shouted: "Why didn't you bring someone with you?"

Oh my God, his sister really drowned in the well. What will his parents do if they find out the news?

Under the questioning of the leading young man, the man smiled bitterly: "I can't carry it, and I'm afraid the rope can't hold it——"

Everyone looked at the rope around the man's waist and fell silent for a moment.

This rope looks strong, but who knows if it can hold two people together? If it breaks, it will be fatal.

The young leader was quick-witted. After a brief thought, he ordered his men to prepare another rope: "You hold this rope, and you go down and use it to tie up the person... in the well. Then shake the rope around your waist. When the time comes, we will pull you up first, and then the person in the well."

This arrangement was quite appropriate, and the man quickly went back down the well, and in full view of everyone, the rope moved.

"Pull them up!"

Following the order from the leading young man, the two experienced servants immediately began to pull the rope upwards. At the same time, the other two servants who were pulling the other rope became nervous.

Soon the man was pulled up, and he sat on the wet ground to rest with a pale face, looking exhausted.

Another rope began to be pulled upwards.

This time, everyone felt that time was extremely long.

Jiang Zhan was so nervous that he held his breath and stared at the wellhead.

The female ghost is about to come out, and he doesn't know if it will be as scary as in his dream...

Finally, under the silent gaze of everyone, a dark shadow emerged.

"Oh my god, what is that?" someone couldn't help but scream.

The hands of the two servants who were pulling the rope trembled, and the rope fell down again.

Everyone's heart was already in their throat, as they would soon see clearly what was being pulled up. It was as if their breath was stuck in their throat, unable to go up or down.

This feeling of frustration made people forget their fear. Some people grumbled, "Why should we be afraid? There are so many people here. It's also a Buddhist holy place. Even if we become ghosts, we won't dare to come out and cause trouble..."

"Yes, I just saw it clearly, it's just a clump of hair."

Because of the large number of people, the scene that should have been terrifying instead made people look forward to it eagerly.

"Didn't you eat enough?" the leading young man shouted.

The two servants looked at each other and worked together.

Time seemed to slow down again, and finally the shadow emerged again, followed by the body...

With a thud, the body that had been pulled up fell to the ground. The sound seemed to hit people's hearts, and there was silence for a moment.

The leading young man staggered forward a few steps, closed his eyes and cried out: "Sister, you died tragically——"

People looked at the young man, then mustered up the courage to look at the corpse lying on the ground, and remained strangely silent.

The servant who finally followed couldn't help but said: "Master, this is a male corpse——"

“Wuwuwu—eh?” The leading young man almost choked and his crying stopped abruptly.

He stared at the corpse on the ground with wide eyes. Even though the man's messy hair covered his face, he was undoubtedly a man from his figure and clothes.

Why a man?

At this time, Jiang Zhan also raised this question.

He couldn't help but take two steps forward and rubbed his eyes hard.

Where did the female ghost go? How did she become a man?

Jiang Si reached out and pulled his brother into the crowd.

Now is not the time to be in the spotlight, it is safer to hide among the crowd.

But this situation is indeed somewhat unexpected.

She couldn't help but look at Yu Jian.

The young man looked ahead calmly, with an indifference that seemed to have nothing to do with him.

As if sensing Jiang's gaze, he tilted his head to meet the other person's eyes, and then his indifference melted away like a spring breeze, revealing a faint smile.

Jiang Si retracted his gaze and looked forward again.

At this time, the crowd started to commotion, and someone shouted in surprise: "Look, that man has stones tied to his body!"

Although the sun had already set, the sky was still bright, and it was even brighter in the empty back mountain, so people could clearly see that there was a stone tied to the male corpse that was pulled up without the help of fire.

The man who went down the well looked suddenly enlightened.

No wonder he couldn't pull the male corpse up in the well despite trying his best. It turned out that there was the weight of the stone. He didn't notice it when he was tying the rope around the male corpse in the well because he was too nervous and there was no light.

"This, this is murder!" Someone in the crowd screamed again.

At this time, the faces of the monks in the temple were already extremely ugly.

If they had just fished out a body from the well, it could be said that the person fell into the water accidentally, and the temple could at most have been blamed for poor protection. But now there was a body tied to a stone and sunk into the well, which could only indicate one thing: this was undoubtedly a murder!

A pilgrim from the popular Lingwu Temple was murdered. Most importantly, the body was pulled up in full view of the public. This was a heavy blow to the temple!

At this moment, the expressions of those watching the excitement obviously changed.

Originally, they looked at the people of Dayang Town with hostility, ready to beat them up at any time, but now they all looked at the monks in the temple with vigilance in their eyes.

"This is a murder case. Should we report it to the police?"

"We must report it to the police. Oh, it's really scary!"

People were talking about it, but no one was willing to leave at this time.

Finally someone suggested: "This should be a young man, see if you know him——"

The leading young man simply didn't want to get involved and winked at the man going down the well.

The man squatted beside the body and gently pushed away the hair that was covering the man's face.