Chapter 376: Digging Up Ancestral Graves
Qi Chong also picked up a shovel and started digging the grave with Village Chief Wang. After digging for a while, they finally dug up the grave and revealed the shabby coffin.
The coffin was badly decayed, and it looked as if it would turn into powder with the slightest touch.
The two men pried open the coffin lid again.
A strong stench mixed with fishy smell hit me in the face.
Village Chief Wang almost vomited from the fumes. He covered his mouth and nose and shouted, "What's that smell? Why is it so fishy?"
Qi Chong carefully used a shovel to pull away the torn clothes, only to see that the body that should have been lying there was empty, with only a pile of messy broken bones left.
And on top of the broken bones, there lay a long snake skin.
Village Chief Wang was stunned, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of horror: "Ancestor, the ancestor was really eaten by the big snake!"
Old Ancestor Wang was so angry that he was fuming. He raised his fist and smashed it on his head, "Unworthy descendant, unworthy descendant!"
Village Chief Wang was so frightened that he kowtowed to the old man and admitted his mistake: "Old man, I was wrong. I really didn't know there would be such a big snake in the mountains... Woo woo woo, I'll go back and catch it to make soup!"
Qi Chong stopped him and said, "Village Chief, you went there alone. Did you catch the snake to make soup, or did the snake catch you to make soup?"
Village Chief Wang stopped in fear, looking bitter: "You are right, now the whole village trusts the big snake, what should we do?"
Village chief Wang was terrified at the thought of the giant snake possessing the deceased old lady Wang and wanting to eat people.
He looked at Shen Wan for help, "Master Shen, you must have a way to deal with this big snake, right?"
"Just tell me what you need me to do! I'll do it!"
Shen Wan pondered for a moment and said, "It's winter now, and the big snake needs to hibernate. It's now possessed by Old Lady Wang and eating her flesh like crazy. It won't be long before it returns to the mountains to hibernate. We must take this opportunity to catch it."
"Snakes are afraid of realgar and pure yang things."
"Qi Chong, go to the town and buy some realgar and bring it to the mountain. You need a lot. Remember not to go through Wangjiazhuang, but take a detour to the cemetery."
Qi Chong nodded, took the key to her three-wheeled motorcycle and hurried down the mountain.
Shen Wan then instructed Village Chief Wang: “Find more strong men you trust and are reliable, and have them prepare to catch the big snake.”
Village Chief Wang looked terrified: "Master Shen, will the snake really eat people? Will it hurt us?"
Before Chen Wan could say anything, Old Ancestor Wang was unhappy and yelled at him: "My body was eaten by a giant snake, and you are still afraid of this and that. Aren't you afraid that when you die, you will come to see me and be beaten to death by me again?"
Village Chief Wang said weakly: "Ancestor, that is a big snake. It must be very powerful after practicing for so long. I am not afraid of ghosts, but I am very afraid of monsters!"
Chen Wan said bluntly: "The real body of the snake is in the mountain. It is a spirit that possesses Old Lady Wang. I want you to go to the mountain to find the real body of the snake. It may be sleeping in a grave. You need to dig it up one by one to find it."
Village Chief Wang was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Dig up all the ancestral graves? Will others agree?"
Patriarch Wang patted his chest and said, "I, your ancestor, have plenty of ways to make them agree."
Village Chief Wang: "...The ancestor is mighty!"
Afterwards, Village Chief Wang went down the mountain to look for people, while Chen Wan stayed on the mountain and took a walk around, taking note of the surrounding terrain and confirming that the big snake was in the ancestral grave.
The tombs of Wangjiazhuang’s ancestors from all generations are all here, and there are thousands of them.
In order to prevent the snake from escaping, Shen Wan set up a magic circle in the mountains.
When Qi Chong came back with the realgar, the two men scattered the realgar in the mountain to form an encirclement.
"It will take them some time to dig the grave. Let's go. Go to the village chief's house to take a bath and change clothes so that the smell of realgar on your body won't be smelled. Then go meet the witch Wang."
At this moment, there was still a constant stream of people coming to visit Old Lady Wang’s house.
Chen Wan calculated the time, and when they arrived, Wang Er just called number 44.
"Is No. 44 here? If not, next one!"
Qi Chong quickly took out the sign and shouted excitedly: "Number 44 is here!"
Wang Er came over and took his number plate, "Go in."
Shen Wan took the lead and walked into Wang Daqiang's home.
As soon as you enter, a strong smell of blood mixed with fishy smell hits you in the face, making you feel nauseous.
But seeing Qi Chong's expression was the same, Shen Wan knew that no one else could smell this odor except her.
She frowned slightly, walked through the gate calmly and came to the patio.
The sky above the patio was covered with a blackout cloth, which completely blocked out the light source and made the entire room appear even darker and more depressing.
Witch Wang sat quietly in the middle of the main room with her eyes closed.
There were candles lit on both sides of her, and underneath was an incense burner filled with incense sticks. The whole room was filled with a mysterious and weird atmosphere.
Qi Chong was the first to speak: "Hello, fortune teller, I would like to ask about my career fortune."
Witch Wang ignored him, but suddenly opened her eyes and stared at Chen Wan with those sinister and vicious eyes.
"You are a dead man."
Qi Chong looked at Chen Wan in surprise, then at Goddess Wang.
Shen Wan smiled faintly: "Does the witch know what I want to ask?"
Wang the witch said to herself: "It doesn't matter what you ask, the important thing is that you shouldn't be here."
"Life and death, the dead return, and rebirth appears."
"I see that you have infinite merits, and your soul is full of brilliance and brightness. Little girl, you are not simple."
Suddenly, witch Wang came down from the main hall quietly like a ghost.
With the help of candlelight, Shen Wan could see her appearance clearly.
Qi Chong was also startled, and a bone-chilling chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his head.
This is not a living person at all. It is clearly a dried corpse that has been dead for more than a month. The shriveled skin tightly wraps around the bony bones, which are covered with dark brown corpse spots. Her hair is like a bunch of messy dead grass, sticking to her scalp.
What was chilling was her eyes. They didn't look like the eyes of a living person at all. Her pupils were actually standing upright, flashing a sinister and cold light like a snake's eyes.
Qi Chong's body tensed up instantly, and a panic surged in his heart.
Wang the witch grabbed Shen Wan's wrist and said in a cold voice, "You were born at the wrong time. It's your bad luck to meet me. If I eat you, I can become a boa constrictor."
Qi Chong was horrified and shouted, "Witch, what are you talking about! How can you eat people so easily?"
Wang the witch glanced at him and sneered, "You are here to arrest me, but you are going to the back mountain to look for my real body."
"I knew there would be such a disaster, but it doesn't matter. Little girl, you just happened to come to my door and help me improve my practice. This is my luck!"
Chen Wan smiled instead of getting angry: "I know you noticed it when we entered the village, but are you so sure you can eat me?"
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