Chapter 28 The Burial Pit
Chairman Shen rubbed his temples, seemingly trying to shake off some fatigue, and then changed the subject:
"There's one more thing. Moon Spirit has been back for some time now."
Mentioning Shen Yuepo, Shen Wangchuan's brows furrowed subconsciously again, and a hint of undisguised rejection flashed in his eyes.
This suddenly appearing, unruly "sister" made him instinctively uncomfortable.
Chairman Shen didn't miss the resistance in his son's eyes, but his tone left no room for argument:
"She's your sister! She's been living away from home for so many years. Now that she's back, she deserves the recognition she deserves!"
His gaze was deep: “Go to the ancestral home and bring her back. It’s time to prepare to open the ancestral hall and officially record her name in the family genealogy.”
"Open an ancestral hall? Enter the family genealogy?!" Shen Wangchuan's voice suddenly rose, filled with obvious shock.
what does that mean?
This means that Shen Yuepo will no longer be a dispensable "outsider" or "guest" in the Shen family, but will be the rightful eldest daughter of the Shen family, with inheritance rights and a voice.
This will undoubtedly disrupt the existing order of the Shen family and will deeply provoke Shen Yurou, who has just escaped death.
He opened his mouth, and reasons for his opposition welled up on his lips, but when he met Chairman Shen's tired yet unusually determined eyes, all the words stuck in his throat.
Chairman Shen's decision was clearly the result of careful consideration.
Shen Wangchuan clenched and unclenched his fists at his sides, and finally, all his struggles and resentment turned into a barely audible sigh.
He lowered his eyes, concealing the complex emotions within them, and his voice, unlike its usual steady tone, became slightly hoarse:
"I'll pick her up first thing tomorrow morning."
Qingchuan.
Early in the morning, Shen Yuepo sat alone in the empty front hall of the Shen family's ancestral home, with a bowl of congee and side dishes brought by the steward, Uncle Zhang, in front of her.
She ate very quickly, but her movements were not rough; they were simply done with a habitual efficiency.
After being healed by the power of the primordial energy of the primordial energy last night, the wounds on her shoulders and neck were no longer a problem, and her spiritual power had been largely restored.
But the issue of the Shen family's ancestral home was like a thorn stuck in her heart.
She got up and, without disturbing anyone, began to walk slowly inside and outside the large ancestral home.
Seemingly casual, each step is actually taken in a specific direction, with the slightest movement of the fingertips guiding the flow of energy that is imperceptible to ordinary people.
The layout of the Shen family ancestral home is quite strange.
The winding corridors and the unusual direction in which the doors and windows open and close instead of allowing light and air to pass through create a kind of "winding corridor evil."
If a house is originally auspicious, it may temporarily gather wealth. However, in such a place where yin energy gathers, it will only allow evil energy, resentment, and illness to swirl and accumulate in the house, eventually slowly eroding the people living there.
She stood by the stagnant pool, her brow furrowed as she looked at the withered leaves floating on the surface.
This situation hasn't been in place for very long, but it's already showing signs of becoming increasingly menacing.
The appearance of the spirit-devouring thread and the old woman last night was probably one of the evil spirits attracted by this ominous situation.
Just as she was deep in thought, a sharp, piercing shout, mixed with chaotic noise, suddenly came from the direction of the neighboring house, breaking the deathly silence of the morning.
"Ah! Stop him! Stop him now!"
"He's gone mad! Li Laosi has gone mad! He's biting anyone he sees!"
"My arm! My arm is broken! Help!"
The sounds were filled with fear and chaos.
Shen Yuepo's eyes sharpened, and with a slight movement, he used the momentum to leap onto the high wall on the side of the ancestral home's backyard in a few steps, standing on top and looking down.
I could see the backyard of the neighboring mansion, which was also quite old but was clearly under renovation.
The place was a complete mess.
Several men dressed in workers' clothes were running away in terror, their faces filled with fear.
In the center of the courtyard, a burly worker with bloodshot eyes and drooling mouth was making wild, guttural noises as he chased after the others as if in a frenzy.
He grabbed a shovel from the ground and swung it wildly. A foreman-looking man who couldn't dodge in time was hit hard on the arm with the shovel and immediately let out a shrill scream.
What made Shen Yuepo's pupils shrink even more was the black soil emanating a strong, fishy stench from the shovels wielded by the frantic workers.
Where they had originally dug, they found a dense mass of white bones.
Deep in the pit, a visible gray-black mist seemed to be spreading, drifting upwards in wisps.
Yin energy!
The yin energy was so dense it was almost solidified, and it was also mixed with soaring resentment.
"A mass burial pit?"
Shen Yuepo instantly understood the reason why the worker had gone mad.
Unaware of their surroundings, they unearthed the forbidden land where countless corpses were buried.
The deeply buried resentment and malevolent energy erupted instantly, corrupting the mentally unstable person closest to it and causing them to go berserk.
"stop!"
A sharp shout rang out, and a man in his fifties, dressed in pajamas, rushed out, trying to stop the raging Li Laosi.
"Li Laosi! What are you doing? Put it down right now!"
But at this moment, Li Laosi, whose mind was being corrupted by the evil energy, could no longer listen to anything.
His bloodshot eyes suddenly fixed on the man who rushed out.
With a roar, it raised the shovel, stained with dirt and faint blood, and brought it down hard on the man's head.
Its movements were swift and fierce, carrying a savage and malevolent force.
"Dad! Get out of the way!"
A young girl's scream, filled with despair, came from inside the house.
Just as tragedy was about to unfold, a gray-blue figure swept down from the high wall like a ghost.
Shen Yuepo arrived first despite being behind, with incredible speed.
With fingers drawn as if wielding a sword, he held a talisman between his fingertips and quickly pressed it onto a hidden acupoint behind Li Laosi's ear.
As if struck by lightning, Li Laosi trembled violently, and his hand, which was holding a shovel, froze instantly.
The frenzied crimson in his eyes receded like the tide, replaced by a blank and dazed look.
Shen Yuepo continued moving, using his other hand to strike two major acupoints on his chest and dantian, the palm wind carrying pure spiritual power to exorcise evil spirits and suppress malevolent forces.
"puff!"
Li Laosi suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood with a foul odor. His massive body swayed and then slumped backward, completely losing consciousness.
In an instant, the crisis was averted.
The entire backyard was deathly silent.
Everyone stared in disbelief at the young woman in blue who had suddenly appeared, like a goddess descending to earth, and subdued the madman Li Laosi in one move.
Shen Yuepo didn't even glance at Li Laosi on the ground; her gaze passed over the still-shaken male master.
His gaze was fixed intently on the deep pit radiating an aura of overwhelming resentment, his voice icy and carrying a warning:
"If you don't want your whole family to die, fill this pit immediately. What's buried underneath is a mass grave containing the remains of ten thousand people!"
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