Half an hour later, Hu Sangou walked out of the container barracks at the construction site. He had already completed his statement with the police, but his face still showed fear and shock.
How exactly did Cao Ming and Cao Li die?
Could it be related to that coffin?
After Hu Sangou left the barracks, a young police officer said, "Hu Sangou doesn't seem to be lying, and his words do not contradict the forensic doctor's determination of the time of death."
Another male police officer, who appeared to be a leader, nodded.
"The deaths of Cao Ming and Cao Li are indeed very suspicious. Their bodies were drained of blood. This is too bizarre!"
...
For the next few days, the police cordoned off the scene and continued their investigation, but without any leads.
However, one accident after another occurred at the construction site.
Within a week of Cao Ming and Cao Li's deaths, two more workers died unexpectedly at the construction site. Both deaths occurred in the middle of the night, and their manner of death was the same as Cao Ming and Cao Li's: they were drained of their blood.
The construction site has been shut down for a week now, and many people are speculating that the discovery of that ominous coffin at the site has led to so many deaths!
There are also rumors that a coworker went out to the toilet in the middle of the night and heard strange ghostly cries.
Panic gripped the workers, and many, after demanding their wages, simply quit and left the construction site.
The police station, however, had no clue what to do.
In order to appease people and prevent similar incidents from happening again, and to get the construction site up and running as soon as possible, the Yilai Shopping Mall project team tried every means possible, even inviting a famous exorcist from Tongcheng City to perform a ritual at the construction site in the afternoon.
...
At dusk, two altars were set up on the construction site.
A bald monk in a monk's robe and an old man in a long gown were performing exorcisms at their respective tables.
Solemn chanting and the sound of wooden fish echoed continuously at the construction site.
On the other side, a man in his fifties wearing a long gown, holding a copper bell and a copper coin sword, was performing a complex and profound ritual.
An hour later.
After finishing their rituals, Monk Wuhua and Master Huang Jiu came to Zhou Qing, the general manager of the Yilai Shopping Mall project department.
"I'm leaning on my cane," said Master Huang.
"The ritual has been completed, and all the evil spirits have been driven away. I guarantee that there will be no more accidents at the construction site in the future!"
Manager Zhou handed over a large red envelope and stuffed it into Master Huang's hand.
The red envelope was very thick, and Master Huang immediately smiled and accepted it.
"Thank you, Manager Zhou."
"Master, you've worked hard!"
Take care!
After Master Huang left, Monk Wuhua and his disciples came to Manager Zhou's side, put their hands together, and said, "I have recited the Great Compassion Mantra 100 times and the Ksitigarbha Sutra 50 times. All the spirits of the deceased have been liberated and gone to the Western Paradise!"
"Amitabha!"
"The Venerable Monk Wuhua has worked hard."
Then he handed another red envelope, as thick as Master Huang's, to Monk Wuhua, saying, "Thank you, Holy Monk, for your salvation!"
After seeing the monk Wuhua off, Zhou Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The construction site was plagued by a series of accidents, leaving Zhou Qing restless and unable to sleep. The company not only had to pay millions in compensation, but construction could no longer continue.
After the afternoon ritual, he planned to have the eerie coffin burned that night so construction could continue the next day.
That night, two daring coworkers, one holding a torch and the other carrying gasoline, prepared to burn the coffin, following Manager Zhou's instructions.
The burly worker walking ahead stopped in front of the coffin. He was a staunch atheist and didn't believe that the construction site murders were related to the coffin.
He sneered and was about to pour gasoline on the coffin when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. A thin line of blood shot out from his chest and into the coffin. Then his body collapsed and he passed out.
A tall worker standing to the side saw his colleague suddenly collapse and quickly ran over.
"Old Ding, what's wrong?"
He shook Old Ding's body and found that Old Ding was unconscious. Then he glanced at the dark coffin behind him and a chill crept into his heart. He then carried Old Ding on his back and quickly left the coffin.
When Lao Ding was taken to the hospital, he had already stopped breathing!
A thin line of blood, like a pinhole, was left on his chest.
Manager Zhou was furious and annoyed when he found out about this!
He smashed the teacup on the ground and cursed, "What kind of bullshit masters are they!"
Just then, his phone rang.
"Mr. Xu?"
Upon seeing the name of the owner of Yilai Mall on the phone, Manager Zhou frowned. After a moment's thought, he quickly composed himself and answered the call.
"Hello, Mr. Xu!"
Manager Zhou spoke very respectfully and politely, as if his anger from just now had completely dissipated.
"What's going on with the Yilai Mall project? It's been almost a month and construction hasn't even started, and now there's been a murder!"
Xu Jiaying is the behind-the-scenes boss of Yilai Mall, one of the largest real estate developers in Xia Guo, and also Manager Zhou's superior.
Manager Zhou recounted in detail the discovery of the strange coffin at the construction site and the subsequent murder.
But Xu Jiaying didn't care about any of that.
Yilai Shopping Mall is a key project in Tongcheng City, and the local government attaches great importance to it. They signed a commitment letter with them that the project would definitely be completed by the end of this year. Moreover, Yilai Group has invested tens of billions of yuan in this project, and the annual interest alone is several hundred million yuan. Every day the project is delayed, the loss is millions!
On the other end of the phone, Xu Jiaying said sternly, "No matter what, the Yilai Shopping Mall must start construction within a week! The company has already lost tens of millions. If it cannot be completed and handed over by the end of the year, the group will have to bear hundreds of millions in breach of contract penalties!"
So if you can't resolve this within a week, you're fired.
"Mr. Xu, I will definitely handle this matter well and guarantee that work will begin within a week!"
...
Manager Zhou hung up the phone, feeling immense pressure.
The accident at the construction site has caused widespread panic, and many workers have left. To resume work within a week, that strange coffin must be dealt with immediately!
Otherwise, he would have to pack his bags and leave.
...
Classroom in Wenyuan Building, Tongcheng University.
The bell rang, Zhang Yuan finished his cultivation, then stood up, packed his textbooks, and blended into the crowd to leave the classroom.
After reaching the Golden Core realm, the cultivation progress slowed down considerably.
At the current rate, it would take him about six months to break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm, even with the support of the Spirit Gathering Array.
If I want to improve my cultivation level quickly, it seems I'll have to take some pills.
As Zhang Yuan pondered this, he walked towards the school's underground parking garage.
After reaching the initial stage of the Golden Core realm, the flames fueled by the true qi in the dantian are now capable of refining Golden Core Pills and Body Tempering Pills.
However, refining Golden Elixir and Body Tempering Elixir requires Purple Mystic Crystal and Earth Dragon Blood!
These two materials are unavailable at Jiuzhuo Hall, but are available in the resource library of the Yangjian Enforcement Team. However, Zhang Yuan is still 4 merit points short of reaching 20 points to become a formal member of the Enforcement Team, after which he can exchange them for the Purple Mystic Crystal in the Enforcement Team's resource library.
The underground parking lot of Tongcheng School is built under the auditorium and is very close to the teaching building of the Academy of Arts.
As Zhang Yuan walked to the front of the auditorium, he saw Zeng Jingxue and Gao Yifan chatting and laughing as they walked out of the art college's teaching building from among the crowd leaving get out of class.
The two had a very close relationship, like a couple in their first love.
After walking for a while, Gao Yifan and Zeng Jingxue parted ways at a fork in the road.
Zhang Yuan was on his way to the underground parking garage to get his car when he happened to pass by here and ran into Zeng Jingxue.
Zhang Yuanchao and Zeng Jingxue nodded in greeting, with a faint smile on their faces.
Zeng Jingxue didn't know how Zhang Yuan ended up here, but she still smiled.
As Zhang Yuan watched Gao Yifan's figure, he suddenly remembered the man in black that night.
In the school, besides himself, Zhang Yuan knew that Gao Yifan was the only cultivator.
Although the man in black concealed his aura, Zhang Yuan's primordial spirit was much stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level after practicing the Moon-Gazing Refining Spirit Technique. He vaguely sensed that the man in black's aura was very similar to Yi Fan's.
Moreover, during the school sports meet, Gao Yifan used magic to interfere with him, and Zhang Yuan vaguely felt that this person was not of good character.
In addition, Gao Yifan seems to have been getting closer to Zeng Jingxue.
Therefore, Zhang Yuan suspected that the man in black was likely Gao Yifan.
If the mysterious man in black that night was indeed Gao Yifan, then this matter is probably not simple.
Zhang Yuan stood in front of Zeng Jingxue, hesitating whether to tell her about this, but finally reminded her: "Gao Yifan is not a simple person, you'd better be careful."
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