Against the backdrop of the torch, Jiang Jiahao's face looked extremely ugly.
Abao wanted to move closer out of curiosity, but was hugged by Betty and covered his eyes.
"Didn't you check the yard just now? Didn't you find anything strange here?"
Jiang Jiahao looked at Huang Mengang. He clearly remembered that Huang Mengang had just checked the well and said there was nothing in it.
"It's not a dry well, but it has some water. What's the difference?"
Huang Mengang held up the torch, curiously walked to the well, looked inside, and almost took off the Franco machine gun on his back.
Well, why did Huang Mengang bring a Fran cannon from the Qing Dynasty when he went out to fight in the field? Jiang Jiahao didn't understand this either.
But Huang Mengang wanted to carry it on his back, and would burst into tears if he wasn't carried. Anyway, he took the ammunition himself, so Jiang Jiahao just let him do whatever he wanted.
Seeing that Huang Mengang had the urge to bombard the well, Jiang Jiahao quickly pulled him back.
"Ah Hao, what's in there? Why is it still breathing in a pile of rotten flesh?"
"This deserted village looks like it has been abandoned for at least several decades. How can there be such a thing in this well?"
"Don't hold me back, I'll give it a shot first to make it act like a ghost."
At the bottom of the well is a mass of breathing carrion, with densely packed small tumors all around. From a distance, it looks like human hands and feet, which is extremely hideous and terrifying.
Abao heard Huang Mengang's words, broke away from Betty's restraints, lay down at the mouth of the well, looked in, and exclaimed.
"Oh my god, it's Tai Sui. Why is Tai Sui in the well? This is unscientific!"
Suddenly, Jiang Jiahao looked at Abao with a little more scrutiny, and a little more doubt in his eyes.
The first piece of Tai Sui discovered by later generations was found inland by a fisherman in the 1980s. Before the 1980s, Tai Sui was mysterious and not many people had seen it.
Jiang Jiahao is a time traveler, so he naturally recognizes Tai Sui. It is strange that Abao has a lot of weird skills. Why does he recognize Tai Sui?
For a moment, Jiang Jiahao thought of a particularly outrageous possibility...
"Brother, why are you looking at me like this? Find someone to fish it out, Tai Sui, that's Tai Sui!"
Abao saw Jiang Jiahao staring at him gloomily. He didn't know what Jiang Jiahao was thinking, so he could only look around for the stick, but found nothing.
"How can there be Tai Sui?" Huang Mengli squeezed into the crowd carrying the Demon-Conquering Pestle, looked into the well, casually inserted the Demon-Conquering Pestle on the ground, untied the rope from his waist and tied it around his waist, and threw the other end of the rope to Huang Menang.
Huang Mengli held a dagger in his mouth and crawled down the well under the curious eyes of everyone.
The dry well was not too deep, and there was only a few meters away from seeing the rotten flesh that looked like Tai Sui. Huang Mengli fell to the ground quickly.
He took the dagger and tilted it around the carrion. When he saw that it was not adhered to the well wall, he untied the rope and tied it around.
Then he climbed up with his arms on the well wall and shouted to Huang Mengang: "Brother, pull up."
Soon, Huang Mengli climbed to the wellhead and left the dry well under the pull of Ruan Wenjie, helping Huang Mengang pull the rope.
The rotten meat was very heavy, and the two struggled to pull it away from the dry well. After the thing landed, it would shake slightly, as if it was scared.
Seeing the carrion being pulled up, Jiang Jiahao held up the torch and looked into the dry well again, stopping everyone's curiosity about the carrion.
"Tai Sui is also called Ganoderma lucidum. It usually lives on mountain walls, in water, or under the soil. Water wells cannot support it."
"This thing is indeed Tai Sui, but it is not well water that feeds it. See for yourselves."
Jiang Jiahao moved away from the mouth of the well. Ruan Wenjie stepped forward curiously, turned around and covered his mouth to vomit.
At this moment, a strong rancid smell floated upward from the bottom of the well. It dissipated after a while, but everyone could smell it.
Buck Yasu thought of a terrifying possibility and stayed far away from the dry well, stumbling when he spoke: "Brother Hao, then, it can't be..."
Jiang Jiahao didn't speak, but just nodded. Buck-toothed Su guessed correctly. There were piles of dead bones high at the bottom of the well, many of which were weathered.
This is not a water well, this is a corpse burial well, and the Tai Sui that Huang Mengli fished out was probably born from the flesh and blood of the corpses in the well.
"I know what this is."
In the crowd, Chen Fei suddenly started nagging, which shocked everyone.
When he saw everyone staring at him with feigned anger, he immediately came to the dry well with a smile, squatted down to inspect Tai Sui, and nodded.
"Taisui grows in extremely yin places. This place used to be Yizhuang, which is where yin energy gathers. It's not surprising that there is such a thing."
Halfway through the words, Chen Fei took the torch from Jiang Jiahao's hand, looked into the mouth of the well, and nodded in confirmation: "This thing is called a corpse well."
"I don't know what the customs are here. In our Nanyang, some villages have encountered plague, plague, or various strange diseases that can wipe out the village."
"After those people die, they will be thrown into a dry well, covered tightly with stones, and affixed with wizard-specific charms. It is said that it can seal disasters and seek good luck and avoid evil."
"These corpses usually rot after being sealed for a period of time, but there is a very small chance that this kind of blood Tai Sui will be born."
"Blood Tai Sui is very rare. There are even many wizards who have killed one village after another in order to deliberately condense it."
"But that was all a long time ago. Now the wizards in Southeast Asia can no longer see him, so naturally he can't see the legendary Blood Tai Sui either."
"This thing is in Nanyang. If it is sold to a wizard, one gram is equivalent to the price of a hundred grams of gold, and it has a price but no market!"
"The reason why I know this is because a distant cousin of mine was a wizard, but she disappeared later."
Chen Fei saw that everyone didn't seem to believe what he said, and even deliberately moved out his missing cousin. Everyone present was still dubious.
Jiang Jiahao squatted down, poked the carrion with a dagger, and asked, "Didn't you say there are no wizards now? Will anyone still want it?"
"There is an old Chinese saying, don't mess with Tai Sui. This thing is evil in the eyes of your ancients, but it is auspicious in Nanyang."
"In Nanyang, no matter whether they are wizards or not, they all want to have a talisman made of Tai Sui meat, which they can carry with them to protect their safety."
"If it's blood Tai Sui, the effect will be doubled."
"Aang, you and Ali are also from Nanyang. Is this thing as rare as Chen Fei said?"
Jiang Jiahao took a dagger and cut off a bit of Tai Sui's flesh, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it. Tai Sui seemed to feel the pain and trembled unnaturally.
Tai Sui is very valuable, Jiang Jiahao knows this, but he is in trouble when he fishes Tai Sui out of the dead!
After Huang Mengang knew that this thing was blood Tai Sui, his breathing became heavier. Seeing Jiang Jiahao looking over, he nodded quickly.
"I don't know if it can ward off evil spirits, but wearing a talisman made of Tai Sui meat can ward off many mosquitoes when entering the mountains and forests, but it is quite effective."
"Find someone to wrap it up in a piece of cloth and take it with you when you leave tomorrow~"
Jiang Jiahao casually pocketed the cut pieces of meat and asked his younger brother to wrap the blood Tai Sui. He wanted to see if this thing could repel mosquitoes.
Abao seemed to be very interested in Xue Tai Sui. He fumbled for a gray cloth, wrapped it up in Xue Tai Sui, and studied it carefully.
In a village that had been abandoned for at least several decades, he actually saw a corpse well and a bloody Tai Sui. This made Jiang Jiahao feel that this so-called cold village was weird from head to toe.
Huang Mengang and Chen Fei found a big stone slab somewhere and sealed the dry well.
The group of people felt that the yard was full of weirdness, so they returned to the ancestral hall with torches.
Everyone couldn't sleep, so they took down the coffin boards and lit a bonfire, and gathered together in twos and threes to chat, which was a way to dispel fear.
In the dark night, there was a sudden crunching sound, causing everyone who was resting to pull the safety cover at the same time and look towards the clay statue.
Then he saw Huang Mengli, who at some point pushed the statue away. When he saw everyone looking at him with unkind expressions, he pointed at his feet with a smile.
"There is a hole here. Could it be a treasure room underneath?"
Jiang Jiahao approached Huang Mengli with a torch, lowered the torch, and explored the entrance of the cave. It was pitch black inside.
He glanced at Huang Mengli speechlessly: "You go and rob tombs."
"Since we can't sleep, let's get a few people to go down and have a look. Don't let it be a treasure room or something."
After passing the torch to Huang Mengli, Jiang Jiahao didn't like the statue being in the way, so he pushed the altar table down and called for others to come over.
Abao came over curiously, covered his little nose and frowned: "How could there be a treasure hidden under the funeral palace? It couldn't be the toilet, right?"
Ruan Wenjie gave Abao angrily and said, "Is there a toilet under your clay statue?!"
Huang Mengli performed exceptionally today. He took off the rope and tied it around his waist, then threw the end of the rope to Huang Menang.
With the dagger in his mouth, he grabbed Abao's torch and smiled at everyone: "Don't worry about what it is, go in and take a look before talking."
"Plop~" Huang Mengli jumped down without any hesitation, and soon his surprised voice came from below.
"Come down quickly, there are so many strange things here!"
