Xia Jianguo is also a mature man.
He saw my concerns at a glance, so after I persuaded Xia Degui, he spoke as a "village elder".
"Degui, Sanjin has gone to great lengths to find a capable master like Brother Wu to help solve the haunted matter. You must help him well. Don't cause trouble, okay?"
"Otherwise, you will be the sinner of the entire village and will be nailed to the pillar of shame."
"Lao Wu was scared to death. This responsibility...of course I can't insist that it has anything to do with your family. But I don't want anyone in the village to die anymore. Do you understand?"
The "Lao Wu" in Xia Jianguo's mouth was naturally the Xia Wu who was frightened to death not far in front of Cunwei commune the night before yesterday.
Xia Degui also saw the last time he was alive.
Although Xia Sanjin is the village party secretary, he probably saw that Mr. Su and I had already talked, so he didn't say anything more.
He just patted Xia Degui hard on the shoulder and gave him an encouraging look.
"Fine."
As I spoke, I stood up from the chair: "Xia Party Secretary, if it's almost done, we can continue. First go to see Xia Wuye's body, and then go to the place where Xia Mi is buried."
"Okay, little brother Wu, I'll take you there."
Xia Sanjin nodded and answered.
So, he and Xia Degui took me to the end of the village.
As for Xia Jianguo, he is old after all.
We followed us to Xia Degui's house, and saw Xia Dong being haunted by evil spirits and me performing talismans. We were both physically and mentally exhausted, so we went home to rest.
"Because Uncle Xia Wu has no children and is a widow in the village, the burial rules are not that complicated. Now that the weather has turned colder, there is no need to worry about spoilage. You can stay in a broken house at the end of the village for a few days. Murakami will pay for it. Just ask a coffin bearer to take him to his grave."
Xia Sanjin explained to me while leading the way.
It can be seen that he is a relatively competent village party secretary.
Although there are not many villagers in Xia Family Courtyard, the area of the village is larger than our Wu Family Village!
Because it has a good geographical environment, it is a flat, open space surrounded by mountains.
Therefore, when villagers build houses, they are relatively scattered and the houses are relatively large.
Unlike Wujiacun, which is located in a long and narrow mountain valley, the houses in the village are also distributed in long strips.
When I arrived at the end of the village, I saw a dilapidated wooden house near the water that was overgrown with grass.
Obviously, this is where the body of Mr. Xia Wu is temporarily stored.
Before I even entered, I saw the permeating black corpse aura!
pouring out from the doorway of the dilapidated wooden house.
Therefore, the grass near the door showed signs of withering and decay.
This thing is different from Yin Qi.
Pure yin energy can nourish some plants and trees, making them grow unusually tall and lush.
But corpse qi is more corrosive.
"It seems that poor Uncle Xia was not just frightened to death by that evil ghost. Is there something hidden in this?"
I muttered softly.
Xia Sanjin, who was next to me, probably heard what I was saying, but he didn't hear me clearly, so he asked curiously.
"Brother Wu, what are you talking about?"
I smiled: "Secretary Xia, fortunately you found my master in time. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be facing one evil ghost, but two!"
Xia Sanjin was stunned.
"What's the meaning?"
I didn't explain it for the time being and walked straight to the dilapidated wooden house in front of me.
He and Xia Degui looked at each other, a little confused, but they didn't ask any more questions and chased after him directly.
When they approached the door of the shabby wooden house, they both covered their noses.
"Oh, why does it stink so much? What's going on? It's October now, and the weather has turned colder. The body is in the shade of the house. It can't be so smelly for a day or two."
Xia Sanjin was a little surprised.
I said in a deep voice: "Follow up and take a look, and you will know what's going on."
I went into the house.
The corpse aura is even stronger here - it's all emanating from the coffin placed in the center of the room.
The coffin is not yet closed.
I walked closer and saw the body lying inside.
It was an old man with his hands on his belly.
The nails were already over two inches long, looked ferocious, and had been severely rotted - this was indeed unreasonable.
Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui covered their noses to suppress their nausea and walked to the coffin to take a look. Their expressions changed drastically.
Xia Sanjin blurted out: "What, what's going on? Uncle Xia Wu's body is starting to rot."
Xia Degui stared at the corpse's hands and spoke in a slightly trembling voice.
"Why...why are his fingernails still growing and becoming so long and sharp? Could he be turning into a zombie?"
As soon as he said the word "zombie", Xia Sanjin next to him trembled.
I sneered: "Zombies? Zombies are not that easy to see! If this thing is really a zombie, let alone you two, I will die here too. Or I won't dare to come at all."
Zombie is a specific name in the Xuanmen Jianghu circle!
Only those things that are buried in extremely yin places, absorb the evil spirit floating between heaven and earth, and transform over a long period of time... and finally become powerful evil monsters, can be called zombies.
The zombie's body is incredibly hard.
Ordinary swords, guns, swords and halberds and other sharp weapons can hardly cause damage to it. Not even bullets can damage it.
And a real zombie can easily kill a whole village of people!
This is much more powerful than the ferocious zombies in the zombies, comparable to zombie-level existences - and may even be stronger than the zombies in terms of destructive power alone.
It's just that it doesn't have as many evil changes and evil methods as the Corpse Demon, nor does it have the cunning wisdom of the Corpse Demon.
That's right!
Once the evil spirits are completely transformed, wisdom will be born again. And very cunning. But I no longer have the emotions I had during my lifetime...
For example, back then, I followed my master and took Wang Fei's body that turned into a water demon to the Hundred Bone Tower. Wang Fei bargained with the Hundred Bone Tower Corpse King, trying to convince the other party not to use the power of the Hundred Bone Tower to suppress him. Nothing good.
Fortunately, my master also gave the Corpse King a promise at that time, so he didn't let the Corpse King Fei succeed in his evil plan.
Of course, these are all digressions.
Back to business.
But after saying that I denied that the corpse of Uncle Xia Wu in the coffin in front of me was a "zombie", Xia Sanjin asked what happened to this corpse?
I replied: "It seems that he was poisoned by ghost poison. The original purpose of the evil ghost was to create a servant. So the real cause of Uncle Xia Wu's death was that he was poisoned by ghost poison."
Ghost poison?
What is that?
Xia Sanjin and Xia Degui both looked puzzled.