Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Place for Raising Corpses!

Translator: 549690339

[Writing now, pulling an all-nighter, a big explosion tomorrow!]

“Hahaha… my dear wife, in the future, you should tell me this more often.” Huang Xiaolong revealed a bright smile.

At this point, the two were about to walk out of the tunnel. Suddenly, Huang Xiaolong pricked up his ears and heard faint sounds of running water outside the tunnel, and moonlight was seeping inside.

“Little Long…there is light ahead.” Song Yuru quickly suppressed her overflowing affection and pointed towards the outside of the tunnel.

This tunnel was like a cave leading to an open field.

“My dear, tombs are rarely, if ever, buried in caves. From a fengshui perspective, burying ancestral graves in caves can be unfavorable. Graves are Yin residences, and being inside a cave does not allow it to gather Yin energy.” Huang Xiaolong had anticipated that the Hu Family’s ancestral grave would definitely be outdoor.

The two left the cave.

The cold moon was casting a mysterious glow.

Outside the cave was a vast mountain range and the area where Huang Xiaolong and Song Yuru were appeared to be a sunken valley.

Not far away, a creek flowed with twists and turns.

Trees with variegated flowers grew by the creek.

And there were quite a few coffins!

“Huh Little Long! There are so many coffins over there! It must be the Hu Family’s ancestral graveyard! We finally found it! Ah The harder you work, the luckier you get!” Song Yuru shouted for joy.

“Wait dear, don’t be happy too soon, let’s go and have a look.” There was a flash of different color in Huang Xiaolong’s eyes as he took Song Yuru’s hand, and they quietly walked towards the coffins.

Arriving in front of the rows of coffins, they saw all coffins were made of golden nanmu wood. What was strange was that every coffin had a yellow talisman on its lid.

It looked less like a graveyard but more like the cemeteries in the Hong Kong horror films of the eighties and nineties.

The air was permeated with a stench that was akin to that of a decaying corpse, causing nausea upon smell.

“Come dear, let me explain” Huang Xiaolong pulled Song Yuru aside and started to explain. “See, these trees near the coffins are locust trees, the ghosts of trees, which are considered unlucky because they attract spirits due to their yin energy. Here’s a creek, water is known for its yin property, and the locust trees stopped the yin energy from dispersing, thus retaining a heavy yin vibe.”

“Furthermore, these locust trees form an arc. Together with this creek, they form a peculiar shape. Dear, can you guess what this shape is?” Huang Xiaolong asked Song Yuru.

After examining for a few minutes, Song Yuru blurted out. “Little Long, it feels like a bow and arrow…these locust trees in an arc are like the bow, and this creek is like the string. Little Long, am I right?”

“My dear, you’re very clever. Yes, it’s shaped like a bow and arrow. Since ancient times, the shape of a bow and arrow has been seen as a huge omen of bad luck. The resentful energy of the dead, if not dissipated, can be stirred up by this image, even more potent than when they just died. Each of these coffins here is immersed in undissipated yin energy, with no vegetation growing around…” Huang Xiaolong continued explaining.

Upon closer inspection, Song Yuru could see that this was true. The plants in this area were originally flourishing, but were completely withered near these coffins.

“Little Long…you…what are you trying to say after all this.” Song Yuru was getting a bit nervous.

“Quite simply, dear, this place is actually a corpse nurturing ground.” Huang Xiaolong let out a smile. “This piece of low-lying land gathers yin energy and hardens the evil spirit, obstructs wind and water, and gives rise to resentment, then people will say it’s a haunted area. Jokingly speaking, if a person is buried here, the chances of them turning into a zombie are much greater than being buried elsewhere!”

“Ah? Little Long, a corpse nurturing ground… what sort of bodies does it nurture?” Song Yuru’s face turned a little pale.

“Haha~~ Dear, obviously, a corpse nurturing ground nurtures zombies. As the name suggests, keeping bodies here means they don’t decay but rather, with long-term ‘nurturing,’ turn into zombies. Many ancient books unanimously believe that corpse nurturing grounds are the most terrifying and taboo places in fengshui. Here, a corpse’s internal organs and bodily muscles don’t decay as they normally would, but hair, fingernails, etc., continue to grow, and the body may even regain mobility and cause harm to people.”

“Let me put it in simpler terms, dear. A person, in their dying breath, keeps their resentment, and after death, one gasp of breath is left in their throat. If the burial place is a corpse nurturing ground, the corpse won’t decay, once it absorbs enough yin energy, then… it will become a zombie! So, a person in death should take their last breath, while a person in life should fight for every breath!”

“No way? Little Long, these… these coffins, could they really contain… those… those zombies?” As soon as zombies were mentioned, Song Yuru started to shiver.

In her opinion, zombies were even more terrifying and scarier than ghosts.

“Haha, my dear, to test whether a corpse inside a coffin has turned into a zombie is actually very simple.” Huang Xiaolong chuckled with not a hint of nervousness. Instead, he walked over to a coffin, “Dear, watch carefully. Now, I’m standing seven feet away from this coffin, then I will walk around the coffin in a circle. If I finish in fourteen steps, it indicates that the person inside the coffin has decomposed normally at most, their ghost might be lingering nearby. But if I finish in fifteen steps, it would mean that there’s a zombie inside the coffin.”

Indeed, as he spoke, Huang Xiaolong started to circle around the coffin, step-by-step, counting each one.

“One step, two steps, three steps…”

Song Yuru started counting along with him.

Sure enough, Huang Xiaolong completed a full circle around the coffin and returned to his original position.

“Little Long…this is so strange, the exact count is fifteen steps…” Song Yuru said, her eyes wide in astonishment.

“There’s a zombie inside the coffin!” Huang Xiaolong confidently asserted.

“But…wait~~Little Long, everyone’s stride length is different. For example, you circled around the coffin in fifteen steps. But I’m a girl, my strides are smaller than yours. Maybe, it might take me twenty steps to circle around it.” Song Yuru expressed her doubt.

“Darling, this has nothing to do with stride length. Why don’t you give it a try yourself?” Huang Xiaolong suggested with a smile.

In disbelief, Song Yuru ran over to the coffin and mimicked Huang Xiaolong’s actions, walking a full circle around it.

Creepily enough, once Song Yuru completed a circle, the count was, indeed, exactly fifteen steps!

She deliberately took bigger steps, yet it still remained fifteen steps!

Strange! This is just too strange!

This situation can’t be explained by science at all!

This time, Song Yuru was totally convinced by Huang Xiaolong. “Little Long…it seems…there really are zombies inside these coffins… Which do you think is scarier, zombies or ghosts?”

Emergency notice: Guys, this issue with the backstage has truly troubled me.

I’ve been in communication with the editor all night trying to fix this, after spending several hours, I haven’t written a word, and my mind is totally blank.

This book is really special to me, it’s a labor of love.

The stories to come will be even more exciting!

But this disaster has really hurt me, it’s taken a heavy toll on me!

I hope that everyone can have patience and not abandon this book!

Thank you!

Believe in me, I will continue to strive to write it well!

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1, Open the table of contents of this book, remember, it’s the table of contents, it will say “Table of Contents” in the upper left corner

2, Find the repeated chapter

3, Long press the problematic chapter on your phone (press and do not release for a few seconds), an option of [re-download] will pop up

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5, The correct chapter will then refresh

6, The most likely problem chapters are 247~253, if you missed any, please re-download all of these chapters, then everything should be completely OK! Everyone, please, please do as I say!

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