Chapter Ninety-Five: The Mysterious Stranger (Second Update)
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Immediately, the ghosts before him began chattering incessantly, buzzing like flies, which greatly irritated Xu Cheng.
“Quiet! One at a time. You speak first!”
Xu Cheng shouted loudly, pointing at one ghost at random.
“It’s like this, sir. Not long ago, a powerful expert came here and slaughtered all the cultivators of the Xia Sect in Anma Town. But that’s not all—he also unleashed a monster. That monster devoured people, and we all died at its hands! I refuse to accept it!”
“I refuse to accept it too!”
“Unacceptable!”
…
A chorus of ghosts clamored in agreement.
“Enough! Where is this monster now?”
Xu Cheng asked sharply.
The ghosts exchanged looks but could not answer.
“If you don’t even know where the monster’s shadow is, how do you expect to take revenge?”
Xu Cheng snorted coldly, silently resenting these spirits for their wish to avenge themselves without knowing the monster’s whereabouts.
“I know of another monster!”
A small-statured girl raised her hand.
“Another monster? Isn’t there only one?”
A middle-aged ghost nearby questioned.
“That mysterious man, before leaving, made the monster implant something on Master Zhu’s Fourth Brother. I was a servant girl of the Zhu family and happened to witness it, so they killed me!”
The small girl lamented.
“Zhu’s Fourth Brother? Didn’t he die a few days ago?”
The middle-aged ghost hurriedly said.
“Stop! First tell me where the corpse of Zhu’s Fourth Brother is now. If we delay any longer, he’ll turn into a monster, and the entire town might perish!”
Breaking through the crowd’s murmurs, Xu Cheng urged.
“I know—he’s buried in the outskirts!”
The small girl continued.
“Quick, lead us there!”
Xu Cheng said anxiously.
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“Follow me!”
The little girl took the lead, and with eight ghosts alongside Xu Cheng and his two companions, they rushed straight to the outskirts.
It wasn’t far; soon they arrived at a place seemingly reserved by the townspeople for burying their dead, with scattered graves dotting the area.
Under the small girl’s guidance, they located Zhu’s Fourth Brother’s gravesite.
The offerings of fruits before the tomb appeared quite fresh, indicating the burial was recent. Perhaps Zhu’s Third Brother had not yet risen as a ghost.
Xu Cheng examined the tomb carefully; fortunately, there were no holes around it.
“Prepare to open the coffin. Everyone else, stand back!”
Taking advantage of the solitude, Xu Cheng commanded and made the ghosts retreat.
Suddenly, more than a dozen chains of ghostly flames erupted from his body, stabbing into the earth and tearing open the soil to reveal a coffin glowing a vivid red.
The monstrous aura Xu Cheng had sensed at the town’s entrance clearly originated here. Opening the grave amplified its strength.
The coffin was blood-red with intricate runes etched on its surface. Whether the Zhu family had done this or someone else, it was evidently meant to aid the occupant’s transformation into a monster.
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