Ling Xiao immediately spoke up from the side.
However, as soon as he said that, Qiu Sheng looked embarrassed—he didn't know the answer either.
"When we get back, both of you copy the Mount Mao Fundamentals Summary twice!"
Ling Xiao didn't waste time and gave the order directly.
"What? Twice? Senior Brother, isn't that too much?!"
"Wow, Senior Brother, how about just once?!"
Hearing Ling Xiao's words, the two of them immediately panicked and began to plead.
"Too much? Then make it three times!"
Ling Xiao showed no mercy.
"What?! Why did it increase again?"
"Okay okay! We'll copy it twice, please!"
Seeing it go up again, the two of them were stunned.
"Four times! Complain again, and it'll be five!"
Ling Xiao's tone turned stern.
The moment he said that, both of them quickly shut their mouths and covered them with their hands, afraid to speak further.
Uncle Nine also nodded in satisfaction.
To be honest, if Ling Xiao hadn't been keeping the two brats in check all these years, they probably wouldn't have learned anything.
He had no idea that if Ling Xiao hadn't disciplined them, in the original story, they wouldn't even have grasped the basics at this age—let alone know how to draw basic talismans.
Even with Ling Xiao's guidance, they were still mostly hopeless.
"Boom!!!!"
At that moment, the laborers nearby had already knocked over the tombstone and begun digging up the grave.
"So-called ritual burial just means vertical burial."
Ling Xiao slowly explained.
"Taoist Priest Ling Xiao is right. The Feng Shui master said that burying ancestors vertically ensures the descendants will thrive!"
Master Ren quickly added with a smile.
"Did it work then?"
Uncle Nine asked meaningfully with a smirk.
"Sigh, strange to say, ever since my father passed away, our Ren Family's business has been declining year after year."
Master Ren sighed helplessly.
"Did your Ren Family have any grudges with that Feng Shui master?"
Upon hearing that, Uncle Nine narrowed his eyes slightly.
"No, actually the Dragonfly Touching Water burial site originally belonged to the Feng Shui master, but my father bought it at a high price."
Ren Fa's heart skipped a beat as he quickly explained. But his expression was instantly caught by Uncle Nine and the others.
"Only used money to lure him? No coercion?"
Uncle Nine asked calmly.
"Cough, well…"
Ren Fa gave an awkward smile.
"I'm sure there was coercion. The Dragonfly Touching Water burial site must be topped with snowy white stone to be complete. But Old Master Ren's tomb is sealed with lime, which prevents the 'dragonfly' from touching water. How can it be called a Dragonfly Touching Water site?
Moreover, lime blocks both fortune and yang energy. The former causes your Ren Family's misfortune, and the latter could very well lead to corpse transformation!"
Uncle Nine's gaze grew solemn as he spoke.
His words caused the surrounding people to pale.
"Whoa, corpse transformation? Doesn't that mean a Zombie will appear?!"
Qiu Sheng exclaimed.
The workers were frightened, backing away from the grave in panic.
"What?! My father will turn into a Zombie?!"
Master Ren's face changed drastically.
Ren Tingting was also terrified and quickly hid behind Ling Xiao.
In the past, she wouldn't have believed in Zombies, but ever since becoming close with Liu Yingying, she had come to accept that Zombies really existed in this world.
Now, the only person who made her feel safe was Ling Xiao.
As for Awei, he had already backed into the crowd, ready to flee at the first sign of trouble.
"Don't worry, everyone. Old Master Ren was buried only twenty years ago. At worst, he might be a White Zombie. With our master-disciple strength, it'll be easy to deal with.
Besides, it's broad daylight now—even if he does transform, the Zombie won't emerge."
Seeing the rising tension, Ling Xiao spoke reassuringly.
The moment he said that, the crowd around them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, they had just witnessed the strength of Ling Xiao and Uncle Nine and had full confidence in them.
Work resumed.
Soon, the vertically buried coffin in the grave was unearthed.
"Lift!!"
With a shout from the site supervisor, the coffin was hoisted up by ropes.
"Buzz!!!!"
But right at that moment, a surge of massive Yin energy that only Ling Xiao and Uncle Nine could sense burst from the grave like a flood.
"Rumble rumble rumble!!!!"
Suddenly, thunder echoed in the sky. The previously clear sky was rapidly engulfed by dark clouds.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!"
The next second, heavy rain poured from the heavens.
Seeing this, everyone felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts.
Uncle Nine's face changed, and he rushed to inspect the grave.
Although Ling Xiao had known in advance that Old Master Ren's coffin would bring abnormal phenomena, he still approached—because something didn't add up.
To affect the weather with Yin energy, the Zombie's Yin aura had to reach the level of a late-stage Green Zombie.
But becoming a Green Zombie required at least fifty years of corpse cultivation.
Even with the tampered Dragonfly Touching Water site, twenty years at most could accumulate thirty to forty years' worth of Yin energy—absolutely not enough to reach Green Zombie, much less the late stage, which required over eighty years of Corpse Qi.
So clearly, something not mentioned in the original story was at play here.
"How strange. What's with this weather? It was fine a moment ago. Cousin, let me shield you from the rain."
Awei looked puzzled. Then he eagerly took off his jacket, trying to cover Ren Tingting.
"No need!!!"
Ren Tingting instinctively avoided Awei's gesture and quickly glanced at Ling Xiao, afraid he might misunderstand.
She didn't even realize her own subconscious behavior.
"Hmph, that pretty boy's just a bit taller, a bit more good-looking, and knows a few Mount Mao tricks!"
Awei clearly noticed her reaction and grumbled angrily to himself.
"Crack!!!!"
Suddenly, with a sharp sound, the wooden frame holding the coffin up snapped and came crashing down toward the ground.
"There's Yin energy in the ground—don't let the coffin touch it!!"
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