Chapter 267: 267
Chapter 267Legless Corpse
This was within Ye Shaoyang’s expectation . The pagoda tree was from the Underworld, but it still had a plants’ nature; they were attracted to positive energy and avoided negative energy . Previously, Madam Chee had trapped it in the well . Now that Madam Chee was gone, it would return to the Underworld, where it truly belonged .
Ye Shaoyang instructed Old Guo to seal up the well using cement mixed with red soil . Once the leftover Yin Qi in the well dissipated, the formation would also be destroyed .
The second news was the arrival of Wang Ting .
She had been in Xi Chuan all this time, helping the police with their investigation and handling those blood witches . She had been extremely busy, so she could not help in the battle against Madam Chee . She had only managed to come to Stone City three days after the event ended . She went straight to Tan Xiaohui’s grave and cried, admitting that she was Tan Xiaohui’s real cousin .
Ye Shaoyang quickly realized the truth . Tan Xiaohui had headed back to Xi Chuan to get help from Wang Ting after Ye Shaoyang saved her . However, she did not ask for help from any witch clans because she did not want to be forced into bowing to a new master . For her, Tan Xiaohui was her only master, and she would always remain loyal to her .
At last, some of the questions on Ye Shaoyang’s mind were answered . Not even one witch from the witch families showed up to fight against the blood Gu undead king, and now, he realized that Tan Xiaohui had never informed them .
However, it was pointless to understand this now . Everything had come to an end .
Ye Shaoyang planned to wander for a few more days . On this afternoon, he was chatting with an aged monk of an old temple, when he suddenly received a call from Xie Yuqing . She briefly asked him for his whereabouts and said, “It’s an emergency . Come over now . ”
Ye Shaoyang was surprised, “What is it?”
“I am at a crime scene . There’s a dead victim, and something doesn’t seem right . ”
Ye Shaoyang replied, “Of course, something doesn’t seem right . That’s why the police exist . It’s your job to find out the truth . ”
Xie Yuqing was pissed, “Do I have to spell it out for you? We believe it might be a paranormal event . Come back now!”
It seemed that Ye Shaoyang had no choice but to end his vacation early . He quickly boarded a cab and headed to Stone City to meet Xie Yuqing . He arrived at a residential area for factory workers . The place looked rather old, even older than the place he lived in . Old men and women filled the streets; it was rare to even spot a younger person .
“What took you so long?” Xie Yuqing complained with a grumpy face as soon as she saw him .
“I don’t have a car, it took me some time to find a cab . ” Ye Shaoyang was a little pissed . How dare she complain when she was asking for my help?
“Forget it . Let’s go!” Xie Yuqing led him through an alley and introduced him to her colleagues . She briefed him on the case while they walked: The dead victim was a lonely old man living on his own . His name was Old Wan . His sons and daughters are working outside of the town . He spent most of his time alone, other than playing chest with passers-by occasionally .
“His neighbors noticed that he had not exited his house for the last few days . His door was locked . Nobody answered door knocks or calls .
“Worried that he might be in trouble, a few neighbors forced his door open to check . They smelled a foul stench upon entering the house . It came from the bedroom . The neighbors walked up to the room . Through the window, they saw the dead Old Wan, whose body was still moving . Two of neighbors fainted on the spot, while the rest of them ran and contacted the police . ”
Ye Shaoyang interrupted, “Wait a minute . This doesn’t sound right . If he was moving, why would people think he was dead?”
Xie Yuqing bitterly smiled, “Why don’t you go inside and find out? I wouldn’t have called you if this wasn’t a paranormal case . ”
They soon arrived in front of an old hut . Two policemen were guarding the entrance . They greeted him with a smile as soon as they saw him, “Good day, Mister Ye . ”
Ye Shaoyang politely nodded, but he had no idea who they were . As soon as he entered the compound, he asked Xie Yuqing, “How do they know me?”
Xie Yuqing teased, “Everyone in the Stone City police force knows you, Master Ye . ”
“I didn’t know I was famous . ” Ye Shaoyang mischievously answered .
Upon entering the living room, Ye Shaoyang immediately smelled the foul scent in the air . He frowned in disgust . Two more policemen were guarding the room entrance, both wearing masks . They politely nodded upon seeing him and passed him a mask .
Instead of taking the mask, Ye Shaoyang grabbed some dried mugwort leaves from his backpack and filled his nostrils with it and passed some to Xie Yuqing .
“Does it even work?” Xie Yuqing doubted Ye Shaoyang’s method, but she followed nevertheless . True enough, the leaf seemed to filter out the stench, and she could hardly smell it now . She curiously asked, “How did this happen?”
“Dried mugwort leaves can filter out corpse Qi . ” Ye Shaoyang explained as he walked up to the window and peeped into the room . The concrete wall was painted with dried blood . Corpse Qi was getting thicker and thicker in the air, and there was a trace of demon Qi mixed in it .
However, Ye Shaoyang could not find anyone in the room . So, to get a clearer look, Ye Shaoyang squeezed his head through the window bars, trying to look at the blind spots in the room .
“Be Careful, Mister Ye!” The two policemen warned, but before they could finish the sentence, a white figure raised up from below the window and gripped Ye Shaoyang’s neck .
Damn! A sneaky bastard! Ye Shaoyang instinctively pushed the figure away and pulled his head out from the bars . A policeman commented from behind, “Wow, master, you are really brave! Who would have dared to lure out the creature using their own life!”
Ye Shaoyang guiltily faked a cough, but took the compliment like a boss, “Don’t worry, there’s a window bar here, it can’t get out . ” In his heart, he was just thanking his luck for being able to escape in time . If he had to use his own life as bait everytime he was catching spirits, he would have died a thousand times .
The creature was lying on the floor after Ye Shaoyang pushed it away . It got into a staring competition with Ye Shaoyang . Now, Ye Shaoyang could see it clearly, and he was taken aback by the sight:
It was a creature with a human figure . It had rotten flesh below its waist instead of legs . White hair covered the rotten flesh . Wounds seem to cover the upper parts of its body, and white hair seemed to grow out of the wounds as well . It had a pale face, wandering eyes . Anybody who saw this creature would know this was a dead person .
However, as dead as this person could be, it was not lifeless . Instead, it stood with its upper limbs . As it shook its head, it growled furiously at Ye Shaoyang .
Xie Yuqing and her colleagues took a few steps back upon sighting this creature .
“Little Ye, is this an undead?” After everything they had gone through together, Xie Yuqing finally gave up on calling Ye Shaoyang a ‘Little Trickster’ . Instead, she followed Xiao Ma, and called him Little Ye, signifying a closer relationship .
Ye Shaoyang did not answer . Instead, he observed the surroundings before he walked up to the room entrance . The door was locked, so he instructed, “Open the door . ”
The two policemen stared at each other in awkward silence . Nobody dared to open the door, as they feared they would unleash a monster upon themselves .
Xie Yuqing, on the other hand, knew better . She had witnessed Ye Shaoyang’s abilities . So, she walked up to the door and kicked it open before she stepped backward . Ye Shaoyang leaped into the room . Upon seeing him, the creature crawled toward him like a beast, using its two hands .