lcionline Chapter 276 Confirmation of the Corpse
Chapter 276 Confirmation of the Corpse
“To the east, those members of the Shi family who died young or of illness are buried there.
But the Shi family's ancestral tomb is protected by ancestral spirits, so it might not be easy for you to force your way in."
Shi Mei floated beside Leng Zhuxin.
Leng Zhuxin glanced at the Shi family's ancestral tomb and then at Shi Mei, "I won't force my way in. You are a member of the Shi family, so the ancestral spirits shouldn't stop you.
Since you know where Shisuo's father is buried, you can go in and take a look."
Leng Zhuxin originally wanted to dig up the grave, she wanted to confirm it herself.
But I didn’t expect that there were ancestral spirits in the Shi family’s ancestral tomb, and it was guarded so strictly.
This is a bit difficult to get through.
Shi Mei is different. She is a soul and a member of the Shi family.
Although the formations and traps set up outside the Shi family's ancestral tomb are effective against souls, they are ineffective against the souls of Shi family members, such as Shi Mei.
Since these big families have ancestral spirits in their ancestral tombs, they must be able to recognize the breath of their own family members.
It would be just right to let Shi Mei go in and confirm.
Leng Zhuxin jumped away from the tree quickly and soon arrived at the east side of the Shi family's ancestral tomb.
Shi Mei was reluctant to go, as she was afraid that she would be trapped in the Shi family's ancestral tomb and unable to get out.
Leng Zhuxin quickly made a hand gesture and hit Shi Mei, then moved her fingers slightly, and Shi Mei turned into a soul ball and flew in front of her.
With another flick of his finger, the spirit ball flew out another hundred meters away.
"Go ahead. Once you've confirmed whether Shisuo's father's remains are in the tomb, just tell me the result and I'll bring you back."
Leng Zhuxin said this and waved her hand, and Shi Mei turned back into human form again.
She still had some concerns, but when she met Leng Zhuxin's gaze, she gritted her teeth and rushed into the Shi family's ancestral tomb.
As Leng Zhuxin expected, the formation and trap did not work on Shi Mei.
Shi Mei quickly floated to the innermost area of the ancestral tomb.
Leng Zhuxin put a five-sense sharing talisman on Shi Mei. With the help of the sharing talisman, Leng Zhuxin could see everything that Shi Mei saw.
Perhaps because the people buried in the east were all members of the Shi family who died young or of illness, the tombs were not sealed with stones. There was only a bulging mound on the ground, and on top of the grave stood a blood-red tombstone, which was the favorite of the people in the demon world, with black words engraved on it.
It is the year of birth and death and the name.
There is a perpetual lamp in front of each red tombstone, making the entire cemetery look blood red, which is very weird.
This was also the first time that Shi Mei came to the Shi family's ancestral tomb at night. Although she knew that these blood-red tombstones looked weird and scary, she didn't expect that it would be even more terrifying at night.
Having become a ghost, she couldn't help but tremble with fear.
In order to complete the task assigned to her by Leng Zhuxin, she resisted the urge to escape and quickly passed by each tombstone.
Fortunately, these tombstones are arranged according to the time of death of the tomb owner. Shisuo's father died only a few decades ago and is in the row on the far right.
Shi Mei found it quickly.
She carefully checked the name on the tombstone before floating over the grave, muttering, "Excuse me, excuse me."
At the same time, he turned into a mist and entered the tomb.
The Shi family's coffin was made of a whole piece of stone slab. Shi Mei tried hard to get into the coffin through the almost sealed gap.
I saw a corpse that had turned into bones.
Shi Mei didn't know how to confirm whether this skeleton was Shi Suo's father's. She just whispered to Leng Zhuxin in a trembling voice, "Yes, there is a body."
Leng Zhuxin directed Shi Mei to change several angles in the sarcophagus. After confirming that it was a male corpse, he beckoned Shi Mei out of the Shi family's ancestral tomb.
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After Shi Mei was called back by Leng Zhuxin, she was still a little scared.
The blood-red tombstones in the ancestral grave seemed to be engraved in her mind, and it took a long time for her mind to return to normal.
But when she saw where Leng Zhuxin took her, she started stuttering again.
Leng Zhuxin took her to the mass grave outside the Demon King's City, where Shi Shi was buried.
Although Shi Mei said that Shi Shi's body was thrown into a mass grave, Leng Zhuxin guessed that according to the Shi family's custom, they would definitely find a better place in the mass grave to bury Shi Shi.
There will definitely be a monument outside.
The mass grave outside the Demon King's City is very large. Compared to the human world, there are some kind-hearted people who send paper money to the mass grave, but people from the demon world rarely set foot in the mass grave.
Only when a demon slave dies in the family will someone be sent to dump the body here.
They didn't deliberately dig pits to bury them, so there were corpses everywhere.
Some of the bodies that were recently thrown into the mass grave had not yet rotted because of the extremely low temperature, and were just frozen solid.
However, no matter how cold the weather was, many corpses were in varying degrees of decay.
Insects that were not afraid of the cold crawled on the corpses, mistaking the rotten flesh for food.
Shi Mei was already a ghost and could not smell the odor in the mass grave, but Leng Zhuxin frowned because of the stench.
She quickly blocked her sense of smell and started searching in the mass grave with Shi Mei.
There was a corpse almost every step in the mass grave. Shi Mei was so scared that she wanted to go back to her space.
The hand that couldn't touch Leng Zhuxin's body was just pulling Leng Zhuxin's arm lightly, and was very close to Leng Zhuxin, as if it wanted to possess Leng Zhuxin's body.
There are not many tombstones in the mass grave, and only a few red ones are scattered among them.
Leng Zhuxin searched one by one, and when she found the third one, she saw a faint word "stone" on the tombstone.
The moon in the demon world was not bright. Leng Zhuxin snapped his fingers and summoned a small ball of strange fire.
With the light of the strange fire, he could clearly see the words on the tombstone which was severely worn.
It is indeed Shi Shi's name, but it does not specify who erected the monument, nor does it state Shi Shi's birth and death years.
We found our target for tonight, and the mass grave was empty again.
Leng Zhuxin didn't need to worry about anything and blasted the tomb open with one palm.
There should have been a thin coffin inside, but after more than a hundred years, it had decayed to the point where only a little bit of it remained, and there was a skeleton inside.
At a glance, it was indeed the bones left by a tall man.
But there were no signs of injury on the bones.
Shi Shi was seriously injured in the battle between humans and demons. Not only did he lose all his cultivation, but he also became disabled.
Both legs must be injured.
The injury on this body was on the cervical vertebra, which was almost completely twisted off. Without the cover of flesh, it became very conspicuous.
If Shi Shi was really disabled or committed suicide, this corpse must not be Shi Shi's!
Leng Zhuxin did not close the grave again, but checked the bones in the pit again.
Too much time has passed, and there are no longer many clues.
Shi Mei didn't know any of this, but she also found it very strange.
Pointing to the corpse's right hand, he said, "There's a rumor in the clan that Shi Shi was born with six fingers on his right hand. How come this corpse only has five?"
Shi Meihun was still hiding behind Leng Zhuxin, with only her head and half of her body exposed.
The voice was not loud, but Leng Zhuxin remembered it.
Leng Zhuxin squatted down and reached out to search the right hand of the corpse, but did not find any other finger bones.
There were no signs of any phalanges falling off on the hand bones, and it was obvious that the hand of this corpse was no different from that of an ordinary person.
He is not Shi Shi.
Leng Zhuxin and Shi Mei were both sure.
Shi Mei waited until Leng Zhuxin stood up again, then shrank her neck and said, "Since we've confirmed that he's not Shi Shi, shouldn't we leave?
This place is eerie and scary.”