Chapter 131. Liúshuǐ People (7) The Reckless Nighttime Explorers

     In front of the ancestral tomb, there is communication with ghosts.

     Gan Lan, Ulangda and their dead relatives looked at each other with tears in their eyes. They cried bitterly, but there were very few ghosts who could really shed tears. The energy of ghosts was yin, but ghost tears contained rich five elements of spiritual energy.

     According to the records of “Water Scripture”, ghost tears are a rare spiritual object. They can be used to make medicine, wash eyes, help ghost masters awaken yin and yang eyes, and exorcise evil spirits and reduce disasters. They are very useful.

     Ye Mo took out an empty small silver bottle, made a 100% standard hand gesture ghost technique, well, without awakening the dark talent, she still couldn’t do magic spells.

     She can only use her hands to catch the ghosts tear, or use her mental power to collect the ghost tears one by one before they fall to the ground.

     Wang Xue, who witnessed her actions: “…”

     There are many similar contents recorded in “Water Scripture”, such as the detailed steps of ancestor worship, how to use the vitality and yang energy of the heavenly stems and earthly branches to let ghosts have a short sense of smell, taste, and even touch.

     This is a reference book for the dead in the underworld.

     Gan Lan and Ulangda chatted for more than half an hour, and came to apologize to Ye Mo with red eyes and noses. They really couldn’t control their emotions and delayed a lot of time.

     Ye Mo shook her head: “It’s nothing.”

     The exploration and research work has been completed. They still have to move the ancestral tomb in the end, but this step must be rigorous in detail. One wrong step may cause the opposite effect.

     Gan Lan and Ulangda called more than 200 young and strong girls and boys in the village to come up and bring up the bronze tripod, black banners, Yin candles, incense tables and other sacrificial supplies that have not been used for many years.

     This was Ye Mo’s first time conducting a ritual, so she was inevitably a bit clumsy. Fortunately two ghost were there to guide her. When they were alive, the village had a full set of ancestral rituals every year during the Hungry Ghost Festival (15th day of the 7th lunar month) and the Thunder Festival.

     It’s really great to have their help.

     Ye Mo and the villagers learned a lot about ghosts, learning ghost techniques from these ghosts.

     …

     After offering sacrifices to the ancestors, Ye Mo stood in front of the tomb of the first ghost master, and other villagers arranged themselves in the Eight Diagrams Nine Palaces Formation at each formation eye.

     In order to avoid insufficient strength, the weapons in the hands of the villagers were all high-level or medium-high-level weapons with strength as the main attribute, which proved that ordinary people can also use system props.

     In addition to weapons, there are also defensive brooches, and only Ye Mo is rich and powerful enough to afford it.

     When they got the weapons, the villagers were also shocked. The weapons increased the strength value a lot. Anyone who is not a fool can feel it. They completely believe that Ye Mo and the others did not come for antiques. These weapons are much more useful than those broken bowls and pots.

     ‘The formation covers an area of 8 mu, with a structure of 3 rows, 3 dou (a unit of capacity in ancient China), and 9 curved links. There are two types of bindings: horizontal and vertical. The 1st dou has 1 setting, the 2nd dou has 2 settings… the 9th dou has 9 settings. The entire formation includes the gates of Life, Death, Surprise, and Open, totaling 81 gates…’@

     Ye Mo selected 8 people from among them and added them to her own group of 9, saying, “Starting from the Death Gate, one, two, three.”　　

     The nine formation eyes were simultaneously destroyed.

     The yin energy in the ancestral tomb area increased to the highest in an instant. The lights and candles went out at the same time, leaving only the pale moonlight. The black fan on the incense table floated with the wind, and the ghost bells rang.

     The cold air in the local area of the mountain top was affected, and a cold frost fog rose. All the living animals nearby, such as insects, birds, snakes, and rats, all fled madly down the mountain.

     Even some poisonous insects could not be controlled and ran away, except for those who were using their bodies as vessels.

     The villagers’ physical attributes were not high. It was as if their entire bodies had been frozen in a refrigerator for two hours. Their eyebrows and hair were covered in fine ice shards, and they were so cold that their teeth were chattering.

     Ye Mo set up a pure wood-element formation. Although she didn’t fully understand formations, this particular one only required inserting formation flags at four key positions.

     “With one burst of energy, let’s continue!”

     Destroying the ‘Shock’ and ‘Open’ gates wasn’t as complicated as the ‘Death’ gate. However, breaking the final ‘Life’ gate would be the most energy-consuming. Aside from opening the tomb, it also required moving the stone coffin positions of over a hundred ghost masters within an extremely short period.

     Then, in the original location, using wood-element spirit stones, set up a spirit-gathering array to resist the Yin energy.

     When the sacrificial array in Forbidden Area One was destroyed, the entire mountain village suddenly lit up with specks of light, like fireflies. These were all from the energy of the deceased, some more, some less, some bright, some dim.

     Looking down from the mountaintop, it was an incredibly beautiful scene, lasting a full minute.

     A minute later, some of the ghost undead disappeared again, and some chose to dissipate between heaven and earth. At the same time, many white hairs grew on the heads of the elderly villagers, including Mo Shenpo.

     Because the yin and yang in the mountains were still out of balance, all the ghost undead in the village were showing up.

     Ye Mo asked Ulangda and others to go to the village and inform some villagers that they could use silver utensils to collect the precious tears of the undead. These ghost tears were really useful to them.

     …

     The first stage of breaking the formation was completed. Ye Mo and Wang Xue gave some magic potions to those who were seriously affected by the yin energy, and then set up a wood-type spirit gathering formation for those who had just broken the formation to recuperate.

     At this time, the cemetery on the top of the mountain was a mess.

     Especially in the core ghost area, the ancestral tombs were smashed into a mess, and the stone coffins were in a mess. It was inevitable that there were some very unpleasant rotten smells. The villagers would choose a memorial day to bury the bodies of their ancestors collectively again.

     Before that, they would simply clean up the battlefield. As a member of this Miao village, villagers have been exposed to poisonous insects since childhood and are not afraid of corpses at all. Their method of cleaning corpses comes from the Miao people, using some poisonous insects.

     Ye Mo and Wang Xue also retired after completing their mission.

     Just as she was about to leave the scene, Ye Mo suddenly stopped and turned around to ask: “Is there anyone living on the mountainside?”

     Gānlán shook her head: “Previously, a tourist, some ‘donkey’ or something, unfortunately died on the mountainside after being bitten by a seven-step snake. The mountain path was rugged, and it was too late to get him to the hospital. Now, the rafting operators also go up the mountain during the day and come down at night; they rarely live in this mountain.”

     Ulangda: “But some tourists who seek excitement still have picnics in the jungle.”

     Ye Mo frowned: “Someone broke into the forbidden area on the mountainside, and there was more than one person.”

     Ulangda and Gānlán were about to ask her how she knew, but Wang Xue tilted her ears and looked serious: “Twelve people, nine men and three women, They’d even dare to wander around a graveyard at midnight.”

     Gānlán & Ulangda: “…”

     Soon, almost everyone with normal hearing could vaguely hear people screaming and the echoes floating in the mountains.

     Villagers: “Damn it!!!”

     Usually, they would not care about people who are looking for death, but the three forbidden areas are connected to the mountain village. Now that one has been destroyed, the other two must have changed. They still have to go and take a look.

     With locals here, it is convenient to communicate.

     Ye Mo and Wang Xue went down the mountain late at night as if walking on flat ground, but Gānlán and Ulangda could not. They could not go down the mountain fast enough, so they each carried one and really went down the mountain quickly.

      Looking at their backs that disappeared in the blink of an eye, the villagers thought: “…”

     Mo Shenpo was right. Ye Mo and Wang Xue might be the gods sent by King Shang Tang/Chi You to save them!

     …

     The forbidden area on the mountainside is different from that on the mountain.

     All the invaders are buried here, including invaders who wanted to grab the territory because of the Feng Shui treasures thousands of years ago, and non-locals who were killed by ghost masters in the late Ming Dynasty. Many of the ghost undead in the village now come from here.

     In the past, the people in the mountain village didn’t really care much. Firstly, because few people came to the deep mountains and forests, and secondly, because even if there were any foolish tomb raiders, they would mostly die in the mass burial ground.　

     It wasn’t until the founding of New China, with the population census, village registration, and the Miao village becoming famous…that many things could no longer be hidden.

     In order not to affect and harm more people, including archaeological teams, the mountain village then claimed the mass burial ground as their own through a story, casually erecting a few tombstones here, treating it as a part of their ancestral graveyard.

     But who knew that in order to attract tourists, the nearby tourism operators made up stories that were more exciting than theirs, such as ancient battlefields, modern wars, and Death Valley, and all kinds of rumors were spreading.

     People in the mountain village: “…”

     This results in some tourists ‘visiting’ here, more during the day than at night. Those at night are mostly daredevils who don’t value their lives. This kind of situation doesn’t happen too often, only 1 to 3 times a year. If it weren’t for the rugged mountain terrain, perhaps even more people would come.

     Previously, due to the dissipation of spiritual energy, the tourists didn’t encounter any real problems, apart from some chaotic screaming videos.

     It’s really hard to manage the mountain village.

     But this year, the spirit energy has revived, and the number of ghosts undead in the forbidden area is no less than that on the top of the mountain and in the village.

     Actually, as the tourists were approaching their destination, they had already noticed abnormal phenomena. They had seen a four or five-meter-long python, a rabbit, and a pheasant all appearing together on the mountain.

     “Ahhh!”

     Men and women screamed together!

     Until a few more animals passed by them, the tourists realized that their goal was to go down the mountain. Nothing could stop the animals from escaping, even prey.

     “It’s so scary, let’s go down the mountain?”

     “We’re here, and we have to walk a long way down the mountain.”

     “Look, there are so many insects again, so disgusting, ah, I seem to have been bitten by a green spider.”

     “I didn’t see the spider.”

     “Climb a tree and hide first.”

     “Did you take the video just now? I’m sure it will get 10,000 hits when I go back. We actually saw snakes, squirrels, foxes… and green peacocks, blue peacocks, raccoons, and red pandas. This is the first time I’ve been so close to wild animals.”

     “Why is this happening? Is there really a ghost?”

     “Could it be related to the Miao village on the mountain? They raise Gu and drive corpses, ha!”

     “Ah, you’re so scary, so disgusting.”

     “Hahaha.”

     “How could there be ghosts? We have shot 200 videos, including those that have not been broadcast. We have never seen a ghost, but we have seen many people pretending to be ghosts. It’s 2020, believe in science!”

     …

     When the animal riot was almost over, the number of animals encountered was less. After some debate, the twelve people chose to move forward. In the mountains, the strong flashlight can still be used, but the mobile phone signal seems not very good.

     When they just arrived at the forbidden area of the mass burial ground, Ye Mo had already successfully broken the formation a while ago. They witnessed the twinkling lights on the forbidden area with their own eyes, their legs becoming a little weak as they made eye contact with hundreds of ghosts—

     “Ah!” ×12.