Chapter 52: Well Grudge

"Brother Chu, what are you looking for?" Guo Ming looked at Chu Danqing, who was running around the entire Nanshan Temple with the Cold Spring Shadow sniper rifle, and asked with some confusion.

"Exterminate evil completely; I'm still missing one ghost servant." Chu Danqing didn't hide it; the natives couldn't see the treasure chest, so it didn't matter if he said it.

Guo Ming thought for a moment and then said: "Could the one you are missing be Zen Master Yinke, who is tied to your waist?"

He really didn't know why Chu Danqing thought one was missing, but they had searched twice and found nothing, so Zen Master Yinke fit the bill perfectly.

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing paused, a clumsy smile appearing on his face: "Dabao, come back, I found it."

This was called riding a donkey to look for a donkey.

Dabao returned quickly, scanned the area, and asked suspiciously: "Where?"

"Here." Chu Danqing untied the human skin from his waist and shook it open: "It's this one."

Zen Master Yinke's human skin was lifted up by Chu Danqing, who then took out candles, lard, and clean water from his storage space.

While applying lard to Zen Master Yinke, he asked: "The Slashing-Extreme Tiger is dead, and the Three Corpses are dead; you should tell me what is at the bottom of the well."

How could he possibly forget the other party's previous promise?

"This is a long story, sigh." Zen Master Yinke sighed and continued: "Patron, don't do anything; I will speak."

"We have plenty of time; we can talk until tomorrow," Chu Danqing didn't believe a word.

"I suppose you two have heard of the Nanshan Temple's effectiveness in praying for children, right?" Zen Master Yinke first stated the reason, then recounted: "This matter must start from..."

Chu Danqing finished applying the lard, lit the candles, and gave Guo Ming a look.

The two of them began to roast and sprinkle water, completely ignoring Zen Master Yinke as he told the cause and effect.

He knew the truth about praying for children; it was nothing more than the temple monks "carrying the burden."

But the number of people who could afford to pray for children was limited, and the monks weren't willing to "carry the burden" for just anyone.

It was only later that they became addicted to it and couldn't stop, and it just so happened that there was a cave under the dry well in the backyard of Nanshan Temple.

So they abducted a group of beautiful women and imprisoned them below.

At first, it was just ordinary families, but later they became bold and dared to touch the female relatives of wealthy families.

As time went on, more and more women died; at first, they would transport them out to bury them, but later they simply disposed of them on the spot.

Then the Slashing-Extreme Tiger was implanted with the Three Corpses·Stumble and entered Nanshan Temple during a snow disaster.

The resentment of the corpses at the bottom of the well turned into ghostly demons; the Slashing-Extreme Tiger itself was a spirit, and tigers were best at subduing such things for their own use.

So it ate the monks and used the monks' skulls to feed the ghostly demons at the bottom of the well every day, which would be complete in forty-nine days.

As for why the Slashing-Extreme Tiger knew this, it was naturally because of the secrets passed down by the Human Merit Dao Master.

Once the Slashing-Extreme Tiger's Three Corpses·Stumble was complete, it could devour this ghostly demon to go further, and the foundation gained from the subsequent feeding would be even stronger.

The Slashing-Extreme Tiger was like this, and the One-Horned Flood Dragon and the Human Demon must have similar layouts.

"Two patrons, that is the truth; can you give this old monk a quick death?" Zen Master Yinke asked.

"A quick death? Heh, your actions are no different from beasts, and you still want a quick death?" Guo Ming's tone was filled with anger; since Zen Master Yinke told the truth, his expression had never been good.

Chu Danqing's face didn't look good either, but he didn't act immediately: "How can the resentment of these ghostly demons be calmed so they can rest in peace?"

The thing at the bottom of the well had already become an unstable bomb.

If he hadn't encountered it or didn't know about it, it wouldn't matter if he just walked away.

But since he had encountered it, he certainly had to find a way to solve it.

He didn't have the ability to save the refugees in the snow disaster, but at least he shouldn't let this disaster explode and make things worse.

Zen Master Yinke remained silent; how would he know these things?

Chu Danqing's gaze fell on Guo Ming.

"It can't be calmed; to make them rest in peace, one can only kill," Guo Ming's face was ugly because of this.

They were clearly the victims, yet they still had to receive such unfair treatment.

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing didn't strongly refute that there were other solutions.

There certainly were, but the problem was he didn't have them, and refuting it was useless.

"How many skulls are still missing from the forty-nine?" Chu Danqing asked.

"Only this old monk's is missing," Zen Master Yinke confessed: "If you send this old monk to reincarnation, the ghostly demons will not be complete."

"They will definitely not come out of the well within thirty or fifty days; you only need to invite a master to seal the well, and over the years, they will inevitably dissipate on their own."

Chu Danqing didn't believe Zen Master Yinke's words but asked Guo Ming: "What do you think?"

He hadn't even been in this trial world for a few days, so how could he have access to this information?

"What he said is not false, but not being complete also means they can't swallow their breath," Guo Ming hesitated: "Sealing the well might also be counterproductive."

"On the contrary, it fulfills their obsession, making it more beneficial for Dabao to kill them."

"There isn't much truth in this bald donkey's mouth," Guo Ming changed the subject: "There must be other strange things at the bottom of this well."

"If it were really just resentment and many dead people that could turn into such ghostly demons, then wouldn't mass graves be inaccessible to the living?"

"There is an 80-90% chance of unknown dangers underneath."

Chu Danqing thought for a moment; he wasn't afraid of danger, and the saying that risk and reward are equal is valid most of the time, unless it's a scam.

"Where is your skull?" Chu Danqing decided to listen to Guo Ming's suggestion.

If he didn't listen to his teammate, should he listen to the enemy? He wasn't stupid.

Zen Master Yinke's face turned black, and he was forced to reveal the location of his skull.

Dabao quickly went and soon brought back a skull that had already rotted.

"Brother Chu, you must think carefully," Guo Ming hurriedly said: "The ghostly demons are not as good as the Slashing-Extreme Tiger, but I don't have the spell to help."

The Slashing-Extreme Tiger was won so easily because Guo Ming's spell was the key.

"I know, so I plan to rest for a while before acting." Chu Danqing took out a bottle of Weak Healing Potion and a steamer of Medicinal Diet Xiaolongbao for Dabao to consume, and by the way, waited for the cooldown of the Divine Machine Camp Repeating Crossbowmen token.

To improve the evaluation, the resume must be rich and dazzling enough.

If he could obtain another A-grade evaluation, plus "True Person White Crane's Notes·Volume 1", he was confident he could bring his two basic skills to LV10.

Combined with the three thousand-year-old hundred-beard ginseng in his hand, it would definitely allow Dabao to activate the skill that increases bleeding damage, taking his combat power a step further.

After speaking, Chu Danqing directly used a candle to ignite Zen Master Yinke's human skin.

Zen Master Yinke completely turned into a puddle of ashes in his wails, and a Common-tier treasure chest appeared, which he put into his storage space.

"You help me watch Dabao first; I'm going to the side to take a leak," Chu Danqing said, then ran away.

Of course, he wasn't going to relieve himself, but to find a place where no one was around to open the two treasure chests he had harvested.

With Guo Ming there, it was inconvenient for him to open the treasure chests.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 53 =====