Chapter 47: What a Sin!

At night, everyone rested early; during the day, the women had to work from early on, while the men would wander here and there, then gather together to chat.

Zhang Cheng took the opportunity to find Huang Daniu and greeted him: "Brother Daniu, you don't often get outsiders coming here, do you?"

Huang Daniu, out of consideration for the money, smiled and said: "That's not it, it's just that the weather is cold now, so not many people come."

"If it were the spring or summer season, there would be quite a few boats coming and going on the Tao River; it's very lively then."

Zhang Cheng asked again: "Then have any outsiders settled here over the years?"

Although Huang Daniu was puzzled, he still replied: "That, no. Over these years, no outsiders have come to live in our village."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng was very confused. If there were no outsiders, that meant there were no people from the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect here, so how could the resentment be soaring to the heavens?

He suppressed the thoughts in his heart, chatted casually with Huang Daniu for a few moments, and then returned to his room to cultivate.

He could only think about going to see the place with the resentment at night.

Currently, he had already practiced the Capital Merit Qi Refining Method to the tenth level; it was unlikely he would reach perfection in a short time.

Even with the blessing of his merit, it would still take more than three months to practice it to perfection.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng decided to learn those talismans.

Among them, the low-level offensive talismans included the Heaven Thunder Break, Profound Ice Curse, Fire Cloud Curse, Purple Nether Curse, and so on.

The auxiliary ones included the Heart-Calming Curse, Holy Spirit Curse, Vajra Curse, Demon-Subduing Curse, and so on.

Those used for performing rituals included the Incense-Burning Curse, Talisman-Burning Curse, Spirit-Guarding Curse, Altar-Cleansing Curse, and so on.

For guiding souls, there was the Ascension Curse; for detaining souls, the Soul-Shifting Curse; for dispelling plagues, the Plague-Expelling Curse, Evil-Warding Curse, Filth-Breaking Curse, and so on.

For praying for blessings, there was the Blessing-Prayer Curse, Peace Curse, Safety Curse, and so on.

For drawing talismans, there was the Clear Water Curse, Clear Paper Curse, Clear Brush Curse, and so on.

For subduing Gu, there was the Gu-Extinguishing Curse, Heaven Silkworm Gu-Devouring, as well as other uses like the Mountain-Opening Curse, Calamity-Moving Curse, Petition-Sending Curse, Transmission Curse, and Table-Worshiping Curse.

These basic talismans were mainly for dealing with small demons and monsters, lonely spirits and wild ghosts, and evil or fierce ghosts.

For Zhang Cheng, these talismans did not need to be learned slowly like cultivation techniques.

He only needed to spend ten points of merit, and the process of casting the talisman would appear in his mind; he only needed to remember the process.

This process consisted of footwork for the lower body, hand seals for the hands, plus chanting, using magic power as a guide to communicate with heaven and earth to cast the spell.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng only spent the daytime, along with one thousand three hundred and thirty points of merit, to learn the low-level talismans in the Capital Merit Seal.

At night, taking advantage of the fact that Huang Daniu and the others were asleep, Zhang Cheng quietly left his room and walked on the village path.

At this moment, he had already cast a concealment spell, so ordinary people could not see him.

However, the cats and dogs in the village were looking at Zhang Cheng, but since they were already accustomed to his scent, they naturally did not make a fuss.

Zhang Cheng quickly left the village and arrived at the place where the resentment was knotted.

This was already at the foot of the mountain behind the village; the mountain was covered in terraced fields, and after going up and walking further in, one could see a pond on the back side.

Three meters away from the pond, he smelled a disgusting stench.

He looked carefully and saw that the water in the pond was filthy beyond compare; it was likely a pool of stagnant water.

He was very puzzled; the pond looked like it had been dug by hand, so why would it be abandoned?

He immediately blocked his sense of smell, walked into the pond, and looked with his Yin-Yang Eyes.

Good heavens, beneath the pond were piles of white bones, with various poisonous snakes slithering about.

Moreover, he could also see some remains, all of which were infants. Thinking of something, Zhang Cheng could not help but curse out loud to vent the bitterness in his heart.

This was clearly a place used by the villagers to drown baby girls!

"What a sin, what a sin!"

Zhang Cheng muttered to himself.

No wonder the resentment here was soaring to the heavens; newborn baby girls were killed by their own families with their own hands.

How could there not be resentment?

Although such bad customs existed everywhere and had continued for thousands of years, it still shocked Zhang Cheng.

He really could not bear to look any longer, took out the Demon-Refining Treasure Gourd, sucked away all the water in the pond, and revealed the remains underneath.

Immediately after, he went down himself and carried the remains up one by one; as for the poisonous creatures inside, they were all collected by his treasure gourd.

Afterward, he found a place with good Feng Shui, dug a grave for them, and buried them all.

Then he began to chant the Rebirth Curse to deliver these infants.

But after he chanted it once, the resentment did not diminish.

The world had reached the Hour of the Rat, and the sound of countless infants crying came from the mountain forest.

Zhang Cheng frowned slightly and said: "This resentment is even heavier than I imagined. It seems that if I don't fulfill their wishes, I'm afraid I'll have to do this the hard way."

At this moment, Zhang Cheng felt great disgust for this era; he would rather have returned to his own time.

Even if he were a hard-working corporate slave, at least he wouldn't see such distressing things.

At Huang Daniu's house, the whole family was squeezed onto one bed sleeping.

The four of them were fast asleep when seven-year-old Huang Damao woke up; he felt the urge to urinate.

He hurriedly pushed Huang Daniu awake and said: "Dad, I want to pee."

Huang Daniu replied groggily: "You're a big boy now, just go outside by yourself."

Huang Damao had no choice but to get up, open the door, and relieve himself in the courtyard.

Just as he finished peeing, he saw a little girl standing in the courtyard staring at him.

Huang Damao rubbed his eyes and realized he hadn't seen wrong, so he asked: "Who are you, and why are you in our courtyard?"

The little girl did not speak, just stared at Huang Damao.

A cold wind blew, Huang Damao shivered, and when he looked again, the girl was gone.

Huang Damao didn't have time to think too much, immediately returned to the room, lay back on the bed, and said to Huang Daniu: "Dad, I just saw a little girl in the courtyard."

Huang Daniu was about to fall asleep, but hearing this, he said with some annoyance: "Your skin is itching for a beating again, go to sleep at once."

Huang Damao pursed his lips, feeling extremely aggrieved; he was just about to sleep, but in the blink of an eye, he saw what looked like the dark silhouette of a child in the darkness by the doorway.

His pupils dilated instantly, his hair stood on end, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"How did you get in?" Huang Damao could no longer hold back and asked hurriedly.

Hearing Huang Damao speak such nonsense, Huang Daniu's anger grew even greater; he immediately got up, slapped Damao on the back of the head, and hissed: "You little brat, do you really want a beating!"

Huang Damao immediately pointed at the doorway, aggrieved, and said: "There's a person there."

Huang Daniu turned his head to look and vaguely saw a figure, which gave him a start, but upon closer inspection, it was just a blob of shadow, and there was no person at all.

His anger flared up instantly, and he thought to himself: So the little brat is here to mess with your old man, huh? I'm going to beat your backside black and blue tonight.

As he turned his head back to look at Huang Damao, he saw a little girl standing behind Huang Damao.

In that instant, he froze, not even knowing how to speak.