Chapter 785
Digging Up Corpses
Pan Yun pushed open the gate of Fengqi Courtyard and took out a hoe and shovel from her own space, handing them to Xue Shao and Wang Cong.
Over the years, all sorts of miscellaneous things have accumulated in the vast spiritual realm.
Xue Shao and Wang Cong stared blankly at the tools in their hands: "This is..."
Pan Yun pointed to the open space under the sycamore tree next to them and said, "Dig!"
Dig?
As a Taoist priest, Wang Cong had to think more deeply, and he stiffly looked around.
Xue Shao has already started digging. If you don't understand, just dig. Once you dig it up, you'll know why.
Wang Cong looked around and then his eyes widened: "A Yin-Nourishing Ground? Junior Uncle, are you crazy? You actually dare to set up a Yin-Nourishing Array in the academy!"
Miao Zhen proudly said, "I came up with this formation. If it weren't for the digging, who would think of this formation as nurturing yin? They would only think it's for nurturing trees!"
Wang Cong's lips trembled slightly: "Who would have thought that someone would seek shade under a sycamore tree?"
Because the Chinese parasol tree (梧桐) is a yang element.
But why seek shade under a sycamore tree?
Wang Cong narrowed his eyes, his heart pounding with fear: "You...you haven't been raising some kind of evil spirit, have you?"
Pan Yun slapped him on the head: "Stop guessing, hurry up and dig, you'll know once you dig it out."
Wang Cong glanced anxiously outside the courtyard, told Miao He to close the door, and then quickly started digging with Xue Shao and Tao Yanbai.
Ever since entering Fengqi Courtyard, Xiao Hong has been restless. Whenever Pan Jun and the others dig, she circles around the paulownia tree, completely out of her mind.
Hongyan was the first to notice something was wrong with her. Seeing that her face was pale and her whole body was trembling, she quickly grabbed her: "What's wrong with you? Did you run into some kind of evil spirit formation that those stinky Taoist priests set up in the academy?"
"No, no..." Xiao Hong stared intently at the pit that Pan Jun and the others had dug, her heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly, and her head felt like it had been smashed open like a watermelon.
Unable to bear the pain any longer, she clutched her head and screamed, collapsing into Hongyan's arms: "It hurts so much, it hurts so much..."
Pan Yun immediately dropped the shovel and rushed forward, pressing her hand against Xiao Hong's head, and continuously channeling her Yuan energy into her.
A large amount of Yuan energy rushed into her soul consciousness, which alleviated the pain imprinted on her soul a little, but she was still in great pain.
Miaozhen also rushed up and immediately set up an isolation array around the three of them, but the effect was minimal.
Miaohe was frantic, pacing back and forth, but there was nothing she could do: "Why is it affecting her so much?"
Pan Yun frowned; she hadn't expected this either.
Miaohe picked up Pan Jun's shovel and helped dig: "Hurry up and dig out her remains, then things might be alright."
Xi Jin was so anxious that he ran around in circles and found a winnowing basket nearby to help shovel the soil.
Xue Shao and Wang Cong paused, looking up at her in disbelief: "What?"
After realizing what was buried underground, the two exchanged a glance and quickened their digging pace.
To avoid being discovered, Pan Yun and his team dug very deep, and it took them a long time to find the coffin.
No, this cannot be called a coffin, because it is just a long wooden box.
The exposed part was a dark gold color; when the shovel touched it, it made a metallic clang. Seeing this, Wang Cong couldn't help but mutter, "Holy crap, ebony! This sound... it must be ten thousand years old! Perfect for making a box to hold bones..."
Although it shouldn't be, why is Wang Cong suddenly a little jealous of Xiao Hong?
Why is her junior uncle so good to her?
Xue Shao was ignorant of the value of things and naturally did not know how rare and precious this item was. Upon seeing that he had dug something out, he immediately slowed down and started digging from the edge. Before long, he finally dug out the entire long box.
The four of them, each holding one corner, carried the box out.
By this time, the pit they had dug was up to their necks. The box was very heavy, and it took a lot of effort to lift it out.
The long box was about 1.5 meters long and 80 centimeters wide. Xue Shao glanced at it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and thought it didn't look like a coffin, but rather like a zither case.
As soon as the box came out, Xiao Hong suddenly looked up, her eyes bloodshot, her fingernails bulging. She furiously raised her hand to slap away Pan Jun's hand that was pressing on her head, and reached out to scratch her face, but Pan Jun grabbed her wrist and pulled her down, pressing down on her shoulder.
"Little Red! If you can't control yourself, I'll seal you away in a talisman!"
Xiao Hong let out a painful wail, tears of blood streaming down her face: "It hurts so much, it hurts so much, just kill me, just kill me! No, I want to tear you apart, I want to tear you apart!"
Pan Jun pressed down on her shoulders and said in a deep voice, "I know, I know you're in a lot of pain. Your body is incomplete. The Soul-Suppressing Nails were driven into your soul through your body. The Soul-Suppressing Nails on your body have been removed, but the ones on your soul are gone. Besides, your soul is incomplete. I know you're in a lot of pain, but you have to endure it and let me remove them. Otherwise, you'll never regain your memories, let alone get rid of the Soul-Suppressing Nails."
Pan Yun turned to Wang Cong and said, "Open the box!"
Wang Cong immediately peeled off the yellow talisman pasted on the box and opened it.
A skeleton appeared before them.
The skeletons inside were arranged in a human shape. Because the box was short, there were some misalignments, but it was still possible to see which part was which. Naturally, Wang Cong, who was quite familiar with skeletons, could tell at a glance which bones were missing.
But what's even more captivating than the bones are the four pieces of yin-nourishing wood placed inside her head, chest, abdomen, and the soles of her feet.
These four pieces of Yin-nourishing wood looked very familiar, exactly the same as the one he was wearing, and were obviously from Sanqing Mountain.
Wang Cong stared in disbelief, thinking to himself: "Luckily it's me standing here. If it were my father or my master, you would be dead."
If you use the Yin-nourishing wood that you use to nourish your own soul to nourish a corpse, can that Yin-nourishing wood still be used?
Xiao Hong finally saw the skeleton, and her mind seemed to explode; the sight caused her immense pain.
Even with Pan Yun pressing down on her, she still cried out in pain silently, looking up at the sky. Countless fragments flashed through her mind, but she couldn't grasp any of them.
Miao Zhen acted quickly. As soon as the box was opened, she took out the Yin-Nourishing Wood inside, then took out four array stones from under the bones, and then set up an isolation array around the box, allowing everyone to retreat.
Xue Shao and the others were very obedient and retreated in unison, leaving only Miao Zhen and Pan Jun, who was holding down Xiao Hong, in the formation.
Hongyan wanted to step forward, but Wang Cong grabbed her arm: "You can't go in. We'll need the Soul-Summoning Banner later. Right, Junior Uncle, do you have the Soul-Summoning Banner?"
Of course!
Pan Yun tossed Xiao Hong into the box, and instantly a soul-summoning banner appeared in his hand. He then planted it in the ground, and a cold wind suddenly rose around them.
Wang Cong pulled Xue Shao and the others back a distance, his heart pounding in his chest, muttering repeatedly, "They've gone mad, they've gone mad, they're really going mad, summoning souls and possessing corpses at the academy..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, he felt the flow of spiritual energy.
Wang Cong froze, belatedly realizing what was happening. (End of Chapter)