False evidence

Chapter 251 Next Life

Lu Zelin was an apprentice of a master tomb raider and had an expert-level understanding of tombs.

He explained that the Ghost Burial Stele is not a real tombstone, but rather a special method used to transform a living woman with a virgin body into an evil object.

Once the tombstone for the ghost burial is erected, the woman's relatives will be afflicted with a serious illness and will inevitably die.

There seems to be no need to doubt this.

Because, indeed, the entire Jiang family had died.

Lu Zelin suddenly clasped his hands in a fist salute to me and Xiao Shen San, saying, "Congratulations to you men on this trip."

Xiao Shen glanced at him sideways and said, "What's going on? You got stung by a worm in a dead man's stomach? What's there to congratulate you about?"

Lu Zelin said, "Oh my god, you don't know. The Ghost Burial Stele is an evil object. Because it is too cruel and vicious, unless there is a deep hatred, ordinary people would not make that kind of thing. But the ever-burning lamp that complements the Ghost Burial Stele is a rare treasure."

The thought of the enormous centipede inside the woman's corpse made me feel nauseous again, but I still said:

“Things with unusual appearances must be extraordinary. But calling them treasures is not necessarily true.”

Lu Zelin shook his head. "When animals live to a certain age, they develop spirituality and an inner core grows within their bodies. According to what you've said, that giant centipede lived for nearly a hundred years, so it's no exception."

As an ever-burning lamp, its inner core is different from that of other animals. The Ghost Burial Stele not only kills people, but the souls of women who are made into Ghost Burial Steles are also trapped in their bodies and cannot be reborn.

After the eternal lamp has devoured the flesh and marrow, it will then consume the soul. Once the soul is completely consumed, the eternal lamp itself becomes even more spiritual, and if it is not harmed by external forces, it will not die for thousands of years.

If a person consumes the inner elixir of the Everlasting Lamp, although it cannot grant immortality, it can strengthen the body and prolong life.

"Brother Sanqi, the red bump you picked off that giant centipede can cure poison; that's its inner core. You and Third Master got the inner core; shouldn't I congratulate you?"

I casually pressed down on Xiao Shen San's head and asked in a sinister tone, "If a person eats the inner elixir, it can prolong their life; but what if someone else eats this person?"

Lu Zelin was taken aback: "I don't understand what you mean?"

Little Shen rolled his eyes and said, "You don't understand anything! He wants to use your great-grandfather as a piece of Tang Monk's flesh to nourish his little wife!"

Treating Xiao Shen San as a tonic is a joke. Even if Lu Zelin said that the inner elixir had great tonic effects, it's all gone now, so it's pointless to say anything more.

Moreover, if the preserved egg knew the origin of the 'inner elixir,' it would probably rather die than eat it.

After the commotion, Xiao Shensan had another question:
The map, drawn on human skin, shows the Shuangshan Road area. But why is there an extra Jiang Family Archway, located 300 kilometers away?
Anyway, we've found the two main landmarks on the map, but where's the item? Where exactly is it?
I thought for a moment and then asked Lu Zelin, "Do you still need the Yin-Yang Fan?"

Lu Zelin replied without hesitation, "I think I'm doing just fine as I am now. Unless it can bring my master back to life, it's useless to me."

I turned to Xiao Shen San.

Before I could speak, Xiao Shen San said, "I'm just curious. To believe that a fan can grant people's wishes? Haha, if it really had that power, would Zhao Boqing, who possessed the Yin-Yang Fan before, and later Lü Xin, still have died?"

I picked up the French Bulldog that I had temporarily entrusted to Lu Zelin's care, and stood up, saying:

"Since no one believes that the Yin-Yang Fan can grant wishes, then let it stay where it belongs."

Xiao Shen raised an eyebrow: "You already know where the thing is!"

I smiled, said nothing more, and left the funeral parlor with the dog in my arms.

The next day, I handed over the twenty and a half coins I had obtained from Centipede Mountain to Yan Fengwei.

He glanced at it and immediately transferred a considerable sum to me. Given Xiao Shen's temperament, he would never have accepted half. He might genuinely be wealthy, but I couldn't refuse him. If he hadn't been observant and discovered the hidden compartment behind the small door, how would I have received this unexpected windfall?
I had already expressed my stance to Chen Zudao through Bai Jing and obtained his account information.

After settling the accounts, I transferred the first payment to him.

And so, I officially began my 'loan repayment journey'.

……

A red SUV was parked at the entrance, and Turing accompanied Li Meizhi into the clinic.

Li Meizhi looked to be in good health. After cuddling and cuddling her dog for a while, she said to me:
"I plan to use the money I left behind from Kaiyuan to open a kindergarten."

I nodded. "Here's some advice. Think about him for a year, then move on to another suitable relationship. He doesn't want you to be alone."

Li Meizhi smiled faintly, shook her head slightly, and said, "I want to go see Kaiyuan."

I checked the time, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go with you. Perfect timing, I can patronize Xiao Xiao San's business."

Fang Ling also stood up and said, "I'm free anyway, I'll go too."

Standing before Liang Kaiyuan's grave, looking at the man's photo on the tombstone, and recalling his entanglements with Li Meizhi and the drunkard across three lifetimes, I couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

After carefully wiping the tombstone, Li Meizhi stared blankly at the photo for a while, then suddenly asked me in a low voice:
"You said we had another life before the Northeast Treasure Bureau, you were lying to me, weren't you?"

I sighed. "Yes and no. If there are past and present lives, why can't there be even earlier ones? In those earlier times, who owed whom? Who wronged whom?"

Li Meizhi looked up and took a deep breath. "It doesn't matter anymore. Just like you said, without entanglements, how can we meet again in the next life?"

She looked at Liang Kaiyuan's photo again and whispered something.

Although her voice was very soft, I still heard her say—"In the next life, we must be together again. I can't live without you."

"Me too……"

A voice suddenly rang out beside me.

I was taken aback when I saw this 'person' who had suddenly appeared.

I made an excuse that I needed to visit other graves, and let Li Meizhi and Turing leave on their own.

Watching the two walk away, I turned back to Liang Kaiyuan, who was still staring blankly at Li Meizhi's retreating figure, and said:

"It's all over now, why aren't you leaving?"

Liang Kaiyuan turned his head to look at his own tombstone, then turned to me and said, "Whether you are a human or a ghost, you must be honest. Come with me."

I paused for a moment, then realized he was still talking about the 'deal'.

Fang Ling whispered beside me, "He's right. If he promises you something and doesn't keep it in this life, he might have to repay you even more in the next. Also, how long do you think Xiao Fan can hold on?"

Two people, following a ghost, 'stroll' through a cemetery filled with tombstones;
Or perhaps onlookers would have thought that Fang Ling and I were a couple with an age gap, walking side by side in the cemetery, expressing our love...

Everything seems so strange.

However, something even stranger soon happened...

(End of this chapter)