Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 73 [Strange Things]

Chapter 71 [Strange Things]

The name He Jianbo is not well known to ordinary people in Longguo, but he is well-known in the business world.

This wealthy businessman, who is less than 50 years old this year, left his hometown in his early years and came to the coastal areas to do business. Not many people know the history of his early fortune now.

However, the result is obvious: he now owns a listed company with a market capitalization of over 10 billion yuan. Over the years, he has also made various investments and now holds shares in many major companies in the industry.

A few years ago, he was even on the rich list. Although his ranking was not very high, he should have a net worth of nearly 10 billion.

Boss He's industries are mainly distributed in Jinling Prefecture, Huzhou and Lin'an Prefecture, which is an economically developed urban cluster known as the triangle area in Longguo.

But his hometown is in a village.

Moreover, Boss He has a family affair that is unfamiliar to outsiders.

Boss He, who is not even fifty years old, has no father and only an elderly mother living alone at home.

However, only those close to the family know that this old mother is not actually Boss He’s biological mother.

When Boss He was young, his original family was a branch of the family, and the family was poor. He had three brothers and his biological parents both died in an accident.

The three brothers in the family could not support themselves, so the family elders decided to adopt He Jianbo out.

He was adopted by a family under the direct line of the family.

The man in the family where the adopted child was born had already died of illness, leaving behind only a widow. The man died early and left no children to inherit the family line, so the family line was cut off.

Fortunately, before the man died, he left behind a fairly good family business so that the widow could live a worry-free life.

So the clan elders acted as a matchmaker and adopted Mr. He, who was only three years old at the time, into this family. He recognized the widow as his mother and the dead man as his father. This continued the family line.

There is no need to change the surname. Boss He is originally a member of the He family, just a side branch.

Now, he has become a descendant of the main branch and is qualified to have his name recorded in the family tree - his original side branch was too distant in status and was not qualified to be recorded in the family tree.

He was adopted at the age of three. The father of the family he adopted into was no longer around, so he grew up with his widowed mother.

It was said that the widowed mother treated him very well and loved him dearly, so Boss He had not suffered much hardship since being adopted by her. The loving mother and filial son lived together for many years.

When Boss He grew up, the widow even sold her property to pay for his schooling and support his business outside.

He even helped him find a good marriage.

Boss He was also extremely filial to his mother, who was not his biological mother. After he became rich, he returned to his hometown and built a big house for his mother. Although he had seen the world outside, he willingly accepted the marriage arranged by his mother and married an honest and decent woman. He also left his wife in his hometown to live with his mother and fulfill his filial duties.

Every year during the holidays, Boss He would put aside all his business and go back to visit his mother.

In his hometown, Boss He is known far and wide as a filial son.

The old lady adopted a son many years ago, which was a blessing. The son was promising and filial. When people from near and far mentioned her, they all said that the old lady had a kind heart and that this son made her happy.

That is indeed what happened.

However, as human beings, there is always birth, old age, sickness and death.

A few days ago, the old lady passed away at the age of over seventy. She had a good life.

Boss He, who has always been filial, showed filial piety to his mother at her bedside until the last moment and watched his mother take her last breath.

Boss He was devastated by the loss of his mother, and he subsequently held a lavish funeral for his mother. It was said to be a grand affair, with the utmost honor and respect.

Then my mother was buried - the old lady had old-fashioned ideas and had said before she died that she did not want to be cremated, but wanted to be buried and rest in peace.

Boss He is a filial son, so of course he keeps his mother's words in mind.

Although the laws of Longguo prohibit burial, Boss He is rich and powerful, and the He family is a well-established old-fashioned clan with deep roots in the local area. After some operations, they actually buried the body.

The old lady's body was buried in the He family's ancestral tomb.

——Up to this point, everything is relatively normal.

What happened next was evil!

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Ten days after the burial, a rainstorm hit. The heavy rain poured for a whole day and night, and then the mountain collapsed and affected the hill where the He family's ancestral tomb was located.

The He family hurried up the mountain to check, and found that it was the grave where the old lady was buried...

A hillside collapsed!
When Boss He heard about this, he was so anxious that he rushed back to his hometown to deal with it again!
The He family members mobilized people to dig out the area where the landslide collapsed and dug out the old lady's coffin.

The coffin was generally intact, even the lid was nailed firmly in place, but there were some damages on the sides and some cracks on the surface of the coffin.

According to Boss He's decision, since the coffin was broken, he would replace it with a new one - he couldn't let the old lady lie in a broken coffin after her death.

So, they invited a famous master from the neighborhood to perform a ritual, open the coffin and move the body.

As a result... on the day the coffin was opened, all the He family members, including Boss He, were shocked!

The coffin is empty!

The old lady's body is missing!

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"On the day of the burial, the body was carried into the coffin under the watchful eyes of dozens of people from the He family!
The coffin was also dug up by dozens of eyes from the He family!
When the earth was being sealed, it was Boss He who personally shoveled the soil with the He family members.”

Chu Keqing said this, her tone slowing down. "To be honest, I was there on the day of the burial—Boss He paid me to check the feng shui of the tomb."

"How is the feng shui of the tomb?"

Chu Keqing said without hesitation: "Auspicious cave."

Chen Yan frowned and thought for a moment, "Could it be that someone had a grudge against Boss He, so after the old man was buried, they stole the body?"

Chu Keqing sighed, "To be honest, I've thought about this too. Maybe Boss He offended someone outside and found a master who knows occult magic to steal the corpse of his ancestor, hoping to cast some kind of vicious curse.

But... this doesn't make sense. Firstly, a curse this vicious must be cast on a blood relative. Boss He and the old lady aren't biological mother and son, so they have no blood relationship.

Secondly, the coffin was intact. When it was dug out from the collapsed ground, the lid was nailed shut. If someone stole the body, the lid would have been opened. Furthermore, if someone robbed the tomb, there would have been several valuable burial objects inside the coffin, including several gold and jade artifacts, all intact.

Chen Yan had a blank expression on his face, but he was thinking in his heart.

So... the old lady's body disappeared out of thin air so inexplicably?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yan finally nodded: "This matter... I'll go with you to take a look."

Chu Keqing immediately smiled: "Senior, are you really willing to help?"

"Let's go take a look first." Chen Yan shook his head: "We have to see what's going on first."

Chu Keqing's eyes showed joy: "Senior, your magical power is so great, you will definitely succeed!"

Then the two agreed that Chen Yan would make some preparations at home, and tomorrow morning Chu Keqing would come to pick Chen Yan up and take him to Boss He’s hometown.

Chu Keqing then said goodbye, and when she left, she took a few glances at the bluestone slabs arranged around the yard.

Although she didn't understand the art of formations, she could roughly tell that the patterns carved on the bluestone strips should be some kind of runes.

It was just too complicated for her to understand, and she didn't dare to look any further without the permission of the master Chen Yan - it was a big taboo to spy on other people's magic skills without permission!

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"Why, are you tempted by this money?"

After Chen Yan sent Chu Keqing away, he just returned home and saw Gu Qingyi in the living room holding the piece of paper with numbers written on the table, looking at him with a smile.

"It's not really about the money. It's mainly because this matter is too bizarre, and I'm a little curious. I want to see what's going on."

Chen Yan said this without changing his expression.

It's not about money.

The main reason is that I have a girlish heart and I like the pink color of the banknotes!
No?
Gu Qingyi glanced at Chen Yan and suddenly asked, "Your friend looks quite attractive. Where did you meet him?"

"what happened?"

Gu Qingyi took a deep breath, her face showing a serious expression: "Didn't you say last time that you already have a girlfriend? Since you have a girlfriend, then don't mess with these flowers and plants anymore."

After a pause, Gu Qingyi shook his head and said, "The woman just now had some cultivation, but I don't like her very much. From the looks of it, she doesn't look like someone who can be a worry."

Hey!
You can't say that, can you?

Just because someone has a fever doesn't mean they have a fever by nature... Chen Yan shook his head and said, "You're overthinking it. This woman and I don't have the kind of relationship you think. We're fellow disciples of Luo Qing from Luo Yunzhai..."

Upon hearing the word "Luo Yunzhai", Gu Qingyi's eyes immediately drifted away, he coughed, and quickly stuffed the remaining half of the fried dough stick in his hand into his mouth in one breath, lowered his head, puffed up his cheeks and chewed hard.

Chen Yan briefly recounted Chu Keqing's origins, and Gu Qingyi avoided his gaze and remained silent.

Chen Yan then asked, "How about it, do you want to go with me to take a look?"

Gu Qingyi immediately shook his head: "Not interested! I just heard about this matter again. The missing body is either due to some evil spirit in the mountains, or someone is secretly dealing with Boss He with malicious intent. If you want to go and see it, then go ahead. I'll stay home."

Chen Yan was a little surprised: "You... aren't going?"

If this powerful young stepmother doesn't go, I feel a little insecure.

Gu Qingyi sneered: "Are you just thinking of me being your bodyguard?"

Chen Yan said confidently, "When you asked me to recognize you as my mother, you promised me that you would help me beat people up and let me walk sideways."

Gu Qingyi's breathing was unstable. She coughed and avoided Chen Yan's gaze. She looked away but stretched out her hand.

"I didn't say I don't care about you. This...you take it with you."

In her palms, there were two pieces of talisman paper.

Chen Yan took it and took a look... Could it be another talisman that was given to him to summon her, just like the last time when he dealt with Shankui?

But this time, the place I was going to was very far away, and Boss He’s hometown was quite far away from Jinling Prefecture.

Gu Qingyi can't teleport thousands of miles away, so is it possible to summon her?
However, when he took the paper in his hand and looked at the runes on it, Chen Yan was stunned: "What is this?"

"Formless Breaking Disaster Slash!"

Chen Yan's eyes widened: "What the hell?!"

Gu Qingyi looked into Chen Yan’s eyes and said, “I sealed the two Wuxiang Pojie slashes in the talisman.

However, I am not good at magic, so the two [Formless Breaking Disaster Slash] sealed in the talisman paper, each strike only uses one-third of my current strength."

"Wait, let me explain first. Three-tenths of what? Is it three-tenths of your Heavenly Man Realm, or is it..."

“Think only of good things!
If it is the Heavenly Man Realm, even if it is only 30% of the power of the Formless Breaking Disaster Slash, it can severely damage the average Heavenly Man Realm cultivator!

Of course, what I give you cannot be even 30% of the Heavenly Man Realm!
In this world, I cannot display the realm of Heaven and Man. I am only at the Stage Realm here now. However, at the Stage Realm, my Wuxiang Pojie Zhan at 30% of my power is enough for you! "

That’s more than enough... Chen Yan looked very satisfied.

Gu Qingyi said a few days ago that when she used the [Formless Disaster Breaking Slash] to kill Shan Kui, she had only used less than 10% of her power.

Now, 30%?!

"Your world lacks any magical heritage, and is even more oppressed by the laws of nature. The strongest being is only at the Stage Realm. And in my opinion, they are all weaklings at the Stage Realm, with incomplete inheritance.

The [Formless Breaking Disaster Slash] sealed in the talisman I gave you, even if it only has one-third of my Dengtai Realm power, this move is the Gu family's unique skill, specializing in killing! Even if I encounter a weak Dengtai Realm warrior from your world, it is enough to kill him!

After Gu Qingyi finished speaking, she turned around and didn't look at Chen Yan, but still said softly: "Go and finish your work early and come back early. I'm still waiting for you to come back and help me complete the ghost marriage."

Chen Yan smiled and squeezed the talisman paper in his hand. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind:
Huh? She must have drawn these two talismans beforehand.

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(End of this chapter)