The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 192 Facing the Curse of the Great Black Buddha Mother

Xie Qiming?
This person looks somewhat familiar.

Li Zhen looked at the person behind the window again.

It was late at night, and the streetlights were dim. The other person was facing away from the room lights, so even though Li Zhen's eyesight in the dark was far superior to that of an ordinary person, he could only make out the face of the person in front of him.

The person also saw Li Zhen, rubbed their eyes, seemed a little strange that Li Zhen was staring at them, gave Li Zhen a forced smile, and then drew the curtains.

Li Zhen reached out and bent his finger towards Xie Qiming upstairs.

Xie Qiming pointed to himself in surprise.

Li Zhen nodded.

After a moment's hesitation, Xie Qiming opened the small window on the left and said to Li Zhen downstairs, "Are you calling me?"

"Xie Qiming?" Li Zhen asked tentatively, "You repaired that video recorder? You watched the whole thing about Li Ruonan going to that village?"

Xie Qiming, who was upstairs, froze on the spot. After a moment, he asked, "Who are you? You... wait for me, I'll be right down!"

After saying this, he quickly disappeared from the window.

Li Zhen, who was standing below, lowered his head.

Upon seeing the person upstairs and the mission target, he guessed that this was the world of "The Curse".

Now Li Zhen is certain that his guess was correct.

If he remembered correctly, Xie Qiming should be the man who was responsible for taking care of Chen Letong, the daughter of the female lead Li Ruonan, in the orphanage.

In the movie "The Curse", in order to save Chen Letong, whom he regarded as his daughter, he still investigated the affairs of Chen Family Village despite knowing that he might encounter a curse, and eventually died from the curse.

From any perspective, this person was a good person, and his death was entirely due to his association with the female lead.

In "The Curse", the character that Li Zhen hates the most is naturally the female lead, Li Ruonan.

Leaving aside the past incident of this person going to Chenjia Village to "exorcise the ghost" and causing a curse, this person went to ask Master Aqing to perform a ritual to save his daughter Chen Letong.

Despite being explicitly instructed not to feed Chen Letong for seven days, she still fed Chen Letong, leading to the tragic deaths of Master Qing and his wife.

He then spread his videos online, intending to make others who saw them share his curse, which can be described as malicious.

If this person had died in Chenjia Village like the other two, there's a high probability that so many people wouldn't have been implicated and killed because of her.

Footsteps echoed from the stairwell, and Xie Qiming, wearing slippers, ran downstairs.

Only after he got closer did Li Zhen see Xie Qiming's condition clearly—

His face was haggard, his eyes were red and lifeless, and his lips were white; he looked as fragile as someone who had just recovered from a serious illness.

Upon seeing Li Zhen's face, still bearing unhealed wounds, Xie Qiming felt a sense of fear, but he concealed this emotion well.

"You...you know about that?" Xie Qiming glanced at the vampire and banshee standing behind Li Zhen and asked in a low voice.

Li Zhen didn't hide anything: "Are you talking about Li Ruonan?"

For some reason, Xie Qiming suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

He rubbed his eyes hard and invited Li Zhen, "I've seen that video, shall we go up and talk?"

Li Zhen nodded: "My surname is Li, and my given name is Zhen, the Zhen of detective."

“I am Xie Qiming. You came here specifically to find me, so you must know my name.”

Xie Qiming led the way, taking Li Zhen into the building in front.

The hallway was very dimly lit.

Xie Qiming, who was in front, kept rubbing his eyes: "I'm very curious, what does Mr. Li Zhen have to do with that matter?"

Li Zhen casually replied, "It's not a big deal. I just know about that matter. I heard you were investigating it, so I came to find you."

"You should also realize that you are in great danger right now."

Xie Qiming paused, then chuckled softly, "What danger could I possibly be in?"

Li Zhen said calmly, "You've seen that video, so you should know how those two people who went to Chenjia Village with Li Ruonan died."

"Although so many years have passed, the matter is not over. I don't need to say more about Li Ruonan's situation, and you should have noticed the abnormality in your body yourself."

Xie Qiming rubbed his eyes with a wry smile: "Did Duoduo's mother tell you that I was investigating this matter?"

Duoduo is Chen Letong's nickname, and Duoduo's mother mentioned here is naturally Li Ruonan.

Xie Qiming's investigation into those strange events was probably only known to Li Ruonan; he had never told anyone about it. So, after hearing that Detective Li knew so much, he guessed that Detective Li knew Li Ruonan.

He was also very puzzled as to why Li Zhen would come to find him.

Upon arriving at his own door, Xie Qiming opened the door and invited Li Zhen inside.

Upon entering the house, Li Zhen immediately felt a peculiar chill emanating from it.

Under this chilling stimulation, even Li Zhen's back instinctively tensed up.

He wandered around the room, scanning the ceiling and other areas, and keenly sensed a peculiar atmosphere permeating the room.

This aura was neither resentment nor yin energy, but a pure malice, somewhat like the malice of the demons on his body.

The Great Black Buddha Mother's malice has indeed found its way to Xie Qiming...

I wonder if the evil spirit, the Great Black Buddha Mother, can be an object of contemplation?

It seems that something is wrong with the Great Black Buddha Mother, otherwise she wouldn't have been sealed in a cave by a group of mortals.

Li Zhen's gaze fell on the computer placed in Xie Qiming's bedroom.

The door to the room was open, and Li Zhen could see the computer inside perfectly from his angle.

The video playing on the computer was frozen on a Tantric hand gesture.

Li Zhen, who had some knowledge of Tantric Buddhism, naturally knew that the hand gesture was called "Eight Directions Heaven," which represented the accumulation of merit.

"Do you recognize that kind of handprint?" Xie Qiming handed the poured water to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen took the water glass and took a small sip. He looked down at his abdomen and his expression suddenly became a little strange.

"This is plain water, is there a problem?" Xie Qiming asked.

"It's alright, the water tastes great." Li Zhen drank the rest of the water in one gulp. The reason he felt strange was that he actually felt hungry after drinking the water.

Li Zhen then realized that he hadn't eaten for a while.

After putting the cup back on the table, Li Zhen said to Xie Qiming, "If I'm not mistaken, that's the Eight Directions Mudra of Tantric Buddhism, representing the accumulation of merit. Do you know what it means if you do the Eight Directions Mudra with the opposite movements?"

He sat down in the chair Xie Qiming pulled out and continued, "That means letting others share the misfortune and curse."

Hearing this, Xie Qiming became even more certain that Li Zhen in front of him did indeed know about what had happened in Chenjia Village and the strangeness of Chenjia Village.

This completely relieved Xie Qiming's anxiety.

Since meeting Duoduo's mother, Li Ruonan, Xie Qiming has encountered unimaginable and bizarre events that have completely changed his life.

First, while taking Li Ruonan and her son home, they encountered a bizarre incident that seemed like being trapped in a maze, which terrified both of them.

It wasn't a simple case of being trapped in a maze; not only could the car not leave that section of the road, but he also clearly saw a white shadow that resembled a ghost beside the road.

After learning about Li Ruonan and others' trip to Chenjia Village six years ago, he obtained the video camera from Li Ruonan and managed to recover the videos. Only then did he realize how bizarre the events of that year had been.

After watching the video, he felt unwell, whether it was his own hallucination or something else.

Besides that, he always felt like something was watching him, which kept him in a state of constant fear and prevented him from getting proper rest.

These strange events were known only to him, and the fact that he kept them to himself and had no one to share them with put him under a lot of pressure.

Now that someone who knows about Chenjia Village and might even know how to resolve the situation has appeared before him, Xie Qiming immediately felt relieved.

Sitting down opposite Li Zhen, Xie Qiming couldn't wait to ask him, "Do you... know what exactly happened in Chenjia Village?"

Li Zhen did not answer.

He glanced at Xie Qiming's extremely haggard face and shook his head, saying, "You should be concerned about yourself now. The matter in Chenjia Village involves a strange evil spirit. Anyone who watches that video will be tainted by the evil spirit's curse."

"I don't know if Li Ruonan told you that after she escaped from Chenjia Village alone, she went to the police station. Two police officers watched the videotape, and as a result, those two police officers committed suicide that night."

"Not only those two police officers, but also Li Ruonan's parents, who knew about this, died."

"No one who knew about that incident or saw the video ever had a good ending."

Xie Qiming rubbed his cheeks: "Is this why Mr. Li said I'm dangerous? Having come this far, it seems I've already attracted evil spirits. Even if I know I'm in danger, it's no use now."

He rubbed his eyes hard again, making them even redder, and then said with a wry smile, "Mr. Li, have you spoken with Duoduo?"

"How old is she? The events in Chenjia Village have nothing to do with her, yet she has to suffer torment that even adults would find unbearable at such a young age."

“A few days ago, she kept saying that she could see bad guys, you know, the kind of…”

He looked around and said, "It's that kind of terrifying thing. I don't know how she endured it."

"During the day today, Duoduo felt even worse, so her mother took her to see a highly skilled sorcerer... I don't know if that sorcerer can save Duoduo."

"Duoduo's mother told me that it was that monk who sealed the camera a few years ago, which allowed her and Duoduo to live safely for so many years."

"I want to investigate this matter as soon as possible, and I hope I can help Duoduo."

"She's so young, she shouldn't have to suffer like this."

Xie Qiming pleaded with Li Zhen, "Mr. Li, please, you must help Duoduo!"

"I have investigated and found that the hand gestures of the Eight Directions Heaven are a type of Tantric hand gesture, and the script that appeared in Chenjia Village is a special script called Brahma. There are masters in the southwest who can decipher that script."

"I'm planning to fly to the southwest to talk to that master and maybe I can get some clues."

Li Zhen looked at the trickle of blood flowing from Xie Qiming's nostrils: "Right now, the person we should be most worried about isn't Chen Letong, but you."

Since Li Ruonan only went to see Master Aqing during the day, it means that Master Aqing and Chen Letong will not have any problems in the next day or two.

The one who should be most worried now is Xie Qiming.

He was now under the curse of the Great Black Mother, and his body was constantly affected by the curse.

Li Zhen could sense a corrupting aura emanating from Xie Qiming, as if Xie Qiming were a piece of fruit placed on a table, irresistibly rotting away.

"I know……"

"No, you don't know how serious this is. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be cursed to death as soon as you go to see that master."

Xie Qiming wiped the blood from under his nose, opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He wanted to say he wasn't afraid of death, but the thought of the bizarre deaths of the two people in the video filled him with uncontrollable fear.

Li Zhen continued, "The matter in Chenjia Village is very simple."

"The ancestors of those villagers somehow discovered a terrifying evil spirit. They found a way to seal the evil spirit in a special place. The strangeness of that village is all caused by the villagers' efforts to seal the evil spirit."

"Six years ago, after Li Ruonan and her two companions entered the village, they inadvertently entered the place where evil spirits were sealed. You saw it too, it's that eerie tunnel in the video. After entering there, Li Ruonan and her companions started having problems one after another."

"I don't need to say more about what happened next. The evil spirit's curse has already been brought out by Li Ruonan, and you are the one who is cursed."

“You’re not the evil spirit’s primary target. If you don’t do anything to anger that evil spirit, you might live longer than Li Ruonan.”

"But if you were to meet that master and investigate the origins of the evil spirit, it would be a huge offense to that evil spirit, and it certainly wouldn't allow you to..."

Listening to Li Zhen's words, Xie Qiming's mood grew heavier and heavier.

He had seen the video and talked to Li Ruonan, so he knew quite a bit about what happened back then.

Based on what he knew, he concluded that what Li Zhen said was probably true.

This made him even more desperate.

Originally, without knowing the details of the matter, he told himself that if he investigated the matter thoroughly, he might be able to save Duoduo.

But since such a terrifying evil spirit is involved, what method is there to save Duoduo and himself?

The sorcerer who sealed that video recorder a few years ago, despite his powerful magic, certainly couldn't have done this; otherwise, he would have done it back then.

Of course, if that sorcerer had a way to save Duoduo, he should also have a way to save himself, or at least delay his own death...

After a jumble of thoughts, Xie Qidong wiped away the blood streaming from his nose and asked Li Zhen, "Since Mr. Li knows so much, he should know how to deal with this..."

As he spoke, he suddenly realized an even more serious problem.

Raising his head, Xie Qiming looked into Li Zhen's eyes and said in a dry voice, "If I investigate that evil spirit, it will anger it... Mr. Li, will mentioning that evil spirit to me directly invite its malice?"

(End of this chapter)