"Aha! You're saying my uncle wasn't shot to death, but rather killed by fingernails!"

He loudly demanded, "Then may I ask who here has longer fingernails than him?"

Uncle Nine has always had the habit of keeping his fingernails long.

But when you encounter such an idiot, there's no way to explain it to him.

"You don't need to explain. You have the longest fingernails in town, so you're the prime suspect."

Awei laughed loudly and gave the order.

"Guards, arrest him!"

The two guards immediately detained Uncle Nine.

"Cousin, the suspect has been caught. I will definitely avenge my uncle!"

Awei patted his chest and assured him.

Ren Tingting hesitated before saying:

"Cousin, Uncle Jiu and Dad have no grudges against each other. Are you mistaken?"

You must investigate thoroughly and not wrong an innocent person…

She didn't think Uncle Jiu and her father could have any conflict of interest.

Moreover, given her connection with Ning Chen, she was still willing to trust Uncle Jiu.

"Of course."

Awei nodded, then said, "Take him back to the yamen for questioning first!"

At this moment.

Wencai and Qiusheng arrived at the scene.

"Master, the coffin... has fallen apart."

"The body... is also gone."

Uncle Nine sighed deeply, never expecting things to have come to this.

"Tch, just say what you have to say, or you'll accuse me of being heartless."

Awei sneered but did not stop the three from talking.

Uncle Nine led them aside, frowning as he asked, "What happened? Old Master Ren's body hasn't been found?"

Wen Cai nodded and said, "We've even looked for other coffins, but we can't find any!"

"Where is your junior uncle? Is he alright?" Uncle Nine pressed.

"Probably not, but it seems that Junior Uncle is still in seclusion."

Qiu Sheng said,

"The energy fluctuations in Junior Uncle's room are terrifying; just one glance makes me feel like my whole body is about to be crushed..."

Uncle Nine was slightly relieved; it seemed that his junior brother had gained some new insights.

"It's okay."

Hearing Ah Wei's urging, Uncle Nine quickly gave the instructions.

"You will split up tonight."

Qiusheng, bring all your paper, writing brush, ink, sword, and glutinous rice to the yamen to find me.

Wencai, you stay at the mortuary for now.

If your junior uncle comes out of seclusion before midnight, please ask him to protect Tingting.

If you haven't exited the pass, then you'll have to...

Before Uncle Nine could finish speaking, he was forcibly taken away by two guards.

Wencai hurriedly cried out, "Master, what if Junior Uncle doesn't come out of seclusion?!"

Uncle Nine struggled to turn around and say something, but was stopped by the guards and was unable to say the rest of his sentence.

"You go protect Ren Tingting yourself, and remember to hold your breath if you encounter zombies!"

Uncle Nine ultimately failed to say those words.

All I could do was pray silently, hoping that that brat Wencai would find out for himself.

"What should we do now?"

Wencai looked at Qiusheng, who frowned and said,

"What Master means is that if you can't wait for Junior Uncle, you should go by yourself."

Wen Cai glanced at the Ren residence and scoffed, "Why would we protect them when they're not related to us?"

Qiu Sheng patted him on the shoulder, "Because good and evil are opposed and will fight each other for life."

These last eight characters are the first precept of Maoshan.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to prepare what Master wants."

Qiu Sheng used his movement technique to dash off like an arrow to prepare what his master needed.

Wencai also followed his master's instructions and waited quietly in the mortuary for Ning Chen to emerge from seclusion.

This may be the longest Ning Chen has ever been in seclusion.

Ning Chen's physical body is in the mortuary, but his spirit roams the world.

The grandeur of famous mountains and the beauty of rivers and lakes enlightened Ning Chen.

What I have learned and realized since arriving in the Reigen world.

Gradually, it welled up in my heart, like turning the pages of a book, appearing in my mind.

The original eight strands of magical power within his body had disappeared, leaving behind a hazy, chaotic void.

Ning Chen used everything within himself to incubate the chaos within his body.

He had a premonition that by taking this step, he could attain the path of immortal cultivation he had always dreamed of!

……

Qiu Sheng, carrying a cloth bag, strolled around the vicinity of the yamen.

When it got dark, he leaped up and nimbly climbed onto the roof.

Uncle Nine's cell was directly below him, and Ren Fa's body was placed outside the cell.

Seeing the guards in the cell leave, Qiu Sheng jumped off the roof and appeared in front of Uncle Jiu.

"Did you bring anything?"

"I brought my master with me!"

Qiu Sheng untied his cloth bag and took out the items one by one.

"Chicken blood, yellow talisman, ink line, wooden sword..."

"Where's the glutinous rice?" Uncle Nine asked.

"Yes, Master, eat it while it's hot."

After fumbling around for a while, Qiusheng took out a bowl of steaming hot glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaves.

Uncle Nine exclaimed in astonishment, "You cooked it?!"

If Master Ren's body is infected with the corpse poison, he will also turn into a zombie.

I need raw glutinous rice to ward off the zombie's aura!

He was genuinely amused and exasperated. His two apprentices were lazy and unreliable when it mattered most.

Just as they were talking, Master Ren's corpse suddenly sat up.

"Master! He moved! He moved!" Qiu Sheng exclaimed in horror.

Uncle Nine immediately mixed the chicken blood and black ink, drew a Maoshan corpse-suppressing talisman on the spot, and handed it to Qiu Sheng.

"Go stick it on his head!"

"Master, he's gone," Qiu Sheng stammered.

"Go find him quickly!" Uncle Nine urged.

As the two were talking, two more figures landed on the ground.

It was Wen Cai and Ren Tingting.

Ren Tingting, dressed in mourning clothes, looked at Wen Cai with a puzzled expression. "Why did you bring me here?"

Uncle Nine was even more bewildered, asking with a questioning look, "What are you doing here?"

Shouldn't he be guarding his junior brother at the mortuary or protecting Ren Tingting at the Ren residence?

Wen Cai said with a shrewd expression:

"I saw that Junior Uncle showed no signs of coming out of seclusion, so I figured I would have to protect Miss Ren Tingting myself."

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