Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

Shen Mingchao didn't know how Qi Qiu explained it to the two of them. She only knew that the three of them went to a small room alone and talked for a long time. After they came out, they told her that they had made up their minds and would help them find the exotic fragrance.

But before that, they had one more thing to resolve. Qi Qiu's scheme had taken shape, but it wasn't yet fully developed. So, to repay the old lady's kindness in taking them in, they prepared to break the deadlock.

The old lady was a respectable person, and she told them that manpower, money, and weapons were not a problem.

Hei Xiazi laughed after hearing this, and then asked Qi Qiu with a hint of curiosity, "Qi family boy, what kind of scheme did you set up? As the one who devised it, you can't break it yourself and need someone else's help."

"A scheme that could take lives is bound to be dangerous. I used the 'Ascension Pool' from the Qi Family's Eight Calculations in reverse."

Upon hearing the words "do the opposite," both Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen's expressions simultaneously turned serious.

Shen Mingchao looked puzzled: "What does this mean?"

Qi Qiu explained: "The so-called 'Ascension Pool' is meant to help lovers ascend to heaven after death, so that the two can love each other forever and remain faithful until death."

"If the opposite is true, it means that one of the lovers has betrayed the other, and the corpse in this situation is filled with resentment."

"This is bizarre!" Black Bear clicked his tongue and shook his head. "This is a truly ominous sign."

He lightly slapped Qi Qiu on the back of the head again: "You're just an adult, and your methods for setting up this scheme are quite ruthless. Fine, I owe your family a favor, so tell me exactly how you did it."

Qi Qiu gave a wry smile and began to explain.

"Sixty years ago, there was a couple with a huge age gap who, fearing they could not stay together for life, wanted to become immortals together."

"But this is not a beautiful love story in the secular sense, because the man lied to the woman. He lied to her that he committed suicide at a young age for love, and then found a pigskin to make a human figurine to impersonate him, and lay down with the female corpse to practice together."

"After doing all this, the man was still afraid that the woman's resentment was too strong and that she would take revenge on his descendants, so he hid the woman's body in a Russian church thousands of miles away, hoping that she would never be reincarnated, and he hid it for decades."

"I used these two corpses to raise poisonous cicadas inside their bodies. When the time was right, the cicadas hatched, and the powder on their wings would kill people invisibly."

"Add to that the resentment of the female corpse, and it will create a minor feng shui affliction with extremely heavy resentment. At that time, the old lady's eldest son will die inexplicably."

At this point, Qi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, none of this happened, and there's still room for redemption."

What he didn't say was that if Shen Mingchao hadn't appeared, not only would he have died, but the old lady's eldest son would have died, and the pastor and tourists in the church wouldn't have escaped either. This was why he preferred to be injected with the quick-fix drug rather than set up a trap. But if he hadn't set up the trap, even more people would probably have died.

This was originally a dead end where neither side could advance nor retreat.

Shen Mingchao is the third option outside of a dead end.

Hearing Qi Qiu's words, Shen Mingchao narrowed her eyes. She always felt like she was listening to some unreal supernatural tales, but this was the world of Daomu Biji, so she had no choice but to believe it.

"This man... no, this old man is really no good. He tricked young girls into committing suicide for love, while he himself lived a carefree life and died peacefully in his old age."

Shen Mingchao rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "As expected, men's words are deceitful."

Xie Yuchen, Hei Xiazi, and Qi Qiu: ......

Black Bear sighed helplessly: "You can't kill everyone with one blow."

He then adopted a high-pitched, affected voice and said, "Someone like me would never do such a despicable thing. If a young girl loved me so devotedly, I would be willing to die for her."

Shen Mingchao, Xie Yuchen, and Qi Qiu: ......

Shen Mingchao whispered to Xie Yuchen, "Brother Xiaohua, has Hei Ye been reading some romance novels lately? Why has he suddenly become so love-struck?"

The person in question overheard this but didn't pay much attention to the content of the words. Hei Xiazi only cared about the unfamiliar address, and his expression instantly returned to seriousness.

"Mingchao, I was just about to ask you, what do you call Master Hua? Little~Brother~Hua? When did you change your name? I don't know how you did that, Blackie?"

"You asked about this? It's—"

Before Shen Mingchao could finish speaking, Xie Yuchen stepped aside, blocking her path, and said coldly, "There are many things you don't know. Do I have to tell you everything?"

Hei Xiazi sensed the defensiveness in Jie Yuchen's words.

Xie Yuchen's past experiences in the Xie family have made him very protective of his personal privacy.

Before he fully seized power, countless eyes in the Xie family were watching him, both openly and secretly, attempting to remove him from his position as family head. One wrong step would lead to certain doom.

But Hei Xiazi felt it was much more than that.

He was more inclined to believe that Xie Yuchen didn't want others to know about his relationship with Shen Mingchao.

Well, he didn't really want to know how his rival was showing off, especially the words coming from Shen Mingchao's mouth; he'd definitely find them nauseating.

Thinking of this, Black Bear chuckled and tried to smooth things over: "It's not every one. I'm just curious about this one. Master Hua, you're being a bit too sensitive."

Xie Yuchen remained silent.

Shen Mingchao was also a little confused.

Only Qi Qiu understood this best. He had not only divined his own marriage fate, but he had also secretly divined it for Shen Mingchao.

Four words.

That's absolutely outrageous.

He never imagined in his life that he would see so many peach blossom lines on someone's divination chart.

He found it hard to believe, never imagining that what his ancestors had revealed to him in his dream was actually true.

So he was just one of them.

The moment the thought popped into his head, it wouldn't go away, and Qi Qiu inexplicably felt a bitter taste in his mouth.

That night, Qi Qiu suddenly approached two other people, casually playing with copper coins, and only said one sentence.

"The divination indicates that she is my destined soulmate."

Black Bear sneered.

Xie Yuchen was speechless.

That brat, he can tell fortunes, that's impressive.

The decision to break the deadlock has been made, but the situation is extremely dangerous, and Shen Mingchao certainly cannot be allowed to accompany them.

Xie Yuchen then said to Shen Mingchao, "Wu Xie and the others are very worried about you. Go and contact them. Leave the rest to us."

Shen Mingchao had no objection to this.

Even if Xie Yuchen hadn't said anything, she hadn't planned to go.

She's not one of the Nine Gates, so she doesn't know anything about feng shui secrets. If she went, she'd only be a hindrance.

As for corpses and poisonous cicadas, let the professionals handle those professional matters.

Wouldn't it be better to just stay in a warm, big villa?

After reminding the three to be careful, Shen Mingchao took out a few fruit candies from his pocket and handed them to Qi Qiu.

"I heard you're planning to perform a ritual to help the female corpse pass on. Qi Qiu, you're a feng shui master, please burn this candy for her. She's suffered for so long, let her have something sweet before she leaves."