Chapter 118: The Grain Pouch


    I immediately looked back to see Chuyis reaction and he confirmed my guess.


    This ce was indeed Mount Shouyang, the real one. Boyi and Shuqi had died in that cave because of hunger. They had witnessed the brutal ruling of the Zhou Dynasty before they died; that was the reason for their lingering resentment after their deaths, as they left this world with concerns about the welfare of themon people.


    Evil cultists eventually found their corpses; they dried them and sealed the resentment energy inside the grain pouch, toter harness it against the Zhou Dynasty.


    The grain pouch had slowly turned into an otherworldly item. The two dried corpses remained, strengthening the effect of the pouch and turning the mountain cave into air of hungry ghosts.


    The descendants of that evil cult took care of the ce for several thousand years, luring and entrapping people to make them die of hunger. Their resentment energy would be used to nurture the grain pouch.


    The grain pouch had continuously absorbed human resentment, bing stronger and stronger. It already had umted an astounding level of hate!


    ording to legends, this was the way to nurture otherworldly items.


    Most of the otherworldly items were created by chance. Although some were good and some were bad, otherworldly items wouldnt be harmful as long as people didnt vite any taboos.


    Man-made otherworldly items were different, since they would listen to their owners. No matter how evil the deed was, the item would do everything to aplish it.


    That difference alone broke the rules. All the otherworldly merchants disdained that sort of otherworldly items


    Of course, bing the grain pouchs master would involve some side effects. Even Daoist priests had to give up on a lot of things, let alone someone who had be the master of something that evil!


    All of your family members would starve to death once you became the master of the grain pouch!


    Zhou Tufus closest and only family member was Zhou Laoshi.


    Although Zhou Tufu had a ck heart, he had a lingering affection for his brother and didnt want him to starve to death because of him. So, he used evil magic to find someone to die in his ce.


    And of course, we were the scapegoats.


    Once we died of hunger in the cave, the grain pouch would absorb our resentment energy and spare Zhou Laoshi.


    I understood and was infuriated by the situation once I heard Chuyis exnation. I couldnt believe that Zhou Tufu could just use a random persons life to exchange for his brothers.


    Do you have any ns for retaliation? I asked.


    Chuyi said, Its easy to dispel Zhou Tufus evil magic since ites from the grain pouch. The grain pouch cant do anything to us as long as we dont have any resentments or grudges. It is fine as long as we keep our hearts as clean as water.


    However, after all the things he had done to us, trying not to hate Zhou Tufu was easier said than done.


    I was afraid that only Chuyi would be impervious to those grievances thanks to his incredible skills.


    Chuyiforted me. Well, its a good opportunity to talk about otherworldly merchants and their tricks. In any case, this ce is separate from the world, which makes it a good ce to train. Youll be able to handle a lot of tasks by yourself if you can calm your mind to study.


    Anyway, that was the only thing we could do.


    I suddenly remembered the message Chuyi gave me in the pig pen. Have you ever gotten out of this ce?


    Chuyi nodded, Yeah, I did go out once to deal with Zhou Tufu directly. However, I changed my mind after considering that the grain pouch issue would remain unsolved whether I killed him or not.


    I couldnt help butugh since Chuyi could get out easily if he wanted to. He had willingly gone back to the cave after running away.


    Chuyi taught me a part of the sacred text of Daoism to ease my mind. You can chant the text to calm down in case you encounter danger.


    The text worked well. At least, I didnt lose my mind during the following days.


    It would be strange if ones mind didnt crack after being imprisoned in a ce where sunlight was blocked off.


    Yin Xinyue and Li Meng had done things as Chuyi had asked them to. They went to Zhou Tufus house every night around midnight to throw the ravens blood and then delivered some food to us. As for me and Chuyi, we slept during the day and he would teach me about otherworldly items at night.


    Time flew fast; a week passed by in the blink of an eye. I reaped great benefits during that week. The knowledge I gained during that time was massive whenpared to what I had previously umted.


    Zhou Tufu had not shown up even once during the past week. It seemed as if he had forgotten about us. My heart became restless.


    <em>How long do we have to wait if Zhou</em><em>Tufu</em><em>doesnt appear?</em>


    <em>Will I be a Peking Man?</em>


    Luckily, my life as a prisoner came to an end shortly after


    It was after 1:00 AM on that day and we had yet to see Yin Xinyue or Li Meng delivering food to us. I started to worry.


    They would normally arrive earlier and neverter than 1:00 AM. It was way past our appointment time and we hadnt heard anything from them.


    <em>Did they encounter something dangerous?</em>


    I wanted to go and check on them since the situation could be urgent.


    However, just as I was about to get up, I heard footsteps above our heads. A dark object was thrown into the cave.


    I hurried to turn on my phones shlight.


    My jaw dropped in fright as soon as I did that!


    It was a corpse that only had skin and bones. There wasnt a bit of blood on the body, only ayer of skin lingering on top of the bones. It looked like a freshly-made specimen.


    I checked it carefully and found it was Zhou Laoshi!


    I didnt expect for him to die; he had actually starved to death. He died with his deep-sunken eyes open and his teeth exposed.


    Good, good, good. Zhou Tufus voice came down from the cave entrance.


    I lifted my head right away and saw Zhou Tufu maliciously looking at us.


    I looked at Chuyi right after that; he indifferently threw me a meaningful nce, implying that I should keep calm and simply sit down.


    I sat down next to him. I knew the grain pouchs resentment had just affected that so I quickly began to chant a part of the sacred text of Daoism to clear my mind.


    I had to keep a cool mind to prevent myself from creating any resentment energy that could awaken the grain pouch.


    You are indeed patient! Zhou Tufu said with an irritated tone, Youre so patient that you ended up killing my brother! I want your life aspensation!


    I ignored him and continued to chant the sacred text.


    You little bastard, Zhou Tufu snorted and said, You think youll be safe acting that way? Arent you worried about the little girls life?


    My calmness slowly drifted away after hearing Zhou Tufus threat.


    <em>Yin Xinyue and Li Meng were captured. Are they all right?</em>


    Although the sacred text of Daoism was powerful, it could only work as a support; it couldnt bring aplete calmness from deep down.


    The sacred text stopped working after Zhou Tufu used Yin Xinyue to unsettle me. I jumped in rage and shouted, What did you do to them?


    I heard Yin Xinyue calling for help as soon as I said that. Her voice was so faint and weak that it made my heart ache.


    I hated that I couldnt just fly and escape from that cave to stab Zhou Tufu to death!


    I nced at Chuyi to see his reaction. He was like a statue; eyes closed and unmoving to keep hisposure. He seemed to be dozing off,pletely unaffected by the current situation.


    Zhou Tufu sneered. Yin Xinyues call for help and hisughter were blending in my head; my rage only became stronger. I didnt know why I was so angry at the moment; I felt as if I had turned into a barrel full of gunpowder.


    I clearly knew that the grain pouch was causing this but I couldnt control myself. My self hypnosis wasn''t working, either.