Chapter 625: The Weeder Who Works at Midnight


    Yin energy was still swirling in the room just like during the day. Li Maziwas getting impatient. However, I had a feeling that something would happen tonight.


    To avoid alerting the Yin spirit, Li Mazi and I hid underneath the bed. Each of us kept a Yang Concealing Talisman. As the night grew darker, the surroundings quieted down. In the end, all I heard was He Kui snoring.


    I leaned over to check outside through the window. The sky was dark and there was no moonlight. I was more certain that the Yin spirit woulde.


    However, as time ticked by, my presumption faded. At around 2:00 AM, the mass of Yin energy was stillthe same. Ibecamea little weary. Li Mazi was fast asleep next to me under the bed.


    It seemed the Yin spirit wouldnte tonight. I woke Li Mazi up and crawled out of the bed. Li Mazi got up and mumbled, LittleBrother Zhang, Iwashaving a good sleep. Why did you keep knockingon something?


    I kept knocking on something? I was perplexed.


    Li Mazisaid, Oh.


    Then, hepricked his ears andshook his head.I heard the sound ofawalking stick. I thought you were doing something


    Before he finished, I muffled him. idt on the ground and listened. Indeed, I heardavague knocking sound. It sounded like someone was moving with a walking stick.


    The low noise came from the ground, though. But when I receivedashovel from Li Mazi to open up the soil,the sounddisappeared. I somehow managed to locate the noise. It was moving toward the door. I immediately grabbed the Sirius Whipand chasedafter it.


    Since I had to be close to the ground to capture the noise, after running for a while, I had to kneel to listen. When I rushed to the vige entrance, I stuck my ear on the ground one more time. However, this time, I heard nothing.


    You You lost it?


    Li Mazi looked puzzled. I nodded reluctantlyand brushedoff the dirt and mud on my clothes. We returned to He Kuis house together.


    On the way back, Li Mazi said in a low tone,LittleBrother Zhang, I havea feeling thatHe Kuis fathermade that noise. What do you think?


    I suddenly recognized that after his serious injuries fromst time, this dude seemed to have be much smarter.


    It shouldbe him. I nodded.


    Earlier today, I felt thathiscorpsewasnt in his grave. What happened just nowsort of confirmed my guess. Moreover,ghosts couldnt moveunderground. Hecould beawalkingcorpse!


    Whenwe returnedto the house, I squatted by the basin to wash the dustoffmy face.


    Then, I heardLi Mazissuddenscream. I turned and saw his dull face gazing at the ceiling. Subconsciously, I followed his line of sight. The Yin energy that lingered in the roomwasgone.


    Uh What happened? Did the grandfather erase all the Yin energy? It took Li Mazi quite a long time to pull himself together. He looked perplexed. I didnt know what had happened, either. However, it wasnt a bad thing that the Yin energywasgone.


    I couldnt sleep after this.Li Mazi and Icrouched with our ears on the groundand listened.Whilethe sky was getting brighter, a tiny walking noise came from the ground. I jolted upand shotLi Mazi a nce.


    He was surprised, but he soon got my idea. Heiddown again to listen then pointed at the ground.


    I quietly tiptoedinthe direction he was pointing at. A momentter, Li Mazis finger stopped moving. He lingered for a moment more. Then, hestood upand said,Hes gone.


    I used the Emei Piercer to draw a circle on the ground. When I lifted my head to check the ceiling, Yin energy began to congregate and spin.


    Do you want to dig it up? pried Li Mazi.


    I thought then answered, We should wait until the morning. It could be Mr. He, but the thing down there has profound Yin energy. We should unearth it in the morning.


    You have a point. It seems he wille every night. We dont need to worryabout it runningaway.Li Mazi agreed.It wasntbroad daylight yet, so wetooka short nap.


    I didnt know how long I had slept until He Kui woke me up.He rubbed his hands, his face lookingstrange. Master, I just went to my greenhouse. I found something strange!


    It turned out that after He Kuicameback to this countryside vige, he started to build and work at his familys greenhouse to grow some out-of-season fruits. He frequentlyvisitedhis greenhouse. However, these days, as his daughter was sick, hewasnt inthe mood to care about his vegetables. But yesterday, after I had saved his daughter, He Kui wanted to go to the greenhouse to pluck the wild grass.


    Unexpectedly, when hegotthere, he found his big greenhousepletely clean. There was not asingle de of wild grass.


    It looked like someone had helped him take care of his greenhouse. Fortunately, the greenhouses in this vige were all equipped with cameras to prevent thieves. He Kui went to check the CCTV. He wanted to see who had secretly helped him. However, the CCTV video showed that nobody had entered his greenhouse.


    LittleBrother Zhang, I think its Mr. He, Li Mazi blurted after He Kui told us the story.


    Whatdo you mean?


    I then told He Kui about what had happenedst night.


    Yesterday I had thought that it was the stomping noise of the walking stick, but it seemed tohave been createdby a hoe.


    It was the heart of a parent. Although Mr. He had passed away, he was still worried about his son. He Kuis eyes turned red. What should I do now?


    He Kui, I think your father is now a walkingcorpse. Otherwise, a dead body cant movelike that. Anyway, he doesnt mean harm to you. However,the Yin energy that has affected the little girl seems to have something to do with a hoe.


    I analyzed the situation. The old man hade to take the hoe underground. It was also the time when the vortex of Yin energy in the room disappeared.When he returned it in the morning, the Yin energy also returned. I needed to unearth that hoe to see how ithadsuch strong Yin energy.


    After listening to me, He Kui became hesitant. Canyou solve this without hurting my father?


    Frommy impression, hereally cared abouthis father. I could say he was a filial son. I nodded. If yourte father doesnt mean harm, we can talk him out of it. Dont worry.


    He Kui looked better after I confirmed that. Do you want to dig the floor now?


    Yeah, letsdo it now. As theres lots of sunlight right now,we wont need tobor much!


    I went to open the window and put some more talismans around the spot on the ground I had circled,before asking He Kui to start digging.


    Li Mazi grabbed a shovel and helped He Kui dig thesoil. However, theydidntmake fastprogress. This room was too old. Perhaps before Mr. He had built his house here, he had dumped a lot of debris to strengthen the foundation.


    While they were digging the hole, I asked He Kuis wife to fetch me a bucket of ashes. Every time they dug deeper, I sprinkled ayer of ashes. Thatwas how I could save them from exerting more strength.


    As theybegan to digdeeper and deeper, they didnthitbroken bricks anymore. Now,only ck mud came up.


    I squatted by the hole and pinched some mud,and broughtit to my nose to take a sniff. It smelled of cast iron!


    It seemed the hoe was down there. He Kui and Li Mazi were sweating hard. Itoldthem to stop ane upas I was afraid that they would be affected by the Yin energy. I jumped into the hole and started digging myself. At first, I didnt feel that it would take a lot of energy. However, when I thrust my shovel into the soil for the third time, a strong forcepulledmy shovel downward.I couldnt lift it anymore.It seemedthat thing had started to pull back and forth with me.


    Li Mazi, sprinkle the ashes on me!I screamed, then read the Sacred Text of Daoism. At the same time, Li Mazi pouredall the ashes that remained,half ofabucket full, on me. I choked, but my body felt much lighter.


    Seizing theopportunity, Itriedmy best to dig more. I heard a low ngandrecognized that I had hit something made of iron in the soil. I hurriedly shoveled around the thing and got it eventually.


    As Idexpected, it was a rusty hoe. There wasadark stain on it. From my experience,I could tell thatit was dried blood.


    I asked Li Mazi to take the hoe to the yard. I checkedthe ceilingone more time and indeed, the Yin energy swirling above our heads started to disperse. I seized the chance and relocated some furniture in the house to change thegeomancyof the ce. Soon, all the Yin energy vanished. I could feel the auspicious energy starting to congregate inthehouse.


    After He Kuidiscoveredthat the Yin energy had vanished, he picked up the shovel to fill up the hole. I stopped himwith a smile. Your father wille again to fetch his hoe.


    I understand. He noddedwith brimming red eyes.


    I patted hisshoulder and asked him toe to the yard. Have you ever seen this hoe?