Chapter 60: Con-man and scientist

“What the hell is a spirit?” Su Rou asked. After I briefly explained it to him, Su Rou angrily shouted, “Fuck, that’s the only thing that scared us so badly? I thought it was laughing at us every time it was critical, but it was taking advantage of our weakness!”

This is indeed the power of the spirit. Some things may seem weak, but in the right circumstances, they can often be fatal.

“Amitabha.” At this time, Huijue finally came out of the secret room at the back of the hall. His voice was weak, and in the dim light, I could see that his face was a sickly red.

For the first time, the old man Jiang personally helped Huijue. Huijue smiled and said, “Give me an egg and I’ll recover.”

The old man Jiang also laughed and shouted, “Who among you has boiled eggs in their food? Bring them out.”

The two old men’s antics made the atmosphere in the entire tomb room suddenly much more relaxed. It turned out that several people had brought boiled eggs, and they all scrambled to give them to Huijue. Huijue selected two and peeled them open to eat. Then he called the three of us over and began to ask us in detail about the situation.

There was no way to avoid a lecture, but after the lecture, Huijue said to Jiang Laotou, “The eggs of these insects have almost exhausted my mental strength. The King of the Hungry Ghosts is difficult to deal with, so you must take care of it. As for the Ghost Mother, let Ling Qing deal with it. The three of us are old comrades-in-arms. This time we went down to the tomb together, but we didn’t expect this potato to be so hot.”

Old man Jiang sighed and said, “It is now certain that someone did this deliberately. There are many mysteries in this tomb. Speaking of us being old comrades, so many years have passed. Look at Sanwa and Ruyue. Huijue, you should also take on an apprentice.”

“I want to, but it’s much harder for a monk to take on a disciple than it is for you. There are too many rules, but I have a vague feeling that I will have a successor. Let’s first solve the matter of the hungry ghost’s tomb.” Huijue said seriously.

At this moment, Grandma Ling Qing suddenly said, “We are all old and tired. We should let go of the things we want to pursue…”

“When did you come? You still walk the same as before, without making a sound?” Old man Jiang turned his head and smiled, saying to Grandma Ling Qing.

Grandma Ling Qing suddenly looked a little sad, and then said, “Okay, everyone has rested for a while, the ghost egg problem has been solved, so you should quickly arrange the next move.”

Next, the old man Jiang divided the people into three teams. He, Huijue, and Grandma Lingqing took three people to go down to the ancient tomb. I, Ling Ruyue, Su Rou, and Yang Sheng arranged for Hu Xueman and one other person to escort us out.

The remaining team will deal with the ghost and then join Master and the others.

This meant that we were going to be sent out of the Hungry Ghost Tomb. This time, none of us dared to object. Before we left, Master told me, “Take Yang Sheng to the Bamboo Grove and wait for me there. I’ll punish you when we get back.”

I didn’t dare say anything, but before I left, I thought of one thing and told my master, “Master, I dug a piece of jade from the wall. It’s a magic weapon. When I fought the king of the hungry ghosts…”

“I’ve already collected the jade. We’ll talk about it when we get back.” Master’s expression was a bit strange, as if he didn’t want to say more.

“But Master, how come you didn’t encounter any ghosts blocking your path, and how come you didn’t find the jade?” This is something I’ve always wanted to ask.

“Let’s talk about it when I get back!” The master was no longer willing to answer my many questions, and I had no choice but to shut up.

When I went back to the ground, the cool moonlight had already filled the earth, and it was very quiet, except for the occasional chirping of insects.

Hu Xue-man said to us as he escorted us to the door, “Don’t come down here again to cause trouble. There are some things that you can’t understand just because you’re curious. You’re still young, and some parts of the world aren’t for you.”

We didn’t understand what Hu Xueman meant, and he didn’t intend to explain. He just said to Su Rou, “Little fat boy, you know what to do when you get back, right?”

Su Rou is a smart kid. He said, “I know. I didn’t come out to play, and I fell down a big ditch, and that’s what happened?”

“Good boy, no wonder Master Jiang said you were blessed.” Hu Xue-man laughed heartily and patted Su Rou’s shoulders a few times.

In fact, Su Rou knew that if he told anyone about this, not only would his family be implicated, but he had accidentally entered a magical world, and some things were really not suitable for ordinary people to know.

When they saw Hu Xue-man, they immediately saluted. When they saw us, they were dumbfounded. How did three children get in?

Hu Xue-man coughed and said, “From now on, you must keep a close watch here. No matter what happens, you must ensure that two people never leave. Do you understand?”

Seeing that Hu Xueman did not pursue responsibility, the soldiers were relieved and then responded to Hu Xueman’s order loudly.

Hu Xue-man sent us to the door and turned around and went back. The four of us stood there in the quiet night, looking at each other, and after a while of silence, we finally left.

After returning, no one was in the mood to eat. The four of us took a shower and sat silently in the lobby of the Bamboo Forest Villa. I also discovered an interesting problem: the genius Yang Sheng was actually a life idiot who couldn’t even boil water.

Poor me and Su Rou, we were both injured and had to serve him.

Fortunately, they were all superficial wounds, except for the poisoned wound, which was a bit deeper. So neither Su Rou nor I dared to jump into the wooden tub and soak like we used to, and we had to quickly wash ourselves. As for Ling Ruyue and Yang Sheng, they took a nice bath.

The silence at this time was not because we were bored, but because what happened in the tomb was too amazing, and we all needed some time to digest it.

Su Rou was the most outspoken of us all. He asked Yang Sheng, “You said you were sent out too? Weren’t you sent by the state?”

Yang Sheng put his glasses back on and said in his usual serious tone, “Before we left, we agreed that if Master Jiang encountered something he thought was dangerous, I would have to follow his orders and leave quickly.”

“What? Is there danger?” I stood up immediately. I thought the King of Hungry Ghosts was the most dangerous.

“Yes,” Yang Sheng took off his glasses, wiped them, and said seriously, “because it is very likely that zombies will form in that tomb, and that kind of thing is very dangerous.”

“Zombie?” I suddenly remembered what Grandma Ling Qing said, that there might be one in the tomb.

“Mm,” Yang Sheng nodded and replied, then took off his glasses. This guy can’t even wipe his hair properly, and the water dripping down repeatedly wets the lenses.

Su Rou couldn’t bear to watch anymore, stood up, walked to the room, took a dry towel, and wiped Yang Sheng’s glasses hard. Then he said, “Look, I can wipe them better with one hand than you can. Now you can continue talking.”

Yang Sheng smiled shyly again, then explained seriously: “I don’t have enough time because I need to study academic issues. I don’t have time to study some small things.”

“Okay, I can see you starving yourself to death.” Su Rou helplessly rolled his eyes.

Yang Sheng blushed and said in a low voice, “To be honest, I am hungry, but I am too embarrassed to say so.”

“Forget it, forget it, Su Rou, help me, I’ll cook, and after I’m done, you can tell me about the zombies. I can’t believe that a postdoctoral researcher can still study these things.” I said helplessly.

Yang Sheng suddenly said very seriously, “These things should be treated differently from superstition. The research value of these things is very great! Do you know about bacteria and germs? Under the right conditions, they are the most likely and most well-founded cause of human corpse changes. There is also a certain kind of electricity that can activate the central nervous system under special circumstances. What are the consequences of that? It’s walking dead, and there are some special chemicals…”

Yang Sheng began to talk incessantly, but the three of us were listening with a headache. I, a little spiritualist, Ling Ruyue, a little witch, and Su Rou, a little rascal, who could talk science with the nerd Yang?

We interrupted him, showing a lack of interest. Yang Sheng, however, still shouted in a reluctant manner, “There are many incredible things happening in our country, and our scientists are involved in them. Just like what happened in the desert, but we also need your help. Although you don’t understand the scientific principles involved, your methods are so effective.”

I said to Su Rou: “Look at him, he wants us to form a team with him. What is this? A combination of a charlatan and a scientist?”

Su Rou didn’t even bother to respond to me, and said directly, “Sanwa, let’s cook some white meat. I want to eat the dipping sauce with minced pork.”