Chapter 55

East-most area of the town?

Hearing Ning Huanxin’s words shocked Jiang Lixing. “What can there be in the east of this place? I only know that the Patriarch’s house is in that direction!”

Patriarch!

The Zhang Clan’s Patriarch! Back then, they said it that the Patriarch had spent an enormous amount of money to invite Mage Yi years ago. However, according to the rumors heard from the film crew, the Patriarch was an extremely greedy man. The decision to rent out the barren graves outside town and the places in town to various major film crews were his decisions.

In reality, the residents of Zhang Clan Town had always disliked outsiders. Still, the status and reputation of the Patriarch in Zhang Clan Town was considered very high, so nobody dared to oppose any decisions he made.

Perhaps the Patriarch had some hidden secrets that could not be told?

Ning Huanxin and Jiang Lixing followed Bai Yunzi’s footsteps, and unknowingly, they already reached the gate entrance of the Patriarch’s house. The door to the spacious courtyard was locked, and there was no one at home.

Bai Yunzi stood outside the door, silently assessing it. The white light that had been protecting Zhang Clan Town all this while had indeed originated from this courtyard.

“Master, this courtyard seemed to have a magical instrument buried, one used to fend off evil spirits,”

Yang Ah Nuan muttered in a low voice. The little girl’s dark orbs suddenly twinkled upon her childish face.

“Yeah.”

Bai Yunzi nodded. There was indeed a magical instrument buried in this courtyard. It was definitely not an ordinary magical instrument, not used purely to ward off evil spirits.

In Taoism, they categorized magical instruments into ‘good’ and ‘evil’. The ‘good’ magical instruments naturally have much positive energy filled in them. It could seek good luck and avoid calamity or even attract good fortune.

The ‘evil’ magical instruments, on the other hand, could hurt the human body and even bring bloody disasters.

However, not all ‘evil’ magical instruments were like that. Some ‘evil’ magical instruments worked under the facade of bringing fortune and ward off evil. However, it was, in reality, absorbing the negative energy and evil spirits. Once it had absorbed sufficient energy, it would explode with incredible destructive power and cause a catastrophe.

This was precisely the ‘evil’ magical instrument that was buried in the Patriarch’s courtyard.

“Taoist Master, what did you find at the Patriarch’s house?”

Ning Huanxin and Jiang Lixing also rushed over at this time. Seeing the duo’s figures, Bai Yunzi’s eyes darkened momentarily. “There is a magical instrument buried in the courtyard, and it has been warding off the external demonic energy for Zhang Clan Town all these years. However, in reality, it is actually absorbing the evil energy between the sky and earth. Once it has absorbed adequate energy, the whole of Zhang Clan Town will descend into a living hell!”

“What?” Bai Yunzi’s words had shocked Jiang Lixing, causing his color to turn pale, while Ning Huanxin’s eyes turned cold.

Indeed, this should be the handiwork of Mage Yi. He had actually planned such a detailed layout twenty-odd years ago. “Taoist Master, I think I know the origins of this magical instrument!”

At that moment, Ning Huanxin spoke slowly. “Twenty-odd years ago, when Zhang Clan Town was still Zhang Clan Village, they…”

She narrated the complete story, from Zhang Clan Village and Li Clan Village’s sacrificial ceremony to the River God and the fact that the surviving Li Clan villagers were all buried alive.

Following that, Ning Huanxin looked at Bai Yunzi with a severe look. “Taoist Master, the female ghost whom we met last night, was Li Yan. It seemed like her being trapped in this place was a part of the scheme devised by Mage Yi. The reason he didn’t kill Li Yan years ago might be because he was waiting, waiting for the agonizing breath of Li Yan to resonate with the magical instrument years later. Once the magical instrument has become ‘evil’, and everyone has suffered from Li Yan’s revenge, he can walk in again to collect the agonizing breaths of all the residents of Zhang Clan Town and Li Yan’s spirit!”

It was indeed a perfect plan!