Book 4: Chapter 47

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Book 4: Chapter 47

The practice of eating ancient corpses to cover up one's vital energy could currently be attributed to mere superstitionat least, there wasnt anything to support it theoreticallybut it was said that grave robbers back in the day really believed in it. In fact, the survival rate of Shigou Diao grave robbers was much higher than that of ordinary treasure hunters.

Out of those in the Mystic Nine who could be verified as having been a member of Shigou Diao, there was no doubt that Chen Pi Ah Si should be one of them. He specialized in robbing fierce tombs and wasn't the type to be deterred by such behavior. The controversial one, however, was Huo Xiangu. There were many people who believed that this was just a rumor spread to discredit her.Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

Many people believed that smearing a womans reputation would do more harm to her than it would to a man. This came from the stereotype that women were bound to be easily hurt by rumors. But Huo Xiangu didnt care about this rumor and never paid attention to it, so there wasnt any information to prove whether it was true or not.

After liberation happened and life became better, the number of Shigou Diao members became less and less and tomb-robbing gradually decreased. At that time, a rumor began to spread among the Shigou Diao members.

This rumor was about living flesh, which was an occurrence where you felt as if your flesh was alive and out of your control. After you fell asleep or lost consciousness, you would experience a situation similar to sleepwalking. But you would also have a very strange expression on your face.

In fact, sleepwalking itself wasnt scary, but it definitely was if you unconsciously made some strange expression while you were doing it.

Say, for example, after falling asleep, a mans wife notices him sit up in the middle of the night and make a strange expression. This expression looks very vivid, almost like the little mans expression on a Wangzai milk can.(1)

The cartoon character looks cute, but if a real person were to do this in the middle of the night, it would definitely be terrifying.

This phenomenon had been studied by many intelligent people who eventually came to the conclusion that the flesh was alive.

In other words, these peoples flesh seemed to have become another creature.

In many schemes after liberation, people who were in Shigou Diao played a key role. It was a little overrated to say that Shigou Diao was an organization since it was actually just a group of old grave robbers. In order to connect with this organization, you needed to know the right gestures at that time.

Of course, in later years, some people joined them who werent in Shigou Diao. No one knew what the Shigou Diao organization was like after the Mystic Nine declined, but their basic functions still existed, the most important of which was passing on messages.

They had a very amazing service that involved many missing people. As long as it was related to the Mystic Nine, if you believed that someone wasnt dead but you couldnt find them no matter what you tried, then you could try to find a Shigou Diao member and give them a letter to bring to the missing person.

After that, you would almost certainly receive a reply from the missing person. For the Mystic Nine, missing often just meant that you had become a Shigou Diao and were hiding.

The relationship between Xiao Hua and this organization started when he deliberately contacted a member of Shigou Diao and sent a letter to Xie Lianhuan at that time.

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TN Notes:

(1) Here's a pic:

(2) From the Book of Changes (aka The I Ching). More info on the Twelve Sovereign Hexagrams here.

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