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Staring at the mark on the ground, he could tell that the snake was hibernating and should not be moving around.

But according to the old man, seeing a snake on a mountain in winter was not a good sign.

It was because it was said that there was a type of snake that could appear in winter. It was called a Shadow Snake.

In fact, the Shadow Snakes were just a common species in the mountains. However, this type of snake used the place where resentment grew as its nest.

Along with the growth of the resentment, the snake was also tainted with a bit of resentment, so it was able to accomplish some unimaginable things.

Could it be that the snake from earlier was a Shadow Snake?

This is very possible, my foster father left a hoe here for me and even left some traces in this place. Perhaps, he wanted to tell me that there was something strange below.

But now, in the cold winter, I tried to smash the hoe into the ground.

I didn't expect the two blows to cause my hands to go numb. I sucked in a breath of cold air and placed the hoe on the ground.

Looking at the color of the sky, it was still early. There must be something buried underground.

When it was warm and the ground melted, it would be at least three months before the dust settled.

After thinking about it for a moment, I decided to make a move now. It's still early, no one will come here until dawn.

It was already dark by this time. Even though it was already dark, it wasn't even 10 pm yet.

It definitely wouldn't work if I dug it up. I found some dry firewood and cleaned up the snow around us.

At this moment, the surroundings were already clean. I placed the firewood on the ground that was cleared out.

This way, he would be able to warm up and melt the ground. However, this would take a long time.

Fortunately, I had plenty of time.

No matter what, he had to stay in front of the grave. It wasn't against the rules for him to light a fire while guarding the grave.

Actually, logically speaking, the Funerary Lady could not send so many people at the same time, especially since these people were not family.

After all, since ancient times, there had never been a slave or servant master who had said anything, and it was just that there was no other way. After all, the current situation did not allow for Funerary Lady s to be invited from the outside.

New Village Head wanted to make it look more respectable.

Looking at the rising flames, I felt apprehensive. There might be a snake nest down there.

What could be down there? If it was truly a place where resentment was gathered, would there be any danger?

Snakes weren't scary. What was scary was what was underneath.

The digging process was extremely difficult. After melting a bit, the flame was moved away and a small pit was dug out. Then, the fire was moved over and continued burning.

It took me five hours, and it wasn't until three in the morning that I managed to dig a hole about fifty centimeters deep. It was even harder than I had expected.

The ground here seemed to be extremely cold, and even if it was burned, it would still be difficult to melt it.

At this moment, I was already sweating profusely, unable to feel the surrounding cold.

It was just a gust of cold wind being sucked in by me, causing waves of pain in my chest.

However, at this moment, I shifted the flame over. The originally exuberant flame suddenly flickered.

At this moment, I had already found the entrance to the snake den. Furthermore, it was along this entrance that I dug downwards. I definitely wouldn't be heading in the wrong direction.

At this moment, seeing the flames violently swaying, my heart rose. Although there was a breeze in the surroundings, it was the same as the wind from before.

At least, I don't feel any obvious change in the wind...

However, since the wind hadn't changed, why did the flame suddenly change …

Furthermore, if one observed carefully, the flames were vertical and jumped up, as if they might be extinguished at any moment …

Lingling grabbed me at this time, and carefully said:

"Sister, next... "It really does seem like there's something …"

Lingling could sense some strange things that ordinary people couldn't sense, and right now, the irregular movement of the flames has already caused me to become vigilant.

While staring at the flames, I suddenly heard a series of creaking sounds from underground.

It was the sound of nails scratching, as if someone was struggling underneath …

Furthermore, I could clearly hear that the distance between the sound and me wasn't very far. Does this mean that I was about to reach the bottom?

However, the more this happened, the more my heart felt a wave of nervousness. At this moment, with the fatigue in addition to the nervousness, my breathing was very heavy.

Due to the digging just now, my hair that was above my shoulders was a little messy. Before I left for mourning, I had tied up my hair, but now it had scattered due to intense movements.

I was about to move the flames away and continue digging when suddenly there was a whooshing sound.

Moreover, the speed of the jump had increased, and the sounds of violent struggles came from underground.

The struggling sounds seemed to be mixed with waves of screams and cries.

The screams belonged to a woman … And the crying sounds seemed to be that of a baby's.

This kind of sound coming from underground made my hair stand on end. The flames in front of me were accompanied by a series of violent pulses, and suddenly, there were some changes as well.

A faint green color was mixed within the flame. This green color seemed to be permeating through it as it became increasingly denser.

Gradually, the entire flame turned into a faint green color. That green color was very horrifying, even giving me goosebumps.

Moreover, this dark green flame seemed to have lost its temperature, and became a little cold …

The blue fire was called the Ghost Flame, and the green fire was called the Yin Fire.

It was said that the green flames were because the resentment was too strong, and it stained the flames of the mortal world.

The pure yang energy was permeated by the resentment and turned into this green color.

The things below might be quite troublesome …

I shook the hoe in my hand, knowing that I had to take a good look at what was below.

Even if... Knowing that the things below could be very dangerous.

I took another deep breath and stared at the flames on the ground.

Suddenly, with a loud bang, the green flames exploded.

A pile of black charcoal and wood flew towards us. I hastily turned around and hugged Lingling before squatting on the ground.

Following the loud sound, the voice from underground became even more sinister, as if it was ringing right beside my ear and even coming directly from my mind.

At this moment, the fire had died down and the surroundings had sunk into darkness. I hastily said to Lingling:

"Lingling, turn on the flashlight!"

Lingling hurriedly nodded her head, and a pillar of light appeared in front of him. Looking at the pit in front of him, although there were some echoes, but looking carefully, there was nothing inside.

I gritted my teeth as the hoe in my hand continued to fall down and violently smashed into the ground.

Clang!

With a loud sound, the hoe in my hand was almost thrown out. Waves of powerful force caused my hands to hurt.

But at this moment, I finally saw that there was a deep pit on the ground, and inside it, green balls of things were squirming.

These green objects were wrapped into balls, just like moving balls.

On a closer look, it was actually a bunch of coiled snakes!

The moment Lingling's flashlight shone on the snakes, she screamed and almost dropped the flashlight.

There are probably more than a hundred snakes in this pit. Not to mention Lingling, even if I looked at them, my scalp would have turned numb.

Girls have an inexplicable fear towards this kind of thing. Even though I've experienced quite a few things, some of the fear was instinctive and difficult to overcome …

Looking at the snakes in front of me, I swallowed a mouthful of saliva. I carefully avoided those snakes and used a hoe to brush away the dry soil in the surroundings.

It was at this moment that I suddenly saw streaks of bright red on the ground.

It was a bloody red blood, and the place where the blood came from was where the bones were …

The blood seemed to have just dripped down, but it did not have the slightest bit of heat. Instead, it gave off a cold and gloomy feeling.

Besides, this was underground, how could there be blood!

Moreover, those who died in the village must have been buried in tombs. How could there be someone like this that would lie in the ground for so long?

I frowned at the blood that was still fresh.

Why... Would there be blood?

At this moment, those lumps of snakes were still slowly squirming, making my heart feel very uncomfortable.

He really didn't want to look in that direction, but he had no other choice. He had to see what was so strange about it.

Why did that man lead me here?

I frowned as I felt a gust of cool wind blow past me. In my ears, there seemed to be a wave of deep sounds.

But I couldn't hear the woman's screams, or the baby's cries.

Ye Zichen hit the surface of the bones with the flashlight. This bone must have been around for quite a while. Due to the cold weather, it was almost completely frozen by the ground.

Besides, there were also mats of rotten grass.

These... What is it?

It seemed to be something that had wrapped around the corpse, but now it was completely decayed.

The person who was being carried by the mat and buried underground …

He took a closer look at the bloodstains on the mat. There seemed to be something fishy about the mottled blood.

I leaned closer and brought the flashlight closer so that I could see more clearly.

At this moment, I finally saw that there were symbols on the surface of the bone.

They were all written on it with fresh red blood. At this moment, at this distance, I could clearly smell a disgusting smell.