C21

Chapter Twenty

Shenzheng of Tibetan Scriptures from one to ten, Shan Scriptures from two to five

Jing Mo took a while to catch his breath.

Looking at Lee Yan, Jing Mo frowned: "How do you know that the coffin lid was made from Arrow Poisonous Wood?"

Lee Yan arrogantly replied, "I just know."

Jing Mo was a little discouraged.

Lee Yan asked once again: "Are you still going to look for Zhou Sen?" Thinking about how it might be true that Zhou Sen was now poisoned to death, Jing Mo shook his head: "I'm going home."

At that moment, Jing Mo just wanted to return home and look at the coffin, to see if there were anymore secrets on it.

Lee Yan's eyes flashed, "Jing Mo, do you want to know why Jiao Dahu was poisoned to death so quickly?"

Jing Mo was startled, he looked at Lee Yan: "Did Lee Yan know?"

Lee Yan slowly said, "I also want to know. When I was in the lesson room, I asked Zhou Sen about their best friend. That friend told me that on Saturday, after Zhou Sen and Jiao Dahu left your house, they did not immediately return but instead went to the back mountain of your village — "

Jing Mo stared blankly, and thought: "The rear mountains? What back mountain is there in the Jingjia Village? " Thinking again, he immediately understood that Lee Yan must have been talking about that mound of dirt behind the Jing Family's Mansion.

The mound was indeed like a small mountain, but no one in the village ever said that it was a back mountain. That place was actually a village cemetery. After the people from Jingjia Village die, they would bury their corpses there.

Jing Mo suddenly thought of something. "Why have I never heard grandfather and grandmother say that the ancestors of Jing Family are buried there?"

Jing Mo only remembered that during the Qing Ming Festival every year, Yuan Yuan Festival would place offerings at the ancestral hall, and then worship at the ancestral hall, without going to any grave to pay respects — What was going on?

Lee Yan looked at Jing Mo: "Let's go to the back of the mountain to take a look at your village. Maybe we can find some clues —"

Jing Mo hesitated and nodded. Although he did not really want to go, his strong curiosity was still urging him to investigate since two of his classmates had died in the Arrow Poisonous Wood coffin at home.

An hour later, Jing Mo and Lee Yan, who were standing behind the Jing Family's Mansion, looked at the strange looking locust trees in front of them and felt a shiver in their hearts.

At this time, the sun had not set in the west yet. The sunlight fell on the locust tree, dragging its shadow along.

The graves in the forest made Jing Mo afraid.

Jing Mo looked at Lee Yan: Why don't we go back?

Lee Yan rolled his eyes as she said, "Since you're already here, what are you afraid of?" Pausing for a moment, Lee Yan laughed mockingly, "To think that you're even a member of the Character in the Classic of Mountains and Rivers —"

Jing Mo was a little confused, his face full of suspicion as he asked: "What did you say? what Character in the Classic of Mountains and Rivers? "

Lee Yan stared at Jing Mo, he stared for a few seconds, then smiled: It's nothing, follow me, nothing will happen.

Jing Mo acknowledged.

Lee Yan immediately led the way as he followed behind Lee Yan. The two youths, one in front and one behind, slowly walked into the area filled with Pagoda Tree Forest.

Inside the Jing Family's Mansion, a pair of elderly eyes was staring at the two youths from the dust filled room in the ninth level of Jing Family's Mansion, as well as from a small hole in the wall.

There was no expression in that pair of aged eyes.

Beneath the Pagoda Tree Forest, underneath the soil that was a hundred meters deep, the gigantic being that had been asleep for a thousand years, suddenly moved for some unknown reason. With this movement, the soil in the forest immediately fell, revealing a large hole with a radius of ten meters. Three or four locust trees that were close to the big hole immediately fell, one of them laid horizontally above the hole, looking like a bridge.

Just as Jing Mo and Lee Yan were walking on their own, they saw that there seemed to be a muffled bang coming from within the forest. Then, they saw three to four great locust trees fall down diagonally from the distance.

The two of them immediately stopped.

A cloud of dust rose from the forest. There seemed to be some black air in the smoke.

Jing Mo swallowed his saliva, his heart feeling somewhat scared, he turned to look at Lee Yan, only to realise that his eyes were glowing, and excitement was written all over his face.

Curious, Jing Mo felt less fear in his heart.

Jing Mo carefully asked Lee Yan: "Stone, there are some evils in this forest, do we still need to go in?"

Lee Yan turned his head to look at Jing Mo: "Have you never been here before?"

Jing Mo's face reddened, and he seemed a little embarrassed. "My grandmother did not let me come, my grandmother said that the forest is filled with graves, what's there to look at, it's better for children to not come here -"

Lee Yan nodded his head: "That's no wonder, you don't even know how many rooms your family has, you haven't even looked at any of your Jing Family's Mansion, so naturally you won't come to this cemetery."

Jing Mo's face became even redder.

Lee Yan stretched out his hand and pulled Jing Mo, smiling at him faintly.

Jing Mo became even more embarrassed. In his heart, this youth who was one year younger than him looked like a nine year old boy.

Lee Yan pulled Jing Mo and walked into the forest. After passing through a dozen or so graves, they finally arrived at the cave.

Inside the underground cave, waves of cold air gurgled out.

Jing Mo lowered his head and looked down, only to see that the pit was deep and bottomless. He could not help but feel even more afraid, and said to Lee Yan: "Shitou, I'm going back now, if not, my grandmother would be looking for me."

Lee Yan nodded: "You go first. I'll stay here for a while. "

Jing Mo was startled. "You're not coming back with me?"

Lee Yan did not say anything, but continued to look down, as though this pitch black hole was filled with limitless amounts of magic for him.

Jing Mo became more and more curious about this youth. He was only afraid and did not dare to stay here for long. After walking about ten metres, Jing Mo turned his head to look. He saw that Lee Yan had actually walked to the middle of the large locust tree that had fallen, and was lying horizontally above the hole.

Jing Mo was shocked, he anxiously ran back and stood at the side of the locust tree, and shouted at Lee Yan: "Stone, what are you doing? That place is too dangerous!"

Lee Yan stood in the middle of the locust tree and did not move until Jing Mo once again anxiously shouted. Then, Lee Yan raised his head and said to Jing Mo, "Jing Mo, look at that thing …"

Jing Mo was stunned, he immediately looked in the direction Lee Yan was pointing, and when he looked, he immediately felt the cold air in the cave seemed to rush towards his feet, instantly freezing all the blood vessels in his body.