Senior Sister Bai Yueguang is incredibly strong.

Chapter 71 Falling to Earth (4)

"You brat, how dare you talk like that! Was your father demoted? Your father is serving the people! Wherever the people need me, that's where I'll go!"

A slap landed firmly on Jian Muyi's head, making a dull thud. Luo Zaishui wondered if Jian Muyi would stop growing taller if she kept slapping his head like that.

"Yes, yes, it has nothing to do with His Majesty the Emperor; you came here of your own accord."

Jian Muyi covered his head and muttered, "I think he went to offer advice again and angered that old emperor."

Upon hearing this outrageous statement, Luo Zai Shui immediately stepped forward and covered his mouth. She glanced at Meng Ting De and laughed, "Children speak without restraint, children speak without restraint."

"Um... Senior... Sister..."

Shi Ming sighed and took Luo Zai Shui's hand away: "You should watch your words and actions in the mortal realm."

Su Wusi nodded as if she understood, then turned her gaze to Meng Tingde. Judging from her senior sister's demeanor, this person was probably a powerful figure in the mortal realm, so it was best not to trouble her.

Seeing that Su Wusi was sizing him up, Meng Tingde took the initiative to step forward and speak: "You must be Miss Luo's junior sister, right? My surname is Meng, and my given name is Tingde. You can just call me Tingde. May I ask your name?"

Su Wusi was somewhat bewildered by his actions. Ye Xiao stepped forward and stood in front of her, creating some distance between them. He said coldly, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for this young master to harass our junior sister right away?"

Meng Tingde didn't take it to heart: "I just wanted to get to know this young lady. Why is this young master being so aggressive? Besides, this young lady hasn't said much."

The implication was that Ye Xiao was meddling in other people's business.

Jian Muyi also couldn't stand this kid flirting with his junior sister. Ye Xiao was one thing, but this kid's eyes never left his senior and junior sisters. It was really annoying.

Su Wusi simply walked up to Luo Zaishui, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "I am Su Wusi, the sixth disciple of Xianyun Peak."

After saying that, he spoke something to Luo Zai Shui and then went to find Nie Xu Shuang.

Why did she leave?

Seeing Su Wusi leave, Meng Tingde couldn't help but ask.

Luo Zai Shui glanced at him indifferently and explained, "I'm going to prepare the things we'll need in a little while."

Lord Jian cleared his throat and asked, "I don't know what you need us to do, but we will do our best to help."

Shi Ming didn't stand on ceremony with him and said bluntly, "We need to open the coffin. There's an unmarked tombstone over at the mass grave. We need to open it and take a look."

"This..." Lord Jian hesitated, "Mass graves are mostly filled with unidentified corpses. Opening them rashly might disturb the peace..."

Lord Jane doesn't believe in these things, but he would never do them.

Luo Zai Shui interrupted him: "Don't worry, Lord Jian, if there's nothing wrong after opening it, we will perform a ritual to help him pass on to the afterlife, and also to help the wandering souls near the mass grave. You can rest assured about these things. We're just here to inform you that we would like to ask you to bring some people to open the coffin, or give us some tools so we can open it ourselves."

Lord Jian pondered for a moment: "Alright, I'll take some men and accompany you now."

"Senior Sister—"

Su Wusi, carrying two large bags in her hands, jogged over to Luo Zaishui's side, followed by Qian Kuo and Chu Yeli, whose faces were grim: "Is what Senior Sister Nie gave us enough?"

Jian Muyi took the two rather heavy packets of medicinal powder from her hand. They emitted a faint fragrance, and he couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

Xue Xin rubbed his nose and explained, "It's a ghost-repelling powder, the smell that ghosts hate the most. If you sprinkle it on the ground, most ghosts won't come near it, unless it's a particularly fierce ghost."

"Alright, everything's ready, let's go." Luo Zai Shui looked at Qian Kuo, "Are you coming too?"

Qian Kuo snorted through his nose: "What, not allowed?"

Luo Zai Shui nodded: "Please go ahead. What about Senior Brother Chu? Isn't he going to help Senior Sister Nie?"

Chu Yeli turned her head away, unwilling to see Qian Kuo's face, which reeked of the stench of money: "She was afraid something would happen to you, so she sent me along."

"Okay, let's go then."

It all seemed obvious that Chu Yeli and Qian Kuo, who didn't get along, were arguing in front of Nie Xushuang, which bothered her. She simply kicked them out, and since they had nowhere to go and were too embarrassed to say anything, they had no choice but to go with them.

Xue Xin scattered exorcism powder around the tombstone: "Alright, Senior Sister."

Luo Zai Shui nodded, and Lord Jian waved his hand. Several burly men dressed in official robes wielded shovels and dug away the soil above the coffin.

The coffin was buried very shallowly; in no time, the thin wooden coffin appeared before our eyes.

"and many more--"

Xue Xin suddenly stopped them and stuffed a handkerchief into each of their hands: "This smell is wrong. Cover your mouth and nose first, it might be poisonous."

Luo Zai Shui also faintly smelled a putrid odor. She covered her mouth and nose while observing the coffin. This smell was different from the smell of a corpse.

Upon hearing that it was poisonous, the officials became even more cautious. It took about half an hour before the coffin was fully revealed to them.

The smell became even stronger, and several officers couldn't stand it and vomited all over the place.

"Should I open it?"

Shi Ming asked.

Luo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Open."

Shi Ming and Ye Xiao stepped forward and together pushed the coffin away.

A stench of blood mixed with the stench of corpses and even the stench of feces wafted over.

Everyone took a few steps back.

Shi Ming and Ye Xiao were stunned when they saw what was inside the coffin.

Luo Zai Shui held her breath and stepped forward, a hint of surprise flashing across her face. Chu Ye Li, who was completely covered up, asked, "What's wrong?"

He stepped forward and then understood why they had such expressions.

There wasn't just one corpse inside the coffin, but three. The one on top was the clearest. Her once delicate face was now covered in dark blood, and her wide-open eyes seemed to be telling the story of the injustice she had suffered. Her abdomen was shrunken, and the dark mass around it was the entrails they had vomited out...

"vomit--"

Luo couldn't hold it in the water and vomited.

"Senior Sister—"

Su Wusi thought she was used to seeing horrific scenes, but she couldn't help but suppress the churning emotions in her stomach when she saw what was happening in front of her, and went to support Luo Zaishui.

"Senior sister, are you alright...?"

She helped Luo Zai Shui away a little, and Luo Zai Shui still had tears in the corners of her eyes.

"I should be able to save them..."

This was the first thing Luo Zai Shui said.

Su Wusi was somewhat confused until she saw the scratch marks in the coffin...

They were still alive when they were buried...

At that time, my senior sister...

"I can save them..."

Luo murmured the same sentence over and over again.

Su Wusi was also upset: "Senior sister, it's not your fault, it's alright..."

She held Luo Zai Shui in her arms and gently comforted her, "Senior sister, we must avenge them."