This was a funeral parlor. Even if the ghost that escaped from the ghost door wasn't here, there would probably be quite a number of lonely ghosts here. I was so frightened that I didn't have time to look. I swung hard, and along with the arc of my hand, a slender arm flew into the air.
"Aiyo!" Li Xiangling clutched her left shoulder in pain and squatted on the ground, screaming.
No way!
It turned out that it was Li Xiangling's left hand that touched my right hand. I was too nervous and my stress reaction was too great. I almost threw her hand away.
Li Xiangling obviously couldn't withstand my attack. Her shoulders drooped down and she cried out in pain.
This was indeed my fault. I was too sensitive and quickly squatted down to help her up. In the end, I lowered my head to her and realized that Xiangling was already crying her eyes out. Her throat was making a sound. It seemed that this really hurt her.
Don't tell me that you didn't dislocate your shoulder.
I pressed down on her left arm to stop her from moving. Then, I felt for the joints on her shoulder. Fortunately, when I was in my hometown, Second Uncle taught me some basic first aid knowledge. He said that life could change at any time. It really came in handy.
Through the Taoist robe, I still felt for Li Xiangling's shoulder. Fortunately, there were no signs of mistakes. The entire arm was still intact. I was slightly relieved and apologized to her for my rashness.
Her body was soft and boneless, and it was very comfortable to touch.
Li Xiangling didn't seem to be angry because of this. It didn't take long for her to stand up straight. Her face was full of tears, and she sniffled. She looked pitiful.
I didn't understand why she suddenly wanted to touch my hand in this place, but I didn't have the heart to ask. Fortunately, Li Xiangling was fine. After crying, she used her coat to wipe away the tears and sweat on her face. It didn't take long for her to calm down.
"You don't have to apologize. I know you didn't do it on purpose.”Li Xiangling took the initiative to comfort me." It's just a little painful and I couldn't hold it in. Don't be too nervous."”
To my surprise, I was afraid that she would give me a cold war in exasperation like the last time I pressed on her. I didn't expect that she would cry so miserably and not care about it. The difference between the first and the last made me somewhat unable to adapt. My curiosity towards this little Taoist nun also deepened a lot.
This small episode made Li Xiangling and I relax a lot, so we decided to go in and take a look. Even if the director or others found out, we could say that they were Li Changtian's friends.
We entered from the left and found the morgue, which was where the dead were placed. According to Li Changtian's introduction, the local custom was to rest at home for three days, then put the body in the funeral parlor for three days, and then hold the farewell and cremation ceremony on the seventh day. This process was relatively long, and the body had to be frozen for such a long time.
Take the morgue we're in now for example. It's really cold. The temperature outside is very different. It's as if we've fallen into an ice cellar. We can't help but shiver.
I found this very strange because freezing a corpse would be fine if it was placed in a coffin or cabinet. Why did they have to make the entire room so cold? This would waste electricity and make the staff who came to deal with the matter unbearable.
The mortuary of the West City Funeral Parlor was still not big. In the left corridor of this bungalow, there were five rows of coffin-like drawers, which should be the place where the dead were temporarily placed. In front of each drawer, there was a faint light, which should be called the Everlasting Light. Not only could it increase the faint light in the room, but it could also light up the souls of the dead.
There were only five lights in the entire morgue, so it was still very dark. I didn't know when, but I took Li Xiangling's hand and walked through the cold drawers one by one. We carefully walked deeper into the house. Now our bodies were cold, but our hands were probably a little warmer.
After finishing the five drawers, I came to a large iron coffin. The coffin was placed on a few square tables that were more than one meter tall. In addition to the height of the coffin, I couldn't see what was inside when I stood on the ground.
"This is strange. Why is there a coffin here?”I muttered to myself.
Li Xiangling was also very curious about it. She took out the rolling pin and knocked on the iron coffin." Su Li, why don't you carry me up to take a look?"”
"Sure…"
Without a word, I crouched down and let her ride on my shoulder.
However, when her hand supported my shoulder and climbed up, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my heart. It was a feeling that I had never felt before. Without any warning, my heart felt as if it had been stabbed by a sharp silver needle. It was so painful that my legs instantly went weak and I stumbled into the iron coffin.
"What's wrong with you?" Li Xiangling, who almost fell down again, held me up and asked with concern.
I shook my head and covered my chest with my hand. I didn't know what was wrong with me. It was just a sudden pain, and it was only for a moment. Now, I was fine.
"Maybe it's too cold here?" I could only think that there was no problem with me, so I let Li Xiangling climb again.
When she started crawling, my heart hurt again. This time, she was prepared and naturally didn't fall. I also held the coffin and didn't fall. However, the pain seemed to have intensified this time. There was no sign, and it almost made me dizzy.
There's no reason. I've always been in good health. If there's a problem with my heart, there should be a sign. Why would it suddenly fail?
After two failed attempts, we naturally didn't dare to come again. I looked around, wanting to find a stool or something to stand on so that I could see the coffin on it. Just as I turned around to look for a stool, I seemed to see a shadow behind the light in the first drawer. The shadow was originally standing there. Seeing me turn around, he flashed past, but his body blocked the light of the Everlasting Lamp. Although it was only for less than half a second, it was enough for people to discover his existence in the darkness.
I immediately ran over and used my hand to feel around, but there was nothing. The shadow had disappeared.
Li Xiangling also followed me here. She looked at me strangely and asked," Su Li, what are you looking for?”
"A black shadow." I replied coldly.
"A black shadow?" Li Xiangling also looked around but did not find anything.
"You might not have noticed that when I turned around just now, there was a figure blocking the light on the drawer, but now there's nothing!”
I searched all the way back to the entrance of the morgue, but I didn't see any black shadows or anyone else.
Could it be the director?
If it was him, why did he follow us and escape when I found out? He obviously had a guilty conscience.
The entire morgue didn't seem big, but it was very dark. I couldn't see the end of it at a glance. The shadows of the eternal lights on the coffins reflected on the faces of the people looked very terrifying. I kept feeling that there was something strange about this place.
So I used the Soul-searching Curse again. This spell played a key role in the Hundred Children Village. It helped me discover the secret of the compass and followed it to find the reason why the city kept producing ghosts. It was Li Changtian who opened the gate of hell by mistake.
However, to my disappointment, I didn't find any traces of ghost energy or souls in this area. This made me even more confused. This was because the morgue was a place of cold Yin. The people stored here were all dead for three to six days. These people had weak Yang qi, which was where the Yin qi gathered and exploded. Before their souls were cremated, they should not easily leave this room and go outside. However, the soul searching technique shouldn't be wrong. There's no ghost here. This is a good thing. At least we're safe now.
But where did those little ghosts that had emerged from the gates of hell go?
I walked back to the five drawers and pulled open the first one. I wanted to see if there was a body inside and apologized to them in my heart. The dead were worthy of respect. They were already unfortunate and should not be disturbed, but I was anxious to find the truth.
I opened the first drawer and saw a pair of feet. They were wearing black cloth shoes and looked very dry. When I continued to pull on the legs, I noticed that something was wrong. Her legs were really too thin. How thin must she be to be able to lock her pants so tightly? It didn't look like she had legs.
He pulled again, and his abdomen appeared. Finally, his head emerged.
"Oh my god! How did it become like this?" Li Xiangling could not help but point at the body in the drawer and ask.
Her surprise was not groundless. The body was beyond recognition. The head was only left with a sunken, dry skull. The skin was gone, and the bones and flesh were condensed together. It was very hideous, making people feel disgusted.
If not for the fact that our internal organs were about to be frozen by the cold temperature, we would have vomited.
I stretched out my trembling hand, which was either frozen or disgusted, and slowly lifted the corpse's coat. Li Xiangling was so scared that she didn't dare to look. She covered her face and turned around.
Just as we expected, the body of the corpse seemed to have been drained dry, similar to the head. Only the skeleton and blurry flesh were left. No wonder the pants were so narrow at first. It turned out that the inside was rotten.
I really didn't have the courage to pull up my pants again, nor did I have the need to look at him anymore. This person's entire body must be like this.
Then, in the second drawer, other than being shorter and having longer hair, there was not much difference. The skin on his body was festering, and pus and blood flowed out.
Anyway, I didn't have the courage to check the back drawers. With what I found now, I was sure that the morgue was not as simple as the soul search technique told me. Those corpses couldn't have decomposed to this extent. Not to mention that the temperature here was low, they wouldn't have decomposed. Even if they were placed outside, they wouldn't have decomposed to this extent in a few days. Moreover, even their brains weren't formed. This was definitely not a normal situation of corpse transformation. It was as if they had been sucked dry.#
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