My Super Master
Chapter 63: The Ghoul!!

Upon learning that the remains, if not quickly collected and buried in a proper place, would bring ill fortune upon the entire family, the Wangs dared not delay.

Though filled with fear, the two young members of the family ventured to ask the neighboring villagers to accompany them. With more people around, their Yang qi was stronger, giving them a bit more courage.

Gathering the neighbors, the group, torches in hand, made their way to the mountains in a grand procession.

Moving at night was inconvenient, and it took the group nearly two hours to reach their destination.

What met their eyes was a scene of devastation. The Wang family's ancestral grave had been dug up, bones scattered everywhere, and a corpse lying abandoned on the ground. Xu Yan furrowed his brow at the sight and asked, “Hasn't anyone come to clean up the bones since this happened days ago?”

Was this reasonable? The body was already decaying and emitting a foul odor.

The two young Wang clansman avoided his gaze, clearly scared and unwilling to come.

If you're scared at night, what about during the day?

How could they just leave their ancestors' bones scattered and their family member's corpse lying in the wilderness?

“Stop here. I'll go check it out.” Xu Yan said, stopping Qiusheng from advancing. He covered his nose with a handkerchief; the smell of the decaying body was too overwhelming to bear without it.

He first examined the ground, finding a mess of footprints, mostly shoe prints left by those who buried the body. Besides those, there were some deeper, strange footprints, resembling both human and beast, quite peculiar.

The corpse's head was missing, leaving only a few fragments of bone. It looked like it had been bitten open by teeth.

Even a wild beast might not be able to bite open a human skull.

Crouching on the ground, Xu Yan covered his eyes with spiritual energy and saw dark footprints on the ground, filled with thick corpse energy, which was still fading. If they had come a day or two later, they might not have found any clues at all.

He never expected that such things as ghouls really existed!!!

Wild beasts wouldn't just gnaw on dead people's heads and drag corpses out of coffins. Comparing the footprints and the strange corpse energy they carried, Xu Yan concluded that it must be a ghoul.

The Uncle Ninth had shown him contained records of such revolting creatures, and he had never expected to encounter one.

After inspecting for a while, Xu Yan dropped a Fire-Inducing Talisman on the corpse, burning the decaying body.

“How's it going, younger brother?” Qiusheng asked first. The Wangs also looked at him expectantly.

“Collect the bones. I'll help you find a cemetery plot. There's something unclean here, but it usually doesn't harm people.” Xu Yan said, sighing. The Wangs were really unlucky to have attracted a ghoul after someone died.

“Really?!”

It was the first time they had heard of a ghost that didn't harm people.

Seeing their disbelief, Xu Yan continued, “This ghost is called a ghoul. It's only interested in dead people's heads. Unless you attack it first, and also, tell the people around not to let their children run around at night.”

Ghouls weren't interested in living people, except for children.

“I never thought such disgusting things existed. younger brother, how should we find it?” The ghoul hadn't been destroyed, and neither Xu Yan nor Qiusheng felt comfortable accepting payment.

Qiusheng had become quite chatty. Xu Yan gave him a glance and said, “Why are you asking so many questions? Go get Wai over here. I need to talk to him. I'll go back first. Remember, be quick!!”

The two split up; Qiusheng went to find security Captain Wai, while Xu Yan returned to the Yizhuang to report the matter to Uncle Ninth.

“Back so soon?” Uncle Ninth, who was reading in the ancestral hall, looked surprised.

“Master, the trouble is a bit big..” Xu Yan said, his face serious.

Uncle Ninth put down his and the two uncles, Qianhe and Four Eyes, who were playing chess nearby, also came over.

“Tell us about the trouble.” they said.

Looking at Uncle Ninth and his two younger brothers, Xu Yan said, “There's a ghost, but it's not a harmful one. It's only interested in human corpses, especially heads.”

“A ghoul?!” Qianhe exclaimed in surprise.

They, like Xu Yan, had only heard of it but never seen it. Uncle Ninth was the same; he had seen many kinds of ghosts and spirits, but a ghoul was a first.

Xu Yan nodded and said, “Based on my inspection, it's definitely this thing. To be honest, I'm also surprised. And ghouls are only interested in dead people and children. It's not easy to find and destroy it. We can only wait for Wai to arrive and discuss it.”

Uncle Ninth pondered for a moment, glanced at his two younger brothers, and spoke solemnly, “Getting Wai is also a good idea. This thing must be destroyed; otherwise, it will be detrimental to the deceased's family.”

It was bad enough that a dead person was buried and then dug up, with their head gnawed on. It was strange that the family wasn't cursed with bad luck already.

If not handled properly, it could cause chaos in the entire Renjia Town.

“Master, younger brother, I'm back!!”

Soon, Qiusheng arrived with Wai, whose face was filled with uncertainty. Anything involving the Yizhuang was usually related to demons and monsters. After the incident with Mr. Ren, Wai was already scared of these things.

Yet he couldn't avoid coming. If these things weren't destroyed, they might come for him too!

For his own life and his job, Wai had to follow Qiusheng.

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