Chapter 14 The Ghost Follows

Professor Lu said, "The reason why Bei Yiye can gain a foothold in the archaeological world is because they can solve things beyond science. That's why I must get Ye Yang back."

"Alright, let's go see Ye Yang! Be careful with your words this time."

Professor Lu thought their voices were low, but Ye Yang heard every word.

Ye Yang's first question when he saw Professor Lu was, "Do you know Ye Guanhai?"

Professor Lu frowned involuntarily. "Your relationship with Old Ye..."

Ye Yang said simply, "Grandfather and grandson!"

Professor Lu then smiled, but he didn't know that Ye Yang was the grandfather and Ye Guanhai was the grandson.

Ye Yang said, "Speak plainly. I don't like beating around the bush."

Professor Lu nodded. "Let me put it this way. We discovered the bronze palace in Xiaoshan. However, after we transported the palace out, we found that all the figures outside the palace were missing their heads."

Ye Yang interjected, "You mean when you first saw the bronze coffin, the figures on it were complete?"

"Yes!" Professor Lu nodded. "We thought the statues had been knocked off during transport, so we quickly went back to look for them. Unexpectedly, we found this..."

As he spoke, Professor Lu took out a wooden box carved with runes.

Ye Yang recognized that thing. It was clearly a "Zhen Ling Bao Xia" (Spirit Suppression Treasure Box) used by Bei Yiye to seal away underworld artifacts.

Bei Yiye used to be in the tomb raiding business in their early years. Some things couldn't be taken out immediately and couldn't be exorcised and cleaned in the tomb, so they used this kind of wooden box to temporarily seal them away until they took the things out of the tomb and slowly figured out how to deal with them.

Professor Lu opened the wooden box and took out three bronze heads.

Although the three heads were only the size of a thumb, their features were lifelike. The leader was Professor Lu. The other two heads were the researchers who were present that day.

Professor Lu said in a deep voice, "Mr. Ye, look..."

Ye Yang said calmly, "Who led you into the tomb? Who discovered the bronze heads?"

Professor Lu replied, "That person is a local villager named Zhang Huasheng. After he handed us the bronze heads, he disappeared. We looked for him for a long time but couldn't find him."

Professor Lu suddenly seemed to remember something. "Oh! Right! Zhang Huasheng said something to me: 'When encountering a grave, don't open your mouth; when encountering a coffin, don't speak lightly.' Whoever tells you that the bronze palace is a coffin is the one who can save you."

Ye Yang said without changing his expression, "When did Zhang Huasheng tell you these things?"

Professor Lu said, "That was the night he brought me the bronze heads. That night, he followed me into the office and spoke behind my back. When I entered the office and wanted to ask him to come in and sit down, he was gone."

Professor Lu turned to ask several researchers, "That's right, isn't it?"

The faces of those people suddenly turned pale. "No! Zhang Huasheng left at the door that day. He didn't come in."

"Are you sure you remember correctly? That day, he clearly followed me in. Mr. Ye, this matter..." When Professor Lu looked at Ye Yang, Ye Yang frowned.

Ghost follows!

We've encountered a ghost following someone again.

While Ye Yang was frowning, there was a knock on the door. "Professor Lu, is Professor Lu there? I'm here to bring you something. I saw something in the tomb, it looks like a mirror..."

As he spoke, the black qi brought by the yin wind spread out from the crack in the door.

Ghost knocking!

The one calling Professor Lu outside is a dead person!

While Ye Yang encountered a ghost knocking on the door, I had already rushed to the meeting place with Old Liu: Yuehai Tower.

That was the place where warlocks in the provincial capital gathered, and major and minor matters of the warlock world were resolved here.

Yuehai Tower can be said to be a "lawless land." Not only can negotiations be held there, but also fights. No one will report to the authorities if someone is killed in Yuehai Tower.

Because the owner only believes in the code of the martial world, and in his view, "grievances in the martial world should be resolved in the martial world."

If you have the ability, you can come to Yuehai Tower again to resolve your grievances; if you don't have the ability and want to report to the authorities to settle the matter, he will be the first to kill someone, regardless of right or wrong.

There are various theories about the reason why the owner of Yuehai Tower maintains the code of the martial world, because he has never told anyone why he regards the martial world as his only obsession.

Old Liu kept telling me along the way, "You must hold on! Don't offend everyone!"

As a result, I hadn't even sat down when I had an unpleasant experience. Before I came, Old Liu had already shown me the information on the warlocks in the provincial capital.

None of the people who came to Yuehai Tower to meet me were the heads of sects or halls. The highest status was only a deputy sect master. Most of the others were juniors from various families.

I walked into the hall, and the waiter pointed to the seat at the end and said, "Mr. Li, your seat is here!"

My face darkened. "Have all the heads of the warlock world in the provincial capital died? Or are they all at home mourning for someone? What's the meaning of sending a bunch of juniors here?"