The child had already brought the tea to the table while Shi Jianhao was speaking and stood there obediently.

Shi Jianhao gestured for him to drink. "This is a remote and desolate place. There's no good tea to offer, but please accept this cup of rough tea as a gesture of hospitality!"

Lin Zhao lifted the lid of the teacup and glanced at it. "The tea is not bad."

Shi Jianhao took a sip of tea and continued, "The woman from that family cursed for most of the night before there was no more sound in the house. The next day, no one saw the woman leave the house."

"It wasn't until evening that someone saw the girl from that family walking in the village wearing a black dress. In the middle of the night, a person wearing black clothes with a face as white as paper looked like a floating head in the sky from a distance."

"Although the villagers had seen the girl before, everyone who saw her that night felt a chill in their hearts!"

"Those who saw the girl didn't even dare to speak. They turned around and ran home. Before long, every household had closed their doors."

"But the girl knocked on people's doors one by one. No matter what the people inside said to her, she ignored them and just kept knocking. Some people's doors were knocked open, but others refused to open their doors no matter what."

"According to those who opened their doors, as soon as the girl saw someone open the door, she would stare blankly at their face and ask them in a soft voice, 'Why didn't you help my family last night?'"

"After the girl asked, she would leave without listening to what the other person said."

"Now, the whole village couldn't sit still. After finally making it to dawn, they gathered together to talk about what had happened."

"The old men in the village said, 'That girl is probably dead. That's a vengeful ghost asking questions! If she asks you a question and you can't answer it, people might die! Let's go and see that family.'"

"The villagers mustered up their courage and went to the house. Sure enough, the whole family was dead."

"The girl had been tied up and beaten to death. Her mouth was stuffed with rags, which was why she didn't make a sound. None of the villagers had ever seen her wear that black dress before. No one knew where it came from."

"The woman from that family died not far from the child. Her eyes were wide open, and she was still holding a broken stick in her hand."

"It seemed that the woman had beaten the child to death, but no one knew how the woman had died."

"Some villagers arranged to go to the mine to ask the man of the house for advice, but the mine refused to let him come down, threatening the villagers that anyone who went up there would be kicked out of the mine along with their families and would never be allowed to work there again."

"The villagers had never seen such a scene before, and they were too scared to go to the mine after being threatened."

"However, the girl's soul stayed in the village and wouldn't leave!"

"The villagers had no choice but to pool their money and hire a feng shui master. After the feng shui master came, he walked around inside and outside the house, asking only two questions in total."

"One question was, 'Did the woman in that family have any feng shui masters in her family?'"

"The other question was, 'When the child died, was she wearing a black dress that didn't fit and was several sizes too big for her?'"

"The villagers told him that the woman herself had said that she could see things when she was a child, but later a celestial being had covered her eyes so she couldn't see anymore. They didn't know if there had been any feng shui masters."

"The child was indeed wearing a black dress."

"After hearing this, the feng shui master said that he couldn't handle this matter."

"He said that too many things were involved and that anyone who dared to intervene would die."

"When the villagers heard this, they panicked. They had hired the most famous feng shui master within a few hundred miles, and if he couldn't handle it, who could?"

"Several villagers grabbed the feng shui master and refused to let him go, insisting that he point out a way for them to survive."

"The feng shui master was soft-hearted and reluctantly came up with a solution: build a temple to worship the ghosts."

"The feng shui master personally built a stone temple and placed clay figures of the mother and daughter inside. He also specifically instructed the villagers to go to the stone temple every morning and evening to burn incense and kowtow. If they persisted for a year, the matter would be considered settled."

"Regardless of whether it was windy or rainy, the villagers had to come, and not a single one could be missing."

"Even those villagers who couldn't walk had to be carried, because missing even one person could easily anger the ghosts and cause them to come out and cause trouble again."

"After instructing them on this matter, the feng shui master left."

"A few days later, the feng shui master heard ghosts crying at his door in the middle of the night. He opened the window and was so frightened that he felt cold all over!"

"All the men, women, and children of Ma Ti Village were blocking his door, crying with bloodshot eyes."

"The feng shui master was terrified."

"He knew that his magic had failed, otherwise, the entire village wouldn't have been able to escape."

"The ghosts were blaming him for not doing his job properly and were demanding his life."

"If this matter wasn't handled properly, not only would he die, but even his relatives and friends wouldn't be able to escape death!"

"The feng shui master relied on the magic treasure passed down from his ancestors to barely survive the night. The next day, he rushed to Ma Ti Village, but he was stunned by the sight before him."

"Ma Ti Village had been slaughtered!"

"There were corpses everywhere inside and outside the village. The feng shui master walked around the village and couldn't find a single survivor. He finally found a ghost and asked him what had happened. He learned that the people from the mine had come down and slaughtered the village."

"At this point, the feng shui master realized that the little girl had caused such a commotion at the mine before she died."

"If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have built a temple for the girl."