I stared intently at Xiao Ying and said, "Where were you standing just now?"

"Just... just here..." Xiao Ying pointed to the ground. I squatted down accordingly. "When Ye Yang chanted the witch incantation, were you moving backwards?"

If someone had squatted down with me at that moment, they would have seen the vitality rapidly draining from my face, replaced by the deathly aura of an Yin spirit.

Xiao Ying said, "Yes! I didn't understand what Ye Yang was chanting, but it scared me, so I kept backing away."

I suddenly turned my head and roared at Xiao Ying, unleashing a sonic wave of Jiangshi (Chinese zombie) malevolence that slammed into her. Her body trembled slightly, and a dark figure detached from behind her, standing in the distance with its feet on the bones in the mine shaft.

Hua Wuxin!

Although I had never met Hua Wuxin, I had heard Bu Si Jiang (Undead Jiangshi) describe his appearance.

Bu Si Jiang had told me that Hua Wuxin could transform through the bodies of ordinary people, but his soul's appearance remained unchanged, forever a scholar in his forties.

Moreover, he had an undeniable square mark on his left forehead, making him look like an ancient prisoner branded with a "Qing Mian" (tattooed face) mark.

My eyes immediately fell on his forehead.

Hua Wuxin said with a smile that wasn't a smile, "After so many years, Bu Si Jiang hasn't made any progress? His methods for dealing with me are still the same old tricks?"

"Also, your Jiangshi roar isn't refined enough. You're not a Jiangshi yourself, so the Jiangshi roar you emit with your half-ghost body is much less powerful. At least, the malevolence in the roar doesn't reach the level of shattering people's souls."

"You can't deal with me! For Bu Si Jiang's sake, I won't make things difficult for you, but if you dare to follow me again, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Hua Wuxin turned and walked down the mine shaft, disappearing around the corner.

My heart sank slightly as well: Bad, he's going to find Ye Yang!

The biggest difference between Hua Wuxin and Bu Si Jiang is that Bu Si Jiang can wander around in ghost form to find a suitable Jiangshi.

Hua Wuxin can only possess people, and he prefers to target highly skilled术士 (shùshì, Daoist priests/sorcerers). He won't possess ordinary people unless absolutely necessary.

Ordinary people have no cultivation. If he occupies the body of an ordinary person, he can no longer compete with people in the art world, and he will be dead if his identity is exposed by his enemies.

Therefore, Bu Si Jiang told me that the best time to deal with Hua Wuxin is when he is transferring his soul, looking for the next host, and the most difficult time is also at this time.

Because he will make complete preparations so that his opponent has no chance to take advantage of him.

Below the mine, there is only one living person, Ye Yang. Hua Wuxin is heading for him!

While my face turned ashen, Jia Yixiao walked in from outside. "Hall Master Li, can we talk again?"

When I looked at Jia Yixiao coldly, the latter said, "Hall Master Li has been unwilling to cooperate with us, there is a reason for not entering the secret burial. Now, you have to enter the secret burial, why can't we cooperate?"

I said in a deep voice, "I want to know, why does Wu Sheng (No Life) insist on forcing me to open the secret burial?"

Jia Yixiao said, "The reason, Fan Fang has already said it. It's just that you haven't believed it."

I looked at Jia Yixiao squarely and said, "Opening the secret burial will definitely lead to death."

Jia Yixiao smiled and said, "I brought sixty people, all of whom are experts in the Jianghu (martial world). If Hall Master thinks the number is not enough, I can immediately mobilize more people. Wu Sheng is not afraid of death."

I took a deep breath and said, "Okay! Have people dig three chi (a Chinese unit of length, approximately 1/3 meter) down along the stone pillars of that gate!"

Jia Yixiao frowned slightly and said, "This method has been tried before, if Hall Master uses it again, I'm afraid..."

"If you don't want to dig down, I won't force you." I turned to leave, but Jia Yixiao stopped me. "I'll listen to you. Come on, dig down under the pillars! Also, send a message to the brothers in the rear team to catch up."

While Wu Sheng's men were excavating stones along the pillars, I also looked at Jia Yixiao and said, "I want to know the other half of the secret from that year."

"According to Hua Lianqing, Hua Wuxin opened a skylight here to check the keyhole. I don't believe this statement."

Jia Yixiao said in a deep voice, "Let's put it this way! At the beginning, besides Hua Wuxin, there was also a team of Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren (Yang Jian Life Borrowers) who discovered the secret burial, and they also took a fancy to it."

I asked, "Is that team Wu Sheng?"

"No!" Jia Yixiao said, "Wu Sheng was established less than sixty years ago, the destruction of Beishui Town happened at least three hundred years ago, how could it be Wu Sheng's men? We just got the notes from that batch of life borrowers at that time."

I nodded slightly and said, "Continue!"

Jia Yixiao said, "At that time, Hua Wuxin believed that the path to open the secret burial should be in the direction of Beishui Town."

"However, the leader of that team of life borrowers believed that the real path was above Maticao Village."

"Neither of them could do anything to the other, so they simply followed the rules of the Jianghu and each went their own way. Whoever reached the core of the secret burial first would own it."