"Mr. Mu, I wish that you would accompany me."

Qing Songzi asked Xiao Mu for a favor.

If Xiao Mu didn't come along, he truly didn't have confidence that he would be able to find the clues in Ancient Forest Village and solve the problem.

"Of course."

Xiao Mu agreed.

He and Qing Songzi both understood that if he did not go with them, Qing Songzi's team might actually not be able to solve the issue on their own.

"I'm thankful on behalf of the Alliance, Mr. Mu."

Qing Songzi was delighted. With Xiao Mu going them, things would be much more manageable.

After expressing his gratitude, he said, "Wait a moment, Mr. Mu, I need to make some arrangements, and then we'll set off."

"Please take your time, Mr. Qing Songzi."

Xiao Mu spoke politely.

Qing Songzi quickly called Lei Zhenzi and Lei Yunzi over, "Lei Yunzi, you're coming with us."

"Yes, Mr. Qing Songzi."

Lei Yunzi agreed immediately.

Qing Songzi then turned to Lei Zhenzi, "Lei Zhenzi, you're injured and shouldn't be traveling. You should stay here and lead the people to dig where the Blood Demon appeared, to see if there's an ancient well, tunnel, or tomb underneath. Also, see what else you might find."

"Once you unearth something cursed, destroy it immediately. If there's an ancient well, tunnel, or tomb, flatten it."

"Yes, Mr. Qing Songzi."

Lei Zhenzi agreed.

With everything settled, Qing Songzi arranged for a helicopter to carry Xiao Mu, Lei Yunzi, and himself to Ancient Forest Village.

More than an hour later, the helicopter landed on the outskirts of Ancient Forest Village.

Qing Songzi called for the local supervisor to report to them.

The supervisor was a man in his thirties named Chen Jian. He wasn't one of the Mutated Beings; instead, he was in charge of the security in this region.

"Greetings, Mr. Qing Songzi, Mr. Mu, Mr. Lei Yunzi."

As soon as Chen Jian arrived, he greeted the three men.

"No need to be formal, Chen Jian. Tell us what you know. How many wallpaper masters are there in Ancient Forest Village?"

Chen Jian answered, "Mr. Qing Songzi, according to my investigations, there are three wallpaper masters in Ancient Forest Village, all between the ages of fifty and sixty. Their names are Xu Shouyi, Chen Jianye, and Liu Futian. We've specifically interrogated Xu Shouyi and Chen Jianye, and they don't seem to be hiding anything... as for Liu Futian..."

"What about Liu Futian?" Qing Songzi asked.

Chen Jian replied, "Liu Futian... he passed away suddenly about a week ago."

"He suddenly died?"

Qing Songzi was taken aback and glanced at Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu nodded slightly, implying that the clues they were looking for might be related to Liu Futian, or else it would be too much of a coincidence.

Qing Songzi immediately asked, "Did he die unjustly?"

Chen Jian answered, "He died without any apparent reason."

"Take us to Liu Futian's house."

Qing Songzi commanded, feeling a surge of energy.

People don't just die for no reason. An unexplained death always has hidden circumstances behind it. It seemed probable that Liu Futian could be the key to the problem.

"Mr. Qing Songzi, please ride in my car."

Chen Jian invited them.

Chen Jian drove as they headed over to Liu Futian's home.

They were received by Liu Futian's son, a man in his thirties named Liu Zhenyu.

"Mr. Chen, my father passed away and did not pass down his wallpaper skills. No one in our family knows how to paste funeral supplies except for him."

Liu Zhenyu quickly defended himself, fearing that he might get in trouble.

Chen Jian reassured him with a pleasant smile, "Mr. Liu, we are just here to understand the situation, please don't overthink it."

"What would you like to know, Mr. Chen? My father didn't leave anything behind after he passed."

Liu Zhenyu asked.

At these words, Chen Jian looked to Qing Songzi, who in turn looked at Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu took the lead and asked, "Mr. Liu, I would like to know if you set up a spirit tablet for your father after he passed. Could we see it?"

After the world mutated, many traditions changed.

Before the mutation, few people would set up spirit tablets for their deceased relatives, but after the mutation, it was the exact opposite, and very few people wouldn't set one up.

After all, Yin Spirits existed after the mutation.

Liu Zhenyu looked at Xiao Mu with curiosity, "Sir, are you planning to inquire about things from my father's Yin Spirit?"

He then candidly added, "Not to hide anything from you, but my father only passed away recently, and his Yin Spirit hasn't returned yet."

Passed away recently?

The Yin Spirit hasn't returned?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mu became intrigued.

How could this be?

Even if the time of death was very recent, the Yin Spirit should have returned. Unless there were some issues with the Yin Spirit, or if they used ordinary incense instead of the mutated one.

Consequently, he asked, "Mr. Liu, didn't you use the mutated incense?"

Liu Zhenyu answered with some discontent, "What kind of person do you take me for? Even though my family is not wealthy, we're not stingy enough to refuse to use spiritual incense for my own father."

He used the spiritual incense? This was even more baffling.

Xiao Mu immediately apologized, "Mr. Liu, I apologize for my words. May we please see the spirit tablet?"

Liu Zhenyu clearly didn't want outsiders disturbing his father, but he reluctantly agreed after looking at Chen Jian, "Follow me."

The conditions at his home were not great. There was only one side room used to house the ancestral spirit tablets.

There were not many ancestral spirit tablets in the room. Apart from the ones belonging to Liu Zhenyu's father, there were also the ones of his grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, and so on.

First, Xiao Mu wanted to look at Liu Zhenyu's father's spirit tablet.

The spirit tablet appeared to be new, as it had just been put up recently.

Xiao Mu's gaze quickly focused on the tablet.

There was a noticeable trace of Yin Qi on the tablet, suggesting that Liu Zhenyu's father's Yin Spirit was still alive.

This discovery was somewhat unexpected for Xiao Mu.

Liu Zhenyu's father died abruptly, and Xiao Mu's initial guess was that an evil ghost was involved.

After his violent death, Xiao Mu assumed that Liu Zhenyu's father's Yin Spirit would have been killed by the evil ghost.

What he was seeing now was rather surprising.

Liu Zhenyu's father's Yin Spirit was, unexpectedly, still alive.

If that was the case, why didn't it return?

"Mr. Liu, may I offer an incense stick to your father?"

Xiao Mu suddenly asked Liu Zhenyu.

Liu Zhenyu was taken aback at first, but then politely said, "By all means, Sir!"

With that, he took out an incense stick to give Xiao Mu.

When someone wishes to offer incense to his father, it was considered to be good intentions. No one would refuse such a token of respect.

Xiao Mu accepted the stick of spiritual blend incense, lit it, and made a small bow toward Liu Zhenyu's father's spirit tablet before placing the burning incense in the incense burner in front of the tablet.

Normally, once the incense was inserted, the spirit tablet would react as soon as the offering began, and the Yin Spirit should respond in some way.

Liu Zhenyu's father's tablet did indeed react. It began to vibrate slightly.

Upon seeing this abnormal phenomenon, Xiao Mu understood that the Yin Spirit had sensed someone offering incense to him and wanted to return to enjoy the offerings.

However, in the end, the tablet only vibrated slightly, and the Yin Spirit did not return.

Xiao Mu's expression changed slightly.

This meant that Liu Zhenyu's father's Yin Spirit was trapped.

How could this happen?

Who trapped the Yin Spirit of Liu Zhenyu's father?

And why would they trap him?

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