r a girl who has just come of age, pregnancy is another kind of life."What then" he sneered. "I'm not keen on waiting another seven days for a stiff corpse."There was a palpable disdain in his words.I...My brother stood on the sidelines, arms akimbo, watching us.

He had already bound the shadow with a climbing rope and plastered it all over with talismans, one foot still pressing down on its form.

"Have you two finished talking Now is not the time for romance. This commotion must have woken Old Zhou, we can't just keep watching." My brother patted the dirt off his hands.

Jiang Qiyun frowned, looking around: "This mountain faces the sun but its back is in the shade, and there are two yin formations in front of the river valley, making it a place where ghosts and monsters love to gather... What brings you here"

I whispered a reminder, “Didn’t I tell you Mrs. Shen's husband, Mr. Zhou, passed away. He had his disciple deliver his diary and will to us. It mentions that we should send him into the mountains... There must be something he couldn't even explain himself, something he wanted to tell us.”

That's why my brother and I traveled a long way to this mountain village.

" … The hole in the Shen family's house wasn't enough to keep you busy You actually have the time to deal with other things." Jiang Qiyun lowered his eyes and looked at me, his voice laced with a hint of reproach.

Just recently, the Shen Family Treasure Vault was opened up with a “hole,” a black interdimensional portal resembling a "ghostly surge," but it seems to have been “closed” now.

Before, all sorts of monsters and demons came out from that hole, but I never got to see them with my own eyes. The two people I actually "saw" with my own eyes are now still unconscious.

Don't even mention it, talking about this gives me a headache. The Shen family treasure vault is still in ruins.

"Let's not talk about it again, let's not talk about it again... Thinking about this makes my head hurt." I waved my hand dismissively.

Jiang Qiyun let out a faint sigh that was barely perceptible. "The ominous star shines brightly, indicating a turbulent time ahead. Well then, you should all quickly finish your business here, and I..."

He looked up the mountain, frowning slightly in puzzlement: “I’ll go take a look.”

Before I could even react, his figure vanished.

My brother scratched his head: "He also thinks this place is weird, the moonlight is so bright it's almost blinding, but it's pitch black in the ravine."

"Bro... why isn't this guy talking" I looked at the person my brother had his foot on.

We dared not turn on our phone lights, relying on the moonlight to peer. The man stood still, his face obscured by a talisman, his entire body covered in filth.

"Is this a piece of clothing It's in such bad shape... Could it belong to the missing person" My brother suddenly had an idea. He crouched down and used his flashlight to gently lift the charm.

Beneath the amulet lay a pair of blood-red eyes.

Their eyes bulged, looking terrifying in the moonlight.

And its eyes were slanted and staring straight at me.

I took two steps back, and my eyes followed my movement.

"Hey, can you understand English" My brother poked the other guy's face with a taser.

He didn't answer, and I felt a little scared being stared at, so I hid behind my brother.

"Damn... this guy is totally a savage, an unashamed one!" My brother suddenly yelled, stood up and kicked the man hard.

This kick went straight for a vulnerable spot, and that's when I realized the threadbare pants that were stretched tight against my body had a bulge there.

My face flushed, what the heck!

"Ouch..." The man was kicked in the vital spot by my brother, letting out a pained groan but not speaking.

"What the hell, you react to women just by looking at them Are you an animal!" My brother roared.

“Could this be the son of Zhou’s third child” I suddenly remembered the rumors circulating among the villagers.

Decades ago, Zhou's second son went missing in the back mountain. A few years ago, Zhou's third son's son also disappeared in the back mountain...

"He might be, but he seems... off. He's not speaking anymore, just like an animal... And..."

And what's more

Before this mountain, there is a place where double yin gathers and the evil qi permeates. The Zhou family has always forbidden people from entering it. Even Zhou's youngest son, in order to patrol it, day after day used "building firebreaks" as an excuse to keep a close watch on this area.

But his Zhou family's ancestral graves were precisely located on this strange hillside. The eldest, Mr. Zhou, had left home as a young man and likely only heard rumors about the hillside.

Then, Zhou's second son disappeared here.

Zhou Jia Lao San's son is also missing here.

The one who knows the truth and keeps it close, is Zhou's youngest son.

"I... I knew it..." A hoarse voice came from the woods. This time, my brother was prepared and pulled me behind a tree.

Zhou Lao Ya stood at a distance, shaking with anger.

“This worthless animal... Can’t even guard a grave properly…” He gritted his teeth, panting heavily, and slowly walked towards us.

My older brother pulled me back: “...Old Zhou, don't get so worked up. We've seen ghosts and demons before, they can't scare us. Look at you, for the sake of guarding a tomb, you've turned a young man into a wild animal. It's too inhumane! No wonder your older brother left us a will to come and check things out here.”

"My eldest brother" Zhou Lao Yao sneered: "I finally see it, he married into the Shen family and really thinks of himself as a member of the Shen family... Even taking away our family heirloom!"

An heirloom...treasure

My brother and I looked at each other. There was no mention of this in my uncle's diary or will. He left home to make a living when he was so young, how could he know anything about family heirlooms

Zhou Lao Yao was also a shrewd person. Seeing our slight surprise, he immediately understood that he had let the cat out of the bag.

He suppressed his anger and said urgently, “You are people from the Daoist sect. This haunted house has no effect on you… I don’t want to make enemies with you, please leave. I will take my elder brother to our ancestral tomb anyway. Staying here for too long…”s because they can't speak. They might be questioned by the teachers or laughed at by other children...You accused me of lying and violating Taoist precepts, placing such a heavy burden on me. How cou...