strictlysupreme Chapter 44 Lychee Wood
Chapter 44 Lychee Wood
If a person dies with strong obsessions, there is a very small chance that their soul will not naturally dissipate. If it happens to be nourished by a place where yin energy gathers, it has a certain chance of becoming a ghost wandering among humans.
In the early stages, they are in a daze, but after accumulating to a certain level, they have the opportunity to recover a small part of their memories from their previous life. However, most of these memories are replaced by their ferocity, causing havoc in the area until they are eliminated.
The same applies to corpses. If a person doesn't breathe their last breath before death and their body is buried underground in a place with strong yin energy, it may become a zombie or a strange creature.
Although the old sorceress is dead, it's best to burn her body to prevent either of these two situations from happening.
Burning the body with lychee wood would eliminate both of these possibilities.
After a person dies, the soul does not leave the body immediately. It takes some time for the body to stop restricting the soul, and only then can the soul leave the body and drift away.
Burning the body shortly after death can virtually eliminate the possibility of the soul becoming a ghost.
The corpse transformation is like this: there are no corpses left, so it's impossible for a corpse transformation to occur.
Upon hearing Yang Jian's words, Jin Rong personally led a group to fetch the lychee wood, intending to handle the matter personally.
Yang Jian's gaze fell on the old house, a thought flickering in his mind.
The fact that she could control two vengeful spirits shows that this old witch does have some ability.
This is the old sorceress's residence; perhaps there will be some good things there, giving him a pleasant surprise.
Yang Jian entered the house, followed by several guards.
Yang Jian was somewhat disappointed with the things inside the room.
The house was very dilapidated, and there weren't many items inside.
As for the strange object with a ball of light above its head that he wanted, there wasn't one at all.
Yang Jian could tell that the old sorceress had rushed over here in a hurry because of the Divine Talisman Society, and she didn't have much with her.
"The abandoned water temple next to the Meijiang Wharf..."
Yang Jian walked out of the old house, thinking of the old sorceress's original residence.
The area is currently occupied by the Divine Talisman Society, so he can't go there for the time being.
At this moment, in the courtyard, Jin Rong had already ordered people to burn the old witch's body with lychee wood, and the fire was raging.
"Second Young Master, these are the things we found on the old sorceress."
Jin Rong then came to Yang Jian's side, took out two blood-red jade tablets, and several paper figures with writing on them.
Among them were paper figures bearing the name Yang Jian.
Yang Jian took it and looked at the paper figure with his name on it. It only had his name and address on it, but no birth date or time.
Some of the other paper figures had their birth dates and times written on them, while others did not.
After glancing at it, Yang Jian tore up the paper figure with his name on it, threw it into the fire to burn, and put away the rest of the items.
These things may not be useful, but he can keep them for a rainy day.
What Yang Jian wanted most were the records of strange information in the old sorceress's possession.
Records such as information, stories, and locations of strange objects, methods of controlling strange objects, and patterns of strange activities were unfortunately not found here, which made Yang Jian feel somewhat disappointed.
However, Yang Jian didn't dwell on it too much, because he had gained quite a bit today.
After finishing his business here, Yang Jian led his men back to the Yang residence.
As Yang Jian and the others left, the nearby residents came out and began to discuss the matter.
"That old witch is raising ghosts! No wonder I've felt a chill when I walk around here these past few days."
"I knew that old witch was going to be in trouble. She openly cursed Yang Jian Erlang by the dock and expected to get away with it."
"The Yang family has only just driven the Divine Talisman Society out of the main city, and they're already dealing with those who offended them. We can't afford to offend the Yang family."
"Instead of bringing so many people to deal with the old witch, Yang Erlang would be better off doing some good deeds and driving away those cult members in the thatched hut area. That way, we won't have to live in fear anymore!"
The people in the neighborhood were talking about it.
During the conversation, the topic of the Divine Talisman Society inevitably came up.
Although this area is considered part of the main urban area, it is already on the edge of the main city. If the Divine Talisman Society wants to seize the city, this area will definitely be the first to be affected.
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When Yang Jian returned to the gate of the Yang family, he saw Steward Zhao directing the servants to move boxes into the mansion.
"Butler Zhao, what's the deal with all this stuff?"
Yang Jian walked over and asked.
He already had a guess in his mind, but had not confirmed it.
"These things were all confiscated from the Zhao family."
"As for the specifics, Second Young Master, you should ask Fifth Master yourself when he returns!"
Upon hearing this, Steward Zhao came to Yang Jian's side and whispered in Yang Jian's ear.
Although the normal procedure is that confiscated items should be sent to the official warehouse, in many cases, the normal confiscation procedure is not followed.
It's perfectly normal for someone in the middle to scrape off several layers of oil.
Many people benefited, and the benefits were distributed according to their social status.
As for the items moved into the Yang family mansion, they had already been properly classified as belonging to the Yang family and had nothing to do with the confiscated stolen goods.
Even so, Steward Zhao only whispered in Yang Jian's ear and did not make a big fuss about it.
If Yang Jian hadn't already gained the approval of Yang Changhong, Yang Changhui, and others, and hadn't stepped forward to take charge yesterday, Steward Zhao wouldn't have said any of this under the previous circumstances.
Upon hearing this, Yang Jian confirmed his thoughts.
Yesterday, Zhao Chenguang personally led the people of the Divine Talisman Society to besiege the Yang residence. The Zhao family has to give an explanation for this matter. It would be strange if Yang Changhui didn't cause trouble.
Meanwhile, the fact that Police Chief Zhao Xingzhou had not shown up yesterday was also something that Yang Jian found extremely strange.
It's perfectly normal for Yang Changhui to go and cause trouble today.
After Yang Jian entered the Yang residence, those around him stopped following him.
He went to the backyard, told Shen Nianxin about the situation at Shen's Medical Clinic, hugged her for a while to comfort her, and then left amidst Shen Nianxin's reluctant gaze.
After returning to the west wing courtyard, Yang Jian began to sort through today's harvest.
"Today's trip was even more perfect than expected."
"I originally thought it would take a while to find the strange object, but I found it today and solved it immediately!"
"That old fortune teller is a good person!"
When Yang Jian went out today, besides visiting Shen's Medical Clinic, he only intended to try his luck in finding the strange object.
Going to the Meiyu Gang is also to see if they have collected any more strange items.
When Yang Jian left, he was thinking, "Whether there are dates or not, let's just hit a target first."
"We've gained quite a lot from those two vengeful infants."
"Besides the four white orbs of light, there is also the Ghostly Tear that I have been searching for."
The vengeful infant was far stronger than Ou Chang, and it had an extra ball of light above its head. When Yang Jian saw it, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
The two vengeful infants are quite powerful; they would be difficult for ordinary people to deal with.
Invisible to the naked eye, capable of flying, possessing considerable strength, and having the ability to possess others, these abilities make them extremely difficult to deal with.
Even a master of internal cultivation could be tormented to death by those two vengeful infants if they hadn't prepared any countermeasures.
Even without the old witch's restrictions, the vengeful infant, though no match for him, could escape using its flying ability, making it not so easy to capture.