C15 Soul Sealing Slash

I feel embarrassed for Second Uncle. He seems to be bragging too much.

The villagers also looked at Second Uncle with interest. They wanted to see how Second Uncle would make a fool of himself.

Second Uncle seemed to have nothing to say. He turned around and went back to his house.

After Second Uncle left, the villagers were still not satisfied. They surrounded me and asked me, “When did your Second Uncle come back? Where did he go all these years? Did he suffer some kind of shock outside? Is there something wrong with his head?”

Some people also asked me if Second Uncle had been working in some business for so many years. Would he really look for a corpse?

There were also some old ladies who were gossiping. They asked if Second Uncle had come back. He was not young anymore. Didn’t he get married and have a son or a daughter?

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I didn’t know how to answer them either. I knew nothing about Second Uncle. So, I waved my hand and said, “My Second Uncle just came back. I don’t know what’s going on. I’ll ask later. Everyone, let’s go. Let’s go…”

When they saw that they couldn’t get any information from me, they all left.

After everyone left, I turned around and looked at the plaque hanging above my house. The more I looked at it, the more I felt awkward.

Our house was poor. The house was an old house from many years ago. The door was old and broken. Second Uncle had put a broken plaque on it. It looked like a broken temple.

No, that's not right. The words on the plaque of the dilapidated temple were all about good things. The three big red words, "Corpse Seeking Man", looked terrifying. It seemed more appropriate to say that it was a country estate in the wilderness.

Looking at the plaque, I shook my head helplessly. I walked home, closed the door behind me, and went straight to Second Uncle's room.

Second Uncle was sitting on the edge of the bed. When he heard me enter, he raised his eyelids and didn't say anything.

He was a man of few words, but I couldn't hold it in. I went straight to the point and asked, "Second Uncle, what do you mean by hanging that plaque of "Corpse Seeking Man"?"

"Corpse Seeking Man", Second Uncle said.

Second Uncle's answer was really annoying. I didn't believe that he hung the plaque of "Corpse Seeking Man" in such a poor place. The reason he asked for a price of 100,000 was really for the corpse. In this remote place, I dare to guarantee that even if that broken plaque was hung up, there would still be no business.

I walked forward a few steps and sat down next to Second Uncle. I leaned close to him and said, "Uncle, don't hide it from me. Tell me, did you hang that plaque out to investigate the truth about my father's and my brother's accident?"

Second Uncle raised his head and looked at me when he heard me.

This was the first time Second Uncle looked at me so seriously, and it was also the first time I looked at him so closely.

Not to mention, Second Uncle's maintenance was really good. Although he was a bit slovenly, there were no wrinkles on his face. He looked like he was almost in his fifties. Judging from his appearance, Second Uncle had not suffered much in the past few years.

Second Uncle was thin, but his face was firm. He had a straight nose and a square mouth. His eyes were bright and spirited. His appearance was similar to his grandfather. This made me feel a sense of closeness. It was a closeness that came from the heart.

I smiled and spoke in a manner that was like a junior acting coquettishly towards an elder, “Second Uncle, just tell me. What are you planning to do when you come back this time?”

Second Uncle still had a poker face and said, “Don’t worry about this. When you think it through, come and find me to get the money and take your mother away.”

Second Uncle didn’t strongly ask me to leave yesterday. I thought he didn’t care about me anymore. I didn’t expect him to still think about letting me leave. This meant that he still cared about me. This discovery made me happy, but of course, I wouldn’t leave. I said, “I want to stay in the village and find the murderer together with Uncle to avenge my father!”

Second Uncle heard me and looked at me with a hint of disdain. He said, “Do you know how your father died?”

“He was killed by a villain. His head was separated from his body and placed in front of the house. His body was nowhere to be found.” I told him what I knew.

Second Uncle said, “You only know one thing, but you don’t know the other. I saw your father’s head beheaded with my own eyes. The blade was flat and clean. It was cut off with a single slash.”

“So the murderer’s blade technique is very powerful.” I said.

Second Uncle said, "Not only is he powerful, but there is another thing. Other than your grandfather, I, and a few policemen, no one else knows about it. That morning, when the villagers were attracted by your mother's screams, they saw a bloody head and a pool of blood on the ground. What they didn't see was that there was not a single drop of blood flowing out from the broken part of your father's neck. The reason there was so much blood was because when your father was alive, someone lifted his skull. That sudden movement caused the blood to flow out along the wound on the top of his head. After that, your father was beheaded. After that, I found the skull with hair and scalp and threw it aside. I looked carefully and saw that there were five finger-sized holes on the edge of the skull near your father's head. It was as if someone had stabbed your father's skull with a claw and forcefully lifted the skull!"

Second Uncle's words made me take a deep breath. What kind of person had the strength to lift a person's skull with his bare hands? "Could it be that the person who killed my father was also a ghost?"

After hearing what Poison Elder said, I blamed the death of my four brothers on ghosts. However, I always thought that my father's death was caused by someone. However, after Second Uncle said that, it seemed that he didn't have the strength to kill my father. After all, in the real world, there was no expert like in the Wuxia novels.

Second Uncle said, "Maybe it's a ghost, but it's more likely to be a human. You have to remember that in this world, the human heart is always more terrifying than the ghost!"

When Second Uncle said that, his eyes stared at me with a profound meaning.

At that time, I didn't quite understand it. In my heart, the mysterious ghost was always more terrifying than the human, until many years later, I walked on Second Uncle's path and experienced many things. Only then did I truly understand the meaning of Second Uncle's words, and I understood that ghosts were more particular about karma, while humans often used unscrupulous methods for their own selfish desires.

Second Uncle continued, "The murderer who killed your father not only had a powerful strength, but also an extremely fast speed. Your father died right in front of our house. At such a close distance, my grandfather, your mother, and even you didn't hear a single sound. This meant that his speed was so fast that your father didn't even have time to scream before he took his life! And what was even more shocking was that the murderer actually lost the Yin Poison Evil Technique that had been lost for a thousand years, the Soul Sealing Slash!