C10 Picking the Coffin

This afternoon, my master told me about the rules of "Five Cleansing, Four Expelling, and Three Worships".

When Vigil Keeper was guarding the spirit at night, if there was no outsider present, he would naturally calm down and keep his mouth shut.

However, if there was an outsider near the coffin, he would have to drive him away in time to avoid alarming the undead and causing trouble.

The four expelling methods included: Exorcising Spiritual Creature, Exorcising Ghost, Exorcising Daoist, Exorcising Outsiders.

Exorcising Spiritual Creature referred to the five types of spiritual creatures that were easy to communicate with.

Exorcising Ghost referred to wandering ghosts that drifted from outside.

Exorcising Daoist referred to monks and other people who had the ability to communicate with the spirits.

Exorcising Outsiders referred to ordinary outsiders who had nothing to do with the main family.

When Vigil Keeper was chasing away outsiders, he had to use the aura of his dantian and combine it with the Secret Guardian Technique.

When the sound rang out, not only did it have to shake the other party's eardrums, it also had to "knock on the marrow and shake the soul" to achieve the purpose of intimidating the small fries.

Therefore, this method was called: Soul Shaking Sound!

Hsing's voice was not loud, but the moment she spoke, my heart suddenly thumped, as if a heavy hammer had smashed into my heart.

I was only affected by the sound, yet I could feel it so clearly, not to mention that the person was deliberately targeted by Hsing.

I could only hear someone behind the mourning hall shouting "Aiya, f * ck!". His voice was filled with intense fear and shock.

A wave of chaotic noises gradually faded away, and there was no more movement in the mourning hall.

I admired Hsing so much. This was the difference between the ‘Beginning' and the ‘Painstaking Stage'!

Hsing's soft and weak body was like a baby. However, when she opened her mouth and spat out three words, she immediately scared Hsing so much that she pissed her pants.

Just this little trick alone was enough for me to learn for a while.

Master didn't lie to me. The way of guarding the soul was really profound!

It was different from seeing these tricks with my own eyes.

After experiencing Hsing's tricks with my own eyes, I was even more curious about the way of guarding the soul. In the past, I wanted to use the way of guarding the soul as a means of survival. But now, I wanted to learn this skill because of my interest.

The way of guarding the soul was on the odd-numbered days. If one was not careful, it would be easy to disturb the vengeful spirit. On the odd-numbered days, it was relatively calmer.

Other than the small incident where someone disturbed the mourning hall, the first half of the night was peaceful and quiet. There was no strange scene like the wind howling and crying on the day of the 'First Department'.

Unknowingly, it was already close to eleven o'clock in the morning. I was about to feed the female corpse with the mortal food and drink the rice porridge.

I looked at Hsing from the side and found that she had already stood up. She looked at me and then at the coffin. She meant that I should hurry up and prepare.

I nodded lightly and went to the side of the coffin. I took a deep breath and then gently pulled off the heavy cloth covering the coffin.

Because of the canvas covering the coffin, I only saw the side of the coffin yesterday.

Tonight, with the help of the two big light bulbs, I was able to see the entire coffin.

The coffin was facing north, wide and narrow at the same time. The wide side was facing the side of the mourning hall, and the narrow side was the small side that I had leaned on yesterday.

The old Zhao family was not short of money, so it was obvious from the coffin.

The top-quality coffin was glossy and shiny. Under the pale white light, it emitted a dark yellow light.

The coffin was extremely smooth to the touch, and there was not even a single bit of stinginess.

I could not smell the smell of paint from the coffin. It must have been bought from the coffin shop, and it was a slightly older "grave" coffin.

According to the rules, no matter who the ghost was, they had to resolve it themselves. It was not easy to help them.

Therefore, I had to feed the corpse and prick the needle by myself today.

After thinking for a while, I decided to move the narrow side of the coffin and open a gap from there to enter the coffin.

If I were to open the entire coffin, it would be convenient to enter, but how could I reseal it?

That thing was so heavy. With my small body, even if I were to exhaust myself, I would not be able to restore it.

I placed my hands on the end of the coffin and pushed it.

It actually... did not move at all?

I knew the rules of our hometown. If someone died, the coffin would not be nailed during the mourning period.

It would only be ‘knocked on the coffin before it was buried.’

Hmm? Is the lid of the coffin so heavy?

Even if my right hand is swollen and I don’t dare to push it, I shouldn’t be unable to push it!

At that time, I was a bit scared and thought that it was the ghost of the little wife.

After walking around the coffin for a while, I finally understood that I was thinking too much.

On the right side of the coffin, there were three ‘Eight Saws.’ They were lined up from the head of the coffin to the tail.

The ‘Eight Saws’ were in the shape of a concave. There was a long and short iron spike on both sides. One end was connected to the lid of the coffin, and the other end was connected to the body of the coffin.

No wonder I couldn’t push the lid of the coffin. It was locked by this thing.

I turned around to look for tools in the wooden chest while cursing in my heart, “F*ck! Seven days of burial. There are people watching it during the day and night. How could I not be worried? Look at the tight lock of the Eight Saws. They are afraid that the little wife will run away.”

I was a good hand when it came to doing this. I took out a metal drill from the inside and put a metal wrench under it. Then, I grabbed the end of the wrench and pushed it down.

Creak! Creak!

As I kept pushing, one of the Eight Saws was slowly pulled up.

The iron spikes on both sides of the Eight Saws rubbed against the coffin and made a sound that made people’s teeth ache. It was particularly ear-piercing in the silent mourning hall!

Creak, creak－

Not long after, the third ‘Eight Saw’ was about to be pried open by me.

I secretly let out a sigh of relief in my heart. At least it was going smoothly. My little wife’s ghost wouldn’t appear today.

As long as she wasn’t here, no one would be able to stop me from breaking the ghost.

I thought it was pretty good. Just at this moment, I suddenly felt something squirming under my feet. It was as if something had scuttled under my feet.

What is this thing?

Why is it hairy?

I shivered and lowered my head to look at my feet. I wasn’t in a hurry to pry open the ‘Eight Saw’.

What the heck! A big rat had appeared under my feet.

It was about a foot long and its body was grey. Its fur was extremely smooth. Its pair of round and small eyes were staring at me.

Its two little paws were on my shoes.

The long and shiny tail behind it was swaying left and right.

Looking at its posture, it didn’t seem to be afraid of me at all.

It wasn’t afraid of me, but I was scared by it.

Why would a big rat appear in the middle of the night?

Furthermore, it was so big!

This… This was a big rat that was at the level of an ancestor! If a cat met it, it would be scared to tears!

I felt uncomfortable and wanted to kick it to death, but it suddenly squeaked twice and then charged towards the coffin.

What the hell? It wanted to commit suicide?

Just when I thought about it, I felt like I was struck by lightning. I was stunned on the spot.

That… where is that rat?

After it crashed into the coffin, how did it… disappear?