The 

v

illage’s Achievement and Virtue Memorial Arch was built in the center of the graveyard. The Village Elder said they did that to 

gather

 the ancestors’ souls to protect the villagers. 

Li Mazi snorted disdainfully, but I thought it was a good idea. Although ordinary souls didn’t have much power, when 

the souls of the

 ancestors congregated, they could somewhat bless their descendants. 

However, when we 

arrived at 

the Memorial Arch, we found that the door was closed

. A 

loud noise 

came

 from the inside. 

I didn’t dare to enter the place

 and halted 

by the door

. I assessed 

the place

 first

. However, I was surprised and skeptical 

to find that there was 

no Yin energy in there. 

The Village Elder came and tried to push the door open. It was locked from the inside. 

He immediately craned his nec

k and shouted

, “Open the door! It’s me!” 

Then, eyes peeped out from the slits between the doors and the frame. After they had confirmed that it was

 the

 Village Elder, they opened the door. 

The moment 

the double door opened, we couldn’t help but drop our jaws

. 

Around one hundred people were 

squeezed

 in a small house of around twenty square meters. All of them had their 

backs

 on 

another person’s 

chest

. They packed 

the place. The adults had to hold the kids over their heads or let the kids sit on their shoulders. All of them wore a panicked face. 

My first impression was that it was a scene 

from

 an end-of-the-world movie

.

 It was a live-action version of an apocalypse movie! 

Under the 

dim

 light, I saw an old man with a cane in his hand

. He was trying 

to squeeze out of the crowd. 

When

 he finally got 

out

 of the crowd, he took a deep breath then turned to the Village Elder. “Sir, did you see Master Zhang?” 

When the Village Elder 

stepped forward 

to call them to open the door, he happened to see our shadow

s as well

. The light inside the memorial hall wasn’t enough for them to see us clearly. The old man’s eyes weren’t good, either.

When

 the Village Elder heard that, he moved aside to let the others see us. “Here they are. But why 

are you

 all hiding in the memorial hall?” 

When the old man heard that I was Zhang Jiulin, he stepped forward and got on his knees

. He begged me.

 “Master Zhang, please save us

!

 Please save the folks in Tangjia Village!” 

I hurried to lift him and asked the people to leave 

the

 small hall. 

B

efore the otherworldly item attacked them, they could die 

from

 squeezing in there… 

It seemed they had almost cracked. When I asked them to 

go

 out, 

they

 looked like bees fleeing a broken hive. They scattered

 and found 

a place to adjust their breath. 

“This is Sanye – 

Third grandpa

. He’s the 

oldest person

 in our village

,” said

the

 Village Elder

.

I also called him Sanye. 

“After Tang Xianzu and his friends dug up the silver spear, the poultries in the village started to disappear. We didn’t notice the phenomenon until it became frequent. People began to worry. However, no one got hurt, so they decided to ignore it.”

The Village Elder patted his thigh

 and blamed 

himself. “I was too worried about the silver spear that I forgot to investigate this case.” 

I was speechless. However, I didn’t give any comment but asked Sanye to continue talking. 

Sanye nodded. I caught 

a

 gleam of fear in his opaque eyes. My heart sank

 as 

I knew that at his age, there weren’t many things that could scare him. 

It seemed the

 situation was much more complicated than I had thought! 

When Sanye 

finished

 talking, Li Mazi and I frowned

 and exchanged 

looks. It turned out 

that when

 the Village Elder came to welcome us this morning, Sanye 

led

 people with high credits 

to visit

 each family in the village. 

Although it was just some 

missing 

chickens 

and

 ducks, it was part of the villagers’ income. Sanye wanted to count and summarize the numbers of losses, times, and frequencies. He wanted to be well prepare

d 

to report the case to me

. 

Right when

 they were about to finish their visiting trip, all the domestic animals in the village 

turned

 crazy! 

The d

ogs barked loudly

 and the

 chickens and ducks fluttered. Even the mice hiding underground got ou

t and fled

. It seemed something horrible was about to happen. 

Sanye was the oldest in this village

. H

e had experienced many things, but he had never seen anything like this before, let alone the other folks. 

He consulted with his men and they agreed to gather 

at 

the village entrance to wait for me. However, as soon as they gathered

 everyone

, a terrifying event occurred! 

Hundreds of giant weasels appeared on the only road in the village. They gazed at the people like tigers watching their 

prey

. They even ground their teeth. 

Nobody had seen a scene like this before. 

Feeling

fearful

, they all rushed to the Achievement and Virtue Memorial Arch to hide.

That

 was 

why 

they had 

packed in this tiny hall

. 

I now understood why there 

was

 blood in the houses. The weasels had eaten the poultries there. 

However, I was certain that those weasels weren’t ordinary ones. Even if they were strong enough, they 

wouldn't

 be able to eat big domestic animals like dogs or pigs. 

I guessed 

there could be 

a weasel spirit in this village. I then pried, “Sanye, do the people in your village worship the House Immortal Protectors?”

Sanye’s eyes turned bright. “Oh, you are a true master! Our village has many refugees from Northeastern areas. They have the tradition of worshipping the Yellow Immortal. Before the foundation of the nation, we 

had

 a Yellow Immortal Temple in the village. It was destroyed, though.” 

However, 

Sanye 

had never seen the Yellow Immortal feast on domestic animals. 

Why did

 so many weasels come to his village this time? 

I nodded and didn’t want to linger 

on

 this topic. “Can you take me to see those bewitched young men?” 

Sanye waved his hands

. T

he folks then carried out a few young men who were tied up. As soon as they appeared, they 

reeked

of

 the horrible smell of feces. 

Their 

crotches were yellow and swell

ed 

up. I almost puked. 

I considered things 

and

 took out a few talismans

, handing 

them to the Village Elder. I asked him to stick the talismans onto the victims’ foreheads. 

Then, they should

give a bath to those men

. 

The Village Elder embarrassedly received the talismans and asked his people to work on it. 

After I asked

 Sanye for the location of the

 ruins

 of the Yellow Immortal Temple, I 

went there with

 Li Mazi. 

“Little 

B

rother Zhang, slow down! Slow down!” Since Li Mazi had been at home 

taking

 care of Ru Xue for a long time, his physique wasn’t good anymore. He couldn’t 

keep

 up with me. 

I shot him a despising glance. “Dude, can you move faster? If you can’t, you should go home and feed your baby!” 

“Haha, 

let’s not talk about that

…” Li Mazi gave me a despicable grin. Then, he pulled himself together

. 

“Brother, 

does

 this case relate to the Yellow Immortal?” 

I shook my head since I wasn’t sure. The House Immortal Protectors were animals with intelligence

. They 

had received human worship

, and t

hey would protect houses and domestic animals. The House Immortal Protectors varied 

depending

 on the area. There were foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes, 

and more

. However, the most famous ones were the Northeastern Fox and Weasel Immortals! 

Although the House Immortal Protectors originated from animals, as long as they received 

proper

 worship, they wouldn’t harm people. That

 was

 why I 

thought

 it was weird. If the Yellow Immortal 

wasn’t

 pleased with the people here, 

it could have carried out a punishment 

when 

the

 temple was removed a few decades ago. Why would it wait until now? 

But if it had nothing to do with the Yellow Immortal, how could we explain 

the

 big weasels that wreaked havoc in the village? 

Li Mazi didn’t understand the story. After listening to me, he looked puzzled

 and asked, 

“So, is it dangerous?” 

“No, it isn’t. The House Immortal Protectors can deal with normal people. However, they will stay away from experienced people like us.” 

“All right, 

that’s

 good then…” Li Mazi rubbed his chest. 

I looked

 at his despicable appearance

 and felt the urge 

to slap him. 

W

e went to the mountain peak where we found a collapsed

 and

 tattered structure. It used to be the Yellow Immortal Temple of Tangjia Village. Sanye told me that there would only be one structure at the mountain peak. 

We couldn’t get it wrong. 

Even though they said it was a temple, it only had one wall and a few pillars. From a distance, I saw pieces of the broken Yellow Immortal stat

ue

. It looked

 so

 weathered. 

“This place is even dirtier than a toilet. Do we need to 

go

 in there?” Li Mazi took a look then complained. 

I didn’t respond. I went to the temple to see. There were only spider webs and dust. There was no Yellow Immortal here. Otherwise, the place wouldn’t be so dirty. 

Li Mazi followed behind me. “What did you find?” 

I shook my head

 and was ready

 to leave

 when 

Li Mazi began to 

sink

! 

I hurried to pull him 

up

. I now recognized that we weren’t walking on the compacted ground but something looked like 

a

 three-layered wooden floor. Since it was old, Li Mazi had 

broken

 it while walking. 

After pulling Li Mazi up, I kne

lt

 by the hole to observe it. There was a dark chamber hiding underneath. 

Due to the angle, I couldn’t see the interior clearly, but I could recognize that the ground of the chamber looked much cleaner than up here. Moreover, my nostrils caught the smell of fresh blood! 

“Hurry! Lift this floor!” My intuition told me that there was an important clue down there. I was excited

 and asked 

Li Mazi to help me lift the wooden tiles 

on

 the floor. 

“

A

nd you said that your 

B

rother Li can’t do this and that! Without me, would you 

have

 discovered this

 hidden

 chamber?” Li Mazi sounded 

content

. 

I looked at him

 and was 

speechless. Anyway, this 

guy

 somehow 

had

 strange luck!