“Don’t rush. Let’s see what they want to do.” I comforted Zhang Henshui then hid 

in

 the woods nearby. When I was certain that they didn’t 

notice

 us, we started to follow them. 

In the end, the couple stopped in front of a stone slab. The two of them got on their knees and respectfully read something. I even heard the 

man say

 something 

about

 taking revenge through his gritted teeth. 

Behind the slab was a mound-like structure with half a brick circle in the front. It looked like a grave. I thought that 

their

ancestor

was 

buried here.

After the two left, I ran to the grave to see. I was stunned 

to see the

 words on the stone slab. It read, “The Grave of the Three-

C

lan Senior Official of Chu.” 

The Three-

C

lan Senior Official of Chu is the title 

of the famous

 poet

,

 Qu Yuan, isn’t it?  

So, this tomb is where Qu Yuan is buried? 

Qu Yuan was 

a

 famous poet 

who lived

 during the Warring States period. He was the author of the most well-known 

Li 

Sao

. 

The stories said that Qu Yuan had a great strategic mind

. H

e offered King Huai of Chu a lot of bright ideas that would benefit the state and 

its

 people. However, King Huai of Chu was stupid enough to reject 

the

 ideas. He even sent Qu Yuan into exile. 

B

earing a grudge, Qu Yuan hugged a rock and jumped 

into the Miluo

 River to end his life. 

The people mourned his death

 and cried 

by the river. They used 

their dragon 

boats to search for his body in the river. To protect his body, they 

threw

 a lot of leaf-wrapped, glutinous rice cakes into the river 

as offerings

 to beg the fish not to eat his remains. It was also the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. 

Every year

, the Chinese would eat rice dumplings and have dragon boats race to commemorate Qu Yuan, the soul of the nation. 

After c

onnecting the story of Qu Yuan hugging the rock and jumping into the river, I now confirmed that Zhang Henshui was pestered by Qu Yuan’s 

spirit

! 

Qu Yuan was t

he only one who

 had chosen to finish his life this way. 

However, Qu Yuan was famous for his patriotism and loyalty to the King

. He was also 

an ambitious poet with integrity. Why would he trouble Zhang Henshui? 

Furthermore

, 

the

 man and 

the

 woman

 were

probably

 Qu Yuan’s descendants. Wh

y did they want to

 harm Zhang Henshui? Everything was a puzzle to me. I contemplated and had a feeling that I could find the key to this puzzle from Zhang Henshui. 

When

 we had returned to his house, I asked him about his family. Indeed, I found something abnormal! 

The males in his family all died of strange causes. None of them 

lived to be fifty

 years old. It had started from his great grandfather, who drowned in the basin he used to wash his face. Zhang Henshui’s grandfather drowned in a flood, and Zhang Henshui’s father 

died by eating

 toxic mushrooms 

by

 the riverbank. 

Zhang Henshui was 

now the 

only male member in the family. He got married and had a daughter. 

N

othing strange had happened before this… 

After listening to the story, I understood that Qu Yuan and Zhang Henshui’s family must be archenemies. That

 was 

why the honest Zhang Henshui was being pestered. 

However, I still hadn’t figured out why Qu Yuan wanted to harm him. Li Mazi rubbed his chin

. He thought about it, then asked, 

“Should we try waiting for him to come to us?” 

“We can try.” I nodded in agreement. 

However, passively waiting wasn’t as good as revealing 

a

 flaw to entice the other party. At least, we would have the upper hand by doing so. 

With that plan, the next morning, Zhang Henshui called the three workers he had hired

 and told 

them that the wall of his toilet room was cracked

. H

e wanted them to come and fix it. 

In the afternoon, the three migrant workers came again. The man that wanted to kill Zhang Henshui worked enthusiastically. Looking at his honest face, I 

would have been

 stunned if I hadn’t known the circumstances. 

To give him more chances 

to do his evil 

deed, I asked Zhang Henshui to stay in his room while I 

hid

 on the roof to observe. 

Th

e

 worker always behaved well. He didn’t do anything strange. After they fixed the toilet 

and were about to leave

, he 

gave

 Zhang Henshui a cold glance. 

His glance told me that he was confident

that Zhang Henshui would 

die

. However, I couldn’t see where the problem 

was

. 

When nightfall came, I 

distinctly

 felt 

a

 strange atmosphere 

from

 the courtyard. I became more anxious. I took out the Universal Bracelet from my bag and asked Zhang Henshui to put it on his wrist. 

The Universal Bracelet was made of a red rope that chained forty-nine Five Emperor coins. There was no question about the power of the Five Emperor coins. The red string was from 

a

 rope that tied joss sticks 

in a

 big pagoda and was soaked in black dog blood for three days. Together, the coins and the string 

formed

 a sharp weapon. 

Since

 that migrant worker left with confidence, Zhang Henshui must be in grave danger. At least the Universal Bracelet could save his life

.

Since

 we didn’t know what kind of trick the other party would 

perform

, we had to wait in the house. When the 

sky

 turned dark, the temperature of the room dropped sharply. I felt like I was in a fridge. 

Li Mazi and Zhang Henshui shivered in the cold

. Their 

teeth clatter

ed

. I rubbed my hands together to feel warmer, then pee

r

ed through the slit of the door. The courtyard outside was hazy white

. It seemed 

we were shrouded in a thick fog. I hadn’t expected the Yin energy to be this thick. For the time being, I felt flustered. 

Suddenly, I heard 

a

 noise outside. It sounded like someone was crying, but sometimes, it was like someone was laughing crazily. The noise was both distinctive and distant, 

which gave

 people a 

strange

 feeling. 

It seemed that whatever the migrant worker had done this morning started to work. However, I still hadn’t figured out what he had done

, even though

 I had been on the roof and kept my eyes on him the entire time. 

Soon, I solved the problem! 

Zhang Henshui had prepared all the materials to fix his toilet room, but the workers brought in the paint! That man must have put something 

in

 the paint. 

I became concerned. However, it was no use to be worried now. At the same time, I contemplated that Qu Yuan alone 

wouldn’t be able to

 create 

such a scene

. I thought they had used some sort of magic illusion, too. 

Fortunately, after the trip to Japan, I had learned from experience. I knew how powerful magic

illusions could be. I had started to keep 

huo xiang

 perfume, also known as

 Korean mint perfume,

 with me. 

People knew that huo xiang in boiled water could 

relieve

 fever and refresh the spirit. The huo xiang perfume was the essence of the flower 

mixed

 with ashes from joss sticks and the urine from a little boy. With these ingredients, it 

was

 a useful tool to deal with magic illusions! 

I smeared a drop of perfume on my forehead. I could feel the liquid seep into my skin

 and s

oon, my body heated up. I didn’t feel cold anymore.

When I lifted my head to check the yard again, the thick fog was gone. I then gave Li Mazi and Zhang Henshui a drop of the special perfume too. Afterward, I folded a paper crane. 

Although I had temporarily broken the magic illusion, it was just a 

temporary

 measure. To track him down, I had to use the paper crane. After 

w

riting Zhang Henshui’s birthday on it and feeding it a few drops of blood, I read the spell. The paper crane slowly flew up. 

I had expected that the other party would be right out there and that the paper crane would return to me soon. However, I got nothing even after a long time. The paper crane hadn’t come back. Li Mazi knew what I was doing

 and asked 

anxiously

,

 “Little 

B

rother Zhang, do you know if he 

is

 here or not?” 

I shook my hea

d.

 “

I c

an’t say anything.” 

Right 

at

 this moment, a bird screech echoed in my head. It meant the other party had found my paper crane. 

I didn’t dare to linger. With the Sirius Whip in my hand, I dashed 

in

 the direction of the bird

’s

 screech. When I reached the village entrance, 

where the

 lush locust tree grew, I saw the migrant worker. 

He didn’t look surprised 

to see

 us. It meant he had known about me and Li Mazi beforehand. He sneered

 and assessed 

us

. H

is facial features 

twisted

 together. 

I took a step forward

 and shouted,

 “Why have you tried to take Zhang Henshui’s life?” 

“None of Zhang Yi’s descendants should stay alive. They all have to die. Hahaha…” The man laughed crazily then ran away. 

I was surprised

 and tried 

to search for information 

about

 the name Zhang Yi in my head.