C7 (2/2)

”Dad,” I couldn't hold it in any longer. Endless regret, fear, and helplessness turned into tears. I lay down beside my father's body and cried silently.

After an unknown period of time, my consciousness gradually faded and I fell into a deep sleep.

”Crash!” An explosion suddenly woke me up. I narrowed my eyes and found myself lying down, with my father's body beside me.

I was immediately shocked. Since when did I lie on top of my father's spiritual collapse?

The Daoist priest in charge of mourning looked at me, who was leisurely standing up from the spirit collapse. The bell in his hand spun a few times before finally stopping by the side of the spirit collapse. From the looks of it, he was stunned by the scene of me lying beside my father.

Although I didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, this action might have seemed too astounding to the onlookers. Thus, I stood up awkwardly, tidied up my clothes without saying a word, and once again kneeled beside the brazier.

”There's no need for you here, you can leave.” A faint voice came from outside the door. I was startled when I heard it and quickly raised my head to look. A man in a sportswear with a sunlit and gentle complexion appeared in my eyes.

”This …” The Daoist Priest didn't know who this person was and looked towards me with a stiff expression.

I didn't say anything, thinking, this person is really strange, why does he care about my family matters?

This person came into the mourning hall and looked around. Finally, he smiled at me and said, ”Listen to me. There is no need to do what you have revealed to me. It is useless even if you do it.”

”Who are you?” At this moment, I was already on alert, feeling that this person was weird.

”You are a 4th Seal Great Master. The more you do, the more mistakes you make. Your father died because of you, so these legal acts will not help him at all.” This person held onto my shoulder and pulled me to the side as he whispered to me.

”Who the hell are you?” I asked him again. Although I didn't really believe him, but I couldn't possibly stop my father's loss just because of his words.

Seeing me ask again, the man looked anxious, ”I'll make a bet with you. Every day you do a funeral, a person will die in this village. Do you believe me?”

”Fourth Seal, Grand Elder, if I'm not mistaken, since your birth until now, there have been three relatives who have died because of you.” This person had a faint smile on his face, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing.

After hearing what I said, I immediately grabbed onto his clothes like a furious ape. I angrily shouted, ”Who the hell are you?”

Honestly speaking, his words directly hit my weak spot and is a permanent pain in my heart. Regardless of whether or not grandfather and parents were killed by me, dying because of me is an indisputable fact.

Moreover, what he said was something that almost the entire village knew, and it seemed to me that what he said at the moment was undoubtedly provocation and mockery to me.

The man stopped talking and revealed a helpless smile. He shook his head and said, ”I can't tell you my identity for now. You only know that I'm here to help you.”

After saying that, he lightly pulled me out from his robes and turned to leave.

When I returned to the mourning hall, I saw that the Taoist was looking at my father's corpse in terror. I followed his gaze and shockingly discovered that my father had raised his right hand at some point and pointed in a direction with his index finger.

”What's going on?” My heart thumped as I asked the Taoist in a low voice.

”I can't take this job, I'm leaving first.” With a clang, the Daoist Priest threw down the bell in his hand, turned around and ran.

At this moment, the sound of sobbing could be heard coming from the neighboring neighbors.

I frowned as I walked out the door. In an instant, my neighbor's courtyard was surrounded by people.

”Do you believe that every time you do a funeral, a person will die in this village?” The middle-aged man's words still echoed in my ears. I immediately thought back to the mysterious old man who walked out from the room next door. My heart immediately jolted and I couldn't help but look in that direction.

At this moment, the sound of firecrackers rang out from next door. Hearing the sound of firecrackers, I staggered and nearly fell down.

In our Nanling Village, there are only two situations where we set off firecrackers for no reason. One is the addition of a new heir, and the other is the death of someone from the family!

From the current situation, it was clear that it was the latter!