Mysterious Revival-Chapter 725 - 692 Asking for Directions

Yang Jian’s thoughts were very complex.

He could now confirm that Old Qin’s words were correct, and his own father indeed had some problems. However, discovering these problems made him more uneasy because the body bag in Yang Jian’s hand could very well contain the corpse of his mysterious father.

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A person who had been dead for over a decade, their body was intact, only dismembered.

The most incomprehensible part was that his father had apparently been alive when the body was dismembered and sealed away.

Dismembering his own body?

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed impossible.

With this bizarre notion in mind, Yang Jian decided to head back to the village first. If nothing unexpected happened today, he planned to take the item back to Dachang City for handling, not wanting these things to disturb the peace of the village.

After leaving the temple, he reached the road next to the village, intending to follow the highway back to the village.

On the way, Yang Jian walked while deep in thought.

He was somewhat distracted.

It wasn’t until a car passed behind him and slowed down to honk its horn beside him that he was jolted awake.

"Fellow villager, may I ask you about something?" A jeep rolled down its window, and the driver, a man in his thirties wearing a down jacket that made him look somewhat bulky, called out.

Inside the car, there were three other people, both men and women, with faces that were hard to make out.

Yang Jian frowned and looked at the man, "What is it?"

"Nothing much, just wanted to ask if Meishan Village is up ahead." The driver smiled warmly, offering a cigarette.

Yang Jian did not take it but instead asked, "Are you from out of town?"

"That’s right, we’re from out of town. We’re looking for someone here," the driver said.

"Looking for someone? I am a villager of Meishan Village. Whose relative are you, and who are you looking for? I might be able to help you out," Yang Jian said, glancing briefly inside the jeep.

He noticed that the people inside were staring at him, seeming to size him up, as if warning him.

Their gazes were strange, not like those of ordinary people.

The driver’s face stiffened slightly, then he said with a smile, "No, no, actually, we’re not looking for a person but a place. Since you’re from Meishan Village that’s even better. Do you recognize this place?"

As he spoke, he pulled out a photograph.

The photo was black and white, a bit old, but well-preserved.

It showed a forest under a dim background, with a small wooden cabin in the middle. The nearby area was dark and eerie, with ghostly shadows, and its oppressive, dark tone was distinctly uncomfortable to look at.

Yang Jian was slightly startled.

The scene in the photo was clearly the forest he had visited before, and the cabin was the one his father had built. Now it was almost completely decayed, whereas the photo must have been taken over a decade ago, when everything in the forest was still fairly well preserved.

Only... why did this man have this photo, and moreover, was looking for this place?

"Do you know this place?" the driver continued to ask, "If you could lead me there, I would give you a thousand yuan as a reward."

He took Yang Jian for an ordinary passerby.

"What do you want with that place? It’s just a forest, not many people go there," Yang Jian asked.

The driver chuckled, "There’s a personal reason, not convenient to say."

But seeing Yang Jian’s suspicious look, he chuckled and said, "Actually, it’s nothing secretive, just that a relative of mine was buried in these woods, and now I want to bring them back."

However, seeing Yang Jian’s reaction, the driver knew he hadn’t been believed.

But whether he believed it or not, he believed himself.

"So, what do you say, young man, can you show the way?"

Yang Jian handed the photo back to him and then said, "Don’t go there, there’s no grave left, it was leveled a long time ago. Now there’s just a forest left. You all should leave this place. The New Year is approaching, and the village isn’t too welcoming of strangers like you."

"We won’t stay long, just to handle some business and then we’ll leave. Could you just point us in the right direction, okay?" the driver continued, then readily took out a thousand yuan.

Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly.

The money was actually old currency.

The old currency had been out of circulation for quite a few years and was no longer popular in the market. Currently, it was only collected and not officially used, yet the money in this man’s hand was brand new, as if he had just withdrawn it from the bank.

It shouldn’t be fake.

Yang Jian could somewhat make this judgment in his mind.

Because, no matter how foolish one was, it would be impossible to deceive people with a fake old 1,000-yuan note. To do so would be too insulting to one’s intelligence.

"Alright, I can show you the way."

Yang Jian directly took the 1,000 yuan and then told the driver how to get to the Sandy Forest they had passed earlier.

"You can’t get there by car; you’ll need to walk. It’s a wooded area amid the fields. You can see it from that side; it’s not hard to find."

"Thank you, young man."

The man suddenly smiled and then drove off.

Yang Jian frowned. Although he did not know what these people were planning to do, their group was a bit strange, and so was the place they were heading to.

But he still gave them directions.

Because the place was not difficult to find, if he didn’t tell them, someone else would. Sooner or later, they would find it anyway.

Looking at the stack of money in his hand, Yang Jian rubbed it and then carelessly stuffed it into a body bag before following the vehicle.

At that moment.

On the Jeep that had driven away, the driver’s smile faded, and his expression turned sinister and cold, a complete contrast to his previously pleasant demeanor, somewhat resembling a change of face.

No, this was the expression he should truly have.

"Why were you so polite to that guy just now? A few threats and he would’ve spilled everything. Seeing how arrogant he was, one might think he owns this place," a female voice in the Jeep snorted coldly, feeling that they had wasted a lot of time.

"It’s very dangerous," the driver suddenly stated.

"Li Yue, what’s very dangerous?" another man in the passenger seat asked.

The driver, named Li Yue, slowly explained, "That person just now was very dangerous, no, I should say terrifying. He simply doesn’t seem like a living person... To tell the truth, I didn’t pay much attention at first, but when I spoke to him, I realized something was off. I wanted to leave but feared I had already attracted his attention, so I had no choice but to tough it out."

"Did you notice something in his hand?"

"A luggage bag?" the passenger asked.

Li Yue, with a cold expression, responded, "No, it’s a body bag. It probably contains a corpse; I could even smell the stench of the dead."

"Carrying a corpse in broad daylight, walking down the road expressionless, greeting people without any surprise, and without even a flicker of emotion, it’s something too unnerving to contemplate. Also, when I gave him the money, it was a test."

"That man’s hands were dreadfully cold, completely devoid of warmth. His clothes were strange too, wearing long sleeves and a jacket in this weather."

"Could he be a ghost whisperer?" the man in the passenger seat murmured.

"Most likely."

"Who is currently in charge of Dachang City?" a woman in the back seat asked.

"Apparently someone named... Yang Jian, but I don’t know much about him. We lack understanding of the current circumstances in the circle; we’re not on the same path as those people."

Li Yue, the driver, said, "Let’s not worry about that. Let’s get to our destination first. The task at hand is all that matters. That person, although terrifying, should pose no threat to us. Everything is in chaos now, and paranormal incidents will soon become impossible to hide. With humans and ghosts intertwined, all sorts of aberrations might emerge."

"We’d better avoid such people next time."

As they talked, the group quickly arrived at the forest outside the village as per Yang Jian’s directions.

The group swiftly got out of the car, took their luggage, and without any concern, they directly walked across the farmland towards the woods.

What they didn’t know was that Yang Jian had been keeping an eye on their every move from behind.

However, Yang Jian was too far away for them to be aware of this surveillance.

"He’s not a ghost whisperer; there are no traces of ghosts, but there’s some disquieting presence." Yang Jian touched his Ghost Eye and frowned, "They’re heading to that little cabin; is it for that body? Or is there some other purpose? But the secrets of the forest should have been gone already, right?"

He had investigated it before.

With the Ghost Domain, so his checks were thorough.