Chapter 6: Delivering the Coffin

I have seen gifts of cigarettes and alcohol, but I have never heard of gifting a coffin

No one is here to save me

Is there perhaps another hidden agenda in this matter

I suddenly felt a chill in my heart

As long as we hand over Bai Xiang, Kuhe Village will be safe and sound

I gazed at those familiar, indifferent faces, sinking into a sense of powerless despair

Bang

The fear of death and despair gnaws at me like a corrosive toxin, gradually eroding my will to survive

Bai Xiang, you have finally agreed to come out

Just in time

At that moment, someone behind me took advantage of my unpreparedness and struck me directly with a club.

Indeed, my grandfather killed a fox back then, which cost the lives of three members of the Bai family, thus it can be considered a blood debt repaid. How is it that after eighteen years, it still comes to seek revenge on my family

No one will come...

In our region, coffins can only be prepared by the family themselves; sending a coffin to someone is almost equivalent to attending their funeral

but the head struck against the hard wooden board

I see his fierce gaze, which does not seem to be intended to intimidate me, and the hand holding the knife involuntarily trembles slightly

With so many of them, if they are determined to kill me, I have no room to resist

Huff—

I lay despondently in the endless darkness, feeling the air becoming increasingly thin, as if a heavy stone were pressing down on my chest, gradually squeezing the remaining oxygen from my thoracic cavity

Although I, Bai Xiang, am not well-regarded in the village, my grandmother has often delivered medicine to the neighbors when they are unwell. Is this how they repay my family?

I mustered my courage and groped around in the darkness

Bai Xiang, considering that you still hold some value to me at present, I would like to kindly remind you of something

However, the commotion in my area was quite loud, attracting a number of nearby villagers to gather and watch. Gritting my teeth, I shouted at the top of my lungs: "Help! A murder has occurred! Chen Dalong is going to kill someone!"

Saying this, he waved his hand towards the back and said, "Lift it up for me!"

What I did not expect was that those villagers were completely indifferent to my cries for help

Chen Dalong is cursing the dead in my family

Chen Dalong has already sent someone to break the lock on my door, and a large group of people rushed in

Alright, I understand! I nodded solemnly, deep in thought.

Chen Dalong and the others actually nailed a living person like me inside a coffin

Chen Dalong is a troublemaker in the village, his family behaves domineeringly and unreasonably, and usually, no one in the village dares to provoke them

As I spoke, I exchanged glances with the relatives beside me who were looking at the picture book, and several strong young men immediately surrounded me.

I am also considering the well-being of our village; no one wishes for more deaths in their own family, do they

So what should I do? I asked

I desperately pounded on the coffin lid with my hands, hoping that someone outside could hear my cries for help

I want to blend in unnoticed, but I fear it may not be that easy

Huff—

I only felt a darkness before my eyes and lost consciousness

Have you ever wondered why that thing is still clinging to you?

Chen Dalong stepped forward, his face full of malice, and in a low, menacing voice said to me: "Your Bai family has offended the Fox Immortal, causing my sister's family to meet a tragic end. I will make sure you die to accompany her in the afterlife!"

Help! Is there anyone there

According to the customs of our village, the bodies of those who die an untimely death must be laid in the ancestral hall for three days before burial. The remains of Zhang Youde's family are certainly in the ancestral hall at this moment

I felt a fire burning in my heart and gritted my teeth to question: "Chen Dalong, what exactly do you want to do?"

The crowd automatically parted to make way as four sturdy villagers slowly carried a red-painted coffin and placed it in the center of my yard

They either pretend not to have heard or turn their faces away as if they have not seen the books

He looked at me with a fierce expression and coldly laughed, "I came here today to deliver you a great gift!"

The touch, akin to that of ice, seems capable of freezing a person's skin.

If you cannot burn that fox corpse, he will undoubtedly become much stronger, and it will be even more difficult to deal with him then

After Su Qingyuan finished speaking, he disappeared. As I was pondering this matter, I suddenly heard someone outside banging on the door.

What are you doing?" Chen Dalong sneered, "I will send you on your way!

However, after tonight, tomorrow night will be the full moon, the time when the yin energy is at its peak for the month

That posture seems as if they would like to tear down the gate of my yard.

They all wish for my early demise, so how could they come to save me

What place is this? So cramped?

Su Qingyuan said: "The fox corpse that was dug up from your ancestral grave is currently stored in the ancestral hall of your village. Tonight, find a way to burn it."

But Grandma is still lying in bed, in a precarious situation, and cannot speak at all

He arrived with several relatives, coming in a fierce manner, clearly here to seek justice.

"We are now in a society governed by the rule of law. What you are doing is illegal!" I did not expect Chen Dalong and his group to be so bold, and for a moment, I felt a bit flustered.

I looked at my grandmother, who was in a coma, with some concern: "But what will happen to my grandmother?"

I pressed on the painful lump at the back of my head, struggling to sit up.

I went out to take a look, and it turned out that Chen Dalong had come to the door with people.

I cannot believe that in such a public setting with so many eyes watching, Chen Dalong shows no concern whatsoever

Just as I closed my eyes, waiting for death in a resigned despair, a sudden pain shot through my ankle, as if something was dragging me to the other side

I can feel him crawling towards my head, and then a heavy, cold body presses down on me, tearing at my clothes as if in a frenzy

I do not know how long has passed, I slowly awaken, and before my eyes is a pitch-black void, with the surroundings as silent as death.

Upon hearing Su Qingyuan's words, I also became aware of a slight unease

Yet, even with blood oozing from the palms, there was still no response

I am both astonished and frightened, finding it somewhat hard to believe

It is long on four sides and square on two sides... This shape is a coffin

That is to say, tonight, there must be relatives of the Zhang family keeping vigil in the ancestral hall

I steeled my heart, picked up the hatchet that my grandmother usually used to chop feed in the yard, and rushed over, ready to fight them if necessary

I felt a shiver run through my body and instinctively kicked out with my foot, but the grip on my ankle was incredibly strong, making it impossible to break free

Su Qingyuan said lightly: "Rest assured, I can temporarily suppress the poison within her body; she will not die tonight"

Su Qingyuan looked at me deeply and slowly said: "In the human realm, we have always emphasized cause and effect. Back then, your family provoked something that should not have been provoked, and for that, you paid a heavy price. Logically speaking, this cause and effect should have been resolved."

I have never encountered such a situation in my life, and I feel quite intimidated. However, I cannot allow them to barge into my home, especially since my grandmother is still lying inside.

Su Qingyuan spoke slowly and leisurely, saying: "The fox poison in your grandmother is transformed from resentment. If you wish to save her, you must trace it back to its source and eliminate that calamity."

Unfortunately, this is a matter from the older generation; I was not yet born at that time and am not clear about it. To understand the details, I suppose I can only ask my grandmother.

Chen Dalong seemed to have anticipated this scene; he raised his voice and said: "Everyone, the Bai family has offended the fox spirit, and the fox's wailing at the grave just now was a warning from the great deity to us"

Inside the cramped coffin, only the heavy and hurried breathing of that unknown creature can be heard

However, this is the cause and effect of your family, and it is not appropriate for me to get too deeply involved; there are some matters that still require your personal effort.

After Chen Dalong finished speaking, the villagers fell even more silent, clearly indicating their tacit approval of Chen Dalong's actions