understand.
Before long, a complete human skeleton appeared under the old pagoda tree.
It was clearly an adult, standing between 1.75 to 1.8 meters tall.
Shang Jianyao squatted beside the corpse. As he hung his hand above the three items, he sized up his surroundings.
“Nothing has changed.” He was rather disappointed.
Jiang Baimian was also observing and didn’t immediately respond.
At this moment, Shang Jianyao came to a realization. “I get it. You still have to chant Buddhist scriptures for the sending.”
He immediately sat down cross-legged and made Zen Master Redemption chant a Buddhist proclamation. “Namo Annutara-Samyak-Subhuti…”
‘The night was quiet, and there was no other sound.
“Sigh…” Shang Jianyao let out a long sigh.
Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds and spoke into the walkie-talkie. “Enter the Sea of Origins and see if there are any changes to Xiaochong’s rift. Oh, also go to the Mind Corridor and open the door to Master Zhuang’s room to confirm the situation with ‘His’ dream.”
“alright!” Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and punched his left palm with an inspired look.
He maintained his sitting posture and ritualistically massaged his temples before entering his Mind Room.
Above the Sea of Origins, Xiaochong’s rift remained deep and silent as if it had frozen in time.
In the Mind Corridor, in Room 102, the giant bird flew over the sea endlessly.
Shang Jianyao left the Mind Corridor in disappointment, picked up the walkie-talkie, and reported to Jiang Baimian, “Everything is normal.”
Jiang Baimian frowned. After repeatedly confirming that everything was normal, she walked to the old pagoda tree and got Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to return.
‘The four Old Task Force members soon surrounded the complete corpse. Bai Chen and Long Yuehong remained armed out of caution.
After a moment of silence, Long Yuehong asked, “What should we do next?”
Jiang Baimian thought for a moment and said, “Although we didn’t discover anything abnormal about the last Buddhist Holy Land, the corpse itself can ‘speak.’ Let’s get some equipment later and bring Old Ge over. We’ll get the corpse’s age at death and how many years ago it died. We’ll see if it died before
the Old World was destroyed, when the Old World was destroyed, or a long time after the Old World was destroyed.
“He’s suspected to be Master Zhuang’s body of descent. Figuring out these questions will help us investigate the truth behind the Old World’s destruction.”
Jiang Baimian was rather careful. She didn’t completely label the corpse as being equivalent to Du Shaochong or Master Zhuang’s body of descent.
“Why don’t we just put it in the trunk and bring it to Weed City to find Old Ge?” Long Yuchong asked in confusion.
Jiang Baimian looked at the skeleton and said, “The cruise trauma Hey experienced tells us that things left behind by New World powerhouses that are closely related to them in the Ashlands might form a node which connects to the New World and bring about all kinds of danger. If they can, so is it highly
likely for the Kalendarium. If these are really the remains of Master Zhuang’s body of descent, we might end up contracting the Heartless disease if we keep them by our side for too long.”
Clap! Clap! Clap! Shang Jianyao clapped—
That’s right… Long Yuehong was shocked and felt a little scared about how he had carried the incomplete corpse everywhere.
Fortunately, this only lasted for a day and a night.
The Old Task Force had previously been more inclined to believe that the incomplete remains and the name tag brought by the three Ruin Hunters were fake.
“Yes.” Bai Chen agreed with her team leader’s decision. “Leave the name tag here as well. We’ll get Old Ge to determine if it’s fake.”
Jiang Baimian looked at the dark Linhe Village and nodded. “Then, bury this skeleton with the name tag. We Ashlandics believe that the dead need to be ‘buried to rest in peace.”
“But we still have to dig it out for Old Ge to test later.” Shang Jianyao spoke the truth.
Jiang Baimian shot him a glance. “Even a day counts.”
Shang Jianyao didn’t dare to say anything else. He obediently placed the corpse and the name tag into the hole he had previously dug. He then got Long Yuehong’s help to scoop up the soil to fill the hole.
Before long, they buried the complete corpse suspected to be Du Shaochong.
Shang Jianyao picked up the Six Senses Beads and stood beside the land under the old pagoda tree. With a benevolent expression, he chanted another Buddhist proclamation. “Namo…”
Just as he spat out the word, Jiang Baimian suddenly saw yellow or pure white lights light up not far away from her from the corner of her eye.
They all came from Linhe Village, which was sleeping in the darkness.