Chapter 68 Danger in The Pond
Xie Yuqing paled in shock after she heard Ye Shaoyang’s words. She asked, “What are we going to do now?”
“I will stay back to set up a formation. You need to go up. Ask the two policemen to help bring a water pump and a hose long enough to reach here. I want to drain the pond.”
Xie Yuqing paused, “Won’t the blood corrode the hose?”
“The hose is not a ritual tool, so it will be fine.” Suddenly, Ye Shaoyang remembered something; he should not simply drain the blood pond. The blood in this pond had an extremely evil nature, which could attract spirits. If the blood somehow accumulated somewhere else and formed a new, small sprit nest, it would lead to a disaster. After some thought, he decided it would be better to call Old Guo, and maybe Rui Lengyu would come along. He took out his phone and called Old Guo, but the phone hung up after it beeped twice.
“Damn, no signal here.” Ye Shaoyang passed his phone to Xie Yuqing.
“Help me contact my senior brother when you get outside and tell him about the situation here. Make sure that he comes along because he knows how to deal with this blood pond. Also, remind him to bring more tools here.”
Xie Yuqing accepted the phone and asked with a trace of fear in her voice, “Aren’t you coming with me? It is pitch dark up there. I...am scared.”
Ye Shaoyang rolled his eyes at her. She seemed to become a timid and lovable little lady after she followed him down here. This felt completely different to her usual tomboyish behavior. He was not used to the current her. He asked in puzzlement, “We’ve seen a lot of ghosts together; you even killed an undead before. How come you are still so timid?”
Xie Yuqing replied, “Won't you feel hungry even if you eat every day? Besides, there were lots of us in the valley when we fought the undead. This is scarier than dealing with the undead.”
“Alright, alright. You'd better go up.” Ye Shaoyang placed his hand over the edge of the pond, as a serious expression dawned on his face, “I can feel that the monster down there has awakened after I inserted the date wood sword into the pond. You'd better be fast. I need to set up a formation as soon as possible.”
These words terrified Xie Yuqing. Her face became as white as a sheet; she quickly turned around and ran out.
Ye Shaoyang stood at the edge of the pond. After a brief moment of thought, he suspected that this pond was used to feed the monster below. Moreover, the creature should be an undead or a drowned undead. He took out a carpenter's ink marker, an ample amount of red thread, and a piece of ambergris from his backpack. He used the ambergris to wipe over the red thread once. Ambergris was not a ritual tool but a type of medication that could absorb corpse Qi. It was similar to glutinous rice and naturally resisted the undead. Ye Shaoyang used the carpenter's ink marker to leave a red mark every ten centimeters along the edge of the pond. After twenty minutes, he finished marking the whole pond. Ye Shaoyang wiped away his sweat. He watched over the pond as a few small ripples appeared. It’s moving! What can it be? A demon, an undead or another type of evil being?
He felt slightly anxious, as this pond of blood and the corpse oil had been well-nourished for seventy years. No matter what laid inside, it would be very difficult to deal with.
Ye Shaoyang thought and thought. If a violent undead was in the pond, the ink marker and the red lines might not be able to suppress it. As such, he took out a pack of glutinous rice from his backpack and sprinkled it evenly along the edge of the pond.
Suddenly, Ye Shaoyang heard footsteps from behind. He turned around and saw Xie Yuqing, along with a group of people. To his surprise, Liu Ming had come along with them.
“Mr. Ye, I rushed here once you called me. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage asked us to not destroy the inner structure of the building.”
Ye Shaoyang waved his hand, “Talking about this is useless now. It only matters if we can leave this place alive.”
Everyone paled when they heard Ye Shaoyang’s words.
Ye Shaoyang looked at Old Guo, who carried a big haversack over his back. Then, he asked, “Senior brother, isn't Rui Lengyu coming along?”
“She is alone and making ritual tools at my place. She believes you can settle this without her help.”
Ye Shaoyang felt speechless, as he did not even have such confidence in himself.
Old Guo approached, touched the water, and rubbed it between his fingers. Then, his face grew very serious.
“Something strange is down here.”
“It is probably a violent undead, who has cultivated within this pond of blood.” Ye Shaoyang stamped his foot on the edge of the pond, as he stared at the haversack on Old Guo’s back, “Have you brought the realgar wine?”
“Yes, Police Officer Xie briefed me just now. I brought more ritual tools here, as I thought you might need to use them later.” Old Guo put down his haversack. Then, he remembered something and asked, “Are you paying this time?”
“Of course I'm not.” Ye Shaoyang turned around and glanced at Liu Ming, “Principal Liu, I’m glad that you’re here. We almost died when we killed one hundred awakened undead at Mount Qiyun yesterday. Police Officer Xie can act as a witness. I told my senior brother that you would pay him 50,000 dollars in return. Are you okay with this?”
“And my 30,000 dollars too!” Xiao May loudly added.
“Er…. ” Liu Ming’s mouth gaped open, and he asked, “Were these undead related to our school?”
“Of course!” Xiao Ma arrived beside Liu Ming and seriously said, “Let me tell you something; these undead were under Feng Xinyu’s command. Feng Xinyu planned to send them to attack our school, but we fought them with all our might to stop them. If not, they would destroy our school and leave corpses strewn all over the place.”
A shiver ran down Liu Ming’s spine, “Sure, sure, no problem. I'll pay you together after this.”
Ye Shaoyang took out the realgar wine and the rice wine from Old Guo’s haversack. Then, Old Guo and Ye Shaoyang sprinkled a layer of realgar wine along the edge of the pond. When they almost finished this, Ye Shaoyang looked back at Xie Yuqing, “Have you brought the water pump and the hose?”
“Of course.” Then, she ordered a few policemen to carry the pump and the hose to the pondside. All of them felt scared. Even though these policemen had grown accustomed to the sight of blood in crime scenes, they still acted like an average person when involved in supernatural phenomenon.
“I'll go up and fix the cinnabar net to filter the blood, so it can directly drain to the sewer,” Old Guo said as he walked. He looked back and showed Liu Ming five fingers, “This is an additional 5,000 dollars. Since we are close to each other, I’ll give you a twenty percent discount.”
Liu Ming wiped away his sweat. For now, he could not do anything; he could only continue to act as their moneymaker.
Ye Shaoyang ordered the men to carefully fix the water pump beside the pond and connect the wire from outside. Then, he told them to switch on the pump to its maximum setting, which smoothly pumped out the blood.
Ye Shaoyang asked everyone to back off. He held the date wood sword and stood in front the pond. When the blood lessened, Old Guo returned and gave Ye Shaoyang an ‘OK’ sign. Then, Ye Shaoyang asked everyone to exit the cave, except for Old Guo. After they left, Ye Shaoyang made a slight incision on his finger and drew a Defensive Barrier Talisman paper and stuck it to the top of the door. With this, the monster in the pond could not run out and hurt people. Old Guo stood behind Ye Shaoyang; he held the cinnabar gun. He felt both nervous and excited. If anything happened, Ye Shaoyang would protect him, so he could only provide some minor help from the back.
‘Ka… Ka….’ A burst of strange sounds resonated from the pond. The pump violently shook twice. It automatically tripped, and the power stopped.
“Damn, the monster has clogged up the pump.” Ye Shaoyang frowned. He called out to Old Guo, “Let's pull out the hose and see.”
They carried the hose and tried to pull it out. It was very heavy, so they were unable to do so. They called Xiao Ma for help. With the strength of three men, they finally removed the hose. Then, they placed it over the edge of the pond. The hose was slightly thicker than a normal adult; Ye Shaoyang squatted beside it. He looked inside the hose, but he could not see anything, as it was pitch black inside. Ye Shaoyang instructed Xiao Ma, “Can you try to turn on the water pump again?” Ye Shaoyang stood out of the way, but he had underestimated this high-powered water pump. Once Xiao Ma turned on the water pump, the water pump sucked in Ye Shaoyang’s head with a loud Swoop!
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