Holy Bone

Chapter 1634: Planting Pears and Producing a Strange Corpse

"!"

Upon hearing this, all the people and animals put down what they were doing and gathered around the statue of the Thousand-Eyed Taoist.

Jin An took the paper and found that it had traces of fire. He was worried, but fortunately the burned part was not much. The blood stains on the paper were the biggest trouble. Most of the words were smudged and only a small part could be recognized.

"Ok?"

Looking at the words on the bloodstained paper, Jin An frowned and let out a surprised sound.

Without waiting for others to ask, Jin An had already handed the paper in his hand to the old Taoist priest and others to pass around.

The old Taoist priest impatiently snatched the blood-stained paper, but when he saw it, he stared with wide eyes and let out a surprised sound.

  Fatty Li was scratching his head anxiously and kept asking what was written on the paper.

The old Taoist handed the blood-stained paper to Fatty Li without saying anything.

Fatty Li impatiently snatched the blood-stained paper and quickly lowered his head to check. It turned out that he had the same expression as the old Taoist priest, staring blankly.

  Wang!

The old dog, which was not as tall as Fatty Li's waist, became anxious. It jumped up to the height of a man and barked, meaning that it wanted to see too. It was also curious.

Fatty Li handed the blood-stained paper to the old dog and asked the old dog to read it himself. The old dog's ears drooped and he said nothing after reading it.

After it was passed around, every person and animal read it in silence, and finally it was passed back to Jin'an.

"Fatty Li, I remember that the water dungeon of the Criminal Investigation Department holds many foreign prisoners who were imprisoned for crimes committed in Kangding State. You should take charge of this matter personally and interrogate those foreign prisoners to find out what is written on this paper." Jin An handed the blood-stained paper to Fatty Li and instructed.

Fatty Li took the bloodstained paper and complained, "I originally thought that these hull fragments were from the Shenzhou carrying the Gewu Xianding, but I didn't expect that this only clue was written with a bunch of incomprehensible foreign words."

"Back then, the Shenzhou was called a ghost ship because too many people died. Later, it was burned down by a fire that lasted for a month. I never thought that the clues to the Gewu Xianding would be found on a foreign ship more than ten years later. It seems that the same ominous incident happened on this ship as on the Shenzhou... What do you think, Taoist Jin'an? Did King Zunyi mention more clues?"

Jin An shook his head and said, "King Zun Yi didn't give many clues, but he did mention that when the Shenzhou turned into a ghost ship and returned, the Gewu Xianding on the ship had disappeared and its whereabouts are still unknown."

"Many people covet a national treasure like the Gewu Xianding that can store grain. Many people went out to sea to search for it along the Shenzhou route, but none of them found it."

At this point, Jin An showed a somewhat thoughtful look: "According to the limited clues currently available, the missing Gewu Xianding has reappeared in the world. Moreover, this artifact was lost overseas and was found by a foreign ship on the other side of the ocean."

"According to the records in the Historical Records, this Immortal Cauldron of Gewu should be a supreme auspicious artifact that symbolizes a good harvest. But first there was the shocking incident on Shenzhou, and then more than a decade later there was the shocking incident overseas. No matter how you look at it, this Immortal Cauldron of Gewu is different from what is recorded in the Historical Records. No matter how you look at it, it seems to be an evil cauldron that eats people."

"It's useless for us to speculate here. Fatty Li, please find out what is written on this page as soon as possible. Maybe it contains the answer and truth we want."

Fatty Li nodded solemnly, left the Wuzang Taoist Temple, and hurriedly disappeared into the dark night.

At this time, the pear planting Taoist practice in the yard was still going on.

From the eerie pear tree, fragrant pears kept falling to the ground, creating a pile of broken pieces.

"How strange." The old Taoist muttered.

The big blue ox, which was searching everywhere with its hooves raised its head and looked up: "Master Chen, have you made any new discoveries?"

The old Taoist frowned and said, "Didn't you notice a very strange detail? A lot of debris fell out of these pears, but until now, there are only fragments of the hull, and no human fragments have been found."

The Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue said at this time: "What's so strange about this? How did they die? They died of cannibalism. There is only blood and flesh on these hull fragments, but no human remains or arms. It is obvious that the crew members were eaten up and became human again."

The Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue spoke with certainty.

It is familiar with teaching people how to behave.

Jin An nodded in agreement with the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue's words. The old Taoist smacked his lips and said, "But this is too clean, not even a limb or an arm is left."

The Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue said earnestly: "That's because Taoist Chen, you have never been hungry."

The old Taoist priest was speechless after hearing this. It felt so out of place to hear these words coming from the mouth of an evil god.

Jin An: "Everything that happened before my eyes was exactly the same as the Shenzhou we were on before and after. When the Shenzhou was found, the crew members were all starving and emaciated, and their stomachs were swollen like balls. When their stomachs were cut open, human hands, feet, and heads fell out all over the floor."

The old Taoist suddenly had an idea: "Could we gather together a boatload of nails, decks, and sails and build a complete ship right here in the Wuzang Taoist Temple?"

Tsk tsk.

Looking at the various fragments on the ground, the other people and animals actually nodded seriously.

Jin An was amused: "That's too slow, I'm going to go for the big one."

All eyes turned to Jin An, and the old Taoist priest was refreshed: "Little brother, what else do you have hidden? Use it together. Little brother, you can always surprise people."

Jinan asked the old Taoist priest to demolish the house and get him an axe for chopping wood.

The old Taoist priest, who loved to watch the fun, quickly came over with an axe. When he handed the axe to Jin'an, he asked Jin'an what he wanted the axe for.

Jin An smiled and replied, "Chopping down trees."

As soon as the words fell, bang!

Jin An had already chopped the thick pear tree trunk in front of him with an axe. A foul smell like black corpse water flowed out of the trunk through the wound.

The old Taoist priest was puzzled: "Little brother, why don't you use your own sword?"

Jinan: "My knife is too sharp, I'm worried it might break something."

Jin An was very strong, and in no time he chopped a big hole in the thick tree trunk that could be hugged by a man. He actually chopped a human corpse out of the tree trunk.

  boom!

The corpse fell heavily to the ground face down.

As the corpse fell to the ground, the strange pear tree with colorful mold spots in front of it also began to return to dust and decayed into nothingness in the blink of an eye.

There was no trace of a tree at all.

Only one rotten black pear fruit was left.

"Absolutely awesome!"

"Little brother, how did you know there was a dead person hiding in the tree trunk?"

The old Taoist priest was yelling and shouting.

Jin An: "Since I used the 'Searching for Things' technique, you can't hide it from me."

However, everyone's focus at this time was on the human corpse that fell from the trunk of the pear tree. The corpse was wearing exotic clothes and had a big beard, which was not the style of Kangding country's clothing.

"He is emaciated by hunger and his belly is as big as a ball, just like the cannibalistic crew members on the Shenzhou. It seems that we have found the right clue this time." Jin An's eyes were shining.

(End of this chapter)