I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 347 Source (Accumulated rewards plus more)
Zheng Xuan, Xia Chan and others fled to the foot of the mountain. The village was in ruins, but the earthquake suddenly stopped.

Xia Chan had a bad feeling and looked back into the mountain. The Black Tai Sui had not spread out and was only staying at the edge of the mountain. The Mulberry Bird had not come out either.

"elder sister!"

Xia Chan closed her eyes and carefully felt the hair she left on Sang Que, without any response.

"Little sister, we'd better leave here first." Zheng Xuan came up to persuade.

Xia Chan thought about it and still firmly believed that Sang Que would be fine. If her sister asked her to go, she would leave quickly and would never lag behind.

Xia Chan followed Zheng Xuan and the others and continued to evacuate.

Zheng Xuan was also full of doubts about this mission at this time. The order he received was to protect Sang Que and find out the secret behind Wujia Village. Before he could find out, such a big accident happened.

What they can do now is to actively deal with the aftermath, reduce casualties, block the news, and prevent the impact from further expanding.

Zheng Xuan didn't know how Sang Que communicated with the research institute. A lot of people were mobilized this time, and the power grid outside the village was completed in just three hours.

Xia Chan had been standing at the entrance of the village, looking towards the direction of Lei Shi Mountain waiting for Sang Que. Because no one knew what she was, no one dared to contact her rashly.

After the earthquake stopped, many tabby cats emerged from everywhere, meowing and gathering in the surrounding ruins, waiting for the mulberry birds together with the summer cicadas.

At daybreak, a figure finally appeared in the ruins in the distance. Xia Chan's eyes lit up and he immediately ran over.

"elder sister!"

Sang Que was holding the scroll, her face pale and very tired. She didn't encounter anything too thrilling, but her brain was suddenly stuffed with too many things, her memory exploded, and her reactions were a little slow.

Sang Que let Xia Chan hold her. Seeing the cats coming over one after another, Sang Que said weakly, "Thanks to you for saving me this time, otherwise I would have died again."

The summer cicada let go of the mulberry bird and burst into laughter through its tears.

There was a drone flying overhead with the camera facing them. Sang Que originally wanted to send Xia Chan back first, but she had no hexagrams left and could not open the door for the time being, so she could only keep Xia Chan with her.

"Xiao Chan, I'm going to meet someone and take care of some things. You follow me, don't talk, and don't use your abilities recklessly, okay?"

Xia Chan nodded vigorously, looking obedient.

Sang Que raised his head and said to the drone, "Lead the way."

Following the drone, the two left the area blocked by the power grid and arrived at the temporary command center established by the research institute. There was a helicopter parked in an open space in the distance. Xia Chan looked at it curiously and couldn't help but walk over, but was pulled back by Sang Que by the collar.

Sang Que walked into the tent and saw Ye Changqing sitting at the long table waiting. There were two middle-aged men beside him. They were wearing camouflage uniforms and held high positions.

The three men stood up, Ye Changqing spoke politely to the two men, and the two men left the tent temporarily.

The sound of orderly footsteps followed, and a team armed with live ammunition surrounded the entire tent. There was a special device on each side of the four directions to block all signals and ensure the safety of Sang Que and Ye Changqing during their conversation. Sang Que brought Xia Chan to the table and sat down. He took the water on the table, unscrewed it, and handed it to Xia Chan.

Xia Chan played with the water bottle curiously, licking the bottle mouth with his tongue like a kitten, and only drank it carefully after he found that it was water.

Ye Changqing has been looking at Xia Chan. His subordinates have already reported the information about her, which is unbelievable.

Ye Changqing was now very curious about Sang Que and everything around her. He felt as if he had never seen this little girl clearly.

Sang Que sat down and said, "Ask whatever you want to ask."

Ye Changqing smiled kindly and withdrew his gaze from Xia Chan.

"Let me explain what happened here first. The commotion was too loud and the higher-ups are paying attention. I still have half an hour and I must give them a reasonable explanation."

Ye Changqing tapped his watch, indicating that he was under a lot of pressure.

"Don't worry, from what we can see right now, that thing won't leave the range of this mountain."

Sang Que leaned back in his chair and thought for a while, but he really didn't know where to start, so he just went straight to the point.

"I now suspect that this may be the source of the dark power. All the ghosts in the world exist because of this place."

Ye Changqing was originally quite relaxed, but when he heard Sang Que's words, he sat up straight away, unable to suppress the shock in his eyes.

"Don't get excited. I'm talking about a possibility. I can't be sure. I just came into contact with the Black Tai Sui in there. Um... I'll call that thing Black Tai Sui for the time being. It may not be Black Tai Sui, but its shape is very similar to the Black Tai Sui I saw in the novel. When I came into contact with Black Tai Sui, I seemed to see some scenes. It was a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the mountain ghost. Do you know the sacrificial poem about the mountain ghost?"

Ye Changqing adjusted his glasses. "I know. I've studied it. There are many versions of the interpretation of the sacrificial poem. Some people think that the woman in the poem is the mountain ghost itself. Others think that the woman is a witch who went to the mountains to look for traces of the mountain ghost. The poem describes the witch's changes in her mood during the search."

Sang Que nodded, "The scene I saw was a witch from the ancient Chu State. During a sacrificial ceremony, she went into the mountains to look for mountain ghosts. In their view, mountain ghosts are gods in the mountains, riding on red leopards and followed by civet cats. After the sacrifice, the witch came back from the mountains and said that she saw the divine kingdom of Yunmengze. The witch also inexplicably gained some divine power, which made all the beasts in the mountains very close to her, especially the civet cats."

Ye Changqing lowered his head and thought, "In the poem "Nine Songs·Yun Zhongjun", Yun Zhongjun lives in Yunmengze. He is the god in charge of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and is also a righteous god. Legend has it that the righteous gods mentioned in other poems in the Nine Songs also live in Yunmengze. But Shan Gui is a special one among them. Shan Gui is a god who has not been officially conferred."

"That's not important. What's important is that this witch was believed by other witches to be the incarnation of a mountain ghost in the human world. They thought that this witch possessed divine power and would one day ascend to heaven and go to the Yunmeng Divine Kingdom. This witch did live for a long time and didn't look old. She always looked like a young girl. Afterwards, this witch was eaten by a group of people."

Ye Changqing was stunned. "Is this the scene you 'saw'?"

Sang Que nodded. "I don't know if it was an illusion or an ancient memory that was preserved because of resentment and obtained by me. Anyway, in this memory, I became the witch, lying on the altar, watching the group of people tear me into pieces and eat me bit by bit. Their purpose in doing this was to obtain the witch's divine power."

Ye Changqing nodded with a serious face. "The custom of human sacrifice was very popular in the Shang Dynasty. If this happened in ancient times, it would have been very likely to happen. What happened next?"

Sang Que frowned and recalled, "After the witch was eaten, her remaining bones turned into the Black Tai Sui, and dark forces emerged from there. All the people in that place were cursed, and gradually all the people died. And evil spirits that existed only in their imaginations began to appear. The evil spirits wreaked havoc, and there were more and more of them. The area within a hundred miles was littered with corpses. And at that time, the only one who survived and was not cursed was the witch's daughter."

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