“No problem! I will help you!” 

After t

hinking about the arrogant faces of the two strangers last night, I felt so angry that my teeth 

itched. 

Although

 those hunters were stronger than ordinary people, they didn’t know much about our profession. If we didn’t help them, they would be harmed. More importantly, they were the locals here. Building a good relationship with them would facilitate us in searching for the Undead Grass. 

Baji looked excited when I agreed to help him. He blurted something with his fellows. Then, everybody’s attitude toward me was much better. “Baji, tell them there

’s 

no need to be so polite and distant.”        

We returned to our campsite to pull 

Senior Shu

 out of the pit. I then told 

him

 my idea

, which he supported

.

He gasped for his breath

 and cursed

, “When we get those two, we will have to teach them well. It’s not good to dig up 

the graves of other people’s 

ancestors!”

H

e took a big bite 

of

 the roast pig thigh. He then turned and asked Baji, “Brother, do you 

have

 any garlic? Please give me a clove…”

At night, 

Senior Shu

 and I waited in the tent. The black and white freaks looked tough to deal with. I asked Baji and his team to go home since they 

would be of

no help

 even if they decided to stay. 

“

Senior Shu

, aren’t we going to 

enrage

 the spirits on the mountain if we take action?”

 As 

I started to think about the missing case of the entire Kuomintang regiment

, m

y heart raced. 

Senior Shu

 shook his head. “Don’t worry, we’re helping the locals. Their ancestors here won’t trouble us

,” said

Senior Shu

with

 a smile. 

I had also thought about this. I exhaled in relief.

A

n

yway,

 a

lthough I had 

pricked

 my ears the whole night, I didn’t hear anything. It was a quiet night. The fox didn’t cry. 

“Did they already 

run

 away?” I 

mumbled. 

Baji had told me that the two robbers didn’t dig the graves every day. 

T

hey would disappear for a while

 before showing

 up to commit another 

robbery

. As they had done their job yesterday, it would be in vain for 

Senior Shu

 and me to wait the whole night. 

Senior Shu

 thought then took me to Baji’s grandmother’s tomb to take another look. 

H

e kneeled, 

pinched

 some mud

, 

and 

sniffed

 it. 

“They will take action again,” 

said

Senior Shu

 with a smile. 

“How 

do

 you know that?” I was skeptical. 

Senior Shu

 pointed at the grave

 and 

explained, “The 

geomancy

 in this place is just average, and there isn’t much prosperous energy. 

This means t

hat there weren’t many grave goods here. The tomb robbers want to be rich. 

Since

 they 

haven’t found

enough

 treasures yet, they won’t 

stop

.”

“Prosperous energy?” It was the first time I had heard this term. 

Senior Shu

 smiled

.

 “Prosperous energy is also called good energy. It’s some sort of gas emitted by the grave goods. 

T

omb robbers 

can

check

 the amount of prosperous energy to guess if the tomb 

has

 treasures. Once the prosperous energy is produced, it can last for a while. It won’t disappear 

immediately after

 the robbers 

have

taken

 the goods away.”

“Those two fellows look

ed 

professional. How could they 

have missed

 it?” 

Even 

Senior Shu

 knew about this prosperous energy thing, so it was 

strange

 that the real robbers didn’t know about it! 

Senior Shu

 frowned. “I 

don’t

 know what they are doing or what they want to do. We will have to wait and see.”

We returned to the campsite and removed our tents

 to show 

that we were leaving. When we arrived in Tengchong County, I called Baji

 and told 

him about the situation last night. 

Baji was a hot-tempered person. “You can’t leave like that!”

I answered

,

 “Don’t worry. We left because we wanted to show th

ose guys

 that we 

were no longer there

. You should 

continue

 your patrol shifts and pretend as though you are waiting to capture the robbers. 

However,

 you shouldn’t engage in a fight with them. 

Do y

ou 

understand

my meaning

?” 

From the situation last night, I felt 

that

 the two freaks were

 only

 wary of me and 

Senior Shu

. Baji and his hunters had been 

chasing

 them for days, but no

 one

 got hurt. It meant the tomb robbers didn’t want to harm them for some reason. 

It was good that 

we

 could use the hunters to distract them!

Anyway, Horse Saddle Mountain wasn’t far from the town. In 

case of

 emergency, we 

c

ould invite 

a

 spirit to carry us over there

. We would reach the place within

 a few minutes. 

Senior Shu

 and I weren’t that worried. We looked around to find a hotel to rest in. 

However, a few days had passed and

 I hadn’t received Baji’s call

. 

I decided to call him. 

“The mountain has been quiet these days

,

” 

h

e answered. 

After hanging up the call, I couldn’t help but curse.

Senior Shu

 wore a calm face. “Don’t be dispirited. 

I’m sure they’ll be back.

”

When he said that, I 

felt relieved

. I 

started my preparations and also

 called Yin Xinyue. She told me that 

business at 

my antique shop had been mediocre these days. She decided to close the shop for now. Li Mazi was recovering 

well

 as he was taking the medicines prescribed by 

Senior Shu

. 

The stone pressing on my heart finally fell off as I knew Li Mazi was fine. I started to chat with Yin Xinyue. 

“Hubby, after this case, can you 

take

 some time to visit my parents?” asked Yin Xinyue. 

I n

ow 

r

ealized that I had never visited my mysterious in-laws. 

“I’m sorry, honey. Of course, I will make time after this case.”

As

Horse Saddle Mountain had been quiet these days, I wasn’t tense anymore. When night came, I went to bed early. At around midnight, I was awoken by 

my 

ringtone. 

Drowsily, I glanced at the phone. It was a call from Baji! I pulled myself together

 and received 

the call

. 

“

Did t

he two freaks appear?”

“Help… Come save us… 

H

urry…”

Baji’s voice was feeble. Although he couldn’t speak fast, he sounded panicked. As soon as I was about to ask him what happened, the call was hung up. 

I didn’t dare to linger. I put on more clothes and took my bag

 before going 

to 

Senior Shu

’s room. Unexpectedly, the old man 

was

 already prepared.

He winked at me

. Then, in a grave

 voice

, he said,

 “Grandson, 

was

 I right?”

“You still have the mood to 

show off

? If we linger here, Baji and his hunters will be 

finished

!”

I didn’t have time to talk nonsense with 

Senior Shu

. I pulled him downstairs and quickly read the spell to beckon 

a

spirit

. We wanted to rush to Mount Horse Saddle as soon as possible. 

I thought we would go there directly. However, when we reached the middle of the mountain flank, 

Senior Shu

 shooed away the ghost that had carried us there. Before I could ask him, I saw his stern face

. He pointed in

 the direction ahead of us. 

I lifted my head to see. The peak of the mountain was shrouded by red fog. I could hear some people screaming in pain there. I guessed it was Baji’s team

 as o

ther people wouldn’t go to this mountain at night. 

Senior Shu

 comforted me. 

Then, he

 used the Yang Concealing Talismans to co

nceal

 our Yang energy. With the Holy Mother Scepter in hand, he took the lead and dashed to the mountain peak.  

Looking at his anxious gait, I knew he must have seen something. I didn’t ask

 and followed 

close

ly

 behind him. 

When we were close to the peak, we heard Baji and the other

s screaming

 and screeching. From the source of the sound, they seemed to be at the place 

Senior Shu

 and I had camped before. Worrying that we would be busted, I crouched and moved forward. When we came near, we finally saw the two freaks! 

They stood on both 

sides

 of the trap Baji’s team had dug before. Baji and his people were lining up and jumping into the trap one after another. When a man jumped into the pit, he would scream horribly… 

After everybody had jumped into the pit, the freak wearing white clothes lifted his head to see the bright moon and roared. One more time, I heard the fox cry. 

Finally, I knew it was him who had made 

the

 strange sound. I clenched my fists and continued to watch. After the freak in white roared and cried for a while, he exchanged looks with the freak in black. Then, they grabbed the shovels and 

started to fill 

the pit!