When I heard the voice, I was so scared that my hair stood on end and I almost jumped up. You Qing was also very scared. Her face was as pale as paper and cold sweat instantly covered her forehead.

So we looked around cautiously, and saw a strange-looking man walking out of a forest not far away.

The reason why he is said to be weird is that his walking posture is very strange. He squats on the ground and swings out one leg first and then the other leg, and then he swings his legs alternately while moving forward in circles.

The man was about twenty years old, with very pale skin, a crooked mouth, and his tongue hanging out, drooling profusely. He walked in a strange manner, shouting in a dull voice, "I died a horrible death. My skin was peeled off, my bones were torn apart, and even my eyeballs were gouged out."

It turned out that these eerie words were shouted by the cerebral palsy patient. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I saw that although the cerebral palsy patient's walking posture was very strenuous, he was not walking slowly. Perhaps it was because he had trained himself to walk like this all the time. If I followed his way, I would be exhausted after walking a few steps.

Soon, Cerebral Palsy passed by us from far away . He didn't even look at us. He held his head high, swung his legs, walked up the small slope and continued to walk down.

This sudden appearance of a strange man disrupted Uncle San's rhythm. He thought for a while before saying, "Now that we have the road-blocking coffin, we must be extremely careful, otherwise we might really get into big trouble. We should..."

Before he could finish his words, a woman yelled, "Hongyuan, Hongyuan..." Then, two women came trotting anxiously from the direction of the village. Seeing us, one of the middle-aged women asked, "Excuse me, did you see a child walking on the ground passing by here?" "Yes, he walked along this slope a short distance away," Chu Sen pointed to the path the young man had taken. "Thank you, let's get going," the middle-aged woman said hurriedly, turning to her companion. Then, the two hurriedly chased after the young man.

"The people here are quite strange." Uncle San said, looking at the backs of the two women.

"Yeah, I'm not optimistic about my own child even though he's become like this." You Qing frowned.

"Let's talk about our own business. What exactly caused this?" Uncle San said as he circled around the coffin . After circling three or four times, Uncle San said, "If it doesn't work, we'll have to perform a ritual to buy our way out." Uncle San frowned.

Luo Tianbao explained in a low voice, "Buying a passage is a ritual to offer alms to evil spirits . Generally speaking, when you encounter strange things while traveling through an unfamiliar area and are unable to pass normally, it's mostly because evil spirits are blocking the way. The only way to get through is to bribe the evil spirits. This ritual is called buying a passage. However, evil spirits are difficult to deal with, so try to avoid this ritual if possible, as it consumes materials and energy."

When You Qing heard this, she asked cautiously, "Are you going to raise the price?"

Luo Tianbao said, "Sister, can you please stop being so sensitive? I'm just explaining what buying a channel means."

"But you just said you were going to do it."

"Girl, if you really want to do it, we won't charge you any extra fees. Once the price is set, we will bear all the costs." said Uncle San.

"That's more like it." You Qing whispered.

I really don't know whether to laugh or cry. Even at this point, she is still thinking about money. How big must this girl be?

At this moment, we heard a burst of silly laughter. The young man who had just run to the back hill was slowly walking back, supported by two middle-aged women. When he came to us, the middle-aged woman who had spoken earlier said with a smile, "Thank goodness you guys reminded us, otherwise this child might have gotten lost."

"I think he's not very mobile. We really need to keep an eye on him. Otherwise, if he gets lost, he won't even have the basic ability to survive."

The middle-aged woman sighed and said, "Who says it's not true? I've been taking care of this child for almost twenty years and have always been very careful. Today, the door was open and I didn't keep a sound, so he ran away. Fortunately, I found him in time, otherwise I really don't know how I would face the village chief."

"Is this child the village chief's son?" asked Uncle San.

"Yes, I got such a precious son at the age of 40. He is like my lifeblood. I am looking for a wife for him these days." You Qing couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Girl, don't disbelieve me. Even though our Hongyuan looks a little strange, he's been to the hospital for a physical examination and there's nothing wrong with him."

"Well, then congratulations to your Hongyuan. I hope he can find the girl of his dreams soon." You Qing said sarcastically.

"Although our Hongyuan has some difficulty walking, there are so many young girls who want to marry him that the line can stretch from the village chief's house to the village entrance." The middle-aged woman argued with You Qing somewhat unhappily.

"That's fine, then choose a concubine just like the emperor does." You Qing was not soft-spoken.

This time, without waiting for the middle-aged woman to speak, the uncle asked, "Sister, is this child born like this or is he sick?"

The middle-aged woman, whose attention had been diverted, looked at Hongyuan with pity and sighed, "It's a strange thing to say. The village chief and his wife had children in their early years. In fact, the old sister-in-law got pregnant and gave birth to a child in the first year after she got married. The first child was a girl. When the little girl was two years old, the old sister-in-law gave birth to the second child, also a girl. But when the eldest child was three years old, she died of a strange disease. We went to a big hospital in the city, but they couldn't find anything wrong. Their family didn't take it seriously at the time. As a result, the second girl also died when she was three years old. The village chief felt something was wrong, so he asked someone to find a hospital to find out the problem. Later, I heard that an autopsy was performed , and the hospital's explanation at the time was that she died of sudden heart disease."

"Later, my sister-in-law gave birth to two more babies, all girls. They had full-body checkups after birth, and there were no problems. However, they didn't live past the age of three. Finally, a boy was born at Hongyuan, but his legs were deformed. The family had no hope for him, but luckily, he's still alive today."

"The couple didn't have any more children?" asked Uncle San.

"No, he's already over 40. Sigh, that's just good deeds that go unrewarded. How many good things has the village chief done? His family is rich. If anyone in the village has problems, he'll always help. If he hadn't borrowed money to buy a truck, my husband would still be digging in the dirt to make a living. Even if he doesn't starve to death, he still can't get enough to eat."

"It's a blessing to have such a good man as your village chief."

"Needless to say, everyone in our village is extremely grateful to him. We even hired a Feng Shui master to measure and plan the layout of our village, choosing the best possible Feng Shui layout. The village chief said that as long as the Feng Shui in the village is good, everyone will live a happy and fulfilling life, and no one will suffer the same misfortune as him."

"The village chief is saying that the child's death is related to feng shui?"

"Yes, that Feng Shui master said that the Feng Shui in our village is actually quite good. There's something called the Wind-Attracting Bell. It says that as long as there's wind blowing through our village, it brings wealth. A gentle breeze brings small wealth, and a strong breeze brings large wealth. But later, when the ancestral tomb was being repaired, the bell on the terrain was pressed down by a pile of dead bodies . So the Wind-Attracting Bell became a Ghost-Attracting Bell. Whenever there's wind, ghosts follow the wind into the village. The Feng Shui master later redefines the Feng Shui, and ghosts can no longer enter the village."

Uncle San's expression changed. He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you believe what the Feng Shui master said?"

"Honestly, I don't really believe in this. No one has ever seen anything like this with their own eyes. So, let him say whatever he wants. If he doesn't say something outrageous, how can he cheat people out of money? Right?"

Uncle San nodded slightly and said, "Yes, you are right."

The middle-aged woman said, "Then I'll go back first. I still have to cook lunch and I've been delayed until now because of this child." After that, she left with Hongyuan.

After the three of them walked away, Uncle San asked, "Do you think Mr. Feng Shui is telling the truth or is he here to scam people?"

I said, "Although I believe there are experts out there, I may not be able to hire them. I think there's a 100% chance that they're scammers."

Uncle San waved his hand and said, "You are wrong. The Feng Shui master the village chief invited is an expert."

"How do you know?" I asked.

"The reason why this coffin can't enter the village has already been explained by the elder sister. Didn't you hear it?"

"No way, there really is a feng shui arrangement that can block ghosts? That's too ridiculous," I said.

Uncle San pointed to the land ahead and said, "I'm sure there's a bronze statue buried at each end of the village entrance to protect the feng shui. These are called feng shui piles. They act as a boundary, preventing yin and yang from intermingling. That's why our coffin won't be able to be lifted once we reach the village entrance."