CH 116

TL: Moonlit

On the other end of the phone, it still says the call cannot be connected.

Shen Ye thought for a moment. It was already late at night, so perhaps the other party was already asleep.

To be safe, Shen Ye whispered to Ye Ze, “Uncle, can you please check this number?”

Ghost marriage involves Taoist priests, so maybe a Taoist intentionally blocked the signal.

Ye Ze responded softly, acknowledging the request.

Shen Ye told Xu Sisi and Xu Ce, “It’s late now, you should rest.”

Xu Sisi nodded and paused for a moment before saying, “I have accumulated some tasks, but they aren’t urgent. I’ll talk to you about them tomorrow.”

“No problem,” Shen Ye smiled and waved his hand.

Afterward, Shen Ye and Ye Ze also returned to the courtyard.

Shen Ye lowered his head and played with the key given to him by Shen Grandpa, saying, “I need to convert the merits to myself. You can only sleep alone tonight.”

“Okay,” Ye Ze naturally had no objections. He walked over and touched Shen Ye’s face. “You’re busy.”

Shen Ye kissed him on the lips and watched him go to the bathroom to freshen up. With the man’s figure in mind, he couldn’t help but have some naughty thoughts.

But they were already married, so they could have fun whenever they wanted. However, merits were hard to come by, so he had to convert them quickly. He obediently focused and started meditating.

Early the next morning, Shen Ye successfully assimilated the merits into himself.

He didn’t feel much himself, but he was certain that these merits would be beneficial for opening the passage between the two realms.

Being able to obtain the key from the Shen family was also an unexpected joy.

Shen Ye opened his eyes contentedly, stretched lazily, and subconsciously called out, “Uncle.”

However, he didn’t receive a response. He used his divine sense to sense it and realized that the man wasn’t in the bedroom.

Shen Ye wondered where the man had gone when he saw Ye Ze walking in with breakfast.

“Uncle!” Shen Ye happily greeted him.

Ye Ze placed the breakfast on the table and held his hand. “Let’s eat.”

Shen Ye happily complied with a smile.

“Do you want to go back to Hai Cheng?” While they were eating, Ye Ze suddenly asked.

Shen Ye looked at him somewhat surprised and asked, “Hmm?”

Ye Ze softly said, “Everything is finished, and I asked Grandpa and Grandma’s opinion. They also want to go back to Hai Cheng.”

Mainly, once Grandpa returned to the Imperial Capital, many people would come knocking on his door. Even if Grandpa closed his doors and refused to see visitors, he still had to consider face and meet certain people. That’s why Grandpa preferred Hai Cheng, where it was peaceful and relaxed.

Shen Ye had originally thought that Grandpa had just returned and might not want to leave home so soon. He was prepared to stay here for a while longer.

But he didn’t expect that Grandpa actually wanted to return to Hai Cheng…

He immediately said, “No problem, let’s go back to Hai Cheng then.”

This time, he and Ye Ze came to the Imperial Capital to get their marriage certificate and introduce him to the prestigious families there. Their original plan was to go to Qi Lian Mountain after the banquet and then return to Hai Cheng from there. However, later on, Shen Shimu and Zong Yiming decided to get married, so they changed their itinerary.

Now that Shen Shimu and Zong Yiming’s wedding banquet was over and the matters in Qi Lian Mountain had been resolved, they could return to Hai Cheng at any time.

Ye Ze spoke gently, “Then I’ll have someone prepare. We’ll go back tomorrow.”

Shen Ye nodded with a smile.

Today, with nothing else to do, Shen Ye had breakfast and decided to deal with the two old Taoist priests and the villagers of Dahe Village.

He set up an array in the courtyard to prevent the wandering souls from escaping, primarily to guard against the cunning old Taoist priests.

Then, he focused his attention on creating three new formations, all combining the Trapping Formation and Soul Locking Formation.

First, he released Mingxin Daoist. Mingxin Daoist was responsible for the death of Ye Ze’s parents and relatives, so Shen Ye wanted him to experience the most severe punishment and suffer torment day and night.

Without his cultivation, Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul appeared weakened, as if it could disperse at any moment.

Shen Ye couldn’t let him completely disperse, so he stabilized his soul a bit before throwing him into the formation.

The first punishment was, of course, a car accident.

Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul stood at a busy crossroad, with two large trucks approaching from the front and back. They quickly collided with him, sandwiching him in between.

If he had a physical body, he would have turned into a pancake long ago.

Shen Ye stood outside the formation and could clearly see Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul trembling, clearly in intense pain.

But this was only the beginning.

Soon, the formation changed to another car accident scenario, where the vehicles rolled over Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul.

Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul was conscious, but without cultivation, he could only feel the pain of the car accidents like an ordinary person.

Every time a vehicle rolled over his wandering soul, his soul trembled with fear.

Shen Ye even heard Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul shouting for help.

“Serves you right!” Shen Ye said harshly.

Although he was kind-hearted, it didn’t mean he would show mercy to his enemies.

Seeing Mingxin Daoist’s wandering soul suffering, Shen Ye happily pulled Ye Ze over to watch. “Uncle, look, I’m avenging you!”

Ye Ze quietly watched as Mingxin Daoist’s soul was repeatedly hit and crushed in the formation, his face showing little expression.

But Shen Ye knew that the man’s heart was certainly not calm.

He knew that the man must be thinking about his deceased parents. He quickly reached out and embraced the man’s waist, saying, “It’s all in the past. You have me now.”

Ye Ze’s throat tightened as he hugged the child in his arms and kissed his forehead. “Hmm.”

If it weren’t for the child accompanying him, he might never have found the old Taoist priests or been able to avenge his parents and relatives.

And according to the old Taoist priests, his parents died because of him… If it weren’t for the child accompanying him, telling him that his parents and relatives had already reincarnated, he might have felt guilty for the rest of his life.

… He was so grateful that fate had brought Shen Ye to his side.

Shen Ye let go of Mingxin Daoist and went to deal with the other old Taoist priest.

The other old Taoist priest was Yang Yuhang’s martial uncle, known as the Wuwei Daoist.

Thousands of villagers in Dahe Village were trapped in the formation by the Wuwei Daoist. If Shen Ye arrived a step later, the souls of all these people would have been refined by the Wuwei Daoist. This would not only affect the spiritual energy of Qi Lian Mountain but could also disrupt the normal functioning of this world.

From this perspective, the crimes of Wuwei Daoist were even more severe.

Shen Ye didn’t hesitate and directly threw Wuwei Daoist into the second formation.

Unlike Mingxin Daoist’s enduring car accidents day and night, the wandering soul of Wuwei Daoist was being refined every day.

This was tit for tat.

Since Wuwei Daoist excelled at refining wandering souls, he should experience it himself.

Next, it was time to deal with the villagers of Dahe Village.

Hundreds of wandering souls were all thrown into the third formation by Shen Ye.

The men who abused and trafficked abducted women and those who insulted girls from neighboring villages and murdered people had their private parts cut off by Shen Ye, repeating the cycle endlessly, day and night.

The women not only protected the men in the village but also personally trafficked women and children. Shen Ye made them experience the feeling of being abused and brutally murdered.

Shen Ye didn’t think he was doing anything wrong. These women not only turned a blind eye to the wrongdoing of the men in the village but also participated directly in the trafficking of children and women. Some even strangled disobedient babies with their own hands.

They were a group of beasts. Beasts don’t differentiate between genders, so they deserved to taste the bitter fruit they had sown themselves!

After dealing with these three groups of people, it was already past 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Shen Ye looked at the souls inside the formation crying and howling like wolves. He sneered and said, “I’ll keep you imprisoned for ten years. Only when your sins are fully atoned for can you find redemption!”

After speaking, he threw the three formations back into the peach wood sword, no longer bothering with them.

Ye Ze had been silently watching him work all along. When he finished, he walked over and held his hand.

Shen Ye rubbed the palm of the man’s hand against his own and said, “Finally done.”

“You’ve worked hard, my baby,” Ye Ze kissed his face.

Shen Ye smiled and shook his head, pulling the man to sit on the sofa. “Suddenly having nothing to do, I feel a bit uneasy.”

The corner of Ye Ze’s lips gently curved up as he said, “Actually… I have something to tell you.”

“?” Shen Ye looked at him suspiciously.

Ye Ze continued, “I traced the phone number from last night. It’s registered in the Imperial Capital, but the person used a fake ID, so we haven’t found the real identity yet.”

Shen Ye still looked at him, curiously asking, “Did the lead end there?”

“No,” Ye Ze said in a low voice, “I had someone check the surveillance footage of the business hall, and it turns out the number was registered by a girl.”

“You managed to find that out?” Shen Ye exclaimed in surprise, tightly embracing Ye Ze’s neck, and said, “Uncle, you must have put in a lot of effort, right?”

Ye Ze touched his face and smiled, “It was alright. The business hall is located on the outskirts, relatively small in scale. This number was sold on December 30th two years ago, so there’s a record. The surveillance footage was almost formatted, but fortunately, there was a backup, and we managed to retrieve it in the end.”

That business hall is in a remote suburb of the Imperial Capital, almost like a county town. Moreover, the regulations are not particularly strict, so the girl was able to buy the number without being thoroughly inspected.

Shen Ye, moved with emotion, leaned closer and kissed his man’s lips.

To obtain so much information from just one number, the whole process sounded intricate and convoluted, demonstrating the tremendous effort Ye Ze had put into it…

All because of his words, his man had devoted so much thought to investigating that number. He couldn’t help but sigh. His own husband was truly amazing.

He wished he could just pounce on his man on the sofa right now.

Unfortunately, there were still important matters to attend to.

Suppressing his impulses, he kissed Ye Ze deeply and said, “Did the surveillance footage capture the girl’s face?”

Ye Ze nodded, “I had them send it over.”

So Shen Ye leaned over to watch the footage on his phone together with Ye Ze.

In the video, the girl’s face looked young, probably around eighteen years old.

When she entered the business hall, her back was facing the surveillance camera, so her face couldn’t be seen. However, when she left the hall after completing the registration, the surveillance camera at the entrance captured her face.

It was evident that the girl’s brow relaxed, as if she had let out a sigh of relief.

Shen Ye stared at the girl’s face for a while, then grabbed Ye Ze’s hand and said, “I know where she is. We need to find her.”

Ye Ze naturally had no objections. He could sense the urgency in Shen Ye’s tone regarding this matter.

They quickly headed towards the front yard, where they met Grandpa Ye, who immediately said, “I was just about to find you.”

Shen Ye was taken aback.

Grandpa Ye looked at him and hesitated, saying, “I have an old friend who wants to ask for your help…”

He felt a bit embarrassed about it. Last time, Old Niu’s matter already caused trouble for Shen Ye.

Unfortunately, he had to consider his own reputation.

That’s also why he wanted to return to Haicheng, to have peace of mind.

Shen Ye smiled and said, “If there’s a business opportunity, I’m happy to help. Grandpa, please tell me what it is.”

It turned out that the Zhu family wanted to relocate their ancestral tomb.

The Zhu family, a branch of the imperial family hundreds of years ago, experienced a decline until they were revitalized a hundred years ago. Their ancestral tomb was located on the outskirts of the imperial capital, and an ancient tomb was recently discovered there. Their ancestors’ tombs were among them. The Zhu family wanted to move their ancestors to a different location, even if it was just a relocation of the tombstones.

Shen Ye was surprised after hearing the whole story. Wasn’t the Zhu family’s ancestral tomb already on the outskirts?

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