Chapter 304 Hell on Earth
Chapter 304 Hell on Earth
"Do you know? When spring comes, this will be the most beautiful place in the mountains. It is full of vitality, wild flowers bloom wantonly, and the gorgeous sea of flowers is beautiful. By the way, some very large and gorgeous flowers will occasionally bloom here. It is like a dream, and people are intoxicated by it." The great witch described.
Nanchun also said these words, he said this place is very beautiful.
He had walked to many places in the mountains, and it was here that the flowers grew the most and bloomed the best.
Bai Xun has also seen it. Although it was at night, it was also very beautiful.
The witch took off his mask, opened the long wooden box, took out a shovel, and then jumped into the depression. With just a casual shovel, a white bone was exposed in the ground.
Bai Xun was very surprised: "How could there be... a corpse?"
The Great Witch looked at Bai Xun and said with a smile, "Don't be impatient. Since this is hell, how could there be only one bone?"
As he spoke, he changed the place and dug a few times casually, and a head that was not yet completely rotten was revealed.
"There are corpses all over the ground, you can find them by just digging. Do you know why the flowers here bloom so well? So many corpses have become fertilizer, so the flowers naturally bloom well." The Great Witch sneered.
Bai Xun's heart trembled and his face became solemn.
"Do you know what the Eighteen Levels of Hell look like? This is it." The Great Wizard stamped his foot. "This corpse pit was originally very deep. It slowly filled up after people were buried there. Now, the layers below are filled with corpses."
"Who are these people?" Bai Xun's voice trembled slightly.
"Those who are against the interests of the Bai family, those who tried to stop your grandfather from doing evil, those who coveted the underground palace, and... those who once helped the Bai family grow opium in the back mountain.
Your grandfather was concerned about his reputation, so he made dirty money, did dirty things, and tried his best to cover it up. He was afraid that people would find out about his opium production, so he often killed people and replaced them with others.
"Occasionally, large, gorgeous flowers bloom here. These flowers are the opium seeds carried by the murdered workers. The corpses below become nutrients for these flowers and plants," the Great Witch said calmly.
Bai Xun looked up at the gray sky, his lips slightly open, with a bitter and bloody taste in his mouth.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that his grandfather would go to such lengths for profit.
"You know the legend about the wild man, right? It's said there's a wild man roaming these mountains. He's tall, covered in black and red fur, and has a face that's both human and monkey-like, quite terrifying. It's also said someone once saw the wild man in these mountains and forests.
"You should understand now, right? There are no wild men. It's just a rumor your grandfather spread to prevent the people in the village from getting close and discovering his secret," said the Great Witch.
Bai Xun's heart was beating very fast and he had difficulty breathing.
Nanchun once told him that he found disturbed soil here, and now it seemed that those people had just buried the body.
Nanchun also saw animal paw prints and feces. The animals must have been attracted by the smell of blood and rotting corpses.
Fortunately, Nanchun thought it was a wild man and was scared away.
Fortunately, my grandfather and the others didn’t realize that Nanchun had been here.
Otherwise... I'm afraid Nanchun would have been gone long ago.
"Oh, I remember you were near here when you were little. You went to the Nan family to visit your seriously ill fiancée, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye. Butler Bai led dozens of people up the mountain to look for you. When they found you, the sky was already turning white.
I heard you fell asleep hiding in a tree hole. Back at the old house, you had a fever, and the doctor couldn't bring it down with medicine. The housekeeper came to ask me, saying you might have been possessed by an evil spirit and asked me to help exorcise it. Do you know what I was thinking while I was treating you?
"I think your grandfather felt guilty about his crimes and was afraid the wronged spirits would come to claim your life. Perhaps this was destined. Heaven could no longer tolerate the Bai family's endless evil deeds. One day, these wronged souls sealed in the earth will see the light of day again," the Great Witch laughed.
The mountain wind blew, and the snow on the trees fell off.
The wind cut across my cheek like a knife.
Bai Xun felt that what the great witch said was right.
In the dark, there is God's will.
Even though more than ten years have passed, Bai Xun can still clearly recall the scene when he closes his eyes.
Nanchun brought him here.
He stood in a beautiful sea of flowers, with tiny fireflies twinkling around him.
Suddenly, there was a strange "hissing" sound, as if someone was scraping the wooden board with something sharp.
Now that I think about it… that voice was right under his feet.
The person buried under his feet was not dead at that time.
The man may have heard the voices of him and Nanchun talking, and in his dying moments he desperately scratched the wooden board covering his head with his nails.
That was a cry for help.
The mountain wind blew, and he smelled not the fragrance of flowers in the air, but a sour smell of corruption.
That wasn't his illusion, but the smell of rotting corpses in the summer.
The bright red liquid dripped from the pistil along the petals onto his snow-white shoes and socks.
That should be the human blood that dripped onto the flowers when those people carried the bodies over after killing people.
The dry bones on the ground that tripped him were probably human bones that were turned over by animals.
All of this was not a dream, nor was it his illusion.
But reality.
Just like the great witch said, it’s hell on earth.
"Grandfather...why did he kill my mother?" Bai Xun's voice trembled slightly.
The Great Wizard sighed and said, "Your father died trying to save Xuelian. That year, Xuelian went with your father to search for the tomb. Suddenly, a heavy rain fell in the mountains, and Xuelian slipped and fell. To save her, your father also jumped down.
He asked Xuelian to stand on his shoulders and climb up. Just as he was about to climb, the rocks under his feet loosened and fell, and he fell. The head of the Bai family and many people searched for him for several days before they found his body at the foot of the cliff.
The only son died saving a lowly, unlovable woman. The Bai family's head and old lady's dislike for Xuelian turned to a deep-seated hatred. It's ridiculous, if your grandfather hadn't been so greedy and determined to rob graves, how could the only son have died? This is retribution for the Bai family's evil deeds. It's a pity. Your father was a good man.
The Bai family's head and the old lady originally wanted to kill Xuelian to accompany your father in his burial, but the doctor said she was pregnant. Because of you, your grandparents temporarily spared her life. It was also because of you that the heartbroken Xuelian did not follow your father into his death.
But then tragedy struck. Xuelian accidentally discovered the hidden crime here, and she tried her best to stop the Bai family's evil deeds. This was something the Bai family could not tolerate. New hatred added to old hatred, your mother has no way to survive. I only blame myself for not noticing her abnormality in time because I distanced myself from her to avoid suspicion.
Bai Xun's eyes were red, and he felt unbearable pain in his heart at this moment.
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