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Chapter 415
Chapter 415
Chapter 415 - The Reason for the Ancient Well
“Alright, I'll show you a place!”
With that, the Old Master turned and strode off, Jiang Hao hot on his heels.
Before long, Jiang Hao and the Old Master arrived at the edge of the village, standing before a humble mud-brick structure.
It was an ancient well house.
Back when there was no running water, underground wells were dug for the community's use. To prevent children from playing near them and risking danger, a small mud house was built over the well—hence the name, well house.
The door of this ancient well house was adorned with yellowed strips of paper, bleached by the elements.
Yet the eerie red symbols on them remained surprisingly vivid.
Looking at the old well house, Jiang Hao's memories were as fresh as if it were yesterday.
Since his childhood, the well house had always been there, perpetually locked, with no one ever daring to open it.
Even as a child, his family had strictly forbidden him and the other children from playing there.
But as children grew, so did their rebellious streak.
At the age of eight, Jiang Hao remembered a boy, about fourteen or fifteen, from the village who was egged on by his peers.
With a bold heart, he decided to unlock the ancient well and uncover its secrets.
With all eyes on him, the boy smashed the lock with a stone, swung open the well house door, and stepped inside, driven by curiosity.
But shortly after he entered, a piercing scream echoed from within!
Outside, the other children scattered in terror, fleeing in all directions.
Later, when they calmed down, they assumed the boy inside was just trying to spook them.
They returned, ready to confront him, but found themselves shouting into the void outside the well house, with no reply.
They figured the boy must have gone home after they left, so they thought little of it.
As dusk approached, panic set in when the boy still hadn't returned home. His family, frantic with worry, started a village-wide search.
That's when the children realized he was missing.
In a state of alarm, they finally confessed the day's events to the adults.
Upon hearing the story, the adults wasted no time in doling out a stern punishment to the group of children.
Upon hearing about the incident, the little boy's family fainted right there and then.
Yet, in the dead of night, nobody had the courage to check the ancient well house.
It wasn't until the next morning that the people of Jiang Village enlisted the help of an otherworldly figure. This figure donned an apricot-yellow robe, adorned with the eight trigrams on his back.
In one hand, he carried a stick of wood, and in the other, several yellow talisman papers.
Under the watchful eyes of the villagers, he entered the well house, emerging only after some time had passed.
He then instructed several sturdy villagers to go inside. When they emerged, they bore the bloated, pallid body of the boy who had previously fallen into the well.
In the midst of the family's heart-wrenching cries, the boy's body was cremated right there.
Afterward, the well house was locked up once more, and the otherworldly figure plastered talismans all over its interior and exterior.
From then on, no one dared to open the well house again.
Back then, Jiang Hao had overheard someone mention that the boy was dragged into the well by an unclean presence.
Though terrified at the time, after moving to Tianhee City with his parents, Jiang Hao grew older and wiser. He came to believe that the boy had simply misstepped and fallen in.
But today, returning to the place, Jiang Hao distinctly sensed something amiss.
It was summer, and on this day, there was neither wind nor rain.
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