"That's it, all the morning's work was for nothing, just caught one purple bug."
"What are we still looking at? Let's pack up!"
Ke Jing retracted his gun and followed Shi Jian with the security team.
"Amitabha, my Buddha is merciful."
Seeing that the operation had yielded nothing, the monk returned to the police station with Shi Jian.
Everyone arrived at the police station in silence, not wanting to say much.
"A Black Witch from Miao Jiang wanting to use a scapegoat to cover their tracks means they are still in Longquan Town, trying to protect the mother bug."
Shi Jian spoke first, as he was not a professional investigator, he could only voice his deductions.
Moreover, the security team was incompetent, so he didn't expect them to find the Miao Jiang witch.
"Do you think this Black Witch can fly to heaven and burrow into the earth? Where can a village hide? It's not like they can hide in coffins, right?"
Ke Jing cursed the Miao Jiang Black Witch a few times, then sat down in the police station to rest.
However, Shi Jian's ears perked up at Ke Jing's words. "The Gu worms might not be hidden among the living. Could they be hidden among the dead?"
Shi Jian recalled the tragic death of Steward Yang and then today's events, immediately thinking that the Gu worms were hidden in the corpses.
Furthermore, the witches from Miao Jiang would surely know that everyone was primarily investigating women.
Therefore, the opponent must have been prepared, perhaps even disguised as men.
"Daoist Master, what do you mean by that?"
"Stop the nonsense. Where was Steward Yang's body buried?"
"Steward Yang's body was fortunately buried on the back mountain of the village. I heard there's a geomantic burial spot there."
"It seems like a distant relative found a spot with good Feng Shui for Steward Yang."
Ke Jing recounted all the details about Steward Yang, fearing any omissions.
"Idiot, Steward Yang's entire family is dead. How would a distant relative know? That person is definitely the witch from Miao Jiang."
"That's not right, that distant relative was a man, not a woman!"
Shi Jian, the monk, and the security team all patted their foreheads, looking at Ke Jing speechlessly.
It was evident that Ke Jing was not very sharp; he still didn't understand what was happening even though it was so obvious.
Finally, a member of the security team couldn't stand it any longer and explained the meaning of the previous sentence to Ke Jing.
"Captain, Steward Yang's distant relative was disguised as a man. You were fooled by that Black Witch from Miao Jiang."
"So, the Gu worm is very likely hidden in Steward Yang's coffin."
At this moment, Ke Jing finally caught on and stated his conclusion.
"Captain, you're not entirely hopeless."
One of the security team members mocked Ke Jing in front of Shi Jian's disciples and the monk.
"You bunch of good-for-nothings, you're itching for a beating, aren't you? Do you think this captain is that foolish?"
Ke Jing walked up to the man who spoke and affectionately greeted him with a tap on the head.
Unable to watch any longer, Shi Jian, along with Li Xuyan, headed towards the back mountain.
Seeing the two leave the police station, the monk picked up his Zen staff and followed.
"Captain, stop hitting him. The Daoist Master and the eminent monk have already left."
Ke Jing heard the man's words, turned to look behind him, and found that Shi Jian and the eminent monk had already left the police station.
"Hurry up and bring the things to the back mountain."
"Captain, what things do we need to bring to the back mountain?"
"Don't be silly, of course, we need shovels. Are you going to dig with your bare hands?"
With that, Ke Jing scurried out of the police station, leaving the security team to figure out how to get some shovels.
Ten minutes later, thirty security personnel borrowed ten shovels from the villagers and hurried to the back mountain.
"You bunch of idiots, why does it take you ten minutes just to get a shovel?"
Seeing that the security team arrived ten minutes later, Ke Jing began scolding them again.
"Captain, there were no shovels in the police station, so we had to ask the villagers to borrow them, which caused a slight delay."
"Alright, alright, hurry up and dig out Steward Yang's coffin for this captain."
"And the rest of you, guard the surroundings, prevent any fierce beasts from charging over and taking us all out."
After assigning tasks, ten sturdy security personnel picked up their shovels and furiously dug at the small grave mounds in front of them.
Within minutes, six coffins were unearthed.
"Captain, we've found the coffins."
The ten security personnel dug for a few more minutes until all six coffins were fully exposed.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and open the coffins!"
Ke Jing, standing atop the pit, ordered the security team to open the six coffins.
Since the coffins were not nailed shut, they were easily opened.
Just as the coffins were about to be opened, a large number of Gu corpses appeared and rushed towards the pit.
"Open the coffins quickly! As long as the mother bug is eliminated, the child bugs will die with it."
The security personnel in the pit, hearing Shi Jian's words, quickly pushed open the lids of the six coffins.
"Daoist Master, we can't see the mother bug inside any of these bodies."
The ten security personnel looked at the six corpses before them, completely at a loss, not knowing which body the mother bug was hidden in.
Just then, Li Xuyan used his Yin-Yang eyes to see the location of the mother bug.
"The mother bug is in the middle coffin."
"Stop looking! Hurry up and burn this middle coffin for this captain."
A few people patted themselves down and found they hadn't brought any lighters.
"Damn it, Captain, we didn't bring any lighters."
Upon hearing this, Ke Jing almost collapsed to the ground.
"How did I end up with you idiots? You falter at the critical moment."
At this moment, Shi Jian leaped into the pit, came before the middle coffin, lifted the corpse with one hand, and annihilated the entire body with lightning magic.
With the corpse Gu mother bug inside the corpse eliminated, the surrounding Gu corpses fell to the ground, motionless.
"Sigh, those creepy things have all fallen."
Having dealt with the corpse Gu mother bug, Shi Jian turned and came out of the pit.
"Quickly go get some torches and burn all the Gu corpses on the ground."
As everyone was about to incinerate the Gu corpses, a flute melody suddenly sounded from all around.
Upon hearing the flute, the Gu corpses on the ground all stood up.
"Daoist Master, didn't you say that once the mother bug was eliminated, these child bugs would die?"
"Why worry about that now? Eliminating these Gu corpses is the top priority."
Seeing the Gu corpses attacking, Shi Jian quickly drew two Zixiao Divine Lightning Talismans using the Tongtianlu.
Then, the two Zixiao Divine Lightning Talismans split into numerous smaller talismans, heading directly for the surrounding Gu corpses.
With the crackling of purple lightning, a large portion of the Gu corpses were blown apart by the Zixiao Divine Lightning, leaving only three or four remaining.