"Corpse Preparation…" Fatty couldn't help but shrink his neck.

Why were all their tasks dealing with corpses this time? He was truly fed up.

Then the village chief didn't waste any time. He slowly pulled out the lot-drawing tube from his sleeve that they had seen before. After a round of drawing lots, the village chief suddenly announced that this task was based on rooms as units, meaning only one person needed to be sent from each room.

Yu Chengmu's room drew first place, Chen Hao and his group drew second, Jia Jinliang drew third, as for Jiang Cheng and his group… Jiang Cheng sent Fatty to fight, but just as Fatty rolled up his sleeves, the village chief took back the lot tube.

"You don't need to draw." The village chief said righteously, "We don't need that many people. Three people are enough."

Fatty's face lit up when he heard this, "So that means we get a bye this round."

Although the village chief didn't say it, his face was full of an expression that said 'you wish'. Then he pointed to Chen Hao's group and said, "You two rooms discuss it yourselves, anyway, one person has to go."

Lei Mingyu was stunned when he heard this, "Why are we grouped with them?"

The village chief signaled Lei Mingyu to look at the back of the lot they drew. There was actually a small four-character phrase written on the back of the lot. For some reason, the more he looked at it, the more it felt like the word 'death'.

"Alright, then we'll leave it to you masters. After you finish eating, go back and rest. After all, you've been working hard for two nights. As for the specific work, the night watchman will come to you before the third watch. He will explain it." After a moment, the village chief added, "The contributions you have made to the village will be forever remembered by all of us."

"Tsk." Just as Fatty was about to question if this old man knew how to talk, the village chief and his group slipped away.

Yu Chengmu twirled his beard and lowered his voice, "It's one thing for the Yizhuang (a mortuary) to be located on the edge of the village, but it's even more daring to locate it on the west side. The west side faces the water, which is dominated by yin. It would be fine if these corpses died of natural causes, but if they died violently, something big will happen."

"Old sir, do you think the corpses in this village could have died of natural causes?" Lei Mingyu seemed to have seen through it and was even in the mood to joke.

After eating, the group didn't plan to return to the Wu family mansion immediately. They wandered around the village and then went to the ferry river. The whirlpool they could see from afar was gone, and Pang Xiaofeng's body was nowhere to be seen.

The sky was about to turn dark when the group returned to the Wu family mansion.

After closing the door, Zhang Junyu looked at Yu Chengmu with a somewhat ugly expression, "Master, Zhou Qing was killed by that Jiang Cheng. He's very troublesome. A Biao wanted to plot against him, but he didn't succeed."

"A Biao asked me to tell you that he will give you an explanation for Zhou Qing's matter."

Yu Chengmu waved his hand, "Don't mention Zhou Qing's matter anymore. He didn't have enough ability. It's fine that he died." Changing the subject, Yu Chengmu looked at Zhang Junyu, and his voice also lowered, "That paper figure is the big problem."

Hearing this, Zhang Junyu nodded fiercely, a look of fear emerging on his face, "Yes, I noticed it too. The name on it was actually… actually embroidered on it. That's paper, using corpse-binding thread to embroider a name on a piece of paper, and without tearing the paper, what kind of skill is that!"

"You only know one thing, but not the other." The worried look on Yu Chengmu's face became even more intense, "There's also a mark near the name. Do you remember it?"

"I remember it, but…" Zhang Junyu didn't say the rest of his words, obviously not knowing the deep meaning behind it.

Mentioning that mark, Yu Chengmu straightened his body for the first time, and said solemnly, "That mark looks very strange, right? Because it's half the body of a cicada."

After recalling it, Zhang Junyu's pupils shrank, and he couldn't help but nod repeatedly, "It seems to be like this, it's… it's the part of the cicada's wing, the patterns on it are very similar."

"That seal is a token of the Corpse Stitcher lineage, similar to our Mojin Talisman (grave robber talisman), but we have more than one Mojin Talisman, while that Golden Cicada Jade Seal is only one piece, symbolizing the highest skill of the Corpse Stitcher lineage."

"The reason for choosing the golden cicada is because the golden cicada can shed its shell, and the Corpse Stitcher is based on the word 'stitch'. According to legend, the strongest Corpse Stitcher can not only stitch corpses, but also stitch the empty shell shed by the cicada completely, making it look like a living cicada."

"It is said that the Corpse Stitcher family split up back then. During the battle, the Golden Cicada Jade Seal was shattered into three pieces and taken away by the three strongest Corpse Stitchers at that time. Only the Corpse Stitcher holding the Golden Cicada Jade Seal dares to call himself orthodox."

Listening to this, Zhang Junyu's face also changed, "So… the one who left the mark on that paper figure is…"

"Is the orthodox Corpse Stitcher who holds the fragments of the Golden Cicada Jade Seal." Yu Chengmu took a deep breath, a hint of fear emerging in his eyes, "I originally thought this legend was fake, but you also saw the stitches on the paper figure. What good skill!"

"And what's even more terrifying is that this Corpse Stitcher is already dead and has now become a ghost." Yu Chengmu said, "Tonight's corpse preparation is probably related to the Corpse Stitcher lineage."

Hearing this, Zhang Junyu seemed to have made an amazing discovery, "Guarding the spirit, making paper figures, preparing the body…" He suddenly raised his head, "This… this is all business of the yin trade!"

Yu Chengmu nodded with a gloomy face, "I suspected it last night. Looking at it today, I was right. This task corresponds to the yin trade. Guarding the spirit has spirit guards, making paper figures has paper figure craftsmen, preparing the body has Corpse Stitchers, and we also have the identity of corpse retrievers."

"So many people from the yin trade, and all of them are top figures, have come to this small village. What… what are they going to do?"