The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 251 - 248: Three Evil Formation; The Smiling Female Corpse

Chapter 251: Chapter 248: Three Evil Formation; The Smiling Female Corpse

Because of that incident in the bathroom, Qin Zhao had been practically paralyzed at home for several days.

Not only was her entire body exhausted, but her spirit was also very tired.

She hadn’t actually separated rooms with Chu Yan, and over the past few days, they simply shared the bed and slept together.

Qin Zhao would often gaze at Chu Yan’s left hand with a ghostly look, always feeling like his hand seemed to have healed, but he kept complaining of pain, sometimes even asking her to feed him.

Chu Yan, worried that Qin Zhao might notice something was off, had been playing his part quite convincingly these last few days.

And when it came to sleeping, he didn’t dare to make any moves on her.

If Qin Zhao found out that his hand was fine, she might very well throw him out of the house!

"I need to step out for a bit, just order takeout for lunch."

Being cooped up at home for several days, Qin Zhao was getting annoyed with Chu Yan; he was like a pestering little goblin, frail and fond of acting up.

Today, Shangguan Qiu had asked her out, saying there was something she needed help with.

Shangguan Qiu herself was from the Mystical Sect, and if even she couldn’t handle it, it had to be a peculiar problem that she needed Qin Zhao’s help with. Thus, Qin Zhao decided to check it out.

"Will you be back tonight?"

"I don’t know, it depends."

Chu Yan’s gaze followed her, now unhappy, "You can’t just depend on the situation. How am I supposed to sleep if you don’t come back?"

"I’m not a pillow. How can you not sleep if I’m not there?"

"I’ll have trouble sleeping."

Qin Zhao rolled her eyes at him, "Chu Yan, are you a three-year-old?"

"I don’t care, you have to come back tonight."

Qin Zhao ignored his unreasonable tantrum, certain that staying at home had driven him to crankiness. Indeed, it was better to go to work every day, at least he’d be less clingy.

Shangguan Qiu and Qin Zhao had agreed to meet at a restaurant for lunch.

When Qin Zhao arrived at the restaurant, Shangguan Qiu was already there.

She got straight to the point, "I’d like you to check out the ancestral grave of the university’s chancellor. Last time I went there with my sect uncle, we encountered a Three Evil Formation. We lack the power to meddle with it lightly."

Shangguan Qiu was referring to the chancellor of Imperial University, a formidable figure.

He was also an academician at the National Research Institute, ostensibly leading a life of glory. But he had lived a solitary life; his parents died early, his wife passed away young, and even his child nearly perished too.

When his child nearly died, Shangguan Jing spotted something amiss and saved the child’s life. Nevertheless, the child’s upbringing was fraught with difficulties, never smooth-sailing.

Many years later, Shangguan Jing finally realized the root of the problem.

The chancellor’s ancestral grave had been tampered with by someone who set up a Three Evil Formation, causing him to suffer from the curse of loneliness.

Parents, a wife, a child—they were the keys to this Three Evil Formation.

Without breaking the formation, the chancellor’s only kin, his son, would ultimately lose his life to it!

Shangguan Qiu sighed and continued, "Such a sinister Feng Shui Bureau... If we don’t have complete confidence in breaking it, even our Shangguan Family could incur negative karma.

Last week, the chancellor’s son was involved in another accident. He urgently wants someone to break the Three Evil Formation and hopes that my sect uncle and I can introduce him to someone. Should the formation be broken, he would promise any reward."

"Three Evil Formation?"

Qin Zhao wore a contemplative expression. She was familiar with such Feng Shui arrangements.

These Feng Shui Bureaus and the Arrays of cultivators actually shared a similar ingenious principle.

And this Three Evil Formation, it was somewhat akin to a sacrificial array.

It involved seizing the lives of his parents, wife, and child in exchange for something else.

"Do you know who set up the Three Evil Formation?"

"We don’t. The chancellor’s parents died in a serial highway accident twenty years ago. It’s likely that’s when the ancestral grave was hit with the Three Evil Formation."

Shangguan Qiu’s expression showed distress, "Moreover, the formation has a primary and secondary positions. The primary represents the parents and is located within the chancellor’s ancestral grave, but the locations of the other two secondary positions are unknown."

That was the key reason they dared not tamper with the Three Evil Formation—the lack of clarity about the three positions. Messing with one without knowing about the others could lead to unexpected changes.

And such changes were rarely good.

"That’s interesting."

Qin Zhao felt intrigued by this Three Evil Formation, "I can go with you to take a look."

"I was waiting for you to say that. I’ll take you to meet my sect uncle later."

Discussing this, they realized that the dishes they had ordered had not yet been served.

Qin Zhao had skipped breakfast, and her stomach had long been growling.

She was about to ask a waiter to hurry it up,

when suddenly, from the direction of the kitchen came a shrill scream.

"Ah!"

Immediately after, several chefs and waiters rushed out, their expressions filled with panic.

It was just past ten in the morning, and there weren’t many customers, only Qin Zhao and her group were at a table. Qin Zhao hadn’t eaten breakfast, so she had been hoping to have an early lunch.

"My God! Why is there such a thing in the ice chest!"

One waiter leaned against a table, overcome with a fear-induced retch.

Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu exchanged a look, sensing that something terrible had happened in the kitchen.

"What happened?"

Qin Zhao walked over, inquiring of a waiter who seemed relatively calm.

The waiter, realizing she was a customer, hesitated.

When he didn’t answer, Qin Zhao thought about checking it out herself, but the waiter quickly stopped her.

"Don’t go in, there’s been a bit of an accident. We’re likely going to close for the day, could you please leave? We’ll handle a full refund for you."

The waiter looked apologetically at Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu.

"What exactly happened inside?"

"It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, but I don’t want to scare you."

The waiter gave a wry smile, "You’d better not ask."

"Could it be that there’s been a fatality?"

As soon as Qin Zhao finished speaking, the waiter’s face changed color.

This confirmed that Qin Zhao had guessed correctly, there must have been a death!

Her expression instantly turned solemn as she pushed past the chefs and waiters and entered the kitchen.

There was nobody in the kitchen; everyone had run out.

At first glance, the kitchen was still tidy, with no blood or bodies in sight.

That was until Qin Zhao saw the ice chest emitting cold air.

The horizontal door of the ice chest was ajar, giving off the scent of frozen meat.

Approaching, she saw a body covered in frost lying inside!

It was a female corpse, laying as if asleep inside the ice chest, seemingly without pain before death, her lips still curled in a satisfied, contented smile.

Under such circumstances, that smile inexplicably felt eerie and ominous.

The chef, upon opening the ice chest to retrieve ingredients, had been shocked to see such a thing, almost fainting.

The others, after seeing it, were similarly terrified and ran out of the kitchen.

"There’s a dead body here?"

Shangguan Qiu didn’t seem scared; she had seen strange corpses before.

She just hadn’t expected that inviting Qin Zhao out for a meal would lead to such a sudden incident.

"She, she’s not from our restaurant!"

A waiter who had more courage stood at the kitchen’s entrance. He saw Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu examining the body and quickly spoke up to explain.

"Do you mean she’s not a staff member of the restaurant?"

The waiter nodded, confirming Qin Zhao’s words.

"Have you seen her before?"

"Never, we absolutely don’t know her!"

Outside, the head chef had already called the police.

Qin Zhao and Shangguan Qiu didn’t disturb the crime scene, just took a quick look and then waited for the police to arrive.

A strange case like this naturally went to the Criminal Police Team.

So it wasn’t long before Qin Zhao saw Huo Xun leading his team over.

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