Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Nightfall

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

Even before they walked down the stairs, Chen Shouyi already heard Mother Chen’s voice.

“Oh my, this is such a strange and evil situation where others would surely avoid, yet you still agreed to go. Money is really everything to you.”

“Mother!” Chen Xingyue hugged Mother Chen’s arms and acted coquettishly. “I’m a martial apprentice, what’s there to be afraid of? All of their family is fine too.”

“What if that filthy thing can still recognize people?” Mother Chen was clearly still worried. “Not even their relatives are going. What’s an outsider like you going there for?”

“In times of danger, could it be that I don’t know how to run away? Mother, just relax.”

“Ai, I’m so infuriated.”

“Okay, okay. Since you guys want to go, just be more careful at night. At that time, take care of your elder brother.” Chen Dawei spoke.

Chen Shouyi, who was at the side watching as her sister made a fool out of herself, involuntarily felt his mouth opening wide when he heard that.

(I’m very powerful okay!)

But ultimately, he didn’t say anything.

If he said something, they might have thought that he was boasting.

He decided that once the order was restored in society, he would go take the Martial Apprentice Test.

One must not look down on the identity of a martial apprentice. It was a reflection of societal status.

In other words, it meant that one would have a certain amount of political power and enjoy a certain degree of authority while having a duty. They also had the identity of a militia.

This was especially so in a small place like Dongning City. With an identity of a martial apprentice, others would regard you much higher and that title would always attract envious gazes. This was the reaction of ordinary people upon facing someone of the same species that could easily take your life.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Chen Xingyue was a martial apprentice, how could their parents agree to let her go so easily?

…

The cold and clear moonlight exuded a slight coldness.

Two silhouettes, one tall one shorter, one at the front and one at the back, was walking on the path.

The alley was very quiet, only the footsteps of the two could be heard.

Chen Xingyue was wearing sports attire made from cotton. There was a small sword case strapped on her shoulders and she was using her mobile phone for illumination.

Chen Shouyi glanced at his phone and finally asked involuntarily.

“Why do you still have battery left?”

“I charged my phone in the car. Don’t you know this?”

Chen Shouyi, “…”

He truly had forgotten that cars could charge mobile phone batteries.

…

In the little zone of this area, the houses were two-and-a-half stories building in European style, with a single gate family courtyard. And due to the integrated program back then, the buildings in this zone were extremely orderly and didn’t look disarrayed at all.

It was just that Mister Wang’s house was located on the side of the streets. Once Mister Wang’s family stepped out, they would already reach the street.

It was very rare for Chen Shouyi to walk around in this little zone. Now that he was here, he felt things were somewhat unfamiliar.

At this moment, it wasn’t even 7 p.m. yet, but the streets in this little zone were completely empty.

If the houses on both sides of the streets had no weak glimmers of light shining out of their windows, he would have suspected that everyone had already fallen asleep.

It was very easy to locate Mister Wang’s house.

His courtyard was draped with black tarpaulin, so black that it was terrifying.

The gate to the courtyard was locked.

The two of them walked over and knocked on the gate. After two knocks, the gate swiftly opened.

The one who opened the gate was Wang Debiao’s wife, A`Fen. She was a middle-aged woman of about forty-plus years old. She was clad in white mourning clothes and had a black flower pinned to the pocket on her chest.

She looked haggard and had deep eye bags.

Her eyes gave Chen Shouyi a pretty deep impression. It was a pair of eyes that were filled with panic and unease.

However, no matter who it was that encountered something like this, they most probably wouldn’t be able to keep their peace of mind.

“Oh, Xingyue, you guys are here. Quickly come in.”

“Hello, Auntie,” Chen Xingyue spoke.

Chen Shouyi greeted as well and went in together with his sister after that.

A faint smell of the corpse permeated the courtyard.

The atmosphere was very cold. The number of people was so few that it was pathetic.

Other than Mister Wang’s brother and two sons, only his wife A`Fen was here. The other relatives didn’t come at all. Clearly, all of them were too frightened.

When the few of them saw Chen Xingyue, it was as though they were seeing their last hope and they hurriedly crowded over.

Mister Wang’s brother was a seventy to eighty-year-old man. He stood up from his seat and hobbled over.

“Xingyue, we have to depend on you. You martial apprentices all have vibrant Yang qi and can intimidate and dispel baleful qi of the dead. I hope that this younger brother of mine can rest in peace. For those of us who are still living, we cannot endure repeated torments…”

Old people were always superstitious, let alone now that something like this had happened, they couldn’t help but believe.

This was also the first time Chen Xingyue had encountered such a situation, so she didn’t really know what to do. Her face and ears turned red. “This… I also have no idea if it will be useful or not?”

“It’s fine even if it’s not useful. WIth you here, we can set our hearts at ease.” The old man squeezed out a smile.

It was a minor thing whether she could suppress the baleful aura or not. The crucial point was that she could train her guts.

“That’s right, that’s right!” Mister Wang’s second son also echoed, fearing that they might scare Chen Xingyue away. “Now, my father’s corpse is tied up. There’s no danger at all.”

“Xingyue, take a seat!” A`Fen hurriedly spoke. “Also, Dawei’s son, don’t stand around, please feel free to seat.”

She called his sister with her name while referring to him as the son of who and who.

The differences in greeting indicated the differences between their statuses in the hearts of these people.

Chen Shouyi didn’t mind it; he was long used to it.

“You are accompanying Xingyue, right? Haha, I didn’t really know you in the past.” A`Fen forcefully smiled while brewing tea and bringing out some light refreshments.

Chen Shouyi also exchanged conversations perfunctorily.

…

The night gradually came, and the few of them drank the tea while chatting.

The sad atmosphere had become non-existent after what was happening during these two days. Only fear and unease remained.

As they spoke, the few of them began to speak about the thing that had happened last night.

There seemed to be some regret from their words. Back then, they shouldn’t have brought Mister Wang’s body back and should have left it to the police to handle.

Through their words, Chen Shouyi roughly reconstructed the scenario back then.

So it turned out that back then, when Mister Wang’s corpse had been shot down by the police, it had become like a real corpse and had fallen down onto the ground unmoving.

The police also didn’t know how to handle that, they had never dealt with such a bizarre thing before.

Chen Shouyi guessed that the police were also extremely frightened back then.

And at that time, the family members of the dead had also arrived. After the police had explained the situation, they had told the deceased’s family to bring the body back.

Speaking of which, it was truly a story with many twists and turns.

Chen Shouyi became lost in thoughts after hearing a few sentences.

He stared at Chen Xingyue who was clutching her phone and concentrating on playing mobile games.

He couldn’t help but feel that he had miscalculated. If he had known there was nothing to do, he would have brought a dictionary over and memorized some terms from the Otherworld. It would be much better compared to now where he was doing nothing.

He stood up in boredom and walked around.

At this moment, he glanced at the funeral hall. He couldn’t curb his curiosity and walked over.

The others glanced at him, but they didn’t stop him.

…

Right now, it was already midnight. The candlelight in the house flickered, painting everything in shades of twilight. Two long white candles were placed on the table and their flames flickered brightly.

The pungent smell of a rotten corpse along with the fragrance of the burning candles mixed and formed a strange smell. There was a white tent erected behind the praying table.

And Mister Wang’s corpse was lying in the tent at the back.

He subconsciously lightened his steps. He slowly walked toward the tent and went before Mister Wang’s corpse, looking at it.

The corpse was tightly tied up. The surface of its skin was a waxen yellow, with no hint of pallor.

He was clad in burial clothes that seemed overly large. Clearly, his muscles had atrophied somewhat after his death.

Yesterday night after having collected back the body, no one had tidied it.

The burial clothes that were stained with dust had a few bullet holes on them. Dark wet spots could also be seen where the wounds were.

Due to the fact that the burial clothes were grey, he had no way to determine whether the wet spots were caused by blood or oil from the corpse.

Other than the bullets in the body, the most obvious injury was at the head area. A bullet had penetrated his brain through his cheek, leaving behind a terrifying-looking black-colored wound.

At this moment, Chen Shouyi suddenly noticed some weird details of the corpse. The fingernails on the dried, aged fingers were extremely black and dark.

In addition, the corpse’s finger would produce slight movements from time to time.