Chapter 384: Truly Too Much Arrogance

Chapter 384: Truly Too Much Arrogance

Since the controlling insect that had been affecting Father is now in Mo Jiuye's possession, as long as the master insect remains alive, the subordinate insect within Father’s body will not endanger his life.

Once Father regains some strength, we can perform surgery to remove the insect from him.

However, Mo Jiuye still has concerns.

As long as the puppet insect remains in Father’s body, he will not regain his autonomy.

After waking up, he will likely continue doing what he was controlled to do before.

The matters Mo Jiuye was contemplating were beyond the understanding of his brothers. Seeing that Father's condition had improved, they all stood up to inspect the entire tomb.

Apart from a coffin and Mo Qing, there were scattered remains of animals on the ground.

From this, it could be determined that Father had survived by eating these things.

Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have been controlled by Master Si Meng to guard here.

Therefore, the brothers concluded that while these animal remains were indeed Father's food, he did not hunt them himself.

Thus, the purpose of the eldest and second sons of the Mo family became clear—they were responsible for hunting wild game outside to provide food for him, ensuring their survival until now.

The central coffin undoubtedly belonged to the Southern Princess Yuan Meng.

Upon closer inspection, there were ten memorial tablets around the coffin, each inscribed with the names of all the male members of the Mo family.

Not only that, but the tablets also recorded a time—their date of death, which was the seventh day of the seventh month this year.

It was currently late May, meaning there was still over a month until the seventh day of the seventh month.

To have made their memorial tablets and written their death dates while they were still alive clearly indicated Master Si Meng's plot—to capture all the male members of the Mo family and kill them on the seventh day of the seventh month this year, to avenge Yuan Meng.

The brothers angrily threw all the memorial tablets into a copper basin. Sixth Brother set them ablaze, angrily saying, "Old ghost Si Meng, truly too much arrogance."

Though the others did not say anything, their anger was no less than Mo Jinnian's.

Mo Jiuye watched the burning memorial tablets in the copper basin, stood up in fury, and pried open a corner of the coffin lid. With a strong push, he opened the coffin.

Inside was not Yuan Meng's corpse, but a set of splendid palace attire.

On one side of the coffin stood a large memorial tablet, clearly inscribed with—The Spirit Tablet of Beloved Wife Yuan Meng!

Mo Jiuye casually picked up the spirit tablet, crushed it with force, then took out the palace attire and threw it into the copper basin.

The fire in the copper basin had not completely died down, and upon encountering the flammable palace attire, it flared up again.

At this moment, Mo Qing, due to the effects of the stimulant, began to move slightly, albeit slowly.

He reached for a stack of paper money nearby and prepared to throw it into the copper basin.

Seeing this, the eldest brother, with bloodshot eyes, hugged him tightly.

"Father, she is our mortal enemy who has harmed our entire Mo family; we cannot treat her like this."

However, Mo Qing showed no reaction and continued the motion of burning the paper money.

Mo Jiuye knew that Father's lack of autonomy was due to the puppet insect in his body.

While his brothers were still trying to persuade him, Mo Jiuye moved forward and hugged him from behind.

Mo Qing, already weak, lost his ability to move when held by Mo Jiuye.

His eyes vacant, he stopped moving and allowed Mo Jiuye to hold him.

Seeing that he had successfully controlled Father, Mo Jiuye planned to carry him away from that spot.

Unexpectedly, though he managed to lift Father, he felt light and remained in a kneeling position, with his legs curled and unable to straighten.

It looked as if Mo Jiuye was carrying a dried corpse.

This alarmed the brothers.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Sixth Brother's voice choked with emotion.

Unfortunately, no matter how urgent the brothers sounded, Mo Qing showed no reaction, staring blankly ahead, his hands still poised to burn the paper money if not restrained by Mo Jiuye.

"Ninth Brother, what's wrong with Father's legs?" The second brother had guessed a possibility but was unwilling to believe it, so he asked.

Mo Jiuye shared the same conclusion—Father's legs had become permanently curled from kneeling for too long.

There was nothing he could do about it, and he dared not forcibly straighten them. He decided to take Father back to Xiling Village and ask his wife for help.

"Let's take Father away from here first," Mo Jiuye said calmly, though his heart was in turmoil.

Although Father had regained consciousness, Mo Jiuye could feel that his vital signs were very weak.

He could not guarantee that Father would survive after leaving this place.

He dared not voice these thoughts, nor did he want to face such a reality.

Given the situation, the best choice was to take Father away from this haunted place.

Sixth Brother approached Mo Jiuye.

"Nine, don't worry yet. Let me try using my lightness skills to see if there's any obstruction."

Mo Jiuye did not refute this point; they had already thoroughly inspected the entire tomb chamber and found no other exit except for the top of that marsh.

Therefore, they could only leave by retracing their steps.

"Alright, Sixth Brother, be careful."

As Mo Jiuye spoke, Sixth Brother already used his lightness skills to leap upward.

Because the space here was large and empty in the middle, Sixth Brother could only use the surrounding walls as support points.

One could say that in such a place, if someone without martial arts skills entered, leaving would be nearly impossible.

Fortunately, all the sons of the Mo family were skilled in martial arts, making leaving here not only easy but almost effortless.

Sixth Brother broke through the soft surface of the marsh with his head and reappeared at the same spot where they had entered before.

After checking around and seeing nothing unusual, he jumped down again.

This round trip took only a blink of an eye.

Seeing him reappear, Mo Jiuye asked, "Sixth Brother, how is it?"

"There's no problem at all. As long as we use our lightness skills to go up, we'll be back at the same spot we entered from."

With this confirmation, the brothers felt reassured and planned to immediately take their father and leave this place.

At the same time, Sixth Brother also approached Mo Jiuye.

"Ninth Brother, let me carry Father. I've done it once and have some experience now, so it will be easier."