Master Mu, in order to create an improved version of the Eighteen Dark Nails and prevent people from discovering the anomalies in this mountain, dismembered all the corpses and placed them in specific locations.
Almost all of the heads of other victims are at the top of the mountain.
Besides these, there are also numerous corpses of snakes, insects, rats, and ants below, all used to increase the Evil Qi.
The more Xun Tianhai looked, the more he felt Jiangli was right.
Master Mu might not only be trying to hide the bodies but was also engaging in corpse rearing and soul refining.
If all the corpses scattered throughout the mountain were really nurtured by Master Mu into fierce corpses.
It would certainly be an endless disaster.
Fortunately, Jiangli stopped everything before it could happen.
Xun Tianhai glanced at Jiangli and suddenly felt that the 800,000 was well spent.
He relaxed and worked seriously.
Xia Xin gripped his phone, looking at the balance and felt delighted.
Duan Jianchuan caught his expression and asked out of the blue, "You just received 800,000, remember to pay taxes."
Xia Xin was startled, looked up at Duan Jianchuan, and slapped his forehead, "Right, taxes! I totally forgot!"
Duan Jianchuan was silent.
Hearing this, Jiangli paused her needlework and looked over, "Pay taxes?"
"Yeah, that’s tax, these kinds of personal incomes need to be taxed." Xia Xin explained, in the past Jiaoyang Temple didn’t have much income, so there was no concern about this.
But now with a large sum coming in, taxes definitely need to be paid.
Xia Xin had forgotten about this.
Jiangli asked, "Is it similar to levying a tax?"
Xia Xin pondered for a moment, "Pretty much."
Jiangli made an acknowledging sound, "Then you take care of it."
Xia Xin nodded, "When we get back, I’ll go pay the taxes."
Since Jiangli didn’t understand these modern practices, she let Xia Xin handle it and continued to sew Lin Yurong’s head.
About half an hour later, Jiangli finally finished sewing Lin Yurong’s head.
Xia Xin noticed that Jiangli was even more meticulous with this step, taking much longer than she did sewing the body.
Upon closer inspection, he saw that Jiangli truly put effort into it; the stitching on the neck was so fine it was almost invisible if not looked at closely.
He hadn’t expected the needlework skills of the ancesters to be this good.
Under Fu Shiyan’s and Xia Xin’s watchful eyes, Jiangli adjusted a sack, dressing it on Lin Yurong’s skeletal remains.
After completing the task, Jiangli put away her needle and thread and stood up, handing the remaining materials to Xia Xin, "All set, bring over a coffin to store the body."
Xia Xin took them, glancing at the still pitch-dark sky, "Should we look for a coffin now..."
Couldn’t they just let the Unusual Affairs Management Office take it back?
Jiangli said, "First find a normal coffin to temporarily store the body, a temporary measure. We can’t just carry her down the mountain , can we?"
On hearing this, Xia Xin agreed that indeed it didn’t seem proper...
Glancing at Lin Yurong’s skeletal remains, Xia Xin felt at a loss about what to do and said, "Then I’ll go look for a coffin..."
"No need," Xun Tianhai interjected as he approached from the side, "We brought body bags for climbing the mountain this time. We’ll just collect the body and take it back to the police station later."
Jiangli raised an eyebrow, "Body bag?"
"Yes, now the police and our Unusual Affairs Management Office use body bags when collecting bodies; it’s a method for temporarily storing a body. It’s easy to transport and it isolates the body," explained Xun Tianhai.
Jiangli realized, "Well, then we’ll leave it to you."
Xun Tianhai affirmed, "Abbot, rest assured, these minor matters are something our Unusual Affairs Management Office can handle well."
With that said, Jiangli had nothing to worry about.
After all, what remained were just minor details.
(Jiangli: Thank you to all the readers for the reminder, we’ve started paying taxes)