From this childhood memory of conversing with his parents, Fengmen Jiangshi understood that the well was the Dragon Sealing Well, and his family were the creators and guardians of the Dragon Sealing Well. This was because the location depicted in the mural was almost identical to the terrain where he was brought out of the Dragon Sealing Well by the tailor.
Fengmen Jiangshi had reason to be certain that the well in the mural was the Dragon Sealing Well.
Besides this.
He also had some other scattered memory fragments, all ordinary memories of learning ghost exorcism techniques, fighting ghosts, fighting exorcists, and so on.
It was from these memories.
Fengmen Jiangshi learned his name, Zhang Zhan.
"It seems I need to find time to have a good talk with Zhang Wei. How has my family fared after my death? I remember Zhang Wei saying that our family had declined, and in this era, there are very few remaining members, not like the large family numbers in my memory."
He murmured this to himself.
Fengmen Jiangshi's brow furrowed. Combining his memories with the residual memories of being killed, he had a guess.
Perhaps...
The decline of the family was due to that battle before his death, a battle fought to protect the Dragon Sealing Well?
That didn't seem right.
He clearly remembered that when he was resurrected as a zombie, he still retained memories of himself and his family members throwing corpses into the Dragon Sealing Well. According to the information he obtained from Senluo, this should be the key to opening the Dragon Sealing Well.
But...
Didn't his family guard the Dragon Sealing Well? Why would he then throw corpses into it? This should have gone against the original intention of guarding the Dragon Sealing Well.
Although his memories were fragmented, and he didn't know what the Dragon Sealing Well truly was, Fengmen Jiangshi had an instinct. He vaguely realized that throwing corpses into the Dragon Sealing Well was wrong, and shouldn't be done so frequently, but why had he done it back then?
"Did I disobey my father, or was there some other reason?"
Fengmen Jiangshi frowned.
He had promised his father that he would guard the Dragon Sealing Well, but why did he abandon that duty and instead open it? Could it be...
"Am I a traitor to my family?"
Fengmen Jiangshi considered this possibility, his heart skipping a beat. He then shook his head vigorously:
"No, that shouldn't be it. I couldn't be a traitor. Zhang Wei said he respects me immensely. If I were a traitor, my family wouldn't praise me; I would be infamous, and Zhang Wei wouldn't admire me."
Unable to figure it out.
Fengmen Jiangshi couldn't help but tap his head, trying to recover more memories.
"Zombie, what are you doing?"
The paper figurine was startled by Fengmen Jiangshi's action and asked.
"Nothing, just seeing if tapping my head can help me recover some memories. Perhaps... I should go to Yunnan Worm Valley and absorb some more drought corpse qi. Maybe that will help me recover my memories."
"I think you should stop messing around. Don't end up with brain damage."
The paper figurine chuckled.
Fengmen Jiangshi shrugged. Although he didn't know why he had thrown corpses into the Dragon Sealing Well, he was in a good mood because he was recovering his memories, and he playfully said:
"That won't happen. I'm a Tie Guan Jiangshi after all. It seems the zombie tide fog isn't entirely harmful; at least it's helping me recover my lost memories."
"That's true. I think it's the corpse qi itself affecting the brain. It just happened to coincide. It's also fortunate that your strength is great enough to withstand the corpse qi of the zombie tide fog, otherwise, instead of recovering memories, you might have lost your sanity."
"Actually, it wasn't entirely due to my own strength. I almost lost my sanity, but I was fortunately rescued from the zombie tide fog."
"Oh? You were rescued from the zombie tide fog? Who? That old corpse herder?"
The paper figurine thought that anyone who could rescue Fengmen Jiangshi from the zombie tide fog must have resistance to it. The only person he could think of was the old corpse herder, who was most familiar with zombies.
However, in the next second.
He saw Fengmen Jiangshi shake his head and frankly state:
"No, the one who saved me was a zombie, a very peculiar zombie, whose rarity was no less than that of a drought corpse, a zombie I had never seen before. I named this type of zombie, Avatar."
"Ah???"
...
On the other side.
The next day, Northeast, domestic airport.
At this moment.
Zhang Wei saw Qiu Xiaolin running towards him from the arrival gate, a smile blooming on his face. He opened his arms and embraced Qiu Xiaolin as she lunged at him. Regardless of what others might think, he kissed her fiercely:
"My little mantou, you've become even cuter and more beautiful after not seeing you for so long."
"Hehe, of course. Who else's wife would I be?"
Qiu Xiaolin kissed him back fiercely and playfully bit his lip, trying to ignite Zhang Wei's passion:
"We haven't seen each other for that long, and Little Wei Zi is already impatient."
Zhang Wei pinched Qiu Xiaolin's cheek upon seeing this:
"You little girl with your sharp tongue. I think you're the impatient one. Look at how you're biting me; I almost thought you were going to eat me. This is an airport, my little mantou."
"What's wrong with it being an airport? It's just unlocking a new location achievement, hehe."
Qiu Xiaolin continued:
"Let's stop joking for now. We can joke more tonight. Little Wei Zi, I received a call from Uncle and Aunt today. Uncle asked me if you're going for ancestor worship in a couple of days?"
"Hmm? Yes, why? What did my dad call you for?"
"What's wrong? Are you afraid I'll complain to Uncle and Aunt that you're bullying me?"
"What you're saying! I'm not afraid of you complaining. Besides bullying you at night, when else do I bully you? But what did my parents call you for?"
"They didn't call me; they called both me and Xiaoxue. I told Uncle and Aunt about Xiaoxue, and Uncle is quite open-minded."
"Of course, he's open-minded. Who wouldn't like their son to be liked by more girls?"
"You're so boastful."
Qiu Xiaolin playfully nudged her nose adorably, then said:
"Uncle and Aunt called me to invite me to the ancestor worship. They said it's a family tradition. If a child is an adult and has a girlfriend, they must bring her along. This is to tell the ancestors that the family is prosperous and will not be without successors, so the ancestors can bless them from the underworld."
"So, Little Wei Zi, I'll wait and go for ancestor worship with you. After that, I'll work hard at the Huang family and cultivate to at least the Half-Step Zhenguo level."
Zhang Wei was surprised to hear this:
"So that's how it is. I just found out. No wonder my dad always looked displeased whenever he asked me about ancestor worship after I became an adult. Turns out he wasn't displeased that I wasn't going, but that I wasn't bringing a girlfriend."
"Who told you not to go for ancestor worship when you were old enough? I've already told Xiaoxue about this."
"Oh? What did Xiaoxue say?"
"Xiaoxue said she'll go too, because this is a chance to meet Uncle and Aunt, and she doesn't want me to get there first."
"By the way, what should Xiaoxue and I wear? Are there any other rules for your family's ancestor worship, like colors we can't wear?"
"Little mantou, you're asking the wrong person. I've never been to ancestor worship either, so I don't know these things. But it doesn't matter. Just wear your most expensive and beautiful clothes. Let the ancestors see how beautiful their descendants' wives are."
"My most expensive and beautiful clothes? Then I'll wear my Power Rangers costume, hehe."
As soon as Qiu Xiaolin said this.
Zhang Wei burst into laughter, amused by her:
"If you dare to wear it, I don't mind."
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