Pu Hu's Anomaly

May 31, 2012

In Xiawu Village, Jinxi County, Tianfu City, at dusk—a time when everyone should have been home eating—the village chief led several hundred villagers gathered around a fish pond, every face grave.

At the edge of the pond, a white-bearded old monk sat cross-legged with his palms pressed together.

He continuously chanted scriptures. The villagers nearby could even see circles of golden characters spreading across the entire pond like ripples, stirring layer upon layer of waves.

"Ah! You bald donkey! If you keep forcing me, I'll use my last bit of strength to kill every villager in this village!"

The shrill, terrifying voice of a female ghost echoed through the air. Quite a few of the watching villagers were seized by fear and hurriedly backed away. Seven days ago, villagers had discovered a woman's corpse in this fish pond. After the police arrived and took statements from the relevant people, they removed the body and caught the suspect within a single day.

The murderer was Wang Mou of Xiawu Village. Having long endured his wife's oppression and insults, Wang Mou could no longer bear the humiliation. He killed his wife and dumped her body in the pond. The deceased, Jin Mou, had been from the city. Ever since marrying into this godforsaken village, she had held prejudices against everyone here. The hatred that had accumulated day by day finally erupted when her husband killed her.

On the seventh night after her death, she returned as a ghost, burdened by resentment. A family of three had already fallen victim to her, but fortunately, Puhu arrived in time to stop her and suppress the female ghost back at the place where she had died.

For such a low-level ghost, Puhu could originally have killed her with ease. Yet mindful of