Zhang Yuanqing carried the cat corpse over the threshold. To prevent the monster from "playing dead," he swung it up and smashed it against the threshold.
The flayed giant cat, having suffered a heavy blow, jerked all four limbs violently and seemed to pass out again.
Only then did Zhang Yuanqing feel at ease. He tossed the giant cat into the coffin, then bent down, lifted the lid, and sealed it shut again.
At that moment, his teammates followed him into the room. Seeing that the flayed monster cat had vanished and that the coffin had been sealed again, Guan Ya asked in surprise, "Why did you lock it back up?"
I said it was an experiment. How am I supposed to answer that now? Zhang Yuanqing lowered his head and looked at the red string and purple talismans scattered across the floor.
"Li Chunfeng, do you know what these are?"
Everyone turned to Li Chunfeng. This knowledgeable Scholar stroked his chin as he examined the coffin, then picked up a paper talisman and the red string from the floor, sniffing them before offering his guess.
"Red string binds resentment, purple talismans nourish baleful energy. Strange—this coffin is both a seal and a breeding ground that nurtures the monster."
As expected of a Scholar, a walking database. Zhang Yuanqing nodded. "Can you restore the red string and purple talismans?"
Li Chunfeng said, "Restore them? No, you misunderstand. Just tie them on however you like. There's no particular method."
Tie them on however I like? I thought it had to be like snapping an inked carpenter's line, covering the entire coffin, and missing even one spot would cause a huge problem. Seeing Li Chunfeng pick up the red string, Zhang Yuanqing hurriedly took it from him.
"I'll do it!"
He immediately