The seventh day after death?
In the dim main hall of the old residence, everyone stared at the emaciated old man's corpse seated in a black Grand Tutor Chair. Zhou Deng's words immediately changed their expressions.
According to folk legends, a person returned to their soul seven days after death. This was known as the seventh day after death.
On that day, the dead would become ghosts and revisit familiar places, seeing their loved ones one last time before returning to the underworld. There was another saying as well: if the deceased harbored resentment, they would turn into a vicious ghost on the seventh day and claim lives.
"The post office requires us to stay here for seven days. If this old man died today, then we'll be waiting until the seventh day after his death."
Old Eagle thought of some unpleasant possibilities, his expression turning slightly grim.
"The seventh day after death, when the soul returns? That's just an unfounded superstition. In my opinion, what may really happen is that the vicious ghost in this old man's corpse revives seven days after his death. Don't be fooled by the fact that it looks like an ordinary corpse right now. Once it revives, it might turn into an unimaginably terrifying vicious ghost. If we stay here for seven days, we'll definitely die horribly."
A Ghost Tamer in the crowd spoke up.
"That's right. We don't know why the corpse of an old man who died so recently has appeared here, but I think this old man was most likely a Ghost Tamer too. He has only just died, so the ghost has yet to revive, but something will definitely go wrong in a few days. I suggest we throw the corpse farther away. Even if the ghost revives, it won't