Chapter 209

How crazy and inhumane would someone have to be to sacrifice their own flesh and blood for a so-called wealth-generating ritual? Everyone seemed to find this preposterous at first, but when they thought about Doris saying that the child was Charles' illegitimate son… Chills ran down their spines at the possibility of something even more nefarious. Before they could ask any questions, Shannon had already voiced out the answer. "The child was only brought to the world for the sake of the wealth-generating stake ritual. Charles couldn't bear to sacrifice his own children, so he had a mistress give birth to one for him. "Once the child was around the right age, he was murdered and buried with the cement. Then, the child's resentment and the mansion's natural geomancy would've gathered wealth for the family." Tialand had a similar ritual known as Kerman Totem. The difference was that they would generally turn unborn children into totems and worship the totems by building shrines for the