Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 295: Ghost Hunting and Banquet
pitter patter
I don't know what time it is, but the sky outside is still cloudy and rainy. The summer heat accompanied by sticky water vapor is a bit suffocating.

In the ruins of the backyard, Qin Huai stood under the awning and washed the blood stains on the child's body with clean water, and then changed him into clean clothes collected from [Mu Tian Xia].

Dang rang~
The thin-backed kitchen knife fell to the ground. After Cha Xiaodao put the last girl, who was about seven or eight years old, into the bathtub, he immediately sat down on the ground without caring about his image. He picked up the wine gourd with trembling hands and drank the sweet Sanle juice in it in big gulps.

Not only did he have to concentrate and peel off the sheepskin in one go, but he also had to do it for several hours and repeat it twenty-seven times. This was an impossible task for an ordinary person. Even though Cha Xiaodao had the slight physical fitness bonus brought by the human immortal inheritance, he had already exhausted his strength, his arms were sore, and he looked listless. At this time, he was able to hold on and finish the last cut. Even Qin Huai had to praise him for his tenacity.

"Daozi, are you tired?"

After Qin Huai calmed down a few crying babies, he looked at the dim sky, picked up Cha Xiaodao, and handed him a complete set of Qingwei talismans.

"The safety of these dolls is related to a certain Yamabu event of mine. Without your help, things would not have gone so smoothly."

Qin Huai showed the information about the [Saving the Lost Lambs] event to Cha Xiaodao and bent down to pick up the thin-spine kitchen knife for him.

"Old Qin"

"Take it. This place is dangerous. If anything goes wrong, I won't be able to protect you. This set of talismans was drawn by me myself. Even if you don't really need them, you have to take them. Just take them as a way to reassure me."

Seeing that Cha Xiaodao wanted to refuse, Qin Huai shook his head and forced the set of blue and purple talismans into his palm.

"Okay, then I won't be hypocritical."

Cha Xiaodao nodded, flipped his hand, and the talisman in his hand disappeared like magic.

"But what should we do with these dolls? The ghost market is dangerous and treacherous, and we have other important things to do. We really can't spare the manpower to send them back home one by one."

"Well, I have to ask the local boss if he will give me some respect."

Qin Huai glanced at the Flying Yaksha hidden behind the clouds and rain in the sky, then walked out holding Cha Xiaodao.

After discovering that Ge Laodao was difficult to deal with yesterday and realizing that the Ghost Market had many tricky aspects, Qin Huai informed his main body and sent Flying Night Demons to hide in the dark, so as to provide a backup for the two of them at any time.

After several hours of high-speed flight, the Flying Yaksha, flapping its fleshy wings, finally arrived at Yanling Mountain at dawn.

The Flying Yaksha, who has practiced Taoism for two thousand years and is equipped with a tailor-made Tianrui Talisman Armor, is enough to tear apart all the monsters and ghosts that Qin Huai and his companions encounter on their trip to Wenyan, as long as there is no Seven Palaces Ghost King hiding in this ghost market.

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain. Daozi and I are going to Chunjiang Tower to take care of some things. I hope the three brothers can take good care of this place for a while."

"You don't have to be polite, Hunter. Protecting the country and the people is our duty. You and Chef Cha can go on your own."

The head of the guards bowed and clasped his hands, leaving a man and a tiger to guard the door. He and another soldier went into the yard to take care of the group of boys and girls who were less than ten years old.

"Hold the knife, wait for me to change it first."

Cha Xiaodao turned his head and heard a series of crackling sounds from Qin Huai's bones. His body had become exactly the same as Ding Ru's, even his face was 70% similar.

"Old Qin, your disguise technique is amazing! However, it seems that there are still some flaws. A Ru's back is not as straight as yours."

"It's okay. I won't show up this time. You can ask the important questions."

Qin Huai took out an ordinary black robe from his briefcase and put it on in no time.

Soon, the two followed the sound of stringed instruments and walked unimpeded into the Chunjiang Tower, the tallest building in the Fuchun Complex.

But it was not until Cha Xiaodao was tightly hugged by two beautiful women who were dressed lightly but armed with weapons and pressed their cold bodies against him that he understood why Qin Huai had to hide his identity and act as if he wanted to keep away from strangers.

"Oh no, this is a brothel, and the kind that is the most cruel and heartless."

The light gauze fluttered in the air, and the faint fragrance of rouge made her look extremely alluring. Cha Xiaodao was only in his twenties, at the age of full vigor and vitality, and he had never seen such a scene before.

Large areas of snow-white skin, red lips and green eyebrows filled his eyes. Cha Xiaodao was pulled forward by two beautiful prostitutes. His brain stopped working for a moment and he was unable to speak.

Seeing that Cha Xiaodao, who was immersed in the softness and fragrance of sex, was about to be dragged into a cubicle covered with velvet quilt by several prostitutes and executed on the spot, Qin Huai reached out and grabbed Daozi's shoulder, and shouted to drive away these audacious prostitutes.

"Your master invited us here, is this the only way to entertain us? Chef Cha is a delicate person, if he gets hurt, you can't afford it, let go!"

"Please forgive me, my dear guest, please forgive me. I saw that you were handsome and I thought you were a playboy who came to have fun. That's why I took the liberty to make love with you in order to share the joy with you."

The sweet scent of powder wafts into the air, and a pink mist seems to be surging in front of the eyes, making people feel as if they are in the clouds.

Cha Xiaodao struggled out of the flesh and blood of the rosy skeleton, and moved out along Qin Huai's arm, laughing: "It is hard to refuse the kindness of the ladies, and I should not spoil the fun, but my two brothers really can't let your master wait, so we have to go and have a drink first, go and have a drink first."

After saying that, he winked at Qin Huai and went up the stairs in two steps.

"Can you tell me which floor and where your master is?"

"Guests, please go to the Shanju Pavilion on the top of the building. The host should be waiting for you two in the pavilion."

The prostitute in front of me was wearing a light green bag around her neck, a thin gauze dress and gold-embroidered shoes. She exuded a faint floral fragrance that was refreshing.

Qin Huai just glanced at this pitiful and beautiful woman, nodded, and caught up with Cha Xiaodao who had already reached the second floor.

"Brother Cha, why didn't you let the gatekeeper inform you when you came to my Fuchun Market? It's the Dharma Assembly period these days, and there are all kinds of people here. If anyone is so blind as to hurt Brother Cha, I will be blamed."

The owner of Fuchunji, or Li Long, saw Zha Xiaodao and Qin Huai, who were dressed in black robes, coming to Shanju Pavilion, and immediately put down the teacup in his hand and invited the two to sit down.

"As soon as we arrived, Brother Li acted as if he was going to bring an army to question us. The owner of Fuchun Market is really very powerful!" Cha Xiaodao guessed in his heart that Taoist Ge dared to openly sell animal tusks in Fuchun Market, he must have obtained the consent of the person in front of him. Naturally, he didn't look happy when he saw Li Long's inappropriate words.

"Besides, Daozi, I don't believe that the gang of scoundrels guarding the gate really didn't tell you that the White Tiger Guards were coming to this ghost market."

"My words were inappropriate just now. Blame me, blame me."

Seeing that Cha Xiaodao was speaking so sharply and not giving her face at all, Li Long's expression changed slightly, and she waved to the maidservant beside her: "The two distinguished guests have been busy all night, and I think they are hungry. Why don't you serve the food quickly?"

"Brother Li, that [Mu Tianxia] used the evil method of creating animals and killed countless young unicorns and phoenixes over the past few decades. Do you know about this?"

The person who was speaking was Qin Huai, but he and Cha Xiaodao had different perspectives on things.

In his opinion, the fierce battle with Ge Laodao yesterday lasted for more than half an hour. If Li Long took [Mu Tian Xia] seriously, he should immediately send [Minions] to investigate and provide assistance. In that case, Qin Huai would have to use many Qingwei talismans to end the matter.

However, the [henchmen] of Fuchunji finally arrived after he had dealt with Ge Laodao for nearly an hour. They only had a brief fight with the [White Tiger Guards] before being driven away by Li Long who had arrived at some point in time.

This kind of behavior is really hard to understand.

"I do know about this matter, but the reason is far more complicated than you two think. In his early years, Taoist Ge learned martial arts at Lv Xian Temple and was very good at magic. Later, by chance, he met the Black Lotus Master and used the gold and silver he had accumulated from wandering around the world for half a lifetime to exchange for a great fortune. That's how he got his salary as a chef and the means to create evil animal magic."

Li Long paused and continued, "With the help of evil magic, Ge Laodao became even more unscrupulous. He took advantage of the fact that the imperial court did not ban the human trafficking and did things in Wenyan, an unattended place. However, Fuchunji Temple is small and shallow, and people were afraid of the Black Lotus Master behind Ge Laodao, so they had to turn a blind eye."

"A small temple is strong in evil spirits, and a shallow water is full of turtles."

Cha Xiaodao curled his lips and said, "Since my two brothers have swept away this evil wind for you, Brother Li can probably send someone to clean up the mess of this old bastard?"

"Master, you don't need to do more. We two just want those children to return home safely and be reunited with their parents and relatives."

Qin Huai added: "The owner of the market keeps saying that he wants to change his family and become a good person. Since he is willing to abandon the huge Fuchun Market, it would be bad to let those innocent lives be buried here in vain and turn into wronged ghosts, right?"

"Who do you think I, Li Long, am? Why do you need to emphasize such a small matter? Don't worry, within three days, those children will be able to return home safely!"

Li Long, wearing a brocade robe embroidered with carp, slammed the tea table, and his expression and movements did not seem fake.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master Ji."

Just as the three were exchanging words, a table full of steaming fish feast was brought up by the maid in green skirt.

Well, it’s still the serious way of using one fish in ten ways.

[Fragrant fish fillet porridge] made by removing the skin from the fish tenderloin; [Cold crispy fish skin] made by removing the skin from the fish; [Fish ball and kudzu soup] made by stuffing the minced fish meat; [Steamed fish lips with black bean sauce] made by steaming only the water-absorbing part of the fish lips; [Fried shark fins] made by deep-frying and drizzling the huge shark fins; [Gastrodia stewed fish brain] made by taking the back of the fish head and stewing it thoroughly with the hot star power; [Radish and fish cabbage] made by frying and then stir-frying the minced fish; [Steamed fish belly with winter melon] made by steaming the fattest fish belly; [Braised fish tail with pine nuts] made by frying the giant fish tail first and then stewing it; and finally a bowl of clear and fragrant [Fish bone soup].
After eating all ten dishes of [Court Feast], the effect is no less than [real taste].

"Yesterday, this fish demon with 600 years of cultivation dared to eat human flesh in public. It committed an unforgivable crime. After the [minions] skinned and pulled out its tendons, I specifically asked the chef in the kitchen to leave the best parts for today's [full fish feast]."

He learned from Cha Xiaodao that the culprit who caused the fish spirit's death was not someone else, but his own Qin Huai. His expression did not change. After taking off his face scarf, he ate the delicious "whole fish feast" to satisfy his stomach.

Cha Xiaodao's eating habits were not much better than his, his cheeks puffed up high: "This fish spirit's six hundred years of cultivation have not been in vain, the taste is indeed delicious, it's worth coming to Chunjiang Tower today!"

Li Long's appetite was average, he just stared at Qin Huai's chin in the shadow of the hood, as if he wanted to see something.

"Isn't he going to the East China Sea? Why did he suddenly appear here? Could it be that something happened to the prince?"

Li Long calmed down and thought carefully, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Listening to what he said just now, it doesn't sound like something a hypocritical person with a cold heart would say. Could it be that Qin Huai changed his appearance and deliberately disguised himself like this?"

Considering that Ge Laodao was at the peak of the Nine Lights, he was definitely not someone that Cha Xiaodao and Ding Ru, two people from the Ten Cities who were only good at fighting and kicking, could defeat him. So the identity of the person in front of him was naturally obvious.

"But why did I never smell the same scent as the prince on him in the two times we met? Could it be that Ding Ru deceived us, and this person is not Tian Wu?"

Li Long didn't think that Ding Ru, a mere tenth-century scholar, had the guts to deceive his own prince, but he also didn't think that his perception would be so obviously wrong that he couldn't even smell the unique aura of the Tianwu inheritance.

"Strange, strange, fortunately the prince told me to be careful and not to reveal my true identity. It seems that I have to find out more about the identity of this person in front of me, and I can't just capture him and present him to the king."

Qin Huai didn't have the ability to read minds, so he didn't know what Li Long was thinking. But his five senses were extraordinary, and Li Long's gaze stayed on his chin for too long, which soon attracted his attention.

"I don't have the same good relationship with Long Yang. I feel uncomfortable when the master stares at me like this."

"It's not that I have a homosexual tendency, but the distinguished guest did not reveal his true face, but I had to guess and stare at him for too long, which was a bit rude."

"Then you are wrongly blaming the Master."

Li Long's words were a retreat, and seeing that Qin Huai no longer cared about it, he smiled and turned the conversation to Cha Xiaodao.

"As the saying goes, one never comes to the temple for no reason. Brother Cha came to my [Fuchunji] at the crucial moment of the cooking competition. Is it for the second level [Food Banquet]?"

"Yes, when I heard Fatty Liu Sicheng talk about the unique origins of the various sections of the Qiantang River, I became interested in Wenyan Qujiang. Later, I heard that Fuchun Market was also here, so I finally made up my mind to hold a banquet here to worship the ghosts and pass the [Eating Banquet] hurdle."

Cha Xiaodao wiped his mouth with a napkin, and his expression became more serious: "I want to ask Brother Li, are there any places where ghosts gather around Wenyan?"

"Underground [Netherworld Tomb], thousands of graves are covered with weeds; in the river [Death Heart Whirlpool], a cruise ship encounters river thugs in the middle of the night; on the mountain [Blue Cliff], the worlds of life and death are separated by yin and yang."

Li Long's voice was long and leisurely, but the content of his words made Cha Xiaodao feel cold all over.

(End of this chapter)