Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 177 Demigod (4600 votes plus more)
In Qilin Hall.

"Why did Xiao Baoyin come to Jiankang instead of staying in Yangzhou to serve as a watchdog for the Suolu?" Nangong asked Mr. Na Yan.

"Suolu" was a derogatory term used by the people of the Southern Dynasties to refer to the people of the Northern Dynasties, meaning a barbarian with a pigtail.

Of course, the Northern Dynasties were not polite to the people of the Southern Dynasties, and also contemptuously called them "Island Barbarians", meaning the Dongyi people living on the island.

"Because the court judged that after Pei Sui was finished, the Southern Dynasty no longer had any generals to fear, so it decided to transfer the prince to the north to quell the rebellion of Wanqi Chounu and Mozhe Niansheng in Guanzhong. Therefore, the prince has handed over the seal of command and is no longer the commander-in-chief of the southern front." After being hypnotized, Mr. Chen naturally told everything he knew.

"When he was about to set off for the north, he suddenly heard that his second brother had come back to life, so he risked his life to come and greet him, wanting to take Xiao Baojuan with him. They were brothers, and once they met, the little misunderstanding they had before was naturally resolved."

"Where is Xiao Baoyin now?" Nangong asked. This was also the question that everyone was most concerned about. The value of Xiao Baoyin, this great enemy, was much higher than that of Xiao Baojuan.

"I don't know, but it's definitely not in Jiankang City."

"Why?" Nangong asked in a deep voice.

"The prince knows that there are restrictions in the capital and there are unspeakable existences, so he will naturally not enter the city." Mr. Chen replied: "I only met him once at the mouth of the Yangtze River before entering the capital."

"Has he left?" Nangong asked from a different angle.

"Probably not." Mr. Chen replied, "Because his second brother refused to leave. The prince had no choice but to help him revive Pan Yu'er, whom he had been thinking about, and then ordered us to help them take revenge and vent their anger."

"Does Xiao Baojuan really just want to vent his anger?" Nangong asked in a deep voice.

"No, he still wants to find his head back." Then he heard Mr. Chen answer: "He promised the prince that as long as he finds his head back, they will leave the Southern Dynasty together."

"Xiao Baojuan wants to find the leader..." This answer really surprised everyone, but it also seemed reasonable.

After all, it's not a good thing to be confused all the time.

At this time, Xue Dingnan interrupted in a deep voice: "Does he know where his head is?"

Nangong repeated Lord Wei's question.

"I have already found out." Mr. Chen replied, "He is trapped under the 10-foot-tall bronze statue of the Buddha of Infinite Life in Guangzhai Temple."

"..." Xue Dingnan's pupils shrank. Even a senior official like him in the Gou Chen Division didn't know about this top secret. He didn't even know that Xiao Baojuan's head was still in the capital.

But he knew that Guangzhai Temple was the current emperor's hidden residence. After Xiao Yan became emperor, he turned it into a temple, built a magnificent palace, and cast a 10-foot-tall Amitabha Buddha.

Therefore, Guangzhai Temple is actually the emperor's ancestral temple. Even if Xiao Baojuan's head is not there, there can be no room for any mistake.

"What are you going to do?" Nangong then asked Mr. Na Chen.

"Our plan is to openly provoke Xiao Yan on Lantern Festival night, and then carry out revenge throughout the city, making all the traitors feel insecure. The Gou Chen Si will be exhausted and use all its manpower to protect those traitors. In this way, we can take advantage of their dilemma and raid Guangzhai Temple to get back Xiao Baojuan's head." Mr. Chen then laid out his plan.

"When are you going to take action?" Nangong asked.

"Tonight," Mr. Chen replied.

"Will Xiao Baoyin take action?" Nangong asked finally.

"Yes." Mr. Chen nodded.

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This matter is of great importance. To be on the safe side, after interrogating Mr. Chen, Nangong hypnotized the female zombie Wanwan.

But zombies can't talk, so Nangong has to enter their dreams to explore their memories. "Isn't this too dangerous?" The Fifth Dimension worriedly said, "The zombies' memories are chaotic. If you're not careful, you'll be sucked in and can't get out."

"Don't worry." Xue Ding said, "I will keep an eye on her. If things go wrong, I can pull her back at any time."

“Don’t worry.” Nangong smiled faintly at the Fifth Dimension, and the Fifth Dimension said nothing more.

So Nangong lit some incense, sat cross-legged in meditation, and his spirit left his body, entering Wanwan's dream...

The zombies were incomplete and their memories were in chaos. Nangong seemed to be in a flood, with scattered fragments of memory floating around him, like broken mirrors, reflecting bright or dark light.

If it were an ordinary person, they would be dizzy after watching it. But Nangong's mental strength was extremely strong, and he quickly understood Wanwan's life...

A poor girl, whose parents died when she was young, was sold into prostitution by her aunt at the age of five, and was scolded by the madam for ten years. The blood and tears in her eyes can be imagined. At the age of fifteen, she was seduced by an old man in his fifties, and then she became a familiar figure, selling her smiles and becoming the madam's cash cow.

Until that day, Xie Gui used her to entertain Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen took her back to the charity cemetery, had four black zombies bite her to death and suck her blood dry, and then sealed her body in a locust wood coffin filled with corpse oil...

There is no need to elaborate on what happened next.

Nangong sighed, used his magical powers to sort out his memories, and found the part he needed.

The memories she saw were exactly the same as what Mr. Chen had said.

Nangong saw Donghun Hou and Pan Yunu, as well as members of the Ming Gui wearing various masks.

The only one among them was a man wearing a pure white mask, with gray hair on his temples and a thin and tall figure. He left a deeper impression on Wanwan than Donghun Hou, the king of zombies.

Nangong instinctively felt that the man was most likely Xiao Baoyin, but when she was about to further observe the man's physical features, speech and behavior, an unexpected scene happened!

The man in the dream, who should never have discovered her peeping, actually turned his head slowly, and his cold eyes locked onto Nangong Wuxing's Yin spirit through the pure white mask.

Nangong was horrified and tried to exit Wanwan's memory in a hurry, but he was fixed on that person's gaze and could not move.

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In Qilin Hall, half of the incense stick is left.

The fifth dimension stared at Nangong closely, and suddenly saw her body tremble slightly, and then she froze there.

"Not good!" He knew something was wrong and immediately his spirit left his body, ready to go to the rescue.

"Go back." But Xue Dingnan pushed him back into his body.

Immediately afterwards, Xue Dingnan's golden yang soul flew out of his body, followed the cigarette into Wanwan's sea of consciousness, grabbed Nangong who was about to drown, and pulled her out!

Nangong's soul returned to his body, he was terrified and gasping for breath. It took him a while to calm down with the help of the fifth dimension.

"What's going on?" The Fifth Dimension asked anxiously.

"I saw her memory. What Mr. Chen said was true." Nangong was still in shock and said, "I also saw Donghun Hou and Pan Yunu, and a man wearing a white mask. I think that was Xiao Baoyin. When I wanted to investigate carefully, he froze me there and I lost consciousness."

"You mean he was backfired just because he took a peek at Xiao Baoyin in other people's memories? Could it be that he became a god?" The Fifth Dimension said in shock.

"That's not the case. A demigod can do it, too." Xue Dingnan said this, but his face looked unhappy. Because he couldn't do it yet...

“Demigod…” Everyone gasped.

(End of this chapter)