Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 217: Pig Dragon

"No wonder no one has ever discovered it." Nangong also suddenly realized: "In a secluded place with no one around, it swallowed the child in one gulp. Who could have discovered it?"

"Do you know this monster?" the Fifth Dimension asked her.

“I don’t remember.” Nangong shook his head: “Anyway, among the 1,040 monsters registered in this county, this one is not included.”

"Yeah." The Fifth Dimension nodded and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, it is now certain that there is a demon at work!"

As he said this, he walked aside and reported the situation to Chen Lingzhi, asking her to tell Lord Wei that he could officially take over the case.

After hearing the whole story of tonight, Chen Lingzhi took the initiative to help tell a fortune and told them that they could look for it in the northwest corner of the capital.

"That's the area around Renxiaoli." The Fifth Dimension immediately ordered, "Let's go!"

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After a cup of tea, Diwuwei led the crowd to Renxiaoli, stood on the high wall, and overlooked the pitch-black neighborhood.

Renxiaoli is a large neighborhood with more than a thousand households living there. Before the exact location of the human traffickers is determined, the ghostwriters cannot search door to door.

All in all, this is not a rare case. Even the lives of a hundred children are not worth much in this era.

"Where is the monster hiding?" The Fifth Dimension touched his chin, worried.

"Leave it to me!" Then a civet cat walked out of the darkness with its head held high.

"Hey, where did this kitten come from?" The Fifth Dimension asked curiously, "It can even talk. Is it a cat demon?"

"The owner of the building forgot that it was on the boat from Wuling to Beijing," Nangong reminded.

"Oh, it turns out to be an old friend." The Fifth Dimension showed a look of realization, not knowing whether he really remembered it.

"What can you do?"

"Just watch." The civet cat snorted, then jumped into the alley and meowed on the roof of a house.

After a while, more than a dozen cats, big and small, living in Renxiaofang came to the civet cat one after another.

"Wow." Seeing the civet cat questioning cats of all sizes, the Fifth Dimension was shocked and said, "This civet cat is a natural at gathering intelligence."

"Yes." Chen Baxian said bitterly, "There is no news that it cannot find out."

After a while, the civet cat came back with a black cat and said to everyone, "Little Black said that he saw the old lady. She goes out early and comes back late every day. Her behavior is very suspicious."

"Oh? Where does the old lady live? Take us there quickly." The Fifth Dimension said with a cheerful look.

"Follow me." The civet cat said a few words to Xiao Hei, and the black cat turned around and jumped off the wall, leading everyone to an ordinary house.

"I'll go in and take a look first." Ren Yuan volunteered.

The Fifth Dimension knew his magical powers, nodded and said, "Be careful."

A Yao and the others also whispered, "Be careful."

"Don't worry." Ren Yuan smiled and used his magical power - he created something out of thin air, and his body disappeared into thin air.

"I'm leaving." Ren Yuan's voice came from the void, and then there was no movement.

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Ren Yuan quietly entered the courtyard. The courtyard was divided into two parts, front and back, and there were two wolf demons guarding the hanging flower gate in the middle. But he was not surprised but happy to see this, which meant that they had found the right place and there must be a big fish inside.

He walked past the two wolf demons without them noticing.

"Hey, brother, why do I feel wind?" The wolf's sense of perception was very sharp, and he felt something was wrong afterwards.

"Nonsense, it's normal to have wind at night." The other wolf demon said unhappily, "Don't be startled, I just want to take a nap."

"Then you close your eyes." The wolf brother held his weapon, stared with his green wolf eyes wide open, and stood guard for his brother. Ren Yuan walked through the front yard and came to the back yard, and heard someone talking in the main room.

"You just brought back four children today?" An old male voice said, "No, this is too slow."

"Stop making sarcastic remarks." An old lady said unhappily, "The Gou Chen Division has been dispatched today, looking for human traffickers everywhere. Can I be more careful?"

"We have to be careful, but the right thing to do is to complete the mission as soon as possible and leave the capital," said the old man.

"If you think it's too slow, then go out and catch the kids. You're leaving me alone to work, and this is the only way." said the old lady.

"I'll definitely be noticed if I go out too often." The old man said, "Forget it, go to bed early and bring one more back tomorrow."

"Look." After the old lady said this, the room became quiet.

After a while, a snoring sound like frogs was heard in the house.

Ren Yuanxian searched everywhere in front of and behind the house, but couldn't find where the child was hidden. He then used his spiritual sense to listen, but didn't hear any child's voice in the yard.

Only then did he use a wall-penetrating talisman to quietly enter the house, then he used his third eye to search carefully.

Suddenly his eyes fixed on the head of the old couple's bed, where he saw a row of about twenty palm-sized clay figures.

There were both boys and girls, all of them looked like children. Ren Yuan looked closely and saw that their little faces were full of fear, which looked particularly creepy in the moonlight.

He looked at the faces one by one and saw the clay figurines placed against the wall. They were wearing the same green skirt that Alan had worn before she disappeared, and their hairstyle and appearance were exactly the same as hers.

Ren Yuan was now certain that these clay figures were the lost children.

To be cautious, he did not act rashly, but quietly retreated.

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After returning to the courtyard and meeting up with everyone, he told them exactly what he had seen. At the end, he said, "I think those clay figures are very fragile. I'm worried that they might fall off the bed and break into pieces during a fight, so we have to come up with a foolproof plan first."

"Not bad, it seems that you are not too reckless at the moment." The Fifth Dimension nodded with satisfaction and said, "The spell that turns a person into a clay figurine is called 'Clay Puppet'. Once it is broken, the person will die."

Then he instructed Nangong: "I'll have to trouble you to come."

“You’re so polite.” Nangong gave him a coquettish look, then flew silently over the courtyard and began to use her magical powers.

The light pink mist quickly spread inside and outside the courtyard. Soon even the wolf demon standing guard in the yard fell down and fell into a deep sleep.

"It's okay." Nangong called out and landed gently in the yard.

Ren Yuan and others immediately rushed in and quickly tied up the monsters with monster-binding ropes.

Diwuwei and Nangong went into the main house.

The latter carefully put away the little clay figurines one by one. The former also tied up the two monsters on the bed, and then ordered Nangong to wake up the old witch.

Then Zaun came on the scene and began the interrogation.

"Please introduce yourself." Zuan said in a deep voice.

"My name is Lufeng, and I am a pig-dragon who has been practicing for a hundred years." The old witch couldn't help but tell the truth: "I live in the Yangtze River, and I came to the capital with my husband to do business."

"what business?"

"I stole someone else's child." The old witch answered honestly.

In her opinion, it was just like people hunting animals, without any psychological burden.

(End of this chapter)