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Chapter 158: Ascension (asking for monthly ticket)

Di Youzhi's team is not as strong as Jia Yi and Mao Dabing, but they can still rank among the top five in the department.

Qin Ze is in a bad situation.

The troops were standing crookedly, and the captains were a little sloppy.

It would be fine if he were to be taken alone, but when he stands next to Di Youzhi and the others, the difference is obvious.

Qin Ze was furious. He rushed into the team and kicked the most unruly ones several times, cursing, "Stand still! You idiots have completely disgraced me!"

Those few were still dodging with a playful smile: "Boss Qin, you have an old face but never get old. I've heard from Miss Shuiyu that you are really brave and fierce."

"Hahaha!" There was laughter all around.

Xu Yuan just walked in.

Everyone immediately fell silent. Qin Ze guessed that the inspector had probably heard it. His face flushed red as he quickly asked, "Sir, shall we set off now?"

"Let's go." Xu Yuan said.

Qin Ze's men need to be properly trained. However, Xu Yuan saw that they might not be suitable for investigating crimes, but they seemed to be just right for dealing with the gangs on the streets.

The team left the city from the west gate. Qingyu Township was sixty miles west of the city.

On the way, Di Youzhi found an opportunity and quietly reported to Lord Xu: "Lu Xiang sneaked out."

Xu Yuan sneered and nodded.

……

The female head lawyer of the Mountain and River Division sent someone to scold the Pingtian Society: "You ambushed Xu Yuan at Shuangjiang Pass, but he has already fled to Qingyu Township. Is this how you do things?"

"You've made so many mistakes in handling such a small matter. What's the point of having you as Pingtian?"

No matter how jealous the captain was of the female choreographer behind the scenes, she was very clear about the relationship between herself and Shanhesi.

Someone had been arranged to go to Shuangjiang Pass to inform Wu Jinghan this morning. The captain gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Please rest assured, sir. Since we have surrendered to you, we will work hard and will not let you down."

Then she made some arrangements in Champa and went to Qingyu Township in person.

Before leaving, he sent someone to find Wu Jinghan and told him to bring the temple and come directly to Qingyu Township to meet him.

……

There are five villages in Qingyu Township, and there is a big market in the township every three months.

Everyone in the Exorcism Bureau rode on horseback, so they didn't need any copybooks. They arrived in the village by mid-afternoon.

The village chief is a highly respected old man named Qin Taichen. If you want to be honest, Qin Ze has to call him "Second Uncle".

He studied in his early years, but unfortunately he did not pass the imperial examination.

Qingyu Township is not far from the provincial capital, and Qin Taichen often receives officials from Champa, so he handles them with moderation.

After learning about the purpose of Xu Yuan and his party's visit, they invited several wealthy families in the village, and after discussion, they settled the Quhuisi people in three different families.

Then, he sent a young man with quick feet to immediately invite the village chiefs of several villages.

When these security chiefs arrived, it was almost dark. They and Xu Yuan and others stayed in the house of Mr. Ma, a wealthy man in the village.

These village chiefs all came on horseback.

Although they were all old and skinny horses, the Ming Dynasty was strong. Although there were many heavy taxes and levies, as long as they were willing to work hard, they could always survive.

Those with better conditions can even add a few livestock to their family.

During dinner, Xu Yuan told them who he was looking for.

At dawn the next day, these people hurried back to ask if anyone in the village had seen these four people.

Today's ban:
Shouting at the mountain, turning over the corpse, looking at the moon, and deciding the engagement.

Qin Taichen also arrived early in the morning, bringing with him a few militiamen, and said to Xu Yuan, "I will accompany the inspector to investigate the village."

There is only one street in the village and no inn.

Qin Taichen led his men along the street and asked several households. Soon, a tofu seller remembered, "A few days ago, a car did pass by on the street. There seemed to be four people in the car, but that was only four including the driver."

Xu Yuan sighed inwardly, fearing that the driver had been killed.

"Where did they go?"

The tofu seller shook his head: "I don't remember."

Qin Taichen asked a few more questions, but the other party really didn't remember.

I had no choice but to go to the next house and ask. Fortunately, not long after, a woman from another house at the end of the street remembered: "I took a closer look and they left the village and seemed to be heading towards Huangya Village."

The head of Huangya Village also came yesterday.

Xu Yuan waved his hand and said, "Let's go to Huangya Village."

……

The tofu seller was secretly watching in front of his shop. When Xu Yuan and his party went to Huangya Village, he looked at the woman across the long street.

The woman went into the house and closed the door.

The tofu seller stopped buying anything, closed his stall, and quickly put up the door of his shop.

He returned to the backyard and waited quietly.

There was a millstone in the backyard and a shed against the wall. A black donkey was sitting under the shed, wagging its tail out of boredom.

A piece of ground not far from the donkey shed had obviously been turned over, and I wondered what was buried underneath.

Not long after, the woman came in from the back door.

"Why did the people from the Extermination of Filthiness come here?" the woman asked with a gloomy face, a little panicked.

The tofu seller's eyes were fierce: "Who did something dirty and got picked up by the dog noses of the Disinfection Department? He's caused trouble for me, and I'll be the first to peel his skin off!"

"What are you panicking about?" This time it was the black donkey who spoke!

It swung its tail and turned its white lips: "We have already led them to Huangya Village. In the next two days, the sky over Huangya Village will leak. They will never come back."

The woman and the tofu seller looked better now.

The tofu seller felt a little itchy on his face and couldn't help scratching it with his hand.

This scratching ruined everything, and the whole face skin was displaced!
The tofu seller hurriedly used both hands to straighten his face, but the black donkey shouted in dissatisfaction, "Stop moving!"

Under the tofu seller's face, bright red flesh buds as thin as hair began to wriggle, slowly pulling the skin back to its original position.

"Don't show your true colors in front of outsiders!" Black Donkey reminded again: "Don't worry about those black dogs in the Extermination of Filth Division, let's concentrate on doing our own work.

Besides, we still have Ah Si, so what are we afraid of?"

The official uniforms of the Exorcism Bureau are mainly black, so they are often despised by the bad guys in the world as "black dogs".

……

In a forest outside the village, the helmsman used a spider silk to drop himself under the treetops.

Hiding under the cover of branches and leaves, he was holding an elongated brass cylinder in his hand and looking at Xu Yuan and his group.

Wu Jinghan stood under the tree, carrying a square book box on his back like a scholar taking an exam.

However, his "book box" is much larger and is completely covered with thick black cloth.

The helmsman extended the spider silk and slid it down.

"They went to Huangya Village."

Wu Jinghan said, "Let's rush to the front, release the temple, and kill them!"

The helmsman snorted coldly: "In an emergency, we have to make the decision. I'll let you take advantage. Come on up."

The helmsman rolled on the ground, and his spider form quickly retreated, turning into a large bird with a human head.

Wu Jinghan rode on the helmsman's back, but there was no trace of romance in his heart. Who dared to catch the attention of this old witch? God knows what she would suddenly turn into during intercourse...

The helmsman carried Wu Jinghan on his back, grabbed the tree trunk with his claws and climbed to a high place, then let go and fell down, spreading his wings and taking off with the power of gliding.

……

It is only a dozen miles from Qingyu Township to Huangya Village, but more than half of the road is mountainous and not easy to walk on.

After walking three or four miles, we entered the mountains.

Xu Yuan was curious and asked Lang Xiaoba, "Is the village in Xiaoyu Mountain different from the one in Guiwu Mountain?"

The head of Huangya Village looked obviously different from Bai Layan yesterday.

Lang Xiaoba then said, "These villages in Qingyu Township are not actually in the mountains. Xiaoyu Mountain is originally a branch, and this area is the outskirts of Xiaoyu Mountain.

When we get to the village later, you will see clearly that Huangya Village is still considered a village outside the mountains."

Qin Taichen further explained, "Inspector, although the roads to these villages are difficult to travel, the evil spirits haven't completely isolated them from the outside world, so the environment is far less dangerous than those villages in Ghost Witch Mountain."

Xu Yuan nodded, and the old village chief smiled and said, "But there are indeed more evil spirits around these villages. So door gods and the like are sometimes not enough. Therefore, these villages all have their own village temples."

He stopped talking here. It was obvious that these village temples were not the official temples registered with the government.

Xu Yuan asked, "Are the gods enshrined in the temple evil or demonic?"

"Absolutely not!" Qin Taichen waved his hands quickly. "These are the ancestors of the village, seeking to protect their descendants."

“Since they are the spirits of our ancestors, why is it not the ancestral hall but the village temple?”

Qin Taichen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can't really explain this. Maybe the local customs are different from those in Zhengzhou."

Xu Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

Qin Ze has been following his second uncle, with his bow and arrow hanging on the side of the saddle. Along the way, his two eyes as big as copper bells kept scanning around the mountain road, trying to shoot some prey and show his bravery to the inspector.

However, there are many people traveling on this road, so there are few wild animals.

There were dozens of horses in their team, and the noise was so loud that the rest of the horses could hear it from afar and hid themselves.

Qin Ze felt that he had nowhere to display his martial arts skills, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Qin Ze looked up, his eyes lit up: Isn't the opportunity here!
In the sky, there is a big eagle, spreading its wings and gliding downwards.

Qin Ze's eyes narrowed and he could tell that the bird's wingspan was at least ten feet!
This is a sculpture!
Qin Ze was even happier. His bow was a masterpiece of craftsmanship, and its power far exceeded that of ordinary bows and arrows. If it were an ordinary prey, it would not be able to show the power of this bow.

Qin Ze took out a quiver from behind the saddle.

It contained twelve iron arrows.

Harder, longer, heavier, with a bigger arrow!
Contains internal mechanism.

Only then can the strength of this inspection and craftsmanship be fully brought into play!

Qin Ze deliberately fell behind by more than ten steps, then drew his bow and shot the arrow, exerting all his muscles, steadying himself and aiming at the eagle.

This time I saw clearly that the eagle seemed to be carrying something on its back.
Qin Ze, the martial artist, was too lazy to think about it and loosened his fingers on the bowstring.
Zheng!
The sound of the vibrating bowstring is like the striking of metal.

The iron arrow whizzed by like a meteor and caught up with the eagle, piercing through it from the belly to the back.

A scream resounded through the clear sky, and the helmsman and Wu Jinghan rolled down from the sky.

Wu Jinghan was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he tightly grasped the helmsman's shoulder blades with both hands... Neither of them expected to be shot down by an arrow.

The helmsman in front was flying very high, and neither bows and arrows nor muskets could reach him.

After catching up, he dived down to lower his altitude, preparing to land in front of Xu Yuan and the others. Unexpectedly, in such a short moment, he was hit by an arrow!
The helmsman does not have any artifacts that can fly. In fact, the helmsman has always been confident in his own changes, so the artifacts he chooses are all used for fighting. After all, life is limited.

Wu Jinghan was a pill cultivator and had no means of flying.

Neither of them was a cultivator with a strong body. If they fell from a height of over a hundred feet, they would be seriously injured if not killed.

Seeing the land approaching rapidly, the rocks, trees, etc. on the ground grew rapidly - the helmsman cursed, twisted his body and turned into a toad.

He took a deep breath, his belly expanded rapidly, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

The wounds on her body from the arrows and her own big mouth deflated, but fortunately she was not killed by the fall.

Wu Jinghan was still on the helmsman's back.

But the helmsman, transformed into a toad, had a slippery back that was impossible to hold onto. Wu Jinghan slipped and fell to the ground, face down, his mouth full of blood and eyes full of stars. The iron arrow had a hidden mechanism inside it, and the barb ejected upon impact, now lodged in the helmsman's body.

"Hurry up!" The helmsman panted heavily, "They are coming soon."

Wu Jinghan shook his head vigorously, and after he became more sober, he untied the "book box" tied to his back and tore off the black cloth with hatred.

……

"Qin Ze, what are you doing?" Xu Yuan scolded.

Qin Ze rode his horse from the back to the front, galloping towards the direction where the eagle fell to the ground. "Hahaha, sir, I'll get you some game. It's rare to see a bird this big. I'll roast it for you at noon."

Before Xu Yuan could say anything else, Qin Ze had already run away and disappeared without a trace.

Xu Yuan's expression changed a little: Why does it feel like Qin Ze is a little different from before?

"Follow them." Xu Yuan ordered: "Beware of ambushes!"

When the eagle fell just now, it seemed like there was something else on its back.

And that scream that resounded through the sky... why didn't it sound like an eagle's cry?
The team rumbled forward and soon caught up with Qin Ze.

Qin Ze rode his horse back and forth across a patch of red earth, examining it, muttering, "Strange! I'm such a big prey..."

“It obviously fell here.”

"There was so much blood on the ground, how come it disappeared?"

Xu Yuan opened his phone and looked at Qin Ze again.

Fate: Willow.

All opportunities in this life lie in unintentional actions.

The color of Qin Ze's "life" has changed from blue to orange.

Although it still looks thin, it is genuine orange and has already condensed the destiny!
When Xu Yuan looked at his fate two days ago, Qin Ze was clearly a rich green.

Qin Ze didn't have the ability to hide his fate in front of a fate cultivator.

That means that in these short two days, his life has become more precious.

Why is this?

Xu Yuan thought about it and realized that a person’s life is determined from the moment he is born.

But one's circumstances can indeed change.

For example, being promoted by a noble person, being promoted to a higher position, studying hard to pass the imperial examination, becoming well-known in the countryside, sacrificing one's life to save others and accumulating merits, etc.

Xu Yuan thought about the effect of the "Liu Xiangsheng" fate again, and his heart moved again. Could it be that the fate played a role in this arrow?

Xu Yuan pointed at Di Youzhi and said, "Go check it out."

Di Youzhi was careful. He dismounted, dipped his finger in the blood on the ground, and sniffed it: "Sir, it's human blood!"

Qin Ze: "Human blood?"

Without waiting for Xu Yuan's order, the captains under Di Youzhi's command scattered with a loud noise, some drew their swords, some deployed their own abilities, and kept a close watch on the surroundings.

Qin Ze's men... all looked around, just like Qin Ze: "Ah? It's human blood?"

"It was clearly a bird just now."

Xu Yuan looked around and saw that the surrounding mountains and hills were undulating, the soil was poor, the trees were not tall, and there was a lot of wild grass.

Xu Yuan was using "Wang Ming" to search, when suddenly a gust of cold wind blew up from the ground!
call--

The cold wind swirled and spread, and the grass and trees in the center withered instantly.

Then, as the range of the evil wind grew larger and larger, more and more plants and trees lost their vitality!
Soon the range of the gloomy wind reached everyone.

Di Youzhi cursed angrily, stepped forward, and breathed fire at the dark wind.

boom!
When the fire in his stomach collided with the dark wind, the dark wind suddenly exploded, and Di Youzhi flew out with a muffled groan.

Zhou Leizi quickly caught him: "Boss?"

Di Youzhi shook his head: "It's okay."

After the dark wind dissipated, a strange temple suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the original core location.

This temple has a door with a small round window on each side, diagonally above the door.

The eaves on both sides are raised high, like two cow horns.

The roof is uneven, like a mouth of crooked teeth.

The temple walls are painted red, but they give people a gloomy and weird feeling no matter how you look at them.

There is only a lonely door knocker on the temple gate.

Qin Ze glared at the thing and yelled, "What's so weird!?"

He pulled out another iron arrow and drew the bow. No matter what the arrow was, he would shoot it first.

whoosh-

The iron arrow hit a window accurately.

pat...

The iron arrow broke in front of the window.

Xu Yuan saw it clearly. The arrow didn't even hit the window. It broke directly about three inches in front of it.

"Hmm?" Qin Ze said in surprise. Since the bow and arrow didn't work, he would try other weapons.

Qin Ze grabbed the golden hammer on the side of the saddle.

Xu Yuan held him back and shook his head gently: "Something's not right."

We have already tested the target with the arrow just now, so we can’t be reckless now.

Xu Yuan pointed around and saw a gloomy and gray area within a few hundred feet.

The gust of cold wind just now actually didn't really dissipate.

The moment the temple appeared, it had already enveloped everyone in a specific area.

Di Youzhi said in a deep voice: "Sir, I'm afraid we are trapped and can't get out."

Xu Yuan nodded.

But whether you can get out or not, you have to give it a try.

Xu Yuan made a gesture: "Retreat!"

The team retreated as a whole.

Qin Ze's men also became more reliable at this time, and their formation was neat and not chaotic.

Qin Ze and Di Youzhi were the last ones to leave. Qin Ze held the golden hammer tightly in his hand. Di Youzhi held fire in his mouth and a golden pill in his hand.

But as soon as everyone retreated, the temple moved with them.

That gloomy and gray area always enveloped everyone.

After walking for several hundred feet, Xu Yuan raised his hand again and the team stopped.

Then everyone’s eyes blurred and they found themselves back to where they were!

As if he had never left at all.

"Hmph!" Xu Yuan sneered and secretly reached out to grasp the Yin-Yang Threshold.

The moment he grasped the handle of the guillotine, the world that Xu Yuan saw suddenly became fragmented.

Xu Yuan covered his left eye and looked at the temple with only his right eye.

That small temple has turned into a huge pale skull as big as a mountain!
The temple door was a huge mouth full of pale sharp teeth, and the two windows were two deep eye holes.

On top of the white bones, two twisted black horns, dozens of feet long, extended diagonally upwards.

Countless wronged souls and evil spirits are entangled on the entire skeleton!

The lower halves of these things had been completely integrated into the bones, with their upper halves sticking out, and they were moaning and screaming in a heart-wrenching way, unable to tell whether it was in pain or enjoyment.

In the two deep eye sockets, a pale green flame burned in the void.

Xu Yuan looked back along the huge white bones.

In the confusion, you can see some floating chains spreading out in the void, with countless strange masks hooked at the end of the chains.

These masks are each worn on someone's face.

However, although there are many masks, there are only three styles.

One is a white-faced ghost face with long eyebrows and narrow eyes.

Her face is gloomy, but she gives people a coquettish look.

One is a strange face made up of countless bones.

The bones are irregular in nature, yet they fit together like mortise and tenon joints, but... it doesn't seem clever, it just gives people a strong sense of weirdness.

There is also a mud face without any facial features.

It looks like it was made by a naughty child with his hands.

There are just some depressions where the eyes, nose and mouth should be.

The figures trapped by these muddy faces were like fish out of water, twitching in vain...

Finally, Xu Yuan turned his attention back to the huge skull.

There seemed to be a scar between the two huge horns of the skull.

But the yin energy was as thick as fog, and Xu Yuan couldn't really see clearly.

I just felt like the top of the skull seemed to have been...bitten off by something!
Xu Yuan closed his right eye again, leaving only his left eye open...

What I saw this time was completely different from before.

It is definitely not the deserted and gloomy little temple before.

A magnificent scene!
Each of the three halls in front and back has carved beams and painted rafters, and the roof is covered with golden tiles.

There was a lot of incense burning in front of the door, and a ten-foot-wide incense burner was filled with ashes.

Countless believers came in and out.

There were even a few who came from far away, bowing their heads with every step they took, all the way into the temple.

From the temple came the melodious sound of bells and the peaceful chanting of scriptures.

But when you listen carefully, you can't tell what sutra is being chanted.

Xu Yuan opened both eyes, and the cold little temple was still in front of him.

So he sneered secretly:

Yin and Yang!

The sunny side deceives people into entering the temple.

The dark side devours the soul.

If it weren't for Qin Ze's arrow, when we arrived here, I'm afraid that what we would see would be the magnificent temple with a bustling scene of incense.

No matter where such a temple is built, countless believers will go in to pay their respects and offer a few coins as incense.

He would then hand over his soul and would never be free from it in his lifetime!

When Qin Ze saw the inspector quietly pull out a large machete that was very much to his liking, his eyes suddenly lit up!
I knew that Lord Xu and I would get along well!
They all say that Lord Xu is an alchemist - what's so good about being an alchemist?
I was also on the "river bank" that day. When I saw Lord Xu's fighting spirit, I knew that he was a martial artist at heart!
Qin Ze came up with a golden hammer in his hand. The hammer head was as big as a baby's head.

He said in a gruff voice, "Sir, let me go up there and smash this damned inn to pieces with a hammer."

(End of this chapter)