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Chapter 18: Sealing the Three Gates

Mr. Qiao stared at Xu Yuan with a look even more resentful than that of the old locust.

The old locust loosened his front legs from behind his back, pointed at Xu Yuan, and said to Master Qiao, "I found the person for you. I told you a long time ago that in these mountains, no one can compare to our family in finding things."

Then it smiled sinisterly: "But the previous price is no longer acceptable. You saw it too. This kid killed so many of my good children and grandchildren. It's unacceptable for me to eat three blood."

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth and questioned Master Qiao: "You are colluding with Weird!"

In the first few days after arriving in Qihetai Town, a question popped up in Xu Yuan's mind: Why can Mr. Qiao control the town?

After all, Master Qiao is just a ninth-rate scholar, even though he is considered a strong one among the ninth-rate scholars.

Any monster with a little bit of strength in Ghost Witch Mountain can defeat Master Qiao.

However, although there have been occasional strange and harmful incidents in the town over the years, it has been relatively peaceful overall.

Qihetai Town is located at a key position on the official road. Master Qiao controls the town and earns hundreds of thousands of dollars every year!
Master Qiao gritted his teeth and asked the old locust, "How much do you want?"

"Three hundred."

"Impossible!" Master Qiao refused bluntly, "Where can I find 300 living people for you? With so many people disappearing inexplicably, the government will definitely get to the bottom of this."

The old locust's antennae twitched. "I didn't ask for this myself. The snake that just came down also made a move. It's not cheap to touch it! Two hundred of these three hundred are for it."

This is exactly where Mr. Qiao’s hatred for Xu Yuan comes from.

The price of capturing Xu Yuan was too high, and he couldn't afford it. But if he didn't, the old locust would definitely not let him go, and he would become blood food.

The old locust laughed strangely and said, "Why don't you go and discuss it with the toad yourself?"

Mr. Qiao's momentum was lost.

That thing is vicious and crazy, there's no way to communicate. If you try to talk to it yourself, it might eat you first.

There are many similar strange things in Ghost Witch Mountain, and Master Qiao negotiates with "middlemen" like Old Locust.

"I asked it to help you save your children and grandchildren. I shouldn't be the one paying for this."

As soon as Master Qiao said this, the old locust immediately became gloomy: "You old thing, you want to default on your debt?"

All the locusts around looked at Master Qiao unkindly.

Cold sweat broke out on Master Qiao's forehead. "One hundred and fifty! This is my limit. If there are more, the government will kill me if you don't!"

The old locust's two tentacles drew circles in the air. "Three hundred blood food, and I'll introduce you to those in Guanghuo Street!"

A gleam of brilliance flashed in Mr. Qiao's eyes, but he still said helplessly: "I really can't get so much..."

"I can allow you to pay me in two installments: 150 heads first, and then another 150 heads a month later." The old locust said, "This is my final bottom line!"

Mr. Qiao was interested and asked tentatively, "What about Guanghuo Street..."

"I do what I say!"

"Okay!" Mr. Qiao gritted his teeth and agreed.

The old locust smiled happily and pointed at Xu Yuan with his forefoot: "You can take the person away."

Master Qiao came before Xu Yuan and, with a sneer, pulled out three pieces of calligraphy from his sleeves. Each piece had the word "封" written on it in a different font.

Master Qiao waved his hand, and the three calligraphy pieces rose up without wind and ignited without fire, and three "Seal" characters were imprinted on Xu Yuan's body in mid-air.

Xu Yuan immediately felt that he could not move, and even the "fire in his belly" was blocked.

Master Qiao picked up Xu Yuan, carried him on his shoulders, and walked away quickly. After leaving the old locust's territory, Master Qiao threw Xu Yuan to the ground roughly and said bitterly, "Half a month ago, Xu Lin brought you to me, and I actually thought she wanted to kick her unwelcome stepson out of the house!
Humph, how ridiculous! Back then, I actually thought you were a blood meal delivered to my doorstep, and was planning to send you into the mountains in a few months!"

In recent years, young men and women working in Qihetai Town often died inexplicably in Guiwu Mountain.

Everyone in the town thought it was the work of a ghost, but no one knew that it was arranged by Mr. Qiao to send the ghost into the mountains to be eaten by the ghost.

His tricks could fool the ignorant townspeople, but not the Saint Lady.

That's why the Saint Lady said that it was a pipe dream for him to become the "Chief of Police".

Xu Yuan fell to the ground and hit his forehead on the stone, bleeding immediately. His cheeks were also scratched by mud and sand.

But Xu Yuan did not show any sign of discouragement. He rolled his eyes and glanced at Mr. Qiao lightly.

Master Qiao keenly caught this look and snorted, "Are you not convinced? I have sealed all your abilities."

Master Qiao thought of the tragic death of the accountant Liu and gnashed his teeth: "I will not let you escape this time!"

"So far, you have shown the power of Dan Xiu and Fa Xiu." Master Qiao has connections in Qihetai Town, and he will know what methods Xu Yuan has used in front of others.

"Master, I will be lenient with you and give you the so-called life cultivation. The abilities of the three major gates are enough, right? The three calligraphy pieces just now just happened to correspond to one gate each!"

Mr. Qiao sat down on a stone opposite Xu Yuan, and kicked Xu Yuan's face with his toes. The muddy soles of his shoes left a clear footprint on Xu Yuan's face.

Xu Yuan changed from lying on his side to lying on his back to make it easier for Master Qiao to interrogate him.

"Be good and tell me the truth about how you met the Junebug. I will be kind enough to spare your life."

Xu Yuan's eyes moved, indicating to Mr. Qiao that he could not speak.

Master Qiao snorted coldly, "If you try any tricks, I will break your hands and feet. You are smart, why do you have to endure the pain?"

Xu Yuan's eyes softened, and Master Qiao raised his hand, and a "seal" character slightly loosened from Xu Yuan's body.

Xu Yuan was able to move.

"Go ahead."

Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then seemed to accept his fate. "When I came here, my stepmother gave me a small bamboo basket and some old rice. These things are used to catch June bugs."

Master Qiao frowned. "Bamboo basket? Rice? Did you catch it?"

"I caught it and ate it."

Mr. Qiao asked, "Where's the bamboo cage?"

"It's in my arms." Xu Yuan said, and took out the small bamboo basket from his tattered clothes. He held it up in his palm and handed it to Master Qiao, saying, "Look, this is it."

Mr. Qiao reached out to take it. Just as his fingers were about to touch the bamboo cage, it suddenly opened and quickly followed his fingers, swallowing his entire palm.

The bamboo strips look like fangs, and the bamboo cage is like a greedy mouth.

After swallowing Mr. Qiao's entire palm, he quickly ate his entire arm.

Master Qiao was shocked: "Jiang Xiu!"

How come this little bastard has so much power?!

　Asking for a monthly pass

　　
　
(End of this chapter)