No taboos

Chapter 299: Turbidity (Three in One)

It was not until dawn that the Extermination of Filth Division withdrew.

There was no evil spirit in the city so blind as to come out and cause trouble.

The evil spirits in the city can actually be divided into two parts.

Some of them are like the Blood-Eyed Rats, who linger in the corners of the city and whose own strength is no more than eighth-rate.

Most of them are actually just at a "low-level" level.

They are very "scary" to ordinary people, but they live cautiously in the city.

After such a big incident last night, they either hid in the ditch, or in the cave, or temporarily drilled into the well, holding their breath and hiding. It took them a long time to dare to float up, take a breath, and then dive down again.

They were all afraid of being run into by the large-scale Exorcism Bureau and being killed.

The other type is the evil spirit that has truly become a major force.

For example, the white fox, and for example... the people around the white fox.

The plane on the left is as big as a bucket, but it is just a skin, wrapped in pure malice, condensing into one dark vortex after another.

It has no body. Under its huge head are seven or eight crab-claw-like structures, and its surface is covered with all kinds of strange attachments, like shellfish and barnacles.

Directly opposite is an invisible object that is constantly appearing and disappearing and changing.

Sometimes it is a ball of sticky black oil, sometimes it is an invisible gray mist, and sometimes it is a dark red blood cloud.

But no matter which form it takes, a big mouth with only fangs appears from time to time.

On the right is a giant snake, its body as thick as a water tank, its upper body three feet high, and its scales covered with patterns like eyeballs, which make people's scalp tingle at the sight of it.

It has two heads.

One is a stunning beauty, the other is a handsome man.

But no matter which face it was, there was an indescribable evil intent between his eyebrows and eyes.

There are three long tails behind it, one for childhood, one for adulthood, and one for old age.

In addition to these three, there were several others sitting in the distance in this ugly space.

But it is obvious that Baihu is more familiar with these three.

This space looks similar to Champa, but it is a broken version.

From city walls to buildings, from rivers to streets, from grass and trees to rocks, from the sky to the earth, from the sun and moon to the stars, from time to space, everything is in ruins!
There are cracks and scars everywhere.

The place is devastated and full of holes.

The scars are sometimes big, sometimes small, and layered one on top of the other. There seems to be festering in the scars, and corruption in the broken parts.

Every tattered place is infected by filth and breeds countless malice.

Evil was born from it.

There was a wine bowl in front of the evil spirit that was as big as a bucket.

The wine inside was pale yellow, turbid, and gave off a bloody smell.

It is brewed with the water of the Forgotten River mixed with the heart blood of living people.

In this Champa, there are only a handful of evil spirits who can enjoy this kind of wine.

Even the white fox can't afford to drink it.

The reason she could sit here was because these people gave her brother face.

"The Department of Exorcism has become a bit too rampant." The evil spirit with a face as big as a bucket spoke, and every syllable was filled with resentment and hatred towards everything in the world of the living.

The white fox smiled, but did not dare to participate in such a topic.

The two-headed, three-tailed demon snake said, "What do we have to do with them? Do they dare to enter this place?"

"The face is as big as a bucket" hates everything, not to mention that the demon snake is against him.

But just as it was about to open its mouth to refute the other party, suddenly the faces of the people present changed, and they all shut their mouths, not daring to move, like stone statues.

The sky was torn into pieces by hundreds of cracks, and through these cracks, one could directly see the starry sky burning with purple-black flames.

There was an incomparably huge corpse of a god floating silently in the starry sky.

The divine corpse was dead silent, covered in all kinds of deformations and growths from the inside out.

This made the corpse of the god extremely strange, and it was impossible to tell which god it was in the immortal class before it fell.

The "shadow" of the divine corpse fell from the starry sky, seeped through the cracks in the sky, and scattered in this space.

The white fox and the others didn't dare to move. After a while, the divine corpse floated past, and all the evil spirits breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone tacitly agreed not to mention the divine corpse just now.

But the previous topic was interrupted and did not continue.

The white fox sat quietly on the side, listening to the chat of several evil spirits.

Tonight, the Exorcism Bureau is searching the entire city, and all the evil spirits are coming here to hide.

This is between the "world of the living" and the "world of the dead".

It is called "Zhuojian".

It is still uncertain whether this is the place where all evil and weirdness are born.

But among the daily taboos, for example, one must not go near the river, as many ferocious and powerful evil spirits will suddenly appear in the water; one must not talk behind someone's back, as their tongue will suddenly become strange; and one must not climb high, as countless dangers will lurk in the void above...

These evil spirits and weird things seep into the world of the living from the "turbid world".

The corresponding evil spirits will only be allowed to enter the world of the living on the forbidden day, and their strength will increase dramatically.

This is the law by which the "Zhuojian" operates.

Why this is so, even the most powerful evil spirit cannot explain it.

They are not even sure whether these so-called "rules" are rules.

The "turbid world" is dirty, chaotic, evil, and delirious. No one knows what changes will happen here in the next moment.

The different taboos every day are precisely a reflection of this disorderly change.

Everything in the world of the living is reflected here, such as Champa, Luocheng, Guiwu Mountain, and Qihetai Town.

Everything in the underworld is also reflected here, such as the Ghost Gate, Yellow Spring Road, Wangxiangtai, Sansheng Stone, and Evil Dog Ridge.

There are two major types of evil spirits in the city. The former type is weak and cannot enter or leave the city at will.

They only have this ability on the days when they are "very unlucky".

So they can only hide in the city and tremble, unlike these big evil spirits who can come in and hide in peace.

The white fox doesn't come in often either.

Her strength is stuck on that line.

It’s not easy to get in once.

The white fox just smiled as it looked at the "big-faced creature". This strange creature hated everything and despised everything, but since it entered the city, it was a law-abiding creature.

Their growth rate in the city far exceeds that in the "barbaric land" such as Xiaoyu Mountain outside the city.

Evil and weird things feed on living people, but they cannot be separated from humans.

They are born from people's evil thoughts, and in a world without people, they will eventually disappear.

"The sunny side is almost over. I'm going out first."

The white fox's delicate body squeezed backwards.

There was a crack on the wall behind her.

She squeezed in with difficulty, and then emerged from a void in Baiyue Pavilion.

It was almost dawn, and the fox sisters had not returned yet.

Xu Yuan withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. When he entered the South City patrol room, he saw the fox sisters sitting together obediently like children in a school.

Her waist was straight and her two little hands were placed neatly on her knees.

No small moves.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Xu Yuan asked curiously.

The fox sisters were about to cry: How could we dare to leave without your permission?

Xu Yuan forgot about this matter.

"Can we go now?"

"Let's go. You've done a great job this time. I'll think of giving you a small reward later."

The fox sisters looked at each other and thought that the greatest reward they could give us would be if you didn't come to us again.

But if he doesn't come to us, how can our ancestors complete their mission?

The fox sighed: I accept my fate.

The two of them came out of the South City Patrol Office. Xu Yuan still had a large number of officers behind him who had not yet entered the door. They bowed politely to the two sisters on the street and said, "Go slowly, young ladies."

No matter whether these two have any improper relationship with the master, it is always better to be polite first - this is what Lao Qin said quietly to everyone just now.

Lao Qin was secretly proud of himself, thinking that he was very versatile and could handle things smoothly.

But he didn't know that the master had already held a grudge against him in his heart: You bastard, you have ruined my reputation!
The evil blood-eyed rat is still hiding in a tree hole a street away.

Last night, it sent the two foxes all the way to the South City Patrol Office with ill intentions.

I was surprised to see that two foxes were actually invited in!

Then, before it could even run away, the Department of Eliminating Filth came out in full force.

The blood-eyed mouse quickly hid in a tree hole.

As a result, I couldn't leave.

The screams of evil spirits before their death could be heard everywhere in the city.

Some are the incarnations of the Ghost Princess, and some are just unlucky little evil spirits that were encountered by the Exorcism Bureau.

Fortunately, after being worried for a while, I found that the place I was in was actually dark even under the light!

So he fell asleep peacefully in the tree hole.

When I woke up and opened my eyes, I saw the wolf-like and ferocious captains of the Extermination of Filth Division lined up on both sides of the road, respectfully seeing off the two foxes!
The blood-eyed rat suddenly opened its eyes as wide as possible.

Then the old wounds around the eye sockets were torn open again...

The pain made it burst into tears.

Tears stained the wound, making it even more painful...

The blood-eyed rat didn't expect that after such a big fight last night, he didn't get hurt at all, but early in the morning, he hurt himself.

But this couldn't suppress the shock in the Blood Eye Mouse's heart: Who on earth were these two foxes?!

We didn't dare to get close to this big house, but they not only went in, but the people from the Exorcism Department also treated them with great respect.

A hidden demon? A thousand-year-old monster?
The blood-eyed mouse heard the sound of its teeth knocking against each other.
Did I ever overestimate my own abilities and try to provoke two thousand-year-old monsters?
The fox sisters happened to pass by the tree hole, and the blood-eyed mouse lowered its head and knelt down in the hole.

After this, the rumor spread in Champa: There were two terrifyingly powerful old foxes hiding in the city!
The strength is unfathomable.

Because of his high status, even the Exorcism Department has to see him off with courtesy!
So much so that, for a long time afterwards, whenever the two sisters went out at night, the little evil spirits would be frightened when they saw them from afar, their faces turning pale, and they would run away quickly, keeping their tails between their legs, and sticking to the wall.

If he hadn't run away... he would have fallen to his knees, prostrating himself on the ground, not even daring to look up at them.

……

Old Master Ma Tianshou stayed in Champa for three more days.

In name, it was to clarify the case of the Ghost Princess.

Actually... I discussed with Xu Yuan how to make it flawless. Then I wrote an official document and sent it to the Beidu General Headquarters, asking for credit for Xu Yuan.

Old Master Ma secretly looked for Old Master Zhang again, but found no trace of him. He sighed inwardly, knowing that this old friend had died at the hands of the Ghost King's Concubine.

Xu Yuan was a little depressed because Zhang Laoya had also promised him a "treasure".

During these three days, the two preachers had some free time.

Wu Chenxin went back first, as there were still many matters in the clan that needed his decision.

Li Yichuan stayed and on the first day, he took a few servants and walked around the city, focusing on the South City.

Then he bought a large house with three courtyards not far from the patrol house in South City.

The next day, Xu Yuan and his family were suddenly and formally invited to a dinner.

The big and aristocratic families are always generous and magnanimous. Li Yichuan directly took over Wuweilou.

During the dinner, Li Yichuan personally toasted Xu Yuan and Lin Wanmo to apologize.

Lin Wanmo didn't know why, so Li Yichuan got straight to the point and explained to Lin Wanmo what he had done to offend her.

Then he smiled bitterly and said, "I know that Brother Xu holds a grudge against me. He has never smiled at me since then."

Xu Yuan snorted coldly.

"I'm blind, so I'll drink three cups!" Li Yichuan drank three in a row before taking out the deed. "Since I've offended the old lady, I can't just let it go with a few words. This house is my apology."

Li Yichuan handed it directly to Lin Wanmo instead of Xu Yuan.

"Please accept it, Madam." Li Yichuan said, "I heard that Lord Xu's living quarters in the city are very tight. When Brother Xu gets promoted in the future, it will be necessary to entertain him and send him off. We cannot lose face."

"No need." Lin Wanmo refused indifferently.

Lin Wanmo loves money, but it has to be earned by himself.

Of course she would be happier if her son was willing to show filial piety.

But I won’t take things from outsiders for no reason.

Li Yichuan repeatedly asked her to accept it, but Lin Wanmo refused firmly.

Li Yichuan felt a little embarrassed and looked at Xu Yuan: "Brother Xu, look at this..."

Xu Yuan said helplessly, "Senior Li, please take back the deed. We accept your apology. But please be frank if you have anything to say."

Xu Yuan never thought that he was worthy of being the helmsman of a big family and lowering his posture like that.

When you treat others with courtesy, you must ask for something.

Li Yichuan thought for a moment, then sat back and placed the deed under his palm. He said, "Brother Xu is a straightforward person, so I won't be shy. I do have a favor to ask of you, but it's from the old lady."

"Me?" Lin Wanmo was surprised.

Li Yichuan waved his hand, and the servant standing beside him brought an iron box with both hands.

The iron box was locked on all sides with complex locks.

Li Yichuan opened the box and showed it to Lin Wanmo: "Madam, please take a look first."

Lin Wanmo only took a few glances and concluded, "This craftsmanship is damaged."

Xu Yuan stuck his head out to take a look, but the box was empty, there was nothing in it!

Li Yichuan praised Lin Wanmo: "The old lady's craftsmanship is indeed superb! This 'treasure box' was brought from Zhengzhou by our ancestor.

It is the treasure of our Jiaozhi Li family, and is ranked as high as the fourth-rate!"

Xu Yuan suddenly realized that this box was actually a craftsman's item.

"But more than ten years ago... I won't go into the details. After this craftsmanship was damaged, I thought of many ways to fix it. I secretly invited many skilled craftsmen to repair it, but none of them could fix it.

But we dare not tell this matter to our family in Zhengzhou.

When we took this treasure chest away, many people in our Zhengzhou family were secretly jealous. If they knew about this, the punishment would definitely fall on our Jiaozhi Li family."

Li Yichuan stood up and left the table. He solemnly folded his hands before his forehead and bowed deeply to Lin Wanmo: "Madam, please help our Jiaozhi Li family overcome this difficult time."

"This house is a thank you gift. Regardless of whether it can be repaired or not, it is given to the old lady."

"If it can be repaired, I can promise that Master Xu can borrow the treasure chest three times whenever he needs it."

Xu Yuan couldn't help but sigh at the heritage of these big families.

The helmsmen who are carefully trained and screened through layers of screening are indeed not simple people.

Li Yichuan is lustful and romantic by nature.

When we first met, it was my inner instinct to look down on people like Xu Yuan who came from a humble family.

However, as long as he finds that Xu Yuan and Lin Wanmo are useful to him, he will immediately change his attitude completely and make friends with them.

And he did all this with sincerity, without any awkwardness from his face to his heart.

Lin Wanmo was already carefully observing the "treasure box".

“Not only is this artifact broken, it’s also showing signs of losing control.

Those four locks are also crafts, used to suppress loss of control."

Admiration flashed in Li Yichuan's eyes, and he raised his thumb and gestured vigorously. Without saying anything else, Li Xuanjiang believed that this was the closest he had ever been to repairing the family treasure.

The "treasure box" can automatically change and combine into weapons that restrain the target's weaknesses according to the target.

At the beginning, the Zhengzhou family accepted the guidance of Ming Xiu and split off a branch to develop in Jiaozhi, but no one was willing to come.

After all, Jiaozhi is not a good place.

Later, the main family picked out a few side branches to draw lots. The ancestor of Li Yichuan's branch had just played mahjong with a few friends all night and won a shop in Beidu by winning three times.

Maybe his good luck ran out, and the first person he drew drew a short lot.

The old family kept procrastinating and dragging their feet, and refused to really set off.

The family gave this benefit: take the "treasure box" with you, and if you encounter any danger in Jiaozhi, this craftsmanship can keep you safe.

It's just a fourth-rate product. My family also spent a lot of money on it.

This made many people secretly jealous.

Up to now, although the control of the Zhengzhou main family over the Jiaozhi Li family has reached a level far from "life and death", they still hold the "clan's righteousness" after all.

Moreover, the family would provide each branch with a considerable amount of support every year. If the family knew about this, the support would probably be gone in the future.

Lin Wanmo looked at it for a while and said, "It's a bit tricky. Leave it here and give me some time to study it."

"It's my duty." Li Yichuan agreed readily.

But Ma Tianshou returned to Luocheng, but Li Yichuan did not leave. He waited in the patrol room in Nancheng.

After all, it is the family treasure, and Li Yichuan has to guard it personally.

Xu Yuan discovered that his stepmother had entered that "hardship" state again, as if she was forging something for him, and she didn't go out for several days and nights.

Xu Yuan found an opportunity and quietly went in to tell his stepmother that even if the house couldn't be repaired, it didn't matter, and we didn't want his house either.

We are not short of money. If we want to change houses, we can buy one ourselves.

As a result, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Lin Wanmo sitting at the table, with one foot on the chair, gnawing on the braised chicken feet with relish!
When Xu Yuan came in, Lin Wanmo had just stuffed a chicken claw into his mouth. Three claws were still sticking out of his mouth, and his eyes were wide open, looking very funny.

"Uuuuuuu..."

Lin Wanmo was speechless and quickly waved his hand to signal Xu Yuan to close the door quickly so that Li Yichuan would not see it.

When Xu Yuan closed the door and turned around, his stepmother had already slurped the whole chicken foot into her mouth.

Then she puffed up her cheeks a few times and spit out all the small bones.

"You..." Xu Yuan didn't know what to say.

Lin Wanmo waved his hand and picked out the thinnest chicken feet from the plate on the table and continued to gnaw on it.

She always eats from the thinnest one first and saves the best one for last.

"Don't worry, that thing isn't hard to fix."

"But I can't let Li Yichuan think that I fixed it so easily for him."

Xu Yuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He also sat down, reached out and grabbed the best one, and quickly took a bite.

"You!" Lin Wanmo raised his eyebrows.

While eating, Xu Yuan said, "Don't be so stingy. I'll ask Aunt Wang to buy you some more later."

Since his stepmother thought it was easy to repair the treasure chest, Xu Yuan had nothing to worry about.

In fact, Xu Yuan was very willing to keep Li Yichuan in Champa.

Although the barber and the old black dog were dead, the owner of the goods behind the scenes would not let it go.

Although all the clues have been cut off, it should be impossible to find the person responsible...but what if?
Don't forget that the inheritance of Dharma cultivation is diverse, and it is not certain that no one can find the answer out of thin air.

On the third day after Mr. Ma left, Qu Jinpeng's eldest son came to Champa with a transfer order.

Mr. Qu had two sons, the eldest was Qu Shengqian and the second was Qu Shaozu.

He Youxing knew what was going on at a glance. He just went through the procedures and sent the person to Xu Yuan.

After Fu Jingyu came back, he told Xu Yuan about this in private.

Originally, Xu Yuan wanted to bring both of Senior Qu's sons with him to take care of and train them.

But Mr. Qu only allowed his eldest son to come and kept the second son by his side.

Fu Jingyu specifically analyzed this arrangement for Xu Yuan, and Senior Qu obviously considered it more comprehensively.

Now that both sons have come, there is limited space around Xu Yuan, and Senior Qu's favor has to be divided between the two sons - so it would be better for only one to come.

Xu Yuan can give his full support and avoid "self-competition" between the two brothers.

In addition, there are people around the elders who are filial to them.

Qu Jinpeng had been working in Jiaozhi South Office for decades. Although his position was not high, he would not just owe Xu Yuan a favor.

The second son might not be unable to make a name for himself if he stayed in the Southern Office.

Xu Yuan nodded secretly. He was still young, less than twenty years old, and his considerations in this regard were indeed not as thorough as those of his senior predecessors.

After Qu Shengqian arrived, Xu Yuan asked him to follow Di Youzhi first, and after observing for a while, he would consider whether to keep him by his side or let Shi Bading help take care of him first.

Xu Yuan was just thinking about Shi Ba Ding when his loud voice rang out in the yard: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu..."

"Brother, I'm here to see you, hahaha."

Xu Yuan came out with a smile, and saw Shi Bading coming in with only two captains and a jar of wine.

Before I met Xu Yuan, I ran into Da Fu head-on.

Shi Ba Ding walked with his arms crossed and acted arrogantly, not wanting to give way to anyone he met.

Coincidentally, the same is true for Dafu.

Even the way he crossed his arms was very similar.

...For some reason, Shi Ba Ding particularly liked Xu Yuan's goose.

Shi Ba Ding would feed Dafu every time he saw him.

This time was no exception. He took out a big bag of rice with a smile and threw it to Dafu.

But he didn't notice that Dafu's eyes were full of vigilance.

"Brother Xu!" Shi Bading saw Xu Yuan and immediately went up to him and gave him a hug.

When Xu Yuan invited him into the house, Shi Ba Ding's face suddenly showed a trace of worry: "Brother, the Lord Chief Lawyer really doesn't care about things anymore."

He pulled out an official document and said, "Xuanguang County has sent a letter requesting assistance. A never-before-seen evil spirit has appeared in the county. They threw it directly to me and asked me to give it to you."

(End of this chapter)