New and dark light years

Chapter 14: Fireworks Explode to Celebrate the Demon's Execution

The palace dress floated eerily in the air, and the long snake tail swayed gently behind it.

The atmosphere was a bit tense.

Li Lin immediately took two steps back, bowed, and said, "I'm sorry for offending the Tree Fairy. What can I do to appease her anger?"

The woman in the palace costume narrowed her eyes and remained silent, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

But then she snorted, turned around and floated away.

The snake's tail swam in the air, looking very graceful.

Soon, the eerie charm of the palace dress disappeared.

Li Lin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and returned home.

He had killed two ghosts in a row before, and he thought he was very strong, but in the end... he used all his strength to hit the Tree Fairy Queen with one claw, but the Tree Fairy Queen was not hurt at all.

So... I'm still a novice and need to practice more.

Returning to the room, he put the silver hairpin aside and fell asleep.

The next day, he first made two bowls of blood rice and ate them, then went to Zhao Xiaohu's house and knocked on the door.

It was Uncle Zhao who opened the door. He immediately welcomed Li Lin into his home and said, "That strange thing was calling spirits again last night. Xiaohu was feeling unwell at first, but after midnight, he was fine again. It was quite unusual."

Li Lin smiled and said, "I killed that ghost last night."

Uncle Zhao was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly: "Really?"

"Really. There's no need to lie to you about this."

"Great, great." Uncle Zhao was pacing around the room excitedly, rubbing his hands together and grinning foolishly, "That Yougui is finally dead, finally dead."

"No, I have to let everyone know about this." He was about to rush out the door, but then he thought of Li Lin and said, "Li Xiaolang, just treat this as your own home and do whatever you want. I'll go tell the others about this good news first."

After saying that, he rushed out.

Aunt Hua came from the kitchen with a bowl of porridge. She watched her husband run away, her face full of confusion: "Why is this thief running so fast?"

"Something good is going on."

Then Li Lin entered Zhao Xiaohu's room, where Zhao Xiaohu was sleeping.

As blood and energy were input, the white jade token emitted a red light, and the faint black energy on Zhao Xiaohu's body dissipated.

It seems that everything is fine.

Li Lin then left and declined Aunt Hua's invitation to have breakfast here.

He came to the Wu family.

Compared to the Zhao family, the atmosphere in the Wu family is still very depressing.

There was no way. Xiuniang had only been dead for less than ten days. Under normal circumstances, no one could get over the grief so quickly.

"Li Xunshu, what can I do for you?"

Uncle Wu asked cautiously.

Li Lin has a good relationship with the Zhao family, but an average relationship with other villagers, so most people are quite afraid of him.

Those who can deal with ghosts have a status no lower than that of witches and wizards.

"Is this Xiuniang's stuff?"

Li Lin took out the silver hairpin.

Uncle Wu took it, examined it for a while, and shook his head: "I haven't seen it before. It looks very expensive. Our family can't afford it."

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Li Xiaolang, why do you think this thing belongs to...Xiuniang?"

"I went out to get rid of ghosts last night." Li Lin thought for a moment and told the truth: "I got rid of that Yougui and Xiuniang."

Uncle Wu was stunned for a moment. He looked at Li Lin with a look of resentment, or perhaps resentment would be a better word. Then he quickly straightened his mind: "Li Xunshu, thank you very much. You didn't give Xiuniang the opportunity to do evil. This is a good deed for her."

After finishing his words, he returned the silver hairpin to Li Lin and staggered back to the house.

Life is so hard in this world, maybe death is the only way to be relieved?
After putting the silver hairpin into his bag, Li Lin sighed and went home.

Sitting on the chair, Li Lin examined the silver hairpin. Since it was neither from the Wu family nor Xiuniang's, whose was it?
He flipped through the pages for a while, then narrowed his eyes and saw a few small words at the end of the silver hairpin. 'Made by the Tianjin Silverware Bureau.'

Hmm? Is this silver jewelry made by a government agency?
No wonder it is so well made, the price must be high, but how did it end up in the hands of "Xiuniang"?

Just when Li Lin was puzzled, the sound of firecrackers suddenly rang out in the village.

One string after another, endlessly.

This should be when the villagers are celebrating Yougui's death.

Then the sound of firecrackers became closer and closer. Li Lin opened the door and saw a dozen young people, each holding a long bamboo pole and carrying a burst of firecrackers, coming to Li Lin's door.

A large group of villagers followed behind.

Their eyes sparkled with joy and gratitude, and then many women piled some wild animals, fruits and vegetables at the gate of Li Lin's yard.

Finally, bow to him to express your gratitude.

After the firecrackers were burned out, the villagers dispersed with laughter.

Li Lin smiled. He felt that he had done the right thing by mustering up the courage to kill Gui last night.

Walking out into the yard, he began to move the game, fruits, and vegetables into the house.

There were quite a lot of these things, but he felt at ease collecting them.

Kill the ghost... That wandering ghost has been plaguing Shangtikou Village for decades. He should be rewarded for killing it.

He doesn't care about the amount of money, but if the villagers take it for granted, he won't care much about the village in the future.

I had just moved half of the things when I saw a few people walking over.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Wang Tianyou and his followers.

"Prince Wang." Li Lin clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Why are you here?"

"I brought you the Gun Manual and the Spirit Controlling Technique."

"Wasn't it handed over by someone else?" Li Lin said as he invited the person into his home.

Wang Tianyou asked his followers to wait outside. He didn't consider himself an outsider and sat down on a chair. He said unhappily, "We've found some clues about the person who attacked us that day. They think he has some connection with the Qin family in Yuecheng. My family sent me here to investigate. Thinking of you, I came here with the manuscript."

Li Lin hissed, "How come one incident has implicated the powerful families of the four nearby major cities?"

Wang Tianyou is from the Wang family in Diancheng, Ding Yingchun is from Guicheng, and now the Qin family in Yuecheng has arrived.

And the incident happened in Tianjin.

Tsk tsk, it seems quite messy no matter how you look at it.

“It’s quite troublesome.”

"I hope I won't be in trouble." Li Lin was a little worried.

Wang Tianyou laughed heartily. "Don't worry. None of us aristocratic families have run into any trouble yet, so it's not your turn as a country hermit to get into trouble. We're not sure if it's the Qin family that's behind this, but the Ding family has also begun investigating them. It will take at least six months, or at most two or three years, for there to be results."

As he finished speaking, Wang Tianyou's expression became gloomy again.

Li Lin vaguely felt that when Wang Tianyou showed this expression, he seemed to have some resentment in him.

Like a ghost.

But soon Wang Tianyou's expression returned to normal.

He took out two thin booklets from his cloth bag and placed them on the table.

Add three more gold ingots.

"This is the agreed compensation." He smiled and said, "By the way, I was just outside the village and heard firecrackers. Is there a wedding in the village?"

"Just celebrating."

"Celebrating what?"

Li Lin pondered for a moment and said, "I killed a wandering ghost last night."

(End of this chapter)