Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 44 Trouble
The fog dissipated
Lin You, holding the talisman, nervously watched the bridge surface.
Upon seeing Li Wushou standing calmly beside the sedan chair, his tense mind finally relaxed. He looked around and asked Li Wushou:
"Phew~ Where's Princess Hashi?"

Li Wushou's mind was still preoccupied with the shadowy figure behind him. Upon hearing Lin You's question, he subconsciously replied, "It's resolved."

Lin You was shocked. "That's it?"

From the moment Li Wushou stepped into the mist until the mist dissipated, was more than three minutes elapsed? Seeing Li Wushou's neat clothes and calm demeanor, Lin You really wanted to ask how he had resolved the situation.
The words were on the tip of Lin You's tongue, but he swallowed them back, and then squeezed out another sentence:
"Is everything alright?"

Li Wushou nodded, but before he could answer, Feng Sishui, who was pinned under the sedan bearers, shouted in a shrill voice.

"It's alright? The evil spirit ran away?"

Then, with great effort, he pushed away the sedan bearers on his back and began to pant heavily.

Lin You had no idea what Feng Sishui was up to again. He was just picking up some talismans, so why was he stacking up Arhats with these sedan chair carriers?

"The evil spirits were naturally destroyed by the High Priest! What are you doing?"

"Uh~"

Feng Sishui lowered his head somewhat awkwardly; tonight had been far too long for him!

Li Wushou didn't have the habit of exposing shortcomings, so he simply said in a nonchalant tone, "He just rescued a damsel in distress."

Lin You didn't understand, but recalling what Li Wushou had just said about a guy named Qiao Ji in the mist, and seeing Feng Sishui's face turn red in an instant, he knew that this drunkard had probably done something stupid again!
Lin You had no habit of making sarcastic remarks. He walked up to Li Wushou with great seriousness and spoke in a low voice.

"High Priest, something's not right tonight!"

Li Wushou nodded. He had noticed the fog persisting after Xi Nang was removed, and the appearance of a second evil spirit.

Things like the Bridge Princess and the Creek Noodle are generally formed from resentment combined with certain environmental changes; their existence or formation requires specific conditions.

If it's just the sac and the fetus, that's fine, since the conditions for both to form are basically the same.

However, the simultaneous appearance of two clearly unrelated individuals, Hashihime and Keinang, cannot be explained by mere coincidence.

"You suspect someone is practicing evil spirit cultivation?"

Lin You was somewhat surprised by Li Wushou's quick reaction. As far as Lin You knew, this high priest had not had a good life before, and had even fallen to the point of having to go to the Blood Buddha Temple to have his eyes implanted and pawn his lifespan at the Wusheng Pawnshop to exchange for food. Yet he had such insight.

Tonight, Lin You's opinion of the new High Priest completely changed. Not only was the other party incredibly powerful, having eliminated two major evil spirits, but he was also extremely sharp-minded and intelligent. Lin You was completely convinced of his abilities!
Lin You bowed respectfully and nodded in agreement with Li Wushou's statement.

“The Stream Bag was extremely strange from the beginning. It had already exceeded its growth period and started feeding the fetuses! It had obviously existed for quite some time. To grow to this stage, it must have consumed the corpses of countless infants. It couldn’t have been done in a short time. When the Civil Official was in the city, if this evil spirit had grown naturally, it would not have been able to hide it from his eyes.”

"Abortion?" Li Wushou asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's what the xi sang out when it opens its big mouth. It usually keeps it in its belly."

Li Wushou understood and nodded, murmuring, "So those five little devils were called fetal pendants!"

Five?!

Lin You cried out in horror. He couldn't see the shape of the fetuses, only judging from the white frost on the bridge surface. He never expected there to be five of them! The high priest who lost an arm in the records only faced one!

Just how powerful is this High Priest Li Wushou?
It's unbelievable! Just a few days ago, these same people were struggling to survive in the pit at the City God Temple!

In the blink of an eye, it suddenly seems unattainable!

Her legs are too thick, I have to hug her tightly!
"what happened?"

Li Wushou didn't know what was wrong with Lin You; the other person seemed to be constantly startled tonight.

"Cough cough~ It's nothing!"

Lin You coughed lightly, and continuing the previous topic, said with some concern:
"Therefore, there must be someone practicing demonic cultivation in this city. Taking advantage of the absence of the civil official, their actions clearly indicate ill intentions!"

For some reason, Lin You had a feeling that a storm was brewing during this period.

First, trouble broke out outside the city, and the civil official went out to exorcise evil spirits. Then, the golden statue of the City God had a problem. Now, someone is openly practicing evil spirit cultivation. If it weren't for the extraordinary strength of the high priest Li Wushou, who knows how many more people would have died.

All of these incidents cast a shadow over Lin You's heart.

Let's go!

A somewhat abrupt question abruptly interrupted Lin You's thoughts. "Uh...where to?"

Li Wushou was also a little puzzled: "Hmm? Aren't you going home?"

The matter has been resolved, why make him work overtime?

Lin You was a little out of sync with Li Wushou and asked anxiously, "Then what about the matter of refining evil spirits?"

Li Wushou waved his hand dismissively, "You can report this to the City God or the Martial God!"

Li Wushou hates trouble the most and doesn't want to get involved in such matters. Last time, the six-eyed monk of Blood Buddha Temple accidentally stumbled into the demon-refining incident, which caused quite a bit of trouble.

If it weren't for the powerful banner of the City God's spirit, who knows what kind of trouble would have ensued.

I've only eaten a few extra meals since I joined the City God Temple, and I haven't even embezzled a single penny. Why risk my life?
"Uh...? But..."

Lin You was somewhat taken aback.

Seeing that Lin You wanted to say more, Li Wushou quickly interrupted him, pointed to the sedan chair bearers on the ground, and ordered:

"Let's wake them up first!"

Hearing this, Feng Sishui quickly stood up and shouted, "I'll do it!"

Lin You had no choice but to go and help. The confusion in the sedan chair carriers' eyes had dissipated with the stomp of Li Wushou. Apart from some bruises between their eyebrows, they were not seriously injured.

They quickly regained consciousness after being woken up by Lin You and Feng Sishui.

"Hiss~ Master!"

"Ah~!"

The sedan chair bearers, who had just regained consciousness, stared in horror at the dead wealthy man, especially the few who had helped carry the sedan chair, who were utterly devastated.

Just then, a staggering figure suddenly rushed out of a sedan chair in front.

This figure was another wealthy gentleman, much younger than the one whose lungs had just been emptied, and quite handsome.

The other person held a delicate bell in both hands, the clasp in the middle resembling a lark spreading its wings and taking flight. However, the bell did not make a sound as the young man moved.

The young man first scanned the surroundings, and was startled when he saw Li Wushou in his blue robe. Then he glanced at the wealthy man lying on the ground, who had been emptied out.

The two returned from the west side of the city together, clearly sharing the same interests.

"Brother Jia! Ah... what happened?"

The young man screamed in horror and sat down on the ground with a thud.

Hearing the scream, Lin You looked at the fallen youth, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Zhu Fang? It's you?"

"Lin You? What on earth happened?"

Upon seeing that the two knew each other, Feng Sishui directed the sedan chair bearers to collect the body of the deceased wealthy man.

Lin Youze explained to Zhu Fang from the side. After listening for a while, Feng Sishui finally realized that Zhu Fang was actually a nephew of the city lord Zhu Sihai.

After Lin You comforted Zhu Fang, Feng Sishui had also made most of the arrangements.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Lin Youcai suddenly realized something.

"Where is the High Priest?"

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