According to Huang Hongyuan, she was found upside down in the moat with a pale face. After retrieving her body, the chest was found to be empty.
“I’ve been sending people to monitor the eastern part of the city for the past few days, and apart from the daily pickings, I haven’t seen any suspicious characters entering.” Huang Hongyuan said as he watched Liao Sufan search through the corpse.
The corpse had been sent to the morgue, and to avoid people’s eyes and ears, there were only three people in the morgue; Liao Sufan, Bai Lixin, and Huang Hongyuan.
Liao Sufan and Huang Hongyuan looked at Bai Lixin with expectant eyes, and Bai Lixin shook his head in a daze.
While Liao Sufan was searching through the corpse, Bai Lixin searched for Liang’s soul with a soul searching technique, but there was still no trace of it. It was as if her soul disappeared into thin air.
Liao Sufan looked at Huang Hongyuan and asked, “Did you search the east side of the city for a man who matches the description of Cuiyan’s Mama, the one who redeemed Yue Xian’er?”
Huang Hongyuan shook his head, “There is only one big family in the eastern part of the city, the Wang family. Those around it are all small village families. They had never even seen Yue Xian’er go to the east of the city. I wanted to search the Wang family, but they always came up with a bunch of reasons to turn me away. It’s not like we have any credentials, we can’t barge in. ”
“Hehe, the Tsubaki jade I bought in the Wang Garden the other day was stolen by someone. I found that person, but they quickly fled. I followed the trail and saw that person jump into the Wang family courtyard and disappear. Can this reason be used as a reason to search their house? ” Bai Lixin asked as he coughed lightly and re-covered the white cloth over Liang’s head.
“Of course, you can,” Liao Sufan also smiled heartily, “I’ll go back and prepare the search warrant. You guys go back to the Wen House first.”
The three split up, and Bai Lixin returned to the ancestral home of the Wen family and told Elder Wen about Liang.
On hearing this, Elder Wen only let out a long sigh and said nothing more. He did not say anything about the burial, nor did he say anything about blame.
Bai Lixin didn’t say anything more and went back to his study with Huang Hongyuan.
It was almost noon when a slight tremor suddenly hit the usually peaceful Fengcheng. Although Fengcheng is not located on a plain, it has never had that many earthquakes over the years. As the hour-long quake passed, Bai Lixin’s brow furrowed as he looked at the huge black aura that loomed over Fengcheng.
Black clouds coalesced in the sky, accompanied by bursts of lightning and thunder.
Thunder and earthquakes during winter are strange phenomena.
Black Qi was pouring out of the Wang family’s mansion, wrapping Fengcheng up in a tight circle. Bai Lixin’s yin-yang eyes tingled. In the black qi, there are countless wailing ghosts.
The black qi over Fengcheng rolled thicker and thicker, and the thunder and lightning grew louder. Bai Lixin stood up in a flash, picked up Chonglian playing in the courtyard, and rushed into Elder Wen’s study.
“Grandpa, keep an eye on Chonglian! If I don’t come, you must not let Chonglian leave the study. Whether he is hungry, thirsty, eating, drinking or sleeping, he must not leave this study by half a step. ”
Black clouds pressed down on the city and winter thunder shook. Elder Wen also saw the vision overhead, and he held the dumbfounded Chonglian tightly as he asked nervously, “Is this vision the evil spirit qi you speak of?”
Bai Lixin nodded, “I’ll tell you more about it afterwards.”
Without waiting for Elder Wen’s consent, Bai Lixin quickly gathered all the people in the Wen family house and put them in the study, bringing along several days’ rations from the kitchen.
After all this, Bai Lixin rushed back into the room, tore up many paper figures and scattered them in the air. Countless paper children fell to the ground, and he instructed, “Ten of you, protect this house. You, go and set up a boundary in the air, don’t let this miasma rain down on Fengcheng! ”
He then took out many yellow talismans he had drawn earlier and put them on his sleeves as well as in his arms, before pulling Huang Hongyuan out and rushing towards the Wang house wildly.
“What the hell is going on today?” Huang Hongyuan asked with a frown as he looked up at the clouds that were firmly blocking the sun. Even though he could not see the ghostly and evil spirits, the huge black clouds still made him feel apprehensive.
The black cloud obscured the sun, reversing yin and yang, and the evil spirits were coming out into the world.
Bai Lixin looked at the little dog that had reappeared around Huang Hongyuan and refused to leave. He took out a talisman from his pocket and put it on its head. The whites of the small dog went black, and its body was immediately wrapped in a red flame.
After the huge flames faded, the small dog transformed into a giant lion with red flames all over its body.
Huang Hongyuan was startled by the flaming lion that appeared out of nowhere, but Bai Lixin did not give him time to react. He grabbed Huang Hongyuan’s collar and jumped onto the lion’s back, shouting, “Run.”
The lion roared into the sky and darted out like a red bolt of lightning, leaving only a vaguely visible red tail in the street.
The wind whistled past his ears and Huang Hongyuan’s hand caressed the magical mount beneath him, feeling a strange sense of familiarity and warmth.
“This is the little dog you had before,” Bai Lixin said against the wind, behind Huang Hongyuan, “It never went down the path of reincarnation after its death but lingered by your side.”
“Why?” Huang Hongyuan asked dully, his eyes slightly swollen by the wind.
“Because of you. Your thoughts trapped it and made it unwilling to leave your side. ” As if in response to Bai Lixin’s words, the giant lion beneath them roared low.
“And of course, Peach himself did not want to leave you, which is why he willingly lingered by your side. You are the police commissioner, the master of heaven and earth’s murderous aura, so the Yin spirits do not dare come near you, but they are attracted to the hostile aura in you. Peach has not failed to drive away the evil spirits for you in the years by your side.”
Huang Hongyuan’s wind-blown eyes hurt even more as he gently rubbed his hand against the soft, warm fur of the giant lion beneath him. His eyes slightly reddened, “Peach, it’s been a long time.”
The lion twitched its head and roared twice in a low voice, and its pace quickened.
The journey from the Wen family to the Wang family would normally take more than an hour, but they arrived at their destination in five minutes with the giant lion running.
The Wang family mansion had all collapsed, leaving only a patchwork of broken walls.
A huge black fog was spilling out from one of the ruins, like a volcano, straight into the sky.
Bai Lixin looked at Huang Hongyuan, jumped down from the giant lion, and said to it, “Protect your master.”
After saying that, Bai Lixin looked at Huang Hongyuan again and said, “It is dangerous ahead, so you should not go near. Look around for any survivors, then hurry up and take them to a safe place of refuge.”
Although Huang Hongyuan wanted to help Bai Lixin, he was afraid of giving him a hard time, so he nodded in response and began to search for survivors in the ruins.
Bai Lixin took out a handful of beans from his bosom and scattered them into the sky with an incantation under his breath. Dozens of strong men in armour appeared among the wreckage. “Saving people is like fighting a fire; you can find them together.”
After scattering the beans and making soldiers, Bai Lixin rushed towards the source of the black qi.
The closer he got to the source, the thicker the black qi became, almost obscuring Bai Lixin from seeing the scene in front of him.
Only when he reached the source did he realise that the black fog was coming from there.
The black fog spewed out from the open well into the sky. The well was constructed in a large, unusual manner. There were also many uncut stones around the well.
It was clear to Bai Lixin that there must be something under the well, and from this scene, it was clear that the gambling stones covered in black qi had come from here.
He bent down cautiously and tried to look deeper.
Suddenly, Bai Lixin’s eyes flinched, and he quickly drew his head back. Just as he pulled his head back, a black fog shot out from the bottom of the pitch-black well and came straight at Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin dared not hesitate, and he took out two paper figures from his arms, flinging them into the air and transforming them into two aura children. The two pale children screamed and rushed towards the black fog.
The black fog was so powerful that the moment the two children attacked it, it spread like a huge barrier and wrapped the children in it instantly.
In the blink of an eye, two tattered paper figures floated out of the black fog and scattered into pieces with the wind.
Bai Lixin’s body tensed. He bit his finger and flew through the air at a speed invisible to the naked eye. Was this the more dangerous thing that S419M had spoken of before he fell asleep?
What the hell is this thing? His mental power was S-ranked, but he was at a disadvantage against something like this!
He had never felt this kind of oppression, not even when facing the false gods. But this thing was not one of the false sub-gods. Although they were false gods, they were still tainted with the word “God” after all, and they lived on Dijia’s power, so their aura was golden.
But this thing was like a collection of all the negativity in the world. It had an evil and sinister aura all over it.
Bai Lixin drew a charm in the air and pointed his index and middle fingers together into a sword at the charm. It instantly replicated into a circle of charms surrounding Bai Lixin to protect him. He recited another incantation and took out a yellow talisman from his pocket and flung it into the sky. Countless light swords appeared with their tips facing the black fog. Bai Lixin shouted, and the lightsabres went straight for the black fog!
The black fog let out a horrible mocking laugh, seemingly not caring about Bai Lixin’s Dao. Instead of retreating, it rushed at the light swords head-on.
The flying swords and the black fog met, and the flying swords were easily flung out while the black fog’s speed continued unabated. It rushed in Bai Lixin’s direction, looking like it was about to tear the ring of runes around his body and pierce into his body.
A hand suddenly reached out and grabbed the black fog with its bare hand in the nick of time, flinging it away fiercely.
A drop of cold sweat dripped down from Bai Lixin’s forehead, and when he looked over, he saw Liao Sufan’s furious and solemn face.
According to Huang Hongyuan, she was found upside down in the moat with a pale face. After retrieving her body, the chest was found to be empty.
“I’ve been sending people to monitor the eastern part of the city for the past few days, and apart from the daily pickings, I haven’t seen any suspicious characters entering.” Huang Hongyuan said as he watched Liao Sufan search through the corpse.
The corpse had been sent to the morgue, and to avoid people’s eyes and ears, there were only three people in the morgue; Liao Sufan, Bai Lixin, and Huang Hongyuan.
Liao Sufan and Huang Hongyuan looked at Bai Lixin with expectant eyes, and Bai Lixin shook his head in a daze.
While Liao Sufan was searching through the corpse, Bai Lixin searched for Liang’s soul with a soul searching technique, but there was still no trace of it. It was as if her soul disappeared into thin air.
Liao Sufan looked at Huang Hongyuan and asked, “Did you search the east side of the city for a man who matches the description of Cuiyan’s Mama, the one who redeemed Yue Xian’er?”
Huang Hongyuan shook his head, “There is only one big family in the eastern part of the city, the Wang family. Those around it are all small village families. They had never even seen Yue Xian’er go to the east of the city. I wanted to search the Wang family, but they always came up with a bunch of reasons to turn me away. It’s not like we have any credentials, we can’t barge in. ”
“Hehe, the Tsubaki jade I bought in the Wang Garden the other day was stolen by someone. I found that person, but they quickly fled. I followed the trail and saw that person jump into the Wang family courtyard and disappear. Can this reason be used as a reason to search their house? ” Bai Lixin asked as he coughed lightly and re-covered the white cloth over Liang’s head.
“Of course, you can,” Liao Sufan also smiled heartily, “I’ll go back and prepare the search warrant. You guys go back to the Wen House first.”
The three split up, and Bai Lixin returned to the ancestral home of the Wen family and told Elder Wen about Liang.
On hearing this, Elder Wen only let out a long sigh and said nothing more. He did not say anything about the burial, nor did he say anything about blame.
Bai Lixin didn’t say anything more and went back to his study with Huang Hongyuan.
It was almost noon when a slight tremor suddenly hit the usually peaceful Fengcheng. Although Fengcheng is not located on a plain, it has never had that many earthquakes over the years. As the hour-long quake passed, Bai Lixin’s brow furrowed as he looked at the huge black aura that loomed over Fengcheng.
Black clouds coalesced in the sky, accompanied by bursts of lightning and thunder.
Thunder and earthquakes during winter are strange phenomena.
Black Qi was pouring out of the Wang family’s mansion, wrapping Fengcheng up in a tight circle. Bai Lixin’s yin-yang eyes tingled. In the black qi, there are countless wailing ghosts.
The black qi over Fengcheng rolled thicker and thicker, and the thunder and lightning grew louder. Bai Lixin stood up in a flash, picked up Chonglian playing in the courtyard, and rushed into Elder Wen’s study.
“Grandpa, keep an eye on Chonglian! If I don’t come, you must not let Chonglian leave the study. Whether he is hungry, thirsty, eating, drinking or sleeping, he must not leave this study by half a step. ”
Black clouds pressed down on the city and winter thunder shook. Elder Wen also saw the vision overhead, and he held the dumbfounded Chonglian tightly as he asked nervously, “Is this vision the evil spirit qi you speak of?”
Bai Lixin nodded, “I’ll tell you more about it afterwards.”
Without waiting for Elder Wen’s consent, Bai Lixin quickly gathered all the people in the Wen family house and put them in the study, bringing along several days’ rations from the kitchen.
After all this, Bai Lixin rushed back into the room, tore up many paper figures and scattered them in the air. Countless paper children fell to the ground, and he instructed, “Ten of you, protect this house. You, go and set up a boundary in the air, don’t let this miasma rain down on Fengcheng! ”
He then took out many yellow talismans he had drawn earlier and put them on his sleeves as well as in his arms, before pulling Huang Hongyuan out and rushing towards the Wang house wildly.
“What the hell is going on today?” Huang Hongyuan asked with a frown as he looked up at the clouds that were firmly blocking the sun. Even though he could not see the ghostly and evil spirits, the huge black clouds still made him feel apprehensive.
The black cloud obscured the sun, reversing yin and yang, and the evil spirits were coming out into the world.
Bai Lixin looked at the little dog that had reappeared around Huang Hongyuan and refused to leave. He took out a talisman from his pocket and put it on its head. The whites of the small dog went black, and its body was immediately wrapped in a red flame.
After the huge flames faded, the small dog transformed into a giant lion with red flames all over its body.
Huang Hongyuan was startled by the flaming lion that appeared out of nowhere, but Bai Lixin did not give him time to react. He grabbed Huang Hongyuan’s collar and jumped onto the lion’s back, shouting, “Run.”
The lion roared into the sky and darted out like a red bolt of lightning, leaving only a vaguely visible red tail in the street.
The wind whistled past his ears and Huang Hongyuan’s hand caressed the magical mount beneath him, feeling a strange sense of familiarity and warmth.
“This is the little dog you had before,” Bai Lixin said against the wind, behind Huang Hongyuan, “It never went down the path of reincarnation after its death but lingered by your side.”
“Why?” Huang Hongyuan asked dully, his eyes slightly swollen by the wind.
“Because of you. Your thoughts trapped it and made it unwilling to leave your side. ” As if in response to Bai Lixin’s words, the giant lion beneath them roared low.
“And of course, Peach himself did not want to leave you, which is why he willingly lingered by your side. You are the police commissioner, the master of heaven and earth’s murderous aura, so the Yin spirits do not dare come near you, but they are attracted to the hostile aura in you. Peach has not failed to drive away the evil spirits for you in the years by your side.”
Huang Hongyuan’s wind-blown eyes hurt even more as he gently rubbed his hand against the soft, warm fur of the giant lion beneath him. His eyes slightly reddened, “Peach, it’s been a long time.”
The lion twitched its head and roared twice in a low voice, and its pace quickened.
The journey from the Wen family to the Wang family would normally take more than an hour, but they arrived at their destination in five minutes with the giant lion running.
The Wang family mansion had all collapsed, leaving only a patchwork of broken walls.
A huge black fog was spilling out from one of the ruins, like a volcano, straight into the sky.
Bai Lixin looked at Huang Hongyuan, jumped down from the giant lion, and said to it, “Protect your master.”
After saying that, Bai Lixin looked at Huang Hongyuan again and said, “It is dangerous ahead, so you should not go near. Look around for any survivors, then hurry up and take them to a safe place of refuge.”
Although Huang Hongyuan wanted to help Bai Lixin, he was afraid of giving him a hard time, so he nodded in response and began to search for survivors in the ruins.
Bai Lixin took out a handful of beans from his bosom and scattered them into the sky with an incantation under his breath. Dozens of strong men in armour appeared among the wreckage. “Saving people is like fighting a fire; you can find them together.”
After scattering the beans and making soldiers, Bai Lixin rushed towards the source of the black qi.
The closer he got to the source, the thicker the black qi became, almost obscuring Bai Lixin from seeing the scene in front of him.
Only when he reached the source did he realise that the black fog was coming from there.
The black fog spewed out from the open well into the sky. The well was constructed in a large, unusual manner. There were also many uncut stones around the well.
It was clear to Bai Lixin that there must be something under the well, and from this scene, it was clear that the gambling stones covered in black qi had come from here.
He bent down cautiously and tried to look deeper.
Suddenly, Bai Lixin’s eyes flinched, and he quickly drew his head back. Just as he pulled his head back, a black fog shot out from the bottom of the pitch-black well and came straight at Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin dared not hesitate, and he took out two paper figures from his arms, flinging them into the air and transforming them into two aura children. The two pale children screamed and rushed towards the black fog.
The black fog was so powerful that the moment the two children attacked it, it spread like a huge barrier and wrapped the children in it instantly.
In the blink of an eye, two tattered paper figures floated out of the black fog and scattered into pieces with the wind.
Bai Lixin’s body tensed. He bit his finger and flew through the air at a speed invisible to the naked eye. Was this the more dangerous thing that S419M had spoken of before he fell asleep?
What the hell is this thing? His mental power was S-ranked, but he was at a disadvantage against something like this!
He had never felt this kind of oppression, not even when facing the false gods. But this thing was not one of the false sub-gods. Although they were false gods, they were still tainted with the word “God” after all, and they lived on Dijia’s power, so their aura was golden.
But this thing was like a collection of all the negativity in the world. It had an evil and sinister aura all over it.
Bai Lixin drew a charm in the air and pointed his index and middle fingers together into a sword at the charm. It instantly replicated into a circle of charms surrounding Bai Lixin to protect him. He recited another incantation and took out a yellow talisman from his pocket and flung it into the sky. Countless light swords appeared with their tips facing the black fog. Bai Lixin shouted, and the lightsabres went straight for the black fog!
The black fog let out a horrible mocking laugh, seemingly not caring about Bai Lixin’s Dao. Instead of retreating, it rushed at the light swords head-on.
The flying swords and the black fog met, and the flying swords were easily flung out while the black fog’s speed continued unabated. It rushed in Bai Lixin’s direction, looking like it was about to tear the ring of runes around his body and pierce into his body.
A hand suddenly reached out and grabbed the black fog with its bare hand in the nick of time, flinging it away fiercely.
A drop of cold sweat dripped down from Bai Lixin’s forehead, and when he looked over, he saw Liao Sufan’s furious and solemn face.
