Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 137

In the study, boys and girls are drawing.

Li Zhuiyuan wrote faster because he only needed to copy the image of the corpse-driving Taoist priest.

A-li needs to undergo a certain degree of artistic processing based on the boy's description.

The boy finished the painting, put down his brush, stood beside the drawing table, and stared at the Taoist priest carefully.

Although the Taoist's messy hair covered his face, his Taoist robe and the multi-layered cloth shoes on his feet appeared very clean, and this cleanliness was not only reflected in the absence of dirt.

The Taoist in the painting is walking forward, with his left foot stepping forward, revealing the sole of his shoe. The sole is very white, and neat stitches can be seen.

The yellow Taoist robe has smooth collar and cuffs, without any frayed edges.

Even the bell held in her right hand, with its red and yellow knot decoration at the hem, is so fresh and delicate.

These are brand new clothes, shoes and instruments...

Therefore, we can boldly guess that the real body of this Taoist corpse driver should be buried somewhere, and the burial supplies are all new.

Although Granny Yu was heavily made up when she appeared, she still looked like a "blind woman". It was proved that the only thing missing from her clay sculpture was a pair of eyes.

When a big fish is willing to take the bait, its body will rot and fester, which is also a reflection of its actual state.

Of the five Yin gods, except for the pig, all are seriously injured. Only the pig has no visible wounds. This shows, firstly, that the pig is in the best state among the five. Secondly, it also shows the pig's dominant position among the five Yin beasts, indirectly implying that the other four were forcibly dragged out by the pig.

Therefore, the images of those things in Ari's dream are in contrast to their real state.

Well, the problem is coming.

Since this Taoist corpse-driver could appear in A'li's dream, it meant that he had a "life-long friendship" with the former Dragon King.

But he was buried with dignity.

There are only two possible reasons why this could happen.

One possibility is that although the Dragon King suppressed him in the beginning, he still sympathized with him or had a past relationship with him, so he arranged for him to be properly buried.

Another possibility is that although the Dragon King suppressed him, someone took back his remaining remains and properly dealt with them, including finding a grave and burying him.

The former is unlikely, because an opponent who has such a close relationship with the Dragon King, even if he dies at the hands of the Dragon King, would not do such a despicable thing as bullying an orphan girl.

Unless he came out this time for another purpose.

Just like the big fish last time, the man did not come out of the fog to provoke, but wanted to borrow the power of the Dragon King and find an opportunity to die together with Yuxuzi.

Moreover, the corpse-driving Taoist priest came out on his own initiative when the river water did not push him and the other beings in the white fog did not dare to show up.

Taking all these into consideration, it is really difficult to pre-determine the position label of the corpse-driving Taoist priest.

Another possibility is easier to understand. That is, this person still retains the inheritance faction. If you want to deal with him, you have to fight against his current successor.

Li Zhuiyuan would rather choose this possibility. The positions of both parties are clear, the nature of the incident is also clear, and everyone has a very simple purpose and is trying their best to kill each other.

But the reality is not like the popular TV dramas, where the good guys and the bad guys can be clearly seen by their appearance when they appear.

When my grandfather sometimes accompanies Runsheng in watching TV, the question he often asks is: "Is this a good guy or a bad guy?"

That Grandma Yu is not a human being to begin with, and neither is Big Fish or the recent pig.

But this Taoist who drives corpses... is truly a human being.

Wei Zhengdao mentioned in "Records of Strange Tales from the Jianghu" that evil cultivators become dead after death and are the most difficult to deal with.

Not only does he understand your methods, he also knows some of your own methods, and can even play tricks on you.

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes, wiped out the various complex logics that had just formed in his mind, and looked for the main contradiction first.

When he opened his eyes again, the boy's gaze was much clearer.

No matter whether you are good or bad, whether you have a hidden secret or something to hide, since you appeared in Ahri's dream, and since I intend to use you as an experimental subject and actively build a causal line to get closer to you...

Then my ultimate goal is to kill you completely, that's for sure.

As for whether you feel relieved and relieved in the end, or angry and unwilling to accept the result, this is all a story for later, and is another kind of seasoning that is "added" when everyone sits around the barbecue grill after an event is completed.

Li Zhuiyuan did not see the "corpse" behind the Taoist priest, so he did not draw it. However, he did pay special attention to the details of the yellow paper money that the other party threw out.

Moreover, he enlarged and depicted it in the two corners of the scroll, with a pair of front and back sides drawn respectively.

Due to different customs and habits in different places, the design of paper money is also very different.

Although the ghost money of the "Bank of Heaven and Earth" has become popular, it is not mainstream yet and has only been around for a short time.

The paper money in Nantong is mainly made of square yellow paper. When people go to a white banquet, close relatives will generally buy a vertical ribbon of yellow paper as a gift.

Many families in the village also put this yellow paper in the toilet basket and use it as toilet paper.

Because it feels better than newspaper, it is thicker and less likely to break, and there is no hollow hole in the middle.

The paper money in many other places, from a design perspective, really looks like "copper coins", and has its own customs and traditions in terms of color, specifications, etc.

In some more sophisticated places, words are printed on the paper money.

Fortunately, there were words printed on the paper money thrown by the Taoist priest.

The reason why Li Zhuiyuan chose two corners to paint paper money is because there are two types of paper money, which are exactly the same in design but with different fonts.

On the front and back of the paper money in the left corner are written: Yin people are on the road, Yang people should give way.

On the front and back of the paper money in the right corner are written: Reward from the Jie family, thanks from the little ghost.

These two kinds of paper money should be stacked together and scattered together when the paper money is scattered.

The piece of paper money on the left has a very simple meaning, it is a kind of notification.

The tradition of corpse drivers is to travel at night, because it is easy to disturb people during the day and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, people who work in this field are generally considered unlucky by the world. They themselves are too lazy to force themselves into the mainstream and prefer to keep a low profile.

In this respect, he is very similar to the corpse lifter. On weekdays, there are not many outsiders visiting my great-grandfather's house.

Even now, as a public funeral home employee, when I go out to introduce my work to strangers, I often encounter discriminatory looks.

But the tone of the words on the right side of the paper money is not right.

The reward from the Xie family pointed out the door lintel.

The little ghost bows to express his gratitude, which indicates the hierarchy.

This shows that the Xie family has a very high status on the "Yin Yang Road". I'm no longer asking the little ghosts not to make trouble on the road, but I'm giving you some money. If you know what's good for you, get out of here.

The fact that they dared to print such words proved that the status of the Xie family was real, and it was not just a sign of self-satisfaction.

Because people in this line of work are most taboo about this, and generally they keep a low profile and only say 70% of what they can do, for fear that the wind will frighten their tongues.

If you don't have this real background and dare to scatter paper money, just wait for those dirty things to come to your door and take away your whole family.

This is why the term "Zou Jiang" is exclusive to the Dragon King's family.

In the literary and artistic circle, people in the circle can entertain themselves, flatter each other and raise their own status without any shame.

Throughout history, there have been people in Xuanmen who have played this way, but they all ended up sinking to the bottom of the river.

"The Xie family?"

With a door lintel, things become much easier, saving you the trouble of searching for a needle in a haystack.

Li Zhuiyuan gently tapped his temple with his fingertips. In his mind, there were actually two records that matched the Jie family's.

This is a travelogue of an ancestor of the Yin family that was included in the Yin family genealogy. While traveling, he stayed at an inn on the outskirts of Dayong City at night.

At night, a corpse driver brought guests to stay overnight.

Normal inns would naturally not dare to accommodate corpse-drivers, but some inns have this kind of special background, and... some inns may really have such bad business that they can hardly operate, and bankruptcy is more terrifying than a corpse.

The innkeeper would hold a lantern at night and tell other guests staying overnight to stay indoors before daybreak, implying that a corpse driver was coming to stay.

The ancestor of the Yin family was naturally not among them. Not only did he go out, he also went to find the corpse driver. The two of them drank and chatted, and they became "mutual confidants."

Li Zhuiyuan feels that the "mutual understanding" here is not true.

Since Yin Changsheng, the Yin family's strength and status have been in a straight-diving decline for two thousand years.

But Yin Changsheng was so famous, and it was vaguely heard that he was the real Emperor of Fengdu, so whenever the Yin family members of each generation went out to travel, they would always be able to get together to drink and have a feast together as their ancestor...

No matter how powerful the other party is, no matter whether your Yin family is qualified to have a conversation at the table, you will at least give Yin Changsheng some face.

Therefore, the travel notes of the Yin family’s ancestors are quite interesting, because they can always get into high-end games.

For example, the corpse driver who was regarded as a close friend by the ancestor of the Yin family was named Jie.

But unfortunately, the ancients wrote in a relatively concise manner, and the ancestor of the Yin family only recounted this experience as a small episode, and did not describe it in detail.

Therefore, as a later reader of the records, the only thing Li Zhuiyuan could learn from this record was:
He went to Dayong to meet the corpse driver of the Hejie family, had a few drinks, and boasted all night.

Dayong, which is now Zhangjiajie.

Another record that came to his mind was from Wei Zhengdao's "Records of Strange Tales from the Jianghu". In it, he recorded a corpse that was transformed from an evil cultivator. This corpse's surname was Xie during his lifetime. He was known as one of the four major corpse-driving families of Laotianmen, along with Jie, Bu, and Wang.

Xue Liangliang once said that Li Zhuiyuan's mind is like an encyclopedia, which is indeed true.

I had read these records in the past and just remembered them in my mind.

When you really need to take it out and ruminate on it, you can think about it in more detail.

Xie, Jie, Wang and Bu are the four major corpse-driving families in Laotianmen.

The old Tianmen here should refer to Tianmen County.

In 263 AD, the Liangshan Mountain cracked, and a hole like a door opened up on the thousand-foot-high stone wall.

Sun Xiu, the sixth son of Sun Quan and the third emperor of Eastern Wu, regarded this as an auspicious sign. He changed the name of Mount Liang to Tianmen Mountain and divided the northwest part of Wuling County to establish Tianmen County, with the county seat set in present-day Zhangjiajie.

In 555 AD, during the reign of Emperor Jing of Liang in the Southern Dynasties, the imperial court abolished Tianmen County and established Lizhou.

When Wei Zhengdao wrote this book, Tianmen County had already been renamed, so he called these four families Lao Tianmen.

It should be that the four major families at that time continued to retain their original names, simply because... the old names sounded better.

Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his brows. In fact, there was a simpler method. It would be great if the Qin and Liu families could have a complete family history passed down.

It would be more efficient if you take the life records of the Dragon Kings with you to search, which would be more efficient.

But the old lady said that the Dragon King’s family would not record this specifically, and other families would help record it.

The arrogance of the Dragon King family shown here is only the superficial first layer. The deeper reason is that there have been too many Dragon Kings in the family, and generation after generation of Dragon Kings have been doing things that are in the name of justice. If their life stories were recorded clearly... who would dare to read it?

This is equivalent to your family serving as the white gloves of heaven for generations, yet you are still secretly keeping private accounts?

If it is really remembered, and the two white glove families of the Heavenly Dao get married and become one, and the private accounts of the two families are settled behind the scenes... the consequences will be simply terrible.

Therefore, what were passed down by the Qin and Liu families were only some stories and deeds passed down orally by their ancestors.

On the contrary, the Jiujiang Zhao family, which has only produced one generation of Dragon King, can be cheaper. But even so, the so-called Dragon King's Notes are definitely not open to the public within the family. Among the younger generation, I am afraid that only Zhao Yi is qualified to see it. Moreover, there will be a certain price to pay for reading it, which is equivalent to prying into the secrets of heaven.

As for the Yin family...that family is like a broken jar, so it doesn't matter.

Moreover, the biggest problem with the Yin family genealogy is that they recorded Yin Changsheng's life like a myth or legend, which is seriously distorted.

But now it seems that this may also be a protective measure. If the records were really realistic and detailed, the Yin family would not have declined, but would have been extinct long ago.

As for the things written by Li Zhuiyuan himself, they were only circulated within the team and could not be spread outside.

Therefore, Li Zhuiyuan did not want to ask the old lady whether she knew about the Jie family. Although the fourth wave had not yet started, he was already prepared to go. It would be better not to involve the old lady in this cause and effect.

If the sky falls one day in the future and the old lady wants to stand up to support it, Li Zhuiyuan can understand and will not object, but on weekdays, there is no need for him to cut his flesh with a soft knife.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the pen again and wrote at the bottom of the scroll: Jiejia, Zhangjiajie.

It looks like another team-building trip is coming.

Ah Li put down his pen and looked at Li Zhuiyuan.

"Is the painting done?"

Ali nodded.

"Let me see."

Li Zhuiyuan walked over.

Ari drew the ending scene of her third wave.

She had originally drawn a picture in advance, which was a scene of the five evil beasts standing side by side, but that was not the official draft. If a more suitable one came up later, it would be removed.

Li Zhuiyuan looked over and saw himself in the picture, small as a pig, with his feet on a pig's head. The pig was crawling on the ground, with its body extending backwards like a small hill.

Is this too much artistic processing?
At that time, the pig that was beaten out by himself was already in a dying state, along with the other three Yin beasts, namely the monkey, the cow, and the centipede. They were all very small, translucent, and very weak.

When I stepped on the pig's head, I realized that the pig was so big that if it lived in an ordinary farmer's home, it would not even be slaughtered for the New Year. It would have to be kept to continue growing meat.

However, Li Zhuiyuan also understood why A-li designed it this way, because stepping on an ordinary piglet... really doesn't look good.

Grandma Yu’s image is eerie and strange, the big fish is ferocious and huge, and in the third painting it turns into a piglet. The gap is quite big.

Ah Li stroked the drawing paper with her fingertips. Obviously, she was also worried about this.

"Ari, you draw really well, I like it very much."

Ahri looked up at the boy.

"I'm serious. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. This frame won't be passed on to anyone else. We'll only take it out to appreciate it when we're older. Since you painted it for yourself, why should you be embarrassed?"

Ali nodded.

As for what would happen if it was accidentally lost and seen by other people, so what? I just painted it for my own amusement, and someone who peeked at it has no right to say that my painting is exaggerated.

A'li pointed around the scroll, meaning that she still needed to enrich it, such as adding the images of the four yin beasts.

"You can add those four, but there's no need to make them look vicious, and don't draw them on the side of the pig. They've always been doing good deeds, and now they're considered our disciples."

Ali nodded, indicating that he understood.

Since he is my disciple, I must draw his image to be kind and gentle, to create a contrast with this pig.

"Ari, this is for you." Li Zhuiyuan took out a design drawing from his pocket. This was the Seven Holes Concentric Lock recorded in Wei Zhengdao's book. "When you have time, make two locks, one to lock the study door, and one to lock your sketchbook frame."

Ahri looked puzzled, then raised his head and looked at the ceiling above.

She got it.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't want to tell tales, after all, no child likes their elders to peek at their diary. But Ah Li was too smart, and she knew the reason for doing so without Li Zhuiyuan having to worry about whether to find a reason or an excuse.

However, Ali was not angry.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with the image of the boy she drew being seen by outsiders.

But Li Zhuiyuan had to consider the old lady's health.

The old lady has been coughing constantly these days.

A true martial artist can easily crush a solid wooden chair into fine powder when he loses his temper. How could he have a cold for so long and still not get better?
It could just be that she peeked at something she shouldn't have. What a curious and naughty old lady.

A'li put away the design drawings and said she would do it.

"I'm going on a long trip in a while."

Ah Li had just picked up the brush and was about to finish the scroll, but when she heard this, she silently put the brush down again.

Get up and leave your seat.

The boy was going on a long journey, and she had to help him prepare and pack his luggage in advance.

During the third wave, the team had consumed a lot of equipment such as talisman paper and had not had time to replenish them. In addition, it was inconvenient to replenish them when traveling far away, so they had to bring more for emergencies.

Therefore, she now had to go to the third floor to get the materials.

The ancestral tablet is full of treasures.

The base is hard and can be used as a handle and external parts. The outer skin can be used as talisman paper, the inside can be made into wood curling flowers, and it can also be used as a lightning gathering material if it is crushed.

Especially the side with words. Even if the spirits of the ancestors are gone, that side can still play a "deterrent" role sometimes. Every time Ah Li collects materials, he will peel off that side carefully first.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't mean to hint at this. If he needed it, he could just say it directly. But seeing that A'li had already walked out of the study, he had no choice but to follow her.

I went up to the third floor, opened the door, and walked into the room where the ancestral tablets were placed.

Li Zhuiyuan stepped forward first and took down all the tablets that looked a little older. He and A'li each held one and walked downstairs.

Now that more instruments have been developed, and the number of people using them has expanded from one person to the entire team, the consumption rate of ancestral tablets has also increased a lot.

It’s hard to tell the difference between new and old anymore, they’re all actually quite new.

When going downstairs, Liu Yumei was holding a copy of "New Liu's Qi-Watching Technique" in her hand and was about to come out. Seeing the two children coming down with so many ancestors, Liu Yumei stopped and sat back to continue drinking tea.

Uncle Qin came in downstairs carrying a bucket. Seeing the two children coming downstairs, he immediately went into the kitchen and pulled Aunt Liu back from wiping the dining table with a rag in her hand, asking, "Think about what other vegetables are suitable to grow in the yard."

Back in the study, Li Zhuiyuan helped A'li stack the tablets neatly.

It feels like a pile of firewood ready to be used.

After doing all this, Li Zhuiyuan did not stay at Grandma Liu's house for lunch, but went back to the dormitory first.

Almost at the same time as him, Tan Wenbin came back with a thermos bucket in his hand.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, this is the spring roll lotus root pancake my mother made. Would you like to try it?"

"it is good."

Tan Wenbin opened the thermal box.

"I'll go ask the dorm auntie for some vinegar to dip it in for you."

Tan Wenbin went out with a bowl, and when he came back, he not only brought a small bowl of vinegar, but also a large bowl of bone soup.

"Auntie was stewing pork ribs and gave me a bowl."

Li Zhuiyuan started to eat lunch, and Tan Wenbin talked about what happened at noon.

He said that Luo Mingzhu was very annoying. Not only did she want to get close to him, she also wanted to pull him together to form an expedition team.

Tan Wenbin stretched out his hand and made a shooting gesture, holding it against his forehead: "I would be crazy to team up with someone like her."

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a spring roll and said as he dipped it in vinegar: "This method is feasible."

"Hmm?" Tan Wenbin asked immediately, "Brother Xiaoyuan, do you have any plans?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded. He was not used to talking while eating, so he quickened his pace, finished his lunch, and then organized the thermos bucket.

Seeing this, Tan Wenbin knew that there was something serious to say, so he took the opportunity when Li Zhuiyuan went to the sink to wash the thermos bucket and ran to the water room downstairs to get two bottles of water. After pouring two cups of water, he added mineral water to neutralize it, then picked up a notebook and pen, ready to take notes.

Yin Meng is accompanying Runsheng in the hospital, and Lin Shuyou has a professional class in the afternoon that he cannot skip.

But strictly speaking, even if the three of them attended this discussion meeting, their role was just "participation".

At present, the only person in the team who can help Li Zhuiyuan find out the gaps and assist in improving the plan is Tan Wenbin.

The two sat face to face in the dormitory. Li Zhuiyuan handed Tan Wenbin the "Code of Conduct for Walking on the River 2.0", "Plan for Actively Walking into the Waves" and the painting of a Taoist priest driving corpses that he had written last night.

Then he began to talk about what happened in the morning and introduced his current thoughts.

Tan Wenbin was reading the specifications and the plan at the same time, and he had to glance at the drawings from time to time, and he also had to pay attention to what Brother Yuanzi was saying. He was extremely busy.

After all, he is not a genius who can do two things at once, but fortunately, he is familiar with how to cooperate.

For these things, he should read what he should read, understand what he should understand, and listen to what he should listen to. He does not need to understand and correct the theoretical things. He only needs to help Brother Yuanzi to complete the implementation from ideas to reality based on his familiarity.

In addition, he also has to digest and ruminate on his own, and take time to convey Brother Yuanzi's spirit to other people in the team, so that Brother Yuanzi doesn't have to repeat it to everyone one by one.

After Li Zhuiyuan finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took two sips of water.

Tan Wenbin also put down the book and scroll in his hand and nodded, "I understand, Brother Xiaoyuan, should we take the initiative to create cause and effect?"

"Yes, in the past, it was the river that pushed the cause and effect line to us. Even if we discovered it in advance and followed the clues, it was only after it was constructed.

Even if you go earlier, the table will already be set.

This time, I want to try a different approach and see if the river water will recognize the cause and effect we created ourselves."

"I see. We need to make up excuses. That's why you just said, Brother Xiaoyuan, that Luo Mingzhu's new expedition team can be used, just like this time, Jiejia and Zhangjiajie.

We must first take the initiative to create a reason for us to go to Zhangjiajie."

"Yes, that's what it means."

"If I join Luo Mingzhu's expedition team and then hint to her that we should go to Zhangjiajie, then our reason for going to Zhangjiajie will be established?"

"I said the method is feasible, but it doesn't have to be Luo Mingzhu."

Tan Wenbin carefully pondered the meaning of this sentence, and then realized that Brother Xiaoyuan was just using Luo Mingzhu's expedition team as an example, and he didn't really want to use this method.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, this method has flaws..." Tan Wenbin made a move to dig a ditch with a shovel, "We dug the ditch in advance when there was no water, but afterwards, water is bound to flow into this ditch."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Involving ordinary innocent people will easily lead to secondary troubles."

These people are likely to suffer the consequences of their actions.

Tan Wenbin suddenly clapped his hands and said, "This is easy. If we don't want to involve innocent people, then we can just involve the guilty."

Then, Tan Wenbin looked at Li Zhuiyuan and said, "Brother Xiaoyuan, you have actually thought of this a long time ago, right?"

"Yes, but I need your help in designing the specific implementation measures."

“That’s easy. I’ll go to my dad’s bureau first. There are many wanted criminals there, and many people have sent letters to assist in the investigation. I’ll find a wanted criminal who is on the run or may be hiding in Zhangjiajie.

As an outstanding young person recognized by the police station with a certificate of merit, I must contribute to social harmony and stability. With the wanted warrant, I can go to Zhangjiajie."

Li Zhuiyuan: "One line is not enough. It is easy to break and difficult to continue."

In the past, when they reversed the process, they used several lines at the same time. For example, the last time they went to Min'an Town, they used three lines to reverse the process together.

Tan Wenbin took out a cigarette from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and without caring that Brother Yuanzi was right next to him, he lowered his head to light it, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled:
"Got it, let's add one more. Let Yin Meng or A You, one girl and one young-looking, carry some money in their pockets, and put a treasure map of a gold brick buried somewhere in their hometown Zhangjiajie, and deliberately go in front of those social scums.

Let those scums start the robbery. The money is to boost their confidence and also to give them travel expenses. Let them set off to Zhangjiajie first. If our people are robbed, then we must retaliate and get the money back. This will give us another reason to go to Zhangjiajie."

Walking on the river is to pacify evil spirits and accumulate great merits to make the world peaceful. Then using these dregs of the world as bait to make fishing nests is even more "pure on top of pure".

Li Zhuiyuan: "Well, that's right. The first wanted criminal line has a high degree of freedom. As long as we don't find him, we can have a reason to run around in Zhangjiajie.

On the second line, we can also guide them. While chasing the robbers, we can leave some clues in front of them, so that they can follow our rhythm and move them to where we are going. "

Tan Wenbin: "Then can the third rule also be followed in the same way..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "No. The two lines are both darker in style. The third line should be more normal in style, which is in line with Jiang Shui's aesthetics."

Tan Wenbin smoked hard, grabbing the back of his head with his right hand: "This is so difficult..."

"Since you don't want to involve innocent people and create secondary trouble, then remove this type of people from this range. Who would not care about being involved in cause and effect?

Those who have a strong purpose and are willing to pay the price for it, and those who don’t care about the price or the price has little impact on them. "

Tan Wenbin followed Li Zhuiyuan's thoughts and said, "The former is not easy to find and depends on luck. The latter is easier to find. For example, it can be the last wish of a deceased old man or the wish of a terminally ill person."

Of these two types of people, one is already dead, and the other doesn't care about anything else.

Li Zhuiyuan: "In fact, this is the difficulty. The first two lines are easy to design, but the third line requires luck. Therefore, the third line is the most important cornerstone."

Tan Wenbin: “I understand.”

Li Zhuiyuan: "The third wave has just passed. We still have plenty of time. Don't rush. We can take our time to look for it. We can also think about it carefully. Maybe we can come up with other better methods."

"Okay, Brother Xiaoyuan, I'll go to my dad's bureau to pick out a suitable wanted criminal, and then go to the hospital to visit Runsheng and Yin Meng. By the way, I'll tell them about this. I'll take these materials and scrolls with me."

"it is good."

Tan Wenbin went out.

Li Zhuiyuan sat alone in the dormitory for a while, then stood up and turned the bronze mirror to face the dormitory door to eliminate the possibility of outside interference.

Then he walked to the corner, picked up the evil book that was wrapped into a ball, put it on the desk, peeled it open and took it out.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and casually wrote a simple broken formation.

After writing, the ink disappeared and new fonts appeared, completing this simple formation.

The boy did this just to test whether the book's "writing" would continue automatically.

This is indeed the case. The words that emerge are very deep and clear.

This means that the last time it was out of ink, it was a deliberate threat. It didn't want to be taken advantage of for free and wanted to get some compensation.

But Li Zhuiyuan didn't spoil it. After sealing it again, he threw it aside and ignored it.

It was scared and gave in.

Moreover, it will find reasons for itself, and a new line of words will appear on the blank page:

"I'm well rested."

Have you had a good rest?

Then I'll try it.

Li Zhuiyuan took out the paint tray, mixed the paint, and then began to paint on the blank page of the evil book.

He painted the Taoist priest who was driving corpses.

Since this evil book can identify martial arts techniques and repair formations... can it also recognize people?
The best one is the one that, once you finish drawing a person, the person’s life record will emerge.

Of course, Li Zhuiyuan also knew that the possibility was very low, almost impossible.

So, he drew this picture in this book to verify another thing.

This painting was drawn by myself. The corpse-driving Taoist in the painting was the fourth wave target I chose. It can be said that it was full of the karma of my journey across the river.

Although things are still in the planning and starting stages, the boy wants to see if this involves "heavenly secrets".

The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, but it can be sensed. The gap between life and death on the forehead of Zhao Yi from the Zhao family in Jiujiang had a similar effect, which could help him avoid misfortune and seek good fortune.

But if you really want to talk about who can best sense the mysteries of heaven and avoid misfortune and seek good fortune... it must be the evil creatures.

The very existence of this kind of thing is a provocation to the Way of Heaven. If it had no sense of Heaven's secrets, it would not have existed until now and would have been lost in the long river of history.

This evil book was terribly evil. Li Zhuiyuan was very careful every time he used it. Therefore, he was very confident in his keen perception of the book.

As long as it can react, even if it is just a slight one, it can prove from the side that the attempt I am making now and the path I am taking have a chance of success!

In fact, only a young man would be willing to use such a precious thing as a consumable to test the secrets of heaven.

If it were anyone else, even a righteous person, they would not touch this evil book, but they would not be willing to burn it as firewood just to see the light. This is a real waste of God's gift.

At first, when Li Zhuiyuan was just starting to paint, he seemed to know that the boy was painting a person, and Xie Shu would help add a few strokes to save the boy some effort.

When the boy starts to color, the evil book can help to fill in and render quickly.

Sometimes when the help was wrong, Li Zhuiyuan only needed to pause the tip of his pen slightly, and Xie Shu would eliminate the unnecessary and erroneous parts and let Li Zhuiyuan draw it himself.

But as the painting was almost finished, even the paper money had been drawn, Xie Shu still looked calm and composed.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that I was really just entertaining myself?
However, now that you have started painting, you should finish it thoroughly and pursue the details.

Li Zhuiyuan began to write the words on the paper money, and for this he changed to a thin brush.

The first paper money: Yin people are on the road, Yang people should give way.

When Li Zhuiyuan wrote the character "阴" (yin) among the eight characters, Xie Shu imitated his handwriting attentively and filled in the remaining seven characters.

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, picked up his pen, and wrote the word "解" (solve) on another piece of paper money in the painting.

As soon as this word came out, the evil book did not add the next word.

The last part should have been: The Xie family gave me a reward, and the little ghost thanked me.

Not only that, Li Zhuiyuan felt that the evil book was trembling. It was afraid, very terrified.

It is definitely not a Jie family that can make it so afraid.

Because Li Zhuiyuan had used it to experiment with the advanced version of "Liu's Qi-Watching Technique", it also appeared openly and told him which technique it was.

No matter how powerful and terrifying the Xie family is, they cannot compare to the real Dragon King family.

Therefore, it was not the Jie family it was afraid of, but...

"boom!"

A flame rose up,
This book is on fire.

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Note: On April 1994, 4, Dayong was renamed Zhangjiajie. The direct use of "Zhangjiajie" in this article is for the convenience of reading, and the same applies to Wanzhou above.

(End of this chapter)