Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 218 Red Spirit Pill

Nangong woke up the old man as well, and Zuan interrogated him and learned that he was a water monkey who had been practicing for a hundred years.

Water monkeys are also called water corpse ghosts. They usually lurk in the water. If they catch a person falling into the water, they will drag him to the bottom of the water and fill his orifices with mud, causing him to suffocate to death. They have the innate magical power of "mud puppetry".

The job of the water monkey is to turn the children brought back by the pig dragon into small clay figures. After ten days, he will send a batch to the lower dock and hand them over to his subordinates.

"Go offline and take the clay figure back. Sprinkle some clean water on it, and it will become a lively child again!" the water monkey instructed.

"Who is your subordinate?" Zuan asked.

"I don't know. We were hired to do the work for money. We don't ask any questions." Water Monkey said proudly, "That's how we got such a good reputation."

"You are so proud!" Ren Yuan interrupted and cursed, "You two idiots, why don't they just do it themselves instead of hiring you?"

"Because we are awesome." said the water monkey proudly.

"Bullshit, I'm afraid of being caught by the government, so I'll use you two idiots to take the blame!" Ren Yuan spat, "That's why I don't tell you who's online!"

"Ah? Is that so..." The water monkey was unknowingly deceived by Ren Yuanbing's deceitful magic, and immediately blushed and said, "Ghost Tooth Po, this old liar, said that she and my wife are old sisters, but she actually deceived my husband and me!"

"Who is the Ghost Tooth Lady?" Now it was Zuan's turn to ask.

Diwuwei and Nangong looked at each other. Ren Yuan and Zuan were a pair of despicable people that were hard to guard against.

"She is a job broker who specializes in getting jobs for us monsters." The water monkey answered honestly, "At the end of last month, she came to visit my house and said that she had got a big job for my husband and me. If we can get 300 children within two months, she will give us 10 Red Spirit Pills."

"Wow, so generous..." Zuan couldn't help but be amazed.

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"What is the Red Spirit Pill?" Chen Baxian asked Yang Zhong in a low voice.

"You don't know this?" Yang Zhong was checking the two demons' belongings. Upon hearing this, he opened a porcelain bottle, poured out three blood-red pills and said, "This is it."

Chen Baxian picked up one and examined it carefully. He saw that there seemed to be blood flowing inside it, which looked weird and beautiful.

"What is this used for?" asked Chen Baxian.

"It's not for people like us." Yang Zhong said, "Those nobles who don't want to practice but want to prolong their life and stay young forever can eat this stuff. It is said that eating one pill can keep you healthy for a year and make you strong and energetic, rejuvenating overnight."

After a pause, he said, "And the most important thing is that eating this thing will only make people feel euphoric, unlike other external pills that make people live a life worse than death."

"My goodness, aren't those noble lords going crazy fighting for it?" Chen Baxian smacked his lips.

"You're right." Yang Zhong nodded and said, "Now the court has banned the use of copper coins, and iron coins are cheap as dirt, so the upper class in Beijing has a tendency to use this thing as hard currency."

As he said this, he took back the Red Spirit Pill, held it in his hand and said, "The quality of this thing varies greatly. A top-quality one is worth ten thousand taels, and this one of average quality is also worth a thousand taels."

"That's not bad." Chen Baxian smiled and said, "Compared to the elixir used to open the mind, it's still cheaper."

“But this thing is made by humans, and the quantity is huge.” Yang Zhong said calmly.

"That's amazing." Chen Baxian was convinced.

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After the interrogation, Diwuwei reported the result to Xue Dingnan, and Xue Weizhu decided to split the troops into two groups, with Shangzhang Chuang responsible for capturing Guiya Po and Chongguang Chuang responsible for capturing the consignee.

Because the agreed delivery date was midnight two days later, the operation to capture the Ghost Tooth Lady was postponed for two days to avoid alerting the enemy.

Two days passed in a flash. The ghostwriters of Chongguang Chuang disguised themselves as sailors and passengers, boarded several speedboats, and scattered on the river outside the lower pier.

Diwuwei, Nangong and Ren Yuan were lurking on the shore, staring at the misty river surface.

Near midnight, a dark boat came out of the fog and anchored in the middle of the river. A green lantern was hung on the mast. "This should be the boat that the water monkey mentioned." The Fifth Dimension said in a deep voice, "The brothers who were ambushing have not been found yet. There are other boats secretly supporting it."

"Then I'll go make the connection." Ren Yuan said softly. His magical powers were perfectly suited to this kind of mission.

"Be careful, call for help immediately if there is any danger." The Fifth Dimension nodded.

"Don't worry." Ren Yuan responded, turned into the water monkey, and slid into the water.

Everyone stared at the river and saw Ren Yuan paddling and swimming to the side of the small boat.

"Who?" The man on the boat heard the noise and asked in a deep voice.

"Water monkey." Ren Yuan imitated the old man's voice.

"Why are you so punctual today?" A middle-aged man with an arrogant look walked out of the cabin.

"Isn't it better to have breakfast earlier?" Ren Yuan also grabbed the side of the boat and climbed onto the boat flexibly. He used his hands and feet like a water monkey.

"That's fine, but you never got on the boat before." The middle-aged man looked at the dripping 'water monkey' and couldn't help frowning.

"Something has happened. I need to explain it to you." Ren Yuan said, and like a magic trick, he took out a wooden box wrapped in oil paper.

"What's going on?" The middle-aged man's heart tightened. He knew that the box was used to store small clay figurines.

"You'll know when you take a look." Ren Yuan slowly unwrapped the oil paper and opened the wooden box.

But he unnoticeably turned the lid of the box towards the middle-aged man, who was anxious to see what was in the box and involuntarily leaned over.

But there was not even a clay figure in the box, only a golden rope.

"Demon-binding rope?" The middle-aged man recognized the thing at the first sight and tried to shrink his head in panic, but it was too late.

Ren Yuan swung out the demon-binding rope, which caught his neck and pulled him to the ground.

He was about to tie him up when a dark figure suddenly rushed out of the cabin and slashed at Ren Yuan's neck with a knife.

Ren Yuan was not panicked at all. With a clang, the man's ring-handled sword was blocked by a white bone sword.

The black shadow was about to change his moves, but he saw a flash of light in front of his eyes, and a flying sword had pierced his forehead.

The man fell back into the cabin. Before he died, he saw that it was a white figure that killed him.

The senior sister killed the attacker and quickly searched the entire ship, but did not find the third person.

Ren Yuan picked up the bamboo pole and pushed the boat towards the shore.

The senior sister wanted to destroy the green lantern, but was stopped by Ren Yuan.

"This lantern looks mysterious, maybe it has some function."

"Okay." The senior sister stopped moving.

Soon, the boat reached the shore. Yang Zhong and Nangong immediately interrogated the middle-aged man and the soul of his dead companion.

The interrogation soon yielded results. The two claimed to be the stewards of Longquan Villa and were ordered to pick up the goods. The green lantern was not only used as a communication signal, but also as a warning. Once the light went out, the companions elsewhere would know that something had happened.

"Longquan Villa?" Diwuwei didn't care about the green lantern or the red lantern. When he heard the origins of these two people, he was immediately overwhelmed. "Why is it related to the royal prince again?"

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