No taboos

Chapter 564 Salt (8,000)

Mr. Luo Benhua, the old master, had a special craftsman's object, which was an abacus that was five feet and five inches long.

And quite "coincidentally," Mr. Luo himself was also five feet five inches tall.

An abacus stood beside him, the two being the same height.

Grandpa Luo first held the abacus upright, casually fiddled with the beads a few times, then nodded and said, "It can be calculated."

Young Master Luo chuckled and explained to Xu Yuan, "Before each divination, Old Master Luo always calculates for himself first to ensure that there is no danger to him, or that the danger is not great and he won't lose his life, before he will actually start calculating the important matters."

Old Master Luo, however, solemnly corrected the young master: "For me, the most important thing is to consider my own situation first."

"Alright, alright," the young master waved his hand, "get back to work."

"But it can't be calculated that way." Old Master Luo shook his head: "I have to use Lord Xu's life to protect me."

"Oh?" The young master was surprised: "You old man, are you really getting more and more timid as you get older in the martial world?"

Old Master Luo admitted, "The aggrieved party is second-rate, and I would say he is in great danger. But I just calculated that there is a way for me to stay out of this, and that is for Lord Xu to use his life to take over this cause and effect."

The young master jumped up from his chair: "I can't even protect you anymore..."

Xu Yuan smiled and stopped the young master, saying to Old Master Luo, "There is no problem."

Xu Yuan then stood beside Old Master Luo.

He said he would protect him with his "life," and although Xu Yuan had never done so before, he vaguely understood.

Xu Yuan first used his "observation of fate" technique to look at Old Master Luo.

This old man also had a destiny called "Better safe than sorry".

This was just a stroke of "good fortune," but it did ensure that Old Master Luo could cultivate steadily to the third rank.

Xu Yuan smiled to himself. This fate did not conflict with any of his other fates, so he felt relieved and activated "Ghost Doctor's Fate" and "Ruling the World".

The "Ghost Doctor's Destiny" once incorporated the "For My Friend" destiny, thus forming a "connection" between Grandpa Luo and himself.

Then they used the phrase "ruling the world" to seal his fate.

As if sensing something, Old Master Luo nodded to Lord Xu, then turned his hands and laid the five-foot-five-inch abacus horizontally—the craftsman's object then floated in the air in front of Old Master Luo at the perfect height.

Grandpa Luo's hands moved swiftly, creating afterimages.

All that could be heard was the clattering of the abacus beads.

This calculation... a full two hours have passed!
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Grandpa Luo's forehead, and then his clothes were soaked with sweat.

Finally, he suddenly stopped and pressed his hands on the abacus.

His hands were cramping and trembling, and he gasped for breath, "I've figured it out..."

Xu Yuan immediately asked, "Where?"

"Salt shop".

"what?"

……

There were four "salt shops" in Champa, which were merchants selected by the government to specialize in selling government-issued salt.

They secretly divided up the territory, each occupying four cities.

The price was high, but the quality was inferior to that of smuggled salt.

As for the private salt shops in the city, there are countless of them.

Xu Yuan personally led the team to keep an eye on these salt shops.

Two days passed without any results.

……

The young master brought twenty-four experts. Apart from Aunt Jiang and Old Master Luo who stayed in Zhancheng, the other twenty-two were assigned to various places.

Fu Jingyu was in Shanhe County, and Di Youzhi was in Li County.

Both counties need to be extra careful, especially Lixian, which has just been hit by a disaster and the people are suffering immensely.

Both of them had four skilled fighters by their side.

On his first day in Lixian, Di Youzhi found his target.

The team that came from Lixian was a construction crew.

During the recent floods, although Lord Wei did his best to provide disaster relief, he also built many houses for the victims.

However, the temporary houses that were built only provided the disaster victims with one or two rooms. The whole family would squeeze into one room, and they could only be assured that there would be door gods guarding them at night so that they would not be eaten by evil spirits outside.

During this period, many people saved up enough money and hired a construction team to build new houses.

There are several repair and construction teams in the county.

Three of them are locals, and only one is from elsewhere.

The outside team built houses five times faster than the other teams!
And the price is very cheap!

Who else could it be but them?

Di Youzhi had been secretly watching these people, and was initially quite uneasy: he and his men were no match for them.

The opposing team has fifteen people, the weakest of whom is at least a sixth-rate fighter.

These sixth-rate people have a weak foundation. Di Youzhi asked himself if he could take on three of them by himself if a fight really broke out.

But they have eight sixth-rate people, five fifth-rate people, and two fourth-rate people!
When Di Youzhi first started monitoring them, they really kept a low profile.

But as soon as reinforcements arrived, Lord Di roused himself.

Even the spies were getting impatient: "When will you give the order to act, sir?"

He was fiddling with a cricket jar in his hand.

There is a small insect inside.

It was a work of flesh and blood brought by the young master.

The "mother cricket" is in Lord Xu's hands. As long as Lord Xu crushes the mother cricket, the "baby crickets" in the cricket jar will let out a miserable cry.

That's a signal for everyone to take action together.

The four experts around Di Youzhi were led by a scholar named Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Zhao said, "Rest assured, Old Master Luo has already figured out the whereabouts of the victim and may take action at any time to wipe out these heretics of the Repentance Cult!"

But they waited a day, two days... and the worm remained quiet.

Their confidence began to waver...

The same situation occurred in the other counties.

The only one who could remain calm was probably Fu Jingyu.

……

The victim's large boat was moored near Xiaoyushan, in a bay of the canal.

When the ship docked here, a bitter rain fell, creating an illusion that obscured the "existence" of the ship and its victim.

It's already quite remarkable that Grandpa Luo was able to foresee this.

If we use a fourth-rate algorithm, it will definitely fail to calculate the result.

The aggrieved man watched as his men made something on the ship.

He was accompanied by a team of three people.

The most trusted broker chimed in, "Master's plan is brilliant!"

He gave a thumbs up: "Those people in the Exorcism Bureau would never have thought of this even if they racked their brains."

The aggrieved party smiled proudly.

He was clearly very pleased with himself.

But he still added a word of caution: “Go and tell everyone not to underestimate the enemy. If they discover the hounds of the Exorcism Bureau, they must do as I command. I will not mistreat them. After the temple is built, I will definitely guide their souls into the temple so that they may be freed from all the suffering in the world forever.”

"As ordered."

The victim did not expect that his arrangements would completely deceive the Exorcism Bureau.

After all, it was a major operation, with a large portion of the "five classes and seven lines" deployed, and eight counties and one prefecture were involved in the operation simultaneously.

The more people involved, the greater the chance of being exposed.

The Bureau of Purification should not be underestimated; among the three bureaus of the Bureau of Deception, the Bureau of Purification caused the greatest harm to the Repentance Sect.

However, he was truly determined to win this time.

Even if two or three of the eight counties below fail, it doesn't matter. As long as Champa succeeds, this temple can be built!
……

Another day passed in the Champa government office, and still nothing was found at the various salt shops. Xu Yuan had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Although the results calculated by Grandpa Luo were somewhat outrageous, no one would doubt a magistrate with only third-rate algorithms.

Xu Yuan then tentatively asked Grandpa Luo, "How about... you help me calculate it again?"

Grandpa Luo shook his head: "We can't calculate anymore. Any calculations made against anyone could be detected by the other party."

Moreover, the victim is only of second-rate ability; this is already the limit of our calculations. If we calculate any further, we will be exposed.”

Xu Yuan said, "I don't want you to calculate the aggrieved party, but rather I want you to calculate his 'suffering'."

Grandpa Luo was surprised.

After Xu Yuan explained what he wanted to calculate, Old Master Luo nodded and said, "Okay."

After he finished calculating, Xu Yuan felt at ease.

Old Master Luo looked puzzled and muttered to himself, "How strange..."

While Old Master Luo was calculating the time, Lord Xu figured out his next plan.

Xu Yuan instructed Pei Qinghua: "Go and buy some salt. Buy some from each shop."

Pei Qinghua then bought salt from more than a dozen salt shops.

There were official salt shops and private salt shops.

Xu Yuan stared intently at his "unrestricted" product, then dipped his finger in salt and tasted it.

I tried everything from each one.

There was no reaction despite the phrase "no taboos".

Xu Yuan frowned and beckoned to everyone, "Come and have a taste."

Everyone stepped forward—the young master also came up, but was blocked by Aunt Jiang.

The young master shrugged and sat back down.

Everyone tasted the salt, savoring it on their tongues.

Xu Yuan: "What did you taste?"

No one was quite sure, and Pei Qinghua hesitated before saying, "It seems... to have a slightly bitter taste?"

Previously, the technology for extracting salt was flawed, so all salt was inherently somewhat bitter.

Decades ago, the quality of smuggled salt improved significantly due to technological advancements that completely removed the bitterness.

This forced the government to improve its salt production techniques.

However, a faint bitter taste appeared in the salt.

Xu Yuan nodded: "This shows that these salts are indeed different from the previous ones."

Pei Qinghua: "But we've been keeping a close eye on them these past two days, and whether it's official salt or smuggled salt, their channels for obtaining the goods haven't changed."

After taking the goods back to the shop, the workers didn't tamper with them along the way.

Xu Yuan said, "So the problem must be with the source of the goods."

……

Official salt was collected by the prefectural and county governments from the salt transport government according to the number of registered residents in the area, and then distributed to salt shops for sale.

In Champa, the salt was distributed immediately upon receipt, and each of the four salt shops had its own warehouse.

When the shops in the city ran out of stock, they went to their own warehouse to get more.

Regarding smuggled salt, there were three salt smugglers in the city, one large and two small.

The larger one controlled over 70% of the city's private salt trade, while the two smaller ones took the remaining 30%.

Occasionally, someone would bring in a few loads of salt from outside, but that didn't amount to much.

Xu Yuan then gave the order: "No need to monitor those salt shops anymore, send all your men to keep an eye on these warehouses."

They reaped the rewards that very day.

The warehouse of Kong Jiu, the largest salt smuggler in the city, was guarded by a dozen or so outlaws.

But at night, these people suddenly became possessed, taking out bags of salt, dissolving them in a large pot, adding some powder, boiling them dry over a high flame, crushing them, and then putting them back into bags.

After daybreak, they seemed to know nothing.

They just kept yawning and complaining, "Why do I always feel so tired lately?"

"I don't get enough sleep either."

The warehouses of the four salt merchants were in the same situation.

"Don't alert them yet," Xu Yuan instructed. "Secretly retrieve some of that powder."

Pei Qinghua immediately took care of it.

Although the salt smugglers' men were ruthless, they were not very competent.

Pei Qinghua and her men secretly retrieved some of that powder from each warehouse.

All the powder was laid out in front of him. Xu Yuan twitched his nose and then chuckled to himself, "Coptis chinensis?"

The young master asked incredulously, "You're not mistaken, are you?"

Xu Yuan sneered: "I am a pill refiner, how could I possibly make a mistake with the medicine?"

Furthermore, when Xu Yuan touched the Coptis chinensis powder with his hand, there was no reaction from the "no taboos" system, indicating that these were just ordinary medicines and had not been contaminated with any strange methods.

The young master couldn't help but exclaim, "Is the aggrieved party's method so simple?"
To make the people of Champa "suffer a bit," are you just going to mix bitter herbs into their salt?

Everyone found it incredible.

But Xu Yuan nodded secretly. Coptis chinensis is bitter, which aligns with the secular divine authority of the aggrieved party.

And it was indeed unexpected.

But this thing doesn't need any "processing" to complete the victim's arrangement.

It was truly a brilliant move.

No wonder even Grandpa Luo could only predict the "salt shop" and not the Coptis chinensis—because there were no strange tricks involved in the Coptis chinensis!
Xu Yuan asked Pei Qinghua, "Which of these warehouses consumes the Coptis chinensis powder the fastest?"

"Yes, sir, it is Kong Jiu's warehouse."

"Alright." Xu Yuan: "I will personally keep an eye on it."

……

Kong Jiu's warehouse was in the southern part of the city, hidden in a slum.

Besides being guarded by a dozen or so ruthless thugs, the surrounding residents were all family members and relatives of the salt smugglers.

The salt smugglers could immediately spot any unfamiliar faces appearing in the nearby alleys.

But Xu Yuan spat out a breath of "Dragon Spits Mirage" to cover himself, and walked into the alley in a dignified manner.

The harvest came faster than Xu Yuan had expected.

In the afternoon, a man with a sorrowful face entered the alley carrying a cloth bag.

The alley was inhabited by poor families, and the bitterness on this man's face easily made the surrounding residents feel that he was just as unfortunate as they were.

They then regarded them as "one of their own".

No warning was given to the salt smugglers.

Xu Yuan glanced at the man's sorrowful face, and the "No Taboos" destiny flashed for a moment.

Xu Yuan then used "Looking at Fate" to see that he was a Dharma practitioner.

Xu Yuan then followed silently behind.

He possesses the "Dragon Transformation Technique" and the "Bone Searching Technique," making him incredibly silent when tracking others, even causing minimal air fluctuations.

The person in front was completely unaware.

When he arrived at the warehouse, the dozen or so desperate men were suddenly overwhelmed with all sorts of painful memories from their past lives.

One by one, their eyes stung with tears, and not wanting anyone to see their vulnerability, they all hid in their rooms.

He moved about as if he were in an empty place, replenished the Coptis chinensis powder in the cloth bag, and then turned around and walked out again.

Xu Yuan continued to follow behind. The man was very vigilant as he left, constantly looking back.

They circled around the city several times before finally heading north out of the city.

They settled down in a small town more than 20 miles outside the city.

don't go!
Xu Yuan remained calm and waited in the town overnight.

The next morning, the man went out, now feeling much more at ease, and quickly arrived at the bend in the canal.

Xu Yuan followed behind and saw that the person suddenly disappeared as he walked.

Xu Yuan stopped in his tracks: "Illusion?"

Xu Yuan opened the "Looking at Fate" and indeed saw many fates, which floated "out of thin air" because they were obscured by the illusory mist formed by the bitter rain.

One of them was thick and straight, and was a patch of blackish-yellow.

Xu Yuan dared not look any longer and immediately turned off "Looking at Fate" and lowered his head.

After waiting for a while, Xu Yuan saw the man carrying a cloth bag again heading towards Champa. Xu Yuan then followed him back to the city.

"Found it!" Xu Yuan said to everyone.

The young master chuckled and said, "The person my sister has taken a liking to is indeed quite capable. Shall we make our move right away?"

Xu Yuan took out the "Harmony Wheel" and contacted Ma Tianshou first.

The call connected after a while, and Xu Yuan asked first, "Sir, when will your men arrive?"

The young master immediately became displeased: "I brought so many people and I still haven't..."

Aunt Jiang, standing to the side, gently patted the young master.

The young master doesn't give face to others, nor to second-rate people outside, but he will give face to his own second-rate family.

Especially since Aunt Jiang watched him grow up.

The young master reluctantly shut his mouth.

From within the "Harmonious Wheel," came the old man's voice: "I am on my way and will arrive in no more than an hour."

"Great!"

Xu Yuan decided that once Ma Tianshou arrived, he would assign manpower and start the operation first thing tomorrow morning!
He then explained to the young master, "The aggrieved party has many men under his command. We need to wait for the master to arrive so that we have enough manpower to wipe them all out in one fell swoop!"

The young master thought for a moment, nodded, and said, somewhat reluctant to admit it, "You handled this matter well."

The victim's subordinates are divided into "five groups and seven ranks." Based on the information that has been sent back so far, four groups have been sent out, while the group that has stayed behind should be the "musical troupe."

Yu Dahua's acrobatic troupe in Shanhe County has seven members.

The construction team in Lixian County consisted of fifteen people.

The other opera troupe has twelve members, and the banquet troupe has eight members.

These people are at least sixth-rate and at most third-rate.

With the skilled cultivators brought by the young master, defeating them would not be a problem, but each county only had three or four of these skilled cultivators.

Xu Yuan's subordinates are too weak; they can only stay on the periphery to guard against such a battle.

So those "five elements" are fine, but there's a high chance that some of the members of these four teams might slip through the net.

Mr. Tian has been busy these past few days, traveling between counties at top speed.

Judging from the "fate" analysis, among the people the aggrieved party sent out, only one was of third-rate character.

It was a "butcher's business".

The young master's third-rate subordinates will handle it.

Ma Tianshou was experienced and wise; he brought nearly a hundred men with him again, but they did not enter the city together.

Upon reaching the vicinity of Champa, they split into seven or eight teams, each with about ten people, entering through different city gates in an inconspicuous manner.

If the victim had arranged for someone to keep watch at the city gate, they wouldn't have alerted the perpetrators.

In addition to drawing personnel from the Jiaozhi Bureau, Ma Tianshou also recruited cultivators from several trusted prominent families in Luocheng.

After entering the city, these people wandered around a few more times. Except for Ma Tianshou's group, which entered through the back gate of the Champa government, the other groups found inns to stay in.

Xu Yuan and Ma Tianshou quickly assigned tasks.

Then send someone to notify them.

In the afternoon, the teams left through different city gates and headed to their respective destinations.

However, four troops were dispatched, and the rest were left in Champa to besiege the aggrieved party early tomorrow morning!
……

Xu Yuan left the city at dusk, but this time he was not alone.

Banlan Gong followed beside him.

The old man sighed and said to Lord Xu repeatedly, "If it really comes down to it, I will definitely run away first."

Xu Yuan needed to keep an eye on the victim tonight in case anything went wrong and the victim escaped.

Aunt Jiang will definitely stay by the young master's side.

The little girl, with tears in her eyes, came to beg her master.

Banlan Gong refused twice, but in the end he had no choice but to follow him out.

Xu Yuan just smiled when he said that.

Xu Yuan knew perfectly well that his father-in-law was sulking.

As Banlan Gong had said before, if he really confronted the victim, he could only take Xiaoxianniang away at most.

In other words, he couldn't defeat the victim, Banlan Gong, but he could take one person with him when he ran away.

If they can take Xiao Xianniang away, they can naturally take Lord Xu away as well.

But the old man was stubborn and had a sharp tongue.

Upon reaching the bay, Xu Yuan glanced around again and found everything to be as usual.

That thick, straight, blackish-yellow line stood like a pillar.

There was also a third-rate life next to it.

The two lay in wait.

……

On the large ship, the victim stood on the top deck, gazing at Champa in the distance.

The city of Champa was dotted with lights.

It is far less prosperous than the big cities of Zhengzhou.

The victim's mind wandered, recalling some distant memories.

At that time, he had only recently converted to Buddhism and was just an insignificant figure that no one paid attention to.

He once traveled all over Zhengzhou with some of the mission's groups.

I watched the nights of both the North and South capitals back then.

It was truly ablaze with lights.

Even on nights when "night travel is forbidden," there are always places where the sounds of string and wind instruments can be heard continuously.

He had a tragic past. When he was a child, his family lived in fear every night, afraid that they might lose their lives if they were not careful.

But upon arriving in Beidu, he discovered that the "taboos" of the world seemed to be set up only for the poor.

For the truly powerful and wealthy, these restrictions are as if they don't exist.

At that moment, a wildfire burned within him: This is how a true man should be!

Now... how many years have passed?
The victim himself could hardly remember how he had finally come to this point!
He could vaguely sense that among the hundreds of thousands of people in Champa, two-tenths had already consumed his bitter herbs.

Good news keeps coming from the eight counties below.

The fastest county will complete its preparations in two more days.

Even for Yu Dahua, the slowest case, it will only take four days.

The victim grabbed a pot of bitter wine beside him and gulped it down in one go.

He no longer needs to "suffer".

But before the big event, the victim reverted to his old "habit".

From a distance, Xu Yuan could not see the aggrieved people on the boat.

But ever since he discovered the secret of Coptis chinensis, the auspicious signs of "ruling the world" and "turning misfortune into good fortune" have been constantly flashing before his eyes.

To suppress in all aspects.

Therefore, the victims on the large ship did not feel even the slightest bit of unease.

……

Before dawn, the east gate of Champa was opened silently.

Ma Tianshou led his men out of the city, and when they reached a bay ten miles away, they immediately alerted the aggrieved parties on the large ship.

With so many people, it's impossible to hide their whereabouts.

Xu Yuan stood up from the darkness, took out a cricket jar from his pocket, and crushed the mother cricket to death!

Di Youzhi was half asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the screeching of an insect.

He jumped up suddenly, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, and repeatedly patted Mr. Zhao next to him, shouting, "They've made their move! They've made their move!"

……

Zhu Zhanmei and Xu Miaozhi also had a cricket jar in their hands.

They were already prepared.

With the worm dead, although it was still a bit early, the two beauties immediately gave the order: "Set sail—"

The two warships of the river camp rushed out of the canal dock.

The ship carried two battalions of sailors, who had been transferred by Xu Miaozhi through family connections.

The warships were all fast steamships, and they could reach the battlefield in less than a quarter of an hour and block the Repentance Sect members from the water!

Xu Miaozhi and Zhu Zhanmei each led a boat.

The aggrieved man stood suspended in mid-air above the deck, with a vast sea of ​​suffering beneath his feet.

A sharp glint shot from his single eye as he scanned his surroundings and immediately spotted Xu Yuan standing up.

"When were our whereabouts exposed?!"

But it doesn't matter, the power of the Exorcism Bureau in Champa is simply not enough to stop me.

The sea of ​​suffering beneath the feet of the aggrieved man surges and crashes toward the shore.

This "sea of ​​suffering in the world" is many times larger than that formed from a single eyeball!
Before Ma Tianshou and his men could reach the riverbank, a torrential downpour began.

The rain poured down on everyone, and a bitter feeling welled up in everyone's hearts...

The lowest-performing individuals couldn't help but shed tears.

Tears and rainwater mingled together, and that bitterness seeped even deeper into the heart.

Looking around, it seems like everyone is doing better than me!
Some people were overcome with grief and cried out to the heavens: What's the point of living like this!
He then slit his own throat with a dagger!
Some people, consumed by jealousy and resentment, would look at their colleagues who were more capable than themselves and stab them in the lower back: "Why are you doing better than me?!"
Several screams rang out, and before they even reached the riverbank, the team had already lost seven or eight people!

Adding to the chaos, someone suddenly rebelled and attacked a colleague, throwing the ranks into disarray.

Ma Tianshou shouted, "Watch out! This is the aggrieved party's law!"

He raised his hand, and a large calligraphy scroll rose into the air, bearing three large characters:
Happy here!
"Hehehe..." The aggrieved party's laughter drifted from the river.

The drizzling rain instantly turned into a torrential downpour!
"what--"

In the heavy rain, countless people let out sorrowful screams.

Even the most resolute person was stirred up with their deepest, most painful memories.

The old man's calligraphy scroll with the inscription "Joy Here" was soaked by the torrential rain and fell into the mud before it could be put to use.

A skin covered Xu Yuan's head, spread out like an umbrella, blocked the torrential rain.

In the darkness, a voice suddenly said, "This young man is quite good. Look at him, fair skin and tender flesh, and he even has cultivation. For just ten taels of ghost silver, you can buy him and eat him steamed, squatted, or fried—he'll be delicious no matter what..."

Xu Yuan then sensed that he was being watched by something.

The turbid realm and the mortal realm overlapped, and some kind of barrier between them became blurred. Suddenly, hundreds of ghost eyes, no bigger than cherries, appeared seven or eight feet above Xu Yuan.

They were all looking down at Xu Yuan, their eyes flashing with an eerie red light.

Then a strange, eerie voice rang out, as if hundreds or thousands of evil spirits were speaking together.

But these voices are unified, bargaining with the original hawking voice!

Xu Yuan suddenly realized: This is a human trafficker, trying to sell me to this evil spirit!

The brokerage firm, one of the "five classes and seven trades" around the victim.

The owner of those hundreds of scarlet eyes was some unknown evil spirit from some turbid realm, summoned by the "brokerage firm".

The brokerage firm can blur the barriers between the two parties; once a deal is struck, the brokerage firm itself will be sold off!
Bao Ge once said that the victim had two third-rate subordinates.

"The brokerage firm" is one of them.

The "buyers" attracted by third-rate legal reforms are probably more than third-rate!

Xu Yuan turned to leave, but suddenly a thought struck him, and he stood still.

The brokerage quickly reached an agreement with the buyer. Xu Yuan then saw a ghostly hand reach out from the darkness, suddenly open, and a strange silver ingot fell down, only to be caught by the hand.

Xu Yuan immediately sensed that he had been "sold out".

Xu Yuan sneered inwardly and suddenly released the ox horn lantern.

The light shone on me, turning me into a stone.

The owner of those hundreds of scarlet eyes was clearly stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage!
The cryptic, bargaining voice from before rang out again.

But this time, it was sharp and high-pitched, full of anger.

A few feet away, a ghostly claw like an iron hook suddenly pulled "Ya Xing" high up from the darkness!
fraud!

You said you'd sell me a living person? What is this?!

The broker successfully completed his own ritual, selling the person to a great evil spirit. He was leaving with the ghost money when, unexpectedly, the buyer suddenly turned on him!

The iron-hook-like ghost claws dug deep into the flesh of his back, with the claw tips protruding from his chest.

"what--"

He didn't know how Xu Yuan had turned into stone.

This isn't an illusion; illusions can't fool those hundreds of ghostly eyes.

But he knew he couldn't reason with evil spirits, so while spitting out blood, he shouted, "I'll refund your money! I'll compensate you—"

He quickly pulled out a handful of silver from his pocket. Besides the ingot he had just received, there were several other ingots, totaling more than fifty taels.

But as soon as the light from the ox horn lamp flashed, the silver in his hand turned into pieces of stone.

laugh--

A jet-black scorpion tail, covered with sharp bone spurs, viciously pierced the "Toothed" abdomen and repeatedly pulled and twisted it.

Ya Xing screamed again, blood mixed with shattered internal organs gushing from his mouth.

He took out a silver ghost, which was then turned to stone by the light.

The broker said with difficulty, "That lamp... there's something wrong with it..."

But the great evil spirit didn't waste words with him.

The great evil spirit could sense that the barrier between the two spaces was rapidly becoming stronger, and that its time was running out!

A sharp, slender bone needle suddenly appeared above the dentist's head—

Suddenly, the sea of ​​suffering in the world roared, and giant waves crashed over it. With a snap, the ghost claws, scorpion tails, and bone needles all shattered.

The victim had already arrived at the brokerage firm on the "waves" and pushed the brokerage firm into the sea with one hand.

Ya Xing's face was contorted with intense pain.

But his injuries were healing rapidly.

The victim transformed the "pain" of the injuries on the dentist's body into other kinds of pain.

The victim's one eye stared coldly at the stone.

Suddenly the stone cracked open, and Xu Yuan leaped out from it, then snapped open a folding fan with a snap.

Xu Yuan vanished in a flash, teleported away!
Banlan Gong couldn't help but curse, "I really can't just blindly join in the fun anymore."

Just because he wanted to see some excitement, he ended up alone, facing the victim by himself.

(End of this chapter)