Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 311 Twin-Tailed Elf, Han Wu-gui Receives Execution

The next day, as night deepened.

Woof woof woof.
Pinghu Port, where martial law has been imposed throughout the city, is pitch black except for the faint light emitted by the soldiers of the Royal City Garrison, who patrol back and forth with full guns and carry strings of lanterns.

The entire city was completely silent, with only the occasional bark of a hunting dog.

In places unlit by the lights, some evil spirits with slender necks, thin bodies, and bellies bulging like drums slowly peeked out, eager to wreak havoc on the city.

"Eat. I'm hungry."

In this world, hungry ghosts are just ordinary, common evil spirits, but because they are associated with different folk legends, they have completely different powers and rules of killing.

One type is the ordinary starving corpses anchored by the roadside, their bones exposed in the wild, with no roosters crowing for miles around, who will only silently devour everything they encounter along the way;
Another interpretation is based on Buddhist legends, suggesting that those who were burdened by the evil karma of greed and stinginess in their previous life suffer the torment of a needle-like throat after death, with food turning into burning coals upon entering their mouths, and are eternally plagued by hunger and thirst.

It just looks scary; actually, nothing in it is edible.
These people who appeared in Pinghu Port were originally just ordinary starving ghosts, but because they were anchored to folk legends from China, they were particularly targeted at the people of Minzhou.

Most importantly, they are clearly not naturally occurring evil spirits, but man-made and controlled by humans.

A higher power protected them, resulting in each of them leaving only a dim little dot in the [Harmony of Yin and Yang] treasure of the King of Jinghai.

Even if the bookworm spirit, Dragon Tail Master, and Shen Yueye, who have obtained the necessary permissions, searched every inch carefully, they would still accidentally miss something.

Yesterday, we weren't careful and these evil spirits infiltrated the city, causing quite a bit of trouble.

Tonight, the entire Royal City Garrison was mobilized, starting from the city center and conducting a thorough search, cleaning up the surrounding areas in circles.

Those starving ghosts couldn't tell the difference between them and ordinary people. In any case, any Minzhou native would tremble in fear and offer their necks for slaughter when they saw them.

The underlying principle is similar to that of a mouse encountering a cat; it's a physiological instinct and has nothing to do with whether a person is brave or not.

Soon, an evil spirit emerged from its hiding place during the day, swaggering towards a patrol team with its large belly in its arms.

The moment the patrolling Tanka people saw it, they were immediately terrified by the folk legends associated with it, and their bodies began to tremble violently.

Some people couldn't even hold their weapons properly, let alone fire at them.

The starving ghost was about to rush forward and feast, just like yesterday.

I suddenly realized that my body was also shaking!
Even if evil spirits are just a natural phenomenon without any independent self, one can still clearly feel another kind of unspeakable fear.

rustling
Turning his head, he heard the "footsteps" etched deep into his blood and soul from a cage carried by one of the patrolmen.

The cage was covered with a coarse cloth, so you couldn't see what was inside. Only two slender long whiskers could be seen peeking out from the gaps, swaying slightly in the dim night.

Even though the patrol team was still thirty paces away, it involuntarily stopped, its appetite and fear fiercely battling for control of its body.

until
Fluttering sounds—!
A loud flapping sound suddenly came from inside the cage, instantly activating the evil spirit's most terrifying memories, causing its hair to stand on end.

Overwhelmed by fear, he completely lost his appetite and turned to rush out of the city.

According to the legend it's based on, the creature in the cage is not only large but can also fly, and if it's blown up, countless eggs will scatter everywhere.

It's practically the ultimate nightmare for countless people from Guangdong, from childhood to adulthood.

Obvious.

The cage contained nothing other than another kind of malevolent spirit from Guangdong – the sound of cockroaches.

The fear that northerners can never understand or have ever witnessed is something that is only targeted at southerners, especially those from Guangdong.

Upon receiving the urgent report, Wang Cheng immediately sailed the Mirage Cloud Dragon warship from Yuegang straight to the neighboring Yuezhou prefecture.

Relying on the divine power of "balancing heaven and earth, wealth can communicate with the gods," they lavishly spent money and specially invited these "twin-tailed elves" to save the day.

As the saying goes, everything in the universe has its counterpart, and in critical moments, we still have to ask our fellow villagers in Fulang for help.

immediately.

The rustling sound of cockroaches echoed through the streets and alleys, driving away the evil spirits that had been hiding, causing them to flee the city like madmen.

"All personnel in ambush, take your positions. Don't let a single one escape."

The fearless northerner, Chef Zhang, personally directed the hunt for these evil spirits.

As long as these local Japanese ghosts are eliminated, the folk legends from thousands of miles away will dissipate on their own, and even if they are reborn someday, they will not come to the East Sea Kingdom again.

Furthermore, all of Zhang San's operatives were smeared with chili oil.

This is naturally because, according to legend, the people of Yuezhou eat everything except spicy food, and chili peppers are like their protective charm.

Unfortunately, Uncle Zhang is a Shandong cuisine chef, and making dishes like braised pork intestines with added ingredients is his forte, but he's not very good at Sichuan cuisine.

Otherwise, you could play the role of a "secret chef" and prepare a hot and spicy soul-stirring meal for them. After eating it, they could immediately ascend to heaven on the spot.

As dawn approached, the disturbance was gradually brought under control.

Wang Cheng, who was stationed at the imperial palace, only breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He knew perfectly well that this was just the beginning, and the real show was yet to come.

"The timing of the unrest in Pinghu Port and the departure of the [Winged Angel] was just too coincidental."

It's clear that some of the enemy are very familiar with Chinese customs, and given that manipulating evil spirits is a specialty of Onmyoji (Yin-Yang Masters), it would be strange if no one was involved. I strongly suspect that Amakusa Shiro, the Onmyoji leader of the Kiritan pirates who disappeared for a long time, has probably secretly returned to Japan.

They either went it alone or joined forces with other Kireidan daimyo to coordinate an attack from within and without with the Franks.

Surrounded by enemies, time is of the essence.

At the same time, "Wang Fugui," who was in Minzhou, opened the altar again, and his consciousness possessed the body of the Tongmu man.

Rare item: A wooden puppet used for witchcraft.
Abilities: Its own realm is bound to the Dharma Lord. It is of the same rank as the Dharma Lord. While retaining its own various witchcraft and curse abilities, it can also amplify the various powers of the Water Balance Commandant.

It can roam independently like other evil spirits, automatically killing people and collecting offerings and prayer money from its enemies.

After Wang Cheng was promoted to the fourth rank, it was also promoted to the fourth rank, and the power of the curse technique increased dramatically.

Even though Han Wugui had already completed the "pretending to be dirty" and was only one step away from breaking through to the third rank, there was no longer an essential difference between the two in terms of realm.

He's been under pressure for almost ten days now, and all that's left is the final push.

"Your Highness, what's wrong? Don't scare us!"

"woooooo"

Shouts and cries filled a bedroom in the Guangze Prince's Mansion.

Wearing only thin nightgowns, the third and fourth wives huddled in a corner of the carved bed, weeping bitterly. Beside them, Han Wugui had his eyes closed and his face was ashen.

The rouge still on his face made him look somewhat comical.

For some time now, Han Wugui has been experiencing dizziness and lethargy from time to time, but even after consulting with all the famous doctors in the city, none of them could diagnose the problem.

On the contrary, his energy was unusually abundant.

In reality, he had fallen victim to a curse spell, "Lazy Donkey Pushing the Millstone," tailor-made for him by Tongmu.

Unable to suppress their desires, they indulged in revelry night after night, until the lamp of their life was completely extinguished and they had to blow it out.

Last night, he summoned two concubines of the old princes to his room, and suddenly let out a low growl and fainted.

The two concubines thought he had accidentally caused a stroke, and they were so frightened that they lost their composure.

What's worse is that the old prince, who was originally the backbone of the household, was even more complacent than his troublesome son, and there was no one to take charge.

In their panic, they could only send a maid to find a doctor. Before the maid, who deeply hated Han Wugui and was reluctant to leave the mansion to save him, could even leave, everyone already knew that the old prince was nearing the end of his life and that his son was also dying.

"What? The Guangze Prince's Mansion is going to be wiped out?"

Many people in the mansion immediately turned sorrowful and rushed to the storeroom without stopping.

They looted the gold and silver treasures of the Prince's mansion, using these old objects to remember their master and servant and to console themselves for the deep bond they had shared.

Then they all fled the mansion to make a quick getaway—no, to find a doctor!

Even the officials sent by the imperial court couldn't stop them.

"The doctors in the city are no good. You wait, Your Highness. The doctor in my hometown has a folk remedy and is most skilled at treating difficult and complicated diseases."

"The entire Prince Yi's family in Yuzhang was wiped out. Now it's Prince Guangze's turn. If they don't leave now, they'll be dead!"

In the midst of the scramble and fighting, no one cared that Han Wu-gui, who was unconscious, had already kicked his legs and died.

There was no final desperate struggle or last gasp that Wang Cheng had imagined; the domineering effect of the witchcraft wooden figure was fully demonstrated in this young master.

A ray of light flew out from him and disappeared into Qianyan's eyes.

Wang Cheng excitedly inspected the harvest, but was somewhat disappointed:
"【The Method to Make a Woman Long for Her】? This time, this risk-free deal is really useless."

He successively obtained the "Beauty Undressing Technique" and the "Transformation into a Maiden Technique". Later, after killing Xing Yulang of Zhenhaiwei, he obtained the "Beauty Returning Step Technique" and the "Unexpected Arrival Technique" from him.

Now this strange art has been added.

Before he knew it, Wang Cheng had already collected half of the book "The Secrets of Human Affairs in the Book of Dijin".

"I always thought that even if a prince were to choose a concubine, she wouldn't be some shameless prostitute; she would at least be a woman from a respectable family."

All four concubines willingly submitted to Han Wugui, clearly due to the influence of the "Longing for Love" technique.

However, given my current status, position, appearance, and abilities, if I really want to take a fancy to a woman, all I have to do is walk up to her and say, "Woman, you have successfully caught my attention," and that's it.

Why would we need any of those weird and wonderful arts?

Fortunately, the guaranteed return did not disappoint.

Han Wugui was the last representative of the main line of Emperor Xiaokang, and the old Prince Han Qinyu, who was seventy-two years old, only had him as his son.

He also personally killed the illegitimate son he had with Pu Shouying's daughter (Chapter 100).

He had originally thought that this body was young and fertile enough to even have his father's concubines give birth to several "brothers" for him, but now all of that was ruined.

In an instant, the dragon aura representing the main lineage of the Great Zhao Dynasty, along with all the dragon aura of the East Sea dragons accumulated over the past six or seven years using the "Nine Dragons Spitting Pearls" technique, was completely absorbed by the [Good Dragon Pearl]!

(End of this chapter)