Starting with the titmouse, seventy-two transformations

Chapter 66 Fire Night (Please read on, and give me your monthly votes)
After a while.

Two figures, one fat and one thin, left the Green Snake Gang's headquarters and headed straight for Vegetable Garden Alley.

It was none other than Monk Zhen and Scholar Wang.

The two moved extremely fast, and in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they had already reached the edge of the city wall.

"Scholar, I heard from Master Xu that Liu Sheng has a concubine who is quite beautiful?"

At this moment, the monk Zhen suddenly spoke, his eyes flashing with a strange light, and muttered:

"I have been recuperating for the past ten days or so, and my iron rod is almost rusty."

"As long as it doesn't delay...the tasks assigned by the sect leader."

Wang Shusheng paused, glanced at him with a half-smile, and then said:

"My bewitching talisman is still missing eight ounces of resentful women's blood as ink."

"Alright, alright, I've had my fun. Now I'll give you a good torment, making you die with resentment and bitterness in your heart..."

The two finished their business in the midst of laughter and conversation. Just as they were about to turn the corner and enter Caiyuan Alley, they suddenly sensed something was wrong—

It's so quiet.

It's normal for the night to be quiet, but if there's not even the sound of rats, ants, flies, cats, or dogs, then that's not normal.

More importantly, as martial arts masters specializing in musculoskeletal techniques, one had achieved the Great Perfection of the Second Refinement stage, and the other the Minor Perfection stage; both were highly skilled, yet at this moment, for no apparent reason…

A sudden pang of heart palpitation and a chill ran down my spine.

"Monk, what's going on?"

Wang Shusheng gripped his iron pen tightly, swallowed hard, and his eyes darted around.

"……Walk!"

With a solemn expression, Monk Zhen slowly walked backward, carrying his water-milled staff, his steps barely audible.

"puff!"

Just then, a spider web descended from the sky and covered the two of them.

The silk threads were transparent, yet faintly emitted a strange fragrance that made one feel dizzy.

"Monster, die!"

With a low roar, Monk Zhen's muscles bulged and expanded, like rocks, tearing through his robes. The veins on his forehead bulged and stretched outwards, like two bull horns.

In the blink of an eye, he activated his strength and transformed into a humanoid bull demon.

With a slap of the water-milled Zen staff weighing over a hundred pounds, the man leaped forward, rushing towards a spider on the rooftop next to him!
This spider is the size of a millstone, with a white face and black body, silver stripes on its abdomen, and eight thick, long legs like spears.

Faced with the monk Zhen's attack, it simply stuck out its belly.

The next moment, a thick, sticky spider silk poured out, crisscrossing in the air to form a dense net, completely enveloping Monk Zhen!

It was as if the monk had willingly offered himself up, walking right into the trap.

"Open it for me!"

The monk Zhen roared and struggled with all his might, his whole body swelling up again.

But the spider silk was incredibly tough. The more he struggled, the tighter it wrapped around him. In less than a few breaths, it became a silvery-white silk cocoon, hanging under the eaves, trembling slightly.

"The White-faced Black Puppet Spider... even without using its 'web-binding' technique, its ability in direct combat is formidable..."

Liu Sheng lightly tapped the claw's limb, and in an instant, he could perceive every movement within a ten-mile radius, including…

Wang Shusheng is fleeing for his life!

Seeing that the monk Zhen, who was stronger than him, was subdued in just a few breaths, this guy turned and fled...

With a few leaps and bounds, they had already escaped a hundred paces away.

Such speed is rarely matched by martial arts masters.

Unfortunately, this time he encountered a great monster, especially skilled at spinning webs.

"puff!"

The next moment, it was as if he had crashed into an air wall, his whole body suspended in mid-air, his hands and feet stuck, unable to move...

It was a nearly transparent spider web!
They didn't know when it was placed on the road they came from.

The more he struggled, the deeper he sank, until he finally suffocated.

"Is this the bird-shaped technique from the animalistic martial arts?"

Liu Sheng took a step forward and walked lightly around him. He saw that Wang Shusheng's face was covered in feathers and his teeth and mouth had suddenly become deformed, like a bird's beak. He immediately understood what was going on.

No wonder he's so fast, it turns out he's practiced bird-style martial arts.

"puff!"

Not long after, Liu Sheng spun silk again, sealing him in a silk cocoon and cutting off his breath. Then, carrying the two silk cocoons, he crossed the city wall and went to the wilderness.

Looting a corpse should, of course, be done in a safe place.

For him, the wilderness was actually safer than the city.

A quarter of an hour later.

Having cleaned up the mess, Liu Sheng returned to the city in his titmouse form and perched on the eaves of a building opposite the Green Snake Gang's headquarters...

Then it turned into a little black spider.

I refuse to believe you can find me!

He spun his web, waiting patiently, while reflecting on his previous gains…

Two hundred taels of silver notes, two secret manuals, a water-polished Zen staff, a fine steel judge's pen, and some miscellaneous items.

Of course, there are also 63 points of spiritual essence.

We didn't break even!
No problem, it's just an appetizer, take your time.

This time, the battle was fought in the form of "White-faced Black Puppet Spider," and the process was really boring, unlike the other incarnations which were more exciting and thrilling.

Just like a spider hunting, it lays its web and waits for its prey to fall into it, which is quite boring.

Fortunately, the result was satisfactory.

Liu Sheng was weaving a net between the roof tiles. It was as if he had awakened a talent. He wove the net so densely and well that he even caught a mouse!

Just then, a commotion came from the Green Snake Gang's base.

Groups of gang members with white bandages wrapped around their left arms filed out, and led by their leaders, they went to various parts of the city.

Soon after, fires broke out in the city's residential buildings, with thick smoke billowing up and spreading in multiple locations, illuminating the night sky.

……

Shanyang County Government Office (temporary), courtroom.

The newly appointed magistrate, Cai Baimao, suddenly stood up, walked outside the hall, and looked at the towering flames outside, his pupils shrinking slightly.

He abruptly turned his head, looked at Xu Qixia, whose face was pale and who was sweating profusely, and said in a cold voice:
"Officer Xu, is this what you meant by... the thieves would make their move at the fourth watch of the night?"

It was around 4:00 AM, roughly the hour of Chou (1-3 AM).

Now, just after midnight, it's a full hour earlier!
"My lord, I...I..."

Xu Qixia opened his mouth, stammering, his constable uniform already soaked with sweat.

He looked around and saw his former colleagues, some with lowered eyes and others watching coldly.

Luo Ning, the boss, crossed his arms and sneered.

This was before he held a grudge against him... He secretly reported to Magistrate Cai, bypassing his own rank.

And there were also the clerks and scribes who used to drink and call each other brothers...

They all acted as if it were none of their business.

Not a single person tried to exonerate him!
"grown ups…"

He knelt down with a thud, like a dead dog, where was his usual imposing manner as the "wolf of the Xu family"?

"Take him away and throw him into the water dungeon."

Magistrate Cai glanced at Xu Qichun and snorted coldly:
"Once this matter is settled, I will interrogate you in more detail!"

"Here!"

Two constables stepped forward and escorted Xu Qichun away.

"I had already anticipated that the heretical cultists would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so I devised a plan with Lord Xie of the Demon Suppression Division to use deception and wait for them to tire themselves out."

Magistrate Cai turned to look at everyone in the hall and said in a deep voice:
"When those rebels can no longer restrain themselves, we will suppress them with overwhelming force and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"Officer Luo, give the signal."

"Here!"

Luo Ning nodded in agreement, and with a flick of his left hand, three trusted constables emerged from the courtroom and, as agreed, gave the signal.

In an instant, three streaks of crimson flame shot into the sky, exploding above the county government office and transforming into a rain of fire that fell down...

It illuminated the entire Shanyang County!

The next moment, a roar like an elephant came from the direction of Black Wind Mountain, like thunder destroying a city, shaking the entire Shanyang City.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling golden lotus phantom bloomed in the darkness, illuminating half of the night sky.

On the illusory image of the golden lotus, a white elephant with golden tusks, as large as a small mountain, arrived stepping through the void, each step creating a lotus flower.

(End of this chapter)