Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 108 Finally meet
At the mortuary, Lin Jiu and his two disciples stood before their ancestor, their expressions complex.

Lin Jiu reached out and stroked the whisk in front of the statue of his ancestral master. His voice was hoarse as he muttered to himself, "I, Lin Jiu, have been learning martial arts on the mountain for over a decade, hoping that one day I would achieve some success, descend the mountain to slay demons and monsters, practice medicine to help the world, create a legendary tale, and bring glory to my ancestors..."

Qiu Sheng slung his luggage over his arm and approached Lin Jiu, saying apologetically, "Master, we're all packed..."

Lin Jiu hummed in agreement: "Let's wait for your senior uncle."

He sat weakly in the chair, feeling melancholy. If he had been given another ten or fifteen days, things would have been peaceful. But if the judge from Fengdu arrived in Liujia Town within three days, he would surely discover the tragedy. In addition, all his fellow disciples from Maoshan were gathered in Liujia Town tonight... It was impossible to hide it from them.

Just then, the gates of the mortuary opened, and Shi Jian, who had already left on the mountain, reappeared.

He didn't bring his disciple Shi Shaojian with him, but came alone. He walked with a brisk pace and came to Lin Jiu. He reached into his robe and took out an ancient-looking book, saying, "You just sent a letter by paper butterfly, asking me to send you the roster from Maoshan using secret techniques. What exactly do you want? Isn't the matter of the Hundred Ghosts Parade over yet?"

Shi Jian always spoke with the airs of the eldest disciple, which his fellow disciples in Maoshan were used to, but Lin Jiu found it somewhat uncomfortable.

But now, Lin Jiu suddenly saw things in a new light. He pleaded with his senior brother to move the roster from Maoshan to Liujia Town via paper butterfly, and his senior brother actually did it. What did a little pretense matter? Even if his senior brother slapped him now, it wouldn't matter.

Snapped! ! !
A resounding slap landed on Lin Jiu's face!
He was confused.

It was Shi Jian who made the move. He hid his slightly numb hand behind his back, snorted coldly, and looked down at Lin Jiu with his nostrils: "I know you, Lin Jiu, have never taken me, your senior brother, seriously. Now you're humbling yourself for the sake of the roster, which is bound to cause you a lot of trouble! I'm just trying to maintain our brotherhood by getting you the roster, so slapping you isn't too much to ask, is it?"

Lin Jiu's face burned with pain.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, lowered his head, and said, "It's not excessive."

Shi Jian opened the book and said, "If you have something to do, hurry up. I need the Five Ghosts who are waiting to take this book back to Maoshan..."

Lin Jiu pulled Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to kneel before Shi Jian and said truthfully, "Senior Brother, my two disciples were bewitched by a female ghost, attacked the ghost messengers, and released hundreds of ghosts, causing twenty-one households in Liujia Town to suffer in the past two days!"

Shi Jian sat down in the chair and sneered, "You even concealed the fact that there were twenty-one households involved. Lin Jiu, you have quite the nerve."

However, this is not a big deal. Sending the ghosts of twenty-one households to the underworld and then entrusting them to the patriarchs of Maoshan for salvation is, in a sense, a stroke of good fortune...

Lin Jiu couldn't hold back any longer and said directly, "Once we leave Maoshan, Senior Brother will be the acting sect leader. I would like to ask Senior Brother to temporarily assume the position of sect leader and use the imperial edict to cross out my name and the names of my two incompetent disciples, thus removing us from Maoshan! This way, no matter what happens afterward, it will be difficult to implicate my fellow disciples and the patriarchs."

Shi Jian was shocked. Although Lin Jiu was not convinced by him, his character was still acceptable. How could he have come up with the idea of ​​expelling him?

Don't wait to ask questions.

Lin Jiu said, "I met a Fengdu judge in Renjia Town. Knowing that his apprentice was of bad character, he moved to Liujia Town. Who knew that he would cause such trouble as soon as he arrived! What's worse, I received a letter from my junior brother Simu on a paper crane, saying that the Fengdu judge was looking for me and was on his way to Liujia Town."

When he arrives, he will surely discover a hundred ghosts roaming at night, twenty-one households slaughtered, and even ghost messengers accepting bribes...

If the Shangqing Law is applied, I am willing to face the punishment of being beheaded and sent to hell with my disciple. However, if the Shangqing Law cannot be applied, it will escalate to the Fengdu Black Law. My disciple and I are registered in the Maoshan register and will definitely be banished to the Iron Enclosure Mountain. It may even implicate my master for his lax discipline, as well as my fellow disciples for their failure to report the crime tonight and their responsibility for protecting them..."

Shi Jian suddenly stood up from his chair.

He felt that the slap he gave Lin Jiu was too light; he should have hit him until his hand was broken!

"You know about the Fengdu judge, why don't you tell me!"

"I had already left Renjia Town, thinking I would never see him again in this lifetime. Who knew that the Fengdu judge would somehow find Junior Brother Simu and get the contact book from him..." Lin Jiu knew he was in the wrong, and said, "Just now, when the formation was being set up, I received the paper crane from Junior Brother Simu. It wasn't intentional..."

Shi Jian kicked Lin Jiu to the ground, his right hand trembling as he pointed at him: "You...you...I finally tried to show you some brotherly affection, and this is how you repay me?"

He was both shocked and furious. The judge from Fengdu had arrived; how could he simply deal with Lin Jiu's crime?

He himself also has many flaws. His disciple Shi Shaojian was actually a child born from a mistake he made when he was young. When the child was five years old, he was taken to Maoshan as a disciple and trained under the pretense of finding the child while traveling.

Shi Shaojian has decent talent, but he can't sit still. He is fond of fame, fortune, and lust. After reaching adulthood, he acquired the method of astral projection and entering dreams, and he often uses this method to invade the dreams of young girls to do indecent things! Because his methods are covert, no evidence can be found on his physical body, so Shi Shaojian has not been caught yet... Shi Jian was very angry at first, but he got used to it later.

There's nothing wrong with the soul leaving the body to engage in spiritual intercourse.

But now that he's the judge of Fengdu, Shi Shaojian is definitely guilty of crimes and must be investigated by law, and his master will also be implicated...

At this moment, Shi Jian just wanted to run back to Maoshan.

But running away was useless. He had participated in tonight's Innate Eight Trigrams Formation and taken that spot; he would definitely be thoroughly investigated! He felt that Lin Jiu had ruined him terribly…

He shouted angrily, "You think you can run away? Did you ask us first?"

Lin Jiu lowered his head: "Please grant my request, Senior Brother."

He felt somewhat guilty towards his senior brother, partly because he knew some things about Shi Shaojian.

Shi Jian's expression shifted. He opened the book, flicked his right hand, and a pen popped out from his sleeve. He loudly proclaimed, "Lin Fengjiao's teachings have been ineffective, causing her disciple to attack the ghost messengers and release a hundred ghosts. Her crime is unforgivable. Now... I, Shi Jian, will temporarily assume the responsibility of the sect leader and remove Lin Fengjiao, Qiusheng, and Wencai from the Maoshan register! From this moment on, the three of you are no longer Maoshan disciples. With a stroke of the imperial pen, the register is erased, and green smoke rises. Send them to the ancestral master... So be it!"

Both the register and the imperial edict were antique objects, possessing a kind of spiritual power, and were handled personally by the senior disciple of Maoshan. The three names on the register miraculously detached, turning into wisps of green smoke that disappeared through the ceiling of the mortuary…

Lin Jiu's face was pale, as if something had been pulled away from him.

He knew that from now on, he would no longer be able to cast spells with the protection of the patriarch or by borrowing magic from the celestial master...

Qiu Shengwencai didn't have any particular feelings.

Shi Jian was much older than Lin Jiu. He had watched Lin Jiu go up the mountain to learn martial arts in his early years and had also taught Lin Jiu for a period of time. Now, he personally crossed out Lin Jiu's name, and even the most hard-hearted person would feel a little sad.

He asked instinctively, "Where are you going next...?"

Lin Jiu hoisted his luggage onto his back, his eyes filled with desolation and confusion, and said, "I don't know, I'll just keep walking, maybe I'll even go abroad."

Shi Jian asked, "Is it worth it for two foolish disciples?"

Lin Jiu said bitterly, "I raised them; they're like half my sons. Without me, they'd suffer..."

Shi Jian remained silent for a moment, then flicked his sleeve and said, "Farewell forever."

Lin Jiu, carrying his luggage, walked to the door and glanced back at the cracked statue of the ancestral master. With immense reluctance, he forced himself to turn around and walk out of the mortuary...

The three of them remained silent, and even Wencai wisely refrained from uttering a single word.

The streets were deserted, with round pieces of paper money scattered on the ground, creating an indescribable desolation... and faintly, one could even hear the mournful screams of ghosts...

Screams?
Lin Jiu suddenly looked up at Qiu Sheng: "You heard it too?"

Qiu Sheng nodded, and the three of them ran in the direction of the sound, but after turning a corner, they froze on the spot!
On the street, a young man in a shirt with a gloomy face was holding an ancient-style female ghost by the neck with his left hand, while his right hand held an exaggeratedly long sword that was 1.4 meters long. Without any hesitation, with a flash of cold light, he severed the female ghost's legs, and black ghost blood splattered all over the ground, a horrifying sight...

Qiu Sheng was startled: "Xiao Li!?"

The female ghost looked over in pain, and upon seeing the three masters and disciples, a will to survive appeared in her eyes. She cried out for help, "Young master... save me!"

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