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

Chapter 114 Major Changes at Maoshan

Looking at the rotting and stinking corpses scattered all over the ground, his breathing gradually became heavy. Although his main job was transporting corpses, those were all processed corpses and wouldn't smell this strong.

Jiale pressed close to Si Mu's body and whispered, "Could something have happened to Master Uncle?"

"Crow's Mouth!"

Si Mu flicked Jia Le on the forehead with his backhand, lowering his voice to say, "With the Fengdu judge in front of you, you'd better pretend you're mute and not say a word, understand? Otherwise, even I, as your master, can't protect you..."

Jiale said "Oh," realized what was happening, covered her mouth tightly with both hands, and nodded vigorously.

Four eyes: "..."

Li Xuan put the altar into the purple-red gourd, turned to look at Simu, bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Simu, we meet again. Is there something important that you have to travel here in the dead of night?"

Si Mu didn't dare to say directly that he was afraid Li Xuan would kill his senior brother, so he could only chuckle and say, "I just couldn't shake off my worries, so I came to check on him."

His sleeve was tugged by Jiale.

Si Mu looked somewhat displeased.

Jiale leaned closer and gently pointed ahead with his finger, gesturing for him to look...

Following the finger's pointing finger, their eyes felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had split open. There were four corpses on the ground, two charred, one of whom could barely be recognized as Qiu Sheng, and the other headless, but judging from his build, it seemed to be Wen Cai. Beside them was a middle-aged man with a straight eyebrow and a head of black-gray hair, dressed in coarse cloth—it was none other than Senior Brother Lin Jiu!
The most terrifying thing was a corpse lying under the eaves not far away, cut vertically in two. Its head was tied in a topknot with a Tai Chi hairpin, and it had a long beard. It was wearing a black and white Tai Chi Yin-Yang robe. It was none other than Shi Jian, the senior disciple of the Maoshan Sect, who was above the disciples of the sect leader!

I heard that Senior Brother Shi Jian had already mastered the Thunder Technique and achieved the Lightning Thunder Fist, which would make any demon or monster unable to withstand even a single blow! I never expected that Senior Brother Shi Jian would be in such a miserable state, with his right arm missing from his corpse and cut in half.

Si Mu's legs went weak, and he could barely stand with Jia Le's help. He looked at Li Xuan and asked tremblingly, "May I ask, Fellow Daoist Li, what exactly happened in Liu Family Town? How could my Senior Brother Lin Jiu and Senior Brother Shi Jian have died so tragically? If... if..."

What he meant was, "If anyone has wronged them like this, we must avenge them."

But the image of Li Xuan opening the altar was still fresh in my mind. It's possible that both Senior Brother Lin Jiu and Senior Brother Shi Jian were actually judges from Fengdu...

So he swallowed the words that were about to jump out of his throat.

Li Xuan had a good impression of both Simu and Qianhe, and didn't want to tease them, so he told them about how the ghost messengers set a trap on the Ghost Festival on the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, how Lin Jiu fell into the trap, how the hundred ghosts caused a massacre during the night parade, and how Shi Jian attacked the altar out of guilt.

His head was spinning. After learning a little on Maoshan Mountain, he went down the mountain and lived a hermit-like life for many years in a wooden house in the wilderness.

He staggered back a few steps and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, will my fellow disciples who came to help Senior Brother Lin Jiu catch the ghosts infiltrate Iron Enclosure Mountain? As far as I know, these people are all good at heart. If we're talking about karma, it's because Senior Brother Lin Jiu downplayed the details of the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade and caused a misunderstanding..."

Li Xuan said, "Fellow Daoist, rest assured, as long as no other crimes are found, there is no need to worry."

Si Mu sighed softly, "A calamity, a calamity."

He took out several talismans, folded them into paper cranes, and sent them to Maoshan. He then notified the sect leader and all the elders to handle the matter. Shi Jian's main lineage, Lin Jiu's branch lineage, and a bunch of fellow disciples also had to be investigated for their crimes. Even if they weren't investigated under the Black Law, but under the Upper Qing Law, they would at least be guilty of "negligence," which would amount to two years in prison and a hundred strokes of the cane.

In the following days, Liujia Town became quite lively, almost turning into a Taoist town.

There are many Maoshan disciples, some who cultivate in the mountains, some who have experienced worldly life, and some who are Taoist priests who have passed down their mantle from generation to generation. A large group of them came to Liujia Town to dispose of the corpses...

Si Mu was extremely busy.

Two days later, Qianhe arrived in a hurry with his four disciples from the east, west, south, and north. He remembered Li Xuan and could hardly believe that such a young person could kill Lin Jiu and Shi Jian.

Despite the deaths of two of his most important disciples, the sect leader remained silent and went to the underworld to plead guilty that very day.

The changes at Maoshan were enormous. Upon hearing of this, other famous mountains immediately began large-scale rectifications, even establishing "inspection teams" to go down the mountain to screen the list of disciples for training, checking their character and ideology. If a disciple caused trouble in the village or failed to teach properly, the former would be sent directly to the underworld, and the latter would also be sent to the underworld if the master-disciple relationship was not severed.

This matter has caused quite a stir.

To Li Xuan's surprise, as a large number of Maoshan disciples were demoted or expelled for various reasons, Daoist Qianhe and Daoist Simu actually rode this wave of moral influence to rise rapidly, their status approaching that of Shi Jian!

The reason is simple: although Jiale, a disciple of the Four Eyes Cult, is not a very good person, he is also a good person. He neither bullies men nor women, nor does he show off his magic. In fact, he even helped water the flowers for several years when the old monk next door went away and did not return.

Si Mu's cultivation level is not as high as Lin Jiu's, but he has accumulated good deeds by driving corpses for a long time and often helps poor people on the road. Although it is a small virtue, it is valuable because of his persistence, so he has been promoted.

Master Qianhe is upright and honest, willing to listen to advice, and teaches his disciples the right way. It is often said that when they encounter danger, none of the five disciples back down. Therefore, he has won the praise of the people and has been specially promoted!

……

In a guesthouse room in Liujia Town.

When Li Xuan saw the two officials again, it wasn't because he summoned them, but because they called out to him through the talisman he had left behind.

Wang Angongcao said, “Li Xuan, we are messengers. In the past, we could help you maintain order, but the realms you have traveled to are becoming increasingly remote, and our true spirits can no longer travel such distances. You need to focus on cultivation and accumulate merit, otherwise even if you set up an altar, you can only summon illusory magical power, and it will be difficult to invite the true spirits of the gods…”

Li Xuan talked the most with these two officials, and their conversations even led to them being beaten up by Tuo Tiewei Mountain.

Hearing them talk like that, she felt a pang of sadness and said with some reluctance, "Does that mean we'll rarely see each other again?"

Wang An hurriedly said, "Li Xuan, as a judge, you should know to keep your joy and anger hidden inside and not show them outwardly. Good and evil are mixed in the mortal world, and so are the underworld. Even though Marshal Tianpeng, who investigates the three realms and spans dimensions, holds the reins of justice, there are also the Six Cave Demon Kings watching with predatory eyes. You must be familiar with the 'Black Laws,' do not lose the dignity of a judge, and remember that it is easy to control great demons, but difficult to guard against small ghosts."

Lu Jian said, “We are but insignificant beings, and we fear we will be unable to fight alongside you against the evil spirits in the future. However, we can still send a message to the Netherworld of Fengdu, or forward it to the angels to reach the Nine Heavens. There is no need to set up an altar or perform rituals; a simple yellow talisman will suffice.”

Wang An said, “Between heaven and earth, the myriad realms are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, beyond counting. However, there are always places in the world where even opening an altar and performing rituals cannot reach the netherworld. I hope you will be very careful and cautious. That’s all we have to say. We’ll take our leave now.”

Lu Jian also clasped his hands in a fist salute, his figure gradually weathering away, leaving behind the words: "Although you have cultivated both the Eastern Peak and Fengdu methods to temper your body and refine your spirit to solidify your soul, your offensive techniques are still lacking. If you can learn the thunder magic recorded in the Eastern Peak Great Emperor's Dao Scripture, it will surely be of great benefit."

(End of this chapter)