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

Chapter 324 Money and Dao Heart

The paper cranes in Tanjia Town fluttered and danced, arriving at Master Tan's mansion and landing in front of Master Qian, who was drinking tea. He was stunned for a moment, then picked up the paper crane and unfolded it.

The contents of the paper crane came into view:
【Junior Brother Qian Kai, it is as if we are meeting in person. I am Lin Jiu. I have heard that you have been accepting money to do evil things that have caused death for others. Please stop this immediately.】

There is a judge in Fengdu who is in charge of matters of injustice between the living and the dead. You have used Maoshan magic to harm people and take their lives. You will be punished by law. Only by pulling back from the brink of disaster can you save your life!

Remember, remember, never clash with the Judge of Fengdu. He has extensive connections in the underworld and possesses great magical power.

Written by Lin Jiu himself.

Master Qian's real name is Qian Kai. His junior brother, Master Xu, once laughed at him for being greedy for money. Unexpectedly, after descending the mountain, his words came true, and he really couldn't resist money...

He silently read the letter from Lin Jiu, thinking to himself, "What is the Fengdu Judge? I've never heard of such an official position in my thirty years of cultivation in Maoshan. Is it a ghost messenger from the underworld or something?"

Master Tan and Master Liu came over from the east wing. Seeing Master Qian's furrowed brows, they asked, "What happened, Master Qian? Can Zhang Dadan's matter be resolved? I'm about to run for mayor of the town, and I can't let my reputation be affected by my affair with his wife."

Master Qian has always adhered to the principle of accepting money from people in exchange for helping them avoid disasters.

However, Lin Jiu, his senior brother who was highly respected by his fellow disciples on Maoshan Mountain, sent a letter and solemnly warned him, indicating that there was indeed an extraordinary person on his way.

He didn't hide anything and said directly, "Master Tan, to be honest, the failure of the altar these past few days was all because of my junior brother's sabotage. Now, people know that I helped you deal with Zhang Dadan. A judge from Fengdu is on his way to Tanjia Town. I'm in the open, and he's in the dark. I'm afraid this will be detrimental to me..."

Master Tan frowned and said, "What's going on? The matter here isn't over yet, and you're causing trouble again?"

Standing to the side, Master Liu chuckled and asked, "Master Qian, is this Fengdu judge a human or a ghost?"

Master Qian looked at the letter and said, "It should be a person."

Master Liu then asked, "You're not from our Tan Family Town, are you?"

Master Qian nodded and said, "Of course not."

A sinister glint flashed in Master Liu's eyes as he closed his folding fan and lowered his voice, saying, "Recently, there have been constant bandits outside Tan Family Town. Our Master Tan is eager to protect the people, so it's normal that he accidentally killed a bandit spy while he was assembling a patrol team. Anyway, he's not from our area, so there's no way to trace him."

Master Tan's eyes lit up as well, and he nodded, saying, "That's right, Zheng Wu, the head constable of Yamen Town, is also one of my men! I've already given him ten taels of gold to kill Zhang Dadan on charges of 'murdering his wife.' Now, having him kill another outsider shouldn't be a problem..."

In what sounded like a joke, the three of them sentenced Li Xuan to death.

At that moment, Master Xu, carrying a cloth bag and holding a peach wood sword, arrived outside Master Tan's house. He made a hand seal with his left hand, took out a small bamboo tube, and threw it forcefully into the sky. With a bang, the bamboo tube exploded, and colorful flames shot out from inside... Master Qian, who was drinking tea inside the house, was startled by the sound and looked up at the fireworks in the sky.

He sneered to himself, thinking, "It's probably my junior brother coming to apologize."

The two masters, Master Qian and Master Xu, are very different in physique and appearance.

Xu Zhenren was thin, with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, and he would occasionally let out a lewd laugh. Walking on the street, he looked like an opium addict who had overdosed on it.

Qian Zhenren, on the other hand, was obese and wore an orange-yellow Tai Chi robe with colorful patches. His appearance from the neck up was somewhat outlandish. He had the Tai Chi symbol tattooed directly on his forehead, making his face even fatter. His hair was disheveled, with a large bald spot in the center, making him look like a plus-sized kappa in a Taoist robe.

At this moment, he walked out of the Tan family mansion with arrogance on his face. When he saw Master Xu standing on the side of the street, he snorted and said, "My good junior brother, you beat me up outside the teahouse at noon. Are you still not satisfied and want to fight again?"

During the day, he accidentally stumbled upon Master Xu and Zhang Dadan together at a teahouse outside town, and only then did he understand why his spells against Zhang Dadan had repeatedly failed. So he cast a spell to kill Zhang Dadan, but Master Xu caught him again. Because his close combat skills were inferior to Master Xu's, he was beaten up on the spot.

At this moment, Master Xu cut to the chase and asked, "Senior brother, was Master Tan the one who killed Zhang Dadan's wife?"

Upon hearing this, Master Qian realized that his junior brother was unaware of Zhang Dadan's wife's feigned death. He laughed and said, "I thought you came to apologize, but I didn't expect you to come here to interrogate me! Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say. Junior brother, let's settle this with our skills. In terms of cultivation, I'm still a little bit superior to you..."

Seeing that his senior brother was still like this, Master Xu was disappointed and said, "Don't be so stubborn. We are the 'Ragged Clothes and Stomping the Ground' lineage of Maoshan. We wear tattered clothes all our lives and never keep money overnight. Only by being free from the stench of money and stomping the ground as a signal can we invite the divine energy to enter our bodies and slay demons!"

A hint of ferocity flashed in Master Qian's eyes as he angrily retorted, "This same boring rhetoric again! Master is already dead, how many more times are you going to repeat it before you stop!"

He reached out and forcefully tore at the patches on his Taoist robe, as if each patch represented humiliation, and said, "We brothers and I saved so many people after coming down from Maoshan. What's wrong with enjoying a little gratitude from others?"
The *Lüshi Chunqiu Chawei* recounts the story of Zigong redeeming an ox. Even Confucius believed that people should be rewarded for good deeds. Why should we go against the sage's teachings and do something so absurd as to expect no reward?

Master Xu rarely saw his senior brother so hysterical, and said, "Is money really that important that you'd be willing to kill a person for it?"

Standing on the high steps in front of the Tan family mansion, Master Qian reached into his pocket and pulled out a ten-tael gold ingot. His face was somewhat ferocious as he said, "Everyone says I'm greedy for money, but don't you know that money can move mountains and without it, you can't move an inch? It can easily accomplish what we've struggled so hard to achieve! Besides, I've saved so many people, what's wrong with killing one?"

Master Xu felt his head was about to explode and didn't want to continue the discussion about money. They had different ways of thinking, and further arguing would only escalate to the point of fighting.

He took out the letter from Uncle Nine from his pocket and said, "Do you still remember Senior Brother Lin Jiu from Maoshan? He sent me a letter saying that a Fengdu Judge with extremely high cultivation and power has appeared in this world. No matter if evil people commit crimes or ghosts and gods run rampant, they are all within the judge's jurisdiction. He can arrest, sentence, and send them to prison!"

"Senior brother, if you let Zhang Dadan go, we'll leave Tanjia Town immediately, and we'll pretend none of this ever happened, okay?"

Master Qian also took out Lin Jiu's letter and sneered, "It seems you sent a letter about our dispute to Senior Brother Lin Jiu. You know your cultivation is inferior to mine, so you want to ask him to come and help subdue me, is that it?"

(End of this chapter)