Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 103 An Unseen Monster, The Demon Blade's Desire for Advancement

"Something serious has happened."

The old man, whose seniority was second only to Li San Niang, looked at the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall and sighed deeply.

The ancestral hall in Shanghe Village is very large and has a three-story hollow design. Inside, it is like a pyramid, with many ancestral tablets stacked up. The tablets here are for ancestors who have lived for more than a thousand years.

At the very top of the memorial tablets, two positions were enshrined.

An ancestral tablet and a bronze statue.

The ancestral tablets representing their lineage in Shanghe Village only have the character "候" (hou).

The bronze statue is shaped like a monkey.

The one that trembled was the bronze statue.

A crack appeared on the bronze statue.

"The idol has cracked."

"That monster is probably dead."

The old man said tremblingly.

He couldn't believe that such a monster could die.
Who can kill it?
Could it be that monster from Forget-Worry County?

The old man thought of something.

A look of horror.

As expected, only stronger monsters can kill monsters.

"Can't die."

"This monster possesses a trace of Wuzhiqi's divinity, and can be reborn continuously by drawing upon the Qihe faith that has existed for thousands of years. Even if it dies, it will be resurrected."

Li San Niang said calmly.

The monster they were talking about was naturally the river god of the Qi River, Qi.

A monster that should not exist.

This monster was also created by their ancestors.

This is a sin, the original sin of their village.

To atone for their sins, they changed their ways, moved to this godforsaken place, abandoned their traditions, and even betrayed their ancestors, disobeying their forefathers' last wishes.

They did not hesitate to cooperate with the new dynasty to trap the monster at the bottom of the river.

What can be done?

The arrival of this new era.

They disrupted their formation.

They were out of options.

"An unkillable monster, what sins did our ancestors commit?"

The old man slapped his thigh in anger.

"Humph."

"In pursuit of immortality and empty fame, he foolishly tried to awaken the evil god of the Huai River. Instead of awakening the evil god, he created a monster. All of this was his own doing."

Li San Niang's gaze fell on the memorial tablet at the very top, which stood alongside the bronze statue.

Full of resentment.

If she could, she really wanted to take down that broken memorial tablet, chop it up, and burn it as firewood.

"Sister-in-law, this..."

"He is, after all, an ancestor."

The old man felt somewhat ashamed.

"What happened to our ancestors again?"

"Our entire village is ruined because of his misdeeds; not a single man in our village can live to be seventy years old."

"In a clan that primarily practices Changchun Gong, not a single member has lived to the age of seventy for over a thousand years."

“Your eldest brother, my husband, died before he was fifty because of his sins. My son, my three sons, died young. And further back, there was your father, your eldest uncle, your third uncle, and even your son and your grandson, all died because of him.”

"Just because he is an ancestor, am I not even allowed to utter a single complaint?"

Li San Niang's eyes were bloodshot, suppressing her anger.

"Sister-in-law."

The old man lowered his head and remained silent.

The other elderly men and women in the ancestral hall also lowered their heads, their eyes moist.

"The ancestral worship ceremony is over."

"Everyone, assemble on the river."

"Pour all these offerings into the river."

"Yes."

A group of young men carried sacrificial offerings such as pigs, cattle, and sheep and threw them into the Qi River.

The old man climbed up the shelf of the ancestral tablets and reached the top.

He took out a dagger, cut his wrist to draw blood, and poured it onto the bronze statue.

The cracks on the bronze statue gradually disappeared after being moistened by the blood.

A unique fragrance emanated from the bronze statue.

"Ahem, sister-in-law."

"This should last for a year."

The old man came down, his face pale and very weak.

"Yes, even if that monster revives within a year, it won't be able to find our village."

Li San Niang observed for a moment before answering.

"That's fine, that's fine."

……

On the banks of the Wangyou County River, the remains of the Qihe River God after his death have been floating on the water for some unknown reason. No matter how turbulent the river is, these remains and flesh cannot be dispersed, which is very strange.

The officers in charge of the salvage operation were in an even worse situation.

These bits of flesh and bone were actually poisonous.

Simply standing nearby has a strong hallucinogenic effect. If they stay there for a while, they can clearly feel their internal energy getting out of control, their breathing becoming increasingly difficult, and their blood flowing backward. They have no choice but to retreat back to the shore.

The players and constables will handle it.

On the contrary, the players and the constables fared even worse.

Although they can lower their senses, the damage from the remains of spirits will not be unaffected by lowering their senses.

Their health bars were dropping at a visible rate, and the further along the way, the faster they dropped.

A few unlucky ones even failed to evacuate in time and turned into specks of light, returning to the fountain.

"Damn, how am I supposed to clean this?"

"It's one thing to fight the monsters, but their corpses are another difficult thing to deal with."

"Just getting close will get you poisoned."

"What a load of crap."

"As expected, there are risks and rewards in tandem. No wonder the rewards from this monster are so high. If we can't handle the corpses, no matter how many Order Points we have, it won't be enough to cover the losses."

The player constable looked on with a worried expression, helpless as he stared at the remaining remnants of the monster before him.

These tangible remains of flesh and bone are relatively easy to deal with.

The blood floating on the river.

It is even more heavyweight.

"Boss, we can't do it."

"Is there any reliable way?"

The player constable had no choice but to ask the NPC constables what to do.

"Brother, I don't know what to do either. Wait a minute, don't go over there yet. I'll go find Old Sun and ask him how to handle this."

After a long time.

Officer Sun arrived at the small courtyard in the south of the city.

"Chief Constable, Chief Constable, are you there?"

"Old Sun? You've come at the right time."

"Can you take a look and see if this knife is malfunctioning?"

"It's been shaking non-stop since just now."

When Lu Yuan saw that it was Old Sun, he immediately waved to him, drew the Demon Blade Blood Radiance from his waist, and handed it to Old Sun.

Old Sun took a half step back, not daring to reach out and take it.

After all, this is the Demon Blade Blood Radiance.

Who would dare to take that job?

Whoever takes the hit will die.

"Chief Constable, what a coincidence, I've come to see you for the same thing."

"Hmm? What is it? It?"

Lu Yuan asked curiously, then his gaze fell on the Demon Blade Blood Radiance.

"Correct."

"I need to borrow the chief constable's knife for a while, which will also solve the problem of the chief constable's knife vibrating incessantly."

Officer Sun told Lu Yuan the purpose of his visit.

"Can't it be cleaned up?"

"Conventional methods are ineffective in handling this."

"So I had no choice but to come to you, Chief Constable."

"This demonic blade, to be precise, is something that all heavenly-level divine weapons need to be fed."

"The Heavenly Realm is not the end, but rather the beginning."

"Heavenly-grade divine weapons require a large amount of energy or essence to upgrade their level."

"Higher life forms, such as the flesh and blood, and essence of spirits, are the best materials for advancement."

"That's why the chief constable's demonic blade kept vibrating."

"Because it was hungry."

"It longs to devour the monster's flesh and blood, but because of the chief constable, it dares not devour it on its own initiative and can only remind the chief constable in this way."

Constable Sun cast a pitying glance at Xue Huang.

poor child.

They didn't dare say they were hungry.

It's too awful.

"Buzzing..."

The Demon Blade Blood Radiance vibrated at a high frequency once again, conveying its gratitude to Old Sun.

Thank you for being there, Lao Sun.

"I see."

"I thought there was something wrong with this broken knife."

"Then I'll go again."

Lu Yuan could only sheathe his sword back into its scabbard and head out of the city.

This demonic blade doesn't discriminate, so he has to go there in person.