The concept of a born saint begins with Strange Tales from Liaozhai.

"That's right, leaving behind orphans and widows, their lives are probably going to be tough from now on..."

The man, Xing Si, was speaking with great enthusiasm, and in his words, he had already made the decline of the Zhang family a foregone conclusion.

While they were gossiping and discussing the Zhang family, their mouths were still chattering.

A message quickly spread from the Zhang family.

"what?!"

"Old Master Zhang is alive?!"

The villagers, who had been shaking their heads and sighing, froze, their expressions frozen, dumbfounded and incredulous.

"How is this possible? Weren't they all dead?"

"Yes, they carried the person inside, the officials and the coroner have been here, how could they possibly be alive?"

The crowd erupted in chaos.

Some people subconsciously moved closer to the Zhang family's gate, wanting to see what was going on. Some gasped, while others turned pale and unconsciously lowered their voices.

For a time, the area outside the Zhang family's house was filled with noise and discussions.

And this news, as if it had grown wings, quickly spread to every corner of Guobei County.

……

The backyard of the Guobei County Government Office.

The high wall isolated the noise from the front hall, keeping all the disturbances outside.

An old tree stood crookedly in the courtyard, its trunk mottled and its branches sparse, blocking out most of the sunlight. The shadows spread on the ground, making the courtyard appear even more secluded.

A gentle breeze swept by, and withered leaves rustled down, striking the bluestone ground with a soft, hollow sound.

County Magistrate Wang Shenzhi was lying on a recliner.

He was around forty years old, not very tall, with a fair complexion and a neatly trimmed short beard on his chin. He looked imposing and exuded a powerful aura.

While enjoying this moment of peace and quiet, Wang Shenzhi couldn't help but mutter under his breath, his tone clearly showing dissatisfaction.

"Those two scoundrels from the Black Tiger Gang, Xu Zhen and Zhao Liuzi, can't even manage their own people, and I have to clean up their messes..."

Upon reading this, he frowned slightly, and his expression darkened.

Since the last time, when Xu Zhen and his group invited Taoist Master Xuanqingzi to perform an exorcism for the eldest son of the Zhang family, things didn't go smoothly. They discovered that even Taoist Master Xuanqingzi seemed to be afraid of the eldest son of the Zhang family.

Both Xu Zhen and his group, as well as he himself, suspected that the eldest son of the Zhang family was too powerful, a demon that even the Taoist priest Xuan Qingzi was afraid of!

In order to avoid retaliation from the eldest son of the Zhang family, Xu Zhen and his companions decided that they had to find an even more powerful expert to subdue the eldest son of the Zhang family and expose his true colors!

After making some inquiries, they inadvertently learned that there was a Jinshan Mountain, hundreds of miles away from Hangzhou, and a temple called Jinshan Temple on the mountain.

It is said that there is an old monk named Fahai in Jinshan Temple.

It is said that this Master Fahai possessed great magical powers and subdued many ghosts and demons!

After thinking it over, Xu Zhen and his companions were immediately excited and decided to travel over mountains and rivers to Jinshan Temple to invite Master Fahai to subdue this young master Zhang!

Both Xu Zhen and his group, as well as he himself, were confident that with the renowned Master Fahai taking action, the eldest son of the Zhang family would surely be subdued and doomed!

Therefore, during this period, Xu Zhen and his gang had already left Guobei County and gone to Jinshan Temple.

The other members of the Black Tiger Gang in Guobei County were unaware of the specifics of the Zhang family's situation.

The scoundrel named Feng Heng, enraged by Xu Zhen and the others' treatment at the Zhang family's house, blocked the old man Zhang's path in the street and killed him.

Thinking of the deceased Zhang family patriarch, Zhang Shanhai, Wang Shenzhi's face showed disgust and anger as he muttered, "Damn scoundrel, he has no sense of restraint when he hits someone!"

He was a little troubled, unsure of how to deal with the Zhang family patriarch's matter.

Just when he was troubled.

Suddenly, a panicked voice came from outside the courtyard.

"It's terrible, Your Excellency! Something horrible has happened!"

Constable Sun Jin practically rushed into the backyard, stumbling along, his face filled with terror and disbelief.

"What's wrong?" Wang Shenzhi frowned, his tone turning stern as he scolded, "Xiao Jin, what kind of behavior is this, shouting and yelling like that!"

“No…it’s that Old Master Zhang…” Sun Jin stammered, her voice trembling, “That Old Master Zhang…came back to life!”

"What?" Wang Shenzhi was taken aback, thinking he had misheard. "What? Came back to life?"

Sun Jin hurriedly said, "Master, you heard right, that Old Master Zhang has come back to life!"

"What did you say?!" Magistrate Wang Shenzhi looked on in disbelief, finding it utterly absurd. "That Master Zhang has come back to life?!"

Wang Shenzhi couldn't believe it.

How could such a thing be possible?!

Chapter 50 There's no such thing as resurrection!

unusual!

This is absolutely not normal!

People cannot be brought back to life after they die. How could Zhang Shanhai, the patriarch of the Zhang family, possibly be brought back to life?

County Magistrate Wang Shenzhi couldn't believe it, but seeing Sun Jin's confident demeanor, he couldn't help but ask, "What exactly happened?"

“Master, it’s like this, I heard…” Sun Jin quickly told him everything she had found out.

It's said that Zhang Shanhai was saved in the underworld by a powerful immortal who specially allowed him to return to life, etc.

Wang Shenzhi grew increasingly shocked as he listened, muttering, "How can Zhang Shanhai be so handsome?"

A celestial being?

How could Zhang Shanhai actually encounter such a mythical being?!

He even came back to life, practically resurrected?

How is that possible?

“Absurd...absurd…”

Wang Shenzhi couldn't believe it.

Suddenly, he noticed what Sun Jin was saying: that it was the eldest son of the Zhang family who had begged the immortal so desperately that the immortal had finally taken pity on him and helped.

Wang Shenzhi suddenly realized something, his eyes filled with horror, and he murmured, "I understand now, I understand now, so that's how it is!"

The young constable Sun Jin, standing to the side, looked surprised and asked, "Master, what have you figured out?"

Wang Shenzhi's expression was solemn, and he said fearfully, "There are no immortals. How can the dead be brought back to life? It must be that evil young master Zhang who used some kind of evil magic to turn the old master's corpse into a corpse ghost or some other evil creature, so that he could come back to life!"

"This isn't alive, it's a corpse that has come to life! That Master Zhang is a dead man!"

Upon hearing this,

A cold wind seemed to be blowing through the backyard of the government office.

Sun Jin felt that the surroundings had become gloomy.

His eyes showed fear, and he shivered.

Before Lord Wang Shenzhi could speak, he hadn't even realized what was happening, but once he was told, he understood.

As a constable in the government office, he had vaguely heard of such ghostly creatures as corpses and walking corpses.

Bringing a dead person back to life is as difficult as ascending to heaven, but making a corpse move is incredibly easy!

He said, "How could Zhang Shanhai, the patriarch of the Zhang family, possibly have encountered an immortal and been resurrected by him!"

Sun Jin was suddenly filled with fear as she realized what was happening. She said, "Hiss, this evil young master Zhang is really something. He's fooled all of us. If it weren't for your knowledge and experience, even I would have been kept in the dark!"

"Master, what should we do? Young Master Zhang's sorcery is so powerful, we simply can't defeat him..."

He said fearfully.

Wang Shenzhi was also very distressed.

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and his eyes lit up. He exclaimed excitedly, "Xu Zhen and his gang of scoundrels went to Jinshan Temple to find Master Fahai!"

"As soon as Master Fahai arrives, no matter how many evil tricks this young master Zhang has, he will surely reveal his true form and his soul will be scattered!"

He had inquired about Master Fahai during this time and found out how powerful he was. He was not the kind of person who sought fame and fortune, but a true master!

This mere demon, the eldest son of the Zhang family, would surely be subdued by Master Fahai at the first sign of trouble!

Thinking of this, Wang Shenzhi relaxed a little, a smile appeared on his face, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

aside.

Hearing the county magistrate say this, Sun Jin's spirits lifted, and the fear on her face lessened.

That's right, he almost forgot about Master Fahai. With Master Fahai's help, Young Master Zhang's evil spirit is nothing at all!

At this moment.

Wang Shenzhi complained, "Those rascals, Xu Zhen and his gang, didn't they know to leave sooner? They made me live in fear for days..."

Sun Jin agrees.

While they were discussing it.

……

Inside the Zhang family residence.

At this moment, Zhang Shanhai was surrounded by a group of people, including servants, Zhang family relatives, and Wen Zhou, the coroner who had recently left.

Looking at the resurrected Master Zhang, their faces were filled with disbelief, especially the coroner Wen Zhou, who could hardly believe it.

He personally examined Master Zhang Shanhai's body, and it was definitely dead!

But now, he is standing alive in this main hall!

A chill ran through the coroner Wen Zhou's heart.

He was skeptical about the story that Master Zhang had encountered an immortal in the underworld who specially brought him back to life.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Thinking about what the Zhang family had told him—that the eldest son of the Zhang family had gone to beg the immortal to save the old master Zhang—the chill in his heart deepened.

There have long been rumors that Young Master Zhang is possessed by an evil spirit...

Could it be this young master Zhang...?

The coroner, Wen Zhou, looked on in fear.

At that moment, he wasn't the only one who thought this way; many others who learned about it also thought the same thing to varying degrees.

Time passed.

In the main hall.

It took Zhang Shanhai quite a while to see off Zhang's relatives, coroner Wen Zhou, and others from the Zhang family.

He was also a little tired from dealing with one question after another.

Seeing this, Madam Xu looked worried. "Master, this can't go on. Your coming back from the dead is a huge deal."

"How about we leave Guobei County first and go to my mother's house to take shelter for a while?"

Upon hearing what Xu said, Zhang Shanhai was taken aback.

Madam's family?

He thought of Qiantang County, near West Lake in Hangzhou, where his wife, Madam Xu, was from.

However, the journey is too far, and they haven't been there for a long time. It would be very troublesome to go there.

Zhang Shanhai hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Madam, let's put this matter aside for now, and discuss it later..."

Mr. Xu nodded.

While they were discussing it.

……

Noon.