Chapter 325 – Li Miaozhen Enters the Capital

The two masters and servants, one man and one ghost, pushed aside the grass, searched for a while, and found a body in the knee-high weeds.

This corpse was wearing a black power suit, lost its head, holding a steel knife with a curled blade, the bowl-sized scar at the neck was already dry and black, the time of death was at least more than two hours, if not more.

“Definitely died in a jianghu vendetta, the grievances are still not light, let’s bury him, lest he exposes his body to the wilderness and transforms into a resentful spirit seven days later.”

Su Su suggested. As a “Charm”, she smelled an extremely strong sense of resentment.

This resentment will most likely cause the deceased to turn into a resentful soul after seven days. Of course, this type of soul cannot exist for a long time, and will dissipate in a few hours or days.

However, this mountain path is not deserted, and if a traveler passes by before the ghosts dissipate, he or she is likely to be attacked by the ghosts. If the traveler passes by before the spirit dissipates, he will probably be attacked by the spirit, which can lead to serious illness or death.

Susu believes that such things should be eliminated in a timely manner.

“The grudge is so deep, I’m afraid there was something big in his life that made him so unwilling. I’ll try to summon his soul and see what’s going on.” Li Miaozhen mused.

“No no no, master do you really think you’re a heroine?”

Su Su bounced in place and said, ”You are the Heavenly Sect’s Holy Maiden, ah, you are going to be too oblivious in the future. The birth, old age, sickness, death, enmity and hatred of the human world are all floating clouds to you. Forgetfulness and to the public, not moved by emotions, not disturbed by emotions.

“A warrior woman is just a role we have developed for ourselves in order to disguise our identity. The Heaven’s most selfish and the most public, when you can look coldly at the world’s love and hate without being moved, without stopping or interfering, then you’ll be able to cultivate the righteousness of the world.

“Let’s just bury him, why cause more trouble.”

“Shut up you!”

Li Miaozhen said impatiently, “Do I need you to teach me the tenets of the Heavenly Sect? It’s right to forget love, but if you don’t even know what ‘love’ is, how can you forget love? Is it possible to forget just by saying forget.”

Besides, she didn’t see anything wrong with being chivalrous. Why is it that some people are always hanging on to the world? It’s because there are too few people who are nosy.

If everyone had a chivalrous and meddlesome heart, the world would not be so inhospitable.

Li Miaozhen carried the body to the side of the road and instructed Su Su to take out three bamboo tubes, which contained black sludge, black blood, and herbs that emitted cold air.

The main ingredient of the black sludge is corpse mud excavated from mass graves, supplemented by a variety of negative materials.

The main ingredient of the black blood is the decanter of a virgin born at the hour of Yin, supplemented by various Yin materials.

The herbs that emitted cold qi were some of the herbs that grew in the land of extreme Yin.

This corpse had been dead for too long to summon a soul directly and was in a state of exposure to the wilderness, forcing a soul to be summoned would dissipate into the power of the sun on the spot.

Su Su skillfully used three kinds of materials to mix “ink”, and took out a finger bone as the body of the brush, dipped it in ink, and handed it to Li Miaozhen.

Li Miaozhen carved or twisted Zhang Yang, or subtle convergence of strange incantations on the corpses, and recited the words, with the gradual molding of the formation, the surroundings swept up a stream of cloudy winds, the sun seems to have lost its heat.

When the last stroke fell, the shadowy wind rolled a broken soul and came from the roadside, from the grass, from the mid air ……… coalesced above the corpse, and transformed into an unrealistic shadow that was not real enough.

It was a lean man with a dull gaze, floating dully above the corpse.

Li Miaozhen frowned slightly, the Taoist sect was an expert in playing with ghosts, with just one look, she confirmed that this ghost was severely damaged and had a targeted attack on the soul before death.

However, the other party should be a martial artist with limited ability to completely annihilate the soul.

“Who are you?” Li Miaozhen asked.

At the same time, he raised his finger to send out a wisp of Yin Qi to nourish the soul.

The ghost was nourished by the yin qi, its dull expression changed, and it muttered, “Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles, Blood Slaughter 3,000 miles, please ask the imperial court to send troops to crusade ………”

Li Miaozhen continuously asked several times, the ghost flip-flopped just this sentence, more, he could not say.

“Blood Slaughter Three Thousand Miles ……..” Li Miaozhen chanted with a serious face.

“What to do with him?” Su Su realized the seriousness of the matter.

“His soul is crippled, if you want him to tell the subsequent content, you need to nourish his soul, but nourishing the soul is a long process that cannot be counted on in the short term.” Li Miaozhen’s gaze then landed on the corpse, and a thought struck her:

“If we can find out the identity of this person, we may be able to further know the inner workings of what he is trying to say.”

“What master said makes sense.” Su Su nodded her head obediently, then asked, “How do I check?”

How do I know ……… Li Miaozhen was silent and kept thinking, and her mind could not help but recall the Yunzhou case, cooperating with Xu Qi an to investigate the case.

She tried her best to think back, trying to draw on Xu Qi’an’s thoughts to solve the mystery of this corpse, but she failed.

In the silence, Su Su whispered, “If that kid is still alive, there must be a way.”

You remembered him too? Li Miaozhen nodded her head without moving and said, ”He is the strongest person I’ve ever seen with the ability to solve a case, well, even bring the body back to the capital and hand it over to the Yamen.

“This person was killed in the barren mountains not far from the capital, and it is 80% likely that he encountered an interception.”

After saying that, Li Miaozhen took out the fragment of the Earth Book and aimed it at the corpse, and with a flash of light, the corpse disappeared. She then opened the scented pouch at her waist and took the remnants of her soul into it.

Because of this episode, the master and servant no longer wandered around slowly, Li Miaozhen put Su Su into her scented bag, summoned her flying sword, and leapt onto the ridge of the sword.

With a swoosh, the flying sword broke through the air.

A quarter of an hour later, she saw the looming silhouette of the capital city, and the villages and towns that had been built around it, dotted with stars.

Li Miaozhen lowered her flying sword and landed outside the city, the flying sword had a spirit and returned to its sheath automatically.

“Brush!”

She shook the small jade mirror, and a lifelike paper figure floated out of it, with bamboo branches for bones and picturesque eyebrows.

With a tap of the scented bag, Su Su turned into green smoke and floated out, curling into the paper man.

The paper man suddenly came to life, his eyebrows producing spirituality, his body made of paper transforming into flesh and blood, and his long skirt fluttering.

The master and servant smiled at each other and entered the capital.

“Master, this is the first time I’ve been to the capital city, it’s said that this is the city of the first goodness of the Great Feng, the most prosperous city in the land.” Su Su leaped and said, after going through the city gates, she couldn’t wait to look left and right.

“Be calm, your life and ghost life, combined, are well close to forty years old.” Li Miaozhen said, walking towards the notice board by the city wall.

Whenever she arrived at a city, she would instinctively look at the notice boards, which would contain notices posted by the government, including court decrees and wanted diatribes.

“Master your old habits are back, the capital is full of experts, even if there is a diatribe, it’s not your turn to act for heaven.” Su Su held a red umbrella to shield herself from the sun.

At that moment, she saw Li Miaozhen’s body suddenly stiffen, her eyes slowly widening as she stared at a certain notice on the wall, revealing an incredulous expression.

She rarely lost her temper like this, what did she see? Out of curiosity, Su Su walked over, side by side with Li Miaozhen, and looked at the diatribe.

In the next moment, she stared at her almond eyes, and her rosy little mouth was slightly open, as if she had seen a ghost ……. This analogy is not appropriate, like seeing a Taoist who is acting on behalf of heaven.

I don’t know whether it was overly shocked or excited, but the hand holding the red umbrella was shaking slightly.

………….

The afternoon sunlight was slightly scorching, Xu Qi’an patrolled the streets with his subordinates’ gongs, a while ago, Wei Yuan adopted his suggestion and organized a temporary team of jianghu people based on him.

Put them in charge of maintaining law and order in the capital, and the imperial court will give them quite favorable treatment and rewards.

This policy is a wonderful way to address the root causes of law and order disorder, so why are thefts and robberies so common?

Because most of the jianghu people are second-rate gangsters, there is no fixed livelihood, and the capital city is expensive, how to survive without stealing or robbing.

Give them a camp to earn money and let them maintain law and order, using their spears to attack their shields. Of course, every law and order team organized by the jianghu people would be watched by the imperial court’s men and women, and they would also have to be guarded against them supervising and stealing.

After the first few days of the crackdown, the jianghu people pouring into the city had settled down quite a bit.

Therefore, Xu Qi’an planned to go to the Hookah to listen to the music.

“Warmth and food think **, but once this thing is satisfied, human beings have to pursue a higher level of enjoyment, that is, the spiritual level of enjoyment. There is no computer in this world, can’t play the game, can’t watch the movie, only go to the hook bar to watch the opera and listen to the song, to maintain a decent life ………”

Xu Qi’an led the gongs into the hookah, asked for an elegant room, drank tea, ate melons and fruits, and watched the opera in the lobby.

Suddenly, a familiar palpitation came.

Xu Qi’an turned his back to block the gongs’ line of sight, took out the fragment of the earth book and took a look, and was shocked.

[2: Xu Qi’an is still alive?!]

[2: Why didn’t anyone tell me Xu Qi’an is still alive? Why didn’t you guys tell me Xu Qi’an is not dead!!!]

Two passages later, it was silent.

[4: Huh? Does Li Miaozhen not know that Xu Qi’an is still alive?]

Chu Yuanzheng sent a letter expressing his doubts.

[1: After the Yunzhou case, she had been running around, and it was normal for her not to know that Xu Qi’an had returned from the dead. However, with the news of the fight coming in, it was only a matter of time before she knew about it. Heh, she and Xu Qi’an formed a deep bond in Yunzhou, so it’s not surprising that she’s so agitated.]

Why do I get the feeling that Number One is gloating? Xu Qi’an’s heart sank.

[VI: Why isn’t number two talking.]

Hengyuan also participated in the discussion.

Xu Qi’an thought for a moment, and with deliberation, sent out a transmission: [Three: Two, there’s something I want to say to you …….]

Before this transmission could be sent out, the people in the Earth Book chat group saw a transmission from Daoist Master Golden Lotus: [Li Miaozhen has arrived in the capital city.

Subsequently, the crowd never received another transmission.

On the street side, the shivering Li Miaozhen held the pieces of the ground book, her fingers trembling as she typed in the transmission: [Xu Qi’an, you son of a bitch! How much longer do you want to lie to us.

The message was passed out, and there was no response for half a day.

Li Miaozhen became more and more angry and shaking cold, and transmitted the message: [Could it be that you all know that he is number three? You’re all joining together to cheat me?

Only this could explain why everyone didn’t mention the news that Xu Qi’an wasn’t dead, and why the crowd was silent at the moment.

[9: Miaozhen, they don’t know Xu Qi’an’s identity. As for why he was resurrected, it’s a long story. I’ll give you an address, and you come here to find me.]

At this time, Li Miaozhen received a transmission from Daoist Master Jinlian.

Li Miaozhen stared at Daoist Master Jinlian’s transmission, her mood was complicated, unable to tell whether she was angry or happy, or, perhaps, ashamed?

“Master, that kid really isn’t dead?”

As the transmission ended, Su Su couldn’t wait to follow up. Her stunningly beautiful face revealed nervousness and stealing, as if the man’s death or survival was very important to her.

Li Miaozhen suppressed her anger with a “hmm”.

When she thought of the time she had been lamenting with the “chimera” around her about heaven’s jealousy of her talent and the pity of Xu Qi’an’s death, she felt a sense of shame that made her cover her face and look for a crack in the ground.

Su Su had the same mental feeling, so the master and servant glanced at each other and tacitly averted their gazes.

………..

[9: Li Miaozhen has already entered the city, do you want to meet her? Although I shielded her and didn’t let her say too much, it’s time to come.]

In the hookah, Xu Qi’an received a transmission from Daoist Master Jinlian.

Daolord, well done! Xu Qi’an’s eyebrows were the same, and his face showed joy as he sent a message in response, [I can see her.]

[Nine: Come to my place.]

Xu Qi’an collected the fragments of the ground book, threw a few grains of broken silver, and said, “This official still has important matters to deal with, so after you finish your drinks, continue patrolling the streets.”

“Yes, chief.”

…………..

Outside the city, in front of a certain small courtyard planted with willows.

Li Miaozhen, who was dressed in Taoist clothes, gently snapped the courtyard door, and after a few breaths, the door automatically opened, and came the gentle voice of Daoist Master Jinlian, “Please come in.”

Li Miaozhen took the ghost servant Su Su inside, walked through the small courtyard, crossed the threshold, and met Daoist Master Jinlian sitting cross-legged in the room.

His hair was gray, hanging down in wisps, and his image was as scruffy and casual as ever.

“Very good, worthy of being one of the most talented disciples of the Heavenly Sect, you have already stepped into the YuanYing realm.” Daoist Golden Lotus praised.

The fourth rank of the Taoist sect, Yuan Ying!

“Chu Yuanzheng’s sword skills are exquisite, I’m afraid it will be difficult for me to defeat him without stepping into the fourth rank.” Li Miaozhen said.

“I remember that your senior brother has long been a Fourth Grade Yuan Ying, is he still unaccounted for?” Daoist Golden Lotus asked.

“Who knows, maybe he died in some woman’s revenge, maybe he was imprisoned by some old flame and used as a forbidden woman. I’m too lazy to care about his affairs.” Li Miaozhen’s indifferent tone.

Daoist Master Golden Lotus mused, “To be honest, I don’t really want you and Chu Yuanzhuan to fight to the death, and I don’t even want to see the two of you exchange blows.”

Li Miaozhen faintly said, “This is the destiny of the Dao Sect, the two sects of Heaven and Man have been fighting for countless years, and have not been able to share a victory or defeat. And now that Sect Leader has stepped into the First Grade, he can finally put an end to this battle over the Taoist lineage.”

Daoist Master Golden Lotus laughed and didn’t continue the topic.

Li Miaozhen took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, “What’s going on with Xu Qi’an.”

“He didn’t die, that day he took the Si Tian Supervisor’s deliquescence pill and just faked his death ……..” Daoist Master Golden Lotus briefly explained the reason for this.

“Why do you keep hiding it from us.” Suu huffed.

“Ask him that question yourselves.” Daoist Golden Lotus smiled and looked towards the courtyard.

“Da da da da” came the sound of a horse’s hooves, Xu Qi’an rode his horse and stopped outside the courtyard.

He tethered the filly, entered the courtyard, stepped into the room, and flashed an awkward but nonchalant smile at Li Miaozhen:

“It’s been a long time, why has General Li changed his attire?”

Then glancing at Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao’s paper goddess, he flirted, “Miss Susu, have you decided yet, do you want to be my concubine?”

“Hmph!”

Su Su glared at him and turned her face away with a look of disgust.

“I am a disciple of the Heavenly Sect, and in the battle of the celestials, I am dressed like this.”

Li Miaozhen finished expressionlessly and hummed, “I’m going to announce the fact that you’re number three to all the holders of the Earth Book fragments.”

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PS: Thanks to the alliance of “lone pouring city tb” reward.