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Chapter 17: Spirit Sword

    Chapter 17: Spirit Sword


    Li Mazi said, "Perhaps we just left it in the car?"


    I rushed out of the room and looked at the ck car parked in the distance, my heart beating wildly. The doors were wide open, and my sixth sense was telling me that the Snake-Fostering de wasn''t there anymore.


    Sure enough, I wasnt unable to find the Snake-Fostering de even after rummaging through the whole car. The only thing I found was a puddle of blood where the sword was originally ced.


    As I looked at this puddle of blood, I was dumbfounded.


    After carefully inspecting the car, I discovered that the doors had been twisted as if something had bumped into them with great strength. However, I didn''t find anything else worth noting.


    Li Mazi and his sworn brother also ran over, asking, "Did you manage to find the Snake-Fostering de?"


    I sighed and said, "I couldn''t find the Snake-Fostering de, but I did find this puddle of blood."


    Li Mazi was stunned. "Is the Snake-Fostering de on its period? Is that why it leaked blood?"


    Although he was just joking, his words gave rise to terrifying waves in my heart.


    Had the blood reallye from the Snake-Fostering de? If that was the case, I couldn''t deal with this item anymore...


    Whenever an otherworldly item started bleeding, it meant that theyd be a spirit, and in the case of this katana, it had be a spirit sword.


    In this line of work, ordinary otherworldly items, and otherworldly items that had be spirits, were in twopletely different leagues. No matter how wicked, an ordinary otherworldly item would only be able to scare people and cause some slight damage. However, if the same otherworldly item became a spirit, it could even kill people!


    I still couldn''t believe that the ordinary-looking Snake-Fostering de had given birth to a spirit.


    Li Mazi''s sworn brother had an ugly expression on his face as he asked, "What happened?"


    I smoked three cigarettes in a row, and then said, "Quickly head back. Also, close all the doors and windows. If I''m not mistaken, something big will happen tonight..."


    Li Mazi and his sworn brother were terrified, but I didn''t have the time to manage them. I took the lead and rushed back into the house, tightly locking every window. Then, I thoroughly searched every room to make sure that the Snake-Fostering de hadn''t secretly sneaked into the house.


    Seeing me this anxious, Li Mazi''s sworn brother was terrified. Then, when I calmed down a little, he seized the opportunity to ask, "Little Brother, just what the hell is going on? Didn''t we already subdue the Snake-Fostering de?"


    So, I briefly exined to him how the Snake-Fostering de mightve be a spirit sword. At the same time, I told him that the reason wede back was also very likely rted to the spirit sword.


    Theplexion of Li Mazi''s sworn brother became even uglier, and he couldn''t say anything for a while.


    Li Mazi grabbed his hair and asked, "What do we do now?"


    Li Mazi was still a merchant of antiques, and he was aware of how dangerous spirits could be.


    I forced a smile and said, "It seems that we''ll have to stay in the vige for a few more days."


    But, strangely enough, nothing really happened during the first night.


    I heaved a sigh of relief and told Li Mazi''s sworn brother, "Take a stroll around the vige to see if anything strange has happened. If someone has died, notify me as soon as possible."


    After Li Mazi''s sworn brother had left, I fried some eggs to quell my hunger.


    But, just as I started eating, I discovered that there were traces of blood on the peephole of the front door. My whole body shuddered, and I almost dropped the te.


    Since I didn''t want to rm Li Mazi, I didn''t immediately tell him about it. I waited until he went to the bathroom to carefully observe the blood on the peephole.


    The blood was sticky and rtively fresh. It seemed like it was left there yesterday night.


    After looking through the peephole, I could only see a stretch of red. I picked up a napkin and used my trembling hands to clean the traces of blood from the peephole. Then, after making sure that there wasn''t any left, I returned to the living room.


    My mind was in a mess. I knew that the blood had been left there by the spirit swordthat sword was showing us its power.


    I could already imagine the scene where a spirit sword covered in blood was pasting its face onto the peephole in the dark, sneering andughing at us. Perhaps we were nothing but food in its eyes...


    I wasn''t yet sure what kind of shape the spirit sword had taken. Perhaps it had taken the shape of a person, or maybe an animal or a monster. But, regardless of the shape it had taken, I was sure it could easily kill us!


    In the past, my grandfather had told me that one could rely on their nose to tell how dangerous a spirit was. The potency of the stench they emanated, the more dangerous the spirit was.


    The blood Id wiped away reeked even worse than the fish wed just brought back. It was a sign that this spirit was full of grievances!


    Li Mazi walked out of the bathroom and saw my cloudy face. He asked, "What happened? Did you recall another bad matter?"


    I endured and didn''t say anything. I didn''t want to make him have a mental breakdown.


    The both of us sat in the living room, waiting for Li Mazi''s sworn brother to return. That fellow returned at noon, gasping for breath.


    Seeing his flustered look, I knew that something had happened in the vige.


    Sure enough, Li Mazi''s sworn brother told me that something very strange had taken ce in the vige. Earlier in the morning, a viger discovered that Old Wang''s livestock had been killed. Hens, ducks, and even the old sow had died. In addition, theyd died very tragically, losing a lot of blood. The scene was enough to make one''s scalp go numb.


    The husband and wife of the Wang family were also missing. Their phone was unreachable, and even the team that the vige head had put together was unable to find them after searching all morning.


    At this point, it was certain that the Snake-Fostering de had be a spirit!


    Li Mazi''s sworn brother was terrified as he asked me, "What do we do next? If this continues, all the vigers will die."


    It was rather clear now why the spirit sword had brought us back yesterday. It wanted to take care of the whole vige.


    I took a deep breath and then suddenly recalled that Daoist priest. As such, I asked Li Mazi''s sworn brother, "Given the character of the vige head, he mustve invited that great master again, right?"


    Li Mazi''s sworn brother sighed and said, "Were unable to contact that great master. He either set out for a long journey or secretly ran away."


    I felt that thetter possibility was more likely.


    I said sternly, "The current situation is extremely serious, and I need the whole vige to help me. Therefore, my identity must be made public..."


    Li Mazi''s sworn brother hesitated. "Little Brother, it''s not that I don''t believe you, but you look too young. ording to TV shows, people like you are still rookies, and the vige head believes that only older people can be great masters. If you make your identity public, you might obtain the opposite effect and get driven out of the vige."


    I said, "That''s something easy to handle. In a while, Li Mazi and I will pretend to pass through the vige and disy a few tricks. Thatll be enough to gain the trust of the vigers."


    Following that, I told my n to the duo, and both of them agreed.


    Then, just as Id said earlier, I brought Li Mazi with me and swaggered toward the vige.


    As soon as we made our appearance, the vigers blocked us. They looked at us vigntly and asked, "Who are you? Why did youe here?"


    I pretended to be some kind of expert and sighed. "Last night, I observed the heavenly bodies in the sky and discovered that a bloody disaster had befallen your vige. Therefore, I came here to see what kind of evil thing was causing trouble."


    After hearing my words, the vigers were way more respectful. They told us to wait a moment, saying that they would call the vige head over.


    The vige head, a skinny old man, quickly came over. He wore a white headband and seemed rather unfriendly.


    I smiled faintly and clutched my hands. "The people in your vige are surely brave! I mean, you dared to unearth the execution grounds of the King of Hell, Yama. Actually, not only that... because you even let the great monster that had been imprisoned there for the past thousand years run away! Now, it seems like youre suffering retribution for it, huh? Without my help, more and more people will die in your vige."


    After Id said this much, both the vigers and the vige head were stunned.


    I knew about Yama''s Execution Ground, and I even knew that someone had died in the vige. They subconsciously started to treat me like an immortal that had descended from the sky.


    The attitude of the vige head made a 360-degree turn, and he started treating me as a diety. He asked, Small Immortal, whats the deal with that Yama''s Execution Ground?


    With that question, I was able to use all the information at my disposal to make up a story.


    "ording to legends, there are four people that have served as the King of Hell. These four people are Han Qinhu; a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, Kou Zhun; prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan; the poet, and Bao Zheng; the righteous. These four would take turns and serve as the King of Hell at intervals of ten years. This Yama''s Execution Ground was built by ''Bao the Righteous'' to lock up a powerful monster. Now that you have unearthed the execution grounds, the beast sealed inside has naturally escaped, causing the people and livestock in your vige to be struck by bad luck..."


    The vige head was stunned. After recovering, he quickly invited me to the vige and offered me food and drink.


    Once Id finished eating, he narrated everything that had happened in the vige with an embarrassed expression on his face.


    After hearing the story, I pretended to be worried and said that the thousand-year-old monster wasn''t easy to deal with.


    The vige head begged me for help repeatedly, saying that he was willing to pay any price.


    I pondered for a moment and said, "If you want to deal with that thousand-year-old monster, the whole vige has to work together."


    The vige head immediately agreed to my request.


    Afterward, I told him to bring me to Old Wangs house. I needed to get an idea of what exactly killed the family and livestock...
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