Chang Jie's words gave Zhao Youliang a clearer understanding of the young general's "unscrupulousness".

While sighing, he reached out and retrieved the two floating pills, handing them to Huang Yu for further distribution.

Just as Zhao Youliang put away the pills, a "note" appeared out of thin air.

Upon catching it, I saw a line of clear and neat traditional Chinese characters.

Zhao Youliang managed to barely understand the meaning by guessing and piecing things together.

"Nine out of ten households in this isolated town have perished; the cycle of cause and effect is beyond human comprehension."

“You were originally standing behind the master, but why have you remained so muddle-headed until now?”

Zhao Youliang handed the "note" to Huang Yu with a bewildered look, and then asked.

"Brother Huang, what does this mean? I don't understand it."

Huang Yu knew that the "note" was Hu Jiaxian's way of showing goodwill to his side, but he couldn't figure out its specific meaning even after studying it for a long time.

The first two sentences are easy to understand: they explain that under the cycle of cause and effect, the town will inevitably face annihilation.

But the last two sentences are too mysterious... Is the gentleman standing behind him?!

As far as Huang Yu knew, the only ones who could stand "steadily" behind the Master were the Young General and Master Wuxin, who was also that incredibly cute little monk.

As for the others... even the heads of the Chang and Hui families wouldn't dare to define themselves that way.

Unable to figure it out, Huang Yu could only carefully put the note away and think about it slowly later.

Zhao Youliang then dialed Qi Zhigang's cell phone and asked him to go back now so that the two of them could meet at the door of his new house.

When Zhao Youliang arrived, he found that Yingchun's sister-in-law was also there.

It seems that he was worried that the big yellow dog wouldn't listen to him, so he followed him here on purpose.

After entering Qi Zhigang's new living room, Zhao Youliang drew back the curtains and opened the window, letting the moonlight stream in.

Then take out a small mirror, calculate the direction in your mind for a while, and place it in the moonlight. The reflected light shines directly on the ceiling.

"Alright, let's wait until midnight."

"When the light shines on a certain spot at twelve o'clock, we just need to lift up the ceiling there."

“Something strange is bound to happen then, so let’s be mentally prepared and not get scared.”

Just as Zhao Youliang had predicted: when the midnight bell rang, the moonlight reflected in the mirror shone directly onto the center of the ceiling.

Then a shrill scream came from the ceiling; the voice belonged to the "female ghost" who had chased and attacked Qi Zhigang last time.

"Now!"

Upon seeing this, Zhao Youliang quickly climbed up the pre-arranged "A-frame ladder" and decisively lifted the ceiling.

With a soft "plop," a palm-sized "wooden figure" fell out of it.

After falling to the ground, it seemed to struggle to become a "female ghost," but it couldn't move at all under the moonlight.

Zhao Youliang dared not delay, and hurriedly climbed down the ladder, bit his index finger, and quickly drew talismans on the wooden figure.

"The profound origin of Heaven and Earth, the root of all Qi. Through countless eons of cultivation, I have attained divine powers. Within and beyond the Three Realms, only the Dao is supreme!"

After the talisman was completed, the wooden figure finally stopped struggling and shattered into a pile of wood chips with a bang.

"Hey, that's enough!"

"Hopefully, the person who is secretly trying to harm Lao Qi will back down and stop causing us trouble."

As he spoke, Zhao Youliang gathered up the sawdust from the ground, planning to burn it outside later.

This breaks the strange "suppression of sainthood" technique.

Qi Zhigang naturally thanked them repeatedly and pulled Zhao Youliang and Sister-in-law Yingchun back to the barbecue restaurant to continue drinking.

Of course, they didn't forget the big yellow dog either.

Although no rogue dogs were used for anything, the "appearance fee" was still substantial.

When we arrived at the barbecue restaurant, we ordered two plates of "charcoal-grilled pig heart" just for the big yellow dog.

"Quantum, are you saying that it was really carpenter Wu who ruined me?"

"But I've thought about it for days and I can't remember where I offended him."

In fact, Zhao Youliang couldn't be sure who wanted to harm Qi Zhigang.

After thinking it over for a moment, I decided to visit Old Wu, the carpenter, tomorrow.

If it really was Old Wu who used the "suppression technique," then it would be good to have Qi Zhigang talk things out with him.

We've been neighbors for so long, and no one has ever jumped into a well with anyone's child. There's no conflict that can't be resolved.

If it wasn't Lao Wu who did it, then we still need to find a way to continue investigating the real culprit.

Otherwise, Qi Zhigang would never be completely safe.

......

Nothing happened that night. The next day, as soon as Zhao Youliang opened the door of the paper-making shop, he saw Qi Zhigang already waiting outside.

He was carrying many gifts in his hands, which were obviously for Old Wu, the carpenter.

"Regardless of whether Lao Wu harmed me or not, we've been neighbors for so long, it's only right that I bring him some things."

As he spoke, Qi Zhigang put down what he was holding and pulled Zhao Youliang toward the steamed bun shop.

"It's still early, Lao Wu might not be up yet. Let's have breakfast first and then go."

"Oh, right, Quantum, I was fine sleeping in the new house last night. You really broke that thing."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Youliang laughed heartily and deliberately said arrogantly, "Of course!"

"I've been learning from Uncle Liu for so long, wouldn't it be a waste if I didn't make any progress!"

After Zhao Youliang and Qi Zhigang arrived at the steamed bun shop, before they could even order anything, a woman's shrill cries suddenly came from afar.

"What's wrong with you, husband?! Don't scare me like that!!"

Upon hearing the voice, Qi Zhigang was visibly startled: "Quantum, it sounds like Old Wu's wife."

"Did something happen to his family?!"

"Huh?!" After a brief moment of surprise, Zhao Youliang immediately got up and ran towards Old Wu's house in the town.

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