Chapter 33: Spiritual Infants Parade on the Street, Drinking and Praising Chivalry
The howling wind and snow were somewhat mournful.
Li Che was dressed in black and a bamboo hat, his face looking extremely solemn.
I am surrounded by my uncle's family.
Everyone walked in the increasingly violent snow and wind. They had no time to be alarmed by the fight that had just broken out in the courtyard. The family just wanted to escape to Xu's Woodcarving Shop.
Walking on the long bluestone street, due to the windy and snowy weather, there were few pedestrians on the road, and most of them were walking hurriedly with their heads down.
Along the way, everyone was silent and no one spoke.
suddenly.
Li Che paused, and the snow was pushed into small snowbags by his sudden stop.
In the hazy wind and snow, there is a lingering smell of fireworks.
The sound of tinkling came from the other end of the long street, along with the sounds of gongs and drums, suona, and pious chanting, forming a strange symphony that made one's hair stand on end.
"The Holy Spirit teaches, cleanses and transcends the dust, reincarnates without worries, and only the wise can achieve it without being taught..."
The soft music came from the wind and snow.
There was a shirtless man wearing a boy's mask, carrying a niche.
Placed on the stage is a statue of a spirit baby with three heads and six arms. The spirit baby has three heads, and may be angry, sad, or smiling... Its eyes are lively, as if real eyeballs are embedded.
There were dozens of people lined up neatly, they were the followers of the sect, the spirit babies were parading in the streets! There were women wearing girl masks, with graceful figures, holding flower baskets, accompanied by the sound of music, scattering petals, competing with the wind and snow for glory.
Li Che frowned and told his uncle and his family behind him not to look any more and just keep walking forward.
However, this time, the followers of the Spirit Infant Parade did not pass by Li Che peacefully like they did before.
In the flying snow, these spirit babies saw their uncle's family and Li Chengzhou in the arms of their cousin Liu Chunming, and they all seemed to get excited.
They danced in strange steps, wearing children's masks, with their heads tilted and their bodies twisted, like demons from hell with bared fangs and claws, approaching step by step.
A strong sense of oppression filled the space between heaven and earth, and came towards us with the wind and snow!
Uncle Li Liang was sweating profusely and his legs were trembling.
Cousin Li Zhengran's eyes were red and he was holding the hatchet tightly.
The eldest aunt and cousin-in-law Liu Chunming were terrified. They had never seen such a scene before and almost cried out loud. They hugged the frightened Li Chengzhou tightly in their arms.
Li Che took a step forward, his blood and energy surged, his skin membrane turned red, showing his perfect skin smoothing skills.
"What are you going to do in broad daylight? Take the child away?!"
"Do you still have the imperial court and the law in your eyes?"
Li Che shouted angrily, and his powerful roar frightened the followers a little.
However, the sounds of gongs, drums and suonas started again, and these masked followers surrounded them once again, getting closer and closer. Beneath the children's masks, there was a greedy and eerie glow.
Li Che clenched his five fingers into a fist.
He thought... he was wearing a mask! These followers were getting closer and closer, and vaguely, there seemed to be a unique aura spreading, disturbing the spirit and affecting people's emotions!
Li Che's heart shuddered... Divinity? Not strong, just a little bit, but for ordinary people, it is very deadly!
Suddenly.
The wind and snow exploded, and a figure rushed over from a distance, and landed in front of Li Che and his uncle's family like a cannonball.
The powerful blood and energy surged, the internal strength gushed out, and caused a huge wind and waves. The violent airflow dispersed the approaching followers of the Spirit Infant Street Parade.
"I am... the third owner of Xu's Woodcarving Shop, Xu You."
"Everyone, in broad daylight, it is a bit too much to force us like this. Feilei City...it is not yet time for the Spirit Infant Cult to do whatever they want."
The figure wearing a fox cloak, white clothes as white as snow, and flying black hair said indifferently.
Li Che was stunned. He never thought that the visitor was the third shopkeeper Xu You whom he had not seen for a long time. Since he went out of the city to hunt monsters, there has been no news from Xu You. Now he appeared in such an occasion.
Xu You's blood was raging like fire, his internal energy was surging, and he stood in place with extremely terrifying power.
Those followers of the Spirit Infant Parade on the Street dispersed one after another, and the diffuse divinity disappeared without a trace with the wind and snow.
No dialogue, no words.
The believers parading on the street, carrying the shrine, dancing, scattering flower petals, accompanied by the sounds of gongs, drums and suona, gradually went away and disappeared in the wind and snow.
The evil nature seemed to go away with it.
My uncle's family finally breathed a sigh of relief, and my aunt felt like she had survived a disaster and couldn't help crying softly.
Li Che clasped his fists and said sincerely, "Thank you, Third Shopkeeper."
Xu You turned around, his face looked more weathered than before, and there was a scar on his handsome and elegant face.
He glanced at Li Che and said with a smile: "I just came back from dealing with the evil things in the strange temple outside the city, and I saw this situation..."
"When he saw it was you, he stood up. Xu Ji's face... The Spirit Infant Sect still gives it to him now."
Li Che thanked him again and told Xu You about his uncle's family situation. Xu You sighed, "The Spirit Infant Cult...is becoming more and more lawless."
"However, if you want to destroy it, you must make it crazy. Someone will eventually destroy it."
"Well, your uncle and his family will move into the Xuji compound and find a side yard, but... the rent will have to be paid separately."
The woodcarver did not have to pay rent to live in the courtyard. Although my uncle's family had Li Che's background and were not qualified to live in the Xuji compound, Xu You relaxed the conditions, so they could not save on the rent.
"Don't worry, the rent will be cheaper because of you, a talented woodcarver."
Xu You smiled.
"I won't go back to the courtyard with you. I'm going to take a look at the murder scene you mentioned... A bone-hardening warrior was beaten to death, wearing a Bull Demon mask... That Bull Demon? It's interesting."
Xu You said something simple, then said goodbye and left. He took a step forward, and disappeared in a cloud of dust with his hands behind his back.
Li Che looked at Xu You's disappearing back and let out a sigh of relief. Letting his uncle's family live in the Xu family compound should be Xu You's way of trying to win him over...
After all, he was a woodcarver who had the chance to become a master woodcarver.
Trying to win over someone and show goodwill... is normal.
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Anping Lane.
In the snow.
Several figures came over one after another, and powerful energy and blood intertwined in the air.
Xu You was wearing a fox cloak and walking over with his hands behind his back. There was already more than one figure in the yard.
Zhao Chuanxiong had a knife on his waist and looked at the dead Bagua stick warrior with a grim expression. The veins on the back of his hand that was gripping the knife handle were bulging, and there was even a bit of ferocity and... fear in his eyes.
In addition to Zhao Chuanxiong, there are three other figures, all of whom have strong blood and energy and are martial artists with good kung fu skills.
However, Xu You recognized them. They were the wealthy families in the inner city, the managers of the industries in the outer city.
With the same status as Xu You, he is not favored in the clan, but he has a noble status in the outer city.
There are four major families in the inner city, namely the Yang family, the Xu family, the An family and the Si family.
In addition to Zhao Chuanxiong, the three people present were from the Yang family, the An family and the Si family.
"He was beaten to death by a huge force. The force of ten thousand pounds of bone-hardening combined with the burst of martial arts broke his sternum and internal organs. He was completely crushed and had no power to resist..."
"From the way he died, I can't tell what kind of martial arts the murderer used..."
"This family left someone alive. We can find out what the murderer looks like by asking him."
"But in the outer city, the one who can kill Que Gu is undoubtedly the wanted criminal Niu Mo."
"This Bull Demon just committed a crime in the inner city, killing a Lingying Sect believer who was valued by the Master. Now he has killed a Lingying Sect deputy incense master who was in the Bone Tempering Realm in the outer city... Tsk, he is really rampant."
The person in charge of the Si family in the outer city looked at Xu You and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu San, are you interested in joining forces to take down this Bull Demon?"
"Si Liuxian... your Si family is involved with the Lingying Sect, but my Xu family is not. This Bull Demon... is obviously targeting the Lingying Sect. The people he killed were all evildoers of the Lingying Sect who harmed innocent children. In my opinion, it is a chivalrous act."
"He did something that we dared not do... I couldn't even applaud him, I wanted to drink with him and call him a hero, why did you arrest him?"
Xu You glanced at Si Liuxian of the Si family and sneered.
Si Liuxian's face suddenly darkened.
Xu You stood with his hands behind his back and glanced at the Bagua stick warrior who was covered with cracks and was beaten to pieces. His eyes fixed.
As if he recognized something, a hint of doubt flashed across his face, and then he turned and left.
Zhao Chuanxiong lowered his head and dared not say much.
Although these disciples from aristocratic families are not valued in the inner city and are far away from the center of power, they are disciples of big families after all.
He, Zhao Chuanxiong, has no right to be arrogant in front of them.
Of course, it was also because Zhao Chuanxiong was panicking at the moment...
Last time, he and the Bagua Stick Warriors hunted down the Bull Demon together...
And now, Bagua Gun was killed in revenge.
Next……
Could it be him? That Bull Demon... in just one month, he had gone from the initial stage of bone tempering to the complete stage of bone tempering, which was enough to exert a huge force of ten thousand pounds and beat the Bagua stick to death.
Horrible, so horrible...
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became.
Zhao Chuanxiong's forehead was covered with beads of sweat and he couldn't help sweating profusely.
What should he do...? (End of this chapter)