Chapter 164: Run, run quickly! Yi Chen's plan, the truth (Part 1)
As a Taoist priest who is well versed in human nature, Yi Chen naturally has a lot of experience in making up stories.
The purpose of lying is essentially to deceive and cover up.
Some people say that the best lie is nine true and one false, but in fact this is a fallacy.
There is no high or low in the Tao, as long as it works, it’s fine.
Nine truths and one lie are just to make your lie seem more true.
As an expert in this field, Yi Chen had even written a report that was completely true in his previous life.
Well, everything is true and can be easily verified, but the conclusions drawn from these facts are false, thus achieving an alternative hidden purpose... The means are diverse, but the ultimate goal is still to deceive and hide.
Seeing the determined look in the eyes of the head of the Ling family, Yi Chen guessed that this Demon Sealed Land was most likely real. However, if he said that the black gas was produced by the Demon Sealed Land, it would probably be pure transplantation.
"How long do you plan to stay in Lingyang City? If it takes a long time, why not live in Lingjiabao?"
"This way, food, accommodation and travel will be much more convenient. In Lingyang City, my Ling family still has some reputation." Ling Long put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Yi Chen and said.
The look in his eyes was deep, like a deep lake, with no bottom to be seen.
Even though Yi Chen has met countless people, he still can't tell the truth from the false.
"You are too polite, Patriarch. Now that the mystery of the black energy has been solved, I will naturally leave in two or three days."
"However, I have a special affinity with a young boy in the city. I would like to teach him a lesson and take him away. The city lord should not mind." Yi Chen responded with a smile.
Just when Yi Chen was planning to play along with Ling Longxu, suddenly a girl's angry roar sounded outside the door.
"Get out of my way and let me in."
A frosty-faced girl angrily rushed into the hall.
Her outfit was surprisingly exotic, with a black cotton undershirt on the upper body and a white skirt on the outside, the hem of the skirt just reaching her knees.
She wore a pair of black leather boots on her feet and a pair of stockings made of black silk-like material on her legs. The black socks meandered through the leather boots, embellishing the girl's beautiful legs.
"It is in accordance with the etiquette of porridge."
“I just don’t know if my feet stink or not.”
Yi Chen's eyes lit up when he saw her dressed like this.
The girl glared at Yi Chen fiercely, snatched the wine bottle on the table in front of him and threw it to the ground, pointing at Ling Long and angrily scolding: "Dad, it's only been less than a month since Mom left, and you're hanging out with these coquettish bitches and even hosting a banquet to drink. Are you a decent person? You weren't like this before. You...you disappoint me so much. You're not my dad."
After the girl finished speaking, her eyes turned red and she left the hall crying. The maids behind her hurriedly followed her.
Yi Chen: “…”
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Yi Chen silently took his hand away from Meiji's thigh and couldn't help but look at Ling Long again.
"My son died young. This is my daughter Ling Yun. I am sorry to have made a fool of myself in front of you, Taoist Yi. I am not like this usually. It's unfortunate that something happened today. I will hold a banquet tomorrow to apologize to you, Taoist Master, okay?" Ling Long smiled bitterly and bowed to Yi Chen, looking like a daughter-slave.
"Master, please go and do your work. Thank you for your hospitality. I am also going to go and teach my stupid disciple."
After laughing, Yi Chen flashed out of the castle in a moment. Ling Long also chased in the direction his daughter ran.
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"Something is wrong. I'm afraid the Ling family has a big secret."
"The changes in Lingyang City that Yadan saw in his dream are probably related to them."
"Could it be that some evil demon has replaced Ling Long with a different soul, and is secretly planning something?"
Inspired by the girl's angry words "You are not my father", Yi Chen's imagination ran wild for a moment. He rushed towards Yadan's home with something on his mind.
When he was invited by the head of the Ling family, he asked Xiao Miao to follow Yadan and leave.
As soon as Yi Chen appeared, Yadan and Xiao Miao came running over. Yadan's eyes were red, as if she had been crying. He was surprised: "Did she cry because of studying? Uh..."
"Brother Taoist priest, you are finally back. Something happened." Yadan's voice sounded with tears in it.
"What's the matter? Don't be anxious, tell me slowly." Yi Chen touched Yadan's head, trying to calm him down.
After hearing Yadan's intermittent narration, Yi Chen realized that it was Yadan's good brother Goudan who was missing.
"Goudan said yesterday that he was going fishing, and that the fish he caught would replenish my body, but Aunt Lin just came over and said that Goudan was missing, and the friends who went with him were also missing."
"Brother Taoist, I think..." Yadan raised his head and wiped his nose with his sleeve. He was interrupted by Yi Chen before he could finish his words.
"No, you don't."
"Brother Taoist priest, as a man, we should be loyal. Goudan is my brother." Yadan seemed unwilling to give up and wanted to argue.
"If you take the initiative to predict, I can't guarantee how long you can live. You will die, you know that?" Yi Chen was helpless.
"But people should be loyal."
"Anyway, my parents still have my elder brother. Goudan will treat my parents like his own parents. It doesn't matter if they die early or late. I might as well give it a try." There was an inexplicable stubbornness in Yadan's tone.
Yi Chen took a deep look at the duck egg and couldn't help but feel slightly moved.
He was actually touched by a child.
Maybe this is the innocence of a child.
Although Yadan's grades are not good, he dares to stand up when others bully his classmates, even if the other party is a second-generation gangster.
He is loyal to his friends and is willing to sacrifice himself for them.
It’s this cultural desert...it’s really scary and makes Yi Chen scratch his head.
"Things haven't come to that point yet. Tell me, in your previous prophecy, you saw Goudan die. What was the scene in that scene?" Yi Chen said in a deep voice.
"The dead man's white banner, and a silver river."
"Stay still, I'll go check it out. Xiao Miao, keep an eye on him. If he gets distracted, knock him out."
After saying this, Yi Chen's figure suddenly disappeared.
To investigate something like this, you need to find the right person, rather than going through the motions alone.
In an emergency, it is inevitable to use some more brutal means.
Boom!
There was a loud bang.
The gate of the Evil Tiger Gang was kicked away by a huge force and shattered into pieces in an instant.
Many gang members who were gambling in the yard were injured by the flying wood chips and fell to the ground screaming.
A majestic figure walked in from outside the door.
This person is Yi Chen.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
He had already found out that one of the longest-standing local gangs was the Evil Tiger Gang.
Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways, and all kinds of people have their own uses. It is extremely efficient to ask these people about certain things.
"If you don't want to die, squat down with your head in your hands."
"Master, please kneel down. I beg you to find out something."
With a crisp kick, Yi Chen broke the leg of the bearded man with his breasts exposed and two axes tattooed on his chest.
“.….”
Violence isn't the only way to solve problems, but it is a quick solution.
Is it necessary to be patient and persuasive with this group of gangsters? Then wouldn't Yi Chen's cultivation be in vain? The temple is small and the demons are strong; the pond is shallow and the turtles are numerous.
In such a small city like Lingyang, there are actually four gangs.
After the Evil Tiger Gang, adhering to the principle of "those who obey me will live, those who disobey me will be reborn", Yi Chen followed suit and visited three more gangs.
The four major gangs were very cooperative and confessed all the information they knew.
When Yi Chen finished his work, the moon was already high in the sky.
"Interesting, I didn't expect the Ling family to have such a secret."
Yi Chen looked at the Ling Family Castle at the highest point and couldn't help but force a smile.
In Lingyang City, a small number of people disappear inexplicably every year, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth. Some say that they were sought after by evil spirits, and their souls were captured and taken to a mysterious space. One gang member said with certainty that he had seen him when Yi Chen interrogated him.
Yi Chen also specially asked this group of gang members to investigate the birthdays of the boys who disappeared today. They were either born with extremely yin fate or were close to yin.
There was another piece of news that interested Yi Chen very much, that is, the people of the Ling family seemed to have a very short lifespan. The head of the family had changed two or three times in more than two hundred years, and direct family members also disappeared mysteriously, as if they were carrying some kind of curse.
Recalling what the girl in the white dress said today, that his mother also died a month ago, Yi Chen couldn't help but recall all the details when he met Ling Long.
"Could it be that this Linglong's core has really been replaced by someone? Has an alien demon taken over his body?"
A thought quickly popped up in Yi Chen's mind, and then was quickly dismissed by him.
During the day, he carefully sensed Ling Long and found that there was nothing incompatible between his appearance and spirit and that of a person who had taken over another's body.
With his current level of cultivation, it would be very difficult for someone who has taken over another's body to hide from his perception.
Even if the person who took over another's body had great skills, there was still one thing that could not be explained.
That is the direct bloodline of the Ling family who died mysteriously more than two hundred years ago as if they were carrying a curse. What happened?
After thinking for a while and unable to find any reasonable explanation, Yi Chen shook his head. After thinking for a while, he gave up the idea of going to Lingjiabao immediately, and decided to wait for the result of Yadan's dream tonight before making a decision.
As soon as the thought was made up, a light golden rainbow light shot up into the sky and soon arrived at Yadan's house.
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The moonlight is like water, spreading all over the earth.
In a courtyard somewhere in Lingjiabao.
There are several large clusters of ornamental bamboos planted in the yard. When the wind blows, the bamboo leaves rustle and sway continuously.
In the moonlight, bamboo leaves and branches cast large shadows.
Reflected on the ground, it looks like crisscrossing algae in the water.
Miss Ling Yun took off her black leather boots and lay down in front of the window in the room, staring at the scene outside in a daze.
The beautiful feet wrapped in black socks kept overlapping and rubbing under the table, changing positions.
Perhaps because the weather cooled down at night, there was still a little white mist rising from the toes.
However, at this moment Ling Yun's thoughts had already flown away.
She originally had a very happy family with loving parents.
Because her eldest brother died young and inexplicably, she was the apple of everyone's eye.
But all this shattered into thin air a month ago.
Her loving mother died.
(End of this chapter)