Chapter 26
Shen Xianzhi nodded: "Yeah, what's the matter, don't want it? I tell you, the people I made are no less shameless than yours, you will know if you try it."
No worse than theirs? Did this Prophet Shen recognize the wrong person?
Shi Ye replied to him: "We are all shameless and we won't use it even if you give it to us."
He looked at Prophet Shen, and seeing his surprised expression, he murmured, “Could it be that I saw it wrong?”
Shen Xianzhi's eyes passed over Shi Ye and Wang Sheng's faces, and he became uncertain again. He seemed to have seen it wrong, but this statement somewhat damaged his reputation. He was a prophet, but today he had made a mistake.
Shen Xianzhi coughed twice and said quickly: "In that case, forget it. See you later." After that, he blended into the living beings and ran away.
Wang Sheng watched as Prophet Shen disappeared and left here, "Is this Prophet Shen a human or a ghost? Why is he so familiar with the Vientiane Cave?"
Shi Ye explained to him: "He is a living person, but he has been hanging out in the underworld for many years, and his body is already full of ghost energy. It is difficult to tell whether he is a human or a ghost."
This man has a very good relationship with the ghost officials in the underworld, which makes it very convenient for him to find souls for the ghost hunters above. This is why he is well known to the ghost hunters.
Since Wang Sheng was a person who easily caused trouble when he was not careful, Shi Ye took him with him when he went to the counter to find someone to pass on a message. When the mouse saw him coming back, it thought that Shi Ye had changed his mind and was going to take it away, so it tucked its tail between its legs.
After everything was over, the two returned to the human world. It was dawn and a night had passed.
Finally smelling the fragrance of the human world again, Wang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed better to be alive. The underworld was cold and desolate, and it was no match for the human world. However, this time he had only visited a few places, and it felt like his life had ended just as he reached the entrance to the underworld.
He just saw that the mouse seemed to be very afraid of Shi Ye. It seemed that he also often appeared in the underworld. Otherwise, judging from the group of ghosts this person had captured during this period of time, it can be seen that he has long been "famous".
"Master, please take me out to see the world next time. It would be best if you could introduce me to a few ghost messengers. If my life is ever in danger, maybe I can find a backdoor and come back to life!"
He also took out some bird feed and poured it on the window sill where the father-in-law liked to hang out the most. He poured cold water on Wang Sheng and said, "I'm afraid that before you can go down a few times, you will be torn to pieces by those ghosts before you even see the ghost messenger."
Wang Sheng came over and leaned against the wall, boasting, "Then why are you fine? Wait until you give me your skills. Do you believe that I can be more powerful than you?"
Shi Ye sneered. Just him? He couldn't even draw the Thunder Talisman. This kind of person didn't even have a chance to talk to him in the sect, and yet he still had the wild idea that he was better than him.
Just as the two were arguing, Shi Ye suddenly saw Meng De rushing back from outside with unsteady steps. As soon as he came back, he shouted, "Xiao Die, Xiao Die! Come on, come with me to the clan leader's house."
Fang Die walked out of the room wearing her coat and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? You look so flustered."
Meng De: "Someone died in the village last night! The clan leader is calling everyone to come over, don't delay!"
Fang Die was shocked. Someone had died in the village! She didn't ask any more questions, put on her clothes, and left with Meng De.
The two of them walked in a hurry and didn't notice that the light in Shiye's room was on.
When he heard about the death, Wang Sheng stood by the window and looked over. It was a bit sudden. They had been to the underworld, and such a big thing had happened in Fangjia Village.
Seeing that Meng De's reaction was not normal, Shi Ye put away the bird food and said in a low voice: "Let's go and see what's going on."
The two of them did not sleep all night. After packing up, they rushed to the clan leader's house. When they arrived outside, they saw that people were blocking the door.
Cui Ziyao couldn't fall asleep again after being woken up. He put on his clothes hastily and waited at the door, waiting for Shi Ye and Wang Sheng to come. He looked across the intersection and ran over when he saw Shi Ye and the others coming. "You are finally here, come in with me!"
The Cui family's servants pushed through the crowd and brought them in, and they stood directly at the front.
The first thing he saw was a corpse lying on the ground. The man's jaw was dislocated and his mouth was opened to the limit, and his mouth was full of golden things. His eyeballs were shattered and the debris was protruding, as if he had been frightened before death. The whole person was hunched over, and his death was extremely ugly.
Wang Sheng nearly vomited up last night's dinner, and even as he leaned over, he dry-heaved several times. The corpse had grown considerably larger, a terrifying sight that made everyone present look horrified. Curious children tried to join in the fun, but were chased away by the adults.
No one dared to chase Cui Ziyao away. He was staring at the corpse with a pale face. Wang Sheng really admired him, "Aren't you afraid? Why are you still watching here?"
"I..." Cui Ziyao said in a dream, "I'm looking at my own death."
This person was doused in copper and died. As far as he knew, the chosen immortal child would also be sculpted into copper. Would he die, too, in the same way as this person? This made Master Cui Ziyao tremble with fear.
At this time, a villager from Fangjia Village in the center had red eyes and shouted angrily: "I saw it! Last night I saw Fang Tu being poured with hot copper with my own eyes, and the day before yesterday the statue appeared. It must be the anger of the statue that punished the people of Fangjia Village!"
"Shut up!" The patriarch pounded his cane on the ground and spoke sternly, "This matter has not yet been concluded. No one is allowed to make random guesses!"
Next to the clan leader stood a middle-aged man holding a Buddhist rosary. He looked a little annoyed. The clan leader nodded at him and said, "Sir, we have been worshipping the statue sincerely for so many years without any problems. This incident is definitely not the statue's anger. You don't have to worry too much."
Cui Biwu, who had always cultivated himself, could no longer conceal his anger. He fiercely threw the Buddhist beads in his hand and said, "Then tell me, how did this man die? Did he refine the copper himself and drink it?"
It didn't happen earlier or later, but happened before the sacrificial ceremony, and in this way. How could Cui Biwu, who firmly believed that there were gods in the world, not be angry?
"If this matter is not investigated, your entire Fangjia Village will just starve to death here!" There was a sudden burst of tense voices around.
At the same time, he also conferred several academic titles on Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng felt better. It seemed that the survival of Fangjia Village depended on this so-and-so master. Wang Sheng said with a pout, "It's just these rich people showing off their power. What's the point of threatening a group of ordinary people here?"
"This is my father," Cui Ziyao glared at Wang Sheng and spoke up for his father. "It's my father who pays for the people of Fangjia Village to live so well. How can those who rely on my father for their livelihood have the right to disobey him?"
Wang Sheng understood: "So he's your father. No wonder you were raised like this. Listen to me, stay less close to your father and spend more time with your mother. Your father is trying to harm you, but you still support him."
Cui Ziyao was speechless. He rarely refuted Wang Sheng's words and pursed his lips tightly.
He didn't believe that his father would harm him. His father just believed in God too much. How could he harm him?
"Chief... I have something to say." A member of the tribe raised his hand cautiously, hesitant, as if unsure whether to speak or not. The chief glanced at him shrewdly, knowing that this person was a turning point, so he encouraged him to speak boldly. "Speak whatever you want to say. Master Cui and I are here."
The man shrank out under everyone's gaze, not daring to look at Fang Tu on the ground. He said, "When I woke up last night, I saw Fang Wei's girl still wandering around outside. I told her to go back to her room and get some sleep. The direction she came back from seemed to be Fang Tu's house."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.
Everyone knew that after Fang Wei died while chopping firewood in the mountains three years ago, Qiuli went crazy and even peeled off her own daughter's face. Since then, Fang Zhitao also became weird. She would hide when she met people, and sometimes she would stand at the intersection and stare at every passerby. No one dared to look at her under the veil.
If it was Fang Zhitao who did this, then everything would be explained.
"I've long said that the ghost girl and her crazy mother should be kicked out of Fangjia Village. How can a disabled person live under the statue of a god? That's extremely disrespectful!"
A single stone caused a thousand ripples, and immediately many people followed suit. Most of them had been frightened by Fang Zhitao's strange behavior, and now they were even more certain that it was Fang Zhitao's doing.
"I remember that when the clan leader came out of her house yesterday, Fang Tu was the last one to come out. Maybe that ghost girl had murderous intentions towards Fang Tu at that time."
After hearing this, Wang Sheng went to identify the body on the ground, but there were so many people yesterday that he couldn't even remember where Fang Tu was standing. Not to mention Shi Ye, he never remembered unimportant people.
"Find that evil girl for me and avenge Fang Tu!"
"Find it out! Avenge Fang Tu!"
"Yes, revenge!"
Seeing everyone's anger growing, the clan leader sighed and said impartially, "Let's go to Fang Wei's house and find out everything first. Don't jump to conclusions."
As he said this, he walked ahead through the crowd's clearing.
Wang Sheng and the others followed behind and went to Fang Zhitao's house together.
Someone walked up and broke open the door of Fang Zhitao's house. The door that Cui Ziyao had not broken before was now broken.
"Qiuli, come out! Give everyone an explanation!" There were righteous people standing in front as the leaders, while Fang Tu's family members were crying heart-wrenchingly there.
Someone was hiding behind the curtain, peeking at them with only one eye exposed, looking madly. The child in the veil was hiding behind it, clutching Qiuli's sleeve, looking uneasy.
"Fang Zhitao, Fang Tu died last night. Did you go crazy and kill him?"
Seeing Fang Zhitao hiding there without saying anything, this person wanted to go forward and pull her out. Before Qiuli could show her fangs to protect her, everyone heard the sound of a sword being drawn, and then a sharp sword with a bell on it was placed on the person's neck.
"Stand back."
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