Chapter 76 I thought about it several times, how could a stupid dog be a natural enemy...
Although he was somewhat dissatisfied, Chi Yu was not the type to take things too seriously, so he quickly put the matter behind him.
Arriving at the second house, Lian Chi told Chi Yu, "This family owns an orphan and a widow. The husband died not long ago, and the family's land has been divided up by the husband's family. This afternoon, someone will come to rob their house. The mother will take her son and become a wanderer. But soon, she will be bullied by vagrants from another street and hanged, while the son will be taken away by beggars in the city, whose legs will be broken and forced to beg."
Lian Chi felt a touch of pity at this point, saying, "The misery of mortals is truly bizarre. Indeed, weakness is the greatest sin."
Chi Yu asked Lian Chi, "What has Brother Lian Chi done?"
Lianchi said, "I gave this mother and son earthly gold and silver, but it was stolen. I rented a house for them, but it still couldn't change the mother's fate of being bullied. So I killed that scoundrel, but women are weak, and if this scoundrel dies, another will take his place."
He sighed a bit as he spoke, "If this mother's fate is to be bullied to death, then even if I intervene, fate might change, but it will still end up at the same destination. That's destiny."
Chi Yu: "..."
Lian Chi's unintentional words touched Chi Yu's sore spot.
He quickly smiled again and said nonchalantly, "Brother Lianchi, we are cultivators. Cultivators are meant to fight against the laws of nature. We can't think or do what we want. There's a saying that goes, 'My fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven.' I won't let this mother face the same fate."
Lian Chi laughed, "Junior Brother Long, I believe you, but this time, how are you going to do it?"
Chi Yu said, "Let's go take a look first."
They went in to see the orphan and his widow. The mother was very weak and kept crying. The son was still young and snuggled in his mother's arms with a confused look on his face.
Lian Chi asked again, "Junior Brother Long, what are you going to do?"
Chi Yu asked Lian Chi, "Do you know the cause of her husband's death?"
Lian Chi said, "I heard someone say he died on the battlefield."
Chi Yu said, "I understand."
Zhao was holding her son and crying. The child was only five years old, but he was already very sensible. He already knew that his father had died in the battle, so even though his stomach was rumbling with hunger, he did not make a sound.
The neighbors heard the crying and whispered, "Those two Zhaos are so tall and strong, they wouldn't survive on the battlefield. Luckily, we spent two taels of silver to replace their heads, otherwise..."
"I've been crying for so long, and you won't let me rest. This is so damn unlucky."
"Hey, look who's that outside?"
"Oh, Zhao's lover?"
"No, no, no, it looks familiar."
"Isn't this Zhao Er?"
"Oh my God! It's Zhao Er? Isn't he dead?"
Zhao heard the noise inside the house and quickly wiped her tears and came out to see what was happening. She happened to see Zhao Er pushing open the straw door and coming in. He shouted in his familiar loud voice, "Wife! I'm back! Hurry and make me a delicious meal."
Zhao was stunned and stammered, "Boss, aren't you dead? The badge and pension have already been issued!"
Zhao Er was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "It's a mistake, a mistake! I exchanged badges with the Putang family and explained the situation to the higher-ups... Wife, don't talk about this. Hurry and make me dinner. I'm hungry! I have to return the pension to the Putang family later."
Zhao was surprised and delighted, crying, "This...this is great, it was just a false alarm. I'll go cook right away!"
But he quickly remembered something, and an embarrassment appeared on his face. "Boss, the pension has been taken away by my uncle."
Zhao Er angrily shouted, "This is too much!" He untied a bag of money from his waist and shouted, "Take this money and use it first! When I'm full and satisfied, I'll have a good talk with them. I'm out here defending my country, and they dare to bully my wife!"
Zhao's sorrow and sadness were swept away, and she smiled happily, "I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay. I'll go out and buy some groceries right away."
The noise of their conversation naturally couldn't be hidden from the neighbors around them. "A mistake? Is there such a thing?"
"Tsk, how much money is in that purse? It looks like a lot."
"This Zhao family is also a lucky one. They are still alive."
Lian Chi said to Chi Yu, "It takes a lot of spirit stones to activate a puppet like this. Junior Brother Long, you are willing to spend it. However, this is different from the self-salvation you mentioned before."
Chi Yu said, "Teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Miss Wang used to have a strong character. Even when she was wasted, there was a fire in her eyes and she refused to accept her fate. Of course, it was because of this that she felt resentful. She wanted to change but didn't have the ability to do so, which is why she felt resentful.
This Zhao, however, is a delicate person—some people can only be dodders, relying on strong trees for survival. It's unrealistic for a dodder to become a tree, so she needs a tree to rely on. Some people are suited to self-salvation, while others need help from others. In this world of diverse species, respecting every objective fact and objective law is the correct approach.
He whispered, "I don't know if fate can be changed, I only know that this Zhao will never be bullied by hooligans again."
The Zhao Er he had created from Zhao's memories was now extremely clingy, even following Zhao when she went shopping for groceries. This behavior drew shy scorn from women. His tall, strong physique was enough to intimidate most thugs.
Lianchi said, "This is fate. Even so, there will always be omissions."
Chi Yu: "Brother Lianchi, I don't like what you said."
Lian Chi was stunned and turned his head to look, only to see Chi Yu with an expressionless face.
Lian Chi was a little confused, but his age of over a hundred made him particularly open-minded. He changed the subject and said, "Junior Brother Long, let's go to the next one."
Chi Yu exhaled and smiled nonchalantly, "Let's go."
The third family was the Qiu family, who were exterminated. Lian Chi said, "I have investigated this family and they are not haunted by demons. However, their sword skills are extraordinary. Not many mortals can reach this level."
Chi Yu said, "Go directly to the government office to check the files."
This is a good thing for cultivators. They can easily enter and exit the yamen guarded by many yamen runners, and their powerful spiritual sense can read all the files in a breath.
Lian Chi quickly noticed Chi Yu's unusual spiritual awareness and said in surprise, "Junior Brother Long, your spiritual awareness is so strong."
Chi Yu laughed and said, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji said that spiritual consciousness is very important, so I have specially cultivated spiritual consciousness."
Lian Chi agreed, "Spiritual consciousness is indeed very important, but the methods of cultivating spiritual consciousness are quite limited. It's amazing that you, Junior Brother Long, have cultivated to such a level."
Chi Yu said with some pride and joy, "It was Senior Brother Xuan Ji who taught me how to practice. He worked tirelessly every day to help me with my cultivation."
In the past six months, they have been practicing spiritual cultivation a lot.
However, it was inevitable to enter that extremely sensitive area. At first, he used the spiritual thread, but after a long time, Senior Brother Xuan Ji wanted to put his spiritual consciousness in.
Chi Yu was overwhelmed by the benefits and agreed reluctantly.
At first it was a sharp pain that felt like my brain was splitting apart, but over time it became an intense pleasure.
Senior Brother Xuan Ji's consciousness went deeper and deeper, all the way to the deepest part of the spiritual realm. At this moment, Chi Yu realized that all the previous antics in the spiritual realm were child's play. This was the real comfort.
The golden spiritual energy can be sent to the deepest part and absorbed by the plump and soft belly, generating more spiritual consciousness, and the cultivation experience bar will also increase.
Chi Yu admitted that it was hard not to be addicted as he could enjoy himself while cultivating his spiritual consciousness.
Senior Brother Xuan Ji didn't seem to care, and would only occasionally use his spiritual sense to advance when he was visualizing. Most of the time, it was Chi Yu, who had slightly weaker self-control, who would blush and pull Senior Brother Xuan Ji's sleeve, suggesting that he wanted to cultivate his spiritual sense.
It was because of such frequent spiritual practice that Chi Yu’s spiritual power was almost strong enough to reach the Golden Core stage.
Lian Chi was somewhat puzzled when he heard this. There were very few methods for cultivating spiritual consciousness, and one needed someone to assist in cultivation... The only thing he could think of was spiritual communication.
But as soon as this idea came to mind, Lianchi felt it was impossible.
It is against the precepts to have spiritual communication during Zen meditation, but they are not considered to be practicing formal Zen. They just came to study in the Roper Zen sect. At most, they are "exchange students" and not considered to be practicing formal Zen.
However, spiritual communication will leave imprints on both parties, and some thoughts will naturally flow between the monks in spiritual communication - in simple terms, they will know each other's state of mind and thoughts, which can easily breed conflicts and betrayal.
Therefore, it is impossible for two parties to have spiritual communication unless they know each other well and trust each other deeply.
Moreover, spiritual communication is something that only Taoist couples can do. Once they have spiritual communication, it is only a matter of time before Yuan Yang is handed over.
Lian Chi looked at Chi Yu's expression and thought that he was overthinking it.
How could he not know Xuan Ji? He was too arrogant, but his mind was very firm and his heart was empty. It was impossible for him to do something like communicating with his junior brother.
Lianchi did not inquire about how they cultivated their spiritual consciousness. It was a common agreement among cultivators not to inquire about their cultivation level.
After they finished looking through the files, they found that the government office was actually very fast and efficient in investigating cases. They had already identified the criminal, who was a coroner.
He is still the coroner in their yamen.
The status of coroners in ancient times was very, very low. What's more, this coroner had a history of stealing corpses. Although it was not known to everyone, he was still hated and could only sleep on the floor in the morgue of the government office.
The county magistrate has found out the coroner's motive. He had a crush on a girl, but the girl was bought by Mr. Qiu's son as a concubine. However, he beat her to death and threw her into a mass grave.
The coroner happened to steal the girl's body when he went to the mass grave. He found that the girl not only died miserably, but was also raped more than once after her death. In a rage, he took advantage of the night and wiped out the entire family of Mr. Qiu.
This case was not handled publicly because the coroner was also a government official, and a crime committed by a government official would be a blow to the government's reputation. Therefore, the government secretly arrested the coroner and put him in jail.
Lian Chi said, "This seems to be the result of evil deeds being punished. There is no real reason behind it."
Chi Yu stroked his chin and thought, "It's strange. It's too difficult for a coroner to kill more than a dozen people alone."
Lian Chi said unconcernedly, "Since he's a coroner, he must be well-versed in the human body. I've heard of a mortal named Pao Ding who could butcher an ox in just three breaths of time. Even after he'd butchered the ox, the animal wouldn't be dead."
Chi Yu said, "No, no, no, Senior Brother Lianchi, I think there's something wrong. If it was just a tit-for-tat, eye-for-an-eye affair, how could it have led to this secret realm? Whose grudge led to this outcome?"
Lian Chi was stunned for a moment, then reacted. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I don't know. I'm quite experienced in cultivation. If I think about this, my head starts to hurt."
Chi Yu flipped through the files again and again, and a flash of inspiration struck him. He raised the corners of his lips and smiled, "I understand."
Lianchi: "What?"
Chi Yu said: "We need to verify it. Let's go find the coroner."
They entered any part of the yamen as if they were no one's home, and soon found the coroner who was imprisoned in the prison.
The cultivator had many magical powers. With just one encounter, Chi Yu's spiritual sense was able to review all of the coroner's memories.
Lian Chi felt the same way, "Ah... not him? He was wrongly accused?"
Chi Yu said, "He has never even seen that girl, so how can he be happy with her?"
Lian Chi wondered, "Who is that?"
It's true that this coroner was stealing corpses. Although his position was low, he truly loved his job. He could steal up to three corpses a day, focusing solely on dissection and research, even eating meals next to the rotting corpses. He was so obedient, but then disaster struck and he was caught. How could he endure it? He was beaten half to death but refused to confess, and was forced by the yamen runners to press his fingerprints.
He is not dead yet, but his resentment is as strong as a ghost.
Chi Yu said, "I can't solve the case either. We can only use a simple method and search for everyone who has special skills in using a knife."
Lianchi said subconsciously, "This is too energy-consuming."
Chi Yu said: "The government office can't find the murderer, and we cultivators can only take advantage of the spiritual consciousness."
Lianchi had no choice but to say, "Okay."
After about a day's work, the murderer was finally found, and it turned out to be a prostitute.
This brothel girl was originally Mr. Qiu's concubine. She was "suffocated to death" by Mr. Qiu and then thrown into the well. However, she was not dead at all, but just pretended to be dead.
She was originally a butcher's daughter and had experience in butchering pigs since she was a child. She was extremely talented in this art and would have taken over her father's business if her family had not fallen on hard times. She ended up in a brothel and was bought by Mr. Qiu to become a good woman. She endured all kinds of abuse but managed to hold on until she was "suffocated to death."
She hid in the well during the day and came out at night, which frightened the entire Qiu family, so they specially invited a Taoist priest to perform a ritual.
She knew that if she was discovered, she would surely die again, so she took the initiative to kill the entire Qiu family, took away all their gold and silver, and settled down in Dongcheng under a fake identity.
Because she had been killed by Mr. Qiu before, the government office was unable to find her.
Lian Chi was secretly surprised when he saw her, and said to Chi Yu: "This girl is extraordinary. If she were still alive, she might be able to accomplish something."
Chi Yu knew why he said that, because even though she was an old image filled with resentment, her eyes that had seen blood were different from others, like a powerful she-wolf.
And even though she killed more than a dozen members of the Qiu family, her resentment did not dissipate, and her whole body was filled with hatred.
Lian Chi asked, "Junior Brother Long, what should we do now?"
Chi Yu pondered for a moment, then quickly spread his hands and said, "I don't know."
Lian Chi was surprised. "How could that be, Junior Brother Long, don't you know how to do it?"
Chi Yu said frankly, "To be honest, I don't know. I originally thought the core of the Qiu family's murder case was the coroner. As long as the real culprit was found and the coroner was cleared of the crime, the case would be solved. But now that I see this woman, I don't know."
Xiaoqiu, who had been following them, noticed something, "Brother Aotian, this woman seems to be pregnant."
Lian Chi and Chi Yu were both stunned before they noticed that the woman's belly had a large bulge.
Lian Chi used his spiritual sense to scan and said, "It's a girl. She should be giving birth soon."
All cultivators have some ability to tell fortunes. Lian Chi counted on his fingers and said, "The birth will occur in three days at midnight."
Chi Yu couldn't help but reach out and touch Xiaoqiu's head. "Great, Xiaoqiu, you even noticed this. You've done a great job."
Xiaoqiu became happy, "I'm glad I can help Brother Aotian."
Lianchi added, "But something's not right with this kid."
Chi Yu used his spiritual sense to scan the child and said, "That's not right. The child's umbilical cord is wrapped around his neck. If nothing is done, he might be born into a mentally retarded child."
He then used his spiritual consciousness to move the fetus.
The woman, Xue Yi, quickly noticed something was wrong.
She couldn't help but reach out to touch her belly, carefully put down the work in her hands, turned around, went into the house, and sat on the bed.
Chi Yu quickly straightened the umbilical cord that was wrapped around the fetus, and adjusted the position of the fetus so that the woman could give birth more easily three days later.
Lian Chi was surprised, "Junior Brother Long, how do you know so much?"
Chi Yu smiled and said, "It's okay."
This is due to the exploding amount of information in modern society. People who are exposed to it will have some knowledge of gynecology.
"But what should we do with this woman?" Lian Chi has become more and more accustomed to putting Chi Yu first.
Chi Yu glanced at the sky and said, "Leave it there for now. I have to go back."
Lianchi: “Hmm?”
Chi Yu said, "By the way, Senior Brother Lian Chi, let me take you to see Senior Brother Xuan Ji."
Lian Chi smiled and said, "To be honest, I really don't want to meet Senior Brother Xuan Ji."
Chi Yu smiled knowingly, "I know, but Senior Brother Xuan Ji is a very good person. He has helped me a lot along the way."
Lian Chi said, "That's because you're so good, Junior Brother Long, that's why Senior Brother Xuan Ji looks at you differently."
Chi Yu liked hearing this very much, and the corners of his lips remained raised.
He opened the system panel and saw the location of Senior Brother Xuan Ji, who was still there.
Chi Yu: "..."
He wondered what he was doing.
He brought Lianchi and the others back to where Senior Brother Xuanji was, but saw a puppet that was contaminated by Senior Brother Xuanji.
Xie Xiyi's voice came from behind, with a hint of laughter in it, "It seems that my secret method of concealing my energy has been perfected."
Chi Yu:?
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Chi Yu turned around and saw Xie Xiyi leaning against the wall with his arms around his chest. A wicked smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and his golden eyes looked at him intently.
Chi Yu asked in disbelief, "Senior Brother Xuanji, were you following us the whole time?"
Xie Xiyi: "Hmm."
Chi Yu: "..."
Ahh ...
It turns out that he has always known that he followed him!!!
Did he hear all the corny words he kept saying throughout the day, such as "I miss Senior Brother Xuan Ji"?
Chi Yu angrily said, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji!!! You are so mean! You actually followed us secretly!"
Xie Xiyi raised his eyebrows and corrected him with a smile: "I didn't do it secretly. I followed you openly."
Xiaoqiu muttered in his heart: It sounds like he doesn't take them seriously at all.
Lian Chi said with surprise, "Xuan Ji..." Before Senior Brother could finish his words, Xie Xiyi interrupted him, "Long Aotian, how many times have you thought about me today?"
Chi Yu blushed. He knew that Senior Brother Xuan Ji would ask this kind of question. He hesitated and didn't say anything.
Xie Xiyi moved closer to him, lowering his voice, "Speak. How many times have you thought about me?"
He was tall, and when he got close to Chi Yu, Chi Yu's tall figure suddenly looked a little petite.
Lianchi: “…”
Lianchi: "Xuan..."
Chi Yu whispered, "Senior Brother Xuanji, you heard everything, yet you still ask me? You know the answer but still ask."
Xie Xiyi: "So how many times?"
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Chi Yu said unhappily, "Five times! Twice I said it out loud... three times, I thought about it in my heart." At the end, Chi Yu felt a little embarrassed and his voice became lower.
Xie Xiyi curled his lips and laughed heartily, "Now, you don't have to think about it, I'm right in front of you."
After saying that, he stood up straight, opened his arms to Chi Yu, and waited leisurely for Chi Yu to throw herself into his arms.
Chi Yu: "..."
He subconsciously glanced at the lotus pond and said to Xie Xiyi, "Senior Brother Xuanji, let's talk about this when we get back."
Xie Xiyi: "Right now."
"..." Chi Yu had no choice but to stride forward, reached out and hugged Xie Xiyi, then stepped back a little and muttered, "Senior Brother Xuanji, you are really too bad, you bad cat."
Xie Xiyi raised his eyebrows: "If I am a bad cat, then you are a stupid dog."
Chi Yu laughed: "...That won't work, Senior Brother Xuanji. Since ancient times, cats and dogs have been natural enemies."
Lian Chi struggled hard and said, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji!"
Xie Xiyi finally looked at him. Lian Chi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Senior Brother Xuan Ji, long time no see."
Xie Xiyi's smile faded, and he said lightly: "Junior brother, long time no see."
Lianchi: “…”
No, I haven’t seen you for more than half a year, and Senior Brother Xuan Ji is still as arrogant and indifferent as ever.
You don’t even know his name!
After Xie Xiyi returned the greeting, he shifted his gaze back to Chi Yu, naturally, and smiled, "How can a stupid dog be a natural enemy?"
Chi Yu: "...I'm not stupid! Senior Brother Xuanji, please don't slander me."
Xie Xiyi laughed happily.
Lianchi: “…”
This change of expression is too fast!
Xiaoqiu reached out and patted him on the back, comforting him: "You'll get used to it."
No one can penetrate the barrier between Brother Aotian and His Highness, no one.
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