Dayue Dynasty, Risheng Academy in Qiyang County.
At the end of the troubled times, the new dynasty was just established and all industries were waiting to be developed. All places needed officials to govern. Therefore, Taizu issued a series of edicts to support the Academy of Literature, respect scholars, and hold three examinations a year to select officials and talents. As a result, academies in various places sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
Scholars were also eager to try their best, hoping to show their talents in the civil service examination, so that they could make a breakthrough, stand in the court, and bring honor to their family.
In Risheng College, students from all walks of life are poring over words and studying hard, with a flourishing study atmosphere and a vibrant atmosphere. Even some older students shake their heads and keep talking about "Confucius said so" every time they open their mouths.
Among them, there was a man with extensive knowledge and first-rate literary talent, who called himself "Mr. Chunfeng" and was a very famous person in the academy. He knew everything about astronomy and geography, and was familiar with classics and historical books. Everyone believed that in this year's three exams, this man would surely be able to rise to the top and wear the court robes and official hat.
"Brother Chunfeng, let me congratulate you first." A student found Chunfeng and bowed to congratulate him.
Chunfeng asked what he was so happy about. "Now that the new dynasty has just been established, all places need officials to govern. The emperor has issued an edict to hold three examinations a year. We have studied hard for this day. With your talent, Brother Chunfeng will surely pass the exam and start his career as an official."
What this person said was true. Chunfeng passed the exam on the first try, but he did not go to Wangcheng, the capital of Kyoto. Instead, he rushed to a certain county half a year later to serve as a county magistrate.
Some people say that he is a waste of talent, but Chunfeng disagrees.
Being in charge of a county, naturally there are many affairs to deal with, and it takes several months to be busy.
One day, a strange thing happened in the county. For several days in a row, children in the county went missing. People were in a panic for a while. The parents of the missing children naturally came to report to the police. Chunfeng knew about it and sent people to investigate thoroughly. However, the next day, another family beat drums and cried, saying that their young son had disappeared after midnight.
Upon closer questioning, it was found that the family's door was locked and the young son was being looked after by his mother in his room. However, after the hour of Chou, the mother suddenly felt sleepy and fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up, the young son was gone.
There's something sinister about this.
The head of the detective squad was extremely busy, but he could not find any clues after investigating for a long time. He sighed all day long and dared not go out. If he went out, he would be surrounded by the people and scolded.
"Could it be that there really is an evil spirit at work?" Several detectives sat together, discussing the case.
"Maybe it's true. I heard that whenever there is troubled times, demons will appear." A pale-faced man said with a mysterious expression.
"Shh, don't talk nonsense. The world is stable now and the new dynasty has just been established. With the methods used by Emperor Taizu, you will lose your head if you talk nonsense like that." Another elderly constable hurriedly reminded.
"Yes, yes, I spoke out of turn. What I meant was that although Taizu calmed down the chaotic times during the previous dynasty, it was just right. Maybe there are some evil spirits left behind to cause chaos."
"That's a possibility."
"But I don't believe in any evil spirits. Humph, it must be a man-made disaster." A young constable took a sip of wine, wiped his mouth, and said that he had found a hunting dog.
"This dog has a very keen nose and can find scents over a thousand miles. Let's set out when the sun goes down to see if this hound can help us find the gang of thieves."
“This is good!”
"You should have said so earlier. Come on, come on, eat and drink quickly, and conserve your energy. We have to do a great job today and bring that cruel thief to justice."
Several constables stopped drinking, lest they get drunk and mess up their work, and finish all the dry food and pickles. When it got dark and there was no one outside, they brought out the hounds, first taking out the old clothes of the missing children for the hounds to taste. The next moment, the hounds barked a few times, leading the constables out of the county.
We ran all the way and arrived at a valley ten miles away from the county town.
Usually, few people come here. At this moment, the sky has completely darkened and the forest looks pitch black. Occasionally, there are wolves howling, which makes people's scalps numb.
"Do you think those missing children were taken away by wild wolves?" said a constable.
"Impossible, how dare a wild wolf enter the county? Moreover, even if it did enter, why didn't it hurt adults but only took children?"
“That makes sense.”
"But there are many wild beasts here, so everyone should be alert and not be careless."
The hound led the capture forward. There was a creek here. In the night, the creek was gurgling and the sound of flowing water was very loud.
When they reached the stream, the hound lost its way.
The stream blocked the smell.
"Oh no, what should we do now?" A constable sighed. They had been tracking the enemy all the way here, and it would be a pity if they lost the clue here.
At this time, a constable saw something and signaled everyone to squat down.
"Look!"
He pointed to the ground.
The ground here is muddy, and footprints can be left by people and animals walking by.
If you look closely, you can see a series of footprints leading along the stream, and these footprints are obviously from a child.
The detectives were immediately inspired and followed the footprints, walking upstream along the stream. After about a hundred steps, they saw the footprints extending to one side and disappearing among the grass and trees.
Following this direction, we suddenly saw a cave.
The entrance of the cave is more than one person high. After entering the cave, you will find that there is a world inside. The interior of the cave is huge and complicated. A foul smell hits you in the face.
In addition to the stench, there was also a very strong smell of incense and candles.
Someone is lighting incense here.
There were indeed some scarlet fire spots in the darkness. The detectives felt a sinking feeling in their hearts and shone their torches forward. The next moment, they saw a statue in front of them.
After seeing it clearly, even the bravest constable would be so frightened that his legs would go weak.
However, the statue was actually made up of the corpses of seven or eight children. The heads of the seven or eight children were sewn in the middle. Each of them was blue and rotten, and some had corpse fluid oozing from their mouths and noses.
Behind the body, more than a dozen hands formed a shape like a peacock spreading its tail.
Moreover, each child was holding something similar to a magical weapon in his hand.
Some held wooden swords, some held talismans, some held bronze mirrors, and some held jade plates.
“Oh my god!”
The timid constable was so frightened by this scene that he collapsed to the ground, and the brave one's legs were shaking at this moment, because this scene was really too shocking.
The most outrageous thing is that there is an incense burner in front of the corpse statue, and the incense in it has not yet burned out.
This is not evil anymore.
This is a cult!
"Hurry, go call someone." The young constable shouted, but the old constable next to him immediately stopped everyone, saying that the sight of incense burning here meant that the thief had not gone far and would definitely come back.
The detectives hid immediately.
Sure enough, a moment later, there was movement outside the cave and an old Taoist priest walked in. When they realized something was wrong, the detectives had already rushed over.
The old Taoist priest was very ferocious. He killed one constable and seriously injured another, but after all, two fists were no match for four hands, and he was hacked to death by the remaining constable.
The case caused such a stir that even state officials were alerted.
But anyway, it worked out.
Chunfeng, the county magistrate, was also rewarded for this. However, later on, several constables died mysteriously one after another, all of them died suddenly in their sleep. The government just regarded it as an accident and did not investigate further.
In the dream, Chunfeng walked out of the house quickly and stepped into the black fog in front of him. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the strange cave in the wild forest.
Chunfeng stepped in. The air was filled with a foul smell and there were two strange statues standing there.
One was made up of the corpses of children, while the other was made up of the torsos of adults. Looking closely, these were exactly the corpses of the detectives seen before.
An old Taoist priest was sitting cross-legged under the two statues. When he saw Chunfeng coming in, he quickly stood up and stepped forward to pay his respects.
"Greetings, Master!"
"Ge Xu!"
"Disciple is here!"
"Your body is destroyed, and contains resentment. It is just right for you to practice the immortal way. Remember to practice hard and don't slack off."
"Follow the master's instructions!"
After saying that, Chunfeng looked at the two corpse statues.
He walked over, burned incense and worshipped.
"Two Corpse Immortals, in a few months I will be able to refine the Bailing Pill. Please grant me the immortal skills to help me become an immortal."
When he heard about Bailingdan, Ge Xu's expression changed slightly.
Others may not know, but he understands.
The so-called Bailing Pill is human life. One soul represents one life. To refine the Bailing Pill, one needs the lives of a hundred people.
Two corpse immortal statues would require at least two Bailing Pills, which means at least two hundred lives.
Ge Xu had killed many people, but he couldn't be so calm as to decide the lives of hundreds of people while chatting and laughing.
Looking at Mr. Chunfeng's back, Ge Xu felt his scalp tingling. This master was too terrifying. When they first met, Ge Xu was just a wild Taoist who practiced unorthodox methods and almost died in a dream. It was Mr. Chunfeng who rescued him and saved his life.
When talking about the immortal way, Ge Xu said that the immortal way was illusory and might not be true. However, Mr. Chunfeng said that the immortal way was true and could be achieved by those with a strong heart. Ge Xu was defeated after just a few words. He admired him and became his disciple. A few years passed. Mr. Chunfeng encountered countless dangers during his exploration. He almost lost his life several times, but each time he turned a disaster into a blessing.
After years of searching, he had visited many famous mountains and rivers, and met many great masters of the time, but he had not found the path to the great road, nor the method to cultivate immortality.
Mr. Chunfeng was not discouraged. After thinking hard for several days, he decided to change his mindset and explore the weirdness, hoping to explore the path of cultivation from those horrible things. Obviously, this method is extremely dangerous, but the effect is very good.
Offering strange sacrifices is one method, but it is likely to attract the attention of the government.
Later, Mr. Chunfeng said, if that is the case, then when I am in charge of a place, I represent the government, and no matter how they investigate, it will not be possible to trace it back to him, the local official.
This is also true.
Since he took office as the governor of the county, at least eighty people have died mysteriously in the past few months, and this is obviously just the beginning.
In the following period, plague broke out in the county, the death toll increased sharply, and often an entire village was completely wiped out.
The government and the county government also tried their best, and the county magistrate often worked personally, mingling with the people and having an excellent reputation. However, few people knew that the plague was caused by this seemingly people-friendly county magistrate, who really knew people by appearance but not by heart.
After Ge Xu knew about it, he could only sigh that his master was truly a great man of the time.
He is also a madman obsessed with immortality.
He didn't know whether there were immortals in this world, but he was sure that his master would reach the pinnacle of immortality in the future. With his persistence, madness, and unscrupulousness, his master would surely succeed.
…
Lin Mo was certain that the guy opposite him, the elegant scholar in the Heavenly Palace illusion, was the legendary Mr. Chunfeng.
Only this kind of existence can suppress my current self.
Lin Mo is not bragging. Just look around the world and you will find that the number of people who have collected the complete curse sequence and most of them have been upgraded can be counted on one hand.
What's more, his curses are of the highest quality, one in a million.
He can walk sideways in all three levels of dreams, so if there is anyone in this world who can surpass him in strength, it may only be Mr. Chunfeng, who has been practicing Taoism for hundreds of years.
At this moment, Lin Mo's mind was racing, trying to figure out a way to crack the situation, because even though he knew the person in front of him was Mr. Chunfeng, he still had no idea what methods the other party had.
It is not clear what the real strength is.
Then we can only try it in the most stupid way.
But before that, let me ask you something.
"Mr. Chunfeng, I've heard a lot about you. My brother often mentions you." Lin Mo said.
"But he never mentioned you to me." Mr. Chunfeng on the opposite side finally spoke.
There was no sadness or joy in his voice, and there was no unnecessary expression on his face.
There was absolutely no discernible change in emotion.
Lin Mo seemed to have heard a saying that after becoming an immortal, all things are ants, just like a person staring at an ant nest. He will not have any psychological fluctuations because of a word from an ant.
I don’t know if this is the case now.
"Where's my brother?" Lin Mo knew it would be difficult to get anything out of the other person, so he changed his mind and decided it would be better to ask directly, which would be more direct.
"My disciple Lin Yuan has devoted himself to his master and has been admitted into the immortal class!"
Lin Mo instantly became furious.
He really couldn't bear it.
But he didn't do it.
Maybe Mr. Chunfeng was deliberately trying to provoke me. Besides, if a fight broke out, it would be my brother's body that would be damaged.
Lin Mo smiled at this time.
I thought that I was almost led into a ditch by this old fox. After all, I am an experienced driver, how could I let him lead me by the nose?
Got to take the initiative.
The best way is to attack its vital point.
What is the key to Mr. Chunfeng? Lin Mo thinks it is faith.
The other party's belief in seeking immortality.
Lin Mo rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Sir, please don't joke. There are no immortals in this world, so how can we talk about immortal classes?"
(End of this chapter)
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