Chapter 320 The Captive Evil Corpse
After parting with Xiao Jianzhu, he turned back from Lingzhou to Qingzhou. Not long after he left, he encountered an evil corpse in the mountains and forests around the official road.
You know, he had traveled in Qingzhou for several months before the Immortal Tour. Although he was not familiar with the terrain here, he was able to confirm that there were no relics nearby.
Therefore, this is another evil species that is not restricted by the distance of the ruins.
It was just like the evil species that appeared when Yuan Caiwei disappeared in the Xinyuan period, and it was also very similar to the evil species he encountered in Zhongzhou after he came out of the holy land of the sages.
But logically speaking, these evil corpses should have been strangled to death two years ago.
Ji You stepped on the rock and broke it into pieces. Then he raised his sword on the cliff, and the three-foot-long blade trembled violently.
But that’s not the point.
The point is that this evil species has other differences.
Because as the evil species ran wildly in the mountain stream, a tinkling and clanging sound continued to be heard.
At this moment, a purple lightning suddenly streaked across the gloomy sky in the rainy night.
Amidst the rumbling thunder, the sky and earth brightened for a moment, illuminating the evil creature running in the mountain stream.
There were shackles on his wrists and ankles, so when he ran, he bumped into something and made a loud noise.
The shackles on his wrists were made of a single piece of pure iron, leaving him no room to move. The shackles on his ankles were three feet long with chains, leaving him room to walk.
At the other end were two iron balls, dragging him down by gravity and slowing down his movement.
In other words, this evil creature was being raised by someone...
Whether it was the time when Yuan Caiwei disappeared or the time when he came out of the holy land of the sages, the large-scale riots of evil species seemed to be under human control.
In fact, this is also the reason why Ji You feels that the ruins must be a disaster, not a chance for immortality.
Unfortunately, the evil species itself is the remaining body of the deceased survivors. It cannot speak, cannot talk, and cannot provide any useful information.
But at this time, the shackles on his wrists and ankles are an effective message.
Under the falling rain and amidst the steaming white mist, Ji You narrowed his eyes slightly and followed the evil creature towards the mountain stream.
The rainwater flowed down the hillside, gathered into streams in the low-lying areas, and gurgled eastward.
As we walked, water splashed everywhere.
Gradually, Ji You found himself being carried over a low hill and then into a downhill section.
At the foot of a low mountain, in a secluded valley surrounded by dense forests, he saw a small courtyard. It was a fairly large courtyard, surrounded by high walls on all sides, with three houses in the middle.
It is hidden and quiet, with nothing else around except vegetation.
“Is there anyone who lives in a place like this?”
"There's no village in front, no shop behind, and only one household..."
Ji You slowed down his pace and looked up on the slope, and saw that the evil creature was rushing towards a black iron gate that was open in the high wall.
At this time, the raindrops falling on the leaves were shaking, and the lint on his clothes began to straighten.
Seeing this phenomenon, Ji You held his breath and calmed down, the burning energy permeated his body, amplifying his five senses.
When listening, the first sound was only the continuous falling rain, which collided with the leaves in the forest, making a rustling sound.
As his five senses were focused, a buzzing sound gradually began to appear in his mind. Then, the buzzing sound turned into a series of whistles, and the source of the whistles came from the small courtyard.
This is a high-frequency vibration that is far beyond the hearing range of humans, causing the raindrops and hair to resonate.
It seems that it was this sound that attracted the evil creature back to the courtyard.
Seeing that the evil creature ran away without recognizing anyone, Ji You restrained his breath, jumped into the air from his previous position, and landed on the opposite hillside behind the courtyard. Golden light began to float in his eyes.
There was a high wall blocking his view from the spot just now, so he couldn't see into the courtyard.
The amplification of the five senses is not perspective, otherwise this world would be extremely harmful to the young man.
Ji You stood in the gloomy rainy night, looking towards the yard, and saw a woman and two men standing there.
The woman was wearing coarse linen and holding a silver whistle in her hand, blowing into it continuously.
With a loud crash.
The evil creature followed the whistle and entered through the door, dragging the heavy iron ball, which smashed a deep hole in the rammed earth wall.
Seeing this, the two men following the woman immediately followed. They worked together to grab the chain behind her, tensed their muscles and pulled the evil creature, then dragged it to the east wall.
There was a raised black iron ring on the ground at the base of the east wall. It looked extremely thick, and the evil creature that was running back was locked on the iron ring.
There are three more iron rings like this nearby, two of which have evil seeds tied to them, and the other three iron rings have broken.
Seeing this, the three of them walked over, squatted in front of the evil creature, and stared at it quietly for a long time.
"He broke free again. I don't know where he ran off to this time. Yue Niang, if this continues, something bad will happen."
"I'll go to the blacksmith shop and make a few thicker ones..."
As if the popularity had aroused its ferocity, the locked evil creature began to show its fangs and claws, and the heavy force made the iron chain rattle, and sparks flew from the place where they were fastened.
But the woman didn't seem frightened. She just couldn't help biting her thin lips as she looked at the evil creature.
At this moment, she suddenly found that the two men beside her stood up, and the sound of weapons being unsheathed was heard instantly.
"Uncle Tan!"
"Dapeng!"
"Rat!"
"Miss Ling Qing!"
“…”
As the two men's shouts suddenly subsided, the woman heard a door opening hurriedly. The six people who were with them all rushed out of the house, and she stood up immediately.
Looking back, the woman saw a figure in white landing in their yard amid the falling rain, looking at them with sharp eyes.
In fact, when the woman realized that the yard was exposed, her nerves were already tense in this tense atmosphere, but when she saw the young face, the tension instantly relaxed a lot.
Because she heard from her colleagues that cultivation takes time, and young people are unlikely to be very powerful.
They have been avoiding the old guy all the way and have been safe until now.
But soon, a hint of fear appeared in the woman's eyes.
Because she found that the rain on the man's head basically did not fall, and it was burned into bursts of white mist on his shoulders. At the same time, the ground under his feet was gradually becoming dry, which looked particularly eye-catching against the backdrop of the surrounding mud.
Others who were watching this scene began to tremble all over, their faces becoming extremely ugly.
"One in the Tongxuan realm, three in the Weizhao realm, and three in the Ninghua realm..."
"There's also someone who doesn't even have any cultivation..."
In the falling rain, a hint of doubt flashed in Ji You's eyes, feeling that this was completely different from what he had imagined.
In his opinion, if there really is someone raising these evil creatures behind the scenes, then they must have some ulterior motive, otherwise who would raise these evil things?
But a Tongxuan, with a group of people in the lower three realms and a woman who is not even capable of tying a chicken, what kind of plan could such a person have?
While thinking, Ji You's gaze fell on the woman who blew the whistle, and she was also the one who had no cultivation at all.
For some reason, Ji You felt a sense of familiarity from her face, a very old familiarity.
After looking at her for a long time, Ji You stared at the beauty mark at the corner of her mouth: "Huang Yueniang from Hongya County, Zhongzhou?"
When her name was revealed, the woman opened her eyes wide in disbelief: "Sir, you recognized me..."
"It's really you..."
"Have we met before?"
"I received your notice in the Garden of Sages."
A flash of light appeared in Ji You's hand, and a neatly folded cloth roll appeared in his hand.
When the scroll was unfolded, there were twelve portraits on the top, and their identities and names were marked below. The signature at the bottom corner of the scroll was the eight words "Huang Yue Niang, Hongya County, Zhongzhou".
This was received during his time at the Tiandao Conference.
At the end of the finals, Ji You defeated five people in a row and took the top spot in the Tongxuan realm.
The Lu sisters hosted a restaurant to celebrate for him. When he returned from dinner that night with Yuan Caiwei, they met a woman on the way. She had a mole under the right corner of her mouth and hurriedly stuffed a paper roll into his hand.
At that time, he had received many letters asking for a Taoist partner, and he thought this one was the same, so he didn't take it seriously.
But it was not until the next day when he was on his way to the holy land of the sages that he discovered that it was a missing person notice.
Cao Jinsong told him that during the Tiandao Conference, there were many outsiders who claimed that their family members were missing and came to ask if anyone had seen them. Huang Yue Niang was one of them.
She was looking for a man named Li Ruilin from the Li family, and she was Li Ruilin's mistress.
Huang Yueniang was born in the countryside and had no cultivation, so even if Li Ruilin was just an insignificant member of a branch family, she was still not qualified to be his concubine.
In fact, Huang Yue Niang no longer remembered Ji You because she had stuffed the notice to many people at that time.
However, although she could not recognize people, she was very familiar with her own notice.
Huang Yue Niang was stunned for a long time, and her eyes couldn't help but blink: "It's been two years, why is the young master still carrying it with him..."
Ji You looked at her quietly: "This thing doesn't take up much space, so I thought that if I could see the person above later, I would help you tell him that you were looking for him."
Huang Yue Niang was a little surprised when she heard this.
She had been searching for her husband for two years and had issued countless notices, but most of them were just glanced at and thrown away.
She picked it up, shook it off, and went to ask the next person, but it was the first time she heard such an answer.
"Thank you for your generosity..."
"No need to thank me. Tell me, you've been looking for someone, so why are you keeping a captive of evil corpses here?"
Huang Yue Niang was silent for a long time, then turned to look at the locked evil corpse: "My lord, I have found my husband..."
Ji You turned to look at the struggling corpse, his pupils gradually narrowing. "Are you saying this is the Li Ruilin you're looking for?"
"Yue Niang!"
The two men standing nearby shouted, their eyes full of warning.
Ji You looked towards them and said, "If I were to take action, no one in this courtyard would be alive today, including those evil corpses."
The two men's eyes froze in an instant, and they trembled as they gripped the iron knives in their hands.
Huang Yueniang looked at the old man standing in front of the house and nodded after seeing his approval. "My lord, you are right. This is my husband. He just looks different. But even if he changes again, I can still recognize him."
"What about the other two?"
"One is my son."
The old man in front of the house said softly, "The other one is the family of the person traveling with us."
Ji You stared at the old man for a long while: "Who are you?"
The old man bowed and said, "I am Tan Huizhi, the head of the Tan family. It is raining heavily in the mountains and forests. Please come into the house and discuss in detail."
After a moment of silence, Ji You put away his sword, walked under the falling rain, stepped onto the wet steps, and walked into the house under the gaze of everyone.
The young people who lived with Huang Yueniang looked at the old man at this time: "Uncle Tan, we have kept it a secret for so long, we can't be exposed like this, everyone come together..."
"You can't win."
"Why?"
"Ji You from the Heavenly Academy."
Under the wooden steps, in the drizzle, young men and women looked at the figure walking into the house, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.
Over the years, they have been searching for their lost families, inquiring about many things and naturally hearing many rumors.
They knew that there was a private cultivator in the countryside named Ji You in Tianshu Academy. He built a noble family, killed the immortal manor, reduced taxes, and later suppressed all the cultivators in the area with the upper realm of Tongxuan, took the top spot, and entered the holy land of sages.
On the day he came out of seclusion in the holy land of the sages, they were nearby and saw the sword of Tao fall and the mountains collapse.
They later heard that he had cut off the shipment of spirit stones during heavy snowfall and instead sent relief grain, forcing countless noble families to fetch it themselves at the border...
At this time, Ji You had already left the house.
The house was bigger than he had imagined. It was made entirely of wood, with the bottom floor elevated by wooden pillars and suspended on the leeward hillside.
Although nine people had just left, there were still two old ladies and four children sitting in the house.
As for the furnishings in the house, in addition to the bedding spread on the floor and the wooden cabinets for storage, the most numerous were medicine jars, three of which were even burning with fire. The bubbling steam filled the entire room with a strong smell of medicine.
As they were looking at it, Tan Huizhi, Huang Yueniang and seven others returned to the house and then all bowed to the ground.
"Sir, can you keep this a secret for us?"
"Do you know that evil creatures eat people alive and cannot be killed? Yet you keep them alive?"
Huang Yue Niang immediately shook her head in panic: "We have never let them go out to cause trouble, but they are family after all. How can we bear to watch them being strangled..."
Ji You's brows gradually furrowed. "Where on earth did you find them? Why did they become like this?"
"this……"
"Tell me the truth, and you might still have a chance."
Ji You was extremely sensitive to the matter of evil seeds. Seeing them hesitating, his murderous intent instantly revealed.
The heavy energy was like a mountain pressing down, causing the medicine pots on the fire to start clanging and making everyone present feel suffocated.
"In reply to your question, sir, we found the three of them in two mountain caves."
The one with the highest cultivation here is Tan Huizhi, who is at the Tongxuan upper realm. But even he was sweating profusely after holding on for a few breaths, and could only grit his teeth and speak.
To be honest, he was actually somewhat relieved in his heart, because the person who came here was not another immortal, but Ji You.
Although people outside say that Ji Wuliu of Tianshuyuan behaves eccentrically, does not follow the rules, and is bold and reckless, no one has ever said that he has a bad character. To a certain extent, he is more like a pedantic and kind person.
Hearing Tan Huizhi's answer, Ji You couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
"Mountain cave?"
"Yes, it is a mountain cave that hides countless evil corpses. One is in Zhongzhou and the other is in Qingzhou. We tracked them down and were almost surrounded and killed by the evil creatures. We went through countless hardships and dangers before we luckily escaped."
After listening to this, Ji You showed a hint of doubt: "You were just tracking down your family, why did you end up finding the evil one?"
Tan Huizhi swallowed his saliva and said, "This matter has to start with the Bu family incident."
"Have you ever been to the Bu family?"
"We haven't been to the Bu family, only to the branch of the Bu Family Winery. Since the Tiandao Society left, all the clues we have have been cut off. The only person our companions are looking for was someone who attended a wine appreciation party at the Bu Family Winery branch and then disappeared. So we decided to follow this clue."
After taking a breath, Tan Huizhi said, "Later, our hard work paid off. We finally found a clue in one of the businesses. It was a ledger for the Bu family's liquor transportation."
Ji You was puzzled after hearing this: "How could the transportation of alcohol be related to the evil species?"
"We didn't think it was related at first. We were just looking for the person who disappeared at the Bu family's party. Later, Jun looked through their account books and said there was something wrong. That's when we realized that this branch of the Bu family had once shipped a large amount of alcohol to a small county called Long'an City."
The knife-wielding man nearby spoke up upon hearing the noise: "Long'an City is my hometown. We've never had the Bu family's spirit wine there, and this quantity is so large that it could even supply a hundred Long'an cities. I had a hunch that what they were transporting was definitely not alcohol."
Tan Huizhi nodded and said, "We went to Long'an City and followed the recorded transportation route. We finally found a large number of evil species in a canyon on the west side of Long'an City. They almost died there."
Huang Yueniang raised her eyes after hearing this and said softly, "My Li Lang is in that corpse cave..."
Ji You turned to look at Tan Huizhi: "What about your grandson?"
Tan Huizhi pursed his dry lips and said, "In another place in the account book where there is a large supply of alcoholic beverages, there is also a cave full of evil spirits nearby. That place was later found by the Sixianjian, and all the evil spirits therein were strangled to death."
"Are you saying that the Bu family isn't transporting wine, but rather sending evil seeds to all directions? And your family happens to be among them?"
"We dare not speak rashly, but it is indeed as you said."
"And then?"
"Later, Qingzhou was in complete chaos. We saw countless immortals entering the Dongping Mountains. We didn't know what they were looking for, and we shouldn't stay outside, so we took them and hid here."
Ji You looked at them and his heart sank.
After Bu Qirong died, the Immortal Sect almost dug up the ground in Qingzhou in order to find the secrets of them, but found nothing.
He didn't know whether they had found these things, or whether the account books were already normal when they checked.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Tan Huizhi thought he was suspicious, so he continued, "For the past six months, evil spirits have appeared everywhere in Qingyun. We later compared maps and found three places that closely matched the places the Bu family caravan frequented. And there's also the whistle in Yue Niang's hand..."
Huang Yueniang pulled out a whistle from her sleeve. "This was found in the cave where Li Lang was discovered. Every time I blow on it, they react no matter how far away they are. We discussed it later and think this is what they use to transport the evil seeds."
Ah Jun, who was standing next to him, spoke up at this moment: "Master Ji, we really didn't let them harm anyone, we just want to find them..."
"What about the others?"
"Who are you asking about, sir?"
"Other missing people."
Ji You came to his senses and unfolded the missing person notice in his hand.
He now really wanted to know where these people had gone and why they had suddenly turned into evil species.
Seeing Ji You pointing at them one by one, Tan Huizhi and Huang Yueniang began to talk non-stop.
Among these missing people, some are children of aristocratic families, some are pure mortals, and some are children of immortal villages whose cultivation is not very high. They all disappeared one after another.
Their search team originally consisted of more than 30 people, but later on they were the only ones left.
After all, the missing people are gone, but the living people must continue to live.
When their relatives who had turned into evil species were found, they would trap them here and arrange for people to guard them while boiling medicine.
That's right, they treated it as a disease and tried to cure those who turned into evil species.
But they tried for a long time, but it didn't work.
Before Ji You came, Li Ruilin had already broken free and escaped twice.
Before he turned evil, he was a cultivator with good cultivation, so he was even more difficult to control after turning evil. If it weren't for the silver whistle, they might have been discovered long ago.
Hearing this, Ji You fell into silence.
He had always had many doubts about the ruins, especially about the group of people who had transported babies out of Qiling. Qingwa had seen them with his own eyes, but there was no news of those people after the death of the Zheng family's ancestor.
Later, after the Bu family was exposed because of Dou Yuankong, Ji You thought that those people were members of the Bu family.
But the problem is that this speculation is very far-fetched.
The Zheng family is a thousand-year-old family, while the Bu family, which makes a living by brewing wine, is just a branch of a century-old family.
Even if the Zheng family has accomplices, they would not make such a choice.
Until this moment, after hearing Tan Huizhi's speculation, Ji You felt that some things seemed to be closed.
If the Bu family is just the smallest link and their role is just to deal with evil corpses for others, then it makes sense.
Because only a small-scale family like the Bu family with a transportation business is suitable for this role.
But this also means that there were other people who transported the baby at the time, and they did not stop as Ji You thought, but instead continued to move.
These people who turned into evil species might have come from their hands, just like those people imprisoned in the Zheng family's old house.
(asking for monthly ticket)
(End of this chapter)
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