Chapter 58: The Water Ghost Reappears
Thirty miles south of the city.
There were corpses all over the official road.
Without exception, the robes on these corpses were all blood-red, but the patterns were slightly different.
They were the group of Blood-Clothed Guards who left Canglong County.
Of the team of a hundred people, only less than 10% are left dead.
“Mercy, mercy…”
Both of Mr. Lu's arms were violently torn off, but even so, he did not care about his injuries. He knelt on the ground with his forehead touching the ground, begging for mercy.
He and General Yang both thought that as long as they left Canglang and got onto the official road with few pedestrians, they would not have to worry about Wei Wuxie's sneak attack, so they ordered all members to rush as fast as possible.
But what no one expected was that Wei Wuxie didn’t come, but the water ghost came!
Moreover, the water ghost was not at the fifth level of Tongmai at all, but at the seventh level!
He was seriously injured in just one encounter and six small flags were killed.
After that, he did not hesitate at all and killed people one after another with the power of surprise attack, completely destroying any possible threats in a moment.
At this point, there is no chance to resist, let alone escape.
So he could only beg for mercy.
"I only have one question. If you can answer it, you will not die."
The water ghost's voice came from under the blood-dripping hat. It was apparently very plain, yet it sounded extremely cold.
President Lu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and he forced himself to stand up straight. "Just ask me, I won't dare to hide anything!"
"Wei Wuxie, where have you been?"
The water ghost asked.
“…”
Mr. Lu's face was dazed for a moment.
Wei Wuxie's accomplices came to ask themselves where Wei Wuxie, the imperial official, had gone.
Are you kidding me?
Snap!
A lieutenant had his neck broken.
The sound of bones breaking startled Lu Zongqi, and he shouted in fear: "Inside the city! He is still in the city!"
"Inside the city?"
The water ghost's tone was somewhat dissatisfied.
"Really! It's true!"
General Yang quickly proved, "I saw with my own eyes Wei Wuxie kill Captain Fu, and then he threatened me that he would kill us all in the city! That's why we left Canglong!"
"you are lying!"
The water ghost snorted coldly, "Wei Wuxie left the city earlier than you did. You ran so fast, it's obvious that you were going to chase him!"
As soon as the words fell, the two generals' faces changed drastically.
“It’s unfair!”
"Please understand, sir, we two definitely did not lie!"
"Wei Wuxie has many faces and many bodies. How can we track him down?!"
"Yes, even the Mother and Child Blood Light Mirror couldn't find him, not to mention that we only have the Child Mirror in our hands!"
“…”
The two of them argued back and forth, using their identities as Blood-Clothed Guards to appeal to the water ghost for justice, without any regard for shame.
"That makes some sense..."
Finally, the water ghost agreed with what the two said.
But before they could be surprised, the water ghost asked again: "But how do you explain the killing of his three followers who were waiting outside the city?"
"Followers killed?"
Yang Zongqi said in a daze: "We ran at full speed as soon as we left the city, and we didn't see any followers at all..."
“I know this!”
Mr. Lu thought about it and his eyes lit up. He quickly said, "He wants to take the fragments of the cave for himself!"
At this point, he couldn't care less . No matter whether the other party knew that it was a fragment of the cave or not, the most important thing was to save his life.
"What?!"
The water ghost's voice suddenly became sharp, "He found the fragment of the cave?!"
"That's absolutely right!"
Yang Zongqi also reacted, and said in a firm tone, "Fu Yuanlong asked someone to help him find Wei Wuxie without telling us... He probably didn't know that it was Qianmian Daozi, but he hid it from us, and it's obvious that he wanted to keep it for himself! I guess they found the fragments of the cave together, and they have fought once before!"
"So... Wei Wuxie killed his followers and threatened you... in order to delay the higher-ups finding out until he could completely disappear from the scene?!"
The water ghost followed the deduction and his expression turned completely ugly, "Damn it!!"
A strong wind blew past.
The water ghost jumped up and rushed towards one direction at a high speed.
Only when they completely disappeared did the two generals finally believe that they had survived.
In addition to being grateful, there was also endless resentment towards Fu Yuanlong.
"This son of a bitch caused me to end up like this... It's really a good thing for him to die like this!"
Mr. Lu spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm.
"Why are you still talking about this now?"
Yang Zongqi sat down tiredly and said, "Let's think about how to deal with the boss."
"How else can we respond? Report the truth!"
Mr. Lu said viciously, "I don't believe that the trouble caused by Fu Yuanlong can be blamed on you and me."
"It can only be the……"
Mr. Yang sighed.
From the very beginning, the two of them did not take Xu Chong and the housekeeper seriously at all, and this is even more so now.
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Xu Mansion.
Xu Chong and the yamen runners continued to put on a show until late at night before returning.
Although there is still a follow-up to this matter, his mind is much more relaxed than before.
"Finally, there's time to take inventory."
Xu Chong sat down in the study and called up the panel.
【Name: Xu Chong】
[Realm: Fifth level of Tongmai]
[True Method: Bao Yang Gong (Perfection)]
[Side Technique: Wind-Breaking Hand (Reaching the Peak)]
[Rule: Immortality (consumes 10,000 spiritual energy to activate)]
[Spiritual Source: 0]
Baoyang Gong is the name of the subsequent Tongmai Gong method of Zhengyang Jin. It changes when breaking through the first level of Tongmai.
The reason why he was able to reach the level of perfection was because the drops from Wei Wuxie and Fu Yuanlong were relatively abundant.
Long before his plan began, his spiritual energy had accumulated to 10 points .
Although 5 points were used up in making the bait later, 3 points from the Night Pearl fragment were recovered by removing the giant rat and weeds.
Adding the 7 points dropped by the two people, the total is 15 points of spiritual source, which just pushes the realm to the fifth level of Tongmai.
This is also the reason why he was able to seriously injure General Yang with one palm.
"It's really a gold belt for killing people and setting fires. This is much faster than staying at the government office... However, the biggest gain is still this!"
Xu Chong sighed and took out a jade token from his arms, which read Wu Xiang Yi.
Only after actually using it did he realize that he didn't need to change his image and could also use the aura of a fake appearance!
In other words, he can use his own appearance to let the aura of Lao Li or Wuxie Daozi show outwardly!
This is very important.
After breaking through the fifth level of Tongmai, the majesty attached to Baoyang Gong was so outrageous that he couldn't completely suppress it no matter how hard he tried, and it was easily noticed.
Fortunately, Wuxiangyi solved this problem.
Using the aura of housekeeper Lao Li, he is just an ordinary person.
Using Wuxie Daozi's aura, you can't see anything from a distance, but if you get close, you can only sense the surging power of the sixth level of Tongmai, which also lacks that kind of evil majesty.
"Yes, if you get close to someone, you can judge their realm by their strength. This point cannot be ignored."
Xu Chong was secretly alert.
Old Li has no strength, which is inconsistent with the level of enlightenment he shows.
However, Wuxie Daozi is at the sixth level of Tongmai, which is also inconsistent.
If you want to prevent others from noticing you closely, you need to actively suppress your strength, but this is obviously not as foolproof as a false appearance.
It is still necessary to carry out targeted hunting and create a false appearance that matches the external realm.
"There's no rush for this. Let's wait until the turmoil in Canglong is completely over."
Xu Chong held his chin up, thinking, "When the time comes, I will have to contact You Rongnv to see what it means to get rid of the household registration..."
Boom boom!
There was a knock on the door.
Xu Chong frowned, "Is that Lao Guo? Come in."
Usually, only the housekeeper and the doorman would come to his study to find him, but Lao Li is dead, so it should be Lao Guo.
The doorman comes at this time... Is there anyone visiting the Xu Mansion so late?
Xu Chong was puzzled.
——Squeak.
The door opened.
A man wearing a straw hat and a raincoat stood at the door.
