Chapter 49: Fairness and Justice, No Deception An Weng is a man of insight. It soon became clear what good things had happened in Chang'an Village. Even though he had lost all his cultivation and strength, he still had some perception abilities left. Following his mysterious perception, An Weng immediately found the mountain temple, but did not see Mr. Tao. After standing for a while in the open space in front of the temple where Mr. Tao was supposed to have cast a spell to ward off disasters and relieve misfortunes for Chang'an Village, Mr. An silently looked at the deserted mountain temple which had not received incense and offerings for a long time. People are always like this. Praying to God is useless, and over time, I become too lazy to worship. This mountain temple suddenly lost its efficacy more than a year ago, and no one from the village comes here to burn incense and pray anymore. No matter whether there are any big or small matters, people usually go to the land temple to ask for the blessing of the land god.
That's why the mountain temple seems so deserted. Why did the mountain temple suddenly stop being effective? An Weng knew the reason, but he couldn't tell him. Some things just have to be kept secret. Once you say it, you will only bring trouble. After crawling out from the pile of dead bodies on the battlefield and barely saving half his life, An Weng felt he hadn't lived enough and didn't want to get into trouble. Fortunately, the matter has been resolved and there is no need to keep it secret or worry about anything anymore. As for Mr. Tao, who solved the problem, whether he will encounter trouble in the future is not something that An Weng should worry about. An Weng thought that what he should worry about most now was how to organize the villagers to harvest and how to guide them to worship the mountain god again. Everyone has his own path to follow and everyone has his own things to do. So be it. Tao Tie quietly left Chang'an Village and observed An Weng for a while with his [Clairvoyance] and [Super Ears]. Not finding anything, he interrupted the active modes of the two physical magical powers. Concentrate on walking, taking your time, and walk towards the village where the next task is located. At this point, how could Tao Tie not understand that the monster-catching missions in remote mountain villages that he could see were all carefully selected by Instructor Huang. Isn’t this a kind of cultivation? Otherwise, why would the thank-you gift given by the ghost girl of the Eight Immortals Mountain be "mountain" energy and "earth" energy? In this case, just accept the arrangement with peace of mind. There is no need for conspiracy theories, to regard oneself as a pawn, and to speculate wildly on the motives behind Instructor Huang's arrangement. The village where the next mission is located is called Yuetang Village. It’s only a few miles away from Chang’an Village. It is also close to Baxian Mountain, but there is another mountain road to enter the mountain.
Because there is a large crescent-shaped pond in the village, the village is named Yuetang. Among the several villages along the Baxian Mountain, Yuetang Village was the first to spread the news of wheat theft. As the days went by, more and more wheat was stolen. The village protection team organized by Yuetang Village could neither prevent the wheat from being stolen, nor find any clues about the person who stole the wheat. Those who can be upright people in the village are both knowledgeable and capable. Finding that the situation was becoming increasingly serious and bizarre, Wang Sou decisively reported the matter to the county government. I don't know what Wang Sou's considerations were, but at the same time as reporting the matter to the county government, he also issued a mission to catch monsters in the Monster Slaying Division and the Demon Extermination Division, asking the monster catchers to find out the reason for the mysterious theft of wheat in Yuetang Village, or to go a step further and recover the stolen wheat. Since he has accepted the task, Tao Tie must do his best. When they were still some distance away from Yuetang Village, he took the initiative to activate his physical magical powers [Clairvoyance] and [Super Ears], included Yuetang Village in the observation range, and observed it carefully. It has to be said that Tao Tie, who possesses the physical supernatural powers of [Clairvoyance] and [Super Hearing], and has learned the earthly magic "Tongyou", combined with the golden finger [Knowing Everything], is truly an innate holy body for demon catchers. Ordinary monster hunters need to investigate and explore, but in Tao Tie's hands, he can easily find the key points or directly find the way to complete the task with just a few glances or even just one glance. This time too. Tao Tie only spent a few moments observing Yuetang Village and found out the truth about the mysterious theft of wheat. Tao Tie also found out what the stolen wheat was used for. Easily. But Tao Tie didn't feel there was anything to be happy about. Instead, he frowned. The calamity energy is born and the great catastrophe is approaching. All kinds of humans, demons, and monsters will jump out. I think as the calamity becomes more intense and the disaster becomes more severe, the situation will become more and more serious in the future. No wonder the Celestial Empire broke up the four powerful government offices, namely the Demon-Slaying Department, the Demon-Exorcising Department, the Taoist Records Department, and the Monk Records Department, and merged and reorganized them into the Immortal and God Department to deal with all matters involving gods, practitioners, and demons and monsters. In times of chaos, severe punishments should be used and power should be used exclusively for specific purposes. This is as it should be. Suppressing the mixed thoughts in his mind, Tao Tie continued walking towards Yuetang Village and soon entered the village. It was noon at this time, and the villagers were either eating at home or resting. There were few people on the village roads, but a village protection team composed of young and strong people was patrolling. Not long after Tao Tie walked into the village, members of the village protection team came up to him and asked where he came from and what he wanted. Tao Tie didn't try any tricks with the White Dragon Fish Suit. He just stated directly that he was a monster hunter who had accepted the mission. Upon learning of this, the elite members of the village protection team immediately split into two teams. One team welcomed Tao Tie in, and the other team went to call the village head Wang Sou over. The guest is the host.
Tao Tie obediently accepted the arrangements of the young and strong men of the Yuetang Village Guard Team and put himself within the team's sight. Soon, Mr. Wang, leaning on a crutch, accompanied by two young men, came to Tao Tie. "I, Wang Defa, have met Mr. Tao." Mr. Wang had the aura of a scholar who was well-mannered and polite, and he spoke elegantly, "I'm really sorry to bother Mr. Tao to come all the way here because of some trivial matters in my village! I'm really sorry!" "The monster hunter is just doing his job" Tao Tie didn't bother with any politeness and said directly, "It's no big deal." "Oh, you can't say that. You can't say that." Mr. Wang leaned on his cane with one hand and waved his other hand, solemnly emphasizing, "For Mr. Tao, it is just a task, but for us farmers, it is a means of supporting our families. Mr. Tao, please pay more attention to it, pay more attention to it." "Ah." Tao Tie responded calmly, then changed the subject and said, "Old Man Wang, let's not be polite here, let's get down to business." "It's good to do the right thing, it's good to do the right thing!" Wang Sou agreed again and again. The young and strong men of the village protection team who were surrounding Wang Sou and Tao Tie and watching them exchange polite greetings could not help but look pleased. at last…… Finally there is a chance to recover the stolen wheat. Those are all the food that everyone has worked so hard to grow! Tao Tie did not hide anything and said directly: "Wang Sou, please take me to Niu Er's house." "Niu Er?" Wang Sou was stunned when he heard this, and was a little puzzled. Tao Tie had just entered the village and had not yet started the investigation, so how did he know that there was a man named Niu Er in the village. Immediately he changed his mind and thought that it was normal for a monster hunter to have such abilities, there was nothing to be surprised about. So he said, "Mr. Tao, please follow me." After saying that, he led Tao Tie to the west. There is a large crescent-shaped pond. Because of some things that happened in the past, only a few families in the village still live near Yuetang. Niu Er, as mentioned by Tao Tie, lives in the house closest to Yuetang. Niu Er is also the only person in Yuetang Village who does not farm. He makes a living by fishing, picking lotus pods in summer and digging lotus roots in winter. "I wonder what Mr. Tao wants to see Niu Er about." As they got closer to Yuetang, Mr. Wang couldn't help but ask, "How did he get involved with the theft of wheat in the village?" The young and strong men in the village protection team also have the same doubts in this regard.
When some people heard Wang Sou's question, they consciously or unconsciously tightened their swords and bows in their hands. "We'll know in a moment." Tao Tie did not give a direct answer, as if he was keeping the question in suspense. In fact, after walking a few steps forward, Wang Sou and the young and strong men of the village protection team heard the noise coming from Niu Er's house. "Brother Niu, how about my buckwheat wine?" "It's clear and transparent, with a rich grain aroma, a pure taste, and a pleasant aftertaste. It's definitely a good wine. But there's one thing that's a pity." "Where? What a pity?" "It's a pity that this good wine has not been cellared, so its flavor is a little lacking." "Brother Niu is indeed a man who understands wine. Haha... Don't worry, Brother Niu, I have already stored all the remaining buckwheat wine in the cellar. When it is full of flavor next year, I will drink with you again. Now, I will inconvenience you, Brother Niu." "Haha, easy to say, easy to say." "Brother Niu, please drink this cup to the full." "Brother Kei, please!" The two people who were talking earnestly and toasting each other in the house could not hear the footsteps of the group of people that Tao Tie had enveloped with an invisible and intangible aura, and they were talking loudly and unrestrainedly, expressing their true feelings. After hearing the words "wine brewed from buckwheat" and "buckwheat wine" one after another, how could Mr. Wang and the young and strong men of the village protection team not guess the whole story? Everyone was very annoyed. The young and strong men's eyes were bulging with anger, and the veins on their arms that were holding the knives were bulging with anger. If Tao Tie, the monster hunter who led them straight to Niu Er's house as soon as they entered the village, hadn't been there, the young and strong men in the village protection team would have rushed in immediately at Wang Sou's command and hacked to death the two bastards who had stolen buckwheat to make wine in the house! Mr. Wang was angry for a while, but soon he calmed down and frowned as he began to think. As the head of the village and a respected elder in the village, Wang Sou naturally had close dealings with every villager in the village, young and old. I'm not sure I'm familiar with everyone in Yuetang Village, but at least I can remember everyone's voice. However, Wang Sou had no impression of the voices of the people who were talking and drinking with Niu Er in the house! This shows that the man is not a villager of the village, but an outsider. So, there is a thief in Yuetang Village? What does Niu Er want? Just for the wine? Wang Sou became suspicious and gently raised his walking stick, signaling the young and strong men in the village protection team not to move rashly. He turned his head to look at the monster catcher beside him. Without waiting for Wang Sou to open his mouth to ask, Tao Tie raised his left hand, made a hand gesture, and used the spells of "Clear Water Like Spring" and the Circle of Light Technique. First, a stream of clear spring appeared out of nowhere, and the spring water gurgled. Then a water mirror was formed, reflecting the current scene happening in Niu Er's home. I saw the drunken Niu Er holding a wine jar in his left arm, a bowl of clear wine in his right hand, and pouring it into his mouth with his head tilted back. Opposite Niu Er, a thin man with messy hair like water grass, a pointed face and wet clothes, was watching Niu Er drinking with joy in his eyes. "Water ghost?" Wang Sou had seen a lot of the world and recognized the thin man's nature at a glance.
"It is indeed a water ghost." Tao Tie nodded and said again, "But it's not an ordinary water ghost." As he spoke, Tao Tie put his right hand together and formed a sword finger, which he pointed at the water mirror of the circular light technique. The Earthly Evil Technique "Tongyou" was instantly cast on it, and then through reflection on the mirror, it was cast on Wang Sou and the young and strong men of the village protection team one by one. The eyes of Mr. Wang and the young men suddenly became temporary Yin-Yang eyes, and they could see many things that they could not see normally. The thin man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks immediately changed his appearance and turned into a red fleshy worm about three inches long, with a complete mouth and eyes, wriggling like a swimming fish. "This is the drunkard among the water ghosts." Tao Tie promptly explained, "Its true form is called a wine bug. Therefore, unlike ordinary water ghosts that can kill someone by luring them to drown, a wine ghost needs to lure a person who is addicted to alcohol to drown before it can break free and re-enter the cycle of reincarnation." "Niu Er does like to drink." Listening to Tao Tie's explanation, Wang Sou suppressed his nausea at the sight of the wriggling red fleshworms and said in his calmest voice, "Mr. Tao, you're saying that this drunkard wanted to lure Niu Er to die for him, but he didn't have enough wine, so he made Niu Er addicted to alcohol, so he stole the buckwheat in the village to make wine and fed Niu Er with it?" "Indeed." Tao Tie gave an affirmative answer. "Then...the wheat that was stolen from our village will never be recovered?" Wang Sou asked again. Tao Tie pondered for a moment, then lightly tapped his right hand, and the circular light water mirror split into two. While continuing to show the scene in Niu Er's house, it followed the drunkard's aura and showed the drunkard's lair. Wang Sou and the young and strong men of the village protection team immediately saw that at the bottom of the Moon Pond, in the drunkard's lair, there were more than twenty sealed wine jars neatly arranged. The demon hunter's voice reached their ears at this time: "But you can get this brewed buckwheat wine. If you store it in a cellar for a few years, you can sell it for dozens of times the price of the wheat." Gollum. Upon hearing this, the young and strong men all swallowed their saliva. Old Man Wang did not lose his composure and remained calm. He immediately said, "Please Mr. Tao, help me get rid of this water ghost in Yuetang Village. On behalf of Yuetang Village, I am willing to give Mr. Tao an additional sum of money..." What dozens of times or not? Any money that you have not received is fake money and does not count. The most important thing right now is to get rid of this drunkard who wants to harm people! To this end, Mr. Wang took the initiative to offer extra money to the monster catcher on top of the mission reward. Tao Tie did not let Wang Sou finish his words and took action directly. The invisible and intangible gas shield was removed first. Then, with a clang, he drew out the magic sword hanging from his waist.
The Earthly Evil Technique "Demon Slaying" was instantly added to the top-grade yellow magic sword. At the same time, the Earthly Evil Technique "Jumping Rock" was used, and he took a three-foot step and flashed into the house. In the drunkard's extremely astonished eyes, Tao Tie didn't say anything, and followed the instinct of the Earthly Evil Technique "Swordsmanship" and slashed with his sword. A snort. Like a hot knife through butter. The drunkard's ghost spirit was cut by the magic sword and immediately began to dissipate. In less than two breaths, the drunkard's body was completely shattered. The thin man with a pointed chin and monkey-like face disappeared, leaving behind a three-inch long red flesh worm that had returned to its original nature as a wine worm. Five little ghosts quietly emerged and happily put the valuable wine worms into the storage bag/Five Ghosts Bag. Be a good person to the end. Now that we have released five little devils, we have to make them work harder. After collecting the wine worms, the five little devils continued to work, sneaked into the drunkard's lair, and carried out more than 20 jars of buckwheat wine brewed by the drunkard. At the same time, he stuffed an inconspicuous rotten wooden wine glass into the storage bag. Why did Tao Tie take action to refuse Wang Sou's extra money? This humble decayed wooden wine glass is why. For Yuetang Village, this is a "dirty" thing that makes villagers stay away from Yuetang on their own initiative and breeds drunkards in the water. For Tao Tie, this is the best of the best. Having realized the principle of actively doing good deeds and accumulating merits and virtues, Tao Tie will no longer keep saying "I have to pay extra money" like he did two months ago. He now only takes the compensation he deserves and does not ask for a penny more. There is this rotten wooden wine glass. Gold has become dirt! (End of this chapter)