Chapter 186: Chapter 158:1 asked you to sit, why didn’t you sit?
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First were the leg bones.
As the two leg bones were inserted into the paper person’s legs, her stance became more stable.
Then came the foot bones, toe bones, pelvis, spine, and ribs…
Her movements were slow.
Sometimes she would remove a bone and replace it with another.
Gradually, the previously shriveled paper person began to fill out.
She moved her body and revealed her sharp teeth, then took a step toward “Master Lin,” emitting a creepy sound from her mouth—
“Give me back my corpse bones…”
Many people at the scene were scared.
“Master Lin” knelt down in fear, begging for mercy, and cried out, “Please spare me… I’ll surely help you get your corpse bones back!”
His hands were held tightly by Ren Yuandi and the others.
He couldn’t even run, let alone fight back!
As the paper person got closer and closer to “Master Lin,” Officer Wang anxiously asked, “Master Xu, what should we do next? Master Lin must be the suspect… We can’t let him die!”
“Wouldn’t it be perfect if he dies?”
Xu Yang said, “Digging graves, stealing corpse bones, and deceiving others; this kind of behavior deserves death!”
Despite saying this, Xu Yang took action.
He knew that police investigations weren’t like the violence in the martial world. Their ultimate goal was to bring the suspect to court under the rule of law and give the victims an explanation.
On the other side.
Master Lin had wet his pants in fear!
He was being held down on his knees by the four people including “Ren Yuandi,” shivering with fear, and his pants were soaked.
As the paper person got closer and closer, his body trembled uncontrollably. He wanted to beg for mercy but found himself unable to speak, as if his body was being controlled.
Gathering all his strength to speak, he blurted out not a cry for help, but…
“I deserve death – I’m guilty!”
“I shouldn’t have deceived people!”
” I shouldn’ t have stolen your corpse bones to summon Yin spirits!”
At this moment, “Master Lin” had clear thoughts like a mirror, but he could not express his innermost thoughts. He could only scream, “No… Ahhhh!! Lord, please save me!”
The paper person was now right in front of him.
She seemed like a living woman, looking down at “Master Lin” as if she was taller. Her painted eyes rolled around, perhaps because the papercraft artist’s hand had trembled, one eye higher than the other. Her gaze was cold.
“Die!”
A hoarse voice came from her mouth.
As if following a command, Ren Yuandi, who was holding down “Master Lin,” took out a dagger from his pocket, raised it high, and stabbed at “Master Lin’s” head.
“No…”
A desperate roar echoed in “Master Lin’s” heart as he closed his eyes and gave up resisting.
At the next moment…
Clang!
The sound of steel colliding rang out!
“Master Lin” suddenly looked up to see a green-faced, fanged monster holding a large iron hammer, blocking Ren Yuandi’s dagger for him!
At this moment, hope reignited in Master Lin’s heart!
He didn’t care if the creature in front of him was human or ghost; he just shouted, “Save me!”
This green-faced, fanged “monster” was naturally Xu Yang.
He held the iron hammer and swung it lightly, sending Ren Yuandi and the other three people controlled by the fierce ghost flying. Then, he removed his mask and looked at the paper person.
The paper person’s uneven eyes stared at Xu Yang as she spoke in a harsh tone, “Who are you? Why are you stopping me?”
“Who I am is not important.”
Xu Yang looked at the paper person and calmly said, “I knowyou have grievances and hatred. This person dug your graves, stole your corpse bones, and disturbed your rest.”
“I wouldn’t interfere if you killed him… but the police are here today. Let’s make a deal. Will you hand him over to me, to the police? After all, your families need an explanation.”
“And those people who were deceived also need an explanation.”
“Get lost!”
In response to Xu Yang, the paper person let out a cold “get lost.”
She waved her hand, and Ren Yuandi and the other three showed no fear, wielding their daggers and fruit knives. They charged at Xu Yang once more.
Xu Yang dared not use the hammer.
After all, it was too powerful.
He had weighed it before, and it was 1280kg. If he swung it, the four ordinary people controlled by the fierce ghost would be crushed.
So, he raised his hand and slapped them instead.
Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!
At this moment, Xu Yang seemed possessed as he slapped them one by one. In just four slaps, the four people were knocked unconscious.
Turning back, Xu Yang again looked at the paper person and tried to reason, “I understand how you feel. Killing him can relieve your anger… but what about your families? They’ve been distraught since your bones were stolen. Now that I’ve caught him, I can return your bones and give them an explanation.” “That’s right! That’s right!”
“Master Lin,” who had wet his pants in fear, stood up.
His head bobbed like a pecking chicken, and he threatened, “If I die, you’ll never get your bones back in this lifetime!”
As he said this, he moved closer to Xu Yang and whispered, “Police officer, you have to save me!”
It seemed Xu Yang’s recent words made “Master Lin” mistake him as a police officer. Although this police officer was wielding a strange, large hammer instead of a gun, all that mattered was staying alive!
The paper figure’s gaze turned cold, looking towards “Master Lin.”
At this moment, a chill Yin wind blew fiercely, causing the temperature to drop noticeably.
Xu Yang’s eyes darkened as well.
He suddenly turned his head to look at “Master Lin” and slapped him hard across the face with an open palm.
Smack!
The crisp sound echoed through the night.
“Master Lin” covered his face with an incredulous expression, shrieking, “You… you hit me?”
Smack!
Xu Yang slapped him again with his backhand, sneering, “What’s wrong with hitting you? You’re like a dog, meddling in sinister deeds instead of being a decent person… Were all these recent grave robberies your doing?”
“You can’t hit me even if I did them!”
There was no use in hiding the truth now.
At this moment, Master Lin’s only thought was that he’d rather end up in prison than die at the hands of that “paper person.”
He yelled, “Even if I broke the law, there’s a legal system to punish me! How can you, a police officer, hit someone?”
“Damnit!”
Xu Yang couldn’t help but laugh in anger.
He kicked “Master Lin” to the ground and began to slap him with both hands, smacking him repeatedly!
“Damnit!”
“I’m saying you shouldn’ t deceive people!”
“You shouldn’t dig up graves!”
“You shouldn’t steal bones… In my whole life, I’ve hated grave robbers the most!”
Xu Yang had encountered grave robbers twice within a month… first, his grandfather’s “fake tomb” was robbed, then Liu Shishi’s. Master Lin was dazed by the beating and wanted to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he received another slap.
He felt a sticky sensation in his mouth, blood oozing from the beating.
It seemed he had swallowed a few teeth…
“You dog, dare to pretend to be a Daoist, wearing a yellow robe?”
“I’m not even qualified to wear the yellow ritual clothing, what makes you qualified?”
The color of a Daoist’s robe has strict hierarchical distinctions, typically divided into “seven levels.” The yellow robe is the highest level, worn by kings. In the mortal realm, only a “Heavenly Master” is qualified to wear the yellow garment.
At present, the only person qualified to wear the “yellow robe” in the mortal world is Zhang Jiyu, the Celestial Master of Dragon and Tiger Mountain. If Xu Yang can succeed as a Heavenly Master in the future, he might also be qualified to wear it.
Below the yellow robe is the purple robe.
Even among Daoist practitioners, few are qualified to wear the purple robe.
Below the purple robe are, in descending order, red, blue, green, black, and white.
As Xu Yang’s rage surged, he used more force in his slaps, causing “Master Lin” to pass out from the pain.
Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down.
Only then did Xu Yang slowly get up and look at the paper figure.
He naturally understood that this paper figure was not just a single ghost!
It was formed by several Yin spirits, each of which had met with unnatural deaths and held strong resentment and malice. They lay dormant in the graves, attached to the bones. Their slumber was disturbed by “Master Lin” and other tomb robbers, causing them to awaken, combine into one, and become a formidable “red-clothed” entity.
Because Xu Yang had slapped too hard earlier, there was blood on his hand.
He found it distasteful and took out a tissue from his pocket to wipe his hand clean. Then he took out the iron hammer again and said indifferently, “Now, can we sit down and talk?”
Ding!
“Ghosts are frightened, +10 merit points.”
Ding!
“Ghosts are frightened, +20 merit points.”
Ding-
In Xu Yang’s mind, the system notification sounded one after another. He scanned the notifications with his thoughts and discovered that seven ghosts provided him with merit points. The two strongest ghosts reached the level of vengeful spirits, providing 20 points each, while the remaining five provided around 10 points.
Obviously,
Xu Yang’s recent “violent” actions had frightened these ghosts.
This also proved that that dog had not stolen only four corpses, but seven!
In the rural areas, many people work or buy houses away from home and only return to pay respects to their ancestors during the Qingming Festival. If graves were robbed and not reported to the police right away, it would be normal.
Upon hearing the system notifications,
Xu Yang knew he had something to negotiate.
Immediately, he reached out…
Whoosh!
A table and chair flew over from not far away.
He sat down and put the iron hammer on the table.
The creaking…
The table groaned under the weight of the hammer, but thankfully, the current dining tables were made of metal and wouldn’t collapse under the hammer’s weight.
Xu Yang glanced at the paper figure and said, “Sit!”
The paper figure looked around and saw only one stool, so it didn’t move.
Xu Yang’s tone darkened as he asked, “I told you to sit; why won’t you?”
Paper figure: “…”