Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Long-range Battle!
Translator: 549690339
Witchcraft and evil sorcery!
Life Stealing!
This “stealing” is not about killing you, but “borrowing your life”!
Taking other people’s mortal lifespan and adding it to your own.
This made Xu Yang think of the “curse” case in Guoqiao Village.
Hearing Xu Yang’s words, Bai Wei immediately ran outside.
Xu Yang was about to leave, but was held by Hong Jianlin’s wife, who sobbed, “Master Xu, Master Xu, please save us, what should we do?”
Xu Yang had said before that he could “see through things.”
Hong Jianlin’s wife didn’t believe it at first, but after witnesses that scene just now, she started to regard Xu Yang as a godly figure.
She didn’t know that her father-in-law had already left this world completely, fearing that her husband would “get sick” again, she pleaded, “Master Xu, we have money, just say how much you want, as long as you can cure my husband, anything is negotiable!”
Xu Yang kicked her away and said, “If you want to resolve this, go to the funeral store on Yumin Street in Wu City and find me!”
This matter, of course, can’t just end like this.
Even if it was that “Mrs. Zhang” who took Elder Hong’s remaining mortal lifespan, the three Hong brothers knew about it but still let “Mrs. Zhang” do it, they must be punished!
Exiting the Hong Jianlin’s house.
Bai Wei had already brought the off-road vehicle to the front.
Wang Lin also ran over, got in the car and quickly said, “Master Xu, 1 have already asked people from the Guoqiao police station and the township government and learned that the woman, Mrs. Zhang, whose real name is Zhang Cuilan, is 99 years old this year.”
“She was originally a villager in Shanshuigou Village in Guoqiao Village. When she was young, she ran away with somebody and was said to have gone to Guizhou Province. It was not until 20 years ago that she returned.” “Shanshuigou Village?”
The driver, Bai Wei, raised her eyebrows and asked, “The Zhang brothers from the curse case are also from this village, and the time seems to match up. Are they related in some way?”
“I’m not sure.”
Wang Lin said, “1 only know that Zhang Cuilan has been living alone in Guoqiao Village for 20 years, and she rarely gets involved with anyone. The villagers all know her, saying that she is a reclusive and strange old person.”
His eyes shifted and he guessed, “Could they actually be a family?”
“Did they have a falling out back then, so Zhang Cuilan left the house?”
“Went to Guizhou Province, learned witchcraft, and then came back for revenge?”
Bai Wei questioned, “This kind of speculation doesn’t hold up. If they were family, and after decades apart, what kind of deep hatred can’t they let go of?”
On the other hand, Xu Yang.
He thoughtfully said, “Maybe it’s not about revenge?”
“If it’s not for revenge, why kill someone for no reason?”
Wang Lin didn’t agree with Xu Yang’s point, “If they really are blood relatives, then Zhang Cuilan killed 6 children from the Zhang family, aren’t they her own younger generations? How could she be so heartless?”
Xu Yang shook his head and sighed, “You still underestimate human nature… Some people in their old age will become more afraid of death. These people will have a terrible obsession with staying alive!”
“As long as they can save their own lives, what does someone else’s life matter to them?”
Hearing this, Bai Wei and Wang Lin both stared in surprise and asked, “Master Xu, did you figure something out?”
“Yeah.”
Xu Yang nodded and said, “I deduced from Hong Jianlin’s narrative that Mrs. Zhang used a long-concealed evil witchcraft, which could borrow the lifespan of others and extend her own life.”
“Since she knows such evil sorcery and has already used it…then maybe the so-called curse had nothing to do with the curse.”
“Could it be that she secretly performed dark sorcery, borrowing the lives of her own blood-related descendants to extend her own lifespan?”
“Hiss!”
Wang Lin gasped, “Is there really such a terrifying sorcery in the world? This witchcraft is too cruel!”
Xu Yang laughed, “It’s not witchcraft that’s cruel, but human nature… Witchcraft has a long heritage, and can even be traced back to the ancient art of Zhu You, and even the origin of Daoist skills can be considered to stem from witchcraft.”
“Moreover, the origin of traditional Chinese medicine is also closely related to witchcraft. There’s a saying in the history of Da Xia medicine: it began with witchcraft, then witchcraft and medicine were combined, and later they separated.”
“Using witchcraft to treat diseases was a common practice among various ethnic groups in primitive cultural times.”
Listening to Xu Yang speak, Wang Lin couldn’t help but say, “Master Xu is so knowledgeable… I admire you.”
“Just a little bit, just a little bit.”
Xu Yang humbly responded.
Haojiaqiao County was adjacent to Guoqiao Village, and with Bai Wei’s aggressive driving skills, they arrived at the entrance of Guoqiao Village government in just ten minutes.
Wang Lin had already obtained the address of “Mrs. Zhang”.
That “Mrs. Zhang” was quite famous here, so after asking a few people, they found the small courtyard where she lived.
This was an old courtyard, surrounded by locust trees, with even a large locust tree in the yard. The locust branches stretched over the wall, covered in white locust flowers.
At the height of summer, it was just after 2 p.m., and the sun was scorching hot.
But as one approached the small courtyard, there was a cool breeze.
Normally, the scent of locust flowers is fragrant, but here, it was accompanied by an unpleasant stench.
“Locust trees, the ghosts of the wood, are yin… Generally, rural people wouldn’t plant locust trees in their courtyards… Wang Lin, break the door down!”
Xu Yang spoke.
“Huh?”
Wang Lin: “Should 1 just break it? Don’t knock first?”
While saying this,
He had already kicked towards the door of the small courtyard.
His martial arts skills were not as strong as Bai Wei’s, but they weren’t weak either. With a powerful kick, he exerted a force of over a thousand kg, and directly kicked the door of the small courtyard off its hinges.
The three of them rushed into the courtyard and, following their previous method, kicked open the door to the house.
Inside the house, many bottles and jars were placed, some containing strange herbs, some housing bizarre insects. A strong stench rushed out, but “Mrs. Zhang” was nowhere to be found.
“She’s not here!”
“Master Xu… has Mrs. Zhang fled for fear of being found guilty?”
Xu Yang shook his head, “No… 1 think I know where she went. She’s just trying to make a desperate fight before we expose her, trying to extend her life!”
“Has she gone to Shanshuigou Village?”
Bai Wei reacted, “Wang Lin, go get the car… We’re going to the Zhang family now!”
“No need!”
But Xu Yang waved his hand to stop Wang Lin.
He took out his Daoist robe, shoes, and cap, and leisurely put them on.
Then he went to the center of the courtyard, took out an incense burner and incense candles, placed them on the ground, lit the incense candles with the Fire Manipulation Skill, sat down on the ground, laid the peach wood sword across his legs, took out two “Evil-warding Talismans” he had made and placed them on his left and right, before saying-
“Witchcraft can’t be used out of thin air. She has been living here for many years, so there must be some sort of carrier for her witchcraft hidden here!”
“You guys watch the door, don’t let anyone disturb me… I’m going to perform a ritual to confront that Mrs. Zhang!”
PS: After some consideration, it doesn’t seem right to split the 4000+ word updates during the new book period, so from now on I’ll post both chapters at 12 o’clock. If there are additional updates, they will be announced separately. Let’s set up some extra update rules soon..