Chapter 541

Li Yi continued to stroll and saw someone selling a big rooster, asking for a hundred taels of silver.

That big rooster had bright red feathers, showing five colors in the sun, looking extraordinary, and a pair of eyes that were bright and spirited, not like ordinary poultry, but more like a monster that had attained some climate.

After he stopped for a while, he understood why this big rooster was sold so expensively.

It turned out that some old and dilapidated houses in the city often had rumors of ghosts. After the tooth agency collected these haunted houses at a low price, they needed to invite such a big rooster back, put it in the haunted house for a few days, and in this way, it could drive away ghosts and make the house clean. Besides that, if there were elderly people in the family who were about to pass away, tying such a big rooster to the bedside could scare away the soul-hooking underworld messengers, use the pure Yang energy of the big rooster to suppress the soul that was about to leave the body, and forcibly extend the elderly person's life for a few days.

There was also someone holding a wooden box similar to a coffin, containing a box of three-colored soil, calling out for sale, and the price was even higher, asking for five hundred taels of gold.

Even so, it attracted many wealthy merchants to stop and discuss.

Li Yi leaned over to listen for a while before he understood a general idea.

It turned out that this was not selling three-colored soil, but selling a grave site.

That person was a Feng Shui master, specializing in finding dragon spots, who had spent ten years finding a good Feng Shui treasure land, dug out a handful of three-colored soil, put it in a box, and brought it to sell.

As long as a buyer bought this box of three-colored soil, that Feng Shui master would inform the buyer of the location of the grave site.

"It's really all-encompassing, everything is there."

Li Yi sighed with emotion. The culture of this world was indeed unique, with gods, ghosts, and monsters mixed together, and even ordinary people were very knowledgeable about these things.

"Make way, make way, Daoist in front, please make way."

Without knowing it, he walked to a certain place in the city. At this time, from a small alley on the street, a sheep herder drove out a dozen sheep. Perhaps because Li Yi was blocking the way a bit, he shouted loudly to let him make way.

Li Yi stood at the intersection. Although he was dressed in a Daoist robe, his figure was unusually tall. Just standing there, the dozen sheep in the alley didn't dare to approach, bleating at him.

Coming back to his senses, Li Yi just wanted to move his steps, but he noticed something and immediately stared at the dozen sheep.

Those sheep looked at Li Yi, somewhat fearful, gathered together, and didn't dare to bleat at all.

"Daoist, make way, you scared my sheep so they don't dare to pass." The sheep herder hurriedly walked up and said.

"What I want to know is, why do all your sheep emit a human aura? What kind of spell is this? Can it turn people into sheep?" Li Yi suddenly opened his mouth and said.

As soon as these words were spoken, the sheep herder's expression changed drastically. He subconsciously wanted to run, but seeing that there was no one around, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "Daoist, I see you are also a person with some ability. Don't make things difficult for me, and I won't make things difficult for you. How about this, I'll pick a beauty sheep for you as a gift, and let's pretend this matter didn't happen, how about that?"

Li Yi shook his head.

"Two?" The sheep herder asked again.

Li Yi still shook his head.

"Two at most, no more." The sheep herder gritted his teeth and said: "I am also delivering goods, the owner of the goods is not me, Daoist Priest, it's best to take it while it's good and don't provoke unprovoked disasters."

Li Yi said at this moment: "Alright then, two it is, this time it's forgotten. But next time if I run into you, it won't be two sheep that can dismiss it. But I don't want sheep, I want people."

The sheep herder was relieved upon hearing this: "Alright, I'll change them back for the Daoist Priest. But Daoist Priest, you must discipline them well. If they escape and report to the officials, and the Daoist Priest is arrested, don't blame it on me."

As he spoke, he went to pick two sheep.

Li Yi pointed and said: "Those two sheep over there look familiar to me, just those two."

"Fine, as the Daoist Priest wishes." The sheep herder followed Li Yi's pointing, grabbed those two sheep out of the flock, and then untied the water bag from his waist and fed water to those two sheep.

That water seemed to be talisman water, which could lift the spell of turning into sheep.

With two mouthfuls of water poured down, those two sheep actually turned into two women in a very short time.

One woman was dressed in a gauze skirt and dressed exquisitely, with a dignified and mature appearance, like a wealthy lady. The other woman was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with disheveled hair and face covered with incense ash, looking dirty, but she had quite a figure and appearance.

Li Yi looked at the second woman and was a bit surprised: "It really is you."

"Daoist Priest, save me." The woman with disheveled hair knelt down crying.

This person was exactly the young woman who was traveling with Old Liu and the others earlier.

Li Yi didn't know her name, but he recognized her appearance. The incense ash on her face was exactly what she had applied when they were at the Mountain God Temple, and it hadn't been wiped clean yet.

"No wonder I felt the aura was a bit familiar. I didn't expect you to be turned into a sheep and brought into Xinzhou City. Sure enough, Old Liu was right, it is indeed dangerous for a girl to travel alone. You weren't harmed by ghosts or monsters, but instead were sold. It seems that sometimes the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts and monsters." Li Yi shook his head slightly.

"Woo-woo!" The woman just cried, not knowing what to do.

The beautiful woman on the side was much calmer. She hurriedly begged: "I implore the Daoist Priest to save me."

"Daoist Priest, these two people belong to you, please make way, let's never meet again." The sheep herder didn't want to get entangled too much and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

His business couldn't see the light. Once discovered, being caught meant beheading.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so generous to give away two sheep.

"You follow me." Li Yi signaled to the two women at this moment. The beautiful woman and the young girl hurriedly stood up upon hearing this and fled away from the sheep herder, not daring to stay for even a moment.

Li Yi didn't say much, just turned around and walked away.

The sheep herder was relieved. It seemed that this Daoist was still quite trustworthy; two sheep could be considered a dismissal.

But he didn't expect that Li Yi didn't walk far before he stopped again, then turned around and said: "Sorry, we meet again. What did I say just now? If we meet again, it won't be two sheep that can dismiss it. This time I want all your sheep, you shouldn't have any objections, right?"

"..." The sheep herder was startled first, then furious: "You Daoist are playing with me?"

But his words had just been spoken.

Rumble!

A streak of silver lightning struck down from the sky and accurately landed in front of him.

This sheep herder was immediately stunned, standing still in place, staring blankly at the bottomless pit in front of him.

If he had been struck, there would be no life left.

No mistakes, one read, one send, one content, one look!

"What did you say just now?" Li Yi looked at him seriously: "I'll give you a chance to say it again."

The sheep herder immediately knelt down with a thud. He kowtowed while slapping his own face: "Daoist Priest, spare my life, I was blind and shouldn't have offended the Daoist Priest. I deserve to die... I will never dare to do such harmful things again. Please give me a chance to turn over a new leaf, Daoist Priest, and spare me this time."

He didn't know yet that he had encountered a real high person. If he didn't beg for mercy, he was afraid he wouldn't live past tonight.

"Stop talking nonsense. You follow too, and bring the other sheep. If you dare to run, or walk slowly, I will strike you dead with a lightning bolt." Li Yi glanced at him, then turned and left.

The sheep herder didn't dare to disobey, hurriedly stood up trembling, and drove the sheep to follow, fearing being struck dead.

The beautiful woman and the young woman also followed on the left and right. Although they didn't know why, they didn't dare to leave.

Li Yi then asked about some situations.

The young woman traveling together was named Zhang Liumei, who came to Xinzhou to rely on her cousin. But she didn't know that after arriving at the designated place outside the city, she didn't see her cousin, but saw this sheep herder, and then was turned into a sheep and sent into the city.

"Silly girl, your cousin sold you." The beautiful woman said immediately after hearing this.

Zhang Liumei just lowered her head and sobbed, not saying a word.

Li Yi asked: "Who is this person's cousin? Even harming her own relative."

The sheep herder said respectfully: "Back to the Daoist Priest, there is a prostitute who found me through a middleman, wanting to sell her sister to me for ten taels of silver. I paid two taels of deposit and went outside the city to collect the goods. I don't know anything else."

"I didn't expect there to be fraud in this world too." Li Yi nodded slightly, considering he understood what was going on, and then he asked again: "This lady, what about you, why were you turned into a sheep and brought into Xinzhou City?"

"I am surnamed Wang, originally the wife of a wealthy merchant outside the city. A few days ago, I went out and was taken to a quiet place by the butler. Before I understood what was going on, I had turned into a sheep. If it weren't for the Daoist Priest's rescue, I'm afraid I would have been in great danger." Mrs. Wang also became sentimental.

Li Yi glanced at him and said: "Is that how it is?"

"Back to the Daoist Priest, it's not like that. This woman was clearly sold to me by her husband. I paid twelve taels of silver. If I am lying, I will be struck dead by lightning immediately." The sheep herder said hurriedly.

"Nonsense, my husband has been dead for three years. That person is not my husband at all; it's the butler in the mansion." Mrs. Wang was both anxious and angry.

Li Yi said: "It seems that the butler is eyeing your family's property, so he sold you."

"The Daoist Priest's words are reasonable, it must be so." Mrs. Wang then cried again.

Li Yi shook his head slightly.

Not afraid of people being bad, just afraid of people harming others. This saying is indeed true.

He continued to walk for another stretch.

At this time, the sheep herder felt something was wrong: "Daoist Priest, where are you going? This is not the way out of the city."

He thought Li Yi wanted to rob him and monopolize all the sheep, but after walking for a while, he found that it didn't seem to be the case.

"Of course, I'm reporting to the officials. This matter is managed by the government office. I have other things to do, so I won't bother with this." Li Yi said.

"Daoist Priest, this, this is not necessary." The sheep herder said with a guilty conscience: "You are a high person, why not just let me go like a fart? I guarantee I won't do this kind of business again in the future. And my art of creating livestock is also given to the Daoist Priest. What do you think, Daoist Priest? Besides, these dozen beauty sheep, it's a pity to send them back. Why not take them all home, as concubines or maids, that would be good."

"You already called me Daoist Priest, then what do I need concubines and maids for? I certainly want to cultivate the Dao and become an immortal." Li Yi said expressionlessly: "You cooperate a bit, make a contribution to atone for your crimes, and perhaps you can still live. If you resist, you can die now."

The sheep herder looked at the government office not far ahead, feeling both afraid and scared at this moment. He hurriedly said: "Daoist Priest, it's fine for me to surrender, but I'm afraid it will implicate so many ladies. They have been in my hands once, and if they are sent back by the government, I'm afraid they will be gossiped about, and maybe they won't be able to bear the humiliation and will seek death."

"I saved their lives, which is already a great kindness. Whether they seek death or not has nothing to do with me." Li Yi remained unmoved.

(End of chapter)