Chapter 670: Bound to the Child-Bearing System and Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 671 Background Board Rabbit Spirit (43)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

"Since that's the case, let's go take a look."

Changsheng Daozhang had just been about to leave with this Jiang Dajiangjun, but before he could take two steps forward, he felt some resistance on his leg.

Looking down, he saw it was his obedient disciple whom he had brought along for a heart-to-heart talk.

Uh...

Lin Chengjing looked pitifully at Changsheng Daozhang, pouting her little mouth as if she were about to wail loudly.

Who made this a child's exclusive ability? Others doing this might not be appropriate, but children have considerable freedom privileges.

Changsheng Daozhang was frightened and hurriedly pulled Lin Chengjing over, even if he had to bend his waist and lower his head; compared to his little disciple's wailing, a bit of discomfort on his own body didn't matter.

Lin Chengjing held back her tears as she wished, but her voice still carried a sobbing tone as she choked out "Master" to Changsheng Daozhang.

The background board Jiang Dajiangjun beside them:...

Could it be that Changsheng Daozhang brings a weaned baby with him when he goes out?

Heaven knows even his own six-year-old youngest son cannot enter the military camp; sigh, that seems unreasonable.

"Jiang Dajiangjun, we don't need to enter the military camp for now; we're just going to look at the corpses of those soldiers," Changsheng Daozhang stroked his beard, somewhat believing that this Jiang Dajiangjun had truly never consulted a high person about this matter.

Jiang Dajiangjun nodded at this point, "Changsheng Daozhang, please go this way."

The two parties left the manor just like that; on the road, Changsheng Daozhang repeatedly instructed his little disciple not to cry or make a fuss, lest she frighten some unspeakable things.

Lin Chengjing:... ∪? ω? ∪

Nodding with a silly and cute expression, Lin Chengjing said in a childish voice that she definitely wouldn't cry; she had already successfully come out with her master, so what was there to cry about?

"Master, Jing'er is obedient," don't worry, Father King and Mother Consort both praise her as smart and sensible.

Hearing this, Changsheng Daozhang chuckled, his look of old-age satisfaction making Jiang Dajiangjun sitting to the side feel his teeth ache.

Sigh

The news didn't say Changsheng Daozhang valued this little commandery princess, born of Prince Jing and the Princess Consort, who hadn't received a corresponding title, so much; why is he now so eager to ask for her?

Not understanding but unable to speak it out, Jiang Dajiangjun simply closed his eyes to rest his spirit.

Seeing this, Lin Chengjing secretly glanced at this tall, fat, and sturdy general; hmm, should she say something?

The smell on this uncle's body smelled a bit strange, just like, just like the situation when fresh fruit is left for too long.

Master said this kind of thing is a symptom of demon evil invasion; people become extremely weak and finally become skin and bones, how terrifying.

With round grape-like eyes looking at Changsheng Daozhang, Lin Chengjing raised her little chubby hand to cover her mouth, calling out "Master" in a very small voice.

Changsheng Daozhang made a gesture without changing expression, telling Lin Chengjing to pay attention and be quiet.

Oh~

Lin Chengjing's little mouth opened slightly, then slowly closed, and her body sat up straight.

Hmm, as expected of the key disciple he painstakingly chose, her ability and spiritual intelligence are strong!

Even the little bean Lin Chengjing, who hasn't formally started cultivation, knows about the problem on Jiang Dajiangjun's body; how could Master Changsheng Daozhang not know?

It's just that he felt revealing this matter was unintentional to speak of and would inevitably scare the snake by startling the grass; it's better to follow Jiang Dajiangjun's arrangement and proceed, and by the way, secretly bind Jiang Dajiangjun by his side without ghosts or gods knowing.

Changsheng Daozhang has cultivated for many years and believes his ability is not bad; whether Jiang Dajiangjun was schemed by others or has other plots, he can handle it.

For now, let's properly handle the corpses of those deceased soldiers first.

The carriage moved forward all the way, but instead of turning into the main tent of the military camp ahead, it entered a small path beside it; after continuing forward for about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Dajiangjun suddenly opened his eyes and said, "We've arrived."

Changsheng Daozhang took Lin Chengjing out of the carriage; before the master and disciple were a row of wooden houses, the surroundings were bald, like a place that had been specially swept clean.

Jiang Dajiangjun looked at the front with an emotional expression, and finally seriously told Changsheng Daozhang that the corpses of those soldiers were inside the houses.

Those from long ago had already been buried and rested in peace; those who recently lost their lives had not yet been arranged.

"This place" a strange light flashed in Changsheng Daozhang's eyes.

"It was a wandering Daoist from who knows where, requesting it be built and handled this way."

He also emphasized that the deceased and injured soldiers must be left for a certain time before being buried and resting in peace."

Jiang Dajiangjun was unusually angry while saying these words, his fists clenched tightly, making crackling sounds.

Changsheng Daozhang said nothing more, only saying that doing so could indeed alleviate some situations, such as keeping the caused trouble within a controllable range and preventing the number of casualties from suddenly increasing, but a method of treating symptoms not the root could ultimately not calm the whole matter down.

"Yes, previously we didn't believe it, thinking that wandering Daoist was just all show."

The deceased and injured soldiers were handled in their own way, and trouble occurred on the spot, causing far more damage than those who originally died.

The ironclad facts left them no choice but to believe; in the end, this place still became a site specially arranged for these deceased and injured soldiers.

"Calm your mind and hold to the unity! Jiang Dajiangjun, don't fall into it; Old Taoist, since I've come, will personally meet these yaoguai!"

Hearing this, Jiang Dajiangjun respectfully bowed to Changsheng Daozhang, "Hard work, Changsheng Daozhang."

Lin Chengjing naturally couldn't enter with Changsheng Daozhang; she stayed outside honestly, raising her eyes to see off Changsheng Daozhang and Jiang Dajiangjun as they entered the door.

"Commandery Princess, why not return to the carriage to rest first?"

The sun in the sky was very hot; the attending servant worried the Eldest Miss would feel uncomfortable.

"No need, I'll wait for my master here."

The little person made a little chubby face and just stared straight ahead at that row of wooden houses.

In the eyes of other ordinary people, this place was just ordinary; even under such a big sun's scorching, it was still somewhat gloomy and cool.

But in Lin Chengjing's eyes, ahead was a pitch-black Magic Window; those neatly arranged houses were the cave entrance of the Magic Window, constantly devouring the life force existing around them.

The woods here had no bird calls, the soil was dry and withered, the leaves turned yellow—all manifestations of their own life force being lost.

Mm.

Master shouldn't run into any trouble, right?

Lin Chengjing's heart was fluttering up and down; he wished he could take out the talisman papers in his small purse and plaster them all over himself.

Inside the room, compared to outside, it was even more gloomy and dim.

Even a fierce general who had campaigned on the battlefield year-round, General Jiang still felt a chill run through his whole body.

Looking at the ignorant and unaware, still able to walk around everywhere, seriously examining one white-cloth-covered corpse after another, General Jiang's reverence for Changsheng Daozhang reached its peak at this very moment.

A warrior indeed!

Changsheng Daozhang is truly unafraid, because scenes like the one before his eyes he often witnesses; sometimes they are even more terrifying and horrifying than this.

One covered corpse after another saw the light of day again; Changsheng Daozhang walked through them all, and finally let out a long sigh, startling General Jiang into heart palpitations.

Ah?

It wouldn't be anything major, would it!

Can I hold out?

In just a brief instant, all sorts of speculations had already appeared in General Jiang's head, until Changsheng Daozhang said in a deep voice, "This matter is related to a kind of charm demon."

"Can Daoren resolve it?" General Jiang hurriedly asked.

Changsheng Daozhang nodded a bit, then shook his head a bit, "Mei, born in water are called water mei, born in mountain forests are called wood mei, born in earth are called earth mei, while metal and fire mei are the rarest and have the greatest harmfulness."

Mei are a rather special kind of Drug, similar to the xiaoyao of Danxia Cheng, but xiaoyao have no danger at all and can even produce the beneficial-to-humans-and-yao Cai Xia Dan; mei, however, have no merits whatsoever — they are innately vicious, absorbing human life force to accelerate their own cultivation.

These fallen officers and soldiers before us, without exception, all died because their life force was severed.

Such a death is very painful, because life force is the foundation that maintains the body's operation; as life force disappears bit by bit, a person first feels physical discomfort, followed by all sorts of messy conditions.

Such as seeing scenes ordinary people cannot see, then hallucinations appear, unable to distinguish real from fake, and finally dying from mental collapse.

These people usually do not die naturally; they cannot endure the later-stage pain and choose to end themselves, and this kind of self-termination is filled with despair — even steel-and-iron bones tempered by years of battlefield campaigning cannot escape it.

Otherwise there wouldn't be so many wooden huts here, the officers and soldiers inside each dying miserably; if the overall situation cannot be controlled, even if the number of wooden huts doubled, they could still be filled to capacity.

General Jiang showed even greater anxiety at this, but seeing Changsheng Daozhang still able to speak calmly and at length, he believed this mei wasn't unsolvable either.

"Mei?"

Shen Yao propped her chin and raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that she had really broadened her horizons quite a bit.

There's mei in Qixing Cheng? That's a kind of creature even more ruthless than normal yaojing.

Seemingly yao yet not yao, born from the darkness of the human heart, using life force as raw material — the most detested anomaly among all creatures in the entire world.

Its attacks make no distinction; whether human or yao, all are its food.

"Host, so scary, but this General Jiang's mouth is really tight," if it weren't for Changsheng Daozhang coming along with the team, who knows if it would still be kept hidden.

Shen Yao:...

"What good would come of speaking this out?" Besides creating panic, what else could it do? Outside Qixing Cheng is the enemy country's border; General Jiang's duty is to guard the borderlands — nothing is more important than border stability.

"But if we don't say it, what if it blows up?" Afraid there'll be an extinction disaster.

"By then General Jiang would already be a pile of dry bones," extinction disaster? What does that have to do with a general who has already closed his eyes?

System:...

"Alright, no need to worry about the mei matter; since Changsheng Daozhang can point out the root of the problem, it means he has a way to handle this affair."

Nothing more than the size of the price to pay; as long as General Jiang makes up his mind, there is no affair that cannot be accomplished.

General Jiang:...

General Jiang listened to the method proposed by Changsheng Daozhang with a stiff face; if this place weren't too bizarre, he really would have wanted to tie this person up and throw him out.

Listen to this — what kind of talk is this?

Using those officers and soldiers who have already been affected as bait to lure the charm demons into showing themselves.

"Changsheng Daozhang, isn't that a bit too cruel?" Those officers and soldiers are barely hanging on by a thread; using them as bait? Isn't that sending them down the road to death?

Changsheng Daozhang:...

Changsheng Daozhang looked at this General Jiang before him with a face full of surprise, thinking to himself: being soft-hearted at a time like this, isn't that even more wanting to send these officers and soldiers down the road to death?

Only a breath left — to put it bluntly, it's more ill omen than good; if not gambling now, then when?

Changsheng Daozhang felt his own arrangement was truly wanting to save these officers and soldiers; just wait for the charm demons to appear, snatch back the lost life force, then nurture them for several days — not to say a full recovery, but at least they can live out their years in peace.

After stating his plan outwardly, General Jiang's expression still held hesitation, but at least it was no longer as violently reactive as before.

"I naturally trust Changsheng Daozhang; this matter, I entrust to Daoren."

"Easy to say, easy to say; this old Taoist dares not rashly guarantee, only do my utmost."

Doing one's utmost is already enough.

The two spoke as they came out of the wooden hut, then boarded the carriage and departed.

In the following days, Changsheng Daozhang made large purchases of the supplies he needed, making full preparations to attract the charm demons.

During this period there were still new casualties among those officers and soldiers, but such things have never been controllable by people; General Jiang could only suppress on one side while placing his hopes on Changsheng Daozhang.

The system spent most of its time hovering around Changsheng Daozhang, causing any movement here to be reported to the host; so even though Shen Yao often strolled and played with Lin Xingzhi, she still didn't miss the latest progress of the affair.

"Wow, the old man is really sinister, actually hiding a secret move!"

"Yo yo yo, General Jiang has such thick eyebrows and big eyes, didn't expect he'd actually actively betray the imperial court."

"These officers and soldiers are so strange, staying properly in the military camp — how could they still have their life force sucked away by charm demons? There are no charm demons in the military camp at all!"

"..."

The system chattered on nonstop, not letting Shen Yao get a word in edgewise.

But she's long been used to all kinds of twist after twist after twist in life; General Jiang being a traitor? Normal — even if General Jiang colluded with charm demons, she wouldn't find it the least bit surprising.

"Wow! This general, how is he still keeping a charm demon in the mansion!"

Shen Yao:...

"Did you see wrong? Charm Demons are formless, and even because they feed on life force, it causes them to be excessively ugly after transformation." This is the Way of Balance originating from the World Consciousness; life force is the source of all things, Charm Demons act contrary to the Way, and are courting death.

The System indicated that it, an Artificial Intelligence, how could it make this kind of low-level error — it is Charm Demons!

Its whole body pitch-black, four eyes, two noses, one mouth, and not even externally visible ears.

Completely unworthy of its name — where is the charm?

Shen Yao was thoughtful, thinking to herself she didn't know if Changsheng Daoren would capsize; it looked like this Jiang Dajiangjun was also a person with a story.

The System indicated there was no story it didn't know; whatever Jiang Dajiangjun or Zhou Dajiangjun, round-the-clock Monitoring is worth having.

No one can bear the System's investigation; if there is, then the investigation time was definitely not enough.

The System ran at full power, shuttling back and forth between Changsheng Daoren and Jiang Dajiangjun.

Until Changsheng Daoren had everything ready, carriages and horses arrayed waiting for the Charm Demons to come knocking, the System also pieced together a deeply moving love story from Jiang Dajiangjun's several rounds of gossip.

Simply put, it is a pair of lovers who fell in love but could not become a married couple.

The final result: the woman jumped into the water and died, while the man became a high official with wives and concubines in crowds and offspring surrounding him, yet still missed the Baimuguang in his heart.

Shen Yao:... Oh, truly a story mired in cliché.