Chapter 86: Master Dao, Spare My Life!

Su Ping returned to Linyue Villa safely enough.

It was just that on the road back, he encountered many migration caravans and saw tens of thousands of people outside Jin Feng City collectively mourning their relatives who had died after the city was breached by Demon Beasts.

The funeral procession stretched for ten miles, and along the way, people kept pushing coffins to join it.

Su Ping also happened upon a small town where people suspected of being horse bandits had been hung on flagpoles and dried into jerky.

Additionally, Su Ping saw the latest wanted posters at a government post station.

There were many more heinous Robber Cultivators and Evil Cultivators added to them.

What caught Su Ping's attention, however, was that among the newly listed Evil Cultivators, there was actually a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator!

This was the patriarch of a small family who had somehow become an Evil Cultivator; he was originally only at the Qi Refining Late Stage, but he had killed the Supreme Elder of his family who was at the Qi Refining Great Perfection, performed a Blood Sacrifice on his entire clan, and then fled the scene!

The evaluation of this patriarch Evil Cultivator on the wanted list had already reached the level of a Qi Refining Great Perfection!

Furthermore, Su Ping discovered an Evil Spirit in a mountain valley.

The Evil Spirit was formless and intangible, and it possessed the characteristic of being able to possess anything in the Cultivation World to form strange corruptions of the surrounding environment.

The Evil Spirit in that valley had possessed a broad-leaf tree and had already polluted the vegetation within a hundred-meter radius.

When Su Ping saw the entity, he felt a trace of Evil Qi strike out at him, causing the Warding Evil Artifact on his person to begin heating up in warning.

Although Su Ping guessed that the Evil-Warding and Evil-Punishing Stone Lion in the Pot Heaven could restrain the Evil Spirit.

He did not intend to experiment with it right now, so Su Ping retreated quickly and left, then found a Loose Cultivator to have him pass the intelligence to the local City Lord Mansion.

Matters involving Evil Spirits were best handled by professionals from the Immortal Sect!

After a round trip from Jinyun Mountain Market, it was soon time for the Fishing spots to refresh again.

Su Ping also began preparing to set off for Xuangui Island once more.

Before that, Su Ping thought of the various tragedies he had seen on the road and prepared to check for hidden dangers in Jinque City before leaving.

Su Ping summoned the Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui, closed his eyes to connect with the mice scattered across the territory of Jinque City, silently read their memory fragments, and cross-referenced them with the information reported by the City Lord Mansion and the Ji Family.

Before long, an anomaly was detected by Su Ping.

Nowadays, even in Jinque City, people were moving from the countryside to the towns, and from the towns to Jinque City.

Everyone was migrating; even small landlords who were reluctant to leave their fields would send their second or third wives to Jinque City to work or farm.

Even if it meant being a beggar, they wanted to stay safely inside the city.

In case something happened, they could leave a bloodline for the family.

Yet Su Ping discovered that there was a manor that had been quiet for so long, and not a single person had moved out.

In fact, there had been entries but no exits these past few days, which could already be called abnormal.

"I hope it's not an Evil Spirit!"

Su Ping muttered aloud and began heading toward the place called Bai Family Manor along the way.

Bai Family Manor was close to the main road, and there were thousands of acres of fields belonging to the manor owner in the surrounding area.

In addition, Bai Family Manor also had a logging site and a timber processing plant.

In the records of Jinque City, this owner of Bai Family Manor was considered a gentryman recognized by them.

However, ever since Su Ping took on the role of Inspector.

This owner of Bai Family Manor had never come to Jinque City again, and had excused himself to the outside world by claiming to have fallen ill with a serious disease.

Su Ping recalled these records as he climbed a nearby hillside to gaze at the manor from afar.

He discovered that under the vision of the Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui, there was no Evil Qi.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; if it wasn't an Evil Spirit, then it would be easy to handle.

With his current abilities, dealing with enemies in this mortal realm should be enough, right?

Thinking was one thing.

Su Ping still sensed more things that were not quite right.

The large manor had no signs of life at this moment.

There was no one in the fields, no one in the woods, and the manor itself seemed completely empty!

Su Ping thought for a moment, and for the sake of caution, took out the Memory Scepter.

The 12-hour cooldown had long since finished, and as Su Ping raised the Memory Scepter, he gave it a gentle wave toward the front!

He did not choose to play the role himself.

The memory illusion of the wingless White Crane Boy appeared before Su Ping, and like in the Pot Heaven, it looked at Su Ping with lifeless eyes.

Su Ping felt the connection between the real illusion and himself.

After attempting to control it, it was indeed like playing a first-person game, causing the White Crane Boy illusion to move and walk toward the main gate of Bai Family Manor.

The White Crane Boy arrived at the tightly shut gate and stretched out both hands to push it open directly.

Creak!

The gate was not locked and was slowly pushed open; the White Crane Boy, as an illusion under Su Ping's control, walked in with large strides without the slightest fear.

Upon entering, he discovered that the door to the main hall of the manor was also open.

And he could vaguely hear the sound of a woman singing opera coming from inside.

It seemed the host was inside, watching the play in a leisurely and contented manner.

The White Crane Boy stepped into the main hall without fear.

He immediately felt his body shake.

Su Ping, who had the vision of the White Crane Boy, immediately realized that this hall was set up with a Dharma Array that had at least the ability to disguise!

Inside the hall, dozens of charming female opera singers were singing sorrowful operas on a small stage set up on the left and right sides.

In the center seat, a middle-aged man with a fair face and no beard was staring at the White Crane Boy who had walked in with a trace of malice.

"You must be the reinforcements invited by that Inspector of Jinque City!"

"For that guy to let a Cultivator like you, whose cultivation I cannot discern, come over, it seems he has discovered my little tricks."

"But it doesn't matter; this body is nearly ruined anyway, and I was preparing to change into a new skin."

"It is quite unexpected that you came over so boldly; I had thought I would need to put on a bit of a show to get you to enter!"

The middle-aged man, who appeared to be the master of Bai Family Manor, slowly stood up.

At the same time, the female performers on both sides also simultaneously ceased their movements and singing.

The atmosphere became heavy and eerie.

The next second!

The middle-aged man, seeing White Crane Boy step into the trap without the slightest fear or impulse, let out a cold snort.

Suddenly, the female performers on both sides split open from their heads, and after their human skin peeled away, paper people made entirely of paper appeared!

By draping themselves in human skin, these paper people could actually disguise themselves as living people!

Su Ping instantly understood what that middle-aged man was.

"A Loose Cultivator of the Side-Door Path who practices the Paper Person Technique and the Skin-Peeling Human Pupa Technique!"

"No, this guy's cultivation far exceeds that of an ordinary Loose Cultivator; I fear he has also come into contact with other evil cultivation arts!"

"The entire Bai Family Manor has likely already been quietly blood-sacrificed by this guy!"

Su Ping understood the cause and effect, and immediately took out his heavy sniper rifle and aimed it at the Bai Family Manor ahead.

"When dealing with Heavenly Demons and evil paths, there is no need to talk about martial arts world rules!"

Su Ping pulled the trigger, and the muzzle of the sniper rifle instantly spat out flames, firing one Armor-Piercing Bullet after another.

Inside Bai Family Manor.

The middle-aged man saw the paper people move in unison to surround White Crane Boy, and several of them even grabbed the other's hands and feet with a *swish*.

Just as he felt that this time he could peel the skin off an Outer Sect Disciple of an Immortal Sect!

He heard the piercing sound of a window being shattered.

And at the same time, he discovered that half of his body had departed from him with a loud *bang*!

"There is a Cultivator ambushing from outside!"

The middle-aged man realized this, and just as he was confused about why the Cultivator would foolishly come over without other actions if they had backup.

He suddenly discovered that the Cultivator surrounded by the paper people had actually vanished!

Before he could think of anything else, his remaining body and head shattered all over the ground.

However, no blood flowed out. Apart from the shredded human skin, all that remained on the ground were pieces of fine paper dust.

"This guy is a ruthless person; he even turned himself into a paper person?"

"If I hadn't been cautious and come to take a look, this guy might have really been able to run to other territories and continue to live at ease!"

"No, this guy's flaw was exposed on purpose. Good fellow! He was planning to target me!"

"If I had sent a Loose Cultivator over this time, it would have been like sending a farewell gift to the opponent!"

When Su Ping used the heavy sniper rifle to shatter the outer wall of the manor, he also broke the Array, allowing him to see the scene through the sniper scope and the vision of the mice that had rushed in.

He discovered that those paper people had all frozen in place after losing the middle-aged man.

Even when the mice gnawed on them, there was no reaction.

Su Ping had Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui investigate, and after finding what should have been a Storage Bag belonging to that Side-Door Cultivator, he found nothing else; the people who were originally in the manor seemed to have long since disappeared.

Su Ping did not dwell on it and chose to set a fire directly.

He let the flames burn the paper people and those fragments completely clean.

Under the flames, Su Ping heard bursts of mournful wails emanating from the fire.

Afterwards, a paper person covered in blood-colored patterns suddenly darted out from the flames and knelt before Su Ping, who had been staying a thousand meters away and had not entered the scene:

"Spare my life, Daoist Master!"

"I possess the Paper Person Secret Technique, which can attain blissful longevity!"

*Bang! *

Su Ping could not stand to hear keywords of evil cultivators like 'bliss' and 'longevity', and directly shattered the paper person's head with a shot.

This caused the paper person to wobble and seemingly turn into an ordinary paper person before falling to the ground.

Su Ping frowned slightly; these strange arts were not necessarily powerful, but they were sufficiently bizarre and tenacious.

He sighed, took out several Incendiary Bottles, and threw them hard!

With a *boom*, the Incendiary Bottles exploded, and the spiked flames completely ignited the paper people on the ground and in the fire zone.

This time, the paper people truly turned to ash.

Afterwards, Su Ping looked at the piled-up ashes, and with a thought, had the mice throw all the ashes into the small stream outside.

Only then did Su Ping set his mind at ease and turn to head toward Xuangui Island.

Several days later.

Xuangui Island welcomed its loyal angler.

The islanders saw the Immortal Master enter the center of the island with a lingering afterimage again.

【Current cumulative fishing attempts at the fishing spot: (140/200)】

Su Ping, dressed as an old fisherman, sat by Heaven Lake and nodded slightly upon seeing the number of fishing attempts.

It had not been fully refreshed, nor had it only refreshed by half.

This result was still acceptable.

As Su Ping baited the spot and took out the Spirit Rice wine, the fishing session officially began...

A Second-tier Fishing Spot requires more time for fishing.

When dawn arrived, Su Ping stood up and looked toward the fishing warehouse.

This time he obtained 80 Small Flowing Pattern Fish and 60 Large Flowing Pattern Fish.

It was a bit of a pity not to have obtained the specialty product.

Su Ping was still very curious about what a Juvenile Xuan Turtle looked like.

Once it grew up, could it be used as a boat to carry him while sailing on the ocean?

If one could use the divine beast Xuan Turtle as a mount, who would still go and sit on a boat!

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