[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night":3,"chapter-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-130":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Journey to the End of the Night",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1715650,2193,"Chapter 130 - 130 130 Strange Events in Liquor City","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-130",130,"\u003Cp>130: Chapter 130: Strange Events in Liquor City 130: Chapter 130: Strange Events in Liquor City From Li Jiujiu’s account, Baili An learned in greater detail about the developments of the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days ago, in Xihai City, known for its expertise in brewing, a case of a young girl’s disappearance emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people in the city suspected that an Evil Ghost was behind it and reported the matter to the Lihe Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jiujiu, having cultivated for some time, was cooped up and bored in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, she took a plea and descended the mountains to investigate the case of the missing girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further investigation revealed corpses hidden in the river, exceeding hundreds, and it was discovered that this was the work of a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were about to delve into further investigation, people from the Taixuan Sect arrived first and very firmly prevented her from getting involved in the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, Li Jiujiu thought that the disciples from the Taixuan Sect were indeed more capable than her, so she compromised and withdrew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, just as she had left, she discovered that the brewing family in the city had been consumed by a massive fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During her time down from the mountains, Li Jiujiu had been staying temporarily with the Zhang Family, who were humble and polite towards her, showing great affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the course of days, she even formed friendships with some of the young ladies there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing this scene, she immediately turned back and rushed to the Zhang family, only to witness an extremely cruel and bloody scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Zhang family, over seventy people including elders, women, children, and house slaves, had all been killed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single survivor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this news, Fang Geyu was immensely shocked, “Although this gentle girl has always been a bit off in demeanor, she still has always been a person of restraint and decorum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she suddenly become so violent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jiujiu hugged her knees, feeling wronged, “When I saw that scene, my mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhang family was warm and kind to everyone, and they were always the first to help out with any suffering in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhang sisters were also incredibly kind-hearted, and her brother was a loving husband, deeply in love with his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a harmonious family was utterly destroyed by a single hand of Su Jing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, she, Su Jing, is an elevated daughter of an Immortal, and might not understand the hardships of the Mortal World, but to eliminate demons and evil, she shouldn’t vent her anger on a group of mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, my mind was overtaken by anger, and I rushed up and started fighting with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was incredibly powerful, she didn’t even need to draw her sword to shatter my Seven Stars Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a fit of rage, I then summoned the Shadow Sword I had brought back from the Demon Cave, barely managing to withstand her for two moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She got careless for a moment, and somehow during the second strike, I accidentally damaged her mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw her getting very angry, her eyes turning terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got scared and wanted to escape, but she didn’t plan to let me go and injured me instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In desperation, I pulled out the Thousand Mechanism Mace, which temporarily trapped her and allowed me to escape back to the Lihe Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Geyu’s eyes widened in surprise, “It’s been years, and you’ve become quite the wealthy lady, possessing both the Shadow Immortal Sword and the Thousand Mechanism Mace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jiujiu looked at her somberly, “The wealthiest ‘little rich lady’ is right before my eyes; I dare not claim that title myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered the days of her childhood when she was invited to visit her home, and upon going, found it terribly dull and wanted to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fang Geyu stubbornly came up with the idea of running away from home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out, the venture to run away did not happen; the two got lost behind the mountain for ten whole days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when they were found did they realize they were not lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been walking in the right direction all along; what seemed to be the back mountain was actually her backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had walked around it for ten whole days, not even leaving her backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How wealthy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Li Jiujiu’s comprehensive account, Fang Geyu fell into deep thought, her pretty face still showing a trace of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she seldom interacted with people from the Taixuan Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her family in Shifang City had been in touch with the powers of the Three Sects for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taixuan Sect has vast power, and since its establishment, it has been around for ten thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Sect Master is a legendary Immortal of a millennium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sect’s rules are strict, and they hold high expectations for their disciples; senseless killing, anger, and greed are among the sect’s taboos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jing, being the Sect Master’s daughter, how could she be allowed to commit such slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of a sudden, Baili An spoke up, “Jiujiu, you just mentioned that the people from the Taixuan Sect were also there to eliminate demons, and there was a ghost inhabiting a pugilist world woman in the tavern, who became violently unmanageable, and it was two disciples from the Taixuan Sect who exorcised it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that, their intention to exterminate the demons was genuine, but not long after, Taixuan Su Jing slaughtered an entire household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t this slaughter seem odd in your eyes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jiujiu looked up at Baili An, her expression filled with indignation, “Where there are demons, there is certainly something strange!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how strange things are, as a cultivator of profound ability, one shouldn’t simply strike down mortals who have no means to resist, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Geyu, however, picked up on the implication in Baili An’s words, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, “Are you suggesting…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that the Zhang family harbored a demon which endangered lives, and Su Jing slaughtered the entire family upon discovering this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Baili An could speak, Li Jiujiu, extremely agitated, shouted, “That’s absolutely impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhang family were good, kind-hearted people, and I stayed with them for more than ten days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everybody in the Zhang family, undoubtedly all mortals without any knowledge of sorcery, how could they possibly harbor a demon to harm others?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t know the full story; you shouldn’t make baseless accusations!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jiujiu remembered the vivid, smiling faces of the Zhang family members and could not help feeling a pang in her heart, “Now that they are gone, why must we…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Geyu shrugged helplessly at Baili An, “She has always been like this, a hot-blooded young maiden of the pugilist world, just understand her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An chuckled, what kind of old-fashioned tone is that, and besides, you are not even as old as Jiujiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Li Jiujiu’s overly straightforward nature, although rare and pure, could also easily be exploited by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his many doubts about the massacred Zhang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was responsible for the hundred female corpses pressed under the riverbed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a coincidence that Li Jiujiu discovered the floating corpses, or was there someone covertly orchestrating it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, the yin energy of female spirits wronged in death is strongest, and their presence at midnight is perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But according to what Li Jiujiu described, at that time, the tavern was filled with many patrons, with numerous heroes from the pugilist world among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary characters of the pugilist world who carry a strong sense of justice generally deter ordinary ghosts from coming close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why then, particularly in the Zhang family’s tavern, would there be an incident of an Evil Ghost possessing and harming someone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemingly injured by Su Jing, but in Baili An’s mind, he vaguely saw an invisible thread leading her step by step into a trap full of murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Li Jiujiu did have a point, he wasn’t a witness to everything, didn’t know the whole story, and couldn’t jump to conclusions lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the most important thing now was not to pursue the truth but to address the immediate murderous intent of Taixuan Su Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to kill someone over a mere mask, Baili An felt that this person’s murderous intent was truly too intense.\u003C\u002Fp>",1397,"2026-06-06T15:16:24.479Z",1,"novelbin.me","0c76d7e8aab82de00a2513971fda4b4bcc342ce47c09aea3710cad97138bc788","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-131","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-129",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]