Chapter 137: Ghost Silk Curtain (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Southern Jiaozhi, with its humid and hot climate, is very suitable for "Little Dragon" to live. Therefore, in these years, officials in the yamen who had cultivated the "Dragon Transformation Method" to this level would all try every means to transfer here and stay for a while.

"Tell me what happened," the woman ordered lightly.

The two carefully recounted the events. The woman closed the music score, her handsome brows furrowing slightly, and in her date-pit-shaped eyes, the gray-blue hue shifted like clouds: "That Inspector Xu just so easily, manipulated you two fools?"

The two lowered their heads: "Your subordinates are ashamed."

"Hmph." The woman let out a dissatisfied snort: "Truly useless! If you two had truly been willing to throw yourselves at him and let him beat you up, this official would have had a direct excuse to intervene!

Now, we can only wait three more days."

The two were taken aback: "My lord, fighting someone from the Purification Bureau in the street, isn't that too..."

"That is why I say you are fools." The woman supported her forehead with her hand, shaking her head repeatedly.

I told you to provoke them; it is normal for the Purification Bureau to be tied up with restrictions. What are you worrying about this and that for?!

"Get out." The woman found these two people annoying, and the two hurriedly took their leave.

The woman sighed helplessly, opened the music score again, and plucked it twice with a zing-zing sound.

"He has some small cleverness, but the waters of the Champa Office are deep. Three days... he cannot break the situation."

"By then, I can intervene with full justification."

"Three years, finally I can dominate Champa alone!"

Dragon nature is domineering; no other strong power is allowed to exist within its territory.

Xu Yuan turned a corner and asked Lang Xiao Ba from the side: "What is going on with the Shanhe Bureau?"

"Ah?" Lang Xiao Ba was lost in thought.

"This official is asking you what is going on with the Shanhe Bureau, why did they deliberately provoke us?"

Lang Xiao Ba had been lost in thought just now, because he was very surprised that Xu Yuan would stand up for Zhou Leizi and the others.

One could say that since yesterday, the attitude of everyone in the Champa Office towards the four of Xu Yuan had turned to exclusion.

Lang Xiao Ba asked himself, if it were him, he would not have this kind of vision.

He would definitely cross his arms and stand aside to watch the joke.

The difference in quality is immediately apparent.

Lang Xiao Ba felt somewhat ashamed in his heart; someone so young can become a Deputy Inspector, valued by the Commander, indeed not something he can compare to.

Xu Yuan asked again, and Lang Xiao Ba hummed in response: "Those people from the Shanhe Bureau are extremely domineering.

In recent years, they have been excluding our Champa Office, always using various pretexts to try to stretch their hands into our jurisdiction.

That female Law Master they have locally is truly insatiable; with her backing them, the Shanhe Bureau has had no shortage of conflicts with us in the past."

Lang Xiao Ba paused, looked around, and then spoke in a low voice: "Your subordinate heard that someone from the Purification Bureau also died last night! Although they tried their best to conceal it, some details still leaked out. I think, it was most likely done by that evil spirit!"

Xu Yuan's heart gave a thump: Killed someone from the Shanhe Bureau? Isn't this exactly giving the Shanhe Bureau an excuse to intervene in this case?

Lang Xiao Ba did not know why, after he delivered this "good news," the Inspector's expression suddenly turned ugly—originally, telling this news was meant to ease relations with the Inspector, but now it was awkward, yet he could not figure out where he had gone wrong...

Xu Yuan nodded and said: "In the future, if there is similar news, report it to me immediately."

Lang Xiao Ba breathed a sigh of relief: "As you command."

This time, Song Lu led the way in front; her elder family member had told her in the letter that she would stay at the "Moon Full Tower" inn.

Also in the northern part of the city.

The group found the inn and asked the waiter, who smiled and said: "Please follow me, that guest gave instructions long ago; when the honored guests arrive, bring them directly over."

This "Moon Full Tower" was one level higher than the inn where Xu Yuan and the others stayed last night.

In front is a three-story building, and behind is a large courtyard divided into seven side courtyards of different styles, each courtyard also having a small wooden tower.

Entering the small courtyard, Song Lu happily shouted: "Fifth Aunt, I'm here to find you."

A woman in her forties walked out of the tower upon hearing the sound; seeing Song Lu, she smiled kindly: "Come in quickly, let me see if our little Lu Hua has grown prettier."

Song Lu, having not seen her family for a long time, hugged her aunt's arm and affectionately spoke about how hard she worked at the Purification Bureau.

Fifth Aunt just smiled and listened.

After they chatted for a while, Xu Yuan coughed. Song Lu slapped her forehead: "I was so busy talking with Fifth Aunt, I forgot to introduce you."

Song Lu introduced both parties to each other.

Fifth Aunt smiled and treated everyone equally.

Although Xu Yuan was highly valued by Ma Tianshou and could be called "promising at a young age," he clearly did not have enough weight to make a powerful figure of a great surname look at him differently.

After Song Lu finished introducing, she added: "Fifth Aunt, we have something we need your help with."

Fifth Aunt asked with a smile: "What is it?"

Xu Yuan then took out the Xing Guo Zi: "Please, senior, help take a look, what exactly is this thing?"

Fifth Aunt opened it, and the black grid-like fine threads inside shot out with a swoosh!

Still full of evil nature, like strange insects, they flew and crawled, trying to pounce on Fifth Aunt's hand.

Fifth Aunt let out a cold snort, and her fingers quickly traced a "Prison" character in the air.

The traced strokes summoned a mysterious power, easily trapping the grid-like fine threads in a space no larger than a fist.

The fine threads were violent and fierce, constantly smashing, but were always bounced back before an invisible barrier.

Fifth Aunt gazed intently, puzzled: "This is... Ghost Silk Curtain!"

Song Lu looked blank: What thing?

Yu Yunhang had only heard of the "Green Silk Curtain"; according to colleagues from the north, that was a very convenient place.

Seeing Fu Jingyu remembered seeing this name in the notes of some senior somewhere, but the details were already unclear.

Xu Yuan had already remembered that his father once told him: "This thing can control a person without them realizing it?"

Fifth Aunt nodded solemnly: "Once covered by this thing, one becomes a 'Person in the Curtain'. Externally, it is completely invisible; this thing silently infiltrates the body, covering the flesh, blood, internal organs, and bones, and all actions can only obey orders!"

Even in the end, when the entire mind is shrouded, one's own thoughts are controlled, and one completely forgets being a puppet, believing instead that all actions are driven by one's own will!

Even certain methods specifically designed to detect lies cannot reveal it."

Song Lu clicked his tongue: "Such a malevolent spirit is this powerful!"

Fifth Aunt shook her head: "This thing is not a malevolent spirit."

"Not a malevolent spirit?!"

"This thing is a technique of the Law Cultivators," Fifth Aunt said. "Those Law Cultivators cultivate the 'Female Weaving Art'. Using ghosts as materials, they weave various things; the Ghost Silk Curtain is one of the most difficult among them."

Those of lower skill can only weave things like 'Ghost Cords' or 'Ghost Robes'.

The Law Cultivators are not only internally chaotic but also shunned by the other six great sects.

This is because there are many cultivators within who 'cross the line'.

Law Cultivators who practice the Female Weaving Art will compete with Spirit Cultivators for Yin Ghosts.

There are many similar situations.

Fu Jingyu said in a deep voice: "The malevolent spirit incidents within the city are a man-made disaster!"

Every clue is useful, not only for the case but also for foreshadowing future plot developments.

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(End of this chapter)