[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-341":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nothing Is Taboo",{"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},2310726,4514,"Chapter 341: Double Happiness (Requesting Moon Tickets)","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-341",341,"\u003Cp>After the \"Day of Forbidden Gazing\" passed, all the government offices in the city relaxed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a handful of days remained until the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the imperial court granted officials only a short holiday—just three days for the New Year, a concession granted by an emperor a century ago—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one day remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite the short holiday, government offices were largely idle throughout the first lunar month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in the countryside, few bothered to show up for duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan checked the almanac: today’s prohibitions were—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overeating, forging, marriage, and soul-summoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day… was unsuitable for entering Ghost Witch Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from \"forging,\" the other three prohibitions would make the corresponding malevolent spirits on Ghost Witch Mountain far more vicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally settled all matters in Zhan City, yet today’s prohibitions seemed like an obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan shook his head; he still felt he could not delay further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"Huanhuan Tree\" might not be known only to the Miao people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if Miao Yu sold the information to him, how could he be sure others in the Miao clan hadn’t secretly sold it to someone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan packed his belongings, arranged affairs at the Zhan City office, and set off with Dafu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shen wanted to return with Xu Yuan to Shanhe County, but Master Fei and the others knelt on the ground, clinging to her legs, weeping uncontrollably—she could not leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shen sighed and said to Xu Yuan: \"Fine, this old woman will stay here and watch your house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan grinned: \"You’d better settle in comfortably here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan owned a small house in the city, and another larger one gifted by Li Yichuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had no plans to move in yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan mounted his horse, holding Dafu—but Dafu struggled to get free, running and gliding behind the horse’s rump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan didn’t notice that each time Dafu glided, it caught several flying insects midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Zhan City to Shanhe County, Xu Yuan made no stops, bypassing the county seat and heading straight for Qihe Terrace Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man sent by the Qihe Terrace Office to deliver a letter to Xu Yuan had already been sent back the day before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Yuan arrived at the office, it was already mid-afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief overview of the situation, he entered Ghost Witch Mountain alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he entered the mountain, Xu Yuan took out the folded ledger and neatly wrote two small characters: Arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting a while and receiving no reply from Jiao, he tucked the ledger into his robe and put on the Mud Mask, heading for Wangxiang Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to spend the night in Wangxiang Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Mud Mask concealing him, he encountered no trouble along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they neared the village, Xu Yuan glanced around: \"We’re nearing the Master Drifting’s territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking a few more li, Xu Yuan suddenly touched his head, puzzled: \"Did I take the wrong path?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the narrow trail, he remembered the crooked tree where the Master Drifting had hanged himself—but now, it had become a grand mansion with white walls and gray tiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has the Master Drifting become wealthy?\" Xu Yuan wondered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A side path branched off from the trail, leading straight to the mansion’s front gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan hesitated, then walked up with Dafu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate was black. Xu Yuan called out: \"Master Drifting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, there was no response whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan stepped forward, preparing to knock on the door ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he notice: the door ring was not held by a beast’s head—but two grotesque ghost heads!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full of fangs, eyes chilling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Yuan’s hand neared, the door ring suddenly moved—hiss!—transforming into two slender venomous snakes, spitting their tongues at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two ghost heads’ eyes shifted, covered in a bloody sheen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan stepped back several paces: \"What is this?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, anything abnormal in this mountain was a malevolent spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two venomous snakes suddenly lunged at Xu Yuan, and the two ghost heads opened their fanged mouths, spewing a cloud of poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan flicked his finger; the sword pellet shot out, striking the snakes—but only produced a \"zing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snakes recoiled and vanished into the poison cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In moments, the poison had spread hundreds of zhang, swallowing even the mansion whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan looked around—he could no longer tell direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he could see were the two pairs of blood-red eyes directly ahead, like four red lanterns glowing, luring him forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\" Xu Yuan let out a cold snort, swept his hand over his eyes, and activated \"Wang Ming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet under \"Wang Ming,\" he saw no \"fate\" of any malevolent spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan frowned inwardly: \"No malevolent spirit? Is this just some trick?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan opened his mouth and expelled a pillar of \"Abdominal Fire,\" precisely striking one pair of blood-red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaaagh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scream echoed from the poison cloud; both pairs of eyes vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan immediately waved his hand; \"Pumian Rain\" fell in a fine mist, then he drew his blade and slashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sssshhh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning spread through the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, after the Abdominal Fire burned the blood-red eyes, the two venomous snakes silently slithered upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were struck dead by the lightning—front and back—falling stiffly five chi in front of Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan swiftly wrapped them in his Skin Dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two snakes quickly revived, writhing and struggling inside, biting incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Skin Dantian had reached the Fifth Grade level; after gnawing for a long while, they still could not bite through—and suddenly went still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan waited a while longer, then opened the Skin Dantian again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no snakes—only two silver bracelets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their surfaces were blackened, as if… silver had been used to test poison, and these two bracelets had been soaked entirely in venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then exhaled another burst of fire, burning the bracelets into a lump of silver, and tossed them into the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dafu had been following the food cart; now it flapped its two large webbed feet, pattering forward. Xu Yuan hurried after it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the poison cloud, countless venomous insects scattered in panic at the sight of Dafu, scrambling back into the mist to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dafu chased and pecked, then suddenly crashed into a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swarm of insects fled along the wall’s base; Dafu chased after them, circling the wall, and soon saw the gate again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the two ghost heads on the gate were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gate stood slightly ajar; the insects rushed in, jostling one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud rustling filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan stood before the gate and exhaled a thin thread of fire, sending it through the crack to illuminate the interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, two large red lanterns materialized in midair before the gate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They floated gently, hanging before the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two \"double happiness\" characters drifted out from the crack and stuck themselves to the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sweet, feminine voice asked: \"Husband, are your friends here to attend our wedding feast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I’ve been rude and negligent to our guests.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, the two black gates creaked open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the lantern light, Xu Yuan saw two figures seated in the main hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both wore bright red wedding robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red candles burned on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The groom was the Master Drifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hung its long tongue, its face devoid of joy—as if under some curse, motionless, and replied impatiently: \"My friend here is no ordinary man—handsome, his flesh fragrant—if you like him, take him as your new groom, shall we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-20T12:07:24.624Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3c9a334f86d6f4495e9d1699e9136388a3ffb243d399f8b4383b1ef26d2986b6","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-342","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-340",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]