[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-405":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},2310790,4514,"Chapter 405: The Flying Sword Becomes a Thread","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-405",405,"\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang’s various strange conditions, especially his ability to condense yin energy into ice, were something Xu Yuan had never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Xu Yuan saw the unconscious Wei Zhenbang, he judged that this rescue would likely encounter complications midway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too much ease made the heart uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan said: “Tomorrow morning, take me to meet that giant python.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The county magistrate seized an opportunity to interject: “Your Excellency, I have prepared a modest feast to welcome you and wash away your travel dust.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need,” Xu Yuan waved his hand. “I am here to investigate a case. Eating and drinking before solving it is inappropriate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The county magistrate then stopped his persuasion; after the case was settled, there would surely be an opportunity to cultivate a relationship with this promising young officer of the Qushui Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone settled into the back courtyard of the county yamen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan secretly instructed Lang XiaoBa and the others: closely monitor Wei Zhenbang, as well as the firewood servant who had close contact with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Xu Yuan woke up and checked the almanac: today’s prohibitions were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Day running, night travel, riding in vehicles, shouting in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Lang XiaoBa did not come to wake him last night, it meant Wei Zhenbang was unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rising and washing up, the county magistrate and his aide Wei Zhenbang arrived together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perfect timing, let’s have breakfast,” Xu Yuan greeted them, but both bowed with hands Chui hand: “We have already eaten, Your Excellency, please enjoy your meal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breakfast, the group set out toward Xiao Hei River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because of the prohibitions against “day running” and “riding in vehicles,” everyone had to walk the entire way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No horses—should a horse suddenly panic and bolt, it would violate the taboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the county yamen’s main gate, the magistrate had specially prepared a sedan chair and a litter: “Your Excellency, which do you prefer…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan smiled and waved his hand: “I am not that delicate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While in the county town, Xu Yuan had noticed that the number of sedan chairs had greatly increased today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang, familiar with the terrain, led them to the spot where he had previously encountered the giant python and been wounded—in just two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stood on the eastern bank of Xiao Hei River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hei River had swollen due to recent heavy rains; its waters were murky and yellow, twenty zhang wide, and large fish could occasionally be seen rolling across the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead lay a grove, its tree roots already submerged in the rising river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farther east was a small village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath Xu Yuan’s group was soft, wet mud and sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang pointed to the grove half-submerged in the river: “The giant python’s nest should be within that forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That beast is extremely sensitive—anyone nearby will surely be detected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Lang XiaoBa suddenly pointed into the grove: “Your Excellency, look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A patch of water in the grove suddenly churned violently; no sooner had Lang XiaoBa spoken than a massive, grotesque head rose from beneath the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swiftly swam toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind it trailed a long, thin line of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the creature burst from the grove and emerged in the river a hundred zhang ahead of them, then violently raised its upper body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the waves exploded like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its upper body rose five zhang high; the triangular head suddenly unfurled layers of spines, connected by membranes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The membranes bore strange black-and-yellow patterns resembling countless eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant python’s dark yellow eyes also emitted a You light—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang cried out in panic: “Everyone be careful! Last time, I was harmed by this trick…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan spat out a sword pellet, which shot a hundred zhang forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before reaching the giant python, it elongated into a thread so fine it was nearly invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the result of Xu’s recent cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could now transform the sword pellet into multiple forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just the two forms—pellet and sword—as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword thread swiftly wrapped around the giant python.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The python was as thick as a water barrel; the thread, over ten zhang long, coiled three times around it—cutting the python into several segments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword thread’s sharpness surpassed even that of a flying sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant python shrieked; its massive head, along with a one-zhang section of its body and the other severed pieces, tumbled into the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Wei Zhenbang’s cry had even ended, the malevolent entity had already been cut apart by Xu’s Excellency!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of his words stuck in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magistrate had brought a squad of yamen runners, who stood dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this the great master from Zhan City?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he is incomparable to our local cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magistrate’s aide was an eighth-rank law cultivator—the top-tier presence in the county.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had nearly died from the giant python’s trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this giant python could not withstand even one strike from Xu’s Excellency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan showed little joy; just as yesterday with Wei Zhenbang, it seemed complex but was in fact easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a strange sense of contrast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan unfurled the “Evil Filth Net,” spreading it across the river, even covering the waters of the grove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this net, he retrieved the entire body of the giant python, along with all its severed internal organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood mixed into the river, however, could not be recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this action of the Evil Filth Net startled the yamen runners of Shiping County once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magistrate and Wei Zhenbang had some exposure; these runners had never left Shiping County in their lives and had never seen any great figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They judged “strength” and “weakness” by a simple, primitive standard:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bigger, the stronger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant python was over ten zhang long and as thick as a water barrel—such a colossal beast was naturally a terrifying evil entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Xu’s Excellency’s Evil Filth Net covered half the river’s surface!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far larger than the python, thus vastly stronger than it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runners even felt Xu’s Excellency had used a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken—an overreaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magistrate felt embarrassed; his men were murmuring, appearing like rustic bumpkins seeing something extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wei Zhenbang whispered quietly: “Don’t blame them—even I, as a county aide, had never seen craftsmanship of this caliber before!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang did not shout in awe, but he was indeed enlightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan retrieved all parts of the giant python mainly because the kill had been too easy—he feared the creature might have used some “Golden Cicada Shell” trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after piecing everything together, he found no missing parts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of Shiping County observed the giant python up close for the first time, hissing as they drew in sharp breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang could not help but bow and praise: “This demon has roamed unchecked in Shiping County, undefeated by all! Yet under your Excellency’s hand, it was utterly powerless—we are as distant from your Excellency as heaven is from earth…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan waved his hand, his gaze never leaving the giant python’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lang XiaoBa stepped forward: “Your Excellency, shall we have the alchemy cultivators dispose of the body?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan spat a ball of fire onto his palm, then rubbed his hands together—the flames spread, enveloping his hands like twin blades of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan raised his hands and sliced into the giant python’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once obtained a cultivation manual from an alchemy cultivator called “Thunderfire Tuning,” skilled at peeling off the tricks from evil entities and refining them into “Trick Pills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan wanted to test how many tricks he could extract from this giant python.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1289,"2026-06-20T12:07:25.031Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f0a9db1ea293698a2f6d4d9cac2402378f2817b4977fe2cfc8ecf6c849547420","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-406","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-404",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]