[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-406":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},2310791,4514,"Chapter 406: Brick Kiln","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-406",406,"\u003Cp>What Xu my lord most wanted to find was the eerie technique that the giant python used to freeze Wei Zhenbang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Xu Yuan did not cultivate the Thunderfire Tuning Scripture, with his Fifth-Flow Golden Core cultivation, he effortlessly employed the method to strip away the eerie technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Xu Yuan’s surprise, the seemingly powerful giant python possessed only two eerie techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was the technique that froze Wei Zhenbang; the other was “Remote Void Coil.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In simple terms, it allowed control of force from twenty zhang away, as if wrapping and constricting the target directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after stripping them away, Xu Yuan did not refine these two techniques into pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The techniques were merely Seventh-Flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the terrifying giant python was, at most, a Seventh-Flow malevolent entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan waved his hand to disperse the two techniques, turned away with his hands behind his back: “Let the men handle it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Golden Core cultivators stepped forward and jointly spewed fire to incinerate the giant python’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Core cultivators looked on with eager eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The materials extracted from processing malevolent entities naturally belonged to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, nominally, a portion had to be submitted to the yamen’s private treasury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the officers in charge, they naturally took the lion’s share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a large malevolent entity should yield plenty of good materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Yuan discovered the giant python was only Seventh-Flow, he lost all desire to feed it to his Pi Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The County Magistrate and Wei Zhenbang hurried after him, walking one on each side to accompany Xu my lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Zhenbang said apologetically: “This malevolent entity wasn’t worth your personal trip, my lord—I’m truly ashamed—but even Seventh-Flow, in our county, is indeed an unbeatable monster…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu my lord pondered for a moment; perhaps he had been overly suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in Shanhe County, Seventh-Flow malevolent entities had also roamed unchecked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The county had been powerless against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he was Fifth-Flow, dealing with entities of this level was indeed effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad, though—such a massive giant python couldn’t be fed to the Pi Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They pressed ahead and returned to the county seat; as soon as they entered the city gate, a burly middle-aged man ran up, panting: “My lord, we’ve finally caught up! The Xinyi Fang has produced a major malevolent entity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was the village head of Xinyi Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He owned three brick kilns, and nearly everyone in Xinyi Fang depended on his family for livelihood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three kilns burned continuously, producing bricks and tiles that supplied Zhan City and Luocheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhan City was fine, but Luocheng had grown increasingly prosperous in recent years; more people were building houses, and bricks and tiles were in short supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan followed the village head swiftly to Xinyi Fang in the western part of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before even entering the Fang , a thunderous boom echoed—a large house on the left side of the Fang  gate exploded entirely, and the bricks and tiles within came alive, automatically assembling into a five-zhang-tall humanoid monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hum—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames ignited within the monster’s hexagonal eye sockets, granting it sentience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned its head, spotted the village head and Xu Yuan’s party, and charged forward with savage force, smashing through everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village head turned pale with terror, hiding behind Wei Zhenbang: “It’s that thing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan waved his hand, and the Filth Net spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brick-and-tile monster stood five zhang tall and equally wide, its arms formed of stacked bricks hanging all the way to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ordinary people, it was a colossal beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Filth Net instantly expanded to dozens of zhang in size, rushing forward to engulf it, trapping the monster inside on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster roared in fury, its voice like wind howling over wild flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It strained to tear at the Filth Net, but the net was incredibly resilient, refusing to tear no matter how hard it was pulled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it slowly tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the monster was bound tightly into a single knot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan silently sensed—it was roughly Seventh-Flow in power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among Seventh-Flow entities, it was on the stronger end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan activated “Sight of Fate” and made a new discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A filament drew from the Filth Net, slithered into the monster’s body, and wrapped around a single blue brick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other bricks and tiles immediately swarmed to block it, desperately trying to prevent the Filth Filament from dragging the brick away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan let out a cold snort; his Sword Pearl shot out and instantly shattered all the surrounding bricks and tiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Filth Filament zipped back, dragging the blue brick with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the blue brick, two fiery eyes suddenly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce flame tail erupted from its rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It used the pull of the Filth Filament to launch itself violently toward Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it slammed straight into something soft and yielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pi Pill opened and swallowed it whole, and the fierce blue brick vanished into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the blue brick, the monster within the Filth Net collapsed into a pile of ordinary broken bricks and tiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village head stared in astonishment: “This monster… that brick… its origin was just a single brick?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu my lord walked into Xinyi Fang with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fang  was in ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every house built of bricks and tiles had collapsed; those made of grass and wood had been smashed down…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village head, still trembling, said: “Around the hour of Si, the houses in the Fang  suddenly began to transform!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, they turned into monsters, and anyone inside was crushed into pulp inside the monsters’ bellies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those monsters could swipe their arms and kill several people at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was lucky—I left early this morning on errands, saw these monsters wreaking havoc outside the Fang , and fled immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, I’d likely share their fate…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering Xinyi Fang, the village head walked faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached a brick kiln, let out a cry of anguish, and collapsed onto the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kiln was utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His livelihood was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan stood behind the wailing village head and slowly opened his palm—there lay a glass bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, Xu Yuan had secretly refined the blue brick and obtained a Seventh-Flow material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It bore no apparent connection to the bricks or tiles…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The materials left by malevolent entities were usually tied to their original forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan scanned the entire Xinyi Fang again with “Sight of Fate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The source of the disturbance was solely that blue brick; no other malevolent entities remained in the Fang .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan could only cast a sympathetic glance at the village head and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the yamen, Xu Yuan remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The County Magistrate and Wei Zhenbang could not fathom Xu my lord’s thoughts and dared not speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sipping tea with Xu my lord for a while, the Captains who had stayed behind at Xiao Hei River to process the giant python’s corpse returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan immediately asked: “What materials did you extract?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Core cultivators looked disappointed: “Only a few beads—poor quality too…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They handed several glass beads to Xu my lord for inspection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they saw Xu my lord pull out a glass bead nearly identical to theirs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators were stunned: What’s going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan: “These two malevolent entities were completely unrelated—why did they leave behind identical materials?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The County Magistrate and Wei Zhenbang were baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lang Xiao Ba answered: “Because these two entities share the same origin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan gave Lang Xiao Ba an approving glance: “Good. You’ve improved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The County Magistrate and Wei Zhenbang still didn’t understand: “Same origin? But the brick and the giant python look nothing alike…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan glanced at the sky: “Wait. More malevolent entities will appear in the county today!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1321,"2026-06-20T12:07:25.031Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b5462ee7ad053122f3440bac9bcc523b7931d9d7ab7a679b4741186b9f72e426","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-407","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-405",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]