[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-59":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},2310444,4514,"Chapter 59: The Threaded Soul Method","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>Yan Lao’s face turned grim as he hurried to Xu Yuan’s side: “How are you? Are you hurt?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just a minor wound, nothing serious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao checked Xu Yuan from head to toe, then exhaled in relief: “Good, you’re unharmed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Yan Lao went to examine the two corpses, his expression changing again: “Did you kill them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one with half his body blown away—his level is hard to tell at a glance—but the other, riddled with holes and exploded into blood, was a Seventh-Flow Wu Xiu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan quickly waved his hands: “Definitely not me—I couldn’t possibly have that kind of power. My family’s elder came and handled them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This explanation was far more “reasonable,” and all three of Yan Lao’s group accepted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take the bodies—we’re returning to the county yamen first, in case the villains have more tricks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one would let Song Lu, a girl, carry a corpse; Xu Yuan and Fu Jingyu each took one, ignoring the filth, slinging them over their shoulders and following Yan Lao at a quick pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan didn’t notice that Yan Lao’s left hand had been subtly calculating all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Yan Lao suddenly turned back and stared deeply at Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan felt uneasy: “What’s wrong, Elder?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao shook his head: “Nothing, let’s hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The southern Changjie led straight to the county yamen; halfway, the four encountered a group of yamen runners and constables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by Constable Pang of the yamen, they had rushed here after receiving a civilian report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao briefly explained the situation and pointed behind him: “Seal off the scene—be careful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.” Constable Pang nodded and led his men away—though their pace noticeably slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d originally assumed it was just a common thug brawl gone fatal; now they knew it was a Quesui Si investigation, with an ambush on their agents—who dared attack the Quesui Si? To them, a bunch of lowly constables meant nothing; if the killers still had allies nearby, they’d die for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao ignored the constables’ thoughts and returned to the yamen at top speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou had come secretly, but still brought some capable men with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao arranged for bodies to be examined, sent the three youths to clean up, and immediately went to meet Ma Tianshou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou had already heard the news; when Yan Lao arrived, he saw his old superior visibly tense, and quickly said: “All three are unharmed, rest easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two were Ma Tianshou’s students; one was a young man he favored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou nodded, his posture relaxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was it Chen Liangxuan’s men?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No evidence yet—we need the autopsy results to confirm the killers’ identities,” Yan Lao replied. “But aside from him, no one else could be behind this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou snorted coldly: “Retired and still unruly—daring to attack our Quesui Si agents in broad daylight? He doesn’t want a peaceful old age!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao hesitated, then spoke first: “That Xu Yuan...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao said: “One of the two killers is still unknown in level, but the other was a Seventh-Flow Wu Xiu. Xu Yuan claims his family elder saved him and killed both. But I calculated on the spot—both were killed by him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou instinctively wanted to ask if he’d miscalculated, but bit back the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Yan Xiu was famously a kind old man of the Southern Office, no one dared say his calculations were wrong—he’d spit blood to prove you exactly when you’d die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To the morgue,” Ma Tianshou decided instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The county yamen’s morgue had long been requisitioned by the Quesui Si; in fact, the entire yamen—except the main hall and the small courtyard where the County Magistrate lived—was now under Quesui Si control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Quesui Si’s founding, the Imperial Court added a new post called “County Liaison,” nominally the Deputy County Commander, but in reality the Quesui Si’s local head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As strange phenomena deepened, the County Liaison’s power grew, his authority over supernatural incidents expanded, and his prestige rose; in many places, his actual status had long surpassed the County Commander’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some areas, the County Magistrate’s orders carried less weight than a single word from the County Liaison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The County Liaison of Shanhe County stood guard outside the morgue with his men: Official investigation site—no uninvited personnel from the yamen allowed near!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uninvited personnel from the yamen,” of course, included... the County Magistrate himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The County Magistrate had sensed something was off these past two days; since yesterday, he’d locked himself in his small courtyard, claiming illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even felt a bit relieved: Thank heaven the last time he visited Elder Chen, the old man had looked down on him as a petty official and refused to see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ma Tianshou and Yan Lao arrived at the morgue, the County Liaison hurried after them, desperate to stay at their heels, eager to show his loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the morgue, the coroners brought from the Southern Office had stripped the corpses of their clothing and laid all items aside; Ma Tianshou glanced once and knew something was missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coroner stepped forward, bowing: “My lord, both corpses had ‘Qian Si Fa’ embedded in their souls—the moment they died, the threads pulled their souls away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Quesui Si’s “autopsy” wasn’t merely physical—it included “soul inspection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when “Qian Si Fa” was planted in the soul, the moment of death triggered immediate soul extraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this kind of “Qian Si Fa,” pre-placed in the soul, held the advantage of initiative—even if the coroner was present, he couldn’t stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire Imperial Ming, only a handful of divine cultivators could break “Qian Si Fa.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou wasn’t surprised; he walked to the two corpses, scanned them briefly, then examined the items laid beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Xing Guolong, one of Elder Chen’s men—a Seventh-Flow Golden Core cultivator.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou had access to classified documents and recognized Xing Guolong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But publicly, no direct link could be proven between Xing Guolong and Chen Liangxuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone whose soul bore “Qian Si Fa” was a death servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was an even more vicious technique—“Rong Hun Fa”—where the soul instantly dissolved upon death, leaving no trace in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Chen naturally preferred “Rong Hun Fa,” but Xing Guolong and the others wouldn’t agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And under normal circumstances, “Qian Si Fa” was sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao couldn’t help exclaiming: “Two Seventh-Flows?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now doubted whether he’d miscalculated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou said nothing, and as they walked out, he asked: “Did you calculate it? How did that boy kill two Seventh-Flows?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao’s face flushed slightly as he whispered: “I calculated—I couldn’t figure it out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou said no more, but Yan Lao brought up something else: “Xu Yuan turned over some items belonging to Qiao Ziaang—I found something odd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His earlier hesitation had been over which matter to mention first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, he’d thought Xu Yuan killing two Seventh-Flows was more important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou had planned to meet Xu Yuan, but now he needed to examine these items first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two turned into Ma Tianshou’s temporary study, and Yan Lao laid out the items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That brush,” Yan Lao reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou picked up the brush and examined it closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both inkstone and brush were treasures of literary cultivators—the characters written with them gained twenty percent more power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his experience, Ma Tianshou quickly spotted the anomaly; he twisted off the ivory tip of the brush—inside the hollow shaft lay a rolled scroll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lao had also noticed the hidden object, but deliberately left it in Xu Yuan’s home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Tianshou emptied the shaft’s contents: a long, thin paper scroll, unrolled into a contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requesting Monthly Tickets\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1285,"2026-06-20T12:07:23.516Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ac01f651c030d6bf3fe839bd235def9fd5f9a89f5fa6a8c29777d2b69c5bbf38","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-60","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-58",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]