Chapter 249

The mirror shattered.

As if to provide the most direct annotation for this promise mutually recognized by both sides.

Although Runsheng, Yin Meng, and Lin Shu You had left the room earlier, standing at the door, they had heard the movement inside clearly.

Runsheng originally couldn't hear it because he didn't know the Yin Walk, but Yin Meng acted as a real-time broadcaster.

After it ended inside, Yin Meng let out a long sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from her face with the back of her hand. If it had lasted any longer inside, she wouldn't have been able to hold on.

Turning her head, she saw Lin Shu You, whose complexion was a bit off, and Yin Meng asked suspiciously: "A You, what's wrong with you?"

Runsheng: "Lingering fear."

At this moment, Lin Shu You finally felt that Runsheng was back.

Lin Shu You was indeed feeling lingering fear, because back then, his master and grandfather had almost received the same script.

Inside the house came Little Yuan Ge's voice: "Come in, all of you."

Runsheng pushed open the door, and the three walked in.

Tan Wenbin, sitting in the wheelchair, opened his mouth: "I say, don't just stand there; hurry up and pack up. We still have to go to their Daoist temple to be slaves and servants for sixty years."

A smile appeared on Lin Shu You's face.

Tan Wenbin: "A You, what are you laughing at? Be solemn and serious for me. That guy said, if we dare not to listen, he will send someone to destroy our entire family!"

After saying this, Tan Wenbin himself laughed too.

Once a person stands in a high position and has a powerful background, what they encounter and see is basically all good people.

So, this was the reason why he and Little Yuan Ge had just acted out this play.

If Little Yuan Ge had reported his identity at the beginning, the other side of the mirror would inevitably have become upright, incorruptible, and incomparably righteous.

First, Wenchenzi would have been executed immediately, and then the next day, Ling Fengzi would have brought people to kneel in the fields of Siyuan Village to kowtow and plead guilty.

After Tan Wenbin finished laughing, he asked again: "I'm worried, what should we actually do?"

Runsheng: "Cancel the household registration."

People had already said they wanted to destroy your entire family. There is a saying: do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself, which means the other party is also able to accept this result.

This matter had already been finalized when Little Yuan Ge said "It's a deal" with the other party.

They had both strength and background, which was why they could act and fish. If the prerequisite conditions weren't there, they would only be left with the fate of being swallowed alive, and no one would speak up or raise objections for this matter.

This was the true flavor of the Jianghu.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Three days later, set off for Rongcheng."

"Understood!"

"Understood."

The reason for reserving three days was, first, to provide a running-in stage for the team that had just restored its establishment; after all, sharpening the knife wouldn't delay the woodcutting. Second, it was to wait and see if they could receive another clue about the waves.

Li Zhuiyuan: "You all get some rest early."

After saying this, Li Zhuiyuan left the bearded man's house.

"A You, sorry to trouble you, move me to the bed."

"Bin Ge, are you sleeping so early today?"

"Yes, I wrestled and fought with that side over the curse, and I feel like my whole body is a bit more comfortable, so I want to seize the time to take a nap."

Lin Shu You picked up Tan Wenbin from the wheelchair. Bin Ge was very light, with only a skeleton left.

"Bin Ge, Little Yuan Ge said to set off in three days. Is he planning to wait and solve the people sent by that side first and then go to Rongcheng?"

As soon as this sentence was asked, Lin Shu You felt his eyes bulging; this was anger.

Tan Wenbin asked back: "Do we... still need to guard the house?"

Lin Shu You: "Oh, right!"

Old Lady Liu, Qin Shu, and Liu Yi were living at home, and there was this peach forest at the door. It was hard to imagine just how powerful a force would have to be to break through this level of protection.

After settling Tan Wenbin, Lin Shu You turned his head to look at Runsheng and blinked.

Runsheng looked outside the house: "Let's go, let's practice."

Lin Shu You: "Let's go!"

Tan Wenbin, who was lying on the bed and had already closed his eyes, reminded: "Don't go anywhere else; just practice in the peach forest."

Lin Shu You: "What if we destroy too many peach trees and make that person angry?"

Tan Wenbin: "What if you make that person happy and he points out a move or two to you?"

Lin Shu You: "There's such a good thing?"

Tan Wenbin: "I heard from Little Yuan Ge that that person has been in a good mood lately and often gets inexplicably happy."

Lin Shu You and Runsheng went to the peach forest together.

Yin Meng came to the kitchen, took a large piece of meat, placed it in the courtyard, and planned to practice overnight.

Tan Wenbin took a nap. Although it wasn't long, for him, it was a rare comfort during this period.

"Beep... beep..."

The pager at the head of the bed rang at this moment.

Just as Tan Wenbin was trying hard to reach out, a figure walked into the room at the right time, came to the bedside, and handed the pager to him.

The one paging him was Zhou Yunyun.

With resentment and merit added to his body, before it was handled well, it could be said that he "died" more thoroughly than a dead person.

When Runsheng hadn't revived his consciousness, Shan Shan Daye had started winning money.

And Tan Wenbin's problem here was actually deliberately dragged out and not solved, so his current state was still "dead."

Human nature cannot be tested, but facts proved that Zhou Yunyun's feelings for him were already close to the degree of a father and son being connected by heart.

These days, she had been in a state of panic. Even though she had talked to him on the phone, she would still often have nightmares about him at night.

Tan Wenbin himself hadn't expected that Zhou Yunyun's love for him would be so deep.

Because in high school, Zhou Yunyun had secretly liked him for a long time, and he hadn't expected that his left protector would one day be able to date the class monitor.

Furthermore, Tan Wenbin had ignored the support and protection he provided her when Zhou Yunyun was cursed and hospitalized.

He was used to seeing life and death, so his threshold was naturally much higher than ordinary people's, and he couldn't truly understand how deep the touch of the same thing could be in an ordinary person's heart.

"Help me get the big brother phone."

Xiao Yingying nodded, went out to get the big brother phone, and Tan Wenbin reported the number. After Xiao Yingying dialed it, she used the big brother phone as a pillow and pressed it against Tan Wenbin's neck.

The other end of the phone was connected quickly, and the sound was a bit noisy; it should be in a public telephone booth downstairs in the university dormitory.

"Hello, Tan Wenbin?"

"Of course it's me."

"I had another nightmare; I dreamed that you..."

Zhou Yunyun's voice was a bit choked.

Tan Wenbin: "Dreams are the opposite. Be good, we are glorious successors of society; don't believe those feudal superstitions."

Xiao Yingying brought a bowl of tonic to Tan Wenbin. To make it easier for him to drink, she specifically inserted a straw into it and then handed the other end to Tan Wenbin's mouth.

Afterward, Xiao Yingying sat down by the bed, closed her eyes, and her breathing began to get heavier.

She was actively absorbing the ghost aura on Tan Wenbin's body. This kind of aura made her extremely useful and comfortable.

And Tan Wenbin now had too much and too heavy ghost aura, wishing she could absorb a little more for him.

"Binbin, can you come back from the construction site? I'm so scared, really, I'm afraid that if you continue to stay at the construction site, something will happen."

"I have to work; I'll come back when the project here is finished. Don't worry."

"Can you not do this kind of work? I want to see you often, like before, when we were both in Jin Ling, and you would come to my school to see me or I would go to your school to see you."

"How can I not work? I have to eat."

"I can support you."

Hearing this, Tan Wenbin was truly quite moved.

Zhou Yunyun: "You don't believe me?"

Tan Wenbin: "I believe you."

"Then that's it; I can work after I graduate, and I can support you."

"We can support each other at first; we'll be satisfied with love. After a few years, if I haven't made a name for myself and don't have much success, you'll compare me with the families of your female colleagues, and when you come back, you'll look at me with disdain."

"How can you say that? I'm angry."

"Be good, not counting eating, we'll need money to get married, money to buy a house, money to have children and raise children, right? I also plan to have at least two, so we'll have to reserve money to pay fines!"

"Pah, who wants to give birth to so many for you! No, who promised to give birth to children for you!"

"If my children don't come out of your belly, where else can they come from?"

"Why are you always like this, talking without any seriousness."

"Look, with so many children, the house will have to be bigger, right? You know what kind of person my dad is. He has no gray income.

We can't always squeeze into that unit-allocated house of my dad's with the children, right?

By then, you and my mom will see each other every day; how painful that will be."

"I quite like living with your mom."

"Sorry, it's me who doesn't really want to live with the elderly."

Accompanied by his boundless nonsense, Zhou Yunyun on the other end of the phone had been successfully distracted and had also walked out of the emotions in the previous nightmare.

Just at this moment, Xiao Yingying, sitting by the bed, seemed to be absorbing this ghost aura so comfortably that she actually made a short and heavy nasal sound.

"Binbin, what is that sound there?"

"Oh, it's the coworkers watching porn."

"Then... did you watch it?"

"Heh, I'm too lazy to watch videotapes. I'm not a bachelor; when I go back, someone will show me."

"You're getting more and more vulgar; I'm ignoring you."

Xiao Yingying's nasal breath began to get faster and heavier, and her body began to tremble gradually, and the bed shook with it, making a "creak creak" sound.

"Hmm~ hmm~ hmm~"

"Hey, is this appropriate? Turn the volume down for me!" Tan Wenbin paused and then said, "Wife, after they heard me say they were bachelors, they are deliberately taking revenge on me."

"Then get some rest early; I'm hanging up."

"Hmm, you too, relax; I'll be able to come back before long."

The phone on the other end hung up.

Tan Wenbin turned his head, looking at Xiao Yingying, who was sitting on the bed and trembling all over.

He naturally knew that Xiao Yingying wasn't deliberately joking and making trouble; she wasn't that bored.

She should have reached a critical threshold from absorbing his ghost aura too much recently, and now her body had undergone changes.

Finally, Xiao Yingying stopped.

On her arms, neck, and face, lines appeared buried under the skin, like human veins. Between her brows, she became more feminine, and black light swirled in her eyes.

Although she absorbed ghost aura, because she was a dead-risen, under the action of various special factors, she actually became more "human" than before.

Perhaps, ghosts are indeed more human-like than dead-risen.

Xiao Yingying: "Sorry, I couldn't control myself just now."

Tan Wenbin: "It's okay, you go find Little Yuan Ge tomorrow and let him help you check your body."

Xiao Yingying: "Okay, thank you."

Tan Wenbin: "How do you feel now?"

Xiao Yingying: "Quite good, it seems, not as stiff as before, and not just the body."

Tan Wenbin: "Congratulations."

"Thanks to you."

Xiao Yingying took the big brother phone and the medicine bowl and left.

Tan Wenbin opened his eyes, looking at the ceiling.

After this wave ends, the two children can go to be reborn in a good family, and he can also recover to be a normal person.

If it weren't for a specific end time to look forward to, he wouldn't be able to persist in this state.

Tan Wenbin closed his eyes again.

The two children also lay on the bed, right on Tan Wenbin's left and right, one holding Tan Wenbin's left shoulder and one holding the right.

Perhaps knowing that the day of parting was getting closer, the two children's hands were wrapped extra tightly.

They had been since birth... no, they actually hadn't been born at all; they were flowed out from their mother's body before they were formed and used as materials for making curse infants.

It was Tan Wenbin who took them to see this world, or rather, Tan Wenbin was their world.

In the peach forest under the night.

Runsheng didn't use his full strength, and Bai He Guarding Zhenjun didn't use his full strength either. If it was just sparring, everyone wasn't aiming for victory or defeat, but to adjust and run in themselves.

But they could also perceive the changes in the other party.

Runsheng felt that Lin Shu You's breath became more long-lasting. This was because after there was no time limit, the use of the child's power was more uniform and reasonable, no longer pursuing quick success and instant benefits.

Bai He Guarding Zhenjun also felt that Runsheng's moves became more fierce. In the past, Runsheng was known for his endurance; now, he was a fierce monster wearing a human skin.

After fighting him for a long time, Bai He Guarding Zhenjun felt stinging pain coming from every contact surface of his body, and strands of evil aura like silver needles pierced into his body, affecting the flow of power in his body.

This wasn't Runsheng's intentional doing, but the evil aura on his body naturally possessed this characteristic under the urging of the Qi gates.

Bai He Guarding Zhenjun intended to stop and signaled not to fight anymore. If they continued to fight, he would have to spend effort to discharge the evil aura remaining in his body at night, which was too time-consuming.

However, the child's mind changed at this moment, and he immediately said:

"Don't fight, don't fight. With a natural monster like you, there's really nothing to fight. This is really unfair. I was once called a genius of the Guanjiang Shou!"

All around, peach blossoms fell.

The child was happy in his heart, feeling that he had grasped the pulse.

However, the next moment, the peach blossoms became fierce, and these colorful falling flowers fell like knives.

Bai He Guarding Zhenjun didn't dare to use his fists to disperse those peach blossoms, fearing it would be seen as a deeper provocation, so he could only hold his head and run wildly out of the forest, the scene extremely miserable.

After running out, Lin Shu You looked at the large and small cuts on his body. Although none were heavy, he couldn't stand the number and the pain.

Lin Shu You: "I say, what are you doing?"

Child: "I was just following its temper and stroking it. Who knew it would directly turn its face."

Lin Shu You: "Its temper?"

Child: "Wasn't that person stroking it like that?"

Lin Shu You: "The same thing, Little Yuan Ge can make it happy, not because of that thing, but because he is Little Yuan Ge."

The child was choked, and he felt that the spirit medium was right; facts proved it was indeed so.

Runsheng walked out of the peach forest, holding a piece of wood in his hand.

This wood looked very smooth and round.

Lin Shu You: "This is?"

Runsheng: "Picked it up in the peach forest; it's just right for changing the shovel handle for my shovel."

"Careful!"

Yin Meng's voice came.

A group of insects flew over with a "buzzing" sound, very fast, and with various light spots, obviously poisoned.

To prevent accidents, Yin Meng practiced in the formation like the first time, but this time, just as she tried to add toxicity to the poisonous insects, an accident happened.

Because the poisonous insects hit the formation interface, they melted a hole in the formation, and the subsequent ones flew out from this hole all at once.

Runsheng spread his arms, intending to squeeze the surrounding air with his Qi gates to bind the group of insects.

Lin Shu You then reactivated his vertical pupils and pointed a single hand toward the sky, where a series of tridents condensed from phantom shadows immediately appeared above.

Flicking his finger downward, the tridents fell like the peach blossoms before, and after entering the insect swarm range, they crossed and collided with each other, triggering a continuous explosion of divine power.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

All the insects died cleanly, leaving only colorful poisonous mist spreading.

Lin Shu You withdrew his hand in front of him and couldn't help laughing: "Haha!"

This wasn't the child's technique, but Lin Shu You's own, just realized from the falling peach blossoms.

He was worthy of being a genius of the Guanjiang Shou, but in the past, the path he took was constantly attaching to and pursuing power from the Yin God, so the genius wasn't obvious.

"Child, how is it?"

Child was silent.

"Child, speak up, how is it exactly?"

Child was still silent.

"Give me some evaluation and improvement suggestions. After all, this is the first time I've created a technique myself."

Child finally opened his mouth:

"This flattery is not bad."

Perhaps knowing that he was about to leave home again, when Li Zhuiyuan woke up, he felt more anticipation for the morning after opening his eyes.

The youth opened his eyes and slowly turned his head.

Today's A Li, in white, was elegant and quiet.

The youth was growing up, and the girl was also growing up, and, girls generally develop a bit earlier than boys.

That little girl who once stepped on the threshold with a pair of embroidered shoes and sat for a whole day, now already revealed a heroic spirit.

In the past, he didn't have a deep feeling about this change, but when Li Zhuiyuan began to retrieve the image of their first meeting in his memory, he had a sense of melancholy that even if he cherished the years incomparably, they were still constantly passing away.

It was just that this emotion came and went quickly; under rational thought, he knew that excessive sentimentality was meaningless, and what he should do was continue to cherish the present.

Li Zhuiyuan got out of bed and walked to A Li's side.

A Li lowered her head, looked at her clothes, and then raised her head to look at the youth, as if asking for the youth's opinion.

When Li Zhuiyuan initially expressed his liking for horse-face skirts, Liu Yumei had to design more than ten sets of horse-face skirts at once, letting her granddaughter change and wear them.

Today's attire was also quite different from the past.

In the past, this was the attire for Liu family disciples when practicing.

"Very beautiful."

The girl smiled.

The youth carried a washbasin to wash up, then sat on the rattan chair with the girl and began to play chess.

Generally, they played at most two rounds before Liu Yi would call them for breakfast; there was no chance to play a third round, so Li Zhuiyuan couldn't win the game again.

Moreover, Li Zhuiyuan also discovered that although he and A Li didn't need a chessboard to play, Liu Yi should be able to see the progress of the game; every time a round was just finished, she would call them to eat.

This time was the same; the second round was just finished, and a voice came from below:

"Breakfast is ready!"

Everything was under Liu Yi's control. She was a person who liked to be serious; even eating melon seeds, she would be very serious.

Li Sanjiang came down for breakfast, and Li Zhuiyuan told him that he was going out again.

"What, leaving again?"

"Great-grandfather, I've been at home for quite a while."

Li Sanjiang sighed: "Runsheng Hou just came back, and Zhuangzhuang hasn't come back yet. I just feel like you guys just came back."

"Zhuangzhuang Ge will go directly to the new project construction site to meet us, and then we will come back together."

"Fine, being able to arrange work without stopping proves your teacher's trust in you. Young children should go out and venture more, and see the world properly."

Mainly because last time Luo Gong came accompanied by leaders, which made Li Sanjiang have much more tolerance and understanding for his great-grandson's frequent business trips.

In the simple cognition of the elderly, no matter which industry or path, if you can eventually get involved with the official side, that is the sunny road.

"Little Yuan Hou, great-grandfather heard people say that if you do well in this line of work, you can even become an official in the future, is that true?"

"Yes."

"Then you work hard, and together with Zhuangzhuang and You Hou, work hard. Our old Li family can also produce a..."

Speaking of this, Li Sanjiang got stuck, took the chopsticks out of the porridge bowl, and sucked on them in his mouth.

Li Sanjiang thought of Little Yuan Hou's North Grandfather he saw in Beijing. It seemed that by comparison, whether he became an official or not wasn't a fresh thing for Little Yuan Hou.

After breakfast, Runsheng rode the tricycle, carrying Yin Meng to Xiting.

Looking at the two departing backs, Li Sanjiang lit a cigarette and said: "Runsheng is a person who lives a down-to-earth life."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yes."

Li Sanjiang: "But those who live a down-to-earth life are often not liked; they are too honest. After living with him for a long time, it becomes boring."

Li Zhuiyuan: "No, it won't."

Sometimes Runsheng Ge's mouth easily causes people's emotions to fluctuate.

Li Sanjiang: "Mengmeng, this girl, is also good."

After Yin Meng came to his house, she never slacked off in her work; she could even build a coffin by herself, especially after coming back from a trip to Jin Ling, she became whiter and more tender.

Li Sanjiang was used to "girls changing eighteen times," but this was the first time he had seen such a big change like Yin Meng's.

The only shortcoming of this girl was probably that she liked to stay in the room alone and do some strange things, plus occasionally getting some strange illnesses for no reason.

Other than that, she was truly a good girl.

Li Sanjiang scratched his chin and sighed: "Runsheng Hou, your great-grandfather has rejected all the matchmakers who came to the door to propose marriage for you. Whether it can be done in the end depends on your own fortune."

Liu Yumei, who was preparing to make tea in the courtyard, heard this and teased: "Yo, you've started worrying about this matter."

"What's wrong, can't I? The conditions in the old goat's family are a bit poor, but Runsheng Hou is a good hand at work. After he becomes a construction foreman in the future, life can also be prosperous."

Li Sanjiang mistakenly thought this snobbish old lady looked down on Runsheng's family conditions.

Liu Yumei was too lazy to explain and instead said: "Who can say for sure about the future?"

Li Sanjiang's eyes widened. He looked at Little Yuan Hou, then at A Li sitting there, and said: "You disagree again?"

Liu Yumei: "When did I say I disagree!"

This volume was raised unconsciously.

In the past, when she saw the two children inseparable, she would feel a bit sour and sticky in her heart. Now, she had even privately taken several names for her future great-grandchildren.

Hearing this, Li Sanjiang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's not that I see Little Yuan Hou's conditions getting better and better. I tell you, not only is Little Yuan Hou successful, but Little Yuan Hou's North Grandfather's side is even more incredible."

Liu Yumei: "I know."

Li Sanjiang shook his cigarette ring and whispered: "Heh, sure enough, a snobbish old lady."

Liu Yumei's hearing was sharp; she heard Li Sanjiang arranging her, but she really didn't have the confidence to argue about this, because asking herself, in this regard, she was indeed quite snobbish.

"A Li, shall we go for a walk together?" Li Zhuiyuan issued an invitation to the girl.

A Li walked over and held hands with the youth.

Li Sanjiang hurriedly threw the cigarette he had only smoked halfway onto the ground and stepped on it.

"Let's go, follow your great-grandfather to walk off the food."

Saying this, Li Sanjiang even specifically glanced sideways at Old Lady Liu.

Liu Yumei was left laughing and crying by this old thing's muddled self-entertainment.

Just like that, Li Sanjiang walked in front, and the youth and the girl followed behind holding hands.

Li Sanjiang picked up the previous topic again: "Little Yuan Hou, guess how your great-grandfather rejected those matchmakers?"

Without waiting for Li Zhuiyuan to speak, Li Sanjiang took the initiative to give the answer himself: "I told them that Mengmeng doesn't know how to cook and doesn't even go near the stove at home. If she marries into a husband's family in the future, it is absolutely impossible for her to cook."

Li Zhuiyuan touched his nose. Actually, it was because they didn't dare let Yin Meng go near the stove.

However, not cooking was indeed quite special in the rural matchmaking market. You don't have to make delicious food, but at least you have to muddle through a little.

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt A Li's hand tighten slightly.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the girl and immediately said: "A Li, you don't have to learn to cook."

Li Sanjiang asked in surprise: "Little Yuan Hou, does Lan Hou not cook at home?"

"No, when Dad was at home before, Dad did the cooking."

Later, Dad went into self-exile, so he could only go to various families in the family courtyard to beg for food.

"Hey, this Lan Hou is really lazy."

Li Lan wasn't lazy; she was gradually losing her emotions toward food. In her eyes, food only had nutritional components; there was no need to care about taste preferences.

After walking around, when they were walking back, Li Zhuiyuan's pager rang; it was Liangliang Ge calling him.

The gift for the Bai family's Niangniang had already been sent, and the photo album Deng Chen took had also been delivered by Liu Changping, so Li Zhuiyuan felt this contact should be official business.

Would it be another clue about the waves?

"Great-grandfather, I'm going to return a call."

"Fine, you go. Great-grandfather will go back first to urge Shan Hou and the others to load the goods."

Li Zhuiyuan took A Li to Zhang Shen's small shop.

"Yo, really beautiful." Zhang Shen took the initiative to open a bag of snacks and handed it to A Li.

A Li didn't take it.

Li Zhuiyuan helped take it, handed it to A Li, and explained to Zhang Shen: "She is shy with strangers."

Zhang Shen: "Is that so? What a pity." 【265】 Actually, Zhang Shen had long heard that this beautiful girl, who was rarely seen outside in the village, was a mute. 【266】 In A Li's perspective, the small shop was a bloody mouth, and Zhang Shen, who was smiling, was a snake demon swimming in the mouth. 【267】 When Zhang Shen handed the receiver to the youth, it was like the snake demon handing a long red tongue to the youth. 【268】 A Li closed her eyes, sensing the temperature of the youth's palm, then opened them again; the bloody mouth was gone, and Zhang Shen had returned to normal. 【269】 Li Zhuiyuan's call was connected, and Xue Liangliang's voice came from the other end: 【270】 "Hello, Little Yuan?" 【271】 "It's me, Liangliang Ge." 【272】 "It's like this, Little Yuan, are you free lately?" 【273】 "Liangliang Ge, you tell me the matter first." 【274】 "It's a project in Rongcheng that had an accident. The meaning from above is to send people to do technical support. I looked at the report and felt this matter was a bit strange. If you are free, you can go for a run and see." 【275】 "Okay, I'll go." 【276】 "You agreed?" 【277】 "Yes, can the location be more specific?" 【278】 "It's in Dujiangyan next to Rongcheng; this city is managed by Rongcheng." 【279】 "Okay, I know. I will set off as soon as possible." 【280】 "Fine, then I will notify the identity of you, Binbin, and A You there first. You take your own certificates, and when you go there, you can do the handover directly." 【281】 "Okay." 【282】 "That... Little Yuan, do you need me to go together?" 【283】 "Can you go?" 【284】 "Of course I can go, but I'm afraid that if I go, I won't be able to help much and will instead become a burden." 【285】 "Last time in Guizhou, Liangliang Ge, you helped a lot." 【286】 In the end, it was Liangliang Ge who dived down time and time again to bring everyone ashore. 【287】 "So, Little Yuan, your meaning is, this time I can..." 【288】 "No need to come this time." 【289】 "Oh..." 【290】 "Are you busy lately?" 【291】 "Busy, there are many things. I have to take the juniors under me to run internships. If you can..." 【292】 "This is my polite phrase before hanging up the phone." 【293】 "Heh, you kid, fine. That's the matter. You pay attention to safety; if you have any needs, notify me directly." 【294】 "Okay, Liangliang Ge, you have already helped me a lot." 【295】 The phone hung up. 【296】 This wasn't the first time he had received a wave message from Xue Liangliang. 【297】 He could extract topics from A Li's dreams in the past by relying on the heritage of the Qin and Liu families. 【298】 Then, did he keep getting clues from Xue Liangliang because of Xue Liangliang's own specialness? 【299】 It seems that making friends with people with special luck can indeed have a positive push for river-walking. 【300】 Of course, the premise is that that person recognizes you from the heart and is willing to help you. If you dare to use mandatory means, then wait for the backlash. 【301】 However, this kind of help isn't one-way; he actually helped Xue Liangliang block disasters and solve problems. 【302】 Li Zhuiyuan felt that after going back later, the "Code of Conduct for River-Walking" could add new insights. 【303】 Just right, he had a negative example here that could be used as a "control group." 【304】 One side was the heritage of the Qin and Liu families and the existence of Xue Liangliang and Great-grandfather, and the other side only had one, and that was Wei Zhengdao. 【305】 Currently, it seems that Wei Zhengdao gave him a more powerful negative effect. 【306】 He alone surpassed everything. 【307】 If there weren't Wei Zhengdao "having jade in front," he, who could light the lamp after growing up, would simply find it hard to imagine how easy and happy this river could be walked. 【308】 But, 【309】 That wouldn't be interesting anymore. 【310】... 【311】 Runsheng had seen his grandfather talking to the old cypress tree in the courtyard from afar earlier. When he rode the tricycle home, the sound also became clear. 【312】 He saw Shan Shan Daye pointing at the cypress tree, head raised, chest puffed out: "I am an elder, heh, heard that? I am an elder!" 【313】 Subsequently, Shan Shan Daye walked around a step and said to the old cypress tree again: 【314】 "Put away your bad temper. You are a woman; why is your temper so big? Isn't it said that women in Chuan-Yu are very gentle?" 【315】 Finally, Shan Shan Daye said viciously again: 【316】 "If you aren't gentle, be careful that our Runsheng Hou doesn't want you! Hmm... I won't speak for you anymore either!" 【317】 Yin Meng, who had just gotten off the tricycle, asked Runsheng: "Is your grandfather senile?" 【318】 Runsheng scratched his head, also a bit confused, not knowing why his grandfather would talk to a tree early in the morning. 【319】 "Grandpa..." 【320】 Hearing this shout, Shan Shan Daye was so scared that he sat on the ground with a thud, his whole body shaking continuously several times. 【321】 Runsheng and Yin Meng walked into the courtyard. 【322】 "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" 【323】 "Nothing, practicing kung fu." 【324】 "Then why were you talking to the tree just now?" 【325】 "I was practicing crosstalk, hmm, telling a segment myself." 【326】 "Oh." Runsheng asked again, "Grandpa, weren't you going to sit for a ritual this morning?" 【327】 "Right, I was going to go. I'm going now. You guys help tidy up the house." 【328】 Shan Shan Daye immediately climbed up, nodded and smiled at Yin Meng, and ran out of the courtyard. 【329】 He said he was going to sit for a ritual this morning because he wanted to leave Li Sanjiang's house quickly and find a late-night gambling den to seize the time to lose the money he had won. 【330】 He didn't fail his mission; he lost all the money Yin Meng had given him last night. 【331】 At the card table, he was happy while losing, spraying snot bubbles, making the people at the same table not dare to play with him, fearing that if he lost his temper, he would go crazy and they would have to bear the consequences. 【332】 Yin Meng stared at the cypress tree for a while and suddenly laughed. She understood what Shan Shan Daye had just been doing to the cypress tree. 【333】 "Runsheng, your grandfather is really quite interesting." 【334】 Runsheng: "Grandpa is a good person. If he weren't good enough, he would have thrown me away long ago." 【335】... 【336】 The team running-in work went very smoothly. Li Zhuiyuan used red threads to lead his partners and practiced group battles several times. 【337】 Then, after going back at night, he used the wordless book to conduct a new round of deduction and improvement on the red threads. 【338】 Such meticulous preparation work, if it were purely to deal with that Daoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain, it would be a bit like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken. 【339】 But Li Zhuiyuan's plan was to use all his strength even when a lion fights a rabbit. 【340】 Even if the difficulty of this wave might be reduced, even if that Daoist temple was likely just an introduction to this wave, going all out and destroying it with the momentum of a thunderbolt was definitely correct. 【341】 On the night before setting off, Li Sanjiang organized another big meal and invited everyone who should be invited. 【342】 After the children grew up, for the elderly, the New Year's Eve was no longer limited to that specific day, but specifically referred to the day the children returned. 【343】 After drinking to the point of excitement, Li Sanjiang started talking about Zhuangzhuang, who hadn't returned yet. 【344】 After everyone was fast asleep at night, Lin Shu You pushed Tan Wenbin back to Li Sanjiang's house. Tan Wenbin went to the second floor, entered Li Sanjiang's room, and looked at Old Man Li, who had drunk too much and was snoring on the bed. 【345】 He had basically lived in Old Man Li's house during his entire senior year and every time he returned to Nantong later. He could feel Old Man Li's love for him, second only to Little Yuan Ge. 【346】 After leaving Old Man Li's room, Lin Shu You asked: "Do you want to go to Little Yuan Ge's room and see Little Yuan Ge?" 【347】 Tan Wenbin: "Are you planning to bury me tomorrow?" 【348】 Lin Shu You: "Next time you come back, Bin Ge, you can go see your parents and Zhou Yunyun." 【349】 Tan Wenbin: "I had Zhou Yunyun pick one out for you. After we come back, I'll have Zhou Yunyun bring that female classmate to Nantong for a visit, and you'll be responsible for receiving her." 【350】 Lin Shu You: "Bin Ge, I'm not in a hurry." 【351】 Tan Wenbin: "Try getting along first. Even if it doesn't work out, it can add a beautiful memory. No matter what, you can accumulate some experience." 【352】 Lin Shu You: "Bin Ge, is your experience rich?" 【353】 Tan Wenbin: "I'm a first love." 【354】 Lin Shu You: "I want that kind too." 【355】 Tan Wenbin: "You are thinking about farting." 【356】 Lin Shu You: "You can work hard." 【357】 "By the way, A You, your driver's license hasn't been taken yet, right?" 【358】 Because of Tan Wenbin's special reason, they couldn't take a plane; otherwise, the economy class would become a freezing chamber. 【359】 "Didn't have time to go back to Jin Ling to take it, but I can drive." 【360】 "It's not safe... the journey is quite long, and it's too tiring for Mengmeng to drive alone." 【361】 "Bin Ge, don't worry. If it really doesn't work, I'll have the child drive." 【362】 The sun rose, and everyone who had packed their luggage got into their own small pickup truck. Yin Meng started the car, drove out of the village road, and got onto the highway. 【363】 It didn't feel hard to sit in the car for a long distance. After all, it was their own small pickup truck, and everyone could take turns lying flat in the back carriage to sleep. They were all people who had experienced big winds and waves, and this little bump of the car body wouldn't affect their sleep quality at all. 【364】 In the middle, they took a detour, mainly because they didn't want to get too close to Fengdu and deliberately kept a safe distance from the Great Emperor of Fengdu. 【365】 Li Zhuiyuan had promised the Great Emperor that he would "return to the sect and pay respects to the master" as soon as possible. 【366】 But he came out in a hurry this time and hadn't prepared a master-paying gift. Visiting empty-handed didn't fit the etiquette and was even more disrespectful to the Great Emperor. 【367】 Therefore, he could only wait for the next time. 【368】 After arriving in Rongcheng, there was no time to experience the taste of "young people don't enter Shu" on the spot, but instead, he added another kick of the accelerator and arrived directly at Dujiangyan. 【369】 Compared to the scale and population of Rongcheng, Dujiangyan was more like a county town. 【370】 After leaving the Rongcheng Plain and arriving here, looking around, one could see mountains and clouds like ink. It had both the majestic boldness of Chuan-Yu and the gentle tenderness of Jiangnan. 【371】 It could even be said that this city itself was a painting scroll unfolding in all directions; people passing through the city were like traveling in a painting. 【372】 Lin Shu You: "I discovered that it seems no matter where the scenery is, it's better than Nantong." 【373】 Yin Meng echoed: "Congratulations, you finally discovered it." 【374】 The car stopped at the door of the hostel. 【375】 "Open the rooms first, go in, take a bath, and change clothes." Li Zhuiyuan pointed to a hot pot restaurant with a sense of age next to the hostel. "Then come down to eat." 【376】 Tan Wenbin: "I'll go order first." 【377】 Everyone else was covered in dust, but Tan Wenbin hadn't even sweated a drop along the way, and the car had been driving, so it wouldn't form long-term accumulation of yin aura like in a closed room, which made the "cold air temperature" just right. 【378】 Yin Meng reminded: "No mandarin duck pot!" 【379】 Tan Wenbin: "Okay." 【380】 Lin Shu You pushed Tan Wenbin to the hot pot restaurant and ran back to the hostel to take a bath. 【381】 It was afternoon, and it was still early for dinner. There were no guests in the shop, only the boss and a few service ladies sitting there playing mahjong. 【382】 Suddenly seeing a disabled person in a wheelchair coming to their shop to eat hot pot, the boss was moved to tears and immediately left the mahjong table, picked up the menu, and entertained them personally. 【383】 Tan Wenbin leaned on the wheelchair, took the menu and pen, and began to tick. 【384】 "Handsome guy, choose the pot bottom first." 【385】 "Mandarin duck pot." 【386】 "We don't have mandarin duck pot here. Do you want a nine-grid?" 【387】 "Okay." 【388】 "What kind of spicy do you want?" 【389】 "Heavy spicy." 【390】 "Medium spicy or heavy spicy?" 【391】 "Extra spicy." 【392】 "Okay, let's do it." 【393】 Others came out of the hostel one after another, and the hot pot was already boiling. The boss thoughtfully helped the disabled person put in the vegetables. 【394】 The spiciness was a bit high. Others could eat it, and Yin Meng was even happily twisting her waist on the long bench while chewing. 【395】 "Hiss... ha..." 【396】 Lin Shu You was sweating profusely from eating, pouring bottles of soy milk one after another. 【397】 Clearly his eyes were red and tears were flowing, but he was still saying continuously: "Not spicy, I can do it, no problem." 【398】 After eating, Li Zhuiyuan made task arrangements. 【399】 Runsheng and Yin Meng would take Tan Wenbin to stroll around the outskirts of Qingcheng Mountain first, relying on the sensing of the curse to preliminarily determine the location of that Daoist temple; Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shu You would go to the internship unit to report. 【400】 The pickup truck was driven away by Yin Meng and the others, while Li Zhuiyuan and A You hailed a rickshaw. 【401】 When they arrived at the unit gate, the sky was already quite dark, but they had contacted in advance, and the other party's meaning was that they could come at any time, and someone was on duty. 【402】 Li Zhuiyuan led Lin Shu You to the office to submit identity materials. A young man named Xiao Liu received them. When reviewing the materials, a middle-aged man walked into the office. 【403】 The man's hair was a bit long and very oily, naturally carrying a wavy curl. 【404】 This image seemed more suitable for doing art than doing engineering. 【405】 The man looked them up and down and said suspiciously: "They sent you?" 【406】 Li Zhuiyuan asked directly: "Where is the person who had the accident?" 【407】 Wu Xin: "In the hospital." 【408】 Li Zhuiyuan: "Take me to see him now." 【409】 Wu Xin: "Okay." 【410】 After agreeing, Wu Xin froze. Why did he agree so simply? 【411】 Xiao Liu: "Director Wu, the materials and procedures are all done. You can take them away now to familiarize them with our working environment." 【412】 Wu Xin nodded, beckoned to Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shu You, took them outside, and sat on a three-seater motorcycle. 【413】 The motorcycle engine was very loud, and Wu Xin drove very fast. Several times when turning, Li Zhuiyuan had the feeling that the wheels were off the ground and about to roll over, because he was sitting in the machine gun seat. 【414】 After entering the hospital gate, the car didn't stop but bypassed the outpatient and inpatient buildings and came to the back, where there was a Western-style building surrounded by a courtyard. 【415】 Wu Xin: "It used to be a sanatorium for the troops, but it was withdrawn later, and now it's also part of the hospital." 【416】 It should be an area used by the hospital to place special patients. 【417】 The gatekeeper knew Wu Xin. Before the car arrived, the railing was lifted first. Wu Xin greeted the gatekeeper and continued to ride inside, stopping only at the door of the Western-style building. 【418】 Pushing the door in, there was a small office desk inside with a visitor registration form on it, but no one was sitting there watching. Wu Xin was too lazy to fill it out and led the two upstairs to the third floor. 【419】 Wu Xin: "Zhao Jie, Zhou Hao, Xu Qingsong, these are the three hospital rooms at the corner of the stairs." 【420】 These three people were the ones who had an accident during the last construction. 【421】 Wu Xin led Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shu You into the first hospital room, where a young man was sitting on the hospital bed. 【422】 "Director Wu, you're here." 【423】 "Zhao Jie, how do you feel lately?" 【424】 "Quite good." 【425】 Simple communication and questioning, except that Zhao Jie's eyes carried hesitation and worry, no other abnormalities could be seen. 【426】 Then it was the second hospital room, the same process as before, only this time Wu Xin's address changed to "Zhou Hao," and next was going to the third hospital room to communicate with Xu Qingsong. 【427】 After coming out of Xu Qingsong's hospital room, Wu Xin signaled the two to come to the balcony, lit a cigarette himself, blew it at Lin Shu You, and asked: 【428】 "How is it? Did you see any problems?" 【429】 Lin Shu You didn't see any problems, nor did he perceive any evil aura, but he wasn't in a hurry to shake his head. Anyway, it didn't matter if he couldn't see the problem; Little Yuan Ge was there to support him. 【430】 Li Zhuiyuan: "The problem is big." 【431】 Wu Xin withdrew his back from the railing and asked: "Tell me about it." 【432】 "Zhao Jie thinks he is Xu Qingsong, Zhou Hao thinks he is Zhao Jie, and Xu Qingsong thinks he is Zhou Hao." 【433】 Wu Xin showed some expectation on his face: "How did you see it?" 【434】 Li Zhuiyuan: "There is a medical record sheet in front of the hospital bed, with the name written on it, and your address to them, it doesn't match." 【435】 This might be the nurse filling it out wrong, or the three changed rooms according to their preferences, but other than that, Li Zhuiyuan couldn't see other specific problems from these three people, so the problem that could be explained in front became more and more important, no matter how bizarre it was. 【436】 Hearing that it was guessed by distinguishing details, Wu Xin shook the cigarette ash with disappointment: "Is there a solution?" 【437】 "Yes." 【438】 Wu Xin froze for a moment and said in disbelief: "Really?" 【439】 "Yes, but it needs some time, and it also needs your assistance." 【440】 "As long as you have a way, you can let me do anything. Their parents don't know about this yet, and I'm worried about how to explain it to their families." 【441】 "First, I need the detailed file information of these three people; then, I need the first-hand report of this accident site." 【442】 "I have already handed the report up." 【443】 "I have also written similar reports, but as long as it is text on paper, it is often easy to lose truth. I hope you can write another copy yourself. I promise you, it won't be spread." 【444】 "No problem. Anything else?" 【445】 "That's all." 【446】 "Fine, as soon as I prepare it, I will... have you arranged the dormitory?" 【447】 "We are staying in the hostel now." 【448】 "The unit dormitory conditions are better, and there is a canteen." 【449】 "It's not troublesome to move again." 【450】 "Then remember to get the invoice for me to reimburse." 【451】 "Okay." 【452】 "Shall I carry you back?" 【453】 "No need, the hospital is very close to the hostel. We will walk back, just right to perfect the plan." 【454】 "Fine, this is my business card. There is my office number and pager number on it. If you have anything, contact me at any time." 【455】 Wu Xin rode the motorcycle away. After Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shu You walked out of the hospital, they walked along the street. 【456】 "Little Yuan Ge, what do you think is going on? Is it soul-swapping?" 【457】 "The difficulty of soul-swapping is higher than borrowing a corpse to return the soul, and the side effects are greater. 【458】 If those three people were soul-swapping, we should have been able to see the obvious characteristics of the soul and body not matching on them just now." 【459】 "That is... hypnosis. Mental control or a puppet?" 【460】 Li Zhuiyuan: "There are no signs of this." 【461】 "Then how can one person become another 'person'?" 【462】 Li Zhuiyuan stopped, stretched out a finger, and lightly poked his temple. 【463】 "A You, is there a possibility... that their memories have been swapped?" 【464】 "Memory?" 【465】 "If you die, but all your memories from the time you started remembering to the moment of your death are perfectly implanted into another person's brain, does that mean you have been reborn?" 【466】 "I... I... I don't know. It seems very reasonable, but it's like something is wrong." 【467】 Lin Shu You slowed down his pace and began to think about this philosophical question. 【468】 Li Zhuiyuan stopped in front of a snack stall in front and said to the stall owner auntie: 【469】 "Auntie, I want five egg cakes." 【470】 "Okay, wait a moment, I'll make them for you right away." 【471】 Soon, five egg cakes were made. 【472】 Li Zhuiyuan picked one up, broke off a piece with his hand, and put it into his mouth. Hmm, very sweet. 【473】 Because Yin Meng often mentioned how delicious egg cakes were, Li Zhuiyuan intended to buy one to taste. After tasting it, he found that Yin Meng might be recalling herself jumping and jumping to buy egg cakes with money from her grandfather's hands when she was young. 【474】 "A You, you eat more." 【475】 "Oh, okay." Lin Shu You ate the one in the youth's hand first. It was very sweet, but the taste was not bad, and then he stuffed all the rest in the bag into his mouth and ate them. 【476】 After eating, he realized that he had eaten the ones brought for his partners together, so he hurriedly turned back and bought three more from the auntie. 【477】 "Little Yuan Ge, if memories are swapped, how should they be treated?" 【478】 If it were soul-swapping and puppets, there would be clear solutions, but swapping memories, Lin Shu You didn't know what to do; even the child didn't know. 【479】 "If you can't swap them back... then erase the memories that don't belong to the main body and re-implant the memories that should belong to him." 【480】 "So, this is the reason why you want their file information, Little Yuan Ge?" 【481】 "Can you take the records in the file bag and use them to overwrite a person's memory? Do you think this is writing an essay with keywords?" 【482】 "Then what should be done..." 【483】 "The memories of each person themselves are all in the other person's brain, right? Ready-made answers, just copy them. It's not difficult, just a bit of energy and time. 【484】 Therefore, to ensure the state, I intend to solve the matter of that Daoist temple first. I hope Binbin Ge and the others can successfully determine the location." 【485】 The construction site line was also a wave clue. To continue to push it forward, he had to take action to help the three people treat it. If it were the youth in the past, he definitely couldn't complete this kind of overload, but Li Zhuiyuan now could. All this had to thank the gift from the Bodhisattva. 【486】 Returning to the hostel, Li Zhuiyuan sat on the bed, thinking about the possible changes in the depths of this wave. 【487】 If it were really memory swapping, it would mean that the existence in the depths of this wave possessed special abilities in this regard. 【488】 Therefore, he had to design the points of attention in advance. 【489】 For example, it would be very difficult to find its main body, which should be constantly hidden. Only after he killed the one most like the main body with great difficulty would the real main body show up. 【490】 It was also possible that it didn't have a main body at all, but existed by memory, constantly crushing its own memory into other people's memories, in this way obtaining "long life." 【491】 If so, it would be very difficult to solve it. Heaven knows how many bodies it had prepared for itself that could be used for memory retention. 【492】 In the standard room, Lin Shu You on the other bed didn't know that Little Yuan Ge was already thinking about the evolution possibilities in the depths of the wave. His attention was on the egg cakes, and he reached out and poked them lightly. They were cold and wouldn't be delicious anymore. 【493】 Li Zhuiyuan said without raising his head: "If you are hungry, go out and buy a late-night snack." 【494】 Lin Shu You licked his lips: "If Bin Ge knows that I left Little Yuan Ge's side because I was hungry, he will slap my face hard." 【495】 "It's okay, he is in a wheelchair now and can't jump up; he can only slap your knees." 【496】 "Hehe." 【497】 Lin Shu You enjoyed this feeling very much. Little Yuan Ge took the initiative to stop and buy snacks today, and would even make jokes about Bin Ge with him. Little Yuan Ge's changes were truly getting bigger and bigger. 【498】 Li Zhuiyuan: "They are back." 【499】 Lin Shu You got out of bed, walked to the window, opened the window, and saw the car lights appearing far away on the road ahead. 【500】 Tan Wenbin and the others were back. 【501】 Runsheng carried Tan Wenbin's wheelchair up the stairs, and Yin Meng pushed the door and entered the room first, handing the bag of egg cakes she was carrying to Lin Shu You: "Here, for you to eat. Little Yuan Ge, do you want to taste one?" 【502】 Li Zhuiyuan shook his head. 【503】 Tan Wenbin came in, and as soon as the door closed, he said: 【504】 "Little Yuan Ge, very smooth. I have basically located the position of that Daoist temple. 【505】 If it weren't for the sensing of the curse, there would be no way to find it. There are many Daoist temples there, and many that were originally hidden and avoiding the world. When the three of us were searching and positioning, we almost broke into a mountain gate by mistake." 【506】 Li Zhuiyuan: "Worship the water in Dujiangyan, ask the Dao in Qingcheng Mountain. Zhang Daoling once established the Daoist tradition here." 【507】 Yin Meng: "What era was Zhang Daoling from?" 【508】 Li Zhuiyuan: "From the same era as your ancestor." 【509】 Yin Meng: "Oh, no wonder it sounds a bit familiar." 【510】 Tan Wenbin: "Little Yuan Ge, do I need to call home and ask sideways if anything happened at home?" 【511】 Reasonably speaking, they were originally "setting off in three days," and they spent time on the road after setting off. If that Daoist temple wanted to take revenge, their people should have arrived in Nantong long ago. 【512】 Li Zhuiyuan: "No need to ask. We are walking the river, and the karma is too heavy." 【513】 Tan Wenbin nodded: "Okay." 【514】 Actually, Tan Wenbin not only wanted to ask if anyone had gone to Nantong to take revenge, but also wanted to know how many experts had gone, so he could estimate how much power that Daoist temple could still have. 【515】 Li Zhuiyuan: "Rest, work tomorrow." 【516】 "Understood!" 【517】 "Understood." 【518】 Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast first, then got into the car, didn't go straight to the destination, but first went to the Dujiangyan water conservancy project. 【519】 On the basis of knowing its principle, coming to its side in person, one could see an invisible magnificence flowing out from the long river of time. 【520】 This water conservancy method created thousands of years of blessings. This was the real big move and big spirit of Feng Shui. 【521】 Furthermore, Li Zhuiyuan, Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shu You were all students of Haihe University. As water conservancy people coming to this vicinity, they definitely had to come and take a look. 【522】 After the pilgrimage, everyone went to Qingcheng Mountain. 【523】 After driving in the mountains for a while, the car had to be left on the side of the road, and they had to walk in. 【524】 Lin Shu You carried Tan Wenbin on his back. For this, he specifically made a back basket, and the basket was also pasted with a new version of the sealing talisman; otherwise, after being in close contact with Bin Ge for a long time, he would also be frostbitten. 【525】 Tan Wenbin said he almost broke into another Daoist temple by mistake last night. Li Zhuiyuan found after on-the-spot investigation that this wasn't a mistake. Along the way, he had already perceived the shelter formations of several hidden Daoist temples, which had undergone major changes internally recently. 【526】 To put it simply, it was moving the gate archway backward, shrinking the scope, and hiding themselves more deeply, like a group of little rabbits collectively frightened, going back and digging holes frantically. 【527】 Finally, the "door" of that temple arrived. Although it couldn't be seen for the time being, Tan Wenbin was certain that the Wenchenzi who had been cursed by him was in the area ahead. 【528】 Li Zhuiyuan signaled his partners to set up the formation flags according to the incantation he recited. Breaking the formation was more time-consuming, and Li Zhuiyuan didn't intend to do that. He only needed to reduce the difficulty and secretly open a door crack, allowing the five of them to enter, which could be more unexpected. 【529】 After the formation was set up, the youth spread his right palm, and a blood-colored formation flag appeared. 【530】 Runsheng picked up the Yellow River shovel. The new quality wooden handle had been installed, emitting a faint peach blossom scent. 【531】 Lin Shu You raised his double maces, his center of gravity pressed down. After Runsheng rushed in, he had to be the second one. 【532】 Yin Meng held a string of poison jars in her left hand, and the Gu insects in her right palm were eager to move, just waiting for the latest corpse to appear to sacrifice to the ancestor. 【533】 Tan Wenbin's gray light halo constantly swirled in his eyes, and the curse power was already ready to go. 【534】 Everyone had adjusted to the best state, just waiting for Little Yuan Ge's order to open the formation and rush in with the most fierce way to crush it! 【535】 Tan Wenbin, as the shout in the team, didn't forget to add a sentence at this time to save Little Yuan Ge a sentence: 【536】 "Don't float; just treat it as a fierce battle!" 【537】 (End of chapter)

In fact, Auntie Zhang had long heard that this beautiful girl, rarely seen outside in the village, was a mute.

From A Li's perspective, the small shop was a bloody maw, and the smiling Auntie Zhang was a snake demon slithering inside that maw.

When Auntie Zhang handed the receiver to the boy, it was as if the snake demon were handing a long, red tongue to him.

A Li closed her eyes, sensing the temperature of the boy's palm, and when she opened them again, the bloody maw was gone, and Auntie Zhang had returned to her original appearance.

On Li Zhuiyuan's end, the call connected, and Xue Liangliang's voice came through:

"Hello, Xiaoyuan?"

"It's me, Brother Liangliang."

"It's like this, Xiaoyuan, are you free lately?"

"Brother Liangliang, tell me the matter first."

"It's a project in Rongcheng; an accident occurred. The higher-ups mean to send someone for technical support. I looked at the report and felt this matter was a bit strange. If you have time, you could make a trip to take a look."

"Alright, I'll go."

"You agreed?"

"Mm, can the location be more specific?"

"It's in Dujiangyan, next to Rongcheng; this city is under Rongcheng's administration."

"Mm, I know, I will set off as soon as possible."

"Fine, then I will notify them of your identity, as well as Binbin's and A You's, first. You just need to bring your own documents and handle the handover directly when you get there."

"Alright."

"That... Xiaoyuan, do you need me to go with you?"

"Can you go?"

"Of course I can go, but I'm afraid that if I go, I won't be able to help much and will instead become a burden."

"Last time in Guizhou, Brother Liangliang, you were a huge help."

In the end, it was Brother Liangliang who dove repeatedly to bring the big guy to the shore.

"So, Xiaoyuan, you mean that this time I can..."

"No need to come this time."

"Oh..."

"Are you busy lately?"

"Busy, yes, there are many things. I still have to take this group of juniors I'm supervising to do their internships. If you could..."

"This is just my polite closing before hanging up."

"Heh, you kid, fine. That's the matter. Watch your safety, and if you need anything, notify me directly."

"Alright, Brother Liangliang, you've already helped me a great deal."

The call ended.

This was not the first time he had received a ripple of information from Xue Liangliang.

That he could extract topics from A Li's dreams in the past relied on the heritage of the Qin and Liu families.

Then, was the fact that he kept getting clues from Xue Liangliang due to Xue Liangliang's own special nature?

It seems that befriending people with special fortune can indeed have a positive driving effect on the river-walking journey.

Of course, the premise is that the person recognizes you from the heart and is willing to help you; if you dare to use coercive means, then just wait to encounter the backlash.

However, this help is not one-way; he has actually helped Xue Liangliang ward off disasters and solve difficult problems.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that after he went back later, he could add new insights to the "River-Walking Code of Conduct."

It just so happens that he has a negative example here that can be used as a "control group."

On one side are the heritage of the Qin and Liu families and existences like Brother Liangliang and Great-Grandfather; on the other side, there is only one, and that is Wei Zhengdao.

Currently, it seems that the negative effect Wei Zhengdao gave him is even more powerful.

He alone overshadowed everything.

If not for Wei Zhengdao "setting the bar high," it is simply unimaginable how relaxed and happy this river-walking journey could have been for him, who could grow up and then light the lamp.

But,

That wouldn't be very interesting either.

Runsheng had seen his grandfather talking to the old cypress tree in the yard from far away earlier, and by the time he rode the bike home, the voices had become clear.

He saw Shan Shan Daye pointing at the cypress tree, head held high, chest puffed out: "I am the elder, heh, did you hear that? I am the elder!"

Afterward, Shan Shan Daye took a step around and spoke to the old cypress tree again:

"Tone down your temper. You're a woman, why is your temper so big? Didn't they say women from Sichuan and Chongqing are very gentle?"

Finally, Shan Shan Daye said viciously again:

"If you aren't gentle, watch out, or our Runsheng Hou won't want you! Hmm... I won't speak for you anymore either!"

Yin Meng, who had just gotten off the tricycle, asked Runsheng: "Is your grandfather senile?"

Runsheng scratched his head, also somewhat confused, not knowing why his grandfather would be talking to a tree early in the morning.

"Grandpa..."

Hearing this shout, Shan Shan Daye was so startled he sat on the ground with a thud, his whole body shaking several times in a row.

Runsheng and Yin Meng walked into the yard.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, just practicing kung fu."

"Then why were you talking to the tree just now?"

"I was practicing crosstalk, hmm, just doing a bit myself."

"Oh." Runsheng asked again, "Grandpa, weren't you going to sit for the funeral rites this morning?"

"Right, I was going, I'm going now. You guys help tidy up the house."

Shan Shan Daye immediately climbed up, nodded and smiled at Yin Meng, and trotted out of the yard.

He said last night he was going to sit for the rites because he wanted to leave Li Sanjiang's house quickly so he could find a late-night gambling den and hurry to lose the money he had won.

Mission accomplished; he had lost all the money Yin Meng gave him last night.

At the gambling table, he was so happy while losing that he was blowing snot bubbles, making the others at the table afraid to play with him, fearing that if he lost his mind from losing, they would have to bear the consequences.

Yin Meng stared at the cypress tree for a while, then suddenly smiled; she understood what Shan Shan Daye had just been doing to the cypress tree.

"Runsheng, your grandfather is really quite interesting."

Runsheng: "Grandpa is a good person; if he were even a little bit not good, he would have thrown me away long ago."

The team-building work went very smoothly; Li Zhuiyuan used red threads to connect his partners and practiced team battles several times.

Then, after returning at night, he used the wordless book to conduct a new round of deduction and improvement on the red threads.

Such meticulous preparation, if purely to deal with that Daoist temple on Mount Qingcheng, might be a bit like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken.

But Li Zhuiyuan's plan was that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

Even if the difficulty of this wave might be lowered, even if that Daoist temple is likely just an introduction to this wave, going all out to destroy it with the force of a thunderbolt is definitely the right move.

On the night before departure, Li Sanjiang organized another big meal and invited everyone who should be invited.

After the children grow up, for the elderly, New Year's Eve is no longer limited to that specific date, but specifically refers to the day the children return.

After drinking to his heart's content, Li Sanjiang started nagging about Zhuangzhuang, who hadn't returned yet.

After everyone was fast asleep at night, Lin Shu You pushed Tan Wenbin back to Li Sanjiang's house. Tan Wenbin went to the second floor, entered Li Sanjiang's room, and took a look at Old Man Li, who had drunk too much and was lying on the bed snoring.

Throughout his entire senior year of high school, and every time he returned to Nantong later, he basically lived at Old Man Li's house. He could feel Old Man Li's affection for him, second only to Brother Xiaoyuan.

After leaving Old Man Li's room, Lin Shu You asked: "Do you want to go to Brother Xiaoyuan's room and see Brother Xiaoyuan?"

Tan Wenbin: "Are you planning to bury me tomorrow?"

Lin Shu You: "Next time you come back, Brother Bin, you can go see your parents and Zhou Yunyun."

Tan Wenbin: "I had Zhou Yunyun scout one out for you. After we come back, I'll have Zhou Yunyun bring that female classmate to Nantong for a visit, and you'll be responsible for hosting."

Lin Shu You: "Brother Bin, I'm not in a hurry."

Tan Wenbin: "Try dating first; even if it doesn't work out, it can add a beautiful memory. At the very least, you can accumulate some experience."

Lin Shu You: "Brother Bin, is your experience rich?"

Tan Wenbin: "I'm a first-timer."

Lin Shu You: "I want that kind too."

Tan Wenbin: "You're dreaming."

Lin Shu You: "One can work hard for it."

"By the way, A You, you haven't passed your driver's license test yet, right?"

This time, due to Tan Wenbin's special reason, they couldn't take a plane, otherwise economy class would turn into a freezer.

"Didn't have time to go back to Jin Ling to take it, but I can drive."

"It's not safe... the journey is quite long, and it's too tiring for Mengmeng to drive alone."

"Brother Bin, don't worry. If it really doesn't work, I'll have Tongzi drive."

The sun rose, and the group, having packed their bags, sat in their small pickup truck. Yin Meng started the car, drove out of the village road, and got onto the highway.

From Nantong to Rongcheng, the distance is very long, but if the people rest and the car doesn't, it won't take too long.

They left in the morning, and by the afternoon, seven Daoist priests in Daoist robes walked into Siyuan Village.

They lined up in a single file, each possessing an ethereal, otherworldly, and immortal air.

Moreover, the villagers who brushed past them on the village road seemed completely unable to see them; only a few very young children would look toward them, and a few black dogs in the village would bark in the direction they were in.

They looked straight ahead, completely indifferent, as if everything around them, except for themselves, were ants not worth a glance.

The leading Daoist was the oldest and had the longest beard; he pointed forward and said:

"Everyone, we who cultivate the Dao should slay demons and eliminate evil..."

The other six Daoists replied in unison:

"To uphold the righteous path!"

Xiong Shan was clearing silt in the pond; this was a pond Li Sanjiang had just contracted this year. Xiong Shan was stripped down to just his underwear, standing in the water, holding a shovel and busily working in a perfunctory manner, while in reality, a group of straw men were working beneath the water's surface.

Suddenly, Xiong Shan's eyes revealed doubt, followed immediately by great joy; although somewhat unbelievable, it was the real deal.

"There's actually someone who came to the door with clear and intense killing intent?"

This really is the sun rising from the west. He, Xiong Shan, truly didn't expect that in his lifetime, he would actually have the chance to witness a force so openly and unashamedly killing its way to the Dragon King's doorstep!

Xiong Shan hurriedly swam to the shore, not even bothering to put on his clothes, and directly grabbed a Chenzhou talisman, preparing to go fight.

"Son, you just wait, Dad will earn another sum of money for you..."

Before he could finish shouting his slogan, Lihua appeared; she blocked her husband and said:

"Word came from over there, telling you not to make a move."

"Ah?" Xiong Shan asked suspiciously, "Is it that they are itching for a fight over there and want to do it themselves?"

"Mm."

"Is it Lord Qin or Lord Liu?"

"Er..." Lihua's face showed hesitation.

"Hey, hurry up and say it, is it Lord Qin or Lord Liu who wants to make a move?"

Lihua licked her lips, leaned forward first, and then lowered her voice to tell her husband:

"The old lady's hands are itching."

(End of chapter)