Chapter 302

Ignoring the sorrowful wails of the four spirit beasts, the young man's left hand exerted slight force, and the karmic fire enveloping them intensified further.

Rather than saying this was to escort the chains piercing and binding their spirit bodies, it was better to say the young man was deliberately torturing and ravaging them, letting them deeply savor what it meant to be worse than death, what a feast of torture for spirit bodies meant.

In this regard, Fengdou was always the most professional.

Li Zhuiyuan hoped they would remember this memory forever, branded in their spiritual recollections, becoming a nightmare they couldn't shake off.

The piercing of the chains became even more swift and frenzied at this moment.

They were like huge needles, flying up and down, piercing the spirit beasts' bodies again and again, and turning back to stab again and again.

These four spirit beasts were like the soles of cloth shoes, being stitched exceptionally solid and firm.

Since they were to be treated as dogs, the dog chains had to be fastened securely, leaving no gaps, and not giving them even a tiny bit of hope.

This was better for Tan Wenbin, and even better for them.

The young man held the formation flag in his right hand and raised it slowly.

The four chains were all pulled upward. In a mournful cry, the four spirit beasts had their bodies bound fiercely, like four marionettes, or like goods placed on a store shelf.

"Tan Wenbin."

"Here!"

Li Zhuiyuan walked to Tan Wenbin, and Tan Wenbin spread his hands open.

"It will still be a bit painful."

Tan Wenbin nodded forcefully, gritting his teeth and saying:

"Understood."

The formation flag in Li Zhuiyuan's right palm dispersed into blood mist, and then quickly condensed into a pillar shape. The carved patterns on it were becoming clear at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If one looked closely, one could find that this blood pillar was exactly the same as the two pillars deep in the river water at the Fengdou pier, only scaled down proportionally.

And the real pillars in reality had stood before the Ghost Gate for who knows how many years, specializing in imprisoning the ghosts who came to pay respects to Fengdou. The heavy shackles like mountains beneath the pillars told the history that belonged to them.

Now, Li Zhuiyuan had "moved" one of them over, just to forge exclusive shackles for these four spirit beasts.

The blood-red pillar was handed by the young man into Tan Wenbin's palm.

The flesh on Tan Wenbin's hands cracked open rapidly, and the flesh and blood seemed to be rolling along with it, like boiling water.

But because the pain of the soul-splitting was in front, the pain this time was invisibly reduced a lot. In short, it could be endured.

However, soon, Tan Wenbin found he had thought too much.

If it were truly that simple, Xiao Yuan Ge wouldn't have specifically reminded him one more time.

"Clatter... clatter..."

The chains dragged, pulling back swiftly. The spirit bodies of the centipede and the green ox were pulled back with an unstoppable, extremely fast speed, crashing into Tan Wenbin's body.

"Hiss... ah!!!"

Tan Wenbin knelt on the ground again. This pain was directly doubled compared to the soul-splitting earlier.

Fortunately, no matter how violently his body shook or how ridiculously distorted his expression was, Tan Wenbin still maintained the posture of spreading his hands in front of him, continuing to maintain this conclusion.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was beside him, had been carefully observing Tan Wenbin's condition.

If Tan Wenbin couldn't hold on, the young man would have to interrupt this process.

In the eyes of outsiders, whether it was the initial Five-Organ Picture of the Vow or the current receiving of the dog chains, it was Li Zhuiyuan personally opening a small stove for Tan Wenbin, conducting artificial lifting.

It could even be traced back to when he sealed two resentful infants in Tan Wenbin's body and specifically developed the ghost-controlling technique for him.

But in reality, not everyone had the qualifications to bear these, just like the same review method back then, it worked on Tan Wenbin, but wouldn't work on Ying Zi.

If you want to be pulled up, you must first possess the basic conditions to be pulled up.

For a long time in the past, Tan Wenbin kept the two god-sons on his shoulders, and in an unbalanced state, he didn't hesitate to sit in a wheelchair every day to bear the terrible torment just to lift the two children up a bit more. This created the resilience of Tan Wenbin's own soul.

Tan Wenbin's talent wasn't in the forefront of the team, but every time, he could keep up and adjust his state in time. When Li Zhuiyuan wanted to pull him, he met all the conditions.

This, in fact, was also a kind of talent, always being prepared to be pulled.

Seeing that Tan Wenbin could hold on stably, Li Zhuiyuan was relieved. The centipede and the green ox were still merging, and Li Zhuiyuan walked to the blood ape.

The blood ape, which had been incomparably arrogant and longing for freedom just now, had eyes that became incomparably clear and agile at this moment, blinking as if making the purest plea to the young man.

This wasn't a disguise... this was real.

This monkey was very mischievous; its change in attitude toward you only depended on whether you had whipped it.

Monkeys, sure enough, were the most restless and uneasy masters.

This couldn't help but make Li Zhuiyuan think of the monkey raised by Sun Baishen.

Wei Zhengdao once said bluntly to Sun Baishen: Animals are ultimately animals.

Similar mistakes, Li Zhuiyuan wouldn't make.

But how to say it, when the Five-Organ Picture first condensed, the attitude of the four was truly too sincere. Even later when encountering crises on the road, they consciously protected Tan Wenbin.

Li Zhuiyuan truly had no reason... to perform the act of adding chains to them in advance.

Now, their behavior of forcing the palace and breaking their vows counted as actively submitting evidence, and Li Zhuiyuan also felt relieved in his heart.

The centipede and green ox were melted, and the blood ape was dragged by the chains and pulled into Tan Wenbin's body.

Tan Wenbin's trembling continued.

Li Zhuiyuan walked behind Tan Wenbin and looked at the two-headed python.

Deng Chen was already dead, but in the young man's eyes, this python was still Deng Chen's image.

"You, let me down."

In the python's eyes, rich regret flowed out.

It was absolutely the smartest among the four spirit beasts, and because it hadn't been broken into a virtual shadow in the pig-head wave, it had more opportunities to interact with Li Zhuiyuan's side.

It could have become an existence that surpassed the other three beasts, only needing it to choose to tear its face with those three beasts and stand firmly on Tan Wenbin's side.

At

It knew it couldn't win, it was clear how terrifying the forces behind the youth were, but it still held a fluke, thinking it could fight for more benefits within the scope of controllable contradictions.

It really didn't expect that the youth would ignore the negotiation demands and directly suppress it with thunderous means.

"Forget it, I shouldn't have held hope for you in the first place."

Li Zhuiyuan turned around, and the Blood Ape was fused.

Just as the Two-Headed Python was pulled up by the chains, the youth raised his arm, and the chains stopped.

In the snake eyes of the Two-Headed Python, hope was ignited again. It excitedly shook its snake tail, thinking it still had a chance.

It misinterpreted the meaning.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand to call a halt, partly to give Tan Wenbin more time to catch his breath and rest, and partly to use the Two-Headed Python to wipe the ground of this Bai Family Town.

The apparent master of Bai Family Town was the one from Brother Liangliang's house.

He did indeed come today to borrow the special environment of Bai Family Town to carry out suppression. The movement of the previous scene was also to deter the entire Bai Family Town.

The youth didn't mind "writing" this deterrence more clearly. After all, he was already here.

Li Zhuiyuan clenched his left hand, and the body of the Two-Headed Python began to compress rapidly, as if it would be squeezed to explosion in the next moment.

The youth loosened his restraint on it. The Two-Headed Python instinctively whistled and fled. Since it was a spiritual body, there was no need to worry about what kind of damage it would cause to the buildings in Bai Family Town, but the constant wails and roars were enough to shake all the Bai Family Ladies in all the residential houses in Bai Family Town.

Just like this, the Two-Headed Python fled from the head of the town to the end of the town, wandering from the center of the town to the surroundings of the town.

Every time it wanted to stop, Li Zhuiyuan's hand would clench slightly, speeding it up and pulling up the volume by the way.

The Bai Family Lady, with a slightly bulging lower abdomen, sat in a red coffin deep in the ancestral hall, leaning her back against the coffin wall, one hand gently stroking her abdomen, and the other hand gently pressing down on the corner of her mouth that she couldn't help but raise.

She could see that person's intention. That person was standing up for her in this way.

The power structure of Bai Family Town was mainly based on the town's rules. Even she found it difficult to break the shackles of those rules, not to mention the decline in her own strength after pregnancy, which led to the inevitable continuous decline in her prestige.

It is no exaggeration to say that since her pregnancy, most of her status had been supported by her relationship with that youth.

From today on, her status would be completely consolidated, even more so than before her pregnancy.

After the heat was about right, Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand, and the Two-Headed Python was pulled back and merged into Tan Wenbin's body.

Tan Wenbin was still kneeling there, and on his spread hands, the pillar had already merged into his flesh and blood.

From now on, he would completely control the abilities of these four spirit beasts, no longer asking them for assistance, but driving and controlling them.

Raising his head, Tan Wenbin let out a long breath, gritted his teeth, and stood up again.

He was actually a bit guilty in his heart. If he had a choice, he would rather go back and be with the beasts in his body, where everyone is good and everyone is friends.

But even in reality, most of the buddies who could crowd together when young would be blown away by the rain and wind.

The four spirit beast phantoms appeared behind Tan Wenbin one by one, each phantom tightly locked by chains. This venting momentum made Bai Family Town tremble four times in a row.

Perception was returning rapidly, and Tan Wenbin's temperament also changed accordingly.

From plain and unremarkable, to incomparably sharp, and then to restrained radiance.

His bloody hands were still dripping blood, but Tan Wenbin clenched his fingers into a circle, placed them in front of his eyes, turned around, and looked at Lin Shu You:

"A You, now I don't even need to read books; I can just take a picture of the crib notes with my eyes!"

Lin Shu You was still happy for Brother Bin's resurgence, but upon hearing this, his smile froze directly on his face. After his lips moved for a long time, he shouted:

"Brother Bin, this is cheating!"

Tan Wenbin: "Then according to your meaning, if Brother Xiao Yuan doesn't adjust his IQ to the public level and goes to take the exam, it's also cheating."

Lin Shu You: "That's different. Brother Xiao Yuan is self-contained, you are externally carried!"

In the current situation, the two of them actually argued about the university final exam, and they were tireless.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't disturb them, letting them argue to their heart's content.

Finally, Lin Shu You was defeated. He took the initiative to step forward and grab Tan Wenbin's arm:

"Brother Bin, I beg you, you can't do this. What's the point of me reading and reviewing like this?"

"I can throw crib notes for you."

"This is cheating!"

"Brother Xiao Yuan will also take the exam with us. It's highly likely we'll be in the same exam room. Let Brother Xiao Yuan tie a red thread for the two of us; the invigilator definitely won't find out."

"However, I've already tied a red thread with Brother Xiao Yuan... why do I still need you to pass me the answers?"

"Makes sense."

"No, it doesn't make sense. Brother Bin, let's take the exam normally, I beg you."

"Just teasing you, I've already reviewed everything, no need to cheat."

Tan Wenbin walked to Li Zhuiyuan, raised his arm, and tried hard to flex his biceps: "Brother Xiao Yuan, I feel full of strength now. I can beat Runsheng to the ground after going ashore."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Okay, after I help Runsheng sort out the accumulated Qi gates, let him have a good fight with you."

Tan Wenbin blinked and said: "I'm referring to the current Runsheng."

Only a fool would go head-to-head with Runsheng after his Qi gates were cleared.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Lin Shu You and asked: "Are you ready?"

Lin Shu You answered loudly: "Ready!"

Li Zhuiyuan paused for a while, pointed to Tan Wenbin's original position, and signaled A You to stand there.

Anyway, the venue had already been rented, so why not use it.

However, Li Zhuiyuan also considered that it was impossible to run down the river for everything in the future. This was too inconvenient, and Bai Family Town couldn't provide some arrangements. It was even more impossible for him to help them build formations here.

He had to consider opening a dedicated formation area in Siyuan Village.

Not only should the appearance not let ordinary people see any clues, but the internal structure should also be stable and convenient.

There was no technical difficulty; the problem still lay in the materials.

The problem wasn't prominent during the early river travels, but with the progression of the river travels, the embarrassment of opening the river travel with bare hands became increasingly clear.

Zhao Yi still needed to recuperate for a while, and he also needed to deal with the Nantong matter. Once both sides were handled, he could go to Jiujiang.

Li Zhuiyuan looked down on the heritage of ordinary families, and it was difficult to gather the things the youth needed. But the Jiujiang Zhao family definitely had no problem, after all, this family was best at management.

But in normal times, in the gaps of river travel, taking the initiative to attack a family of this level to loot their treasure house carried huge risks. Even with the current team strength of Li Zhuiyuan, it was easy to steal a chicken only to lose the rice. Even if he could retreat unscathed, it would inevitably disrupt his river travel rhythm.

Unfortunately, the old Zhao family produced a big traitor.

Putting away his thoughts, Li Zhuiyuan looked at Lin Shu You.

Lin Shu You stood straight, as if in military training.

Saliva was swallowed continuously, and his Adam's apple was moving.

Nothing else, having witnessed Brother Bin's previous miserable state with his own eyes, he now felt like a child preparing to get an injection.

However, Li Zhuiyuan neither condensed the formation flags again nor reopened the Ghost Gate. The means previously used to deal with those four spirit beasts were not replicated.

Because the White Crane Master Master Tongzi was different from those four.

The initial boy had also been arrogant and proud. Now, the boy could be considered to have integrated.

Tan Wenbin's perception was degenerating when he was in Fengdou and only recovered just now.

Lin Shu You's alternation of cold and heat only triggered for that moment in Fengdou and never occurred again.

This showed that the boy would rather be suppressed than try to force his way out and trigger Lin Shu You's pain.

Ever since the boy came down from the altar and moved into Lin Shu You's body, the two of them had been chattering privately for a long time, and they had truly cultivated real feelings.

Li Zhuiyuan's fingertips pinched rapidly, then his index and middle fingers joined together, pointing at Lin Shu You's brow:

"Open!"

Lin Shu You only felt that Brother Xiao Yuan in front of him and Brother Bin behind him were rapidly pulling away from him. His consciousness produced a distortion, as if the barrier existing in his body was weakened into a thin film.

The mark belonging to the Ghost Marshal emerged from Lin Shu You's forehead.

That feeling of cold and heat alternation began to rise, but this time, it was very slight, a bit like having a fever.

Li Zhuiyuan said:

"A You, your current situation is a bit complicated. I can describe it to you simply.

The position of Ghost Marshal was personally conferred by the Great Emperor of Fengdou. My authority can only change the conferment, but cannot withdraw it.

There is a systemic conflict between the position of Ghost Marshal and your Guarding Zhenjun Body, and in principle, they cannot be compatible with each other.

This contradictory body in your body not only makes you unable to exert power, but as time goes by, the current balance is destined to be broken, and the risk of your body exploding will become greater and greater.

There are two ways to solve it:

One is for me to abolish your Guarding Zhenjun position and only retain the Ghost Marshal identity.

I can do this, because Sun Baishen should give me face."

In fact, Li Zhuiyuan's implication was: Sun Baishen is not as difficult to deal with as the Great Emperor.

Moreover, the vast majority of True Monarchs are currently sealed on the seabed with Sun Baishen. Even if this only Guarding Zhenjun outside is gone, Sun Baishen won't care too much. After all, he doesn't draw merit from this Guarding Zhenjun.

Lin Shu You: "Brother Xiao Yuan, after abolishing the Guarding Zhenjun position, what will happen to the boy?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "The boy's divine soul will be annihilated, turning into nutrients in your body, and finally absorbed by you."

Lin Shu You: "I choose the second one."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The second one is for me to re-confer the Ghost Marshal position to the boy, and confer you as the Ghost General under the boy's seat.

You will not be able to violate the boy's will, and your life and death will be completely controlled by the boy's single thought.

Do you still choose the second one?"

Lin Shu You almost didn't hesitate and said: "Choose the second one."

After choosing, as if afraid the youth would misunderstand, Lin Shu You scratched his head and explained:

"Anyway, in this way, my strength won't be lost, and I can still help you, Brother Xiao Yuan. Besides, the boy also listens to you, Brother Xiao Yuan."

Anyway, I don't want the boy to die.

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze sank, and he said:

"Consider it again and answer me properly."

Tan Wenbin turned around, avoiding Lin Shu You's gaze, and took a cigarette out of his pocket, only to find the cigarette was wet.

At this time, Tan Wenbin saw a water pipe with an extremely exquisite shape placed under the eaves of the residential house opposite.

Tan Wenbin walked over, picked up the water pipe to play with it, and the tobacco leaves inside were filled very well.

Just as he was about to take a puff, he found that the lighter couldn't produce a flame because it had entered the water.

"Ding dong..."

A silver tube fire-striker was thrown out from the window.

Tan Wenbin picked it up, pulled off the cap, blew on it, and a red spark ignited.

This pair was truly a perfect match. Placed outside, it was definitely art-level.

Tan Wenbin walked to the window. The window here was high-opening, serving the purpose of ventilation and letting in sunlight. Ordinary people couldn't see inside from the outside, which well protected privacy.

Grabbing the edge with his hand, his palm turned red, and the Blood Ape power was activated. Tan Wenbin lifted himself up, came to the window, and looked into the room.

In fact, Tan Wenbin was a bit busybody, wanting to take a puff of water pipe, but afraid that the owner of the water pipe would find it hard to swallow.

After all, in the real countryside, those who still smoke water pipes are mostly grandfathers and grandmothers. Of course, there would definitely be no grandfathers here.

If the Bai Family Lady in this room was the kind with wrinkles hanging very long on her face, looking old to the point of being unable to be older, he really couldn't take a bite of the water pipe she had used.

He could only thank the other party and say that he intended to quit smoking.

In the pitch-black room, there was a stool, and the Bai Family Lady sat inside.

Previously, the one from Brother Liang's house gave an order to close the doors and windows and not to peek. According to reason, this window should be closed, but this window should have been broken and fallen off, and she couldn't close it.

Therefore, she, sitting in the room, was also sitting with her back to the outside and facing inward, doing as much compensation as possible.

From the back, she looked very young, about the same age as Brother Xiao Yuan, with two sheep-horn braids, and a bit cute.

Tsk, so children shouldn't learn to smoke. Look, they died so early.

Truly calculating by age, the little Bai Family Lady inside should be older than his own grandmother.