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Chapter 414: Acquaintances (asking for monthly tickets)

Jingwangfu is a small town with a strong literary atmosphere.

Newsstands and teahouses selling calligraphy, paintings, books and magazines can be found everywhere on the streets.

Here, you can see the butcher chopping meat with a knife after yelling "The golden knife is so strong that I am still lazy, and the sound of the Qiang flute makes me drunk";

You can also see a girl approaching you with a sweet smile and singing a sexy song, taking your hand to pat her legs and saying "I hope you can drink this wine and have fun for three thousand dollars".

Even if it is a street vendor selling breakfast, he might be shouting "380 yuan for a cup of Shannan fresh soy milk" in the last second, and in the next second he might say to you "It's too dark now, how much sugar do you want in your milk tea?"

Looking around, it was like a banquet being held in the hall, with both the elite and the common people enjoying the feast, and the grandchildren were all learning to speak.

There are also hair salons that use couplets as secret codes, and gambling houses that offer a bounty of 100,000 yuan for the next couplet...

Everyone seems to be tacitly telling passers-by a truth in the simplest way: Books are the source of beautiful women and golden houses!
Of course, no matter whether they recite various poems out of personal interest or because they are forced by the situation, they will definitely shake their heads and check themselves within three minutes with the sentence "Learning without thinking is useless."

The atmosphere of studying here is so strong that even Xu Shu, who had just arrived here, couldn't help being disturbed.

He shuddered slightly, then lowered his head and silently said:
“Learning without thinking is death, thinking without learning is danger!”

brush brush~
The moment he blurted out the words, Xu Shu instantly felt that the invisible chill seemed to be moving away from him.

And with his "spiritual perception", he could also discover that there were strange black threads in the air that were pulling towards him.

As he recited the poem according to the rules, the silk threads suddenly broke and dissipated as if they had lost their target.

It's like ink poured into the ground, which can only dry up silently and wait to sprout again.

"It's a bit interesting. Some kind of grudge?"

"It exists so openly, but no extraordinary person comes to solve the problem. It even gradually evolves into a weird local culture... Hehe, it seems that there is something complicated behind it~"

"Could it be that the guards here are keeping strange servants, and their strange servants happen to be the 'Yin Shen' who loves reading?"

"Is this the so-called well-mannered and refined ghost cultivator?"

Xu Shu touched his chin, thinking thoughtfully.

This speculation seems nonsensical at first glance, but in fact Xu Shu did not make a random guess. Instead, he made a reasonable judgment based on the local social situation.

After traveling around the Penglai wasteland for a long time, he has seen all kinds of outrageous guys one after another. What is impossible?

Back in Xinglong Village, the fetuses in the wombs were contaminated and turned into snake monsters, but these people were unaware of it. Instead, they were all very grateful to the snake mother, and the foundation of refining "Sublimation Pills" was almost turned into an open industry.

All I can say is that reality is often much more absurd than stories.

Guys like these who have lost all conscience deserve to be taken down by me, the Conqueror King Yu Mingluan, as a foundation to enrich myself!
With this in mind, Xu Shu had already found an abandoned dyeing factory with a small bridge and flowing water based on the location information.

On the map, the red dot indicating his location and the red dot indicating Zhong Xiaoya's location have overlapped.

From the sight, one can see that in a small house not far away, several children, led by a middle-aged teacher, are doing morning self-study, holding books in their hands, reading with their heads shaking.

It turns out that this dyeing factory was converted into a welfare primary school with a small number of students. Judging from the teaching method, it seems a bit like the private schools in ancient times.

Among the students there was a little girl in a yellow skirt with two ponytails. Although she was the shortest, less than 1.2 meters tall, she had the loudest voice when reading, as clear as the sound of a yellow oriole singing in a valley.

It was Zhong Xiaoya.

Seeing Xu Shu appear, Xiaoya took a closer look, then stood up in annoyance and cursed: "Why did you come just now? If you don't come soon, the flowers will be cold!"

Her scolding attracted the attention of the male teacher next to her.

The middle-aged man's hand was gently stroking a shy girl's head, as if he was teaching her something, and his expression was quite enjoyable.

Just when he was enjoying it, Xiaoya yelled and scared him. The other children looked up at him, confused.

The man immediately withdrew his hand and said angrily: "Xiao Ya? What are you doing? Don't make loud noises in class! Come to my office later, the teacher will punish you severely-"

"Snapped!"

He had only said half of his words when Xiaoya raised her hand and slapped him in the face.

In an instant, the teacher's head spun two and a half circles, and it was shaky and about to roll down.

But Zhong Xiaoya immediately snapped her fingers, and several gears and a metal ball shot out silently into the middle-aged man's mouth, and began to move in his throat, as if a snake was being put into it.

The whole process happened in an instant. Before the other children had time to notice what was happening, they discovered that Xiaoya, the new student in the class, was missing.

Teacher Zhou, who had always been very fierce, became very gentle and continued his teaching work in a methodical manner.

……

Outside the wall.

Xu Shu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is that?"

Xiaoya said nonchalantly, "He's a beast in human form who molests children. It's just right to kill him as a spy."

Xu Shu shook his head: "I can see that. I was asking you what did you throw in there? Is that also an imaginary core?"

Just now, Xiaoya slapped the middle-aged man so hard that his spirit was extinguished and he died on the spot.

But as several gears drilled into his body, the man suddenly "came back to life" and looked exactly like a living person.

Even Xu Shu's spiritual perception couldn't detect the slightest problem, which made him very curious.

The "mechanical expert" is so magical that he can turn a person into a "puppet" in such a short time?
Xu Shu had always thought that the "imaginary dolls" would take a long time to make, but who knew that it would only take a second to wholesale.

This is really scary!

Xiaoya saw what he was thinking and rolled her eyes in annoyance: "This kind of small puppet can't carry much magical power. It can only act as a spy. Moreover, the magical power will be exhausted in three days at most and it will be completely scrapped. Humph, this is the secret of our profession. Now that you know everything, you should be satisfied now, right, Brother Xu Shu?"

"Oh, that's how it is~" Xu Shu suddenly realized, thinking that with so many restrictions, that was pretty good.

However, why does it seem that other professions have so many weird and strange abilities?

Xu Shu complained in his heart, then asked casually, "Do you know what's going on in Prince Jing's Mansion? I see strange, incomplete ghosts wandering around here. Could there be living ghosts that eat people?"

This time, it was Xiaoya who was surprised: "You can actually see this? It's amazing, just a dragon elephant!"

"Don't look down on me!"

"Hehe, I don't mean that. I'm just expressing my feelings." Xiaoya cleared her throat and squatted on the ground to change her shoes.

While tying her shoelaces, she spoke slowly like a storyteller: "The situation here is indeed somewhat special. Many years ago, the Jingwang Mansion encountered an incident. Suddenly, a large number of monsters appeared and attacked the town. They were so aggressive that all the local garrison officers were killed overnight, and the people were also killed or injured."

"After that, there were frequent hauntings. We changed several directors, but they were always unable to keep people."

“But because there is a special mineral here, the city was unwilling to give up this place, so they spent a lot of money to find people to live here. The huge reward still attracted some brave people, and attracted many refugees from the surrounding areas to come and seek refuge.

"You know, disasters are the easiest to be forgotten, especially when all the people involved are dead. So after a few years, it becomes lively again."

"Haha, the residents of Jingwang Mansion you see now are actually very few real locals."

"That's interesting. Do you know why you can avoid evil spirits by reciting 'If you study without thinking, you will perish; if you think without studying, you will be in danger'?" Xiaoya blinked.

Xu Shu said coldly, "Stop being so mysterious. You can tell me if you want to. If you don't, I'm leaving. Go fight the voodoo yourself."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be angry! I just said it. Why are you so impatient, young man?" Xiaoya was very frustrated and pulled Xu Shu.

Helplessly, the other party did not respond, so she could only explain to herself: "It turns out that the monster that attacked this place at that time was actually a strange evil spirit in the form of a tiger. As the saying goes, a tiger is an accomplice, so the residual souls wandering here are actually accomplices of the tiger.

"That new director is not saying that he can't deal with a few ghosts, but these people have pitiful backgrounds after all. It is said that after becoming ghosts, they will not be reincarnated and have no afterlife. It seems inhumane to just disperse them like that."

"So she set up a formation here and also developed a 'safeguarding spell' that can drive away evil spirits and prevent people from being harmed, while also preventing these poor wronged ghosts from scattering their souls. The spell is actually taken from a sentence in an ancient book! Oh, right -"

Xiaoya blinked and said, "Do you know why there is an obvious typo in the spell?"

"Why?" This time Xu Shu was fooled. To be honest, he was really curious about this.

Xiaoya didn't keep the secret and said quietly, "Because she asked her daughter to help write this spell. The little girl didn't have much education at that time and didn't know many words, so it's understandable that she made a mistake in writing it, right? It's good enough that it can be used. Why bother about a wrong word?
“Why…is her mother so angry?
“Why did you leave in a huff and never care about the little girl again?
"What is this?"

Her voice became more and more aggrieved.

Xu Shu sensed something was wrong and leaned back slightly, looking shocked and saying, "So you are..."

"Yeah!" Xiaoya nodded as he expected, with a miserable expression on her face. Xu Shu then sighed, "That was really wrong of you. It was wrong to abandon your daughter. So where did your daughter go?"

Xiaoya: “????”

She was stunned at first, then she became angrier and clenched her fists: "Of course I am the little girl in the story... I think you are here to pick a fight on purpose, Brother Xu Shu!!!"

Xu Shu chuckled and said, "I was just teasing you. So this land belongs to you?"

Of course he understood that Xiaoya meant that the post-disaster reconstruction of the Jingwang Mansion was attributed to her deceased mother.

But the other person looked so sad, and Xu Shu was a good person, it was hard for him to resist trying to cheer her up, after all, they already had a pretty good relationship.

Xiaoya shook her head and said, "That's not the case. Although I am listed in Baiyujing, it is just a name. In essence, I am still under the Judgment Department and do not have any jurisdiction or fiefdom."

Xu Shu was stunned: "Ah? Then whose territory is this?"

"Of course it's the old guy... Forget it, don't ask so many questions for now. Come with me. I don't know where Voodoo got some helpers from. Once we're done, we'll split the stuff 30% and 70%." Xiaoya said as she stood up.

Her shoes turned into a pair of high-tech skateboard shoes with hidden glare, which were obviously not ordinary products.

"I'm a thug, why do you get 30%?" Xu Shu asked back.

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Xiaoya rolled her eyes and said, "...You are so bold that you dare to ask for 70%? Forget it. It's pointless to discuss the importance of intelligence with a reckless man like you. I'll split it 100 and give it all to you."

"Then I'm not welcome!"

"I've got you!"

After putting on skateboard shoes, Xiaoya's speed suddenly increased, and her steps were as fast as a devil.

Not only that, she also threw out a fat yellow dog from her pocket, which grew to two meters high in the wind.

She led the dog in front with a leash, adding another point to the speed.

For a moment, Xu Shu almost couldn't catch up with her.

The two of them walked, one in front and one behind, at the speed of wind, and arrived at an open park located in a secluded place in Prince Jing's Mansion.

This park is actually an open-air ruins museum. Only the cashier's booth at the main entrance is intact. Not far away stands a stone tablet with the words "Former Site of Prince Jing's Mansion" written on it, indicating who the original owner of this place was.

Although it was broad daylight, there were few people here. It seemed that everyone was tired of being harassed by the local ghosts. This ruins park has more memorial significance, but in fact not many people are willing to visit.

The two did not pay the entrance fee and chose to sneak in through the side door.

After walking a few steps, Xiaoya slowed down next to a small forest and whispered, "Voodoo should be hiding near here. I will deal with him later. You will have to deal with his gang members."

"no problem!"

Xu Shu nodded.

After being hunted down by the Three Friends of Sui Han, the three elders of the Can Xiang Society, the third-rate district director Geng Louzi and others, he now has more confidence in the third-level civil war. He no longer feels that everyone he sees is the second Wu Liuzhi.

Of course, having said that, Xu Shu still won't be careless.

As the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry. The reason why he decided to meet Xiaoya after six o'clock was also out of caution.

Therefore, when they came to a restored hall and Xiaoya pointed to the entrance of an underground passage, Xu Shu also gathered his will skillfully and inserted it all into the Taichu Scroll.

"Journey mode, on!"

Wow~

In the void, the scrolls flipped, and waves of mist rose up, unfolding a revolving lantern-like effect in front of Xu Shu's eyes, giving him a deep experience:
[Detecting current status...]

[Testing completed. 】

[Your situation is not good. You are now in Zhong Shenxiusi, Jingwangfu Town, Jingwangfu Ruins, and you and your teammate Ouyang Suxian (Zhong Xiaoya) are hunting down Voodoo. ]

[This is a "mechanical expert" who is very powerful, elusive, and likes to hide behind the scenes to manipulate everything. He is a typical old villain.]

[The entrance in front of us might be his hiding place. With this person's character, it must be a dangerous place.]

【Do you want to go in? 】

[You decisively choose to enter. As a "dragon elephant", you are extremely powerful and courageous, and you take the lead to protect your teammates. ]

[You walked through the long corridor and passed through the corridor full of traps. Soon you discovered that there was something else underneath. It was a bunker of considerable size.]

[“Those who trespass will be killed!” Two guards wearing red armor and holding dual-wielding large scissors appeared. They were steaming and emitting a refreshing fragrance. They seemed to have been steamed to medium rare.]

[Seeing that you were unwilling to leave, the two acquaintances started to attack without saying a word. They were wielding large scissors and were coming at you aggressively, but you easily blocked them with the nail of your little finger.]

[After a fierce battle, two acquaintances tried their best but failed to cut your nails. They left with regret, and metal balls were scattered all over the ground: imaginary cores.]

[However, when one acquaintance dies, thousands and thousands of acquaintances stand up. ]

[The bunker door bangs open, and countless red-armored warriors rush out. They are like crayfish, one after another, blocking you. They are really brave.]

[It's a pity, how can a mere imaginary puppet defeat you? Even if dozens or hundreds of them rush at you, it's just like a tickle in your eyes.]

[As soon as you raise your hand or move your foot, a large number of puppets will be smashed to pieces. ]

[With your strong and heroic battle, you and Ouyang Suxian successfully sneaked into the bunker. ]

[As soon as you enter the door, the entire bunker suddenly rumbles and releases terrifying laser cannons. These laser attacks do not attack you directly, but instead create grooves on the ground, quickly forming a pentagram magic circle, and you and Ouyang Suxian are trapped in the center.]

【At the same time, five warriors wearing silver armor suddenly appeared. They firmly occupied the five centers of the formation and inserted their swords into the ground, chanting: "When the Holy Emperor comes to the world, he will break all the stubborn and poisonous things in the world! He said that those who disobey will be punished, so the earth also obeyed Him and brought the sinners to justice! Those who are born guilty should be executed!"】

[Bang! Bang! Bang! ]

[As men and women sang, the air around them seemed to solidify, locking everything tightly, and then a burning column of flames spurted out. The flames condensed into a huge brand with two huge words written on it: Slave! ]

[“Apocalypse Paladin of the Red Emperor Army? Damn it, when did you join the resistance army? Have you forgotten how your parents died?” Zhong Xiaoya suddenly flew into a rage.]

[At a very high place, a figure slowly emerged, hidden in a black robe, and said in a hoarse voice: "Junior Sister Suxian, it is you who insisted on killing us all. If that's the case, don't blame me for disregarding our past friendship and taking the initiative!"]

[As soon as the words fell, flames shot up into the sky, and the incomparable high temperature covered the entire magic circle. ]

[Oh no! You've been ambushed!]

[What appears before you is the formation that the enemy has already set up, 'Revelation 13: Born a Slave'! ]

[Those who are born into slavery and do not repent should be punished by sulfur fire and never be reborn! ]

[At the critical moment, Zhong Xiaoya looked at you helplessly: "Hurry, run! Don't worry about me!"]

[What? Is she going to sacrifice herself to save you? This is really touching. It's so touching that the first volume is about to drop a little pearl. So will you abandon her and start your own business? ]

[Of course, I will.]

[When you encounter difficulties, you decisively abandon your teammates and run away without saying a word. ]

【But you find that you can't pull it out. 】

[The foothold under my feet became weak and powerless, as if the slippery ice surface was covered with oil, making it impossible to stand. ]

[It's broken. It turns out that you have exposed your 'Dragon Elephant' state physique in front of the voodoo puppet. This time, the plan is completely aimed at you! It is to prevent you from gaining a foothold, not allowing you to escape, and leaving you to wait for death on the spot! ]

[And the most amazing thing is that, although the enemies don't know that you can turn into a blood man, the sulfur fire attack they chose is a means that can burn even your "Blood Sky" to death. This is a lucky coincidence, and you can't escape even if you have wings! ]

[In the blazing fire, Zhong Xiaoya screamed desperately, it was extremely tragic, and finally, in front of you, she was roasted to a crisp, this time she was 100% cooked, and directly melted into a pool of molten iron~]

[It turns out that she is appearing as a puppet again this time, and you are the only one who is present in person. ]

[Even steel can be melted by this strange flame, let alone human skin, fur, bones, flesh and blood? ]

[You are dead, this journey ends...ends...]

【Um? 】

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(End of this chapter)