Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 230 - 227: The Death God is Coming? Good!

Chapter 230: Chapter 227: The Death God is Coming? Good!

At dusk.

The autumn wind in the mountains had a bit of a biting chill, turning the forests into a tapestry of red and yellow.

At the border of Yunhe County and Ninghai State, inside the Imperial Dragon Government Office.

The flickering flames were constantly brightening and dimming, casting the faces of Wang Yuan, Qiu Shaobai, Yuan Lang, and Gao Minghan in an alternating light, creating shadows that shifted and played capriciously.

Gao Minghan’s mouth quivered with the sheen of tears as he shook his head and sighed deeply,

"It’s just too cruel!

Before they died, they were starved in clean water for several days until all the waste in their bodies was expelled.

Then they were tied up tightly with hemp ropes and scrubbed fiercely with a large iron brush until they were clean but covered in wounds.

Next, they were doused in white liquor and sprinkled with salt, neatly placed in bamboo steamers, all of this merely to prevent the high temperature from causing their limbs to accidentally fall off.

Moreover, to lock in the best flavor, they couldn’t just be steamed with boiling water. Instead, they had to suffer in cold water until it boiled, utterly unable to struggle.

Ultimately, they died in such a sad and undignified manner.

Poor things, they are really too pitiful!"

Although the plight of the victims did sound quite tragic.

None of the other three showed any inclination to empathize with him, especially the impatient Yuan Lang, who directly grabbed Gao Minghan’s head and shoved it to the side.

"Xiao Ming, can you shut up for a moment? You’re making all of us drool with your talk!

Just give us a straight answer, can we eat these crab spirits or not?!"

Wang Yuan and Qiu Shaobai, who had been eagerly circling the pot, also seamlessly pushed Gao Minghan to the backside in unison, taking a strategic position and ready to attack the feast.

"Heh, sure, sure, sure, I was just livening up the atmosphere."

The river delicacies cooked with the fires from Gao Minghan’s twenty-year-seasoned Qilin Arm were indeed extraordinary.

The lid of the pot had just been lifted.

A waft of exotic fragrance instantly assailed the nostrils.

In the giant clay pot placed over the fire, there were seven or eight layers of bamboo steamers, each cradling a huge crab.

These creatures were all offspring of crab spirits, each as large as a grinding stone. If it weren’t for Daoist Skills aiding them, allowing for easy making of clay pots and weaving of bamboo steamers,

ordinary iron pots probably wouldn’t be able to stew even one.

At this moment, as the lead chef gave the command,

Those who had been waiting eagerly immediately got to work, each picking up a fragrant crab spirit and cracking into it with gusto.

"Quick, quick, bring my crab vinegar, and the ginger sauce I prepared! These are the soulmates of crab, the best partners going westwards!"

"Exactly, exactly, Old Yuan indeed knows his stuff.

If we don’t eat them with full ceremonial respect and gratitude, it simply wouldn’t do justice to the great sacrifices of these crab spirits. It would be inviting divine punishment!"

"Gnash... Splash..."

"Damn it, Old Wang, you’re too sneaky, eating without us? Wait for me!"

Wang Yuan, holding a vinegar dish, snapped off a crab leg thicker than an arm, dipped it in the sweet ginger vinegar, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Wow!

The flavor exploded on the tongue, a taste so delightful it was beyond description.

With just one bite, he almost burst out of his clothes.

Upon lifting the lid off the enormous, bright red crab shell, the golden crab roe inside seemed to flow with oil.

He poured the whole bowl of crab vinegar into it, then scooped out a generous chunk with a soup spoon and stuffed it into his mouth, the flavor so divine it could take a person’s life.

Golden in September and silver in October, when the chrysanthemums bloom and the crabs are fat — this was top-grade river fresh, an exquisite delicacy that no gourmand would ever pass up.

Not to mention, these were spirits that had gained sentience, making them a rare treasure. Having a chance to eat them even once was enough to make one feel their life was complete.

However, just as Wang Yuan was indulging in the delights with full concentration,

"Old Wang, be careful!"

"Here it comes again!"

Yuan Lang and Qiu Shaobai broke the pincers of the crab they were holding, causing the sharp, gleaming pincers to suddenly shatter.

Under the powerful force of the two Daoist Soldiers, they shot toward Wang Yuan’s eyes like crossbow arrows, hissing through the air.

Such a coincidence was almost uncanny.

If those claws pierced his eyes to his brain, even a third realm Dao General would surely die on the spot.

Even just injuring the eyes would be a major problem unless one possessed Divine Skills like Limb Regeneration.

However, before Wang Yuan even had the chance to react, a green stone slab beneath the still-burning fire pile also explosively shattered from the continuous high-temperature burn at that very moment.

More than a dozen razor-sharp stone fragments shot straight at Wang Yuan’s back, coming from all directions and leaving no room for him to dodge.

Wang Yuan acted as though he hadn’t seen them. He continued savoring the food unhurriedly, but from within his sleeve came the sound of thunder and wind stirring.

Immediately thereafter.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

A dazzling burst of azure light flashed.

A total of seven [Seven Killing Ghost Slashing Talismans] shot forth, radiating brilliance.

In the blink of an eye, the peerlessly sharp Sword Qi whipped up a frigid, bone-chilling Sword Qi Storm around Wang Yuan.

The sharp crab pincers and the stone fragments from behind were effortlessly ground to dust, which the night breeze swept away.

The other three exclaimed softly in shock, but soon returning to nonchalance, continued with their meal and drink.

"Come, come, come, brothers, try the Daughter’s Red wine that little brother brought from my master’s gate. Eating crabs should be paired with yellow wine, right?"

"Cheers!"

At this time, it had been a whole month since Wang Yuan returned to Yunhe County from the sea, and before anyone realized, it was already early October.

And these inexplicable sudden attacks had continued for a whole month!

Everyone, including Wang Yuan, had grown numb to it.

Even the crab spirit feast on their table stemmed from this.

Every time Wang Yuan thought about going to Mirror Lake to see the Little Concubine, all sorts of emergencies would immediately occur around him, forcing him to give up the idea.

A large part of these were alarms from the Ventilation Bells sensing the presence of evil spirits, urgently requiring the Imperial Dragon Guard to provide support.

For instance: a certain village suddenly reporting ghosts; monsters causing mischief in the mountains; demons blatantly roaming the streets of the county in broad daylight...

Everyone was frantically busy to the point of exhaustion.

And then there was today, when a nest of large crabs that had become spirits suddenly emerged from the Turbid River. Before they could cause any harm, those who promptly arrived cooked them all in one pot.

However, as time passed, this strangeness also transformed into various personal accidents.

At any moment, it was like the arrival of the Death God.

The slightest detail in everyday life could bring about a "Killing Tribulation"!

The most dangerous of these was when Qiu Shaobai’s Deceit Object, the "Three-Eyed Iron Gun," misfired.

Fortunately, after encountering several accidents, Wang Yuan had long become extremely cautious, avoiding danger by a hair’s breadth.

From then on, whatever he did, the first thing was to identify sources of danger and take precautions against them early.

Eating, sleeping, handling cases, using the toilet... He barely managed to survive by scraping through.

At the beginning, Wang Yuan almost thought he had been targeted by someone’s Lord Yama Decree; he was constantly at risk from encroaching Yin Soldiers.

But once he dismissed the idea of going to Mirror Lake, no more mishaps occurred.

He realized the root of the problem.

He immediately made contact with the Little Concubine through Granny Denghua, yet during the message exchange, the Little Concubine mentioned that nothing unusual had happened at Mirror Lake or Black Water Temple.

Even Young Master Huadie, who had attempted assassination in the dream realm last time, or other "No-Life Dao" evil spirits, had not reappeared. They acted as if they had reformed.

Wang Yuan still felt uneasy.

He took the opportunity to invite the Little Concubine to meet privately at the Yinyue Building in the Deceit Market. Still, nothing out of the ordinary occurred, with no accidents happening.

The root of it all seemed to be some invisible force that, through a variety of accidents, was preventing him from going to Mirror Lake.

If they couldn’t kill him, they blocked him—by all means, they just wouldn’t let him go.

This manifested as one violent fluctuation in Qi Fortune after another.

Just like now, his Qi Fortune seemed suppressed by an invisible force, dropping from a normal ’Red Light Shining’ of +2 down to -3 ’Sky Light’.

Then, before his eyes, it slowly climbed back up, as if nothing had ever happened.

Day in and day out, this was the case.

Under normal circumstances, anyone who had continuously encountered such misfortunes for a whole month would likely be dead or driven completely insane.

But after the initial confusion, Wang Yuan soon silently applauded his anonymous adversary lurking in the shadows:

"The Death God has come? Good!

Don’t run, I need you to aid my cultivation!!"

For others, there was no benefit other than getting worn out from dealing with all kinds of accidental calamities, but for Wang Yuan, it was different.

As the Tribulation Energy above his head gathered and dispersed repeatedly, it meant that he had overcome ’Calamity’ time and again.

Although each micro ’Calamity’ wasn’t very strong, the sheer quantity was overwhelming—there were seven or eight occurrences each day.

"Precept Three: You can break or flee from ’Calamities,’ but you can’t always hide. If you do, Tribulation Energy will accumulate continuously until it completely overturns you in the next ’Calamity,’ offering no chance of transcendence.

It encourages the Dharma Master to provoke conflicts midway to discharge Tribulation Energy in advance and prevent future problems.

Note: With each ’Calamity’ passed, Taoist Skill significantly increases, achieving rapid progress!]"

Truly, as one sits at home, "Taoist Ability" descends from the heavens.

With every ’Calamity’ Wang Yuan overcame, his Taoist Ability surged, his progress far outpacing that of ordinary cultivation.

After another ’Calamity,’ his entire body surged with golden-cyan Earthly Que True Qi, connecting his spirit.

He had a foundation of a sudden ten-year increase in Taoist Ability after the Red-Tail Island ’Calamity.’

The Crown Robe apparition sitting within the "Jade City Golden Que Divine Inscription" gradually matured to the point of being almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person.

He was on the verge of the transformation from ’True Qi’ to ’Yin God’!

"You, the ’Great Saint,’ have been hopping around for a month, failing to kill me, and now it’s my turn to take action!

Although I don’t know exactly what entity is playing these tricks, it doesn’t matter; you do your thing, I do mine.

Let’s see who can’t bear it first!"

"Sending Black Law Judge Zeng Wentai to perform his duties in the past month has gradually stirred the waters, allowing me to see through some of the tricks of you demons.

Clothes and Crowned Beasts, huh?

Heh, nice strategy! But soon it will all be gone!"

With this thought, Wang Yuan flicked his finger, sending a message through Granny Denghua.

Far away at sea, Zhou Jinhuan immediately heard Wang Yuan’s voice through the oil lamp beside him:

"Big Cousin, do you want the entire official circle of Dengzhou Prefecture? Just give the word, and I’ll bring it to you right away!"

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