Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 69 - 67 Treasonous Handwriting, Fire Dragon Coiled Sword!

Chapter 69: Chapter 67 Treasonous Handwriting, Fire Dragon Coiled Sword!

The mountain wind whistled past, laden with a cold dampness, rustling the sleeves of everyone’s robes vigorously.

It seemed as though a violent storm was about to break at any moment.

The expressions on everyone’s faces were as dark and gloomy as the overcast sky above them.

Although the ley lines of the previous two underground palaces had been sealed, Judge and Jishan had both fled into this last accompanying tomb belonging to the Construction Director.

Subsequently, this tomb seemed to come alive, with the trembling underfoot not subsiding even now.

Strategist Lang Qi held his hands in calculation for a while, frowning as he spoke,

"The Construction Director was in charge of building and repairing palaces and official residences during his lifetime.

After turning into Abnormality, the entire tomb probably became its body, obtaining the characteristic of ’being alive,’ and started to gradually transform into ’a living thing.’

The underground palace below must have completely changed its appearance by now.

Moreover, with Judge and Jishan, these two particularly exceptional Abnormalities, who knows what kind of Abnormality they will induce? This place will definitely be extremely dangerous."

Then, he stretched out a deformed finger to point at the center of his forehead, a trace of clear light shining in his eyes.

"By the method of viewing qi, there is white mist above this tomb, condensing into clouds, symbolizing the entanglement of Yin Fiend, and indicating disasters involving officials or ominous deaths!

Unfortunate, greatly unfortunate indeed!"

At this moment.

In the Owl God Snatching Food Array formed by Bird Beak Slope and the nine intertwined mountains.

The wings were already badly damaged by them, only the "Owl Head" on Bird Beak Slope, and the "Owl Claw" here stood unyielding.

"Owl" was considered an unkind bird in the East, growing up to be brutally fierce and oedipal, a fierce god of bravery and strength and a malevolent spirit of ingratitude.

Among the life predictions, ’Owl God Snatching Food’ actually denotes the imprint controlling the Food God, hence named "Owl God."

This last accompanying tomb of the Construction Director represents the Seven Killings of the Food God, known as "Swallowing Evil" because it specifically counters the Food God, thus also called "Inverse Eating."

To put it simply.

If Beimang Mountain and the surrounding eight counties are the dinner plate of the Owl God Tomb, this accompanying tomb representing "Seven Killings" is like the Owl God Tomb’s claws for hunting.

Nothing is more fierce than this.

After listening to Lang Qi analyze the current situation, the people were unsettled for a time.

"Isn’t it said that Master Ge is arriving tomorrow? How about we wait for Master Ge to come here tomorrow and then discuss a strategy together?"

At this time, even Fan Zhang, a Magician, was somewhat indecisive, involuntarily placing his hope on Master Ge.

Ma Brothers and Lang Qi were similarly stirred by this idea.

The remaining bandits and some tomb guardians agreed even more readily,

"That’s right, Master Ge is a practitioner of the Immortal Dao and he will surely have a way to deal with such Abnormalities."

"If we enter it, it would be like lambs entering a tiger’s den; if we encounter an Abnormality, we would have no power to resist. Why should we throw our lives away recklessly?"

Wang Yuan and Lady Peach Fairy discreetly exchanged glances then sighed inwardly.

This was precisely why they had never considered cooperating with others to rebel against Master Ge.

Wang Yunhu was a collaborator of Master Ge and a stakeholder; the Ma Brothers needed the elixirs provided by Master Ge to continually suppress their transformation into corpses;

Fan Zhang needed Master Ge’s help to resolve the curse that caused his family to die suddenly at the age of thirty;

And Lang Qi wanted to regenerate his limbs, to become a normal person with complete arms and legs.

Usually, they could be amicable toward the two, but it was under the condition that they did not oppose Master Ge.

Realizing the faltering morale, Wang Yunhu, because he had earlier established a ’Taoist Contract’ with Master Ge, with cutting off the wings of the Owl God Tomb being his responsibility,

For his own longevity and immortality, how could he consider the lives of others?

Therefore, he decisively vetoed,

"This is not appropriate. Even if the Red Seal Mage has only just embarked on his path, the longer we wait, the stronger the tomb becomes.

Even if Master Ge arrives tomorrow, will we not have to descend into the tomb with him?

By then, fusing knowledge from all three sides, the power of these three Abnormalities will likely be far greater than it is now!"

"But..."

The others had to admit that what he said made sense.

Seeing that he had silenced the crowd, Wang Yunhu then changed his tone,

"However, of course, Wang will not let everyone descend into the tomb unprepared to forcefully confront these two Abnormalities who can virtually enact laws by their words.

Please, Lady Peach Fairy, lend me some vermillion and talisman paper."

Subsequently, he began writing on a piece of yellow paper placed on a nearby piece of bluestone.

With vermillion, he wrote the character for "usurp," bit his middle finger to press a blood fingerprint onto it, and finally stamped it with the seal of the Wang Family tomb guardians, folding it into a triangular protective charm.

One after another, he distributed one to each person.

Wang Yuan knew that Wang Yunhu’s method was not like that of the Red Seal Mage, which was used to connect with the mana of the Sect Venerable God,

But it was Master Ge’s "Innate Strange Phenomena, Eagle Eyes and Wolf Gaze," possessing the ability "Treason," which specialized in breaking the power of Nightmare Suppressing and Taboos, mastering underdog situations!

As the leader of the tomb guardians, by writing a hand-written letter, he could counter the "rules" of the Abnormalities Judge and Jishan.

What of killing officials and rebelling?

What of assassinating a king and usurping a throne?

I had taken it upon myself!

This was exactly one of the reasons why a powerful official with ’eagle eyes and a wolf’s caution’ could often successfully usurp power.

With this handwritten decree, one could significantly reduce the dire consequences of ’disrespect for rituals’ and ’disobedience of the law’.

After Wang Yunhu’s explanation, everyone finally felt assured.

"Regroup, dine on the spot, and after eating, immediately enter the tomb, aiming to thoroughly conquer this tough challenge before nightfall!"

"Yes."

Morale was boosted, and the plan was approved.

Meanwhile, Lady Peach Fairy secretly handed something to Wang Yuan, advising him tenderly as one would a lover:

"I am lending this item to Brother Cui for now, please take care of yourself. If Brother Cui cannot return safely, I am afraid I too will not be able to survive alone."

Having said that, she moved aside to enjoy the fruits and pastries specifically prepared for her by the Tomb Guardian.

Wang Yuan looked at the item in his hand, it was a sword-shaped token with one sharp end and one flat end, engraved with a long sword, and a red coiled dragon around the sword.

However, under the ’Unsightly Observation’ view, the sword bore iron nails and hook-backs, and the coiled dragon had scales peeling off everywhere, with numerous tiny tendrils protruding, appearing like a patch of red mist.

Clearly, this was a ’Deceit Object’.

Yet, Wang Yuan was delighted.

"A Fire Dragon Coiled Sword? With Master Ge’s pressure previously, this demoness has finally been generous to me for once."

Lady Peach Fairy had two ’Deceit Objects’ in total, one of which was the peach wood hairpin always worn at her temple, with unknown taboos.

Its primary ability was ’All Plants and Trees are Soldiers’, significantly enhancing her ability to manipulate plants with the Human-Faced Peach Immortal Skill; it was the very treasure used to seal the house to prevent prying that day.

This second ’Deceit Object’ was the one she obtained from the ’Treasure Director’ of the nine officials, the ’Talisman: Fire Dragon Coiled Sword’ (Chapter 54).

As the ’Treasure Director’ who managed the prince’s talisman, when it transformed into a ’Weird’, the talisman in his possession also became a ’Deceit Object’.

Even though ’Deceit Objects’ have strict precepts and taboos, and could potentially backlash against their master, they still held immense value.

Had it not been for the fear that Wang Yuan might not come up again, which would also lead to her own demise, Lady Peach Fairy would not have lent such a precious treasure.

Having obtained this treasure, Wang Yuan paid no attention to whether Lady Peach Fairy said it was a ’lend’ and not a ’give’.

He immediately moved to a secluded corner, spent three hundred Yin Morality, and thumped it with a ’Enlightenment Immortal Light’, thoroughly converting this deceit object.

No matter how loyal the ’Deceit Object’ originally was, after being transformed, it became like a flirtatious young mistress, sweetly nestling into his, Old Wang’s, warm embrace.

With the 312 from previous tomb guarding and 236 from killing five bandits just now, minus the 300 spent, only 248 points were left.

The negative effects were also greatly reduced after the transformation.

Biography:

Name: Talisman: Fire Dragon Coiled Sword

Life history: Managed by the ’Treasure Director’ of the Prince Mansion, this military command talisman later became a ’Deceit Object’, corrupted by the knowledge spread from the Owl God Tomb.

Effects: Sacrifice Sword, slays evil spirits, suppresses demons, and repels malevolent entities.

Taboos:

"1. Can be used with six types of fire commands—Heavenly Fire, Furnace Fire, Buddha Fire, Thunderclap Fire, Mountain Head Fire, Mountain Bottom Fire."

Wang Yuan’s natural command was exactly Buddha Fire.

"2. Before transformation, every use would burn half of one’s own lifespan, manifested as Sacrifice Sword.

After transformation, it can use another person’s life as payment, with just a need to sacrifice one person before each use, as the sword’s power depends on the strength of the sacrifice."

"3. A person must be killed each month to nurture the sword, regardless of whether they are male, female, old, or young."

The ’Small Book of Life and Death’ turned this ’Deceit Object’ from a one-time-use trump card into a regular attacking method.

Its value had, at a minimum, increased tenfold!

At the same time, Wang Yuan also acquired a second ’Rashamon Bone’, causing his purse to bulge once more.

His confidence surged.

Two quarters later, they reorganized the team and moved towards the final accompanying tomb, ’Construction Director’.

Apart from Wang Yunhu, Lady Peach Fairy, Lang Qi, the Ma Brothers, and Fan Zhang, only six of the still-living ’Integrated Force’ bandits remained.

Overall, eight ’Integrated Force’ level Tomb Guardians from the Wang Family of Daling remained.

The underlings of ’Integrated Force’ totaled twenty-five who had come along.

The group of bandits who were clearly cannon fodder had the Peach Blossom Seal on their foreheads flashing continuously; evidently, these bandits were also struggling intensely internally.

However, because their will had been corroded over such a long time, they were powerless to resist Lady Peach Fairy and obediently entered the tomb as the first sequence.

Wang Yuan followed behind into what seemed like the massive mouth of a monster.

This journey was not only to remove the accompanying tomb and break the ’Owl God Tomb Snatching Food Game’, but he had a premonition that the ’Elixir’ from fifteen years ago was also here.

Even if it was entering a dangerously perilous den of dragons and tigers, he had to make a move.

If they were to wait for Master Ge to arrive tomorrow, there might no longer be an opportunity to make small moves under the watch of this vigilant Red Seal Mage.

...

Almost at the same time Wang Yuan and his group entered the royal tomb,

the effusively radiant ’Shadowless Rat’ Wen Juncai also entered the biggest gambling house in Luoyang City with the ’Rashamon Bone’ in his possession.

Today, he intended to utilize his "treasure" to dominate all around!

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