I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

"Young master, you're finally back!" Cui Gui cried with joy, shouting, "Hua Niang, Hua Niang is a monster, a faceless demon!"

"Nonsense!" The young man in brocade robes flew into a rage and stormed up to Cui Gui, kicking him hard in the chest.

Cui Gui, who was already kneeling, was kicked to the ground, but he endured the pain and knelt up again in the next moment:

“Young master, I swear to heaven, I am not lying, not at all. I saw with my own eyes that the demoness painted her face and pasted it on her own face.”

"I think you're delirious." The young man in brocade kicked him over again, then glanced at Qin Yao: "And who are you? Are you the one playing tricks?"

"Stop your insolence!" Before the words were finished, a loud shout rang out from outside the bamboo house.

The young man in brocade robes suddenly turned around and saw two swordsmen carrying long swords. Both of them exuded righteousness, but he didn't know who had spoken just now.

"Do you know who this holy monk in the courtyard is?" Chen Liang stepped into the courtyard first and asked again.

Now that he was certain, the young man in brocade robes asked coldly, "Do you know who I am?"

"Aren't you just an ordinary person? How dare you call yourself a saint?" Chen Liang said.

“Then let me tell you, this entire mountain belongs to my mortal family. Who allowed you to come up the mountain without my permission? Not to mention, you’re now brazenly stepping into my bamboo garden,” said the young man in brocade robes.

"Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable."

Seeing his blustering but cowardly appearance, Qin Yao shook his head and walked out of the bamboo garden: "Let's go. When dealing with this kind of person, we can only put aside our desire to help others and respect their fate."

Chen Liang and Zhao Bin had no objection to this, so they turned around with him.

"Master, Master, please don't go! Please save my young master!" Cui Gui hurriedly stood up and shouted loudly.

"Save me? I'm perfectly fine and don't need anyone's help." The young man in brocade said coldly, "You get out too. You're just a worthless piece of trash who believes everything you hear."

At this moment, Cui Gui had no time to explain. He hurriedly chased after the three people who were walking briskly, and knelt down in front of Qin Yao with a thud:

"Buddha, Buddha, I beg you. My old lady has been a vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures for many years, helping the poor."

My young mistress is thrifty and hardworking, and she also helps her neighbors.

My young master is simply bewitched by a demon. He wasn't like this before; he wasn't this arrogant and domineering.

Please give him a chance, even just for the sake of my matriarch and young mistress.

Hearing this, a hint of reluctance flashed across Chen Liang's face. He turned to Chen Liang and said, "Master, why don't we go to his house and take a look? If what he said is true, then we'll give that guy a chance?"

Qin Yao paused slightly, then said, "Very well, let's go take a look. Whether he lives or dies depends on whether the Cui family is a family that has accumulated good deeds..."

half an hour.

Cui Gui led the three into a mansion. A young woman in a purple robe, with an elegant demeanor, saw him and stopped in her tracks, asking in surprise, "Cui Gui, weren't you serving the young master? Why are you back at this hour?"

Cui Gui knelt down with a thud and kowtowed, saying, "Young mistress, I am guilty."

Upon hearing his cries, a kind-faced old woman hurriedly came out of the Buddhist hall and asked anxiously, "What crime have you committed? Has something happened to Junsheng?"

Cui Gui replied, "Reporting to the old lady, the young master was bewitched by a faceless monster while studying in the bamboo hut behind the mountain; just today, if it weren't for the holy monk behind me saving him, I would have been killed by the monster having my heart ripped out."

Upon hearing this, the old lady trembled, and the young mistress felt dizzy. The room fell silent for a moment.

Just then, Cui Gui turned around and said, "Holy Monk, look at this Buddhist hall in my family. It is the most important place in the entire Cui family. The old lady chants scriptures and recites Buddhist prayers here day and night, and the incense burns all year round."

Qin Yao looked up at the Buddhist hall and indeed saw a layer of shimmering golden light: "Indeed, they are a family that has accumulated good deeds."

"May I ask the holy monk's Dharma name?" Old Madam Cui was the first to react, bowing and asking.

Qin Yao smiled and said, "My Buddhist name is Daoji."

"Daoji? Is it the holy monk Daoji of Lingyin Temple?" the young mistress asked in surprise.

Qin Yao nodded: "That's right, I did come from Lingyin Temple in Lin'an City."

The young mistress was overjoyed and turned to grasp the old lady's hand: "Mother, Junsheng is saved! I've heard that the Holy Monk Daoji is a living Buddha in the human world. Wherever he is, the monsters will not be able to succeed!"

The old lady nodded repeatedly, then suddenly knelt down on the ground: "I only have this one son, please, Holy Monk Living Buddha, save me."

"Cui Gui, Cui Gui..."

Just as Qin Yao was about to agree, Cui Junsheng suddenly shouted as he walked into the courtyard. Upon seeing the scene in the courtyard, his eyes widened instantly, and he shouted angrily, "Well, monk, you actually tricked me into coming to my house!"

"Shut up!" Old Madam Cui shouted. "You insolent wretch, tell me what you've been doing in the back mountains!"

Cui Junsheng's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly looked at Cui Gui: "Well, Cui Gui, you betrayed me."

“Young Master, I didn’t betray you. I was just worried that you would be harmed by that vixen, Hua Niang,” Cui Gui said sincerely.

“You monster, you monster, you keep calling yourself a monster, I think you’ve been bewitched,” Cui Junsheng said sternly.

The young mistress approached him step by step, gazing into his eyes as she asked, "Is he bewitched, or are you bewitched? Junsheng, what did you promise me?"

Cui Junsheng suddenly felt a pang of guilt, took two steps back, and said with feigned composure, "I don't want to talk about this now. Cui Gui, tell me, where is Hua Niang?"

“Young master, she was frightened away by the holy monk,” Cui Gui replied.

Cui Junsheng then looked at Qin Yao and said in a low voice, "You are not welcome in my home."

Madam Cui was furious: "Do you think you're in charge of this family?"

You said the bamboo house on the back hill was secluded and suitable for studying, so we agreed to let you move in.

But you secretly met with a monster there, and you still haven't repented.

"Cui Junsheng, are you trying to drive me crazy?"

"Don't push me any further!" Cui Junsheng shouted, turned around and walked away quickly. Zhao Bin was about to give chase when Qin Yao grabbed his wrist.

"Holy Monk?"

“That faceless demon won’t let him go easily. We can try to lure him out,” Qin Yao said.

Madam Cui said with a sincere expression, "Holy Monk, the matter of exorcising the demon is entirely up to you. After it is accomplished, I am willing to offer ten thousand taels of silver as a token of my gratitude."

Qin Yao waved his hand and said, "I am a monk, how can I take your money? Rest assured, for any monsters that I, Daoji, encounter, I will save if I can, and kill if I cannot. I will never give them the opportunity to go unpunished and act recklessly."

Madam Cui was moved to tears, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Holy Monk, thank you, Holy Monk..."

three days later.

Deep in the mountains and forests.

When the lonely and anxious Hua Niang quietly arrived at the front of the Cui family's bamboo house, she looked around and saw that the surroundings were quiet, with only her beloved staring blankly in the study.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately appeared inside the bamboo house, calling softly, "Junsheng, Junsheng..."

In the study, Cui Junsheng seemed to wake from a dream, a look of surprise on his face, and hurriedly ran into the courtyard: "Hua Niang, you're back."

“Junsheng…”

Hua Niang rushed into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest, saying, "You scared me to death! I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime."

Cui Junsheng immediately hugged his precious daughter tightly and asked, "What exactly happened? Where did you go during the days you disappeared?" Hua Niang sobbed, "That day, I said I wanted to eat chicken, and after you went to buy me beggar's chicken, Cui Gui actually tried to take advantage of me."

I fought desperately to break free from his hold, escaped the bamboo hut, and hid in the countryside. Only today have I dared to sneak here.

Cui Junsheng gasped: "Hua Niang, are you telling the truth?"

“Of course it’s true. What woman would use her own innocence to slander a servant?” Hua Niang said with tears in her eyes.

Cui Junsheng snorted coldly: "So that's why Cui Gui was so convinced you were a monster and wanted to kill you. You wait here, I'll go back and kill Cui Gui to avenge you."

"Junsheng, no."

Hua Niang suddenly grabbed the other person's clothes tightly and said with a pitiful look, "I don't want anyone to die. When you go back, just kick him out of the mansion."

"Hua Niang, you are so kind," Cui Junsheng said from the bottom of his heart.

The flower maiden smiled through her tears and said, "I just didn't want to see your hands stained with blood..."

"So you want to see him die because of you?" Just as the emotional atmosphere between the two was getting more and more heated, a question suddenly hit them like a bucket of cold water.

The human and the demon looked in the direction of the sound and saw three figures appear outside the bamboo house. The one in the lead was a monk in blue robes.

“Junsheng, I’m scared…” Hua Niang’s heart trembled slightly, and she quickly hid behind Cui Junsheng.

Cui Junsheng's eyes widened, and he shouted, "Monk, I'm warning you, don't go too far."

At this moment, Chen Liang suddenly shouted at Hua Niang, "Who are you? Why are you impersonating Bai Ling?"

“What Bai Ling? I’ve never heard of her,” said Hua Niang.

"That's really rare."

With a flash of white light, Bai Ling suddenly appeared in the courtyard: "Never heard of my name, yet you're using my face. What a coincidence!"

Upon seeing Bai Ling's face clearly, Cui Junsheng was stunned, his gaze shifting between her and Hua Niang, completely speechless.

"What a joke! Do you think you're the only one who can have this face? Why should you?" Hua Niang asked.

Bai Ling snorted coldly: "I'll peel off this layer of skin off your face right now and see what kind of face is underneath."

"Junsheng, I'm so scared."

Hua Niang suddenly hugged Cui Junsheng's waist, but her eyes flashed with red light as she looked at the crowd in front of her.

Bai Ling: "..."

How could she not see that the other party was using Cui Junsheng as leverage to threaten her? But the problem was, the threat was indeed effective…

"Amitabha, Bai Ling, leave it to me." Qin Yao said with a smile, his hands clasped together.

Bai Ling nodded silently and stepped aside.

She had great confidence in Daoji's strength; this monster that appeared out of nowhere was definitely no match for Daoji!

As for Hua Niang, the monk in front of her constantly gave her an extremely dangerous feeling, so she could only hold Cui Junsheng tightly in order to threaten him.

But to her surprise, the other party didn't rush towards her at all. Instead, he simply raised his hand to form a hand seal, and countless law runes emerged from the ground, shining brightly in the bamboo garden...

Hua Niang was shocked and instinctively tried to take Cui Junsheng hostage to escape, but she soon discovered that her legs seemed to be stuck to the ground and she could not lift herself up no matter what she did.

In the blink of an eye, she lost control of her body.

"Cui Junsheng, turn around and see who's hugging you," Qin Yao said in a deep voice.

Cui Junsheng frowned, turned around, and saw a rotting human face suddenly appear before his eyes, which made his eyes widen into saucers and he screamed.

"Aunt?" At this moment, Bai Ling carefully examined the ravaged face and vaguely discerned the other person's identity from its outline.

"Let me go!" Hua Niang roared at Qin Yao.

"Let me go, you monster!" Cui Junsheng roared at her.

The flower girl was stunned: "You called me a monster?"

Qin Yao waved his palm-leaf fan, and Hua Niang's arms, which were tightly wrapped around Cui Junsheng, were released.

Cui Junsheng jogged away from Hua Niang, his voice trembling, "How did your face become like this?"

Hua Niang said, "Cui Junsheng, you said that no matter what I become, you will treat me with sincerity."

Cui Junsheng said with lingering fear, "I did say that, but the premise is that you are a human being."

Hua Niang: "..."

"Auntie, why does your face look like this?" Bai Ling asked softly.

Hua Niang paused slightly, then smiled bitterly and said, "She was struck by lightning from the Thunder God and Lightning Goddess."

"The tribulation of ascension?" Bai Ling asked.

Hua Niang shook her head: "No, they discovered that I eat people, so they wanted to beat me to death."

I don't understand why humans can hunt and kill us at will, eat our flesh, and wear our fur without any consequences.

But if we hunt and kill them, we will be punished by heaven.

Bai Ling was speechless.

She couldn't answer that question.

Qin Yao said, "There are only perspectives, not good or bad. From a human perspective, monsters that hunt humans are evil monsters. From a monster's perspective, humans that hunt their own kind are evil people."

The flower maiden questioned, "Then why do demons incur karma for killing people?"

"Humans who kill good demons will also incur karma," Qin Yao responded.

Hua Niang: "..."

In the silence, Bai Ling suddenly knelt down in front of Qin Yao: "Holy Monk, please give my aunt a chance."

She is my only remaining blood relative in these three realms. I will do anything if you will spare her.

"How about I make you betray the Lord of Qiankun Cave?" Qin Yao asked.

Bai Ling: "..."

"How about I ask you to give up Chen Liang?" Qin Yao asked again.

Bai Ling remained silent.

Seeing this, Qin Yao sighed and said, "Bai Ling, you know my attitude towards you, and I also know the place your aunt holds in your heart."

But the problem is, releasing a tiger back into the mountains will surely lead to great trouble. You surely understand this principle, right? (End of Chapter)