One person: Reborn as Huangxian, seeking the title of Feng Baobao at the beginning

After what happened to the Dong family, they all understood the relationship between the Water-Suppressing Divine Beast and the Guardian Extraordinary Families—the Guardian Extraordinary Families relied on the Water-Suppressing Divine Beast for their existence, and without the Water-Suppressing Divine Beast, these Extraordinary Families would have no reason to exist.

As the head of the family who protects the extraordinary, he should not make a mistake that violates the ancestral rules!

Wu Xie lowered his eyelids as he pondered, then slowly walked towards the truck.

Normally, retrieving dead fish is not their job, and they also need to conduct various tests on the water quality to analyze the reasons for the mass fish deaths in the river.

Due to the influence of resentment, ordinary people who come here will have some of their bodies affected by the resentment. People with strong yang energy may not have any problems, at most they will feel a chill in their body; people with weak yang energy will have to stay in bed for at least a few days after they go back.

When Wu Xie and his group went to the Investigation Bureau, they also made a phone call to the Rongcheng branch of the company.

Upon hearing Wu Xie's request, Yang Chen immediately dispatched company personnel.

After the Rongcheng branch of the company took action, the entire riverbank was sealed off. With Wu Xie's deliberate instructions, the truck driver transporting the dead fish here could not possibly be an ordinary person.

When Wu Xie walked to the second truck, he discovered that the driver who was dozing in the truck was actually an ordinary person with very weak yang energy. If he was not careful, his body would be invaded by resentment.

He frowned and glanced at the workers pretending to be dead fish. Those workers were clearly full of energy and in good spirits, while the driver was dozing off in a daze.

Wu Xie pulled out a talisman and, with a light and silent movement, stuck it to the driver's back.

"You...who are you?"

The moment the talisman was applied to his body, the driver, who had been dozing, instantly woke up and sat bolt upright. Seeing a stranger suddenly appear in the driver's seat, he immediately began to question him.

"Who sent you to collect these dead fish?"

Wu Xie did not answer the driver's question, but instead asked a question in return with a serious expression.

Hearing Wu Xie's direct question, and seeing his expression, the driver's eyes darted around, as if he were calculating something. After hesitating for a while, he finally spoke, his tone softening.

"Someone from the Environmental Protection Bureau contacted me and asked me to take these dead fish to the crematorium. May I ask which department you work for, sir?"

The driver asked the next question very carefully, his voice low, as if afraid of disturbing Wu Xie.

Sending the dead fish to the crematorium for incineration was Wu Xie's arrangement. However, the Environmental Protection Bureau had made it clear that they did not need to intervene in this matter. Now, the driver claimed that he had been contacted by the Environmental Protection Bureau, and Wu Xie understood what was going on.

"I'm from the Investigation Bureau. My captain just ordered me to go to the crematorium. All the other vehicles are full, but I saw there were still empty seats in your car, so I thought I'd squeeze in. We're all going to the same place anyway, so just give me a ride!"

Wu Xie quickly changed his mind and decided not to alert the driver. He explained to the driver with a smile, then leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes.

The driver's anxiety subsided slightly after hearing Wu Xie's amicable explanation.

He glanced at Wu Xie furtively, then fell silent.

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At this moment, the head of the Luo family and Luo Qing had already reached the riverbank.

After learning that the company had intervened, Luo Qing stopped asking about the dead fish retrieval.

The head of the Luo family was clearly not thinking about the dead fish; he stared at the calm, still river surface with a deep gaze.

A faint layer of resentment has permeated the entire river surface, and this layer of resentment is visibly thickening.

What does this mean? It means that the resentment carried by Luo Shuxiang's soul is rapidly spreading outwards.

"Patriarch, it's still broad daylight. Should we summon Luo Shuxiang's soul now?"

Seeing the head of the Luo family standing by the river, his lips tightly pressed together, not saying a word, Luo Qing finally couldn't help but ask.

Chen Tian walked to their side and stood still, his face expressionless.

"Comrade Chen Tian, ​​where is... Comrade Wu Xie? Where did he go?"

Ignoring Luo Qing's urging, the head of the Luo family looked at Chen Tian and noticed that Wu Xie, who had come with them, was nowhere to be seen. He raised an eyebrow.

"He's going with the truck to the crematorium, planning to cleanse his resentment while burning the dead fish. Besides, Luo Shuxiang is from your Luo family; only your Luo family can collect her soul. Even if Wu Xie were here, he couldn't be of any help!"

Chen Tian's last words seemed to contain a deeper meaning.

Patriarch Luo gave Chen Tian a deep look, "Thank you for accompanying us on this trip, Comrade Chen Tian!"

He understood that as long as he and Luo Qing were present, the people from the Nine Gates Feng Shui Bureau would never easily make a move. The Luo family head's expression was somewhat stiff, but he still managed to force a smile to express his gratitude.

"No need to be polite, Patriarch Luo, you may begin!"

Chen Tian pointed to the river and smiled calmly.

The head of the Luo family took a deep breath, took out a dagger, and made a cut on his wrist.

Blood gushed out, and as the Luo family head chanted an incantation, the blood transformed into a streak that shot straight into the river.

While doing all this, the head of the Luo family didn't even frown, as if he hadn't cut his own wrist.

Blood rushed into the river, forming a small whirlpool. The river water and blood mingled, their colors shifting and changing, while a thick aura of resentment surged from the whirlpool, turning it a deep, dark black.

This is the spirit in the river resisting the summons of the Luo family head.

Chen Tian watched this scene without any change in expression. While Luo Qing and the Luo family head weren't paying attention to him, Chen Tian glanced back at the truck slowly driving away in the distance.

Wu Xie is right there!

The Luo family head's face grew increasingly grim, the resentment rising from the vortex grew stronger, and his breathing became rapid.

Seeing this, Luo Qing became very nervous and hurriedly offered his help.

The blood of the two members of the Luo family flowed into the river at the same time.

For Luo Shuxiang, who lacks a physical body, the Bloodline Summoning Technique should have easily summoned her soul. Yet, she is still resisting.

How much resentment did Luo Shuxiang absorb in the river?

Once the bloodline summoning begins, it cannot be stopped midway, otherwise both Patriarch Luo and Luo Qing will suffer severe backlash. At this moment, they can only grit their teeth and persevere.

The human body has a limited amount of blood, so how long can it sustain their blood supply?

Chen Tian finally made his move.

He flew out his longsword, setting up a sword array on the river surface to annihilate the resentment floating on the water.

The vortex spun more and more violently, and Luo Shuxiang's figure gradually emerged from it.

She was still wearing her bright red wedding dress, her long hair flowing freely in the wind.

Luo Shuxiang stood above the vortex, coldly looking at Chen Tian and his group.

"Give me back my physical body, or I will unleash all my resentment and pollute the river. In that case, not only will the water-suppressing divine beast be gone, but this entire world will be shrouded in resentment and become a dead city!"

A surge of anger and resentment mingled within her, and the red wedding gown seemed to have just been pulled from a pool of blood, dripping with fresh blood. Luo Shuxiang stood proudly atop the vortex, her cold gaze sweeping over the Luo family head and the others.

Chen Tian was amused by the threatening words and burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Luo Shuxiang questioned. Her body had already fallen into Chen Tian's hands. Although Chen Tian was alone today and no one else who had accompanied him was seen, the Luo family members had been summoned by them.

Luo Shuxiang was forcibly summoned here by the power of her bloodline. Although her memories were incomplete, she had vaguely understood from her experiences of being summoned by the bloodline of the Luo family that what Chen Tian said was true.

She is indeed a member of the Luo family.

But so what?
She has been dead for many years and no longer cares which family she belongs to.

She seemed quite at ease in the river.

But Chen Tian's laughter sounded particularly grating to her.

"I laugh at you. Now that your body is in our hands and you are bound by the Luo family bloodline, you can no longer return to the river, yet you still put on this arrogant act. What makes you think you can do this?" Chen Tian mocked.

Faced with Luo Shuxiang's arrogant and unruly behavior, and her attempt to threaten the Luo family, Chen Tian found it all absurd and laughable.

Even though she has been submerged in the river for hundreds of years, she is not the one who calls the shots here.

Unable to even grasp the most basic situation, Chen Tian couldn't help but wonder if the person behind the scenes who chose Luo Shuxiang was also not very bright.

Perhaps even those behind the scenes never expected that Luo Shuxiang's affair would be discovered.

Luo Shuxiang, caught in the vortex, seemed to become somewhat ethereal after Chen Tian finished speaking.

The resentment continued to be released, but without a physical body to support her, Luo Shuxiang, who was now only a soul, clearly could not hold on for long.

Her soul was formed entirely from these resentful spirits, and now that she has no physical body to rely on, she has to consider her next move.

The release of resentment gradually slowed down; Luo Shuxiang didn't want her soul to be scattered right now.

"Patriarch Luo, right? Now that you've come here, you must have thoroughly investigated my identity. Why don't we talk about my past?" Luo Shuxiang ignored Chen Tian, ​​as she really didn't know how to refute his sarcasm.

The reason she couldn't return to the river was precisely because the Luo family head used the Bloodline Summoning Technique.

Luo Shuxiang refused to believe that, as a true member of the Luo family, she couldn't play the emotional card with the Luo family!

She was so eager to get the Luo family head to give up the bloodline summoning technique that she forgot she had been on the opposite side of the Luo family from the very beginning.

"Luo Shuxiang, a hundred years ago, you were a direct descendant of the Luo family. Because you fell in love with a man, you severed ties with the Luo family. It is said that after your marriage, that man's extraordinary family was wiped out, and you also perished."

No one knows that your soul is imprisoned in your body and appears in the river.

The Luo family guards the water-suppressing divine beast, but because of your presence, resentment is gradually growing in the river, causing the water-suppressing divine beast to constantly try to clear away this resentment.

I should have realized it sooner. The reason the water-suppressing beast didn't attack you is because you are a member of the Luo family.

Even if you are dead.

Over the course of a century, you have successfully corrupted the water-suppressing mythical beast.

"Luo Shuxiang, even now, are you still not awake?" The head of the Luo family spoke each word with an indescribable emotion in his voice.

Chen Tian couldn't discern the specific emotions in his voice, but when Luo Qing heard the Luo family head's words, his body involuntarily swayed, and he unconsciously walked towards the Luo family head.

After taking several steps, when he was less than thirty centimeters away from the head of the Luo family, Luo Qing suddenly stopped, as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Luo Shuxiang's expression gradually became confused.

The vortex beneath her feet gradually disappeared, and her soul floated up, flying towards the Luo family head.

Chen Tian made a hand seal, and his long sword flew out, cutting off Luo Shuxiang's retreat.

The moment Luo Shuxiang's soul landed, it instantly became transparent, as if it would vanish into nothingness in the next second.

Seeing this, the head of the Luo family acted swiftly, took out a small porcelain bottle, and chanted incantations. Luo Shuxiang's soul then flew towards the small porcelain bottle.

After securing the porcelain bottle, the head of the Luo family gasped for breath, his already pale face turning even more bluish, clearly unable to hold on any longer.

Luo Qing and Chen Tian quickly stepped forward to help the head of the Luo family.

"I used the Luo family's secret method to collect Luo Shuxiang's soul. I need to take her soul back to the Luo family so that she can return to her body and her memories can be fully restored. What Comrade Chen Tian wants to know will be told to him after Luo Shuxiang's memories are restored," the Luo family head said weakly to Chen Tian and Luo Qing.

As soon as he finished speaking, his head lolled to the side and he fainted.

"Master of the family—" Luo Qing exclaimed in shock, his voice filled with heart-wrenching grief.

Chen Tian calmed down considerably and took the pulse of the Luo family head: "Calm down, he's just exhausted, there's nothing serious, he can go back and rest."

The most urgent task is to bring Luo Shuxiang's soul back first.

Luo Qing breathed a sigh of relief and, together with Chen Tian, ​​led the Luo family head away from the riverbank.

Without Luo Shuxiang's soul, which contained countless resentful spirits, the souls that had previously spread across the river gradually dissolved into the water.

Unnoticed underwater, a golden light flashed by, devouring the resentment.

Not long after Chen Tian and Luo Qing left the riverbank, a black figure, completely covered up, appeared on the riverbank.

The spot where he was standing was exactly where the Luo family head and the others had stood before.

He held a flute in his hand and gently blew it; the low, melodious sound drifted across the river.

For a long time, there was no movement on the river.

The shadowy figure was clearly enraged. He broke the flute in two and stomped on it fiercely. Then, an array plate lit up beneath his feet, and the figure vanished instantly.

The river remained calm as before, with no trace left on its surface of what had happened.

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Inside the crematorium.

A batch of dead fish, radiating intense resentment, are about to be sent to the incinerator.

Because of the unusual items being burned, the crematorium staff were specially brought in to ensure no accidents occurred.

Gao Yuanda and his men surrounded the crematorium. When a truck drove into the crematorium, he saw Wu Xie sitting in the passenger seat.

Just as Gao Yuanda was about to greet Wu Xie, Wu Xie's voice rang in his ears first: "Pretend you don't know me."

Gao Yuanda calmly shifted his gaze from Wu Xie to the driver and asked to see the driver's identification.

Knowing that Wu Xie had other plans, Gao Yuanda did not stop the truck and readily let it pass.

After the driver got out of the car, he went to help move the dead fish toward the incinerator, while Wu Xie followed behind him at a leisurely pace.

The talismans had already been affixed to the incinerator beforehand, so normally there shouldn't be any problems. But when Wu Xie approached, he noticed that there was an extra stroke on the talisman on the right.

Someone added an extra stroke to the originally drawn talisman, altering its nature and thus rendering it ineffective in purifying resentment. (End of Chapter)