Grudge Breaker

Chapter 249: Something is wrong
"Sir, we have just received an urgent report from the Mengshui government office. A particularly serious and vicious incident has occurred in the area under our jurisdiction. The incident happened suddenly and the cause is unknown."

"The local government highly suspects that this is a disturbance by the spirits, so they come to ask for support. Wujiu is patrolling in Youmei, and has already led people to the scene!"

After Ding Heran finished his report, he nodded and clasped his fists, waiting for Mo Tingfeng's instructions. It was rare to see him so serious.

Song Weichen had never heard Ding Heran use words like "extremely serious" and "vicious" to describe a case before. He knew that something big must have happened and looked at Mo Tingfeng with some worry.

Half of his consciousness is now on her, and he has consumed a lot of magic power in order to save her during this period. Although Song Weichen knows that the man in front of him already represents the highest combat power in the Mei Realm, he still can't help but worry about him.

"He Ran, let's go."

He stretched out his hand, and the sword rose from the sword rack and flew into Mo Tingfeng's hand. He took a step with his long legs and strode towards the door.

Seeing this, Song Weichen trotted a few steps to overtake him and rushed out with an attitude of "leading by example", but Mo Tingfeng grabbed his wrist.

"Weiwei, the situation is unclear, and you have just recovered, so don't go. I will take you out when I come back and continue to teach you how to clear the puppet energy."

Mo Tingfeng intentionally said "absorbing puppet energy" as "clearing puppet energy". This was an excuse agreed upon beforehand, to avoid leaking the fact that she had puppet energy.

"No, I want to go with you."

Song Weichen said in a tone that did not allow any objection.

Maybe she can only help him to a limited extent now, but she will never be a drag on him. This is the confidence she gained after learning the art of controlling puppets. What's more, she is the only soul speaker in the history and can use "talk therapy" to the chaotic souls without bloodshed.

Fearing that he would not agree, Song Weichen rolled his eyes and changed the way he spoke, then moved closer and whispered in his ear.

"If there really is a powerful chaotic spirit causing trouble, if I can absorb its spirit, wouldn't it be of great help to my cultivation? Maybe... the little meatball can come back."

Mo Tingfeng pondered for a moment, then held Song Weichen's hand even tighter.

"Then you must follow me closely and never run around."

"yes sir!"

"…What weird things are you talking about again?"

"I mean whatever you say is what I will follow your lead!"

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Ding Heran followed behind the two of them, a smile unconsciously appearing on his face. This was the first time he smiled after receiving the emergency report of the highest danger level. He felt very at ease now, and his whole body was visibly relaxed.

It seems that as long as these two people work together, there will be no problems in the world.

As long as he could follow them, he would be willing to go through fire and water.
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After a moment, in a corner of Si Chen Mansion, a medium-sized soul-carrying boat quickly took off into the air and headed towards the realm of deep sleep.

"He Ran, is Mengshui a place name? I don't think I've heard of it before. Where is it?"

Song Weichen is like the sleep version of "Blue Cat's Three Thousand Questions".

"There are three main rivers in Youmei, and Mengshui is one of them. There are three villages and four towns along the river that depend on the water for their survival, and they are all under the jurisdiction of the Mengshui government office."

Ding Heran suddenly felt a little embarrassed when he said this, "In fact, you have been to our destination before. Because of my mistake, you suffered a lot there. I... every time I think about it, I want to slap myself in the face."

"We are going to the Hidden Mist Village."

Song Weichen suddenly realized that she was not unfamiliar with this place.

At that time, ghosts were causing trouble and murders frequently. A psychic named Liu from the Hidden Mist Village died in his bed. Mo Tingfeng came to investigate the case but met Sang Pu again in a dream. He was so confused that he almost died from the backlash of He Duan.

Here she encountered the Yellow Tiger again, and was almost raped in the illusion. In reality, she was also severely frostbitten and almost lost her life...

Thinking of this, Song Weichen shuddered unconsciously.

Mainly because of the bone-chilling coldness of the Hidden Mist Village, she had a deep memory of it. The bluestone road surface was always wet, and there was heavy fog all around... It seemed that adjectives like "hot and scorching" would never be associated with this place.

"arrive."

Looking through the side of the Zai Po Boat, Song Weichen opened his mouth slightly and his eyes widened unconsciously.

The Hidden Mist Village in front of her felt unfamiliar to her.
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Countless black embers with sparks were steaming and flying in the air, like dying butterflies.

In the center of the village, there was a large circular pit with a diameter of more than ten feet, from which billowing black smoke was emitting. Everything in it - houses, furnishings, livestock... were all turned into charcoal, and even the yellow mud on the ground turned into scorched earth.

Ding Heran drove the Soul-Carrying Boat and finally hovered at the edge of the circular pit. Before he got off the boat, a strong fishy smell of burning smell had already rushed in front of him.

"Cough cough."

Song Weichen coughed uncontrollably.

Mo Tingfeng's eyes showed heartache. He took out a handkerchief, soaked it with water from the water bag, and handed it to Song Weichen to cover her mouth and nose.

"Don't force yourself. If you really feel uncomfortable, let He Ran take you back first." Song Weichen shook his head to refuse while covering his mouth and nose and leaning forward to look. It looked even weirder upon closer inspection.

There were two houses located on the edge of the pit, which were actually cut in half by the circular pit - the half inside the pit had been carbonized and disappeared, while the remaining part outside the pit still retained the original wooden appearance of the building. The remaining half of one of the houses had not even collapsed and was still standing in the same place.

For a moment, Song Weichen thought of Huangjia Village, and wondered if the Mist Hidden Village had also been struck by lightning.

Then he denied it himself, thinking that if the fire was caused by thunder from heaven, it would be impossible for it to burn into such a regular circle.

Especially the strange half-house at the edge of the circular pit - she remembered an American TV series called "Under the Dome" that she had watched a long time ago, in which a semicircular glass dome suddenly appeared out of thin air around a small town, cutting a cow at the edge into two halves, one of which was even briefly alive, with its internal organs and flesh clearly visible, standing outside the dome... just like this half house.

"What's going on here?"

"Could it be caused by a meteorite impact? Oh, that's what you call meteorites falling from the sky."

In response to Song Weichen's question, Mo Tingfeng just shook his head. His expression was stern, and he stared at the charred pit in silence.

Song Weichen followed suit, but after watching for a long time he still couldn't understand what it meant, and couldn't help but start complaining.

"It can't be a sneak attack by aliens, right? This isn't a matter of crosstalk, it's an insult to the audience's intelligence. How is this different from Wolverine vs. Red Boy?"

She almost let her imagination run wild.

“It’s not a natural disaster, it’s a man-made disaster.”

Mo Tingfeng finally spoke. He pointed to some special marks on the edge of the circular pit wall and showed them to Song Weichen - they looked like enlarged palm prints.

"It seems to be caused by a vicious fight. However, such destructive power is definitely not something that an ordinary warlock can do."

"Go down and have a look."
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The three of them arrived near the pit. They could already feel the scorching heat coming from the deep pit when they were still about five or six feet away. It was like the entrance of a volcano where the residual heat from an eruption had not yet cooled down.

"Master! Master Si Chen!"

Not far away, a middle-aged man wearing a crimson wide-sleeved round-necked robe and a cross-legged hat came hurriedly. He was of medium build and slightly fat, with a white face and a beard. He bowed to Mo Tingfeng repeatedly as he walked.

Behind him were a dozen officials in government uniforms. When they saw Mo Tingfeng, they all stopped and performed the official etiquette.

"My name is Yin Ze, and I serve as the prefect of Mengshui Prefecture. I have had the honor of meeting Lord Si Chen twice at banquets, but the occasion was so crowded that Lord Si Chen might not have remembered. This time, the incident happened suddenly, and I had no choice but to report it to the Si Chen Mansion. I am sorry for the inconvenience caused by your condescending to me!"

Mo Tingfeng returned the greeting, "I remember you. The Yin family has been stationed in Youmei for generations and is highly appreciated by the territory master. I have also heard about it. It is the duty of the Sichen Mansion to quell the trouble caused by the chaotic spirits. Lord Yin, there is no need to be so polite."

He pulled Song Weichen over and bowed to Yin Ze.

"This is the white-robed venerable Song Weichen from my residence. This must be the first time you meet me. He Ran has had frequent dealings with you, so I won't introduce you any further. Let's talk business. What on earth happened here?"

Yin Ze spoke briefly and told Mo Tingfeng everything he knew.

Three hours ago, the head of a household surnamed Sun who lived in the center of the village suddenly went to the village chief and said that the ground in their house had become hot.

This was a situation that had never occurred in the Hidden Mist Village since its establishment. When the village chief heard that something was fishy, ​​he hurried to the Sun family to investigate.

When he entered the door, the heat from the ground had already made the entire Sun family steaming hot, just like the hot spring bathhouse that the village chief had the honor of visiting in his early years.

Not only that, it seemed that the heat was spreading outward with the Sun family as the center. Even the bluestone pavement on the street was quickly evaporated, and the moss and weeds on the roadside were rapidly losing moisture and becoming withered.

The villagers were amazed and all ran out to watch the fun.

Fortunately, the village chief was alert. He just said, "There must be something wrong when things are abnormal." He ordered people to quickly send a message to report to the local government office that such strange situation had occurred in the Hidden Mist Village. At the same time, he mobilized the adult men in the village to evacuate the villagers to the nearby grassland as soon as possible.

"Money is something outside of one's body, so don't be in a hurry to collect your valuables. Get out of the house first and stay away from this heat as far as possible."

Sure enough, the last wave of villagers leaving the village heard a loud bang before they even reached the village entrance - a circle was drawn with the Sun family as the center, and everything within ten feet began to burn. The burning speed was so fast that it was nothing like an ordinary flame. In just a few cups of tea, the entire ground was charred black and continued to sink.

Having said that, Yin Ze bowed towards the distance.

"Thanks to the village chief Gao Jue, all the men, women and children in Wuyin Village survived. At present, the villagers have been relocated to teahouses and restaurants in two nearby towns and people's homes. Wunian Mansion sent people to distribute food, daily necessities and some silver money. After all, they have settled down without any danger."

"But what caused this raging fire and what is underground is beyond the limits of what we mortals can investigate. We can only trouble the Sichen Mansion and the Lord!"

Yin Ze bowed again and Mo Tingfeng helped him up.

"Lord Yin explained it in great detail. I understand it all. You can go back and rest. Next, let us find out what happened."

"boom!"

Yin Ze was about to speak when suddenly a muffled sound of collapse was heard from the pit. With the naked eye, it could be seen that a hole in the pit that could accommodate two people in and out vibrated slightly with the sound, and finally collapsed and closed.

Ding Heran became very anxious when he saw this.

"Oh no! Wujiu and the others are in there!"