Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 297: The Reappearance of Chinese Traces
When they left, there was a convoy carrying coffins, but when they came back, there were more people.

The county lieutenant turned his head and saw sixteen people carrying three sedan chairs, with another sixteen people accompanying them to change forces.

There are three sedan chairs, one with a curtain of beads for sleeping, and the other half is open, with gauze covering all four compartments for taking a nap.

There is also a fully open pavilion with a different style, which is used for viewing the scenery and providing shade.

Nangong Fangyun was just a servant of the Zhu family, but he had such a luxurious entourage, which made Zhu Yan envious.

After returning, he will do the same, after all, his family is not poor.

What’s more important is the carriage following behind, which is carrying all kinds of supplies, even ice.

How could this be a way to fight evil spirits? It was clearly a way to have a vacation.

"Master Liu Fu, come over to chat?"

The county lieutenant watched Nangong Fangyun invite Master Liu Fu to the pavilion. The strong men's shoulders sank, but they all remained silent and did not feel it was too heavy.

"Master Nangong, please forgive me for making a fool of myself."

Master Liu Fu was a little unsteady on his feet as he had hardly ever ridden in such a luxurious sedan chair.

"Master Liu Fu, I see that you have the aura of a disciple of Lü Zu Chunyang. How come you are working in a small place like Gushan County?"

Nangong Fangyun saw through Master Liu Fu's background at a glance, and the latter slightly condensed: "Master Nangong, you are very clear-headed. I am indeed a disciple of the Chunyang Lü Zu lineage."

"Well, I remember that the most powerful among the Pure Yang lineage in Black Lantern County were the Mingzi generation, and the most famous among them were Mingba and Mingyu Zhenren."

"Master Mingyu is my master."

Master Liu Fu gave a bitter smile, which immediately made Nangong Fangyun look at him with admiration.

"He is actually a disciple of the real person."

He put away his contemptuous look and unconsciously changed his words: "Daoyou, why are you willing to shrink in such a small place?"

It’s a really small place. He had never heard of the name Gushan County before.

"Gushan County is my hometown. I am incompetent and cannot inherit my master's legacy. I can only go home to retire."

Master Liu Fu sighed, and Nangong Fangyun shook his head: "Daoyou, don't belittle yourself. Since Master Mingyu accepted you as his disciple, there must be something outstanding about you."

Then, they walked in silence as they approached the hill.

The official road is relatively safe, as some materials are paved on the road to prevent evil spirits. There are people patrolling every day to ensure the safety of the official road.

Master Mingyu was in the sky, watching the mountains and rivers merge into the river, watching the sky gradually darken, the orange and blue falling on his face, and the night wind gradually cooling.

"What a beautiful world."

He stretched out his hand and looked at his palm. The lifeline on it was slowly shortening.

"This calamity..."

Master Mingyu was silent for a moment, then sighed.

"I really hope I can see the Golden Crow and the Jade Rabbit every day."

In the mountains, there are some places where the atmosphere is not right and the birds are silent, which means there are evil spirits.

Before returning to the void, Mingyu had never understood where these things came from. They could not be completely eliminated or killed. Often after he had dealt with them, they would pop up again.

Now he understood that these evil spirits were actually "fixed".

Where those evil spirits are, the universe is in chaos. There is a space behind them where his eyes can see through the reality and see the essence.

but……

He recently discovered that he could no longer see clearly through his own opinions.

When Master Mingyu saw the last ray of sunset disappear, he landed in the woods and lit three incense sticks.

The smoke curled up for a long time and condensed into a ball of white mist in the air.

He stared at the white fog for a long time without moving, but there was no picture in it.

"Master, you really don't care about me."

Master Ming Yu sighed and said he wanted to find out the details for his senior brother, but his master clearly said he would not help him, and in the end he really did not help.

"Forget it, old man, you are just afraid of death."

He closed his eyes and dozed off, but didn't notice that some dark shadows swept across the place where the evil spirits were.

Chen Ning'an walked through the night onto the starlight, visiting every household.

Now there are door gods posted in Xiaoshan, Zhushui and Xiaoyunli, and no one patrols anymore.

He comes out every night to forage for food, absorbing nutrients to offset the consumption during the day.

Without a body to cover himself, he can only use the golden flowers to offset the world's malice towards him.

The soul is growing slowly and very weak, and he needs more resources.

“When will the big fish come?”

He pinched his fingertips, pointed at Xiao Liuren, and thought for a moment.

"It should be within these three days."

“Main person，您在想什么呢？”

Liao Yun walked out of the door with a look of concern. He could see that Chen Ningan was worried.

"I'm reflecting on myself."

Chen Ningan looked at the bright moon and said, "I have clearly tried very hard and paid a lot, but why, the more I try, the more confused I become."

"My heart of Tao seems to be trapped in a white mist. I am no longer so sure whether what I am doing is right."

Liao Yun didn’t understand what Chen Ning’an was talking about, so he could only remain silent.

"You won't understand even if I tell you. Maybe I don't understand this world. Maybe I haven't received guidance from the Heavenly Master yet."

In his hand, a leaf of fire was flashing silver light, and the golden flower was slightly brighter, as if it was also a star.

"Master, I think life is all about eating and sleeping, and just living happily."

Liao Yun expressed his understanding of life: "I have some pursuits. I don't give up anything completely and feel the beauty of every day."

As he is now, his strength is recovering more and more, and he is very happy.

"I'm different from you."

Chen Ning'an recalled his several lives, including the initial struggles, and then his apprenticeship and cultivation. What was his master's name?

He couldn't remember clearly, his memory had long been lost in the twists and turns. He only remembered that when he lost, the other party was disdainful of killing him.

But in that life, he had felt a lot of kindness, and there was still hope in that world.

In his second life, he was Yang Shen, that is, Chen Ning.

The twists and turns are like the tide, but still as gentle as jade, that's him.

In the third life, he was the Yin God Chen An, who fought against the entire New Qin single-handedly. He was naturally immortal, but in the end, he died at his own hands.

In his fourth life, which is this life, he has endured all kinds of suffering, both physically and mentally, and has long since adapted to the kind of pain that makes even the soul tremble.

One eye after another opened inside him and on his body surface, and the Qi-Seeing Technique was performed.

The familiar pain pierced his heart and spread throughout his body. He saw that this world was made up of various colors. If Xin Qin was based on black, then this world was based on white, which was the main color.

"I am like a lost ghost, lingering in the world of the living."

The brief pain allowed him to regain some consciousness.

"I have really been having a good time these past few days and have forgotten the pain."

He laughed at himself and waited for a whole night and a whole day.

The people in the hills walked out of the door, subconsciously away from Tu Ming's home, and went to work in the fields.

Weeding, fertilizing, or driving away birds.

Then at night I would collect firewood for cooking. If I had nothing to do, I could walk a few miles to the river to fish. If I was lucky enough, I would catch some fish, and that would be money.

On this day, the water in Zhushui River turned dark, and something floated down from upstream.

The people in the water felt curious at first and went over to take a look, but they were almost scared to death when they saw it!

The thing floating in the dark river is a corpse!
Corpses kept floating in the water and drifting away. The fish in the river were eating the corpses like crazy. "It's in the direction of Loulan County."

The village head looked upstream and shouted to everyone, "Everyone, go home quickly and don't come out!"

It was obvious that some evil disaster had occurred somewhere and had affected them here.

There was a possibility that an evil spirit was attached to the corpse, so he warned everyone not to touch it.

"Even if there is silver or gold on the corpse, don't take it!"

The villagers naturally knew the seriousness of the matter and went home early and closed the door.

A door god was posted on the door of every household, and from then on they no longer needed to patrol at night.

This came from the hill, and everyone knows that it is an evil thing.

At first they were terrified, but gradually, they discovered that this evil thing did not seem to be without benefits.

No one showed any signs of being infected. On the contrary, they rested better every day, sleeping till dawn without even dreaming.

On the Zhushui River, there was a fishing boat that floated down along with the corpse and the current.

He is a fisherman in Loulan County and also makes his living from this river, but everything changed a dozen days ago.

A sudden disaster, a terrifying floating balloon, and a group of incomprehensible evil spirits came to Loulan County.

They seemed to be in a hurry, pushing an empty carriage, wearing tattered clothes, and looked like humans, but also like evil spirits.

Because of this, they were unaware of the evil spirits at first, so they went forward to greet them until the human drums were struck.

"Boom!"

After a sound, these ragged people turned into a nightmare and started a mad killing. All the people in the three pavilions and nine miles of Loulan County were slaughtered. Seeing that the situation was not right, he did not get off the boat, but bravely drifted downstream to come here.

Someone is there!
Looking at the lights, tears welled up in Zhao Chengtie's eyes. He finally saw people.

Without caring about the corpses, Zhao Chengtie hurried to the shore, then ran towards the water, shouting frantically.

"Help! Help!"

The sound was as shrill as a wail. He was already frightened out of his wits and only relied on his willpower to survive to get here.

"It seems like someone is shouting for help outside."

The wife of the village head looked at her husband and asked, "Should we go and take a look?"

She was a little listless, still recalling the happiness she had felt in the painting a few days ago.

She finally ate a few bites of food tonight, but the food was so hard to swallow that she doubted whether this was the kind of life she wanted to live.

"Let it be."

Li Zheng was lying on the bed with a cloth covering his eyes so that he could better recall the beautiful events of that day over and over again.

But the sound was getting closer and closer, and soon there was a knock on the door.

"Bang, bang, bang! Open the door! Bang, bang, bang! Help!"

Zhao Chengtie knew there was someone inside, Tata had heard the sound.

The people here are very strange. He doesn’t recognize the door god hanging on the door, but it gives him a creepy feeling.

"Stop knocking, I'm coming."

The village head got up with great effort and opened the yard.

With the door gods pasted on them, they were not afraid of evil spirits. They saw Zhao Chengtie covered in water stains and looked panicked.

"Help!"

"Don't be impatient, speak slowly."

Zhu Shuilili was casually closing the door and pouring him a bowl of water.

"Is there something wrong with the river?"

"No, no, I'm from Loulan County! A group of evil spirits have come to our place!"

He began to narrate, then his face turned grim: "Where is your village chief? Hurry up and ask him to report to the police. Loulan County and Gushan County are adjacent to each other. Those evil spirits may come to our side."

"Don't be afraid. No evil spirits can come to our lookout."

The head of the village waved his hand and said, "You can stay in the wing room first, and we'll talk tomorrow."

He had just recalled the beautiful moments, but now that he had woken up, he felt that life was full of uneasiness.

Why do I feel like something is wrong with the people here?

Zhao Chengtie was doubtful, but he was too tired and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

"Hmm? Is there someone new here tonight?"

Chen Ning'an walked in the night sky. He liked this kind of life with day and night reversed. The world at night was much less malicious towards him.

It was Zhu Shuili. He looked over there and his face turned serious.

It is the breath of the realm of light.

He moved and came to the river. Corpses were floating down in groups. This was nothing strange. What was strange was the things in these people's hands.

Chen Ning'an hooked a ring in someone's hand with his fingertips. The number 999 was written inside the ring.

This is a pure gold ring.

But if it was just a pure gold ring, it would be nothing, but the number 999 made his face become unpredictable.

This is... something from his first life.

I still remember the last time I saw something from the first life was the license plate number on Taiyin Mountain.

He had become suspicious at that time, and when he saw this 999 pure gold ring, his calm heart was finally deeply touched!
“Could it be that there is a way to that world here?”

Chen Ning'an's heart was beating fast and he quickly went upstream along the river.

The higher they went, the more corpses there were. Many of them were clearly dead, but because of their instinct and muscle memory, they clung to the grass and trees by the water and floated along with the current.

He checked every one of them, and in addition to the rings, he saw necklaces, buttons, and...plastic bottles!

This is a technology that has never existed in this world. Chen Ningan picked up the plastic bottle and saw the name of an antibiotic on it. The name Amoxicillin sounded familiar.

It really is that world.

If we were to ask which world had the greatest impact on him, it must be the first life, the place called China!

All his life achievements and all his kindness came from that world.

"The source, where is the source!"

His speed was so fast that it tore through the air and the golden light on his body.

The pollution spread out in an instant, darker than the pitch-black river water, and the corpses began to twist restlessly.

A person was squirming alone, something was struggling inside, and finally it suddenly broke open!

It turned out that the intestines had become intestinal worms, which had bitten through the belly and drilled into the water.

Chen Ning'an didn't care about this at all. He followed the river until he reached a place where it was not dark, and then turned back.

"It's that county!"

He was sure that the body had floated over from that side.

At this time, there was almost no human presence in Loulan County.

It was quiet. The bluestone pavement in the county town was covered with frost and there was no light at all.

"tread."

As Chen Ning'an's footsteps fell, darkness spread, and his three-headed, six-armed spirit revealed its terrifying power!

The huge soul opened its eyes, and under the Qi-gazing technique, nothing in this county could escape its detection.

There was a line of wheel tracks, exuding the aura of Taiyin Mountain in the lantern world, extending into the distance.

"found it!"

(End of this chapter)