The King of Curses

Chapter 249: Dragon Forbidden Law

This is the society of curse masters, where the strong are respected and strength is paramount. Even the so-called "officials" will not be listened to if they appear weak and incompetent.

This is just the beginning.

If this impression is not corrected, the entire Shanyin Ghost Market will soon be targeted by the jackals hiding in the dark.

"Destiny is unpredictable, only those with virtue can hold it", and what the curse master calls "virtue" is being strong enough.

Shanyin Ghost Market attracts guests from all over the country, and at the same time attracts attention from forces and groups from all sides, including some with ulterior motives who will eye the fertile profits of this land.

In the past, the situation was suppressed because the four forces worked together and had the support of the big boss behind them;

Now, the Dragon Slayer is unwilling to take charge, and a rebellion has broken out. In the eyes of the people, the operator has gradually lost its authority...

……

As the parties involved, the people from Tianbao Pavilion, the paper-making craftsmen and the Yin Opera Troupe were well aware of the serious situation they were facing and all had serious expressions on their faces.

But the group of people then looked at the barrier that blocked the auction venue and felt helpless for a moment.

"We have just tried various methods, and it seems that we will not be able to open it in the short term."

The levels of power and strength of these "second generation" leaders are very similar, and their areas of expertise are complementary. If they can't do it, no one else in the Ghost Market can.

The family members know their own business well, and their abilities are not much different from those of the older generation. Even if those retired old men are brought to the scene, the result will be the same.

"We can only ask our big boss for help."

Yue Sihan sighed.

"…What a joke! If the big boss had taken care of it, this wouldn't have happened in the first place."

Li Ruizhu, the second leader of the Yin Opera Troupe, was dressed up gorgeously, but her long and thin eyebrows gave people a sharp feeling. She snorted coldly.

"If he is in charge, how dare the lowly people come to offend him?"

After these words were spoken, the people around fell silent.

Everyone knew that this was the truth. It was precisely because the Dragon Slayer had withdrawn from the operation of the Ghost Market that they were targeted.

More importantly, no one under his command knew what the Dragon Slayer was busy with, which was really unsettling.

Even the ancient ministers who served the emperor were not as frightened as they were.

Because the emperor needs his subjects as his hands and feet to manage the country. No matter how high his authority is, this power comes from his "position", and the emperor himself is still a mortal.

But the Dragon Slayer was different. Even without his subordinates, he was still the strongest person of this era. In the final analysis, it was the Shanyin Ghost Market that needed his protection, not him who needed the city.

"We have already sent someone to invite him. Whether the big boss is willing to show up is his business. We have no control over it. The problem is, if he doesn't come, how do we deal with this barrier?"

Caojiezi, the first disciple of Lingxi Weng, the leader of the paper-making lineage, is a middle-aged man with a gentle appearance.

The thousands of paper figures he summoned, like a huge white army, quietly surrounded the crowd gathered at the door from the outside, just in case.

He just secretly made a hand gesture to recruit most of the paper people in the entire ghost market, leaving only the necessary personnel to be responsible for the operation of the organization, and then sighed:

"I know nothing about enchantments, but I didn't expect that even the Geomancers' Association couldn't do anything about it. Who could have done this?"

People from all walks of life are not good at orthodox barrier techniques, but geomancers are an exception.

However, almost all the high-level elites of the Geomancer Association have been transferred away by the Dragon Slayer, and now a deacon is appointed as the representative... To be honest, not only the Super Working Committee, but also their group of companions are secretly quite dissatisfied.

The person who answered was Zhou Ruian.

"It's Lame Old Seven."

"Him? How can a retired old man be capable of this?"

Li Ruizhu looked doubtful.

"It is said that Lame Old Seven was very powerful in the past, but later fell into a lower realm for unknown reasons... Despite this, he is still the leading formation master in our Geomancer Association."

Zhou Ruian took a deep breath, then immediately revealed shocking news.

"For example, the Dragon Banning Technique was invented by him - it's the formation that uses the Dragon Suppression Nail to seal the lifeline of underground dragon veins for human use."

When these words were spoken, the remaining three people were all shocked - because even they, who were theoretically the core members of the Ghost City management, were hearing about it for the first time.

"I've never heard of this! That traitor is actually the designer of the Dragon Ban?! This is too dangerous!"

"Your Geomancer Association actually hid this kind of thing...! What else is there that you haven't told us?"

"He is the founder of the Dragon Forbidden Technique, not the big boss? Doesn't that mean there is a chance to leave a loophole in the formation from the beginning? Is it too late for us to find that broken nail?"

Zhou Ruian, who was the "punching bag", was criticized a lot, but he looked calm, and it was obvious that he had anticipated the reactions of the crowd.

"——This is what the president meant."

The words that were about to burst out in the form of dirty words stopped at this moment; everyone looked at each other, and in the end, it only turned into a question from Yue Sihan's mouth:
"……Why?"

“No one knows the answer.”

Zhou Ruian shook his head.

"Anyway, when I found that I couldn't open this barrier, I realized... I had expected it. In this city, besides the president, who else can design such an unimaginable formation? With our abilities, it is impossible to break through here."

After a brief discussion, the conclusion was disappointing.

"Representative Zhou, please take a look at the situation around here..."

Yue Sihan was anxious. He looked around and saw a crowd of people. The spell-binding masters gathered at the entrance of the auction looked at them and whispered, with indignation and gloating in their eyes.

Some of them were friends and companions of the victims, or people who had just managed to escape, so it was normal for them to be angry with them; but the rest of them obviously had bad intentions.

Of course, just because they couldn’t break Lame Old Seven’s barrier didn’t mean they were afraid of these outsiders. It’s just... it would still be a headache to deal with them, after all, they were all guests.

Yue Sihan had a hunch that from today onwards, no matter what the outcome, the reputation of the operator of Shanyin Ghost Market would be greatly reduced.

"Did you forget someone?"

Li Ruizhu said coldly.

"The management of our Shanyin Ghost City has just welcomed a powerful new member,"

——Super Working Committee.

This word seemed to have some kind of magic that made them subconsciously silent.

"Even the famous leader of the Super Working Committee is now in the Shanyin Ghost Market. Since the big boss is unwilling, we will ask this gentleman for help."

The second class leader spoke naturally, and his cold eyes swept around, and found that his companions were all silent.

She knew what these people were thinking at the moment and sneered in her heart.

Not only has the big boss been a hands-off boss for several years, he has also deliberately concealed the relationship between Lame Old Seven and the Forbidden Dragon Law, which shows that he doesn't even care about the safety of this city.

As the saying goes, "If the king treats his subjects like dirt, then the subjects will treat the king like an enemy." Since the Dragon Slayer doesn't care about them, why not try to climb up the social ladder?
However, apart from the Yin Opera troupes that have to tour the country every year and therefore have the shallowest local roots, the remaining few obviously have deeper concerns.

"Everyone, why don't you speak up?"

Li Ruizhu flicked her sleeves and pretended to be impatient.

"If we can ask that gentleman to help, the current predicament can be easily solved."

Caojiezi hesitated.

“But if we do this, will it… make the big boss unhappy?” If other organizations came to them and were accepted as a member of the Ghost Market operation, they would not be so entangled; the problem is that the Super Working Committee is too large and its status is too prominent.

It is currently the only official organization in the country, and even this underground city is nominally under its jurisdiction.

In other words, in the eyes of others, it was probably not that the Ghost Market accepted the branch of the Super Working Committee, but that the Super Working Committee absorbed the Ghost Market into its own.

This matter was difficult to handle in the first place. Everyone could see the purpose of the Super Working Committee's visit. If they, the group of managers, took the initiative to kowtow and make a request to the other side...

"Zhou Ruian, please say something."

"I..." The Geomancer Association representative laughed bitterly, "How dare I guess what the president is thinking."

"I don't think the big boss would have any objection. He took the initiative to accept the super-work committee."

Li Ruizhu urged again.

"Also, we can't delay any longer, we have to resolve the issue, right?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then they reached a tacit understanding and gradually relaxed.

"But we don't know whether they are willing to lend a helping hand..."

"Then kneel down and beg her first."

"What if she makes demands that we can't meet?"

"Promise it first."

……

Half a minute later, Zhou Ruian appeared at the door of the Chao Working Committee’s residence.

The operator of the Shanyin Ghost Market sent the fastest person to ask for help, and he, who possessed the secret forbidden "Earth Escape Technique" of the Geomancer Society, was the most suitable candidate.

As he reported along the way, the guards of the Chaogong Committee let him in one by one. The female secretary who was blocking the last door looked at him and pushed the door open.

He quickly knelt down respectfully and begged the woman who was sitting on the sofa reading a book behind the door.

"The Dragon Slayer is away and the auction house has been attacked. Do you want me to help?"

The woman did not put down the book, nor did she even raise her eyes, continuing to concentrate on her reading. She replied in a lazy tone:
"Oh, I won't go."

"..."

Zhou Ruian felt a chill in his heart, realizing that the situation was irreversible.

Having said that, he still wanted to try his best and give it one more time.

"Please be merciful to us for the sake of our recent alliance. We will do our best to meet any needs you may have."

The woman smiled and shook her head slightly.

"Don't worry, I'm not going because someone will take care of this matter."

Someone...will solve it?

Zhou Ruian was stunned when he heard the unexpected answer.

*
"That barrier looks surprisingly strong."

Song Yutang stared at the "portal of light". Although she had not taken any action yet, her intuition as a spell-binding master was more or less effective.

This barrier may not be useful to Master, but it seems to be able to stop her...

"Can you get out by force?" Jiang Yunmei said, "If not, leave it to me. As long as I concentrate and observe, I should be able to find the weakness."

"Okay. But it doesn't matter anymore. I don't plan on leaving like this."

Cen Dongsheng's eyes were fixed on the two people in the center of the hall.

"We have encountered enough mysteries along the way. I don't want to continue guessing. Since the culprit who got us involved is here, let's just arrest him and interrogate him."

While Jiang Yunmei was still wondering "?", Song Yutang quickly understood what he meant.

"I'm going to catch Lao Qi now, and the rest of the people——"

"Leave it to me. I will never let them disturb the Master."

"……All right."

Jiang Yunmei nodded slightly.

Cen Dongsheng would usually ask for their opinions before taking action. Just like just now, he was even willing to give her time to sharpen her skills and explore new uses for her abilities.
However, once he opened his mouth, he had made a decision and there was no room for rebuttal.

"Then I'll just watch from the side. Wait, let me take you two to the nearest place first."

The clairaudience and clairvoyance seem to be related to "hearing" and "vision", but in essence, they are spiritual perception, the root of human perception.

Perception requires feedback. Once the information cannot escape the area covered by her supernatural powers, it is equivalent to being completely invisible from people's world.

One step, two steps... As the three men approached, Lame Old Seven and Scarred Boss were completely unaware.

Until Jiang Yunmei changed the range of her supernatural power from covering three people to "one person".

"——Do it!"

The blazing and dazzling electric light instantly lit up the blood-stained auction hall.

The tattooed man was hit by a fierce kick that caught him off guard, and his strong body flew into the air.

A young girl with a ponytail appeared in the center of the venue. The indigo electric light burning all over her body attracted the attention of everyone present.

……

On the other side, Lame Old Seven heard a terrifying wind whistling past his ears, and some heavy object fell down like a mountain.

Reflected on the cloudy surface of the eyeball was the figure of a tall young man and his casually raised fist.

The old man's pupils suddenly contracted, and the bronze prosthesis was instantly inserted into the ground. Brilliant light spread out in all directions from this center.

Like ripples of light, the momentum gradually became stronger and turned into huge waves; the lines were winding in precise and meticulous routes, forming a gorgeous array pattern that spread out, quickly covering the entire auction venue and then spreading further outward.

"Boom!"

The next second, the young man's fist fell down with a loud bang.

Lame Old Seven raised his hands and blocked the punch.

Accompanied by a dull roar, a surging air wave blew in all directions, and the ground under the old man's feet instantly appeared with spider-web-like cracks, and the surrounding floor sank and sank again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The seemingly thin, hunched and old body, after enduring Cen Dongsheng's punch, actually... stood still!
"what!"

The corners of Cen Dongsheng's mouth curled up.

This was the first time in some time that he encountered an opponent who was equally powerful as him.

Even though it was just an ordinary punch without any embellishment, he was now half a magical sorcerer, so how could the punch he threw be more than a thousand pounds heavy?

The opponent definitely couldn't withstand it with his own body, but he still managed to block it.

If Cen Dongsheng were to describe the feeling at that moment, it would be more like the entire land beneath the old man's feet solidified into one, absorbing the pure violence unleashed by the man...

(End of this chapter)