Catching Monsters

Chapter 80: Incarnation

The 'person' formed by the solidified black smoke approached Xu Xiaogang and stretched out his hand to touch Xu Xiaogang.

Jiang Yun had silently written a palm thunder and attacked instantly: "The sky and the earth are boundless, the universe borrows the law!"

Then he jumped up and quickly slapped the black shadow.

Xu Xiaogang, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes instantly when he heard the sound. After all, he had been a member of the Jinyiwei for many years and was very vigilant. He also knew that this place was weird.

I was just dozing that night, and woke up at the slightest noise.

He saw a dark figure beside the bed.

He drew out the sword hidden beside the bed and slashed at the shadow.

Under the attack of the two, the black shadow had no way to retreat.

But what neither of them expected was that the black shadow disappeared in an instant.

A palm strike, a sword strike, both missed.

This black shadow just disappeared into the air...

"Hey, what's going on?" Xu Xiaogang widened his eyes and looked at Jiang Yun in confusion: "This guy escaped so easily?"

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yun also frowned deeply and looked around the house.

Surprising.

So weird.

Because Jiang Yun did not sense any evil aura from this black shadow.

The aura of ghosts, demons, and evil is very easy to distinguish; it is cold and full of evil spirit.

But this black shadow was completely absent.

"I'm afraid this guy is not evil." Jiang Yun's face darkened.

Xu Xiaogang sat up from the bed and said, "You saw the black shadow just now. If it's not an evil spirit, what else could it be?"

Jiang Yun paced back and forth in the room, turned around to look at Xu Xiaogang, and asked, "Think carefully, is there any magic that can transform into a phantom?"

Xu Xiaogang's face suddenly became serious. He realized that this case was a little unusual. His face condensed and he thought seriously: "To be honest, there are many methods that can transform into a phantom."

Jiang Yun reminded: "Is there anyone who can use phantom to make someone pregnant?"

There are many Taoist techniques of transforming into a phantom, not to mention Confucianism, Buddhism and many other schools of thought.

But Jiang Yun knew that a phantom was just a phantom.

How is it possible to make someone pregnant just by using an illusion?

Xu Xiaogang slapped his forehead as if he had thought of something, and said, "It is said that when one reaches the sixth level of Confucian self-cultivation, there is a Confucian art called the Transformation of the External Body!"

"When I chatted with many Confucian scholars before, they boasted that many Confucian ministers in the court liked to use the method of incarnation. They could use incarnation to attend court while staying at home."

"It does save trouble, but more and more ministers are coming to court in their foreign attire."

"Later, there was a Confucian minister who did the exact opposite. While in the court, he used a foreign body to return home and have sex with his wives and concubines..."

"After being discovered by His Majesty, the minister was demoted to another place."

"It was also announced that no foreigners would be allowed to appear in court from now on."

Jiang Yun listened to this, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "No wonder you didn't have any clues before. This matter was not done by evil spirits at all."

Xu Xiaogang's heart sank, and he said slowly: "But it was just a shadow just now, we don't have any clues."

"It's very simple." Jiang Yun asked, "If someone is at the sixth level of Confucian self-cultivation, what is his status?"

Xu Xiaogang thought carefully and said, "A Confucian master of this strength may be able to serve as a teacher in one of the five major palaces."

Jiang Yun: "Can you afford a house in the inner city?"

Xu Xiaogang rolled his eyes at Jiang Yun: "You are not talking nonsense, of course, this..."

At this point, Xu Xiaogang was stunned. He understood what Jiang Yun meant: "You mean, as long as we find out which Confucianists of the sixth level of self-cultivation live in the outer city." "That's right." Jiang Yun nodded: "He can know at any time that there are beautiful women in Changxin Temple. They must live in the outer city, or even very close to here."

"Let's check it out along this line of thought."

Xu Xiaogang frowned and said, "Logically speaking, I should have thought of it earlier."

Jiang Yun said: "First of all, they started looking in the direction of the demon. When they didn't find any demon aura, they thought about the lecherous monk."

Xu Xiaogang nodded when he heard this. Without any evidence, who would associate this trivial matter with those Confucians who were devoted to becoming saints?

Soon, the sky began to lighten.

Abbot Yunwu and young monk Wuyuan had already gotten up early to prepare vegetarian meals for the two.

Early in the morning, the two of them ate the vegetarian meal brought by Abbot Yunwu himself in the house.

"Did you two sleep well last night?" Host Yunwu was a little worried, afraid that something might happen to the two of them. Otherwise, Changxin Temple would be finished.

Jiang Yun laughed and said, "Don't worry, host, I slept soundly."

At this point, Jiang Yun asked, "The vegetarian food in the temple tastes good, but unfortunately the business is not very good. Doesn't the abbot want to improve it?"

Abbot Yunwu shook his head slowly and sighed, "The reputation of many years has been ruined by me. Amitabha, I am to blame for letting evil spirits wreak havoc in the pure Buddhist land. It will be difficult to restore the prosperity of Changxin Temple."

Jiang Yun took a sip of the thick rice porridge and said, "What if I can help the abbot improve the reputation of Changxin Temple?"

"I'm afraid you are joking, donor." Host Yunwu was stunned.

Jiang Yun asked in return: "No one cares about the Buddha in the temple. How can the abbot feel at ease?"

“This…” Abbot Yunwu’s face showed shame, and he clasped his hands together and said, “If the donor can improve the current situation of our Changxin Temple, I will be very grateful.”

"There's no point expressing gratitude. Let's split the incense money 40% to 60%," Jiang Yun suggested with a smile.

Abbot Yunwu looked at Jiang Yun in surprise: "This is, after all, an offering to the Buddha, 40% is for the donor..."

"Forty percent belongs to the abbot."

"I'm 60%."

When Jiang Yun entered the temple yesterday and saw the deserted scene, he secretly thought it was a pity as this was such a good business.

If it could be revived, it would be a real treasure trove.

Of course, the prerequisite is to bring the real culprit to justice and restore the reputation of Changxin Temple.

As he spoke, Jiang Yun glanced at Xu Xiaogang.

Xu Xiaogang understood and took out the Jinyiwei badge and placed it on the table.

Abbot Yunwu was frightened by the badge. Ever since what happened last time, he felt a chill in his heart whenever he thought of the three words "Jinyiwei".

"You are relentless and still want to investigate us..." Abbot Yunwu looked at the two people in front of him in despair.

Jiang Yun said calmly: "We have found some clues last night. As long as the abbot agrees to my conditions, we may be able to catch the real culprit."

"It is your duty, Abbot, to restore the glory of Changxin Temple."

Abbot Yunwu heard this and nodded in agreement: "If it is really as you said, and if we can catch the real murderer and make Changxin Temple prosperous again, I will agree to your request."

Seeing the abbot agreed, Jiang Yun quickly drank up the rice porridge and laughed: "I'm full, let's go back and investigate the case!"

After the two returned to the Zhenfusi Yamen, Xu Xiaogang quickly went into the archives room.

In the capital city, the Jinyiwei basically keeps a record of all the masters with certain ranks and conducts a thorough investigation.

He lives in the outer city and is a master of the sixth level of Confucianism.

Putting these two pieces of information together makes it easy to check.

Finally, Xu Xiaogang found one of the files and his eyes lit up: "That's him!"

(End of this chapter)