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Chapter 388 Pretending to be Dirty (Three-in-One)

The two hundred soldiers of the river channel camp, like a swarm of bees whose hive had been disturbed, poured out of the ancestral hall and went to various parts of the village.

They were shouting that they would search every household.

The villagers were angry but dared not speak out.

They rushed in and ransacked the house, saying they were checking if any evil spirits were hiding in the villagers' homes.

The result is naturally nothing.

However, during the search, some searched quickly while others searched slowly, and before they knew it, they had surrounded a family's house.

Then, at Lu Renxing's command, all the soldiers rushed towards that house.

The river corps was an elite force.

Moreover, the river camp had a "talisman," with each soldier carrying an old armor plate, which was said to have been taken from the armor of all the enemy generals, large and small, who were killed during the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the four barbarian tribes.

The names, hometowns, and battalion numbers of the soldiers are engraved on it.

When all the town's structures are connected, they can form a "solid foundation" and "accumulate sand to build a tower" effect.

The ordinary soldiers in the river garrison were not of high caliber; they were basically mediocre and second-rate.

They are able to suppress high-level evil spirits using this method.

These were all things that Zhu Zhanmei told Xu Yuan in that letter.

Xu Yuan then secretly discussed with Lu Renxing and used the river camp to surround the villager's house.

Xu Yuan noticed something was wrong with the rope wrapped around the roof beam, but didn't take immediate action because he sensed something strange about it using his "fate-gazing" ability.

Xu Yuan intervened, worried that the thing might escape.

Therefore, they did not alert the enemy.

But with Jia Luojing and Lu Renxing leading their men into the village, more than two hundred people suddenly appeared, and Xu Yuan could no longer wait.

Because there's no way the ancestral hall can accommodate so many people.

When night fell, the villagers transformed back into evil spirits.

He was dressed entirely in gold; if the soldiers saw him, they would probably want to go panning for gold in the river with him.

Lord Xu couldn't possibly stop so many people.

Therefore, we must completely break the restrictions in this village before tonight.

Xu Yuan did not use the Exorcism Division again to avoid harming his own men.

Anyway, the river camp is enough.

Since you foolishly rushed in, you might as well put in more effort.

After Lu Renxing gave the order, a faint yellow light flickered in the air near the villagers' homes.

Even this entire area was sealed off.

Even if the evil spirit has the ability to burrow underground, it cannot use it.

Xu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, watching a squad of soldiers carry a thick log and smash it down on the courtyard wall with a loud bang.

Then the two squads of soldiers rushed in.

They launched a surprise attack on two rooms in the courtyard.

Lord Xu nodded secretly; the river corps was indeed elite.

One room was empty, but in another room, the doors and windows suddenly blew outwards—

boom!
The broken wood and bricks were like hidden weapons.

Two golden shadows followed closely behind, each attacking the river soldiers.

Boom!
Boom!
Two golden figures crashed heavily into the two river soldiers.

The two were thrown more than ten feet away.

He fell to the ground but quickly got up.

At the moment they were hit, a layer of yellow light suddenly gathered around them.

It was the protective amulet in the army that worked, drawing upon the strength of the entire battalion to protect them.

Two golden figures landed with heavy, muffled thuds.

The village couple have turned into golden statues.

Xu Yuan thought to himself: He is indeed different from Zhao Xianze and the others.

During the day, it directly transformed into an evil spirit, instead of being beheaded by itself like Zhao Xianze.

The two golden figures shone with a golden light.

The river soldiers around them couldn't help but reveal a look of greed.

Xu Yuan turned his head and saw that even Lu Renxing beside him looked a little off.

Xu Yuan snorted coldly and activated his "Unfettered Fate" destiny.

Lu Renxing immediately came to his senses and angrily cursed, "What are you looking at! This is the evil trick of a demon! If you can't resist it, you will all turn into this monstrous form."

Xu Yuan cannot yet use "fate techniques"; his "unrestricted" nature can only affect one person and cannot yet cover the entire camp.

But Lu Renxing had a very loud voice, and his curse was like a thunderclap. His soldiers immediately snapped to attention and shouted as they rushed towards the two golden figures.

when!when!when!
A dozen or so swords and axes struck the two golden figures at once, but the figures' bodies suddenly became incredibly hard.

Yesterday, a group of unarmed villagers smashed and divided up Chen Baonian's four golden statues, but today, elite soldiers cannot cut open the two golden statues.

The soldiers' weapons were knocked away, and the Jin soldiers swung their arms with tremendous force!

With a few thuds, the soldiers were sent flying.

In Zhengzhou, there are some strange weapons called the One-Legged Bronze Man, but these two are actually two-legged golden men!
However, Lu Renxing remained calm and composed, watching the battle without any panic.

The soldiers were thrown out, but the entire courtyard wall had already been demolished by the other soldiers.

Team after team rushed in.

The more people join the battle, the stronger the yellow light that gathers.

They surrounded the two golden figures.

The soldiers at the very front of the battalion were covered in a yellow light that resembled a tortoise shell.

He was previously sent flying by a single swing of the Jurchen's arm, but now he's managed to withstand the blow without retreating.

However, he was so shocked that he vomited blood repeatedly.

The river garrison continued to reinforce its troops, and nearly a hundred people had already piled up in the small courtyard.

They constantly pressed inward, seeking not victory but only siege.

Before long, the two golden figures were forced together, leaving them no room to maneuver.

Looking from behind, Xu Yuan saw that the courtyard was densely packed with people, and the yellow light was thick and solid, completely trapping the two golden figures.

This was the River Camp's tactic for dealing with evil spirits. Xu Yuan felt a mix of amusement and exasperation: his eyes had been opened.

"Hahaha!" Lu Renxing laughed triumphantly: "Lord Xu, I've got you covered!"

But before he could finish speaking, the two rooms suddenly came to life with a loud bang!
Bricks, tiles, doors, windows, beams, pillars, and even the furniture in the house were split and reassembled, eventually transforming into a bizarre statue!
This statue seems to be a deity from Jiaozhi in ancient times, but it also seems to be a kind of belief that came from Huangming Zhengzhou.

It has three heads and eight arms, but its lower body is that of a sika deer.

The four deer sit cross-legged, with no eyes on their heads, but the plum blossom spots on their bodies are actually eyes!

But this statue is like a puppet, with all parts of its body connected by a rope.

The rope was dirty and old, and seemed like it would break if someone pulled it at will, yet it was able to hold together two entire houses and turn them into a statue!

The statue with all eight arms crashed down!
boom……

The earth trembled, and the "standing firm as a prison" formed by the talisman in the army began to shake, seemingly unable to contain the evil spirit!
Lu Renxing cursed angrily and strode into his men.

The fact that his "standing prison" was almost broken by evil spirits made Lu Renxing feel extremely embarrassed.

He was a sixth-rate martial artist, and the armor plates he wore were from the helmet of a general from an enemy country.

Huang Guang was shocked!
Then, like a millstone, it began to rotate in opposite directions, layer by layer, to wear down the evil spirits of the statue.

The statue raised its eight arms once more, and this time, all the eyes on the deer's body simultaneously lit up with a blood-red light.

Xu Yuan remained observing the battle, not rushing to join the fray.

When Xu Yuan first saw the rope, he sensed something was amiss.

There are several theories about the origin of this evil spirit.

The letter that Zhu Zhanmei shot into Xu Yuan's room did not mainly talk about the military treasury of the river camp, but rather about how Zhu Zhanmei had discovered an ancient, dilapidated temple upstream of the small river outside the village.

The temple had long been destroyed, but Zhu Zhanmei discovered that although the statues in the temple had been toppled long ago, the abdomens of the statues had only recently been broken, leaving them empty.

This is very likely related to evil spirits in the village.

Therefore, Xu Yuan could conclude that the rope was one of the "dirty items" in the temple's statues.

When the statue is in the process of being completed but not yet "mounted," various symbolic items are placed inside the statue as if they were internal organs.

The so-called "painting robe" refers to applying color to the statue of a deity.

Only after being contaminated will a statue possess "spirit" and transform from a mere sculpture into a true deity.

The items commonly used to fill the burial chambers include Buddhist scriptures, bronze mirrors, five-colored threads, jewelry, and medicinal herbs.

This rope is one of the five-colored threads.

But where did the rest go?

Xu Yuan asked the river management team to take action so that they could guarantee that they could trap and capture this evil spirit.

Only by leveraging the connections between these evil spirits can the others be captured as well.

After capturing it and removing its yin energy, it can be placed in the leather dragon along with Fu Chongjiu's dragon pearl!
If Pi Long were to cultivate the "Dragon Transformation Technique" again, Xu Yuan estimated that the success rate would increase to 90%!
When Xu Yuan first discovered that the rope was evil, he did not take immediate action but instead wanted to monitor it secretly before capturing it all. This was because he had several guesses about the origin of the rope and thought of this possibility.

The first strike of the statue was when all eight arms slammed into the ground at once.

The second strike caused all eyes to open simultaneously, and all eight arms pushed forward in unison.

Then an overwhelming force surged forth!

Just as Lu Renxing and his soldiers were about to unleash their full power, they were pushed about by this force, making them sway and feel like reeds in the wind.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone's military equipment was connected, he and his two hundred soldiers would have been blown away in that one move.

However, without the military's protective charms, they wouldn't even be able to withstand the first attack.

Even the evil spirits that the village couple had transformed into could not be suppressed.

Lu Renxing was greatly alarmed; this evil spirit was at least of the fifth-rate level.

It's highly likely to be fourth-rate!
At most, this general and his men can only trap it.

Lu Renxing's earlier arrogance vanished instantly, and he obediently stayed within the formation, relying on protective objects to fight against the evil spirits.

Then she turned to Xu Yuan and said softly, "Lord Xu, please hurry."

Xu Yuan asked their river management team for "a favor," and Lu Renxing was very happy.

Having been "tricked" into coming by Jia Luojing, Lu Renxing was initially a little guilty, but since Lord Xu wanted to borrow their strength, then this general and his brothers would be of great use.

So even if we rely on Xu Yuan to survive, we don't need to feel so ashamed; we have more confidence now.

So after trapping the evil spirit, Lu Renxing wanted to "show his divine power" and simply helped Lord Xu eliminate the evil spirit.

However, after personally experiencing the blow, Lu Renxing immediately recognized reality.

We can only offer our side support...

They lack the ability to deal with this evil spirit.

We'll have to see what Lord Xu says.

Xu Yuan had been observing this evil spirit and had now formed his own judgment.

If Lu Renxing and Lord Xu were to exchange ideas, they would find that their judgments differed greatly.

Xu Yuan felt that this evil spirit was at most a fifth-rate entity, definitely not a fourth-rate one. If it were of fourth-rate quality, it would have directly attacked the exorcism staff in the ancestral hall last night.

The formidable strength displayed at this moment... is mostly just a "three-pronged attack".

The greatest skill of this evil spirit lies in tempting people to greed and depravity.

They are probably not good at direct combat.

Lu Renxing called out pitifully, and Xu Yuan took advantage of the situation, using the movement techniques from the "Dragon Appearance Technique" to move like a live fish in water, passing through the soldiers and suddenly standing in front of the statue.

The three heads of the statue began to sway slowly and heavily.

Layers of power rippled out as a result.

Eight arms reached out from different directions, trying to capture Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan was unwilling to reveal the "Dragon Transformation Technique," so he could not contend with it on his own.

The Dragon Appearance Technique does not originate from the Dragon Transformation Method.

Xu Yuan deliberately revealed the movement techniques of the "Dragon Appearance Technique" to prove to the Xiang Prince's Mansion and the Fu family that he had other sources of martial arts skills.

A rope suddenly shot into the air.

In an instant, a three-dimensional grid was formed, and when it fell down, it trapped the statue inside.

The three heads of the statue roared together.

Its body twisted and struggled.

Eight arms struggled to tear at it.

Lu Renxing had never faced the statue in person, but by looking at it from behind, he could feel the immense power contained in every movement of the statue.

But no matter how it resists, every movement is repeatedly restricted and blocked by layers of mesh.

Xu Yuan said loudly, "It's futile, why struggle?"

Xu Yuan tossed the carriage upwards, and it continued to grow larger until it descended upon them, swallowing the statue and the animal sinew rope together.

Xu Yuan worried that the carriage alone wouldn't be enough to contain the evil spirit.

Then, Xu Yuan pursed his lips and gently exhaled a wisp of the fire in his abdomen.

The fire entered the carriage, but it didn't spread; it remained just a wisp, nimbly weaving between the meshes of the animal sinew rope.

The slender flames, like hot knives, left a clear scar on the statue with each stroke!

This is the astonishing effect achieved by a fifth-rate alchemist combined with the control of the "Five Cauldrons Cooking Technique".

Moreover, Xu Yuan was very cunning; on average, once every three times, the fire would slash across the rope's evil form.

The evil spirit trembled and roared in agony.

The feeling was like that of a prisoner, tightly bound, watching helplessly as an executioner inflicts the torture of slow slicing upon him!
Xu Yuan sealed off the carriages, but did not allow Lu Renxing to withdraw his team.

The effect of being trapped in one place remains.

Lu Renxing's eyelids twitched as he read it.

Such a powerful evil spirit was subdued by Lord Xu?
Seeing that Lord Xu stood there solemnly, he dared not go up and disturb him.

Lord Xu didn't say anything about removing the protective objects, so he dutifully continued to maintain them.

They were incredibly cooperative.

At the same time, he cursed Jia Luojing of the Shanhe Division repeatedly in his heart.

At this moment, even in his heart, he had already drawn a line between himself and Jia Luojing!
Jia Luojing is from the Mountain and River Division, and has nothing to do with our River Management Camp!
After a full hour, Xu Yuan suddenly closed the carriage.

Then you see two ropes on the spot, intertwined and coiled together.

Xu Yuan raised his hand and the rope flew back and wrapped around his arm.

"Come with me," Xu Yuan said, and then left first.

Lu Renxing was very obedient and immediately waved to his men: "Hurry up and follow!"

Two hundred soldiers rushed out and traveled along the village paths—and suddenly, streaks of golden light flashed from the courtyards and houses on both sides!

Suddenly, all the villagers transformed into golden demons!
They ambushed the river camp along the way.

Lu Renxing's weapon was a long spear, but he also had another skill: a chain meteor hammer.

A golden, malevolent figure pounced on a soldier, pinning him to the ground and pounding him mercilessly.

The soldiers were protected by a yellow aura, but under such heavy impact, they also vomited blood.

Lu Renxing opened his palm, and the hammerhead slid out from his sleeve. He used his foot to push off the chain, using a clever trick.

The meteor hammer, the size of a golden melon, flew out with a whoosh and slammed heavily onto the head of the golden man.

Snapped!
The head exploded, and the golden statue fell to the side.

Lu Renxing finally found an opportunity to "show off his power." A meteor hammer tumbled and danced around him. Every now and then, he would use a part of his body to pull or push the chains, which would cleverly change his direction without slowing him down.

He truly wielded the meteor hammer with the feeling of "meteor chasing the moon".

Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Golden figures were constantly being smashed and sent flying, and then the soldiers swarmed in and hacked them to pieces.

Xu Yuan used the fire in his abdomen to refine the evil rope.

Other evil spirits in the village rioted.

Besides the rope, there were several other items used to hold the filth. Xu Yuan had already followed the rope's guidance and learned that they were hidden in the stream.

Therefore, Xu Yuan's main focus at this moment was on the skin dragon in the stream.

Pilong is manipulating the murky net, searching for prey in the river.

All the Jurchens in the village rushed out. At first, it was just Jurchens sneaking around along the way, but it quickly turned into hundreds of Jurchens besieging the river camp!

"Hold on! Hold on!" Lu Renxing roared.

The statue was taken down by Lord Xu. We are the elite of the River Conservancy Battalion. We can't let Lord Xu handle these "minor evil spirits" again, can we?
We, the river management team, have a sense of shame!
After all, we are not the useless Shanhe Division.

The "Shanhe Si" here specifically refers to a certain law enforcement official.

The soldiers fought desperately, relying on the military's ability to gather strength and build up strength, barely managing to withstand the siege and advance rapidly behind Lord Xu.

Xu Yuan's sword pellets flew out, and with each flash, a golden statue was sliced ​​into dozens of pieces.

Without the evil spirits attached to the ropes, these golden figures were greatly weakened, unlike the village couple who were as hard as iron.

Xu Yuan was not going to linger in the fight. There were too many of these golden figures, and even if they were shattered, they would soon turn back into liquid gold and reassemble.

To solve these problems, we need to address the root cause: directly remove the filthy items from the river.

The battle alarmed the members of the exorcism department in the ancestral hall, and Xiang Qinghuai immediately led his men to provide support.

However, once they reached the vicinity of the battlefield, they realized it seemed inconvenient to intervene...

The river garrison has its own military talisman, making the entire army a unified entity.

Charging in by myself only disrupted their formation.

Xiang Qinghuai then suddenly raised his hand, ordering everyone in the Exorcism Division to stop, and then followed at a distance, only moving forward if the River Camp truly needed support.

The golden soldiers charged forward in layers, severely slowing down the entire army's advance.

But Xu Yuan wasn't in a hurry, because Pi Long had already found other things to put the filth in.

When these evil spirits realized they were no match for the Pilong, they scattered and fled.

However, the foul net had already expanded and covered this section of the river in the village.

As it falls, it encompasses them all.

Then they quickly closed the net.

They struggled desperately in the web, and the Pilong swallowed them and the filthy web together in one gulp.

At this moment, Xu Yuan finally smiled.

Fire rose from within the skin dragon's body, specifically from its abdomen.

The men of the river camp suddenly noticed that the golden men attacking them had slowed down, and their blows were no longer as heavy as before.

After a while, Pilong had finished burning and refining the contents of the container, removing all the yin energy.

Suddenly, all the golden statues in the village stopped and stood still, then one by one they cracked open and shattered with a crash!
In an instant, the ground was covered with fragments of the golden statue, gleaming with a golden light, looking exceptionally tempting.

Then greed resurfaced in some people's hearts: the evil spirit has been wiped out, so the gold should be safe, right? If we just take a piece back, we'll instantly become rich!

The soldiers in the river garrison, in particular, were even more greedy because their pay was less than that of the soldiers in the purification department.

Xu Yuan suddenly shouted, "Take a closer look, what exactly is this gold!"

Pilong swallowed the filthy contents, and the eeriness in the village began to dissipate.

The gold nugget on the ground slowly turned back into flesh and blood!
The ground was filthy, and a foul stench filled the air.

Even though the soldiers had seen many bloody scenes from years of fighting, the sight of hundreds of people being torn to pieces still made many of them feel uncomfortable.

Xu Yuan waved to Lang Xiaoba and the others: "Clean it up immediately."

"Yes, my lord."

The Purification Division immediately organized all the alchemists to use the fire in their abdomens to burn the corpses on the ground to ashes.

The alchemists from the river camp also came to help.

With the mystery of the village solved, a huge weight was lifted from everyone's hearts, and everyone felt incredibly relieved.

Then a Danxiu (alchemist) joked with Lord Xu, "Sir, after each battle, they can rest, but we Danxiu have to keep working. We need to get extra pay for that."

The crowd burst into laughter, and the alchemists chanted in unison, "More money! More money!"

Xu Yuan was in a good mood after receiving the stolen goods and didn't mind teasing his men a bit. He laughed and said, "Alright, more money. From now on, Danxiu will receive an extra two taels of silver every month!"
This money will come from our private coffers.

"But since you all received extra money, let's treat everyone to a drink at the end of the month."

The alchemists immediately looked distressed.

They only get an extra two taels of silver each month, and they also have to treat everyone to drinks. With so many people in the Champa garrison, those two taels of silver are probably barely enough to entertain them.

This means I didn't take any extra.

The other captains also cheered, "Our master is fair in his dealings!"

"The brothers in Danxiu have worked hard, so this extra money is a must. We're all brothers, so you must treat us to this drink too."

"Hahaha……"

……

Only Jia Luojing and the old village head's family remained in the ancestral hall.

When the fight broke out, Jia Luojing also wanted to go out with Xiang Qinghuai.

But Xiang Qinghuai stopped him in a sarcastic tone.

Lord Jia, you should stay in the ancestral hall. Your lack of help is the greatest help you can give.

Jia Luojing is so angry that he still has liver pain.

At this moment, he heard laughter outside and wondered: Could it be that Xu Yuan really broke through this strange gate village?

Jia Luojing immediately got up and walked outside.

He didn't want to stay here; if Xu Yuan came back, he'd probably be ridiculed again.

He didn't go to the village entrance, but instead found a random place to walk out.

Before long, they were indeed out of the village!
"He actually managed to break it..."

Jia Luojing's feelings were incredibly complicated. He had survived a disaster, but he was also filled with jealousy and hatred towards Xu Yuan.

He checked the direction and prepared to return to the canal dock first.

Suddenly, they heard a splashing sound from the stream behind them, as if some huge object was emerging from the water.

He turned around and saw a look of horror on his face!

A ferocious dragon leaped out of the river and swallowed him whole!
(End of this chapter)