Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 303 Confusing
Hearing the man say this, Lu Zheng couldn't help but say, "Money is of no use to me. I don't need you to raise money. I'm mainly interested in that harmful monster..."

The man was delighted when he heard this, "Young Master is a very good man. I will take you to Master Zhang's house!"

After saying this, the man hurriedly led the way.

After a while, several people came to Landlord Zhang's compound and knocked on the door to explain their purpose.

When the Zhang family servants learned that Lu Zheng was a cultivator and had connections with the county magistrate's officials, they politely led him in and then went to inform Master Zhang.

After a while, an old man walked slowly from the inner courtyard.

The old man had white hair and beard, and was already in his seventies, but his face was shiny and he was in good health. He was none other than the old man of the Zhang family.

In the village, no one lived longer than this landlord.

Everyone said that Mr. Zhang was lucky and lived a long life because he was blessed by the gods.

This time, the village invested money to repair the temple, and the Zhang family contributed the most money.

When Master Zhang saw Lu Zheng, he said respectfully, "This old man pays his respects to the two immortals..."

Lu Zheng quickly stepped forward to support him and said, "We are just scholars with some cultivation, we are not worthy of being called immortals."

Master Zhang's eyes sparkled when he heard this. "Scholars, that's quite impressive! Ordinary scholars don't have your abilities, and you were able to bring those two dying people back to life..."

Master Zhang had known about the matter of the two craftsmen earlier. He was the one who ordered people to move the two craftsmen out of the temple. After feeding them incense ash had no effect, he was helpless and could only let the two men lie there and leave their fate to God.

Unexpectedly, two outsiders came today and rescued the two craftsmen.

Lu Zheng got straight to the point: "I've come to bother you now because I want to see where the monster has invaded your place. If I can find traces of the monster, perhaps I can make some discoveries, and I can help you eliminate the monster."

"Well..." Master Zhang hesitated after hearing this. "How dare I trouble you two? This is our village's business. Once the temple is repaired, the gods will bless us! There's no need to trouble you two. If anything happens to you, I won't be able to explain to the officials in the city..."

Hmm? Lu Zheng saw that Mr. Zhang's eyes were erratic while he was talking, as if there was something else going on.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "We know what to do and will not put ourselves in danger. Besides, it will take some time to repair the temple. If a monster attacks the village in the next few days and hurts anyone, it will not be good..."

After hearing what was said, Mr. Zhang was unable to refuse anything for the moment, so he had to let his servants take Lu Zheng and the other man to the crime scene.

The Zhang family's servants took Lu Zheng and the other man to the backyard, where livestock were kept.

We soon came to a sheep pen. There were no sheep in the pen at this time. There were signs of fire, and the surrounding fence had been replaced with a new one.

At first glance, it's impossible to tell that any monster has ever been here.

Lu Zheng asked, "Has a monster been here before?"

The servant beside him nodded and whispered, "Yes, there were people keeping watch here at night, and then a gust of evil wind blew, and the sheep in the pen started bleating. When people came to check, they found that three sheep were missing. The fence of the pen was fine, and there was no blood. Everyone said that the evil spirit had swallowed the sheep directly. Ordinary tigers and wolves would not eat sheep like this..."

"The master thought this place was unlucky, so he had the sheep pen reinforced, burned the inside, and sprinkled ashes to drive away the bad luck..."

Lu Zheng nodded slightly, thinking that no wonder the sheep pen looked like this, the scene had been completely destroyed.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng slowly extended his spiritual sense and carefully searched the area around the sheep pen.

After a moment, Lu Zhengyin sensed something and calmly took action, quietly putting a hair into his hand.

Then, Lu Zheng looked around again and asked his servants, "Did anyone else hear or see anything that night?"

The servant shook his head and said, "No, I didn't know what happened until the next day..."

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Lu Zheng stopped talking and didn't go back to the Zhang family compound. He said goodbye to the servants and said he wanted to go somewhere else.

Upon hearing this, the Zhang family servants went back obediently.

Mr. Zhang was sitting at home. When he heard the news brought back by his servants, he couldn't help but ask, "Did they find anything?"

The servant shook his head and said, "No."

Mr. Zhang asked again, "Didn't you use any extraordinary skills?"

"No." The servant shook his head again and replied, "They didn't do anything, just looked around."

"Hmm?" Master Zhang raised his eyebrows. "Aren't they said to be masters of magic?"

Mr. Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, two outsiders, you should hurry up and repair the temple. This is the important matter."

He didn't think Lu Zheng could discover anything, so he continued to focus on the temple.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan were walking on the path outside the village.

Qing Wan asked curiously, "Are we leaving now? Not going to see that wild god?"

"That wild god isn't in the village." Lu Zheng explained, "Let's go find the monster first."

Lu Zheng raised his hand and took out the hair, a gray-black hair as hard as a steel needle, which contained a hint of demonic energy.

If his spiritual sense had not been strong enough, he would not have been able to discover these traces of evidence left at the scene.

However, Lu Zheng couldn't tell what kind of monster this hair came from.

Lu Zheng handed the monster hair to Qing Wan, asking her to sense it as well.

Qing Wan looked around curiously, "There really are monsters. I thought they were just liars."

Lu Zhengdao said, "There are indeed monsters, but we're still unsure where they came from. There's something fishy about that landlord Zhang, too. He must have taken some elixirs recently, so he looks healthy and energetic."

Qing Wan thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be that the wild god here and that landlord Zhang are colluding to deceive these people..." Lu Zheng said slowly, "I'm not sure yet. A wild god is quite powerful, so why would he team up with an ordinary landlord to deceive the people? There's no need for that. There must be something else going on."

Qing Wan blinked and nodded slightly, saying, "That seems to be true."

At first, Lu Zheng thought that the wild god was trying to scare the people into raising money to repair the temple in order to attract incense.

Seeing Mr. Zhang's abnormal behavior just now, he felt that things might not be as simple as he thought.

However, Mr. Zhang was already in his seventies and it was not easy for him to interrogate the other party, so he simply looked for other clues first and searched for traces of monsters and wild gods.

Walking on the path, Lu Zheng used his spiritual sense to explore the surroundings.

Soon, he discovered the hair of another monster with the same aura.

"It seems that there really is a monster lurking in the nearby mountains and forests."

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan quickened their pace and went straight up the mountain to search.

The mountains were deep and the forests were dense. It took the two of them a long time to finally collect enough monster hair.

Lu Zheng took the small bunch of demon hair and made hand gestures to cast a spell.

The monster's hair suddenly caught fire, and then a white light floated and headed towards the distant mountains and forests.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng and Qing Wan quickly followed, walked over a mountain, and came to another green mountain with miasma.

At this time, the white light had disappeared.

Qing Wan twisted her head to look around and whispered, "There's a demonic aura here, and... a human scent?"

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "It's the aura of a cultivator. An ordinary person's aura can't last that long."

Lu Zheng followed the lingering scent in the air and searched all the way.

"Kaka..."

Suddenly, the sound of wild beasts gnawing on bones came from the dense forest ahead.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan couldn't help but lower their footsteps and walked over quietly.

When they got closer, they saw a monster that looked like a dog but wasn't a dog. It was about the size of a calf, with shiny hair that was as straight as steel needles.

It was the monster that Lu Zheng and his companions were looking for. At the feet of the monster was the corpse of a tiger, which had been gnawed beyond recognition.

Lu Zheng looked at the monster in front of him and muttered softly, "What kind of monster is this? I've never seen it before."

There are countless monsters in the world, and it is difficult for one person to recognize them all. Even various books do not record them all.

Lu Zheng's voice was not loud, but the monster that was eating meat could still hear it clearly.

The monster's ears moved slightly, and it turned its head and saw the two people. It immediately bared its teeth, revealing two rows of sharp teeth.

Facing the monster's ferocious gaze, Lu Zheng remained calm and asked, "Do you speak human language?"

The monster did not respond, but continued to bare its teeth, making a low roar from its throat, with a bloody evil aura emanating from it.

Qing Wan next to her responded with wide eyes.

Then, Qing Wan whispered, "It seems to have eaten quite a few people..."

Monsters have different ways of practicing, so the aura they reveal is different.

Qing Wan clearly felt that this monster had eaten humans before, probably quite a few of them, so the way it looked at them was very different.

"It's still a third-level demon."

Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. Such a monster could massacre the nearby villages, but Dayuan Village was not affected. It was obvious that this monster was being fed by someone.

The ferocious monster was quite intelligent. Seeing Lu Zheng and the other man talking there, it didn't even avoid or show any fear, which made it feel a sense of danger.

Seeing this, the monster let out a sharp howl.

Immediately afterwards, the monster turned around and jumped, with wind swirling around it. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a blood-colored monster wind and fled into the distance.

Lu Zheng's eyes flashed, and he disappeared in an instant.

In just a breath, Lu Zheng had already reached above the monster, and a force suppressed it in an instant.

The monster was caught off guard, and its body suddenly stopped and fell heavily to the ground.

The monster was startled and quickly turned around and opened its mouth to spit out a fierce gust of demonic energy towards Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng waved his hand casually and easily wiped out the evil spirit and strong wind.

Lu Zheng slapped it lightly again, and a force hit the monster's forehead.

The monster felt dizzy as if struck by lightning, and lost the strength to fight back. It lay on the ground trembling, without the ferocious aura it had just had.

At this moment, a breath came from the mountain. It was not the breath of a wild god, but the breath of a cultivator.

"Who dares to harm my pet?"

Even before the person arrived, a powerful voice was echoing among the mountains.

(End of this chapter)