Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 39: The bug didn't work! Strange talismans! Did the resentful god pollute Xu Ran?
"It shouldn't have anything to do with the Nightmare Mother..."

"The Nightmare Mother is sneaky and secretive, and she probably doesn't qualify as a god."

"Even if the Nightmare Mother is truly a god-level being, the deity the four people are worshipping wouldn't be the Nightmare Mother, but another being..."

"After all, Nightmare Mother has never used abilities like talismans, so the two abilities are incompatible."

Xu Ran analyzed it carefully.

Of course, it is unknown what that strange "god" is.

Unable to figure out the reason based on the current information, Xu Ran simply closed his eyes and rested.

You know what, being carried on his shoulders, bouncing around like a meat cradle, was quite hypnotic. With Uncle Ye watching over him from behind, Xu Ran slept soundly and peacefully.

"boom--"

Four sneaky shadows entered the carefully camouflaged cave and rudely threw the sacks on the ground.

The candlelight licked the sack and the cave wall like a tongue.

"This stupid boy actually fell asleep! What an imbecile."

The four of them looked at Xu Ran.

The boss with crooked eyes, a slanted mouth and a pitted face said: "Is there anything wrong with this silly boy?"

The second child with the triangular face said: "What's the problem? I guess his family is poor, so he ran away to hunt crystal beasts for meat. Didn't we capture a dozen kids like this a while ago?"

The third one with the dog-tongue face spitted, "Haha, you really think you can find adventures in the wild? You've read too many martial arts novels! There are only bad guys like us in the wild!"

Hunchback No. 4: "No, no, we can indeed find adventures in the wild! Aren't these children our adventures? Hehe."

The four of them looked at each other with strange smiles, and the human-shaped black shadows on the wall shook wildly.

"Let the sacrifices come out and get some fresh air first."

The four men untied the sacks, and a hint of evil light flashed across Xu Ran's deep eye sockets.

"Those who are still alive and well are all top-notch sacrifices, especially this tender-skinned young boy. The God must be particularly fond of him!"

"We've already made twenty consecutive sacrifices. The God will surely be very pleased and has promised us a talisman to increase our Qi and Blood! We'll soon have it."

The third brother was crazy: "Qi and blood growth talisman, hehe, my Qi and blood growth talisman! Hehe, it will increase Qi and blood by 10000 points!"

"A Qi and Blood Growth Talisman gives 10000 Qi and Blood points. I can exchange it for another one every month. In just half a year, the four of us brothers will all become Mountain Realm powerhouses!"

The third brother licked his lips frantically, his eyes glowing green.

The crooked-eyed, slanted-mouthed boss said, "Third brother, don't be greedy, and don't be impatient! After we finish this job, we brothers will be in trouble for a while!"

"You have to know that the Jing City investigation team is not a pushover. If we are discovered, we will be killed on the spot."

The second one with the triangular face said: "Big brother is right. We have plenty of time anyway. Let's not commit crimes repeatedly. We will wait until the investigation team relaxes their vigilance and then take action. Safety is the most important thing."

The third brother wiped his saliva and said, "Big brother and second brother are right. Hehe."

Hunchback Fourth: "Quick, brothers, let's start the sacrifice! I can't wait to use the Qi and Blood Growth Talisman!"

The second one with the triangular face said: "I'm a little itchy too. I haven't used the Qi and Blood Growth Talisman for a long time. I feel uncomfortable all over, as if there are ten thousand ants crawling in my balls."

"Okay, I'll offer this sacrifice to the God and receive the Qi and Blood Growth Talisman."

The boss with crooked eyes and a slanted mouth licked his tongue obscenely, led his brothers, and dragged the four "sacrifices" to the deepest part of the cave.

Unlike other caves, the four men dug out a separate stone chamber about three meters long and wide inside the mountain.

A Buddhist shrine was carved out on the east wall of the stone chamber.

There is a statue of a deity placed in the shrine.

The statue was made of dark red, covered in golden talismans. Its features were tranquil and peaceful, but that faint smile held an indescribable eeriness.

Xu Ran cut the rope silently.

He looked at the statue curiously and at the "talisman" stuck on it.

The golden talisman has blood-red lines on it. The lines look like snakes and insects crawling on the talisman, strangely twisted.

In an instant.

Xu Ran only felt a chill that made his hair stand on end, rising from the soles of his feet straight to the sky.

Danger!

This kind of danger is different from that of a weak person encountering a tiger. It is sinister and cold, like a vengeful spirit of ten thousand years of ice lying behind you, spewing cold air.

Xu Ran was shocked.

"If you capture children and sacrifice them to it, it will provide you with talismans?"

The crooked-eyed, slanting-mouthed boss was stunned for a moment, then his face was filled with intoxication and viciousness: "What, you still want to die with a clear conscience? Don't be so delusional, the gods will come out and eat your flesh and blood, chewing off your bones bit by bit."

"We will invite the God to you right now... so you can see him before you die..."

The old man with crooked eyes and a slanted mouth hadn't finished speaking yet.

Mantis No. 1 flashed out.

He immediately covered his neck and blood spurted out from between his fingers.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

Although they didn't know what happened, the second, third, and fourth brothers all took a few steps back and protected the seriously injured and dying eldest brother in front of them.

The boss glared at Xu Ran, his face full of disbelief.

"How could you possibly? You...you...killed me? What a sharp knife!"

Xu Ran smiled lightly: "My knife is indeed very fast."

next second.

The second, third, and fourth child all covered their necks at the same time.

“Hehe——”

“Hehe——”

“Hehe——”

The three men's throats were leaking and bleeding. They trembled and took out a golden talisman from their arms and stuck it on their necks.

"Restoring and healing talisman!"

The wounds on the four people's necks healed quickly.

"The magic talisman! The shield talisman!"

The four of them slammed the talismans on their bodies and turned around to run away.

Yet at this moment.

Uncle Ye's mental power suddenly spread out, like a mountain, pressing down on the four people. The four people fell to their knees on the ground with a thud, their knees shattered.

"what--"

The four of them were pressed to the ground by an invisible force, their ugly faces pressed tightly against the ground, their facial features deformed by the pressure.

They were extremely frightened.

This time they were really finished. A tender and delicate young boy had caused them to fall flat on their face, and behind him was a super strong man with as much energy as a mountain.

despair……

"God, please save us!"

"We are your loyal believers!" "Only you can give us a way out... Ahhhh."

The four people wailed for help, but what greeted them was not rescue, but misfortune - they suddenly turned into mummies, and four balls of bright blood flew out of their chests and drilled into the body of the strange statue.

The strange statue trembled violently and suddenly opened its golden eyes.

"You have seen my God, why don't you bow down?"

Uncle Ye showed up, staring at the strange statue, seeing through it all: "Playing tricks! You don't even have any means of attack, and you dare to call yourself a god?
Do you want to die on your own, or do you want me to crush you to pieces?"

The strange statue's eyes changed and it stared at Ye Ping with resentment.

"Disrespecting our God is a crime worthy of death!"

Uncle Ye sneered: "Is it all you can do?"

As he spoke, he raised his arm, and a ball of white light with a diameter of half a meter instantly illuminated the stone chamber as bright as day.

A ball of clean light shot towards the strange statue at the speed of light.

The strange statue did not move, just staring at Ye Ping and Xu Ran with resentful eyes.

"boom!"

The ball of light crushed the strange statue, and the terrifying energy instantly created a long "tunnel" inside the mountain, connecting to the outside of the mountain.

A red moon tilted its head to peek at the story happening in the cave.

"Disrespecting our God is a crime worthy of death!"

The statue shattered into dust and turned into a ball of black pollution.

Even if it were destroyed, the statue remained unfazed. Its sinister, sharp laughter echoed throughout the cave, even resounding over and over again: "My mission is accomplished. What does it matter if you destroy it? You can only destroy a statue, but my god will become formless. My god's precious talisman will surely benefit billions of lives, and my god will ascend to the highest peak!"

Xu Ran frowned: "What a big tone!"

Ye Ping sighed, "It's right. Its talismans are truly terrifying... The Divine Speed ​​Talisman allows this group of people to have the same speed as mountain cultivators; the Heaven-Restoring Blood Healing Talisman can even instantly heal a fatal injury like a cut throat...

What practitioners have worked their entire lives for can be achieved by sacrificing a few children. How many practitioners do you think will abandon their conscience and become its followers?

Xu Ran did not answer, but squatted down and fumbled out several talismans from the four mummies.

Ye Ping's pupils shrank: "Xiao Ran, what are you doing? Are you going to try to use them?"

Xu Ran smiled calmly, "Uncle Ye, don't worry, I definitely won't use them. From the first time I saw these talismans, my hair stood on end, and I sensed a chilling danger."

"I just wanted to see how it works. It can even heal a fatal injury like a cut throat in an instant! That's godlike recovery power. What if I could understand the principle, eliminate the negative effects, make it completely harmless, and mass-produce it for practitioners? Wouldn't that be perfect?"

Ye Ping was stunned. As expected of a man with a good understanding, his train of thought was extraordinary. He actually wanted to render this strange talisman harmless?
You want to compete with this resentful god, don't you? Follow its path and leave it with nowhere to go.

"Be careful, it may be contaminated by the resentful gods, so it's best not to get involved."

"I will be careful."

Xu Ran concentrated his mind, held up the talisman under the candlelight, and observed attentively.

He used [Higher Comprehension] + [Careful Observation] with all his strength, trying to understand the principle. Unfortunately, after two or three minutes, he felt dizzy and thought: "With my higher comprehension, I can't understand it at all?"

Xu Ran was surprised: "It's quite challenging. Good, good, good."

As he spoke, Xu Ran folded the talisman and put it in his pocket.

Ye Ping quickly pulled out a few golden talismans and said, "You can't take this with you. Let me keep it and I'll hand it over to the research institute."

Xu Ran: “…Give me one…”

Ye Ping sternly refused: "I can't give you this thing! The pollution of the resentful god is no joke. If it causes any serious consequences, I can't bear the responsibility!
When you are strong enough to withstand a certain level of pollution, I will give it to you to study. How is it?"

Xu Ran rubbed his brows. "You're right. I've only been studying it for a few minutes, and I'm already feeling sleepy. This talisman is truly bizarre!"

"It just so happens that I can't figure it out right now. I'll figure it out after I've read tens of thousands more books."

Xu Ran was frank and no longer insisted.

Ye Ping smiled. He had no idea what Xu Ran meant by "read tens of thousands more books". He just took out a strange silk bag and put the talisman into it.

When the talisman was put into his pocket, Xu Ran's creepy premonition of crisis disappeared instantly.

Xu Ran looked surprised.

Uncle Ye patiently explained, "This is called a parasitic pocket. It's the blood thread produced by a special parasite on the planet of the God of Resentment - the louse ant. This louse ant can parasitize on resentful beasts, and the blood thread it produces can restrain pollution to a certain extent.

Use it to make things, and use it more to deal with polluted items. For example, now, if I put the pollutants in my pocket, the pollution will be reduced to a level that is harmless to me. "

Xu Ran suddenly realized: "Oh, it's mentioned in the book."

"You read a lot of books!"

Ye Ping praised him, put away the parasitic bag, and patted Xu Ran on the shoulder: "You have done a great job. The potential of this trafficking gang is terrifying!
If we let them steal children every now and then and sacrifice them in exchange for Qi and Blood Growth Talismans... four evil Yue Realm cultivators might emerge near Jing City! Hundreds of families would be shattered!"

"I suspect that statues offering strange talismans may have appeared in other cities as well. I'll report this to the higher-ups, and they'll be tasked with cleaning up the situation. This will help prevent further problems."

After hearing Uncle Ye’s words, Xu Ran stared intently. Has he accomplished a great deed?
How should I put it? He should be happy when he receives compliments.

But he glanced at the description behind the golden achievement [Heavenly Appearance]—wow, the second kidnapping hadn't disappeared yet. This meant that maliciously exploiting the bug wasn't working, and he could only wait patiently for the real kidnapping to occur.

"Ah."

Xu Ran smiled. In fact, he had already anticipated that the bug might not be fixed.

But no matter what, he saved three little girls this time, solved a potential major problem in Jing City in advance, and indirectly saved hundreds of families. This gain is enough to make people happy.

Ye Ping glanced at the moon and said, "It's getting late. I'll use my spiritual power to take the three of them back to the city first."

Xu Ran: “Okay.”

After saying that, he floated out directly from the tunnel dug by Uncle Ye.

Uncle Ye used his mental power to hold up the three little girls and followed closely behind Xu Ran.

Under the crumbling red full moon.

The figures, one in front and one behind, were running like ghosts.

It took two hours for the two to return to Jing City.

Xu Ran stood on the city wall, still thinking about the strange talisman in his mind.

"A strange talisman... The resentful god who invented this talisman certainly didn't intend to benefit humanity... The price might be his life."

"But faced with the immense temptation of becoming a Mountain Realm expert in just half a year, people often lose their minds."

"So even a cleanup operation is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution, unless the resentful spirit behind it is completely killed, or a harmless talisman is created."

"Of course, harmless talismans are definitely not as effective as strange ones, so harmless talismans cannot completely cure the symptoms."

"We still have to kill this resentful god to cure the root cause..."

Xu Ran shook his head. No matter from which perspective, the strange talismans would become a very difficult problem in the future.

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on Uncle Ye.

At this moment, Uncle Ye was handing three little girls over to the city guards: "These are three abducted children. Go find their relatives."

Captain of the City Guard: "Yes, sir!"

Delegate the task.

Uncle Ye landed beside Xu Ran.

"How about it, do you want to take a rest?"

Xu Ran picked up his Little Genius phone watch and glanced at the time: "It's ten o'clock now. I don't know why, but I'm so sleepy... How about getting four hours of sleep first? We'll be in action at two in the morning."

Ye Ping was shocked. "Are you extremely sleepy? Are you physically tired or mentally tired? Oh no, you haven't been contaminated by the resentful spirit, have you? I'll go get Aunt Lu to come over and purify you!"

(End of this chapter)