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Chapter 74: The Giant Altar of the Talisman God of Resentment? ? ? [Subscribe! ]

Ye Ping shook his head slightly: "I didn't bring the intelligence here, mainly because I wanted to take you there to verify it. You'll understand once you go to the scene."

Xu Ran was surprised: "No matter what, you have to describe to me what happened first? Let me have a mental expectation or judgment."

Ye Ping pondered for a moment and organized his words: "Last night, a family of three drowned in the river outside the city..."

A family of three drowned in the river?
Well...as a very common accident, this did not cause much reaction from Xu Ran.

After all, drowning deaths occur every year.

The minimum cost per province is about 5000.

Even in peacetime, more than 120,000 people die from drowning in China every year, let alone now?
Many drowning accidents only flash by in the news and fail to cause any waves.

It will not attract attention because there is nothing weird inside.

Is there anything strange about the drowning incident that Uncle Ye mentioned?

Without more evidence, Xu Ran didn't know either, so he listened carefully and didn't interrupt Uncle Ye.

Seeing that Xu Ran was a little too calm, Ye Ping turned into an analyst: "You may think that drowning is no big deal. I thought so too at first."

"But, didn't you tell me the day before yesterday that we should compile all the death cases from the past two years? So I asked the investigation team to compile all the death cases from the past year."

"After compiling the data, I discovered a strange phenomenon: six reservoirs near Jing City all experienced mass drowning accidents within two years."

"More than 400 days ago, three fishermen, along with their wives and children, went fishing together in the Dongjiang Reservoir. They all drowned in the reservoir."

"More than three hundred days ago, nine tourists were on a sightseeing boat that capsized on Qinglong Lake and all drowned..."

"More than two hundred days ago..."

……

"This river drowning incident was also a mass death; a family of three was killed!"

"Although the investigation teams haven't found anything unusual before..."

"But there was a drowning incident 400 meters upstream in this section of the river, and another one 200 meters upstream... These three drownings so close together gave me a sudden epiphany last night!"

Uncle Ye Ping paused.

A famous detective's expression that says "there is only one truth".

Xu Ran was speechless...

In fact, it is normal for ten consecutive drowning incidents to occur in the same place.

Even before the new era, there was a bridge in a certain country. 300 people committed suicide by jumping off the bridge in four years, but nothing strange was found. It was just an ordinary bridge.

so what.

For drowning accidents like this one, Xu Ran felt that more evidence was needed before a judgment could be made.

but.

Uncle Ye Ping is completely different.

His current state is very similar to an old saying: When you pick watermelons with a skeptical eye, every watermelon is a green one!
Ye Ping has been in this state recently.

He opened the record files and found that every accident was full of doubts.

Deaths from drinking; deaths from jumping from buildings due to depression; deaths in car accidents; deaths from slips and falls; deaths from stepping on manhole covers; sudden deaths from staying up late watching movies; deaths from suffocating in the bathroom after taking too long in the shower; and the mysterious deaths of a family of seven...

of course.

The process of suspicion is not important. Even if the guess is bold, it will not affect solving the case.

What matters is the results.

Xu Ran got straight to the point: "So, Uncle Ye, did you find anything unusual in this section of the river?"

Ye Ping smiled: "I'm so confident, I must have found it!"

"Last night, when I realized something was wrong, I immediately had the salvage crew dig deep into the riverbed, stir up the silt, and look for anything strange. Guess what they found?"

Xu Ran was curious: "What happened?"

Ye Ping's tone suddenly became serious. "Beneath the mud, there's a huge riverbed rock with crooked symbols carved on it! Although we can't tell if those crooked symbols are strange talismans, considering the series of drowning accidents, they might be related to the talisman-worshiping god!"

Xu Ran raised his eyebrows.

"Hmm? Are there really any strange symbols?"

Ye Ping nodded firmly: "We can't tell whether it's weird or not, but carving crooked symbols on a huge rock at the bottom of the river is very suspicious!!"

Xu Ran agreed with Ye Ping's speculation: "Carving runes on the riverbed and hiding them in the mud... It certainly seems like something sinister a talismanic resentful spirit would do. Isn't its altar of flesh and blood hidden deep within the mountain? It's quite well hidden."

"I never expected that this time it would actually carve strange talismans inside the city..."

"That's strange. I've patrolled Jingcheng many times, but I didn't even notice it..."

"I'm afraid its strange talisman has undergone a completely new iteration... Or perhaps it has used some method to conceal its strange aura, preventing me from detecting it..."

Xu Ran's eyes were fixed, flashing with light, sharp and cold.

"If the Talisman Resentful God's methods improve to the point where even I can't detect them, then he'll be very difficult to deal with!"

Hear the words.

Ye Ping was also a little frightened: "Yeah, this is a bit scary. The strange rune caused the drowning accident, and the victims who died one by one might have become its sacrifice..."

Said so.

Ye Ping changed the subject and became slightly more optimistic.

"But it seems the victims didn't become blood sacrifices, as most were recovered and their bodies are intact. Aside from the ones that were soaked and rotten and had giant structures, the rest are perfectly normal."

Xu Ran stared: "Uncle Ye, we can't be so optimistic..."

"I remember that practitioners cannot see souls. Even spiritual practitioners like you cannot see souls."

"What if the Talisman God of Resentment needs souls as sacrifice this time? If it needs souls, then the souls it has devoured in the past two years are enough to make its strength soar."

Xu Ran’s words gave Ye Ping a chill for a moment.

Use souls as sacrifices!

Yes.

Why didn't he think of this?!
The first ninety-nine altars devoured the flesh and blood of cultivators, including mountain cultivators and children...

The second strange talisman was killed relatively quickly, so it did not have much negative impact.

The third underwater boulder talisman might devour the soul!

In the past two years, the number of people who drowned has reached 1. Perhaps the resentful god of talismans has devoured souls!

This is a bit creepy!
Uncle Ye Ping rubbed his brow, his face full of a headache. "If your speculation is true, then the Talisman Resentful God will be a hundred times more difficult to deal with than the Nightmare Resentful Mother."

"It is more cautious, more cunning, more adept at hiding, and knows how to lurk in human society and commit crimes covertly."

Xu Ran nodded slightly, agreeing with Uncle Ye Ping's statement.

The Talisman God of Resentment is a super tough guy.

but.

This guy has been hiding his head and showing his tail, only using talismans to do small tricks. He is definitely a weird mechanic.

It must have shortcomings!

If you can learn its talismans or find its weaknesses, there are targeted methods.

"Don't panic. First, take a look at what the symbols on the huge rocks at the bottom of the river look like... You should take a picture, right, Uncle Ye?"

Ye Ping nodded: "I took a picture. I'll show it to you."

Although the photo could not convey the weirdness, Uncle Ye Ping still took a photo and showed it to Xu Ran.

Xu Ran took the photo and looked at it carefully. After more than ten seconds, he raised his head.

"Strange, I don't sense any strange aura from it... Instead, I see a sense of peace from the symbols. How strange!"

"No, we have to inspect the site. This thing is too deceptive... Let's go to the site!"

Ye Ping: "I came to you to invite you to visit the site. You should be busy, right?"

Xu Ran shook his head: "Not busy, watching the fight between Zhu Yuheng and Hu Niu."

Ye Ping cast his gaze towards the center of the Colosseum, his eyebrows raised slightly. "Hmm? This combat ability... can actually attack Xiao Liuli's golden tower with just his palm?"

He was shocked.

This is not just ordinary strength.

"Oh! Is it the work of the Eternal Flame?!"

He seemed to have thought of something and looked at Xu Ran with a strange expression.

Xu Ran smiled warmly, "Yes. The flames of the Ten Thousand Tribulations burned her body, and she achieved Nirvana. That's why she possesses such a strong body. It's very dangerous. If you're not careful, you'll be reduced to ashes. It's also because of Xiao Yuheng's gift of passive invincibility that she succeeded."

Listening to Xu Ran's contempt.

Ye Ping looked Xu Ran up and down with a strange look.

"Why can you bear it?"

"How can I not withstand the Eternal Flame created by my God-given magical power? Besides, it's a little dangerous for me to use this thing."

"Okay, let's stop talking about this and go investigate the huge rock at the bottom of the river first. The matter of the talisman and the resentful god is important."

Although Hu Niu and Zhu Yuheng were still fighting.

But he didn't continue watching the game.

I just took a special glance at the battle between Zhu Yuheng and Hu Niu. There is no doubt that Hu Niu will be the final winner. Her second-stage and third-stage abilities are too strong.

The golden tower integrates attack, defense and control!
Space conversion can flash behind Zhu Yuheng to attack!

Not only did Zhu Yuheng's Qi and HP increase by 13000 points, but with the added strength of his body from the Wanjie Flame, it was still quite tough.

If you want to withstand the current hard control of the golden tower, you need at least 5 health points!
But.

Zhu Yuheng is already quite capable of fighting Hu Niu to this point.

There was no need to worry about rankings anymore. When she awakened her second and third stage abilities, that would be when she would truly break free from her cocoon and transform into a butterfly.

Xu Ran smiled slightly.

Follow Uncle Ye Ping away.

The special car was already waiting at the kindergarten gate.

boarding.

Xu Ran picked up the photo and continued to study it. "Do other areas with high drowning rates have similar runes?"

Ye Ping breathed a sigh of relief, as steady as a rock: "We have already deployed an investigation team and a cleanup team to search for them."

"I estimate that there will be new information in an hour or two. Even if the runes carved on the boulder don't have a strange aura, it won't be difficult for the investigation team to find them. It just takes a little more time."

"If we hurry up, maybe even half an hour."

Xu Ran breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that the investigation team and the cleanup team are taking action."

"Given the venomous nature of the talismanic resentful spirit, it must have been placed in more than one location. Perhaps every area with a high incidence of drowning accidents has a similar stone carving..."

Ye Ping nodded: "There must be some. I will find them all and destroy them!"

"I have to say, the Talisman Resentful God is truly bizarre. He actually lurks beneath common drowning accidents, quietly accumulating his power."

"This is really a headache. The key is that you are the only one who can sense the dangerous aura of the strange talisman!"

Xu Ran sighed. "Drowning accidents happen every day. As long as there's nothing wrong with the body, who would suspect anything? If you, Uncle Ye, hadn't been suspicious first, you wouldn't have suspected anything either."

Ye Ping: "Yes, it's simply impossible to defend against. I hope the runes on those boulders weren't done by the Talisman Resentful God... If it really was done by it, it would be horrifying. How powerful would the souls of more than 1 victims be?"

Xu Ran spread his hands: "Uncle Ye, although what I said may be a bit of a spoiler, I guess it was most likely done by the Talisman Resentful God!"

Ye Ping's expression was more serious than ever before. "If that's the case, it will be very tricky. The first time, the flesh and blood altar was successful. The second time, the soul sacrifice was also successful... The fourth time will probably be even more covert, and we may not even be able to detect it!!!"

Xu Ran stared intently: "Don't panic yet, I'll go take a look at the runes on the huge rock at the bottom of the river. If I can understand them, I can find a way out."

Ye Ping patted Xu Ran on the shoulder and said, "We can only rely on your miraculous bones. After all, you are the only one who can sense the dangerous aura in the second edition of the strange talisman."

"I wish on you!"

Xu Ran: “…” Has this become a meme?

He didn't know how to respond, because... his record was actually quite incredible...

Nightmare, blame the mother, grind her bones to dust!
The ghost's head flies away, and its bones are crushed to ashes!
Don't despair of natural disasters, be frustrated once!
The talisman resentful god was defeated once!
His past impressive battle record made his explanation seem so "powerless".

He could only bear this brilliance silently.

……

After half an hour.

The special car stopped by the river.

The yellow cordon was tight and bright, with patrolmen standing by.

The cordon was set up because the investigation team speculated that the runes on the riverbed might have the strange effect of causing people to drown, so they began to be strictly vigilant.

However, the cordon was useless to Xu Ran and Ye Ping because they were the superiors.

"Inspector."

"Special Commander!"

Ye Ping: "How is it? You guys are standing here, and you are not attracted to drowning, right?"

Investigation team member: "Sir, no!"

Ye Ping thought for a moment: "It must be ineffective against practitioners above the Qiu realm. There doesn't seem to be any practitioners with high Qi and blood values ​​among those who drowned."

Muttering to himself.

Ye Ping looked at Xu Ran and said, "I've parted the river, exposing the riverbed below. How about you go to the boulder and take a look?"

"You can start anytime."

Xu Ran was eager to try. He couldn't wait to take revenge on the Talisman God and destroy his grandson's arrangement.

"Okay! You step back first."

The words fell.

Ye Ping's blood and energy surged like a mountain, forming a gray-white flame outside his body.

He raised his hand and pressed it upstream. In an instant, a strong wind swept through, and a gray-white flame rushed out, making a resounding sound like a falling waterfall!

The members of the investigation team were shocked by the sound of blood and energy, and their faces turned pale and they took a few steps back.

He looked at Ye Ping with horror.

As for Xu Ran, he stood there motionless.

Watch everything happening in the river calmly.

Uncle Ye Ping's energy and blood condensed into an impenetrable dam at the upper reaches of the river, which was more than 30 meters wide. Not even a drop of river water could seep through above the dam.

The water in the lower reaches of the river quickly disappeared, revealing the muddy riverbed.

Xu Ran: "Uncle Ye, I didn't see the huge rock at the bottom of the river."

Ye Ping smiled slightly: "Don't worry, there is a backup plan."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, directing the water from upstream to wash over the huge rock below.

The mud rolled and rushed downstream.

A huge rock at the bottom of the river was exposed.

"Oh. So here it is."

Seeing the huge rock at the bottom of the river exposed, Xu Ran jumped lightly, stepped on the air wall, and jumped onto the rock...

Because the boulder has been cleaned several times, its surface is clean.

The marks are as thick as wrists and more than ten centimeters deep, deeply biting into the boulder, powerful and vigorous.

Xu Ran frowned, staring intently at all the symbols: "The symbols are complicated, the light is not obvious, obscure and complicated, difficult to understand..."

"Okay... I don't understand these symbols at all, but there's definitely a weird aura within them that makes me very uncomfortable!"

"Only a very faint trace..."

"If a symbol like this were covered in mud and a few dead fish were placed on it, I wouldn't be able to detect it at all!!!"

After watching for a while, Xu Ran's handsome features became more and more serious.

He realized that the methods used by the Talisman God of Resentment were becoming more secretive.

The days when we could find strange talismans on the roadside are gone forever.

“It’s really difficult!!!”

Xu Ran sighed slightly.

Ye Ping landed beside Xu Ran and asked, "How is it? Is this the work of the Talisman God of Resentment?"

Xu Ran nodded: "Yes, it has the same strange aura, but it is very weak, so weak that a dead fish can cover up the strangeness."

Ye Ping was stunned: "Does this mean that the Talisman God of Resentment has completed its third transformation?"

Xu Ran stared: "I'm afraid so."

Xu Ran’s conclusion.

Ye Ping's expression became serious. "The Talisman God of Resentment, which has completed three transformations, has not yet appeared. This means that it still wants to become stronger and is still planning a bigger conspiracy!!"

"A resentful god created a blood and flesh altar, and then a soul sacrifice at the bottom of the river. And it succeeded..."

Ye Ping's tone became increasingly serious.

Xu Ran: "Uncle Ye, do you have a map of Jing City? Take a look at it. Could these huge rocks at the bottom of the river form a huge altar near Jing City?"

Ye Ping was stunned: "Your ideas coincide with mine."

"What if this is a large altar that has been set up, and the Talisman Resentful God realizes that we have discovered it and opens the altar in a hurry? The situation will be very disastrous."

"Should we destroy the boulder first?!"

Xu Ran agreed with Ye Ping's suggestion: "Okay. Let's destroy this thing first, cut it off completely, and throw it to the shore. That should be enough."

Without saying a word, Ye Ping cut down the huge rock at the bottom of the river and lifted it onto the river bank.

"As a precaution, I destroyed all the boulders at the bottom of the river."

Looking at the huge rocks at the bottom of the river that had been cut out of the top layer, Ye Ping raised his hand and sent out a shock wave, shattering the huge rocks at the bottom of the river: "Okay, this should be considered a success, right?"

Xu Ran wasn't sure. "Almost. You could cut this huge rock with strange runes into four pieces. It might be safer."

Although I want to grind it into powder and disgust the talisman god of resentment, I haven't completed the research yet, so I have to go back and do the research data.

"Do you want to cut it open?"

"It's safer to cut it open, and we can study it anyway."

"it is good."

Ye Ping raised his hand and did as he was told.

However, when the boulder was cut, the strange symbols on it suddenly lost their energy, and the boulder quickly turned into powder.

"Ok?"

"There is such a change?"

"It didn't destroy the matching lines, but it actually damaged the strange runes?"

"It seems that the symbols on this huge rock are a whole. Their power comes from the harmony and resonance between the lines of the symbols..."

Xu Ran seemed to be lost in thought.

Ye Ping felt a little distressed: "Huh? It actually destroyed itself! What should I do? I haven't finished the research yet!"

(End of this chapter)