Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 185: Killing with Reason

As the saying goes, if you endure for a moment, you will get angrier; if you take a step back, you will suffer a huge loss.

Zhao Yifu is getting angrier and angrier the more he thinks about it.

"Ugh!"

He let out a long sigh, attracting the attention of everyone around him who was returning to the mountain.

Everyone looked over, wondering why Zhao Yifu, who had been very popular before, was sighing like that?
He looked at everyone and said, "The person was rescued, but the more I think about it, the more sad I feel."

"Why do those mortal nobles rely on their numbers and guards to bully us?"

Everyone thought: They didn't act arrogantly in front of you, did they? That unlucky princess was almost crushed to death by you.

The Iron Confucian monks felt a tightness in their hearts, thinking that they were upset that their junior brother had not killed anyone just now.

At this time they hurriedly looked at Hui Gu... They didn't know Hui Gu's identity, and only thought that Hui Gu was Zhao Yifu's close companion, because Zhao Yifu obviously ignored them, but Zhao Yifu would explain Hui Gu's words in detail.

Hui Gu received a few pleading glances from the others, and since she happened to be thinking the same thing, she said, "Master, why do you still want to kill them all?"

This coquettish voice sounds gentle and comfortable.

Zhao Yifu laughed and shook his head, saying, "If those soldiers are like the ones we encountered before, the evildoers who murdered the people, then we can just kill them."

"But even though the soldiers of Wutong Villa are filled with murderous aura, it's all from the bloody battlefield, not simply sinful deeds. Killing too many of them would be troublesome, so it's best to let them perish in a humane battle."

When Hui Gu heard this, she was quite surprised and said, "So you kill people for a reason."

Zhao Yifu's face was stern and he seemed a little angry: "How could I be the kind of person who kills indiscriminately?"

Tie Rushan, who was standing next to him, was also a little bit enlightened after hearing this. He finally understood that his junior fellow apprentice killed people based on principles... As long as he had principles, it was fine... Bullshit!
As Zhao Yifu's senior brothers, they knew that this man had the most flexible principles.

The members of the Chivalrous Alliance were feeling guilty for not being able to help when someone suddenly slapped their head and said, "Brothers, Alliance Leader, we don't necessarily have to kill people if we want to take revenge."

Zhao Yifu became interested and asked, "How do you say that?"

The man said, "I just think that as long as we make them feel uncomfortable, we can vent our anger... For example, if we put drugs in their food?"

Zhao Yifu's eyes lit up and he felt that this was feasible.

Then he said, "Both knockout drugs and laxatives are fine, but how do you do it specifically?"

Another person said, "It's easy. We just need to poison their water."

"But simple poisoning will definitely be discovered, so we still need to check their water source."

Another person said, "You can also pretend to be a ghost and scare them."

Someone else said, "What's there to be afraid of ghosts? I think it would be better to create some mortal worldly illusions to distract their troops."

Immediately, several people whispered, "Good brother, tell us more about that mortal worldly obstacle..."

My goodness! Zhao Yifu looked at this group of people talking and going off-road, and felt like they were just a bunch of demons running wild.

He didn't like this atmosphere very much, so he joined in and said, "Perhaps we can use illusion... No, let's just set up an illusion array. But that Dark Nether Wizard is a bit troublesome, we need to restrain him first."

Everyone fell silent and began to ponder.

At this time, Ji Miao, who had just returned to his spirit state and had not yet recovered, suddenly said: "My brother Ji Yan and I discovered something. Someone actually drove the beast spirit to continuously devour the ancestral spirits enshrined in the homes of the people!"

"Originally, we were going to slay demons and monsters, but we ended up attracting that Dark Witch, and that's how we ended up getting captured."

Zhao Yi Fu then remembered that he had not asked them why they were captured, and he felt a little neglectful of the two brothers.

He quickly said, "Let's all go back to Taiyi Peak first. Brothers Ji Yan and Ji Miao have been through a great disaster, so they should rest more."

However, Ji Yan quickly said, "No, leader, we don't need to rest. My brother means that we can use the same method to lure the old wizard away, and then we can deal with the people in Wutong Villa."

Ji Miao, who had just recovered from a serious illness and almost turned into a neutrino, nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of excitement.

At this moment, Zhao Yifu finally understood what kind of sparks would be produced when these idle second-generation cultivators met each other.

At this moment, he heard a suppressed excited voice from the side: "Junior brother, I am good at painting beauties, perhaps I can join them in the discussion."

Zhao Yifu turned his head and saw that the eyes of a senior brother from his own sect were full of excitement, and it was obvious that he also wanted to participate.

At this time, someone from the Chivalrous Alliance said, "Great! Then there's no need for knockout drugs. I have a magical hallucinogenic potion. It's colorless and odorless, and wouldn't have any effect even if taken on a normal day. However, it can affect a person's senses through the use of a specific secret technique, causing confusion and amplified senses..."

Suddenly, someone from the Iron Scholar's Shirt said, "Wow, I'm good at music and can create phantom sounds, which should be helpful."

Everyone nodded repeatedly: "Great, wonderful!"

Then Tie Rushan said, "I can set up a formation. Are there any of you who are good at formations? Let's discuss how to integrate these methods into a formation."

Someone immediately said, "That's a good idea. I'm an expert in this field and would like to ask this Taoist fellow for advice."

"..."

This kind of discussion is endless, and the heated discussion among a group of male cultivators has reached a fever pitch.

It is obvious that a big job is being done.

Hui Gu looked at the group of noisy and childish ghosts and felt extremely helpless.

She now understood that a man would be suave, mature and humorous in front of a woman.

When two strange men are together, they will compete with each other, compare with each other everywhere, and be secretly on guard against each other.

Three strange men together...if they hit it off, they will immediately open their hearts and start chatting.

If there were more men... then the problem would go completely off the track. No one knows what kind of ideas a group of men will come up with when they get together.

The current situation is that they have developed from a maze into a charm array, and then from a charm array into a real illusion array. In short, it is full of twists and turns.

In particular, someone clever suddenly brought up the matter: "We all use our feminine charm to seduce people, but what about the women in the villa?"

"That princess is very vicious."

Another clever person immediately said, "Then let's add in the charming and charming appearance of a handsome man."

Suddenly someone spat, "A handsome man's seductive behavior is only for men who like that. For women, it should be a strong and handsome man."

Someone else asked, "But what if someone likes a big, imposing hero like the leader?"

"Then let's take the leader's image into consideration... Oh, and she needs to wear a transparent singlet. No, it'd be better if she could show a little more..."

A group of painters were showing off their skills crazily, completely unaware that Zhao Yifu had already decided to kill them to silence them.

Huigu was completely unable to bear to watch it anymore, and even felt that what she heard were dirty words.

However, the simple-minded Li Nuer was joining in the fun and drooling from time to time... My goodness, what did she see?

Zhao Yifu wanted to silence them, but when he saw that they were only referring to his excellent temperament and not using his real appearance, he thought about it and let it go. After all, they were all family, so what could he do?

He said, "Okay, everyone, get ready. I'm going to lure out that Dark Wizard."

Someone immediately said, "So early? We're not ready yet."

Zhao Yi Fu said: "Pull it a little more to prevent the Black Nether Wizard from becoming alert." In fact, there is another reason that was not mentioned here, that is, Zhao Yi Fu still has a sense of responsibility. Seeing that the underworld seems to be too busy, let him deal with the nearby ancestral spirits.

Anyway, when dealing with a group of ordinary people, even if there are some shaman wizards, as long as he can lead the Dark Wizard away, nothing serious should happen.

So, Zhao Yifu's ghost came out with a knife on his back and began to wander around the Tianyuan Prefecture.

He came to a village where people worshipped the dead, and saw that almost every household here was offering incense and family sacrifices.

As he strolled through the area, he discovered that most of the families only offered sacrifices to one or two generations, but there were very few that offered sacrifices to three generations.

After all, the Liao Kingdom had occupied the north for less than a hundred years, and this custom had not yet fully entered the homes of ordinary people in the countryside.

He simply went to the home of a wealthy family in the village.

There is actually only one such wealthy family in this village.

Unlike ordinary people's homes, this wealthy family's ancestral hall was filled with hundreds of tablets.

These tablets can even be traced back ten generations.

However, there are only five generations of people who have been burning incense on the tablet.

Zhao Yi Fu's Yin spirit felt these things from afar outside the ancestral hall, and then was about to enter the ancestral hall to take away all the spiritual light of incense and fire from more than three generations.

However, just as he approached the ancestral hall, a string of bone beads suddenly creaked at the entrance and turned into a gloomy curtain that blocked him out.

At that moment, a strong and mixed yin energy burst out from the curtain, enough to contaminate all spirits.

Zhao Yifu's Yin Spirit is okay because he already has the potential of Shaoyang.

But it is conceivable that other ghost officials would find it extremely difficult to deal with this situation.

He felt a little annoyed, and then a ghost mask appeared on his face.

The Netherworld Messenger's Order had turned into a mask at this moment, and he was now the messenger from the Netherworld.

So he swung his sword decisively, the sharp Yin energy on the blade surged, instantly cutting through the mixed Yin energy on the string of bone beads and shattering them to the ground.

Then he walked into the ancestral hall and saw the names enshrined on the tablets, as well as the dark clouds of sin suppressed under the layers of incense.

Generally speaking, there is only one such wealthy family in a village, and how could they have such a large fortune have started out as a good family?

Zhao Yifu stretched out his hand and immediately pulled out more than a dozen spirits from the tablets.

As the spirit was pulled out, the sins that were suppressed by the incense were added to it, causing it to howl in pain.

Zhao Yifu sensed them carefully and found that these ancestral spirits were actually very clean and did not have the slightest resentment or hatred in them.

Yes, we have enjoyed the incense for so long, how can we have any complaints?
Therefore, this is the underworld's favorite 'guilty spirit with a blank incense board'.

Those sins will determine that they will be thrown into the eighteen levels of hell to be punished, and those incense will become the nutrients to keep these souls awake, allowing them to endure longer torture.

And after being tortured for a long time, more of the eternal resentment will naturally be eliminated.

Zhao Yifu's guidance this time was naturally welcomed by the underworld again.

One by one, the tablets that had lost their spirituality fell face down. This was done intentionally by Zhao Yifu to inform the people here that from now on, they could only offer sacrifices to three generations above them.

After finishing the work for this wealthy family, Zhao Yi Fu looked around the village and saw that there was no one else there, so he went somewhere else.

He unexpectedly discovered that he only needed to go to the wealthy families, because it was already a great achievement for ordinary people to be able to offer sacrifices to one or two generations.

Most of the time, when a person dies, it is like a light going out... How can ordinary people afford such frequent sacrifices?

Yes, there are, but the ancestral spirits of such innocent families can indeed go directly into reincarnation when they enter the underworld... There is even a high probability that the ancestor will continue to reincarnate into the younger generation of this family due to the influence of cause and effect because of the incense offered by the family.

This seems to have become a tradition.

Zhao Yifu felt that a new rule was emerging.

This experience is truly mysterious.

If he didn't hold the Order of the Underworld Messenger, he really wouldn't be able to have such a feeling.

"It's interesting, and that's a good thing."

He muttered to himself and got busy again.

I didn't expect to meet a colleague.

A ghost messenger was also busy recruiting people, but unfortunately it obviously couldn't break the protective magic weapon of the wealthy family's ancestral hall, so it could only stare blankly from outside.

Zhao Yifu stepped forward and asked, "Brother, can't my underworld destroy this magical weapon?"

When the ghost saw Zhao Yifu's title, he lowered his head and said, "Sir, we in the underworld rely on Yin energy to stimulate our magic power. This magic weapon has a filthy and complex Yin energy, which is suppressing our magic power."

"I'm afraid only the four masters, Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced, Black and White Impermanence, can do this. But how can they handle it all by themselves?"

Zhao Yifu nodded, that's the truth.

That bone bead magic weapon is probably also a masterpiece of the Shaman Inspiration School, which is used only to control the major tribes in the entire northern country.

There are so many spiritual instruments in the North, and naturally they can only be nurtured in the current climate and soil.

As Zhao Yifu listened to the ghost's narration, he casually chopped off the bone beads hanging outside the ancestral hall with a knife.

Then he said to the ghost messenger, "Go and take him away."

The ghost messenger asked in surprise: "Sir, why is this?"

Zhao Yifu disappeared from the ghost's sight without any explanation.

The ghost was surprised, but finally could not resist the temptation of this achievement, so he tentatively entered the ancestral hall and sent away the five "expired ancestral spirits" enshrined there. Only then did he feel that Zhao Yifu's behavior could only be described as a "noble character".

In fact, Zhao Yifu had no choice but to do so.

It would be a good thing to gain some merit from the underworld, but he was afraid that if he gained more merit, he would have to be promoted again... But now he absolutely did not dare to cross the Yin-Yang Heaven with the Yin God.

There is a powerful ghost hiding in the Yin-Yang Heaven who even the Black and White Impermanence and the Ox-Head and Horse-Face can't do anything to him. He doesn't want to bring bad luck upon himself.

However, he would not be bound by such things for too long. He had been diligently practicing various illusions recently to increase the use of his spiritual thoughts in order to enhance his combat capabilities in the Yin Shen state.

Only when he feels that he has the ability to protect himself can he go to the underworld with peace of mind.

Zhao Yi Fu went to several more places. If he met any "colleagues" with him, he would give them opportunities. If he didn't meet any, he would solve the problem himself without any delay.

After searching in twenty towns in a row, he finally encountered a spirit beast that Ji Yan and Ji Miao had mentioned... or rather, a ghost beast.

What he saw was a giant wolf with a very powerful and huge spiritual body. Its whole body was glowing with a faint blue light. When passing by the people's homes, it actually picked up the ancestral spirits worshipped in the people's homes and swallowed them in one gulp!
"This is stealing business from the underworld. How courageous!"

Zhao Yifu snorted coldly and slashed out with his sword quickly.

There's not much to say, just do it.

(End of this chapter)