I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 24 Records
The wind in the early morning is a little cool.

The training hall was completely silent, without even a single insect or mouse.

Pei Ju felt a chill at the back of his head. It was the first time he heard the cause of his father's death.

He thought his father was contaminated by ghosts because he wandered around everywhere.

Doesn’t Dad know that he can’t enter the temple and can’t die?

But he finally got in.

"Every generation who enters the 'spiritual field' gains a different identity. Sometimes experience can become a hindrance. Before your father entered, he also read the notes of previous generations, but in the end, he said that it would have been better if he hadn't read those notes."

"That's why I didn't show you the notes of those generations who entered the 'spiritual field'. It's because your father repeatedly told future generations not to read those notes."

"But your father was haunted by a monster in the end. I don't know if what he said was right. It's up to you to decide."

Pei Ju noticed the uncertainty in his grandfather's voice, and he was also confused.

Pei Ju was also thinking, but he didn't know what to do.

"Why can't we enter the temple?" Pei Ju asked again, "Wasn't we in the temple when we first entered the spiritual field?"

Pei Ju glanced at the 'Tiger Temple' on the Eight Immortals Table.

"That's because you're staying overnight at the Tiger Temple, and you entered as a traveler, so of course it's [Staying Overnight at the Tiger Temple]. Now you're entering the large sacred area that contains the Tiger Temple."

Time waits for no one, and it's time to go to school again.

He had only walked a short distance when Zhou You caught up with him.

"Juzi, I'll take you out and eat some big buns." Zhou You seemed to have forgotten what happened before, or he had covered up his past thoughts with new ones.

"Okay." Pei Juyue sat on the back seat of his bicycle, and just in time, he saw Ye Youruo also walking out of the door with her schoolbag on her back.

The two of them went to a bun shop on Qianmen Street and bought buns. He sat in the back and ate them, but Zhou You, who had to take care of others, did not eat with one hand while sitting on the bun with the other. Instead, he hid the buns and prepared to eat them secretly in the classroom.

After entering the school, Zhou You once again handed the love letter to Pei Ju. Pei Ju asked with lingering fear: "Did you write your signature on it?"

"I wrote it. I really wrote it this time." Zhou You said seriously.

The two went to the classroom separately. As class was about to start, everyone was sitting very quietly. It was not convenient for him to give the love letter, so he kept it for the time being.

Just before him, Ye Youruo also sat down.

The class passed quickly and slowly.

When the get out of class was over, Liu Yijiajia happened to be walking towards the back, and he immediately came up with an idea.

"Hey, Liu Yijia, help me pass a letter. This is from Zhou You. He sent it to Wang Xiaoxia. Can you help me pass it on." Liu Yijia was stunned for a moment, then curled her lips and said, "He thinks really fast."

She took the letter and walked towards Wang Xiaoxia.

Pei Ju didn't even look at him, he just stood up and went to pee. Before he had gone far, someone caught up with him. It was Liu Yijia, her hair flying in the wind. She asked, "Pei Ju, why didn't you wait for me?"

"We have different ways of peeing, so it's best not to go together." Pei Ju said. Liu Yijia was stunned for a moment, and said with a blushing face: "I..."

She didn't know what to say, but Pei Ju didn't care.

……

Haishi, formerly known as Rakshasa Haishi.

It prospered due to maritime trade, but the monsters coming from the sea also spread in this sea market with the arrival of those trading ships. So for a period of time, this place was full of ghosts. When outsiders came here, they called this place Rakshasa Sea Market, saying that it was full of Rakshasa ghosts.

It was at that time that a semi-official organization emerged. It was established by several major dock gangs and led by the government departments at the time. Its purpose was to ensure that all ships coming from the sea were inspected.

At that time, the ancestor of the Pei family who came to Luoshahai City also joined this organization. At that time, this organization was called [Forbidden Foreign Affairs Investigation Group]

With the investigation team outside and the cleanup inside, Haishi has become much calmer. At least there will be no evil ghosts with green faces and fangs appearing in broad daylight, and no one will say it's hot in the daytime, then tear open their skin and run wildly on the street covered in blood.

Later, this [Forbidden Foreign Affairs Investigation Group] changed its name twice as the times changed, and finally became the current [Marine Environmental Protection Association]. Therefore, this association has a close relationship with the Hai City officials.

Han Yitong suddenly came to Pei's Sword Hall.

She first conveyed her aunt's greetings, and then said, "I would like to ask, is there any record of demon transformation in your sword hall?"

Fourth Master Pei immediately said, "The Patrol Bureau, the Spirit Purification Bureau, and the Luosha Sea School all have relevant case files."

"Yes, I have them all, but they have all been borrowed and not returned."

"It's been borrowed. Who borrowed it?" asked Mr. Pei Si with a frown.

"Three different people from the Marine Environmental Protection Association borrowed the files on demon transformation. I wonder if there's any secret in them."

Mr. Pei Si was silent for a moment, then turned back to the house, took out "Pei's Records of Killing Gui", and sat down at the table. Han Yitong turned on the lights to make the room brighter, and she also came over.

Mr. Pei Si quickly turned to a page that read.

"Since joining the [Forbidden Foreign Affairs Investigation Team], I have slain thirteen strange monsters. Each of them is truly remarkable. However, there is one thing I haven't been able to complete completely."

"Early in the morning, thick fog enveloped the area. A boat approached the dock, and there was a commotion. As soon as it reached the shore, some people rushed out. After being subdued by the investigation team, we discovered that they were growing scales on their bodies, some even had gills. Some even needed to be submerged in seawater for long periods of time, but if they stayed in the seawater for too long, their bodies would fester."

"Someone suggested burning them all, but the team leader felt they could still be saved, so they began searching for the cause of the infection. That's when they came across someone who had undergone the most severe transformation. She was a girl, but she had become the upper half of a human and the lower half of a fish, covered in scales. Her eyes had also turned blue with a hint of black, like the color of the deep sea."

"When we spoke to her, she was surprisingly clear-headed. When we asked her what she had seen or heard, she was able to clearly express it. Over the next few days, the team leader started to develop scales, and it wasn't just one person. We realized the girl was the source of the infection and burned her to death. The others recovered after receiving treatment."

This is similar to the process that Han Yitong learned.

However, after recording this, I added another sentence using a pen with different paint.

"Afterwards, fish monsters still appeared from time to time in the city, which shows that the chain of infection has not been cut off."

(End of this chapter)