I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 131-130: The Immortal of Mount Tai, the Ghost Market Opens (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Lu Qian's visit was unexpected for Xu Lindong.

However, after sitting down, I heard from the other person that I had been busy from yesterday to today and had neglected to reply to their message.

So they paid a visit and also discussed matters concerning the recent Compassion Welfare Society and the Outer Realms Federation.

"The investigation into the Tzu Chi Welfare Society actually led them to my location?"

Xu Lindong was secretly alarmed. Could it be that headquarters had discovered something and sent Lu Qian to investigate?

Otherwise, why would Captain Lu, who has almost never visited before, come looking for us?

But he was very clean at the time, hiding in the shadows the whole time, wearing the mask of the Faceless Man, and moving around silently, so how could he have been locked on?

"Dongzi, you two can chat now that you're back. I'll go back to my room to wash the vegetables first. Let Captain Lu have dinner with us at home later."

When Yi Qianxun saw Xu Lindong sit down, she took the initiative to get up and go inside to do housework.

Xu Lindong was somewhat surprised.

When did Sister Xun start washing vegetables at home? She's suddenly become so virtuous.

He offered a suggestion, "Let's skip washing the vegetables. It's a rare occasion for Captain Lu to come all this way, let's go out for a meal together later."

"Okay!" Yi Qianxun seemed to have been waiting for him to say that, and sat down without hesitation.

Xu Lindong, "...

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Lu Qian smiled and said, "It's an honor that you're willing to treat me, A Dong."

Xu Lindong coughed lightly, "The bonuses have been a bit too much lately, it's alright."

He felt that he had basically escaped the ranks of the poor, and could now maintain a gentlemanly demeanor in front of women, becoming a little more arrogant.

Of course, on the other hand, he also wanted to see what Lu Qian's true intentions were.

"You've certainly made a lot of contributions lately..."

Lu Qian was amused, but Yi Qianxun's eyes couldn't help but sweep over Lu Qian.

This was Dongzi's former captain, so of course she knew him.

She hadn't paid much attention at first, but the phone call last night and the visit today made her vaguely aware of a "danger signal".

However, she didn't say much.

If Dongzi really chooses this one, she wouldn't necessarily be unable to accept it.

After all, I had promised to help him find a girlfriend; all he needed to do was pass her screening of his appearance, figure, character, principles, hobbies, abilities, family background, interpersonal relationships, and credit history.

At this moment, Xu Lindong and Lu Qian had already moved on to the topic of extraterritorial federations.

Seeing this, Yi Qianxun immediately interjected, "Our command also had a meeting today, and they were saying that it won't be long before the border areas are under pressure, including some coastal cities..."

This will happen quickly, perhaps in less than a month.

Lu Qian crossed her mature and sexy legs and leaned slightly against the back of the chair, saying, "Actually, there's no need to worry too much. Our Xia Kingdom is different from the Federation. People are united, and with the God of Humanity and many Four Emperors overseeing things, there won't be any major trouble."

"However, the overall environment will definitely deteriorate gradually in the near future."

Even sinkholes in major cities can trigger chain reactions, so we need to prepare in advance!

As she spoke, she realized the topic was becoming somewhat heavy.

He immediately shifted the topic to the Compassion Welfare Society, looking at Xu Lindong and saying, "Adong, you should have heard of that mysterious and powerful underground superhuman who recently came out."

Wild superhumans at Sequence Nine are rare, yet this person has no record of entering or leaving the country or whereabouts, and even headquarters can't find out about him.

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"Oh? This person is that capable?"

Xu Lindong thought to himself, "It's here," but feigned surprise on his face.

"Well, so far we've only found out that this person may have learned some kind of corpse-driving technique, which allows them to control wandering spirits..."

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Xu Lindong was not surprised to hear this.

He manipulated the ghosts to control the gray weasels and killed one of the welfare center's employees, along with two other ordinary people.

Although ordinary people might not understand the power involved, experienced sequence superhumans could easily understand the state of the Grey Weasel being possessed by a wandering spirit after a little questioning.

However, since he was hiding in the shadows wearing a faceless mask, ordinary people would not be able to detect him, so there would obviously be no more clues.

What he actively revealed was always his identity as Liu Sheng, the corpse driver, which was clearly unrelated to his righteous and upright position as the Heavenly Kitchen God.

Lu Qian said thoughtfully, "We found that the method of controlling wandering spirits has also been used recently in Tai'an City and Xijiang City—we wonder if it's the same group of people."

Xu Lindong's gaze sharpened.

Are there other corpse-transporters operating in other cities? And Tai'an City is exactly where he's going tonight.

"I need to be more careful from now on. I shouldn't use the scythe anymore. From now on, as a zombie, I'll use evil artifacts... It's okay if it costs me some merit."

He was making plans in his mind while chatting casually with Lu Qian.

It was gradually confirmed that Lu Qian had only come to catch up with old friends, and that headquarters had not discovered anything and sent her to investigate.

As he relaxed, he gradually began to feel something strange.

It seems that, just as the mind threads indicated, Captain Lu has consistently maintained a good relationship with him.

Towards the end of the conversation.

Xu Lindong promised that after attending the memorial service at headquarters the day after tomorrow, he and Lu Qian would go to the Cixin Welfare Society to visit the children.

Sister Xun was suddenly overcome with compassion and wanted to go along too.

Xu Lindong saw through her little scheme but didn't expose it.

That evening, as soon as Uncle Yi and Aunt Zhou returned, Xu Lindong led a few people to a nearby hotel for a meal.

Uncle Yi and Aunt Zhou originally wanted to decline.

When Dongzi saw this bright and beautiful woman come to his door, he insisted on treating her to a meal.

The two exchanged a glance, then secretly glanced at their daughter, and immediately nodded in unison to follow.

After the meal, I returned home.

Xu Lindong had just returned to his room when Yi Qianxun came in right behind him.

Before he could speak, he said, "No need to ask, no!"

Yi Qianxun was stunned. "What? You know what I'm going to ask?"

Xu Lindong said calmly, "Of course I know, but you don't need to ask."

"You little brat, can't I even ask?" Yi Qianxun said, slightly annoyed. "Do you think Lu Qian is prettier than me?!"

Xu Lindong laughed and said, "I think monkeys have beautiful butts, and pandas have nice dark circles under their eyes too."

There are plenty of beautiful women out there, but that doesn't necessarily mean I want to have one of them.

Just like I don't want to put a monkey's butt on myself.

"you..

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Yi Qianxun was speechless, but secretly delighted. She said shyly, "Actually, even if you want to possess other women, it doesn't matter. As long as you pass my test, there will be no problem. I'm not an unreasonable person, but after all, my Dongzi is very outstanding."

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Before she could finish speaking, she turned her head and realized that Xu Lindong had already wandered into the bathroom.

What are you doing?

"Take a shower, Sister Xun. You can take your time with the inspection. I'm tired. I'll rest after I shower. Remember to close the door when you leave!"

Yi Qianxun bit her lip, but thinking that Dongzi had indeed been busy all day and that the situation outside was becoming increasingly tense, her heart softened.

"Dongzi, I need a favor! If you like someone in the future, tell me first!"

Before she could even voice those words to herself, she covered her face and left the house, unable to say a word.

When he got to the door, he found that his parents were eavesdropping from the corner.

"Dad! Mom! You..."

"Ah, this..." Yi Guoqiang chuckled awkwardly, then grabbed Zhou Hui, who was pretending to admire the scenery, and headed downstairs. "Just passing by, purely passing by!"

After walking a few steps, he secretly turned back and gave his daughter a thumbs up.

Girl, you're amazing! You dare to fight for your own happiness!

Dongzi is a promising talent; we've nurtured him for so many years, he's bound to soar to great heights someday. Why let such a promising opportunity slip through our fingers?

At most, they can take a cut themselves.

Hearing Xun Jie close the door and leave, Xu Lindong breathed a sigh of relief.

He suddenly placed his hand on the doorknob.

A ring of golden-red extraordinary power emanated from his palm, instantly sealing the bathroom door.

He then opened the locker.

He took out five gold bars containing the stolen money and carried them with him.

According to Houtu Niangniang, it is possible to trade with ghosts in the Ghost Market, either using very precious ghost coins or gold bars.

He then took out the corpse-driving man's attire and put it on, along with the mask of the faceless man.

With a thought, he lifted the Tower of Babel's seal on the zombie sequence's power.

A chilling aura gradually emanated from his body, and his skin turned pale.

Xu Lindong took out his personal mobile phone and used navigation to search for "Tai'an City".

This city is not a major first-tier city; it is nearly a thousand kilometers away from Jiangcheng.

Given the current land blockade, this distance is considered quite far.

According to the usual procedure, ordinary people can only travel by freight train or plane under the pretext of visiting relatives and friends or applying for tourism.

There are not daily departures; reservations and approvals are required in advance, and the tickets are not cheap.

However, Xu Lindong simply used the broken car seat to teleport there, naturally saving himself all that trouble.

Having used it before, he was quite familiar with the process this time.

His consciousness entered the Tower of Babel and inquired again to confirm.

"Your Majesty, I'm ready to act now. Do you really think that all I need to do is target Tai'an City, and you'll let me into the Ghost Market?"

The voice of the Goddess Houtu came from the top of the tower.

"It's not that I can get you into the Ghost Market, but that the teleportation device in the car seat can take you in; after all, it's an evil entity."

During its teleportation, I only need to guide it slightly when it is about to reach its destination to deviate from the teleportation point and enter the Ghost Market..."

"Okay! I understand."

Xu Lindong nodded.

He absolutely had to make a trip to this ghost market.

This trip will not only allow me to further complete my role as a corpse driver and digest the corpse's heart, but also give me a chance to get help from the Goddess Houtu.

In an increasingly dangerous future environment, such opportunities to strike will be the biggest trump card, and preparing in advance now is definitely the right thing to do.

He immediately withdrew from the Tower of Babel, and with a thought, summoned the dilapidated chair sealed inside the tower and sat down.

"Merit—150!"

The chair trembled slightly, and the surrounding light suddenly collapsed, as if being dragged into another space by some force.

They stumbled once again onto that underworld path that lies between the realms of Yin and Yang.

The surroundings seemed to be an endless, deep darkness, like solidified ghostly mist or a diluted night sky.

The broken seats moved swiftly through them.

Blurry, distorted, elongated shadows swept past on both sides, as if countless indescribable things were wriggling and spying in the darkness.

A chilling aura enveloped them from all directions.

This time, the teleportation distance was significantly longer, and the sense of being spied on from all sides became clearer and more urgent.

The further they went, the more tense the senses of the zombie beneath Xu Lindong's mask became.

He could clearly sense that something extremely evil was approaching.

These are not the fleeting spirits of the past, but rather a more ferocious and powerful existence.

Several chilling, viscous gusts of cold air, like tangible shadowy arms, emerged from a dark burial mound deep within the path to the underworld, seemingly transforming into long tentacles that silently coiled around the seat.

It seemed as if it wanted to crawl into his black robe and possess this deathly body.

"Want to possess someone?"

Xu Lindong felt a chill run down his spine, and even his already weak emotions in his zombie state turned cold.

But he was well aware of the downsides of using a broken chair for transport.

Just as that chilling tentacles were about to touch the seat.

hum!

A faint golden light silently rippled around the seat.

The light was not intense, but it carried a majestic and all-encompassing aura, which was the power that the Tower of Babel had sealed onto the surface of the broken seat.

It's as if they're declaring sovereignty!

"laugh!"

Like a branding iron plunged into water, the several chilling tentacles, upon touching the golden light, instantly emitted black smoke and let out a silent, piercing shriek, before abruptly retreating into the depths of darkness, never daring to approach again.

Xu Lindong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

With Master Ta protecting them, this path to the Netherworld, though terrifying, is still relatively safe.

Once he calmed down a bit, he stared intently at the bizarre and fleeting images of light and shadow rushing past outside his seat.

The teleportation was nearing its end; the barrier of the passage was thinning, and the outside world was beginning to appear blurry.

Below, the outline of a massive city appeared.

Thai An City.

But compared to the bustling city of Wuhan at night, which is shrouded in neon lights, this city seems to have fallen asleep prematurely under the cover of darkness.

Large swathes of buildings had their lights off, with only a few windows glowing faintly. The streets were deserted and almost no one was around.

Instead, special police vehicles with flashing red and blue warning lights slowly patrolled the main roads, their headlights piercing the darkness, conveying a sense of menacing vigilance.

In certain areas of the wilderness outside the city, different colored halos of extraordinary light faintly rose.

The aura was mixed and powerful, indicating that a large number of extraordinary individuals had gathered and deployed there, seemingly guarding against or monitoring something.

"Martial law declared? This level of security—is this typical of Tai'an City, or is it due to the recent events outside the Federation's territory?"

The moment Xu Lindong had that thought, his gaze was immediately drawn to the magnificent scene in the distance.

That mountain.

A colossal mountain, so majestic it defies description, rises abruptly from the earth, piercing the clouds.

Even a fleeting glimpse reveals an overwhelming, profound, and instinctively intimidating sense of power that compels one to bow down.

Mount Tai.

The mountain was shrouded in swirling clouds and mist. It was the dead of night, yet the sky above the mountain peak still held the brilliance of the sunset, which spilled across the mountaintop as if created by some divine being.

Amidst the clouds and mist, the eaves of palaces seemed to appear and disappear, surrounded by rainbow light.

Several vast, majestic, and awe-inspiring auras, as powerful as mountains, were stationed on the other side, like pillars of stability, guarding this land.

Even a fleeting glance was enough to fill Xu Lindong with a sense of awe and reverence.

It's as if there truly are immortal beings dwelling atop the clouds, looking down upon the mortal world.

However, at the end of a small path connecting to the secluded road beneath this majestic sacred mountain, a completely different scene unfolds.

This scene seems to be only visible on the path to the underworld.

That was an area north of the foot of the mountain, where the earth seemed to have been torn open with a grim wound.

A dense, impenetrable black ghostly aura rose up, mixed with ominous colors such as scarlet and dark purple, twisting and writhing as it spread outwards.

Within that ghostly aura, one could vaguely see a dilapidated ancient archway, broken chains, and countless indistinct, wailing phantoms.

It was as if the gates leading directly to the deepest hell had been opened here, emanating boundless chaos, violence, and a devouring desire.

"That seems to be a terrifying place related to the high-risk sinkhole, Fengdu Ghost Gate..."

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Sitting in the broken chair, Xu Lindong felt a sense of oppression and palpitations, as if he were about to be swallowed by the gate of hell.

The sacred and the solemn, the guarded and the dangerous, form an extremely strong contrast in this world.

All these observations, though seemingly slow, were in fact fleeting, rushing past the seat like shadows.

Xu Lindong's heart stirred.

"The Ghost Market—it should be located near that eerie, ghostly area."

Without further hesitation, his consciousness instantly sank into the Tower of Babel at his neck, opening the door to the tenth floor.

Inside the tower, a strand of a woman's hair, glowing with a soft, gentle light, quietly slipped out from the entrance on the first floor of the Tower of Babel.

It floated lightly down onto the broken chair.

In an instant, the faint light flowing around the seat trembled slightly, and the originally anchored teleportation trajectory shifted subtly.

Instead of heading towards the originally planned city, they rapidly approached the edge of that terrifying area at the foot of Mount Tai, where ghostly energy emanated.

At the end of the passage, the light suddenly distorted.

A strange energy field, mixed with the scents of incense, paper ash, coldness, and countless whispers, faintly emanated from the air.

Ghost Market...the door opens...

"The door is about to open."

Xu Lindong's consciousness immediately locked onto the gatekeeper's bicycle inside the Tower of Babel.

The broken seat crashed into the ghost market, but without the strange bicycle clearing the way, he dared not wander around the ghost market alone.

Riding a bicycle, even if you encounter an elderly person blocking your way, you can knock them over and run away quickly, without fear of being scammed.

Just as the chair was about to plunge out of Tongyou Road, a scarlet mark suddenly appeared on the road ahead!

The voice of the Goddess Houtu came from inside the tower: "A ghost has used evil magic to mark the location of the Path to the Underworld, the entrance to the Ghost Market. There might be a welcoming party." Be careful...

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