The ultimate master in the city

"What the hell are you talking about?" Hearing this name, even in his dream, Zhou Fengchen was still startled. The True Man of Mount Baizhong? Isn't that one of the Five Ghost Emperors of the Underworld?

Legend has it that there are ten Yama Kings in the underworld, and above them are five Ghost Emperors, two each in the east, west, south, north, and center, who guard the five gates of the underworld. Among them, Wang Zhenren and Zhao Wenhe guard the gate of the underworld at Bazhong Mountain.

Does Master Wang call me the Duke of Zhou? This is ridiculous! Am I that powerful?

The giant carp paused for a moment, then said, "It's the mount of the Immortal King of Bazhong Mountain. That man in the long robe told me about it."

A man in a long robe? Holding a book? Zhou Fengchen thought for a moment, "Isn't this the ghost messenger Mao Wenlong? There's this bastard everywhere!" "Continue," he said.

The big carp said, "I begged for mercy and said I didn't know anything. Then the man in the long robe asked me why I was wandering around aimlessly. I told him everything. He opened his book, flipped through it a few times, and then told me with a strange smile, 'If you want to come back to life, you can. The day after tomorrow, a master will come from the east. He encountered a snow avalanche on the way and will happen to pass by here around 6:30. He can help you solve the problem.'"

This esteemed man's surname is Zhou, and he values ​​his reputation. You can call him Duke Zhou; he'll be pleased and will agree to your request. Just be careful not to tell anyone I told him. After saying this, he got into the sedan chair and left, and I returned.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Fengchen couldn't help but curse: "So it's that son of a bitch Mao Wenlong! When did I ever have a good reputation? That bastard..."

The big carp waited patiently for Zhou Fengchen to finish his scolding before pitifully saying, "Lord Zhou... I..."

Zhou Fengchen was extremely frustrated. It wasn't so bad that the ghost messenger Mao Wenlong had tricked him, but the key was to avoid getting involved with Master Wang. This matter... was a bit complicated. It seemed that he had to give Master Wang face and help him out. He said, "Then tell me, how did you turn into a fish?"

"I..." The giant carp opened its mouth to speak, but a rooster suddenly crowed outside. It quickly said, "It's dawn. I need to return to my fish form. Let's talk tomorrow night. Please don't leave!"

He disappeared in a flash.

Zhou Fengchen got up and rubbed his temples, realizing it was already broad daylight. Monk Yuanzhi was already up and talking outside, "What? The meat buns are ready? Wait, let me see if my little brother is up yet."

He pushed open the door and grinned when he saw that Zhou Fengchen was awake. "Brother, you're awake. Hurry up and wash up. This family steamed some meat buns. You can smell the aroma from far away."

As soon as he said that, Old Xu and his family rushed in, eagerly asking, "Duke Zhou, how did things go?"

Zhou Fengchen nodded: "I'll get it done later. Let's have breakfast first; I can smell the meat."

Breakfast was indeed meat buns, along with Xiangxi specialties like rice tofu, matsutake mushrooms, and pickled radishes, and we drank rice porridge.

The food tasted a bit unusual. The first bite didn't taste very good, but it got better and better as you ate. Zhou Fengchen and the other two ate their fill and then took a walk in the courtyard watching the heavy snow.

Monk Yuanzhi asked, "Did you meet that giant carp last night?"

Zhou Fengchen nodded, recounted the story, and then asked, "Have you ever heard of this Master Wang of Baizhong Mountain?"

Monk Yuanzhi laughed and said, "Of course I've heard of him. He's one of the Five Ghost Emperors, but we don't need to worry. People of his level are like statues. They would never meddle in human affairs unless you deliberately provoke him. I suspect that this whole thing was orchestrated by that grandson Mao Wenlong."

Zhou Fengchen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alright! Let's see what's going on. If it can be done, we'll do it as soon as possible so we can make some money later. If it can't be done, then forget it!"

After agreeing on the terms, he turned around and asked Old Xu to prepare a basin of clean water, an inkwell, five candles, and a piece of red cloth.

Old Xu hurriedly went to do it, and it was ready in no time.

Zhou Fengchen led Old Man Xu and his family to the pond in the backyard and had someone place a basin of clean water on the snow next to it.

When the Xu family saw this, they wondered what was going on. "The water basin trick again? Is this the only trick this guy knows?"

Zhou Fengchen said impatiently, "Jump in yourself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a large carp in the pond surfaced, startling Old Xu and his family, who quickly retreated. Then, the carp actually obeyed and jumped into the basin with a flick of its tail.

"This, this..." Old Xu and his two sons' eyes almost popped out of their sockets. "We've tried everything, from pulling the net to digging in the water, but we couldn't find it. But when 'Zhou Gong' said something, it jumped up on its own. This is amazing!"

The monk Yuanzhi waved his hand, "Stop with the 'this' and 'that,' take the fish back inside!"

A group of people carried the fish into the building. Zhou Fengchen placed the fish basin on the table, lit five candles around it according to the five elements, covered the mouth of the basin with a red cloth, and then wrapped the red cloth with an ink line. The other end of the ink line was stretched to a corner of the wall and stuck with chopsticks. A windmill made of yellow paper talisman was placed on the tip of the chopsticks.

Not to mention Old Man Xu's family and the landlady, even Monk Yuanzhi was completely baffled and asked, "Brother, what's the trick to this?"

Zhou Fengchen rubbed his nose and said, "This is called the Soul-Guiding and Questioning Technique. It's very simple, right? I learned it from my dad. That year, a family's daughter was raped and killed, and the police couldn't find out who did it. The family came to my family's cave and begged my dad for help. When my dad arrived, he caught one of the family's big fat cats and used this method to question it. The big fat cat then revealed the murderer. And although the big carp is a fish, it has a human soul inside it, so this method works perfectly."

Upon hearing this, Old Xu and his family, along with the proprietress, widened their eyes in surprise. Monk Yuanzhi exclaimed, "Wow! That's arrogant! Let's give it a try!"

Zhou Fengchen asked Old Man Xu for a bamboo fan, gently fanned the yellow paper talisman windmill, and said, "Say something."

With a splash in the basin, a strange, garbled voice came from the windmill: "Duke of Zhou! You're truly amazing!"

"Whoa—"

The Xu family was caught off guard and were all startled.

Zhou Fengchen said impatiently, "Time is limited. How did you turn into a fish? Tell me quickly!"

The big carp quickly said, "Okay, okay, I'm telling the truth. You have to believe me. It's like this, two months ago..."

The soul inside the big carp's body is named Zhang Feng. He runs a food processing business and is quite wealthy. When people have money, they start to pay attention to food, clothing, housing, transportation, and taste. His old house is a bit dilapidated, so he plans to build the most luxurious house in the whole town, so he can live comfortably and show off.

To build a house, he needed to choose a piece of land. He took a fancy to a piece of wasteland behind the town, bought it at a high price, and hired construction workers to carry out the construction. But just as construction was about to begin, an old nun came from outside the town. This old nun was none other than Abbess Qingyang from the Magu Qingshan Nunnery mentioned earlier.

Master Qingyang went straight to Zhang Feng and started scolding him, saying, "Why did you have to build a house here? Do you even know where this place is?"

Zhang Feng also knew Master Qingyang, but at the time he didn't believe in those superstitious things. He found it strange and said, "This empty land is useless. What business is it of yours if I buy it to build a house?"

Master Qingyang was furious, saying that this was an unlucky spot with something underneath it, and that it shouldn't be disturbed, or it would bring bad luck.

Zhang Feng didn't care about any of that. He bluntly said, "Old nun, what era are we living in? Why are you telling me this? Go do what you're supposed to do. If there's something down there, there's something. Can I dig it out and play with it?"

The old nun Qingyang nearly fainted and left cursing.

On the second day after construction began, another Taoist priest arrived. This priest was none other than Master Zhuzheng. He approached Zhang Feng and said the same thing as Abbess Qingyang. This time, Zhang Feng was even less polite and almost got into a fight.

Master Zhuzheng was also helpless, so he shook his head, sighed, and left.

On the third day of construction, the workers laying the foundation suddenly unearthed seven stone coffins. There were no corpses in the coffins, but there were seven strange things inside. However, they had been rotten for many years and could not be seen clearly. So they hurriedly notified Zhang Feng.

To be honest, after being reminded by two hermits in succession, Zhang Feng also had some doubts. He wasn't afraid, but he was curious about what was underground. Now that seven stone coffins had been unearthed, this place was considered unlucky, and he certainly couldn't continue building houses there. But he was even more curious about what was down there. It couldn't just be these seven inexplicable empty stone coffins, could it?

So he directed the workers to continue digging, and they dug for three days. In the middle of the seven coffins, five meters deep, they unearthed two large urns that were locked together with chains!

He had someone carefully open the top urn, and when they looked inside, everyone present was dumbfounded.

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