The ultimate master in the city

"Xiuying was originally a pretty decent woman, not the kind of woman who'd be promiscuous." The young man with the messy hair said with a regretful look, "I don't know why she fell for that bastard Mo Wei. You wouldn't believe it, when they first started out, the noise they made every night was like a pig being slaughtered. Even Xiuying's mother couldn't stand it and ran out cursing. Later, the uncles and elders saw it and thought, 'Well, since it's like this, let's get married to save face.' So Mo Wei became the second son-in-law of the Li family."

Zhou Fengchen thought to himself, "Mo Wei must have eaten the brains of my first son-in-law. That bastard is quite good at usurping my place." He asked, "Didn't you just say Mo Wei was an alien? Where did you get that idea?"

The young man with the messy hair said, "When they first got married, weren't we all envious and jealous? We would always ask him out for drinks and mess with him. Guess what? Mo Wei, that bastard, changed completely when he drank. He was terrifying. He grew a bird's beak, his face was covered in pimples, and his neck was half a meter long. He looked like an alien. It was terrifying."

After he sobered up, everyone asked him about it, and he said that he had a strange illness when he was a child, and that he would have cramps and change his appearance whenever he drank alcohol, but no one believed him and they all thought he was an alien.

That's not all. At the beginning of the year, Xiuying finally got pregnant and gave birth to a child a while ago. This child was terrifying. He was just like Mo Wei after drinking together. As soon as he was born, he bit Xiuying. After that, he jumped onto the roof beam, his tongue sticking out half a meter long, and cackling strangely. The midwife was terrified. When the uncles and elders came over and saw that he was a monster, they beat him to death!

Later, Mo Wei returned and went berserk. He beat up his mother-in-law and also beat up his uncles and brothers. Then he held the dead little alien and cried for three days.

Mo Wei is useless at farm work, far worse than the previous son-in-law of the Li family. His mother-in-law already disliked him for being lazy and good-for-nothing, and now with this incident, the mother and son are at each other's throats! The old lady has tried to kill herself several times; if it weren't for everyone holding her back, she would have been dead long ago!

Hearing this, Zhou Fengchen scratched his nose and sighed. If a demon wanted to become human, no one could stop him. After thinking for a moment, he had an idea and exchanged a few words with the young man with the messy hair before parting ways.

Around noon, he entered Old Li's house again with a sullen face, and snorted heavily as soon as he entered.

The old lady was knitting a sweater, it was unclear who it was for, but when she saw him come in, she looked annoyed. "Didn't I tell you? Mo Wei won't be back until tonight. What are you doing here again? Are you trying to be a scoundrel or something?"

Zhou Fengchen sneered, "To tell you the truth, I came here earlier only to test you. This time I'm here to warn you! Your family is about to face a great calamity!"

The old woman's face changed, and she flung her sweater aside. "What are you talking about, young man? How did you come to be in such dire straits?"

Zhou Fengchen formed a hand seal and said, "Amitabha! This humble Taoist is not a friend of Mo Wei, but a Taoist priest from the Sanqing Temple on Mount Wuling. Yesterday, I chased a demon here, and that demon was none other than Mo Wei!"

Whether there is a Sanqing Temple in Wuling Mountain is hard to say, but Wuling Mountain is quite famous in the area. Anyway, it's all nonsense, and the old lady in the mountain village probably doesn't know much about it!

Sure enough! The old lady stood up abruptly, "What did you say?"

Zhou Fengchen said with a righteous expression, "I'm telling you, Mo Wei is a monster. If you believe me, we'll go outside and talk. If you don't believe me, I'm leaving. Don't blame me if your daughter gets eaten by him someday!"

He turned and went out the door, put his hands behind his back, looked at the sky, and felt a little uncomfortable because of the snowflakes.

creak, creak...

The old woman hobbled out, tilting her head to look at him. "Young man, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Zhou Fengchen said, "Do you even know Mo Wei's real name, where he lives, or what his surname is?"

The old lady was taken aback. "I asked, and he hasn't said yes all these years."

"So... is Mo Wei very lazy? Doesn't he do farm work?"

The old lady nodded. "Yes!"

"Is Mo Wei never home?"

"yes!"

"Did your daughter give birth to a monster?"

"Ah—yes!"

Zhou Fengchen squinted and said, "Only monsters can give birth to monsters. Your daughter isn't a monster, is she? Who are you calling a monster?"

The old woman was stunned. After a moment of hesitation, she nodded resentfully, "It must be Mo Wei!"

Zhou Fengchen snapped his fingers. "That's the idea. If that monster Mo Wei gets tired of your daughter, do you think he'll just crunch away and eat her up?"

The old woman's face turned pale. "Taoist priest, you must save my daughter!"

"I've come to resolve this matter!" Zhou Fengchen pulled the old woman aside, took out a talisman from his robes, pointed at it with two fingers, and chanted an incantation, "I command this talisman to vanquish demons and exorcise evil spirits! By the power of the Supreme Lord Laozi!"

Strangely enough, the talisman flashed and emitted a yellow light, which only subsided after a while. When the old lady saw it, she was so frightened that she almost knelt down.

Zhou Fengchen quickly helped her up and said, "Auntie! Let me tell you, this talisman is a Celestial Master's Demon-Subduing Talisman. If you want to save your daughter, keep the talisman safe. Tonight, when you're cooking, burn the talisman, stir it into the water, and cook the rice. Then, give it specifically to Mo Wei to eat, and he will reveal his true form. Don't panic then. Just stand at the door and shout 'Taoist Master, save me!' and I will immediately descend from the sky to subdue him!"

"Okay, okay!" The old lady tremblingly accepted the talisman, thanked her profusely, and went home.

Zhou Fengchen watched the old lady go inside, looked around, and then jumped onto the roof. After circling around, he found the house of the young man with the messy hair. He thought to himself that the money wasn't for nothing. While everyone inside was chatting, he jumped down and grabbed some leftovers. After finishing, he ran to the dry thatched hut in front, crawled inside, and ate while waiting for it to get dark.

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Meanwhile, back at the Li family matriarch's place, ever since Zhou Fengchen told her about this, she had been restless and unable to sit or lie still. She had lost her appetite for knitting and was pacing back and forth, clutching the talisman tightly.

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Her daughter, Xiuying, found it strange and peeked out from the inner room to ask, "Mother, what's wrong? What was that young man doing here again?"

Grandma Li stammered, "Nothing, nothing. The young man didn't want the bag anymore and left."

Xiuying said "oh" and continued to lie down to sleep, coughing occasionally.

Seeing her daughter's appearance, Old Mrs. Li's "new and old grudges" against Mo Wei rose rapidly.

As evening approached, Old Mrs. Li burned the talisman as instructed, mixed it with a bowl of water, cut up some cured pork from her home, used the talisman water to make a braised pork dish, and also prepared several other side dishes.

As darkness fell, Mo Wei returned, limping in his tattered clothes. He sniffed around as he entered, then looked at the dishes on the table and said, "I'm in a good mood today!"

Having completely calmed down, Old Mrs. Li replied quietly, "It's alright!"

Upon hearing the sound, Xiuying jumped out of bed and rushed out, throwing herself into Mo Wei's arms like a little woman, "You're back?"

Mo Wei patted her back affectionately, "You're back, you're back. Are you feeling better?"

Sooyoung looked up with a smile, "Much better."

As if remembering something, she said, "Oh, right! A young man came to your house today claiming to be your friend, and said the bag in the inner room was his!"

Mo Wei's expression changed drastically, and he shoved Xiuying aside, demanding, "Where is he?"

The old lady next to her trembled, lowered her head to scoop up the porridge, and remained silent.

Xiuying said with a grin, "Mom said he's leaving, and he doesn't want his purse anymore!"

"Uh!" Mo Wei nodded, letting out a sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good!"

The family of three then sat down to eat together, just like a normal family.

Grandma Li intentionally or unintentionally pushed the plate of cured pork in front of Mo Wei, and Mo Wei did not refuse, eating half of the plate in one go.

At this moment, Xiuying asked, "I haven't seen that bag before. Is it yours or that young man's?"

Mo Weiqian chuckled, not answering directly, "There's something good in that bag. That suona is an antique. I could tell from far away. This thing is simply..."

At this point, he suddenly clutched his stomach, his face changing drastically. He looked at the dishes on the table, then at Old Madam Li, "Old Madam! Did you hire a master to curse me?"

"No! No!" Old Mrs. Li smiled, got up, and walked towards the door.

"You lied to me!" Mo Wei bared his teeth and suddenly his appearance changed drastically. He grew a bird's beak, his face was covered in bumps, his head was bald and pointed, and his sparse, dry hair was scattered on both sides. His hands also turned into tiger claws, making him look indescribably strange and terrifying!

Grandma Li was startled and rushed to the door, shouting, "Taoist Master, save me!"

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