Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

Xuanyin Xingjun rolled his eyes at the green snake, not wanting to argue with her, and simply said:

"Stupid people can live. This is a natural flaw given by God, and no one can change it. But when a stupid person becomes a black sheep, then there is no need for her to live."

Suddenly, a shrill cat cry came from the yard ahead.

The cat's cry did not come from the voice of a kitten, but from the throat of an old woman, which was harsh and clogged with phlegm.

Li Zhishui, who was standing nearby, had made preparations beforehand, but he was still frightened:

"Go to hell, you old woman, you scared me!"

He turned his head and saw a red figure on the wall. The old lady was wearing the red cotton-padded jacket she wore when she was alive. Her face had become a terrifyingly ugly cat face, with twisted and hideous features and blood stains on her mouth. I wonder where she had just gone to harm livestock.

Li Zhishui had seen water monkeys before. In comparison, the cat-faced old lady was just so-so. Her image was not particularly disgusting, but the viciousness on her face was the most creepy.

He cursed, grabbed a handful of boy's urine with one hand, and threw it at the cat-faced ghost, but it didn't work.

"No way, a three-year-old baby has lost his virginity?"

Li Zhishui could only swing his sword. The black dog blood had some effect. When it hit the cat-faced ghost, there was a "sizzling" sound of white gas, but the actual killing power was average.

The cat-faced ghost slapped the machete away with one claw. Despite its old body, its speed was astonishingly fast!

Li Zhishui had no choice but to run out of the courtyard and seek help from a group of masters.

The people outside were indeed not idle. Each of them showed off their unique skills. The aura of magic was flying, and fire nets, lightning palms and other things appeared on the street.

The officers and soldiers guarding not far away felt very reassured just by looking at this scene.

But Li Zhishui saw clearly that many of the spells did not hit the cat-faced ghost at all, but instead hindered each other. This further stimulated the cat-faced ghost's ferocity, and its fangs and big mouth were about to split to the ears!

"You...forced me to death!" the cat-faced ghost's voice was vicious.

Taoist Lu Niao had already run away, but when he saw the dirty creatures appear, he couldn't help but turn back.

[Why aren't you running away again?!] The crow was anxious.

"I have a spell to suppress ghosts left by my master, I will try to help! And..."

"Being able to cause trouble doesn't mean you're right. The old lady is talking about how wronged and resentful she is. She's the one who deserves death the most."

Taoist Lu Niao took out his amulet, chanted a spell, and finally shouted at the evil spirit:

"Ghost Spell!"

No response—

In the flash of lightning, the cat-faced ghost lost track of Li Zhishui. The loud shout of Taoist Lu Niao attracted her attention instead.

In her ferocious frenzy, she quickly turned her attack towards Taoist Lu Niao and gradually crawled towards him.

Now it's embarrassing.

The little Taoist's mind was blank, and he had no idea what to do next!

【Crow buckles its eyeballs! 】

The crow flew down, aiming its claws at the cat-faced ghost's eyes, but stopped mid-flight.

Chu Wuji appeared beside him, grabbed it steadily, and put it back on the little Taoist's shoulder.

Afterwards, when everyone nearby thought that this outsider was about to use the giant blade, they saw him standing there nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders and moving his joints. Suddenly, an afterimage appeared on his elbow, flashing quickly -

The cat-faced ghost flew backwards and hit a nearby wall. Its body was dented and burned black by the invisible yang energy.

"When the Ghost Suppression Curse doesn't work, you have to use the Ghost Suppression Elbow."

Chu Wuji walked over quickly, his hands like eagle claws, grabbed the cat-faced ghost, threw her to the ground and smashed her several times, completely turning her into charcoal.

The streets were silent.

How could the cat-faced ghost, which everyone had tried their best to suppress, be killed by just two swings from him?

Chu Wuji didn't want to take action at first, and was just watching the show. But when he saw that the little Taoist priest he had spoken to earlier was about to get into trouble, he stepped forward and elbowed him. It didn't take much effort, and it was like a game.

But in order to stabilize the situation, he politely said:

"This old lady who turned into a ghost has been beaten severely by everyone. She is at the end of her strength. I just happened to hit her with the last blow. It's not worth mentioning."

A group of practicing Taoist priests smiled awkwardly, doubting themselves whether they had really injured the cat-faced ghost seriously.

The fight lasted for most of the day and was very fierce, and the young man went over to push and was beaten half to death by the cat-faced ghost...

But if the evil spirit is successfully eliminated, then everyone is happy! Don't worry about so many details!

The only one who had an objection was the female official Wang who was hiding and watching from a distance.

She stared with discontent at the surviving Li Zhishui and said angrily:

"Why don't you wait until Li Zhishui dies before taking action against the cat-faced ghost? How dare this idler, panning for sand, challenge my authority in public!"

One of the counselors of Lady Wang said worriedly:

"Sir, how about reconsidering this? You can reduce the compensation for the scavenging team, but if you abolish them outright... we've already had minor floods for two years straight."

The female official glared at the counselor coldly and scolded him:

"What are you thinking? Do you want me to slap myself in the face? If I withdraw the order now and recall the sand-mining team, who will take my decisions seriously in the future?

At worst, if the water really floods this year, I can raise money to build a new dam to hold back the water. There's absolutely no way the dredging team will come back!"

Author's Note: (66/134)

Chapter 287 Insinuations

The disaster in the city was over, and many people ran out to celebrate. I think they were hiding behind the cracks in the windows and doors and watching the whole process.

They immediately surrounded the Taoist practitioners with the most amazing magic skills, expressed their admiration and worship, and agreed to visit Taoist temples to pay homage and offer sacrifices to them one day.

The people may not be able to see clearly who is strong and who is weak, but everyone can see who has the coolest magic.

Chu Wuji's face was unfamiliar, and his actions were simple and unpretentious, so few people came over. He himself was happy to have some peace and quiet. If it was too noisy, Sister Longnu would probably be dissatisfied.

"Thank you for your help and rescue." Taoist Lu Niao had just been dragged away by the crow, but he turned back to express his gratitude.

Chu Wuji nodded to accept the other party's thanks, and then without further chat, let the crow take him away.

The crow that had awakened its intelligence was indeed very alert. It could see the dragon horns of the Sky Fox Goddess and the Xuanyin Star Lord, and it was very panicked.

Li Zhishui stayed where he was. He was still frightened after the reckless act. He looked at the cat-faced ghost with trembling body. He drank a few sips of liquor before he calmed down.

Chu Wuji stepped forward and asked, "Are you from the sand-mining team? Why did the female official disband you?"

I have already learned a lot of inside information from passers-by, but you might as well ask the person involved a few simple questions and use it as a topic for chatting him up.

Li Zhishui looked Chu Wuji up and down, and saw that the woman in the gorgeous dress beside him had a rare noble demeanor, so he guessed that the two of them were outsiders who practiced alchemy.

Although he didn't know him, Chu Wuji had just participated in the crusade against the cat-faced ghost, so Li Zhishui was no longer so reserved and fearful.

He briefly introduced himself and then replied:

"The sand panning team is a government-funded team. They usually start panning sand during the dry season. If there is a lot of sand in the river and it accumulates quickly, we have to dive into the water to dig and load the sand. Once we are busy, we can't stop.

But spring and autumn are our free time. Some people take extra part-time jobs to support their families, while others hang out, drink, play cards, or practice martial arts.

The problem lies in this idle time!"

Li Zhishui got angry just thinking about it. He took a swig of wine, using the aroma of the wine to relieve the depression in his chest, and continued:

"After the female official took office, she took us for granted when she was busy, but when she was free, she thought we were slacking off. She couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to make us run the show and do the daily work of standing guard.

But we weren’t given much in salary!”

Chu Wuji nodded and roughly understood the situation. It seemed that there was indeed no special hidden secret, nor was there any personal grudge that could only be judged by the public.

It was simply the case of the female official Wang. As a new official, she made three big moves upon taking office to establish her authority over the people below her. She naturally suppressed anyone she disliked, and then problems arose from this suppression.

"What about the next steps for the dredging team? What about the river sand in the diversion dam?"

Li Zhishui listened to the two questions from the young alchemist and was unable to respond for a moment. He frowned and thought hard, then sighed:

"The shovelers also need to eat. Without their pay, we have to find other ways to make a living."

"But many of the members of the dredging team have families and relatives who rely on their fields for their livelihoods. They can't stand the threat of floods, especially after two years of dredging, when all the surplus food they've saved is gone..."

This kind of difficulty is by no means a complaint without reason. Ordinary people do not have the confidence to live off their savings.

Bai Sujin spoke quietly to her son, and Chu Wuji asked on her behalf:

"Then didn't the local gentry and landlords find a way to raise money and manpower to hire a shoveling team to continue shoveling?"

Li Zhishui shook his head and said bitterly:

"The gentry and landlords wouldn't be so kind. They're also worried that even if they raise money once, the government might just throw the expense on them to bear in the future.

Some gentry also said, "Let's sell all the land to them. That way the land will become their private property, and they will be willing to pay for sand panning."

The gentry here are quite cunning. This practice is actually land annexation.

When the people sold their land to the landlords, they could only become tenant farmers and help the gentry and landlords manage the fields. The future harvest of the fields had nothing to do with them. The gentry would only give the tenant farmers a little food that was barely enough to survive, and they could hardly save any surplus food.

Chu Wuji rested his hand on the hilt of the sword, tapping it lightly with his fingertips, and said:

"So are you planning to let the floods continue this year as well?"

Lai Chi Shui was not hypocritical. He said:

"Recently, I've been discussing with other team members whether we can get everyone together to pan for sand and take away as much as we can. We've suffered losses in harvest for two consecutive years and we can't afford to suffer any more losses this year.

Otherwise, some team members' families will not be able to make ends meet, and they will have to leave their future to fate, or move elsewhere."

Chu Wuji had finished talking about everything he wanted to talk about, so he said goodbye and left without staying any longer.

These days are the Jingzhe flood season, which is a good time to move to the source of the Yulun River.

He went upstream along the river.

On the way, the White Snake mother rested her head on the back of her son's hand and sighed compassionately:

"This city's government is forcing the people to shoulder their own expenses and save money. If no one goes to pan for sand one day, they'll use the floods as an excuse to force the people to sell their land."

It is hard to say whether the adults in the city have such thoughts at present, but when the time comes, they will definitely go with the flow. Seeing such a great bargain there, why not take advantage of it?

They have plenty of money to spend, but the people cannot afford such consumption.

The only two solutions are that the flood is big enough to drown the gentry and landlords, and everyone is reincarnated and starts a new life together.

Or you can follow the method of Xuanyin Star Lord and use the power of the Water God to directly issue a death order.

There is no possibility of pinning hopes on this female official anymore.

Aunt Green Snake's focus was rather off-center. She suddenly asked:

"By the way, is there Hailan's House here, a place rich in silk production?"

The Fox Goddess was amused and said jokingly:

"It's certainly possible. Those stockings consume a lot of silk. The spiritual essence of the Sericulture Country is quite good, and the silk produced there is probably far superior to other places."

Although there was a bit of a bad atmosphere, I have to say that my aunt's focus was very meaningful, and Chu Wuzhi was also curious whether there was a branch in Shoujiang City.

But it would be a waste of time to go back and confirm now, as we are almost at the source of the Yulun River.

As they were chatting, Xuanyin Xingjun suddenly hissed and reminded everyone:

"There are water tribes hiding ahead. It seems they are the ones who created the river sand."

In places related to rivers, Bai Sujin and others' perception was not as sharp as the Dragon Girl's, and they had not yet sensed any breath.

Chu Wuji asked, "What kind of water creature? Are they difficult to deal with?"

Xuanyin Star Lord continued to sense carefully, the breath of the waves of the river, and the changes in the spiritual energy in the water, all reflected in her mind in great detail.

She concluded, "It's probably a small deity from a nearby river, who came to the water source here specifically to spit out sand."

Chu Wuji had never seen a monster called a toad, but he had heard of it a long time ago.

Because the term "innuendo" refers to this kind of water monster, which will hide underwater and spit sand at people on the shore to attack them, and can kill them with one blow.

Chapter 288 Resonance Water God