Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, but Thunderbolt Taoist Sect

Chapter 138 Don't Target the Wrong Person for Revenge

"A crocodile? Isn't that just a crocodile? What's there to be afraid of?"

The basic setup was complete. All that remained was to go to the places where spiritual veins could be found, check them one by one, and set up the formations. Yi Yang had just finalized a target when he was told that even if there were pig dragons causing trouble in the area.

In his view, "pig dragon" is just another name for crocodile. What's there to be afraid of? They can't beat gods, but surely they can handle a few crocodiles?

"I think they're probably just bigger Yangtze alligators. Forget about using magic, a group of people with spears could kill a whole bunch of them."

"No, it might not be a crocodile."

Yan recalled what happened while she was still in the underworld.

"There is a dragon species called 'Pig Dragon' in this world. Those two madmen in the East Sea killed the Pig Dragon, but it turned out that the Pig Dragon was related to the Dragon King of the East Sea, and things went wrong in the end."

Not only did those two guys mess up and get caught, but their plans in the underworld were also affected. Now the underworld is more strictly managed than before, and it will be difficult to sneak in again.

Otherwise, they could bribe ghost messengers to get information about spiritual veins, but now they can only proceed step by step, one by one, and they don't dare to recruit ghost soldiers casually.

"If it really is a dragon's offspring, we still need to be on guard."

After all, dragons can reproduce with any animal, resulting in a wide variety of offspring. Killing an insignificant dragon is nothing; what's truly worrisome is when the dragon is connected to a real dragon or the local dragon king.

"Whether it's a dragon or a crocodile, we have to go see it. You go with Lan Ying... Lan Ying, what are you doing?"

Halfway through the task instructions, the two noticed Lan Ying lost in thought in the corner, with a pile of scattered materials beside her. These were for experimenting with how to amplify the array. These materials were nothing special; what was unusual was Lan Ying's absent-mindedness.

Normally at this point, she should be showing annoyance and mocking the White Lotus Cult members for not being able to distinguish between crocodiles and legitimate dragons, rather than sitting in a corner in a daze, seemingly oblivious to the conversation.

Yi Yang called her a few times, but there was no response. Yan drifted over and patted the table under her. Although he had no physical body, he could still touch things whenever he wanted, completely at his own discretion.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Lan Ying's eyes were vacant, and she appeared to be in a daze. This appearance indicated that she was communicating with a cursed insect that she didn't know where it was.

It wasn't just a matter of being distracted; it was about receiving intelligence from somewhere.

"what's up?"

After being brought back to her senses, Lan Ying frowned as she looked at the two people.

"Let's start the search for the spiritual veins from the southernmost point. You and Yan will take that... Qingyangzi with you. He suggested the location of the spiritual veins, so he has to go too."

Qingyangzi didn't demonstrate his specific combat strength, but since he was Asura King's companion, his strength must be considerable. If that pig dragon was indeed a dragon, then we could just let him take action.

After repeating the arrangements, Yi Yang, seeing that neither of them had any objections, continued to ask.

"What were you doing just now?"

"According to the news from the north, besides the great demon who destroyed the White Lotus Sect's stronghold, there are also quite a few Taoists in the north, who seem to have come down from Laoshan Mountain."

"What are those Taoist priests from Laoshan doing here?"

The Taoist priests on Laoshan Mountain are all heavyweights. They are a group of Taoist priests who are singled out in the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. They didn't even go looking for the famous Nie Xiaoqian, for fear of running into Yan Chixia. How come they didn't run into Yan Chixia, but are about to run into the Taoist priests of Laoshan Mountain?

At this time, the Taoist priests from Laoshan came down the mountain, and the group couldn't help but start to have some doubts. They had been keeping a low profile before, and with those two crazy guys from the East Sea drawing their attention, they hadn't encountered any powerful immortals. Now they couldn't afford to run into the Taoist priests from Laoshan.

"Fortunately, these people are all in the north..."

After so many battles, they discovered that the known enemies were mainly concentrated in the north, while in the south there was a gold and silver duo who were being drawn into the fire by another of their companions. Yi Yang also considered that they should try to avoid them, which is why he had Lan Ying and the others start from the southernmost point.

However, now, the South not only has the Gold and Silver Combination, but also the Hengshan Group. Ying did attract Shuangxiu's attention, but Yue Wuque's team is still wandering around in the South.

The farce in the Yang family finally came to an end. Ma Jiepu led his men to Henan to help them settle down. Hu Sijie got the painting and went to a secluded place to cultivate in seclusion. Yue Wuque and the others originally planned to start with the White Lotus Sect. Mo Xunzong had some experience with this, but before they could cause trouble for the White Lotus Sect, they unexpectedly caught a ghost who wanted to harm people.

It was all an accident. They were just passing by when a bunch of little people suddenly jumped out of the nearby jungle, clamoring for them to come and save people.

These tiny figures were only knee-high to a normal person, with the tallest barely reaching their thighs. Their hair was tied into small buns, and their ears were somewhat pointed.

Mo Xunzong had seen a similar villain before, during the rescue when he met Sister Hu. The fox that asked Ma Jiepu for help had this kind of appearance.

They are actually a kind of human form of fox spirits. Because their cultivation is not high enough, they cannot transform into normal human form and can only transform into small people who are about the same size as foxes.

The little people chattered and gossiped that there was a female ghost in a nearby town who was trying to harm people, and they wanted to ask these people, who looked like experts, to save them.

People naturally prefer to believe it rather than not, thinking that such a group of fox spirits had low cultivation levels and couldn't possibly trick anyone, so they quickly went over to see what was going on.

Upon realizing the situation was true—a female ghost was about to pull a young woman to hang herself—they quickly intervened, saving the woman and bringing the female ghost in for questioning.

Why do you want to harm people?

This is a very pitiful-looking female ghost. She looks to be about the same age as the victim, around fifteen or sixteen years old. However, this female ghost is full of resentment. She is dressed in coarse linen clothes, her hair is disheveled, her eyes are bloodshot, and there seem to be traces of blood and tears under her eyes.

Rather than an evil spirit, she looked more like a vengeful ghost who died unjustly. However, they were certain that the victim had no grudge against her because the young woman's first reaction after escaping the female ghost's clutches was to cry, clearly indicating that she had been persecuted for a long time.

"She deserves to die! I've already said, whoever marries their daughter to that heartless man, I will kill her!"

"...Isn't that illogical?"

Mo Xunzong frowned.

Shouldn't the unfaithful one be killed first?

From the female ghost's words, we can roughly infer that she had a feud with the woman's husband, and may even have died because of him. Following this logic, shouldn't you kill that unfaithful man first in your revenge? What does "the wife you just married" mean?

The female ghost's original surname was Dou. She was the daughter of a farmer in a nearby village. There was a young man from a prominent family in the town named Nan Sanfu who liked to ride horses and go on outings. One day, it happened to be raining, and Nan Sanfu went to Dou's house to take shelter from the rain. He took a liking to Dou and then came to flirt with her several times.

Although she came from a poor family, she was still the daughter of a respectable family. At first, she resisted, but then Nan Sanfu swore that he would marry her properly, and Dou Nu finally agreed.

If things had gone smoothly, this could have been a beautiful story. But in reality, Nan Sanfu looked down on her peasant background and never considered marrying her. He only visited her when Dou's father was away, and the marriage was kept postponed.

Finally, Dou became pregnant and gave birth to a child. The truth could no longer be hidden. She told her father what had happened amidst his beatings and scoldings. Dou's father sent someone to inquire, but Nan Sanfu denied everything. Dou's father then abandoned the newborn child and beat and scolded his daughter even more fiercely.

Dou also begged others to tell Nan Sanfu about her suffering, but he still refused to acknowledge her. She fled her home that very night and ran to Nan Sanfu's door to demand an explanation. She didn't want anything else, just for him to acknowledge her and she would be free from her suffering. But let alone see him, the servants of the Nan family had already been instructed not to open the door for her.

Unable to get in, she could only lean against the door and cry. Dou had just given birth and had been beaten and scolded. She ran to the entrance of Nan Sanfu that night, completely exhausted. That very night, she cried herself to death.

Dou's father went to the government to accuse Nan Sanfu, but the other party settled the matter with money. Dou's daughter died unjustly and turned into a vengeful ghost. She appeared in a dream to warn any family that wanted to marry into Nan Sanfu's family that if they dared to give their daughter to Nan Sanfu, she would come and kill them.

Even though she had already warned him in a dream, the other party still married his daughter off to him. Since that was the case, she naturally had to keep her promise and kill the man.

"To entrust one's sincere heart to the wrong person is indeed pitiful. But..."

Shu Longqin tapped her palm with her folding fan as she looked at the pitiful female ghost in front of her, who was recounting her ordeal.

“Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. Instead of seeking revenge on those who wronged you, you harm someone else’s daughter. How can such behavior be considered revenge?”

The little fox spirits rushed to them because the young woman was also a lady from a wealthy family. She usually liked to feed birds and cats in her yard. These little fox spirits would occasionally pretend to be ordinary foxes to freeload off her, and since they were indebted to her, they naturally wanted to help her now that she was in trouble.

This behavior shows that the young woman is a good person. In today's society, the requirements for a so-called "good girl" are that she never leaves the house and her marriage is arranged by her parents and matchmakers. Before getting married, this girl probably didn't even know what Nan Sanfu looked like.

"The unfaithful one is Nan Sanfu. Instead of going to his dream to slap him dozens of times, you come here to bully a weak woman. What, have you been assimilated by that unfaithful man?"

Yue Wuque's words are still incredibly sharp. Even if the other party is a pitiful person, that's not a reason for Dou Nu to use revenge as a pretext to target an innocent woman.

You've become a demon, able to send dreams to others, why don't you just send a dream to Nan Sanfu directly? You can hit, scare, and scold him and no one will care. You can even drag the other person to hang themselves. Why don't you go and harm the unfaithful man, but instead drag someone's newlywed daughter to hang herself?

After the woman calmed down, the group learned that ever since she married into the family, she had been constantly threatened by Dou in her dreams. She was ordered by her father to marry Nan Sanfu, and dared not speak of what happened in her dreams, so she could only endure it.

Unexpectedly, the evil spirit in my dream struck me dead today. Tomorrow, my father is coming to visit. If he sees his hanged daughter when he enters the house, I don't know how chaotic the scene will become.

"Faithless man, fickle lover, these guys who owe you emotional debts really deserve... What are you all staring at this beautiful woman for?"

As they were talking, Yue Wuque sensed that something was off about the atmosphere. He turned his head and found Shu Longqin, Meng Danqing, and Mo Xunzong all staring at him. What was wrong? Had he just used some really foul language?

"No, it's nothing."

Shu Longqin casually withdrew her gaze, as if the scene of everyone staring at Yue Wuque had never happened, and continued to look at Dou Nu.

“You died because of injustice, and Nan Sanfu was indeed a terrible person. If you want revenge, we won’t interfere, and if you want to ask for help, we wouldn’t mind helping you get justice. But you’ve implicated innocent people in this, and you’ve strayed from the true meaning of revenge.”

Perhaps the woman's father was wrong to insist on marrying his daughter to Nan Sanfu despite Dou's advice. However, Dou's act of killing an innocent person over this matter is unacceptable.

"They're just bullies who prey on the weak."

Yue Wuque gave this evaluation.

"me……"

The female ghost was rendered speechless by the reprimands from the people opposite her. Her original intention in attacking the woman was to intimidate Nan Sanfu, who had wronged her. She wanted to ensure that no family in the town would dare to marry their daughter there, and that Nan Sanfu would be disgraced and die a horrible death.

The fact that he died because of Nan Sanfu was well-known locally, and no one dared to marry their daughters there anymore. However, a wealthy family insisted on marrying their daughter to Nan Sanfu's family because of their wealth.

To instill fear in others, she naturally had to target women who had married into the family without warning. Otherwise, once Nan Sanfu saw that his new wife was unharmed, he would soon return to his normal life with smug satisfaction, just like he had previously managed to get rid of a lawsuit by throwing money at the problem.

But today, after being touched by a few seemingly immortal figures, Dou Nu's heart, which was filled with hatred, suddenly cleared up. She died because of Nan Sanfu's betrayal. If she were to use this resentment to harm other girls, wouldn't she become just as despicable as Nan Sanfu?

"Was I wrong? Was I wrong...?"

Two lines of bloody tears flowed down her previous tear tracks, turning into nothingness as they hit the ground. She was already dead; no matter how loudly she cried, her tears would not fall to the ground.

Looking at the weeping female ghost, Yue Wuque and the others exchanged glances. The fact that she could recognize the problem and listen to others' advice meant that she had not completely lost her mind and could still be saved.

According to Yue Wuque's assessment, this female ghost was much smarter than Yang Wanshi, and compared to that coward, the cave girl was practically "teachable." It's clear he disliked Yang Wanshi; even after leaving the Yang family, he didn't forget to hurl a jab at him.

"If you need help, we can assist you."

Meng Danqing helped Dou Nu, who was kneeling on the ground, to her feet. He had been comforting the young woman who was almost led to hang herself, and now he was comforting the female ghost who had just tried to harm her.

"Can't you send messages in dreams? You can go directly into Nan Sanfu's dream..."

"Then slap him dozens of times in your dream, what's wrong, Senior Shulong?"

This time it wasn't Yue Wuque who said it, but Mo Xunzong. Looking at Shu Longqinxin who suddenly turned to look at him, Mo Xunzong was completely bewildered; he had simply repeated what Yue Wuque had just said.

Shu Longqin did not answer, but sighed and turned to look at Yue Wuque.

“Wuque, you’ve even corrupted Yuan Wuxiang’s disciple.”

"What does this have to do with Yu Ren?"

Yue Wuque didn't understand, and now he also wanted to cry foul.