The moon hung high in the sky.
Deep into the night.
Qingzhou City.
In front of the Ji family's mansion.
A group of soldiers was patrolling the main road in front of the mansion.
As they were walking, they suddenly saw a crystal wall appear on one of the walls. It was shining brightly.
The soldiers were amazed, but at the same time, they were on high alert. They slowly approached the wall with their hands on their swords.
When they got close enough to see the scene on the crystal wall, they were deeply attracted.
It was too magical!
Something like this could actually appear on the wall. The scene was even clearer and more realistic than a shadow puppet show. It was as if they were watching a play in a theater.
Moreover, it was even more exciting and enjoyable than the plays in the opera house. The men and women in the opera house only acted out love. Even the leading actresses were wrapped up tightly. Even their faces were covered with heavy makeup. Their true appearance could not be seen and it gave people a feeling of unreality.
The women on the crystal wall were not only beautiful, but they also didn't have heavy makeup on their faces. Instead, they gave people a feeling of reality.
Most importantly, they only had a few strands of clothing on their bodies that barely covered their private parts. A large part of their bodies was exposed. That enchanting, that alluring, it brought great stimulation to their senses.
And what they were acting out was something that men liked to watch the most.
A group of ten soldiers were dumbfounded. Their necks were stretched so far that their faces were almost touching the crystal wall. It looked like they wanted nothing more than to stuff their eyeballs into the crystal wall …
At the same time, a shiny object the size of a ball passed by the Ji family's mansion and entered the deep courtyard. It was like a firefly floating in the air. Very quickly, it was discovered by a soldier who chased after it and shouted. It attracted the attention of the other soldiers who also chased after it and shouted.
Hearing the noise, the young master of the Ji family, Ji Sheng, put on his clothes and rushed out of his room.
When he arrived, he found that the object had reached the ancestral hall of the Ji family.
It attached itself to the door of the ancestral hall, and in a moment, it turned into a crystal wall that was one square meter in size. It began to play an obscene scene.
Immediately, all the soldiers, including Ji Sheng who had just arrived, were attracted. They were deeply immersed in it. Then, they couldn't stop themselves. Then, they couldn't control themselves. Finally, they all knelt down.
Magistrate Ji Luan heard the news and rushed over. When he saw the filthy scene in front of the ancestral hall, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
That was the Ji family's ancestral hall, where the ancestors of the Ji family were enshrined. It was a sacred and dignified place.
Even a magistrate like him had to kneel down every time he went in. But now, the soldiers were kneeling down too. However, they weren't kneeling down. They were kneeling down in blasphemy.
It was not only a blasphemy to themselves, but also a blasphemy to the Ji family's ancestors.
If this matter was spread out, it would be a great humiliation to the Ji clan.
After all, he was someone who had seen many things. When he saw a group of Outer Forging Level soldiers, including his own son, Ji Sheng, who was already in Inner Forging Level, unable to resist the magical power of the crystal wall, he immediately thought of the legendary Demonic Sound Wall.
The Demonic Sound Wall was a type of demonic tool that evil cultivators used human skulls to refine. Using this tool as a basis for bewitching techniques, it was invincible. No matter how strong the willpower, it would still be destroyed.
Even Ji Luan, who was already in the Qi Training Level and had crossed the Ordinary Martial Level, was on the path of breaking away from his mortal body. However, he wasn't a Buddhist Cultivator, so he wasn't immune to this type of bewitching technique.
Thus, at this moment, although he was distressed by the situation in front of him, there was nothing he could do.
He didn't even dare to get too close. Because once he saw the image of the Demonic Sound Wall and heard the decadent sounds coming from it, he would inevitably be affected.
"Fifteen years ago, the evil cultivator, Gui Qianqu, used the Demonic Sound Wall to wreak havoc in the world. At that time, the crystal wall was extremely large. When it was suspended in the sky, it could cover the sky. When it was suspended in the sky above the State of Qing, everyone in the city could see it at the same time. Regardless of whether they were men or women, old or young, they were all bewitched.
In the end, it was the Reclining Buddha, Master Zhi Zhi, who was known as the Reclining Buddha, who acted. Only then was it destroyed, and Gui Qianqu was killed. Only then was the chaos quelled.
Who would have thought that the Demonic Sound Wall would reappear, and appear in my Ji clan's official residence. This is clearly targeted at me … "
Staring at the Demonic Sound Wall from afar, Ji Luan murmured. His face was solemn. The Buddhist monk, Master Zhi Zhi Zhi, had already passed away. If this Demonic Sound Wall was as large as the one from ten years ago, who would be able to destroy it?
At this moment, a squad of archers shot arrows from afar.
However, before the arrows could reach them, the soldiers kneeling on the ground quickly crawled up and used their bodies to protect them. Not a single arrow hit the Demonic Sound Wall. All of the arrows pierced into the bodies of the soldiers.
After a dozen or so lives were lost, the crystal wall left the ancestral hall's gate and floated outside.
Ji Sheng and the remaining soldiers seemed to have lost their souls. Right now, they were like a group of walking corpses, following the Demonic Sound Wall and leaving the Ji clan.
Even a dignified prefectural magistrate like Ji Luan was helpless. The only thing he could do was to lead his personal guards and follow from afar, all the way out of the city.
An hour later, Ji Sheng and a group of soldiers were led by the Demonic Sound Wall to a mountain valley outside the city. When Ji Luan led his troops to the entrance of the mountain valley, Ji Luan ordered the troops to stop.
The mountain valley was filled with fog, and the screams of ghosts could be heard from within. There was also a strange sound. In such a dangerous place, and at night, perhaps even a deity would not be able to enter.
Ji Luan did not dare to act rashly.
Right at this moment, a yellow paper floated from the mountain valley. As if it was being controlled, it floated in front of Ji Luan.
Ji Luan stretched out his hand, but not toward the yellow paper. Instead, he grabbed toward the void behind the paper.
When he clenched his hand, a mournful and frightened cry came from the void. "I am here to deliver a letter. It has nothing to do with me. When two armies are at war, they do not kill the messenger. As a prefectural magistrate, don't tell me you do not understand this principle?"
Following this cry, a yin ghost appeared from the void. It had a green face and fangs, a sharp horn on its head, and a long spike on its tail. It was sinister and strange, but its strength was not low. It was already at the level of Ghost Li.
"Yin ghosts will only harm people if they are left alive."
Ji Luan's tiger eyes opened wide, emitting a cold light. His hand exerted force, and a stream of true qi immediately rushed into Ghost Li's soul.
In the next moment, the yin ghost's soul exploded and turned into ashes.
With a cold snort, Ji Luan grabbed the floating paper and opened it in front of his eyes. On it was written: If you want your son Ji Sheng to live, use a Qi cultivation method in exchange.
Seeing this, Ji Luan suddenly understood.
It turned out that the other party wanted a Qi cultivation method.
A Qi cultivation method was a method to further cultivate after external tempering and internal tempering. It was also a method for martial artists to transcend mortality.
The so-called transcendence was the process of breaking away from mortal martial arts, transcending mortality and even ascending to immortality.
Therefore, Qi cultivation was especially important.
However, cultivation methods were extremely precious, especially Qi cultivation methods. Other than those experts who lived in seclusion, only the government had such rare treasures.
But one thing was certain, he would never give the Qi cultivation method to a heretic.
This was not only because he had a righteous heart, but because there was a written prohibition that Qi cultivation methods could only be passed to orthodox martial artists, and there was a limit on the number of people.
If he passed it to a heretic and the governor found out, even if Ji Luan had nine heads, it would not be enough to chop off. He was afraid that nine generations of his family would be implicated.
Therefore, at this time, Ji Luan did not hesitate and crushed the Huangbiao paper.
The Huangbiao paper was a talisman. The moment it was crushed, it expanded and burned without fire.
At the same time, in the depths of the valley, a thin old man held a piece of Huangbiao paper in his hand. It expanded and burned without fire.
Seeing this, the thin old man's expression changed and then became gloomy.
At this time, a fat man beside the thin old man looked at the ashes of the Huangbiao paper and frowned. "So, Ji Luan rejected it?"
"It should be," the thin old man said.
The fat man looked dejected as he said, "If that's the case, then Ji Sheng has no value. Kill him." As he spoke, the fat man turned his head and waved at a man behind him. "Go, kill Ji Sheng."
That man was Bu Qinghu, the leader of the Black Tiger gang that was destroyed in Qingyang City half a year ago. Bu Qinghu responded and turned to Ji Sheng.
"Don't be in such a hurry."
The thin old man held out his withered hand and made a gesture to stop him. "Keep him. He is still useful."
At this time, two gray figures floated over and landed in front of the thin old man. They turned into a man and a woman. The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful. No one could tell that they were a pair of Yin Ghosts. Moreover, their strength was not low. They were both at the Ghost Li level.
They bowed deeply to the thin old man and reported.
"Father Thousand Face, bad news. Young Master Ghost died in Qingyang City."
"Yes, it was Lin Fan who killed him."
Thousand Face was shocked when he heard this. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "Lin Fan, it's Lin Fan again …"
"How did he resist the Demonic Sound Wall?"
"We haven't found out yet." The man and woman spoke harshly. They were clearly frightened.
They were all ghosts trained by the Thousand-faced Ghost, so they naturally knew what he was capable of.
The Thousand-Faced Ghost stared at them. His dark face turned red and became angry and ferocious. It was like a face-changing scene in a Sichuan opera. His eyes narrowed and his voice changed completely. It became low and hoarse. It was even worse than a ghost's scream. "What are you doing?"
The two Ghost Li saw Thousand Face's face change. They were so scared that they knelt on the ground and trembled.
Thousand Face Ghost raised his sleeves and two ghostly claw-like palms came out of his sleeves. His arms extended infinitely and reached two meters long. Finally, the ghostly hands grabbed the necks of the two Ghost Li with lightning speed and squeezed their necks until they were as thin as an arm. Just as he was about to crush them, he suddenly let go. Thousand Face Ghost said angrily, "If it wasn't for the fact that I'm in dire need of manpower, I would have turned you into ashes."
"Thank you, father. Thank you for your mercy …" The two Ghost Li knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. They thanked him profusely as if they had been pardoned.
"The revenge of killing my son is irreconcilable. Father, let's go to Qingyang City first and kill that Lin guy. Then we'll come back and deal with that Ji guy …" The fat man behind said.
"No," Thousand Face said decisively. "Ji Luan can sacrifice his son for the sake of the plan. I can too. Moreover, revenge is a dish best served cold.
We can't spoil the plan just because of one Lin Fan. "
At this point, Thousand Face turned to the fat man and said, "Hua Qinglong, remember our goal. For this, we can do whatever it takes."
"Yes," Hua Qinglong cupped his fist and answered. He then ordered his men to tie up Ji Sheng and imprison him in the cave.
It was night.
Lin Fan was still awake. He laid on the bed and thought about the Demonic Sound Wall.
Now, he could be sure that the Demonic Sound Wall and the bronze mirror case were done by the same group of people. That was the evil cultivation organization led by Thousand Face.
Moreover, it could be concluded that there should be other gangs involved. This could be seen from the assassination of him and Lei Jun in Qingzhou City by the ten assassins. There was one more thing he couldn't understand. Since it was an organized and premeditated action with a purpose, why did the Thousand-faced Ghost start with the Lu Family?
Lu Zhanyuan was only a commander. This position was not important in Qingzhou and did not receive much attention.
Could it be that Thousand Face had a grudge against the Lu family?
Or was it related to the Lu family's ancestral Zishan Yi Hua Gong?
Now he could be sure that Zishan Yi Hua Gong was the only technique that could resolve the Demonic Sound Wall.
If Thousand Face knew this, then he should have avoided the Lu family. However, he knew that there was a tiger in the mountain, but he still went to the tiger's mountain. His first target was the Lu family.
However, the Lu father and son did not use the technique that could resolve the Demonic Sound Wall. To be precise, they did not know how to use it.
Obviously, they did not know that Zishan Yi Hua Gong could resolve the Demonic Sound Wall's charm.
Or rather, they did not think of this at all.
After all, this was not easy to discover. Lin Fan also observed and pondered several times before he figured it out.
After thinking for a while, he still could not figure it out. He thought of the Qi cultivation method.
Now his cultivation had reached the peak of Internal Training. If he wanted to go further on the martial path, he had to cultivate Qi.
As for the Qi cultivation method, Fang Qianqiu did not have it. This meant that the entire Qingyang County did not have it. Otherwise, Fang Qianqiu would have practiced it.
Moreover, Fang Qianqiu revealed that the prefectural magistrate, Ji Luan, had it. However, he did not want to have anything to do with Ji Luan.
Although his daughter Fang Yuanxue was killed by a fox demon, in the end, it was Ji Sheng who had committed outrages.
Ji Sheng had committed a sin, but his daughter had to pay for it. Fang Qianqiu was quite resentful.
He did not want to see anyone from the Ji family.
However, the next day.
The person he did not want to see came again.
However, it was not Ji Sheng, but Ji Luan.
Ji Luan did not bring a single soldier. He came alone and even disguised himself.
Although Fang Qianqiu did not want to see him, he had to see him. After all, Ji Luan was different from Ji Sheng. Ji Luan was the prefectural magistrate, his immediate superior. Moreover, he had to treat him with respect.
In fact, he did not need Ji Luan to speak. He had already guessed the purpose of the other party's visit. However, he did not want Ji Luan to see Lin Fan at this time.
While exchanging greetings, he hurriedly ordered people to prepare food and wine, singing and dancing to serve him.
Seeing this, Ji Luan frowned and waved his hand. He was somewhat annoyed. "Brother Zhiqiu, Zhiqiu, why do you still have to go through these complicated formalities with me?
I tell you, I came today for an important matter … "
Fang Qianqiu became serious. "Sir, if you have anything to say, please do not hesitate to order me.
I will do my best to do it. "
"You said it yourself," Ji Luan said. "You go and call that Lin Fan for me."
Fang Qianqiu played dumb. "Sir, which Lin Fan?"
Ji Luan said, "The heroic youth of your Qingyang City.
He is also the new Deputy Dutou Chief of your City Defense Army. "
Fang Qianqiu said, "Him? He doesn't seem to be at home."
"Qianqiu, don't play dumb with me. I am not in the mood to chat with you. I will go and find him myself." Ji Luan said and walked out.
Fang Qianqiu hurriedly stopped him. "I dare not trouble you. I will go and invite him myself."
After saying this, Fang Qianqiu turned and went to invite Lin Fan personally.
After a while, Lin Fan was invited out. On the way, Fang Qianqiu said, "Ji Luan must have come to ask for your help because of Moyin."
Lin Fan said, "Sir, then, should I help or not?"
Fang Qianqiu said, "Of course, this matter cannot be avoided. After all, you have a job. Ji Luan's words are orders to you.
If you don't help, you will be disobeying orders. "
"But, you can take the opportunity to get the Qi cultivation method." Fang Qianqiu said, "Whether you can get it depends on your ability."