Chapter 258 It’s over
"Why? Don't you want to live again?" Qian Bowen asked doubtfully. "Who in this world, including kings, princes, generals and ministers, doesn't want to live one more life? Even the First Emperor, who was so great and influential, tried every possible means to achieve immortality. Aren't the affairs of this world important to you?"

"Stop talking." Yao Nianchun said angrily. He calmed down his anger and looked at Qian Bowen coldly. "Everyone has to die. This is my fate. Since it is my fate, why should I let others bear it for me?"

"Uncle, you always taught me that a scholar should be unyielding, unyielding in power and unmoved by poverty. But now, for such a thing, you have done something so outrageous. Even if my soul is torn apart, I would rather live in a body that has harmed others. That would only make me feel sick! It would make me feel deeply sinful!"

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Qian Bowen fell silent after hearing this.

After a long while, when the crescent moon rose and the night wind blew, he stood alone in the courtyard and sighed, "I understand."

"I have another question. I wonder if Uncle Qian can answer it." Seeing that the atmosphere was ripe, Li Daoxuan spoke up to break the silence.

Qian Bowen looked at him, nodded and said, "Go ahead and tell me."

"I wonder how Qian Bo became what he is now?" Li Daoxuan asked.

He was very curious about this matter. After all, Qian Bowen could appear in front of him in the form of a rooster and a human, and he could not detect any illusion at all. This was really beyond Li Daoxuan's cognition.

"This matter." Qian Bowen pondered, "It was not my fault. I was just imprisoned in this rooster."

"Being imprisoned on a rooster?" Li Daoxuan was a little puzzled.

"This is another drawback of this method." Qian Bowen said, "If you want Nianchun's soul to live in the world for a long time, you need someone to be connected to him. But my body is old and I can no longer move. In order to let the Meishan Master connect me with Nianchun, he confined me to this rooster. Once Nianchun's matter is over, I will die completely."

"But this rooster is quite strange. I have been attached to it for a long time and have acquired some abilities. I can change my appearance and talk to people."

After hearing these words, Li Daoxuan finally understood why he felt strange after coming to the Yao family, and why he could not use the art of exorcism to detect Qian Bowen's abnormality.

It turns out that Qian Bowen is neither a human nor a demon, but something in between, so exorcism spells are useless and talismans are ineffective.

After understanding this, Li Daoxuan calmed down. If he encountered this situation again in the future, he would have more experience.

"It's getting late, you should go back." Qian Bowen sighed, "Now that things have come to this, I can't say anything more. Forget it."

The rooster left, and Li Daoxuan and Yao Nianchun had nothing to say.

The two looked at each other for a long time, then returned to the altar.

Yao Nianchun disappeared, and the half soul in the paper man returned to Li Daoxuan's body, leaving Li Daoxuan sitting on the altar.

He waved to the servant who had been waiting for a long time and said, "Tell the lady that the matter in the mansion has been resolved."

The next morning, festive sounds of gongs and drums were heard inside and outside the Yao family's residence.

Mrs. Yao looked at Li Daoxuan with gratitude and expressed her generous reward for him for getting rid of the strange phenomenon in the mansion.

“If Daoxuan hadn’t come to our aid, we don’t know when this mansion would have peace.” Madam Yao said with a smile.

She waved to the maid, who was holding a mahogany box in her hand.

"This is the deposit of 500 taels. I will give you the rest of the reward money in two days. Then you can take it back to your master."

"Aunt Yao, you're too polite." Li Daoxuan said with a smile. He was not very interested in the money at the moment.

Yesterday's incident was still lingering in his mind, and he didn't know how to tell Mrs. Yao.

After returning to the house with the money, Gong Youwei smelled the box with great interest and seemed quite interested.

"You're still having fun." Li Daoxuan pinched Gong Youwei's head, "I also know a lot about the Yao family."

Gong Youwei looked at Li Daoxuan in confusion.

"what happened?"

"Nothing, I just thought of a lot of things." Li Daoxuan sighed, and told her everything about the Yao family.

"How could he do such a despicable thing?" Gong Youwei opened her eyes wide, "Why would he want to kill someone else?" "It's just out of selfishness." Li Daoxuan patted Gong Youwei's head, "People are like this. Good and evil are just a matter of thought."

As the two were talking, Mrs. Yao came over.

She looked at the situation in the room and then handed something to Li Daoxuan.

"Today, the Yangzhou government sent this item to me. They said it was found in the home of the Yangzhou prefect. I thought it might be a clue for you, so I sent it to you."

Mrs. Yao handed it to him. He took it and looked at it carefully, and found that it was a piece of wood carving of the Mother of No Birth. Next to it was a talisman with a line of words written on it, which should be a spell to summon the soul.

Li Daoxuan held the object in his hand, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

He looked at Madam Yao and asked, "Aunt Yao, was the altar taken down yesterday?"

"No. It was too late last night, so I didn't tell the servants to dismantle it. I thought of dismantling it today." Mrs. Yao asked in confusion when she saw Li Daoxuan asking about the altar.

"Thank you Aunt Yao, I am indeed of some use." Li Daoxuan hurriedly thanked her.

"Aren't things at home settled? What are you going to do?"

Li Daoxuan smiled and told her his plan.

"Is it really feasible?" Mrs. Yao said with some concern.

"Don't worry, Aunt Yao. I know what's going on."

"I just need to find this evil wizard. With his actions, he will surely be suppressed by heaven's punishment. Then I will use thunder magic to strike him." Li Daoxuan said confidently.

After hearing this, Mrs. Yao was still a little worried.

"Hearing Daoxuan's words, this bandit must be very powerful. I wonder if you..."

"I have a plan in mind, Aunt Yao, don't worry. I just need to borrow this thing and I will make sure he never comes back." Li Daoxuan said, his eyes drifting out the window, "But, I still need Aunt Yao's help."

"You can rest assured. I will certainly help you." Mrs. Yao answered affirmatively.

After saying that, he began to arrange what Li Daoxuan wanted.

Li Daoxuan responded with a smile.

By dusk, the Yao family's house was also brightly lit.

Li Daoxuan sat on the altar and raised three cups of wine to toast heaven and earth.

He placed the piece of wood carving on the talisman altar and trapped it with the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.

"Thunder roars in the sky, Lord Mengli. I have received your order and summoned you to descend quickly. I have raised clouds and spewed out mist, and I have hurried to the altar. I have led the five generals, and searched the mountains and rivers. I have captured all the spirits and ghosts and brought them to you. I will follow the emperor's order and carry it out immediately!"

After saying that, he raised the peach wood sword, pointed it toward the sky, and then stabbed it hard into the wood carving.

A few miles away from the Yao family, Young Master Wang was sitting cross-legged in the yard, meditating quietly.

There stood a puppet in front of him, which also had sharp claws.

"That kid is ruining my business. He is really as persistent as a cow. Once I have trained this zombie, I will make sure that kid dies without a burial place."

After talking to himself, Young Master Wang pasted a few talismans on the zombies.

Just as he was about to try another method, he suddenly felt an ominous sign coming.

"What's going on?" Young Master Wang looked outside in confusion.

He put on his clothes and walked out, and saw that the sky was now covered with dark clouds.

(End of this chapter)