Chapter 58: Initial Exploration of Liu Family Village

  "Old Shu!"

  Ning Feng was startled, this person hadn't even arrived yet, but a strong smell had already wafted over, almost knocking him out.

  If he hadn't recognized Shu Bailings voice, his foot would have been lifted and it was a close call that he didn't kick him out.

  "What's going on here?"

  "And what did you just call me?"

  Ning Feng's action of lifting his foot still made Shu Bailin restrain himself a bit, at least he didn't directly pounce over and hug his thigh to start wailing.

  "Your Highness?"

  Ning Feng looked at Shu Bailin, who was still smiling obsequiously despite his disheveled appearance, and couldn't help but find it somewhat strange. "This is what being a superior looks like?"

  "It used to be called Ning Brothers before."

  Shu Bailin scratched his head, and directly came up with a complaint: "Young master, you don't know that old Shu has been wandering around this ghost place for seven days, but I couldn't find you."

  When he said that, his expression was so pitiful, just like a small dog being abandoned and thrown out of the house, it's heartbreaking.

  Thinking of this description, Ning Feng almost vomited, his face becoming even more bizarre. Looking at Shu Baili's disheveled appearance and adding that smell to it, he really believed it.

  "You never left?"

  Ning Feng felt somewhat disappointed, thinking that once he came out, he would be able to figure out the situation in Liu Family Village. Now it seems that he still needs to go and ask around personally.

  "Went to Liu Family Village for a little over an hour."

  Shu Bailin said with a big smile, and then came over again, as if afraid that Ning Feng would lose him once more.

  "Stop it!"

  Ning Feng hastily blocked him and said: "Let's find a place to clean up first."

  "I know the place, I know."

  Shu Bailin felt a bit embarrassed and quickly led the way forward.

  For a moment, the sound of gurgling water entered her ears. Ning Feng looked at Shu Bailin's face and saw that it wasn't good. What was she doing so early? Was she deliberately showing loyalty or simply lazy by nature, not even willing to take care of herself?

  Shu Bailian would be able to howl again if he knew about this heart-wrenching theory.

  At that moment when he was driven away to clean up, Ning Feng couldn't help but wonder: "What is Old Shu trying to do? His attitude changed too quickly."

  "But..."

  He remembered that when he was in Ganlu Town, before the identity of the Taiyang Shen Gong disciple was exposed, Shu Baili had already shown some strange behavior, and now it's even more so.

  "If it's really for the purpose I think, then this old Shu's eyes are indeed poisonous and can't be underestimated."

  Ning Feng was just thinking about it when Shu Bailin appeared in front of him, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

  His hands were still holding two fish, his body kept bowing, his mouth was open, and they were still fresh.

  Both fish are about one catty, and it's not easy to catch such fish in a small stream.

  As soon as Ning Feng saw them, his stomach started growling.

  "Hmm..."

  Ning Feng covered his stomach with his hand, somewhat embarrassed, as he had shouted too loudly in the Temple of the Five Organs.

  "I didn't feel it when I was cultivating before, turns out... I've been stuck on the seventh day of Qi refinement all along."

  It wasn't until now that he realized, in the past seven days, whenever he was thirsty, he would drink from his own water supply, but he hadn't felt hungry at all, to the point where he had even forgotten that he needed to eat.

  "It's no wonder that when they cultivate, they all take the Bu Gu Dan pill. It turns out that during cultivation, the feeling produced will confuse the body's own reaction and prevent the cultivation from being interrupted."

  Ning Feng's heart still had lingering fears: "If we were to be locked up for a few months, even if we didn't starve to death directly, wouldn't we become skin and bones?"

  He shivered, and at the cry of Wǔ Zàng Miào, he forced his eyes down, and Shū Bǎilíng began to make tea with great self-awareness. A moment later, two branches strung with two fish were rolling over the bonfire, roasting until the aroma filled the nostrils.

  The taste was good or bad, whether it was cooked enough, Ning Feng hadn't figured it out yet, and the two fish had already gone into his stomach. All that was left was Shu Bailin gazing at the fish bones on the ground with an unparalleled sense of desolation.

  "Lao Shu, with your abilities, since you've been around Liu Jia Zhuangzi for a while, I suppose nothing can escape your eyes?"

  The storm has passed, and now it's time to focus on the main issue.

  "That's it." Shu Bailin's melancholy dissipated, puffed out his chest, like a proud rooster.

  "Are there monsters?"

  "There is an evil spirit, very evil."

  Under Ning Feng's attentive listening, Shu Baili recounted the situation as he knew it, one by one, in detail.

  "The largest household in Liujiacun, it is said that their ancestors were outer disciples of the Temple of the Sun God, but by this generation, no one has shown any potential for cultivation. Their ancestors were the founders of Liujiacun."

  "It was this family who suffered, especially with Liu Mao Cai, the old master of the house..."

  It all started from last week.

  Liu Mao Cai's old man admired the elegance of his ancestors, although he had been verified to have no potential for cultivation when he was young, he didn't believe it and kept searching for immortals and asking about Taoism, until he reached the point of being possessed by evil spirits.

  Not to mention other families in the village, even his own children and several concubines at home, it's normal for them not to see him for ten or half a month.

  A week ago, when Liu's family came to look for him because of something, they found that the master of their house was paralyzed in bed, with only his eyeballs moving.

  The whole family was suddenly panicked, and all kinds of medical inquiries were not mentioned.

  From that day on, strange things started to happen. The Liu family, and even the entire village of Liujiazhuang, often experienced ghostly encounters. Many people would be frightened out of their wits in the middle of the night and fall ill, bedridden with sickness.

  Liu's family said that their ancestors were also outer disciples of the Temple of Gods, and when they were sent to this place back then, it was with a mission. There is a way for them to contact the Temple of Gods at home, so the flustered Liu family quickly contacted the Temple of Gods.

  This led to the arrival of Ning Feng and Shu Baili.

  By the time they figured out what had happened before and after, the two of them were already walking in Liujiacunzi.

  A small village with about a hundred households, more than half of whom are surnamed Liu, mixed with about ten households of other surnames, can be called a place where chickens and dogs know each other, not much different from a single village.

  "This is Liu's family?"

  Ning Feng pointed with his hand, and in front of him was the largest courtyard in the entire village, which was also unmatched by his own family. Outside the courtyard, there was a large mulberry tree that was tall and sturdy, with its branches and leaves spread out like a dense umbrella.

  Under the mulberry tree, in the shade of the nettle tree, a group of children are playing.

  "It's this family." Shu Bailin's voice was not without envy, "I don't know how many hundreds of years ago there was an ancestor who was a outer sect disciple of the Sun God Temple, and yet now they can still contact the temple for help, and the temple actually responded."

  "Tsk tsk tsk, the Temple of the Sun God, indeed one of the Seven Wonders of the World. I'm impressed, I'm impressed."

  Ning Feng smiled slightly and shook his head, too lazy to explain the seven sects of the world to him. Only the Sun God Palace would be like this. Internally and externally, the palace's attitude was vastly different from that of other sects in the world.

  As they were talking, a childish voice came from under the big mulberry tree:

  "One day I will be emperor, and this will be my chariot canopy!"

  A child stands on a wooden horse, one hand pointing upwards and the other hand on his waist, saying loudly.

  "Huh?"

  Ning Feng had an urge to clean his ears, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked: "Old Shu, what's this kid's name?"

  "What's the kid's name?" Shu Bailin was taken aback, wondering why he was being asked about the child's name. He was confused and shook his head, saying: "He is Liu Lao Ye Zi's legitimate grandson, nicknamed Liu Gou Dan, not yet having a formal name."

  Ning Feng felt relieved at once and thought it would be better if he didn't call Liu Bei.

  He immediately looked at Shu Bailin with new eyes and praised: "Not easy, old Shu! You actually know the name of such a naughty child."

  "That's it, I've been all around the Liu family, up and down, familiar with everything."

  Shu Bailin was pleased with himself, he had no tail, otherwise it would have been lifted up.

  "Huh?" Ning Feng became curious and asked: "How did you do it?"

  He thought this Shu Bailin was like before, sneaking in through the door and listening for news, but now it doesn't seem that way.

  "I've signed up."

  Shu Bailin said matter-of-factly.

  "Registration..."

  Suddenly, Ning Feng felt an ominous premonition.

  "Yes, the disciples of the Temple of the Sun God, who were ordered to investigate, would naturally cooperate and make it easy."

  Shu Bailin put on a humble face, but it didn't look like him at all. His nose was red from drinking, and his forehead seemed to be written with the words "Come quickly to praise me". Ning Feng couldn't help but want to punch him in the head, just to vent his anger!

  "Ah."

  "Any harvest?"

  Ning Feng let out a sigh and shook his head, too lazy to say more. In short, the image of the Shen Gong sect's disciples had been ruined by this guy.

  Shu Bailin was a bit bewildered and honestly replied: "There isn't any inside the Liu residence, but there is outside."

  "Huh?"

  Ning Feng showed a curious expression, and Shu Bailian suddenly gained spirit, speaking with great enthusiasm.

  It turned out that Shu Baili didn't find anything in Liujiacun, so he wandered around in a bad mood and finally found a clue at the Shen family's house.

  Shen was over thirty but less than forty years old, with an only son who was still young and somewhat unruly. He had been scolded many times by Shen using his deceased father's teachings, yet he refused to change his ways.

  This time, the Shen surname youth saw the sky's white day drowsy sleep, night outing, spirit gradually declining.

  Shen was worried and scolded, but a young man with the surname Shen said something that frightened Shen and also piqued Shu Baili's interest.

  "Shen Jia Xiao Tu Zi said that he was strolling around the outskirts of the village at night, in a deserted garden where foxes were said to appear, and did something with a beautiful woman."

  "After the cloud and rain, the beautiful woman told Shen Jia Tu Zi that she was not a human being, but a fox fairy. Shen Jia Tu Zi liked her beauty and didn't mind, so they made an appointment every day, and even an iron body couldn't withstand the exhaustion."

  Shu Bailin said with righteous indignation, but Ning Feng was quite skeptical, having just seen him wiping his mouth.

  Besides, how could Shu Bailin have flipped into **home and heard this conversation, it's very suspicious.

  Ning Feng raised an eyebrow and stared at him for a long time, until Shu Bailin's face turned red and he looked away, muttering: "Young Master Ning, I think that fox is very suspicious. The Liu family has been rooted in this village for hundreds of years, and recently there haven't been any outsiders coming or going. Can't think of any other possibility."

  "Let's go take a look at that noisy garden ahead."

  Ning Feng slightly nodded his head, and Shu Bailin was not very reliable, but this analysis couldn't find any flaws.

  "Really?"

  Shu Bailin is now fine as long as he doesn't mention **that thing**, and they quickly set off on the road.

  Zhuangzi was very young, and in a short time, the sun had just begun to set slightly towards the west, they left Zhuangzi and came to an abandoned garden.

  As soon as he arrived here, Ning Feng's eyebrows furrowed.

  "Indeed there is a problem."