Chapter 59: The Sacred He

  If records are correct, the Chimeric creature should have appeared many years ago and then disappeared. Is it still in some place on this earth now?

  When flipping to the thirtieth page of Fugawa's notes, I suddenly saw a new record, roughly sixty years ago there was also a record of the appearance of a Qilin.

  That era was an age of war and chaos, the Jiangshi being the ancestor of zombies, representing death and disorder. Isn't that a reflection of that era? The reappearance of the Jiangshi also speaks to the past.

  According to the records in my hand, at that time, a certain place was plagued by an epidemic and almost all the villages were on the verge of extinction. The ignorant villagers thought it was a punishment from the gods. At this time, a golden-haired animal appeared, and the villagers thought it was the source of the disaster and wanted to kill it. Just as everyone was about to capture and kill it, unexpectedly, all the villagers in the village turned into bloodthirsty monsters.

  Later, this matter shocked a certain government at the time. The government sent troops to clean up, but being bitten by these monsters would make them the same as them.

  Fuhe found it strange that Ranyi Dashi was there at the time, and also with the Fu family. This means that the Fu family was also there at the time. Ranyi Dashi recorded in his notes that this disaster was finally resolved by the people of the South Gate.

  Fu Jiang knew that it was estimated that the Fu family was invited by Yan Yidashi, but as for this matter, the Fu family's records were scarce and almost non-existent, without even mentioning the incident of Pingxiao.

  Fuhe turned to the last page of his notes, and there was almost no other record. He closed his notebook and began to flip through the books in the Fu family's collection. He felt that there must be something missing about Xiāo (犼) in them. As the ancestor of zombies, it was impossible for the people of the Fu family to have so few records of Xiāo, fewer than a few.

  Fu Chuan inadvertently picked up a relatively new book, which looked like it was less than a hundred years old. Fu Chuan flipped through it and found that it was written by a female heir of the Fu family. A female heir?

  Isn't it said that women will never inherit the family business? How can there be a book about female successors?

  Fuhe learned from the book that this female heir was the only adult family member in the Fu family at that time, while other children were still minors, and the head of the household had passed away. Therefore, the Fu family could only temporarily let this female family member take over as the head of the household until the other children grew up and became adults, and then select one to succeed as the head of the household.

  Fu Jiang read the introduction on the first page of this book and felt that this woman was truly the most unique one among his ancestors. It is said that she, the only female head of the Fu family in history, had fought against zombies back then.

  At that time, the Fu family had not seen a real zombie for decades, but this female leader had a positive encounter with Jiao due to a coincidence.

  Fu Chuan thought that if it were so, she would have been defeated and annihilated, but she didn't die. It's said that she even wounded the enemy general, causing them to retreat in defeat. Fu Chuan found this unbelievable.

  Is this ancestor too powerful, able to injure the Qilin and even defeat it? What kind of realm is this? Fu Chuang doesn't believe it, and he's starting to doubt the authenticity of this book.

  But this book should be no exception, as it was written by the next heir of the Fu family. The Fu family's collection of books and records of events are very meticulous, and predecessors would not have written a fake event to deceive other members of the family.

  Fu Chuan looked at the records in the book, that incident happened sixty years ago. Fu Chuan thought it might be the same as the one recorded by Ran Yi Dashi, but after continuing to read on, it was not the case. The time and place were also different from what Ran Yi Dashi had recorded. Was it saying that the Fu family had seen the Qilin twice, and this record should be the second time?

  Fujiang thought he was talking nonsense, so he continued to read on. The book recorded that this incident occurred in a city in the north, where the appearance of Qiong made the land barren and grainless. The Fu family observed an unusual phenomenon and went to the north to pursue it, but unexpectedly discovered the appearance of Qiong.

  Fuhe thought that they should have a powerful magic weapon to deal with Jiao, but it wasn't mentioned in the book. Anyway, they were always unable to defeat Jiao, whose abilities were too strong. However, this time Jiao was not enthusiastic about fighting them and seemed very sad. Yes, that's how it was written in the book - Jiao seemed very sad and his magic powers were greatly reduced, which is why he got hurt by her.

  Fu Chuan thinks that the Hu should be a long-standing enemy of the Fu family, and it's not just one appearance, but also has clashed with the Fu family more than once. Fu Chuan also believes that there must be other records, even earlier ones.

  Fu Xiang began to flip through the other, more ancient books in the Fu family collection. Those books were all stored in a nanmu wood box, and they were placed in the nanmu wood box because the books were so old that they weren't suitable for preservation, so they needed to be kept in the nanmu wood box. Moreover, every time Fu Xiang wanted to look at them, he had to wear gloves and handle them with care. He still remembered how, in the past, he had accidentally touched these books and ended up getting beaten by his uncle.

  Just as Fu Chuan was watching with relish, San Yang interrupted him: "Master, there's a phone call for you."

  "Who."

  "Your dad."

  Fuhe's father, a man who betrayed the Fu family, a cunning man like a fox, a man whom Fuhe despised, yet Fuhe still honestly answered the phone.

  Fuhe's father was originally the first choice to inherit the Fu family, but in the end he ran away from the Fu family and went to England, where he remarried and had children. To this day, he has never returned to the Fu family.

  Fu Chuan once asked his father if he regretted leaving the Fu family, and his father said no. He told Fu Chuan that as the head of the household, everything would be restricted, and there was no way to be as carefree and happy as he is now. However, he did say that the one thing he regretted in this life was not taking Fu Chuan's mother with him when he left.

  Fuhe's father and mother had an arranged marriage, but after they got married, they also found love sparks. At least Fuhe thought that his father still loved his mother who had been missing for many years. He was alone abroad, so he must have felt lonely, and when he was lonely, he would look for women. He just wanted to achieve success in the UK and then bring his mother back to reunite with him as a family. However, who could have thought that one time without protection would lead to his mother going to the UK to visit him, only to see him holding onto a woman with a big belly on her way to the hospital for an abortion? That woman should thank Fuhe's mother; if it weren't for his mother seeing them and insisting on divorcing his father, that woman probably wouldn't have been able to marry Fuhe's father in her lifetime, giving their child a legitimate name.

  Mother is the eternal pain in Father's heart, and Pei Chuan doesn't know why he likes to stir up this pain in his father's heart, repeatedly tormenting him.

  On the phone, Fu Chuan's father clearly demanded that Fu Chuan go to England immediately and not care about the affairs of the Fu family anymore. Mr. Fu had always been very resentful of the Fu family for taking Fu Chuan away at that time and asking him to take over as the head of the family. At that time, he was escaping because he didn't want to be bound by the Fu family.

  Fu Chuan said: "I go back to the UK? Why should I go back, you promised Grandpa 5 million pounds to sell me to the Fu family, have you forgotten?" Another thing that makes Fu Chuan unable to let go is that when Mr. Fu's business failed and he owed a lot of money, his father, who was also Fu Chuan's grandfather, went to the UK to take him back. However, Mr. Fu disagreed and asked for 5 million pounds in exchange for letting them take Fu Chuan away. He even slapped his own son, saying that if they wanted to take Fu Chuan, they had to pay the debt first. In the end, the money was paid, because in the UK, things are different from China. If Fu Chuan's grandfather had tried to take him by force, Mr. Fu could have called the police and his father might have ended up in jail.

  On the phone, Fu Chuan was scolded by his father. He knew that it was impossible for him to make the child he had with a white woman as his heir. By the way, after paying off his debts, Fu Chuan's father's business had been booming and he had become the richest Chinese in England. And many years ago, Fu Chuan had already been the son of the richest man, but few people knew about this matter.

  In fact, logically speaking, Fu Chuan had long since severed all ties with his biological father in England. However, Mr. Fu treated Fu Chuan as his own son and it was impossible for him to hand over the business to the children born to his white wife, who were still young, while Mr. Fu himself was already very old and recently in poor health.

  "I've been feeling unwell lately and I'm thinking of retiring early."

  "Then just donate the money."

  Fu Chuan said, however, that getting Mr. Fu to donate the money was more difficult than killing him, but how could Fu Chuan possibly give up everything and go to England, abandoning everything?

  "Sorry, I won't go." Fu Chuan really didn't want to and also didn't want to get involved in those disputes over property, just like he was stuck in the Baofa Building.

  Mr. Fu said, "I know you still hate me for divorcing your mother back then. You also know what happened that year was because your mother insisted on divorcing me. You saw it yourself. I've already dealt with that woman, but your mother abandoned you to me and left England without even discussing it with me."

  "Do you know how happy I was when your mother brought you to the UK that year? I knew our family could finally be reunited. Yes, I admit it wasn't a good thing for me to do, but there are some things...I'm a man, and you're a man too, you should understand that sometimes a person drifting outside can't help but..." Mr. Fu said.

  Fu Chuan said he didn't want to hear him say that anymore and added: "Leave your family property for your other children, I don't need it, the Fu family's money is enough for me."

  Fuhe had known for many years what kind of father he was, an absolute person who could sell out anyone for his own benefit. This time, he wanted Fuhe to go back, and it's likely that he was also calculating Fuhe. Fuhe didn't want to continue arguing with him anymore.

  "But, Father Fu said at this time: "I know that as a father, I don't count as a good one in your eyes. I also know that there are some things you haven't figured out yet. But you are my son, and that's an unchangeable fact. Are you going to harm yourself?"

  Fu Chuan said: "Are you done? I'll hang up once you're finished."

  Fu Chuan knew that things were not so simple, and for so many years he had not taken care of him. Now that he found him, he wanted him to go back and inherit the family business. So Fu Chuan felt that these things were still quite suspicious, but he also felt that his own attitude was a bit problematic.

  Fujiang turned on the TV and switched to an international channel, where a news report appeared, roughly saying that the richest Chinese in Britain was getting divorced from his wife, who was asking for a huge divorce settlement, and it was suspected that the rich man had an affair with his female assistant.

  "Awesome!"

  Fujiang suddenly realized that this old man would not be so cheap on himself, what psychological guilt wanted Fujiang to return and inherit the family business, in fact it was just wanting him to go back and become the chairman of the board of directors, actually it was just a disguised way of helping him transfer his assets, almost got cheated again.

  Many years ago, on the night he left Britain with his grandfather, Fu Chuan did not want to leave, but Mr. Fu used a candy with sleeping pills to cheat him onto the plane.

  Fu Chuan thought that he was being used as a gun, and Fu Chuan felt that his father was like this anyway, so there was no need to get angry.

  After walking back to the study, Fu Chuan was surprised to find that the camphor wood box had been opened. He put on his gloves and carefully took out the huge, worn-out manuscript inside, which had been damaged by insects.

  The pages are already worn and torn, but the content inside can still be seen. This handwritten copy has gone through more than 700 years, all written in seal script, which is still legible to Fu Chuan.

  Fu Xiang carefully flipped through the pages, he was very careful to look at the content on it, afraid of missing something. He looked at the content on it, and the content in the first few pages did not mention any records about the Qilin, but as he turned to the later part, the records of the Qilin began to appear.

  The introduction to the Xiǎo is roughly the same as that in other books. It is recorded that the first time the Pei family saw the Xiǎo was during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, when the Pei family had just begun to establish itself and was still a small part of the Mao Shan sect, not worth mentioning. The first encounter with the Xiǎo was also during this time, when the various branches of the Mao Shan sect gathered together to hunt down the Xiǎo, and the Nanmen Pei family participated in it. According to the book, the ancestor of the Pei family saw the Xiǎo for the first time by a small stream, hiding in a thicket of weeds and seeing the Xiǎo drinking water by the stream. When the ancestor rushed out, the Xiǎo had already disappeared. The book records that during battles, the Xiǎo was like a fierce beast, but when calm, it was no different from ordinary people.

  It's likely that this Qilin can also transform into a human shape, and our ancestors recorded in the book that almost nothing can hurt the Qilin, but the Qilin has a fatal weakness on its neck, where it is the place that has not been cultivated for thousands of years, that is, the small golden hair on its neck.

  That siege almost cost the lives of more than half of the Mao Shan sect, and it was the heaviest blow that the Mao Shan sect had suffered since its establishment. After that, the Mao Shan sect took more than 100 years to recover, and for nearly two hundred years afterwards, nothing good was heard about the Jiao again, as if it had disappeared from the world.

  Fu Chuan continued to flip through the pages, and the content recorded that two hundred years later, Xiūn appeared in the south, accompanied by another siege and bloody massacre. Of course, it was easy for Xiūn to slaughter those Taoist priests. It is said that after that time, zombies appeared, and the Taoist priests had a heavenly mission, which was to tame the zombies. As for how the zombies came about, Fu Chuan looked at the next page.

  Originally, Jiang turned people into zombies, and from then on, zombies roamed the earth. The Mao Shan sect also took it upon themselves to subdue the zombies. In fact, Fu Qian thought that Jiang's relentless pursuit of humans was just revenge. They all went to hunt down other zombies, who would still have time to surround and attack him?

  Fu Chuan thought that the dragon was quite clever, but in the later books, it is recorded that the dragon appeared in many forms. What surprised Fu Chuan the most was that from the subtle clues in the book, he found out that the first emperor of the Central Plains was actually also a dragon. The dragon turned out to be him, and it's unknown how he managed to sneak into the imperial palace, perhaps just to avoid the turmoil outside.

  Fuhe put down the book, he didn't want to read anymore, maybe later. He was a bit tired today. At this moment, San Yang rushed in, "Master, Master's wife is back."

  "Where is she?"

  "Under the Furong Building," said San Yang.

  Fu Chuan knew he couldn't let Li Baobao return to the Furong Building, as Mitsui Hiroya would be hostile towards her at any moment. Fu Chuan sighed and walked out, then rushed straight to the Furong Building.

  Right downstairs, Fu Chun saw Li Baobao being supported by that Dr. Jiang walking over, and the first thing Li said to Fu was: "Let's just stay at your place this time, it's the last time I'm listening to you."

  Fujiang looked at Dr. Jiang holding Li Baobao's hand and hated it so much that his teeth ached, "Three sheep, hurry up and hold your master's wife."

  "Yes, Master."

  When San Yang escorted Li Baobao in, Fu Chuan blocked Dr. Jiang's way, "I'm very curious, why are you so kind to Baobao."

  "Do you want to know?" Dr. Jiang also closed the car door and looked at Fu Chuan, but as soon as Fu Chuan glanced at Dr. Jiang, he felt dizzy and his eyes blurred. "What are you after all?"

  "A person who can change your destiny."

  "Change my fate?" Fu Chuan spat: "No need!"

  Dr. Jiang said, "Don't say that so early, maybe it's not needed now, but it will be in the future, I know you like Baobao, why can't you marry her? Aren't you afraid she'll be snatched away?"

  "Are you in a hurry?" Fu Chuan asked.

  "I won't take her by force, but she will come to me on her own. At that time, you might regret or even hate me." Dr. Jiang asked.

  "If you hurt her, I won't let you off." Fu Chuan warned him. Dr. Jiang was unimpressed and said: "You can't even get close to me, what qualifications do you have to say such things to me? Let me tell you, she is someone I must have, I quite like her, and I've decided to collect her."

  "Your perversion!" Fu Chuan shouted loudly. Dr. Jiang smiled and opened the car door, saying: "Then let's wait and see."

  Fu Chuan wanted to catch up, but just as he said, Fu Chuan couldn't get close to the man's body. He didn't know why, but whenever Fu Chuan walked into his side, he felt like his head was going to split open.