Chapter 66: Seeking Help

  "Mind your own business!"

  Jiang Zu has lived for so many years, surviving in this world for thousands and millions of years. Over the years, he has seen the world go from desolation to prosperity, then decline and rise again. He has always been very clear about what love between men and women is. Jiang Zu asked himself if after all these years, he had learned many things, even how to use a scalpel to help people heal, but it seemed that he still hadn't learned how to truly love someone.

  At this time, Jiang Zu looked up at the night sky, where there was a brightest star, and said to that star: "Is it that I haven't learned enough, why can't I learn, am I still too stupid?" His voice was still gentle, speaking to the star as if he were speaking to his loved one.

  Fu Chuan returned to the Baofa Building, his home, with a whoosh. When he pushed open the door and entered, Hu Lijin was still awake. She seemed to be waiting for Fu Chuan's return. "You're back."

  Fu Xiang nodded and said to Hu Lijin: "Why are you still up so late?"

  Huli shook her head and said: "I've been sleeping badly lately, I'm insomnia."

  "Insomnia?" Fuyang thought it was strange, as Huli Jing was someone who loved to sleep a lot, saying that sleeping could make her look more beautiful and keep her skin smooth. If she was woken up by anyone during her sleep, she would get very angry.

  Fu Chuan asked: "Is there something?" Fu Chuan intuitively felt that Hu Lijing seemed to have something to say, but after thinking about it, he thought she didn't.

  "She said: 'Forget it, how can there be such a coincidence in the world? I'll just go back to sleep.'"

  Fu Xiang stretched out his hand to block Hu Lijing's path, asking: "If you know something, don't hide it from me, tell me, maybe I can help you."

  Hu Lijing said it wasn't that she had something going on, but rather that she felt there was a problem with Jiang Zu beside Li Baobao. Fu Chuan couldn't help but laugh to himself - he wasn't just having problems, he was originally a problem.

  Jiang Zu was not afraid of Qiong Qi, Fu Chuan had tried it before. Qiong Qi, such a powerful divine beast, would be scared into a cat when seeing Jiang Zu. It is said that the food of Qiong Qi is dragon, and Qiong Qi is the son of dragon, how can he not be afraid? Thinking of this, Fu Chuan felt that he had really lost face. Fu Chuan originally only had one ear slap Qiong Qi, but Li Baobao had nine dragons, Qiong Qi was still the son of dragon.

  Fu Chuan asked, "Is there a problem?" Fu Chuan thought this shouldn't be a problem. Jiang Zu had been close to Li Baobao for so long and was now living in the same building as them, but he hadn't seen Jiang Zu bite anyone, so Hu Lijin must have been worrying unnecessarily.

  Hu Lijing thought for a moment, then sat down again and said to Chuan: "I always feel like I've seen Jiang Zu somewhere before. Later, I thought about it and remembered, but I'm afraid I might not be clear."

  Fu Xiang hastily asked: "You've seen Jiang Zu before? When was that?"

  Huli Jing counted on her fingers and said, "About twenty years ago." In fact, Huli Jing was not much older than Fu Chuan, just a few years older, so when she was young, she was the senior of Fu Chuan and Li Baobao's generation.

  "Twenty years ago, you were still very young." Fu Chuan said, Hu Li nodded and said: "Yes, only a few years older than you and Bao Bao. I remember that at that time you and Bao Bao were so small. I remember that year when school started, Jiang Zu seemed to have visited Bao Bao, I remember."

  "Did he go see the baby?" Fu Chuan thought it was unbelievable. "How is that possible?" Jiang Zu looked like he was only in his twenties, twenty years ago?

  "What was he like twenty years ago?" Fu Chuan asked.

  "I knew it was impossible. Look at Dr. Jiang, he's only in his twenties, how could he have met Baby twenty years ago? I must have mistaken him."

  Fu Chuan thought that maybe she hadn't misseen, maybe there was indeed some connection between Jiang Zu and the Li family, and it had something to do with Li Bao Bao. Fu Chuan also wanted to get to the bottom of this matter.

  "It's impossible." Fuchuan was afraid of saying something that would scare Hu Lijin, so he said: "Maybe you remembered it wrong."

  Huli Jing nodded and said: "Maybe I really remembered it wrong."

  "Do you know about Baby's parents?" Fu Chuan remembered that Li Baby was an orphan, and in all these years, no one had ever mentioned her parents. Some people said that her mother died of a difficult labor at the time of her birth, while as for her father, it had always been a mystery, because nobody had ever seen Baby's father.

  As for the baby's mother, it is said that she was either the younger sister or older sister of the previous master of the Furen Temple, and after giving birth to the child, she died a difficult death. The baby was raised by the elders in the family.

  Huli Jing tried hard to recall some past events, but ultimately shook her head and said: "I don't remember, it's been so many years, and I've also been away from the Fu family for a long time. There are some things I don't know about, forget it, I won't think about it anymore."

  "I'm going to sleep, you should rest early too."

  Fu Chuan nodded and stepped aside, allowing Hu Lijing to enter the room. It was only then that Fu Chuan remembered there was another person in the house who needed help, Hua Zi.

  Fu Chuan made a phone call to the Furong Pavilion, thinking that the girl's anger should have dissipated by now. However, before he could even speak, Ping'er picked up the phone and upon hearing it was Fu Chuan on the line, Li Baobao shouted through the receiver, "Don't let me hear that stinky rascal's voice again! Tell him to get lost!" Then Ping'er hung up the phone.

  Fu Chuan knew he had used too much force just now, but he didn't expect that he would really be angered by Li Baobao's words.

  That university girl's story was like this, at first in the bar Fù Chuān and she exchanged a glance, the two of them soon had a connection, Fù Chuān swore that he and her were just an ordinary one-night stand, really nothing more, also didn't know when it reached Li Bǎobǎo's ears.

  The girl jumped off the building and committed suicide later, but no one knew why, and no reason could be found. Later, rumors of a ghost haunting the school spread, and when Fu Chuan went to investigate, he discovered that it was actually the girl with whom he had an affair who was causing trouble in the school.

  She was originally going to be killed by Fei Chuan, but how could she get close to Fei Chuan's body? Later, after investigation, it was found that someone had posted the nude photos of the girl online, and the girl couldn't bear it and committed suicide.

  Until Fu Chu subdued the female ghost, he had not investigated who sent the photo. In fact, what Li Baobao said was impossible for him to do. Firstly, Li Baobao had no way of getting those private photos, and secondly, the photos looked like they were taken by someone close to the girl. At that time, Fu Chu's mood wasn't good, so he didn't continue investigating. Actually, he should have started investigating from the people around the girl, such as her ex-boyfriend or someone who liked her, these are all clues.

  Just now, I hit Li Baobao with my hands. It was that matter that made Chuan feel very shocked, so when Li Baobao said those words to annoy him, he would have hit her.

  Fu Chuan looked at his palm, the slap he had just received was quite heavy. Now Fu Chuan regretted it extremely and also felt an urge to rush over to find Li Bao Bao to clarify things or apologize.

  Just then, the doorbell rang. Fu Chuan opened the door to find Jiang Zu standing outside. "How did you get here?" Fu Chuan looked at Jiang Zu, feeling that he was really haunting him.

  Jiang Zu entered without being invited, saying as he walked in the door: "Baby won't help you, so I'll help you." Help him? Fu Chuan couldn't believe it. "You're helping me?" Fu Chuan felt like something was off - wasn't Jiang Zu on Li Baobao's side? Why would he be helping him?

  "You really will help me." Hana was in a hurry, and Fuchuan could only put his hopes on Jiang Zu. He looked at Jiang Zu's back and said: "If you're willing to help me, thank you."

  "Thanks for saying thank you, it's not easy to get that out of you. Alright, I'll help you, where is she?" Jiang Zu had already known beforehand that Fu Chun wanted to rescue someone, and as for who he was going to rescue, he naturally also knew in advance.

  Fuhe led Jiang Zu into his own room, where Huazi was lying on Fuhe's bed. Fuhe said to Jiang Zu: "She was injured by your fierce flames, and Mitsui Hiroya was also injured, but he managed to escape."

  Jiang Zu leaned in close to Hua Zi, the closer he got, the more unbearable it became for Hua Zi. He looked at Fu Chuan and said, "The wound isn't that severe, but it's enough to be fatal."

  "Can you save her then?" Fu Chuan asked.

  "If I couldn't save you, I wouldn't have come."

  Jiang Zu revealed his own wrist, fingernails emerging from between his fingers. He slit open his wrist and dripped his blood into Huāzi's mouth.

  When Jiang Zu left, his face was very pale. Although he usually had a pale complexion, Fu Chuan knew that this paleness was an abnormal one.

  He sent him off with a boat and asked: "Are you okay?"

  "Ahah, I'm no longer young, blood is the life of a zombie, what do you think? But it's okay, after resting for a while, I'll be fine."

  After returning, Jiang Zu put down the wardrobe and slept in it for a few days before recovering.

  Fukawa has been searching for Mitsui's hiding place these days, but to no avail. Fukawa wants to go after Mitsui again and eliminate him while he is at his weakest, but Mitsui has vanished into thin air just like before, and there is not a single clue left in the Kaifu Building.

  However, Jiang Zu did help Fu Chuan a lot. At least he didn't have to worry about the zombies in Jiahe Building running out and biting people randomly. But what Fu Chuan was worried about now was this time bomb, Mitsui Hiroga. He hadn't died, so it was very likely that he had already run out and bitten other people. This was also a major hidden danger. So Fu Chuan informed Xiao Liu that if any bloodless corpses appeared anywhere, he should notify him immediately. Fu Chuan knew that Mitsui Hiroga wanted to recover, so he must drink blood. Therefore, he felt that some things still needed to be asked for help from Xiao Liu.

  Fukawa has been studying an effective way to eliminate Mitsui Hiroya, perhaps the zombies have evolved and human weapons have devolved. Mitsui Hiroya seems to be immune to those ancestral weapons passed down from his family, and doesn't seem to be afraid of them anymore. Fukawa even had San Yang replace those old Zhu Sha and Hei Gou Xue, as well as the talismans, everything has been replaced with new ones.

  Fuhe was thinking about where Sanmei Hiroya, that old zombie, would hide, and he thought his head off, but still couldn't think of it. Just then, Sanyang walked in with a cup of tea in his hand, saying to Fuhe: "See, you offended the other side, now even Shifu doesn't give me good tea leaves."

  "Good tea leaves?" Fu Chuan asked, could it be that his family's side had no good tea leaves at all? When did the Fu family become so poor and destitute? Fu Chuan loved tea, especially those exquisite ones made with fine craftsmanship. San Yang said: "Do you think those good tea leaves were sent by whom in the past?"

  Fu Xiang heard San Yang's words and only then did he realize that the tea leaves he had been drinking all along were actually sent by Li Baobao through Pingzi.

  Fu Chuan felt a surge of regret and guilt, thinking about the slap he gave Li Baobao yesterday. He still had lingering fears in his heart. "Did Master's wife go downstairs today?" San Yang glanced at Fu Chuan and said, "How could she go downstairs? Ping'er said Master's face is still swollen."

  Fujiang felt even more distressed in his heart, he didn't expect himself to hit so heavily, and he didn't expect that he would actually hit Li Baobao yesterday. If it were in normal times, he wouldn't dare think about it.

  Fu Chuan thought that there was no way out now, and could only wait until Li Baobao's anger subsided a bit before going to coax her again. He seemed very confident, but San Yang said: "Master, don't think that Master will always be waiting for you there. Look at the person next to Master, Dr. Jiang is a very good person."

  Fu Chuan Bai Liao San Yang with one glance, he could only compare to a zombie? However, Fu Chuan also felt that he couldn't surpass Jiang Zu, who was the ancestor of zombies.

  "What's wrong with me?" Fu Chuan asked.

  "My master, I have nothing that can surpass his."

  Three sheep's mouths twitched, and the meaning in their eyes was that you really didn't have a bit of ability to compare with others.

  Fujiang walked into the bedroom, Huazhi had regained her breath and strength was gradually recovering. Because she drank Jiangzu's blood, her strength would become even stronger, and she wouldn't be afraid of sunlight anymore.

  Fukawa opened the window, and Hana asked: "The person who gave me blood to drink, what kind of person is he? His blood is very useful." Hana felt like she was filled with energy all over her body, and no longer afraid of sunlight. If it weren't for her slightly transparent body, she would be just like a normal person.

  Fu Xiang said: "Don't think about anything else, he's willing to give you some blood for other reasons."

  Fu Chuan was also afraid to mention Jiang Zu's origin, fearing that it would scare Hua Zi, just then Fu Chuan sat down and asked: "Where do you think Mitsui Hiro could be hiding?"

  Hua Zi shook her head and said: "This time he was seriously injured, and he didn't dare to come out during the day. It must be a very secluded place, we won't find it easily."

  Fujiang also thought so, and he also felt that Mitsui Hiroya must be hiding under their noses. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is often the safest place.

  Fu Chuan said: "As for Mitsui Hiroga's whereabouts, I can find out, but it will take some time." Fu Chuan wanted to use the Broken Bridge Seeking Trace method, and perhaps he would be able to find Mitsui Hiroga.

  Hua Zi nodded and calmly looked at Fu Chuan, asking: "If we don't find him soon, I'm afraid more people will be harmed."

  Hana thought of Fuchuan's promise to help her pull out her parents from her body, and Fuchuan said: "I didn't manage to pull your parents out myself, but I know someone who definitely can. I'll go ask for their help."

  "Thank you."

  Fuhe's promise was to be foolproof. Since he had promised Huazhi, Fuhe would make sure it happened, so he thought of Jiangzu, the only one who could accomplish this task.

  Jiang Zu was almost omnipotent, if some things were divine in the eyes of the masses, then Jiang Zu was the god among gods, because his deeds only appeared in ancient myths.

  Fu Chuan had asked Jiang Zu before whether he had ever been the mount of Guanyin Bodhisattva, but Jiang Zu smiled and asked Fu Chuan, "Do you think the mount in the mural looks like me?"

  Jiang Zu told Fu Chuan that the mount of Guanyin Bodhisattva was indeed a Qilin, but it wasn't him, just a second-generation Qilin. Although its appearance resembled his original form, its power was far inferior, yet still extremely fearsome.

  Fu Chuan was going upstairs when he saw Li Baobao walking out of Jiang Zu's house. Fu Chuan stared at Li Baobao, insisting on seeing her face, but unexpectedly, she slapped him several times.

  "Go ahead and slap me a few times, as long as you can vent your anger." Fu Chuan had already given up.

  Li Baobao then rolled away, and left the Bao Fa Building in a huff. Fu Chuan stood there stupidly for a long time, until Jiang Zu opened the door to let him in.

  After Fu Chuan went in, he told Jiang Zu his intention. However, Jiang Zu asked Fu Chuan: "Why should I help you?"

  "Fu Chuan, give me a reason to help you."

  Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, but how can Fu Chuan say this to the zombie king? He wants who lives and who dies, it's not something that can be decided with just a flick of his finger.

  Fu Chuan couldn't say anything and could only say: "I can't find a reason for you to help me."

  Jiang Zu said, "That's it, I'm done. Why should I help a ghost? And I've already promised you many times." Jiang Zu patted the music box beside him and opened it. Fu Chuan looked at the empty music box: "Where did you put them?"

  "A place very far away." Jiang Zu also wouldn't tell Fu Chuan that it was the so-called outer space, where they would gradually be decomposed by the sun.

  Fujiang knew that Jiangzu had a way, but looking at his appearance, it seemed like he really didn't want to help himself. "No problem, you don't want to help me, I won't force you."

  "But you owe me rent, consider this as payment for it."

  Fu Chuan started to play tricks, but Jiang Zu put a stack of cash in front of Fu Chuan at this time, and they were all US dollars. He said, "This money should be enough to buy your small house, right?"

  Fu Chuan knew he was helpless and could only leave with a sullen face.

  Fu Chuan was walking downstairs when Hui Ling arrived. He looked at Fu Chuan, who knew that he would come sooner or later. Qing Er had been burned to death by Jiang Zu's fierce flames, and Hui Ling must have come to avenge his master.

  Fu Xiang did not evade and said to Hui Ling: "I promised you that I would rescue Qing Er, but I broke my promise. This time it was me who failed to fulfill the commitment."

  Huiling looked at Fu Chuan, Qing'er had already disappeared into thin air, who else could he blame? Fu Chuan wasn't intentionally trying to do anything. He said: "I came, not to blame you, but just to tell you that the music box is gone."

  Fu Chuan said: "I know."

  "Do you know? The music box was nowhere to be found in the temple, and it was also gone this morning. How did you know?"

  Fu Xiang didn't want to make any more explanations. He said to Hui Ling, "Some things I just know. Don't worry about the music box anymore. The matter of the music box has been settled."

  Huiling didn't know what Pei Chuan was thinking about either. It seemed like he knew everything, and even didn't want him to interfere with the music box matter anymore. "What's going on?"

  "Don't ask anymore, I'll tell you in detail later."

  Fujiang couldn't tell Huiling now that the vengeful spirits in the music box had been sent to outer space by Jiang Zu, nor could he tell Huiling that the zombie ancestor was visiting Baofa Building.

  Huilin sighed and said: "The situation with Master has become somewhat clear, but I don't know if my guess is correct or not."

  "What guess? What guess of yours?" Fu Chuan asked.

  Huiling told Fu Chuan that he thought it was Ran Yi who killed Qing Er. Fu Chuan was shocked and said, "How is that possible?"

  "But Master Yan killed Qing'er? Why would he want to kill Qing'er." Fu Chuan wouldn't believe this, it was simply absurd, and he even thought Hui Ling was lying.

  "I didn't believe it either, but I found a secret room in Master's chamber, and there were many things inside that didn't belong to the temple, including Qing'er's shoes," said Huiling.

  Fu Chuan looked at Hui Ling and said: "He is your master, don't talk nonsense."

  Huiling shook her head, "I'm not talking nonsense, he's still my master, I won't ruin my master's reputation. I asked the little monks who followed Master in the temple, they told me that Master has been a bit abnormal since ten years ago."

  "Not quite normal, what's not quite normal, specifically referring to what." Fu Chuan asked, how could it be abnormal? Ten years ago, Fu Chuan remembered that when his master passed away, his master took him to Fahua Temple to meet Master Ran Yi, still the same kind and gentle old abbot, what was abnormal about that.

  "Those little monks told me that ten years ago, every time the moon was full, Master would go mad and smash everything in the house. His eyes would also turn red." Huiling said, looking at Fuchuan, "The night Qing'er died was also a full moon night."

  Red eyes? Full moon? Midnight werewolf!

  Fuhe's mouth twitched, this plot was too unexpected. Could it be that the great master had some hidden secret? Then on the night of the full moon, he went crazy and unintentionally killed Qing'er. Fuhe had encountered such things before, just like the werewolf in Western legends, who would go crazy every full moon night, kill people, and eat human hearts. However, Fuhe had never seen such a creature in the East, this creature was not a spirit, it could only be said to be a monster.

  "Are you sure those little monks didn't lie?" Fu Chuan wanted to confirm, and Hui Ling nodded: "Yes, they didn't lie. I asked them repeatedly many times, one by one, it doesn't seem like they conspired beforehand."

  Huiling looked at Fu Chuan, he came just for this matter, he hoped that Fu Chuan could go to the temple to help him investigate. "Come with me to the temple."

  Fuhe refused, saying: "Not now, give me a little more time, after I find and eliminate Mitsui Hiroya, I will go to the temple with you and help you figure out what happened to your master."

  Fujiang finally said to Huiling: "If Master Ranyi is a monster, then it's possible that he hasn't died yet, but just hiding, and his death was just fake."