Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Liu Lingtong’s voice had not sounded in his ears for a long time, and he didn’t know whether it couldn’t sing or refused to answer. Xie Lingya was a little discouraged. How long had he envied Shi Changxuan’s Phytolacca god.
At this time, Xie Lingya saw Shi Changxuan’s expression and immediately realized that his point was wrong again, so he coughed and said seriously: “Do you know where your master is? I think you are also working for the seal thief. I hope you can realize the current situation and abandon the dark side.”
Liu Lingtong still didn’t speak, but both Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan knew that it could definitely understand.
Although Liu Lingtong didn’t speak, Shi Changxuan heard the Phytolacca God speaking jealously in his ear.
Phytolacca God: “Beat it!”
Phytolacca God: “Force it!”
Phytolacca God: “Torture it!!”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
Phytolacca God was so arrogant that he was like a bully, and Liu Longtong was frightened. So it shivered even more. Although Xie Lingya couldn’t hear the Phytolacca God speak, as half of its kind, it could.
Xie Lingya said a few more words: “As the Liu Lingtong, I don’t need to explain to you anymore. Do you still want to follow him and harm others?”
At this time, Liu Lingtong spoke, and his voice sounded like a five or six year-old child, because it was originally made from the soul of a child and a willow tree sacrifice, but compared to a real child, it had a hollow taste.
“I, I don’t dare…”
Although Liu Lingtong was the Reporting God of the Seal Thief, he was extremely afraid of his master. The soul in its body had been sacrificed and had no memory of its life. It was then combined with the willow tree to form a Reporting god.
However, the Liu Lingtong still remembered subconsciously that he had died in the hands of his master.
Some ghosts remembered the person who killed them and wanted to kill them quickly, while some ghosts were afraid of the person who killed them. This was because everyone had different natures. The soul in Liu Lingtong’s body was still a child during his lifetime, so of course he was even more afraid of his master.
Besides, following the Seal Thief, it had seen more of the Seal Thief’s vicious methods, and the fear in its heart became even greater.
Xie Lingya thought of this and encouraged: “Don’t be afraid, he can’t take you back, we will also make offerings for you. Not only that, I will also help you cultivate merit, so that you can be reincarnated again in the future.”
In fact, even if Xie Lingya didn’t want to raise him, he would have found a new owner for Liu Lingtong, otherwise the Liu Lingtong would not be able to be reincarnated.
The sinister aura on Liu Lingtong’s body came from helping the seal thief, but it couldn’t choose its own master. If given the chance, no Reporting god wouldn’t want to be reincarnated, especially if the soul in its body was killed.
Liu Lingtong was extremely afraid of his master, but when he heard Xie Lingya say that he could help him cultivate merit and let him reincarnate, he held back his fear and said with a trembling voice: “I, I only know that he went to the southeast-“
Hearing Liu Lingtong almost crying, he must have tried his best. He had a connection with the seal thief, but the seal thief was the master and was more powerful than him.
Xie Lingya immediately informed the people in charge from the association to look in the southeast direction.
At this time, Shi Changxuan had also finished treating Xie Lingya’s wounds. They took the nine-section bamboo staff and relics left by the seal thief and walked slowly down the mountain.
Because Xie Lingya had been using his mobile phone to communicate with other people, although the Taoist Association’s people were running southeast to chase the seal thieves, Tang Qi had sent people to pick them up and they took turns carrying the injured Xie Lingya down. His wounds were only briefly treated and so he couldn’t move too much.
At the bottom, Tang Qi saw that Xie Lingya was injured and said jokingly, “Teacher Xie, were you in danger?”
The little fox also came up and covered Xie Lingya’s feet, looking worried.
“It’s okay, the injury is not serious.” Xie Lingya touched the little fox’s head. “In this mountain, when I get better, I will draw a few talismans for you to get rid of the evil miasma.”
Tang Qi thanked him quickly. He was here just now and had bumped into people from the Taoist Association and found out that they were all here to support Xie Lingya, but then they all ran in the same direction. It seemed that this matter was indeed difficult.
“I’m going back first.” Xie Lingya greeted.
“Yes, let’s talk about it later. Go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.” Tang Qi vaguely saw traces of torn clothes over Xie Lingya’s wound, it looked as if he had been scratched by a wild beast.
Tang Qi sent a car to send Xie Lingya and Shi Changxuan back, and the little fox followed them into the car.
Tang Qi: “Hey, it…”
“It’s okay, just let it follow me. Its parents are also in the city anyway.” Xie Lingya said, anyway, this family of three couldn’t go back to the mountains for a while. The big foxes were injured, and because too many ghosts had gathered together, the mountain air was very foul, so it was not suitable for the little fox to stay there for the time being. Once he had finished removing the miasma and the foxes’ injuries were healed, that would almost be it. He just hoped that the little fox could be brought back and no one would report him for raising a national second-level protected animal without a license.
So, the little fox squatted on Xie Lingya’s lap and followed him back to Baoyang Temple temporarily.
….
Xie Lingya was sitting in the car, and then only he had time to look through his phone to find out about the true identity of the seal thief.
According to the files found by the public security department, the seal thief was 39 years old. His real name was Pei Xiaoshan and he was from Tianyu Province. He originally received edcuation and was a serious Taoist priest, but he later returned to secular life. As for his sect, it was really a lineage of Shenxiao sect.
According to information within the Taoist Association, Pei Xiaoshan returned to secular life ten years ago. He was very talented and thus had many teachers in the Shenxiao sect. His Taoism progressed rapidly, but he was too greedy. The palace he stayed in at that time was quite tolerant, because these days too many people were looking at money, and he was indeed very talented after all.
Later, Pei Xiaoshan had nothing left to learn in Gongguan, so he began to learn the spells of other factions. After accumulating contacts, he returned to secular life and went out to work in the world. He sold his skills to wealthy businessmen in the society and became somewhat famous.
However, Pei Xiaoshan disappeared about a year ago, and many people thought he had made enough money and was living freely. In addition, he returned to secular life much earlier than the theft of the seal, so the Taoist Association really didn’t make any guesses about him.
“Just find out his identity and arrest him.” Of course, it was best to catch him immediately. Xie Lingya took a rough look at this man’s experience and thought that Pei Xiaoshan must have done a lot of things that were detrimental to his merits in the past. No wonder he was this skilled.
Liu Lingtong also told his own experience in a low voice. From being killed in its residual memory, to Pei Xiaoshan doing bad things and using it for divination, it had accumulated more and more sins…
After hearing this, the Phytolacca God said: “So pitiful.”
Shi Changxuan glanced at it, wondering what happened to this little guy. Then he thought even though he was an innate wood spirit, he still had a compassionate heart.
Phytolacca God: “But don’t break the rules!”
What rules? Shi Changxuan didn’t know when the Phytolacca God made his own rules.
The Liu Lingtong also became frightened when he heard what the Phytolacca God was saying. He was also a Reporting God, but the master he followed was different. Liu Lingtong was thus far less outgoing and cheerful than the Phytolacca God.
Phytolacca God muttered:
“Please advise Xie Lingya.”
“The quality is average, don’t keep it.”
“Give it to Zhang Daoting.”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
At this time, Xie Lingya came over and stood next to Shi Changxuan, sticking to the Phytolacca God and saying: “Do you remember this Liu Lingtong? We’ve seen it before, its owner was very bad, we will take it back to cultivate merits together. You guys can be friends and learn from each other, okay, little cuties?”
Phytolacca God: “Okay, okay.”
Liu Lingtong: “…”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
Phytolacca God, who adapted with the wind, became extremely well-behaved when it came to Xie Lingya and threw away his principles. The Phytolacca god in Xie Lingya’s mind also seemed to be shy, well-behaved, and didn’t talk much.
Xie Lingya smiled. As soon as he left, the Phytolacca God started chattering in Shi Changxuan’s ears again.
….
Because there was Hai Guanchao in the temple, Xie Lingya didn’t go to any hospital and asked Tang Qi’s driver to take them directly back to Baoyang Temple.
At this time, everyone had gone to rest. Hai Guanchao was woken up by Xie Lingya, and Fang Zhe, who lived in the same room, naturally woke up as well and put on his clothes. The movement also woke up the others, who started to put on their clothes.
“What’s wrong? You’re injured?”
“It’s okay. Just bandage it and it’ll be fine.” Xie Lingya said while showing Hai Guanchao the wound. Hai Guanchao said it would require an injection. Who knew how dirty the mountain demon’s claws were.
“Mr. Sponge Spirit.”
Xie Lingya: “…”
Xie Lingya: “…I just said that you seemed to have called me randomly!”
Calling him Sponge Spirit was too much. What the hell was Sponge Spirit!
Hai Guanchao smiled and said, “You need to replenish your body.”
Xie Lingya also knew that he had exerted too much force and nodded. When he saw Xiao Dian standing by, he didn’t say much. He hoped that Xiao Dian could see that doing this job was either boring or thrilling but dangerous.
Seeing that it was not too early, Xie Lingya sent everyone else to go to bed. Hai Guanchao was a little worried at first. Xie Lingya was now basically half paralyzed and had to be supported when walking.
“I’ll stay with him,” Shi Changxuan said.
Hai Guanchao was originally thinking about staying himself, but when he heard that Shi Changxuan had volunteered, he agreed. Daochang Shi was very reliable, and he had always thought that Shi Changxuan was aloof, but now it seemed that he was also cold-faced and warm-hearted.
Xie Lingya still laughed, “Okay, then Taoist Shi and I will sleep together for a few days.”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
Although he took the initiative to stay, Xie Lingya’s words still made him feel a little uneasy.
But thinking about what happened in the forest, Shi Changxuan became fine again.
Although Xie Lingya’s words were often out of tune (and his behavior was a bit off), such that it caused Shi Changxuan to lose his composure frequently. But what he actually did reflected his character. No matter the Xiangyin sacrifices to the orphan, or letting the sword save the souls today, and later saving him with his body, Shi Changxuan felt that his beliefs were similar to his own.
Shi Changxuan silently brought Liu Lingtong over for inspection. Generally speaking, Reporting Gods could be transferred, otherwise there would be no wandering Taoist priests who would specialize in this business. As long as they knew how to make offerings, it would be fine. However, they still had to be wary of whether Pei Xiaoshan had reformed himself.
After the inspection, Shi Changxuan brought another sacrifice and taught Xie Lingya some spells, “Liu Lingtong is made from a living soul. If the induction is strong, you can dream about it at night.”
After offering sacrifices to Liu Lingtong and Phytolacca god, it was already late at night, and Shi Changxuan had to help Xie Lingya wash up before taking a rest. In order to take care of Xie Lingya at any time, the two of them slept together.
This was not the first time, but Shi Changxuan was in an even more unusual mood today. He turned around and saw that Xie Lingya had fallen into a deep sleep because he was too tired, turning sideways towards him.
Xie Lingya was very quiet when he was sleeping. Only the lower half of the window in this room was covered with newspapers. The upper half let in the moonlight, making it easier to absorb the essence of the sun and moon. The moonlight fell on Xie Lingya, making him look gentler…
“Xie Lingya is so soft.” A thin voice came out faintly.
Shi Changxuan: “…”
He had almost forgotten this pest.
Shi Changxuan stuffed the Phytolacca god under the pillow.
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