Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506
Chapter 507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514
Chapter 515
Chapter 516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544 - 544 The Story Of Yu Qi 'An
Chapter 545-End - 545 I Can'T Be The Sword God
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The Lifetaker Copper Coins That Cannot be Spent
The mountain wind blew gently, fluttering the clothes.
Alighting on the grass and flowers, the dancing butterflies in the air looked like maiden dresses, appearing very lively.
Outside Deyun Monastery, three small hitching posts lined up. Yu Qi’an, Li Chu, and little Yue’er rested their chin on their left hands as they looked blankly together at the construction work inside.
The day was rather happy; the second day was fulfilling; the third day… it got a little boring.
It was only little Yue’er who maintained an excitable look as she asked from time to time what was being done here and what was being done there.
Of course, eighty percent of the questions were those she had asked yesterday.
At times, she remembered that she had asked this question yesterday, but still, she had to ask it again.
Because she could not remember what the answer was.
The days of Deyun Monastery were like this, passing by idly like the white clouds on the mountainside.
And Li Xinyi’s arrival broke the peace.
Her dress today was very eye-catching. It was rose-red in color, with her left shoulder sloping open, revealing her fair shoulders and half of her deep collarbone. Her chest was perked up, her slim waist emphasizing her shapely curves at a glance.
Her pair of long, fair legs loomed about at the open fork of her dress skirt.
Her long hair was tied up high. Her pair of beautiful eyes glimmered and locked onto Li Chu’s slothful figure from a distance.
As she approached, the bricklayers at the front courtyard were all mesmerized, but they were not scolded as the foreman was also entranced.
When she got closer, Li Xinyi saw little Yue’er sitting beside Li Chu.
The girl’s delicate face and bright eyes caused anxiety to appear in her eyes, as if she was up against a great foe.
And when her eyes fell on the girl’s chest.
The tension suddenly receded by a good two-thirds.
After all, men since time memorial love mountains and not flat plains.
…
“Daoist Yu, Daoist Li,” Li Xinyi greeted them.
Li Chu looked at Li Xinyi puffing her chest up high as she walked over and took a specific glance there.
‘Hmm.’
‘Sure enough, there was a mole.’
And this unabashed gaze was naturally caught by Li Xinyi’s eyes.
She smiled.
‘Heh, men.’
After some mind games unknown to either side, she clarified the main purpose of her coming here today.
In short, the Vengeful Spirit case was not yet over.
“I came to look for you the day before yesterday, and you were not around back then. Something happened during that time.”
It happened the day after the exorcism in Lower Liu Village, before Li Xinyi had returned to the Hangzhou magistrate office.
Two constables had bought some baked flatbread on their way to the office in the morning. After one of the constables held the flatbread, and just as he turned around, he suddenly dropped dead.
He died so suddenly without warning that his death shocked the other constable silly. The latter yelled for a good while for someone to report it to the magistrate before remembering he himself was an official.
When the body was brought to the magistrate office for inspection, it had made the coroner doubt everything he had known thus far.
It was because there was nothing wrong with the body, and the constable was strong and free of diseases. Neither he was poisoned, nor he had any trauma. And he had no mood swings at all.
A normal, living person had died just like that.
So it could only be explained as a mysterious case.
Just when Zhou Dafu was in a bind, something caught his attention.
The hawker who sold the flatbread had handed all of the money he had taken from the constable to the magistrate office, saying that he dared not take a dead man’s money.
It was just a few copper coins, no big deal, and normally Zhou Dafu would not have bothered with it. But just when he was stumped, he stared at the copper coins for a good while.
And that, he suddenly caught something wrong.
Normal copper coins had ‘Heluo Currency’ written on it, but one of the copper coins had ‘Underworld Currency’ written on it. This was unprecedented.
So he immediately referred the case to Li Xinyi.
Li Xinyi reported the matter to the Imperial Administration Bureau, and the news she got was the ‘Underworld Currency’ was the copper coins used by the Ghost Realm.
A Ghost Realm in the mortal plane, legend had it that it was a realm founded by countless ghosts that remained in the mortal world. It was an existence both incorporeal and corporeal. Since the ancient times of old to now, it would bring great devastation every time it appeared.
Things had just gotten serious.
Zhou Dafu went to check where did this constable get this Ghost Realm copper coin from. He would have remained ignorant if he did not check, but when he did, he had the shock of his life.
It turned out that this copper coin had something to do with the first two Vengeful Spirit cases.
During the massacre of Lower Liu Village, the dead constable had gone to collect the bodies. He was the one who found the little girl’s body by the foothills.
And this copper coin was held in the hand of the little girl.
The coin fell onto the ground as he was putting the body away, and he picked it up without even looking closely. At that time, another colleague had told him that he would receive karmic retribution for taking advantage of the dead.
But he had been greedy since young, so he laughed it off as payment for helping to collect the girl’s body.
Later on, he used the copper coin to buy the flatbread, and just as he spent the coin, his life was forfeit.
Zhou Dafu had been a Chief Constable for many years, so he had the needed instincts.
He then went to check the body of Mrs. Xue.
After Mrs. Xue killed herself that day, her body was collected by the Xue family. Zhou Dafu had brought his men to pry open her casket and found that her mouth did contain a copper coin.
It was the same ‘Underworld Currency’.
As he connected the dots, the hidden lines in the dark finally surfaced.
Why were cases of the supposedly rare Vengeful Spirit manifestations appearing one after another in Yuhang Town?
A powerful ghost must have been behind it!
Although this case had not been fully resolved, this thoroughly proved his innocence, that he did not fail in his duty, and did not make any false reports of mysterious cases.
‘It was not that I lied, but I was targeted, okay?’
Zhou Dafu could finally heave a sigh of relief.
And it was Li Xinyi’s turn to be frustrated.
She asked her master again and determined that this copper coin was one of the tricks available to the ghosts, called the ‘Lifetaker Money.”
It was an extremely vicious technique designed to enthrall those with grievances and use this money to take their lives away. The deceased would then transform into Vengeful Spirits upon their death.
And as for that constable’s death, it was a totally accidental one as he had used someone else’s Lifetaker Money and paid with his life instead. Fortunately, he bore no resentment in his previous life, so it was not enough for him to turn into a Vengeful Spirit.
Li Xinyi realized that this place had the big case she was looking forward to, and if she could solve it, it would definitely be a great achievement.
At the same time, she was also worried that she was not capable enough to resolve this case herself. After all, she had almost died dealing with a Vengeful Spirit earlier on.
So that was why she had come to seek Li Chu’s help the day before.
Unfortunately for her, Li Chu was not around that day, so she had to think of a way herself.
After sorting through the previous Vengeful Spirit cases, she found that the ghost behind this should have a way to perceive resentment.
Whenever there was a potent resentment in the air, it would enthrall the victim to sell his or her life to it in exchange for the opportunity to turn into a Vengeful Spirit to seek revenge.
Someone must die before a Vengeful Spirit would appear.
So she asked Zhou Dafu and his constables to keep a sharp eye all day and night, and as soon as there was someone dying or going missing in Yuhang County, it must be reported immediately.
And sure enough, within two days, the news of a new death came.
…
When she talked about this, the people of Deyun Monastery gathered around as if they were listening to a storyteller.
After listening to that, little Yue’er shrank her shoulders in fear as she whispered, “You will die if you pick up someone else’s money?”
Yu Qi’an quickly patted the little girl on the shoulder as he comforted her. “Yue’er, no need to fear. We only pick them up and not spend them, so there’s nothing to fear.”
If little Yue’er was to be afraid to pick up money after listening to this, then it would be a big loss. She was now the key figure in revitalizing Deyun Monastery after all!
Li Xinyi looked at the young Daoist Priest’s handsome side profile. “Could you help me?”
Li Chu was a little bored doing nothing these few days, so he did not think much and nodded directly. “Okay.”
The smile on the lady’s face bloomed like a flower.
She immediately added, “The bounty will be paid according to previous arrangement, and if we can find out the true culprit, we can increase the bounty paid.”
Li Chu nodded indifferently.
With little Yue’er as a stable source of income, he really did not care too much about the unstable bounties from the magistrate office.
Earning money is troublesome and sure isn’t as convenient as picking up money on the ground.
The reason he agreed to help this time, half of it was just out of the justice in his heart wanting to protect the tranquility of Yuhang Town.
Yeah, at least half of it.
“Alright, let’s go inspect the dead now.” Li Xinyi quickly got up.
“Where to?” Li Chu asked.
Li Xinyi replied, “The House of Blossoming Spring.”
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