Recap
The policeman and several commissioners went into the phone booth, took out the note and checked for clues.
One of them whispered: “It was a yaoguai who called the police. I can smell the yaoguai’s energy. He is very powerful and has at least a thousand years of cultivation.”
Chu Shici looked at the few people, and a light suddenly flashed in his mind.
He waved: “Zhe-ge, what do you think of those rebellious yaoguais?”
Xunzhe’s slithering speed slowed down for a moment, then returned to normal.
“It’s tragic.”
After confirming that the snake yao was not hostile to the other yaoguais, Chu Shici’s eyes lit up.
“Zhe-ge, in fact, besides rebellion, we have a second way. I don’t know what the success rate is, but it is better than rebellion with no hope.”
“Perhaps we can rescue them from the stone carving spirit’s conspiracy, so that they can survive standing without having to fight.”
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In this novel, there is at least one yaoguai, a temple, and countless ghosts on a single mountain.
With an organization like the Yaoguai Slaying Alliance, it seems that humans and yaos are completely opposed to each other, but in actuality there are only small local conflicts.
The government has never explicitly stated that all yaoguais will be slaughtered.
So the country as a whole actually wants to coexist peacefully with yaoguais.
Most supernatural beings are usually very honest. Lonely ghosts float around to play, while yaos often hide in inaccessible places and may not come out for decades.
Occasionally, if there is trouble, the government can dispatch special personnel to deal with it before the impact becomes great.
If the threat is small and it does not affect social stability and harmony, there is no need to kill off an entire different species.
Even if they want to annihilate every yaoguai, they don’t know how much human and financial resources it will cost. In addition, these supernatural beings live in the country, which makes them difficult to act and might cause immeasurable losses.
Memories related to this novel kept replaying in Chu Shici’s mind.
Finally he figured it out.
The government is not hostile to yaoguais, and negotiations are possible.
As for ordinary people…
Throughout ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, while humans are afraid of supernatural beings, they also often have beautiful fantasies about them.
Especially since humans here have been living with supernatural beings for thousands of years, and they are all adapted to each other’s existence.
Even in the recent popular movie, the plot details the male protagonist living with a female ghost.
Chu Shici clenched his little fist, raised his head and told Zhe-ge what he thought.
Xunzhe frowned as he hurried to the side of the road and said, “There have been yaoguais who have formed similar organizations before.”
“It went cold?”
“Well, instead of promoting friendly cooperation, they were used by the emperor to capture other yaoguais in order to refine immortality elixirs. This was the case for three consecutive emperors, killing nearly a hundred yaoguais one after another. After this massacre was revealed, the yaoguai clan was completely disappointed with human beings and never mentioned cooperation again.”
His words also cleared up Chu Shici’s doubts.
No wonder the relationship between humans and yaoguais are still deadlocked after thousands of years.
Chu Shici touched his fingertips comfortingly, “Times have changed. Now there is no emperor and no one uses living people to make elixirs. Except for the Yaoguai Slaying Alliance and some small groups, no one catches yaoguais and kills them.”
Xunzhe didn’t know much about the outside world, but the little white rabbit in his arms snorted.
“I’ve been everywhere, and the environment is indeed much better than before. Some time ago, I saw a man falling in love with a ghost in the mirror. Oh, people nowadays are like, as long as they look good, they don’t even let the mirror go.”
It digs around and knows a lot of gossip. Seeing that Chu Shici was willing to listen, he continued talking.
Some are in love with fox yaos, and some are in a relationship with zombies. There is also a ruthless man who committed suicide and became a ghost just so that he could embrace his female ghost lover.
Since both state and public acceptance is high, it would be better to join the government directly and become part of the special department of the military.
In this way, since they are on-staff personnel, civil organizations will not dare to touch them casually.
Xunzhe didn’t express his opinion on the matter, and Chu Shici knew that he still didn’t trust his words.
He climbed on the rabbit spirit’s back, touched its ears, raised his head and asked: “Zhe-ge, have you ever wondered why yaoguais can still live to this day?”
Xunzhe muttered, “Humans are not as good as yaoguais.”
“It’s true for a one-on-one fight, but to be honest, if you really have to fight to the death, yaoguais will definitely not be able to defeat humans.”
Xunzhe narrowed his eyes and said with a hint of pride in his voice, “Impossible.”
Chu Shici made a gesture and said, “If you were to really force a human to take action, the army can level a mountain with one cannon. How many yaoguais can level a mountain?”
“I can.”
“Except you.”
Xunzhe fell silent, and the Rabbit spirit sighed, “I can’t, I can only hollow out a mountain. Last time, I accidentally dug up a demon king who had been sleeping for hundreds of years. He wanted to slaughter the village for a blood sacrifice. I wanted to earn merit but couldn’t defeat him at all. So I reported him, and then he was instantly killed by troops stationed nearby.”
Chu Shici was a little surprised, “Instantly killed? His body isn’t bulletproof or can he not self-heal?”
“Yes, his limbs can regenerate quickly. But the bullets were like raindrops, descending from the sky. He was beaten into a hornet’s nest. The soldiers were afraid that he would be resurrected, so they bombarded him a few more times with cannons. Afterwards, a monk rushed over with a vajra*, poke hard at the ashes on the ground.”
*(refresher:
The Vajra is a legendary and ritualistic weapon, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). The item beside the bell. Image source: Wikipedia)
The rabbit was very emotional, “In the end, even his ashes were spread out, and he died completely and irreversibly. Fortunately, I am just a little rabbit, only eating grass and not eating people.”
Chu Shici: …
Xunzhe: ……
Rabbit’s words shook Xunzhe’s views.
He had been sealed for five hundred years, and his impression of the human army was still limited to riding horses, shooting arrows, and poking people with cold weapons.
Although gunpowder was also used, its power is very average. At most, it can hurt a little yaoguai, so he never took it seriously.
He looked at the small wooden sculpture: “How powerful can their most powerful weapon be?”
Chu Shici thought for a while, “Probably level a city.”
Xunzhe was very calm, but his expression was blank for a moment.
He was silent for a while, and then said in a cold voice, “I believe that humans as a whole have no ill intentions towards yaoguais, but I will not let them know that the stone carving spirit is preparing to rebel.”
Chu Shici had planned to call the police to help, so he didn’t expect him to say that.
He asked in surprise: “Didn’t you already…”
Xunzhe interrupted him: “Except for the yaoguais whose prototypes are originally birds, other yaoguais can’t fly to heaven at all. How do you think they will rebel?”
Chu Shici didn’t react, he shook his head in curiosity.
A cold light flashed in Xunzhe’s eyes, and he smiled scornfully.
“The three realms of heaven, earth and man* maintain the balance of the world, and everyone of them is indispensable. They can’t go to the heavenly realm, and if they want to rebel, they must first make the world miserable. Then heaven will send people to eliminate yaoguais, and yaoguais will fight against the heavenly soldiers.”
*(heaven realm: deities live, earth realm: where the ‘yin’ beings live eg, ghosts, demons, specters, realm of man: where living beings live like humans, yaoguais etc)
“The two sides continue to push and pull, engaging in a protracted war in the human world. Until one party compromises, or each takes a step back. If heaven gives in and accepts the yaoguai’s request to modify the conditions for ascension,the rebellion will be considered successful.”
Chu Shici was stunned, “If they rebelled against the heavens, mankind will be the first to be affected?”
Xunzhe raised his head slightly and said, “Even if they can fly to heaven, they will not go there. That is the territory of the deities, while the human world is their territory.”
He paused and sneered: “Five hundred years, the world has changed a lot.”
There was a sense of helplessness in the snake yao’s voice, and Chu Shici looked at him quietly.
Human beings have no magic skills and cannot absorb the essence of the sun and moon, but they have successfully found a path that suits them.
The once weak race has now surpassed yaoguais in overall strength.
As a snake yao, Xunzhe felt uncomfortable seeing his race decline like this.
He lowered his eyes and tried to conceal the sadness in his eyes, but Chu Shici knows that he is very sad.
“Everything will be okay, Zhe-ge. Let’s try it once. If we succeed, yaoguais will no longer have to hide everywhere they can and will be able to live like normal people. If we fail, we can just hide back in the mountains and forests.”
He hugged Xunzhe’s pale and cold fingers and said in a gentle but firm tone, “Whether we will live in a house and sleep on a bed, or live in a cave and sleep on rocks. No matter what the outcome is, I will be by your side. Zhe-ge, I love you.”
Xunzhe’s cheeks turned red, and he snorted and turned away.
At the same time, a prompt sounded in the background of the system.
[Add 3 points to the vitality value, and the current vitality value is 65.]
From an angle that Chu Shici couldn’t see, Xunzhe’s eyes gradually softened.
Ah Ci had said similar words many times, but he is still not completely reassured yet. The painful memories kept haunting him. Every time he wakes up from his sleep, the first thing he does is to look for his small wooden sculpture.
He is afraid that the perfect little wood carving is just his illusion, a beautiful dream he had weaved, while in reality he still had nothing.
Chu Shici jumped around on the white rabbit as Xunzhe lowered his head and placed a careful kiss on his little head.
Feeling the warm body temperature of the small wooden sculpture and smelling the faint scent of sandalwood on his body, Xunzhe regained his sense of reality again.
He wanted to give the little wooden sculpture a reply, but as soon as he said the word ‘I’, he was interrupted.
Chu Shici smiled brightly and lowered his gaze, “I love you guys too, two big cuties.”
Xunzhe: ……
He had never heard anyone say dirty things before, and he couldn’t have made it up in his dream.
Ah Ci is real, definitely not a dream.
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With the cowardly little rabbit leading the way, the entire journey was smooth.
Chu Shici sat on top of Xunzhe’s head and watched the snake yao demolish more than a dozen strongholds, both large and small.
During this period, in order to prevent falling into the stone carving spirit’s trap, Xunzhe resisted killing anyone even if random people kept coming to provoke and harass him.
The stronghold is empty, but these are houses bought by stone carving spirit’s money.
Adhering to the principle of demolishing everything they see on the way, Chu Shici demolished all of her properties.
Most likely they had guessed that this was a fight between supernatural beings. After running around the whole day, they only encountered a few police officers who came to stop them.
They held the guns at their waists, and were followed by two commissioners wearing police uniforms and carrying peach wood swords* on their backs. They looked a bit nondescript.
*(
Afraid of scaring passers-by in his giant snake form, Xunzhe used the invisibility technique so that no one could see him.
The commissioner opened his eyes with cow tears*. After seeing the snake yao laying on top of the ruins, the two of them took a breath and took a step back.
*(Please do not do this at home. Apparently you can see spirits and other beings in a different world with a few drops of cow’s tears in your eyes. It’s called opening the 3rd eye. This might work with other animal tears too.)
The ordinary policeman next to him asked in a low voice, “Is it difficult to handle?”
The commissioner drew out his peach wood sword and his body tensed nervously, “It’s the thousand-year-old snake yao that the investigation team has been looking for. Judging from the aura on his body, he is about to turn into a dragon. Hurry up and ask for support. We can’t send troops here in the urban area. Please call ten specialists here.”
The older commissioner shook his head, lowered his voice and said to the police: “Ten is not enough. He is more difficult to deal with than the stone carving spirit. Tell them to send as many as they can.”
Chu Shici originally wanted to explain, but he couldn’t help but be stunned when he heard his words.
He poked his head out from the top of White Snake’s head and shouted at the top of his lungs, “Looking for us? Do you know the stone carving spirit? Is her name Lady Dayangtian!”
At this time, the police also noticed that there was a small wooden spirit on top of the giant snake.
Two rabbit ears popped out of the wooden spirit’s head, and then a little white rabbit grabbed his shoulders and stood up, tilting his head and looking down. Suddenly, a ghost monk appeared on the side.
The peach wood sword in the commissioner’s hand shook, “Why are there three more!”
Seeing that they didn’t answer, Chu Shici shouted again, “How do you know about the stone carving spirit!”
The police wanted to make the call, but White Snake stopped him with his tail.
Passers-by could not see the snake yao, they only saw the police officers shouting at the ruins and gathered not far away to watch the excitement curiously.
A few knowledgeable people began to look for willow leaves* everywhere, hoping to briefly open their 3rd eye*.
*(
Tree looks very sad, called a weeping willow tree. Buddhists believe that willow branches will drive away unwelcome ghosts and evil spirits; thus, willow branches are also known as “ghost terror wood.” Image source from https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/salix-babylonica/ )
Police from a nearby police station arrived, set up a cordon and dispersed the onlookers.
The two sides faced off for a long time, without saying anything.
Chu Shici didn’t understand the police’s attitude towards the stone carving spirit. If the other party had been deceived, then they might be targeted by the police if they admitted that they had a conflict of interest with the stone carving spirit.
He crossed his arms and speculated on the commissioner’s thoughts. The commissioner held the peach wood sword and formed a two-person formation with his companions.
The snake yao slapped the ground with his tail irritably, then he opened his mouth and said in a cold male voice, breaking the stalemate in front of them.
“There was a captain surnamed Zhang among the police officers who were responsible for investigating the recent serial rape and murder cases. He was controlled by the stone carving spirit at Dayangtian Ming Temple. How is he doing now?”
Upon hearing his words, the little wood carving sculpture and the commissioner were stunned at the same time.
Seeing the flash of anger on the commissioner’s face, Chu Shici quickly realized that the police were on their side.
He jumped off the snake’s head, summoned the lotus platform, and floated in front of the commissioner, “Captain Zhang has recovered now?”
The palm-sized little monk sitting on a little lotus flower doesn’t look as threatening and makes a much better first impression than a giant white snake.
The commissioner’s hostility lessened and he adopted a businesslike attitude, “Captain Zhang is still undergoing treatment.”
Chu Shici circled around him twice, and finally landed on his peach wood sword.
The demon-suppressing talisman on the peach wood sword did not attack him, indicating that he is a good demon who had never killed anyone. The commissioner’s attitude noticeably became much better.
Chu Shici chatted with him for a few words, and both parties exchanged some information while hiding other information.
Ten years ago, there was a rape case involving a family of five, a couple with three children, one boy, two girls.
After a family trip, they all disappeared. It was later discovered that the son had killed his parents and imprisoned his two underage sisters in an unfinished building on the outskirts of the city for fornication.
It lasted for three years, but he was eventually discovered by a homeless man who entered the unfinished building to keep warm. He went to the local police station to call the police, and the son’s crime was exposed.
The police personnel who are responsible for handling supernatural cases discovered after investigation that the son had snatched the body of another reincarnated soul. In addition to this case, there were two other rape and murder cases thirty years ago, also committed by him.
He escaped punishment once by stealing another’s body, but this time he was sentenced to death.
The man was cursed and couldn’t tell who helped him snatch another’s reincarnation placement.
The city bureau set up an investigation team to find the culprit who was secretly organizing it. It’s just that they don’t know whether the other person is a human, a yao, or a demon.
There are too many species and too few clues. Even after ten years of searching, nothing was found.
Until a fire broke out at Dayangtian Ming Temple some time ago, and the police found some yao qi there.
There are snake yaos, fox yaos, and a yao that has no scent, but seems to be an inanimate thing that has gained wisdom.
Captain Zhang behaved strangely after being manipulated and was soon discovered by the Bureau. The investigation team followed the clues and found the Taoist temple that was destroyed by war more than a thousand years ago, and an exquisite white marble sculpture.
And from Captain Zhang’s words, he predicted that the being enshrined in Dayangtian Ming Temple is not a real deity, but a stone carving spirit.
Whether it’s the crime of manipulating the police or helping someone steal another soul’s reincarnation placement, both are a felony and punishable by death.
The police commissioner responsible for handling supernatural cases has been tracking the whereabouts of the stone carving spirit, and also hopes to find the other two yaoguais present at the time.
Chu Shici thought for a while and felt that he could take the opportunity to lead the police to another place. At least until Xunzhe has dealt with the internal struggle among the yaoguais, the government cannot know about the yaoguais’ plot to rebel.
Those yaoguais originally did good deeds and cultivated the righteous path, and they did not have many sins on their bodies. The reasons why they are even thinking of rebellion is firstly because they feel that there’s no more meaning to their lives, and secondly, because the stone carving spirit is stoking the flames.
They were once kind people, but now they are pitiful people. Chu Shici didn’t want to see them captured by humans.
He told the story about the snake yao being framed by the stone carving spirit and being sealed in the back mountains for five hundred years, which could be taken as the reason for them to hunt down the stone carving spirit.
It was reasonable and the commissioner had no doubts.
Chu Shici asked the police what their progress was.
The commissioner was very alert and skipped the topic warily.
Then, Chu Shici simply asked him if he had ever seen a golden statue.
The commissioner’s expression changed slightly, “There are fragments of white marble inside.”
The small wooden sculpture sitting on the lotus clapped his hands excitedly, “The stone carving spirit separated eighteen fragments from herself and moved back and forth on them. If all eighteen white marble blocks are destroyed, she will be severely injured.”
He held up three fingers. “We’ve destroyed three.”
The commissioner and his companions whispered a few words, and several people gathered together to exchange information in a low voice.
Then he turned to Chu Shici with a gentle smile, “Comrade, is it okay to just destroy it by physical means?”
Chu Shici nodded.
Xunzhe, who had been quiet all this time, heard important information and leaned over.
Seeing the huge snake head, the commissioner tightened his grip on the peach wood sword.
Chu Shici pressed the snake’s mouth and signaled Zhe-ge not to flick his tongue.
He asked the commissioner, “How many fragments do you have?”
The commissioner didn’t say anything, just stretched out his fist.
The little wooden sculpture subconsciously raised its little hand and bumped fists with him, “Yeah! Happy cooperation!”
Commissioner: …
“Comrade, this is ten. I mean, we have ten fragments.”
Chu Shici: …
Zhe-ge, help me, take me away quickly and help me find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
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