Chapter 733

At noon the next day, some passers-by discovered the murder in the Zhang Family Inn and hurriedly reported it to the government office. When the constables and the coroner came to examine the scene, they all looked at each other with pale faces.

The result of the autopsy showed that Zhang Yuan and his wife had died suddenly due to excessive fear, without any external injuries. Besides the traces of Zhang Yuan waving his axe, there were no other signs of fighting in the inn, which made them feel strange and inexplicable. They thought of all kinds of ghost legends that they had heard, so they reacted in such a way.

Later, a child's body was found in the kitchen of the Zhang Family Inn and piles of bones were dug out from the soil in the backyard, which proved that Zhang and his wife had run a shady inn to murder people for money. Moreover, they had sold the dead passers-by as secret fresh meat, which was really a heinous crime.

After the news spread, the whole county was filled with a foul smell and vomit.

When people gradually calmed down and thought about the cause and effect, they all speculated that the death of Zhang Yuan and his wife was the revenge of ghosts. This case became the top ten most horrible legends within a hundred miles.

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Along the way, Shi Xuan slightly spread out his Vital Sense and could collect people's killing intents. Except for a few things that he needed to do to make the killing intents more intense, he didn't waste much time. In half a month, he had almost collected all the killing intents, except for a few kinds.

On this day, Shi Xuan stepped into a bustling city. While maintaining a quiet and leisurely attitude, he enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the Cultivation World. People came and went, rubbing shoulders with each other. Sometimes, when he jumped out of his usual environment, he could better reflect himself and grasp his own state of mind. He would not be blinded by some simple things and bound his mind. This was also the reason why there were often old monsters and powerful figures playing games in the mortal world.

"Daoist, can you tell my fortune for me?" A middle-aged man, who was wearing a silk robe and a jade belt, came with many servants, handymen, and guards. Recently, he had a lot of happy events and was about to burn incense to fulfill his wish. However, when he was about to go out of the city, he suddenly saw Shi Xuan walking leisurely. He felt that this young Taoist in a blue robe had an indescribable feeling of being free and unfettered, so he went to ask for his fortune with his entourage.

Shi Xuan walked slowly with his hands behind his back. He didn't know what kind of trifles he would encounter, so he didn't expect that such a man would suddenly come to ask for his fortune. He was quite surprised because he didn't have a banner with the words "Iron Mouth Straight Cut" or "Fortune Telling".

"How did you know that I could tell fortune?" Since they were fated to meet, Shi Xuan looked at the middle-aged man and thought for a while. Then, he asked with a smile.

The middle-aged man cupped his hands and said with a sincere smile, "I'm Hao Changshou. I saw that Taoist is extraordinary, so I came to ask for your fortune."

The servants, handymen, and guards who followed him secretly looked at him with disdain. Their master was really too happy. He actually randomly pulled a wild Taoist to tell his fortune. What could he tell? Most fortune-tellers like this would first scare people with lies and scare them out of their wits before they could easily swindle money. Moreover, this person didn't even have a banner with him. It was obvious that he saw an opportunity and took advantage of it. How could he have any real ability?!

"Hao Changshou, I see that your glabella is dark and there's a murderous aura between your eyebrows. Within three days, your life will be in danger." Shi Xuan's bad taste was triggered. He casually used a few words of fortune-teller's jargon and put the content of his divination behind. Moreover, this matter could be used to collect one of the missing types of people's murderous intent.

The guards and servants almost laughed out loud. Sure enough, he was bluffing. Moreover, he used the most common and vulgar words. Their master should have woken up by now, right?

Hao Changshou's heart was naturally filled with anger. "I saw that you're extraordinary and came to ask for your fortune. If you don't know how to tell, just say it. Why are you making fun of me?" However, on the surface, he suppressed his dissatisfaction. After all, he was the one who came to find him. Thus, he lightly said, "Oh, I wonder if Taoist has any way to solve this problem?" He didn't take Shi Xuan's words to heart. He just wanted to quickly send this Taoist away.

Shi Xuan casually grabbed a light yellow talisman out of thin air and said, "Within three days, if you come across a wine after a meal, just hold it in your hand."

"Then, thank you very much, Taoist. How many taels of silver does this talisman cost?" Hao Changshou saw that things were developing as he expected. His tone became a little cold and angry.

Shi Xuan threw the talisman over and chuckled. "You and I are fated." He then continued to walk forward leisurely. Within a few breaths, he disappeared into the surging crowd on the street.

Hao Changshou caught the light yellow talisman in a daze. His mind was in turmoil. He didn't expect the young Taoist to not take a single tael. Could it be that what he said was true? His life would be in danger within three days?!

One of the attendants saw the change in the master's expression and boldly said, "Maybe that Taoist wants to cast a long line to catch a big fish?"

"But if there's no disaster, that Taoist can't be so thick-skinned as to come here again? In this lowly one's opinion, three days will pass very quickly anyway. It's better to believe that it's true than not. "Another guard followed up.

Hao Changshou nodded. It was better to believe it than not. "Don't tell anyone about this. If there's no disaster, wouldn't it be a joke?"

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On the first day, everything was peaceful. On the second day, there were no disasters or tribulations. On the third day, everything was peaceful.

Just when Hao Changshou was about to put this matter behind him and was about to wash up and go to bed, his wife, Madame Hao Xiao, who had been missing for a while, entered the room with a few dishes and a pot of yellow wine. She was in her thirties, but she looked like a virgin girl of seventeen or eighteen. She was beautiful and graceful, and Hao Changshou cherished her.

"Madame, what do you mean? Do you want to drink wine with each other again? " Hao Changshou joked with a smile. The two were very close. Even though they had been married for many years, they were still as sweet as glue. They were like newlyweds. Therefore, Hao Changshou, a rich and powerful man, had no other affairs in the past twenty years, except for his wife who had difficulty in giving birth and took a concubine.

Madame Hao Xiao smiled and said, "Master, did you forget that tonight is a full moon night? How can you not drink some wine and admire the moon?"

"Oh, I really forgot. Madame, don't blame me." Hao Changshou got up and walked to the table beside the bed. Suddenly, he remembered the Taoist's comment, "After dinner wine? Within three days? Is the disaster supposed to happen here? But why would my wife harm me? Is she also a victim? "

Hao Changshou would rather believe it than not, so he took out the talisman and held it in his palm.

After enjoying the moon and drinking for a while, Madame Hao Xiao was drunk. Her face was flushed red and she was sweating. She looked beautiful. Hao Changshou was dizzy and wanted to lean on her, but he passed out.

Hao Changshou felt dizzy and everything was dark. Suddenly, a light yellow light lit up and he woke up. He struggled out of the darkness and found himself lying on the table.

He laughed at himself and thought to himself, "I'm getting old. I got drunk so quickly! Uh, where's my wife? "

Seeing that Madame Hao Xiao was not around the table, on the bed, or behind the screen, Hao Changshou panicked, "Is this the disaster that the Taoist was talking about?" Before he finished his thought, he suddenly saw bright moonlight shining outside the window. The light gathered and a figure appeared indistinctly.

"Madame?" Hao Changshou ran out in confusion and joy. When he reached the yard, he was stunned. He was shocked, terrified, and in disbelief.

In the light, there was a monster with a human head and a wolf's body. It was ten feet long and twice as tall as a man. Its white hair stood up and its face was familiar to Hao Changshou. It was his wife Madame Hao Xiao, who had slept with him for nearly twenty years. Her beautiful face was twisted and ferocious, as if she was in great pain.

She turned to look at Hao Changshou with a complicated look in her eyes. Hao Changshou didn't know how to read it. The extreme pain, sadness, grief, despair, and pleading touched his heart.

But he was so shocked that Hao Changshou took a few steps back and murmured, "Mon, monster …"

Madame Hao Xiao couldn't control herself anymore. She howled at the wolf and her head turned into a huge wolf's head. Her eyes were red and she walked toward Hao Changshou. Although she tried her best to control herself, it was still difficult for her to move forward.

Hao Changshou was so scared that he didn't pay attention to the stairs and fell to the ground. Facing the wolf demon, he couldn't move, only endless despair and fear.

But at this moment, a light yellow light flew out of his hand and covered the wolf demon that Madame Hao Xiao had turned into. In a flash, she turned back into a human and curled up on the ground in pain, unable to move even a finger.

Everything before was like a nightmare. Hao Changshou slapped himself in disbelief. But in the end, he believed what he saw with his own eyes.

"You monster, you, you want to hurt me? See, see if I don't kill you!" Hao Changshou raised the light yellow talisman and was about to stick it to her with a murderous look.

But when he was halfway there, he saw Madame Hao Xiao's loving, sad, desolate, and desperate eyes. His heart softened and his murderous intent faded. Thinking of the love they had shared for twenty years, he couldn't move his feet, as if he was tied to a heavy stone.

But in a second, Hao Changshou thought of the wolf demon he had just seen and felt disgusted. His murderous intent rose again and he took a few steps forward.

Madame Hao Xiao's eyes looked like she was crying, which reminded Hao Changshou of the past: when they first got married, they were deeply in love … "If she wanted to kill me, she could have done it in the past twenty years. Why did she wait until today? Every move I made was from the bottom of my heart, without any falsehood. "He stopped again, and his murderous intent faded.

Hao Changshou's expression kept changing. Sometimes he was ferocious, sometimes he smiled gently, sometimes he was full of murderous intent, and sometimes he was forgiving. Finally, he let out a long sigh and threw away the light yellow talisman.

Scarlet murderous intent flowed from his body into the talisman. It was the murderous intent of love and hate.

As the murderous intent completely disappeared, Hao Changshou's legs softened and he fell to the ground. He felt as if the tangled love and hate had been cut off by a sword.

Madame Hao Xiao stood up with a happy, gentle, and loving smile on her face. She helped Hao Changshou into the room and whispered the suppressed pain that she had hidden for many years.

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The next day, Hao Changshou and his wife looked for Shi Xuan all over the city with their guards and servants. They wanted to thank this living god in person. If it weren't for the talisman, Madame Hao Xiao's unexpected loss of control would have led to a tragedy.