Chapter 19: Night Search
Standing in the courtyard, looking into the house, the doors of the hall, bedroom and other rooms were unexpectedly open.
The sound came from the bedroom.
Wang Zijia quietly approached and finally got a clear view of the situation in the house, and then his heart turned cold.
In the bedroom, a humanoid creature was lying on the bed, holding a person's head in its hands and continuously gnawing on it. The head had been almost completely gnawed, leaving only a blood-red skull, making cracking sounds as it was chewed on.
The bed and the floor of the bedroom were scattered with blood, entrails, white bones, and other items, like a scene from hell. From the bones and clothes, it seemed to be a mother and son.
A picture appeared in Wang Zijia's mind, a happy family of three living a warm life.
Since yesterday, the husband had been acting strange, unnoticed by the family. It wasn't until tonight that he went completely mad, turned into a fierce ghost, and killed the mother and son in their sleep.
"The methods of that demon are truly malicious!"
As Wang Zijia sighed in his heart, he held a dagger and transformed into a shadow, rushing towards the target.
"Roaming Dragon Eleventh Cut: Critical Strike!"
His whole body turned into a stream of light, and with skilled precision, the dagger stabbed into the back of the opponent's heart, the blade entering smoothly.
"Roar!"
The almost deformed monster suddenly stiffened, then roared loudly.
"Not good!"
Wang Zijia's expression changed, then he swiftly flipped his hand, gripping the dagger in reverse, and slashed towards the opponent's neck.
"Spurt!"
As Qi burst out, a cold light flashed, the monster's head flew off, and blood spurted from its neck.
Wang Zijia stepped back steadily to avoid being splashed with blood.
"Although only at the level of a innate martial artist, the strength of this body is extraordinarily resilient, with a vitality so strong that even a ruptured heart is not fatal!"
Watching the body collapse, Wang Zijia furrowed his brows. Without much time to linger, he quickly examined the bodies of the deceased. After a moment, a twisted ghostly face appeared on the monster's chest.
What made Wang Zijia shudder was that beside the ghostly face, there were two small new faces floating.
"Indeed, this kind of contamination has both growth and infectious properties. No wonder the law enforcement teams are so nervous and vigilant."
In his thoughts, Wang Zijia reached out and actively absorbed the contamination.
Weight: Curse Seed
Status: Contamination
Value: 74
Introduction: ...
Looking at the newly formed blood-red weight, Wang Zijia's expression brightened, once again converting it into spell value.
Spell: Talisman Crafting Technique (Proficient 280/500)
He planned to quickly exchange the spell to minor accomplishment or even great mastery, to use it to earn money.
As for cultivation, it would be much easier because he could take medicine.
With the Talisman Crafting Technique at the level of great mastery, achieving a success rate of over ninety percent, he would almost double his profit, close to one hundred percent benefit, which was already an extremely lucrative business.
...
After handling everything, Wang Zijia quickly glanced around.
"Squeak!"
Hearing the rapidly approaching sounds from the street outside, Wang Zijia didn't linger any longer. He jumped out of the window and quietly slipped out of the backyard, disappearing into the dark alley.
"Bang!"
As soon as he disappeared, the courtyard door was rudely pushed open, and two law enforcement team members, accompanied by a group of city guards, rushed in.
"We're too late, someone has already dealt with it. It seems like the work of a rogue cultivator!" one of them said.
"Since when do rogue cultivators bother with such trivial matters?" the other exclaimed in surprise.
The first person who spoke examined the corpse for a moment, especially its chest and swollen belly. "Strange, this person seems to be heavily contaminated, but now it's almost purified. However, it was purified after the killing. Who would bother to do such a thing? Are they just fooling around?"
"A mortician?"
"Huh? The rogues who become mortician are all well-known figures. I haven't heard of any mortician coming to the city recently, and besides, the deceased was obviously a mortal, without even spiritual roots. Why bother with the trouble of mortician rites?"
"Let's forget it. Since it's been resolved, let's quickly go elsewhere. We'll report this to the teams first and pay attention. Someone will come to investigate after we're done with our busy schedule."
...
In just a few words, after the two men had confirmed, they left a city guard behind to organize manpower, while the rest began patrolling and searching again.
...
Wang Zijia quickly left the courtyard, sneaking around for a while. After confirming that no one had noticed him and chased after him, he relaxed and began wandering again.
After a while, Wang Zijia once again sensed the sounds of fighting not far away. Just as he was about to go and take a look, he sensed an unusual aura, someone rapidly approaching.
His thoughts flashed, and he decisively hid.
"Bad people, so many bullying me alone. Wait until I have eaten enoug,and grown up,then they'll see! Hmph, playing hide-and-seek, I'm the best at it!"
"Yes, I like playing hide-and-seek, can't be found! Right?"
Just as he hid, a child of about ten years old rushed out from the end of the alley, covered in blood, but not his own.
The child still seemed to have some sanity left, at least some intelligence. As he ran, he spoke to his shoulder.
There was a tumor on his left shoulder, with several miniature ghost faces entangled on it.
Looking at the child, Wang Zijia couldn't help but think of his crazy actions last night. If he hadn't woken up, would he have eaten the nanny today, and then grown these ghostly things in his palm?
With a slight frown, as the child passed through the alley, at that moment, Wang Zijia suddenly leaped towards his back.
"Roaming Dragon Sixteenth Cut: Dragon Backstab!"
The innate Qi gathered at the tip of the dagger, shimmering with a cold light, stabbed towards the back of the opponent's head.
But just as he was about to hit the target, the opponent's arm unexpectedly twisted and reversed, extremely violating the joint's range of motion, grabbing Wang Zijia's dagger.
The dagger, gleaming with cold light, only managed to pierce through the opponent's palm, not even completely severing the bones.
"Is it already close to the innate level?"
As his thoughts flickered, Wang Zijia didn't hesitate for a moment. When his right hand was blocked, he immediately stabbed towards the twisted head on the opponent's neck with his left hand.
The opponent's reaction was even more intense than when he had ambushed hisnormal head. The other hand also twisted and bent, lightning-fast grabbing his other dagger, while the normal head directly turned 180 degrees.
With a childish face, full of anger, he said, "You're the worst, actually hiding first!"
However, Wang Zijia ignored the opponent's crazy behavior. After both daggers were restrained, he immediately let go, and as his right hand was blocked, his left hand surged with true Qi, and he struck the opponent's back.
"Crack!"
The palm slightly sank, crushing the opponent's sternum, and sending the opponent's body flying.
Not allowing the body to hit the ground, wang jijia accelerated and kicked the boy's head in mid-air with two consecutive kicks.
"snap!"
His strike broke the boy's head.
"splat!"
The body also smashed into the wall in the middle of the alley.
Without waiting for the headless body to stop twitching, he quickly approached, and touched the shoulder to draw the contamination.
(End of the chapter)