Chapter 16: The Taoist Witchcraft Incident

I didn’t expect to face such a large group of people when I went down the mountain. A casual glance would reveal that there were probably a hundred people.

On our side, there were less than ten people. Our family members were Master Hui, Hui Gen, the great witch of the Yueyan Miao village, and Grandma Lingqing.

The group of people on the other side were holding flashlights, and I saw a lot of familiar faces in the light of the bonfires that had been lit around them. The great witch doctor of the Heiyan Miao village, Lie Zhou, Bu Zhou and his son, Qiao Lan.

They led dozens of people and made up the vast majority of the group.

Standing with them, but separated by a vague boundary, were probably the people belonging to that organization. There were only a dozen of them, and each of them looked quite imposing. Among them, I saw Lin Chen, and there was another face that looked very familiar. It was that old man.

The old man who once saved Xiao Chengqian at the entrance of the deserted village.

Facing hundreds of people with less than ten people, it should be stressful, but standing next to my master, I only felt relaxed. Everyone was silently holding their ground, and for a while no one spoke first.

It was Bu Zhou who saw me and jumped out like he had been injected with adrenaline. He even changed his tone and yelled at me, “Why are you here? You despicable little man, are you taking advantage of this situation to chase after Ruoxue? I tell you, Ruoxue will only be my woman.”

After that, he excitedly said to Lie Zhou, “Dad, you must bring Ru Xue back for me this time. I only want Ru Xue.”

Facing this man, I had no energy or mood to argue with him. I didn’t even look at him, but his words caused a burst of coughing around me, and the people in the organization even laughed loudly without any regard.

This made Lie Zhou furious, and he shouted at Bu Zhou, “Get the hell out of here.”

But Bu Zhou had already ruined the atmosphere of confrontation, so that the chief shaman of the Heiyan Miao village had to step forward and say, “Our village and the Yueyan Miao village have been getting along fine, as long as you are willing to express your submission. But your village is harboring evil intentions, and even allied with our enemies, so we have to come here to seek an explanation.”

This old man, Boqie, when I heard his words, I felt a dizzy feeling. This is clearly a modern civilized society, how can there still be such ancient negotiations between villages? But this is the reality. Outside of civilization, there are many facts that you don’t understand, and these facts are sometimes things that the state has to allow to exist.

In the face of this questioning, the great witch doctor of the Yueyan Miao village also stood up and said loudly, “What is an enemy? Hasn’t Master Jiang always been the guardian of your village? When did we ever express our submission? We just want to maintain peace. But you, what do you mean by surrounding our village with a group of strangers?

This is almost the same as political negotiations. As long as you don’t admit what you’ve done, everyone can play the game of Taichi or deny everything. My master became the enemy of the Black Rock in the first instance, and Yueyan also denied that they had lived under the subjugation of the Black Rock for hundreds of years.

Putting aside these seemingly confused phrases, everyone could keenly grasp one thing, and that was that the Yueyan Miao village had broken with the powerful Heiyan Miao village.

Sure enough, the words of the great shaman here caused the old man of the Black Rock Miao village to twitch. He said loudly, “Today I am asking you for an answer. Either you submit to us, or all the people in your village will be incorporated into the Black Rock Miao village. Otherwise, let’s talk about it.”

It is estimated that after being in power for so long, the old man couldn’t help but first, holding a bone staff in his hand, he chopped the ground fiercely and said viciously.

After saying this, he pointed at me with his hand and said, “I must also take this person back with me. He is related to a big traitor in our village, and we want to interrogate him.”

I was speechless. It is true that people who are shameless to a certain extent, even the gods in heaven will be afraid. Do you want to arrest me and bleed me? Is this really the case?

At this point, my master finally spoke up: “Qi Shou, you are so brazen as to say that you want to take my apprentice away in front of me? Are you getting old and falling in love with telling jokes? I am the person sent by the state to supervise your village. When did I become the enemy of your village? What are you implying…?”

My face twitched. My master is so insidious. He has pushed the Black Rock Miao Village into opposition to the state without saying a word. This is a serious crime that the Black Rock Miao Village can’t afford to bear, right? What will they do now?

This was also the first time I learned the real name of the old man, which was Qi Shou. It was clear that my master didn’t respect him much, and he didn’t even bother to call him “Boqie.”

Sure enough, my master’s words were a trap. Qi Shou was afraid to jump into it lightly. After a long silence, he said, “We belong to this country, and we have not acted rashly or done anything improper. Our enemy is not you. Does your disciple also represent the country? Jiang Lichun, you don’t need to wave a banner to protect anyone. I don’t mind asking the country for justice.”

Sure enough, Qi Shou is also an old fox. His words also hinted at a threat to my master, saying that they had not acted rashly, but in fact reminding them that they had a killer move, and even warning my master not to tear his face off because of a disciple.

But would my master hand me over? Of course not. My master sighed and said, “You can go now. By cooperating with them, your village has already embarked on a path of no return. However, this is not the time to argue with you, and I will give you a chance to reflect on this. Of course, if you are not willing to accept this, we will come to your door and demand an explanation.”

“Hmph, wait until you come to harm our village? Don’t think I don’t know your little tricks.” Qi Shou said angrily.

It seems that they know a lot. I sighed in my heart and also felt a little sorry for that silly girl, Irene.

“Let’s go,” the master said, turning his back and walking away. It seemed that he didn’t want to talk to these people anymore.

But I found it strange that they would not leave so easily when so many people had come to their door. Seeing that my master was so confident, it seemed as if he had some trump card up his sleeve. Unfortunately, I knew nothing.

If the master is leaving, I, as his disciple, cannot stay behind. I quickly followed in the master’s footsteps.

At this moment, I heard Qi Shou hum a sound. He didn’t say any more nonsense, and he actually started to chant the incantation first. As he chanted the incantation, a dozen people around him immediately formed a strange formation, surrounding Qi Shou in the middle, and they also started to chant along with Qi Shou.

The face of the great witch of the Yueyan Miao village changed, and he muttered, “Qi Shou is too vicious. He came here and used such a vicious curse against our village. Do we have no one in our village?”

But as soon as he finished speaking, I heard a burst of gunfire. It was the people from the organization. They came out in a group of more than ten people, all armed with weapons. These weapons were not funny handguns, but standard military weapons. I don’t know much about military weapons, but it seems that I can still vaguely recognize that this is a standard military machine gun of a certain country, and it is not small in power.

Are modern and “mysterious” methods being used together?

My master snorted, and for the first time, I saw him pull out a gun. I had a strong sense of incongruity. A Taoist priest with a gun? Could it be that my master was a secret sharpshooter who was going to take on so many people alone?

This is obviously impossible. My master just fired a gun into the air, and immediately afterwards, there was a rustling sound, and people appeared from all corners.

These people were wearing military uniforms and carrying weapons. They were the special forces of our department. It turned out that they had been lying in wait here all along.

There were at least 50 members of the special forces, and they immediately surrounded the dozen or so people. The advantage was needless to say. Master looked at the group of people and said, “The things in the Miao village, the things about the Taoist witch doctor, let’s solve them by our own means. Don’t get involved in anything else. If it gets too big, it won’t look good on anyone’s face.”

The old man of the organization looked at the master deeply, then snorted and said something. The people of the organization put away their guns, and the special forces also took two steps back.

The old man then said to the master, “Jiang Lichun, shall we have a few moves?”

As soon as his words fell, Lin Chen jumped out and looked at me and said, “So, you are Chen Chengyi.”