HCB Chapter 885 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (51)
Chapter 885 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (51)
The economy there has visibly declined, just like many of the public facilities there, which were already old and were not maintained, so they broke down at the slightest disturbance.
Even with the help of its allies, the losses weren't reduced much. This is because those who remained were relatively law-abiding citizens. The most lucrative professions are often explicitly stated in criminal law; if those who dared to make money through such means were all dead, the impact would be enormous.
During a break in the recording of the program, Xiao Yun secretly admired her "masterpiece".
They affirmed the conjectures of those people, saying they were indeed intelligent and could see through the surface to the essence. However, they were wrong about one thing: it was not about domination but about counterattack.
Meanwhile, in their desperation to salvage the situation, the leaders of Great Beauty and Japan began to resort to desperate measures, believing rumors circulating online and searching for mysterious forces to completely resolve the matter.
They also speculated that there might be a master in the Dragon Kingdom who could deal with such strange events. Regardless of whether it was their side that was responsible, they understood that the antidote was often in the hands of the poisoner. Therefore, they sent an envoy to the Dragon Kingdom to sincerely seek help.
Furthermore, their words implied that even if the problem originated from here, they would not pursue it further or even speak of it to others once it was resolved, and they only hoped to restore normalcy as soon as possible.
The high-ranking officials of the Dragon Kingdom were naturally unaware that Xiao Yun was behind this, and they would not take the blame themselves. Although they suspected that some reclusive master might have intervened, they would not say it out loud.
We simply told them that we didn't do it and that we wouldn't do such a thing, but for the sake of peace and humanitarianism, we would help look for capable people in the country.
After learning about this, Xiao Yun felt that those who deserved to die had already died enough, and it was time to end it. He could also use his prestige points to secretly guide others by pretending to be some netizens using his personal terminal.
They say there used to be a certain master in their area who could exorcise ghosts and demons and tell fortunes. Or, someone would suddenly go crazy, and when they went to the hospital, they were only told they had suffered a shock and were mentally unstable. But their grandmother took them to a shaman, who came and beat them up. Guess what? They were cured!
Of course, all the people mentioned here are real people. Xiao Yun found the information online and confirmed it after verification. However, all the ones she compiled and posted had one thing in common: those "experts" were already dead.
But the person she actually prepared for was an old Taoist priest with some spiritual cultivation who was nearing the end of his life.
She impersonated the other party's ancestor and created a dream for him, teaching him a few simple incantations and hand seals. She claimed that by using these methods, she could move heaven and earth, and then some extraordinary phenomena would appear.
He was told that this was a good opportunity to make Taoism famous and also to accumulate merit for himself.
Of course, the old Taoist priest's ritual at that time would only be a superficial cover-up. The one who would truly neutralize the effects of the magic potion would be Xiao Lin, and the one who would create the strange phenomena would be the talismans. Since it couldn't be explained by science anyway, let the other party have a good look at the mysterious Eastern magic.
The reason for choosing someone nearing the end of their lifespan was to avoid future trouble. After the old Taoist priest revealed this skill, more people would definitely come to him asking for his services. But the other party wouldn't have the ability, and she couldn't keep helping him behind the scenes. Wouldn't she just be waiting to be exposed?
It would be better to simply retire gracefully and let everyone give up.
Of course, she wouldn't let the old Taoist priest work for nothing. Once this matter was resolved, he would indeed receive some merit, which would allow him to be reborn into a better life.
She said that the old Taoist priest had some skill, not that he had already cultivated himself by drawing qi into his body, but that he had studied Taoist divination, physiognomy, medicine and fortune telling for decades and was already very professional, and was also very accomplished in feng shui.
If this world weren't truly devoid of spiritual energy, rendering even those with spiritual roots unable to cultivate, with his perseverance and dedication, he could surely have cultivated to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Although he can't do it now, what he's proficient in is already very useful. At least he can see through a lot of things, and he's very adaptable and can guide people to follow his thinking. In other words, he can easily manipulate people.
Through her series of covert guidance, the country soon noticed this person and, guided by locals, found the supposedly highly accomplished Taoist priest in a remote Taoist temple.
When the old Taoist priest heard that they had come to invite him to come out of seclusion, he immediately agreed. He also said that his ancestral master had appeared to him in a dream, instructing him to resolve this matter. Once this matter was resolved, he would have achieved perfect merit.
The staff almost suspected that this person was behind the operation because of his quick and decisive reply. Fortunately, they were very professional and would not do anything beyond their job responsibilities.
They're here to pick people up, so just take them back. I won't say another word.
Soon the old Taoist priest went to the capital with the staff. There, he told the person in charge of contacting the Da Piao Liang team about his dream again. Regardless of whether the other party believed it or not, the old Taoist priest went to Da Piao Liang with the team sent by the government the next day.
During this time, he asked the staff who had come from abroad for help about the specific situation there. He needed to have a general idea of what was going on, since he didn't have a TV or a mobile phone and had no idea what the situation was.
The staff there recounted what had happened in detail, and then the government staff translated it for the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist listened patiently, thinking to himself that it was exactly as his patriarch had said in his dream! It seemed that the area was indeed tainted by turbid and resentful energy, and as long as he followed his patriarch's instructions, the problem would surely be solved.
Although he had a good idea of what was going on, he didn't say much to the other party. When asked how confident he was about making a promise, he gave an ambiguous answer.
When people from my own country asked, I explained more to reassure them that they wouldn't have made a wasted trip.
Seeing how approachable he was, the staff from the Dragon Kingdom began to ask him some questions that interested them, and the old Taoist priest answered them one by one, knowing the answers to those questions.
After those beautiful women fell asleep, a staff member from China approached and whispered, "Master, if it's their country's resentment, then why did four of our country's experts perish there? Could you take a look?"
The old Taoist priest asked the four people for their names and birth dates, saying he could make a calculation. This was his specialty, and as long as the information provided was correct, the accuracy rate was quite high.
They gave him all four names, but the staff only knew one of the birth dates and times. This was because he had gone with someone to retrieve the body before, and when they were registering the body, they glanced at the person's name and birth date and time and remembered them.
"I only know this Xu Chuyi. I've seen his file. He was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year in [year] at midnight. It should be his lunar birthday."
The old Taoist priest nodded and began to calculate. After a short while, he said, "This person's destiny is originally one of wealth and nobility, but his fortune lies in the lower east, and he has two masters in his heart..."
After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, the staff roughly understood. It seemed that this Xu Chuyi was likely a walking 500,000, and was on the same side as Da Piao Liang. If he went there, he would be haunted by the resentment from that side.
If that's the case, then dying in the country they served would be a fitting end, and their deaths wouldn't be unjust.
Since he's in this situation, it's possible the other three are in the same boat. It seems he'll have to report this to his superiors later and have them thoroughly investigate the past and families of those four; they might just find something out.
The deaths of those four were truly a coincidence. It just so happened that they went there at that time, were poisoned by the potion, and had something to hide, so they ended up staying there.
If it really is resentment at work, then those lurking in the country can't escape either. It's a pity that this world really can't be used, otherwise Xiao Yun wouldn't have had to go through all the trouble of refining medicine and having Xiao Lin carry it out. She has plenty of resentment; it's almost overflowing from her Soul Refining Banner.
When the staff relayed the news to their superiors, it caused another stir, but at the same time, a sense of sudden realization and "so that's how it is" also filled their hearts.
Immediately following, a series of decisive and swift actions were taken, and the family members associated with the four experts were quickly brought under control to ensure that the incident would not spread further or pose any further potential risks.
Meanwhile, a comprehensive and in-depth investigation was launched, targeting these experts' families and those who had close ties or intricate connections with Da Piao Liang as key investigation targets.
The state apparatus was activated, and by working backward from the result, it was quickly discovered that these people had used their identities to provide a lot of intelligence to Da Piao Liang. They were also told to prepare for a special mission that would be carried out soon.
However, these people died before they could receive the mission, so the exact nature of that special mission remains unknown.
It wasn't until the information Xiao Yun had collected quietly appeared on the executives' desks that they began to realize that the mission was very likely this.
This plan was probably discovered unintentionally by a wise person who was loyal to the motherland, who then carried out this revenge, or you could say a counterattack, but it was simply a matter of striking first.
This made them less nervous than before. They knew it was aimed at that side and wouldn't affect them, so they could just watch the show and gain a good reputation in the process.
As for their suspicion that you were behind it, where's the evidence? Even if you had evidence, would you dare to say it? Aren't you afraid of getting hit again? You have to swallow your suspicions; that's how assertive we are!
Awesome! So awesome, absolutely awesome!
I haven't felt this good in a long time. Whoever this sage is, I wish him a long and prosperous life, and that he may rule the Jiang... no, scratch that. I wish him boundless happiness and longevity.
You can't say someone lives to be a hundred years old. They're already that amazing; they must be a highly accomplished person. What if they're already hundreds or thousands of years old? Wouldn't that be cursing them?
While everyone was celebrating, the old Taoist priest and his staff flew to the most prosperous city in the beautiful country. The altar that the old Taoist priest had described was already prepared there, which was a platform more than ten meters high erected in an open space in the most prosperous part of the city center.
The news that the sorcerers from the Dragon Kingdom were coming to perform a ritual in Da Piao Liang had already spread online, so not only Da Piao Liang and the official media of the Dragon Kingdom, but also media from other countries gathered here, wanting to experience the legendary mysterious magic of the Dragon Kingdom.
The old Taoist priest didn't do anything fancy. He just sat cross-legged on a chair by the platform and waited for the time to come. They arrived in Da Piao Liang at 10 a.m. and it took them more than an hour to get to the city. The ritual was to be performed at 12 p.m., so they had half an hour to go.
They waited until noon, then the old Taoist priest used the incantation taught by his patriarch and leaped onto the high platform.
This caused a gasp of astonishment from the impatient crowd below. "That's incredible! That's over ten meters, not just a few centimeters! He just jumped up like that? He shouldn't have flown up!"
The old Taoist priest certainly didn't have this ability before. This was the Wind Control Technique taught by Xiao Yun, and with the addition of a Lightness Talisman, the effect was doubled.
The old Taoist priest had practiced at the Taoist temple before, so he was already quite skilled. In addition, he had practiced martial arts since childhood, so both his posture and expression were very steady.
Standing with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering, his once-slender figure now less upright, standing on the high platform, facing the scorching midday sun, still gave people a sense of awe and reverence.
He glanced down at the crowd, then drew a peach wood sword from behind his back. The sword was dark red, covered with fine, even patterns, clearly the product of time. Just a glance was enough to feel its ancient aura and powerful aura.
The man held a peach wood sword, while his other hand rapidly formed hand seals, chanting incantations: "The Supreme One commands, decrees to all spirits..."
The peach wood sword began to move slowly at first, then the movements became faster and faster until it was almost just a blur, and finally it thrust upwards!
This was done according to the incantations and movements taught by the patriarch in the dream. Because these were already deeply imprinted in his mind, and he had been practicing them constantly these past few days, his movements were very smooth and fluid. Coupled with his wide-sleeved Taoist robe, he had a very ethereal and otherworldly feel.
As he paused, a sudden gust of wind arose around him, and the once clear sky was filled with large patches of dark clouds, which piled up as if to cover the sky and the sun. Lightning could be seen flashing through the clouds, creating a scene reminiscent of the end of the world!
The audience gasped in unison, while numerous media reporters, though shocked, did not forget their duty and raised their cameras to take pictures of the space, capturing this breathtaking scene.
Some of the officials from the Great Beautiful Country, who were initially full of doubt and didn't really believe in these things, became even more nervous after the shock of the jump. They stared intently at the stage with wide eyes.
The old Taoist priest stopped his hand gestures and suddenly swung his peach wood sword in several directions. Beams of light shot out like lightning in the directions of the slashes, and black energy was faintly drawn out from where the sword pointed, quickly gathering into a huge black mist in the air, constantly rolling and roaring, as if it was about to come to life!