Chapter 106 Curses and Concubines

As Aunt Xiao Yuan urgently reminded him, Zhang Yuanqing had already heard a faint whooshing sound above his head, sensing an unusual flow of air. Without thinking, he lunged to the side.

"Bang!"

Behind him, he heard the explosive sound of porcelain shattering and the splash of dirt.

Zhang Yuanqing, who had leaped forward, rolled once, pressed his palm against the ground, and sprang to his feet, steadying himself as he turned to look.

What had fallen was a potted plant.

"F…..…" Looking at the shattered porcelain shards and dirt scattered all over the ground, Zhang Yuanqing blurted out a profanity.

If that thing had hit him on the head, even a Night Watcher like him would have suffered a head injury. If it had been an ordinary person, they wouldn't have even had a chance to be rescued, and would have died on the spot.

My bad luck is getting more and more exaggerated. At least the car accident this morning clearly made me aware and gave me a chance to react.

His heart grew heavy.

"Honk, honk~"

At this moment, the white car not far away honked its horn, and Xiao Yuan's bright and elegant face peeked out, saying lightly, "Get in the car!"

Zhang Yuanqing stopped dwelling on the issue of objects falling from the sky and jogged to the passenger seat. It was rush hour, and there were many residents (mostly grandmas and grandpas) coming and going in the neighborhood. They had been startled by the loud crash of the potted plant and were casting glances in their direction.

I hope there won't be rumors tomorrow about the grandson of a retired police chief hooking up with a rich woman from society… Zhang Yuanqing prayed silently, slamming the car door shut.

Xiao Yuan stepped on the gas and sped away.

Instead of leaving the neighborhood, the car circled around and stopped in a secluded parking space.

Zhang Yuanqing turned his head to admire her profile. This woman had a beautiful profile, with a straight and delicate nose, a slightly upturned chin, and a graceful jawline.

Whether a person's features are three-dimensional mainly depends on the nose, and whether a face shape is beautiful depends on how upturned the chin is.

From this angle, he could clearly see her curled and upturned eyelashes.

Her beauty was different from Little Aunt's well-behaved cuteness, Guan Ya's delicate charm, and Little Green Tea's fresh and refined elegance. Her features were bright and bold, the kind of face that could be put on a stage as a leader without people murmuring about "women not being able to run things."

This was an element that many enchanting, delicate, charming, and well-behaved women lacked. In addition, Xiao Yuan was a "plain" woman. Her expression, her temperament, her personality were all plain.

Cool and aloof.

Xiao Yuan shifted the gear to neutral, engaged the handbrake, and said coldly, "Do you want me to gouge out your eyeballs?"

Only then did Zhang Yuanqing realize that under his burning gaze, Aunt Xiao Yuan's body was a little stiff and her expression a little tense.

Don't be so nervous, the bet was a joke… Zhang Yuanqing coughed and brought up the main topic, his tone slightly somber, "Aunt Xiao Yuan, have I been cursed?"

Seeing that he didn't mention the bet, Xiao Yuan's expression remained indifferent, but her facial muscles relaxed slightly as she said, "Shuo Fu, a type of curse.

"Compared to a death curse, its effects are more gentle. The cursed person will be plagued by bad luck for a period of time, with everything going wrong, eventually dying in an accident."

Through her observations just now, and the way the potted plant fell, she knew what kind of curse Yuan Shi Tianzun had been afflicted with.

"Your Yintang (the area between your eyebrows) is dark, and your spirit body is surrounded by black energy. This is a Saint-level curse. Your misfortune will become more and more terrible, and you will die unexpectedly in at most three days."

As expected, it was a curse, and at most three days before he would die unexpectedly… Zhang Yuanqing's heart trembled, and he decisively summoned the Demon Subduing Pestle.

With a flash of yellow light, the rather heavy copper pestle landed in his palm. He didn't rush to break the curse, but asked, "Is there any way to reverse-locate the caster? Also, I remember that the medium of the curse differs, and the effect also differs. This kind of curse that can force me to die must have control of my flesh and blood, right?"

He was no longer the clueless newbie he was when he first entered the profession.

Breaking the curse was simple, but the core of the matter was not breaking the curse, but finding the caster.

Understanding what medium the caster used to cast the curse, if it was flesh and blood, then next time, they might just cast a death curse directly.

He couldn't keep himself in a state of purification all the time, otherwise, he would be sucked dry by the Demon Subduing Pestle before being killed by the curse.

Moreover, he could be vigilant when he was awake, but what about when he was resting?

A death curse was instantaneous, and he wouldn't be able to react at all when he was asleep. Xiao Yuan's eyes revealed admiration, and she immediately shook her head, "There is no such method. Why don't you think about who you have offended recently?"

There was no way to reverse-lock the caster… Zhang Yuanqing frowned immediately, then he had to find the caster in a short time.

Looking at Yuan Shi Tianzun who was deep in thought, she continued to answer the second question:

"The curse you are under is extremely strong. The caster should have obtained your flesh and skin, using it as a medium to cast the curse, rather than a photograph or birthdate."

Zhang Yuanqing's guess was confirmed, and his heart grew heavier.

"Apart from Hei Wuchang (Black Impermanence), I have no grudges with the people of the Spiritual Alliance. Of course, with my current reputation, the Spiritual Alliance doesn't need a reason to kill me. I have too many enemies, and I really can't tell…"

Anxiety was hidden in Xiao Yuan's eyes, and her tone was faint:

"Change your thinking. Why doesn't the caster just cast a death curse on you? Is there another purpose, or are they afraid of something? You haven't been injured or bled recently, who had the opportunity to take your blood?"

As a witch doctor, her understanding of her profession far exceeded Yuan Shi Tianzun's, and her thinking was clearer.

Zhang Yuanqing leaned back in his chair, lowered his head and pondered.

If it was an evil profession that cursed me, they should have cast a death curse directly. I haven't heard of evil professions needing heads for rewards… If it wasn't an evil profession, then they controlled a cursed item… Shuo Fu (weakening luck) instead of a death curse, hmm, dying from Shuo Fu is more obscure…

Then their identity is most likely an orderly profession, or even someone from the official side, afraid that directly casting a death curse on me would attract the attention of the Songhai Branch's higher-ups.

After all, my current identity is being closely watched even by the elders. Being inexplicably killed by a death curse would definitely be investigated by the elders. Dying from Shuo Fu is a gentler way to die, and it's harder to detect any clues.

Apart from the arena competition, I haven't been injured in the past few days. In the arena competition, who came into contact with my flesh.…

Zhang Yuanqing quickly locked onto three figures: the Maoshan Taoist, Zhao Chenghuang, and Qing Songzi. Among the three, Zhao Chenghuang was the most suspicious, the Maoshan Taoist was the second most suspicious, and Qing Songzi was the least suspicious. The latter two shouldn't have Saint-level witch doctor items, and their hatred value with him hadn't reached this point.

If it was Zhao Chenghuang who wanted to harm me, then this matter must be reported to Fu Qingyang, and he should come forward, or he should report it to the elders… Zhang Yuanqing already had an idea in his mind.

"If you need my help, just say so." Seeing that his eyes were bright, Xiao Yuan knew that Yuan Shi Tianzun had already figured it out.

"No need! You giving me an accurate answer is already the greatest help to me. I will handle it myself," Zhang Yuanqing said.

Xiao Yuan couldn't intervene when it came to the Taiyi Sect. Xiao Yuan nodded, "No matter whether this matter is resolved or not, remember to notify me."

"Okay!" Zhang Yuanqing opened the car door and was about to say goodbye when Xiao Yuan suddenly asked again, "How is Kou Beiyue's matter?"

"I haven't forgotten. The higher-ups told me to wait for news, and there has been no reply yet." Zhang Yuanqing glanced at her, "I'll notify you when there's news."

After speaking, he got out of the car, gently closing the door.

After only taking two steps, Xiao Yuan's voice with a smile floated out of the car window behind him:

"Congratulations on winning the championship!"

In the bedroom, Zhang Yuanqing locked the door and dialed Fu Qingyang's cell phone, "Centurion, I've been cursed." "What's going on?" The voice on the phone sank.

He told Fu Qingyang about his unusual bad luck today, as well as his visit to the witch doctor at the No Trace Hotel, in detail.

Of course, there were also three suspects. Fu Qingyang pondered for a few seconds and said slowly:

"I understand. I will reply to you at the latest tomorrow." "Okay!"

Zhang Yuanqing said, waiting for the other party to hang up, but after waiting for a few seconds, Fu Qingyang did not hang up.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately said:

"Thank you Centurion, Centurion's power overwhelms his peers, looks down on Taiyi, lives as long as the heavens, and unifies the Five Elements."

"Toot, toot~"

The other side hung up.

While his grandmother's dinner wasn't ready yet, Zhang Yuanqing sat on his ergonomic chair, tapping his fingers on the table.

"In at most ten days, the massacre instance will open. My second exclusive spiritual realm is also coming soon. The exclusive spiritual realm and the massacre instance don't conflict, I just don't know which one will come first."

These past few days, his speed of reading guides had slowed down because of the arena competition. Now that he had won the championship, he had to pick up his studies.

"Single-player spiritual realms are unpredictable. With my character card's hidden score, I'm likely to encounter another S-rank or A-rank, so I only need to look at guides for instances below A-rank and don't need to look at the rest."

"Alas, every time I enter a single-player spiritual realm, the Songhai Branch has to spend a lot of money to buy guides from the Taiyi Sect. I feel a little embarrassed…"

The Five Elements Alliance did not have Night Watchers, so guides for that profession's exclusive spiritual realms were very scarce.

There were only a few scattered trial missions, or guides for very low-level instances. Therefore, before his second exclusive spiritual realm opened, the Songhai Branch bought many high-difficulty Night Watcher instance guides from the Taiyi Sect.

Although the two S-rank instances that Zhang Yuanqing cleared sold for a good price, offsetting some of the cost, the Songhai Branch still spent a huge amount of money and a certain number of items.

Also, the Extraordinary stage was fine, but when he reached the Saint stage in the future, the value of the instance guides would increase greatly, and the Taiyi Sect would definitely drive a hard bargain.

This was the benefit of having high merit. The organization would spare no effort and at any cost to train him. If he were an ordinary Night Watcher, he would probably have to resign himself to fate.

"Single-player spiritual realms are too dangerous. Even with my current strength, I can't be careless and must add another layer of insurance for myself."

Thinking of this, he took out his phone and sent a message to Xie Lingxi. Yuan Shi Tianzun: "Lingxi, I have something to see Palace Master about."

Little Green Tea: "Okay, I'll pass it on for you."

Zhang Yuanqing wanted to buy some life essence from the Palace Master of the Killing Alliance. This thing was a strategic resource, extremely precious, and the Yue Shi families had limited production, so within the Five Elements Alliance, only executive members were eligible to apply for its use.

And they could only apply for diluted life essence.

Although Zhang Yuanqing had high merit, he was not yet an executive member, so according to the rules, he could not apply. Although he could ask Fu Qingyang for help, if the Palace Master of the Killing Alliance could give him concentrated life essence, why apply for diluted life essence?

He chatted with Little Green Tea until his grandmother called him for dinner in the living room before Zhang Yuanqing received a confirmed reply:

Little Green Tea: "Palace Master said, at dawn, the old place. Hmph, you all have a secret place for assignations, unhappy, unhappy [arms akimbo, angry]"

Yuan Shi Tianzun: "When you come of age, you can come with Palace Master." He turned off the phone screen and went out for dinner.

At the dinner table, Little Aunt was chattering to her grandparents about her shopping experiences today.

Grandmother frowned as she listened, looking at her grandson:

"In the future, if you encounter someone provoking you, don't fight. Call your cousin directly."

Then she instructed her daughter, "You too!"

In a place like Songhai, it was common to be approached because of beauty, but it was rare to be beaten for ignoring an advance. After dinner, Zhang Yuanqing received a call from Fu Qingyang. "The person who cursed you has been found. It's Zhu Rong, Chi Yue'an's wife." "Zhu Rong?" Zhang Yuanqing blurted out in surprise.

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This result was beyond his expectations. Zhang Yuanqing asked in surprise:

"How did she get my blood?" Fu Qingyang said:

"It was Qing Songzi. He whipped you during the instance competition. That was when he extracted your blood and kept it in a tool.

"He had a deal with Zhu Rong. As long as he got your blood, Zhu Rong would become his lover. Qing Songzi is a wood demon and couldn't resist that temptation.

"According to Qing Songzi, Zhu Rong's starting point was… to train you into a gigolo." Zhang Yuanqing: ""

He was shocked and felt insulted.

The reason why he listed Qing Songzi as the least suspicious person was mainly because Qing Songzi had no motive. He also didn't know about the secret agreement between the two.

Chi Yue'an was indeed killed by a curse. In that case, the person who killed him was Zhu Rong… Was it because I destroyed her secret channel for making dirty money, so she wanted to take revenge on me? Or did my attitude of pursuing the matter to the end that day make her feel threatened?

She cursed me in order to train me into a gigolo? This is an insult to me.

Fu Qingyang said: "I have already sent people to deploy and rush to the Zhu family overnight. We will be able to carry out the arrest by this morning at the latest. If Qing Songzi is telling the truth, then our handling of Zhu Rong will be very limited."

The Five Elements Alliance had a way to make Zhu Rong tell the truth, but what if Qing Songzi was telling the truth……… Cursing Yuan Shi Tianzun to death and wanting to sleep with Yuan Shi Tianzun were two different concepts.

If a direct descendant of the Zhu family wanted to kill Yuan Shi Tianzun, the Five Elements Alliance would definitely punish them severely. Life imprisonment would be light.

But if the Zhu family's direct daughter just wanted to sleep with Yuan Shi Tianzun……… The Zhu family was a spiritual realm family, not a gang that could be bullied at will, and they had close ties with the official side, with deep-seated conflicts of interest.

The Five Elements Alliance would of course punish her, but they wouldn't execute the Zhu family's direct daughter for it.

"How to punish her, the higher-ups will naturally discuss. Centurion, what's most important now is to take back the curse medium. Also, the Copper Sparrow Tower case can also be investigated now," Zhang Yuanqing said.

"Of course!"

Fu Qingyang said and ended the call.

"This event can be used to bring the Copper Sparrow Tower case to an end."

What a goddamn plan to sleep with me, you should have said so earlier, just give me a hotel room number… Zhang Yuanqing slammed his phone hard on the bed with a gloomy face.

…Dawn.

A coffee shop across from the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau.

Zhang Yuanqing sat at a small round table, looking at the Palace Master of the Killing Alliance opposite him, and said, "Palace Master, I want to buy a few bottles of life essence."

The Palace Master of the Killing Alliance stirred her coffee gently with a silver spoon, and said:

"Life essence is very difficult to manufacture, and the materials are scarce and precious. I can give you at most two bottles, one for 100,000."

Diluted life essence could sell for as high as two or three million on the black market, and there was often no price for it.

One hundred thousand per bottle, this was no longer a fire sale price, this was a lover's price… Zhang Yuanqing immediately said:

"Okay!"

After the transaction was concluded, the Palace Master of the Killing Alliance took a sip of coffee and chuckled: "Your Yintang is dark, have you been plagued by bad luck recently?"

She could actually tell… Zhang Yuanqing nodded and told the other party about being cursed by Zhu Rong, omitting the gigolo part.

After all, he had to save face.

The Palace Master of the Killing Alliance said "Oh" and raised the corner of her mouth:

"Ever since that woman was trained by the Demon Lord, her heart has been twisted. She especially hates Night Watchers. No wonder she didn't cast a death curse on you, but instead chose Shuo Fu (weakening luck). I think tomorrow or the day after, she will contact you, threatening you with the curse and enticing you with her beauty, training you into an obedient gigolo. Tsk tsk…"

You don't need to mention that……… Zhang Yuanqing smiled reluctantly. She won't have that chance, my brother-in-law has already set out. ps: Fix typos first, update later.