The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 41 A Bright Future

Just as Jiang Feng and Ao Ying were happily dividing their spoils, a gray figure rushed over.

Seeing her pile of gold and silver treasures being redistributed by the two, Daoist Yuzhen couldn't help but shout, "My money! This is all my money!"

Jiang Feng raised his face: "Your money? Then call it and see if it answers!"

Yu Zhen Daoist glanced at Jiang Feng's clothes and immediately realized he was the one impersonating Cui Peng. He roared, "You little thief, you dare steal my money! I'll kill you, kill you!"

Jiang Feng chuckled: "I'll say it again, is this really your money? You probably swindled it from those powerful people and officials!"

Yu Zhen Daoist's eyes flashed fiercely: "What's it to you? They all did it voluntarily. Why are you meddling in other people's business!"

Jiang Feng sighed and said, "Although the powerful and officials were promoted because of your connections, they will naturally try to get back the money you swindled from them."

Using the guise of Taoist cultivation to sell official positions and engage in power-for-sex transactions—you've provided them with a great idea!

If one person at the top is corrupt, the entire bureaucracy below will follow suit, and officials at all levels will learn from them. In the end, won't the money used to buy official positions ultimately be passed on to ordinary people?

"They've suffered enough; I can't let you continue like this."

Look how good this outcome is! I got the money, and you learned your lesson. Even if you're reborn as a pig or a dog in your next life, you won't do anything bad again. We both have a bright future!

Taoist Yuzhen: "@#￥%￥#@……"

Who would want to be reborn as a pig or a dog in the future?!

Yu Zhen Dao Ren realized that she couldn't win an argument with Jiang Feng at all. She was so angry that her lungs felt like they were about to explode. She shouted and her eyes lit up with red light as she stared intently at Jiang Feng.

A red light also shone in Jiang Feng's eyes. The two pairs of red pupils met, calm and collected, as if nothing had happened.

A moment later, the ferocious expression on Yuzhen Daoist's face froze.

"So...you also know seduction techniques?"

"That's right!"

Originally, Jiang Feng's own techniques were not capable of using the Fox Charm Technique, until today when he suddenly had the urge to try out the Heavenly Demon Freedom Technique.

If the "Ten Abodes Mahayana Practice" is a method that breaks through all other methods, then this practice is a method that generates all other methods. It can be used to activate most spells and even enhance certain spells.

With her profound magical power fully activated, Daoist Yuzhen, who was staring at Jiang Feng, suddenly trembled, and a blush appeared on her charming face.

"ah--"

When Yu Zhen Dao Ren saw that her magic was being suppressed, she was greatly alarmed. She bit her tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood, and her energy and spirit quickly withered away.

Then she made a hand seal and shouted, "You are a rat!"

The next instant, a wisp of black energy emerged from her body and shot towards Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng was slightly taken aback. When he came to his senses, the black energy had already arrived in front of him and was drilling into his brow.

A golden barrier suddenly rose in front of him. The black energy crashed into the barrier and dissipated, then reassembled, forming the shape of a black cat that landed in front of Jiang Feng.

At the same time, Jiang Feng took out the Vajra Pestle and threw it into the air, chanting a spell.

As the incantation resounded, the vajra slowly turned, and a beam of Buddhist light shot out from the lotus, enveloping the black cat within.

The black cat let out a "meow," its body twisted, and it instantly shattered into a wisp of black smoke, gradually dissipating into the Buddha's light.

At the same time, Daoist Yuzhen's body trembled, his eyes vacant, and he fell backward, his life cut off!

[Your compassion has given Yuzhen Daoren a bright future. Your boundless love has moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with mastery of the "Mysterious Maiden Scripture".]

Jiang Feng looked at the corpse on the ground, a puzzled expression on his face: "Strange, the aura of that black cat just now seemed somewhat similar to the evil spirit on Empress Dugu?"

He had just lost his composure because he had discovered this, but while the black cat could be destroyed by the Great Bright Mantra, the evil spirit on Empress Dugu could not.

Was the person who cursed Empress Dugu more powerful than him?

After thinking for a moment, he said to Cui Ying, "Let's have someone investigate the origins of the Taoist temple, although the chances of finding out are slim."

This Taoist temple is too small; any local gentry or wealthy person could build it. Unlike Leiyin Temple, it's not easy to investigate. Therefore, Jiang Feng didn't think he could find anything out.

Cui Ying nodded and said, "Let's go down the mountain. My cousin should be numb by now."

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "It's a pity that the ruthless Taoist priest is dead. Otherwise, if we put them both in the pot, we could make a spicy hot pot."

Cui Ying: "...So, you wicked monk, you finally couldn't resist eating people?"

Rolling her eyes, she helped Jiang Feng cremate the Jade Virtuous Taoist, carried a bundle of money, and went down the mountain with Ao Ying, who had received a pile of copper coins.

……

In a magnificent room, there were no windows installed on the walls, and the entire room was completely airtight.

On the north side of the room, there was a memorial tablet, and one of the oil lamps arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper on the table suddenly went out.

The man sitting cross-legged on the couch opened his eyes and said, "Ani, call Dugu Ming here."

A maid entered, bowing her head, and said, "Master, Dugu Ming died suddenly at home last night. He was stabbed in the head with a sharp weapon, and all the money in the house has been looted."

The man frowned slightly: "Who did this?"

The maid knelt down and said, "We haven't found out yet, please punish me, Master."

After a moment of silence, the man sighed: "Yu Zhen is dead too. It seems someone is targeting my Dugu clan."

The maidservant forced herself to continue, "Master, the Empress has been seriously ill for three days. This servant dared not disturb your seclusion and failed to inform you in time. Please punish me, Master..."

The man abruptly stood up, a fierce glint in his eyes: "Xu Ani!"

The maid trembled, feeling that she was doomed to die today. However, she waited for a long time, but never received any punishment from her master.

She mustered her courage and raised her head, only to find that the owner was nowhere to be seen in the room. The breath she had been holding in instantly dissipated, and she collapsed to the ground like a rag doll.

A moment later, the man appeared in the Jiaofang Palace. When he saw Empress Dugu with a swastika on her forehead, he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Empress Dugu laughed, "My elder sister has achieved great success in her Buddhist practice and has been bestowed with a Dharma seal by the Buddha. Li Xie, didn't I punish you by confining you to your room for three months to reflect on your mistakes? Isn't that time yet?"

Dugu Tuo, remembering that he was still in confinement, exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly stepped forward: "Sister, what time is it? Why are you still worrying about such trivial matters? Let me treat you quickly!"

Empress Dugu raised her hand to stop him, saying, "Don't do anything rash. Jiang Feng said that you can't touch any other spells before this magic seal is removed."

Dugu Tuo said impatiently, "Then let him come over quickly and erase this magic seal!"

Empress Dugu shook her head slightly: "Not for now. He is Erlang's man and won't harm me."

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Dugu Tuo couldn't help but sigh and said, "Then take care, elder sister. I'll take my leave now."

After watching Dugu Tuo leave, her eyes gradually became lost in thought, and she murmured, "Human feelings are cheapened by old favors, and worldly righteousness rises and falls with the tides. A single flaw can become an insurmountable obstacle... Besides Erlang, who else can I trust now..."