Chapter 317: Fortune Telling

Chapter 317: Fortune Telling

The peddler was embarrassed when Li Huowang did not believe him. Ive only heard all this from the village elder. He said that the ghosts wanted to be reborn, and so they stole many young babies that were less than a year old. Moreover, because they were stuck in Hell for so long without anything to entertain them, they are also targeting women.

You mean that a lot of people have lost their babies and many women were raped within the Cangshui County? asked Li Huowang.

Yes! Wow, a Daoist sure is amazing. It only took you one word to explain everything that has happened, said the peddler.

Li Huowang frowned. If it was only babies being kidnapped and women getting raped, then the county could just send the guards instead of informing the Surveillance Bureau. There had to be something that the peddler didnt know.Updated chapters at novelhall.com

After he finished talking to the peddler, Li Huowang urged his horse and the horse carriage continued moving.

Li Huowang managed to enter the city just before the gates closed. When the guards saw the identification token on Li Huowangs waist, they immediately called the town guards and had them escort him to the magistrates office.

On the way to the magistrates office, the sound of footsteps rang out incessantly. As Li Huowang saw several strong men running past his carriage while carrying a torch, he asked the guard that was escorting him, Who are they?

The guard clasped both of his hands together before answering, My Lord! These are the men the magistrate has chosen to patrol during the night. Everyone within Cangshui County is very nervous right now, and so we have imposed a curfew. We will capture anyone whos loitering outside after curfew.

Hearing this, Li Huowang silently nodded.

Meanwhile, Bun felt quite uneasy in the new environment; it kept pushing its head into Li Huowangs body.

As they moved, Li Huowang scanned the streets but didnt find anything unusual.

Soon, they arrived at the magistrate's office. The people inside had already been informed of Li Huowangs arrival and were currently standing there, waiting to receive him near the two stone lions at the gate.

We greet the Lord! The magistrate bowed. He was wearing the robes of an official. Following his lead, his deputy, secretary, and the other officers bowed as well.

Li Huowang jumped down from the horse carriage and saw that the magistrate was around forty years old. He was shorter than the others, something that was made even more apparent when he was surrounded by the officers.

Lets cut to the chase and talk about the official matters, said Li Huowang as he walked into the building. The others followed suit.

Inside the building, Li Huowang read parchment after parchment while everyone else looked at Li Huowang carefully. By the time Li Huowang finally placed down the parchments, the tea on the table was no longer hot.

My Lord! Please save the people in my county! Magistrate Lou kneeled once more.

Theres no need for that. Didnt you say that the women were raped? Would you bring them in? I will investigate them, said Li Huowang. He needed to know what was going on. Why did the culprits steal babies and rape women at the same time throughout the entire surrounding region?

Soon, a serious-looking girl was brought in front of Li Huowang; however, she couldnt answer any of his questions.

She didnt know who it was that raped her nor did she know when it happened. If it werent for her parents finding out that something was wrong, she wouldnt have even found out about it or reported it.

Having reached a dead end, Li Huowang didnt know what to do next. He wasnt really an expert on such matters.

No, maybe I have one more method.

Staring at the girl who was leaving, Li Huowang thought about it and took out the guidebook on making talismans. He flipped through it and turned to Magistrate Lou. Do you have a human bone? I need the bone to be wide.

Blind Chen told him that there was a talisman that could be used to do fortune telling to guide him. He decided to try it out.

A human bone? Even though the magistrate didnt know what Li Huowang was doing, he still told the guards to go and get one.

By the time the sky brightened up, the human bone that Li Huowang needed was brought in front of him. It was a skull.

My Lord, please rest assured that its a human bone. We dug it up from a wild grave, said the guard as he passed the skull, eager to be praised.

Li Huowang took the skull, pulled out a piece of yellow talisman paper, bit his finger, and used his blood to swiftly draw the talisman.

As busy as you are, I summon the Impermanence of Yin! Heed my orders, tell my fortune, and guide me from desolation!

He then placed a bronze coin on the talisman before pressing it onto the skull. Then, a sudden cracking sound rang out as cracks appeared on the skull.

When it was done, Li Huowang examined the cracks on the skull and compared it to the patterns described in the book. Hmm This pattern

1. This is referring to the unexplained cases of girls being raped. Some of the commoners likely raped the girls and blamed it on supernatural entities to escape blame.