Chapter 244: The Red-Haired Ghost Hand
“Today, this Banner Master is resting. All affairs should be discussed and handled by Liu Fu and Bu Hongsheng.”
In the Hall of Enforcement’s office, after Li Muyang finishes roll call, he tosses the Banner Master’s seal onto the table and tells his subordinates.
“Don’t bother me with anything unimportant.”
Yawning, Li Muyang finishes his instructions and turns to walk into the back hall, lying down on the recliner under the eaves, and promptly closes his eyes to sleep.
His sudden abandonment of duties leaves everyone looking at each other in confusion.
Bu Hongsheng and Liu Fu exchange a glance, saying,
“Why has the Banner Master become negligent today…”
Although Li Muyang is usually quite lax, leaving almost everything to others and only responsible for signing execution documents, this kind of behavior, tossing out the seal and acting like a hands-off manager, is unprecedented.
Liu Fu ponders for a moment and whispers, “Perhaps it has to do with the recent rumors.”
“Lately, there have been rumors in the city claiming that the Banner Master is a spy sent by the Demon Refining Sect.”
“The story of the Banner Master’s family being harmed is said to be a play staged by the Demon Refining Sect, all to allow the Banner Master to infiltrate our sect and become a spy.”
“Some also say that the Demonic Sect spies recently captured in the city are under the Banner Master’s command, following his orders.”
As Liu Fu speaks, he sighs softly, “The Banner Master has offended too many people, and who knows how many are weaving rumors to slander him in the shadows.”
“The saying goes, ‘when all point fingers, one meets their end without illness,’ and the Banner Master probably feels the pressure and is troubled.”
“Let’s take on some of the Banner Master’s pressure these next few days…”
Liu Fu sighs quietly.
The rest are indignant.
“Those spies thrown into prison were interrogated and tortured by our Hall of Enforcement.”
“If there really was a confession that the Banner Master is their leader, how could we possibly not know!”
“Those damn insects in the city! Just because the Banner Master didn’t indulge their crimes, they slander him… it’s truly hateful!”
“If I find out who is spreading rumors about the Banner Master, I’ll definitely bring them to the government office for a good cleanup!”
“How can we achieve a harmonious world with these vermin!”
Everyone is furious, angered by the persecution Li Muyang is facing.
Meanwhile, Li Muyang, resting in the back hall, has already closed his eyes and returned to the game.
He spent the entire night in the new game 《The Fall of the Fairy》, dying over a hundred times, and thoroughly explored the empty Sanhe City.
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Not only did he get a good grasp of the general information about the evil creatures wandering the city, but he also confirmed the existence of Sanhe City.
The empty Sanhe City is like a phantom, a void mirror world.
Everything in this Sanhe City is consistent with the real Sanhe City, a complete mirror image.
When the lights go out in the real Sanhe City, they also go out in the mirror world.
In the empty mirror world, prison carts move on their own, bowls of rice float in the air in the tavern’s hall, chopsticks continuously pick up dishes without anyone sitting there to eat.
On the city’s waterways, boats move along the river, their rudders swaying in the night wind, but with no one aboard.
This mirror world, completely in step with reality, is a world without living creatures.
Yet, the trajectory of everything in the city is exactly the same as in the real Sanhe City.
Such a scene seems quite eerie.
Li Muyang, being in the midst of it, watches the unmanned sedan chairs floating by on the pitch-black streets and quickly discerns his direction.
Once again, he leaps out from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau’s office and heads southwest of Sanhe City.
In the southwest of Sanhe City, there is a mansion with a vast expanse of land.
Within its high walls and large courtyard, pavilions, towers, rockeries, and water features are adorned with the light of lanterns, looking like works of art.
And in a dark room within this mansion, an oil lamp floats.
Beneath the light of an oil lamp, an immortal sword hovered in the void, emitting a chilling and cold sword qi.
This scene was identical to the opening CG.
The cold sword qi transformed into a sword domain, turning the area within a ten-zhang radius into a forbidden zone that no one could approach.
The only difference from the opening CG was that in the animation, there was the figure of Fairy Liuli.
However, in the mirror world, Fairy Liuli was absent.
When Li Muyang appeared outside the gloomy hut, he saw a figure outside, stiff and motionless.
【Shan Xiaolian】
Above the woman’s head was a pale yellow health bar.
She was dressed in the robe of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, looking somewhat disheveled.
A bizarre arm covered in red hair was growing out of her chest, trying to strangle her.
The woman stood rigidly in place, her hands tightly grasping the strange red-haired ghost hand, as frosty cold qi continuously emanated from her body.
Seeing Li Muyang appear suddenly, the first-rank sorcerer of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau was slightly shocked.
“Who are you?!” she exclaimed, looking at Li Muyang in surprise.
But Li Muyang had already met her before.
In last night’s game instance, Li Muyang had died twenty-three times here and was already familiar with the plot progression.
Without any intention of explaining to Shan Xiaolian, Li Muyang, who had leaped into the courtyard, charged straight at her.
However, as soon as Li Muyang stepped into the courtyard, a bizarre red-haired ghost hand suddenly grew from the ground and swiftly reached for Li Muyang’s right foot.
The speed of the red-haired ghost hand was so fast that it almost instantly sprouted from the ground.
Yet, as if he had foreseen it, Li Muyang leaped ahead of time, narrowly avoiding the ghost hand and jumping three zhang away.
The cold night wind howled past Li Muyang’s ears.
The moment he landed, two more red-haired ghost hands grew from the ground.
But Li Muyang’s stiff body spun sharply, landing precisely between the two ghost hands, and he immediately bounced up again, flying toward Shan Xiaolian in the courtyard.
But upon seeing Li Muyang flying towards her, Shan Xiaolian immediately shouted, “Don’t come over!”
It was already too late.
Li Muyang landed stiffly beside her, and suddenly, the red-haired ghost hand growing out of Shan Xiaolian’s chest sprouted numerous twisted and thin arms, also covered in red hair.
These ghost hands crazily reached for Li Muyang, covering the sky and sealing off all his avenues of escape in an instant.
However, Li Muyang, engulfed by the red-haired ghost hands, was not panicked at all.
His left hand, with sharp fingernails, came together and slashed horizontally like a razor.
A burst of fresh blood and cold light exploded from the sea of countless ghost hands engulfing Li Muyang.
His left arm shattered the obstructing red-haired ghost hands, and he tumbled out from among them.
This series of actions was as swift and decisive as a hawk swooping down on its prey, leaving Shan Xiaolian, who stood petrified in the courtyard, astonished.