Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 407 - 382: She Originally Was...

Chapter 407: Chapter 382: She Originally Was...

Zhang San sprinted wildly to the western site of the incident.

The scene of the accident was a small courtyard, within which lay a family of three—a middle-aged couple and what seemed to be the charred corpse of a young person.

Among the three bodies, the ages of the middle-aged couple could still be discerned.

The young person had been completely carbonized by lightning.

Zhang San leapt onto a nearby two-story pavilion, using Baili Shenxuan with his left eye and Ninefold Scrutiny with his right, carefully observing everyone around.

Because lightning had been continuously striking here, many of the people who had been around had fled far away.

The thunder had just ceased, but still, hardly anyone dared to approach.

Only from a great distance did some onlookers cast their gazes this way.

Zhang San looked towards those people watching from afar, but noticed almost all of them were there for the spectacle, yet only a woman was heading towards the city gates.

Moreover, through Ninefold Scrutiny, Zhang San could see the Qi flowing around the woman gradually diminishing.

It was clear she was using some method to conceal her aura, slowly hiding the Qi she had emitted.

Unfortunately, had this person hidden among the crowd, he might not have noticed her.

But while everyone else is spectating, you’re not, if you don’t stand out, who will!

Thus, Zhang San leapt forward, chasing in the direction the woman had left.

Not long after Zhang San departed, Shen Erxian arrived with some martial artists from the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture’s Government Office.

In fact, Shen Erxian had already seen which way Zhang San had gone, but he knew whether to confront Zhang San or not was a dilemma—if he acted, it would be problematic; if he didn’t, it would be just as bad. So he simply pretended to do his best.

"This is the place that was struck by lightning! Quick, seal off the scene and investigate!"

Having said this, Shen Erxian glanced back towards the West Market, where the sky was filled with dust, like the end of days in a desolate yellow earth.

Shen Erxian did not know how Kaihuang would reprimand him, but the Town Demon Office had truly encountered great misfortune this time.

After commanding the government officers to go to the scene of the incident, Shen Erxian pursued westward himself, curious about whether Zhang San was indeed from the Town Demon Office, or if he was the mastermind behind the Floating Corpse Case.

However, just as Shen Erxian had stepped out of the Golden Light Gate, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

He saw Zhang San engaged in combat with a woman.

Her attire was elegant, like a blend of ink painting and a crane, and the red strings tied around many parts of her body injected a warm current into the cold hues.

Her long, gray-white hair was plaited into a lengthy braid that swayed with the casting of techniques in the breeze.

Although her face was covered with a light veil, the blue eyes half-hidden by her gray bangs were unforgettable at a glance.

"Who on earth are you? And who am I?"

Zhang San discovered that this opponent was also skilled in Wind Series Techniques, and her mastery of Wind Series Techniques was much higher than that of Ximen Chuixu, whom he had encountered before.

Without saying anything, the woman gave Zhang San a cold look and suddenly pulled out a small wooden seal from her Storage Ring and pressed it towards him.

Zhang San only felt the space around him tremble, followed by a golden cube-shaped barrier that firmly enclosed him.

Golden Light Divine Incantation!?

This was the first time Zhang San had seen someone cast the Golden Light Divine Incantation using a wooden seal.

But he had to admit, he had indeed not thought of this ingenious application before.

The woman then seemed to notice Shen Erxian, gave him a look, and then turned to leave.

Zhang San struck the golden barrier formed by the Golden Light Divine Incantation forcefully.

"Hey! If you aren’t going to tell me, at least let me out!"

The woman leapt into the air, riding the wind gracefully like a crane and disappeared with the breeze.

Only then did Shen Erxian come back to his senses. He leapt up and struck with all his might at the golden barrier in mid-air while roaring, "Zhang San, where do you think you’re escaping to?!"

With a loud bang!

Shen Erxian’s palm shattered the golden barrier, and only then was Zhang San freed.

However, in mid-air, Shen Erxian suddenly cried out "Ah!" and began to fall backward, eventually crashing heavily to the ground.

Zhang San, who had just turned around, found it hard not to award a perfect score to Second Master Shen’s feigned action.

Seeing the government officers from the Golden Light Gate who had already rushed out illuminating the Government Office, Zhang San also quickly left the area.

Lying on the ground, Shen Erxian cried out woefully several times until the people from the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture’s Office immediately came to help him up.

"I can’t do this, I’m injured! Quick, help me back. Then go to the Ministry of Personnel to report my absence. I’m injured, and it won’t get better for ten days or half a month!"

The nearby government officer, seeing their own Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture had nothing more than a bit of dirt on his backside with not even a tear in his skin, felt embarrassed to call out the charade and simply nodded, supporting him.

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Shen Erxian called out to the surrounding government officers and after a moment of thought said, "Bring over a stretcher, and carry me back."

"Are we still going back to work?"

"Work my ass! Shen Wei got to take leave for being sick, can’t I, Shen Erxian, take leave for getting injured on duty? After all I’ve done for the Town Demon Office, can’t I rest? Take leave and go home, straight home! Right now, just go home!"

Soon, the government officers from the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture’s Office carried Shen Erxian back to the Shen Family’s residence.

After arriving at the Shen Family’s place, Shen Erxian got off the bed and immediately rushed to his elder brother’s room.

"What’s the matter? I heard you fell and cracked your ass open, and now you’re fine?"

Shen Qi, who was reading a book, put it down and glanced at his flushed-faced younger brother.

Shen Erxian was just about to speak but suddenly ran to the doorway of the study, looked outside a few times.

Once he was sure no one was around, he re-entered the study and began to set up a soundproof barrier using Techniques.

Shen Qi was curious; when had his brother become so cautious and meticulous?

By the time Shen Erxian had finished setting up the barrier, Shen Qi had already read a dozen more pages of his book.

"Can you finally tell me what’s going on now?"

"Big brother, guess who I saw?"

"Did you see a ghost?"

Shen Erxian curled his lip and whispered, "Big brother, be serious. I’m talking about something serious here. I saw our little sister."

Shen Qi was shocked to hear that Shen Erxian had seen their sister.

Back when their grandfather was alive, they had encountered a sage who said that their little sister was born with a life fate of solitude and doom, an extremely ominous sign.

She was taken away by the sage to live in seclusion, hoping to avoid this doomed fate.

But to their complete surprise, Shen Erxian had met their little sister today.

"Where is our little sister?"

"If I’m not mistaken, she must be now at... the Heavenly Punishment Sect."