The red-haired female ghost's long hair fluttered in the wind, accompanied by a whooshing sound, as countless strands extended rapidly, binding the Qin couple tightly in an instant. But that wasn't all, the hair pierced through the window, dragging Landlord Fu from the bed as well.
In a flash, Landlord Fu and his wife were bound in the air like two blood-stained rice dumplings.
"This is bad!"
The ghostly aura on the female ghost was continuously rising.
Her cultivation was subtly breaking through to the Tier One Late Stage.
Fu Changsheng quickly pinched the Soul-locking Talisman between his index and middle fingers, chanting a spell under his breath. With a command of "Haste," the talisman ignited instantly, landing on the female ghost as fast as lightning.
"Immortal, please spare Miss Autumn Cicada's life!"
At this moment.
A young maid suddenly rushed out from the side.
Fu Changsheng, however, did not hesitate for a moment, casting a technique into the Hundred Ghosts Banner. The vortex inside the banner once again unleashed its suction force, with Yin Qi wrapping around the female ghost, pulling her fiercely into the banner.
Bang bang.
Without the female ghost's binding.
The Fu couple fell to the ground in an instant.
Fu Changsheng's gaze fell on the young maid trembling in fear before him:
"I am the Patriarch of the Fu Clan. If you have any grievances, feel free to speak them out."
"You... are truly the Fu Clan Leader?!"
Fu Changsheng revealed the Clan Leader Token.
The young maid glanced at it, immediately kneeling down, crying as she spoke:
"Clan Leader, Miss Autumn Cicada was truly wronged. She was deceived and brought over by the Fu Family, thinking she was to marry as a wife, only to find herself in a ghost marriage. That night, Landlord climbed through her window, attempting to force himself upon her. She would rather die than comply, eventually knocking him unconscious and informing the madam. However, the madam accused her of seduction, calling her a vixen, and that very night, threw her into a dry well to starve for ten days until she died."
"Why do you know all of this?"
"Reporting to the master, I was serving Miss in the room that night. I witnessed everything firsthand and was afraid... of becoming involved, so I didn't dare to report it to the Upper Race. Please, Clan Leader, administer justice!"
"But Miss Autumn Cicada was indeed wronged. Please, Clan Leader, spare her life!"
Fu Changsheng furrowed his brow.
The Fu Clan actually produced someone as morally bankrupt as the Fu couple, and as the Village Chief of Daxi Village, they turned a blind eye. If the entire clan held such a disposition, there would be no talk of the Fu Family's revival.
Immediately, with a sweep of his sleeve.
Two green vines from the peach tree wound around the Qin couple, binding them tightly. Fu Changsheng said to the maid still kneeling:
"From now on, you are free."
Dragging the Qin couple out of the estate with the vines.
Three days later.
In Nanyang Town, the Fu Clan gathered here, and Fu Changsheng had Mayor Fu loudly recount the Qin couple's deeds and read aloud the clan rules.
Fu Changsheng stepped forward instantly.
Holding a large knife high, he beheaded the Qin couple, displaying their heads to the public, then stood on the high execution platform, looking down at the crowd solemnly, and said:
"The Fu Clan has always adhered strictly to the clan rules; from now on, any who commit crimes will be executed without mercy, just like the Qin couple!"
To kill a chicken to warn the monkeys.
This was Fu Changsheng's first meeting with everyone as the new Clan Leader.
He also implemented another policy.
Which was to encourage more offspring within the clan.
If a child is born with Spiritual Root talent, they will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold!
From then on.
The Fu Clan from top to bottom was swept up in a wave of childbearing fervor.
After returning from Nanyang Town.
Fu Changsheng immediately went into seclusion, utilizing the Hundred Ghosts Banner to refine the female ghost Autumn Cicada. After ten days, the originally red-haired, red-eyed female ghost's hair color began to turn black, her skin turned white, and her eye color returned to normal.
Fu Changsheng withdrew his Dharma Seal.
Inside the Hundred Ghosts Banner, Ghost Qi surged, and a delicate young maiden flashed out from within the banner, kneeling before Fu Changsheng in salute:
"Autumn... Cicada greets Master. Thank you, Master, for avenging me!"
Compared to when she only cried for her grievances.
The refined Autumn Cicada was obviously much more normal.
Seeing that her Divine Soul was not very stable, Fu Changsheng immediately asked her to return to the Hundred Ghosts Banner to continue recuperating.
At this moment.
There was a ringing sound coming from outside.
Fu Changsheng calculated the days; it had been over a month since his parting with Meizhen at the marketplace:
"I suppose Meizhen has sent someone with the Spirit-Storage Pill."
He pushed the door open and went out.
His elder brother Fu Changren immediately approached:
"Patriarch, Nanny Liu is requesting to see you outside the array, on behalf of Miss Liuu."
Once the array was opened.
Indeed, Nanny Liuu had come on behalf of Liuu Meizhen with the Spirit-Storage Pill.
Nanny Liuu mumbled:
"Miss sent all three Spirit-Storage Pills she made without leaving a single one. If you have a conscience, prepare the bride price soon, and welcome our Miss with grandeur. As of now, she is constantly being harangued by the Clan Leader and Elders of the Liuu Family, urging her to change her mind and marry the second son of the Shangguan Family."
After speaking.
Nanny Liuu turned and left.
She hoped her Miss would marry into the Shangguan Family, yet Miss stubbornly clung to Fu Changsheng.
Fu Changsheng glanced at the pill bottle in his hand, feeling touched in his heart.
There were still three years until his and Meizhen's wedding day, and he promised a grand wedding procession of ten miles to welcome Meizhen gloriously.
After taking a deep breath.
Fu Changsheng turned and returned to the secret chamber.
Once the door closed.
He looked at the intelligence panel.
He now had twenty-four Clan Contribution Points and could exchange them for twelve pieces of intelligence.
If he continued as usual, relying solely on the fifty acres of the Spirit Field and the mineral vein on Leimeng Mountain, not to mention the grand wedding procession, he couldn't even afford a simple bride price.
Only by relying on the intelligence system.
Could he turn the tide against all odds.
Without hesitation, he said:
"Exchange for intelligence!"
Buzz!
The intelligence panel surged with golden light.
Then line after line of information appeared:
[1: Three months later, a sustained heavy rain will wash away Cyan Ox Mountain in Nanyang Town, revealing a nest of Tier One Low-Grade Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes inside, causing heavy casualties among villagers.]
[2: After the Red Marrow Rice harvest, you gave your third brother Fu Changlii tens of thousands of pounds for brewing. Eight months later, Tier One Low-Grade Red Rice Wine will be successfully brewed.]
[3: Liu Runzhi, seriously injured, will remain in seclusion for three months but, feeling embarrassed about being idle in the Fu Family, will exit seclusion in three days.]
[4: Your Fire Cloud Chicken is hesitating in its coop, uncertain whether to lay the egg in its rump, since it is a male Fire Cloud Chicken.]
[5: ...]
...
[10: Ten years later, in Anyang County's Seven Miles Mountain, a Demon Cave will appear. With demons rampaging inside, the Shangguan Family will issue a Recruitment Order to five major Qi Cultivation Clans for suppression, leading to a squad led by Li Wentai, luring you and Liuu Runzhi into the Skeleton Forest and successfully ambushing you both.]
What?!
Upon reading this, Fu Changsheng was shocked:
There would be an attempt on his life, orchestrated by that group, in ten years time!