Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 377 - 216: Mingjiang Dragon Disaster_3

First and foremost, the government invested funds and manpower to renovate East Market Street, gaining a good impression with Zhou Xuan.

With one person achieving success, the whole street ascends to heaven.

"Others may not know, but do I not?" Sister Cui candidly explained, "Previously, East Market Street was associated with funerals, and was considered unlucky everywhere; would the government even consider us for some good venture?

Frankly speaking, it’s because Brother Zhou, your influence has grown, and the government, out of respect for you, helped us East Market Street with building schools, parks, and distributing benefits."

Zhou Xuan did not continue the topic but asked Sister Cui, "Where’s Mu Hua?"

"They’re at the east side where the school is being built. The workers are bustling about, making it lively. Mu Hua and Fuzi often go there with nothing to do, watching the commotion and painting."

"That’s great, life should be like this. When there’s hope, people have the drive."

Zhou Xuan stood up and paid the bill. On his way back to the store, he glanced slightly upwards at the dim Heavenly God’s Fire in the sky, muttering, "Does Mingjiang Prefecture truly have hope?"

...

Unlike the peaceful East Market Street, the three main halls of Mingjiang Prefecture underwent a cleansing operation.

The Hall Master conducted a thorough check from top to bottom. Most disciples in any hall with hidden dealings with kidnappers were uncovered.

But this time, the goal was not to punish the disciples for colluding with kidnappers, but to use the clues from these disciples to further uncover the deeply hidden human goods black market within Mingjiang Prefecture.

Of course,

In order to forcibly extract the black market’s leads with a "thunderous" speed, incidents of bloodshed would naturally occur.

In one day alone, at the City God Temple, Lord Qingfeng personally executed three incense masters of City God.

Twelve incense masters; a quarter were executed, causing everyone at the City God Temple to feel apprehensive,

Then, the night watchman Zhang Yifeng let slip a rumor — Lord Qingfeng targets only the managers of the Kidnapper Hall, and if anyone provides valuable information about the kidnappers, they could receive leniency.

One plays the good cop, the other the bad cop,

Disciples of the City God Hall flocked to reveal information about the kidnappers, they astutely sensed — this time, unlike the previous inspections by the Stele King and the Temple Master which were just for show, grabbing a few disciples as examples and then done,

This time, Qingfeng’s investigation was very real.

In the past, the hall most deeply infiltrated and corrupted by kidnappers was indeed the City God.

The City God also held the most information about the kidnappers.

With upwards of ten human goods black markets, Qingfeng and his people consecutively cleaned out seven of them.

Gazing at the black market, where human bones, human flesh, organs, eyes, ears were displayed in glass cabinets,

Qingfeng grieved inwardly: "Could they not have let me be the Temple Master earlier? Why was I not chosen as the Temple Master?

If I had been the Temple Master earlier, the City God would not have ended up like this. The disciples I nurtured with iron means wouldn’t have assisted the kidnappers in committing these countless misdeeds."

...

The City God, Witch, and Bone Elder collaborated to strike against the kidnappers. The arrest of Mo Tingsheng was in full swing, but the Painter was not in Mingjiang Prefecture.

He tore through space and arrived at Qiansha Water Fort in Yellow Field Prefecture.

The water fort is the main hall of the "Boatman" tangkou.

Behind the Boatman is the Sky Dome Strange Alien Ghost "Bitter Ghost",

"Bitter Ghost" is one of the twenty-four God-levels under the Heavenly Dome, extremely formidable, and the disciples of this tangkou earn their living via waterways.

With a large population relying on waterways, the number of disciples in the "Boatman" tangkou is substantial,

More disciples mean a prosperous incense flame.

Thus, the "Boatman" is quite influential in Yellow Field Prefecture.

At the riverside wooden hall in Qiansha Water Fort, Lady Hong Guan was brewing a pot of warm wine, occasionally picking up a piece of refreshing raw fish. Seeing the Painter enter, she pushed a wine cup over, inviting him to drink.

"Guan Niang, I’m here for a reason - I come to you with a request."

"Old Hua, you folks in Mingjiang Prefecture are all cultured people. Things that cultured people can’t accomplish, do you really think we humble boatmen can achieve them?"

Guan Niang picked up the dish of raw fish and pushed it toward the Painter: "Have a bite, the climate in Yellow Field Prefecture is dry, eat some cold raw fish to moisten your throat."

"I’m here to eat fish and also to ask you to help with something."

The Painter said: "It mainly concerns two matters, the first one you can definitely handle, give me the Blood Well Human Brain from your tangkou."

"The first thing you’re talking nonsense! Why should I give you the Blood Well Human Brain, just because you in Mingjiang Prefecture have ignited the Heavenly God’s Fire?"

"Look, how impatient.," the Painter chuckled: "You’ve been searching for the River God with the Blood Well Human Brain for so many years, haven’t found anything, right? It’s useless in your hands, better to give it to our Mingjiang Prefecture... if the Heavenly God’s Fire prospers later, I’ll help you find the River God together."

The Painter sincerely pleaded, but Guan Niang didn’t fall for it, retorting, "You cultured people talk like farting, speaking so grandly when asking for help; white bones resurrecting, once the task is done, you would talk slickly and refuse to admit..."

"Pah, how can you malign a good person like that?" The Painter couldn’t help but feel his face flush.

"Whether it’s maligning or not, you know in your heart. However, since you’ve come today, I can’t let you leave empty-handed, after all, that matter back then was not your fault.

The Boatman and Bone Elder share a deep connection. As for the Blood Well Human Brain, I can give it to you, but our water fort is short of talent recently, and I’d like to request someone from you."

"Who do you want?" the Painter asked.

"That Young Master of yours from Mingjiang, the one said to be the new Temple Master. Send him to our water fort, and I’ll hand over the Blood Well Human Brain with both hands."

The Painter: "..."

He never expected Lady Hong Guan to be so well-informed, knowing about the Young Master’s title so quickly.

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