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Chapter 488: The Fisherman Never Fails
Chapter 488: The Fisherman Never Fails
Zhou Mo appeared with a slender build, holding the aberrant beast, the black and white dog, his face filled with a fierce expression.
His hair was slightly disheveled, and there seemed to be scratches and bite marks on his wrists, with traces of blood.
The white fur of the aberrant beast dog was also stained with blood, especially around its neck, forming clusters due to the blood.
His gaze fell on Qi Yuan, "You, are you really insane?"
Zhou Mo was a bit surprised.
Although Huang Yan Shou was sent to the Insane Institute because of Qi Yuan's insanity, that insanity was fake.
But now, this guy was catching mosquitoes with Chen Kangbao in the middle of the night?
Was he truly insane or just pretending? What's worse, these two were plotting to kill him! And they were doing it so loudly!
Didn't they know that the institute wasn't far from here? The aberrant beast dog had already heard them!
"I'm not crazy," Qi Yuan glanced at Zhou Mo, and he could smell the scent of a woman, as well as the strong odor of death.
Zhou Mo looked at Qi Yuan, revealing a clear expression, "With my thirty years of experience as the director of the Insane Institute, I can tell if you're insane or not with just one glance. It seems... you really got scared out of your wits."
Zhou Mo furrowed his brows.
Whether Qi Yuan was insane or not wasn't important.
What mattered was that he had to die, and he couldn't die at Qi Yuan's hands.
After all, he was a son-in-law of the Shen family, and if he died at the hands of an aberrant beast, the Shen family would easily trace it back to him.
But if he died at the hands of a demonic spirit, then there would be no issues.
"Regardless of whether you're insane or not, you can live, but the person beside you... will definitely die!" Zhou Mo said, holding the black and white dog, his green eyes filled with a fierce expression.
Today, he was truly not in the mood to continue killing.
Beside him, Chen Kangbao's body trembled, obviously terrified, "Young Master, what should we do?"
Qi Yuan's gaze fell on the robust body of the aberrant beast dog.
Forget it, although he had reached the 2nd level, he probably wasn't a match for this aberrant beast.
"The lesson I'm giving you today is that plans can never keep up with changes! The world changes daily, and you'll never know if tomorrow or an accident will come first.
Look, the first step of your plan hasn't even been implemented, and the enemy is already here." Qi Yuan spoke incessantly.
Chen Kangbao stood behind Qi Yuan, looking terrified of the dog. He seemed to understand, and repeated, "But what should we do now?"
"It's simple, you go and hold that aberrant beast dog, then I'll go and kill that old man." Qi Yuan said casually.
"Me?!" Chen Kangbao's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.
His arms and legs were so skinny!
Zhou Mo couldn't help but speak up when he saw this, "You two are truly mad!"
"Yes, it's you," Qi Yuan said seriously, "Don't be afraid, I've already blessed you. You now have limitless strength, just go and pin down that dog, and I'll kill the old man and then come to save you."
"I've been blessed?"
Chen Kangbao's eyes visibly lit up.
"Yes, pin down the aberrant beast!"
Chen Kangbao received the order, and his courage truly grew.
He looked at the black and white aberrant beast dog and laughed heartily, "I've been blessed, you're finished!"
As he spoke, he dashed towards Zhou Mo.
"Madman, truly mad!" Zhou Mo's face showed disdain.
He had already confirmed that Qi Yuan was genuinely insane.
Otherwise, how could he bring up something as absurd as blessings?
And Chen Kangbao was also delusional, truly believing it.
"Xiao Huang, eat him!"
Zhou Mo shook the rope.
Qi Yuan couldn't be eaten for the time being, but Chen Kangbao could.
Upon receiving Zhou Mo's command, the black and white aberrant beast dog rushed towards Chen Kangbao.
That large black shadow could be mistaken for a leopard.
Chen Kangbao's expression was fervent, and his eyes showed no fear.
"A mere little mutt, I've been blessed by the Heavenly Deity, fight me if you dare!"
As he spoke, he charged towards the black and white aberrant beast dog.
Zhou Mo remained calm, as if watching a dead man!
The black and white aberrant beast dog, when placed in the mountains, would be unmanageable even for an ordinary tiger.
With such a massive build, it was certain death for a few strong men to encounter it, with no chance of survival.
How could Chen Kangbao, a small, pale, and skinny old man, be a match for the aberrant beast?
"The deity has blessed my body, I am invincible!"
Facing the aberrant beast, Chen Kangbao roared and charged forward, colliding with the massive body of the aberrant beast.
Something unexpected happened that surprised Zhou Mo. The terrifying aberrant beast was actually pinned down by Chen Kangbao.
Chen Kangbao's face showed ecstatic joy, "I've pinned it down, I've pinned it down!"
The blessing was effective!
Zhou Mo's expression revealed disbelief as he witnessed this scene.
He was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, pinching the aberrant beast control token to regain control of the black and white dog.
"Useless, get up quickly!"
He was furious and couldn't understand what was happening.
But the black and white aberrant beast dog was held down tightly by Chen Kangbao, and no matter how it roared and struggled, it was to no avail.
At this moment, Qi Yuan, not far away, fixed his gaze on Zhou Mo.
In an instant, he felt a sense of danger.
Zhou Mo panicked, "Stay back, don't come any closer!"
Qi Yuan smiled warmly, his expression kind, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I won't hurt you."
For some reason, looking at Qi Yuan's smile, Zhou Mo felt a sense of calm and contentment, and his intense emotional turmoil vanished.
Qi Yuan spoke, "Actually, I'm a kitchen knife."
Hearing this, Zhou Mo was certain that Qi Yuan was truly insane.
Who would claim to be a kitchen knife? How could he, a person of normal intelligence, be outsmarted by a madman?
With this thought, he was determined.
Chen Kangbao seemed to be hiding his strength, but Qi Yuan was undoubtedly a certified lunatic.
He was about to manipulate a lunatic, and he would easily capture him?
"Can you make him release the aberrant beast, that dog... It won't hurt you!"
"I can't. I'm a kitchen knife, and I want to cut vegetables," Qi Yuan said as he approached Zhou Mo.
Zhou Mo's mind raced, "If you want to cut vegetables, let's go. I'll take you to the kitchen; there are plenty of vegetables there."
As Qi Yuan slowly approached, Zhou Mo felt no fear. He held a dagger in his hand, and although he had once practiced cultivation, he had never entered the gate. Still, his combat power was significantly higher than that of an ordinary person.
Suddenly, Qi Yuan's figure quickly accelerated.
A calm voice entered his ears.
"You're my vegetable!"
The hand blade struck his neck with force, bringing intense pain and a dizzying sensation. His consciousness faded at that moment.
His face showed disbelief.
"You..."
Zhou Mo's words remained unspoken as his body fell to the ground.
Until his death, he never imagined that the useless good-for-nothing son-in-law could kill him with a single strike!
"Kitchen knife cutting vegetables, experience gained, minor increase."
A cold, mechanical voice sounded, and Qi Yuan shrugged.
"This Insane Asylum's director is so useless, only fifty mosquitoes' worth of strength!"
Indeed, the experience gained from killing the director was a mere fifty mosquitoes.
Qi Yuan didn't even have enough to level up.
He was still at level 2.
"Young Master, I've restrained this aberrant beast. Come quickly; I don't think I can hold it much longer!"
Chen Kangbao's face turned red, and his veins bulged as if he were using all his strength.
"I'll continue to bestow blessings upon you." Qi Yuan said.
Although he lacked strength, his eyesight was still sharp.
Not to mention, he could also see hidden information.
This Chen Kangbao still had some combat power.
Hearing Qi Yuan's words, Chen Kangbao was filled with enthusiasm.
"Another blessing?"
"I feel full of strength!"
"Is this the Young Master's blessing?"
"Please, Young Master, give me more!"
"This feeling is truly amazing!"
"Don't talk."
Qi Yuan was speechless. He pulled out a dagger from Zhou Mo's embrace.
"Focus on restraining it, don't let it hurt me."
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Qi Yuan said, and as the aberrant beast, the black and white dog, looked on in terror, the dagger fiercely pierced its neck.
Instantly, the aberrant beast seemed to have its throat sliced open, struggling violently. After a few breaths, its struggles weakened, and it panted heavily, like a leaking wind, eventually dying slowly.
"You bravely slay the aberrant beast, the black and white dog. Experience gained."
Qi Yuan pretended to be his system, narrating his own actions.
[You have reached level 3, and your physical attributes have improved.]
[You have reached level 4...]
...
[You have reached level 6, and your physical attributes have improved.]
The experience gained from slaying the aberrant beast, the black and white dog, far surpassed that of the mosquitoes.
In just a short while, Qi Yuan reached level 6.
At level 6, his strength and physical attributes were inferior to those of the black and white dog, but with his combat skills, he could easily play with the beast.
"Alright, the first part of our plan is complete," Qi Yuan said.
Now at level 6, his punch carried a force of 600 jin.
Ordinary strongmen were no longer his match.
"The Young Master is too powerful. We've completed the first part of the plan, and now we should move on to the second part..." Chen Kangbao said, but suddenly his expression changed, "Oh no, Young Master, I've discovered a huge flaw in the plan!"
"Oh? What flaw?"
"The second part of the plan is to interrogate the director, Zhou Mo, to find the true culprit behind the scenes. But in the first part of the plan, he died. How can we interrogate him now?"
"It's all Grandpa's fault for making such a flawed plan!"
Chen Kangbao's face turned pale, and his initial joy vanished.
"It's not your fault," Qi Yuan said, "Actually, finding the true culprit is simple. Whoever sent me here as a madman is the one, isn't it?"
Qi Yuan spoke calmly.
He wasn't one to use his brain much.
But with his high IQ and EQ, he could easily spot the problem with just a little thought.
"The one who sent me here was Huang Yanyou, the second young master of the Huang family."
The memories of Qi Yuan, the son-in-law, came flooding back. When Qi Yuan returned to Ninghe City to pay respects to his ancestors, Huang Yanyou took the initiative to befriend him, sending silver and women.
Qi Yuan, being cautious, feared that the Shen family would find out, so he dared not accept.
Thus, Huang Yanyou secretly took Qi Yuan to scale the widow's wall at night.
The outcome was obvious. A demonic spirit caused trouble there, the widow died, and Qi Yuan's soul was lured away by the spirit, causing him to go insane and be sent to the Insane Institute.
"The Huang family... it's actually the Huang family!" Chen Kangbao's face was filled with worry. "This Huang family is a well-known wealthy household in Ninghe County, often providing porridge and doing good deeds, they've gained the people's hearts!
Young Master, we need to deal with the second young master of the Huang family. We must formulate a perfect plan!
Otherwise..."
Chen Kangbao was acting as the wise counselor.
"You go and make the plan. I'll continue killing mosquitoes." Qi Yuan said casually.
Currently, without sufficient strength, a direct confrontation with the Huang family would easily result in his demise.
"Good!" Chen Kangbao felt trusted and energized upon hearing Qi Yuan entrust such an important task to him.
"Young Master, what should we do with this corpse?" Chen Kangbao looked at the body on the ground, his face filled with deep concern.
Fishing enthusiasts never go without a catch.
Qi Yuan knew that if the fisherman didn't catch any fish, he would be ridiculed, so he decided to do a good deed.
"Good!" Chen Kangbao's face lit up with a smile upon hearing this.
"Young Master, please bless me. I'll hang this aberrant beast's corpse and the other corpse on the fisherman's hook."
"Good, go quickly. After you're done, go back to sleep. I'll also need to sleep later."
Even after becoming an immortal cultivator, Qi Yuan still loved to sleep.
In this world, where cultivation had not yet begun, sleep was even more necessary to replenish energy.
...
The next day at noon.
At the Insane Institute, Lin Qinghe stood with a large knife hanging from his waist, his expression cold.
He looked at the two corpses on the ground and glanced at the old fisherman, "Speak, what happened? When did you find these corpses?"
Today, a report was filed about discovering corpses at the Insane Institute.
Such incidents were common.
Although Lin Qinghe's heart felt a twinge of reluctance, he could only pretend not to see and remain unaware.
After all, this world did not change according to his will.
However, this time, the deceased was Zhou Mo, the director of the Insane Institute, and an aberrant beast. This required Lin Qinghe to take action.
"This is my fish, not a corpse!" The fisherman's beard quivered as he tightly held onto Zhou Mo's corpse, his face filled with pride, "You've never seen such a big fish, haha! I, Wang Wei, caught it!"
The constable, Zhou Hu, smiled as he spoke, "Boss, this fellow was carrying Zhou Mo's corpse on his back in the morning, wandering around and shouting that he had caught a big fish. This is when people discovered that he was carrying Zhou Mo's corpse, scaring the people at the Insane Institute."
This fellow's mind was not right, spending every day fishing in the pond. Asking him probably won't yield any useful results."
Lin Qinghe nodded; this was just a routine inquiry.
These people with mental issues couldn't provide any useful information.
They might even mislead the investigation with their delusions.
Lin Qinghe squatted down to examine Zhou Mo and the aberrant beast, Hei Bai Gou's bodies.
"Zhou Mo was killed by a side palm strike to the throat, with a force of about two hundred jin."
Strange, a person with such strength, how could they use a dagger to kill this beast?
Lin Qinghe's eyes carried a deep sense of puzzlement.
Two hundred jin of force seemed manageable, but for those who had trained since childhood, it was insignificant, not even counting as innate divine strength.
"Could it be that a commander restrained the beast, allowing the murderer to kill it?"
"But why do it this way?"
"Why didn't the commander kill the beast himself?"
These two corpses had died in an extremely bizarre manner.
To be able to restrain the beast with physical strength, they must be an official commander.
Such commanders were not many in Ninghe City, but most of them lacked a motive for committing crimes.
"Have there been any special incidents at the Insane Institute recently?" Lin Qinghe asked the Insane Institute's servant beside him.
"No... nothing." The servant dared not look at Lin Qinghe.
At this moment, a constable hurried over and whispered in Lin Qinghe's ear, "Boss, half a corpse was found in Zhou Mo's yard. It's a woman, a widow sent to the Insane Institute some days ago. Her appearance is pitiful, probably devoured by the beast."
A flash of concern crossed Lin Qinghe's eyes, but it vanished in an instant.
He stomped on Zhou Mo's corpse.
(End of Chapter)
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