IW: Chapter 280 - There is no banquet that never ends!
"Master, it really is a Western vampire!"
When everyone saw the vampire, all their previous doubts vanished.
Could it be that Western vampires who died in this land also turn into vampires?
Uncle Jiu silently made a mental note of this, deciding to have a good talk with his martial brothers when he returned.
After all, they traveled all over the country, and they might encounter something similar in the future, so it was better to be careful.
The only annoying thing was, would he have to deal with Western methods for future demon-slaying and exorcism?
Wouldn't that increase the difficulty of his exorcism?
"Daoist friend, how do we deal with Western vampires?"
Uncle Jiu composed himself and didn't dwell on those matters.
He looked at Bai Ye and quickly asked.
The vampire appeared directly after discovering living people.
Its gaze also fell on Bai Ye and the others.
Originally, he was in a deep sleep.
Since someone had come to disturb his rest,
and he had only recently revived,
his craving for blood had reached its peak.
So, when living people appeared, he couldn't wait to show himself.
"Use holy water, I have holy water!"
"This is a vampire!"
Uncle Jiu scoffed a bit at Father Wu's words.
What a joke!
He actually wanted to use holy water to deal with a vampire?!
"Don't be ridiculous, Bai Ye Daoshi seemed to have said he could transform, didn't he?"
Although Father Wu had felt their words were nonsense before,
and even at one point thought there was no way his church could have vampires,
he had still listened to everything they said.
This vampire was a Western vampire.
So, to deal with a Western vampire, holy water must be needed, right?!
"Then this is from our side!"
Uncle Jiu was anxious.
How could exorcism use such a thing!
Yellow talismans!
"It's not that troublesome, actually, these types of vampires all have one thing in common."
Seeing that the two seemed about to argue over this matter,
Bai Ye helplessly reminded them.
Actually, exorcism doesn't necessarily have to rely on specific methods.
Some methods are common to both sides.
"Such as?!"
"Fire and lightning, of course."
"..."
Alright, alright.
The universal exorcism method in the exorcism world had finally been found.
It turns out that as long as you use these two things,
whether you're from the East or the West, you'll die.
A single fire will directly shatter your vampire duke dream!
The vampire actually knew they were exorcists.
He himself possessed intelligence.
Originally, he had wanted to take advantage of the fact that the other party didn't understand his characteristics.
As long as he transformed and utilized it properly, it wasn't impossible to kill everyone here.
But the other party just sent fire directly.
It completely stumped the vampire.
No fun!
Lost the resurrection match!
"Daoist friend, you are indeed right, all evil creatures are afraid of these two things!"
Uncle Jiu was speechless.
Looking at the vampire that had already been burned to ashes, he couldn't say anything for a moment.
He finally understood one thing.
He should have properly learned lightning spells and fire spells back then.
Now he wouldn't have to use such methods to exorcise demons.
Speaking of which, this stuff is still a bit difficult, it depends somewhat on talent, it's not something you can learn just because you want to.
"Maybe in the future, we can even use cannons to fight vampires."
As technology develops, even a single vampire won't be able to withstand a small boy.
Even if it's not a small boy, it won't be able to withstand a missile.
When it develops to modern times, technological weapons are inherently better than those of cultivators.
Because these can be mass-produced.
All fear stems from insufficient firepower.
Cultivation in the later stages may not necessarily be able to defeat technology.
After all, who knows what level technology can develop to?
"Cannons fighting vampires? That's impossible, isn't it?"
Awei had seen cannons before.
Could that thing fight vampires?
"Who knows?"
Bai Ye didn't explain. Actually, didn't "Vampire Reborn" have cannons fighting vampires?
However, Bai Ye didn't explain too much about this matter.
After all, even if he did, people might not believe him.
"This vampire is burned to death, but this place still cannot open a church."
The vampire had been dealt with.
But the feng shui problem had not yet been resolved.
If this church were to remain open,
then this tragedy would recur.
The one who eventually turned into a vampire might be Father Wu.
"Why?!"
Father Wu also began to take this issue seriously.
His predecessor died and turned into such a bloodsucking monster; to say he wasn't afraid was certainly impossible.
All those who cultivate or have faith,
do not wish to become a vampire after death.
This is a disgrace to their faith during their lifetime.
"Because of the feng shui, this place has extremely bad feng shui. Anyone here will die an unnatural death!"
The location of the church itself was not good.
When the church was built later, this layout was pushed to the extreme.
That's why Bai Ye wanted to remind Father Wu.
Although this priest was stubborn, his sin was not deserving of death.
Moreover, if he kept this church open, even more people would die.
Coming here to spread faith, people would surely enter the church.
"Can it be changed?"
"It would take a very long time."
Uncle Jiu interjected at this moment.
Changing feng shui was a very troublesome matter.
So he also advised Father Wu to move out quickly.
"I understand."
Father Wu said dejectedly, lowering his head.
Although he didn't want to leave just like that,
the facts told Father Wu that he had to go.
He had originally come to spread faith, and several priests who came with him had already died.
He hadn't succeeded in spreading faith, and instead, there was a bloodsucking vampire in the church.
Although he was very unwilling, Father Wu also knew that closing the church was imperative.
He notified the other priests to pack their things and prepare to leave.
When the mayor learned that the church was about to close, he nearly jumped for joy!
He had just managed to get someone to reopen the church, and now it was closing?
Even Tu Long, who had been cooperating with him, was now going to be arrested and taken back to Maoshan.
Thinking about it this way, he felt something was wrong no matter how he thought about it!
"Dad, why don't we just reopen it after they leave? Can't we find other priests?!"
David said carelessly.
If one Father Wu left, couldn't Father Li or Father Wang come instead?
There were many priests.
So, there was no need to rush at all. Besides, haven't they all been talking about avoiding the limelight recently?
Isn't not taking action now the best way to avoid the limelight?
"Then what about Tu Long? Who will replace Tu Long?"
David spoke lightly.
But there was still a problem.
That was, Tu Long was gone.
They had always cooperated with Tu Long before.
So, their business was quite good.
All the money David spent studying abroad came from here.
How much money could the mayor have?
He knew very well that it didn't matter if the church closed and the priest left.
But if Tu Long was gone, they would have no way to transport things.
"We should be able to find someone. We can totally find someone to replace Tu Long's method."
David felt that it seemed Tu Long could be replaced.
Isn't it just finding living people to pretend to be Walking corpses?
He understood the ins and outs of it.
Couldn't he create a Tu Long himself?
Why wasn't Tu Long discovered?
Because no one was willing to approach Walking corpses, not even soldiers.
So, this thing was not irreplaceable at all.
"Oh, right, didn't we want a bigger share before? Tu Long definitely wouldn't be willing, but the new person we find totally could be!"
David suddenly thought of the share issue.
They originally wanted to take more.
Isn't this just perfect?!
"Good, good, good, your idea is simply brilliant!"
When the mayor thought about it this way, he suddenly felt that it really was the case.
It turned out that Tu Long's death didn't seem to be such a bad thing for them.
"Then let's lay low for a while, and talk about it after those people leave!"
The mayor had also made up his mind.
He would just wait until they left.
Anyway, it didn't seem to be all bad!
"Master, you said before that the mayor was also doing such things, are we just going to leave like this?"
Ren Tingting asked, somewhat puzzled.
Although the problem in Jiuquan Town was temporarily resolved,
there was still one problem before them.
That was, the problem of the mayor and his son, David, had not been resolved.
"These are not for us to manage."
"Are we just going to let them go?"
Ren Tingting said indignantly.
Were they just going to watch the other party escape responsibility?
She looked at Bai Ye in confusion. Surely Bai Ye could have intervened and resolved it, right?
But why...
"We cannot intervene, but we can let the Marshal intervene. We should not interfere in this matter."
Bai Ye didn't want to interfere because if he did, he would have to kill the other party.
Cultivators killing people at will could have a huge impact.
So Bai Ye was not going to act.
Didn't he save Da Long once before?
This time, he would repay the favor once.
"That's right, we can tell the Marshal and have him deal with this mayor!"
Awei had long disliked David.
He had even tried to covet his cousin, Tingting, before.
He had originally wondered if Bai Ye had forgotten something.
Now it seemed Bai Ye had accounted for everything.
"Daoist friend's thoughts are truly thorough. We can watch then, and if they really do that, we can let the Marshal handle it according to the law!"
Uncle Jiu nodded, also agreeing with what Bai Ye was going to do next.
After all, it was inconvenient for them to directly intervene.
But Bai Ye's solution very well circumvented this point.
As long as the Marshal investigated it later, if there was a problem, it would be handled according to the law.
Actually, this didn't even need to be questioned further.
Tu Long had already been caught, so they were very clear whether the mayor and his son were involved or not.
"Master, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have questioned you just now..."
Ren Tingting lowered her head, embarrassed.
She had originally wondered why Bai Ye didn't do that.
Now it seemed she had overthought it.
It turned out Bai Ye had planned everything from the beginning.
He just hadn't told her.
"Actually, sometimes it's good to be flexible and not so rigid when doing things. There are some things that are inconvenient for us to intervene in, but if you truly encounter danger, you must act, do you understand?"
Bai Ye didn't blame Ren Tingting.
Ren Tingting's thinking was still stuck in the past and hadn't changed yet.
It's generally better for cultivators not to get involved in these matters.
If you kill people at will, what's the difference from an evil cultivator?
Even if you kill bad people,
it's still killing, and it's easy to get entangled in karma, unless those bad people are arsonists, murderers, robbers, and do all kinds of evil, like bandits.
If you deal with these people, there's no problem.
But for people like the mayor and his son, their sins are not as great as bandits.
However, they definitely need to be dealt with.
But not by himself.
At the same time, Bai Ye also taught her later not to be afraid to fight ordinary people if she encountered danger herself.
"Mmm, Master, I understand!"
Ren Tingting nodded seriously, and then also committed this matter to memory.
At the same time, she silently thought that she must properly learn from Bai Ye.
There was still much to learn.
"Daoist friend, then let us part ways here!"
Uncle Jiu looked at Bai Ye. He was about to take Awei to Maoshan.
Although Awei had taken him as a master, he wasn't officially registered on Maoshan's roster.
So, in fact, Awei had always been a nominal disciple before.
After observing for a period, Uncle Jiu felt that Awei was alright.
Although he sometimes slacked off, his nature wasn't bad, so he decided to accept him as a disciple.
He also had to take Tu Long back.
So, he wouldn't return to Ren Family Town with Bai Ye.
All three disciples were here, so it was good to go back to Maoshan.
They also needed to discuss the Taoist Competition soon.
"Old ghost, then I won't go to Maoshan with you. I still have a Walking corpses job!"
Ma Ma Di finished speaking, then cupped his hands to Bai Ye and said, "Daoist friend, I, Ma Ma Di, rarely admire anyone in my life, and you are one of them. I haven't formally thanked you for the last matter. Taking advantage of this parting, I'll just say it directly. Also, I've learned a bit following you during this time. Herding Walking corpses is my old profession, and I don't need your help anymore, nor do I want to disturb you. So, green mountains and clear waters, we shall meet again if fated!"
There is no banquet that never ends.
He had recently suffered setbacks in his career, so he had stayed with Uncle Jiu for a while.
Although he was reluctant to admit it,
Ma Ma Di indeed felt that this period was the happiest time of his life.
However, he had his own matters, and Bai Ye had his too.
They couldn't stay together forever.
"Then farewell."
Bai Ye nodded. The three of them didn't feel much reluctance.
After all, there would be opportunities to meet again.
But Wencai and Awei, at this moment, seemed to have lost their souls.
They had originally planned to cultivate their relationship with Ren Tingting during this journey.
But who would have thought that time passed so quickly?
They didn't expect to part ways again.
"Tingting!"
"Cousin..."
How disgusting.
Bai Ye looked at the sky, took a deep breath, and then exhaled.
He felt like he was getting goosebumps.
"If you two don't want to leave, you can go with Bai Ye Daoshi."
Uncle Jiu smiled coldly, looking at the two of them like this.
He just wanted to push their heads down now.
He had just said Awei was alright.
But now he was acting like a little girl again?!
No way?!
One woman has made you two like this?!
Alas... My Lian...