Chapter 912 The Snake Demon in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (8)
Chapter 912 The Snake Demon in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (8)
If the original owner hadn't reminded him, Xiong Bufan wouldn't have realized that the Yuan Dan was missing.
Xiong Bufan has been so busy lately that he has neglected this matter.
Xiong Bufan: "Waiter, waiter!"
Hearing Xiong Bufan's shout, the waiter knocked on the door and came in. "True God, what can I do for you?"
"God, what are your commands?"
Xiong Bufan: "Call all the cooks to the hall. I'll be down in a bit. Make sure you don't leave any of them out."
The waiter, puzzled, replied, "Yes."
Stealing things in front of Xiong Bufan is blatant disrespect to him, especially since it was someone else who brought it up.
Rumors have begun to circulate in small circles in the capital that a treasure is being transported there as a tribute to His Majesty.
But no one knows exactly what it is; all that is known is that it is a rare and precious treasure.
Xiong Bufan sat in the main seat with a gloomy expression. Four people stood in front of him: a waiter, a helper, and two cooks.
"Where exactly is the treasure we took out of the deer's belly?" Xiong Bufan asked, slamming his teacup on the table.
The waiter, who was familiar with Xiong Bufan, knelt down with a "plop" and said, "True God, your disciple has always been loyal to you, as you know."
The helper stood to the side, craning his neck to watch the commotion, unaware of what had happened.
The two cooks looked at each other, then finally knelt down. "Manager, we're innocent! We didn't know where the treasure inside that musk deer was!"
Waiter: "Nonsense, the manager went out at the time, so it was clearly you who handled it in the kitchen."
"You were involved in the skinning back then, who knows if you were the one who took it."
The waiter quickly pledged his loyalty to Xiong Bufan, "True God, it wasn't me. I've been waiting for you to come back."
Xiong Bufan: "Stop arguing, you better tell me where the treasure is."
Otherwise, nobody will survive.
The two cooks were terrified. They had heard rumors that the shopkeeper was a true god, but neither of them had ever seen him, so who knew if it was just a publicity stunt?
Moreover, the things of the true God are the truly good things.
Li Han: "Shopkeeper, are you mistaken? Perhaps that treasure is not available."
With a "thud," Xiong Bufan stabbed Li Han with his knife. "If you want to explain, go talk to the King of Hell."
Upon seeing this, Liu Hao kept kowtowing, "True God, this disciple truly does not know where the treasure is?"
Those were all Li Han's ideas, nothing to do with me.
With a "thud," Xiong Bufan stabbed Liu Hao to death again, this time in a second round.
The waiter kowtowed repeatedly, his head bobbing up like a garlic clove, pleading, "This disciple truly knows nothing, sir."
The helper also knelt down, saying, "I left later and know nothing."
Xiong Bufan: "Get up, all of you. I know you're innocent. Now, run the inn properly. If anyone comes looking for you, just mention my name."
Waiter: "True God, where are you going?"
Xiong Bufan wiped the knife with a handkerchief. "I will find my lost treasure and come back."
He publicly announced that he had gone into seclusion.
"Yes."
Xiong Bufan grabbed his knife, went to the kitchen to get some food, and followed the smell.
Kongkong: "Bufan, do you know who took the Yuan Dan?"
"Anyway, it's those two cooks. I could actually be a detective, but they just won't give me the chance," Xiong Bufan said with some regret.
Kongkong: "Okay."
It's better to find things yourself than to rely on others to tell you; this is the lesson Xiong Bufan learned today.
Xiong Bufan's nose kept twitching, and he didn't stop flying through the air.
On the road to the capital, someone was riding a horse at full gallop, with the Yuan Dan in his pocket.
The escorts were all masked and carried knives; wherever they went, someone would clear the way for them.
The innkeeper's waiter was still not used to it, but if he closed the inn abruptly, his boss would kill him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and keep it open.
The helper has now become a full-time employee under the shopkeeper's arrangement, but he is a little worried about whether the shopkeeper will pay him.
As Xiong Bufan ran, he felt he was getting closer and closer to the Yuan Dan. He figured it was easier to bump into birds in the sky, so he decided to run on the ground.
"Bu Fan, hurry up, or the Yuan Dan will be eaten."
Xiong Bufan: "???"
The original owner's primordial core was truly a valuable item; everyone would want to steal it.
Kongkong: "Swallowing that Yuan Dan will grant you a thousand years of cultivation."
"Ok."
Xiong Bufan ran even faster; there was nothing she couldn't accomplish once she set her mind to it.
Kongkong: "Bufan, keep it up!"
The people escorting Yuan Dan on the road never stopped for a moment and kept changing horses.
Xiong Bufan ran for three days and finally caught up. He flew directly in front of the horse and shouted, "Hand over my things!"
Xu Da completely ignored Xiong Bufan, turned around and ran.
Xiong Bufan was not someone to be trifled with. Seeing that greeting him was not an option, he quickly flew forward and chopped off the horse's hind leg with a single stroke.
The horse was moving too fast and crashed to the ground. Xu Da was thrown out, landing face-first and getting a bloody mess.
Xiong Bufan chased after him to retrieve the package, yelling, "Serves you right for stealing my stuff!"
Xu Da was in excruciating pain, his internal organs aching from the fall, yet he still clutched his bundle, asking, "Do you...do you know who I am?"
Xiong Bufan snatched the bundle away, "Who cares who you are? You deserve to die for stealing my things!" After saying that, Xiong Bufan added insult to injury for Xu Da. No one understood the importance of eliminating the root of the problem better than her.
Xu Da struggled for a while before losing consciousness. Xiong Bufan opened the bundle, inside which was only a box. Upon opening the box, the Yuan Dan appeared before his eyes.
Every day Yuan Dan wanders outside, the risk of him getting lost increases.
Xiong Bufan picked up the Yuan Dan and swallowed it without hesitation.
It took Xiong Bufan some effort to eat such a large Yuan Dan, and he felt a bit choked after swallowing it.
Kongkong: "Bufan, you can actually smash it and eat it. That's what Huaguzi did before."
"Kongkong, tell me earlier next time," Xiong Bufan pounded his chest, hoping the Yuan Dan would dissipate faster.
"Someone has committed murder! Report it to the authorities immediately!"
The scene of Xiong Bufan killing someone was eventually witnessed, and people were now shouting that they would report it to the authorities.
Regardless of the dynasty, murder always comes at a price.
Xiong Bufan didn't want to go to jail, so he started running for his life.
Feeling a bit choked up in his stomach, Xiong Bufan could only run a few steps and jump around, trying to shake the Yuan Dan down.
Kongkong covered her face; she simply couldn't bear to watch Xiong Bufan's genius behavior.
The person who was shouting to report to the authorities saw Xiong Bufan run far away and belatedly realized that she might not be human. She frantically ran in the opposite direction from Xiong Bufan, shouting, "Help! There's a monster!"
Xiong Bufan didn't hear this and kept running forward.
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