Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 182 Hearing the Wind, Seeing the Inside

The man, seeing his hand severed in half, snapped out of his daze, his whole body going numb.

He looked into his ex-wife's round, lifeless eyes, as if he had suddenly realized something, but no one knew what he had realized.

He held his voice and didn't shout, it was unclear who he was thinking of.

The cleaver that had failed to sever his hand was pulled out forcefully and then slashed at his neck.

sizzle.

It sounded like water splashing from an open pipe. The man even covered his mouth with his bloodied hand.

He stared with wide eyes, as if watching his ex-wife push open the door and leave, but in reality, he couldn't see anything anymore.

He undoubtedly did the right thing; his wife and children, who were fifteen years younger than him, were completely unaware of the commotion outside in their sleepy state in the early morning and escaped unharmed.

No one knows what his purpose was in remaining silent.

Leaving aside how many unfortunate people were killed by their own mechanical puppets because they were light sleepers, Lin Fan and his group sped off, followed by a large group of mechanical puppets. They seemed to have been stimulated by something and ran far beyond their physical limits, even biting the carriage in front of them on the mountain road.

In other words, you can't catch up with them, and you can't shake them off.

Whoosh!Whoosh!

Two blood-stained knives flew past the mechanical figures and landed directly on the carriage.

Ziyue and Hongyi Zhou jumped onto the carriage. From Lin Fan's perspective, there were nine people in the carriage, dead or alive. The carriage seemed very crowded. He pulled Miaozhuzi to make way for her in a corner.

The Crimson Curse offered the scythe with both hands, and Lin Fan accepted it. The Crimson Curse's figure was then sucked into the scythe.

Seeing Lin Fan's series of actions, Chen Ergou clicked his tongue and said, "Brother Fan, your sword control, no, knife control technique is becoming more and more amazing."

Lin Fan ignored him and asked Zi Yue, who was wiping her knife, "Zi Yue, how is it?"

Zi Yue nodded, then shook her head. "Three people jumped out and were all cleaned up, but I don't know if there are any more."

Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief, "Even if there are still people hiding in the shadows, they probably can't keep up."

He then looked at Sun Ruolan, "Miss Sun, will those mechanical beings expose our location?"

Sun Ruolan nodded and then shook her head, leaving Lin Fan in a daze.

Sun Ruolan explained, "They must have ways to find these mechanical beings. But those mechanical beings shouldn't have the ability to actively transmit any information back."

Lin Fan nodded. This was the same as his mechanical beast; he could sense its location, but he couldn't share its vision or anything like that.

So Lin Fan gestured to the back, and the last carriage left the group at the next intersection.

There's no need to worry too much about the coachman. He's one of Duan Ye's knights, and an empty carriage runs even faster. If all else fails, he can just abandon a horse and the carriage and ride off alone; the mechanical man definitely won't be able to catch him.

Driven by instinct, most of these mechanical workers chased after the last carriage.

After crossing another intersection, Lin Fan planned to give up another carriage.

Zhanpeng interrupted him, "Brother, although I know you want to settle this peacefully, I am not willing to do so. To be honest, I am a little unhappy. We are sworn brothers, so we should be willing to risk our lives for each other."

Lin Fan remained silent. He certainly didn't think he had done anything wrong, but he also couldn't say that this was the best choice.

His choice, made amidst his inner turmoil, was a compromise between Zhan Peng's desire to resolve everything through force and Zi Yue's complete indifference.

Well, a choice is a choice, and until the result is in, no one knows which choice is actually better.

Ignoring Lin Fan's thoughts, Zhan Peng continued, "Brother, I'll go to the next carriage. After we distract these mechanical men, I need to go to Wujiang County."

"Why?"

“Brother, you will have no regrets as long as you retrieve the fairy’s remains. As the head of the Criminal Investigation Division, I cannot ignore injustices. Although Moju Eighteen Villages is a fiefdom, it is under the jurisdiction of Wujiang County. I need to go to Wujiang County to find the magistrate and see if there is anything I can do.”

Lin Fan knew he wasn't talking about dealing with Li Hao, but about the mechanical people scattered throughout the eighteen villages.

Zhan Peng continued, "It should also help to restrain my elder brother's side a little. I dare not say much else, but it can at least cause some trouble for Mojusi."

On Mount Moju.

Li Hao and the abbot of Moju Temple listened with grim expressions to the report from their disciples at the foot of the mountain in front of a large brass loudspeaker.

This object is called "Follow-the-Wind Ear," and is said to be able to hear things from thousands of miles away. In reality, it is just a device used to transmit sound from a specific location, either on or at the foot of a mountain.

Li Hao clenched his fists so tightly that he coughed loudly. "Look at the useless people you raised. Three bright pieces and one dark piece, and they didn't even see the person."

Although Li Hao was 99% certain that Liu Feng had stolen the corpse, what good was that? He hadn't seen a single person and had no idea where the other party had gone.

The abbot was also in a bad mood, saying, "Layman Li, no matter what, three of my disciples have lost their lives because of this."

"That's because they're useless!"

"you!"

After trying for a while, the abbot calmed down and said again, "Let Mr. Li know that there is still a way. If you have ears that can hear the wind, you will naturally have eyes that can see a thousand miles."

As he spoke, he walked to a mechanism next to the bronze horn. This mechanism consisted of bamboo tubes of varying thicknesses nested together, with several crystal lenses sandwiched in between.

If Lin Fan were here, he would recognize it at a glance; it's a telescope.

The abbot said proudly, "This thing can see things a thousand miles away. Mr. Li, why don't you give it a try?"

Li Hao glanced through the small hole with some skepticism. By then, it was already quite bright outside.

To be honest, Lin Fan chose this time not because he was worried about whether the body guards were tired, but because he planned to escape by carriage. Naturally, he had to choose a time after dawn so that the carriage could see the road clearly and travel quickly.

Therefore, Li Hao took a look and indeed saw a farmhouse clearly. "This is excellent! Quickly help me find out which way Liu Feng escaped!"

The abbot's expression first brightened, then dimmed. "It can only see far, it doesn't have the ability to find people."