Ch37 - Buzz, buzz

The head of the statue had a handsome face, with profound facial features, and long curly hair that hung loose like the sun god Apollo. He had pointed and long ears like an elf, beautiful lips, and a smile on the corner of his mouth. It looked like the work of a top master which shouldn’t appear in the art building of a vocational high school. When the human head looked at Wu Rong, his eyes were very sincere and affectionate. It was obviously just a plaster human head, but it had an extraordinary charm, which made people feel deeply fascinated. 

“What’s your use?”

Ignoring the head’s flattery just now, Wu Rong was straightforward.

“Oh, my great master, the supreme master. This humble me can make some trivial prophecies, my eyes can see what you worry about, and I can see everything you want to know. It’s just…” the voice of the plaster head changed, its tone cautious, and there was a lot of guilt and self-blame in the tone: “My priesthood compels me to play some small, harmless jokes on you. You only need to use your wise mind…”

Wu Rong was indifferent and said: “Speak in human language.” 

“I will say a sentence before each prediction. You have to distinguish whether the sentence is true or false. If the judgment is correct, I will make a prediction for you.“

The stone carving head was quick, brief and clear, but Wu Rong was keenly aware of what it meant: “What will happen if the judgment is wrong?”

“My great and respected master, please rest assured that you are so noble, and it is the honor of Pseudologoi to serve you. Even if you make a wrong judgment, it is a test for my humble self, and I will do my best to help you share your worries. ”

Speaking of this, the voice of the plaster head was small, and as if he was afraid of being rejected, he said nervously:

“Great master, I very, very much hope to have this honor to serve you, but I am sorry that I can’t resist the rules here. If you want to take me away, you need to judge the right or wrong of my sentence first.”

Crack.

Wu Rong picked up a white cloth to cover the head, took away the vase and harp, and the yin energy covering the head dissipated again.

“Pseudologoi is the god of lies, a fraudster, and it is difficult to tell the truth from what he says.” 

Wu Rong didn’t say a word, but from this person, he only felt Yin energy, not ghost energy. In other words, to him, this human head was boiled cabbage without any seasoning and he has no appetite.

“Ghosts that can make predictions are rare, and they usually have to pay a very high price.”

Fu Qingdao took out a yellow seal character and said something in his mouth. Wu Rong only felt that an invisible wind spread out from the center of the seal script, surrounded the plaster man’s head for two circles, and then returned to the side of the seal script. Fu Qing cut off the seal character like a knife, and from it came some snow like white dots.

“It can be used without resentment or hatred.” 

Hearing what he said, Wu Rong nodded, put the odds and ends back, and removed the white cloth covering the head. Before the plaster head flattered and fawned on him, he said, “You tell me.”

Wu Rong’s phone didn’t vibrate, so he didn’t know that at this moment, there was an uproar again in the live broadcast room. The local tyrant kept smashing spaceships at him, just to get his attention. The new audience also dropped a lot of rockets and landmines, but they were desperate and did not wait for Wu Rong to look back.

[Don’t pay attention to that liar’s head, don’t pay attention to it!]

[When the anchor comes out, I will definitely buy her a mobile phone that cannot turn off the vibration! Wuuuuuuuuuu] 

[F*ck, f*ck, no way, this stone carving head can’t be the same one!]

[Which one? This one is that one, and that one is that one. Why do you confuse me?!]

[It’s that stone head! Fuck, don’t you pay attention to the Federal Forum at all? So many long posts marked with red and fine lines are all about the history of blood and tears of bigwigs being cheated by stone carving heads. Why did this liar appear in Tiankeng 444 again!]

[Huh? How can the boss be cheated?] 

[Let me tell you the newcomers above, prophecy-type spirits and ghosts are very rare, yes, very very very rare. Don’t look at the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain who often divine and deduce the future, and have special physiques such as celestial vision, which makes it simple. The price to be paid for predicting is very heavy, and serious masters will not calculate the future for others. The cause and effect are too great, and they will not do it for any amount of money.]

[But prophecy is very useful, and even life-saving! The ghosts raised by the ghost breeders are very powerful, and they are quick to bite back, without any rules. Many big bosses lost their lives in vain because of the sudden backlash of the ghosts during the battle. If you can predict when the ghost will bite back, can’t you spend more time preparing? In other words, when you are about to accept a task, if you can predict it, you can know in advance whether there are any pitfalls in the task, and will know if the actual difficulty exceeds the marked difficulty.]

[The person above said so many things that the newcomers don’t understand. In short, prophecies are expensive, rare, and they are good things that can save lives, so everyone wants them. But this statue’s words are very tricky. Few people can judge whether it’s words are true or not, and they have to be punished in the end.]

[This head is considered a legend, even Bone Ghost General’s Tong Haohan has been fooled by it, right?] 

[It’s not enough, there are more than a dozen bigwigs who are willing to speak out, and there are so many who are unwilling to speak out, you don’t even know how many people have been deceived by it!]

[Huh? This stone carved head is so dangerous, can it even hurt the bosses?]

[It’s not wounding, it won’t kill, it’s just, it’s the other kind]

[It will make some special and embarrassing pranks, which is almost equal to social death orz] 

“I didn’t expect this head to still be there.”

In the Security Bureau, Master Kuchan and his team, who were always paying attention to this trial, also focused on Wu Rong’s live broadcast room. When they saw the stone carved head for the first time, Master Kuchan said a word about Amitabha.

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

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“Boring.”

He has a square head with a hard face, but his voice is feminine. If you just listened to the voice and didn’t look at appearance, you would think he is a cold and beautiful lady.

“You have been in this situation for more than a year. The curse of this stone head is really long, hahaha.”

“The stone head is naughty, but it only does pranks, it doesn’t hurt people.” 

The elderly Taoist priest shook his head and smiled, saying leniently: “There was a record of its appearance in the early days of the supernatural recovery, and it played tricks on many people. Later, Grand Master Fu broke it into pieces. When the head appeared again, it would not dare to attack the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain.”

“Whether it is a ghost or a spiritual thing has not been determined for a long time. But so far, it has not killed anyone.”

“Not necessarily.”

A thin woman with black tattoos on the side of her neck said solemnly: “The Tiankengs where human heads have been active are all ferocious ghost-level at least, and the people who it deceives are all high-level powerhouses. Why did it appear in the 444th tiankeng this time? Could it be…” 

“Why don’t you just destroy this head?”

Taoist Priest Yun, the youngest and most vigorous priest in the room, wondered, “Deception is a bad thing.”

“It can’t be destroyed.”

The Taoist Priest slowly answered his doubts: “Whether you chop it up, smash it, swallow it with evil spirits, or suppress it with runes, it won’t even take three days for the human head to return to the Tiankeng. Coming without a shadow and going without trace. For many years, except for Grand Master Fu, there is no role in the world that can make it afraid. It is suspected that it may come from the Seven Tiankengs.” 

“The seven tiankengs—”

Taoist Yun dwelled more,

“The seven evils of Buddhism and Taoism are greed, hatred, delusion, slowness, doubt, jealousy, and licentiousness, or the seven original sins of pride, gluttony, lust, wrath, sloth, avarice, and envy described by the Western Federation.”

Zheng Ju said coldly, “The human head disappeared five years after I suppressed it. Now there may be an accident in the Great Tiankeng of Youpo, and it is active again. Master Kuchan, it seems that we must consider the worst situation.” 

“Amitabha.”

Master Kuchan said slowly, “I hope everything goes well with Hui Xin.”

Regardless of whether the people in the live broadcast room and outside were watching with excitement or worry, in the sculpture classroom, with Wu Rong’s permission, the stone sculpture of a person had already begun to speak.

“Oh~ my great master, please listen carefully.” 

The stone carved head said solemnly: “I have seen your brilliant future. How honest, brave, and shining a soul you are! You must be a great hero in the future and the leader of the correct way to save the world!”

Wu Rong said without hesitation, “Fake.”

“Unfortunately, your answer is wrong. Alas, I shouldn’t have asked this question. You are so humble and noble, how could you agree with these exaggerated words. ”

The tone of the stone carving head was extremely humble, as if it was anxious and blamed itself to the point of crying, as if it was the one who was going to be punished instead of Wu Rong: “Now, you need to accept my punishment.” 

A series of sighs and sighs were heard in the live broadcast room.

[Look, I know that no matter how nice the liar’s head is, she will be punished in the end.]

[I feel that there are no definite answers to the questions it asks. Has anyone successfully judged right from wrong?]

[Of course – no, but if one could make such a prediction, it would not become so notorious and be blacklisted by the leaders!] 

[Actually, I’m a little excited, don’t you guys wonder what the anchor’s punishment will be? This head doesn’t seem to kill people.]

[Actually, I’m also looking forward to it. A few days ago, I just finished chasing the post ‘The History of Blood and Tears of the Big Brothers’. I didn’t expect that this human head would make General Bone Ghost pregnant with a bigbelly for three years! No wonder General Bone Ghost was so grumpy that he slaughtered several ghost domains one after another after he came out of seclusion. If this happened to me I would also be grumpy.

[But don’t let the anchor change genders into a macho, I haven’t seen enough cute girls, my wife can’t change!]

[Look, it’s about to start!] 

“Forgive me for using the word punishment, tolerant master, I really have to. I will punish you next.”

Wu Rong narrowed his eyes slightly, opened his left hand slightly, and the infusion of Yin Qi could wake up the big ghost at any time. He was vigilant and ready to deal with the punishment of stone carving head.

“I’m going to punish you—ask me a prophecy question.”

The plaster head spoke humbly and cautiously: “Do you think this is okay?” 

The audience in the live broadcast room: ? ? ? ?

[This, is this the liar’s head you are talking about?]

A barrage across the live broadcast room: [Why do I think it looks like a licking dog? ? ? ]

Wu Rong was also taken aback, and exchanged a glance with Fu Qing. He thought of many things in a flash, and finally Wu Rong pondered for a moment, and asked: “How many people in this world know me?” 

Wu Rong stared at the stone head, he guessed that only he and Fu Qing understood what this question meant, Wu Rong wanted to confirm whether the carved stone head is a liar, or whether it can really predict the future.

But this left the audience in the studio and the bosses who watched his live broadcast very confused.

[Hahahaha this question is too stupid]

[Why don’t you ask about the next lottery number.] 

[Fool, it’s a live broadcast, if the anchor knows the next lottery number, don’t the tens of millions of people in the live broadcast room also know it!]

[Why did the anchor ask that? Are you afraid that the stone carving head will be tricky?]

[The number of relationships cannot be counted at will. The anchor doesn’t know whether the number is right or not. Isn’t that a problem?]

[Look, this stone head is not a good thing. It speaks and predicts the future, but not necessarily all of it. Even if it does not lie when it does so, as long as one or two words are missing, do you believe that the meaning will be changed? The anchor is still too young and has little social experience. Just watch, she will definitely suffer in a while.] 

“It’s hard to say, my master.”

The stone sculpture’s long and beautiful eyes closed and opened again, and its voice became low and dignified, repeating: “It’s hard to say, I can see your future, but I can also see mine… I saw that I was smashed by the sky thunder before I could say a prophecy.”

Was shattered by the thunder.

Wu Rong’s eyes froze, Bai Gu was the same at that time, before he could say anything, he was covered by thunder. The stone head can see so much. Its strength is absolutely remarkable. 

After learning this, Wu Rong felt even more fearful. This thing cannot be obtained by the enemy, but it cannot be overly relied on. Just like a gift from the devil, there will definitely be a price to pay for it when if it suddenly happens. So facing the stone head’s words: “You can get another prophecy”, Wu Rong said perfunctorily: “I want to know when people will die.”

“Five minutes later.”

This time the stone head didn’t even close its eyes, it seems that this is very simple: “I saw that someone will die in five minutes, and the item you got before will be the key to the murderer.”

“Okay, my dear master, you can take me away.” 

The voice of the stone head became lively, even a little excited, and bowed its head like a salute: “Pseudologoi is honored to follow you and serve you wholeheartedly.”

“Can you shrink?”

Wu Rong ordered: “It’s too big to carry.”

“Of course!” 

As if by magic, the stone sculpture’s head was filled with yin, and then it shrank again and again, until it was only the size of a walnut, and rolled respectfully in front of Wu Rong: “I can’t wait—”

Poof.

A lump of silk was spun onto the stone-carved walnut, and several layers of silk were piled on top of it. In the blink of an eye, under Wu Rong’s order, the black rock tarantula wrapped the stone-carved human head into a ball of silk. Cheerfully trying to put it on its back, the stone ball of walnut size is still a little heavy for it at present. The black rock tarantula lost interest and dragged the stone ball to throw it into its own small pottery pot.

“Go back and find a gold box, put it in and bury it.” 

Putting the harp and the broken vase in a bag and taking it away, Wu Rong said seriously on the way downstairs.

It can see the identity of the reborn person. No matter what the intentions of the prophet are, he can’t be careless. If he gave it to someone else maybe someone else will use it against him. For fear of divulging the secret, It’s better to seal it with a pure gold box and bury it underground.

“The effect of the red rope soaked in incense ash is better than the ink thread.”

Fu Qing said calmly, and suggested seriously. The tone of the two people was flat, it was also a coincidence that their emotions and desires were very meager. The protagonist in the discussion didn’t seem to be a rare stone head that can tell prophecies, but a worthless broken stone. 

“Come on, follow me closely, the yin qi reaction is in this building!”

“Boys, Big Fish, I will take you to see the good ones today! If you are satisfied with watching it, later, move your little hands to get rich. Give me some attention…”

“Is it time for a live broadcast? Turn off, turn off. It’s too much trouble to grind. Let’s not waste time!”

As soon as he got downstairs, a man’s voice, deliberately lowered, excited and impatient, suddenly sounded at the entrance of the art building. Wu Rong responded quickly and took Fu Qing to hide in the utility room beside the stairs. At the next moment, a series of rapid footsteps kicked and stepped past them. They did not notice that people were hiding in the utility room and ran towards the higher floor. 

“Two people.”

After the sound of footsteps faded away, Wu Rong said in a low voice, “This is the person who was in the air-raid shelter before.”

Fu Qing didn’t speak, Wu Rong looked over in doubt, and then realized that the utility room full of tools was too narrow, he was almost leaning against Fu Qing’s arms, and the cotton skirt rubbed against him, revealing a white, pure and unknown temptation under the folds. But Wu Rong, after all, is only a girl in the Tiankeng. He is normally a man, so he didn’t think there was anything wrong with him, let alone Fu Qing.

Fu Qing’s eyes were very quiet, as calm and clear as a deep pool, like a person carved from ice and snow, ignorant of the world, ignorant of seven emotions and six desires, and in some respects, more sincere and pure than children. Wu Rong read a hint of doubt on his face, as if he didn’t understand why he hid here. Originally, Wu Rong never talked much and did things in his own way. But for some reason, he took the seldom initiative to open his mouth, and patiently explained to Fu Qing: “One thing more is better than one less thing. They are obviously chasing Yin Qi.” 

It may be the evil qi of the stone head, or it may be other things in the art building. Once they see Wu Rong and Fu Qing, they are likely to think that the good items would’ve been intercepted, and then a dispute is inevitable.

Although Wu Rong explained it, he didn’t think much about it. Everyone had their own style of acting, just like Fu Qing, who fought all the way from the west to east in the monstrous golden red Zhengyang fire that night. When he met the ghosts blocking the way, he killed them with his sword, and when he met the twisted space barrier, he cut it with his sword. He took a killing path, which is open and upright, and he would not bend. He would never think of any treacherous plot, just like an invincible weapon.

With Fu Qing’s character, he is sure to go straight ahead and not dodge. This shows that he was pulled in obediently by Wu Rong, and his trust without asking why was so precious.

Maybe they were really good brothers and friends in their previous lives. 

Wu Rong was slightly moved, and nodded to Fu Qing, and the two walked out of the utility room hand in hand, and left the art building.

“Five minutes.”

Outside the sun was already high, and Wu Rong skipped all the morning classes. The accomplice was still the school teacher, but the two were very calm. After leaving the gate of the art building, Fu Qing said suddenly,

“Five minutes is the time the stone head predicted for the death.” 

Is the prophecy really accurate?

Crack——!

“Be careful!”

The sharp sound of glass shattering suddenly came from the top of their head, and the moment the noise sounded, Wu Rong reflexively threw himself at Fu Qing, wanting them to roll down and avoid it. Who would have thought that Fu Qing would not move even after using a lot of force, his lower body was unsteadily stable. Before he had time to think about it, Wu Rong only felt his waist tighten, and then the world spun. 

Crash!

The shattered glass fell from a high altitude and shattered on the ground, the fragments splashed like rain, but the two people downstairs had avoided it ten meters away. There was a faint strength on his waist left behind, Wu Rong took a closer look, and saw the scarlet blood falling drop by drop, leaving miserable bloody marks on the ground.

Blood dripped from the window on the sixth floor. Wu Rong looked up and saw a man was hanging by the neck from the window, his body was covered with large and small pieces of glass, dripping with blood. His body was shaking and he was out of breath. He was wearing the uniform of the vocational high school, dressed as a student, but he should be a tester who had obtained the status of a student, one of the two who went up just now.

A cold and gloomy feeling came. Behind the hanged man at the dark hole window, a pale and purple face appeared faintly. Looking towards Wu Rong and Fu Qing with hatred, it seemed that it hated why they had not been killed. 

Before Wu Rong could make a move, Fu Qing bit his fingertips and pulled out a talisman to draw something, then threw the talisman onto it.

Ah–! !

The female ghost screamed ear-piercingly, and her indifferent figure disappeared instantly.

The art building was not remote in the first place. The movement of the broken glass and the screaming of the female ghost attracted the attention of many people. Before the crowd gathered around, a thin middle-aged man with slightly short hair ran over profusely. 

“Go back, everyone go back!”

He should be the teacher and the director, driving away the students who joined in the fun with a straight face. When he saw Fu Qing and Wu Rong, the middle-aged man nodded slightly, and Wu Rong understood.

This should also be a tester, and he knew Fu Qing.

“Mister Ye, please help me maintain order.” 

The middle-aged man was sweating profusely, looking anxiously at the top of the building, with a hint of pleading in his tone. Without waiting for Fu Qing’s consent, he rushed into the art building. When he left, it was like the Five Fingers Mountain that suppressed Sun Wukong moved away. The students around whispered to each other, pointing at the hanged corpse outside the window. The indifferent attitude of watching the excitement was very uncomfortable. Some people boldly approached Fu Qing and asked, “Mr. Ye, is he dead?”

Seeing more and more students approaching, it was like zombies besieging the city. There was no fear on the pale faces, and the eyes staring at the corpse were full of malicious salivation, their saliva about to flow down.

Wu Rong felt that there was a sense of killing gradually permeating in Fu Qing. The Taoist held his hand behind his back, and the peach wood sword was about to come out of its sheath. Just then——

“Buzz, buzz, buzz” 

The inaudible sound of insect wings fluttering, and the sound of elytra rubbing against each other appeared. After listening to the humming for a long time, it was like a monk chanting scriptures. People’s minds spontaneously became calm and serene, giving birth to the intention of leaving. The evil thoughts in the eyes of the students gathered here had subsided, and there was a trace of peace and joy. They stopped looking at the corpse hanging out of the window, and turned and left in groups.

“Amitabha.”

A golden light flashed across the sky and landed in the hands of the new arrival. Only then did Wu Rong see clearly that it was a pure golden cicada, its wings seemed to be covered with gold powder, shining brightly. It docilely climbed into the special container, and when the open container was closed, it turned out to be a purple-red wooden fish with a unique shape.

“Fu- daozhang, benefactor Wu, you are welcome. 

It was rough and loud voice, as if it had its own loudspeaker. It sounded from a fat, bearded uncle from the canteen. He was wearing an oil stained chef’s uniform, holding a wooden fish in his hand. His fingers were thick like small radishes, and his face was full of meat. Almost all of them could see the Buddha’s light behind his head.

This sense of discord is almost comparable to nature of the soft girl Wu Rong.