latelenovela Chapter 75 Complete Victory
Chapter 75 Complete Victory
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Liu Ye slowly began, “My clumsy method works like this: I have someone gather information about the villagers, such as whether anyone in their family is sick, has died, or is middle-aged and childless. After understanding their situation, I write it down on paper. Then, I have someone lie in ambush on the roof beam. Every time someone is chosen, a clue is left on the beam, such as ‘Zhang San, childless’ or ‘Wang Shi, husband has tuberculosis.’ This way, the person sitting below can look up and accurately tell the family’s misfortune. The so-called talisman burned in the brazier is just a smokescreen. Once the person is completely convinced, I give them any talisman, and they will naturally believe it without a doubt. As long as my memory and eyesight are good enough, this method never fails. Of course, Protector Wang possesses great supernatural powers and doesn’t need my clumsy method. Yesterday, he kept looking up, surely not to see if there was someone on the beam, right, Protector Wang?”
Wang Bao was startled and stood up abruptly, his eyes flashing with a fierce light: "I have cultivated for many years, relying on my own cultivation, not on your opportunistic tricks. What are your intentions in slandering me time and time again? Do you want to force me to use the Five Thunder Technique to kill you, this eloquent and flattering scoundrel?"
Bai Lian stood in front of Liu Ye and said coldly, "Wang Bao, how dare you!" Since the other party was desperate, she didn't show him any mercy and called him by his name directly.
Seeing the situation suddenly become tense, Ling Xi'er went to Bai Lian's side and stood in front of Liu Ye together. Liu Ye had no martial arts skills, and she and her master had to protect him.
Liu Ye exposed Wang Bao's means of making a living on the spot, and Wang Bao was already determined to kill him. Apart from a few loyal confidants, his disciples and believers all firmly believed that he possessed great supernatural powers. If he lost this foundation, how could he survive? Even if Bai Lian's martial arts were superior to his, he could only fight to the death. No matter how powerful they were, there were only three of them. He had many disciples, and almost the entire village were believers. If he gathered the villagers together and attacked, he didn't believe that Bai Lian would dare to go on a killing spree and indiscriminately slaughter innocent people.
Most of the disciples were unaware of the inside story. Because they had too much faith in Wang Bao's supernatural powers, they couldn't immediately see through the situation. One of them exclaimed, "These tricks are an insult to our master. He has more than just these supernatural powers. In the past, ghosts would knock on my door every night, and no matter when I opened the door, I couldn't see anyone. Master just put up a talisman and the wandering ghosts vanished. Could this be fake too?"
Liu Ye almost burst out laughing. He usually enjoyed reading strange ghost stories, and he happened to know this folk remedy, which was the so-called "ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night".
In the old days, some people would hear a knock on the door in the middle of the night, get up to open it, but find no one there. At first, they would think it was a prank, so they would wait behind the door and open it immediately whenever they heard a knock. But no matter how many times they tried, they would never see anyone. This would happen repeatedly, dozens of times, driving them crazy. Then they would start thinking about ghosts and fall into boundless fear.
Actually, it's quite simple. If you put eel blood on the outside of the door, bats from within a mile radius will be attracted by the smell and keep hitting the door. When you open the door, they will fly away. No matter how fast a person opens the door, they can't outrun a flying bat. No matter how many times you try, you won't see anything when you open the door.
Liu Ye laughed and said, "Go back and smear some eel blood on the outside of your door, then stand guard outside. You'll see that every night, many bats will come and bump into your door. When you open the door, they will be scared away, and when you close the door, they will come back. You will never see these bats from inside the house. This is the principle behind the so-called ghost knocking on the door."
The disciple was stunned. It sounded quite reasonable. Could it be that the ghost knocking on the door that was driving him crazy was actually so simple?
The disciples, who had been so aggressive, suddenly deflated. Wang Bao's various supernatural abilities were exposed one by one, and each one could withstand scrutiny. In their minds, the halo that usually surrounded Wang Bao seemed to vanish in an instant. They turned to look at Wang Bao, and hesitation began to appear in their eyes.
Wang Bao felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He knew his own situation best; the so-called supernatural powers were all tricks to deceive people, and this pretty boy had exposed them one by one. He had been driven to the edge of a cliff. He looked at his hesitant disciples and knew that inciting them and the villagers to attack the three men was no longer a realistic idea.
Although Bai Lian despised Wang Bao's character, using such secret techniques to attract followers was an unspoken rule among various sects, and she knew some of the methods, though she had never used them herself. No matter how despicable Wang Bao was, he was still a fellow sect member, and now that she had thoroughly exposed him, her goal wasn't simply to cripple him completely.
She stepped forward and pressed Wang Bao, "I know the rules of the sect, and you're not the only one doing this. We're all from the White Lotus Sect, and I don't want you to be driven to desperation. Right now, none of the believers are here. If you win over these disciples, you still have a chance to salvage the situation. You know what to do, right?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Bao felt as if he had been pulled back from the edge of a cliff. He looked at Bai Lian, who didn't seem to be faking it, and then at his disciples. He knew he had no better choice than to do as she said. After only a moment's hesitation, he agreed: "I will do as the Holy Maiden says. I will send someone to take you to the rebels. You three, master and disciples, should leave here immediately!" The best course of action now was to get rid of this plague so that he could possibly clean up the mess.
The battle with Wang Bao ended in a complete victory for Bai Lian and her disciples, and Bai Lian finally embarked on her journey to the rebel army camp as she had wished.
After leaving Lizhuang, Ling Xi'er finally couldn't help but ask, "How do you know so many deceptive methods? Also, what exactly is this 'retrieving something from a frying pan' thing?"
Bai Lian turned her head to look at Liu Ye. She also wanted to know, but she couldn't bring herself to ask.
Liu Ye smiled and said, "I don't like classical texts. I read a lot of miscellaneous books in my spare time, and I learned these things from books. Taking things out of a pot of oil is actually quite simple. Pour some vinegar into a pot of oil. Vinegar is heavier than oil, so it will sink to the bottom. After heating the fire, the vinegar at the bottom will easily boil and bubble, making it look like the whole pot of oil is boiling. But if you throw an egg in, it won't even cook properly. If you put your hand in, it will only get a little hot, but you won't get hurt."
The two suddenly realized that it was actually so simple; the seemingly boiling oil was actually an illusion created by the heating of vinegar.
Bai Lian couldn't help but say, "This time, we owe you a lot. Otherwise, Wang Bao would never have given in so easily."
"You flatter me, Fairy Maiden. It is my honor to help you with your troubles!"
Ling Xi'er pursed her lips, thinking to herself, "Sycophant!" Looking at Liu Ye's mischievous smile, she felt a strange attraction to him. It was just a pity that he was from a wealthy family, destined to have no interaction with her, and she couldn't help but sigh inwardly.