Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?-Chapter 314 - 316: Earth Gang Recruitment, Ancestor Transforms into a Jiaolong

Chapter 314: Chapter 316: Earth Gang Recruitment, Ancestor Transforms into a Jiaolong

“Is this the Liu Family Estate?”

In the suburbs far from the city’s hustle and bustle, the estate spanning tens of thousands of square meters lay eerily quiet, with a long streak of blood beginning at the iron gate and trailing off into an indistinct area.

It wasn’t until they approached the Liu Family that the objective of this mission was revealed by Xuanqing Academy.

In the beginning, when it was said to target the Liu Family, many of the academy’s students were eager and excited, their eyes sparkling with a different kind of light.

After all, the Liu Family wasn’t just any grand clan; should they manage to get a share of the spoils this time, they wouldn’t necessarily make a fortune, but they would at least have a mouthful of oil.

Nowadays, Xuanqing Academy was more like a mercenary guild of Xuanqing.

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Even though the previous generation of cultivators had been maintaining it, when the times needed to change, they had to change.

Ji Shan on the coach bus also saw the estate of the Liu Family, where both the Liu Family ancestor Liu Gu and the family head Liu Zhi lived.

But now, this place was almost like a ghost city.

An armored vehicle belonging to the special combat team was parked on one side, but all the people were gone, leaving it deathly quiet.

Those not blinded by greed couldn’t help but feel apprehensive, knowing that the special combat team was far superior in overall quality and strength, and they must have entered ahead. If a fight did break out, the disturbance would have been significant. But now, there was no movement at all.

There were only two possibilities: one was that they had infiltrated the estate stealthily, but this seemed unlikely—how could thousands of people infiltrate without notice? It would have been a direct onslaught.

The other possibility was that the entire army had been wiped out, which, despite their reluctance to admit it, was all too probable.

As for the suggestion that they had left, that was even less likely since their armored vehicle was still here.

The dean leading the team also wore a solemn expression, having just been startled into considering a retreat.

Meanwhile, the big bearded man inside the vehicle turned even paler, the whispering voices in his head becoming clearer and more chaotic.

In his trance, he even saw a six-petaled lotus blooming slowly.

“Everyone off the bus, get ready to move in and provide support,” the dean originally wanted to flee, but thinking of the Liu Family treasury, he gritted his teeth and ordered all the students off the bus.

Some of the students, who couldn’t read the situation, were quite excited, and even those reluctant to go filed out and assembled obediently.

Being cultivators, they assembled quickly. Then, with great bravado, the dean kicked open the iron gate, leading everyone in, stepping over the bloodstains and surrounding the Liu Family estate.

The big bearded man and Ji Shan deliberately lagged behind. The big bearded man simply wasn’t feeling well, but Ji Shan was contemplating what exactly had happened inside.

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As for looting resources, that was even less necessary for him since, after contacting Black Hand, there was nothing he lacked in resources.

So, for him, resources were not essential; instead, gaining experience and broadening his horizon were what he should do. Getting stronger was simply a matter of orderly progression.

“What exactly did you see?” Ji Shan, looking at the big bearded man who was nearly out of his wits, could only demand in an interrogative tone.

Ever since they had entered the Liu Family estate, Ji Shan also felt something ominous.

“Jiao… mere Jiao, incapable of becoming a dragon, nor a snake, turtle, fish, or clam,” the big bearded man muttered vaguely.

His words were strange, carrying a peculiar cadence and were quite loud, drawing the attention of a few cultivator students nearby.

However, they only glanced over and paid it no mind, for his words were nonsensical and of no apparent use.

They naturally couldn’t speculate that the big bearded man knew something; he wasn’t a member of the Liu Family.

‘Hiss—Jiao?’ Ji Shan was shocked. He knew that Liu Gu had acquired a Jiao Pearl, and normally, the chance of humans transforming into a Jiao was slim since it fundamentally was a reversion to ancestry, and humans didn’t possess the corresponding bloodline.

But the situation was far from normal now.

“Earth Gang Summoning Talisman, have you heard of it?” Suddenly, the big bearded man said mysteriously.

To Ji Shan, however, the man’s mental state seemed completely abnormal.

“No, and I don’t want to know,” Ji Shan flatly refused.

But the big bearded man didn’t seem to hear the refusal and started to speak as if to himself, “Do you see those with human heads and snake bodies, limbless with fish scales, clay bulls, and wooden horses…?”

As the big bearded man’s almost neurotic narrative continued, the entire Liu Family estate began to tremble slightly.

As a cultivator with keenly sensitive five senses, he was naturally the first to notice this. Before the Dean of Xuanqing could even shout out an instruction, that sensation of trembling immediately erupted.

It was as if the earth dragon had turned over in that instant.

Chaos spread in an instant, and with a sudden and loud noise, a colossal shadow like a behemoth burst forth from the earth. The overpowering might that exploded forth made everyone shiver uncontrollably.

The Dean of Xuanqing, who led the group, was particularly unlucky; the moment the massive shadow emerged, it swallowed him whole.

Only after everyone had steadied themselves, could they make out what it was.

It was a Jiao Dragon, yet not a Jiao Dragon. It was like a flesh worm without scales or armor, slathered in some kind of mucus, and on its skin grew bone-like Lotus flowers. If not for the head and limbs of the dragon, it would have been unrecognizable as a Jiao.

Upon closer inspection, what they thought were Lotus flowers on its skin were actually human heads. The tops of the heads had bloomed open, and the brain inside was the core of the flower.

“Run!!!”

In the blink of an eye, all of the students scattered like birds and beasts, their previous greed dissipated into thin air.

At this moment, without needing anyone to say it, they all knew where the missing members of the Liu family, the Special Combat Team, and many others had gone—they were all a part of this Jiao Dragon now.

“Roar~”

A dragon’s roar burst forth, and everyone’s minds were filled with two overlapping voices chanting.

“I often hear that it is not through the diligence of the human that knowledge is sought, but through the diligence of the knowledgeable in seeking people…”

In that moment, it seemed as if they saw a Lotus blossoming above the Netherworld, made of flesh, bones, Corpse Demons, and Yin Ghosts.

Atop the Lotus, a figure held a Dharma Seal in his hand, his eyes closed tight, yet the Netherworld energy rippled around him, forming massive waves.

In a fleeting moment of uncertainty, everyone came back to their senses as if the scene they had just witnessed was merely an illusion.

Even Ji Shan saw that scene, but since he was of the direct lineage, he didn’t encounter any problems. Instead, he was somewhat dumbfounded: ‘What on earth has my dad been doing in the Underworld?’

He knew that neither the Lotus nor the person atop it was Qin Muye. The true Qin Muye was underneath the Lotus, in the endless and profound Abyss.

That thing was probably just bait, like the lantern lure on an anglerfish’s head.

But now was not the time to think about these things, for the Jiao Dragon that had been summoned by the Earth Gang Summoning Talisman had already made its move.

With each person it devoured, an additional Lotus flower would appear on the Jiao Dragon’s body.

Ji Shan knew that both the Earth Gang Summoning Talisman and the Jiao Dragon were creations of Qin Muye—ones without intellect—and that if he thought his father wouldn’t harm him, he would be gravely mistaken. Death might not come, but the suffering would be inevitable.

Moreover, the strength of this Jiao Dragon was of the 6th rank.

There was a solution, however: if he could master the Earth Gang Summoning Talisman, he might be able to control the Jiao Dragon.

A nice idea, but he understood something: he lacked the totality and the heart methods, for the Earth Gang Examination Summoning Talisman was only part of a set of techniques—not a complete Cultivation Technique.

The bearded man may have spoken correctly about its content, but if he used it, with Qin Muye’s temperament, it was more likely not to control the Jiao Dragon but to get marked by it.

So, it became a matter of ‘every man for himself.’

As one of those covering the rear, escaping was naturally quite convenient. Within mere breaths, he had broken out of the Liu estate.

Along with him, many others also left, none caring to get into vehicles, instead furiously channeling Spells as they fled.

As for those who ran a bit slower, they’d been left behind in the Liu estate by now.

Though not as mighty as a true dragon, the Jiao Dragon still possessed the dignity of one. When the 6th rank might erupted, how could the group of 2nd and 3rd rank fledglings possibly withstand it?

Those close with weaker powers immediately became fools under the pressure, while even those further away could hardly control their own bodies.

Even Ji Shan was affected by the Shadow, yet thanks to being a powerful Qi Refiner and the distance, he merely shuddered, then hurriedly fled.

‘Damn—with the power of this manipulator behind the scenes, which protagonist could win? Even the Child of Destiny would be useless here!’ Ji Shan cursed internally as he stumbled and scrambled away, realizing if he had been expecting a loving father-son relationship, Qin Muye would surely have taught him a lesson on why your dad will always be your dad.

Not being able to defeat even a derivative creature of a corrupt Cultivation Technique, let alone its creator.