Chapter 276 - Ghost

“Hahaha, are the people of this county idiots? Why would they believe in something stupid like their sexual organs gradually becoming smaller and disappearing?” remarked Puppy.

“You would probably act the same if you see everyone around you doing that,” said Xiaoman.

As they spoke, they suddenly saw many people converging onto the streets. They placed down their tea and walked outside.

“Everyone follow me and bring your weapons. All of you will stay near the perimeter and look for anything suspicious,” instructed Li Huowang.

They didn’t know how Yang Hongzhi spread the word, but the guards had managed to herd all of the terrified people to the streets. At the same time, there were many more who were standing on the walls and roofs in the surroundings.

Thousands of people gathered together like flies.

Yang Hongzhi carefully approached Li Huowang and exclaimed excitedly, “Daoist, this should be alright, yes? Almost every home sent out a person.”

Yang Hongzhi had gone back and checked on his son, and was relieved to see that the boy’s penis had not shrunk. Thus, he now trusted Li Huowang’s words completely.

Staring at the dense crowd, Li Huowang nodded and leaped up toward the head of the stone lion in front of the gate.

“Everyone! Do not panic! I am here to tell you that there are no ghosts that steal away your genitals! You have all been lied to! The shrinking of sexual organs is a giant lie! It was never anything more than a rumor!” shouted Li Huowang.

These words caused everyone to start panicking as they started discussing what they had just heard. The situation almost went out of control.

Ring ring ring~

At that moment, the piercing sound of a bell rang out, covering all the noise. It was so loud that it caused everyone to hold their ears in pain.

Once the sound of the discussion finally died down, Li Huowang stopped ringing the bell and gave it back to Chun Xiaoman.

Everyone slowly removed their hands from their ears.

After a moment of thought, Li Huowang spoke in a loud voice, “Everyone! We’ve checked on the so-called Shaman that “died” from his genitals shrinking away and determined that he had faked his death! He has long since run away! I need all of you to think carefully; have any of you ever seen anyone’s genitals actually shrink back into their abdomens? I am not asking about the stories that you heard from your son or your neighbors, but ones you have witnessed for yourself! Have any of you seen it?!”

In the face of Li Huowang’s question, everyone fell silent.

“I did!” A woman with half a head of white hair walked out from the crowd. She held a baby in her arms.

She carefully undid the baby’s clothes and raised the baby high enough for everyone to see. “Everyone, look at this! My baby’s penis has shrunk! This man is a liar; you cannot trust him!”

Li Huowang carefully looked at the woman and confirmed that she was not from the Sitting Oblivion Dao. Then, he turned to look at the baby. “Is this your child? Did you see the ghost stealing his penis?”

“Correct! Look! His penis is gone! Aaaa~ My poor son is so unfortunate!” The woman held the baby and started crying.

It really shrunk?

Li Huowang stared at the baby and saw that it was indeed missing the penis.

But, Li Huowang soon realized another possibility, causing the expression on his face to turn weird as he asked the question, “Erm... Have you ever considered that your baby is a girl?”

The baby’s crotch was far too natural and it didn’t seem like anything had shrunk back there.

Hearing the question, the woman was shocked and showed her baby to the crowd even more enthusiastically. “Fuck you! My stomach was sharp[1] when I was pregnant! How could I have possibly given birth to a girl?! I gave birth to a baby boy!”

Then, the woman kneeled in front of an old man with her baby and explained fervently, “My dear, don’t believe him! You can’t blame me! I really did give birth to a baby boy and then the ghost took away his penis! You can’t blame me for this.”

As they heard the woman pleading so fervently, everyone started feeling uneasy.

“You didn’t want your husband to be shamed and so you forcefully started telling others that your daughter is actually a son. Why weren’t you that smart when you were facing the Sitting Oblivion Dao?” muttered Li Huowang.

Just as the sound of discussion started getting louder once again, and Li Huowang was about to take control of the situation, someone screamed from within the crowd.

Soon, there was an empty space within the crowd. In the middle of the clearing was a beggar covered in tattered rags. Currently, he was holding a rusty knife high in the air while kneeling beside a man.

The beggar had chopped off the man’s penis and was now hanging it on his body with a pleased expression on his face. On the other hand, the victim was crying and shouting in pain.

After a moment, the beggar slowly stood back up and smiled creepily at everyone around him. “Hehehe~ Penises~ All of them belong to me~ I will be able to reincarnate once I collect enough of them~”

As he spoke, his body suddenly floated like a ghost before pouncing toward another man beside him.

“AAAAA!” A woman’s scream woke everyone up as they started running away to save their lives.

On the other hand, by the time the beggar pushed down the man, Li Huowang had already sent one of his fingernails flying toward the beggar.

Dang~

The fingernail hit the beggar’s body, but the sound that rang out was akin to a loud metallic clang.

Meanwhile, Li Huowang started running toward the beggar while weaving through the crowd. By the time he arrived at the clearing, several men and women were already lying on the ground.

Jiang!

Li Huowang ran forward and slashed his sword down on the beggar.

But he would never have expected his extremely sharp sword to not even pierce the beggar’s skin. All he heard was the sound of metal once more.

Everyone else ran up to help Li Huowang.

Gao Zhijian’s footsteps were heavy as he ran over, his club already swinging down onto the beggar.

As Li Huowang fought, he rained more and more blows toward the beggar. But the more blows he exchanged with the beggar, the more Li Huowang felt like something was off. The ghost was different.

It was too weird.

How could a “ghost” not get hurt by a sword that could cut down evil beings? And why did it appear in broad daylight?

Just as Li Huowang was thinking about what to do, he suddenly saw the ghost wink at him. For a moment, he thought that he was seeing things.

Meanwhile, the people of Pi County in the surroundings witnessed as the man wearing the bronze coin veil fought against the ghost. Their emotions rose and fell with the tides of battle.

After some time, Li Huowang managed to stab his sword into the ghost’s chest. Then, he then took out a yellow talisman and placed it onto the ghost’s forehead. Everything was finally over.

Li Huowang panted and looked at the crowd around him before speaking in a serious voice, “There was indeed a ghost that stole people’s genitals, and here it is! I’ve just killed it!”

1. Superstition: Sharp stomach = boy baby, round stomach = girl baby. ?