Chapter 225 Flying Head [Two in One]

Inside the quarry at night, there is a brightly lit small attic, hidden behind the mountain wall. You need to climb a hillside to see it.

Standing on the top of the slope, you can vaguely hear the laughter inside.

"Captain Chen opened this small attic in the quarry and allowed families from outside to send money in so that everyone could have fun here. After suffering here every day, everyone looks forward to this time at night. They can't help but want to come here even if it's expensive. But not everyone has the conditions to come here. In addition to being rich, you also have to be someone with strong power to protect you. If I had come here once before, I would have been targeted immediately and blackmailed the next day."

Zhang Danian led the way and introduced Liang Yue to him.

The attic has only two floors and looks a bit simple from the outside, and it seems to have been built very casually. The only advantage is that it occupies a large area, and there is a lot of wasteland in the quarry anyway.

There were two guards at the door. When they saw them coming, they immediately looked at them sideways. Zhang Danian quickly took out some silver and bribed the guards before he was able to come in.

"Not only Captain Chen can make a fortune in a place like this, but his brothers must also make a fortune in order to stay here long-lastingly. That's why you have to pay the entrance fee every time you come in." After entering, he turned around and smiled.

With such a well-mannered person following him, Liang Yue felt less worried.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see several noisy and noisy big gambling tables, where a group of prisoners are gathered, gambling with their eyes red. There are also heavily made-up women walking around, the good girls here are not necessarily young and beautiful, but the prisoners in the quarry are not picky and are willing to pay a lot of money for them.

"The bosses usually go to the private rooms, which are quieter. They can also host banquets. You can ask for anything you want to eat or play. As long as you spend enough money, someone will help you get it in from outside." Zhang Danian pointed to the private rooms in the hall. "If you are really rich, it would be more comfortable to be in prison here than outside."

"No wonder so many people want to come to the quarry." Liang Yue finally understood the reason.

"Captain Chen is upstairs. If you want to see him, you can go upstairs and ask the guards to inform him." Zhang Danian added, "But there are many bosses who want to see him every day. If you don't bring a generous gift, you may not have a chance to get in."

"It's okay, I have already prepared the gifts." Liang Yue said with a smile.

"Hmm?" Zhang Danian looked at Liang Yue from front to back, "You can hide too?"

"I don't know how to use that trick." Liang Yue quickly cleared himself of suspicion.

After walking around, he didn't want to stay on this floor for long and wanted to go upstairs quickly.

He needed to meet the Captain Chen and convey Liang Fuguo's intentions, which was also the purpose of his coming here. If he went to look for someone through formal channels, it would easily arouse the vigilance of those who were interested. Coming here as a criminal would be more covert.

But at this moment, there was a sudden bang!
A black shadow suddenly broke through the window and flew in.

At first, few people noticed that there were many fights here every day, so everyone just thought it was another disturbance.

But everyone who looked over exclaimed!

It turned out that what crashed into it was a black head! The messy hair covered the face, and because it was flying very fast, its appearance could not be seen for a while. There was a layer of black light flickering faintly, with a strange aura.

A flying human head?

……

Liang Yue was slightly surprised when he saw this scene, but he did not take action for the time being. He just pulled Zhang Dainian back to the wall and watched what happened.

When the black head flew to the center of the hall, it finally caught everyone's attention. The prisoners below raised their heads one after another, and someone shouted, "What monster?"

"It's a human head!" There were many warriors among the prisoners, and they threw the wine jugs in their hands directly at the flying head.

But there was a clang, the wine splashed everywhere, and the head was intact.

There was a person with high cultivation level below. He raised his hand and threw out scattered gold and silver. With a whoosh, they hit the flying head right in the eye socket. The internal energy was extremely strong, but it could not hurt it at all.

Instead, someone nearby shouted, “Why are you throwing money at it?”

"Don't you see that this monster is extremely strong? How can we break its defense without using hard weapons such as gold and silver?" replied the one who attacked.

"Then why use your own money? Why use mine?" the person next to him shouted.

The man who made the move was silent for a moment, then said, "My money is useful."

"Go to hell!" The man next to him got angry and started fighting with him.

The scene was extremely chaotic. The flying head hung in the air for a moment, as if looking for a target. Then it stopped, and suddenly golden light flashed in its eyes, sweeping downwards.

shhh-

Two golden rays were like flying arrows, piercing through the chest of the person below!
"Ah!" The man screamed and fell to the ground wailing, "Help!"

Seeing that the flying head was hurting people, Liang Yue no longer sat idly by. He immediately flew up, gathered the internal energy in one palm in the air, and was about to knock it down!

Bang!
But the flying head didn't even dodge and let him hit it in the face with a palm. It was just knocked away and still looked unharmed.

"So hard?" After Liang Yue landed, he was also surprised at the hardness of the skull. If it was not made of divine iron, it must have been refined through various sacrifices.

The guards outside the door and on the second floor also heard the noise and rushed over. When they saw the flying head, they all took up their spears and blades to chop at it, causing sparks to fly, but they still couldn't break the defense.

After being thrown several feet away, the flying head locked onto the injured person on the ground again and suddenly opened its mouth, "Hu——"

A ball of scorching flame burst out and instantly burned through the man's head. No more wailing sound was heard, and it was obvious that he was dead.

After killing people in public, the flying head turned back, broke through the door and wall and flew away.

It went back and forth, killing people and running away, and so many people actually had no way to deal with it.

Looking at the man on the ground again, the poisonous fire had burned through his head, his face was burnt beyond recognition, and there was a pool of blood under him, he looked extremely miserable.

"What's going on?" Everyone gathered around, all finding it unbelievable.

"The quarry is surrounded by strict formations, so it's hard for foreign monsters to cause trouble. Could it be that a monster has appeared in our quarry?" someone said in panic.

"What kind of monster is this? It's clearly the flying head technique of the witch tribe!" Someone who was well-informed said in public, "There must be a witch cultivator in our quarry."

"Flying Head Technique?" Everyone was surprised when they heard it.

After everyone talked about it, Liang Yue also knew the origin of the Flying Head Technique.

It is said to be an evil magic among the witches. They believe that the head is the most powerful part of the human body, with the strongest spiritual perception and the hardest shell. It is not only not a weakness, but the body is a burden.

After generations of research, they actually developed this magical power, which allows the head to be separated from the body without dying. After being trained and cultivated, the head that has left the body becomes extremely powerful.

Not only can it fly, hide in the ground, kill people and set fires, but it also has only one head and can move as fast as the wind.

Most importantly, it becomes very hard and completely impenetrable.

However, this flying head technique also has extremely obvious weaknesses. The first is the remaining physical body, which must be looked after by a trustworthy person. Once something happens to the physical body and the head is not returned to its place for a long time, the person will also decay and die.

Secondly, the head is a strong point and a vital part. Once you encounter someone much stronger than yourself in a battle, if your head is broken, you will die on the spot.

Only those evil practitioners of the Wu Clan could figure out so many strange magical powers.

“Hey.” Zhang Danian whispered, “If we had known this magical power, we wouldn’t have been caught. We only need to dig a small hole and no one would notice it.”

"But in that case, how are you going to take out the treasures that the gold owner stuffed into his body?" Liang Yue also questioned in a low voice, "Use your mouth?"

Zhang Danian imagined the scene and shuddered, "That won't work."

"Everyone, step back!" Several guards of the Imperial Guards surrounded the corpse with knives, and dispersed the chaotic crowd, temporarily quieting the scene. Someone shouted, "Who knows who is dead?"

"I know." Someone nearby raised his hand and said, "The dead one is Chen He. I heard he was Captain Chen's nephew."

Several guards frowned and looked unhappy.

Captain Chen is also from the side branch of the Chen family. He has a close relationship with the main family, but he can still be considered a relative, several times more so than Chen Ju.

Chen He was a member of a branch of the family that was closer to him. He had to serve several years in prison for committing a crime, so he came to the Shendu Quarry. Captain Chen had always wanted to find an opportunity to get close to the main family of the Chen family, so he immediately promised to take care of this nephew. Although Chen He was not strong, he was doing quite well here with the financial support of his family and the special protection of Captain Chen.

It's really troublesome that he died here today.

If it were other prisoners, Captain Chen probably wouldn't care even if eight or ten died, but the death of this one was enough to make him furious.

"I'll go report to the captain, you stay here and guard the scene." One of the guards said, and then ran upstairs.

Liang Yue looked up curiously. With such a loud commotion below, didn’t the people up there hear anything?

He called Zhang Danian and said, "Let's go up too."

"Okay." Zhang Danian was watching the fun, and when he was called, he immediately followed.

……

After going up the stairs to the second floor, Liang Yue discovered that there was something special going on in this room. There were rune formations on each step, which should be some kind of formation that could block out sound and breath.

If there were no such formations, the noise down there at night would be too much for the people up there to bear.

As soon as I reached the top of the stairs, I saw several guards with knives blocking there, staring at the newcomers with eager eyes.

Liang Yue said quickly: "We have something important to discuss with Captain Chen."

A guard stared at him warily and said, "Go wait outside the door until someone reports."

Liang Yue and Zhang Danian passed through here and walked along the long corridor with a guard every five steps. At the end was a waiting hall with many seats. The door on the other side of the hall was Captain Chen's room.

It seems that anyone who wants to see him has to wait here for notification.

As soon as Liang Yue entered the hall, he found that there were several familiar faces here.

Sitting at the front row in the hall was none other than Mr. Luo whom he had met during the day. Not far away from Mr. Luo was the arrogant Hong Xi.

Seeing Liang Yue coming in, Mr. Luo nodded with a smile, while Hong Xi lowered his head as if feeling guilty.

Somewhat strange.

There are two unknown prisoners in the back row. Judging from their demeanor, they should be the bosses in the quarry.

One of them was holding a box, protecting it against his chest very preciously; the other one had two mysterious people covered in black robes standing behind him, and judging from the exposed eyes, they must be women.

It seems that one of them offered treasures, and the other offered a beautiful woman, both of them came to please Captain Chen.

Liang Yue also knew the last person.

This person was sitting there, with long hair, a cold face, and a bit of chill in his eyes. The moment he saw Liang Yue, he showed a hint of playfulness.

When Liang Yue saw him, he couldn't help but smile.

How come there are so many familiar faces in this huge quarry?
This person was Cao Yi from the Drinking Horse Supervisor.

Liang Yue had worked with him on a case before and felt that he was upright and a good person.

After the two looked at each other, Liang Yue sat next to him and said with a smile: "My surname is Lin, and my nickname is Leopard Head. What is your name?"

"Cao Yi." Cao Yi seemed not to be bothered by rumors about his father and son, and he was too lazy to change his name, so he just gave his real name.

"Oh?" Liang Yue asked, "Brother Cao, what are you doing here?"

Cao Yi said calmly: "Looking for someone."

Then he asked again: "What about you?"

"Almost the same as you." Liang Yue was alert in his heart. Cao Yi was also Cao Wujiu's godson. Although he and Cao Tong were separated by decades, they were also sworn brothers.

Could it be that he came here to look for Cao Tong as well?

But on second thought, it doesn't make sense. Since it was Cao Wujiu who asked Cao Tong to hide, he should at least know where Cao Tong is, right?

Why send someone else to look for it?
Could it be that something had happened that caused all this to be out of the control of the Horse Drinking Station? Or did Cao Yi come here for another purpose and it was just a coincidence?
The two sat together, each thinking, and neither spoke.

A moment later, a guard walked out and said, "Captain Chen has finished his business. Please let Mr. Luo in."

The matter he was talking about should be the thing that happened downstairs just now.

Old Luo stood up and went inside. While the door was open, Liang Yue could see the golden carpet inside and a vague figure sitting behind the screen.

After a while, Mr. Luo walked out, glanced at Hong Xi, with a slight sneer on his face, and slowly went downstairs and left.

Then the guard walked out the door again and said, "Captain Chen, please invite Boss Ma in."

This time, Hong Xi's expression changed slightly.

Because he came earlier, he was clearly ranked ahead of Boss Ma. But Captain Chen let the latecomers go in first. What did this mean?
It seems that what Mr. Luo said to him before worked.

The man holding the box came in with a smile. This time the conversation was much shorter, and Boss Ma walked out happily.

The guard announced again, "Boss Xue, please come in."

The sturdy man entered the room with the two women in black robes behind him. When he entered, hearty laughter could be heard coming from inside.

But after a while, Boss Xue came out again with a frustrated look on his face, followed closely by the two black-robed women. It seemed that the gift-giving was not going well and he was scolded. Together with the two women, the three of them were dejected.

It was not known whether Captain Chen was dissatisfied with the gift or whether he had made some request that angered Captain Chen.

The guard reappeared and said, "Please come in, Mr. Cao."

Cao Yi stood up, nodded to Liang Yue, and then walked in.

This time the time was also very short. I don’t know what Cao Yi said to him. After he came out, his face was a little gloomy and he seemed a little dissatisfied.

But no matter how dissatisfied he was, he was not as dissatisfied as Hong Xi in the front row. He still sat there, leaning back in his chair with his arms and legs spread out. However, his expression was no longer as arrogant, but rather a little depressed.

After Cao Yi left, the guard reappeared and said, "Please come in, Boss Hong."

After leaving Hong Xi alone for a long time, Captain Chen finally notified him to come in. It seemed that he had not given up on him completely, but just wanted to dampen his enthusiasm.

Hong Xi then revealed a smile, but just as he followed the guard forward and pushed open the door, there was a sudden sound of heavy objects falling in the room.

Pfft!
When Liang Yue heard the voice and felt a hint of anger, he immediately realized something was wrong. He stepped forward quickly and saw a messy scene with Hong Xi.

Inside the house, the screen collapsed and the tables and chairs were broken.

A corpse, burnt beyond recognition by the raging fire, was lying on the ground, wearing a military uniform, in a pool of blood. The cause of death was exactly the same as that of the man downstairs before.

And a pitch-black head broke through the window and flew out of the house!
It’s that flying head again!

　Good morning.

　　The plot was difficult to write these past two days. I sat there with no ideas. I thought about it over and over again for a long time before I came up with a rough outline, so I wrote it very slowly. I once thought about asking for leave, but in the end I managed to write two chapters in one. At least it’s finished.

　　It's too late and too little, I still have to apologize.

　　However, if you plan the case well, things will go more smoothly later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)