I changed the world.

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承和三十七年 2016年4月6日22:03 建安省晋安市安家大宅

Carefully using cinnabar, An Huiling drew a complex talisman on the talisman paper. Having failed once before, she was especially careful this time, slowly moving her brush. Finally, she made the last stroke, the stroke looping back and forth, connecting with her starting stroke to form a complex, smooth, yet continuous complete pattern. The moment the pattern was completed, a faint aura flowed through it, and the entire pattern inexplicably produced a feeling as if it were flowing.

Having successfully neutralized the evil spirit, she breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put down the calligraphy brush in her hand.

She placed the wolf-hair brush in her hand on the brush rack beside her. On the brush rack was another bald brush, the broken brush whose tip had exploded when she failed to form the evil spirit earlier.

Fortunately, she had been listening attentively to her senior's teachings and had been practicing continuously since then, so when the time came, she didn't falter.

Carefully folding the talisman in front of her, unfolding it, and then folding it again in a different direction... An Huiling's fingers moved nimbly, and soon, a paper crane the size of a palm was folded in front of her.

An Huili opened the window, took a deep breath, placed the paper crane on the table, and began to chant. She quickly finished her incantation, and with the final utterance of the word "swift," the paper crane on the table flapped its wings and took flight. It hovered briefly in the air, seemingly trying to determine its direction, before flying out the window…

An Huiling kept thinking about the monster that had appeared in her room the night before. She actually had someone she suspected. In her opinion, the biggest suspect here was the monk Liyuan. However, whether it was that day or yesterday, she had been secretly paying attention to the movements of Yanfu Palace, but the monk Liyuan seemed to have really not made any further moves.

On the contrary, her cousin had been claiming to be sick at home for the past two days, which also aroused An Huiling's suspicion.

Meanwhile, through her conversations with her father these past few days, she realized that there seemed to be a latent force eyeing the An family's businesses.

She didn't know if there was any connection between the two, but that didn't mean she was willing to sit idly by and watch things continue to develop.

An Huiling decided that she must find out today who was behind the monster that day.

She formed a hand seal, flipped over, and leaped out of the window, silently disappearing into the night following behind the paper crane…

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承和三十七年 2016年4月6日22:05 建安省晋安市北郊青峰山

A silver sedan pulled up outside the farm gate and stopped. A man dressed in a Taoist robe and wearing a hibiscus crown got out of the driver's seat. It was Yu Huai.

Yu Huai arrived at the iron gate, took out his key, opened it, pushed the gate open again, drove the car inside, got out again, closed the gate, and locked it again.

This was the place they had agreed upon beforehand. Yu Huai drove towards the farm, following the path, and soon arrived at the large house.

In the distance, illuminated by the headlights, a car could be seen parked with its trunk open. In front of the car, a bound person was struggling and writhing on the ground, while another person lay on the ground beside it, convulsing uncontrollably…

PS: I saw some friends asking why Xu Hanzhang was so low-class and didn't have any help. Actually, I've thought about this question. I don't know if you've noticed the news about a certain company chairman, Mr. Wang, who climbed over the wall to film in a competitor's factory and got caught... Did that chairman not have any subordinates? Actually, no, it's just that what he was doing was too sensitive, and he couldn't trust anyone, so he had to do it himself. If filming secretly is like this, then the one in this story is murder. If he used subordinates, someone could easily tip him off and he would get even more. After all, Chairman An can give what Young Master Xu can give, and Chairman An can give what Young Master Xu can't give... Besides, this is a crime. Who would do it if they were honest? Can you trust shady people? Furthermore, if he really did it for Young Master Xu, given his character of not even letting go of his own relative, wouldn't he be worried about being silenced? Wouldn't others think that way? Would Young Master Xu dare to gamble? So, to put it bluntly, for safety's sake, doing it himself is the safest option, especially when there's no reason to necessarily ask for help from others.

Volume Two: The Truth Hidden Behind History Books: Chapter 768 Are You Trying to Die?

As Yu Huai's car pulled up, he jumped out hastily to see what was happening. In the headlights, he saw a disheveled woman crying out for help: "Help!!! Help me!!!"

Yu Huai looked closely and saw that although the woman's hair was disheveled, in the darkness, the car headlights revealed that her wrists and ankles were bound with ropes, her lower body clothing was in disarray, and her skirt had been torn off, clearly indicating that she had experienced some unspeakable event...

At the same time, her protruding belly clearly indicates that she is pregnant...

Beside her, a man with his pants pulled down below his buttocks lay on his side, his eyes rolled back, vomiting profusely and foaming at the mouth, still convulsing...

"What's going on?!" Yu Huai walked up and, after just one glance, roughly guessed what had happened, but still spoke up.

"He...he tried to violate me...I...I...I want to leave here..."

"Help...help me...help me!!!!" The woman beside her was clearly also frightened and her words were incoherent. When she saw Yu Huai coming over, she instinctively begged him for help.

Yu Huai immediately understood that he was about to have a stroke...

He quickly turned the man over and saw that it was indeed his cheap apprentice, Xu Hanzhang. His face was extremely horrifying, his eyes were wide open, his teeth were clenched, and large amounts of white foam were coming from the corners of his mouth. Liquid was still gushing out of his lower body...

Yu Huai hurriedly reached out and massaged several acupoints on Xu Hanzhang's body. After a while, Xu Hanzhang suddenly let out a long breath and slumped down like a deflated balloon... At the same time, the ejaculation finally stopped...

"Teacher... Teacher..." He glanced at Yu Huai and said weakly.

"Your body is so weak, yet you still want to be near women? Are you courting death!" Yu Huai scolded. Even though he was a disciple he had taken for granted, and even though he had planned to use him as a stepping stone, seeing this scene still filled Yu Huai with a feeling of disappointment and frustration...

Xu Hanzhang mumbled a few words, but ultimately couldn't bring himself to argue, since for a man, losing consciousness on horseback was certainly not a glorious thing.

The woman who was still struggling nearby began to understand, and instinctively twisted her body and crawled backward, saying in terror, "You...you're in cahoots?!"

Yu Huai merely glanced at the woman indifferently, stood up, picked up a roll of duct tape from the ground, walked over, kicked the woman to the ground again, stomped on her, and then wrapped the duct tape tightly around her mouth twice, sealing it shut. In this way, she could no longer make a sound...

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Shortly after Yu Huai's vehicle entered the gate, another black sedan slowly drove up to the roadside about 100 meters from the farm gate and stopped.

There was one person in the driver's seat and one in the passenger seat. If Yu Huai were present at this moment, he would definitely recognize the thin middle-aged man in the passenger seat who always seemed to have a scrutinizing look in his eyes as Wei Yuan, the chairman he had just met not long ago.

"Chairman Wei, he's gone in." The driver was a short, unremarkable-looking man who was staring at a red mark on the map on the central control screen as he confirmed.

"This guy is quite straightforward. Since he's so confident, I'd like to see what he's got to show..." Wei Yuan said with a smile, looking at the red marker on the central control screen that had already stopped.

During lunch, he tentatively asked Master Yu if he could witness the ritual. He explained that he didn't disbelieve in the master, but he had never seen a highly skilled person perform a ritual before and genuinely wanted to broaden his horizons.

Unexpectedly, he didn't need to use the words he had prepared; the monk readily agreed.

In fact, Yu Huai was happy to let Mr. Wei, the big spender, see that his methods were not comparable to those of ordinary charlatans, so that those big shots would be convinced and not have any unnecessary thoughts.

Of course, it was impossible for Wei Yuan to just follow Yu Huai inside. Even if Wei Yuan wanted to see, he would have to sneak behind her, watch, and leave without attracting Xu Hanzhang's attention. Wei Yuan understood this, so he simply gave Yu Huai a locator that he had already prepared...

Of course, if Yu Huai hadn't agreed before, they would have still found a way to install the locator on his car, but that would have been much more complicated...

"You wait here. If anything happens, you know what to do," Wei Yuan instructed the driver. Seeing the driver nod, he said no more. He was wearing a set of black outdoor clothing that was easy to move in. After tidying his clothes, he walked towards the front gate.

Wei Yuan arrived at the gate, but instead of entering through the gate, he walked along the fence and into the grove of low trees next to it.

He walked a short distance into the grove of trees with his flashlight in hand, until he reached a secluded spot. He turned off the flashlight, reached out and grabbed the iron fence, pushed off with all his might, and climbed over the fence. He then carefully jumped down and landed gently.

After buying the farm, Xu Hanzhang carefully repaired and renovated the surrounding fence. The fence, to put it bluntly, was designed to keep out honest people but not scoundrels. For Wei Yuan, who had served in the military, climbing over such a fence was a piece of cake.

After scaling the fence, he took out his phone to check the location of the locator, and, using the moonlight, carefully made his way there...

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Looking at his disciple, who was getting up from the ground looking utterly dejected, Yu Huai sighed inwardly. Theoretically, the less capable Xu Hanzhang was, the easier he would be to control. However, it depended on the degree of incompetence. If he was too incompetent, then nothing could be accomplished…

These spoiled rich kids, who usually appear all glitz and glamour, have never actually experienced adversity. Now, after just a few setbacks, they're starting to lose control of themselves...

Although he looked down on him, Yu Huai didn't show much emotion on his face. When Xu Hanzhang, who looked exhausted, finally recovered a bit, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Rest here for a while longer, and keep an eye on that woman. Leave the rest to me."

P.S.: The last image was deleted by the review committee. I'm trying to get it back. The review process is closed over the weekend, so it'll probably be back on Monday. TT

Volume Two: The Truth Hidden Behind History Books: Chapter 769 The Altar

After that, it was just a matter of setting up the altar. Although these tasks were tedious, Yu Huai could handle them all by himself. He had originally planned to ask Xu Hanzhang to help, but now it seemed that Xu Hanzhang was not of much help in his current state.

"All the materials are ready and piled up in the living room. Please take care of them, teacher..."

The two made no attempt to conceal their conversation from Anna, who was standing nearby, nor did they even cover their faces. This terrified the woman, whose hands and feet were bound, her mouth was gagged, and she was experiencing wave after wave of abdominal cramps. All she could do was lie on the ground and pray with tears streaming down her face.

"Someone save me, save me..."

She was filled with immense fear; what she was seeing was clearly not what she wanted.

She was just a girl from a small town. She knew she was beautiful, and she could tell from the looks of men and the praise of elders at a young age. However, she looked down on the young men from her hometown who came from the same family background as her. She always thought that such a life was not worthy of her beauty.

In this era of abundant entertainment, although barriers between social classes exist, much information is not closed off, especially as many films, television dramas, newspapers, and social media subtly promote these colorful things.

Therefore, she chose to go to a big city to work. At that time, her mind was full of Cinderella-like stories from dramas and novels, fantasizing that one day she would meet a rich young master or a domineering CEO, and then use her beauty to win him over...

However, the truth is that she gradually discovered that her beauty did not make her as successful as she had imagined. Movies and novels are just fantasies, while this is the real society. Even after coming to the big city, she was still not qualified to attend those high society gatherings.

Furthermore, during her work, she discovered that her beauty was not as rare as she had imagined. She met many women with similar thoughts, but the legend of the fish leaping over the dragon gate is just that—a legend. Unlike the plots in movies and novels, money and power in real society are far more valuable than beauty.

Even so, she didn't want to return to her former hometown. She was even afraid that if she went back, her former neighbors would secretly ridicule her. So, she became the mistress of a wealthy businessman, even though he was old enough to be her father. In the end, she lived a life of luxury.

However, she wanted more; she was unwilling to be just a mistress...

But how did everything end up like this?!

This is not the outcome she wanted!

"No...it shouldn't be like this, there must be a mistake...something's wrong..." A look of madness gradually appeared in the woman's eyes...

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Yu Huai acted quickly, and he soon cleared out the materials that Xu Hanzhang had prepared in advance. These materials were all packed in cardboard boxes and piled up in the living room. It must be said that Xu Hanzhang was not short of money. At least the money to buy these kinds of materials was nothing to him. Therefore, the materials prepared here were all of high quality and there were many of them. Yu Huai checked them and was satisfied.

Immediately afterwards, he selected the useful materials and moved them out. After working for a while, he began to set up the venue. At this time, Xu Hanzhang finally recovered. Although he still looked pale, he was not as listless as before. So he also helped to prepare some materials.

The altar was chosen to be set up in the open space in front of the main house. There was a large open space there, and no outsiders were present, so there was no need to go anywhere else.

Yu Huai glanced, intentionally or unintentionally, at the grove of low bushes not far away. It was a perfect spot for Chairman Wei to see his methods...

Yu Huai first took a square wooden post about the thickness of a calf and half a person's height, determined its approximate location, and nailed it down. Then he walked about 70 steps to the side and nailed down another post. He then turned around and walked another 70 steps at a 90-degree angle and nailed down a third post... In this way, he finally nailed down four wooden posts, and the center of the four wooden posts was arranged to form a square.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Huai took a brush, dipped it in a bowl of extremely bloody liquid, and began to draw some seemingly mysterious runes on the four wooden pillars. This liquid was mainly composed of blood, mixed with some other medicinal powders, and had a deep red color.

After finishing the drawing, he took out some dark brown ropes from a box. These ropes had a strange smell and had been soaked in something. They looked like thick hemp ropes, but the way they were woven was different from ordinary hemp ropes. Every so often, there was a special knot.

Yu Huai wrapped the rope around the first wooden post in a special way, then pulled the rope to the second post and wrapped it around the post in the same way. In this way, a rope connected the two posts. The rope was not pulled too straight, but had a proper sag. After a while, the four posts were connected by ropes, completely enclosing the square area.

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"They're acting all mysterious, it's quite convincing..." Wei Yuan was hiding behind several clumps of bushes that had grown together, sitting on the ground.

The surrounding shrubs were not specially cultivated horticultural varieties, but belonged to the category of "miscellaneous trees". Jin'an is located in the south of the empire, and the climate here is suitable for the growth of various plants. Even empty spaces without any plants will grow all kinds of plants if left unattended for a period of time.