"Yes!" The two police officers nodded repeatedly.
Tang Changsheng was pleased. What chemical leak? The Three Households had clearly taken his words to heart and arranged the whole thing.
He was about to send the officers on their way when one of them hesitantly said, "Oh, right, Master Tang. Our station recently ran into a strange case. It's very odd. Some people say it's a haunting..."
Ordinarily, Tang Changsheng would never have bothered with such a matter.
He already had troubles piled high, especially after what he had just seen in the Gourd Immortal Abode. It seemed to concern the truth behind the Heaven and Earth Cataclysm.
After a shock that immense, how could he spare a thought for such chicken-feather-and-garlic-skin trifles?
He casually handed them two Protective Talismans. "Keep these on you. If there really is a Ghost Creature, it won't be able to hurt you..."
The two officers were delighted yet disappointed. They accepted the talismans with murmured thanks and insisted on seeing Tang Changsheng off.
Tang Changsheng thought that was the end of it. Little did he know that, before long, someone would come to Yin-Yang Mountain over this very matter.
Of course, that would be more than a month later!
For now, Tang Changsheng had no mind to concern himself with two low-ranking officers. He went straight into downtown Lower River.
The Founding Patriarchs of the General's Temple were old-fashioned men. When they invested, they usually bought land, then more land... or, on occasion, bonds and stocks.
As a result, the General's Temple owned a good deal of farmland throughout Lower River. It also held considerable land and property in the interior of Great Chu.
The reserves and wealth amassed by a five-hundred-year-old organization could exceed anyone's expectations!
A farm bought centuries ago, yielding little more