"The person outside, is it the newly-appointed County Magistrate Geng Chun of Xinxiang County?"
Chen Shi was slightly taken aback, "He wants to buy geese? And he’s bought them all?"
He felt sothing was amiss.
This was the eastern market, and recently with the moon appearing in the dayti, and evil spirits causing trouble nearby, few people ca to the eastern market stalls, and even fewer ca to buy things. Elder Er was in the eastern market transforming scholars into geese, and now County Magistrate Geng Chun was in the sparsely populated eastern market buying geese—and purchasing them all at that.
This was indeed quite odd.
From inside the sack ca the sound of geese honking, and Chen Shi looked over to see several other geese pecking at one, blaming her for a misjudgnt.
The one being pecked and honking helplessly must be Hu Feifei.
Strangely enough, though they had all turned into geese and their mouths emitted goose honks, they could understand each other as if they were fluent in "goose."
At that mont, Chen Shi heard goose honks coming from outside; soone must be moving the cages. The sack was also lifted onto soone’s back, swaying unsteadily.
They were entering the city.
The noise from the geese outside was incessant; the tone revealed they were other missing scholars who had also been turned into geese.
"Is the County Magistrate in league with the goose seller? Are they really going to eat the geese that were once scholars? Isn’t that akin to cannibalism?"
Chen Shi shivered, and inside the sack, the transford scholar geese were still attacking Hu Feifei.
Chen Shi shook his head, thinking to himself, "Childish... wait, am I not a child too?"
So he flapped his wings and honked as he ran over, joining his classmates to form a circle and together they pecked at Hu Feifei, plucking the feathers from her head.
Hu Feifei was beaten and honked miserably, a pitiful sight.
After Chen Shi and the others tired from the beating, they stopped to rest, planning to resu their assault later.
"What on earth is this sack that it can transform us into geese? It’s sowhat like the Ghost God Domain."
Chen Shi waddled on his short little legs, expertly flicking his tail, walking inside the sack. The sack, dark as pitch, had an interior space that felt like a small house, large enough to hold a hundred or so geese with no problem.
"Chen Shi, Chen Shi, don’t wander off!" the other geese called out.
Chen Shi paid them no heed and continued to look around. Goose eyes were peculiar; they could see in the dark, and even though it was pitch black inside the sack, to them, it was like broad daylight.
He found that standing still allowed his neck to twist completely around, seeing behind him with an indescribable agility, a sense of novelty growing within him.
At this ti, Shen Yusheng, transford into a big white goose, ca up beside him and said, "This thing definitely isn’t the Ghost God Domain. The Ghost God Domain has a wider influence, changing the structure of objects and species. I feel the structure of the ridians within remains the sa, and the Qi-Blood circulation still operates according to the human body’s construction, unchanged. I think this is a thod of creation, which only alters our appearance, not our structure."
Chen Shi gave him a long look. This scholar nad Shen Yusheng was smart, impressing him greatly.
"If we could advance our cultivation further, we should be able to break through the constraints of the sack and revert to human form!"
Shen Yusheng sadly said, "It’s a pity I’m trapped in the Divine Altar Realm and haven’t obtained the Divine Embryo, otherwise I could attempt it. I think the reason why Elder Er targets scholars and doesn’t dare to catch Scholars is that his sack can only confine those in the Divine Altar Realm."
Chen Shi lifted his head, looking around, and said, "The sack could be considered a type of Ghost God Domain, only extrely limited in range. Besides, breaking it doesn’t require a Divine Embryo; it’s just a strange space constructed from talismans."
He tried to stimulate the Golden Core, directing it to his right foot, and saw the foot switch from a goose’s webbed foot back to a human foot.
Chen Shi kept his composure, retracted the Golden Core, and the foot reverted to that of a goose’s. Lifting the webbed foot, he paused slightly, and True Qi gushed forth from beneath, activating the hidden black lines on the sack.
Under the stimulation of the True Qi, those black lines brightened up, forming one talisman pattern after another.
Talisman patterns enveloped them, creating a space the size of a room.
The other geese, having rested, were preparing to resu their attack on Hu Feifei. Seeing this scene, they were stunned.
Chen Shi retracted his webbed foot, and the talisman patterns gradually dimd, dissipating into invisibility.
Shen Yusheng looked at him in amazent, whispering, "Chen Shi, your True Qi is so strong! Have you obtained a Divine Embryo?"
Chen Shi shook his head, thinking to himself, "I don’t have a Divine Embryo, but I have cultivated the Golden Core."
With his current level of cultivation, it wasn’t difficult to break free from the constraints of the sack. The talisman patterns on the sack represented transformation charms, the very sa his grandfather had taught him, and several of the symbols even had noticeable flaws.
Decoding them was quite simple.
Just then, noise ca from outside. A woman exclaid, "So many geese? The Mada shall be pleased!"
Another woman laughed, "The Mada has been craving goose at these days! Always complaining of a bland taste in her mouth."
County Magistrate Geng’s voice followed, "First, bring the cages to the back yard and hang them up, prepare the tableware, and ready the axes. Tonight, my wife and I will dine without your attendance. No one should co in."
The maids agreed, transporting the cages to the back yard.
"Old man, there are so white geese left in this sack, still fresh." Elder Er said.
"Trouble you to bring them to the back yard and put them in the cages."
Not long after, the sack was opened, and Chen Shi and the others felt the bright light pour in. Several scholars began honking hastily.
At that mont, whoosh—a Black Pot sprang from the sack, and the maids shouted, "Dog! Dog! A big black dog has broken in!"
The yan suddenly erupted into chaos, maidens in a panic, County Magistrate Geng hurriedly calling the governnt officials to catch the dog.
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