"The abbot, this place is so desolate, it's eerie even in broad daylight."
"Hui Mirror felt a bit cold, he shuddered."
The senior monk smiled slightly and said, "It's like this in the mountain stream. After we arrive at the destination, it will be much better."
Subsequently, an old man and a young one stepped further into the desolate mountains.
The senior abbot suddenly furrowed his brow, looking around in confusion.
Confused in the mind: 'How can it be so quiet today?'
Usually, there were over two hundred demons haunting this mountain, the atmosphere was spooky with a strong presence of evil spirits, quite terrifying. Even though the senior abbot was acquainted with the wolf king of Langjian Cave, he still felt extremely uneasy every time he came here.
Where have all the demons gone now?
The senior abbot arrived at the Langjian Cave, Hui Jing also looked curiously at the front.
"Langjian Cave?" Hui Jing asked curiously, "A place connected to the rear mountain of Jinguang Temple? Abbot, is this where your friend lives? Is he a recluse or a great scholar?"
The senior abbot smiled and said, "Yes."
He broke a precept of false speech, but it didn't matter. Over the years, the number of precepts he had broken was beyond his count.
An old man and a young one walked into the cave.
The senior abbot smelled the strong smell of alcohol in the air, and Hui Mirror coughed repeatedly as he was choked by the alcohol. His eyes were also reddened by the spicy alcohol.
"Hahaha..."
Wolf Wuji lifted his eyelid, the emerald ringed eyes carried a hint of drunkenness, his gaze fell on the senior abbot: "Little bald monk, did not expect that today there is only one monk who comes to see me."
He grabbed the wine pot and guzzled the alcohol, finishing it in a few breaths.
"Hah!" He spat out a mouthful of alcohol, seeming rather slovenly.
At this moment, Hui Jing, following the dim candlelight, managed to catch a glimpse of the senior abbot's "friend," and he instantly stood on end with shock.
"King, why is it so deserted in Langjian Cave today?" The senior abbot stopped pretending and asked suspiciously, ignoring the frightened Hui Mirror.
"Don't you know?" Hah! That's right, how many days have passed?"
Wolf Wuji crushed the wine pot with one hand: "My subordinates, harrumph! They're either dead or running away, all thanks to a thief!"
The senior abbot exclaimed in shock, "Ah? Who dares to be so bold?"
"What good will it do you to know?" Wolf Wuji scoffed coldly, "You are an ordinary mortal. What can you do for me? "He also noticed that the senior abbot had brought another monk this time, and assumed they had come for his life force.
The senior abbot spoke in a humble tone, "Your Majesty is wise and mighty."
Hui Mirror was already so scared that his legs were shaking. He tried to turn and run away.
But he was caught by an empty hand from the space.
A swirling mass of demonic aura bound Hui Jing, easily lifting him off the ground and also sealing his mouth shut.
He couldn't escape.
He couldn't beg for mercy.
"You once saved my life, and I promised to extend your years," said Wolf Wuji. "But this will be the last time."
The senior abbot asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what do you want?"
Wolf Wuji's face twisted in anger, his grip tightened unconsciously, causing Hui Mirror to struggle and suffer. He roared angrily, "I am willing to risk everything to track down that thief. Wherever he runs, I will follow!"
"I want to skin him, pluck his tendons, suck his blood, and eat his flesh! I also want to find his parents, find the master who taught him skills! I will kill his father, marry his mother, and butcher his master! I will exterminate his entire family!"
Wolf Wuji cursed while he skinned the little novice, broke his bones, discarded the unnecessary internal organs, and then threw him into the cauldron.
The senior abbot's eyes were fixed on the flames of the cauldron.
The wrinkles on his old face were filled with expectation and hope.
'Brother, if I live another day, I will continue to sit as the head of Jinguang Temple. Although I am several decades older than you, I have methods to extend my life. Brother, you will not be able to outlive me.'
The senior abbot's mind was filled with countless thoughts.
...
Jiang Liu had been in seclusion for seven days, completely draining the essence from the spirit demon White Bone. The demon had finally turned into dust and vanished without a trace.
He emerged from his meditation.
"I have reached the fourth stage of transforming essence into qi/achieving the defined meditation of the worldly realm!"
Jiang Liu was overjoyed: "The 'Hundred Incantations Piercing the Heart and Controlling the Sword Technique' and the 'Step of Pursuing Hawks with the Wind' taught to me by senior Tang San Zang, this swordsmanship and this body technique have both reached perfection."
"The 'Vajra-Angry Demon Body Refining Method' has also made great progress, only a step away from perfection. Ordinary magical treasures cannot harm my physical body."
"All three of them, 'Tong Yin Jue', 'Driving God's Jue', and 'Shou Shan Jue', have all reached a level of small accomplishment!"
Jiang Liu moved a finger in a sword formation, and the Huan Tian Zhen Hai Sword appeared from its scabbard instantly.
Jiang Liu pointed his sword and the precious sword shot out of the window, flying to a distance of a mile, taking off the dog's head and leaving everyone staring in amazement.
The sword flipped halfway through the air and turned back, returning to its sheath.
With a gust of wind at his feet, Jiang Liu actually walked through the air, moving back and forth within the small room of the inn, leaving multiple shadows in his wake.
He then pulled out the Huan Tian Zhen Hai Sword and aimed it at himself, ready to give himself a sword strike.
But soon he realized that the sword was too high-grade.
He switched to a common magical sword and struck himself hard with it.
"Zhi——"
The sword blade only produced a sparks of fire when it rubbed against his skin.
Jiang Liu twisted his finger in a "Tong You Jue," and his body abruptly sank into the underworld.
The ghosts in the underworld stared in shock at Jiang Liu, as if they were witnessing a dead person come back to life.
Not far away, there was a ghost hunter named Yin Chi, who saw Jiang Liu. He grabbed the crying staff and chased after him, yelling as he ran: "Which ghost hunter is he now? Why did he take a living person into the underworld? If the judge sees this, he'll be blamed to death."
Jiang Liu used the "Tong You Jue" again to return from the underworld to the world of the living.
Jiang Liu used another "Driving God's Jue" and a land appeared.
It was somewhat different from the land he had summoned before.
The land god asked carefully, "Your majesty, may I know what you need?"
Jiang Liu felt secretly pleased to be called a "supreme celestial being."
He said, "Grandpa Land, could you please convey a message to the local magistrate for me? Tell him that—I, Jiang Liu, want to kill the wolf king from Langjian Cave, Wolf Wuji. His head is definitely worth more than one silver coin. I don't know exactly how much. Just tell him that when the time comes, he should pay whatever he thinks it's worth!"
The land god was surprised and said, "Wolf Wuji? The wolf demon with three hundred years of cultivation?"
"Exactly!" Jiang Liu nodded.
The land god hurriedly bowed: "Master, if you wish to eradicate this demonic pest for the people, this old man is just a piece of land. I will definitely lend my assistance to you. It's just a message to be conveyed. I will give the county magistrate a dream tonight."
After thanking the land god, Jiang Liu changed into a new set of clothes - this was personally purchased for him by Hu Yu Yu.
It looks quite imposing at a glance!
Jiang Liu had been secluding himself for seven days, and today he finally emerged from seclusion.
"Master!" Hu Yu Yu rushed to greet Jiang Liu as soon as she saw him.
She hurriedly asked, "Master, does this new clothing fit you well?"
Jiang Liu nodded: "It fits well."
"Haha," Hu Yu Yu's eyes sparkled with a crescent moon smile, "Once I master the human female needlework, I will sew a piece of clothing for Master myself!"
Xiu Qing had not left. Seeing Jiang Liu emerging from his meditation, he hurried to greet him and asked curiously, "Comrade, have you broken through?"
Jiang Liu said, "I have reached the fourth stage of transforming essence into qi."
Xiu Qing was shocked to the core.
He then lowered his head in dejection: "Comrade, you're just a few months older than me, yet your cultivation is so much higher than mine. My master once said I had extraordinary talent and was unparalleled in the world, but it seems now that my master was just fooling me!"
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