Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 546 Basong's Trump Card: The Scapegoat!

Blood and tears slowly flowed down his face as two fingers were plunged into his eyes, the blood and blood mixing and flowing directly onto his face.

A strange smile appeared on Changmei's face. Chen Jie's heart skipped a beat when he saw Changmei's expression. He didn't think it was good to gouge out his eyes and seek greater power, but he had nothing to say in rebuttal.

After all, in a life-or-death battle, Chen Jie would never be too lenient with whatever methods the opponent used.

Sure enough, as the long eyebrows pierced straight into his eyes, whether by borrowing the power of the evil god or not, the four-faced Buddha behind him suddenly began to emit a terrifying power. This power gave people a very evil feeling, and the originally peaceful golden Buddha light turned into a red demonic light.

A demonic light rose up, and the four faces of the Four-Faced Buddha had completely lost their compassionate appearance, turning into terrifying demonic faces.

Whether one is a Buddha or a demon is just a thought away. One thought can make one a Buddha, and another can make one a demon. Whether one is a Buddha or a demon is determined by one's own appearance!
At this moment, the four-faced Buddha statue behind Changmei suddenly transformed into a demonic statue. Its demonic eyes swept across the area, turning everything in front of it blood red. A terrifying pressure shot directly towards Chen Jie.

At this moment, Chen Jie also felt the terrifying power of the golem, and a trace of shock appeared in his eyes.

Since arriving in Southeast Asia, Chen Jie has discovered that there are so many secret techniques here that can forcibly elevate a person's cultivation level. Although these secret techniques are considered evil methods by later generations, since the methods of cultivating these secret techniques are very harsh and evil, they do not belong to the kind of upright and honorable methods.

This is very different from the martial arts world of the Central Plains, where it is rare to find methods that involve self-harm or sacrifice to enhance one's cultivation.

Even the Fire Worshiping Sect, considered the number one demonic sect in the Central Plains martial arts world, cultivates only orthodox techniques. Whether it's the Qiankun Great Law cultivated by the sect leader Han Shantong, the Qilin Shaking Heaven Technique cultivated by the Venerable Liu Futong, or the Lesser Vehicle Buddhism cultivated by the Laughing Buddha Peng Yingyu, which one of them isn't a genuine and righteous technique?

The cultivation methods practiced by these people in Southeast Asia and Siam are quite different.

As Chen Jie was pondering why there was such a large difference, he was startled by the commotion outside. Suddenly, a loud noise rang out from outside!

Awww~
A series of piercing sounds rang out, like the roars of hell. When Chen Jie looked up, he saw that the four-faced Buddha had been completely demonized and was now baring its fangs and claws at Chen Jie.

Looking at Changmei again, one could see that he was blind, but that wasn't the end of it. His once plump skin suddenly seemed to have had its flesh and blood forcibly absorbed by something, turning him into a skin-and-bones desiccated corpse in the blink of an eye.

Feeling the long, desiccated eyebrows of the corpse in front of him, Chen Jie frowned slightly.

At this moment, Changmei opened his mouth, using only skin and flesh to ask Chen Jie, "Hehe... Now, can I stop you for three moves?"

His voice was weak and feeble, as if he were on his last legs. Seeing Changmei like this, Chen Jie's expression remained calm. He glanced at him and said, "Buddhism should cultivate the fundamentals. What you are using is the method of an evil god, not a Buddhist method. How can a great monk be worthy of the Buddha?"

Upon hearing this, Long Eyebrows replied, "Methods are just methods. Although I use demonic methods, my heart remains with the Buddha. How can I not be a Buddha?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Sophistry is useless; Buddha is compassionate..."

"They also possess ruthless methods!"

Long-browed continued speaking, and upon hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Hehe, it seems that it will be difficult for me to persuade you."

"You shouldn't have tried to convince me in the first place. No one can convince me because I'm right. How can you refute my correct point of view?"

Chen Jie nodded and said, "Interesting, interesting, that makes a lot of sense. But your methods are nothing special. You've just been a petty person for nothing."

Long-browed man said, "Whether it's useful or not isn't something you can explain in a few words. If you can't defeat me in three moves, please give Yuanshui Temple a way out!"

"Amitabha!"

At this moment, Changmei chanted a Buddhist prayer, but the four demons behind him emitted bursts of demonic sounds, their voices carrying an evil arrogance.

Chen Jie looked at the long-browed man and said, "I must say, you've done more than enough for Yuanshui Temple, but unfortunately..."

Chen Jieyi clenched his fist and said, "I'm afraid you really can't withstand one of my attacks."

Upon hearing this, Long Eyebrows said, "You can't withstand one move? Cough cough, you're too confident. I can definitely withstand three of your moves, I definitely can!"

As Changmei spoke, the four demonic phantoms behind him bared their fangs and roared angrily.

Seeing this, Chen Jie even felt a little reluctant to wake Changmei, but in the end he chuckled and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll show you what true power is."

As he spoke, Chen Jie clenched his fist, and the temperature of the entire sky suddenly dropped. The water molecules around him were suddenly affected by the cold temperature, and the ground began to freeze and frost, while snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

Snowflakes fell, and upon landing, they mingled with the frost, forming a blanket of white on the ground.

A world covered in silver!

As Chen Jie felt the power within him, he thought to himself, "God of Winter, ruler of frost, lord of ice and snow, image of the Dark Abyss!"

The six major solar terms—Start of Winter, Minor Snow, Major Snow, Winter Solstice, Minor Cold, and Major Cold—come together.

Show up!
Winter God!

Xuanming!

Click, click, click...

As a terrifying icy current surged, the world changed color in the next moment. The sun and moon lost their light, and only one color remained between heaven and earth: extreme white. The world was covered in ice and snow, and thousands of miles of ice were frozen.

Winter God Xuanming!

As the cold current surged, the cold goddess of winter finally appeared between heaven and earth, like a snow lotus blooming on a snow-capped mountain, suddenly blossoming in this world.

At that moment, the complete body of the Winter God reappeared in the human world in the void behind Chen Jie.

For a moment, the world seemed to be frozen by the frost. Everyone's eyes were shocked by the ice and snow goddess. At this moment, the snow woman had emerged from the inscription at the cave entrance and appeared there. Looking up, she saw the ice and snow goddess standing between heaven and earth.

"Father, father!"

At this moment, the Snow Maiden seemed to see her father. When her father activated the Winter God Technique, he also displayed such sharpness.

The Ice Goddess Xuanming has finally descended upon the mortal realm once again!
At this moment, Long Eyebrows felt the terrifying frost power of the Ice Goddess in front of him. Even the four demonic phantoms behind him became illusory, trembling slightly and not looking very solid, even a little illusory.

The illusion of martial arts often reflects a person's current state. If this illusion of martial arts becomes unreal, it is very likely that the user's mind is not very confident and has begun to waver.

Indeed, after witnessing Chen Jie's terrifying strength, Changmei became like this. Why? Because he sensed an unshakeable power emanating from Chen Jie, a power that filled Changmei with fear.

After feeling this terrifying power, Changmei began to doubt whether he could withstand Chen Jie's three attacks. Seeing this, Chen Jie smiled slightly and said, "Hehehe... It seems you even have doubts about yourself!"

Chen Jie's words were like a nail driven deep into the heart of the long-browed monk. The long-browed monk suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chen Jie, saying, "No, I have no doubts!"

"I can win, I can win."

As the long-browed monk spoke, he suddenly attacked Chen Jie. He was the first to attack, fearing that if he didn't attack, his Buddhist heart would completely collapse, and he wouldn't even have the ability to resist.

Then he roared, "Three moves! Three moves! I can definitely withstand three of your moves!"

Having said that, the long-browed monk had already stepped forward and, in the next moment, threw a punch at Chen Jie. At the same time, as he moved, the martial arts phantom behind him, the four demons, suddenly attacked Chen Jie, opening their four terrifying demonic mouths and roaring. They recklessly extended their demonic claws, which possessed terrifying demonic power capable of destroying mountains and rivers.

It was fired directly at Chen Jie.

"die!"

Ow...

The four-faced demon roared and unleashed its claw attack!
Chen Jie remained calm, watching the demons bombard him from all sides. He admired the long-browed monk's character; what evil intentions could a monk who was wholeheartedly trying to revive the temple possibly have?
To be honest, he can't even be considered a bad person.

But there's nothing we can do; sometimes things are just unreasonable. It's not like you don't have to die just because you're not a bad person.

He wasn't a bad person, but Chen Jie wasn't a bad person either. However, when their goals clashed, it became a fight to the death. That's how ruthless the world is.

In a world of great strife, if you don't fight, you die; but if you do fight, dying isn't such a big deal.

Chen Jie looked at the long-browed monk who had used all his strength to strike him with a palm, a hint of admiration in his eyes, but it was useless, admiration couldn't put food on the table, so, goodbye!
Chen Jie sighed, then extended a finger and gently tapped the air.

The Xuanming illusory image following closely behind him also extended its icy-white right hand, and then gently touched the four demonic illusory images that were rushing towards it with bared teeth and claws, as if they possessed boundless power.

Just one finger.

All the power of ice and frost in the world was poured into this one finger.

huh~
The finger touched the four-faced demon's illusory image so gently that it landed lightly on the image in front of it. The next moment, the four-faced demon's illusory image stopped moving, as if it had been frozen in place.

Just as the others were puzzled, they saw a frost mark slowly emerge from between the eyebrows of the Four-Faced Demon. As the frost mark became clearer, a cracking sound was heard. This sound was none other than the sound of frost freezing.

clack clack...

As the frost frantically froze, the monstrous four-faced demon in front of him was quickly and completely frozen into a block of ice. Even the demonic flames on his body were frozen and remained burning.

Silence. Everything was still!
At that moment, the world seemed to stand still.

The long-browed junior brother, who had been watching from the sidelines, stared wide-eyed at the scene before him, his face filled with disbelief.

The power that my senior brother gained by blinding himself and sacrificing his life essence and vitality was so fragile and easily defeated.

The Four-Faced Demon! This was the most powerful evil god in their Gensui-ji Temple, yet it was so easily frozen.

"Phew, it's over!"

The Snow Woman looked at the scene before her and said the same thing, and then she relaxed.

stomping on...

Footsteps sounded, and with them, a person could be seen slowly walking towards the long-browed monk.

The long-browed monk suddenly knelt on the ground with a thud, his whole body limp, as if all his life force had been drained away.

He lay there limp, head bowed, eyes vacant, his life force draining away, barely clinging to life. Thump, thump, thump…

Chen Jie stopped in front of the long-browed monk. The long-browed monk saw Chen Jie's feet and tried to raise his head.

Kaka...

As he raised his head, all the bones in his body cracked and popped. Hearing the cracking sound, Chen Jie looked down at Changmei.

At this moment, Changmei's lifeless eyes met Chen Jie's.

Chen Jie said, "Great monk, it seems you couldn't even withstand one of my moves!"

Upon hearing this, Changmei remained silent and expressionless, simply staring at Chen Jie with empty eyes.

At this moment, Chen Jie flipped his hand and a block of ice condensed in his palm. Then, he flicked his finger and snapped it open.

The ice block was launched by him and smashed into the Four-Faced Demon the next moment.

Click~
With just a light tap, the frozen Four-Faced Demon's body suddenly cracked wildly, shattering instantly like a spider web centered on the pebble.

Click, click, click... Snap!

In an instant, it shattered into a pile of ice, just like the long-browed monk's wild ambition, which crumbled into pieces in that instant.

The long-browed monk watched as the four-faced demon statue he had sacrificed to regain was so easily destroyed, and he could only sigh deeply. Chen Jie didn't know whether the blind monk had actually seen what was happening before him.

However, Chen Jie felt that he could see it, after all, he was a monk with long eyebrows, or even if he couldn't see it, he must have some feeling about it.

At least when I got to him, he reacted. And just like that, everything was destroyed in an instant. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, everything returned to where it came from. This is just a mirage.

When the Four-Faced Demon was shattered, the Long-Browed Monk also breathed his last and died there, his body and skeleton collapsing in vain.

Seeing the long-browed monk like this, Chen Jie didn't react at all, but the senior monk beside him rushed forward and wailed, "Senior brother!"

Chen Jie didn't rush to act. He was very humane, letting the monk process his emotions. At this moment, the monk was crying bitterly, and Chen Jie felt his sorrow. However, Chen Jie remained expressionless. People's joys and sorrows are always different.

Although the long-browed monk was respectable, it did not change the fact that he was Chen Jie's enemy. Chen Jie had only one thought for his enemy: destruction.

The senior monk held the long-browed monk's body and wept bitterly. After he had wailed a few times, Chen Jie said, "It's time for you to go."

Upon hearing this, the head monk suddenly looked up, his face filled with hatred as he stared at Chen Jie: "Zhu Chongba, on behalf of Yuanshui Temple, I curse you for generations to come, I curse you to a life of misfortune, to die first your wife, then your son, and finally be all alone, a lonely widow. I will make you live a life of unbearable pain, I curse you!"

With each angry roar from the monk, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and his life was slipping away at an unbelievable speed. By the time Chen Jie reacted, the monk had already stopped breathing and was completely dead!

Seeing the senior monk die and hearing his vicious curse, Chen Jie shuddered. Good heavens, that was terrifying.

The reason Chen Jie found it frightening was simply because he knew the historical fate of Zhu Chongba: he first lost his wife Ma Xiuying, then his beloved son Zhu Biao, and finally became a lonely man whom no one trusted. It can be said that his later life was extremely unfortunate.

Good heavens, if Zhu Chongba in this world is really like the one in history, does that mean the monk's curse has come true?

Terrifying, terrifying! Luckily, I like to use an alias when I'm out and about. If he knew my real name, I would be the one in trouble!
Thinking of this, Chen Jie took a deep breath. Luckily, it was almost too late. But Brother Chongba, I'm sorry, it wasn't that I was trying to harm you, it's just that this monk was too vicious!

Meanwhile, somewhere, Zhu Chongba, who was squatting and eating noodles, suddenly shivered. Xu Da, who was standing next to him, asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

Zhu Chongba said, "It's nothing, I just shivered!"

Xu Da said, "Brother, even someone with your Fusion God Realm cultivation level can easily shiver?"

Chang Yuchun, standing to the side, said, "Haha, it must be because he was exhausted from staying in his sister-in-law's room last night, hahaha..."

"Fuck off!"

Upon hearing Chang Yuchun's words, Zhu Chongba kicked him in the butt. Chang Yuchun didn't seem to care and left laughing. At this moment, Zhu Chongba muttered to himself, "Was he really rough last night?"

……

Our attention returned to Chen Jie.

Seeing that the senior monk had also committed suicide, Chen Jie looked around the entire Yuanshui Temple. Now, there were probably only four or five junior monks left in the temple. These junior monks probably didn't even know what was going on, so Chen Jie didn't intend to take their lives.

Chen Jie is like this: although he said he would exterminate the entire Yuanshui Temple, he still felt a little guilty about actually doing the job of wiping out a temple. After all, these young monks were innocent. Even if they were bad people, they hadn't done anything wrong. Since they hadn't done anything wrong, Chen Jie couldn't easily sentence them to death.

And maybe there are good people among them?

Besides, the name I left behind is Zhu Chongba. Even if they want revenge, the target should be Zhu Chongba, not me.

Having figured this out, Chen decided to spare the lives of these innocent young monks.

At this moment, Chen Jie slowly walked to the entrance of the cave. Xue Nu was also there. Chen Jie looked at her and said, "Master, it's time for us to leave!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Nu said, "Yes, let's go. Xuan Tong should be looking for Ba Song. Now is not the time to confront Ba Song head-on."

Chen Jie said, "Yes, what you say is very true. Basong's immortality is indeed difficult to deal with."

The Snow Maiden looked at Chen Jie in surprise and said, "You also know that he is immortal?"

Chen Jie said, "Master, I have fought with him before."

"Oh, how is it?"

Chen Jie said, "At that time, I had not yet learned the Winter God Technique, so I could only fight him to a draw. Moreover, he was immortal, so I dared not fight him head-on."

The Snow Woman asked, "If you fight him now, what are your chances of winning?"

Chen Jie pondered for a moment and said, "Forty percent!"

"So low?"

The Snow Woman frowned.

Chen Jie said, "He is immortal, so 40% is actually a bit of an exaggeration."

"I might only be able to kill him once, but if he resurrects, I might not have enough strength to kill him again. I don't know how many times he can resurrect!"

Chen Jie directly voiced his true thoughts. He didn't know how many times Basong had survived. If he could be resurrected indefinitely, not to mention Chen Jie, even his third brother, Fang Guozhen, might not be confident of defeating him!
The Snow Woman said, "What if we break his immortality?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie pondered for a moment and said, "If he doesn't have an immortal body, then I can definitely kill him."

The Snow Maiden said, "Then we must find a way to get rid of his immortality first."

Chen Jie said, "This, this is easier said than done. I don't even know how many times he can be resurrected!"

The Snow Woman said, "He should be able to revive four times!"

Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu and asked, "Master, is your information reliable?"

The Snow Maiden glanced at Chen Jie and said, "If there is anyone in this world who might know his trump card, it is definitely me."

Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"There's nothing to say. As for me and him, well, that's all in the past. Now we're just enemies, nothing more. All I want now is for him to die!"

Chen Jie fell silent upon hearing this, looking at the Snow Maiden.

The Snow Maiden said, "The four resurrection opportunities should be correct. When he came out of the Yin God's Tomb, he took five substitute straw men. One of them was killed in the conflict a few years ago, which was twenty years ago."

"Therefore, he still had four straw men left to take his place, and then I never heard of him being in any danger again."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Then, he should now have three more chances to become immortal."

The Snow Maiden was taken aback and looked at Chen Jie.

"Why?"

"Oh, this happened a few days ago when we were in Qianlong Abyss. He tried to steal the treasures hidden by the dragon in Qianlong Abyss, but the dragon discovered him and killed him."

Upon hearing this, the Snow Woman muttered, "Oh, so there are only two immortal beings left."

"Huh? What did you say, Aunt?"

Chen Jie didn't hear Xue Nu's mutterings clearly, so he asked. Xue Nu replied, "Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Xue Nu and said, "Then do you know on whom these three substitute straw men for immortality were placed?"

The Snow Maiden said, "I know a little about this. After being parasitized by the substitute straw doll, a red straw doll mark will appear on the back of the substitute. I remember seeing it on the two guards next to Basong."

“That’s right. One of them uses poison and must have learned black magic. The other seems to be one of his followers. As for the others, I don’t know. If you want to investigate, you can get the answers from these two people first.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie replied, "Yes, I understand, Aunt."

As the two were talking, Chen Jie suddenly changed his expression and pulled Xue Nu into hiding in the grass. Immediately afterward, a large group of people arrived outside.

The royal advisor, Basong, has arrived!

(End of this chapter)