Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 104: Micromanagement is also courage

At night, the cemetery.

A cold wind blew in the cemetery and scared away the villagers and the bride.

Zhou Ping faced Toad Head head-on.

Fan Shiyi, Xiaoqing and the ghost bride were all hiding behind Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping only felt a biting cold. This cold was not caused by the wind, but by the chilliness of the entire cemetery, just like the chilliness of a basement.

In addition to the coldness, Zhou Ping also smelled a strong odor of feces.

Xiaoqing: "It's so cold. I want to sleep."

Fan Shiyi: "It stinks."

Ghost Bride: "Be careful, my husband. He is very powerful."

The reactions of the people were different. Xiaoqing felt cold, and Fan Shiyi smelled something bad.

As a member of the same species as Toad Head, the Ghost Bride also felt the other party's power.

Toad Girl is an ordinary person. She is shivering with her arms crossed.

Toadhead's cultivation was not high, he was just a newly formed ghost. He fell into a toilet and drowned, so his body was smelly and cold.

The powerful aura he possesses all comes from the Thousand Blades Demonic Sword on the grave.

After Toadhead died, he still had a resentment of "I am still a virgin", so he became a weak ghost.

Normally, he would dissipate after a few days. After all, his resentment was not strong.

However, on the seventh day after Toad-Lord's death, the magic sword Thousand Blades fell on his grave.

Thanks to the evil aura of the Demonic Sword Thousand Blades, the Toad-headed ghost body was able to remain lingering and not completely dissipate.

It was also with the help of the magic sword Thousand Blades that Toad Head acted arrogantly in the village, bullied the villagers and drove away Fa Yuan.

Several blade auras emerged from the Toad Head's body. The blade aura was condensed and looked like the Thousand Blades Demon Sword.

Zhou Ping looked at the sword auras while looking at the magic sword Thousand Blades on the grave.

The magic sword Thousand Blades was not pulled out by Toad Head.

What Zhou Ping is most worried about is the Demonic Sword Thousand Blades. This thing is too fierce and difficult to deal with.

But at the moment, Toadhead has not pulled out the magic sword Thousand Blades.

Zhou Ping waved his hands and shouted: "Prajna Palm!"

For this kind of invisible magical attack, the only thing Zhou Ping could think of was the Prajna Palm.

The Prajna Palm releases the Buddha's power in the body, and the Buddha's power counteracts the evil power.

Several golden palm prints collided with the sword energy, causing a huge explosion.

After the explosion, the blast created a huge hole in the ground.

The Prajna Palm blocked the sword energy.

Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief: It really works.

The power of the sword energy is indeed very strong. Ordinary warriors will only suffer losses if they face the sword energy.

However, Zhou Ping's Buddhist cultivation just happened to counteract the evil power of the sword.

When Toad Head saw that his sword energy was blocked, he became furious.

“He actually blocked it! He actually blocked it!”

Toadhead was walking around the village with a swipe of his sword. He could kill people with just a single blow of his sword, but now his sword energy was blocked.

"Don't be anxious, son. Haven't you seen this kind of palm print with golden light? You have defeated that old monk, so what are you afraid of a young man?" Toad Mother advised.

Toad Girl has seen the scene where Fa Yuan was defeated by Toad Head.

Toadhead was immediately unhappy: "Mom, who said I was scared? Who said I was scared? I'm just angry."

Toad Lady quickly said: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. You are angry, not scared."

After being reminded by the Toad Girl, Toad Head remembered that he had indeed defeated a monk.

That monk was so annoying. At the beginning, he pinned him to the ground and beat him. If it weren't for the magic sword Thousand Blades, Toad Head might have been beaten to death by the old monk.

After being reminded by the Toad Lady, Toad Head remembered that the methods of the two were similar, both were golden palm prints.

"The golden palm print is annoying just by looking at it. You deserve to die! All guys with golden palm prints deserve to die." Toad Head instinctively hated the Buddha's light.

Xiao Qing: "Its strength isn't that great, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Fan Shiyi shook his head: "It's just that the Buddha's power counteracts each other. If it were you, it would take more effort to deal with these sword energies."

Xiaoqing snorted coldly and said nothing more, but acknowledged what Fan Shiyi said.

Ghost Bride: "My husband is so powerful!"

It would have been fine if the ghost bride hadn't said it, but after she said it, she immediately aroused the jealousy of Toad Head.

"You are so annoying, damn you!" Toadhead was furious. He liked the Ghost Bride, but the Ghost Bride was cheering for Zhou Qing.

At the same time, hundreds of sword energies flew out of his body in an instant.

These sword energies surrounded the toad head, constantly growing larger and stronger.

The demon sword Thousand Blades on the grave had bursts of black energy that supplemented the sword energy.

The sword energy grew stronger and stronger, and the speed of rotation became faster and faster. The sword energy made waves of ghostly screams.

There was a sudden strong wind in the cemetery.

"This momentum is quite strong." Zhou Ping felt frightened. The numerous sword energies gave him a feeling of thousands of swords returning to their origin.

"No, let's hide for a while." Zhou Ping turned his head to remind Fan Shiyi.

But apart from the ghost bride, who else could be behind him? Xiaoqing had already fled with Fan Shiyi.

However, Fan Shiyi still had a conscience and painted a few cranes before leaving.

The crane rushed into the sword energy like a moth to a flame, and was cut into ink in an instant.

However, the Confucian atmosphere still eliminated some of the sword energy.

"Husband, let's go too." The ghost bride's tone was a little solemn.

The momentum of the sword was so shocking that the ghost bride felt that Zhou Ping could not deal with it.

"Can you cast mist?" Zhou Ping asked as he took out the vajra from his waist.

In addition to the vajra, Zhou Ping also took out a string of Buddhist beads and the blood sutra.

Although the ghost bride didn't know why Zhou Ping wanted fog, she still created a large cloud of fog.

As the fog rose, Fan Shiyi and Xiaoqing lost sight of Zhou Ping and could no longer see him.

The vajra, Buddhist beads and Buddhist scriptures emitted golden light in Zhou Ping's hands.

The golden light was extremely dazzling in the darkness, and even through the fog, Fan Shiyi and Xiaoqing could see it.

"Why did he use fog to cover his vision?" Xiao Qing asked in confusion, "I was still waiting to save him."

Fan Shiyi was a little surprised, but not much: "Depending on the situation, you don't have to save him. Zhou Ping should be able to deal with this pervert."

Xiaoqing was a little surprised: "Why do you think so?"

"He used fog to block his vision, not to deal with Toad Head, but to prevent us from seeing him." Fan Shiyi said while waving a paper fan with a confident expression.

Xiaoqing twisted her head and body into a figure eight shape, indicating that she didn't understand.

"Zhou Ping has some secret or trick that he doesn't want us to see."

"That's why he asked the ghost bride to cast the mist."

"The fog is to protect us, not Toadhead."

Fan Shiyi explained.

"Secrets, what you said is true." Xiaoqing also felt that Zhou Ping had a secret, otherwise how could Zhou Ping deal with the lake monster, "What secret do you think he has?"

Fan Shiyi thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what secrets he has, but it's probably related to the Buddhist techniques. The reason he was able to kill the lake monster is also due to this secret, because the techniques counteract each other."

Xiaoqing nodded in agreement. At this point, she already considered Zhou Ping to be a fellow cultivator.

In the past, Xiaoqing only treated Zhou Ping as a dairy cow, constantly draining his yang energy.

Who would have thought that this cow was extraordinary? He could actually kill the lake monster.

Even if the lake monster had no means to control aquatic creatures, Xiaoqing would not have the confidence to do so, but Zhou Ping was able to kill him.

This shows that Zhou Ping is very strong. However, Xiao Qing felt more balanced when she thought that Zhou Ping's secret was a Buddhist method.

Who would tolerate their cows being stronger than themselves?

In the mist, Zhou Ping threw the bracelet into the vortex of sword energy.

The bracelet is a personal item of Monk Pu Ming, and it contains amazing Buddhist power.

The bracelet entered the sword energy and immediately made bursts of explosions. Golden light emanated from the bracelet, weakening part of the sword energy.

Toadhead felt the sword energy weakened, and his heart was slightly shaken. He had also seen this kind of magic weapon in Fa Yuan's hands.

However, Zhou Ping's bracelet obviously has stronger Buddha power and is more powerful.

However, the bracelet was a consumable item, and soon its golden light faded away and it was cut into powder by the sword energy.

However, the bracelet almost eliminated about 20% of the sword energy.

Zhou Ping seemed to understand something and understood the sword energy of Toad Head. He put away the blood sutra and took out the vajra.

Blood Sutra and Buddhist beads are consumables, so save them if possible.

Pu Ming's Buddhist beads can eliminate sword energy, so his Holy Bodhi Buddhist beads will have no problem dealing with sword energy.

But why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken?

Zhou Ping was still prepared to fight Toad Head with the vajra.

This is a rare opportunity to hone my skills.

This is also the reason why Zhou Ping asked the ghost bride to cast mist. He was afraid that his telepathic finger would be triggered, and then his secret would be exposed.

"Go to hell!"

The toad head roared, and hundreds of sword energies attacked Zhou Ping from all around.

"Go away." Zhou Ping reminded the ghost bride.

The two of them already had a tacit understanding. After the ghost bride disappeared from the spot, golden light burst out from Zhou Ping's body.

The power of Buddha leaked out.

However, in addition to the golden light, there was also white light, green light and red light on Zhou Ping's body.

The golden light is the strongest, the white light is slightly weaker, the red light is also weaker, and the green light is slightly stronger.

White light is the power of Confucianism, red light is the power of warriors, and green light is the power of Taoism.

Light appeared, and Zhou Ping seemed like a god descending from heaven.

The sword energy seemed a little illusory under the golden light.

The next moment, countless sword energies were directed towards Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping held the vajra and created a gap in one direction.

Under the vajra, the sword energy was chopped into pieces.

However, other sword energies attacked Zhou Ping again.

While Zhou Ping was moving around, he used his vajra to dissipate some of the sword energy.

The sword energy was still chasing Zhou Ping under the control of Toad Head.

Toadhead was already upset. He didn't expect Zhou Ping to be so difficult.

Toadhead wanted to end the fight as soon as possible, but Zhou Ping was playing hide-and-seek with Toadhead and never fought him. Zhou Ping always ran away, and then took the opportunity to kill a few sword spirits.

"You little brat, why are you running away? Come and fight me if you have the guts." Toadhead goaded Zhou Ping, "Fight me head-on if you dare."

Zhou Ping was thinking about the battle while running away. His fighting style was always very safe, he was defensive and counterattacked.

Defend first, then counterattack.

Uncle Lame once said that Zhou Ping’s fighting style was not in line with martial arts.

It is also written in Zhou Ping’s introductory martial arts manual that when two brave men meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.

However, Zhou Ping has a different understanding of martial arts.

For a warrior, what matters is the desire to win.

Some people like to cut the Gordian knot quickly, and most warriors have this kind of temperament.

But when facing a strong opponent, playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses, and using patience to wear down the enemy, isn't that also courageous?

All you need is the courage to face a strong person; the means used don't really matter.

Just like playing games in the past, RMB players can keep spending money, but civilian players like Zhou Ping can only keep micro-manipulating to dodge attacks and look for opportunities to deal with bosses or opponents.

Micro-management is also a kind of courage.

After realizing this, Zhou Ping suddenly became enlightened, and he fought with Toad Head with greater patience.

"You little brat, are you a man? Fight me if you dare."

"You little bastard, I curse your whole family to death."

"Where did this wild boy come from, to have the guts to fight with my son?"

The mother and son of Toad Head cursed Zhou Ping loudly, especially Toad Mother, who was a shrew and her curses were extremely unpleasant. All the women in Zhou Ping's family were cursed by Toad Mother.

However, Zhou Ping was completely focused. He kept dodging and using his vajra to eliminate the sword energy.

At this time, only 30% of the sword energy remained.

Outside the fog, although Fan Shiyi and Xiaoqing could not see the battle scene, they could guess about 70% of the situation because the Toad-head mother and son kept cursing Zhou Ping.

"This woman's insults are so nasty, I really want to tear her mouth apart." Xiao Qing said angrily. Although she is a demon, she has been well-educated and well-mannered since she was a child under the influence of Fan Shiyi.

The curses from the Toad Lady were really ugly.

Fan Shiyi's face was also unhappy. She didn't understand the lives of ordinary people and didn't know that dirty words could be so harsh.

In the mist, Toad Head discovered something was wrong, and he recovered the remaining 30% of his sword energy.

These knife skills are not easy to come by.

The magic sword Thousand Blades fell on Toad Head's grave, but it did not become Toad Head's thing.

On the contrary, Toad Head is more like a servant of the Demon Sword Thousand Blades.

The sword energy on Toadhead's body was obtained from Demon Knife Qianren. Toadhead would kneel down and say good things to Demon Knife Qianren every day.

About every two or three days, the Demonic Sword Thousand Blades would give Toad Head a ray of sword energy.

It took Toadhead a year to accumulate hundreds of sword energies.

However, 70% of these sword energies were lost, which made Toad Head both angry and distressed.

"Damn it."

"Man and sword become one!"

Toad Head roared, and the remaining thirty or so sword auras all returned to his body.

Immediately afterwards, the Toad Head's entire body turned into a knife.

This knife looks like the Demonic Sword Thousand Blades.

This sword-melting technique is a trick that Toadhead came up with after a year of hard work, but he has never used it before.

Even Fa Yuan was besieged and injured by the group of swordsmen and then fled.

If Zhou Ping hadn't destroyed too much of Toad Head's sword energy, he wouldn't have used this move.

The toad head transformed into a knife and rushed straight towards Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping narrowed his eyes, threw the vajra into his left hand, then formed two fingers of his right hand into arrows and stabbed forward fiercely.

"Meet the brave to win on the narrow road!"

As the toad head attacked, Zhou Ping's spiritual power was triggered.

With a flick of his finger, Zhou Ping consumed a year of his lifespan but also stopped the Toad Head's attack and eliminated all his sword energy.

This was Zhou Ping's decision. He could have used the vajra to deal with Toad Head's combination of man and sword.

However, regardless of winning or losing, the Buddha's power on the vajra will dissipate.

It would be best if the Buddha's power was consumed without triggering the Lingxi Finger. However, if the Lingxi Finger was triggered after the Buddha's power was consumed, Zhou Ping would suffer a great loss.

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Ping chose to directly trigger the Lingxi Finger and retain the Buddha's power.

The toad head, who had lost his sword aura, turned back into a human. He looked at Zhou Ping in horror, and for a moment he was at a loss as to what to do.

(End of this chapter)