Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 114 114: Give Me Back My Heart

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Taoist Song was stabbed and fell to the ground, but he was not dead yet. He quickly covered the wound with one hand and pressed it tightly to prevent the blood from flowing out.

He gasped and looked at Chen Jin holding the sword in disbelief. He soon realized that he had made a big mistake and offended someone he shouldn't have offended. He quickly begged for mercy, "Mr. Chen, this is a misunderstanding. You can come and interrogate me. I'll tell you everything."

Chen Jin said calmly: "Is there any need for interrogation?"

In his bright eyes, Taoist Song saw a kind of indifference.

For a long time, relying on the golden signboard of the Taoist temple, the Taoists have long been accustomed to being high and mighty. Facing the batches of people who come to curry favor with them, they have a kind of condescending pride. They think that those people are just cattle, horses, pigs and sheep that are kept in captivity and do not know the weather.

But now, in Chen Jin's eyes, the Taoist suddenly felt like he had turned into an ant, small and helpless.

He felt extremely frightened and said in a hurry, "The one who didn't want you to take the exam and sent people to attack and kill you was Chen Shicheng from the second branch. In addition, he was the one who designed the trap for Chen Shizhen's family, as well as other Chen clan members. They are all in the same group."

In order to have a chance of survival, he confessed everything without being interrogated: "It really has nothing to do with me... You can't kill me. If I die, Changsheng Temple won't..."

He felt a sharp pain in his chest and his sword wound flared up, and he died.

Chen Jin walked out of the room, his figure blurred and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

For tonight's assassination, he wanted to verify the level of his skills in actual combat.

As a cultivator, Taoist Song's thoughts were indeed more sensitive, but he still could not see through Chen Jin's invisibility.

How can someone who can't see Chen Jin escape from Chen Jin's sword?
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At this time, Chen Shicheng had already fallen asleep.

He is a self-disciplined person and has been living the habit of going to bed early and getting up early for decades.

Moreover, at this age, he pays more attention to health preservation, gradually becomes less interested in women, and basically sleeps alone in the study.

What Chen Shicheng is obsessed with at this stage is his career recovery. He is unwilling to stay dormant for the rest of his life, and unwilling to stop at the seventh-rank county magistrate.

He wanted to restore his family name, bring honor to his ancestors, and leave his name in the family tree...

However, given his situation, being a mere juren and not young anymore, it would not be easy for him to be reinstated.

It requires managing various relationships and spending a lot of money.

Chen Shicheng was not willing to empty his family's savings for this money, so he looked outside.

For example, the home of the third brother Chen Shizhen.

The twelve branches of the Chen family in Changle Hall in Bojiji Lane were not static. Over the hundreds of years, several families experienced rise and fall, and went through countless open and covert struggles.

It may only take overnight for a family to fall from a wealthy family to a poor one.

A man like Chen Shizhen, who is weak-willed and childless, is just like a fat, white pig. It would be a shame to our ancestors if we don't slaughter him, bleed him and eat his meat.

The meat is best cooked when it is rotten in the pot.

Otherwise, when Chen Jin marries into another family, she will become the property of outsiders.

That is something that the entire Chen family cannot tolerate.

Therefore, Chen Shicheng never thought he had done anything wrong.

On the contrary, he felt that everything he did was natural, even though his family had always been on good terms with the other party and often visited each other closely.

But so what?
Friendship and family ties are all fleeting, so there is no need to worry too much.

As long as we take over Chen Shizhen's ancestral home, take Chen Jin in, and find a good family for this niece to marry into, she will not be treated unfairly.

That's good enough.

Feel at ease and guilt-free, and sleep soundly.

I don’t know when it was, but Chen Shicheng suddenly felt his body getting heavy, and his face seemed to be licked by something strange.

Then he felt a sharp pain, woke up suddenly, and let out a shrill scream.

He actually saw a wolf standing on his body.

The wolf was very large, with a black aura all over its body, giving people a feeling of being real or illusory. Its eyes were emerald green, indifferent and ruthless. It was baring its teeth and licking Chen Shicheng's face with its long tongue.

Chen Shicheng had no idea what was going on. He just shouted "Go away" in horror, trying to drive the other person away.

But how can we catch up?

The wolf suddenly opened its mouth and bit directly into his heart, then stretched out a pair of sharp claws to tear apart the thick flesh, then leaned over and picked up a bloody thing.

"Heart! My heart!"

Chen Shicheng howled desperately and rushed to grab his heart back with both hands.

Bang!

It was the sound of the door being slammed open.

The leader was his second son Chen Guizhong.

Chen Guizhong held a sword in his hand, and was followed by several guards.

They heard Chen Shicheng's howling and knew something was wrong, so they quickly united and came to protect their master, carrying lanterns and weapons.

However, when he came in, he saw Chen Shicheng waving his hands and slapping his body on the bed, screaming: "Heart, give me back my heart!"

It's very strange.

Chen Guizhong looked around and quickly stepped forward to hold his father down: "Dad, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare?"

Chen Shicheng grabbed his son tightly with both hands as if he had found a savior: "Chong'er, come and help me. There is a wolf that has taken my heart away. Stop it, quickly!"

"Evil wolf?"

Chen Guizhong was puzzled and looked around. Where was the wolf inside or outside the study?
The next moment, his gaze focused on a shrine.

Inside the niche is a statue of a deity with a human body and a wolf's head. The wolf's head is hairy and has a majestic posture, which is quite lifelike.

This is none other than his family's household deity, also known as the "God Wolf to Suppress Evil Spirits" statue.

Chen Shicheng likes wolves, saying that wolves are ferocious, highly intelligent, and good at wandering and hunting. With such animals, you can always get meat no matter where you go.

So his family's god was a wolf statue.

Speaking of which, it has been enshrined at home for more than 20 years, and has already nurtured a divine aura, which is quite extraordinary.

But at this moment, black air suddenly shrouded the wolf statue, and its expression changed drastically. Its eyes turned dark green and looked very ferocious.

Seeing this, Chen Guizhong was shocked and shouted, "Where is Taoist Shen? Come and see what's going on."

This Taoist Shen was a retainer of the family. He was originally a wild Taoist priest, but was spotted by Chen Shicheng and recruited into the family.

Wealthy and wealthy families, retainers and aides are indispensable, and people from all walks of life can all be used to expand one's power.

Taoist Shen came out and took a look at the wolf-headed family god. His face changed drastically. "Second Young Master, this is a change in the family god. It is ominous and must be suppressed as soon as possible. Otherwise, there will be a disaster."

Chen Guizhong listened to his father's howling in pain and was extremely anxious: "Why don't you take action quickly?"

It's not that Shen Daoren was slow and inactive. In the family, the family god had a transcendent status, far superior to these retainers. Without the master's consent, who dared to move?

After receiving the order, Taoist Shen took out an orange talisman, stepped forward quickly, and slapped the talisman on the head of the wolf statue.

Crack!

The talisman suddenly caught fire and almost burned Taoist Shen's hand, so he quickly retracted his hand.

The talisman is not powerful enough to suppress it.

Then the wolf statue leaped out of the shrine very smartly, went out of the open window in a blink of an eye, and soon disappeared.

At the same time, Chen Shicheng on the bed screamed, his limbs trembled, and his whole body stiffened and motionless.

When I looked again, I saw that he was bleeding from his mouth and nose and it was obvious that he was not going to survive.

(End of this chapter)