Infinite Fighting

While Zhang Ji and Qiu Yiyang were talking, the ten-year-old girl suddenly started crying.

"Brother Zhu, will the monster eat me?"

"Xiao Yao, don't be afraid, it's okay, I'm here!"

Zhu Sheng helplessly comforted the child in front of him.

How could he not be afraid?
But she had to pretend to be calm.

He was originally the son of a butcher. Thanks to his father's skills, his family always had some surplus, and they lived a fairly comfortable life.

Zhu Sheng had no talent for being a butcher; his heart was always set on learning the trade to slay demons and monsters.

But this is obviously impossible.

Demons and monsters roam the world, and the stories of slaying and eliminating them only exist in picture books.

The entire Hunran Kingdom is an appendage of the demon race.

When they saw the demon, they could only bow and call him "Master".

Therefore, Zhu Sheng was constantly scolded by his father for being unambitious and unrealistic.

This time, the lot was drawn for his father, but his father was the only pillar of the family and could not be used as a sacrifice.

Zhu Sheng then volunteered to come.

There are also my younger brother and sister at home. With them around, the family won't fall apart.

After I take over, my family will no longer need to draw lots to offer sacrifices within ten years.

After doing this, he was spared a scolding from his father, which was a rare occurrence.

On the day he left, his father even personally slaughtered livestock and held a banquet to send him off.

At the time, he was full of youthful vigor, thinking that death was nothing more than a matter of life and death.

Looking back now, I can't help but feel a little scared.

He just didn't dare show it. He was holding his little sister, Cheng Yao, who was his best friend's sister.

Before leaving, he promised his friend that he would take good care of her.

If she were alone, Zhu Sheng would have already started crying.

For some reason, he felt a weight on his shoulders.

This heavy burden made him afraid to cry, and unable to cry.

"Kid, tell your sister to stop crying. She's getting on my nerves. Here are some candied dates for her to eat."

Annoyed by what Qiu Yiyang was hearing, he waved his hand and precisely tossed a few candied dates into Zhu Sheng's pocket.

At this moment, Zhu Sheng's expression froze.

What was initially a bit scary has now been replaced by curiosity.

"Thank you so much, uncle." Zhu Sheng said politely, then took out a candied date from his pocket and held it to Cheng Yao's mouth, saying, "Xiao Yao, eat it."

Although this world is relatively rich in resources, these things are still rare among the lower classes. Cheng Yao smelled the sweet aroma and, driven by her biological instincts, opened her mouth, swallowed a jujube, and began to chew it. Her crying stopped immediately.

Zhu Sheng gave the remaining dates to Cheng Yao, then looked at Zhang Ji and the others, and said to Qiu Yiyang, "My name is Zhu Sheng. May I ask how you should address me, Uncle?"

“Qiu Yiyang,” Qiu Yiyang replied.

"Uncle Qiu, have you ever practiced martial arts?" Zhu Sheng asked.

"I know a few moves," Qiu Yiyang said casually.

"You're too modest. Even the constables from the capital couldn't do that kind of jujube-throwing technique."

A glint of inspiration flashed in Zhu Sheng's eyes.

He thought of many details.

From beginning to end, neither of them seemed to be in a hurry.

His attitude was completely different from everyone else's.

He was extremely calm at this moment, not at all like someone going to their death.

This skill of tossing dates made Zhu Sheng even more certain that the two were extraordinary.

He had a gut feeling that these two people held the key to his survival, and that they might even teach him how to slay demons.

"It's just throwing a couple of dates, kid. You wouldn't be trying to learn these little tricks from me at a time like this, would you?"

Qiu Yiyang looked puzzled.

“He’s going to die eventually anyway, so it’s better to have something to do than to cry and whine,” Zhu Sheng said earnestly.

"Good boy."

Qiu Yiyang smiled with interest.

Since he was waiting anyway, he decided to kill some time.

"You're Zhu, right? Tell me, where are you from, and how did you get here?" Qiu Yiyang asked.

"I am from Yangsu Village."

Zhu Sheng recounted how he sacrificed himself to appease the demon in place of his father.

"What a hero!!" Qiu Yiyang said, "When I was your age, I certainly didn't have this kind of responsibility."

“There’s no responsibility involved, it’s just something I had no choice.” Zhu Sheng smiled bitterly, his expression slightly forlorn. “I was originally idle and didn’t learn any of the family’s skills. Now I’m here to appease the demon in place of my father, which is a way of repaying the kindness of my family in raising me.”

"Judging by actions, not intentions," Qiu Yiyang shook his head and said, "Do you want to learn my date-dropping technique?"

"Yes!" Zhu Sheng said.

"My method of dropping dates looks simple, but it's actually not easy. You have to start by learning the breathing technique. I'll teach you now, so you have to remember it well!" Qiu Yiyang said.

"Yes, yes, I will definitely remember it," Zhu Sheng replied.

Immediately, Qiu Yiyang began to teach Zhu Sheng the breathing techniques.

After studying for a while, Zhu Sheng mastered the technique and was able to breathe in and out the energy of heaven and earth.

"He's quite perceptive."

Qiu Yiyang looked at Zhu Sheng, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and couldn't help but sigh.

“It’s not that he has talent, it’s that he has good fortune,” Zhang Jize said.

He had just witnessed the entire process of Zhu Sheng's fortune growing from weak to strong.

This process is mysterious and interesting.

Zhu Sheng was just a boy with a little courage, but just now, he made some choices that were beneficial to himself as if by divine inspiration, and then his luck soared.

In a sense, he can now be considered a protagonist.

With this level of luck, Zhu Sheng is almost on par with Qiu Yiyang, so he definitely won't die here now.

This further enhanced Zhang Ji's understanding of the "Cut Character Technique," and he felt that it wouldn't be long before he could completely master that algorithm.

"Squeak~!"

Outside the cell, the sound of a door opening could be heard.

After a while, a figure appeared at the observation window on Zhang Ji's side.

It's a woman.

Or rather, a banshee.

With fluffy ears and wearing a long white dress, she was a rat demon, and looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.

She surveyed the prison cell before her gaze fell upon Zhu Sheng.

"Open the cell door, I want that person."

The rat demon gave an order, and soon the cell door was opened. A rat demon wielding a weapon walked up to Zhu Sheng and grabbed him as he was still breathing. "What happened?"

Zhu Sheng was dumbfounded and somewhat confused.

"Boy, you're lucky. Miss Bai Yi has taken a liking to you, so you won't have to die!" the rat demon said to him.

"Blessings, Brother!"

Cheng Yao stepped forward to pull Zhu Sheng down, but the rat demon casually pushed her away, and she collapsed to the ground crying again.

Zhu Sheng has already been taken away.

Qiu Yiyang wanted to intervene, but Zhang Ji quietly stopped him, suppressing his impulsive thoughts.

With the newfound luck Zhu Sheng has gained, he absolutely will not die here.

With the cell door closing, only Zhang Ji, Qiu Yiyang, and the little girl named Cheng Yao remained inside.

Cheng Yao was still clutching a few dates in her hand, and she collapsed on the ground, crying incessantly.

Zhang Ji didn't care; the noise didn't bother him. But Qiu Yiyang felt sorry for Cheng Yao and comforted her with words.

"It's alright, your older brother will be back soon."

Looking at Qiu Yiyang's gentle movements and voice, Zhang Jicai realized that he also had a wife and daughter.

He was simply murdered.

However, Zhu Sheng's good fortune was realized very quickly; he was scooped out in no time.

Qiu Yiyang finally managed to calm the child down, and it was getting dark.

In the darkness, knocking sounds came from outside the prison cell.

Then Zhu Sheng's voice came through.

"Uncle Qiu, are you still there?"

"I'm here!" Qiu Yiyang said. "Why are you back?"

“That monster doesn’t eat people, and it seems to like me quite a bit. It gave me a lot of food, and I brought some with me. You and Xiao Yao should eat some too, so you don’t go hungry,” Zhu Sheng said.

As he spoke, he also stuffed food into the cell.

There was fruit, as well as dried food and cooked meat.

"You're really lucky," Qiu Yiyang remarked.

"I can't say any more. I have to go now. I'll go back and see if I can get her to release you all too. Uncle Qiu, wait for my good news." Zhu Sheng said and left.

As the footsteps faded into the distance, Qiu Yiyang went to the window and brought in all the food.

Smelling the aroma, Cheng Yao, who had been hungry for a while, woke up.

Knowing that the food was sent by Zhu Sheng, I felt much more at ease.

After eating, Cheng Yao fell asleep again.

Two days passed quickly.

During this time, Zhu Sheng brought food twice more, each time more lavish than the last.

It's clear that he's highly valued.

I don't know how they managed to please that rat demon.

Zhang Ji thought to himself, "Looking at his handsome appearance, it's probably unavoidable that he'd have to use his looks a little."

On the third night.

Zhu Sheng is here again.

Accompanying him this time was the rat demon named Bai Yi.

"Squeak~!"

The prison gate opened, and Bai Yi looked at Zhu Sheng and said, "Hurry up."

Zhu Sheng nodded, then stepped into the cell and said to Qiu Yiyang, who was looking at him with surprise, "Uncle Qiu, let's hurry up and go."

"Go? Where to?" Qiu Yiyang asked, puzzled.

“Leave Luo Liuyuan and go to the outside world,” Zhu Sheng said.

"what?"

Qiu Yiyang was a little surprised.

They thought Zhu Sheng was just rescuing them to be servants, but who knew he would take them away directly.

In just two days, has he managed to bribe Luo Liuyuan?
"I can't really explain the specifics, but let's just go," Zhu Sheng said.

"You can take Cheng Yao away. We won't leave. There are some things we can't explain," Qiu Yiyang said.

"The situation is different now, Uncle Qiu, and this brother, you must leave quickly. I heard from Bai Yi that the other five demon kings of Hunran Kingdom stopped their sacrifices, resulting in a significant shortage of offerings. The demon saints above these demon kings are furious and want to come to Luoliuyuan to investigate personally." Zhu Sheng said, "I know you and this brother are extraordinary, Uncle Qiu, but you really can't stay here now. That's a demon saint!"

"Is the Demon Saint coming?" Qiu Yiyang's expression changed slightly.

"Never mind them, Zhu Sheng, hurry up and take your sister with me." Bai Yi urged from outside.

Bai Yi was also helpless; there were too many people missing this time, so the rat clan had no choice but to run away.

Otherwise, if the higher-ups come to investigate, Lord Wu Zang will surely be furious, and they will all become its food; few will survive.

"Huhuhu~!"

A howling, eerie wind swept in from outside, and Zhang Ji and Qiu Yiyang immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately scrapped their original plan.

"go!"

With a single, concise word, Zhang immediately took the lead and walked ahead.

Zhu Sheng picked up Cheng Yao, who was still fast asleep, and followed directly behind Zhang Ji.

The rat demon Bai Yi quickly caught up with Zhu Sheng and took his hand.

Zhu Sheng had helped her a lot in the past two days, and even saved her life from the clan leader. Now her feelings for Zhu Sheng were quite complicated, and it was no longer just a simple liking for his appearance.

Qiu Yiyang walked at the very back of the group, his double axes having been taken out of the Qiankun bag given to him by Zhang Ji at some point, and he held them tightly.

The group walked out of the prison in no time.

I don't know what happened outside, but now it's all in chaos, and the buildings are completely destroyed.

A chilling aura spread, obscuring the bright white moon in the sky.

Within the city walls lay the corpse of a giant python, hundreds of feet long, which had been dead for some time.

That was Zhang Ji and Qiu Yiyang's target this time: the demon king named Wu Zang.

The mighty Demon King died so inexplicably.

Only one person could do such a thing.
"When the Ghost Saint goes forth, all spirits retreat!"

The loud singing began, and the space rippled in the street as an eight-bearer sedan chair slowly approached, with a slender figure in a red dress vaguely visible on it.

Although the other party had not fully released their aura, Zhang Ji already knew the strength and identity of the newcomer!

S-rank expert, Ming Ji.

One of the many concubines of the Ghost Emperor of the Underworld.

He is also the true behind-the-scenes controller of this Hunran Kingdom and many surrounding areas.

Zhang Ji thought he would have to wait a while before he could face her, but he didn't expect her to discover the situation so quickly and personally cross the two realms to come to the human world to cause them trouble.

"Looks like I can't hold back this time!!" (End of Chapter)