From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 8 Twenty-Four Ghosts

Chen Xuan felt a chill down his spine. In his sight, he saw a bronze chariot flying out from a town that had been abandoned for years. The four-eyed god driving the chariot swung a long spear covered with rust and cut off the head of the old man named Chu in one swoop.

"Ow!"

A lifelike bronze horse roared in the air, and the chariot galloped ten feet above the ground at an extremely fast speed. The scene was too shocking.

“Can it fly?”

Chen Xuan was stunned. The ultimate obsession of many ordinary people who hope to practice Qi is to fly in the air!
At this moment, the scene of flying in the air suddenly appeared in front of Chen Xuan, but it was filled with great horror, with blood and fire flowing.

"Clap!"

Chu Huogun's head rolled to the ground, with blood and fire gushing out of his neck.

"Gu..."

The four-eyed god lifted the old man's body with one hand and drank his blood. His gray, withered and stiff face was full of intoxication.

"Mr. Chu, there is a trick."

Chen Xuan quickly fled from the open space into the wooded area, and observed from afar the four-eyed god at the town entrance, who was not sure whether he was a demon or a ghost.

In fact, he didn't think Chu Huogun would die easily. Because he didn't find any signs of the arrival of the "Little Underworld"... The Black Cat Goddess hadn't arrived yet!
Moreover, Chu Huogun's body was tied up with chains, and his previous forced rescue would only expose himself in advance.

"Is that the legendary immortal energy?"

Chen Xuan muttered to himself. In the distance, on the snow, Chu Huogun's horrible head was rolling on the ground like a watermelon, sneaking away from Tao Town.

There was no blood flowing under his neck, but instead a wisp of crimson immortal energy lingered.

Fire virtue [red qi]!
"Gurgling!"

The four-eyed god feasted on the hot blood, and with a glance, he saw Chu's fire stick immediately stop rolling calmly, with a look of sly flattery on his face. The bronze god was stunned, then raised his rusty bronze spear and hurled it.

"You bastard, you don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young!"

Chu Huogun could no longer pretend and started cursing. Then his head suddenly bounced off the ground, with a tail of flame on his neck drawing a parabola in the air and landing accurately at Chen Xuan's feet.

"boom!"

This scene happened so quickly that Chen Xuan, who was peeping intently, was surprised to find that the head was coming straight towards him and suddenly biting his trouser leg, mumbling incoherently and shouting:

"Xiao Wang, run!"

"Old man Chu, please don't hurt me!"

Chen Xuan was sweating profusely. This old man didn't act like an elder at all! He ran away and asked, "Where did these things come from?"

Chu Huogun, with his sharp teeth and mouth, bit down on his trouser legs tightly and refused to let go. He mumbled, "A group of ancient shrews who have returned from the dead, one of the twenty-four ghosts and monsters!"

The "鬽" is a kind of mountain and swamp ghost.

Spiritual ghosts born from ancient objects and ritual vessels like to feed on human blood at night.

According to legend, there are 24 kinds of ghosts that wreak havoc on the world. The "ghosts" in the saying "immortals and ghosts are rampant" refer to these 24 ghosts.

Chen Xuan hadn't expected to meet Gu Xu. He felt like he had learned something new. He thought to himself, "This four-eyed Xu, wearing bronze armor, holding a bronze spear, and driving a bronze chariot, could it be a terracotta warrior buried with the dead in the underground tomb?"

"Ow!"

The four-eyed god looked at the forest in confusion, then waved his hand. Suddenly, a bronze horse broke free with golden candlelight shining in its eyes and chased after Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan's hair stood on end as he quickly shuttled through the mountains and forests, using the trees along the way to slow down his speed.

"Xiao Wang, what magic medicine did you take last night?"

Old Man Chu suddenly asked in surprise. He noticed that when Chen Xuan was running, a surge of hot energy and blood rushed towards him.

The strength of this powerful Qi and blood is definitely more than two thousand kilograms, which is not weaker than that of ordinary immortal Qi practitioners, and even directly surpasses the two juniors in his family with good qualifications!

This shocked Chu Huogun, and at the same time, he was extremely confused. Why did the young man's physique change so drastically in just two days?
"Feathering!"

Chen Xuan responded briefly and asked Chu Huogun to be quiet and not make any noise to interrupt his breathing rhythm while he was escaping.

"What? You just started feathering last night!"

Old Man Chu screamed in surprise, almost falling off his trousers, his eyes widening: "You mean, when we met in the dilapidated temple that day, you hadn't yet ascended to heaven!"

Even before achieving immortality, the strength of this mortal body is already close to a thousand pounds?
This discovery was so frightening that Old Man Chu was shocked. The foundation before the transformation was too solid, and it didn't seem like that of a weak human being at all.

Moreover, he immediately realized that Chen Xuan's aptitude was extremely good, far beyond his previous imagination. Once he had completely completed the path to immortality, his strength might surge to four or five thousand pounds!
If he were blessed with rare treasures, he might even be on par with the most talented people in Red Crow City!

"That's how martial artists behave. If you keep on whining, I won't care about you anymore."

Chen Xuan scolded, thinking that the old man Chu Huogun was really noisy.

He turned around and looked at the bronze horse-eating beast chasing him relentlessly, and a surge of inexplicable anger rose in his heart:
"I've really spoiled you by playing tricks on me!"

Even a clay figure can have some temper, let alone a martial artist!
Moreover, Chen Xuan had discovered that while the bronze horse looked scary, it was actually quite capable of fighting. He had even hunted black bears before, so why would he be afraid of a horse?

"boom!"

Chen Xuan stopped trying to tolerate it and gathered all his strength into his fists, smashing a small tree as thick as a bowl. Then he stepped on it and broke it. He then dragged the nearly two-meter-long wooden stick with both hands and rushed back.

"Bang!"

The bronze horse was chasing hard when it saw the figure in front of it turning back at high speed. The next moment, Chen Xuan picked up the tree trunk and swept it across. The sound like the collision of bronze bells resounded through the forest, and wood chips flew everywhere.

"Ow."

The bronze horse felt dizzy and shook its head. The next moment, Chen Xuan had thrown away the broken wood, grabbed one of the bronze horse's legs with both hands, and burst out with tremendous strength in his arms.

"boom!"

The bronze horse was completely thrown to the ground. A trace of fear finally flashed in its eyes. It roared and struggled to its feet, trying to fly away from the forest. Chen Xuan simply flipped over and rode on the horse's belly. He clenched his fists tightly and smashed his hard fists, as big as bowls, into the bronze horse's head like a storm, hitting it dozens of times in a row.

"You like chasing, don't you?"

The powerful punches, each with a force exceeding two thousand pounds, smashed the bronze horse like hammers, causing stars to appear in its eyes, its cheeks to cave in, its steel teeth to break, and its entire jaw to be twisted.

"Ouch!"

The bronze horse howled and was stunned by Chen Xuan's fist. What kind of monster had he provoked? It was so ferocious!
"You bastard, you bastard!"

On the other side, Chu Huogun was also showing his might. He was biting the bronze horse's buttocks madly, and streams of [Red Qi] were spurting out from his teeth. The flames burned the fragile part of the horse's buttocks red, almost melting it into molten iron.

Chen Xuan felt the high temperature behind him, looked back, and was stunned and stunned.

Is this old man Chu crazy...

"Woo!"

The bronze horse was in excruciating pain and felt extremely humiliated, with tears streaming from its eyes.

The strong desire to survive made it start begging for mercy.

"Are you willing to surrender?"

Chen Xuan sensed the pleading emotion and his heart moved, and he grasped the horse's mane tightly with his palm.

Then he turned around and asked Old Man Chu not to attack the bronze horse's buttocks anymore, as it was too insulting to the horse.

"You think I want to do this, desperately!"

Old Man Chu complained dissatisfiedly: "Who knew you were such a good fighter..."

Qi practitioners who come from a martial arts background are different. Their fighting power is outrageous.

When he looked at Chen Xuan at this moment, he felt a chill in his heart. That kind of powerful and domineering fist landing on a person was simply an unimaginable bloody scene. Even a Qi practitioner like him would be beaten into a pool of meat.

At the same time, he seriously warned Chen Xuan not to tell this to anyone, as the old man lived in the world on his face.

"I didn't see anything."

Chen Xuan nodded quickly, and then asked Old Man Chu in confusion what had happened in Tao Town.

Also, where are his granddaughter with peach blossom eyes and his sickly grandson?

"I'm also baffled by this matter."

Old Man Chu explained that they had stayed overnight in Tao Town last night and there was nothing strange at first.

Later, he stole his granddaughter's wine gourd in the middle of the night, drank too much, and fell asleep.

When he woke up, he found himself hung on a wooden stake outside the town by the four-eyed god.

His granddaughter and grandson were weak, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they ran away to seek help.

"Alcohol and sex are harmful to your life. From today on, I will stop having sex!"

Old man Chu warned himself earnestly, as if he had made a great decision.

Chen Xuan's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he asked, "What are you going to do next? How long can you live like this?"

He pointed at Old Man Chu's head.

Chen Xuan was very interested in the fact that it was still alive and kicking with only a head left.

"The red Qi will protect me from the three thoughts, so I won't die for now... Only immortal Qi can kill a Qi practitioner."

Old Man Chu explained that it is very difficult to kill a Qi practitioner with worldly means, and it requires a lot of effort.

Chen Xuan suddenly realized, and at the same time thought of the battle in Liuzhen Restaurant that day. The middle-aged man whose throat was cut came back to life, and later his entire head and cervical vertebra were kicked off by his whip kick, and he died completely.

"Xiao Wang, you have to help me get revenge." Old man Chu suddenly stared at Chen Xuan.

"Ah? Me?" Chen Xuan's eyes widened. This old man was too shameless. He simply didn't treat him as an outsider.

"You won't work for nothing. It will be beneficial."

Old Man Chu immediately said, "Last night, that giant creature with golden eyes emerged from the Southern Wilds, awakening many demons and ghosts... I suspect a [Land Treasure Tree] is about to emerge in Tao Town."

He told Chen Xuan that this small town was far away from the mountains of the Southern Wilderness, and the appearance of ghosts at this time must be the birth of some rare treasures.

When Chen Xuan heard this, he immediately became excited.

When embarking on the path to enlightenment, the effect will be better if you consume the treasures of heaven and earth.

Old Man Chu continued, "That bastard must have suspected me of stealing his treasure, so he wanted to kill me. If that's the case, let's go to his lair and take the treasure away. Humph, since he suspected me of stealing, let's really steal it!"

Chen Xuan agreed very much and immediately said, "We martial artists hate to see dirty things harming others!"

Chen Xuan had a strong execution ability. He immediately forcibly dragged the surrendered bronze horse head over and began to conspire with Chu Huogun.

“A proper plan is needed.”

The mountain herder, who looks scary, has some special abilities.

But as long as you overcome your initial fear, they are actually just like that. Qi practitioners are naturally not afraid of ghosts and monsters.

Soon, Chen Xuan held Old Man Chu's head with one hand and grasped the horse's mane with the other hand, and rode a bronze horse with a crooked mouth and slanted face, slowly rising from the dense forest.

"Shut up!"

The horse galloped through the air, looking majestic and high-spirited, like a poorly equipped general, flying towards Tao Town in the twilight.

(End of this chapter)