Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 175 The Remnants of the Evil Dragon
Many ghosts came into the cave, but they did not make any noise. The silence was so eerie that it felt strange.

"This is far from enough..."

A man's sigh came from the mist.

Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and resisted the urge to attack. Mainly because he was curious about what the man was doing and he didn't know his specific strength.

Lu Zheng didn't even see anyone, so now is not the best time to take action.

But in the thick fog, there was a pool of water.

The water in the pool was blood red and as thick as blood. It not only emitted a bloody smell, but also mixed with various other odors.

A shirtless man was sitting cross-legged in a pool of blood, practicing with his eyes closed. A trace of special aura was merging into his body.

The ghosts that floated over seemed to have lost their own consciousness. They all entered the blood pool and were then dissolved by the water, turning into pure yin energy and soul power.

The man in the pool was originally a close confidant of the dragon. He was good at alchemy and worked diligently for the dragon.

Unexpectedly, not long ago, the dragon activated the restriction, catching the man off guard and almost killing him.

Fortunately, the man had taken precautions earlier and secretly prepared some means, so he managed to survive.

Afterwards, in order to restore his strength, the man found a way to transform this place.

He killed some people and demons, and added various medicinal herbs to create this blood pool for the purpose of practicing.

Today is the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. The man has made a special kind of incense to confuse ghosts.

So that all the ghosts haunting around tonight will come to him to help him practice.

But even so, it will take a long time for the man to return to his heyday.

The man thought back to what he had been through in the past few days and couldn't help but mutter, "Thank goodness I've broken free from these chains. I won't be controlled by anyone anymore... I'll have to flee from here soon. I can't let her find me."

The man didn't know what had happened and kept avoiding looking for his old acquaintance.

Until now, he still thought that the dragon was alive, and even thought that the dragon might know that he was not dead and would send someone to find him someday.

When Lu Zheng heard the man talking to himself, his mind raced, and he quickly figured out the reason and guessed the other party's possible identity.

Among the information provided by Su Mei and Zhu Sha, there was a man named Dan Sheng.

This person is good at refining pills, and he specially refines some pills for dragons. Among them, there are blood pills refined by cultivators, which he can take out to trade with demons and some evil people.

Among Jiaolong's confidants, Dansheng's strength and status are quite high, far beyond the comparison of Su Mei and the other girl.

The two women did not know Dan Sheng's specific level of cultivation, but guessed that he was close to the fourth realm, but might have been restricted by the dragon and was unable to enter the fourth realm.

However, even so, or perhaps because of this, Dansheng could not get the full trust of Jiaolong and ended up being abandoned.

The thought flashed through his mind quickly, and Lu Zheng did not delay any longer.

He walked directly towards the misty pool of blood, and his voice echoed in the cave.

"Are you Dansheng?"

The man was shocked when he heard this, he didn't know when someone arrived.

The mist around the blood pool dissipated, and Lu Zheng's figure appeared in front of Dan Sheng.

Dan Sheng touched the dagger in the pool of blood. Seeing this young man he had never seen before, he looked at him with a wary look and asked, "Who are you?"

"Lu Zheng." Lu Zheng said slowly.

Dan Sheng quickly recalled and didn't expect that Jiaolong had any subordinate with this name.

Suddenly, his expression froze. Recently, there was a Confucian and Taoist scholar named Lu Zheng who was very famous.

Dan Sheng had been secretly trying to get some information recently, and that's when he heard about Lu Zheng.

"Are you the scholar?"

Dansheng couldn't help but tighten the dagger in his hand.

The person who came was not one of Jiaolong's confidants, but this scholar named Lu Zheng was said to be a man who hated evil and there was no way things would end peacefully tonight.

Lu Zheng thought to himself, is he really that famous now? Everyone knows him.

No wonder we searched several demonic ghost nests before but couldn't find any. The bluebird leading the way said it was scared away by him. It seems that's really possible...

Lu Zheng said, "I don't know which scholar you are talking about, but I think it should be me."

Dan Sheng tried to be as gentle as possible and asked, "Mr. Lu, what brings you here?"

Dan Sheng did not choose to attack directly. If a fight broke out, he would definitely lose the blood pool. It would be best if the matter could be resolved peacefully.

Lu Zheng stared at the pool of blood. "You've killed a lot of people and demons recently, right?"

Upon hearing this, Dan Sheng smiled and said, "I heard that you have also killed many demons and ghosts. I am afraid that I have not killed as many as you... As for the people, they are all outsiders and warriors who do evil. I can be considered to have eliminated harm for the people."

In order to avoid attracting the attention of local authorities, Dan Sheng selected warriors from outside.

But if you say that he specifically targets evil people and eliminates harm to the people, even he himself does not believe it.

Dan Sheng added, "In fact, we are also the same kind of people. However, after Dan eliminated the evil, he didn't want to waste them, so he refined them."

Lu Zheng's eyes turned cold, "Who's talking to you or us? You are full of evil spirits, let me purify you!"

After saying that, Lu Zheng raised his hand and punched directly at Dan Sheng in the Tiger Roaring Cave.

Dan Sheng reacted quickly, swung the short sword in his hand, and a blood-colored sword energy slashed towards Lu Zheng.

At the same time, the blood pool boiled, and streams of blood turned into arrows and shot towards Lu Zheng.

Around them, some newly arrived ghosts suddenly went berserk, their faces fierce, and they rushed forward. Dan Sheng didn't attack, but once he did, he intended to kill Lu Zheng with all his might.

However, Dan Sheng completely underestimated Lu Zheng's strength.

There was a phantom of a mountain surrounding Lu Zheng, and all his attacks became slow.

The next moment, a sun appeared.

The light shone everywhere, and all the evil spirits around disappeared instantly.

Those ordinary ghosts could not withstand this extremely yang and strong light, and immediately turned into wisps of green smoke.

Dan Sheng was horrified and quickly flew away to avoid it.

As a result, Lu Zheng dodged all kinds of attacks, approached Dan Sheng directly, and punched Dan Sheng hard in the body.

The extremely domineering force knocked Dan Sheng out in an instant.

Dan Sheng was almost knocked unconscious by the blow, and his whole body was in pain, as if it was burned by a burning flame.

Lu Zheng took a big step forward, flew directly over the blood pool, and grabbed Dan Sheng with one hand.

Dan Sheng was so frightened that he could no longer feel the pain. He turned around and fled towards a passage.

Lu Zheng dodged and caught up, suddenly grabbed Dan Sheng's shoulders and pulled him back hard.

I saw a flash of light in Dan Sheng's body, rushing into the passage and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Lu Zheng lowered his head slightly and looked at the thing in his hand. It was just a piece of leather.

Moreover, this skin seemed to contain a deadly poison, and wisps of poisonous gas were trying to penetrate into Lu Zheng's body.

Lu Zheng threw away the bag and quickened his pace towards the direction where Dan Sheng left.

His right hand gathered righteous energy and cleared away the remaining poison in his hand.

"Damn, this scholar is actually really strong!"

Dan Sheng ran away frantically. He had heard some of Lu Zheng's deeds before, and some of them sounded too exaggerated and unrealistic to him.

How could one person kill hundreds of demons and ghosts in one go, and kill a third-level demon with three punches...

At first, no one believed it. What kind of Tiandi Xiu could be so powerful? He could even kill a big monster with just his fists.

Now that he had actually met Lu Zheng in person, Dan Sheng realized that Lu Zheng might be even more powerful than those people said.

At least he felt the power just now, and he no longer thought that Lu Zheng was just a Confucian scholar.

Even a martial artist at the third level of martial arts wouldn't be able to withstand that punch just now.

Fortunately, he was not a warrior, but a dead person, and the painted skin offset a lot of his force.

Dan Sheng went towards the mountains, trying to avoid Lu Zheng.

He heard the movement coming from behind, and when he glanced sideways, he found that Lu Zheng was moving very fast and was getting closer and closer to him.

Damn it... Dansheng only hated that his current strength was weakened, otherwise he would not be in such a mess.

He took out a small storage bag from his misty soul body, poured out a few pills from it and crushed them.

The elixir melted into the soul of the person who created it, and in turn began to emit light.

Dan Sheng only felt that his momentum increased greatly, and he sped up again and headed towards the distance.

Lu Zheng looked at Dan Sheng who was speeding up again, but he was not worried that the other party would escape.

It’s just a ghost without its painted skin. How much consumption can it withstand?
However, Lu Zheng didn't want to waste too much time, so the righteous energy came out of his body and condensed into a bow and arrow.

Dansheng suddenly felt like a thorn in his back. He didn't have time to think about it, and didn't even look at what Lu was doing. He just cut off one of his arms.

The arm turned into a shadow to meet the flying arrow.

The shadow was instantly cut down by the arrow and disappeared in an instant.

The arrow still had some power left, but it deviated a little and disappeared into the forest in the blink of an eye.

Only then did Dan Sheng have the time to see clearly what Lu Zheng was doing.

He couldn't help but gasp. This was the method used by Confucian and Taoist scholars. This arrow of literary energy was quite powerful. If it hit him, even if he didn't die, he would be close to death.

Dan Sheng was terrified and fled, saying, "Sir, why are you so aggressive? I am willing to atone for my sins! I can refine third-level elixirs and many kinds of elixirs. If you spare my life, I will serve you!"

Lu Zheng remained unmoved and continued to draw his bow and arrow.

Seeing that Lu Zheng was unwilling to let him go, Dan Sheng cut off another arm to protect himself from the disaster.

After losing two arms in a row, even if he could transform into arms again, Dan Sheng's soul had become much weaker, which was damaging his body.

He was filled with resentment and didn't care about anything else. He crushed all the pills in the storage bag and used them, then threw some talismans backwards, trying to stop Lu Zheng.

However, the distance between the two sides did not widen, and Dansheng instead felt a little lacking in energy.

If he continues like this, he will definitely suffer too much damage and become an ordinary ghost without intelligence.

Suddenly, Dan Sheng saw a figure floating towards him.

His eyes fixed, and after seeing who it was, his face lit up with joy, and he shouted, "Cinnabar! Save me, I'm Dansheng!"

Dansheng didn't think too much about it, nor did he care whether Zhusha was sent by someone to find him. He just saw a life-saving straw and wanted to grab it.

(End of this chapter)