Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 37 Killing One Person in Ten Steps

Lu Zheng took the beads and spiritual flowers and quietly left the Taoist temple without disturbing the guests who were still sleeping.

After returning to the back mountain, Lu Zheng found a place with a good view and looked at the Taoist temple.

He felt that since he had killed three ghost slaves, the person behind the scenes would definitely notice it and might come here.

Huang Shu squatted on the side. He knew what Lu was waiting for and wondered what he would do if some powerful person really showed up.

The night is dark and the dilapidated Taoist temple is peaceful.

Time passed slowly, a white light appeared in the sky, and it was already early morning.

Lu Zheng waited all night but didn't see anyone coming to the Taoist temple.

"It's dawn..." Huang Shu muttered softly, feeling relieved.

In the Taoist temple, several ordinary people who were staying overnight woke up slowly.

They didn't even remember what they had dreamed last night. They just felt that they didn't sleep well here and felt a little weak and tired.

A few people went to check the horses and goods. Seeing that there was no damage, they had a simple breakfast and left the Taoist temple to continue on their journey.

Lu Zheng took out some dry food and had a quick meal with Huang Shu, then waited on the mountain for another hour.

Seeing that no one was coming, Lu Zheng carried the book box down the mountain and entered the Taoist temple again.

He looked at Huang Shu who was standing beside him and said, "Stay away from me. Go to the roof of the main hall and keep an eye on it for me."

"Hmm? Okay!" Huang Shu nodded repeatedly.

With a few jumps and climbs, he reached the roof. His eyes sparkled and his head turned from time to time, observing the situation inside and outside the Taoist temple.

Lu Zheng stood in the yard, took out a piece of cultural treasure and unfolded it, inspiring the righteous spirit within it.

The righteous energy instantly enveloped the area within a ten-foot radius, and all kinds of demons and evil spirits were quickly eliminated.

Lu Zheng held the treasure in his hand, as if he was holding a magic tool for detection, and walked around the Taoist temple to see where a violent reaction would occur.

Huang Shu was amazed. Is this the method used by human Confucian scholars? Just a few words can unleash such powerful power!
Huang Shu felt that he needed to read more books in the future. If he could learn even a little bit of Lu Zheng's skills, he, as a demon, would be far ahead of other demons of the same level.

Lu Zheng walked around the Taoist temple but didn't find any clues, but he did purify the air here.

He came outside the hall and said to Huang Shu, "Come down."

Huang Shu nimbly jumped down from the roof upon hearing this and asked, "Sir, have you found anything?"

Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "No, the person behind this didn't leave much behind in the Taoist temple, so we can't find any clues. It also seems like he doesn't come here often. He probably only comes here to get the beads every once in a while..."

Huang Shu scratched his head, "Then what should we do? Stay here and wait for him to come?"

Wait? Waiting for an enemy whose whereabouts and strength are unknown is a very foolish act.

Lu Zheng had no intention of sitting back and waiting, he would rather look for clues elsewhere.

"Wait for me outside for a while." Lu Zheng said.

Huang Shu left the Taoist temple obediently and had no intention of escaping. He felt that with his strength, even if he ran away, he would be caught by Lu Zheng. There was no need to risk his life.

Lu Zheng entered the main hall, stayed inside for a while, then left the Taoist temple and asked Huang Shu to leave.

Huang Shu looked at the Taoist temple and couldn't help but say, "Sir, why don't you destroy this place to prevent demons and monsters from harming people in the future?"

Lu Zheng said softly, "It's the demons that are harming people, not the Taoist temple. If this place is destroyed, won't the perpetrators find another place?"

Lu Zheng also had the idea of destroying the Taoist temple, but he thought that if he destroyed this place, the person behind it would definitely move to another place, and passers-by passing by would have no place to rest. It might be even more dangerous to spend the night in the wilderness, so it would be better to keep it.

The best option is to solve the problem from the root.

Lu Zheng had already left a trick up his sleeve at the Taoist temple, hoping it would be of some use. The man and the demon didn't take the main road, but instead walked further and further along the mountain path.

In the dense forest in the mountains, a dark shadow emerged from the shadow of a locust tree.

The black shadow was translucent and was a man dressed in black.

He stared at the direction where Lu Zheng was leaving, his expression extremely cold.

"Scholar? How dare you ruin my good thing..." There was a hint of resentment in the man's voice.

The arrangements he had made in the Taoist temple for many years were destroyed. Even though he knew that this day would come sooner or later, he still felt uneasy when the day finally came.

Without going to the Taoist temple, the man sensed that the ghost slave was dead and the Juyang Pearl was taken away by Lu Zheng.

Ghost slaves are easy to train, but the Juyang Pearl is rare. It was given by the master and is related to the monthly offerings. He has to ask for another spirit pearl, and he is afraid that he will be punished.

If it wasn't a matter of great importance to his master, he would have to be cautious and low-key outside, otherwise he would have wanted to come out and fight Lu Zheng to take back the Juyang Pearl.

After Lu Zheng and Huang Shu completely disappeared, the man floated to the Taoist temple.

As soon as he entered the Taoist temple, he clearly felt that the aura here had changed a lot, and there was no trace of evil spirit.

The man walked through the main hall door, entered the hall, and flew to the edge of the beam.

The Yang-Gathering Beads that were originally placed there were indeed gone, but there was a wooden box there.

The wooden box still emitted a faint aura, which resisted the ghostly aura emitted by the man.

"Scholarly air?" The man squinted his eyes, feeling the unusual aura coming from the words on the wooden box.

There were four small words on the wooden box: Do not open.

The man could tell that this wooden box was specially left for him, and that what was inside was definitely not something good.

"I want to see what's inside..."

The man muttered to himself. As he spoke, he carefully floated away for a distance and swung a stream of Yin Qi towards the wooden box.

However, this negative energy was directly eliminated by the righteous energy emitted by the wooden box.

Seeing this, the man released an even stronger stream of Yin energy, trying to open the wooden box.

This time, the righteous energy on the wooden box was completely consumed.

The four words on the wooden box were just written casually by Lu Zheng with some literary style to preserve the cultural treasure inside.

Now the words on the wooden box are ineffective, and the cultural treasure inside senses the strong yin energy and is directly triggered.

Suddenly, the wooden box exploded, and a cultural treasure floated in the air, shining brightly.

"Kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace in a thousand miles!"

The righteous spirit emanating from the ten large characters merged into a murderous intent, shooting straight towards the man.

The man was horrified. He didn't expect that the thing hidden inside had such terrifying power.

He wanted to dodge and escape, but the murderous intent was as powerful as thunder, sweeping over him in an instant.

But in the blink of an eye, the man was overwhelmed by the fierce murderous intent, and wisps of green smoke rose up.

The man didn't even have time to let out a scream before his soul was torn to pieces on the spot.

[You killed a second-level evil spirit, eliminating a threat, and your literary energy increased by 15!]

(End of this chapter)