Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 42 The Scholar's Angry

Lu Zheng stared at the snake demon and said coldly, "Does it seem like you admit the crime you committed?"

The snake demon frowned and said, "I don't know what you are talking about. You are just a scholar. Why don't you study and get a good degree? Why do you have to come here to cause trouble?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "A Confucian scholar cultivates himself, manages his family, and governs his country. Shouldn't I intervene in matters involving evildoers like you?"

The snake demon's pupils flickered. He said no more, turned around and flew towards the cave.

Lu Zheng took a step and the bluestone slabs shattered. He rushed towards the snake demon like an arrow, his figure turning into a shadow.

What a fast speed! The snake demon was startled and quickly dodged.

However, Lu Zheng had already approached the snake demon and punched it hard with his right fist.

The snake demon subconsciously raised his arms to block in front of him.

"Click..."

The sound of bones breaking could be clearly heard.

The snake demon flew backwards and hit the stone wall heavily.

Is this a scholar? The snake demon was horrified and gasped in pain. He had never seen a scholar with such great strength.

Lu Zheng knocked the snake demon away with one punch, and then strode forward to pursue it.

But in the blink of an eye, Lu Zheng punched the snake demon in the abdomen again.

The snake demon couldn't dodge in time and felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his body was churning.

"vomit……"

He opened his mouth and vomited out all the filth in his stomach.

Lu Zheng dodged to the side, grabbed the snake demon's shoulder with one hand, flipped it to the ground, and stepped hard on the snake demon's chest.

The snake demon lay on the ground, struggling to get up, and said in panic: "Scholar, you have no martial ethics. Let me get my weapons and fight you!"

He didn't expect Lu Zheng's skills to be so powerful that he couldn't resist him.

If I had known that he always had weapons with him, I wouldn't have been completely powerless to fight back.

Hearing this, Lu Zheng's eyes flashed with a hint of strangeness, and he sneered, "Do you think you are worthy of me talking about morality?"

If there were not many unclear things, Lu Zheng would have wanted to kill the snake demon with one sword. What martial ethics would he still need to talk about?
The snake demon was filled with anger and suddenly opened its mouth to spit out a thick gray poisonous mist.

Lu Zheng was quick-witted and a piece of paper slipped out of his sleeve.

The treasure shone with light, and a righteous spirit was released, completely stopping the gushing poisonous fog, which could not get close to Lu Zheng at all.

Lu Zheng bent down again and pressed Wen Bao on the snake demon's head.

"what!"

The snake demon let out a shrill scream.

He felt as if his head was put into a pot of boiling oil. The intense burning and stinging sensation penetrated his mind and soul, causing him immense pain.

Lu Zheng continued to punch the snake demon, each punch hitting the flesh and breaking the snake demon's bones, causing it to howl incessantly.

After a while, Lu Zheng stopped and said coldly, "You snake, you are so stubborn. You don't say anything."

The snake demon was in a daze and said vaguely: "Scholar, what do you want me to say? Ask..."

Lu Zheng's eyes were cold, "Didn't I ask?"

The snake demon couldn't help but tremble, and said in pain: "I did it. A few days ago, I went down the mountain and killed a group of people. I also skinned a young lady and threw her into the water..." "Why did you do this?" Lu Zheng asked.

The snake demon spoke intermittently, "That young lady is quite pretty, and her skin is suitable for refining Painted Skin. Shen Tan can transform her into a fierce ghost and use her for his own purposes... These are the methods others taught me!"

"Others? Who?" Lu Zheng frowned slightly.

The snake demon said, "It was probably a few years ago, I can't remember the exact time, but someone came up to me in the mountains and gave me the method to refine painted skin and raise evil spirits. He said that if I could make good painted skin and evil spirits, he would exchange them for spirit stones and elixirs."

"I knew that doing this kind of thing would easily attract the attention of the government, so he asked me to do it. However, the benefits he offered were really tempting, so I helped him."

"Who is he?" Lu Zheng asked again.

The snake demon quickly said, "I don't know, I really don't know! Every time he comes, he wears a cloak. I've never seen what he looks like. I don't know if he's a man or a woman, a human or some kind of demon..."

"When will he come here?" Lu Zheng asked.

The snake demon said, "We didn't agree on a specific time. He used to come once every one or two months. The last time he came was over two months ago. He didn't seem to need so many painted skins and evil spirits, so he didn't ask for anything from me. I've only taken action against the people you mentioned recently, thinking that next time he comes, I might be able to get some benefits."

That person is quite cautious... Lu Zheng thought to himself.

He looked at the snake demon and said, "You must have harmed a lot of people over the years. Draw me the appearance of those painted skins."

The person in the dark probably did more than just find the snake demon to make painted skin and raise evil spirits.

This kind of thing is too horrifying. I don’t know how many monsters and demons are hiding in the world under the painted skin.

The snake demon quickly said, "I can't draw, and the method he gave me is incomplete. He must have refined those painted skins again after taking them back. Their appearances must have changed. Otherwise, if the missing or dead people suddenly reappeared, everyone would be suspicious."

"That makes sense..." Lu Zheng nodded slightly, "But I still want to know who you harmed. Draw them all."

The snake demon thought that he had harmed so many people, and if Lu Zheng knew about it, he would cut him into pieces.

"Scholar, I really can't draw. It's been so long that I can't remember the faces of those people clearly. I have said everything I should say. Please spare me..." the snake demon begged for mercy.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng stopped talking nonsense and directly drew out his sword and stabbed it into the snake demon's thigh.

"what!"

The snake demon screamed in pain and its body trembled.

Lu Zheng's eyes were indifferent as he spoke slowly, "To be honest, I've never seen a monster like you. Are you a snake or a four-legged reptile? I really want to skin you alive and see what you look like inside."

The snake demon was so frightened that his whole body turned cold, and he said tremblingly: "I will draw, scholar, you let me draw!"

Lu Zheng drew his sword, raised his foot and stood aside, staring at the snake demon coldly.

The snake demon staggered to his feet from the ground, ignoring his injuries, and limped slowly towards the cave while holding his bleeding leg.

Lu Zheng followed quietly behind and entered the snake demon's cave.

The cave where the snake demon lives is not small, more than two hundred square meters. It is kept very clean and is divided into several areas for storing various things.

If this snake demon hadn't looked so inhuman, Lu Zheng would have thought that it was a hermit living here.

Lu Zheng looked around and asked, "Where is the girl's skin?"

Upon hearing this, the snake demon trembled his hands and pointed to a large clay pot not far away.

Lu Zheng held the sword against the snake demon's back and went over to take a look.

There was a gray-green potion in the pottery jar with a human skin soaked in it. A head of black hair was floating on the surface, which looked a bit creepy.

(End of this chapter)