Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 99: Deserted Village Ghost
Between green mountains and clear waters, Lu Zheng was walking in a deserted place.

At his feet was a rugged mountain road covered with weeds.

This time, Lu Zheng was going to a deserted village, as he had heard that there were demons and ghosts lurking in that place.

Climb over a hill and look down at the valley below.

Some dilapidated houses can be vaguely seen among the weeds and trees.

Patches of abandoned farmland are covered with lush shrubs.

More than ten years ago, a rainstorm caused a mudslide in this area, destroying half of the village and most of the fields.

After that, the villagers here moved away and no one ever came back.

Over time, some demons and ghosts gradually gathered here.

The mandrill had made some deals with the ghosts here, so it recorded what happened here.

Lu Zheng followed the path and came to the foot of the mountain.

He looked at the dilapidated and deserted village and stepped into it.

Even in the height of summer in June, the temperature dropped a bit once you entered the village, giving it an eerie feeling.

"Squeak..."

Lu Zheng pushed open a rotten and dusty door and walked gently into the courtyard.

When I entered a house, the smell of decay and dampness filled my nose.

Lu Zheng glanced around and saw a trace of evil energy floating in the room.

However, in broad daylight, those ghosts will not show up and will hide in the dark.

Lu Zheng walked around the house and saw no trace of the ghost, so he went to check other places.

Coming to another room, Lu Zheng took a glance and found a white flower blooming in the corner of the room.

This flower was exactly the same magical flower he had seen in the Taoist temple before. It could captivate the mind and its effect was faster than that of the Datura flower.

Lu Zheng walked over to check it out and found that this flower had a strong fragrance and stronger medicinal properties than the flower in the Taoist temple. It was a specially cultivated variety.

The mandrill had recorded that there was a special kind of flower growing in this place, and it turned out to be the same magical flower he had seen.

Lu Zheng thought of something, walked out of the room quickly, then jumped lightly onto the roof and looked around.

A touch of white came into view, and a small courtyard not far away was planted with white spiritual flowers.

Lu Zheng walked lightly and came to the wall of the courtyard.

A rich and intoxicating aroma hits you in the face.

Lu Zheng jumped into the flowers and grabbed a handful of soil.

The soil contains a trace of spiritual energy and yin energy.

Judging from the condition of the land and these spiritual flowers, they have obviously been carefully cultivated.

Lu Zheng looked at the blooming white flowers. Although the flowers were beautiful, they became harmful in the hands of these demons and could not be kept.

He raised his hand and took out a treasure, releasing a righteous spirit.

The negative energy in the surrounding soil disappeared instantly, and even the luster of these white flowers dimmed a lot, and the hallucinogenic and intoxicating effect was greatly reduced.

"What are you doing!"

Suddenly, a pig-headed monster appeared at the door. It had a pig's head and a human form, was wearing shorts and a short jacket, and held a hoe in his hand.

Seeing the wilting spiritual flowers, the pig demon was shocked and angry.

This is the spiritual flower that it has grown with great difficulty, and it has to hand it over according to its share every month.

This month's share has not been paid yet. If it is destroyed, the consequences will be very serious.

The pig demon shouted angrily, "Stop it! Who are you?"

Lu Zheng stood among the flowers and said calmly, "Just a passerby."

Seeing that Lu Zheng didn't stop, the pig demon became furious.

If it wasn't afraid of completely destroying the flowers, it would have rushed in and hit Lu Zheng with a hoe.

The pig demon said coldly: "Do you know that you have caused a big disaster?"

Lu Zheng disagreed and smiled, "Oh, tell me about it."

The pig demon's eyes were cold and he said, "I am cultivating these spiritual flowers for the Lord. If you want to destroy them, you will die!"

"Master?" Lu Zheng's eyes flickered. "Is it very powerful?" The pig demon said, "Master is a great demon of the fourth realm! Young man, I see that you don't know if you are innocent. Stop it immediately and leave here. I will pretend that nothing happened."

In order to keep these spiritual flowers, the pig demon can only use threats and deception.

As long as Lu Zheng stopped and left the flowers, it would summon demons and ghosts to bury Lu Zheng as fertilizer.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but ask, "A four-level monster? Is there such a powerful monster in Kaiyang County? Don't try to scare me. What kind of monster is it and where is it?"

Upon hearing this, the pig demon said, "How can we, a little demon, know where our master is? But every month, demons from the third realm come to me to take flowers. I'm not the only demon here... Young man, I advise you to stop, or you'll lose your life."

Lu Zheng couldn't help but shake his head slightly. It seemed that this pig demon was just a small character who knew nothing and was sent to such a remote place to plant flowers.

"What do you mean by shaking your head?" the pig demon asked in confusion.

Lu Zheng asked, "You should know what to do with such spiritual flowers, right?"

The pig demon remained silent upon hearing this, only giving a cold look.

It grows this flower all year round, so how could it not know what effects this flower has?

The pig demon already understood that the young man in front of him was here to destroy the flowers and cause trouble.

Seeing that the pig demon didn't say anything, Lu Zheng slapped his hands and the spiritual flowers around him fell down one after another.

"Stop it!"

The pig demon glared with anger.

Lu Zheng drew the long sword from his waist, took a step, leaped up and rushed towards the pig monster.

The pig demon was not afraid when he saw this. As his blood surged, he swung the hoe violently.

The hoe in the pig demon's hand was made entirely of fine iron and was extremely heavy to hold.

As the iron hoe was swung, it was so powerful that it stirred up a gust of wind.

Seeing the hoe coming at him quickly, Lu Zheng quickly dodged to the side.

The sharp hoe passed by his body and directly smashed a big hole in the thick earth wall next to him.

The pig demon missed the first attack, so he swung the hoe and attacked Lu Zheng with a fierce and fast speed like the wind.

Lu Zheng's eyes moved slightly. He didn't expect that this pig demon seemed to have some skills. It could wield such a heavy iron hoe with ease.

An idea came to his mind, and he quickly left the yard and headed towards the large open space nearby.

"Where to go!"

The pig demon was very angry. He took a step forward, cracking the bluestone under his feet, and rushed forward to chase after him.

Seeing the pig demon chasing him, Lu Zheng suddenly stopped, turned around, and stabbed with a sword.

The mighty sword energy gushed out and pierced the pig demon's ribs.

A long wound appeared, and blood continued to seep out.

The pig demon felt pain, but just frowned, then swung the iron hoe with both hands and chopped at Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng reacted quickly, dodged the attack, and used his sword again to fight the pig demon.

A man and a demon were fighting in this open space covered with weeds.

Lu Zheng naturally restrained some of his strength in order to hone his combat experience.

Seeing that he couldn't do anything to Lu Zheng for the time being, the pig demon was stabbed several times instead.

It couldn't help but roar, calling on other monsters to come and help.

After a while, a short rat demon quietly appeared on a tree not far away.

The rat demon held an exquisite crossbow in his hand, secretly aimed at Lu Zheng, and shot an arrow in an instant.

Lu Zheng only felt a cold light flashing, and subconsciously dodged to the side.

With a whoosh, a foot-long iron arrow sank deep into the ground.

On the other side, a demon with a snake head and a human body appeared.

The snake demon held a large ring knife in his hand, the blade flashing and sharp.

As the sword was swung, a faint sword energy appeared.

Lu Zheng's expression changed slightly. It should be said that the monsters under the Four Realms Great Demon used very sophisticated weapons and were good at fighting. They were not comparable to ordinary monster forces.

(End of this chapter)