Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 53 An unexpected meeting

Dou Eqing took a few quick steps forward, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

I saw a cloud scene appearing in front of me.

Amidst the clouds, a magnificent fairy palace appears and disappears, as if it is the residence of immortals. Such a perfect building is hard to find in the world.

The gate of the fairy palace is surrounded by auspicious air, with colorful clouds as its gate, and inlaid with pearl-like jade, shining with a gentle and sacred light.

On both sides of the immortal gate, there are flying eaves and pointed corners, carved dragons and painted phoenixes, which are lifelike and demonstrate extraordinary craftsmanship and charm.

He continued to move forward. Although the Fairy Palace still seemed so far away, the scenery inside it gradually became clearer.

His gaze passed through the door lintel and saw a long corridor paved with auspicious clouds, with potted Ganoderma lucidum and fairy grass placed on both sides, and a faint fragrance wafted into his nose from afar.

A gentle breeze blew, and the grass and trees swayed, as if living creatures were whispering, telling the legend of this ancient fairy palace.

At the end of the corridor is the main hall. The roof is covered with magnificent golden glazed tiles, reflecting dazzling light, like the brightest star in the sky.

In front of the main hall, a pair of huge white jade fairy beasts are guarding it, resembling Qilins, with solemn and dignified expressions.

The door is carved with intricate cloud patterns, as if containing the secrets of the fairy palace.

He didn't know when he entered the gate of the fairy palace. A thick mysterious aura enveloped him, making him feel lighter.

He found that the interior of the palace was magnificent, yet quiet and elegant.

In the center of the hall, there is a glass fairy table, which is piled with unknown rare treasures.

The surrounding walls are painted with exquisite murals, depicting the most beautiful scenery the owner of the fairy palace has ever seen.

Light and shadow shine through the window lattices, casting mottled spots of light, adding a touch of mystery and fantasy to this fairy palace.

The entire fairy palace is shrouded in peace and tranquility, and every detail reveals an extraordinary temperament.

In this fairy palace, it seems as if time has stopped, everything is quiet and beautiful, making people forget the troubles of the world and just want to indulge in this mysterious and distant fairy palace.

Suddenly there was an explosion, and a scene of a tragic battle flashed before his eyes and then disappeared immediately.

Then, the fairy palace scene he had just seen disappeared.

"Go to hell!"

Su Muwan's fierce curses came from Dou Eqing's left.

At some point, a cliff appeared over there.

He saw Su Muwan chop Shen Yirong away with a sword, and Shen Yirong then fell off the cliff.

When he ran over, he saw Shen Yirong's figure getting smaller and smaller, and from the bottom of the cliff came Shen Yirong's intermittent voice:
"Su Muwan, I know... I am Shen Yirong..."

Although Dou Eqing didn't know what had happened, he knew that Shen Yirong was the victim, so he immediately stood on Shen Yirong's side and questioned Su Muwan.

"Senior Sister Shen once treated your injuries, why did you want to kill her?
Is it because of me that you want to monopolize me?"

"She is not Shen Yirong, she is..."

Su Muwan was unable to refute.

Even though she had a strong will to cultivate, she was already a little obsessed with searching for directions in a maze alone after a few years.

The first sign of her obsession was hallucinations.

Hallucinations appeared in her mind many times. Every time she finally overcame the illusion, the next one would continue to haunt her.

When the illusion tortured her to exhaustion, she longed for Dou Eqing to appear by her side, to give her support and accompany her.

However, the following illusions were all about how Dou Eqing abandoned and betrayed her.

The illusion tortured her with emotions.

It sometimes makes it difficult for her to distinguish between illusion and reality.

When she met Shen Yirong, the other party was also trapped in an illusion and attacked her first.

So, by chance, the scene that Dou Eqing saw appeared.

"She is not Senior Sister Shen, so you are not Su Muwan."

Dou Eqing rushed to speak, and as soon as he said it he felt that he had said something wrong. "Oh, I see, you are not him either."

Su Muwan was once again disturbed by the illusion. She mistook Dou Eqing for an illusion and rushed towards him with a sword.

It was his first time fighting with Su Muwan, and he found that facing her sword directly and watching from the sidelines were two very different feelings.

When he saw Su Muwan killing the enemy, he only thought that she was very strong. But now when he fought with her, he realized how sharp her sword was and how wonderful her swordsmanship was.

Her swordsmanship is unique, and she can strike her sword at any speed, with strength or weakness depending on her mood.

Dou Eqing couldn't figure out where Su Muwan's killer move was.

Whenever he took the initiative to attack, she would always respond with her skillful and effective tactics and easily resolve the situation.

He wanted to fight her with his body skills, but she responded to all changes with the same attitude, defending only three feet around her.

The two fought for three hours, and it was difficult to tell who was the winner.

Of course, this is also because both of them have reservations.

Dou Eqing still had some rationality left. Although he was disappointed with Su Muwan about Shen Yirong's incident, he felt that there might be something fishy going on and that Su Muwan couldn't be blamed entirely. So he didn't use his full strength for fear of hurting the other party.

Su Muwan was disturbed by the illusion, but she was also doubting herself.

She suspected that Shen Yirong just now and Dou Eqing now were both real.

Therefore, she was also worried and did not give her full strength.

This battle made Dou Eqing temporarily forget about Shen Yirong who fell off the cliff, and instead remembered the "Force to Split the Sky" that he had been contemplating before.

So, he began to think about swordsmanship during the battle, forcing himself to use the "Force to Split the Sky".

However, he failed to master the swordsmanship and was hit by several swords.

When Guo Jia saw his master injured, he wanted to take action many times but he held back.

When Dou Eqing used the "Force to Split the Sky" skill again, his hands were too busy to care about Su Muwan's sword. It seemed that he had forgotten to dodge or something, so Guo Jia had to draw his sword to block it for him.

Guo Jia had some understanding of Su Muwan before and knew that she was extremely powerful.

However, after carefully watching the two of them fighting for several hours, I feel that her strength is not as strong as other cultivators say.

But once we fought, I realized how wrong my feeling was.

Although Guo Jia blocked Su Muwan's sword attack, he was chopped away and fell to the ground.

Moreover, Su Muwan showed great fighting talent and directly judged that Guo Jia could be dealt with first to avoid being besieged.

Therefore, Su Muwan bypassed Dou Eqing and attacked Guo Jia.

Before Guo Jia could stand up, Su Muwan's attack came.

He had to roll on the ground to avoid the attack.

This attack was extremely dangerous.

Guo Jia felt that if he had not been able to dodge in time, he might have been killed instantly by Su Muwan.

This made him break out in a cold sweat.

He quickly took out his life-saving means while shouting to Dou Eqing:

"Master, help me! Master, please save me!"

Now Dou Eqing is his lifeline.

It’s not that Guo Jia had never experienced life-threatening battles, but he had never felt so close to death.

Dou Eqing heard Guo Jia's cry for help, and quickly put aside his understanding of the "Force to Split the Sky" sword technique. He flashed into the fight between Guo Jia and Su Muwan, blocking the sword that Su Muwan was about to slash at Guo Jia again.

At this time, a familiar voice came.

"Fellow Daoist Dou, we meet again."

A Taoist priest in a yellow robe, holding a supreme sword on his head, suddenly appeared a hundred meters away from them.

　You and I are both free and unrestrained fairies in this human world!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)