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Chapter 245: Convincing people with reason
“Shizuki…”

Wang Xi stood by the window with his hands behind his back, murmuring softly.

Through Caius's investigation, he easily saw through the visitor's background—he was a heretical cultivator who had transformed from a strange creature.

Based on the aura emanating from the other party, Wang Xi also confirmed another matter. That was that the poisonous Ganoderma lucidum growing on the headless Bodhisattva statue in the dilapidated temple where they had previously taken shelter from the rain originated from the same source as this woman.

In other words, the reason why the Bodhisattva statue was decapitated was most likely due to the actions of Zhiji.

"Ha, what a lawless woman."

Wang Xi chuckled softly.

"A direct disciple of the Yin Clan of the Great Joy Palace?" He leaped out of the window and declared loudly, "Witch, I've come to meet you!"

The two disciples of the Great Joy Hall, Leng Yan and Han Xiang, who were still hanging in the room, exchanged a glance and both saw surprise on each other's faces.

Lady Shichihime was also alarmed...

The young man knew their identities, yet he showed no sign of backing down and instead dared to attack them head-on. There was only one possibility—he was certain of victory!

Boom!

An air burst.

Wang Xi's figure swept out of the Jade Treasure Pavilion and instantly stopped in mid-air above Magou Town.

He coldly looked down at the woman in purple below, reciting: "Blood stains a thousand mountains, raging waves crash, a sword's light chills the Jade Capital."

He immediately drew his sword.

shhhhh--

The "Blood Sea Sword" from the "Corpse Mountain Blood Sea Shadow God's Ode" sent over a dozen blood-ink flying swords circling around Wang Xi several times before simultaneously attacking Zhi Ji.

"What an overbearing flying sword technique."

Zhi Ji looked up at the blood-ink flying sword whistling through the air, her charming phoenix eyes narrowed, but there was little fear in them, instead a hint of anger.

"Unfortunately, I met you."

A cold smile curled at the corner of her lips, and her slender fingers moved swiftly, like butterflies flitting among flowers, forming hand seals. Suddenly, the purplish-brown mist around her surged and boiled.

A powerful suction force was generated from the fog, transforming into a vortex of poisonous miasma that exuded a sweet and pungent odor.

Chi chi chi——

The dozen or so blood-ink flying swords hummed and struggled, and were forcibly pulled into the vortex during flight, where they were frantically infected and corroded by the highly poisonous gas.

The visible crimson aura on the sword quickly dimmed, and the sharp blade became mottled and blurred.

"Giggle..."

Having deflected this deadly attack, Zhiji let out a silvery laugh, her eyes sparkling as she once again adopted her captivating, alluring expression, and said sweetly:

“Fellow Daoist Wang, neither of us are ordinary people, and we have no deep-seated hatred for each other. Why fight to the death for the sake of mere mortals in this turbid world? Why not stop here and turn hostility into friendship?”

"I am a direct disciple of the Yin Sect of the Great Joy Palace. If we can join hands, it will be of great benefit to you, fellow Daoist."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xi, who was standing in mid-air, glanced at the alluring beauty below:
"Ha, I wonder how many men have used this 'Benefit'. You don't find it disgusting, but I feel nauseous just hearing about it."

He shook his head as he spoke:

"Sorry, not interested."

His voice wasn't loud, but Zhiji heard it clearly.

The woman's smile froze instantly, turning into a chilling frost, her eyes surging with murderous intent: "You won't listen to reason, so don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhi Ji changed her hand seals again, and the vortex of purplish-brown poisonous mist became even more powerful, with its suction force increasing sharply, seemingly about to pull Wang Xi down.

Wang Xi smiled at this: "Your innate magic for monsters can absorb, but how are you going to deal with this next move?"

He tapped the air with his fingers, and his powerful magical energy surged forth like a river.

call out!call out!call out!
call out--

Above the sky, the blood-ink flying swords instantly condensed into shape, densely packed, numbering in the hundreds.

The sword's edge pointed, its chilling light illuminating half of Magou Town. The terrifying, murderous sword energy intertwined into a net, completely enveloping the small purplish-brown vortex below.

This scale far exceeds that of the previous ones by several times.

Even with her ruthless and composed nature, Zhi Ji's expression changed instantly, and her pupils contracted sharply.

"Damn it! This guy's magical power is so profound?!"

She cursed under her breath, a sense of unease creeping into her heart.

All swords fell silent!

Like a torrent suddenly bursting its banks, the flying swords, accompanied by shrill cries, transformed into a rain of swords that poured down, leaving no room for escape!
"Ugh!!"

Shizuki let out a sharp shriek.

Faced with this seemingly hopeless situation, she decided to go all out.

Suddenly, a purple-brown poisonous mist exploded around her, her clothes tore apart, and her body swelled and twisted rapidly in the demonic light.

In the blink of an eye, a huge, bloated, and repulsive monster appeared on the spot—

It was actually a giant fleshy Ganoderma lucidum that was two zhang tall!

Its entire body was grayish-purple, covered with dense, large, tumor-like nodules, from which a viscous liquid constantly seeped out, emitting a strong, putrid stench.

In the very center of its body, a gigantic, round maw filled with fangs bursts open, roaring at the rain of swords raining down from the sky.

puff!puff!puff!
The blood-ink flying swords rained down on the fleshy spirit mushroom, their sword energy tearing open wounds in an instant.

Dark purple, foul-smelling liquid splattered out, staining the dirt streets.

"what--!"

A sharp, agonizing scream emanated from that enormous mouth, and Shizuki's body convulsed violently in pain.

next moment.

The giant mouth suddenly turned towards the Jade Treasure Pavilion.

"Energy! Give it all to me!!"

Inside the Jade Treasure Pavilion, the Tianlang Gang members, unlucky guests, and even the gang leader Hou Liwei, who had previously either died or fainted, all seemed to be squeezed and drained by an invisible force.

"Ho ho..."

"Uh……"

Streams of life essence and flesh essence transformed into streaks of crimson light, instantly traversing dozens of feet and frantically plunging into the giant maw.

The wounds torn by the blood sword on the flesh spirit mushroom began to wriggle and grow, healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhiji's aura rapidly recovered as she absorbed the energy, even showing a strange enhancement.

"Brother Yu, please help me!"

Taking advantage of the brief moment when she could recover her strength, Shizuhime called out to the sky.

Almost as soon as the sound fell, another eerie streak of light swept across the night sky.

"Hahaha, junior sister, I told you long ago to calm down, but now you've suffered the consequences, haven't you?"

His laughter was hearty, yet it carried an indescribable sinister and eerie quality.

A handsome man, dressed in a magnificent purple robe and resembling a pale-faced scholar, appeared next to the fleshy spirit mushroom, elegantly waving a jade-bone fan.

This person was Zhiji's Daoist partner.

Wang Xi stared intently.

The other party's entry information immediately appeared—

"The Great Joy Palace Yang Clan's Personal Transmission: Monster Jade Official (Nemesis/One-Star Title/Hero)"

Silver-framed title, one star.

She is much stronger than Shichihime.

Wang Xi raised an eyebrow and looked at his new opponent with great interest.

Is he yet another strange and evil cultivator?
But what kind of thing is hidden beneath this beautiful exterior...?

His mind raced.

A jade official?
Could it be that one of those things that turned out?

A strange guess came to mind.

At this moment, Yu Guanren waved his fan, his gaze sweeping over Zhi Ji's fleshy spirit mushroom form, finally settling on Wang Xi, whose robes fluttered in mid-air, and his smile vanished:
"Brother, you injured my Master Yu's partner without a word. If I don't retaliate, I'm afraid I'll become a laughingstock among my fellow disciples..."

As he spoke, his tone was chilling and cold, and he pointed his closed jade-bone folding fan into the air.

"Golden Jade Leaning Against the Wall—"

Duh! !

A blinding beam of jade light burst forth from the tip of the fan, instantly transforming into a ferocious, roaring jade python!

This giant python was extremely sinister, with a noticeably abnormally swollen tumor on its head, and saliva dripping from its mouth, emitting a strong, lewd, and fishy smell.

The jade python slithered and moved with lightning speed, rushing straight at Wang Xi with a nauseating stench.

Faced with Yu Guanren's strange magic, Wang Xi remained unfazed, only letting out a cold snort: "And what are you anyway?"

He suddenly flicked his sleeve.

A loud dragon's roar was heard.

hum-

A nimble, dark figure flew out from his sleeve, transforming into a three-zhang-long (approximately 10 meters) dragon. In its massive mouth, it held a blood-black flying sword that gleamed with cold light.

The black dragon, carrying a sword, exuded an overwhelming aura.

This was the first time Wang Xi had combined the "Blood Sea Sword" with the "Fish and Dragon Dance in the Sleeve".

Let's try it out on this Jade Official!
The black dragon crashed headlong into the jade python that was pouncing from mid-air.

boom--

A deafeningly loud bang erupted.

Sword light flashed! Magical power surged!
Then there was another clang!
The fleshy growth on the top of the jade python's head writhed violently, and its foul-smelling saliva could actually slow down the movement of the black dragon to some extent.

The black dragon shook its head, and the flying sword in its mouth slashed across the top of the jade python's head, actually cutting off the fleshy tumor, and thick jade fluid gushed out.

blah-

The black dragon swung its body again, and the flying sword slashed open a three-inch deep and ten-foot long gash in the jade python's body.

"hold head high!!"

The jade python roared in pain.

Amidst the sparks flying, a chalcedony-like liquid exuding a foul odor gushed out.

However, the jade python's defense was exceptionally strong.

Although the sword wound was deep, it was not enough to kill him completely.

The jade python roared and writhed in pain, yet it still fiercely coiled around the black dragon, attempting to strangle it.

"return."

Wang Xi waved his hand.

Mo Jiao seized the opportunity, broke free from the jade python's embrace, and flew back to Wang Xi's side.

The enormous dragon's body coiled and circled, protecting Wang Xi at its core. The dragon's head was raised high, standing directly behind his left shoulder, its pair of gray-white vertical pupils fixed on Zhi Ji and Yu Guanren below, the blood sword in its mouth flashing with a cold light.

at this time.

A beast roar was heard.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Wang Xi saw that Hu Bugui had revealed his true fox form.

Its entire body was as large as a carriage.

Three bushy fox tails swayed in the wind like burning flames, exuding an awe-inspiring power. Perched atop the fox's back stood her sworn sister, Hu Xiaosheng.

She also revealed her true form, the "Three Brown Women" transformed from a river-sinking cable.

At this moment, her entire body was covered in dark green scales, her long hair had turned into seaweed, and her body had stretched out, like a human-shaped serpent.

The brother and sister joined the battle without hesitation, heading straight for Zhiji, who was absorbing essence to repair herself.

"Young Master Wang, my brother and I have come to lend our assistance!" The three-tailed fox opened its mouth and shrieked.

Wang Xi nodded slightly and did not stop him.

The Hu siblings are quite strong; if they join forces, they should be able to hold off the injured Zhi Ji without any problem.

Boom! !

The two sides had already clashed, and dust and waves were churning.

"Brother Wang, we'll help too!"

Mei Yanxi, Sang Hui, Zhang Fuyun, and Liu Xunyan also appeared from one side of Yubaolou.

But Wang Xi flicked his finger and sent out a yin-yang symbol, transmitting his voice:
"The Hu siblings and I are fine here. You all need to go to the church cellar in town immediately... that's the stronghold of the foreign bandits."

Mei Yanxi and the others exchanged glances.

He immediately replied using his primordial spirit: "Okay!"

They didn't linger and turned to run in another direction.

After the group left.

Wang Xi's gaze locked onto Yu Guanren again: "Let me see the skill of the Grand Music Hall's direct disciple."

Having said that, he took a step forward.

The space beneath their feet seemed to be compressed, instantly closing the distance between them and the Jade Official.

Wang Xi did not use the flying sword and the black dragon again. Instead, he made a fist with both hands and softly chanted, "Power to sweep away all evil."

Wow!

A powerful, heavy, and malevolent aura, seemingly imbued with the resentment of countless corpses, surged into the sky.

—"The Corpse Mountain Staff"!
A thick, long staff made entirely of viscous blood ink appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Wang Xi wielded the giant club, like a pillar supporting the sky, and smashed it down fiercely from the heavens.

The target was the giant jade python that was wounded but not yet dead.

"Not good!" Feeling the immense pressure coming from above, Yu Guanren immediately dodged away.

But the jade python was too late to control.

Boom!

Click! !
With a single blow, the blow struck the jade python's head like lightning.

The giant python's head exploded instantly.

The shattered jade fragments, mixed with foul-smelling marrow, flew everywhere. The snake's entire body convulsed violently before crashing to the ground, sending up clouds of dust.

"puff--"

Yu Guanren's face turned pale, and he immediately vomited blood, suffering a backlash.

His eyes were filled with horror.

"No...impossible!"

"Jade Official cried out in disbelief."

His "Golden Jade Armor" is a part of his true self combined with his external appearance, making it exceptionally hard and invincible.

Even a great cultivator of the same level would find it difficult to even injure it, let alone shatter it... Yet now, it was actually smashed to pieces by a single blow?!

"you wanna die!!"

After the initial shock came boundless rage.

Knowing that this battle was a matter of life and death, Yu Guanren swayed and no longer maintained his handsome human form, directly revealing his true form.

As the light shone, something rose from the ground.

It was a jade gourd with a smooth, warm texture, but covered with various deformed nodules.

This jade gourd is several times thicker and longer than an ordinary gourd, and its mouth is more like a slightly open mouth with saliva flowing out.

The gourd trembled, and a dense jade light burst forth in an attempt to retaliate.

But Wang Xi didn't give him a chance to breathe.

"open!"

He roared and brought his massive club down with the force of a collapsing mountain. Each strike carried the domineering power to shake a mountain.

boom! boom! boom!
The shadows of the sticks stretched like mountains, endless and continuous.

Under the relentless bombardment of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the jade gourd let out a mournful cry, unable to bear the weight any longer.

Click!

Click!
Each heavy blow caused it to tremble violently, its jade luster to dim, and even spread with dense cracks. Jadeite gushed out from the cracks like a spring.

"Ahhhhh!!"

The jade gourd tumbled and wailed in the air, emitting a mournful cry.

The black dragon, which had been circling nearby, saw this and, without any hesitation, opened its mouth and spat out a pillar of incandescent fire.

Snow Flame Dragon Breath!

*Swoosh—Boom!*

The pillar of fire engulfed the jade gourd, followed by a second explosion. The jade gourd, already on the verge of collapse, could no longer hold on and let out a shrill scream.

Zhiji, who was fighting with Hu Bugui and Hu Xiaosheng, saw the miserable state of Yu Guanren and her eyes widened in horror: "Brother Yu!"

At this moment, one can no longer care about sect missions, cultivation paths, or face.

She forcefully unleashed her magical power, and the enormous fleshy spirit mushroom demon body slammed past the Hu siblings, rushing recklessly towards the dying jade gourd.

"The harmony of Yin and Yang—"

Zhi Ji shouted, and the entire fleshy spirit mushroom body lunged forward, wrapping the jade gourd layer by layer like melted oil.

The purplish-brown demonic mist intertwined and merged with the jade-colored radiance.

Gulu...

Gululu...

Amidst the viscous, writhing sounds, an even larger, more deformed monster took shape.

The monster was several stories tall, its main body made up of a huge fleshy lingzhi mushroom. However, on the surface of the lingzhi mushroom, there was a half-broken jade gourd, and the small mouth of the gourd was still wriggling in the flesh of the lingzhi mushroom.

The monster has two heads: one is the face of Zhi Ji emerging from the top of the Ganoderma lucidum, and the other is the face of Yu Guan Ren growing from the crack on the side of the jade gourd.

The two heads simultaneously emitted overlapping, androgynous roars: "Die! You must die!!"

A violent and chaotic aura emerged.

In Caius's view, the monster's stats suddenly refreshed, and its rating even reached two stars with a silver frame title.

Seeing the monster's aura surge, Wang Xi showed no fear, but instead shook his head.

"Tsk, so ugly."

After he made a comment, his eyes suddenly became deep and thoughtful.

"It seems you're quite dissatisfied..."

His left hand, which had been behind his back, slowly extended, and an item appeared in his palm at some point.

A simple, antique-style, jet-black knife.

— "Occam's Razor"!
This black card, which was used as a trump card, has not been used since it was upgraded to Prestige Edition.

Now is a good time.

Wang Xi lightly raised his wrist and made a sweeping motion towards the massive, bloated, deformed symbiote.

hum-

It was completely silent, without even a trace of energy fluctuation.

It was as if the painter had simply used the finest eraser to gently erase an extra line on the canvas.

next moment.

The deformed gourd suddenly jolted.

While Zhiji and Yu Guanren were still in shock, they were forcibly separated by an invisible force—

puff! !
"what!"

"not good!"

Two overlapping but different screams rang out, even more desperate than when they were being attacked earlier.

Zhiji and Yu Guanren's trump card, the "Yin-Yang Harmony" spell, was forcibly interrupted before it could be used.

No one could understand their confusion and despair at that moment.

With the separation, the power that had surged due to their fusion instantly plummeted back to its original level, even weakening slightly compared to before they parted.

The two, still shaken from their separation, were horrified to discover that their vital energy was rapidly draining away!
"Are you satisfied?"

Wang Xi said calmly.

"I refuse to accept this!" Zhiji shouted excitedly. "If you have the guts, let the two of us fight you with all our might!"

How could the vital energy she had painstakingly accumulated be so easily removed from her body?!

The same was true for the Jade Official standing to the side.

The couple was devastated.

"You're not convinced, are you?"

Wang Xi's eyes were indifferent as he made hand seals and chanted incantations.

"It's alright, I'm best at persuading people with reason."

"Edict!"

In an instant, more than a hundred blood-ink flying swords materialized out of thin air and hovered three feet above his head.

The sword tips all pointed downwards at the deformed couple.

The two were now writhing in each other's arms, emitting mournful whimpers. The purplish-brown poisonous mist mingled with the pus and blood of the jade marrow, creating a stench that filled the air, yet they could not escape the lock of the flying sword.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Wang Xi flipped his hand and took out the "Demon Funeral Scroll." The thread-bound booklet was simple and elegant, and a wolf-hair brush appeared out of thin air.

He conjured ink in the air, his brush tip stained with black, and on a brand new page, he depicted the ugly behavior of Zhiji and Yuguanren.

Then, in a vigorous and flowing style, he wrote:
"Chapter Two: The Strange Tale of the Purple Clothing": On an autumn night, I traveled to Magou, the border between the north and the south. At that time, the stars were dim and the eerie atmosphere obscured my vision.

"Beneath the Jade Pavilion, foul air lingers like a miasma. Two demons in purple robes dwell there: one is called Zhi Ji, who was transformed from a fleshy fungus, resembling a cluster of boils and carbuncles, with mouths split like ravines, and she is good at devouring the essence of living people; the other is called Yu Guan, who was a demon of lustful jade, shaped like a crooked gourd, with drool seeping into the soil, and skin harder than black iron."

"These two scoundrels belong to the evil sect, the Great Joy Hall. They are both disciples of the sect and have become Daoist partners, practicing evil magic... They once kidnapped townspeople to feed Western pirates, taking their marrow to refine coral artifacts. By the Blood Pool, wronged souls wailed. In the crevices of the Red Reef, countless sins were committed."

“Wang Xizhi, a wandering hermit, observed the celestial phenomena and saw hidden lightning, knowing it was the time to exorcise evil. He then used his fingers as a brush, drew a black dragon to roar, and rode a hundred and twenty flying swords to create a demon-slaying scroll.”

At this point, Wang Xi paused briefly, his sword-like finger sweeping across the paper.

"disease!"

Hundreds of blood-ink flying swords responded to the call, transforming into a destructive rain of blood that swept down in a brutal attack.

puff!puff!
The screams of Zhiji and Yuguanren came to an abrupt end as they were annihilated by the flying sword, leaving only a pile of foul-smelling remains.

Wang Xi picked up his pen and added the final sentence:

"—With the completion of this chapter, all evil spirits will be vanquished, and the world will be cleansed."

With the final stroke completed, he lightly flicked the book with his fingers.

Wang Xi vaguely felt "yin virtue" bestowed upon him, and a warm feeling flowed into his primordial spirit like a trickle. He felt golden light flickering in his mind, and his perception became clearer and clearer, expanding from the original one-kilometer range to two kilometers.

This is precisely the benefit of completing the "Demon Funeral Scroll".

To punish evil with righteousness, and to prove the Way with books.

"Virtue in secret aids the path to enlightenment, allowing the primordial spirit to break through realms..."

He closed his eyes and sighed, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"I'm stronger again."

(End of this chapter)