Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 53 Heavy damage
Ji Cheng was unaware that the blind Taoist had previously fished in the bird's nest.

His strengths lie in his ability to disguise himself and his composure. It was already late at night, and the magpie had been asleep for a long time. He didn't believe that the blind Taoist's soul hadn't left yet.

Out of caution, he first flapped his wings to create a strong wind, waking the magpie.

Seeing the magpie's reaction after being startled awake, Ji Cheng was relieved and immediately ordered Da Huang to take action.

Ji Cheng flew up to a branch and caught the magpie, while Da Huang brought a thin hemp rope from the back kitchen of the Zhao residence.

The two demonic beasts worked together seamlessly, quickly binding the magpie to the trunk of a large poplar tree, two feet off the ground.

Then, they blindfolded the magpie with a leaf from an old persimmon tree.

"Alright, from now on, keep your eyes glued to this magpie. Once that blind Taoist's spirit possesses it, we'll use the fastest and most powerful attack to kill it instantly!"

Ji Cheng said, "We must be quick. We can't let that blind Taoist priest react in time and escape."

Big Yellow barked once to indicate that it understood.

It revealed its true form as a demon beast, its muscles tensing instantly, its sharp claws gleaming coldly in the moonlight. As soon as the blind Taoist possessed it, it would tear him to shreds with a single claw.

Ji Cheng, on the other hand, had prepared a golden feather.

Compared to fire-breathing, this golden feather is much stronger in both speed and lethality. Ji Cheng doesn't make a move unless he's ready to strike, and once he does, he doesn't give his opponent any chance.

……

The headquarters of the Snake Gang.

The crow perched in a very secluded spot on a tree outside.

After entering Wuzhen, it concealed its identity and no longer had close contact with the Blind Taoist. Therefore, no one in the Xiangshe Gang knew that the Blind Taoist had such a spirit pet.

At this moment, the blind Taoist was meditating and cultivating in the quiet room, with wisps of ink-like black energy emanating from his body, swirling and circling around him.

He originally came for Zhao Chen's Nascent Soul Immortal Treasure, but after joining the Xiangshe Gang, he learned that the Zhou family was after the Immortal Pill Inheritance of Zhao Yang, a Foundation Establishment Alchemist.

He wanted to laugh. It was obvious that this was the work of the city lord Yan Lu, who was using the Zhou family to test the strength of the Zhao family in Wuzhen.

"Yan Lu, I will turn you into a Yin Puppet sooner or later!"

When the blind Taoist finished his cultivation, the resentment in his eyes was like a poisoned blade.

He originally possessed the cultivation level of the early Foundation Establishment stage, but because he possessed a black cat, he was caught off guard and killed by Yan Lu's palm strike, damaging his soul and causing him to fall to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

This grudge must be avenged.

"Zhou Mu of the Zhou family is also a good-for-nothing. He's being used as a pawn without even realizing it, and he dares to doubt me!"

The blind Taoist was also extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Mu.

Yesterday, he briefly demonstrated his strength and successfully became a retainer of the Xiangshe Gang, but he did not gain Zhou Mu's trust.

Zhou Mu was puzzled as to what this cultivator was planning to do in Wuzhen.

Zhou Mu originally did not want to recruit him into the Xiangshe Gang, but he was afraid that he would turn around and go to the Qingzhu Gang to become his enemy, so he reluctantly accepted him first and would observe him later.

The blind Taoist also overheard Zhou Mu privately instructing Chief Wang and Wang Zhi, "Be careful of this blind old Taoist!"

This attitude made it quite difficult for the blind Taoist to use Zhou Mu's influence to carry out his plans.

He had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

However, we cannot be reckless. Since we are new here, we should first take over the body of the magpie and observe the situation of the Zhao family for a few days.

"Hmph, once this is done, I'll make sure you're all dead!"

The blind Taoist also included Zhou Mu on his kill list.

At this moment, the first light of dawn appeared outside the window. The blind Taoist calmed himself and prepared to cast a spell to enter the magpie's body to see what the Zhao family was doing that morning.

He slammed the broken bowl down on the table, instantly creating a miniature magic circle. Dozens of faint points of light flickered within the circle, all of them birds and beasts whose soul imprints had been left by the blind Taoist. No matter how far away they were, he could cast a spell at any time to "descend" upon these birds and beasts.

He quickly selected the large magpie next to the Zhao residence and entered it with his divine soul.

Meanwhile, under the big poplar tree.

Once the magpie was tied up, it kept chirping and struggling.

However, after a long time, it had already struggled to exhaustion and could only make intermittent, hoarse chirping sounds. At this moment, it had resigned itself to its fate, lowered its head, and was drowsy.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, the magpie raised its head sharply and let out a sound of surprise that was remarkably human-like.

It was the blind Taoist who possessed him. He was wondering why he couldn't see anything.
Whoosh——

With a flash of golden light, a golden feather, as sharp as lightning, pierced through the magpie's skull in an instant.

Almost at the same moment the golden light pierced through, the dog demon's sharp claws, accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through the air, slashed down fiercely, instantly turning the magpie into a rain of blood and flesh.

"Uhh—!!"

In the quiet room, the blind Taoist priest, who was sitting cross-legged, trembled violently and let out a heart-wrenching scream!
His soul returned to his body, and he clutched his head tightly with both hands, trying to suppress the excruciating pain that was almost tearing his soul apart. He lost control and rolled on the ground, knocking over vases, ornaments, and chairs.

His soul was subjected to a real attack from the golden feather and the dog demon's claws, like a red-hot iron piercing directly into the core of his soul, causing him unbearable pain.

The pain in his soul was dozens of times more intense than the physical pain. At this moment, the blind Taoist's consciousness was on the verge of collapse, with only a frantic roar echoing in his mind: "Who is it? Who is it?!"

……

"It should have succeeded, right?"

Under the big poplar tree, Ji Cheng and Da Huang looked at each other in bewilderment.

He wasn't sure if he had actually hurt the blind Taoist priest, but in any case, the magpie was completely mangled, leaving only a pile of unrecognizable fragments and feathers.

And I think there was a scream just now, a really terrible scream?
Ji Cheng spat out a flame, cleaning up the scene without leaving a trace, and returned to the backyard of the Zhao residence with Da Huang.

Ji Cheng thought the crow would come and patrol the area.

But no, after the Zhao family finished breakfast, Ji Cheng still didn't see the crow.

He figured that the blind Taoist priest would now be more wary of the Zhao family's area, and the crows wouldn't dare to easily venture into this airspace.

After all, the blind Taoist didn't even know who had plotted against him.

Having suffered such a great loss on his first visit to Wuzhen, this was the sin of arrogance committed by the blind Taoist as a cultivator.

"Squeak!"

Even as evening fell, Ji Cheng still hadn't seen the crow from the previous day. Instead, the Azure Flame Rabbit hopped and skipped onto the wall of the Zhao family's backyard.

After a few days apart, the little rabbit was still as cute as ever, waving at Ji Cheng and Da Huang from the top of the wall.

A chicken, a dog, and a rabbit changed their surroundings and came to talk under a shady tree in the wild.

Ji Cheng told Da Huang to watch out for the crows' scent and not let them spot the three of them.

The Azure Flame Rabbit squeaked and gestured with its hands and feet, conveying the information it had learned from Fairy Su to Ji Cheng.

Basically, the day before yesterday, the Snake Gang gained a new retainer, a blind old Taoist priest.

Fairy Su had investigated from afar and found that this Taoist priest was injured and not good at fighting. If a fight were to break out, he would be only slightly stronger than the gang leader and the head of the academy in Wuzhen.

However, Zhou Mu was wary of this person, so although the Blind Taoist joined the Snake Gang, he did not truly become a major fighting force for the Snake Gang.

(End of this chapter)