Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

The Four-Eyed Taoist shouted, "Jiale! Where did that brat run off to?"

Before the words were even finished, the sound of splashing water came from the backyard. A shirtless young man rushed out carrying a wooden bucket, his trouser legs still dripping wet: "Master! I'm weeding the vegetable garden!"

Chen Hengyi sized up the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. His trousers were rolled up to his knees, and his calves were covered in mud, making him look like a farmer who had just returned from the fields.

Jiale wasn't shy around strangers. He wiped his sweat and grinned, "And who is this brother?"

Si Mu casually shoved the things in his hand into Jia Le's arms: "Take these clients to the morgue first, and I'll introduce them to you later."

"Oh." Jiale scratched his head, just getting started when he suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "By the way, Master, Master Ikkyu is back!"

Si Mu, who had been smiling, suddenly looked dejected upon hearing the news.

"Why isn't that old bastard dead yet?" Si Mu cursed, then led Chen Hengyi and Chen Lingxiu to choose a room.

Soon, Jiale returned.

After introducing themselves, the four of them quickly got to know each other.

When Jiale heard about Chen Hengyi's deeds, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Brother Yi! I didn't expect you to be so talented, even though you don't look much older than me! I even want to learn opera from you."

Jiale thought Chen Hengyi's actions in Renjia Town were very impressive, and he admired him greatly.

But upon hearing this, Si Mu immediately gave him a sharp rap on the head: "What? You want to switch allegiances and go perform in operas? Go ask the founders if they agree!"

After that, Jiale dared not say another word, and could only cover his head and run to the other side.

Chen Hengyi returned to his room, tidied up briefly, and put away his opera box.

Then he took out the portrait of Master Huaguang and hung it up respectfully.

Take out the incense burner and burn incense.

Chen Hengyi muttered, "May the ancestral master protect us."

Then, Chen Hengyi sat down cross-legged again. He felt the flow of energy within his body.

It resides in the abdomen, then travels to the chest cavity, circles through the internal organs, and finally travels along the twelve meridians of the body, returning to the dantian.

This completes one cycle.

It was warm, like fire.

This is the result of his cultivation over the past two weeks.

He called it "playing with fire," which is the same as the "playing with fire" in the "Five Manifestations of the Spiritual Official Playing with Fire Sutra."

It is also equivalent to the magical power of a Taoist priest.

In fact, he had already sensed this budding possibility back in Renjia Town, but it wasn't very obvious at the time.

Not long after, he mastered the basics.

Now Chen Hengyi can also say to others that he is a cultivator!

If classified according to the levels of internal alchemy, Chen Hengyi felt that he had just barely reached the level of refining essence into qi.

Since refining the Playful Flame, Chen Hengyi has also felt his body being purified by this wisp of Playful Flame.

Some of the bad things in his body are burned away by the fire. During this process, his body will suffer a slight loss, and the fire itself will also be damaged. He can also accelerate this process.

But just as it was depleted, the [Qi Gathering and Rejuvenation] skill replenished it!

Therefore, he is getting stronger every moment, although the speed is slower than a snail...

After sitting cross-legged for a while, Chen Hengyi couldn't sit still any longer, so he took out his eighteen-foot spear to maintain it.

He was just wiping away the blood and that was it, but after Si Mu saw it, he exclaimed that it was a terrible waste!

Such a fine weapon made from superior steel has been wasted by him.

He carefully cleaned the crevices with a small bristle brush, and then applied a rosin-scented ointment.

Before long, the eighteen-foot spear was completely renewed, its tip gleaming with a cold light, like a venomous snake that devours people.

Chen Hengyi set up a stand and placed the spear on it.

Just then, a strange noise suddenly came from outside the door. Chen Hengyi listened carefully and it sounded like an argument!

When Chen Hengyi pushed open the door, he saw Simu arguing heatedly with an old monk.

Jiale, standing to the side, seemed unfazed, while Chen Lingxiu and another girl appeared somewhat bewildered.

"It seems that this is Master Ikkyu and his disciple Jingjing."

Chen Hengyi ignored the noise and walked up to Jia Le: "Aren't you going to introduce me?"

Although he already knew who these people were, he still had to go through the proper procedures.

A moment later, Chen Hengyi looked as if he had just realized something: "So it's Miss Qingqing."

And then that was it.

The next second, there was a loud crash!

A stool flew over, and Chen Hengyi calmly caught it, shoved it under his buttocks, and sat down.

"Master, have you rested enough? Shall we set off?"

Upon hearing this, Four Eyes and Master Ikkyu, who were pulling each other's hair and picking their noses, fell silent.

"You damned monk, let go! I almost forgot about the important matter!" Four Eyes shouted, and Master Ikkyu suddenly lost his focus.

The next second, Four Eyes reacted quickly and used the Monkey Stealing Peaches move!

"Ouch!" Ikkyu exclaimed in surprise, defeated.

"Hehe, old monk, I didn't expect you to be bald on top but not on the bottom!" Si Mu said smugly, completely oblivious to the expressions on the faces of the two girls present.

A moment later, everyone gathered together to drink porridge.

Ikkyu learned that Chen Hengyi was going to exorcise the demon with Simu.

He quickly put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Benefactor Zhang has a Buddha's heart."

"Bullshit, that's the Dao Heart!" Si Mu immediately retorted, and Chen Hengyi quickly reached out to stop them as they looked like they were about to fight again.

The two of them together cost over a hundred, and they're still making such a fuss; they're practically a pair of star-crossed lovers.

Chen Hengyi shook his head slightly: "If we set off now to reach the monster's location, it will probably be nighttime. The heavy yin energy at night is not good for us. Perhaps we should set off tomorrow?"

However, Si Mu smiled and said, "Monk, I remember that your Buddhist sect has supernatural powers of movement, surely you have a way to make us run faster, right?"

Ikkyu snorted coldly at Si Mu, then looked at Chen Hengyi: "Amitabha, this old monk will naturally do his part in subduing demons and monsters, benefactor."

Ikkyu quickly finished the porridge in his hand and dodged Simu's trip.

Then, as he went back and forth, he ended up with a calligraphy brush covered in cinnabar.

"Amitabha Buddha, this old monk may copy the Mantra of Divine Footwork onto your feet, so that you may walk as swiftly as the wind!"

As he spoke, Ikkyu told Chen Hengyi to go to the side and take off his shoes and socks.

As a spell was chanted, Master Ikkyu began to copy something onto Chen Hengyi's feet.

Soon, Master Ikkyu stood up and said with a smile, "Benefactor, you only need to silently recite the 'Divine Foot Mantra,' and it will take effect."

Chen Hengyi: "What if we have to shut it down?"

"Spit it on and wipe it off."

...What a simple and unpretentious method.

Chen Hengyi lifted the soles of his feet and looked at them, then felt a little dizzy.

It was all written in Sanskrit, which he couldn't understand.

He rubbed it with his hand, but it didn't fade.

It seems there is a design to prevent fading.

This way, you don't have to worry about it failing while running.

Chen Hengyi put his shoes and socks back on: "Thank you, Master!"

"It was just a small favor."