Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chen Hengyi didn't want to listen to any nonsense; he was certain that the thing in front of him was going to die anyway.

"Waaaaah—take this!"

Before he finished speaking, Chen Hengyi had already unleashed several sword strikes, each one sweeping across the land like a whirlwind.

The ghost bride tried to resist with a surge of yin energy, but Chen Hengyi inhaled sharply, and the yin energy entered her stomach.

It did not harm him; on the contrary, it made up for some of his losses.

"Pah! You wretched woman, you reek of mold!"

The battle lasted less than half a minute. Chen Hengyi seized the opportunity, leaped into the air, and slashed down with his Ghost-Slaying Sword.

The ghost bride froze on the spot, a sword mark splitting her in two.

Yin energy emanated from his body, and he tried to turn his head to look in the direction where Liu Chenghao was.

The next second, the Demon-Slaying Sword swept across again.

With a flash of sword light, the ghost bride was split into four pieces.

Chen Hengyi expended his energy in his dantian, and the next second, a raging fire erupted from his mouth.

A moment later, there was no trace of the ghost bride on the ground.

Only then did Chen Hengyi turn his head to look at the wedding bed, where a belly was bulging on the ghost bride's corpse.

"ulterior motive!?"

Chen Hengyi searched through his memories, but there was no such thing in the original plot, so it could only be the Great Black Buddha Mother.

The term "Buddha Mother" implies that the person in question has the ability to grant children or conceive.

He also remembered seeing a mural of the Great Black Buddha Mother, in which she was holding a child.

"Inverting Yin and Yang, confusing life and death..." Without hesitation, Chen Hengyi reached out and pulled, throwing the corpse to the ground.

"Let me see what secret you're hiding!"

With a single stroke of the Demon-Slaying Sword, the corpse's large belly was cleaved open.

He peeked inside and found it completely empty.

Just as he was wondering, a black light suddenly appeared and was about to escape from his stomach.

Chen Hengyi narrowed his eyes and saw that the black light was shaped like the Chinese character "大" (da), resembling a person with outstretched limbs.

"Hey!" he roared, and an invisible wave of energy shook the black light, which immediately froze in mid-air.

The Demon-Slaying Sword flashed and slashed forward, instantly splitting the black light in two.

Zhong Kui's mask revealed ferocious fangs. He suddenly inhaled, creating a tremendous suction force.

Devour the demon!

Legend has it that when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang returned to the palace after military exercises at Mount Li, he suffered a severe attack of malaria and dreamed of two ghosts, one large and one small. The small ghost was wearing bright red pants without a crotch and was stealing Yang Guifei's sachet and Emperor Xuanzong's jade flute, running around the palace.

The large demon, dressed in a blue robe and hat, seized the small demon, gouged out its eyes, and swallowed it whole. Emperor Xuanzong asked who it was, and the large demon claimed to be Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui is a powerful ghost, a judge among ghosts, who loves to eat ghosts and is the nemesis of evil spirits.

Even if this tiny ghost fetus in front of you was born of the Great Black Buddha herself, it cannot escape!

The black light swayed and didn't last long before it swiftly entered Chen Hengyi's abdomen.

In an instant, he felt an immense feeling of fullness in his stomach, as if his internal organs were grinding and making a clanging sound.

It's like someone is forging iron inside.

But in the blink of an eye, there was no sound at all. Chen Hengyi felt his arousal surge, which actually expanded by half!

Simply put: Cultivation level increased by 40%.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Chen Hengyi couldn't help but burst into laughter, stroking his belly with his large hand, feeling very satisfied.

Suddenly, the old house began to shake, and dust began to fall from it.

It's going to collapse!

Chen Hengyi took two steps to the wedding bed, picked up Liu Chenghao, and quickly ran outside.

Halfway there, he saw that the ghost bride's remains were still there.

Chen Hengyi suddenly spat out a mouthful of flames, and in an instant, his body was reduced to nothing.

The wooden beams and tiles fell like raindrops, and just as he stepped out of the door, a loud crash came from behind him!

In an instant, the old house collapsed.

Chen Hengyi turned around, but all he could see was dust filling the sky, and he could no longer make out any ghosts or monsters.

At this moment, Liu Chenghao suddenly opened his eyes groggily, and Chen Hengyi turned his head to look at him.

"ah---!!"

What comes into view is the ferocious and terrifying face of Zhong Kui, filled with malevolent energy.

Liu Chenghao's eyelids drooped, and he fainted.

Chen Hengyi looked around and took a deep breath, his nose twitching.

"The evil spirits here have been eliminated, and we can eat to our hearts' content. This is a good thing!"

After saying that, he moved like a tiger or leopard leaping across a ravine, quickly leaving the place.

........

As the car drove along the road, Chen Hengyi took Liu Chenghao back to his home.

Inside the car, Liu Chenghao had already woken up. He looked at his withered hands, his eyes filled with disbelief.

His tall frame trembled as the night wind blew.

Chen Hengyi said calmly, "Your mistake was calling me from home, which allowed her to discover something was amiss."

"I..." Liu Chenghao covered his face with his mask, his eyes peeking out from between his fingers were bloodshot.

"I didn't know it was her... she lied to me."

"The dreams I had, the things I saw..."

Chen Hengyi was driving with one hand when he tossed a cigarette to the back of the car. Liu Chenghao had just put his mouth on the cigarette when it lit up on its own.

"Phew~"

Chen Hengyi: "It's true. According to their explanation, the fact that you picked up the red envelope in your past life was indeed predestined to be with her... You didn't complete the ghost marriage ceremony in your past life, so she's been haunting you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Chenghao's eyes immediately dimmed.

"But a person's fate is determined by themselves, so didn't I just beat her to a pulp, reducing her to ashes?"

"As for your fiancée, I came too late to save her... and as for what you're going through now, you can only look forward."

As the cigarette butt flickered, Liu Chenghao felt as if he were pouring the pungent nicotine into his chest to numb his pain.

Will I ever see her again?

"I'm taking you home."

"Thank you."

Chen Hengyi stopped answering and focused on driving.

During the journey, a phone call suddenly came in, and he saw that it was from an unfamiliar number.

After the call connected, a tired voice came from the other end: "Thanks to your protection, Xiao Chen is saved."

"Oh? Where are you?"

"There are highly skilled people at Sanqing Temple in Yilan."

Sanqing Palace in Yilan is the core Taoist holy site in Taiwan, equivalent to Longhu Mountain and Wudang Mountain on the mainland.

Chen Hengyi frowned slightly and remained silent for a while: "Isn't Sanqing Palace in Taipei...? How did you end up there?"

The Taiwan dollar is quite a distance from here.

"We went there by praying all the way because of the bureau chief. Since no one knew where things were really effective, we went directly to Yilan."

After listening, Chen Hengyi hung up the phone, but Liu Chenghao, who was in the back of the car, overheard the conversation.

He asked, "What is that?"

"He's a stubborn cop who won't give up until he hits a brick wall. He was almost eaten by something dirty, but he's been saved now."

Upon hearing this, Liu Chenghao gritted his teeth and said, "Why would ghosts really exist?"

"I don't know, that's not something I should worry about. Thinking about it too much will only cause me more trouble... We've arrived!"

Chen Hengyi stopped the car, and Liu Chenghao's cigarette burned out.

He accompanied Liu Chenghao upstairs, but when they arrived at his door, they found that the area was already cordoned off.

The previous putrid smell has also lessened considerably.

This must have happened after Chen Hengyi left, when Lao Li reported it and the police came to investigate.

Before Chen Hengyi could speak, Liu Chenghao was already in tears, ignoring the warnings and walking inside.

Inside the hall, a bride in a pure white wedding dress stood quietly, holding bright red roses in her hands.

She cried and laughed at the same time: "I don't blame you."

Chen Hengyi did not go in, but a moment later, a desolate, helpless, and uncontrollable cry came from inside the house.