Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting from Immortal Martial Arts

"On the contrary, they're exploiting lustful ghosts..."

Jia Tang chuckled upon hearing this and retorted, "It's this girl who's scared. Besides, I don't know anything about the art of 'sexual cultivation.' May I ask, fellow Daoist, what is the cultivation level of this demon?"

"A powerful demon at the peak of the Golden Core stage, extremely formidable. Fortunately, I obtained the Heavenly Venerable's spell, otherwise I would not be a match for him."

The next moment, the ground rumbled, and countless green and yellow vines, like tender buds sprouting, covered with sharp wooden thorns, woven into a giant net and attacked the main hall. Meanwhile, the thick red tongues around the hall rolled again and began to entwine around it.

"Crunch—"

The beams of the main hall creaked as they were bound together. Jia Tang raised his hand to stop Yan Chixia from making a move and ordered Jia and the four generals, "You four go and test their strength."

"only!"

Suddenly, four enormous blade-like beams appeared, slicing through the red tongue and obliterating the vines.

The four retainers received their orders, their inner energy surging and crackling with golden light. They flew out of the main hall, enveloped in their inner energy, and began to attack the tree demon that had come from the north, which was riding a large number of lesser ghosts.

The pitch-black night sky above the mountains and forests instantly turned into a golden-red hue, colliding violently with the dense demonic energy below.

Inside the hall, Yan Chixia stared in disbelief, pointing at the four people and asking, "What are the cultivation levels of these four fellow Daoists?"

"According to your calculations, this should be considered the early stage of the Golden Core realm."

Looking at the scene not far away where even the sky was glowing with golden light and crimson flames, and listening to the dense sound of metal striking metal mixed with the old witch's screams, Yan Chixia's expression changed. He said sullenly, "I thought that you, Daoist, were a sword genius that only appears once every five hundred years in Shu Mountain, so you could fight beyond your level. I didn't expect that four of you would appear on my side."

Jia Tang waved his hand and laughed, "They are four brothers, and they only act this way because they share the same feelings."

Yan Chixia's expression relaxed slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief. But the next moment, he saw a huge tiger head emerge, roaring to the sky. Sonic booms spread outwards, followed by a rain of golden swords and blades that bombarded the entire mountain forest, causing it to shake violently. Then, a tiger's claws emerged from the clouds and slammed into the mountains, accompanied by the sound of "Heaven and Earth are boundless, the universe borrows its power."

The roars and howls of tigers continued incessantly.

"Lord Black Mountain, save me! Lord Black Mountain!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Chixia's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said to Jia Tang, "The Black Mountain Demon is a Nascent Soul demon who has become a spirit from Black Stone Mountain. He has carved out a territory in the underworld, built a City of the Wrongfully Dead, and commands tens of thousands of underworld soldiers."

"This old hag's true form is a locust tree at the foot of Black Stone Mountain. She and the Black Mountain Demon are considered to have a symbiotic relationship. Hearing the hag's cry for help, she will definitely come to her aid."

Jia Tang nodded slightly, his expression unchanged. In the original story, Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen were able to kill him, so with himself and his retainers added, it shouldn't be difficult.

As the tree spirit's cries for help echoed through the heavens and earth, an astonishing aura of death spread from the depths of the mountains. It was as if a veil had been hung above the forest, obscuring the moon. Soldiers clad in armor could be faintly seen moving about, and even the mountain roads were covered in frost.

Yan Chixia's expression was grave as he said to Jia Tang, "Dark clouds are covering the sky, and ghostly soldiers are passing through. This is the Black Mountain Imperial Guard; it's coming."

Jia Tang released Nie Xiaoqian, got up and stretched, then led everyone outside the hall. Looking at the overwhelming deathly aura, he looked on with a hint of anticipation.

"Retreat first."

Upon hearing the sound, Jia and the other three retreated, leaving the dying tree spirit lying on the ground, taking the opportunity to catch their breath.

An endless aura of death spread here, and an overwhelming chilling energy locked onto everyone in the temple, causing their hair to stand on end and their souls to tremble.

Upon seeing the tree demon's pitiful state, the Black Mountain Demon seemed to be enraged. Amidst the churning death energy, a gigantic skull-like face materialized in the sky, its chilling, hollow voice deafening.

"You audacious thief, daring to harm my men! You shall die unjustly in this city, your soul to be burned as a penance for ten thousand years!"

As soon as the words fell, two ghost generals emerged from the deathly aura that blotted out the sky. One held a battle axe with a banner on his back, his headless body riding a ghostly horse, exuding a chilling murderous aura; the other held a long spear, a powerful bow on his back, his head serving as legs, his long hair covering his face, his yin energy raging.

The two generals led an endless array of heavily armored ghost soldiers, rushing towards the crowd at breakneck speed.

"By order of the Lord, your souls are hereby detained and brought into the city to light lamps!"

"Quickly kneel down and kowtow, loudly reciting 'Respectfully, Master...'"

"Ha, how dare you, a mere scum from the Yin Realm, utter such a peep!"

Seeing this, Jia He's eyes sharpened, and he shouted, "Form ranks! Slaughter these monsters to the last man and bolster the prestige of our lord!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The eighty-eight Golden Fire Tiger Guards and their commander instantly split into four rows, standing behind the four great generals. Their qi and blood energy emanated from their bodies, intertwining with the qi of the four generals. In an instant, two fiery and two golden tyrannical tiger kings appeared, roaring through the mountains and forests. Their bodies were surrounded by golden qi and fire, shining brightly. They cut through the veil of death energy, and the raging crimson flames burned away the death energy above everyone's heads.

The next instant, the four enormous golden fire tigers advanced instead of retreating, charging towards the Yin soldiers.

Just as they began to fight, a turquoise poisonous toad, about forty or fifty feet tall and the size of a small mountain, leaped out from the depths of the forest, causing the earth to crack and tremble, with rolling rocks crashing down from the peaks.

Standing atop its head was a skeletal demon, four zhang tall, with its eye sockets burning with a ghastly green soul fire, whose sinister and mournful voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

"snort!"

Grand Elder Wang Heyuan snorted coldly, and the fiery tiger head appeared above the two demons, opening its mouth to bite down. He then turned to the remaining four elders and said, "It's our turn. Let's go side by side."

Zhao Ergou gave a sinister smile, his figure vanishing from the spot, leaving only his voice echoing between heaven and earth: "I am the Wood Spirit of the Eastern Mansion of the Jia Clan, and today I slay this demon here."

Cui Shulin, not to be outdone, shouted, "The Eastern Spirit of the Jia Clan's Western Mansion, today we vanquish the demon here!"

Wang Heyuan sighed, mustered his inner energy, and led the four retainers to charge through the army of Yin soldiers, intercepting the two demons in the mountains.

Yan Chixia, who was standing to the side, looked at the five old men who flew out again, and then glanced at Wang Dazhuang who was protecting Jia Tang. He said quietly, "Where is the Jia family, where Brother Dao is from? There are so many talented people in the family."

Two ghost generals, two demons, neither of whom were in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, plus a half-dead tree demon.

The cultivators under their command alone were able to withstand the pressure of the Black Mountain Demon and forcefully fight against numerous demons and evil spirits, which was extremely powerful!

Jia Tang replied with a smile, "It's just a small, unremarkable family in the mountains, not worth mentioning."

Yan Chixia curled his lip. This is a small family? Our Shushan Sect only has nine Golden Core cultivators and two Nascent Soul cultivators. Based on their current performance, isn't the Jia family even more powerful than our sect?

The Black Mountain Demon, his face etched with deathly aura, looked down at the Golden Core Realm ghost generals and demons being overwhelmed. A hint of anger flashed in his cold eyes as he snarled, "How dare you be so insolent before me? No one can save you, whether you go to heaven or earth. Today, the full moon will mark your demise!"