The ultimate master in the city

The corpse-driver, Aze, lay on his back by the reeds, five or six thick reeds piercing his chest from behind. His eyes were wide open, his face full of disbelief, but he was already dead!

However, a seven or eight-year-old boy was squatting next to him, wearing tattered straw clothes and barefoot. He bent down, opened up his stomach, pulled out his internal organs and ate them. Blood and stubble were dripping all over the ground. While eating, he also stuffed meat into the plastic bag next to him, looking like he couldn't finish it and wanted to pack it up.

This scene is both terrifying and disgusting!

Zhou Fengchen felt a little confused. Aze ran very fast, as if he had some way to escape, but he came here to die? And what kind of thing is this kid?

He was momentarily stunned before realizing that Aze was the key to finding Monk Yuanzhi and the landlady. This was it! He quickly grabbed his knife and went outside, shouting, "Hey!"

The child suddenly turned his head, revealing a strange, blue, wrinkled face. His large mouth was filled with piranha-like sharp teeth, and a piece of small intestine was still hanging from the corner of his mouth. He swallowed it in one gulp, chewed it with a smacking sound, and gave a "Coco" laugh.

Zhou Fengchen frowned. Holy crap! Isn't this Xi Yang?

"Xi Yang" is a legendary monster. It is said that during a famine in ancient times, the corpse of a child who was exchanged for cannibalism but was not finished and was thrown away became a spirit with boundless resentment. It likes to stop lone travelers at night, pretending to be a child to lead the way. If you dare to follow it, you will die somehow when you arrive at the destination, and then be cleanly and neatly eaten by it.

These things are really rare! We encountered a "Mowei" earlier, and now we have a "Xiyang" – they're all rare, collector's edition monsters!

"Kaka..."

At this moment, Xi Yang looked Zhou Fengchen up and down, then turned and ran away with a strange laugh.

Zhou Fengchen quickly ran to the side of the corpse-driving craftsman Aze, and sighed in frustration. It's over, the clues have really gone cold now!

He chanted a Taoist prayer, but didn't have time to perform a ritual to help the departed soul pass on. He simply picked up Aze and placed him in the lake, which could be considered a water burial.

After finishing, he looked in the direction Xi Yang had run off in, gritted his teeth, and thought, "Damn it, I'll kill you today to vent my anger!"

He grabbed a knife and chased after them!

They chased him for five or six miles along the lake, then went up a hillside, turned a corner, and Xi Yang disappeared into a deserted village ahead.

The village had about a dozen houses, all very dilapidated. They were the kind of houses with brick walls at the bottom, mud bricks on top, and reed roofs. At this time, half of them had collapsed, and the houses were overgrown with weeds. It must have been a long time since anyone had been there.

It was the darkness before dawn, and the surroundings were deathly silent and desolate, looking very eerie. An ordinary person would have been so frightened that they would have turned and run away.

Zhou Fengchen opened his Heavenly Eye and looked around. Strangely, the aura was very faint, and he couldn't tell where it was. He had no choice but to grab his knife and enter the deserted village, searching room by room.

After searching through five or six rooms, it was already getting light when we noticed that one of the rooms ahead was still in good condition, so we went inside.

It was dark inside, but he could barely make out a kang (a heated brick bed) and a few rotten wooden chairs. However, "Xi Yang" was not inside. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly noticed a woman standing behind the broken wall next door, looking at him.

The woman was very ugly, with dark skin and unkempt hair. When she saw him looking at her, she grinned and looked even uglier.

Zhou Fengchen blinked but didn't say anything. What kind of woman was there in this godforsaken place? This woman was deathly aura, a ghost from a deserted village. As long as she didn't come looking for trouble, there was no need to pay her any attention.

However, his plan failed. The woman vanished in a flash, then reappeared at the doorway, carrying a bamboo basket and smiling as she asked, "What brings you here, young man?"

Zhou Fengchen frowned, chuckled, and said, "Come and have some fun. While we're at it, let's see if there are any wandering ghosts or spirits we can catch and take home as donkeys."

The woman paused, then awkwardly entered the house, placed the bamboo basket on a broken chair, and took out a bowl of plain porridge, two meat buns, and a dish of dark, mushy side dishes, placing them on a piece of paper. She beckoned to Zhou Fengchen, "Aren't you hungry so early in the morning? Come on, eat!"

Zhou Fengchen was stunned. Pointing at the food, he said, "Big sister, are you out of your mind? Could your tricks be any cruder?"

The woman pouted, "Look at what you're saying, young man. What kind of trick is this? Are you going to eat it or not? If not, I'm taking it with me."

"Take it away?" Zhou Fengchen made a handprint and lightly waved it over the food. The white porridge, meat buns, and side dishes instantly transformed into blood, flesh, and internal organs. He said in a deep voice, "What is this! Huh? You think you can leave without explaining?"

As soon as he looked up, he saw the woman reaching out her hands to grab—no, not grab, but rather cupping—her hands to cup Zhou Fengchen's chin. Her large mouth was also pursed together, as if she was about to kiss him, with thick liquid dripping from the corners of her mouth, making a "sizzling" burning sound as it hit the ground.

"You damned old hag! You've got some nerve, daring to act so arrogantly in front of me?"

Zhou Fengchen was furious. In a flash, he punched the woman in the mouth and then kicked her away.

This woman is a "Ghost Granny," and it's unknown what she's transformed from. When Zhou Daoxing taught Zhou Fengchen his skills, he explained various strange and evil spirits, including this one. It's said that in some mountains and fields, this thing likes to enter people's houses at midnight, grab people and kiss them, while sending saliva into their stomachs. If someone eats the saliva, it's hard for them to live for more than ten days.

At this moment, Ghost Granny was kicked away, but she got up fiercely, cursed loudly, "You filthy scoundrel, so fierce!" and turned to run away.

"Trying to run away?"

Zhou Fengchen rushed out of the house, and in an instant, he was on top of "Ghost Granny's" head, slashing down fiercely with his sword.

puff!

Before "Ghost Granny" could even let out a scream, she was cleaved in two and fell to the ground with a "plop," instantly turning into a puddle of green mud. The mud, like a chemical substance, "sizzled" and turned into a large ball of foam, emitting a foul stench.

"Cocoa..."

Suddenly, the strange head of "Xi Yang" popped out from the corner of the wall not far away, staring at the corpse of "Gui Jin Po" as if it were grieving and crying.

"Wow, they're all from the same family!"

Zhou Fengchen sneered, remaining motionless while chanting, "There are two extremes, and the two extremes are easily separated. Divide into two bodies, so be it!"

Suddenly, another "Zhou Fengchen" appeared behind him. He circled around the dilapidated house and came up behind "Xi Yang". While it was looking ahead, he slashed at the back of its head.

"ah--"

"Xi Yang" screamed as half of his head flew off, and his small, childlike body fell to the ground, twitching twice before shriveling up.

Zhou Fengchen carried "Xi Yang's" corpse into "Gui Jin Po's" foam, and the two bodies merged into one. Then he took out a cigarette from his bag and lit it.

After silently watching the bubbles for a while, he couldn't help but burst out cursing: "What the hell is going on? What have I been doing these past two days? Someone tell me..."

After venting his frustrations, he staggered down the slope, soaked by the snow, and suddenly felt a little lost.

Isn't this ridiculous? They came to claim the landlady's husband's body, which shouldn't have been a difficult matter, but they haven't even found the body yet, and they've lost the landlady and Monk Yuanzhi!

After walking for a short while, we arrived at the reed lake again.

It was already morning, and the reeds on the lake were covered with snow, swaying gently like clusters of ice flowers. Snowflakes were still falling from the sky, and the sky and earth blended into one color, creating a very beautiful scene.

Zhou Fengchen had no interest in appreciating the scenery. He looked at the sky, then at the direction of the deserted village behind him, and muttered to himself while making hand seals: "This isn't right! There shouldn't be so many strange things appearing. There's probably an evil creature about to be born within a hundred miles!"

Just as the words were spoken, a splashing sound came from the reeds nearby, followed by a clear, melodious voice asking curiously, "Hey! You over there on the bank, what are you muttering about?"

Zhou Fengchen looked up and was immediately stunned. How could this old woman be so beautiful!

I like the novel "The Strongest Master in the City".