Gou Zai Wudao Shi Lian Shen

Chapter 73 Hiding Merit and Fame

As the red-blooded deer ran, it struggled to break free of the iron chains binding it.

Splash!

Several iron chains dragged behind them, crashing against rocks and tree roots with a series of ear-piercing noises.

It would sometimes lower its head and swing its horns, and sometimes kick its hind legs hard, finally shaking off an iron chain that was wrapped around its blood horn.

The iron chain slammed into a nearby tree trunk with a snap, tearing off a large section of bark.

But its wounds were still bleeding.

The knife wound on his shoulder and neck was extremely deep. With each run, blood would flow down his fur, leaving a trail of glaring bloodstains in the forest.

The red-blooded deer is getting slower and slower.

Lu Chen followed closely behind.

He remained calm and composed, his toes lightly touching the branches, his movements as graceful as a mountain ape darting through the forest.

After running a distance, the Crimson Deer finally noticed the movement behind it.

It suddenly turned around.

Through the branches and leaves, the blood-red beast's eyes saw the boy who had been following it at a distance.

The Crimson Deer immediately became anxious.

It let out a long cry, stomped its four hooves, and tried desperately to shake off the hunter behind it.

But when it exerted force, the wound on my shoulder and neck tore even more severely.

Fresh blood gushed out, splattering onto the grass blades and making a hissing, burning sound.

After running only a few steps, it had to slow down, and the white breath it exhaled from its mouth and nose became increasingly heavy.

Lu Chen was extremely patient.

Always following at a distance, neither too close nor too far, like the most experienced hunter in the mountains, waiting for the prey to be exhausted.

The Crimson Deer grew increasingly frustrated as it ran, unable to shake off the boy behind it.

But it was unwilling to give up and wanted to fight back to escape.

With all four hooves exerting force, the Crimson Deer charged forward another dozen or so feet.

However, the wound continued to worsen during the strenuous exercise, and finally, the red deer could no longer hold on and its steps became unsteady.

Lu Chen seized the opportunity and leaped onto the back of the Crimson Blood Deer.

The Crimson Blood Deer shuddered and instantly flew into a rage.

It suddenly twisted its body, attempting to ram Lu Chen with its blood-red horn.

Lu Chen was prepared. He reached out with both hands and his Vajra Palms directly grasped the pair of blood-red antlers. Then, he exerted force with both arms and pressed down hard.

The red-blooded deer's head was forcibly lowered.

"Don't move!"

Lu Chen sat on the deer's back and said earnestly, "I'll ride you down the mountain!"

The red-blooded deer was so enraged that it stomped its hooves wildly.

It shook its head from side to side, struggling desperately, trying to throw the person on its back off.

But Lu Chen gripped the deer's antlers with both hands, as if he were holding a steering wheel, and forcefully controlled its head.

The Crimson Deer charged to the left, and Lu Chen pulled its antlers to the right.

The Crimson Deer crashed into a tree to the right, and Lu Chen then turned its antlers to the left.

A man and a deer staggered and darted several feet through the forest.

Lu Chen couldn't help but frown and complain, "No way!"

"Your sense of direction is worse than the oxen that plow the fields in Lujia Village."

The Crimson Deer couldn't understand the words, but it could understand the disdain in the tone.

It became even more frenzied, suddenly raising its front hooves, trying to stand upright and overturn Lu Chen.

Lu Chen swayed and was almost thrown away.

He immediately gripped the deer's back tightly, his face darkening.

"You're not going to listen, are you?"

"You're asking for it!"

Having said that, he loosened one of his antlers, clenched his right fist, and punched the head of the Crimson Blood Deer.

boom!

This punch, though not using the Azure Dragon Force, was still a powerful strike from the Great Perfection of Blood Transport, carrying a force of three to four thousand jin.

The Crimson Deer's head sank, and it let out a painful cry, as if a shower of golden stars were appearing before its eyes.

It instinctively tried to struggle, but Lu Chen delivered another punch.

boom!

The Crimson Blood Deer shuddered. It had already lost too much blood, and now, after taking two more heavy punches from Lu Chen, it finally couldn't hold on any longer.

The massive body staggered a few steps.

boom!

The red-blooded deer collapsed heavily into the mud.

Lu Chen was also thrown off balance by this, tumbling off the deer's back and rolling on the ground.

He quickly got up and patted the dirt off his clothes.

"It seems I can't ride you down the mountain anymore."

He looked at the Crimson Deer.

He had originally planned that if he could tame the Crimson Blood Deer, he would ride it all the way through the mountains and forests and head straight back to Wang's Yam Shop.

However, the beast was extremely weak, its chest and abdomen heaving violently, and hot breaths coming out of its mouth and nose intermittently.

Blood was still flowing from his shoulder and neck, and the ferocious light in his beastly eyes gradually dimmed.

It was obvious that he had lost too much blood and was physically exhausted.

It can't get down the mountain.

Lu Chen walked up to it, his expression gradually calming down.

"That's enough."

Let me see you off.

He raised his hand, his palm condensing blood and qi, and his gaze fell on the vital spot on the neck of the Crimson Blood Deer.

The next instant, his palm struck down.

boom!

The Crimson Blood Deer shuddered.

The light in the beast's eyes completely dissipated.

The woods fell silent again.

"I wonder if the people from Qianhe Martial Arts School and Weiyuan Hall have finished fighting yet; they'll definitely be chasing after us soon!"

"We can't stay here any longer."

Lu Chen crouched down and looked at it up close. This strange beast was much larger than an ordinary mountain deer. It had broad shoulders and back, thick hooves, and its red markings, even in death, still seemed to have dark flames flowing under its fur.

He grabbed the red deer's two front hooves with both hands and lifted it up sharply.

The enormous deer's body rose off the ground.

Blood dripped down the fur, splashing onto the muddy ground and creating dark red blood flowers.

Lu Chen lowered his legs slightly, used his waist and back to lift the Crimson Blood Deer onto his shoulder.

This beast weighed at least two thousand jin, but as a top-tier martial artist who had mastered the Blood Transfusion Technique, he possessed three to four thousand jin of strength, making it more than enough for him to carry the beast.

Lu Chen glanced at the deer head draped over his shoulder and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Well, I guess I'll have to carry you again."

Without further delay, Lu Chen took a deep breath, stomped his foot, and, carrying the entire Crimson Blood Deer, raced down the mountain.

He ran with increasing excitement, as if a fire was burning in his chest.

Because this strange beast is a precious medicine that can help him break through to the peak of his cultivation realm.

With the martial arts exam just around the corner, what he's carrying isn't some strange beast, but his future!

into the night.

Chixia County has long since quieted down.

The streetlights gradually went out, and occasionally a night watchman would walk slowly past the alley entrance, striking his clapper.

Lu Chen didn't go through the main entrance. Instead, he carried the enormous carcass of the Crimson Blood Deer, went around to the back alley of Wang's Yam Shop, and with a light step, he leaped onto the wall, deer and all.

The green tiles on the wall trembled slightly.

If an ordinary person were to carry such a beast weighing one or two thousand pounds, let alone climb over a wall, they would probably not even be able to walk steadily.

However, Lu Chen possessed abundant qi and blood, and with a single, forceful kick of his Golden Ape Leg, he landed steadily in the backyard.

boom.

The carcass of the Crimson Blood Deer was so heavy that even though he deliberately restrained himself, the stone slabs in the courtyard still trembled when he landed.

Carrying such a large carcass of a strange beast into the city during the day is tantamount to openly telling the people of Weiyuan Hall and Qianhe Martial Arts School that the Crimson Blood Deer they risked their lives to hunt has been intercepted by them.

When the two martial arts schools are enraged, Lu Chen will be in deep trouble.

Therefore, Lu Chen could only wait until nightfall to quietly return to the yam shop.

Hearing the commotion, several martial arts guards in the backyard immediately rushed over with their swords drawn.

"Who is it?"

But when they saw the figure in the moonlight, they were immediately stunned.

"Lu Gongfeng?"

When the guards saw the enormous red deer on his shoulder, their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"This—this is—"

Lu Chen held up one finger.

"Shhh."

The guards immediately swallowed the rest of their words.

Lu Chen spoke in a low voice, his voice carrying an air of authority: "You didn't see anything tonight."

The guards nodded quickly.

Lu Chen didn't delay. Carrying the carcass of the Crimson Blood Deer, he headed straight for Master Ge Ye's courtyard.

He slammed the Crimson Deer to the ground and knocked on Ge Ye's door.

Soon, Ge Ye's impatient voice rang out.

Who is it?

"Knocking on the door in the middle of the night, are you trying to kill me?"

"If you don't have anything serious to say, believe me, I'll poison you to death tomorrow!"

Lu Chen stood outside the door and said in a low voice, "Master Ge, it's me."

Footsteps could be heard coming from inside the house.

Ge Ye's voice softened slightly, but she still said irritably, "Lu Chen!"

"What are you doing bothering this old man in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

"Could it be that the Vajra Palm technique went wrong? Or did the medicinal liquid run out?"

As they were talking, Ge Ye opened the door.

He was wearing an old robe, his hair was a little messy, and his face showed displeasure at being disturbed.