Demon, come and cultivate for me.

As night fell, Zhou Chu and Chen Xiangzi had a drink in the courtyard.

Xu Yuan returned to the Crown Prince's residence in the evening.

As the first watchman's clapper sounded in the street, Chen Xiangzi put down his wine cup, took out a compass from his satchel, and said:

"The time has come."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu got up and followed Chen Xiangzi.

After another search, Chen Xiangzi finally stopped at the door of Zhou Chu's bedroom.

"What's here?" Zhou Chu felt a little flustered.

Sleeping alone in this house for one night, if there were any evil spirits inside, it would be incredibly unsettling.

Chen Xiangzi uttered two words: "Corpse."

"..."

As they opened the door and entered the room, a chilling aura enveloped them.

Zhou Chu hadn't felt anything at first, but after hearing Chen Xiangzi's words, he felt a chill run down his spine.

After pacing around the room, Chen Xiangzi stood in front of the bed and pointed to the floor, saying:

"This is it. Move the bed aside and dig it open."

Zhou Chu readily agreed, but he didn't want to do it himself.

In the end, they had to bring in the flower fairy sisters to do the hard labor.

If Xu Yuan were here, he would definitely say sourly that Zhou Chu doesn't know how to cherish women.

The two sisters worked quickly, and in no time they had dug a pit about three feet deep.

"We found it!"

Upon hearing Hua Ziyan's voice, Zhou Chu got up to check.

Upon seeing it, I almost threw up my dinner.

At the bottom of the pit lay a male corpse that was not yet completely decomposed.

Chen Xiangzi said, "Take off their clothes and let me see."

"Huh?" Zhou Chu frowned and looked at Chen Xiangzi.

"If there are runes on the corpse, it proves that he is the one who cast the curse," Chen Xiangzi explained.

The flower fairy sisters obeyed and jumped into the pit to tear off the clothes from the corpse.

When he was about to pull down his pants, Chen Xiangzi stopped him, saying, "That's enough."

Chen Xiangzi also jumped into the pit, squatted down and took a closer look, and indeed, faint traces of runes could be seen on the corpse.

He returned to the ground with the flower fairy sisters, then threw down a fire talisman, instantly turning the corpse to ashes. He then said to Zhou Chu, "Let's go check the cabinet."

Zhou Chu left the flower fairy sisters there to clean up and restore the garden to its original state, while he followed Chen Xiangzi to the garden.

Chen Xiangzi jumped onto the artificial hill, looked around with the compass in hand, pointed out a few locations to Zhou Chu, and asked Zhou Chu to check if there was anything unusual.

Zhou Chu then checked each location according to the directions he was given.

Sure enough, there was a blue brick with runes lightly engraved on it in each direction.

If you don't look closely, you can't tell the difference between it and the other blue bricks on the ground.

He gathered all the blue bricks together and threw them next to the large cabinet.

Chen Xiangzi jumped down from the artificial hill, arranged the blue bricks that Zhou Chu had collected in a certain position, and looked at them again and again.

Finally, he took out a handful of talismans and handed them to Zhou Chu: "I'll go and carve new runes. If you notice anything unusual about me, stick the talisman on me."

Zhou Chu nodded in agreement.

Chen Xiangzi picked up the jade pen and quickly drew several runes on the cabinet with swift, flowing strokes.

Zhou Chu watched nervously from the side, afraid that something unusual might happen.

Fortunately, nothing happened until Chen Xiangzi finished drawing, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Xiangzi was already covered in cold sweat, and his back was soaked with sweat.

I never saw him so nervous when we were in the Black Wind Valley Mountain Lord's Cave.

Zhou Chu asked with concern, "How are you? Are you alright?"

Chen Xiangzi waved his hand, too weak to speak. He pointed to the cabinet, made a pushing gesture, and then sat down on a nearby stone to meditate and regulate his breathing.

Zhou Chu stepped forward and gently pushed the cabinet door open.

The cabinet was very cramped, and inside lay a beautiful woman in her thirties, dressed in luxurious clothes with a fair complexion.

"I'm suffocating!" The woman suddenly opened her eyes, sat up straight, and gasped for breath.

"Besides the two of you, is there anyone else here?"

"There's no one else here." Zhou Chu continued, "Who exactly are you, and why were you locked in this closet?"

The woman came out of the cupboard, stretched her limbs, and said, "This is a long story."

Zhou Chu said, "Let's not go into the long story. Tell me what benefits I'll get from rescuing you."

"As for the benefits..." the woman said, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. She raised her hand and a thin sword flew out from her sleeve, heading straight for Zhou Chu's throat.

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Chu deflected the slender sword, then used the Tai Xu Sword Technique to control the slender sword to fly up and stab towards the woman's throat.

The woman was also quite skilled, dodging left and right, managing to avoid Zhou Chu's flying sword attacks.

Just as the two were locked in a fierce battle, Chen Xiangzi, who was meditating nearby, suddenly opened his eyes. A paper talisman flew out and struck the woman, immobilizing her on the spot.

Zhou Chu's flying sword brushed against her sleeve and pierced straight into the artificial hill, penetrating about a foot deep.

A mere immobilization charm, you think you can trap me?

The woman snorted coldly and mobilized her internal energy to resist the power of the immobilization talisman.

In just a few breaths, the immobilization talisman stuck to the woman's body began to hiss and burn.

As Zhou Chu's flying sword attacked again, the woman broke free of the immobilization talisman and launched another hidden sword at Zhou Chu.

This sword strike was even more ferocious and ruthless than the first one, clearly carrying the air of someone risking their life for it.

Zhou Chu had no intention of trading his life with the crazy woman, so he quickly used his flying sword to parry.

Chen Xiangzi sent out another immobilization talisman, which landed accurately on the woman's body.

The woman was furious and intended to deal with the tall man in front of her first, and then kill the Taoist priest.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist's immobilization talisman was far too troublesome.

Once this immobilization talisman is removed, this Taoist priest must be killed first.

He had a good plan in mind, but Zhou Chu wouldn't give him another chance. He controlled the flying sword and thrust it straight at the woman's throat.

After breaking through to the True Body Realm, Zhou Chu could control his flying sword with the Taixu Sword Technique as easily as using his own arm, and his internal energy was so vast that it could completely withstand the consumption of the Taixu Sword Technique.

This sword strike was swift and ruthless, flying towards the woman's throat like lightning.

Once stabbed, regardless of whether the woman is at the True Body Realm or the Grandmaster Realm, she will surely die on the spot.

But an accident still happened. Just as the tip of the sword was about to pierce the woman's fair skin on her neck, there was a "clang" sound, and the slender sword was bounced far away as if it had hit a steel plate.

Zhou Chu continued to wield his sword, thrusting dozens of times at the woman, but without exception, all his thrusts were blocked by something invisible, and he was unable to harm her at all.

"What is this?" Zhou Chu exclaimed in surprise.

"Hahahaha... You ignorant brat, if you escape from my sword, I'll tell you what happened!"

Having said that, he untied the belt around his waist, flicked it lightly, and a layer of silk fell to the ground, revealing another slender sword.

The woman drew out thousands upon thousands of sword flowers, covering Zhou Chu.

"The young man is quite handsome, it's a pity he's going to die today, hahaha..."

If you're going to do something, then do it. What a joke!

Besides, it's not certain who will die today!

Zhou Chu raised his hand and flicked his wrist, setting up the second formation of the Star Chess Formation around the woman: the Illusion Formation.

The woman's laughter stopped abruptly.

Chen Xiangzi, the woman, held firm and breathed a long sigh of relief, realizing she had truly been holding her breath for Zhou Chu.

"You also know how to freeze people in place?"

"This is not a spell to immobilize, but an illusion array," Zhou Chu said, immersing his consciousness in the array.

The scene within the formation immediately made Zhou Chu blush.