Born Saints: Starting from Liaozhai

Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of Zhang Xing and the others, Su Chen strode out of the main hall.

He paid no attention to the noise coming from behind him.

At this moment, his attention was completely drawn to the Rakshasa and other ghosts hidden in his sleeve.

Soon, he returned to the courtyard of the east wing.

Xiao Tao, who was dozing off, was startled awake by the sound of footsteps. A look of surprise appeared on her face. "Young Master?"

Su Chen nodded and said, "I'm going to rest in the east wing. Don't disturb me unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Yes, young master." Xiao Tao nodded quickly.

Watching the young master walk into the east wing and close the door, Xiao Tao looked puzzled, guessing that the young master was too saddened by the death of Master Zhang and wanted to rest.

Enter the room.

Su Chen ignored what Xiao Tao was thinking outside the door, and the potential trouble that might arise from his father's resurrection.

At this moment, he sat cross-legged on the bed and took out peaches one by one.

He took out the peaches that the Black Tiger Gang members had refined, but since they were refined by humans, he didn't like them and didn't eat them.

He placed peaches, each about the size of a thumb, in his hand and began to refine them.

Each peach was refined by his magic power, melting and flowing into his body.

The magical power within Su Chen's body increased by a tiny bit.

He wasn't surprised, and then focused his attention on the stone inkstone, Rakshasa ghost, and other spirits that he had suppressed with his magical power in his sleeve.

In the instant his perfected-level flower bloomed, they screamed, wailed, begged for mercy, and cursed, before being refined into pale gray peaches one by one.

Su Chen picked them up and ate them one by one.

It was cool and refreshing, soothing and invigorating.

boom!

His magical power and cultivation level increased rapidly.

Swallow them one by one...

As the last century-old peach was swallowed, Su Chen's heart stirred, and his gaze fell upon the panel in front of him.

[Realm: True Person (56%), 5,639 years of cultivation]

Feeling the increase in magical power within his body, Su Chen was in a good mood, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"The underworld?"

"This is really a great place!"

"It won't be long before I can raise my magical power to ten thousand years, and then complete my true transformation!"

Su Chen's mind stirred slightly, and he decided to enter the underworld again in a while.

……

Outside the Zhang family residence.

Several villagers from Guobei County were gathered not far from the entrance, whispering about the Zhang family's plight, their voices filled with sighs and pity.

"The Zhang family is truly in a sorry state. With Master Zhang dead, the family is likely to fall apart."

"That's right, leaving behind orphans and widows, their lives will probably be tough from now on..."

Everyone chatted enthusiastically, their words clearly indicating that the Zhang family's decline was an inescapable fact.

While they were gossiping and discussing the Zhang family's gossip,

A message quickly spread from the Zhang family.

"What?!"

"Master Zhang is alive?!"

The county residents, who had been shaking their heads and sighing, suddenly froze, their expressions frozen, staring in disbelief.

"How is this possible? Weren't they already dead?"

"Yes, they've already carried the person inside. The officials and the coroner have been there. How could he possibly be alive?"

The crowd erupted in uproar.

Some people subconsciously moved closer to the Zhang family's gate, wanting to see what was going on. Some gasped, while others turned pale and lowered their voices involuntarily.

For a time, the area outside the Zhang family's gate was filled with noise and discussions.

And this news, as if it had grown wings, quickly spread to every corner of Guobei County.

……

The backyard of the Guobei County Government Office.

The high walls isolated the noise of the front hall, keeping all the disturbances outside.

An old tree stood crookedly in the courtyard, its trunk mottled and its branches sparse, blocking out most of the sunlight. The shadow spread across the ground, making the courtyard seem even more secluded.

A gentle breeze swept by, and withered leaves rustled down, landing on the bluestone ground with a soft, desolate sound.

County Magistrate Wang Shenzhi was lying on a recliner.

He was around forty years old, not very tall, with a fair complexion and a neatly trimmed short beard. He looked imposing and exuded a powerful aura.

While enjoying this moment of peace, Wang Shenzhi couldn't help but mutter under his breath, his tone clearly showing dissatisfaction.

"Those two scumbags from the Black Tiger Gang, Xu Zhen and Zhao Liuzi, can't even manage their own people, and I have to clean up their messes for them..."

Upon reading this, he frowned slightly, and his expression darkened.

Since the last time, Xu Zhen and his group invited Taoist Master Xuanqingzi to exorcise evil spirits from the eldest son of the Zhang family, things didn't go smoothly. They discovered that even Taoist Master Xuanqingzi seemed to be afraid of the eldest son of the Zhang family.

Both Xu Zhen and his group, as well as he himself, guessed that the eldest son of the Zhang family was such a powerful and evil spirit that even the Taoist priest Xuan Qingzi was afraid of him!

To avoid retaliation from the eldest son of the Zhang family, Xu Zhen and his companions decided they had to find an even more powerful expert to subdue him and expose his true colors!

After making some inquiries, they inadvertently learned that there was a Jinshan Mountain hundreds of miles away from Hangzhou, and on Jinshan Mountain was a temple called Jinshan Temple.

Legend has it that there is an old monk named Fahai in Jinshan Temple.

Legend has it that this Master Fahai possessed great magical powers and subdued many ghosts and demons!

After thinking it over, Xu Zhen and his companions were immediately excited and decided to travel over mountains and rivers to Jinshan Temple to invite Master Fahai to subdue this young master!

Both Xu Zhen and his group were confident that with the renowned Master Fahai taking action, the eldest son of the Zhang family would be doomed and subdued!

Therefore, during this time, Xu Zhen and his group had already left Guobei County and headed to Jinshan Temple.

The other members of the Black Tiger Gang in Guobei County were unaware of the specifics of the Zhang family's situation.

The rogue named Feng Heng, enraged by the treatment Xu Zhen and others received at the Zhang family's house, blocked the Zhang family patriarch's path in the street and killed him.

Thinking of the deceased Zhang family patriarch, Zhang Shanhai, Wang Shenzhi's face showed disgust and anger. He muttered, "That damned scoundrel, he had no sense of restraint when he attacked!"

He was a little troubled, unsure of how to handle the matter concerning the Zhang family patriarch.

Just when he was troubled.

Suddenly, a panicked voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Your Honor, something terrible has happened!"

Constable Sun Jin practically rushed into the backyard, staggering, his face filled with terror and disbelief.

"What's wrong?" Wang Shenzhi frowned, his tone turning stern as he scolded, "Xiao Jin, what kind of behavior is this, shouting and yelling like that!"

"No...it's that Master Zhang..." Sun Jin stammered, her voice trembling, "That Master Zhang...he...he's alive!"

"What?" Wang Shenzhi was taken aback, thinking he had misheard. "What? Came back to life?"

Sun Jin hurriedly said, "Master, you heard right, Master Zhang has come back to life!"

"What did you say?!" Magistrate Wang Shenzhi looked utterly incredulous, finding it completely absurd. "That Master Zhang has come back to life?!"

Wang Shenzhi couldn't believe it.

How could such a thing be possible?!