nyslfriends Chapter 21: Zhang Feiyu
Chapter 21: Zhang Feiyu
Before the scarred Taoist could catch his breath from the excruciating pain, Bixia kicked him in the neck.
With a loud "crack!!", the sound of a neck shattering was heard. The scarred Taoist's eyes widened, and finally, everything went black before his eyes, and he stopped breathing completely.
The sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard.
Only after seeing the scarred Taoist priest killed did they belatedly come to their senses.
"Oh my god!!" the magistrate yelled and turned to run away.
"Charge! Charge! Charge together! Kill him!!"
Master Hu pointed helplessly at Bixia in front of him. Several yamen runners felt their scalps tingle and dared not move. Bixia, however, had already charged towards them, her arms flashing through the air like afterimages.
"Slap! Slap!!"
Wherever the claws passed, the bodies of these constables were torn apart like tomatoes smashed on the ground.
Blood mixed with bits of flesh flew everywhere.
Master Hu stood there trembling, his legs numb, feeling the shadow looming over him.
Master Hu turned his head shakily, tears and snot mingling together.
"I...spare me...I..."
"puff!"
Before Master Hu could finish speaking, everything suddenly went black, and he felt a gust of wind blowing on his face.
With a "thud," Master Hu's headless corpse fell to the ground.
"Help! Someone help me..."
The stout county magistrate ran and shouted as he went. After only a few steps, he was panting heavily, his hands gripping the pillars of the corridor, his face turning deathly pale.
"Why are you running?!"
The magistrate looked up and saw a face that had been hacked to pieces. His legs trembled and a puddle of yellow liquid gushed from his trousers.
"It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it was Master Zhang who wanted to harm you. You cut off Master Zhang's source of income. Without the bone demon, how can he collect peace fees? Without monsters, how can he sell peace talismans? He's an immortal, I dare not disobey them."
The magistrate knelt on the ground, saying as he took out the key to the treasury from his pocket: "Don't kill me, I have money, there's a lot of money in the treasury. As long as you don't kill me, all this money is yours."
"understood."
Cao Xing kicked the county magistrate in the chin, sending the 200-pound man flying two and a half meters into the air. When he fell back down, he made a muffled "bang" sound, then his body twitched a few times and remained still.
At this moment, Bixia had already walked over. Bixia was covered in blood and filth. The yamen behind her was eerily quiet. Not even a scream could be heard. It was clear that Bixia had killed them all.
She was still carrying the Taoist's corpse in her hand, her face showing a look of lingering dissatisfaction.
"Brother, are you alright?"
Bixia looked at the wounds on Cao Xing's body and asked with concern.
"It's nothing." Cao Xing's injuries looked quite frightening, but they were all created by him using a disguise.
Although his Crimson Blood True Understanding Profound Skill was only at the second level, it was still not something that these mortal weapons could harm him.
"Let's go. Let's do it while no one's paying attention."
Cao Xing dared not linger here. He had used his supernatural ability, Disguise, to alter both his and Bixia's appearances. Just in case, it was best to leave as soon as possible.
As for the silver in the treasury, Cao Xing was actually very interested, but he didn't want to cause any trouble. This scarred Taoist's strength was at most around the Foundation Establishment stage. Could such a weak person really dominate a county and town? Collect taxes and amass wealth? He was afraid that there was an even more powerful master behind him.
Moreover, without a spatial magic item, these bulky silver coins would only be a burden, increasing the likelihood of them being exposed.
Before leaving, Cao Xing didn't forget to set a big fire and set the county government office ablaze.
"Fire!!"
"Look! It looks like the county government office."
People on the street could see the thick smoke rising from the direction of the county government office from afar.
"Sigh, this world is like this, even the county government isn't safe." The owner of the peace cakes looked in the direction of the billowing smoke and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Taking advantage of the chaos in the town, Cao Xing and Bixia carried the corpse and climbed over the wall from the other side. Their figures looked like two big rats as they disappeared into the forest one after the other.
After the two of them took a long detour and wandered around in the mountains for quite some time, they finally managed to grope their way back to the cave in the mountain stream under the cover of darkness.
After returning to the cave, Cao Xing made a hand seal, dispelling the supernatural illusions on Bixia and himself, and restoring their original appearances.
By the light of the campfire in the cave, the two men had different expressions on their faces, and their hearts were pounding like deer.
Bixia's face was full of excitement, the excitement of killing.
Cao Xing's feelings were somewhat different; he felt both excitement and the tension of killing for the first time.
As for rejection...
No, that's not true. Killing people and killing demons are different, but in Cao Xing's mind they are the same. Besides, he didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Whether it was that Taoist priest, that magistrate, or even those runners in the yamen, they all deserved to die.
After calming himself down, Cao Xing looked at the Taoist's corpse. This Taoist was the main target of this operation.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome.
After all, if the target was only the county magistrates and officials, Cao Xing and Bixia would not need to hide their identities.
He looked at the skeleton sitting cross-legged beside him and said, "The matter has been taken care of, why don't you come out and take a look?"
As he finished speaking, a wisp of phosphorescent light flickered from the empty eye sockets of the skull, and the phosphorescent light floated out and transformed into a young man.
The young man stared intently at the two corpses on the ground, his resentment growing stronger.
"It's them!!"
The young man's face was contorted with rage, as if he wanted to rush over and tear the two corpses to pieces right now.
Cao Xing looked at the young man and said, "Brother Zhang, I've taken care of things. What about your promise?"
The young man took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and pointed outside the cave, saying, "The thing is outside the cave, under that camphor tree. You can find it by digging."
Cao Xing nodded: "Thank you very much."
"etc!"
The young man pointed to the corpses on the ground and said, "Can you help me summon their souls?"
"No problem." Cao Xing nodded. In fact, even if Zhang Feiyu hadn't said it, he had planned to do the same thing.
He made a hand seal, using the "Netherworld Enlightenment Technique," and a wisp of light appeared at his fingertips as he gently touched the two corpses.
A wisp of green smoke emerged from the corpse, and the souls of the magistrate and the Taoist priest were extracted from their bodies, staring blankly at Cao Xing and Zhang Feiyu in front of them.
"It's you!!"
Upon seeing Zhang Feiyu, the county magistrate was first stunned, then his face changed drastically, and he began to tremble uncontrollably, screaming, "You're still alive!"
Upon hearing the magistrate's words, Zhang Feiyu grinned maliciously and said, "Thanks to you, everyone's dead."
He then changed the subject: "But now you and I are both spirits."
Zhang Feiyu's expression grew increasingly ferocious.
Years ago, when he and his father heard that a monster was lurking in the area, they worked together to eliminate it. When they reported this to the county magistrate, the magistrate immediately prepared a banquet to entertain them. They thought they would receive a reward, but unexpectedly, the magistrate secretly poisoned them.
In order to protect him, his father immediately took the county magistrate hostage, giving him a chance to escape, while he himself was left to die from the poison.
Unfortunately, although Zhang Feiyu escaped, he could not get rid of the poison in his body. He struggled for about a year with the help of some pills, but eventually died from the poison.
"Damn it!!"
At this moment, the Taoist priest's expression suddenly changed, and he glared at Cao Xing and roared, "I am a disciple of Shangfang Temple. Who are you to dare kill my Soul-Capturing Master?"
"View from above?"
Cao Xing had heard the name when he entered the county town, but even after quickly reviewing the entire Journey to the West, he couldn't find any information about Shangfang Temple.
Could it be a hidden force?
Or is it that their power was too small to be included in the scope of the Journey to the West project, so it wasn't mentioned in the book?
Seeing Cao Xing's blank expression, the Taoist priest immediately said with disdain, "As expected of a rogue cultivator, he doesn't know anything, yet he dares to attack me."
Cao Xing ignored the Taoist priest and looked at Zhang Feiyu: "Brother Zhang, may I borrow this for a while?"
"Do whatever you want, just don't mess things up."
Zhang Feiyu knew what Cao Xing was going to do and nodded to him.
Seeing this, Cao Xing signaled to Bixia to carry the Taoist's corpse outside.
The Taoist priest realized something was wrong and tried to escape, but Cao Xing pointed his finger and his soul uncontrollably followed behind him.