[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle":3,"chapter-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-212":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dimension Park: I Am the Summoning Apostle",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2279229,4458,"Chapter 212: The Shixiao Who Carried the Mountain Woman","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-212",212,"\u003Cp>After eating and drinking his fill, Chu Danqing routinely reviewed the knowledge granted by his mastered skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his learning efficiency was slow, learning was like rowing upstream—if you don’t advance, you fall back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a little growth was growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else would he do with this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting occasionally chatted idly with Chu Danqing, occasionally probing subtly about his origins and his intent to visit Yuanping Wang’s tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chu Danqing kept his mouth shut; he couldn’t extract a single detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By nine o’clock, there was nothing left to talk about, so he finally went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This counted as staying up late, since there was no entertainment to speak of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to that, he had to rise early the next day, so most nights he slept as soon as it grew dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another reason: saving money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether reading or writing at night, one had to light a lamp; over time, lamp oil became a significant expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao watched an animated show for a while, then went to sleep too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to conserve his strength—tomorrow might bring something unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing didn’t sleep at all; given his current state, sleeping was too wasteful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the late hours, strange sounds emerged outside the mountain cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Lan Wuying asked if he should go investigate; Da Bao instantly woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been asleep, yes, but his instincts and intuition were still active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the moment he sensed movement, he sprang up immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting, by contrast, had been utterly exhausted from his one-legged duel earlier that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the noise wasn’t loud, and he wasn’t a tomb robber—he had no need for vigilance while sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For all these reasons, he remained asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ignore it. If it isn’t bothering us, we won’t go stirring up trouble,” Chu Danqing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the type to kill anything that looked strange; this night belonged to the monstrous, and if he acted recklessly, he’d draw powerful enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world’s power level was clearly high; before completing his talent quest, he didn’t want to invite complications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reward could be smaller, but the talent couldn’t fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he completed the S-rank talent awakening quest, his evaluation would be at least S-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had his cultivation chamber; he had the maximum possible reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Chu Danqing’s words, Yue Lan Wuying naturally ceased all action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao curled back up, preparing to resume sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the strange noise grew closer, forcing Da Bao to rise again—and even Zhong Ting was jolted awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This sound… it’s a shixiao,” Zhong Ting listened carefully and swiftly identified the approaching monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve dealt with a few of these. Most are born from the resentment of adulterous couples who refuse to repent after death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hence, they crave lewdness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Males are massive and rugged; females are alluring and seductive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And they abduct men and women to forcibly copulate with them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could a human possibly match such a monster? One night wouldn’t be enough to guarantee death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, they’re bloodthirsty—this is a trait shared by all monsters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So even if you survive the night, you won’t escape death before dawn,” Zhong Ting said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters here were fewer than in Cangmang Guling, but due to the collapse of rites and the chaos of warlords, there were still many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demonic corpses he’d encountered before would have been a scourge in his own region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Cangmang Guling, their strength was laughable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How strong is it?” Chu Danqing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps between a shimo and a shiwu,” Zhong Ting replied. He could only identify the type from the sound—he had no way of sensing its exact power level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could do that, he’d have stepped out and kicked the shixiao to death right now—why waste words with Chu Danqing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he finished speaking, a massive silhouette slowly approached outside the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was covered in fine green fuzz—Chu Danqing examined closely and realized it was mold—and it emitted a yeasty stench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, others rot—you ferment,” Chu Danqing muttered instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, his gaze shifted to the shixiao’s back, where a unconscious woman was slung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was ordinary; her clothes and skin matched those of a poor family; her hands bore calluses from farm labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something’s off. Nine out of ten things are wrong,” Zhong Ting suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the shixiao hurled the unconscious woman down; sensing living energy—and recognizing the gender as male—it immediately turned violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Bao charged forward immediately; combat erupted inside the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?” Chu Danqing asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shixiao are lust-driven. This woman wasn’t abducted from nearby,” Zhong Ting continued. “Normally, they’d find a secluded spot and start right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why come all the way here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could she be from the village we passed?” Chu Danqing considered the possibility; after all, they’d been moving, so encountering her en route wasn’t impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely not,” Zhong Ting declared firmly. “They traveled in a different direction. The shixiao had countless places to go—why drag her right to us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instead, near Huanglong River, there’s a small village. My senior uncle once rested there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Without doubt, this woman was abducted from that village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I don’t understand why she was brought here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At night in Cangmang Guling, danger lurked everywhere for humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for monsters, it was routine. Given the shixiao’s lustful nature, once it seized a person, it would act within one or two li at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If not the shixiao is abnormal,” Zhong Ting’s gaze settled on the unconscious woman, “then it’s her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Chu Danqing warned: “We don’t do victim-blaming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About five minutes later, Da Bao ripped the shixiao cleanly in two with a single claw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight ended quickly—the shixiao’s strength was far below Zhong Ting’s estimate, barely stronger than a demonic corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against Da Bao, who was gradually adapting to combat intensity, it stood no chance—and died swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after death, the shixiao did not drop a chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this, Chu Danqing deduced that this shixiao, like the blind child he’d encountered earlier, was a minor enemy in a group event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No chests would drop until all enemies were eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the shixiao wasn’t the event’s core; Chu Danqing hadn’t yet engaged deeply with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the quest would have triggered by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Da Bao dragged the shixiao’s corpse outside to a leeward spot, the stench inside the cave improved considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing then had Da Bai heal the woman; since she was an ordinary human, one Spirit Technique: Spirit Healing sufficed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main goal was to purge negative effects, but the mechanism seemed complex—she didn’t awaken immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Zhong Ting slapped her face did she stir awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the healing and purging had turned unconsciousness into deep sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she awoke, her expression was dazed; she didn’t yet understand what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing strangers all around—and Da Bao entering with the shixiao’s corpse—she opened her mouth to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Zhong Ting reacted swiftly, clamping his hand over her mouth before she could cry out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quiet. It’s night. If you don’t want to draw monsters, keep silent. Understood?” Zhong Ting growled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d seen the simple kindness of common folk—and also their stupidity and malice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman nodded, signaling she understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Zhong Ting release his hand and ask: “What happened? How did the shixiao catch you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calmer now, she grasped the situation—these people had saved her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t just mountain monkeys—there were night cats, black rats… many monsters suddenly flooded our village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I got lucky—I was taken but didn’t die,” she said, then burst into tears. “The others… the others…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Ting’s brow furrowed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t unheard of for monsters to swarm—earlier, they’d encountered the blind children, a similar case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such swarms usually involved monsters of the same kind; different types acting together was rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A great evil is commanding these monsters!’ The thought flashed through Zhong Ting’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Any other abnormalities?” Zhong Ting didn’t jump to conclusions, pressing for more details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know. They just appeared,” the woman replied, then added: “Wait—these past two days, Huanglong River rose over three inches.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing felt nothing—ten centimeters? Big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhong Ting knew: without seasonal change or rain, a rise of nearly ten centimeters was significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anything else?” Zhong Ting pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman thought again, then said: “Five days ago, a group of drunken soldiers and a few oddly dressed men came—probably tomb raiders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They arrived at our village and whispered something to the village head.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know the details—I only heard rumors from the village head’s daughter-in-law.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She said she was going to look for something called Xuan Nu Zhi.” The woman did not hide it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Danqing ran through the knowledge provided by his identity—there was no information on Xuan Nu Zhi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhong Ting’s expression changed; clearly he knew what Xuan Nu Zhi was, and from his demeanor, it was certainly no good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is Xuan Nu Zhi?” Chu Danqing asked bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xuan Nu Zhi is not a type of spirit mushroom, but a title referring to Princess Zhi of the former Lin Kingdom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the final years of Eastern Lin, this princess claimed the Xuan Nu had bestowed military texts upon her in a night vision, and thus rose in rebellion to restore order, installing her younger brother as emperor and reviving Western Lin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Later generations honored her as Xuan Nu Zhi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Due to this merit, after her death, her brother, the emperor, buried her in Cangmang Guling with state funeral rites, to continue suppressing the Lin Kingdom’s destiny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That group of warlord soldiers and tomb raiders went to Xuan Nu Zhi’s tomb.” Zhong Ting looked at Chu Danqing—his words carried an unspoken second half: the transformed Xuan Nu Zhi, now a great evil, might have emerged from the tomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1642,"2026-06-20T00:54:41.633Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","44329abe2686c741b1cd7eccf1b47e9c5ac9fc3bd1595f81df6a3943ad65c14d","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-213","dimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-chapter-211",305,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdimension-park-i-am-the-summoning-apostle-cover.jpg"]