Chapter 196: Seeing Sun Bufan Again

The speaker was none other than Heng Xian.

He flicked his sleeve, tossed his long hair behind him, and at some point stood behind a crowd, blinking his eyes, looking like a pure, ordinary boy.

The big fat monk was instantly dazed.

The two nuns, upon seeing him, hurriedly scolded: "You boy, how can you be so lacking in awareness? Run!"

Wu Sheng struggled, his face full of pain, looked at Heng Xian, having no hope of saving himself, and also cursed: "You brat, you're absurdly pedantic—run!"

The old official also said: "Run!"

"Run? Run where?" Heng Xian blinked his eyes and continued approaching.

"Heh heh..." the tree demon's old face swallowed the steward in one gulp, laughing eerily, "You boy, you really are sensible!"

Saying that, he extended two tree branches, which flashed and wrapped toward him.

Who knew he would lunge and miss entirely.

Heng Xian made a strange flick and ended up between the crowd and the tree demon's old face.

"Whoa—"

The nuns and Wu Sheng's group were startled, their faces bewildered.

The tree demon's old face also twisted slightly: "Huh?"

At that moment, Heng Xian suddenly leapt into midair, and hundreds of peerless sharp sword qi emanated from his body.

His entire aura was magnificent enough to make one breathless.

Immediately he stretched out his right hand, and a sword appeared in his hand.

"Blue Wave—"

The sword sang like a dragon's roar.

He thrust out a sword: "Sword of Evil!"

A wicked, ferocious aura that made one feel fear from the bottom of one's heart spread with that sword light, filling the heavens and earth.

As soon as it flashed, it pierced into the tree demon's old face.

"Pfft—"

Grim green blood spattered everywhere.

"Ah..." the tree demon screamed shrilly, "You... disguised as a pig to eat a tiger, bullying me too much!"

As soon as the words fell, the entire forest within a ten-li radius instantly trembled, with branches flying everywhere.

The nuns, Wu Sheng, and the group rose and fell like a roller coaster, being tossed until their heads swam.

Next, the tree demon's blood-red long tongue shot straight at Heng Xian to stab him.

"Nine Radiance Geng Slay!"

Heng Xian swung his sword again, his body's sword qi grew denser, charging straight at the tree demon's old face, and in mid‑flight he slashed nine swords consecutively.

"Pfft pfft pfft..."

The tree demon's blood‑tongue was chopped into bits.

The nine swords violently broke open the trunk, and for a moment wood chips flew everywhere.

And Heng Xian, carrying sword qi, plunged his whole body into the trunk, viciously tearing open a section of it and pinching a clump of demonic elixir preparing to flee.

"Ugh—"

As if deflated, the ten‑li radius forest stopped trembling, and visibly withered away!

The countless branches went limp.

The nuns, the big fat monk, Wu Sheng, and the old official all fell in a heap.

The little demon took the chance to run away clean and tidy.

The surroundings fell into a terrifying silence.

Heng Xian put the demonic elixir into his storage bag, covered in green demon blood, and walked out.

This series of attacks can be called his strongest means, and he did so because,

First, to save people—Wu Sheng had advised him not to go up the mountain, and the old official had given him food and wine, which counted as kindness; moreover, there was an acquaintance here.

Second, although the tree demon possessed a golden‑core cultivation, it seemed previously injured, not very strong, far inferior to human golden‑core experts; moreover, trees rarely become demons, and its demonic elixir belongs to the yin‑wood innate spiritual object, a divine remedy for external injuries—don't waste it!

Watching him approach, the two nuns, Wu Sheng, and the old official's group swallowed saliva, retreated a little, their faces tenser than before.

Indeed, just now Heng Xian's appearance was too terrifying, especially that evil sword, which was ten times more frightening than the tree demon!

The tree demon is already dead at his hands!

He was clearly just an ordinary boy a moment ago!

The contrast before and after is really hard to accept!

"Don't, don't come over!" the timid maid, stepping back while looking at Heng Xian's feet, called to her unconscious young lady, "Miss!"

Heng Xian, however, didn't even glance at the "Miss," but instead approached the big fat monk.

The two nuns trembled as they rose, exchanged a glance, and barely managed to form a hand seal and salute: "Sir, you are……"

Heng Xian waved his sleeve: "I am Yan Chixia!"

"Yan Chixia..." the two nuns racked their brains trying to figure out which sect or school this person belonged to, or if he was a wandering cultivator.

"Listen to his nonsense! Hahaha..."

The big fat monk leapt up, charged at Heng Xian, and the two embraced tightly.

"Damn! You've gotten even fatter as a monk—are you the first?" Heng Xian pushed him away and shouted angrily.

This monk was his childhood friend from Donglan City, the young master of the Sun family who once gathered heavenly maidenhair for him—Sun Bufan.

Sun Bufan laughed loudly: "You laypeople know nothing! We monks believe that a kind heart brings a broad body and strong physique. What you see is just my fat, but this is the result of my accumulating virtue and merit!"

Heng Xian gave him a punch: "Bullshit! You just ate too much meat, what are you pretending for?"

Sun Bufan gave a sly laugh: "You found me out? Let me tell you, I'm in charge of the kitchen on the mountain. Don't think the monks insist on the three refuges and five constants; the devotees' offerings to the Buddha are all kinds of mountain delicacies and seafood, that guy..."

""Cough—" the two nuns coughed desperately behind.

""Amitabha!" Sun Bufan then became solemn, palms together, turned and introduced: "Two senior sisters, this is my secular friend, Yan... Chixia!"

""So it's Patron Yan!" The two nuns bowed, "Lingtai Mountain, Yuan Jing/Yuan Hui!"

Heng Xian returned the salute: "So it's a disciple of a great sect, my apologies!"

Sun Bufan waved his hand: "The demonic impurity here is too heavy; let's go to the temple to talk further."

A group returned to the temple; the two nuns and Wu Sheng went next door.

Sun Bufan then followed to Heng Xian's room.

At that moment in the room, beside the coffin, "Gou Dan" was still holding that fox.

Seeing it, Sun Bufan without a word picked up the bowl and raised it sharply: "Collect!"

""Whoosh—" the fox flashed and was sucked into the bowl.

However, Sun Bufan froze, then raised the bowl again toward Gou Dan: "Collect!"

""Gou Dan" completely ignored him, standing upright, leisurely ran to Heng Xian's feet with a look of contempt.

""Oh dear!" Sun Bufan still wanted to collect.

Heng Xian slapped him: "This monkey is mine to raise!"

Sun Bufan felt astonished: "This isn't right! My demon-subduing bowl was passed down by my master; it can collect demons, let alone small animals—this monkey is off!"

Heng Xian stared at Gou Dan, really couldn't see what was wrong, and casually said: "This is a golden silk milk candy monkey, a unique breed!"

Sun Bufan gave a thumbs-up: "Awesome!"

""Thanks for the compliment!" Heng Xian pointed at the torch.

The two sat around the torch, and Heng Xian also took out wine, dried meat, and braised vegetables.

Sun Bufan's eyes lit up: "Interesting, I haven't had a drink in a while!"

He grabbed the wine jar, ignoring Heng Xian, and glug-glug drank half a jar.

Heng Xian shook his head, sized him up a few times, and said: "You're at the second layer of the Qi Sea Realm; is this your first training expedition?"

Sun Bufan wiped his mouth: "Yeah! This is my first training expedition; I'm a true transmission disciple of Lingtai Mountain, the direct transmission little disciple of my master, Great Master Shan Cun of that Chan temple."

Originally my master assigned me two burly senior brothers, but I found them boring, so I swapped for two senior sisters.

He said with a strange expression: "How about it? Are my senior sisters okay?"

Heng Xian thought: "I'm not really interested in nuns…… it might…… give me a feeling of doing something bad!"

Sun Bufan rubbed his nose: "Bad person, you're too blunt!"

"I don't know what you're thinking, but we're all 18+ beings!" Heng Xian said lightly.

""Hahaha...""

The two laughed loudly to the heavens.

After laughing for a while, Sun Bufan suddenly turned serious and looked at him: "The news has come—Liu Shu Town, 170 people dead!"

""What?!" Heng Xian was startled.

(End of chapter)