Chapter 79

"Let's leave it at that for now."

Tang Luo put away the Merit Jade Lotus, not in a rush to obtain the real skull to complete the task, and turned to walk toward the shore.

As he slowly walked out from the water's surface, Tang Luo saw Dong Yuan lying on the ground, unconscious.

Strangely, Qing Lang was pressing down on Dong Yuan, her complexion carrying a few hints of oddness.

Tang Luo walked over, looking at Qing Lang, somewhat puzzled.

What kind of capture method is this? Using her own body weight to crush the opponent? She's clearly not heavy.

Qing Lang stared at Tang Luo with eyes widened as much as she could, her mouth moving, wanting to say something.

In the end, she could only emit indistinct sounds.

Not only that, but some crystal-clear saliva flowed out, like a mentally disabled child.

"She hasn't gone stupid, has she?"

Tang Luo crouched down, looking at Qing Lang, and saw her complexion turn crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye; then, some fresh blood spilled from her mouth, carrying black traces.

"This trip won't earn much merit power."

While activating the Merit Jade Lotus to perform the bare minimum of healing on her, Tang Luo thought to himself.

This mission, healing people left and right, consumed quite a bit of merit power.

Fortunately, resolving the matter of the little match girl also gained a fair amount of merit power.

Plus what Dong Yuan could provide, at least it guaranteed he wouldn't take a loss.

"Not earning feels like a loss. No, no, can't think like this." Tang Luo shook his head.

Earning merit power was mainly still for the sake of healing.

He wasn't some scumbag profiteer who just liked watching numbers stack up bit by bit.

His right hand brushed lightly across Dong Yuan's forehead, letting this woman follow in Xu Yi's footsteps.

"No skill drop either. Is my luck not too good?" The dead Dong Yuan didn't explode with a skill.

Tang Luo wasn't clear if he was unlucky, or if the probability of a skill appearing was just this low.

Thinking carefully, quite a few Divine Demon Walkers had died by his hand, yet only the first one, Sun Ang, and Xu Yi had dropped skills.

"Huu—"

Qing Lang exhaled sharply, her body rolling, about to kip up.

But she had just barely left the ground before falling again; her white clothes were stained with a large amount of black mud, dirty and bedraggled beyond description.

"Heh." Tang Luo chuckled lightly, "The female Bodhisattva's condition is poor; better to take it slow."

Qing Lang glared fiercely at Tang Luo, slowly climbed up, moved her limbs, the numb sensation slowly dissipating.

She had been hit by Dong Yuan's third skill — Flash Touch.

Both hands could release a strong current, paralyzing the enemy, but effective contact had to be made.

Its effect had been seen.

Far superior to the Deadly Poison Mist; at least even an opponent of Qing Lang's caliber was struck down.

Fortunately, Qing Lang was no easy opponent; she had almost simultaneously knocked Dong Yuan unconscious.

Otherwise, the unlucky one would have been her.

"Return the jade pendant to me."

Qing Lang wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, then held out her hand to Tang Luo.

"Wait a moment." Tang Luo turned around, once again walking into Ping'an Lake.

Coming up just now was, of course, to prevent Dong Yuan from running off because Tang Luo got the skull, thereby ending the mission.

If Dong Yuan hadn't run into him herself, Tang Luo couldn't be bothered to deliberately look for her.

But since she delivered herself to his door, Tang Luo wouldn't let her go.

Re-entering the lake center, looking at the skull beneath his feet, Tang Luo bent down, picked it up, and no special change occurred.

"Does this not count as completing the task?" Tang Luo guessed, "Looks like I have to hold it for a period of time?"

Carrying the skull in hand, he walked back to the shore again.

"Jade pendant!"

Qing Lang watched Tang Luo walk out from the lake, unstained by a single drop of water, and spoke once more.

"Oh." Tang Luo took out the jade pendant and returned it to Qing Lang.

Qing Lang snatched it in one grab, turned, and left.

She had already understood that the demon monk she thought was the culprit behind the hotel's demonic qi and poisonous gas actually wasn't.

The other party's purpose was probably the same as hers — both were to resolve the strange affairs of Anshan City.

It was because of her own recklessness that she had this entanglement with the other party.

Of course, this couldn't change his fundamental nature as a demon monk.

The best handling method was to leave immediately, and never meet again forever.

This humiliating experience must be buried in the deepest part of memory.

"Female Bodhisattva, please stay." Not two steps gone, Qing Lang heard Tang Luo's voice from behind.

"Didn't you say we were even?" Qing Lang turned around.

"We are even." Tang Luo said with a smile, "But, we can continue our predestined affinity."

Qing Lang's expression changed: "You tricked me?"

"No, it's just that this poor monk is very interested in the female Bodhisattva's Wuyu Sect; wonder if you could introduce it a little. This poor monk is but a lone cultivator, full of curiosity about the cultivation world under heaven." Tang Luo said.

Relying on ability to continue a predestined affinity — how could that be called trickery?

"You are... a lone cultivator?" Qing Lang's eyes widened.

A rogue cultivator reaching this level? Don't make me laugh.

"The Boundless Horizon Sect is just a minor sect, single-line inheritance, only my master and I." Qinglang's lies came as easily as breathing. "If the Dharma Master is interested in the cultivation world, you can go take a look at the Profound Altar Sect; that sect recruits disciples widely every year."

"Oh, I wonder where this Profound Altar Sect is located?" Tang Luo asked.

"Leave Anshan City heading south..." Qinglang explained in detail how to reach that Profound Altar Sect.

"Then, very good." Tang Luo smiled.

Qinglang naturally wouldn't be deceived by this demonic monk's smile, and immediately said: "Then, Dharma Master, we'll part ways here; perhaps we'll meet again in the future."

"Perhaps we'll meet again in the future." Tang Luo pressed his palms together, bowing slightly.

【67】 Qinglang let out a slight breath, and left in quick steps.

Qing Lang exhaled lightly and walked away quickly.

However, she had only taken two steps when her vision blurred, and she saw that monk blocking her path once again.

"Ah, the female Bodhisattva, we meet again." Tang Luo was overjoyed. "It seems you and I truly have a karmic connection."

"... What exactly do you want to do!" Qinglang practically ground out each word.

How could she not see by now that this monk had absolutely no intention of letting her go.

Who wants a karmic connection with you!

"If this poor monk says, this poor monk wishes to go to the Boundless Horizon Sect, to chat with your sect's elders and ancestors, to understand the situation of the cultivation world, would you believe it?" Tang Luo asked.

"Do you think I would believe it?" Qinglang countered.

"Since the female Bodhisattva doesn't believe, why bother asking?" Tang Luo said.

Listen to my explanation.

I won't listen, I won't listen.

Fine, then I won't say it.

Aren't you going to explain? Where's your explanation!

Heh, women.

"A renunciate does not speak falsehoods; what this poor monk says is the absolute truth." Tang Luo looked at Qinglang and said.

What he said was indeed the genuine, unvarnished truth.

After discovering the Howling Celestial Dog's remains, Tang Luo developed an intense interest in this mission world.

According to the God-Demon Walkers' speculation, mission worlds should be divided into two types.

One type is a world completely "constructed" for the mission; even if one wants to explore, there isn't much extra space given to God-Demon Walkers, more like an isolated island — for example, the first mission world Tang Luo experienced.

The second type is more like a real, complete world; God-Demon Walkers are merely thrown into it to complete missions.

The second mission Tang Luo experienced, that world, was hard to judge which type it belonged to.

But this current mission world, Tang Luo felt, was more like the "real world" in the God-Demon Walkers' speculation.

Then what connection does this world have with the world Tang Luo originally transmigrated from?

And why did the Howling Celestial Dog's skull appear here?

Tang Luo planned to investigate a little; perhaps there would be gains.

The direction of his investigation, naturally, was not among mortals, but on cultivators like Qinglang.

"Alright, the female Bodhisattva might as well come back to the residence with this poor monk to rest for a night; we'll set off for the Boundless Horizon Sect early tomorrow morning." Tang Luo decided unilaterally.

"Dream on!"

A look of determination flashed in Qinglang's eyes; she was about to shatter her own heart meridians.

She knew clearly that this demonic monk's strength was tyrannical.

If she brought him back to the Boundless Horizon Sect, even if by some fluke they managed to kill him, the Boundless Horizon Sect would also suffer heavy damage.

As an abandoned infant who grew up in the Boundless Horizon Sect, the sect was her home. How could Qinglang allow someone to destroy her home?

"What this poor monk says is truly the truth." Tang Luo was very helpless.

In this day and age, why does no one believe you even when you speak the absolute truth?

His figure flashed, appearing before Qinglang; he curled a finger and flicked, knocking out the suicidal Qinglang with a single finger flick.

Hoisting the unconscious Qinglang onto his shoulder, Tang Luo rushed toward the Lu Residence.

"Master..." Arriving at the Lu Residence, he ran into that guy Han Guang again, who secretly gave a thumbs up once more.

Worthy of being Master; when he left, the person was conscious, when he returned, she was unconscious.

This level of skill, wonder if I'll ever have it in the future.

"I've already found the skull; estimate I still need to wait a period of time before it counts as obtained, truly completing the mission. You go find Du Shun." Tang Luo said.

"What?" Han Guang froze, no longer caring about fantasizing about future days, and hurried off to find Du Shun.

A few minutes later.

The three gathered in Tang Luo's room. The skull sat on the table.

Both Du Shun and Han Guang had touched it, but no abnormalities appeared.

Time passed bit by bit; Du Shun and Han Guang both grew a bit restless.

"Master..." Han Guang opened his mouth, about to say something, when suddenly three beams of light descended from the sky.

Landing on the three of them.

Signifying that the three had completed the mission; simultaneously, the skull on the table vanished without a trace.

At this time, roughly half a double-hour had passed since Tang Luo got hold of the skull.

It seems holding it for this one hour's time counts as obtaining it.

Han Guang and Du Shun swiftly vanished; Tang Luo, however, sat steady as Mount Tai, and when the light beams descended, attempting to take him away.

He clearly expressed resistance.

Immediately, the force pulling him stopped, and relevant information also surfaced in Tang Luo's mind.

He knew he could still stay in this world for another month.

After completing the mission, he could indeed remain in the mission world for a period of time.

As for the reward that was due, Tang Luo looked at the shoes appearing before him.

This time's reward was not a skill, but a rare piece of equipment.

It was a pair of black shoes—more precisely, boots.

Just like the kind commonly seen in ancient film and television dramas, similar to what Tang Luo is wearing now, except for the color—one black, one white.

Tang Luo reached out and touched the boots on the table, and the relevant information naturally flowed in.

Light Spirit Treads

Lightweight and sturdy shoes, capable of withstanding immense trampling force.

If you wish, it can also transform into the shape you desire—of course, only the shape of shoes.

Additional Skills:

One, Transformation.

You can change your appearance, transforming into other styles of shoes.

Cooldown: 24 hours.

Two, Void Step.

Step on the void to perform a double jump or movement.

Cooldown: 1 hour.

————This is not merely a simple double jump.