Chapter 29

Volume One: Mountain Ghost Rumor, Chapter 29: Shake God!

Huangfu Changqiu didn't feel surprised; she came from the Baoyu Studio and was used to geniuses who killed enemies across realms. She just felt a bit emotional: "For a genius like the young man, improving his realm is as easy as eating and drinking."

Bai Youjun saw that Zhao Chan had killed the outsider without any danger and "framed" it on the demons, so she let out a long sigh of relief, and the hand holding her elder sister's arm relaxed.

Bai Yuqing had already seen Zhao Chan kill the tiger demon, the mold ghost, and other things. He had killed an outsider cultivator in the Lower-grade Qi Gathering Realm again, and Bai Yuqing was indifferent.

This was only natural!

After Xun Lan finished that sentence, she pondered for a while: "The young man has some clever ideas and even knows how to destroy the evidence."

"Letting the demons eat the outsider cultivator, and then he killed the demons; no matter who sees it, they have to praise him for being methodical," Huangfu Changqiu praised Zhao Chan highly. "If it weren't for the fact that all the disciples of the Baoyu Studio are female cultivators, even if I had a conflict with Fairy Bai, I would take the boy back. Oh right, may I ask Fairy Bai, what is the young man's name?"

"Zhao Chan," Bai Yuqing spat out two words.

"Chan, is it the toad on the bright moon?"

"Exactly," Bai Yuqing nodded.

Huangfu Changqiu clapped and smiled: "Good name. Chan is the moon, and the moon belongs to yin, but Zhao Chan combines yin and yang, and is both firm and soft; he is truly a rare genius. Senior sister Xun, I advise you to take advantage of the fact that Fairy Bai doesn't dare to make a big move and kidnap Zhao Chan back to the Hengwu Pavilion. With so many beautiful fairies in the Hengwu Pavilion, I don't believe he won't be tempted. Being a live-in son-in-law for the Hengwu Pavilion is also excellent."

"Nonsense!" Before Bai Yuqing could speak, Bai Youjun was already angry and ashamed, "The young man is now a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slaying Division, how could he be a live-in son-in-law for the Hengwu Pavilion?"

"Demon Slayer?" Xun Lan shook her head and said word by word, "The Demon Slaying Division really has a deep foundation in the Xitang Kingdom. Many proud sons of heaven have become Demon Slayers first, and the Mountain Sects have instead become foils."

"Hmph, what's wrong with the Demon Slaying Division?" Bai Youjun argued.

Huangfu Changqiu smiled: "The Demon Slaying Division is good, but it's tied up. If he joins a Mountain Sect, with Zhao Chan's natural talent, give him some time, and he might become a generation of heroes."

Bai Yuqing sneered: "The two of you probably don't know, the Xitang Kingdom Demon Slaying Division has a secret treasure. If a proud son of heaven becomes a Demon Slayer, his name will appear on the secret treasure. Presumably, Zhao Chan's name is already known to the Xitang Kingdom Demon Slaying Division."

Huangfu Changqiu and Xun Lan heard this for the first time and said in surprise: "The Demon Slaying Division actually has such a mysterious treasure?"

"The strength of the Xitang Kingdom Demon Slaying Division is not something you can fathom," Bai Yuqing said lightly.

Xun Lan felt slightly disappointed: "No one can snatch this young man Zhao Chan away."

"Sigh, such a good seedling, why can't he think straight and join the Demon Slaying Division? Could it be he doesn't know the Demon Slaying Division is dangerously unpredictable?" Huangfu Changqiu sighed repeatedly.

The danger and unpredictability she spoke of was actually that Demon Slayers often have to fight with demons. No matter how outstanding a genius's cultivation talent is, if they are not careful, they might die and become food for the demons.

They glanced back.

A Ping was carrying his sword and flashing toward Eren Mountain.

On the way, he looked at them strangely.

Xie Wan had once asked A Ping to go to Eren Mountain to take a look and find the traces of the Mountain Ghost by the way, but he dragged it out until now to set off. It wasn't that he didn't want to go, but after taking the Fusheng Pill of the Xuanwei Sect, the injuries in his body had a turning point, so he simply sat in meditation in Xie Wan's boudoir to heal his wounds.

Following their line of sight, A Ping looked at Zhao Chan.

After Zhao Chan killed a demon beast, he ran toward Erniu Mountain.

A Ping stopped instantly.

He rubbed his eyes.

He rubbed his eyes again.

Then, he muttered to himself: "Upper Grade Body Refining Realm?"

"How is that possible?"

The Body Refining Realm has lower, middle, and upper grades. As long as one is willing to put in the effort, the lower and middle grades can be reached sooner or later; most martial artists in the world are in these two realms. But the Upper Grade Body Refining Realm is not easy, because once one achieves the Upper Grade Body Refining Realm, one has the qualification to communicate with the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, which is already considered stepping into the door of cultivation with one foot.

According to the outer disciples that A Ping knew the Xuanwei Sect had accepted, if one practices to the middle grade of Body Refining in one year, they can be given some cultivation resources for training. To advance from the middle grade of Body Refining to the upper grade, the time given by the Xuanwei Sect is three to five years. That is to say, as long as one takes three or five years to break through from the middle grade to the upper grade, the Xuanwei Sect will put in great effort to cultivate them.

Very few outer disciples can achieve this level.

A Ping looked deeply at the agile and vigorous figure of the young man and sighed secretly. If Zhao Chan joined the Xuanwei Sect, how would those geniuses who usually think they are so great handle themselves!

After stopping to think for a moment, he turned his head and looked at the four people, including Bai Yuqing, again, and flashed toward Eren Mountain.

The water in Youju Town is getting muddier and muddier.

Xun Lan pointed at A Ping and asked Bai Yuqing: "Fairy Bai, you came early, who is he? His True Qi seems to be the style of the Xuanwei Sect."

"Fairy Xun is indeed knowledgeable. His name is A Ping, and he is indeed a disciple of the Xuanwei Sect," Bai Yuqing said.

Huangfu Changqiu smiled softly: "The Xuanwei Sect, such a gradually declining Mountain Sect, actually sent disciples to stir up trouble everywhere."

Bai Youjun suddenly had a plan: "There is a wild cultivator in the Xitang Kingdom called Hundred Treasure Zhen Pan Xi. He built a Cave Abode next to Youju Town and fused the key to open the Cave Abode into the luck of this place. Now that Hundred Treasure Zhen has passed away, those cultivators came here..."

Huangfu Changqiu interrupted rashly: "Zhen? Even if a Zhen has passed away, is his Cave Abode something that these small cultivators can covet?"

Bai Youjun didn't seem angry that Huangfu Changqiu interrupted her rudely, and explained: "Hundred Treasure Zhen only had the cultivation of the Upper-grade Knowing Fate Realm..."

"Ha, so it turns out that when there are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys call themselves kings. A small cultivator in the Knowing Fate Realm dares to call himself a Zhen. Wouldn't those real Zhens be ashamed?" Huangfu Changqiu laughed loudly.

Xun Lan said slowly: "What is your name, little girl?"

"Bai Youjun."

After a while, when Bai Youjun wanted to pull her elder sister to find Zhao Chan, Xun Lan said slowly: "Do you care about Zhao Chan very much?"

"Yeah, our marriage was arranged by elder sister herself."

Xun Lan frowned, first smiled maliciously, then opened her mouth: "I have seen Zhao Chan have a good impression of another girl."

She had a draft long ago and said confidently: "I am the most suitable for the young man!"

Huangfu Changqiu shook her head and sighed: "Unrequited love is not good. Fairy Bai, you should manage her."

Bai Yuqing said helplessly: "Qing's temper is too stubborn, I have already persuaded her several times."

"It doesn't matter, don't turn back until you hit the south wall. When you know the pain of love, it might be good for your future cultivation," Xun Lan understood Bai Youjun's identity, "You and Fairy Bai are both spiritual objects loved by heaven and earth, and your achievements will be limitless."

Bai Yuqing took Bai Youjun's hand and walked toward Youju Town: "The two of you, take care of yourselves."

"Fairy Bai, wait, I have a question," Huangfu Changqiu smiled.

"What is it?"

"Since Fairy Bai has left her name in the 'Baize Jade Record', don't you plan to help the people around Youju Town? Or is it that your aura has already been specially noticed by someone, and as long as you make a big move, people will immediately know where you are?" Huangfu Changqiu asked deliberately.

Bai Yuqing stopped and looked back at her: "The affairs of the Xitang Kingdom Demon Slaying Division don't need you to know."

"Fairy Bai, I can represent the Baoyu Studio and make a deal with you. If you care about the people around Youju Town, I can do it for you and kill these petty little cultivators," Huangfu Changqiu smiled very happily.

Bai Youjun heard this and hurriedly hugged Bai Yuqing's arm: "Elder sister? Why don't you listen to the conditions?"

Bai Yuqing couldn't help but sigh, knowing that Qing was doing it for Zhao Chan, not wanting the young man to be in danger: "Tell me your conditions."

"Fairy Bai comes to the Baoyu Studio to be an Offering, and to supplement, it is the Chief Consultant."

"Would the other offerings of your Baoyu Studio be willing?"

"Coincidentally, there are no offerings in the Baoyu Studio now," Huangfu Changqiu smiled even more happily.

Those messy offerings are not as good as Bai Yuqing of Da'e Mountain alone.

In recent years, Bai Yuqing has been in the limelight, not only killing great demons with deep Daoist power but also making Mountain Sect cultivators silent with fear.

Bai Yuqing turned to look at Huangfu Changqiu: "I appreciate your kindness, but since I have left my name in the 'Baize Jade Record' of the Xitang Kingdom Demon Slaying Division, I must stay in the Xitang Kingdom."

"Fairy Bai really likes to joke. Can the 'Baize Jade Record' tie your feet? Where is it not killing to slay demons and eliminate monsters? Who dares to say that if you go to slay demons and kill monsters near the Baoyu Studio, it is not eliminating harm for the people?"

"That may be so, but I have promised others to stay in the Xitang Kingdom for sixty years," Bai Yuqing shook her head and declined Huangfu Changqiu's invitation.

"Oh my, we Mountain cultivators have plenty of lifespan, how long is sixty years? Not only can I afford to wait, but the Baoyu Studio can also afford to wait. When these sixty years are over, I will come again to represent the Baoyu Studio and invite Fairy Bai. However, at that time, perhaps it won't be the Chief Consultant."

Bai Yuqing nodded and pulled Bai Youjun toward Youju Town.

"Elder sister..."

"Shut up!"

"Elder sister, why don't I make a move?" Bai Youjun pleaded.

Bai Yuqing sneered: "You? It would be good if you aren't caught by those outsider cultivators."

"..."

At this very moment.

Zhao Chan arrived outside Xiaoshi Village.

The villagers worked together to dig a deep trench outside the village, and behind the deep trench, they set up wooden fences. The wooden fences were made of sharpened wood, which was very rough but very useful. Zhao Chan saw a demon beast stuck on the wooden fence, dripping with demon blood. It was not yet dead, and hearing his footsteps, it turned its head and roared at him.

Sun Dagou and Zhou Niu saw Zhao Chan, whose upper body was stained with blood, and hurriedly climbed onto the roof of the house at the head of the village, waving their hands and shouting.

Zhao Chan ran a few steps and leaped over the deep trench and the wooden fence.

The two looked at him in shock. In the early morning, the demons that wandered into Xiaoshi Village couldn't jump over, and that demon beast with its body pierced was the evidence.

Not only them, but more than a dozen middle-aged men walked out from behind the wall with farm tools.

"Youju Town Demon Slaying Division, Demon Slayer Zhao Chan." He revealed his identity.

This sentence made everyone boil over instantly.

"The Demon Slayer has finally come! The fellow villagers are saved!"

"Zhao Chan! You don't know how rampant the demons are now! Last night... last night two demons broke into the village and ate seven people! It was only when the villagers lit torches together that they scared them away!"

"Eh, Zhao Chan, when did you become a Demon Slayer? Can you kill demons at such a young age?"

Zhou Niu climbed off the roof, ran to the side of the crowd, and pointed at Zhao Chan: "Don't look down on him, Zhao Chan has great strength, killing demons is as easy as slaughtering little chicks!"

"Zhou Niu! Don't talk nonsense with your big mouth. Zhao Chan is only fourteen this year, right? A fourteen-year-old child, how could he be a match for demons?"

"That's right, Zhou Niu, food can be eaten randomly, but words cannot be spoken randomly. With Little Toad's body, it's not enough for the demons to eat their fill."

Sun Dagou followed Zhou Niu and explained loudly: "Zhou Niu and I went to Erniu Mountain to see, and the tiger demon I discovered had already been slashed into two halves by Brother Zhao on the mountain road!"

He hadn't seen Zhao Chan kill the tiger demon with his own eyes, but after thinking about it, if it wasn't Zhao Chan, who else could it be?

Sun Dagou was an honest person; on ordinary days, everyone believed what he said...

They looked at Zhao Chan, a fourteen-year-old Demon Slayer, is he really reliable?

A demon roar suddenly came from Erniu Mountain.

Zhao Chan turned and looked into the distance.

A full four demons stood on a high cliff, overlooking Xiaoshi Village.

Seeing so many people standing at the head of the village, they jumped off the high cliff one by one and rushed over like lightning.

"Demon demon demon demon..."

"Don't panic! We can't run away! Only by fighting these beasts to the death can we have a way to live!"

"Hold your hoe firmly, when the demons rush in, you smash them hard on their heads!"

"Little Toad, don't stand there stupidly, get behind us! Saving your life is important!"

Zhou Niu and Sun Dagou didn't know what they were expecting, their eyes fixed on Zhao Chan.

The four demons were extremely fast, and in the time it takes to burn half a stick of incense, they were already a hundred zhang away from Xiaoshi Village. They were drooling and ferocious.

Zhao Chan gripped the three-foot peach branch.

The "Shake God Sword" has three levels of realm, and the one corresponding to the Upper Grade Body Refining Realm is called 【Sword Out Shakes God】. Every cultivator who practices the "Shake God Sword" to this level has a different realization.

And his realization was a bit strange.

It was very simple, just the two words "Shake God".

First there is a god sitting, then there is the Shake God Slash.

"Little brother!" Zhou Niu shouted in panic, "That's four demons, can you, you, you be their match?"

Sun Dagou's Adam's apple rolled. He clearly wanted to shout loudly for Zhao Chan to retreat, but he was so scared by the four menacing demons that he couldn't say a word.

Zhao Chan calmly realized the third level of the "Shake God Sword".

He had just achieved "God Sitting", looking at the four demons, so the next step was "Shake God Slash".

In an instant, he rushed toward the four demons.

It was still the "Sword Trace" form.

It was as if five years of diligent practice of basic sword skills were all for the sake of delivering this sword in the best way.

The first demon that rushed over opened its bloody mouth and pounced on him.

The peach branch he swung had just shown a sword trace when this demon was already split into two.

Four minus one.

The second demon.

It was still delivering a sword.

The peach branch had new buds and was stained with drops of fresh blood.

It sliced into the demon's body like hot water pouring on snow.

It was still a sword slash into two halves.

Demon blood drenched Zhao Chan's whole body.

The young man ignored it.

Four minus two.

The third and fourth demons pounced and bit from left and right.

Zhao Chan grabbed the head of the demon on the left with one hand and pressed it hard to the ground, while his right hand gripped the peach branch. He carefully chose the right time and cut off the head of the demon on the right with one sword.

Even though the headless demon corpse hit Zhao Chan, he was like a mountain, not moving at all!

He backhanded the peach branch and inserted it back into his waist.

The freed right hand punched the demon he was pressing on the ground with one hand.

The scene was too horrible to look at.

Demon blood splattered everywhere.

He didn't stop punching until the last remaining demon was silent, then he straightened up.

Zhou Niu, Sun Dagou, and the others looked at him in a daze.

A question flashed through their minds.

Who is the demon? Why is Zhao Chan more like a demon?

A Ping stood on a mountain peak of Erniu Mountain, watching Zhao Chan, who had easily killed the four demons.

He knew Zhao Chan's extraordinary nature even better than those villagers.

Every sword and every punch the young man swung seemed to be shaking a god!

A Ping muttered to himself: "He is only in the Body Refining Realm, he is only in the Body Refining Realm!!!"