The Complete Text of the Mysterious Woman Classic

【The Mysterious Maiden's Scripture】
Author: Wang Shaoshao Word Count: 147w4
Volume 01: A Magical Book of Immortal Arts
【Synopsis】
This volume's synopsis: The mysterious and unscrupulous young man, Wang Xiaoliu, dares to steal a magical artifact from the Shangguan family, thus causing a scandalous entanglement. The young lady of the Shangguan family chases the thief for thousands of miles, only wanting to retrieve the treasure, but unexpectedly, she also loses herself... In the midst of a hilarious escape, Wang Xiaoliu encounters a treacherous and despicable ancient immortal and obtains a legendary erotic book... Is it a fortuitous encounter? Or a conspiracy?
Chapter 01: The Magical Book of Erotic Arts
『Fiction, fiction, this book is fiction. If there are any similarities, don't ask me, I know nothing.』
It takes place more than six thousand years before the story of "The Heart Sutra of the Imperial Concubine," and our protagonist begins his journey with "The Mysterious Maiden's Scripture." 『In the late years of the Peacock Dynasty, on the Eastern Continent, feudal lords rose up, and war raged.
At this time, autumn was deepening.
The cool wind was quite powerful, blowing down the withered yellow leaves, like stripping a little girl's clothes off. 』 The little girl groaned and struggled, but she could not escape the ravages of nature. In the blink of an eye, the trees became bare, their smooth bodies turned naked, trembling in the air, whispering their pleas.
Deep within the mysterious Dragon Bone Mountains, a colossal tree, its leaves still intact, howled at the sky, "Awoo! Gods and Buddhas, please show your power! Let humans pass through quickly! I've waited a hundred and twenty years! If no one comes soon, I'll soon turn into a tree!"
Opposite the tree, a massive rock scoffed, "Tsk tsk, you come here and you're just a tree? You think howling like a wolf will turn you into a beast? Bah! What was I thinking, betting with you against the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden? I lost and was punished to wait for humans in this godforsaken place. And now, I have to wait for human women! This godforsaken place doesn't even have a sow!"
Just as the rock finished speaking, a flock of migratory birds flew overhead with a "caw caw," dropping a few turds of droppings that landed right on the rock.
The giant tree laughed loudly upon seeing this: "Hahaha, Immortal Spirit Stone, you've been waiting forever! Maybe we'll finally meet a human girl today! Hmm, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said that as long as we give this book to a human woman, we can return to the Immortal Realm. However, we've been waiting for over a hundred years and haven't seen a single person, though we've seen plenty of demons. Hmm, I've decided, whether he's male or female, as long as he's human, we'll give him this 'Mystic Maiden Scripture'!"
"Bah! I made that decision ninety years ago, do I need you, you blockhead, to remind me? Hehe, what will happen if a man practices the 'Mystic Maiden Scripture'? Turn into a demon? Haha, if the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden knew, she'd definitely be furious... Huh? What's that sound?" The giant tree exclaimed in surprise, stopping its rant and listening to the source of the sound.
A boy dressed in a tattered robe, looking very much like a little beggar, hurriedly darted out from the deeper forest. The boy was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a clever and quirky appearance. His long hair was disheveled and draped over his shoulders, and his large, dark eyes darted around mischievously, constantly glancing behind him as if he were being chased by a tiger.
"Men can cry, it's not a sin, even the strongest person has the right to be tired, if..." Because he was running and singing, the boy's voice was intermittent, with a touch of "feigning sorrow for the sake of writing new lyrics," carrying a hint of childishness and a feigned sense of world-weariness, but the melody was quite infectious.
The tree and the stone exchanged a meaningful glance, then simultaneously let out a strange "heh heh" laugh. Before the boy could reach them, they suddenly sprang out from both sides of the mountain path, shouting in unison, "Hey, stop!"
"Ah! Fuck!! Monsters?" The boy was shocked, taking two steps back in a panic, but not running away. It seemed that the creature chasing him was even more terrifying than these two monsters. "What do you want?"
The tree and the stone laughed loudly, then with a shake, they transformed into two Taoist priests, one fat and one thin, wearing tall hats and robes, seemingly possessing some ethereal air, but mostly looking blank and surprised, staring at the boy with drool, like wild dogs that had been starving for a hundred years and had spotted a bone. The tree spirit laughed loudly, "Haha, we're not some 'thirsty' creatures, nor are we any 'monsters,' we are..." He and the spirit stone struck a cool pose and said in unison, "We are... immortals from the Celestial Realm!"
"You're immortals?" The boy was surprised and uncertain, staring at the two Taoists from left to right, muttering, "Strange, is the Celestial Realm even more chaotic than this planet? Even immortals can't survive here, so they come to the mortal world to rob and become bandits? Sigh, what bad luck, how did I get reborn on this wretched planet? It would have been better to be on Earth..."
The two immortals were so angry that they yelled and screamed, only hearing the boy say that he was a bandit, but they didn't hear the earth-shattering words that followed. The Spirit Stone Immortal, with a fiery temper, roared, "Bah! How do I look like a bandit? I spit again! Even if I were a bandit, I wouldn't come to this Red Phoenix Star. It's surrounded by twenty-three layers of restrictive barriers set up by a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and there's even a self-important barrier god patrolling inside. Immortals here can't even use a tenth of their power. How did we end up here?"
"Yeah, how did you get here? That's exactly what I wanted to ask!" The boy's expression turned very strange when he heard that this was Red Phoenix Star. Looking at their stupidity, comparable to pigs' heads, he wasn't afraid anymore. He first sat down on the ground to catch his breath, then habitually looked back.
The Tree Immortal tugged at the Spirit Stone Immortal's sleeve, reminding him not to reveal the secrets of the Immortal Realm, and said with a friendly smile, "Young man, we really aren't robbers, the real deal... uh, actually we wanted to give you something. This 'Mysterious Maiden Scripture' is a rare treasure of the Immortal Realm. Humans can ascend to immortality in broad daylight after cultivating it for a hundred years. It's a supreme treasure of the Immortal Sect that only disciples of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden can cultivate."
As he spoke, a small, glittering golden booklet appeared out of thin air in his hand. It was as thick as a bronze mirror, and the paper seemed metallic, hard and flat. It appeared to have only two thick covers, with no paper inside containing any written text. On it were three seal script characters: "Mysterious Maiden Scripture".
"Huh?" The boy's face lit up with surprise upon seeing the writing. He snatched the book, stroked the three large characters on it, and said, "What kind of writing is this? Do you recognize these characters? Have you ever heard of Earth? Can you send me back to Earth?"
The two immortals shook their heads in unison, asking blankly, "Hmph, of course we recognize them! This writing is the official script of our immortal realm, called seal script. Do you recognize it? We've never heard of the planet you mentioned. Huh? You know of other planets? Don't you belong to this Red Phoenix Star?"
The boy stroked his messy hair and laughed, "Ah ha, just kidding. What I said was just a dream. Please don't take it to heart, great immortals. However, I don't want this book. Please take it back, great immortals." The boy thought of the proverbs from his hometown, such as "unsolicited kindness is either a trick or a theft," and "there's no such thing as a free lunch"... Similarly, he didn't believe that two immortals would specifically give him a book on cultivation. Also, he didn't believe that these two people were immortals. An immortal who had never heard of Earth must be a fake. (False teeth: a dialect term, similar to counterfeit goods, both meaning fake.)
"No, you have to have it, otherwise how can we explain to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden!" The Spirit Stone Immortal, upon hearing that the boy didn't want the book, flew into a rage, moving like lightning to his side and pulling the boy up from the ground. "You have to have it today, whether you like it or not, understand?"
"No!" Hearing that delivering the book was a task, the boy became even more arrogant, his cunning eyes darting around, seemingly thinking about how to gain some benefit. He then threw the book back to the Tree Immortal, shouting, "If you force it on me, I might just throw it into the river in the blink of an eye. Hmph, the *Mystic Maiden Scripture* is also called the *Plain Maiden Scripture*, clearly a lewd book about the art of controlling women. You can buy as many as you want for two copper coins on the street, why would I want such things!"
The Tree Fairy took the book, clutching it to his chest like a treasure, and hurriedly ran towards the boy, telling the Stone Fairy to be gentle and not scare away the first human to pass through this place in over a hundred years. He smiled and said, "Young man, although the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and the Nine Heavens Plain Maiden are different incarnations of the same immortal, these two books are worlds apart. How can those human deception books compare to immortal techniques?! Well, let me put it this way, if you accept this book and practice it for a few days, you'll be of great help to us, and we'll each give you a gift, how about that?"
The boy was delighted, but his face was still flushed with anger. He said to the tree immortal, "Why do I have to practice it? Can't you practice it for a few days and fool that Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, then you'll be done with it? Hmm, I think there's definitely some conspiracy involved!"
Upon hearing this, the two immortals panicked and shook their heads with smiles, saying, "No, no, absolutely no conspiracy!"
The tree immortal smiled kindly and said, "Alas, only humans can open this book. If we can practice it..." "You don't need to wait here for 120 years anymore. Cough cough... Well, I see you humans are at war, so I'll give you a precious sword for self-defense! This sword is called the Nine Dragons Sword. I picked it up on the battlefield tens of thousands of years ago during the war between gods and demons... oh no, I stole it."
The tree immortal produced a long, massive sword, almost as tall as the boy, its blade blood-red and engraved with nine dragons. The moment the sword appeared, it exuded a chilling killing intent, and a faint smell of blood emanated from its blade.
The boy's eyes darted around, and he grinned as he stared at the two flustered immortals, feeling even more suspicious. He now doubted that these two were immortals, but seeing an opportunity to take advantage, he figured he might as well not. At worst, he wouldn't read that tattered erotic book. Thinking this, the boy reached out and took the Nine Dragons Sword, then immediately put it into his spatial ring.
However, the boy still didn't take the "Mysterious Maiden Scripture," but instead stared straight at the spirit stone immortal. Clearly, the boy was waiting for his gift. His expression seemed to say, "Don't even think about accepting that lewd book without a gift."
The Spirit Stone Immortal, unwilling to give the boy a gift, muttered, "Hmph, greedy humans, damned humans! They'd better practice until they die. Anyway, this book can only be practiced by women. A man practicing it will turn into a demon, right? Haha, damned humans." After muttering for a while, he finally took out a set of blood-red armor, also radiating a bloody demonic aura, and said reluctantly, "Here you go. This was picked up from the place of the war between
gods and demons… cough cough, stolen. Anyway, it's something used by demons, so we immortals can't use it. You're lucky." The boy thought that this armor and the Nine Dragon Blade should be a set. Whether it was demonic or immortal, it was heavy enough to fetch a lot of money. He immediately and unceremoniously put the armor into his storage ring, and then reluctantly accepted the *Mysterious Maiden Scripture*. The boy's fingers were empty. If the immortals were careful, they would surely discover that his storage ring was also a rare magical artifact—a ring capable of concealment.
At this moment, the boy nervously glanced back again and said with a grin, "Great Immortals, I've taken the erotic book, can I leave now?"
"Of course! Of course!" The Tree Immortal beamed with joy, regardless of what kind of erotic book the immortal book was called, and pulled the Spirit Stone Immortal, who was heartbroken over his armor, and ran into the deep mountains without looking back, as if afraid that the boy would change his mind again. "We have to go back to the Immortal Realm!"
The two immortals were running happily when a pink figure darted out from the deeper forest, cursing angrily, "Damn you, you little thief! If I, Shangguan Taotao, can't catch you, I'll take your surname! Wait, what's his surname again? I've been chasing him for half a year and I haven't even asked! How despicable!"
The two immortals screamed and pointed in surprise at the pink figure ahead, shouting, "Oh my god! What is that? Oh my god, it's a woman! Ah, we brothers are such failures! We actually gave the book to that little beggar and he even tricked us out of two treasures! Hmm, although they are demonic artifacts, they are still artifacts!"
"Make way, you people! Good dogs don't block the road, and good old men don't block the road either! Damn it, why are you imitating that little thief again? It's so rude to an old man, but it sounds so natural." The little girl shouted as she ran, not wanting to slow down at all, even though the mountain path was narrow.
"What an impolite little girl! We are immortals, celestial immortals..."
"Hmph, if you are immortals, then I am the creator goddess! Get lost!" The pink-clad little girl flew over the two immortals like a swallow, continuing to run without looking back.
The two immortals looked at each other, wondering if the world had changed too quickly, or if they were simply out of touch with the times. First, they were tricked by the little boy, and now they were scolded by the little girl. They had originally intended to find the boy named Xiao Liuzi to retrieve the *Mysterious Maiden Scripture* and give it to this little girl, but they were too angered by the rudeness of humans to even laugh gleefully. Regardless of the potential negative consequences, they left Hongluan Star.
Chapter 2: The stunning
Xiao Liuzi in the book ran all the way to the mountainside before stopping and sitting down to rest on a large rock. He pounded his aching legs, cursing and groaning, "Fuck! I've already messed with one stubborn idiot, and now I've run into two self-proclaimed gods. Humph, they think having a spatial ring that turns into two weapons makes them gods? Bah! I have two spatial rings! Uh… though I stole them from that old ghost!"
As he cursed, Xiao Liuzi pulled out the "Mysterious Woman's Scripture" from his spatial ring, casually flipping through it. He expected it to be blank, or just common bedroom arts, but instead, he saw a breathtakingly erotic scene. In a daze, Xiao Liuzi felt himself trapped in a dreamlike space. On a lush green lawn, a stunningly beautiful woman, half-undressed, lay beside him. Her long, snow-white legs were slightly parted, a thin veil concealing her most sacred private parts, the hazy, erotic scene appearing and disappearing.
"You...you...how come you're a man?" The woman's voice was soft and alluring, like heavenly music, and the slight hint of fear only fueled the man's lust. She sat up abruptly, exposing her firm breasts; the two cherry-red nipples continued to stimulate the dazed Xiao Liu's visual nerves.
Xiao Liu was still a virgin and had never seen such a sight before. Waves of heat surged in his abdomen, and he tried to speak several times, but to no avail. Hearing the woman's terrified voice, he hurriedly turned around, stammering, "I...I'm a man! I was clearly reading a book, how did I end up here? Who are you?"
"Hehehe, my name is Xianzi, we're in the book! But how can a man open this book? Hmm, in my limited memory, it seems only women can enter." The beautiful woman with silky hair tilted her head, saying innocently, "Oh! Could you be a woman disguised as a man? But that doesn't make sense either, that hard thing between your legs, that's something only men have, I remember that very clearly, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden taught me."
Xianzi's small, red lips were sexy and full, and whatever she said could arouse a man's lust. Her eyes curved, her smile like a new moon, very alluring and enchanting. Xiao Liuzi didn't know what words to use to describe her—a beauty that could topple kingdoms, a femme fatale, a celestial being…all were right, and none were quite right. Even the most beautiful movie stars in her past life couldn't compare to one-thousandth of her beauty; it seemed only Chu Chu's gentleness could rival her for a few rounds.
"Hey! Hey! Why are you staring at me like that? You haven't even said your name yet!" Xianzi adjusted her revealing clothes, seemingly less nervous, her red lips slightly upturned, calling out in a tone that was both reproachful and angry.
Xiao Liu stared at Xianzi's slender waist, which was further exposed due to her sudden sitting up; her fair and tender skin stung his eyes. Just as he was about to give his name, he suddenly heard Shangguan Taotao's voice from not far away.
"Xiao Liu, where do you think you're going to run this time? Haha, I've caught you!"
Xiao Liu's illusion suddenly vanished. Instinctively, he closed the *Mysterious Maiden Scripture* and casually tossed it into his spatial ring. He'd heard this at least a thousand times. Every time, this silly girl would alert him, excitedly shouting a few words before making her move, giving him time to prepare. Xiao Liu calmly stood up from the rock, impatiently shouting, "Shangguan Taotao, how many times have I told you? I'll definitely return the Fire Phoenix Sword I borrowed from your family! Yet you still relentlessly chase after me. If it weren't for your pursuit, I might have already returned the sword to your family!"
Shangguan Taotao was very cute, about fifteen or sixteen years old. Her large, bright eyes were like black crystals, and her delicate pink nose wrinkled slightly, making her look like a glass doll straight out of a cartoon. She wore a clean pink silk dress, without a single stain or scratch, unlike Xiao Liu's miserable state.
Ignoring Xiao Liu's attitude, she raised her hand, and a jewel-encrusted short sword appeared in the little girl's hand. She triumphantly shouted, "Xiao Liu, as long as you hand over my family's Fire Phoenix Sword, I'll let you go and won't pursue your crime of infiltrating the Shangguan family to steal their treasure. Hmm, that's right! This young lady is always magnanimous; I'll give you one last chance!"
"Please, silly girl, you say this every time we meet. Can't you change your lines?" Xiao Liu shrugged weakly, his face full of distress as if he wanted to bang his head against the wall. "My friend is under the influence of the Ice Shield and needs this top-grade fire-elemental sword to heal. After using it, I'll personally go to the Shangguan family to apologize, okay?"
"You bastard, don't call me silly girl! My name is Shangguan Taotao!"
"Stop chasing me, and I won't call you that!"
"No, I must get the Fire Phoenix Sword back!"
"I'll call you silly girl!"
"You little rascal, all you can say are those lines! I can recite them all! Humph, let me tell you the truth, Tao Tao is angry. This time, I'm going to burn all your hair off, and then burn your beard... Hmm, you don't seem to have a beard yet. Anyway, I'm going to burn you into a pig's head!" With that, the little girl drew her short sword, chanting incantations. A swarm of bright red flame butterflies flew out from the sword and surrounded Xiao Liu Zi.
"Damn silly girl, all you can do is use the Fire Butterfly Spell. Do you think it can keep up with me? Humph!" Before the butterflies could reach him, Xiao Liu Zi hopped and skipped up to the treetop, like a monkey in a primeval forest, leaving the flame butterflies behind in the blink of an eye.
"Don't run away! Wait for me! Please, just let me catch you!" The flame butterflies seemed to stop automatically after flying a certain distance, only continuing their pursuit after Shangguan Tao Tao caught up. This was the effective range for a sorcerer's spell.
The two were playfully bickering, like children playing a game, but Xiao Liuzi clearly understood that this girl didn't know her own strength
. He had suffered quite a few losses at first, and only in the last two months had he begun to find a way to deal with her. That was to escape, preventing her from entering his effective attack range. Meanwhile, the two immortals, wanting to return to the Immortal Realm, had to display their full power to break through the barrier in the planet's atmosphere. However, displaying such power would subject them to the barrier's lightning tribulation, along with the guy who called himself the "God of Barriers."
"Boom! Boom!" The two immortals had just recovered one-tenth of their strength when two bolts of lightning struck them down. But they didn't even flinch. Don't think they were immune to these lightning tribulations because their magic was weak; rather…
the two bolts of lightning missed their mark, exploding right beside them, hissing blue sparks flying, but without harming the immortals in the slightest. From the vast sky came a frustrated sigh: "Damn it! Missed again! This god of the realm will never admit defeat. I'll teach you two trespassing immortals a lesson and show you my divine power!"
"Bah! You're nothing but a lowly immortal servant watching the tribulation lightning. If you hadn't been hiding in the heart of the barrier, I would have already shattered your soul. You wouldn't dare to spout nonsense in front of me. Open your dog eyes and see who I am!" The Spirit Stone Immortal roared in anger, cursing at the sky.
The Tree Immortal roared arrogantly, "Hey! You celestial slave, get out of the way! With your meager abilities, you won't last past the 99th layer of the barrier before losing your primordial spirit and becoming a mindless wisp of spiritual energy within it. Hmph, why don't you enjoy the rest of your life instead of wasting your breath and hindering my work?"
"Aaaah! You've infuriated me, the God of the Realm! Behold my most powerful 'Nine-Linked Nebula Lightning'! I'll show you the consequences of insulting me!" A raging voice echoed from the deep sky, followed by a low, sacred incantation.
"Not good! Run! This fool is sacrificing his life energy to use the Nine-Linked Lightning! This mountain will probably be destroyed! Immortal Master Ling Shi, quickly lend me a hand! Break through the barrier and return to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible!" As the God of the Realm spoke of the Nine-Linked Lightning, the Tree Immortal revealed his immortal artifact, the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle. He spat out a stream of pure immortal energy, causing the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle to grow a hundred feet long and emit a buzzing resonance of life.
Knowing the power of the nebula lightning, the Spirit Stone Immortal dared not be careless. He quickly transferred his immortal energy to the Tree Immortal, helping him to rapidly activate the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle and leave Red Phoenix Star as soon as possible. Dark clouds gradually filled the sky, crackling and sparking with electricity, like the Milky Way flowing backwards, pressing down relentlessly. The Tree Immortal, pulling the Spirit Stone Immortal along, jumped into the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle and shouted, "Go!"
A streak of silver light shot straight into the sky, but suddenly bolts of lightning relentlessly struck, roaring as they tried to surround the shuttle. The Tree Immortal's soft shouts echoed from the lightning, and the silver light turned, fleeing towards the outside of the mountain, seemingly in the direction Little Six and Shangguan Taotao were heading.
"Haha! Incompetent little immortal, are you afraid of this god of the realm? You know how to run away now!" A voice in the void laughed triumphantly, commanding the massive lightning energy to pursue the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle.
A streak of seven-colored divine light flashed, and the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle successfully pierced the barrier's restrictive power, flying out of the Red Phoenix Star's coverage area. At this moment, the most powerful chain lightning had only been unleashed halfway; the rest, lacking a target, struck the northern mountain peaks.
"Boom! Bang!" The mountains shook violently, as if it were the end of the world. Two or three massive mountain peaks vanished, and countless boulders tumbled down from the summits like avalanches, turning everything in their path into desolate wastelands.
Little Liu Zi, being chased by Shangguan Tao Tao's endless stream of novel magical treasures, suddenly felt a strange panic, as if impending doom. The southern sky was covered by lightning clouds, turning a dark reddish-brown, obscuring the original clear sky. Accompanying the strange phenomena of heaven and earth was the thunderous sound of falling rocks, like a thousand horses galloping.
"Silly girl, stop! Look behind you!" Xiao Liuzi narrowly dodged a fire talisman she shot at him, leaning against a tree. He had just witnessed the strange phenomenon of the Cloud-Piercing Shuttle breaking through the barrier and thought those two lunatics were truly immortals. He secretly regretted not having tricked her out of more things.
"You bastard Xiao Liuzi, you've used this trick a hundred and twenty-four times already! I won't fall for it again. If you want to live, you'd better beg properly..." At this point, Shangguan Taotao suddenly couldn't continue. The sound of the ground shaking seemed to have deafened her.
"Damn it! It must have been those two idiots who claimed to be immortals! Those damn immortals, not a single one of them is any good! Damn it! Silly girl, jump into the river!" Xiao Liuzi picked up the little girl who had been knocked to the ground and hurriedly ran westward. At the foot of the mountain there, there was a wide and deep river. Every year, the snow from the mountaintop flowed into the Liren River through this river.
Only by jumping from there could they have a chance to live!
Shangguan Taotao had never witnessed such a cataclysmic event before. Her face turned deathly pale with fright, unable to comprehend why this detestable thief would save her at this moment. Holding her in his strong, powerful arms, and looking at his clever, fair face, he didn't seem so unpleasant anymore.
Chapter 3 Naked Encounter
"Splash!" With a splash, water rose several meters high, and two figures tightly embracing each other plunged straight into the water. The instant they entered the water, piles of boulders, like small mountains, rained down on them, seemingly enough to fill the riverbed.
Xiao Liuzi was thrown about by the resistance of the water, feeling dizzy and disoriented. Shangguan Taotao, on the other hand, clung to the boy like an octopus, fainting in mid-air. She choked in the water, her eyes rolling back as she thrashed and struggled wildly, trying to get out for air. Fortunately, the river was deep enough that Xiao Liuzi wasn't injured, but the falling rocks almost buried them, making it impossible for them to get any air. They should be grateful they weren't crushed to death by the rocks.
Xiao Liuzi wasn't a warrior, nor a sorcerer; he was a strange Qi cultivator, without skills or elemental attributes. The Qi he had cultivated since childhood came in very handy, first making his body heavier so he wouldn't float, and then allowing him to give the nearly suffocating Taotao mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. What should have been a rather erotic affair was of no interest to the boy at the moment. He tried his best to stay underwater, floating downstream.
"Bang bang bang!" The rocks continued to fall, but Xiao Liuzi couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to get out and show off his skills. The woman in his arms, for some reason, became hot in the icy water, which made the boy even more panicked, and his remaining air was consumed even more rapidly. "No, I'm going to suffocate!" Xiao Liuzi cried out in his heart, trying to separate his lips from Tao Tao's, but the girl clung to his neck and wouldn't let go, treating him as her only lifeline.
Xiao Liuzi struggled to float upwards, not caring whether rocks were still falling from the sky, preferring to be crushed to death rather than drown. He rose two or three zhang as he wished, but the water pressure was very low here. Just as he was about to rise again, he felt something hit his head, and he immediately passed out.
Shangguan Tao Tao was absentmindedly sucking the air the boy was giving her, but when she saw him faint, her breathing stopped. In her panic, she choked on the water again, her vision went black, and she also fainted, but her limbs were still wrapped around him.
He didn't know how much time had passed when Xiao Liuzi woke up with a splitting headache, finding himself lying face down in a rice paddy downstream. His clothes had long been torn by the sand and stones, and he was naked, soaked in muddy water. A night breeze blew, and he couldn't help but shiver. Just as he tried to stand up, he found himself very heavy. A pair of delicate, pink arms were tightly wrapped around his thighs, and a lovely head was resting between his legs in an extremely ambiguous position. The woman was also naked, her lower body still submerged in the water.
Xiao Liuzi was stunned. When he saw Tao Tao's fair, jade-like waist and her beautiful buttocks half-hidden in the water, his "weapon" suddenly sprang up, pressing against the girl's small mouth. The girl's lips were slightly bluish-purple, and the wind blew, causing goosebumps to appear on her delicate skin.
"Saving lives comes first, but she chased me so relentlessly and left me in this miserable state, so secretly touching her a couple of times seems reasonable. In my past life, I was a virgin, and in this life, I've only ever peeked at my cousin bathing, and even then, I got a beating from my father. If I don't get my fill of eye candy today, I'll be doing myself a disservice." Little Liu thought slyly, spitting out the mud and sand in his mouth. He pulled the girl up slightly, completely pulling her out of the stream.
It was a small tributary, only three or four meters wide, with withered grass along the banks—perfect for warmth and lying down. Thinking of the grass, Little Liu couldn't forget the fine hairs on the girl's pubic bone. He felt very nervous, clumsily peeking for a while before remembering that the girl was still unconscious. He should focus on saving her first, then do anything else filthy. But if she woke up and saw what he'd done to her, she'd definitely fight back!
Xiao Liuzi was filled with anxiety and uncertainty. Looking at her swollen, fair belly, he knew she'd drunk too much dirty water. He figured she wasn't all that bad, just a little clumsy, and didn't dare to take liberties with her again. So, he obediently followed the first-aid techniques he'd learned in his previous life, first clearing her airways, then pressing on her chest, giving her small, round breasts a few pinches as if in revenge, leaving several clear finger marks.
"Oh no, if she wakes up and sees this, it'll be troublesome!" In his panic, Xiao Liuzi pressed harder a few more times. Just as he was considering whether to perform CPR, the girl vomited some dirty water and woke up with a soft moan. Shangguan
Taotao opened her eyes, vaguely seeing a delicate-looking young man sighing with a distressed expression, his hands still on his chest… "Ah! You lecher!" The girl suddenly sat up, raised her hand, and slapped Xiao Liuzi across the face, leaving a clear handprint.
Xiao Liu was shocked, covering his face and taking two steps back, his face flushed with shame, whether from anxiety or guilt, he stammered, "It's a misunderstanding, I saw you were unconscious just now, so I used a secret method to save you, not what you think..."
"Ah..." The girl saw Xiao Liu was naked, with a lewd object swaying between his legs, and immediately used her womanly instincts to scream. When she saw that she was also naked, she screamed even louder, "My clothes...you, you, waah, you lecher, you still won't admit it? You've seen my body, I'm going to kill you!"
Shangguan Taotao's clothes were gone, but her hidden ring was still there. With a wave of her hand, a dark dagger appeared in her hand, and she rushed towards Xiao Liu with tears in her eyes. Xiao Liu thought to himself, this girl really doesn't know what's good for her. If she wanted to do something to him, he wouldn't still have the strength to stand up and fight back. Just as he was about to dodge, the girl fell headfirst onto the grass and began to sob. She had long since run out of strength and had been hungry for a long time. In her shame and anger, she could only vent her grievances and fear with tears.
"Enough!" Xiao Liuzi snapped, smoothing his disheveled hair as he yelled at Shangguan Taotao, "If you cry again, I'll really do it to you! Humph, I have no interest in little girls. My Chuchu sister is a hundred times prettier than you, and she wouldn't choose you if she wanted a woman!"
Hearing his outburst, Shangguan Taotao was too frightened to cry anymore. However, after hearing the latter part of his words, she became angry as well, thrusting out her bare chest in retort, "Where am I little? If you don't want me, I don't care about you either! Besides, I'm already engaged. If you hadn't stolen my dowry, the Fire Phoenix Sword, I wouldn't have bothered chasing you. Waaah, give me back the sword, and I won't chase you anymore, and I won't talk to you anymore!"
"Oh, so the Fire Phoenix Sword is your dowry. No wonder you were chasing me so urgently. I told you, I only borrowed the power of the Fire Phoenix Sword to help a friend heal his illness. I will definitely return it to you after I'm done. Don't worry, I, Wang Xiaoliu, swear..." "I will not delay your marriage." Wang Xiaoliu's age in his two lives adds up to 35, but his temper is still like a child's, unpredictable and prone to saying and doing anything when provoked.
For some reason, after hearing this, Shangguan Taotao felt even more sad and wanted to cry. Her big eyes welled up with tears again, and she sat on the grass, sobbing.
Chapter 4 Ancient Temple in the Deep Mountains (Part 1)
From waking up to arguing, Wang Xiaoliu and Shangguan Taotao had only been arguing for a dozen minutes. It wasn't until the girl sat on the grass crying that the two calmed down and thought about what to do next. The girl was the first to realize what was happening, exclaiming, "I remember now! I have a change of clothes in my ring! How could I forget? It's all your fault for making Tao Tao so confused. You—you're still looking! Turn around, I need to get dressed!"
Tears streamed down her face, her eyes red like the jade rabbit's pupils in the moon palace. A pile of clothes was taken from her storage ring, covering her delicate, youthful body. Wang Xiaoliu turned around, listening to her shuffling as she dressed. He couldn't help but think of her naked body. Though she was considered youthful, it still held immense attraction for a young boy who had never actually been with a woman. While lost in thought, the girl suddenly said angrily, "You're still naked! Humph, I have some girls' clothes here, do you want them?"
"Hmm, if there are white ones, I'll take a set…" Xiaoliu hesitated for a moment, still thinking that wearing women's clothes was better than running around naked. What if the girl regained her strength and chased after him again? It would be troublesome if he didn't have clothes then.
"Hmph, so picky! Think you're some kind of young master! Here, take the white one!" Shangguan Taotao grumbled, searching for a while before finally pulling out a white women's dress and tossing it to Wang Xiaoliu. The girl loved this dress; she wouldn't even lend it to her closest cousin. For some reason, she'd given it to that wretched little thief without a second thought.
Wang Xiaoliu was only fifteen, his build similar to Shangguan Taotao's, so it fit him perfectly, but he had no idea how to dress himself. Seeing him fiddling with it for so long, even managing to wear her beloved dress crookedly, the girl felt a surge of anger. She snapped, "You're good at escaping, but you're incredibly clumsy in everything else. Hmph, to repay your life-saving grace, I'll help you with your clothes this time!"
"Huh? Is this how you repay a life-saving grace? Hehe, your little life is worthless!" Xiao Liuzi was also annoyed by the woman's dress, and upon hearing her words, he immediately turned around and retaliated angrily.
"Pfft!" The girl's tense little face suddenly burst into laughter. She found that this little thief was actually quite good-looking. His long, messy black hair was draped over his shoulders, and paired with his delicate and fair face, he was actually quite pleasing to the eye. If it weren't for his angry eyes being too sharp, he would almost look like a beautiful woman from a secluded family.
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh anymore. Looking at your eyes, it looks like you want to eat me alive. Haha, this outfit really suits you, so I'll give it to you." After saying that, she suddenly remembered that the last sentence was a bit ambiguous, and her pink cheeks couldn't help but blush. "Hmm, Tao Tao means, I'll give you the clothes! Fine, I'll be generous this one last time, and I'll repay your life-saving grace in another way later, is that alright?"
"I never intended for you to repay me!" Xiao Liuzi, remembering that his combined age across both lives was 35, couldn't believe he was arguing with a little girl. He immediately laughed, "Alright, come help me put them on!"
The two bickered like a pair of lovers teasing each other, not at all like enemies chasing each other. After a flurry of activity, they finally finished dressing in women's clothes. Xiao Liuzi sighed, thinking that in 21st-century Earth, dressing girls wouldn't be so troublesome, a hundred times simpler than dressing men.
The two traveled in the dark, stumbling and falling for over ten miles, only to find themselves still surrounded by the Dragon Bone Mountains. Although they were nearing the exit, there were still hundreds of miles to go before reaching Dragon Bone County. Dragon Bone County was a small town in the northern part of the mountains, located on the edge of the Dragon Bone Mountains. Only from there, heading east, would one find a wide official road.
"I'm starving, I can't walk anymore, I'm afraid of the dark..." Shangguan Taotao cried out with every step, following the boy's footsteps with her eyes closed. Wang Xiaoliu suddenly stopped, and the girl bumped into his back, almost falling. Startled, she grabbed his neck. Remembering the scene of breathing through the water, the girl's face suddenly burned, her cheeks flushing red to her ears.
"Damn it, why did you stop? You made me... huh?" The girl suddenly sniffed, smelling the aroma of roasted meat. Her stomach was growling loudly again, and she felt her neck was almost completely red. She said embarrassedly, "Is it your stomach that's making noise?"
Xiaoliu was taken aback, finding the women of this era particularly funny, embarrassed by such a small thing and trying to deny it. So he laughed, "That's right, it's my stomach that's growling. Hmm, there's a dilapidated temple ahead, the aroma is coming from there. But they're obviously not ordinary people; look at our feet, there are more than a dozen alarm mechanisms."
Seeing him admit it for her, Shangguan Taotao felt even more embarrassed. Hearing him mention a trap, I immediately noticed some disguised vines a few feet in front of his feet. The girl, unfazed by the small trap, proudly declared, "Don't worry, I'll fly you there. My levitation magic can carry people! Whoever they are, if they know what's good for them, they'll obediently give up their roasted meat so I can enjoy it first."
Wang Xiaoliu knew this girl was raised with a strong sense of class consciousness, believing herself to be superior and noble. His own family, from which he had been reincarnated, had also educated him in the same way. However, having received four years of higher education in the 21st century, Wang Xiaoliu rejected this ideology, becoming a rebellious outcast in the eyes of adults. Later, he became wiser; he disagreed in his heart but didn't voice it.
Just like now, letting the girl speak and act freely, she grabbed Wang Xiaoliu and flew towards the nearby dilapidated temple.
Shangguan Taotao, despite claiming her magic was powerful, was already panting heavily after carrying him for such a short distance. When they landed, the sound was a bit loud, crushing two pieces of rotten wood.
"Who goes there?" A short, cold shout echoed from inside the temple. Immediately following, the sounds of dozens of swords being drawn rang out, and a palpable killing intent gripped the two who had just landed.
Wang Xiaoliu covered Shangguan Taotao's mouth, her face flushed with anger, and said with a chuckle, "We're just passing through and wanted to rest in this dilapidated temple. What do you think?"
"There's no space left. Go somewhere else!" It was the same cold voice, young and clear, yet carrying a hint of killing intent.
"Pah! This temple isn't yours, why won't you let me in? Don't hold me back, I'm staying here tonight, let's see what they can do to me!" The last part was directed at Xiaoliu. She broke free from the boy's grasp and rushed to the temple entrance in a few strides. Just as she was about to enter, a gleaming slender sword flew out, carrying an icy killing intent, aimed straight for Taotao's throat.
"Sword control?! Silly girl, watch out!" Xiao Liu plucked a leaf and hid it in his palm, ready to save the girl at any moment.
Chapter 5 Ancient Temple in the Deep Mountains (Part Two)
Just as the gleaming slender sword was about to pierce Shangguan Taotao's throat, the startled girl opened her mouth and spat out a mysterious fire talisman, which struck the tip of the sword. With a "ding," the sword's momentum slowed down, and the girl quickly retreated several steps, floating in the air, and in the meantime, she erected a fiery red elemental shield.
A soft snort came from inside the temple, clearly also enraged. The slender sword gleamed coldly in the air, creating several sword shadows that hovered and swirled around the temple gate, their killing intent suddenly surging. Wang Xiao Liu suddenly realized that although the sword's momentum was fierce, it had no killing intent whatsoever. It was Shangguan Taotao's reckless fire talisman that had caused the other party some minor injury, which had angered the other party's killing intent.
"I'm not afraid of you! If you have the guts, come out and fight me one-on-one. What kind of skill is it to hide in the house like this?!" Shangguan Taotao was hungry and tired, and her magic was less than half of what it usually was. At this moment, she was just bluffing and didn't want to appear weak in front of the boy.
"I can kill you even if you don't come out! I'll give you one last chance. If you don't leave, you die!" Her voice was filled with murderous intent. Only a strong person who had walked through bloodshed could have such an aura.
Wang Xiaoliu didn't want the misunderstanding to escalate further. Besides, there were at least twenty of them. This guy who knew sword control was at least as strong as Shangguan Taotao. It wouldn't do any good to anger him. In addition, he was too hungry to fight. So he smiled and called out, "Brothers in the temple, since you don't welcome us, we have no choice but to leave. But, could you give us some food? We're too hungry to walk."
Shangguan Taotao shouted unhappily, "Why should we leave? Why should we beg them? Humph!" Thinking that asking for food was a good choice, she snorted and shut her mouth.
The cold voice, indistinguishable between male and female, continued in that emotionless tone, "Get out of here! Nobody has any extra food for you!"
Even a clay Buddha has a temper, and Wang Xiaoliu was quite angered by this voice. His cheerful, pleading tone vanished, replaced by a harsh shout: "Fuck! You shameless freak, who do you think I am, someone you can order around at will? Damn it, I'm staying here tonight!"
Silence! The people in the temple seemed stunned by his outburst. Perhaps they were pondering what "fuck" meant, or what "freak" was. Shangguan Taotao looked on with admiration, seemingly believing this was the true aura of a man. Although he wore a strange women's dress, she found him so pleasing to the eye, and with a hint of alluring in her eyes, the girl seemed mesmerized.
The slender sword hovering around the temple gate suddenly bypassed Shangguan Taotao and thrust towards Wang Xiaoliu. The boy's starry eyes narrowed, and a withered leaf flew out casually, striking the sharp sword shadow. "Pfft!" The withered leaf shattered, the sword shadow became chaotic, and the flying sword let out a mournful cry before retreating back into the temple.
"Eh?" A cold voice rang out again from inside the temple, and a white figure carrying a sword walked out of the dilapidated temple. When he saw Xiaoliu's female appearance, the corners of his mouth actually turned up slightly, which could be considered a smile. This person was a head taller than Shangguan Taotao, with a slender figure, eyes like cold stars, a face like white jade, and skin even more delicate than Xiaoliu's. In every gesture, there was a woman's allure.
He slowly walked towards Xiaoliu, and with each step, his murderous aura increased, forcing Shangguan Taotao's face to turn pale, and she had no choice but to retreat helplessly.
"Did you repel my sword control technique?"
Xiaoliu nodded coolly, but in fact, he was already planning how to escape.
"What does 'thirsty' mean? What does 'transvestite' mean? And what about 'You old hag'?"
Xiao Liu snorted coldly, looked up at the sky, and arrogantly snorted, "They all mean roughly the same thing, all friendly and kind greetings to the enemy!" In his heart, he was actually calculating which direction to escape in, whether or not to take the troublesome Shangguan Taotao with him.
"Oh? That kind of greeting is quite novel! However, I would rather take your head." "
There are even more novel ones, should I give all your female relatives a warm greeting? You dead transvestite?"
Shangguan Taotao was puzzled, pouted, and shouted, "Thirsty! Xiao Liu, what exactly are you trying to say? Why are you being so polite to his female relatives?"
Wang Xiao Liu sighed that she learned quite quickly, but her brain was a bit thick. Couldn't she tell that these were all insults? The owner of the rapier had already locked onto Xiao Liuzi, and the two were about to make their move when a rough and hearty laugh suddenly came from inside the dilapidated temple: "Hahahaha! Little brother, what you said is interesting! Luo Yue, invite him in, I want to meet this friend!"
"Big brother! You...?" Luo Yue's icy expression suddenly took on a coquettish tone. Although it was only a little, Xiao Liuzi sensitively noticed it. He thought very strangely, could this guy actually have a penchant for men? He would have to be careful in the future. However, this guy was a "bottom," not aggressive, so he should be safe.
"Thirsty! Enough with the nonsense, I'll let him in, just do as I say! Hmm, this 'thirsty' is just a casual remark, even more satisfying than some of the slang from my hometown." Although the man's voice was rough, his tone was like that of a standard nobleman. Although he was trying to disguise it, it still gave him away instantly in Wang Xiaoliu's ears.
Wang Xiaoliu felt that tonight's dinner would not be simple, and Shangguan Taotao, upon hearing that there was something to eat, rushed into the dilapidated temple like the wind, completely without any defenses. The boy shook his head, feigning maturity, and sighed, "Silly girl, when will you ever grow up!"
Inside the dilapidated temple were more than twenty burly men carrying weapons, each one robust and imposing. The man who had invited Xiao Liu in was named Luo Feng. He was dressed impeccably, but had a full beard, and despite it being late autumn, he was still bare-chested, with a tuft of black hair on his chest. Xiao Liu was secretly wary, immediately recognizing that Luo Feng's hair was fake. Aside from this disguise, he was likely a handsome, muscular man.
Seeing Xiao Liu's attire, the men burst into laughter, some even spitting out their roasted meat. Luo Feng and Luo Yue didn't laugh, nor did Shangguan Taotao, who was engrossed in gnawing on a rabbit leg.
Among the group, there was also a young, chubby man who didn't laugh. He was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, dressed in fine clothes, and sitting in the corner, he still seemed out of place. The fat man clutched a bundle tightly in his hands, as if his lifeblood were hidden inside, and eyed Wang Xiaoliu with wary eyes.
After exchanging names, Wang Xiaoliu learned that they were镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) from the Fengyue镖局 (Fengyue Escort Agency), and had received a mission from Nanhai City to protect this fat man named Zhu Sihai and his valuables safely to Sanxing City. According to the original plan, they should have arrived in Longgu County tonight, where the rest of the Fengyue镖局 would meet them. However, because several dangerous peaks in the Longgu Mountains had been shattered by lightning, they were forced to take a detour, which delayed them, and thus they stopped here.
"Oh? Sanxing City?" Wang Xiaoliu smiled strangely, took a bite of roasted meat, and said, "Why are you so nervous? Is the road unsafe?"
Suddenly, the alarm bell rang inside the dilapidated temple, and the small traps set outside had activated, with continuous cries of enemies echoing through the air.
Chapter 6 Ancient Temple in the Deep Mountains (Part 3)
"Enemy attack! Guard the main road and be on high alert!" Upon hearing the voice, Luo Feng jumped to his feet, his murderous aura even stronger than Luo Yue's. The carefree and audacious Shangguan Taotao felt a little scared and actually squeezed closer to Wang Xiaoliu, almost pressing herself against him. Wang Xiaoliu shrugged, ignoring her, and quickly devoured the food in his hand.
The twenty-odd men, their lazy, roguish expressions gone, all took out their weapons and guarded the temple entrance. The fat man, Zhu Sihai, trembled at the sight and cried out in terror, "Someone's stealing again? Ask them, ask them who they are!"
"Wow, spiders..." Shangguan Taotao screamed in terror, leaping onto Wang Xiaoliu's back with a whoosh, pointing tremblingly at the dark mass of poisonous spiders on the ground. Everyone could tell she was genuinely frightened; her voice was so high-pitched it was almost distorted.
"Warlock, where's the warlock? Burn them, or bury them with earth-shattering magic!" Wang Xiaoliu also hated these things. He wanted to throw the girl off his back, but then he remembered she was in danger because of his theft, and after thinking it over, he couldn't bring himself to do it.
The burly man guarding the door wasn't flustered. The men standing behind Luo Feng and Luo Yue unleashed several palm strikes, killing the small spiders. Luo Yue frowned slightly, seemingly also disliking spiders. Her hand holding the sword trembled slightly as she coldly replied, "Our warlocks were killed in the last battle. Now we only have warriors. Hmph, isn't the one you're carrying a warlock?"
Wang Xiaoliu glanced back at Shangguan Taotao, as if only then realizing she was also a warlock. The girl wrapped her arms around his neck, shook her head violently, and cried out cheekily, "I'm not a sorcerer, really not! You've got the wrong person! Little thief brother, please take me away from here, I'm afraid of spiders."
"Tsk tsk, when you're begging me you're a little thief brother, but when you're chasing me you're a lecherous scoundrel and a big bad guy. If it weren't for your adorable sillyness, I would have thrown you down there already." Wang Xiaoliu remained unmoved by her beauty, muttering resentfully.
"Hmm, Tao Tao is very cute, please don't throw me down there!" The girl readily agreed with his praise and continued to offer generous terms, "If you get through this, I'll lend you my sword and stop chasing you!"
"They're not human! They might be monsters! Brother Luo, I don't think the items in Fatty's hands are just gold and silver jewelry, he's lying to us!" A burly man guarding the door slashed down several large spiders and shouted to Luo Feng inside.
Judging from their address and based on his years of experience observing people, Wang Xiaoliu felt that they were not just an ordinary escort agency or mercenary group.
"Zhu Sihai, what exactly are you carrying?" Luo Yue turned around and coldly shouted at the fat man hiding in the corner, approaching him. "Leaving aside the bandit incident outside the mountain, we've already encountered four monsters since entering the Dragon Bone Mountain Range. If you don't tell the truth, don't blame us for dealing with you under the serious breach of contract clause."
"N-nothing, it's really just a few pieces of valuable jewelry, a birthday gift for Master Lu of the Lu family in Samsung City..." Zhu Sihai said tremblingly. Suddenly, the wall behind him exploded, and a giant spider, as big as a galloping horse, pounced on the fat man's bundle.
A flash of sword light, and Luo Yue's slender sword pierced the top of the spider's head. It screamed, like the voice of a human infant, and continued to pounce on Zhu Sihai without slowing down. Zhu Sihai was so frightened that his body stiffened, staring blankly with terrified eyes as the giant spider approached. Just when he thought he was about to die, suddenly there was a "bang!" The monster's head exploded, and a thick, dark green liquid sprayed all over the fat man's face.
"Humans, hand over the Beast-Splitting Pills you hold, and I, Zhu Sisi, will let you leave safely, how about it?" A delicate, alluring female voice drifted from the darkness. The spiders' attack suddenly ceased. The burly man guarding the main passage wiped the sweat from his brow, panting heavily.
"Zhu Sisi? A talking monster? A monster with a name?" The crowd was somewhat panicked. A mere low-intelligence creature that could cultivate to the point of speaking and naming itself was clearly not to be trifled with. Their cultivation time was at least a thousand years. Fighting a thousand-year-old monster was obviously not worthwhile.
"What Beast-Splitting Pills? I really don't have any!" The fat man panicked, wiping the dark green slurry from his face, and scrambled to another corner.
"Hehehe, lying human, you taste quite good. It's been a long time since I've eaten a human, I really miss it." That soft, seductive voice suddenly approached, bursting in from the broken corner of the wall, grinning as it sized up the astonished humans. Her upper body was that of a beautiful and sexy woman, naked, her full breasts half-hidden by her flowing hair, very alluring; her lower body was that of a huge eight-legged spider. This bizarre combination had a kind of wicked, lewd charm, and the men's breathing noticeably became heavier and deeper.
"Wow, it really is a monster! So beautiful!" Shangguan Taotao jumped down excitedly at this moment, shouting, "I've seen several little monsters along the way, all ugly freaks, they can't even talk, they just howl and want to eat people. So monsters can be beautiful too!" If Wang Xiaoliu hadn't been holding her back, she probably would have already jumped onto Zhu Sisi's back to talk.
"Hehehe, little sister, you're so good at talking, and you're so cute too. I'll definitely let you go later." Zhu Sisi laughed wantonly, her high breasts trembling like waves, the nipples of her breasts appearing and disappearing, making the men's hearts flutter.
Wang Xiaoliu suddenly imitated a woman's voice and laughed, "Ahaha, so it's the two-faced beauty sister! You're the most beautiful and noble of the spiders. Will you let me go later too? I'm with this cute little sister."
Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect this kid to be not only perverted in appearance but also in mentality, actually imitating a woman's voice, and he actually had a certain charm. Shangguan Taotao rolled her eyes, curiously looking at the boy. It seemed that after chasing him for so long, she had only truly gotten to know him today.
"Hehehe, little brother, you have good taste! You actually recognize me as the Two-Faced Beauty. You must understand my charm. Why not keep me as your concubine? I'll pamper you!" Zhu Sisi laughed even more wildly, deliberately using her fair arms to sweep her hair behind her back, completely exposing her two large, snowy breasts to him.
"Fuck!!! If you cultivate for a few thousand more years and transform your other beautiful face and your spider lower body into a human form, I might play with you for a few days. But now, do you expect me to hold your spider butt...?" Wang Xiaoliu cursed the lewd spider demon in his heart, yet he also felt a strange sense of anticipation, thinking that if she could completely transform into a human form, she would truly be a tempting harlot. "Oh dear, how can you think about this at a time like this? Looks like you've been holding back for too long, you need to find a wife. Sister Chuchu is nice, this time when I go back and heal her old cold injury, I need to discuss male-female relationships with her."
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Shangguan Taotao thought he was considering the opinion of the female demon, and she got anxious, pinching his arm and shouting: "Hey, what are you thinking about? You don't want to stay, do you? You owe me something!"
Chapter 7 Deep Mountain Ancient Temple (Part 4)
Wang Xiaoliu still said in a nauseatingly sweet female voice: "It's no use for me to stay, I only like strong men, I'm afraid I can't fulfill Sister Spider's wish. Sister Taotao, of course I'll leave with you!"
"I knew you would come with me, haha!" Shangguan Taotao was inexplicably happy, and giggled as she clung to his arm.
"Hehehe, little brother, your lying skills are still lacking. You think I don't know what you're thinking? If you like strong men, why do you get an erection the moment you see my breasts, higher and fuller than those burly men's?" Zhu Sisi laughed even more happily and lewdly, seemingly having these people completely under her thumb.
"You harlot, take this!" Luo Yue couldn't stand it anymore, letting out an angry snort, her sword flashing, enveloping the laughing spider demon. Wang Xiaoliu pulled Shangguan Taotao back to another corner, trying to conserve his strength and not make a move.
Shangguan Taotao whispered in the boy's ear, "What did Spider Sister mean just now? I don't understand. But she's so brave! She didn't wear clothes in front of so many men. I wouldn't dare do that. Also, what does 'setting up a tent' mean?"
Wang Xiaoliu blushed, unsure how to answer. He felt like an old cow trying to seduce a young girl, but a restless anticipation lingered in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have secretly touched Shangguan Taotao's body.
Luo Feng directed his men to block the surging spiders and attacked Zhu Sisi. He wielded a thick-backed longsword, unleashing bursts of qi—the sword qi of a warrior, usable only by warriors at the Starlight stage. Luo Feng and Luo Yue dared to attack the spider demon because of Wang Xiaoliu's words, which revealed that this was a two-faced spider demon who could cultivate into a half-human form in three to five hundred years. Her attack power wasn't too high, but she could spray a poisonous mist resembling an aphrodisiac, making her not to be trifled with.
Zhu Sisi hissed angrily, not expecting these two to actually attack her, especially while she was flirting with the handsome young man. She shot out several strands of white silk from her hands, trying to weave a web in the confined space to trap her enemies. Seeing the increasing amount of spider silk, Luo Yue suddenly stopped and attacked with her sword technique, trying to cut the spider silk.
"Luo Yue, you hold her off, I'll break the spider web." Luo Feng's sword was more destructive, but it was powerless against the sticky spider silk, like a thousand pounds of force hitting cotton.
"Idiot, cut down the wall!" Wang Xiaoliu picked up another rabbit leg and shouted at Luo Feng while eating.
Luo Yue, unconvinced, attacked the spider demon while simultaneously shouting at him, "You're the idiot! How are you going to defend against the little spiders if you've destroyed the wall?"
Shangguan Taotao, hearing him insult Xiao Liuzi, felt inexplicably uncomfortable and retorted, "Fool! Do you want to live in this dilapidated temple forever? Why don't you take this opportunity to break out? Are you waiting for the spiders to multiply?"
Luo Feng, finding this reasonable, ignored Luo Yue's words and unleashed two sword strikes, shattering the wall stuck to the spider web, and leaped out of the dust-filled battle. Luo Yue was prepared; as the two walls collapsed, she retreated on her sword, leaving only the less mobile spider demon in the middle of the web. With the web broken, spider silk mixed with dust and sand fell all over her, covering her smooth body in a black mess, causing her to howl in anger.
"Damn humans, how dare you treat me like this! I'll devour them all..." she screamed angrily, tearing wildly at the tattered spiderwebs clinging to her body and spitting out puffs of pink smoke.
Luo Feng shouted anxiously, "Brothers, get out of here! This demon is spitting poisonous mist! You two protect Zhu Sihai, Luo Yue, clear the way and break through, I'll cover the rear! Xiao Liu and Miss Shangguan, be careful yourselves!"
Shangguan Taotao ignored his shouts, instead pulling out a small, fiery red sword and yelling at the demon, "Beautiful sister, I'll burn off your spider silk. You seem to be in a hurry." With that, she chanted a spell, and with a flick of the sword, a dazzling beam of fire shot onto Zhu Sisi, instantly engulfing the spider demon.
Luo Feng and the remaining burly men stared in disbelief, never expecting this seemingly foolish little girl to use such a powerful fire spell—the most effective magic against demons.
"Ah! Ah!" The spider demon screamed miserably, rolling around in the sea of fire. "Damn human, how could you use 'Hellfire'? Didn't you say I was pretty? How could you poison me?"
Shangguan Taotao blinked her bright eyes innocently and said, "I just wanted to help you burn the spider silk. I didn't expect this fire spell to be so powerful. Even if I knew, I wouldn't have used it. Hmm, are you alright? This fire is too big, but I don't know how to put it out. What should I do?"
"Hurry up, silly girl, can't you smell the strangeness of this pink mist?!"
Wang Xiaoliu pulled the still dazed girl and ran outside. The little girl was reluctantly dragged along by him, saying, "The pink mist isn't strange at all. It smells very sweet and fragrant, even more fragrant than the rouge my cousin uses! Ah, it's all dead spiders. Carry me!" After saying that, she didn't care whether the boy agreed or not and jumped onto his back with a whoosh.
Luo Feng wanted to slash the monster a few more times, but suddenly noticed the fire was about to die down, and the spider demon with its burned leg roared and charged out again. The men behind him shouted, "Brother Luo, let's go quickly! Monsters that have cultivated into spirits are not easy to kill. It's best to leave quickly."
"You won't escape the Dragon Bone Mountains! I swear I'll devour you all..." The spider demon's hair was burned off, her upper body charred and hideous, her face contorted as she spat out snow-white spider silk, attacking Luo Feng not far away.
The little spiders, receiving their queen's orders, didn't give chase, but instead surrounded the ruins of the dilapidated temple, protecting the wounded demones.
Xiao Liuzi, carrying Shangguan Taotao, had run quite a distance, but could still hear the spider demon's roar. Luo Feng, carrying his large sword, suddenly asked, "Miss Shangguan, did you really use the fire spell to help that demon?"
"Yes! Of course! I thought she was so clumsy she couldn't even break her own spider silk, so I wanted to help her. Who knew she was afraid of fire?" Shangguan Taotao said seriously, completely bewildered by Luo Feng's question. Seeing the burly man behind him trying to laugh but not daring to, she bared her teeth defiantly at them, then tightly hugged Xiao Liuzi's neck, her chest pressed against his back.
"Silly girl, shouldn't you get down now? Wearing your women's clothes, you can't even walk straight, you're almost exhausted!" Xiao Liuzi had no interest in enjoying the beauty's favor. Her soft breasts were rubbing against him, fueling his lust. His hands, which were supporting her buttocks, were also restless, slowly reaching towards the girl's cleft.
"No! Tao Tao is hot!" The girl whispered in his ear, her breath sweet and fragrant, her voice soft and coquettish. She hugged the boy even tighter, deliberately using the swaying motion to bring her breasts closer to the man's back.
Chapter 8 Old Cow and Tender Grass (Part 1)
Luo Feng and the other burly men behind him knew that Shangguan Tao Tao had smelled the poisonous mist exhaled by the two-faced spider demon. They had noticed her unusual reaction and assumed they were a couple. They all ran ahead with strange smiles. Luo Feng smiled and turned back, saying, "Little brothers, we won't keep you any longer. Remember the way down the mountain, just don't get eaten by monsters, hahaha!"
Wang Xiaoliu understood their meaning and sensed Shangguan Taotao's change. He also knew that she had inhaled the poisonous mist of the Two-Faced Beauty. If he didn't know the girl's background, he might have taken advantage of her and ended his two lifetimes of virginity. However, the Shangguan family was not to be trifled with, and he knew that Shangguan Taotao was engaged to a powerful family in the Eastern region of Lan Hai. Therefore, to avoid the danger of being silenced and his entire clan wiped out, he maintained his composure and walked at a leisurely pace, ignoring the girl's natural provocations.
"Brother, I'm hot!" Little Guan Taotao's tender, spring-like hands slipped inside the boy's collar, passionately caressing his strong chest. Her disheveled hair kissed the boy's neck, her breath sweet as orchids, and she moaned in a childish voice.
"Silly girl, now you know what it feels like to be poisoned, right? I know what you want to do, but I can't do that. I know you didn't inhale much poisonous fog, just bear with it, don't play with fire." Xiao Liu's voice was a little suppressed, he was holding back with great difficulty. He had watched a lot of porn in his past life, and he knew that he would lose control at this moment and it would definitely be a passionate night. However, after dawn, it wasn't just the two of them who had headaches, it was probably the three families who had headaches.
"What do I want to do? I don't know, it's just that it's so hot and uncomfortable, I've never been like this before, please help me, umm, ah, that's it, it feels so good, don't stop, brother, good brother..." The girl was dazed and didn't know what she was saying, she was wiggling her little green bottom, which happened to touch Xiao Liu's restless fingers. She found it very comfortable to be touched by him, so she kept wiggling her body to make the boy do what he had done before.
"If I help you now, your future husband will definitely chase me down with a crossbow, and maybe you'll chase me down too. So, for my own good, I'd better not do that to you, understand?" Wang Xiaoliu quickened his pace slightly, trying to catch up with Luo Feng and Luo Yue, thinking that he would have more self-control in a crowded place. He suddenly thought of the beautiful Xianzi in the *Mysterious Maiden Scripture*, wondering if he could resist her if she looked like this now.
"I'll never chase you down again, just help Tao Tao this once!" The girl was almost crying, pulling Xiaoliu's hand and reaching into her dress, where it was already wet and hot, a muddy, grassy path, and plump lips.
Xiaoliu groaned in pleasure, his steps faltering. He really didn't know what to do, and he didn't want to pull his hand back, even though he knew it was wrong. He suddenly remembered the *Mysterious Maiden Scripture*, wanting to ask the fairy Xianzi in it what to do now.
Thinking this, he took out the Mysterious Maiden Scripture from his storage ring and opened the strange space. A flash of colorful light, and Xiao Liuzi saw Xianzi again, disheveled and nearly naked. The fairy, both angry and delighted, looked at Xiao Liuzi with surprise, noticing he was carrying a little girl on his back.
"Heavens! How could you bring someone in? This is against the rules! Only one woman can come in, but you're a man, and you can bring someone else in… Oh, is my memory wrong?" Xianzi exclaimed in surprise, covering her ample breasts, her alabaster peaks trembling alluringly before the boy's eyes.
"Ahem… um, Xianzi, I…" Xiao Liuzi got nervous whenever he saw a beautiful woman he liked. He felt like a complete failure; in his previous life, this bad habit had prevented him from finding a girlfriend by his senior year of college, and now it seemed to be the same in this life.
"Hehe, you're too nervous. You still haven't told me your name? And what about that lustful girl on your back?" Xianzi smiled radiantly, captivating him, yet calming Xiao Liuzi down.
"My name is Wang Ye, courtesy name Haoran. I'm the sixth child in my family, and everyone calls me Xiao Liuzi. You can call me that too. Um, the girl I'm carrying is called Shangguan Taotao. She was poisoned by the Two-Faced Beauty's mist, and that's how she turned into this." Xiao Liuzi didn't know what was going on with this scripture, but it was very magical. Even when Shangguan Taotao came in, he wasn't surprised at all.
"Finally, I know your name, Xiao Liu Zi. Hmm, the 'Double-Faced Beauty's' poisonous mist is an aphrodisiac, right? Don't you know what to do?" Xian Zi covered her mouth and chuckled secretly. Seeing Xiao Liu Zi's shy face and shifty eyes, she suddenly realized and laughed, "Oh, Xian Zi understands! You're still a virgin! Hehe, that's exactly my task. First, I'll turn you into a real man and train you to be a master of the art of sexual cultivation."
She lay on the grass, propped her chin up with her hand, and after thinking for a while, she laughed again, "Hmm, but I feel like my memory is a bit confused. I meant to turn the people who come in into real women first, and then teach them the art of sexual cultivation. Uh... I found it! The male version is too profound, I don't really understand it either. Fortunately, the basic techniques are universal, just reverse the genders and switch the breathing. Hehe, I'll try it on this little girl first and see!"
"Xiao Liu Zi, come here, and bring Tao Tao over too." Xian Zi waved her pink and delicate arms, beckoning to them.
The boy, his soul seemingly possessed, carried the whimpering Shangguan Taotao towards Xianzi. He now realized the little girl had inhaled too much of the spring mist; her body was burning hot, like a drunken shrimp, and she trembled and sobbed intermittently. He hesitated, asking, "Where is this place? Is it real or an illusion?"
"Hehehe, Xiao Liuzi, this is the book. This is the second time you've asked. Hmm, you entered as spiritual beings. Once you cultivate to a certain level, you'll naturally solidify into a physical form. I won't say whether it's an illusion or not, but I truly exist. Touch me; if you can touch me, it means you also truly exist in this space." Xianzi took the shy boy's hand and placed it on her face; it was smooth and slippery, and the boy was intoxicated by the feeling.
"Hmm, it seems real. But, we're in here, what about our physical bodies outside?" Xiao Liuzi asked worriedly.
"It's simple. Stay where you are. What happens here won't harm your bodies, but it will change your mental strength."
"Haha, I get it. If I do *that* to her here, she'll still be a virgin outside. Hmm, I understand. This is the space for spiritual communion. As the saying goes, 'spiritual communion has lasted a long time,' that's probably what it refers to, right? But this seems like wishful thinking!" The boy's words were strange, sometimes happy, sometimes worried. Xianzi only vaguely understood, but the general idea was that he wanted to play with the girl but didn't want anyone to know.
Xianzi thought to herself, "Oh, so this master is all talk and no action. I have to help him, otherwise when will I ever escape this lonely space? Hmm, only when he masters his profound skills can he take me away. Okay, I've decided, I'll use this little girl to let him experience the pleasures of a woman."
Chapter 9 Old Cow and Tender Grass (Part Two)
Wang Xiaoliu, in a daze, tore off Shangguan Taotao's clothes. His own clothes had mysteriously disappeared long ago. He couldn't tell if it was an illusion or reality. By touch, he could feel Taotao's smooth and tender skin, her slightly trembling body hot and burning. An extremely seductive voice rang in his mind. Following the guidance of the voice, he gradually merged with the girl.
"Hehehe, Master is quite clever, he understands immediately, he's really talented. Hmm, if that's the case, I can leave even earlier, that's great! When will I be with Master...? No, his current level isn't enough for me to merge with him in one go, he's too weak. But seeing them like this, I really want to!" Xianzi pondered in her heart, watching the two rolling and panting on the grass, a certain string of her heart was plucked hard.
She didn't know how far they had gone, only the woman's soft sobs and screams turning her skin crimson. Suddenly, Xianzi's warning echoed in Wang Xiaoliu's mind, saying that demonic energy had appeared near his body. "Ah, it's the spider demon chasing me, I have to run for my life!" He suddenly woke up, seeing Shangguan Taotao clinging to him like an octopus, her face showing the expression of a happy little woman.
After shouting, Xiao Liuzi closed the book, and his spirit naturally flew out of it. He found himself still standing in the same spot, with Shangguan Taotao sleeping soundly on his back, emitting sweet, soft snores. Something seemed to have appeared in his mind, yet nothing seemed to have changed, except that his senses were clearer, his six senses were much sharper, and his body seemed to have inexhaustible strength. He ran forward like the wind, and not far behind, he heard the spider demon's roar again.
"Ah ha, it must be a wet dream. Since it's a dream, I don't have to take responsibility. I just don't know if the little girl knows. If she remembers how I ravaged her in the dream, she'll definitely burn me to ashes. Hmm, a bit troublesome. When she wakes up, I'll deny it to the death." Wang Xiaoliu thought as he ran, not even noticing that his lightness technique had improved by a level.
Following the trail left by the Fengyue Escort Agency, Xiao Liuzi ran all night, the little girl on his back sleeping soundly the whole time. He was so angry that he really wanted to take the opportunity to strip her naked and ravage her like he did in the book. As dawn approached, he couldn't resist slipping his hand under the girl's skirt and feeling around a few times to make sure there was no blood or stains before he felt relieved.
They were on the edge of the Dragon Bone Mountains, and scattered hunters' huts were already visible. Xiao Liuzi felt the girl on his back move slightly; she felt much lighter, so she must have woken up. For some reason, she was still pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed. "Sigh, I've already carried you all night, a little longer won't hurt," Xiao Liuzi thought helplessly.
"Ah! A giant centipede!" the girl suddenly screamed on his back, pointing at the piles of corpses on the ground in a panic.
Xiao Liuzi was surprised that her first words were this. He found it amusing, but his worry lessened considerably. Ahead, there were not only centipede corpses, but also the corpses of two humans. Xiao Liuzi remembered them; they were members of the Fengyue Escort Agency. He patted the girl's bottom and chuckled reassuringly, "These are all dead centipedes, probably left behind by Luo Feng and the others. I didn't expect Zhu Sihai to have a Beast-Splitting Pill. This kind of pill has a fatal attraction for newly formed monsters."
"Brother, I'm scared. That Zhu Sihai is such an idiot. He had a Beast-Splitting Pill but didn't know to use a Concealing Breath Jade Bottle to store it. He could have put it in a spatial ring. What's even more stupid is that he went through the Dragon Bone Mountain Range, which is full of monsters. He was really asking for death." Shangguan Taotao whispered affectionately in his ear.
Seeing that she didn't mention the events of the night, Xiao Liuzi felt quite relieved and laughed happily, "Silly girl, do you think everyone has a spatial ring? Besides, Zhu Sihai is probably an unlucky guy who was framed. No matter where he goes, he's in danger. He's unlucky, and the Fengyue Escort Agency is unlucky too. Now we've gotten ourselves into trouble."
"Brother is so smart, you guessed it right away. I've met Zhu Sihai a few times. His family is in chaos over the inheritance. He must know about this situation. My father often says that Zhu Sihai is very cunning. I don't understand how he can be so stupid." For some reason, Shangguan Taotao not only readily accepted the boy's title of "silly girl" but also praised him for being smart. If this had happened before yesterday, it would have been a miracle.
"Don't call me so affectionately, I'm still a little thief. We've been spending the last six months in the mountains. If I were outside, the Shangguan family would definitely put me on the wanted list. They might even accuse me of abducting the Shangguan family's daughter, and I'd become a lecherous thief!"
Xiao Guan Tao Tao pouted and muttered unhappily, "You are a lecherous thief to begin with. Yesterday in the river, you kissed me, secretly touched my body, and even looked at my body. Even my betrothed, Brother Dongfang, touched my hand. You've already done all that, what more do you want?"
"Heaven and earth bear witness, I didn't want anything!" Xiao Liu Zi suddenly felt a headache coming on. He thought that this woman was really not easy to touch, not even a little girl. He raised his hand to swear, but Shangguan Tao Tao stopped him.
She muttered softly, "Hmph, it's precisely because you didn't want anything that I'm angry!"
Not far past the centipede corpse, Xiao Liu Zi suddenly felt a slight rustling sound in the grass beside him, accompanied by an eerie killing intent. "Silly girl, run! There's a monster!" Knowing there was no time to escape, Xiao Liuzi threw the girl off his back first. This selfless act of saving someone moved even himself; it didn't seem like him. Just as the girl
was thrown, a strange golden light shot towards Xiao Liuzi's back. Hearing the whoosh, Xiao Liuzi fell to the side, using his bare body to take the fatal blow. "Pfft!" A bloody gash appeared on his arm. Other golden lights swept past, severing several thin trees.
Xiao Liuzi's first thought was of a centipede demon, because there weren't any large monsters among the corpses on the battlefield; their leader must still be alive. Xiao Liuzi realized he had been too careless. The wound on his left shoulder didn't hurt at all; instead, it felt numb and spicy. He knew this stuff was highly poisonous.
"Brother!" The silly girl was indeed moved, tears streaming down her face even in mid-air. Her reaction was swift; as soon as she landed, she pulled out a small fire-elemental sword inlaid with crystals and swung it at the wisp of green shadow, unleashing several lines of fire. She rapidly chanted an incantation, shouting, "Yan Xin? Net of Fire!" The scattered fire lines first blocked the green shadow's attack, then converged from all directions, forming a net of fire.
"Hehehe! You think a tattered net can stop this saint? Too naive, little beauty!" The sinister, shrill voice chuckled, dispersing into a cloud of green mist that passed through the fire net, then condensed again, lunging at the injured and fallen Xiao Liu Zi.
Chapter 10 Old Cow, Tender Grass (Part 3)
Xiao Liu Zi lay motionless on the ground, completely focused on expelling the poison. He knew that if he didn't expel the deadly poison from his arm, even escaping the centipede demon's attack would be useless. As Shangguan Taotao unleashed her fire net, the wound on his left arm gradually regained sensation, though the blood was still somewhat bluish-yellow. Seeing the centipede demon pounce again, he had no choice but to endure the danger of the wound spreading and leap over Shangguan Taotao.
"Hehehehe, such speed! Let's see if my sacrificial queen bee bone sting can catch you!" The centipede demon in the blue mist dodged Shangguan Taotao's small fire spells, then opened its mouth and spat out three thin, needle-like bone needles, emitting a cold, bluish-black light, with a faint golden tinge at the tips.
Seeing the weapon the centipede demon had spewed out, Shangguan Taotao screamed and unleashed several fire-gathering talismans, shouting to Xiao Liuzi, "Brother, come quick! That's a demonic weapon forged from the golden queen bee's stinger! It's incredibly fast! Get out of the way!" The little girl was anxious, raised her small sword, bit her tongue, spat out a small mouthful of blood, and solemnly began chanting a spell.
Xiao Liuzi knew the name of the Golden Bee Queen's Sting; after being refined by demons or cultivators, it was known for its subsonic speed. However, his body was currently limp, and the poison from his wounds had spread to his back. Although it was faint and mild, it greatly affected his power. "Damn it, I feel like that old ghost master deceived me. He said he would teach me ancient Qi cultivation techniques, but after practicing for nearly ten years, I haven't become much more powerful. I can only use Qi to launch a few hidden weapons."
Watching the three streaks of azure light approach, Xiao Liuzi thought helplessly, "If only I had a shield hidden in my spatial ring." What could he use to block these demon-forged weapons? "Brother!" The little girl cried again. She saw the three streaks of azure light shoot into Xiao Liuzi's chest and thought he was going to die. She swung her small sword, and the medium-sized fire spell, generated by her blood essence, was also launched.
"Ah!" "Ouch!" Two screams rang out simultaneously in the firelight. Xiao Liu Zi, holding the "Mysterious Maiden Scripture" with three buzzing, struggling bee stingers embedded in it, tried to return to the centipede demon's side, but was sucked in by a pure immortal force. The powerful demonic energy on it also rapidly disappeared, as if a living being inside was draining it.
"Silly girl, you're ruthless enough to burn me to death too!" Xiao Liu Zi rolled on the grass, trying to extinguish the flames on his body, but his eyebrows were burned off, and much of his hair was also burned off.
The centipede demon leaped out of the sea of fire, but it didn't have Xiao Liu Zi's good luck. It felt that the demonic weapon it had forged with its life essence was being drained of power by a powerful being, and it had also been injured by the "Demon-Slaying Fire Sea," plus by Luo Feng and Luo Yue. Its life essence was now wavering and damaged in its Purple Mansion, and its power was rapidly weakening.
"Brother, you're not dead! That's great!" She wiped her snot and tears, excitedly rushing towards the charred and disheveled Xiao Liu Zi. Seeing the three bee stingers on the Xuan Nu Jing in his hand being slowly sucked in, she curiously flipped it open, only to find it blank, seemingly just two golden covers with nothing inside. Disappointed, she closed it, and the three bee stingers vanished as well.
"You'd be happy if I died! Think about it, how many times have you burned me? Ouch, luckily you didn't burn all my hair, just my eyebrows. I remember the first time you even burned my... cough cough, all of that too." Xiao Liu Zi snatched the Xuan Nu Jing and put it into his spatial ring, afraid the little girl would discover something.
"Before, I hated you for stealing from my family, but now it's different. Yeah, I just wanted to save you. Seeing you're alive makes me really happy, I didn't lie to you at all." Shangguan Tao Tao said earnestly, a blush rising on her tear-stained cheeks.
"Ugh, you damned humans! Stop all that sweet talk and give me back my bee stinger!" The centipede demon looked limp. Without the protective aura of the green mist, his face was revealed: two sharp front teeth gleaming with a green light, and two bulges on his forehead, making him look ferocious and hideous. "
Pah! You despicable monster! You ambushed us and almost killed my brother! I won't return your demon weapon!" The little girl straightened up, raising her sword to protect Xiao Liuzi.
"Hehehehe, since you know I'm a monster, you should know we love ambushes. If you don't return my magic weapon, I'll summon thousands of poisonous insects and devour you all." The centipede demon glared at Shangguan Taotao with his grayish-green eyes. He knew the little girl was afraid of poisonous insects, which was why he was using such threats. Seeing her look panicked, he became even more smug.
"You weak little bug, stop your babbling. You lost the magic weapon crafted from your life essence, and half your power is gone. Add to that your injuries, you should be grateful you escaped. Hmph, I've already forced out the venom, you have no chance now." Xiao Liu suddenly sat up cross-legged, his eyes gleaming, and flicked several small stones.
"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!" Several sounds followed, and the centipede demon screamed in terror, retreating several dozen feet, shouting, "What kind of magic is this? How can you have such power?"
"Haha, you really are a curious bug. Come closer, and I'll tell you." Saying this, he picked up a dozen more small stones without leaving a trace, deliberately letting the centipede demon see them.
"I won't fall for your tricks! I can hear you standing here... Ahhh..." The centipede demon covered its head and fled, transforming into a giant centipede twelve feet long, quickly disappearing into the grass, sending sand and leaves flying everywhere.
"Ah, brother, what a huge centipede!" Shangguan Taotao sheathed her small sword and cried out as she burrowed into Xiao Liuzi's arms, her movements practiced and skillful.
"Pfft!" Xiao Liuzi spat out a mouthful of blood. The consequence of a Qi cultivator forcibly using their true essence was internal injury. He patted the half-real, half-fake little girl and said with a wry smile, "Let's hurry. If that insect realizes what's happening, it will definitely chase after us."
Shangguan Taotao wasn't stupid; she immediately understood what he meant. She had just cast several fire spells, exhausting her magic power. The last medium-sized spell was only cast with the enhancement of her essence blood. And Xiao Liuzi had been poisoned by the centipede demon; he couldn't fight and was merely threatening her.
The sky was already bright. Shangguan Taotao supported Xiao Liuzi, walking slowly and stopping frequently as they descended the mountain. The girl was a sorcerer and had almost no strength. Supporting an injured man, her back was soaked with sweat, and one could vaguely see the tender flesh beneath her pink clothes.
Halfway up the mountain, they encountered a woodcutter, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a purple face, long beard, handsome features, and a tall, strong build. He wielded a two-foot-long machete, singing a mountain song as he chopped firewood.
"There's a monster behind you, woodcutter, run away quickly!" Shangguan Taotao kindly called out to him, continuing to help Xiao Liuzi forward.
The woodcutter paused, then laughed loudly, "I, Guan Yu, have been chopping wood in the mountains for over twenty years. When have I ever been afraid of monsters? Whatever kind of spirit it is, I'll definitely cut it down with my two-foot machete!"
"Y-who are you?" Wang Xiaoliu perked up, carefully examining the handsome, purple-faced man with the beard and the machete in his hand.
"I don't change my name, I am Guan Yu. Do you have any questions, young brother?" the purple-faced man answered proudly.
Chapter 11 The Righteous Swordsman
Xiao Liu heard that his name was Guan Yu, not only because of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, but also because of the famous military family of this continent in this life. In his previous life, Xiao Liu was a college student studying literature. Even after being reborn, he couldn't change his old habits and carefully studied the famous families of Tianyu Continent. He never expected that the Guan family, the most famous military family in the Peacock Dynasty, still had descendants.
Xiao Liu looked at the wood-chopping knife in his hand and asked suspiciously, "Are you using the Green Dragon Crescent Blade?" Because according to legend, the most famous weapon of the Guan family was the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, which was 2.3 meters long and weighed 720 jin. Because it had killed more than a million people, the entire blade was stained purple with blood.
"Sigh, I haven't used a broadsword for many years!" Guan Yu stroked his beard, glanced down at the short sword in his hand, and sighed. "This is a cleaver, mainly for chopping wood. Of course, I occasionally use it to slay monsters and beasts."
"Wow, I remember now! I heard Father say that the Guan family all use broadswords, all have foot-long beards, and are all fierce generals who can defeat ten thousand men. I didn't expect you guys still exist!" Shangguan Taotao exclaimed in surprise. If she wasn't afraid that Xiao Liuzi would fall, she would have liked to jump over and tug at Guan Yu's beard to see if it was real or not.
Guan Yu found the two men in front of him rather pleasing, and hearing their constant words of admiration and praise, he was in a great mood. He seemed unconcerned about Xiao Liuzi's strange female attire, and laughed heartily, "Haha, I didn't expect people outside to still remember our Guan family. We've gone into seclusion..."
Suddenly, a foul wind arose, carrying sand and stones, and a shrill, eerie cry echoed in the gale: "Hehehehe, damned humans, you almost fooled us! Let's see how you escape this time!" It turned out to be the centipede demon chasing after them. It had transformed into a hundred-legged form over ten feet long, resembling a flying tree root, its blue light tinged with gold. If it cultivated for another thousand years, it would surely become a Crimson Gold Centipede, at which point its power would be more than ten times its current strength. Even ten Shangguan Taotaos combined couldn't harm a single leg of it.
"Ah, what a huge centipede! Brother, I'm scared... Ouch!" Shangguan Taotao tried the same trick again, jumping onto Xiao Liuzi's back, but she forgot that Xiao Liuzi was poisoned and had no strength, so the two of them fell into a heap.
"Silly girl, if you call me 'brother' from now on, I'll be unlucky." Xiao Liuzi's bones were broken from the fall, and he closed his eyes and sighed weakly.
Guan Yu was proudly introducing himself when he was interrupted by the monster. His anger rose, and he glanced at the centipede demon with a cold glare, shouting, "Hey, where did you come from, you crawling worms and maggots?" With Guan Yu here, get out of my way!
"Hehehehe, what kind of fish is 'Guan fish'? Never heard of it, it must be delicious! Tsk tsk, indeed, it's not bad, full of essence and divine light, it's my best tonic!" The centipede demon stopped ten steps away, drooling, and its blue eyes rolled before it pounced on Guan Yu. It figured Xiao Liu Zi and Shangguan Tao Tao were too exhausted to run anymore. Killing Guan Yu would leave them helpless, like fish on a chopping block.
"Since you've come looking for death, don't blame me for being merciless! Behold my righteous sword technique!" Guan Yu kicked aside a bundle of firewood, brandished his cleaver, and leaped into the air, dodging the centipede demon's attack like a drifting leaf. He then turned and unleashed a purple aura, aiming straight for the centipede demon's neck.
The centipede demon tilted its head back, arching its back to dodge the purple blade energy, but one of its legs was severed, spitting out a few drops of blue venom. It howled in pain, "Damn human, you know martial arts too? Waaaaah, this saint is so unlucky today! I'll kill you all!"
"A mere thousand-year-old demon, yet so arrogant! Why don't you inquire around within a hundred miles about my name, Guan Yu? Which demon doesn't flee from me?" Guan Yu laughed heartily, his expression cold and arrogant, his woodcutter's knife slashing relentlessly at the centipede demon's venomous tail.
"This saint's cave is exactly one hundred and one miles from here. I've never heard of your name!" The centipede demon hastily retracted its venomous tail, turning to spew out a mouthful of poisonous mist. Unexpectedly, the purple blade energy changed direction, transforming into a crescent shape and slashing towards the center of the centipede demon's body.
The centipede demon's magic had long been exhausted by Shangguan Taotao, and now it relied entirely on its body's instincts honed over a thousand years. Seeing Guan Yu's strange swordsmanship, it felt fear and barely dodged his strike before trying to escape. Unexpectedly, the crescent-shaped sword aura suddenly shifted, transforming into dozens of beams of light, slashing again towards the centipede demon's heart.
Xiao Liuzi and Shangguan Taotao, lying nearby, exclaimed in surprise, "Heavens! He's so young and already mastered 'My Heart Turns to the Bright Moon'? The Guan family swordsmanship is truly amazing!"
The centipede demon was terrified and, in its haste, rolled on the ground like a donkey, dodging the dozens of purple beams. Guan Yu stood on a blue stone, laughing heartily, brandishing his wood-chopping knife and once again controlling the dozens of purple beams to attack the fleeing centipede demon. "Alas, the bright moon shines on the ditch!" Before the words had even faded, the sword light split into several segments at equal intervals, slashing parallel towards the centipede demon. If this sword struck, it would surely tear the monster to pieces. At the critical moment, the centipede spirit flashed and transformed back into human form, but its tail couldn't retract in time and was cut off more than a meter long.
"Awoo! I will remember you, I will take revenge..." The centipede spirit spewed out a breath of green mist and disappeared into the grass.
Guan Yu laughed heartily, "You little demons, I don't even consider you a threat! I just didn't expect its escape technique to be so skillful, actually able to penetrate the mud made of bluestone! Next time I see it, I will definitely cut it down with my blade." The last half of the sentence was addressed to Xiao Liu Zi.
"Thank you for saving my life, Brother Guan, but there is still the Two-Faced Beauty Spider Demon chasing after us, you must be careful!" Xiao Liu Zi was helped up by Tao Tao and kindly reminded him.
"Two-Faced Beauty?" Guan Yu suddenly chuckled lewdly, but immediately resumed his cold and arrogant demeanor. The expression was so quick that even Xiao Liu Zi didn't see it clearly and thought he was seeing things. "Is there really a two-faced beauty chasing you?"
"Yes, but she hasn't fully mastered the two-faced form yet. She's still stuck in her spider form. She's so beautiful, and she doesn't like wearing clothes!" Shangguan Taotao answered first.
"Oh, it's alright. As long as she's a two-faced spider demon, it doesn't matter if she has two faces or not. Don't worry, with me here, I guarantee the monster won't hurt a hair on your head. The origin of my Guan family's sword technique is specifically for slaying demons and monsters." Guan Yu almost patted his chest to guarantee it, even abandoning the firewood, and carried Xiao Liuzi down the mountain.
Shangguan Taotao didn't forget to hold onto Xiao Liuzi's clothes, as if afraid he would fly away, following closely behind.
Xiao Liuzi felt that Guan Yu was a bit strange, especially when talking about the two-faced beauty. He wasn't worried about Guan Yu's character, because only people of high moral character could master the Guan family's Righteous Sword Technique, and Guan Yu had already mastered the superior Righteous Sword Technique, so he shouldn't have any ulterior motives. But he trusted his intuition more, feeling that Guan Yu was hiding something.
Chapter 12 Vampire Bats (Part 1)
The Dragon Bone Mountains are mountainous and densely forested, but even more teeming with monsters. Humans who brazenly swagger through the mountains carrying Beast-Splitting Pills are either committing suicide or murder. Fatty Zhu Sihai understood this, yet he remained silent, being tortured while hanging from a tree, clutching his bundle.
Luo Feng lost several more brothers; he too was wounded, his arm wrapped in bandages, blood seeping through. He whipped the fat man hard, shouting, "Zhu Sihai, I only took this job because of your status as one of the Four Young Masters of Crimson Gold City. I didn't expect you to be secretly carrying forbidden items. You violated the mercenary escort agreement. According to the regulations, I have the right to kill you to avenge the innocent lives lost! I'm giving you one chance now. If you don't explain why you did this, don't blame me for disrespecting Crimson Gold City."
"Ouch, please, don't hit me yet! Luo Feng, as long as you deliver me safely to the Lu family in Sanxing North City, I, Zhu Sihai, will definitely compensate your dead brothers handsomely, and I will also pay you double the escort fee. How about that? Oh, you think it's too little? I'll give you three times the commission, okay? It's not that I don't want to talk, it's that I can't talk. If I do, I'll be dead!" The fat man was in so much pain that tears and snot streamed down his face as he struggled in mid-air like a worm.
Luo Yue stopped Luo Feng and advised, "Brother, killing him won't help, because the fragrance of the Beast-Splitting Pill comes from his body. The only way to get the pill is to cut open his stomach. However, we're almost out of the Dragon Bone Mountains, only a thousand miles from Three Star City. Besides, our dead brothers can't be resurrected. We can only make him pay enough compensation so their families can live a good life."
Zhu Sihai, after hearing Luo Yue's words, cried out in anguish, "Ah! How did you know it was in my stomach? Please, please don't open my stomach! Only the Guanyin Hand of the Lu family can remove it. Don't do anything rash! I didn't mean to hide it. You know, Crimson Gold City is fighting for inheritance rights. I was driven out by them. I have nothing but a little money. I'll give you four times the escort fee, how about that?"
"Hmph, my Fengyue Escort Agency has already lost more than twenty brothers in escorting you. A little money is far more than that... " "..." Luo Feng angrily yanked off his beard, tearing off his thick black stubble and revealing his original handsome appearance. Zhu Sihai was dumbfounded and forgot all about crying and begging for mercy.
"Big brother, you've already torn off your beard five times. Sigh, whatever, it's too late to stick it back on. Just let it be as it is!" Luo Yue sighed, took the fake beard from his hand, and threw it onto the campfire to burn.
"Wow, what are you doing? Roasting suckling pig or roasting whole lamb?" This was Xiao Liuzi's exaggerated shout. He was healing the poison on Guan Yu's back and was already 70% recovered. His complexion was much better, but he still pretended to be weak, letting Guan Yu finish his good deed. Seeing Luo Feng's true appearance, even though he was prepared, he was still taken aback and sighed, "Brother Luo Feng, I understand why you disguised yourself and wore a fake beard. You must be afraid that some city lord's wife would cry and beg to elope with you, right?"
"Hahahaha, little brother, you're joking. I'm just afraid of making enemies." Luo Feng said this, but in his heart he was secretly pleased with Xiao Liu's praise. Seeing that the purple-faced man was carrying him, he asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? Did you get chased by the spider demon?" As he spoke, he also glanced at Shangguan Tao Tao with an ambiguous look to see if her walking posture was abnormal.
"We didn't catch the spider demon, but we ran into the centipede demon!" He then recounted the journey and introduced Guan Yu to them.
Shangguan Taotao remained silent, glancing at the handsome Luo Feng and then at the clever and charming Xiao Liu Zi. She found Xiao Liu Zi more pleasing to the eye and sat blankly beside him. Only when she sat down did she realize that her lower body was wet and uncomfortable. For some reason, her face flushed red. She secretly glanced at Xiao Liu Zi, who was talking to others, and only felt relieved when she saw that no one had noticed her strange behavior.
Guan Yu played with the cleaver in his hand and asked anxiously, "When will the two-faced spider demon arrive? Can it catch up with you? I think it's already dawn. Could they have returned to their lair?"
Luo Feng and Luo Yue gave Guan Yu a strange look, thinking that this man might be seriously ill. Others were trying to avoid monsters, but he was hoping for a monster attack. Fortunately, Xiao Liu had just introduced Guan Yu's martial arts and swordsmanship; otherwise, someone would have already jumped out to teach him a lesson.
Suddenly, a foul wind swept through, like thousands of silkworms devouring leaves, or like a million wild beasts grinding their teeth. The newly risen sun was also obscured by dark clouds, and eerie howls, like the cries of vengeful spirits, shrieked incessantly in their ears. Everyone was shocked and quickly drew their weapons, looking around to find that the forest seemed to have vanished, replaced by swarms of strange insects and beasts with red eyes.
"Brother, I'm scared!" Shangguan Taotao darted into Xiao Liu's arms. This time, her fear wasn't feigned;
it was genuine. She covered her ears, trying to resist the mournful, demonic sounds, her body trembling. Wang Xiao Liu knew how she felt. She had been pampered and spoiled since childhood, never having witnessed a truly terrifying and monstrous scene. Even Xiao Liu, who had undergone rigorous training, was somewhat nervous, because this hellish scene wasn't caused by ordinary monsters; it was very likely a demon king or a demonic creature.
Guan Yu exclaimed in disbelief, "A Demon King's Decree? What Demon King could there be within a thousand miles? Hmm, let me think... Wait a minute, there are only ten Demon Kings in the entire Dragon Bone Mountain Range. They would never mobilize for a single Beast-Splitting Pill. Besides, cultivators often pass through the edge of the Dragon Bone Mountain Range, and there are also bored World Gods causing trouble in the sky. They wouldn't chase us here." "
It's not a Demon King's Decree, it might be a demonic artifact. If it really is a Demon King, he could just flick a finger and we'd be dead. Why would he need to set up such a grand Asura scene!" Luo Yue said coldly, gripping her slender sword.
Looking at his fifteen wounded subordinates, Luo Feng asked with a somber expression, "Second Brother, do you know what kind of demonic artifact it is? If we're really surrounded by thousands of slightly skilled demons, what will happen to us..." "
I know, I know..." Zhu Sihai, hanging in mid-air, shouted impatiently, "Put me down first, and I'll tell you."
"If you know, then tell us quickly!" Xiao Liuzi threw a pebble, severing the vines binding Zhu Sihai, sending him sprawling on his back. Xiao Liuzi had no goodwill towards the Zhu family of Crimson Gold City, and even less towards the Lu family of Three Star North City, because the Wang family and they had always been at odds.
"This is the Vampire Bat's 'Nightfall Illusion Banner.' When I was framed by Third Brother, I overheard them talking about this demon. They said it desperately needs the Beast-Splitting Pill right now and will definitely come out to steal it." Zhu Sihai, ignoring the pain, hurriedly replied.
"You knew it would definitely steal your Beast-Splitting Pill, and you still led us this way?" Luo Feng roared in anger, drawing his sword and slashing at Zhu Sihai's neck.
Chapter 13 Vampire Bats (Part Two)
At the brink of death, Zhu Sihai revealed the bloody secrets of the power struggle within the wealthy families, enraging Luo Feng. Luo Yue drew her sword to block her brother's attack, urgently advising, "Brother, now is not the time to deal with this. Let's wait until the crisis is over."
Luo Feng snorted helplessly, and hearing his other brothers also trying to persuade him, he had no choice but to sheathe his sword. Xiao Liuzi and Guan Yu secretly shook their heads, quite disappointed in the handsome Luo Feng, almost describing him as "all show and no substance."
"Don't kill me! I know how to break the 'Nightfall Illusion Flag'! I'm a victim too, Brother Luo..." Zhu Sihai, disregarding his age of over thirty, knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
Xiao Liuzi, seeing Guan Yu's disdainful glance, knew Guan Yu was displeased with their internal strife during a formidable enemy's arrival. He stood up and laughed, "Brother Luo Feng, let Fatty explain the solution first. Everyone understands the situation, and we can't entirely blame Zhu Sihai. Now that we know it's a bat demon, let's join forces and we'll safely reach Dragon Bone County."
Zhu Sihai glanced gratefully at Xiao Liuzi, nodding repeatedly, and continued to plead, "Yes, yes, we should join forces to fight the enemy. If we escape this calamity, I, Zhu Sihai, will be eternally grateful. If you ever need my help in the future, I will go through fire and water to repay your kindness."
"Hahahaha, humans, quickly hand over the Beast-Splitting Pill, and I'll let you die a quick death!" The voice was shrill, like the grinding of metal, piercing the eardrums. The dark monsters nearby mechanically surrounded them, like lifeless puppets. As if in response to the bat demon's shrill laughter, the surrounding monsters also howled wildly.
Shangguan Taotao was so frightened she wished she could disappear into Xiao Liuzi's body, completely forgetting that she was a skilled fire-based sorcerer. The others, including the arrogant Guan Yu, also frowned at the strange howls.
Zhu Sihai suddenly shouted, "It's afraid of noise too! If we stimulate it with a louder noise, the bats will lose their way. This Nightfall Illusion Banner is afraid of fire! A strong flame will scare these monsters away. I've prepared this!" As he spoke, a pile of high-quality jade talismans appeared in his hand, emitting a mysterious glow.
"Exploding Jade Talismans! High-level Fire Sea Talismans! Lightning Talismans! Hahaha, good stuff! These are great for dealing with monsters. Why didn't you take them out when we were fighting the spider demon at night?" Xiao Liuzi, holding Shangguan Taotao who was limp in his arms, rushed to Zhu Sihai, grabbed a handful, and then indulged the girl in his arms, saying, "Girl, quickly grab some jade talismans, they're good for saving your life, haha, and they're very valuable too. Just these top-quality jade talismans are worth a fortune."
"Damn humans, are you still going to resist?" The bat demon's voice was a little panicked, obviously feeling threatened by the method Zhu Sihai mentioned.
"Shut up, you dead bat!" Xiao Liuzi, purely for experimental purposes, threw out a Fire Sea Talisman. The dark monster a dozen feet away screamed and turned into a phantom, startling the orderly ranks of beasts into retreating.
"Haha, so it was just an illusion, not a real beast. No wonder this bat demon could control a high-level monster." Luo Feng was in high spirits and ran over to grab some jade talismans, sharing them with Luo Yue.
"Damn human, I'll make sure you die a horrible death!" The bat demon screamed angrily, and a dark mass of monsters, their eyes red, charged towards the humans. Only mournful howls echoed in the air; no sound of running could be heard, like floating ghosts.
"Charge east! That's where the sun rises, and the illusionary power of the monsters' magical artifacts is weakest there." Guan Yu took the lead, wielding his sword and unleashing a three-zhang-long purple beam that shattered the leading illusory monster. The monsters seemed to fear the purple light and scattered to both sides.
Zhu Sihai, hiding in the crowd of the Fengyue Escort Agency, shouted again, "These demonic beasts are all illusions; they don't pose much of a threat to humans. The real demonic beasts are hiding inside—puppet corpse beasts refined from bats."
"Wow, he knows quite a bit!" Xiao Liu thought to himself, feeling that this fat man wasn't as simple as he appeared. Although he lost the power struggle within the family, it was because of his weak foundation; his mother was just a singer who had already died of illness. If he had more power, it was hard to say who would have the last laugh. He said to the girl nestled in his arms, "Silly girl, you're a fire mage. You were quite powerful when you burned me, burning 109 of my robes. Otherwise, I wouldn't be wearing your skirt now. Why are you so listless when burning demons?"
Shangguan Taotao pouted, tears welling in her eyes, and said aggrievedly, "I hated you back then, but I don't hate monsters now, I'm even grateful... no, no, I'm afraid of monsters now!" A sly glint flashed in the girl's eyes, and Wang Xiaoliu realized that the girl's body had stopped trembling, her face was rosy and healthy, showing no signs of fear whatsoever. Had he been fooled again?
Xiaoliu had no protective aura, yet the ghosts and monsters couldn't get close to him, as if blocked by a layer of transparent gas. Shangguan Taotao looked at him in surprise, now understanding that Xiaoliu's combat skills weren't useless, and even had many amazing aspects.
A white light flashed across the dark sky, and an enormous spider web descended from the heavens, accompanied by the spider demon's venomous laughter and the bat demon's echoing laughter, as if they had already been captured.
Hearing the spider demon's laughter, Guan Yu shuddered, his body radiating an even stronger purple light. He leaped forward like a crossbow bolt, charging into the spider web in the sky. He single-handedly held up the entire web, saving the Fengyue Escort Agency from certain death.
"Brother Guan!" Xiao Liuzi cried out anxiously, seeing Guan Yu trapped in the spider web and remembering that he had once saved him. He called out to Shangguan Taotao, who was shyly nestled in his arms, "Silly girl, if you don't try to save them, I won't talk to you anymore!" With that, he threw out a luminous jade talisman, illuminating the spot where Guan Yu had landed ten feet away.
"Fine, I don't care!" Shangguan Taotao scoffed, slipping out of his arms. A small, crimson sword was already in her hand. Chanting a spell, she hovered in the air and flew towards Guan Yu.
Xiao Liuzi smiled knowingly and followed behind the girl, carefully protecting her. A demonic bat leaped out from the dark clouds, its entire body jet black, its wings covered in natural demonic runes. This creature was somewhere between a demon and a monster, capable of cultivating both demonic and magical powers, and incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it was already above Shangguan Taotao's head. The girl, who was focused on chanting incantations, had just unleashed a Fire Butterfly Dance spell towards Guan Yu when she was too late to dodge the bat demon's attack.
A slender, bright sword blocked the bat demon's attack in mid-air; the sword seemed alive, aiming straight for the bat demon's heart. The bat demon was terrified, changing its form three hundred times in succession, but still couldn't escape the sword's attack range. It could only flap its wings frantically, retreating several feet, revealing its sharp fangs.
Chapter 14 Vampire Bat (Part 3)
Xiao Liu was only looking at the puppet beasts on the ground. By the time he saw the bat demon, it was too late. Seeing Luo Yue force the bat demon back, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely grateful to Luo Yue and filled with hatred for the bat demon. He threw hundreds of flying stones at the bat demon's broad wings like raindrops.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp!" The bat spirit let out a primal, beastly scream, and rings of light, like waves, appeared in the air. Every hidden weapon was reflected in these ripples. It seemed slow, yet it was incredibly fast, flapping its black wings to deflect the rain of attacks.
Shangguan Taotao finally came to her senses, patted her chest, and fell from the sky with a cry. Xiao Liuzi let out a long howl, unleashing an invisible palm wind that scattered the monster phantoms blocking his path, intending to catch the falling pink girl. Unexpectedly, a real puppet corpse spewed a stench and lunged at
him from the side. Xiao Liuzi's body twisted strangely in mid-air, bouncing back half a foot like an inverted bow, dodging the beast's teeth. He slammed his right foot hard on the monster's head, using the momentum to accelerate towards Shangguan Taotao. Having dodged the puppet beast's attack, Xiao Liuzi was covered in cold sweat, secretly grateful for his master's training. Otherwise, he would surely have become a victim of the beast's maw. With a final kick, he shattered the monster's head, his body darting like an arrow to catch Shangguan Taotao, skimming the ground.
"Brother!" The frightened little girl, embraced in a warm hug, cried out pitifully, her lovely face surprisingly alluring, startling Xiao Liu Zi and nearly causing him to be injured by another puppet beast.
"Hahahaha, little brother, you truly are a womanizer, even amidst a thousand troops you can't resist romance!" Luo Feng swung his longsword, shielding him from the puppet beast, his imposing figure laughing heartily.
Xiao Liu Zi smiled gratefully at him, thinking that while this man was somewhat unsuccessful as a leader, he was extremely kind to his friends. He decided to befriend him, his opinion of him greatly changing. He also thought of his younger brother, Luo Yue, who was also quite good. Although there had been a minor conflict last night, it was probably out of kindness, to avoid trouble for him, that he had intentionally prevented him from entering the dilapidated temple.
The bat spirit overhead let out a scream and plummeted into the crowd of the Fengyue Escort Agency. Its wings had been shattered by over a dozen hidden weapons; in its shock and fear, it forgot how to repair itself and crashed straight down onto the rocks.
"Kill him!" several daring men roared and pounced.
Luo Yue, who had been protecting Zhu Sihai, cried out in alarm, "Be careful! You're no match for it!"
But it was too late. The bat spirit swung its tattered wings, instantly decapitating two large men, the blood from their necks staining its wings crimson. A cruel glint appeared in the bat spirit's eyes as it lunged forward, biting into the still-bleeding wounds and greedily sucking up the hot blood.
"Monster, I'll fight you to the death!" A nearby man, seeing his comrade killed by the monster, panicked and, disregarding his own life, raised his knife to fight the bat spirit.
"Hahahaha, you damned humans dared to hurt me! I'll kill you all!" The bat spirit threw away the corpse, slamming it into the charging man, then darted behind him. The man's martial arts skills were also quite high. He used his back to shield his companion's corpse, then turned and slashed diagonally, the blade whistling out and forcing the bat demon away.
Seeing that he was not to be trifled with, the bat turned and pounced on an already wounded man, its movements as swift as a phantom, biting the man's neck. The man screamed and dropped his weapon, his face twitching grotesquely before returning to normal, even displaying a strangely satisfied smile.
Luo Yue let out a soft, angry whistle, her sword technique flying towards the bat demon's back. The bat demon squeaked and cackled, a flash of blood-red light on its wings, miraculously repairing all the holes in its wings. It flapped twice and soared into the sky, throwing the corpse it held at the rapier, intending to use it as a shield.
Luo Yue manipulated her flying sword, trying to avoid her companion's corpse, but unexpectedly, the corpse suddenly came to life, reaching out to grab the sword, yet no blood flowed from its wound. Luo Yue sighed softly, retracting her flying sword and ceasing her pursuit of the bat demon. She needed to deal with this companion, now a puppet corpse, first.
A joyful roar suddenly came from Guan Yu's direction. The spider demon, thinking she had caught a good meal, was about to reel in her web when Guan Yu suddenly unleashed a burst of purple light, like a sea of blades, shattering her Heavenly Net Demonic Art. The spider demon, her hair singed, felt a sudden, inexplicable tremor in her heart, an urge to flee. She didn't understand why, until Guan Yu used his Crescent Moon Blade Technique, she realized this purple-faced, handsome man was actually a descendant of a family of demon-slaying warriors.
A faint crescent-shaped blade of light shattered the spider web while simultaneously slashing towards the spider demon's neck. The spider demon was smarter than the centipede demon; she shot out several strands of silk, first blocking the blade's light, then shooting another strand towards a nearby tree, turning to escape. Guan Yu had risked his life to enter the Heavenly Net to lure out the two-faced spider demon; now she had no chance to escape. Another crescent-shaped purple light shot out, severing the silk, causing her plump spider body to fall from mid-air.
"Damn it, how did I run into the Guan family!" The spider demon didn't even have the courage to fight back, haphazardly sending out hundreds of snow-white spider silk threads, desperately trying to escape. It seemed the Guan family was even more terrifying than their natural enemy, the queen bee demon, and more frightening than the Bugu bird demon; her legs suddenly cramped.
The two crescent blades bypassed the spider demon's web, each transforming, one giving rise to two, two to three, three to all things, until suddenly only this flash of blade light remained in the world, even the dark clouds were dispersed by it. In the dazzling light, the spider demon's curse-like scream rang out, a sound filled with boundless sorrow and terror, like the scream of a man whose manhood had been severed.
The blade light dissipated, and a ray of sunlight shone in; it was already noon.
"Squeak, squeak!" The bat demon suddenly spat out two mouthfuls of blood from the dark clouds, and the phantom beasts on the ground exposed to the sunlight turned into wisps of smoke. "I won't let you get away with this!" He defied the heavens, forcibly using a magical artifact he hadn't yet successfully forged in broad daylight, and finally suffered the effects of the sunlight, screaming as he fled into the deep mountains.
Ten human corpses and hundreds of rotting puppet beast carcasses were left on the ground. The sky returned to clear blue, and seeing the sunlight again gave him a feeling of having narrowly escaped death. "Phew! I'm exhausted!" Shangguan Taotao had exerted a lot of effort in the end. Her magical power was not high to begin with, and after using more than ten arcane techniques, she collapsed into Xiao Liuzi's arms.
"Silly girl, I'm tired too. Don't snuggle into my arms anymore, or my fiancé will come after me!"
Hearing the first part of his sentence, Shangguan Taotao, who had already moved away, snuggled back in after hearing the second. She laughed breathlessly, "So you're afraid of Brother Dongfang, huh? Haha, I'll make him chase you! If you're nice to me, I won't tell him!"
Xiao Liuzi pouted, ignoring her. He saw Guan Yu running excitedly towards them, carrying a bloody object. Near the rotting corpse, the pungent aroma emanating from the bloody object in his hand was clearly noticeable.
"Sigh, haven't worked in a while, and the spider demon escaped again. But I finally got this!" Guan Yu said with a smile, holding up the object in his hand.
"What are you holding?" Luo Yue asked curiously.
"Haha, this is a trial tool for our Guan family. As long as I get this, I can leave the mountain." Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Guan Yu continued with a smile, "Simply put, this is the buttocks of the Two-Faced Beauty. Doesn't it smell good? Its genitals are one of the most famous spices in the world, and also the best material for making aphrodisiacs."
"Pervert!" Shangguan Taotao and Luo Yue spat lightly, cursing in unison, and then jumped away from Guan Yu as if avoiding a plague.
Xiao Liuzi glanced at Luo Yue strangely, then looked at the blushing Shangguan Taotao, a mysterious smile appearing on his lips.
Luo Feng, however, had no time to ask questions. Ignoring his own injuries, he hurriedly helped his five remaining men bandage their wounds. The five wounded men's eyes flashed with deep gratitude, and they all clamored for him to treat their wounds first.
Chapter 15 Vampire Bats (Part 4)
Legend has it that during the late Peacock Era, a patriarch of the Guan family was bewitched by a powerful, two-faced spider demon, committing the grave crime of treason. This marked the beginning of the Guan family's decline from glory. Later, the Guan family withdrew from the chaotic Tianyu Continent and disappeared into the annals of history.
Today, seeing Guan Yu's strange behavior, and recalling how he once severed the tails of two demons in a single day, the legend seems quite true. The centipede demon's tail was cut off, rendering its manhood useless; the sexy, alluring spider demon's plump female tail was also severed, rendering its fertility useless. Xiao Liuzi strongly suspected that Guan Yu had a perverted fetish for cutting off people's genitals. Thinking of this, he instinctively pulled his legs together, blissfully aware that his manhood was still intact.
Despite his injuries, Luo Feng was chatting warmly with Guan Yu. Although they were far apart, Wang Xiaoliu could clearly hear that Luo Feng was trying to win Guan Yu over, offering him a generous salary. Luo Feng cared for his soldiers, fought bravely, and greatly valued their loyalty and devotion, displaying the qualities of a great general. However, he was somewhat impatient and impulsive, and his on-the-spot command skills were inferior to Luo Yue's.
Xiaoliu thought haphazardly, then, seeing Guan Yu's aloof expression, he chuckled inwardly, knowing that Luo Feng's attempt to recruit him had failed. He walked over with a smile and said to Guan Yu, "Brother Guan, you must come find us after you go down the mountain! I still owe you my life!"
"Hehe, it's nothing, not worth mentioning. Besides, when I was trapped in the spider demon's net, only you risked your life to save me, so we're even. I still have some time before I go down the mountain; our Guan family rules are very strict, and there are still several to complete. However, when I can leave the mountain, I will definitely come find you." Seeing Xiao Liu's smile, Guan Yu's raised chin lowered slightly, and a warm smile bloomed on his long purple face.
Wang Xiao Liu then discussed some contact addresses with Guan Yu, and also pulled aside the displeased Luo Feng, asking him to give them his contact addresses as well, so that it would be more convenient for Guan Yu later. Luo Feng was delighted, thinking that Xiao Liu was very sensible, and Guan Yu was even more grateful to Xiao Liu.
After saying goodbye to Guan Yu, Luo Feng and Luo Yue, along with Zhu Sihai and five wounded subordinates, continued towards Longgu County. Xiao Liuzi also planned to replenish his supplies in Longgu County before parting ways with the Luo brothers. Shangguan Taotao stayed close to Xiao Liuzi, saying she was too tired from using her magic and couldn't walk, insisting he carry her. Finally, seeing the strange looks from everyone, she shyly relented and let Xiao Liuzi help her.
Since they would soon reach the safe Longgu County, the group chatted happily along the way, even the worried Zhu Sihai joined the conversation. The Luo brothers, considering Zhu Sihai's life-saving jade talisman, didn't hold their previous deception against him; of course, the escort fee and compensation had increased fivefold.
"Yay, I see the city walls! We're safe!" Shangguan Taotao jumped out of Xiao Liuzi's arms, bouncing and leaping in mid-air, showing no awareness of her "exhaustion." Several men laughed, all giving the girl and Xiao Liuzi ambiguous looks.
Xiao Liuzi innocently shrugged, feeling these men had wronged him. Shangguan Taotao was already taken, so even if he wanted to make a move on her, he'd have to consider the Shangguan and Dongfang families behind her. "Fuck! This little wench may be a beauty, but I already have Sister Chuchu, she's the real beauty. Hmm, this time, after healing her wounds, I'll definitely... take advantage of her a bit." Xiao Liu Zi muttered to himself. After Shangguan
Taotao had her fill of madness, she happily landed beside Xiao Liu Zi, hugging his arm and laughing, "When we get to Zhongzhou City, after healing your friend's wounds, will you come home with me?"
"Hmm, home with you..." Xiao Liu Zi replied, but in his heart he thought the rest of the sentence was, "...Yeah, right! I'd have to be crazy to go to the Shangguan family with you. They're not as stupid as you. If I, a treasure thief, fell into their hands, ten lives wouldn't be enough for them to torment me."
Luo Yue suddenly drew her icy slender sword and used sword control techniques to stab at the bushes on the hillside. With a "clang!", the slender sword was deflected by some weapon, and more than twenty robust men in fine clothes leaped out of the bushes, wielding various weapons inlaid with precious gems, surrounding Luo Feng and Luo Yue's group.
Luo Feng also drew his long sword and coldly shouted, "Judging from your clothes and weapons, you don't seem like bandits. Who are you, and why are you stopping us?" Although the other side outnumbered them, the people from Fengyue Escort Agency showed no fear. On the contrary, Zhu Sihai trembled with fear, afraid that these people were assassins sent by his brother.
"And who are you? Release my young lady!" The leader, about forty years old, with a square face and short beard, wielded a seven-foot silver spear. He was imposing and fierce, his eyes fixed on Shangguan Taotao.
"Your young lady?" Luo Feng and Luo Yue were stunned. Zhu Sihai breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thankful they weren't here to kill him. Xiao Liuzi looked bitter, gently patting Shangguan Taotao's waist, telling her to be shrewd and not betray him.
"Uncle Hua, what brings you here?" Only Shangguan Taotao greeted them happily, taking the hand of the middle-aged man with the gun and pointing affectionately at Xiao Liuzi, Luo Feng, and Luo Yue, laughing, "They are all my friends, no one arrested me. How did you know I was here?"
"Hehe." The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, glancing at the wounded men of the Fengyue Escort Agency, and said affectionately to Shangguan Taotao, "That night the house was robbed, and you disappeared again. The master was worried and sent the family's elites everywhere to search for you. Five months ago, an informant reported seeing you chasing a little beggar into Dragon Bone Mountain. The madam was so anxious she wept, and sent several teams into the mountain to search. My task was to wait for you at the exit."
"Oh dear, I was so busy chasing that sword thief that I forgot to tell Mother." Shangguan Taotao stuck out her tongue, showing no remorse whatsoever, but instead laughing carefree.
"You caught the sword thief? Where is he?" The man called Uncle Hua asked eagerly, his face beaming with joy.
Shangguan Taotao glanced at Xiao Liuzi, then shook her head and sighed, "The thief is cunning; he got away." Xiao Liuzi's heart finally settled, thinking that this silly girl wasn't so foolish after all.
The middle-aged man had noticed Shangguan Taotao's gaze earlier, and following it, he saw Xiao Liuzi dressed as a woman. He clearly remembered the white dress, because a year ago, Miss Cousin had fought with Miss Taotao over this dress, and this boy could dress up as Miss Cousin; his relationship with Miss Cousin must be special.
"What's your name, friend?" the middle-aged man asked, pointing at Xiao Liuzi with a puzzled expression.

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