Chapter 125: You are that Person from Ten Thousand Years Ago
Cui Xuecheng’s demon-slaying squad was the same one that had met Ning Xiaoxiao and the others in Beiyou City.
They were missing Yong Jie, but had added a square-faced Buddhist disciple.
The monk was burly and bare-chested. He slammed both fists down onto the grey stone pavement toward Nan Shier!
Boom—
The stone slabs upturned as his Wood spiritual root activated, causing earthen walls to rise and trap the Great Mo within!
Taking advantage of this opening, Zhuang Yusheng and Ning Xiaoxiao quickly flew down and took Zhuang Haiming away.
Ning Xiaoxiao scanned her surroundings, and her heart sank at the sight of numerous civilian corpses.
Cui Xuecheng noticed her concern and said, “Our squad was near Nantong City when the Great Mo appeared, so only a hundred died. The rest have been evacuated under the escort of the City Lord’s wife and the city guards. The City Lord has reached the Hétǐ stage, so he stayed behind with us to face the Demon.”
Ning Xiaoxiao’s mood eased slightly, but the death toll of a hundred still made her heart ache.
“This Great Mo’s cultivation has reached the Dùjié stage. With our current abilities, it will be very difficult to annihilate him,” Cui Xuecheng said. “Junior Sister Ning, you and Fellow Daoist Zhuang take the City Lord and our squad’s severely injured members and leave first. The rest of us will cover the rear.”
Cui Xuecheng and the others had stayed behind specifically to buy time for the civilians to evacuate further.
Seeing that Ning Xiaoxiao and Zhuang Yusheng did not have high cultivation levels, he planned to have them lead the wounded to safety.
However, Ning Xiaoxiao shook her head. “Senior Brother Cui, don’t forget that both Zhuang Yusheng and I know how to use Fēngmò Talismans.”
“In the absence of other support, we will be your greatest assets.”
As they spoke, Zhuang Yusheng had already moved the unconscious Zhuang Haiming and the wounded to a safe location.
He walked back and said, “Fellow Daoist Cui, I am a native of Nantong City; I know every inch of this place. I promise not to hold you back.”
Cui Xuecheng gave them a deep look. Only after the Great Mo over there shattered the earthen walls did he say, “At critical moments, prioritize your own survival.”
Ning Xiaoxiao and Zhuang Yusheng knew that this was his silent agreement for them to stay.
They exchanged a look and used their divine sense as a guide to draw talismans in the air. Cui Xuecheng and another Sword Sect disciple charged toward Nan Shier with their swords. Their death-defying sword intent made the blades in their hands appear solid, sharp, and indestructible.
“A pack of ants. No matter how you struggle, you cannot move a mountain.”
Nan Shier sneered as his human disguise shattered. His body ballooned to five meters in height, and black demonic qi covered his entire frame, making his skin as hard as iron. He met the swords of the two cultivators head-on, and the sword intent only managed to damage his outer skin before it healed rapidly.
Then, with a swing of his palm, Cui Xuecheng’s protective spiritual energy shield shattered, and he was sent flying.
A Fēngmò Talisman was completed and slammed into the Great Mo’s chest.
A sizzling sound rang out, but Nan Shier simply tore off a layer of his own skin and threw the talisman far away. He opened his massive maw and let out a monstrous roar. Kicking off the ground like a heavy artillery shell, he landed with a boom directly in front of Ning Xiaoxiao and Zhuang Yusheng!
“Anyone who can use Fēngmò Talismans…”
“Must die.”
By now, Nan Shier had long abandoned his earlier playful attitude.
The moment he saw those Fēngmò Talismans, his heart was flooded with a towering rage and hatred!
He had been sealed for ten thousand years because of those very things!
If Nan Lou hadn’t received a divine method to destroy the seal, he would still be imprisoned even now!
He never wanted to experience ten thousand years of loneliness and darkness again, so he unleashed his full strength, intending to kill these two first!
The speed of a Dùjié stage Great Mo was simply too fast.
Furthermore, Cui Xuecheng and the others had never expected the Demon to lock onto Zhuang Yusheng and Ning Xiaoxiao as targets. By the time they wanted to help, it was already too late…
Zhuang Yusheng held his guqin horizontally before him and unleashed every defensive spiritual artifact he had, just as he had done in Beiyou City, shielding Ning Xiaoxiao with everything he had.
The artifacts shattered, and the two were sent flying back together. Zhuang Yusheng coughed up a large mouthful of blood. He shoved the shocked Ning Xiaoxiao aside with one hand and gripped a fragment of a spiritual artifact that had pierced into his body with the other. Taking a deep breath, he yanked it out.
He didn’t even stop to stem the blood spray. He immediately used the fragment to pluck his strings, releasing sonic waves, but they couldn’t slow the Demon down at all.
Seeing the demonic claw reaching for his throat.
Zhuang Yusheng felt it was laughable that his final thought was:
“This young master hasn’t even been in a relationship yet. Dying like this is truly a waste!!!”
But perhaps the heavens heard his plea.
In the next instant, a figure descended from the sky. With a boom, an enlarged divine sword slammed into the ground, placing itself between the five-meter-tall Great Mo and the two teenagers.
As the dust settled.
Zhuang Yusheng looked up at that tall, straight silhouette.
It was Lou Yunxiao, who had been gone for more than two months!
Furthermore, his cultivation had reached a level that Zhuang Yusheng couldn’t even hope to comprehend!
The thrill of surviving a near-death experience filled Zhuang Yusheng with joy. He didn’t even care that they were former “arch-rivals” and “love-rivals.”
He also didn’t care to be jealous of what kind of massive opportunity Lou Yunxiao must have found to reach such a level of power.
He simply lunged forward and hugged Lou Yunxiao’s leg.
“Brother Lou!!! You saved me!! You are my god!!!”
After shouting, he spat out a mouthful of blood, staining a large patch of Lou Yunxiao’s white robes crimson.
His two hands also left filthy prints on the white fabric.
Lou Yunxiao: “…”
He crouched down and stuffed a pill into Zhuang Yusheng’s mouth.
“Stop shouting. Go rest over there.”
Zhuang Yusheng nodded his head like a chick pecking at grain.
Ning Xiaoxiao rushed over and helped him to a safe spot.
She heard Lou Yunxiao say a soft “Thank you.”
Zhuang Yusheng knew he was being thanked for protecting Ning Xiaoxiao.
He simply waved his hand and didn’t speak.
Ning Xiaoxiao’s eyes were red as she looked at the battered Zhuang Yusheng and said, “Next time, don’t push me away. I have the ability to withstand it alongside you.”
“I know you have the ability.” Zhuang Yusheng scratched his hair and gave a foolish grin. “I just didn’t want to see you get hurt.”
“…” Ning Xiaoxiao stiffened for a moment. She lowered her eyes and whispered, “Do you think I wanted to see you get hurt?”
“What did you say?” Her voice was too soft, so Zhuang Yusheng asked.
The young girl quickly shook her head and replied, “Nothing.”
“You are…” Nan Shier stared at the Lou Yunxiao before him, and memories from ten thousand years ago began to assault him once more.
Setting aside those demonic markings, this man looked so much like…
How could he look so much like the Lou Yunxiao from ten thousand years ago?!
Nan Lou hadn’t explained anything about Lou Yunxiao to Nan Shier; he had simply released him and given him the command to wreak havoc on the Qiányuán Continent.
Therefore, looking at Lou Yunxiao now, he recalled the image of being chopped into mincemeat by this man ten thousand years ago!
Almost instinctively, he took a step back.
He spoke in shock, “Just why have you appeared here? It’s been ten thousand years—how are you still not dead? How could a human have such a long lifespan?!”
“Are you his reincarnation?!”
Translator’s Note: Hùndùn (混沌) power is the primordial energy of the universe, and Lou Yunxiao possessing it at the Dàchéng stage is absolutely unheard of. Also, the dynamic between Zhuang Yusheng and Ning Xiaoxiao is taking a sweet turn—that foolish grin of his while coughing up blood! But things are getting dark; a Great Mò (Demonic Being) impersonating Ning Ke to slaughter villages is going to destroy A-Ke’s reputation. Poor A-Ke is still stuck in Xùnián Mountain!
Cultivation Stages in this chapter:
- Huàshén (化神): Deity Transformation stage.
- Hétǐ (合體): Integration stage.
- Dàchéng (大乘): Mahayana stage (where Lou Yunxiao is now).
- Dùjié (渡劫): Tribulation Transcendence stage (the level of the Great Mò).
Swords & Tools:
- Jīnglán (驚嵐): Ning Xiaoxiao’s sword.
- Jiànmò Stone (鑒魔石): Demon-Detecting stone.
- Anshén Flute (安神笛): Spirit-soothing flute.
- Fēngmò Talisman (封魔符): Demon-Sealing talisman.
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