This was the first time Nan Zhi had encountered a cultivator in the real world.
Calling him a cultivator was not entirely accurate.
He was a teenager who looked only sixteen or seventeen, with a buzz cut and dyed red hair. His face was full of youthful vigor, though it still bore the marks of acne on his forehead and chin.
He looked like a high school student playing truant, still wearing a rumpled blue and white school uniform.
He seemed to have sprinted all the way through the forest. His white sneakers, sweatpants, and baseball cap were stained with green grass juice, and his face was scratched from branches.
【Li Dapeng: Level 1】
Ordinary people did not have level displays, so this guy must have just stepped into the Qi Refinement stage, or perhaps he had only just entered the path of cultivation.
But that was not what Nan Zhi was focused on.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine sense covered a radius of about one kilometer. Because she practiced two techniques simultaneously, her divine sense was even broader than that of others at the same rank.
Everything within a five-mile radius—every movement, every blade of grass, every tree—was under her control.
Therefore, she had heard the voice from the official's walkie-talkie quite clearly.
"A criminal suspect using supernatural powers to kill."
This teenager in front of her?
Nan Zhi turned slightly. With a thought, the thick fog near the cemetery began to slowly disperse, revealing a small path leading into the graveyard through the milky white sea of mist.
"Chomp chomp... munch munch... Mountain Lord?"
Hu Ban'er was squatting on the ground, feasting on the shredded meat of the yaksha. His fox fur was stained with a few grisly marks around his mouth.
Although the yaksha ate humans, it was also on a fox's menu. Since ancient times, there had been a saying that "foxes eat ghosts." Seeing that Nan Zhi had no intention of consuming the yaksha, the old fox had been thick-skinned enough to join in for a few bites.
Suddenly seeing a figure appear at the end of the path, Hu Ban'er straightened up and hissed a warning:
"What the hell? Where did this little shi—... little brat who won't stop yapping come from? How dare you disturb the Mountain Lord! Do you have a death wish? What are the authorities doing? They were supposed to clear the area, yet they let a living person in!"
Nan Zhi said nothing. She silently leaped onto the clouds, letting the white mist conceal her form.
She wanted to see if this person had been sent in intentionally by the authorities as a test or if he had truly stumbled in by accident.
The boy saw the scattered meat and corpses from a distance. Then, seeing only a large yellow fox standing in the middle of the cemetery eating unidentified meat, his eyes lit up:
"A talking fox! It's a demon beast!"
He seemed incredibly excited. His face turned beet red, and he panted heavily as a smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"I really am the Child of Destiny! The protagonist of this world! Even if I can't beat the man-eating monster in the cemetery, I can still scavenge! I wonder if I'll find a demon core if I slaughter this fox. It would help my cultivation!"
"I'll 'demon' your granddaddy and your third great-uncle's mushy eggplants! Dig up your fourth uncle's rotten underwear and that red thread pair! I... I am a Chuma immortal!"
Hu Ban'er couldn't figure out what the Mountain Lord beside him was planning, and he didn't know where this little bastard had come from. Fearing a misunderstanding, he jumped up to prove his innocence.
"Mountain Lord! This little spirit truly doesn't know where this brat came from! When they sent the message, they said they would cooperate with the Mountain Lord to clear the area in advance and move the nearby humans. This kid..."
The plan was for the Mountain Lord to hunt the evil demons at the locations on the list while the authorities cleared the area. Where did this little bastard come from?
Hu Ban'er was terrified that the Mountain Lord would think he was colluding with the authorities to set a trap. He jumped up and slapped the boy across the face with his tail, shoving him to make him leave.
"Whose kid are you? Demon beasts? Cultivation? You've watched too many TV shows, haven't you? Stop making a fool of yourself!"
"The Mountain Lord is passing through; bystanders are not allowed to interfere! Get lost, and be quick about it! Otherwise, you'll end up dead here, and your parents will cry themselves blind!"
The old fox was small, and his furry tail wasn't very large. At most, the slap made a loud noise; he was only trying to save the brat's life.
To his surprise, Li Dapeng froze for a moment, showing no gratitude. He glared at the fox and pulled a steel ruler from his pocket, thrusting it straight toward the old fox's eyes!
Clang!!
The steel ruler carried a gust of sharp wind and sank more than three inches into the soil. Although the old fox rolled away, his fur stood on end in shock. A chill rose from his belly to the base of his neck.
"Holy crap! You little brat, how can you be so vicious? How did your parents raise you!"
"Since you have already sought your own death, I shall grant it. From childhood until now, not even my parents have ever slapped my face."
Li Dapeng pulled the steel ruler from the ground, his eyes filled with resentment.
"You killed the monster in this cemetery, didn't you? It ate so many people, so its demon core must be powerful. Hand it over now, and I might leave your corpse intact—"
"Wait, do I look like I have the ability to kill a yaksha? I've told you brats to stop reading those brainless novels! Only a great demon capable of transformation would have a demon core! Besides, that was a yaksha, a creature turned from a ghost! It doesn't have a damn demon core!"
Hu Ban'er was dumbfounded. He wondered if this kid had escaped from a mental asylum. His words were either nonsensical or utter gibberish. Even as a fox, he felt a chill down his spine.
Who wasn't afraid of a lunatic?
You couldn't talk sense into him, and you couldn't just kill him. One second he was smiling, and the next he was trying to gouge your eyes out with a steel ruler. This kind of madness was terrifying even to a fox!
"As expected, a beast is a beast. Those not of my race must have a different heart. Since you refuse to offer it up with both hands, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Li Dapeng brandished the steel ruler, which had been sharpened to a point at the top, and sneered.
"To die at the hands of This Venerable's Vital Dharma Treasure, the 'Crashing Wave Vajra Ruler', as its fifth victim... you can rest in peace!"
Late-stage chuunibyou?
Who let him cultivate?
Who on earth taught such an abstract person how to condense qi?
Nan Zhi, watching the scene from the sidelines: "..."
A "Venerable" who wasn't even at the first level of Qi Refinement.
A "Vital Dharma Treasure" that looked like a ten-yuan item from a convenience store.
Spiritual energy was resurging, and demons were appearing in the world, but when it came to being abstract, no race could truly beat humans.
However, this person... was indeed an out-and-out murderer.
Nan Zhi frowned as she stared at the four ghosts entangling and wailing behind Li Dapeng.
"Where the hell did you come from? I've never seen such a reckless fool! If I don't deal with you today, my name isn't Hu!"
Hu Ban'er felt he had never been so wronged in his life.
As a dignified Chuma immortal of the Hu family, he traveled in Bentleys and G-Wagons, ate delicacies like abalone and lobster, and drank fine vintage wines. Who didn't treat him with the utmost respect when asking for his help?
Even during this time spent beside the Mountain Lord, hadn't he experienced the authorities clearing the way and the thrill of flying through the sky?
Who sent this bastard? Did they know his Hu family had found a thick, powerful leg to cling to and wanted to frame him, driving a wedge between him and the Mountain Lord?
Was it the Huang family? The Liu family? The Bai family? The Hui family?
Or was it the Taoists and monks from Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, or Jinguang Temple??
Which son of a bitch did this?
Hu Ban'er would never believe this little brat had stumbled in by accident.
Was this a joke?
The authorities had cleared the path. Who would be so blind and arrive so coincidentally right after the Mountain Lord finished killing the yaksha?
No wonder the Mountain Lord was staying silent in the sky. She was waiting to see how he would handle this human!
Didn't that mean it was time for him to show his loyalty!
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