This was the first time Nan Zhi had encountered an immortal cultivator in the real world.
Actually, calling him an "immortal cultivator" was not entirely accurate.
He was a youth who looked only sixteen or seventeen, with a lingering childishness. He had a buzz cut dyed red, acne scars on his forehead and chin, and a face full of youthful vigor.
He looked just like a high school student playing hooky from an ordinary school, still wearing a crumpled blue-and-white school uniform.
He seemed to have run all the way through the mountain forest; his white sneakers, sweatpants, and baseball cap were stained with green grass juice, and his face bore scratches left by tree branches.
【Li Dapeng: Level 1】
Ordinary people did not have levels displayed, so this guy must have just recently entered the Qi Refinement stage, or perhaps had just set foot on the path of cultivation.
But Nan Zhi's focus was not on this.
The divine sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator usually covered a radius of about one kilometer. Because she cultivated two techniques simultaneously, her divine sense was larger than that of cultivators of the same rank.
Every movement, every blade of grass, and every tree within a five-li radius could not escape her control.
Therefore, she could hear the voices coming from the government personnel's walkie-talkies very clearly.
“A criminal suspect who uses supernatural powers to commit murder.”
This teenager in front of her?
Nan Zhi turned around slightly. With a thought, the thick fog near the cemetery slowly dispersed, revealing a path leading into the cemetery amidst the milky-white sea of mist.
“Chomp, chomp... smack, smack... Mountain Lord?”
Hu Ban'er squatted on the ground, picking up the shattered flesh of the yaksha and feasting on it, the fox fur around his mouth stained with some gruesome traces—
Although yakshas ate humans, they were 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 devouring the yaksha, the old fox had the cheek to follow suit and take a few bites.
Suddenly seeing a figure appear at the end of the path, Hu Ban'er straightened up in surprise, baring his teeth and hissing a warning:
“What the heck? Where did this little... this blabbering little brat come from? How dare you disturb the Mountain Lord? Are you looking for death? What on earth are the government people doing? They actually failed to clear the area beforehand and let a living person in!”
Nan Zhi said nothing. She simply leaped silently into the clouds, letting the white fog conceal her figure.
She wanted to see if this person was deliberately sent in by the authorities as a test, or if he had truly stumbled in by accident.
From afar, the youth saw the ground littered with severed limbs and shredded flesh, and spotted only a large yellow fox standing in the middle of the cemetery devouring some unknown meat. His eyes instantly lit up:
“A talking fox! It's a demon beast!”
He seemed extremely excited, his entire face flushing red as he gasped for breath, his lips curling up involuntarily:
“I really am the Chosen One! The protagonist of the world! Even if I can't beat the man-eating monster in the cemetery, I can still scavenge! I wonder if slaughtering this fox will yield a demon core to help me cultivate!”
“Demon beast my foot! I'll 'demon beast' your ancestors! Go dig up your fourth uncle's ragged underwear! I... I am a Chuma immortal!”
Hu Ban'er couldn't figure out what the Mountain Lord beside him wanted to do, nor did he know where this little bastard had sprung from. Terrified of being misunderstood, he leaped up to prove his innocence:
“Mountain Lord! This little demon truly has no idea where this little brat came from! When they gave me the message, they clearly said they would cooperate with the Mountain Lord to clear the area in advance and relocate the humans nearby. This kid...”
It was originally agreed that the Mountain Lord would hunt down evil demons according to the locations on the list, and the authorities would clear the area beforehand. So where did this little bastard spring from?
Hu Ban'er was terrified that he would be suspected of colluding with the authorities to set a trap for the Mountain Lord. He jumped up and slapped the kid across the face with his tail, pushing him to leave quickly:
“Whose kid are you? What 'demon beast' and 'immortal cultivation'? Have you gone mad from watching too many TV dramas? Don't make a fool of yourself here! The Mountain Lord is passing through; bystanders are not allowed to obstruct! Get the hell out of here, double-quick! Otherwise, if you drag your feet and die here, your parents will cry themselves blind—”
The old fox wasn't very large, and his furry tail wasn't huge either. At most, the slap made a loud noise, but it was purely to save the brat's life.
Who would have thought that Li Dapeng would be stunned for a moment, show absolutely no gratitude, and instead glare as he pulled a steel ruler from his pocket, thrusting it straight toward the old fox's eyes!
“Ding!!”
The steel ruler carried a gust of sharp wind and sank over three inches into the dirt. Although the old fox managed to roll out of the way, he was so startled that his fur puffed up in waves, and a cold shiver ran from his belly straight up to his neck:
“Holy crap! You little bastard, how can you be so vicious? How did your parents raise you?!”
“Who asked you to walk the path of death? From childhood until now, not even my parents have ever slapped my face.”
Li Dapeng pulled the steel ruler out of the ground, his eyes venomous:
“You were the one who killed the monster in this cemetery, right? It ate so many people, so its demon core must be incredibly powerful. Hand it over now, and I might still leave you with an intact corpse—”
“No, how could I possibly have the ability to kill a yaksha ghost? I've told you brats not to read so many brainless novels! That 'demon core' thing is something only a fully transformed great demon has. Besides, it's a yaksha ghost, a creature born from a ghost! Why on earth would it have a demon core?!”
Hu Ban'er was dumbfounded. He wondered if this kid had escaped from a mental asylum. Not only was everything he said completely nonsensical, but it was also full of wild fabrications. Even as a fox, Hu Ban'er felt a chill run down his spine.
—Who wasn't afraid of a lunatic?
Reasoning with him didn't work, and he couldn't just kill him. The kid had been smiling one second, and the next, he was trying to stab a steel ruler into his eyeball. This kind of madness was terrifying even to a fox!
“As expected, a beast is a beast. After all, those of a different race will always have different minds. Since you refuse to offer it up with both hands, don't blame me for being ruthless and merciless!”
Li Dapeng brandished the steel ruler, which had been sharpened to a point at the top, and sneered:
“To become the fifth soul to perish under this Venerable's natal dharma treasure, the ‘Crashing Wave Vajra Ruler,’ you can die in peace!”
Late-stage chuunibyou?
Who on earth allowed him to cultivate?
So bizarre a brat, who could have possibly taught him how to draw qi into his body?
Nan Zhi, who was hiding nearby and watching the show: “...”
A “Venerable” who hadn't even reached Qi Refinement level 1.
A “natal dharma treasure” that looked like a ten-yuan ruler from a school convenience store.
Spiritual resurgence had begun, and demons were appearing in the world, but when it came to being utterly bizarre, no species could ever compete with humans.
However, this person... was indeed an outright murderer.
Nan Zhi stared at the four ghosts entangling and wailing behind Li Dapeng, unable to help but frown.
“Where the hell did you come from? I've never seen such a brainless fool! If I don't teach you a lesson today, my surname isn't Hu!”
Hu Ban'er truly felt that he had never been so aggrieved in his entire life.
To think that he, a dignified Chuma immortal of the Hu family, traveled in Bentleys and G-Wagons, ate delicacies like abalone and lobster, and drank fine wines and aged spirits. Who didn't treat him with the utmost respect and courtesy when asking for his help?
Even during this time spent by the Mountain Lord's side, hadn't he experienced having the government clear the way for them, soaring through the sky and tunneling through the earth?
Who on earth sent this bastard? Did they know that his Hu family had secured a thick, sturdy golden thigh and wanted to frame him, driving a wedge between him and the Mountain Lord?
The Huang family? The Liu family? The Bai family? The Hui family?
Or the Taoists and monks from Longhu Mountain, Maoshan, or Jinguang Temple??
Which son of a gun did this?
Hu Ban'er would never believe that this little brat had just stumbled in by accident.
Was this a joke?
With the government clearing the way, who could be so blind? And how could it be such a coincidence that he broke in right after the Mountain Lord finished killing the yaksha?
No wonder the Mountain Lord was standing in the sky without saying a word. She wanted to see how he would handle this human!
Didn't that mean it was time for him to show his loyalty?!
Rate on N.U.
