readease Chapter 54 Ambush? Who Kills Whom?
Chapter 54 Ambush? Who Kills Whom?
Lu Qian indulged in a retaliatory spending spree at the restaurant Xiao Zhan owned.
The money spent at the small inn was spent at the small inn, so it could be considered as getting a free meal.
Just as Lü Qian finished his meal and was pondering where to head north next, his phone suddenly beeped with a text message notification.
He casually took out his phone, but his eyes widened in shock the moment he saw the contents of the text message.
"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousand, hundred thousand...millions? Two million?"
"The old man said two hundred, which means two million?"
Realizing this, he put down his phone with a wan expression, thinking, "This old man is really generous."
"Alright, now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, we can officially get to work."
After saying that, he got up and walked outside.
……
Lu Qian set off from Wudang Mountain and headed north along the route provided by the innkeeper.
That night, the moon was bright and the stars were few, with a gentle breeze blowing.
The brilliant starlight and moonlight illuminated the remote mountain path, and the cool night breeze brought a sense of clarity to the mind.
Lu Qian, dressed in a Taoist robe with a blue cloth bundle slung across his body, moved swiftly along a country road.
Nighttime is when no one is around, which is the perfect time for these extraordinary individuals to travel using their light-footed skills without fear of being seen.
Lu Qian's figure moved swiftly through the night and soon entered a dense forest.
"clatter!"
Suddenly, Lü Qian stopped in his tracks, his right foot halting his movement. Using the momentum of his body, he spun around with both arms, unleashing a powerful force in all directions.
"Splash splash splash..."
A wave-like force spread rapidly outwards from Lü Qian, striking the surrounding trees and causing their canopies to rustle loudly.
Large swirling leaves danced down from the treetops, filling the air and obscuring the view ahead.
"You Quanxing people are quite hospitable. I haven't even entered the city yet, and I'm already receiving such a warm welcome from you all. I'm not too surprised."
Lu Qian stood still, his hands instinctively tucked into his sleeves. He glanced at the swirling fallen leaves around him, as if he could see figures hidden behind them. "One, two, three... Aren't you coming out yet?"
"Hehe, you're quite the little rascal. I'm really curious what it's like to have all this flesh and blood around you."
Before he could finish speaking, a dark figure rushed towards Lü Qian from the woods. His golden eyes gleamed in the darkness.
The dark figure flashed by, its hands forming sharp claws as it reached for Lü Qian's head.
Lu Qian dodged to the side, then used his Tai Chi strength to catch the two sharp claws. He then followed up with a powerful punch, compressing the air in the path of his fist.
"boom!"
Like the roar of cannons, the Bengquan fist slammed fiercely towards the old man's open center gate.
"Brother Sun Rong, I'm here to help you!"
A Peking opera tune suddenly rang out, followed by a white ribbon of light sweeping straight towards Lü Qian from the side with a sharp and imposing aura.
The white ribbon was about 36 feet long, like a giant white python dancing in the night, with the sound of air being torn apart as it was swung.
"I, Old Li, am here to join in the fun too."
As they were talking, two giggling ghost children rushed towards Lü Qian from the woods.
"Hehehehe..."
These two ghost children were paper effigies, their cheeks painted with bright red, presumably the blood of living people. One was male and the other female, dressed in old-fashioned paper jackets, their pupils flickering with eerie green flames, as they hopped and leaped out of the treetops.
They emit eerie laughter that confuses and bewilders the listener.
The old man surnamed Li, whose cheeks were as white as paper, now had two streaks of blood on them. He made hand seals and directed the ghost children to attack Lü Qian.
"【Man-eating Owl】Sun Rong, 【Paper Demon】Li Ying, and 【Demon Girl】Zhao Ji, tsk, this humble Taoist is quite popular."
Lu Qian stomped his foot hard, and three streams of Ruyi energy shot from the ground toward Li Ying in the distance and the two ghost children nearby. His body rose into the air with the reaction force of the ground, and his feet used the Tai Chi energy that was both soft and hard to kick toward the white silk sleeves.
"Hey kid, which way are you looking?"
Sun Rongqian's thin hands resembled bird claws. He casually swept them upwards, his sharp fingers slicing towards Lü Qian's neck.
"shock!"
In mid-air, Lü Qian held his hands in front of him, and a Tai Chi force rapidly entangled and grew stronger in his hands. The powerful force between Yin and Yang was released from his hands, blasting everything around him away.
Facing the force head-on, Sun Rong sensed its earth-shattering power and dared not be careless, so he crossed his hands in front of him.
"boom!"
A giant Tai Chi symbol suddenly spread out in the forest, and a powerful force erupted as the Tai Chi symbol rotated.
"Wow, what amazing Tai Chi power."
Sun Rong was pushed away by the Tai Chi diagram, her feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.
He shook his withered, numb arms, his owl-like eyes fixed on Lü Qian in the center of the Tai Chi diagram.
"Splash splash splash..."
The sound of waves gradually rose as Lü Qian landed, and in the blink of an eye, ripples spread around his body.
He stood within the Taiji diagram, which was three zhang in diameter, with towering Qi flames rising from his body. His aura was like a surging, angry wave, washing over the nerves of the old ghosts present.
"Oh no, this kid's Tai Chi is no ordinary Tai Chi; he has already developed his own path."
From a distance, Li Ying watched as Lü Qian seemed to transform, his aura suddenly surging to a level that made even them tremble with fear as the Tai Chi diagram exploded.
"Strike quickly, we can't let him continue!"
Li Ying shouted loudly, then bit her fingertip and touched her forehead with it, before changing her hand gestures.
As he moved, the eerie green flames in the eye sockets of the two ghost children in the distance burned even more intensely.
"ah--"
A piercing scream suddenly came from the ghost children's mouths. They showed Lu Qian a ferocious expression, as if they were terrified or resentful. This piercing ghostly sound was even more unsettling than the laughter just now.
"The Supreme Star Platform responds without ceasing."
Exorcising evil spirits and protecting life
Wisdom is clear and bright, and the mind is at peace.
The three souls are eternal, and the spirit is never lost.
Standing inside the Taiji diagram, facing the piercing ghostly sounds, Lü Qian recited the purification mantra, and his mind immediately became clear, and the previous feeling of confusion vanished.
"Paper Demon, you're not even human! You actually used a child's soul to create this paper demon general!"
He roared at Li Ying, "You've really provoked me today!"
Li Ying, known as the "Paper Demon," came from a humble background as a paper craftsman responsible for making funeral paper offerings among the Eight Lower Gates. This profession made it easy to cultivate some shady and evil arts.
In the past, Lü Qian had only heard from Zhou Meng and Yunlong that some paper craftsmen did not follow the right path and harmed living beings. At that time, he felt that if he encountered them, he would definitely slap them to death.
Now we've finally found one alive.
The fact that those two ghost children were able to slightly shake Lü Qian's well-honed spirit and life shows that this demon had put a lot of effort into these ghost children.
"Heh, kid Lü, it's not certain who will kill whom today."
A delicate voice echoed through the dense forest, carrying a seductive charm, as Zhao Ji, dressed as a female opera singer, strolled out of the woods.
As soon as he finished speaking, two white streaks, each three zhang and six chi long, flew towards Lü Qian.
"I'll use the lives of you three old devils to put out this fire!"
"I didn't originally intend to reveal this move, but the sight of you disgusts me, so I'll send you on your way quickly."
"The Divine Form of Xuanwu!"