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"The teapot lid you asked me to repair is now fixed. I haven't seen you come to pick it up these past few days, so I've been carrying it with me."
Jing Tian handed the lid of the purple clay teapot to Tang Xuejian, expecting her to accept it without hesitation. However, Tang Xuejian stared blankly at the lid and then suddenly burst into tears.
"Don't cry! If you think the repair isn't good enough, I'll fix it again. It's very easy!"
Tang Xuejian's crying made Jing Tian think that he hadn't fixed the kettle lid properly, so he became anxious and kept comforting Tang Xuejian.
Lin Yueru, who was also a girl, noticed that Tang Xuejian was acting strangely, which reminded her of herself when she was a child and was just as heartbroken when her mother passed away.
"Xiao Tian, let her cry for a while!" Lin Yueru stopped Jing Tian from comforting Tang Xuejian. She knew that the girl in front of her just needed to vent her emotions.
Li Xiaoyao and Xu Changqing quickly dealt with the demonized Thunderbolt Hall disciples, but Xu Changqing noticed something unusual about the two men, so he squatted down and began to carefully examine the corpses.
Li Xiaoyao asked curiously, "Brother Xu, what's wrong?"
Xu Changqing did not answer immediately, but frowned and fumbled around for a while, wondering, "They are clearly two people, so why did they turn into demons? Half of their bodies are human and half are demons."
"It seems like they suddenly turned from a human into a monster..."
Li Xiaoyao felt a chill run down his spine, his face turning pale. "Is this an illness, or..."
"It's unknown at the moment." Xu Changqing shook his head, used magic to burn the two demonized corpses, and then turned to walk towards Tang Xuejian.
After venting her emotions for a while, Tang Xuejian's eyes were still red, but she no longer felt dejected.
Xu Changqing cupped his hands and said, "Young lady, do you know the origin of these two demons?"
Tang Xuejian took a deep breath and said softly, "They are disciples of the Thunderbolt Hall. They started out as humans, but suddenly turned into monsters."
“Thunderbolt Hall…” A cold glint flashed in Xu Changqing’s eyes. “Once this matter is settled, we must go and see this den of iniquity.”
"Is the Taoist priest a disciple of Mount Shu?" Tang Xuejian felt that Xu Changqing's attire and speech were very familiar, similar to those Mount Shu disciples who often went down the mountain to exorcise demons.
Xu Changqing nodded, "I am Xu Changqing from the Shushan Sect."
Tang Xuejian knelt down with a thud, pleading, "Master Changqing, please save my grandfather! He was murdered by Luo Rulie, the leader of the Thunderbolt Hall! I beg the Shushan Sect to do justice for my grandfather..."
Before Xu Changqing could speak, Jing Tian scratched his head and said, "Miss Tang, the Daoist priest and the others have urgent matters to attend to and may not be able to help you. Moreover, Mount Shu is in a very difficult situation right now."
On the way, Li Xiaoyao explained to Jing Tian why Mount Shu needed the Five Elemental Pearls, and also made Jing Tian realize how heavy the burden on his shoulders was.
Upon hearing this, Tang Xuejian immediately looked up at Xu Changqing, her eyes filled with hope.
Xu Changqing was caught in a dilemma and could only shake his head and sigh, "Miss Tang, I am truly powerless to help with Old Master Tang's matter right now. Just as Brother Jing said, Mount Shu is in dire need of protection itself..."
"I can wait!" Tang Xuejian said firmly, "I can wait until the crisis at Mount Shu is over, as long as Master Xu can agree to that!"
Aside from relying on Mount Shu, Tang Xuejian had no other choice at this moment; Xu Changqing was the only lifeline she could grasp.
Since things had come to this point, it would be too unreasonable to refuse, so Xu Changqing nodded in agreement.
After rescuing the person, the four planned to continue their journey to Leizhou by boat. Just as they reached the side of the boat, Jing Tian heard a sound behind him. When he turned around, he saw Tang Xuejian following behind him with a hesitant expression.
"Miss Tang, you don't actually want to come with us, do you?"
"Of course I'm going to follow you. Who knows if you'll keep your promise after you complete the mission?"
"He's a great hero from the Shu Mountain Sect, how could he possibly deceive a little girl like you? You're overthinking it!"
"Mind your own business! You can go with them, so why can't I? My martial arts are far superior to yours!"
"Hehe! I was specially invited by Master Xu, who even said I could save the world!"
"Pah! You want me to believe you? You might as well say you're a reincarnated deity."
The two argued so fiercely that their faces turned red and their necks bulged, giving Xu Changqing a sense of déjà vu. He couldn't help but turn around and glance at Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru.
Good guy!
They're practically identical!
Just thinking about the scene of the four of them arguing on the way ahead gave Xu Changqing a headache, and he felt an urge to give up on caring about the world.
Forget it, destruction is better!
Junior brother, where are you? Come back quickly, I really can't take it anymore.
Xu Changqing's eyes were red.
The first day I missed my junior brother...
Meanwhile, Chu Yang had already flown to the capital on his sword to search for the spider demon's whereabouts.
The Thunder Spirit Orb might be with the other party, or it might not, but it makes no difference to Chu Yang. The spider demon's thousand years of cultivation is his real goal.
In a birch forest on the outskirts of Beijing.
A butterfly was fluttering in the forest when it accidentally fell into a spider web and couldn't get out.
A jet-black spider with emerald eyes crawled from the other end of the web, slowly approaching the beautiful, tiny butterfly.
The butterfly trembled in the spider web, desperately awaiting its doom.
Just now.
The sword light descended from the sky, radiating a majestic divine power.
The black ancient sword pierced through the black spider, pinning it firmly to the ground.
The spider web collapsed.
The butterfly flapped its wings and flew high.
Chapter 143: The First Encounter with Bai Yue
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The moment the spider demon was pinned to the ground by Fengdu, she let out a shrill scream, and her figure blurred into that of a young woman wearing a black gauze dress.
"Please spare my life, sir!"
[Fengdu] pierced her abdomen, and its powerful spiritual energy suppressed her millennia of cultivation, preventing her from casting spells. Apart from begging for mercy, she had no other choice.
Chu Yang slowly descended from mid-air, one hand resting on the hilt of the sword [Fengdu], indifferently looking down at the wailing spider demon.
He took out a demon-eating Gu and threw it at the spider demon.
The demon-eating gu became extremely excited upon smelling the demon's scent and immediately burrowed into the spider demon's body.
"What is this?"
The spider demon turned deathly pale and let out a painful scream.
Unfortunately, apart from that silly butterfly, no one else nearby heard her shouts.
Soon, the spider demon's cultivation was completely drained by the demon-eating gu, and it was utterly annihilated.
Chu Yang held the blood-red Demon-Eating Gu in his hand. After a moment, the Demon-Eating Gu disappeared, and Chu Yang gained nearly five hundred years of cultivation.
"The loss rate is around 50%, which is a little better than last time. The new varieties replicated this time have improved. As long as we continue to improve, we should be able to achieve perfect replication."
After killing the spider demon, Chu Yang still couldn't find the Thunder Spirit Orb. This meant that the Thunder Spirit Orb must be in Leizhou.
"Should we meet up with my senior brother first, or go directly to find the other spirit orbs?"
Chu Yang fell into deep thought.
The two spirit orbs, Wind and Fire, might be in the Nanzhao Kingdom, or one might be in the God Realm and the other in the Ghost Realm. Since it's difficult to enter and exit the God Realm and the Ghost Realm, it's best to go to the Nanzhao Kingdom to take a look.
Ideally, he could get it smoothly; at the very least, Chu Yang could eliminate two incorrect options.
Just as Chu Yang was about to leave on his sword, a butterfly suddenly flew to his front and lingered there for a long time.
"Watch out, I am a Taoist priest, not a scholar. I didn't kill you just now only because you are not a bad person and you are on the righteous path. If you don't leave quickly, I will be envious of your thousand years of cultivation!"
Chu Yang reprimanded him with a stern face.
He was telling the truth. If it weren't for the fact that this butterfly spirit named Caiyi was quite affectionate, he would have already taken action.
The little butterfly seemed startled, fluttering wildly in the air before disappearing.
Chu Yang smiled knowingly and flew away on his sword. However, he did not go directly to Leizhou, but instead went to the General's Tomb, which he had visited before.
Caiyi's appearance reminded him of something: there was a monster in the Jade Buddha Temple near Baihe Village named Little Stone, whose true form was the jade prayer beads held by Bodhidharma, and who had cultivated for 999 years.
He was supposed to be subdued by Zhao Ling'er, but the plot changed, and he is still entrenched in the Jade Buddha Temple, tyrannizing others and forcing them to become monks.
Even according to the original plot, the future of the Jade Buddha Beads is not good. After Zhao Ling'er's death, he will be left unattended and will once again become a demon, or even possibly become the big boss, Zen Master Qianye, in the Legend of Sword and Fairy 2.
The thought of a future scene resembling "Little Leiyin Temple" sent chills down Chu Yang's spine.
Rather than letting the jade prayer beads wreak havoc on the world, it's better to deal with them now. Whether we refine them into a magic weapon or completely absorb their cultivation, the outcome will be much the same.
The sword light flashed and disappeared, sweeping across the sky above the capital and heading straight for Baihe Village. Chu Yang used his Observation Haki to quickly find the Jade Buddha Temple.
There are many ordinary people here who were forced to become monks, resulting in the destruction of their families, the loss of their wives and children.
For this reason alone, Little Stone must die.
Chu Yang strode into the temple, his killing intent palpable. Little Stone, disguised as the old abbot, sensed this astonishing killing aura and felt a sense of foreboding. He then summoned the monks to prepare for a desperate resistance.
"A Taoist disciple?"
Looking at Chu Yang's attire, Yu Fozhu couldn't help but sneer, "Since you're a Taoist, I won't convert you this time. I'll just send you to see the patriarch."