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Chapter 355 A Leaf Falls in Autumn, Corpses in the Mountain Villa
Mo Fei's question was actually Zuo Xiong's final test.

Although the person in front of me has extremely high martial arts talent, if he is a foolish and blindly loyal idiot, then naturally I would not bother to waste time cultivating him.

"Zuo Xiong is weak and isolated, and the change of power in the court is inevitable."

Now all I seek is a way for the common people to survive. If, as you say, the entire court is now possessed by evil spirits, then such a court deserves to be destroyed.

"Good! This is the upright and incorruptible Commander Zuo that I have been looking for. Today you will become my disciple. I will teach you the art of slaying demons. We will go to the capital together to meet that giant demon who is trying to turn the world upside down."

"I will obey my master's orders!"

……

Mo Fei was in a great mood after unexpectedly finding a worthy disciple while traveling, so he immediately summoned Duan Lang, Xiong Ba, and a few others, and began to teach them martial arts as they walked.

Having absorbed and fused countless martial arts techniques into one, he is now undoubtedly a grandmaster of the previous generation in the field of martial arts. His occasional answers to questions greatly benefited the few who were listening, so they all listened with utmost concentration.

As for Zuo Xiong, his newly accepted disciple, Mo Fei directly taught him the simplest method of puppet control.

Could it be that the large number of high-level puppets made from the Cursed Fruit, combined with Zuo Xiong's already exceptional combat skills, are no less powerful than when Mo Fei was in control?

However, this peaceful journey was unexpectedly disrupted by someone as they approached the capital, the secondary capital.

……

As the group was listening to Mo Fei's lecture on martial arts while traveling towards the capital, a weed that was moving swiftly across the ground rushed straight towards them from the front.

Zuo Xiong, who was leading the way, was the first to spot it. He instinctively treated it as a monster and, without saying a word, swiftly stabbed out with his hand, aiming straight at the weeds.

Zuo Xiong's strength is now vastly different from what it used to be. Could it be that in order to help him improve his strength quickly, he was taught both the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Absorption Technique long ago?

Zuo Xiong has used the bandits and fugitives he has encountered recently as resources for his growth. At this moment, the consistent power of his longsword can almost penetrate several layers of iron armor, and ordinary mud and gravel are even less of a problem.

"boom……!"

After a loud explosion, a young Taoist priest with weeds on his head and a pale face, his tattered Taoist robe half-covered, suddenly sprang out from the sand.

"Who was it? Who the hell attacked your Taoist priest for no reason?"

"What kind of monsters are you, daring to travel so arrogantly in broad daylight? Do you really think there's no one in this world who can subdue you?"

However, before Zhi Qiu Yi Ye could even land and get a clear look at the attackers, dozens of sharp daggers suddenly came whistling through the air like locusts.

"I rely on!"

With the support of his profound internal energy, Zuo Xiong now uses this move again, and its power is far greater than when he fought Mo Fei that day.

Even Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, with a solemn expression, suddenly burrowed underground again, barely managing to dodge the attack.

"Where to go?"

Mo Fei did indeed impart a lot of valuable knowledge to his first disciple, Zuo Xiong, who learned Observation Haki from the world of One Piece under his guidance. He also passed on this knowledge to Zuo Xiong during this time.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Xiong mastered the skill in one go. Although he is still a beginner, he can already cover an area of ​​several meters, which greatly enhances his ability to fight on the spot.

Zhi Qiu Yi Ye was a scholar from Kunlun, but he was not proficient in various Taoist arts. Most of the spells he learned came from the bamboo slips in his hands.

Even his most proficient technique, earth-burrowing, he only learned a little bit of it, and the range of his earth-burrowing was just within Zuo Xiong's Observation Haki.

With Zuo Xiong's current strength, hitting this moving target naturally didn't take much effort, and he soon forced Zhi Qiu Yi Ye to run out in a sorry state again.

"Wait a minute...! I admit you're very capable, but could you please tell me why you're relentlessly pursuing me when we're complete strangers?"

Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's words, "Master Daoist," made Zuo Xiong immediately stop the long whip he was about to swing again.

After seeing clearly that the person in front of him, though pale-faced, was indeed a human being, Zuo Xiong was somewhat taken aback and quickly apologized.

"I am truly sorry, Taoist priest. I mistook you for a demon just now, and that is why I offended you. Please forgive me."

"What the heck! Do they think I'm a monster?"

Zuo Xiong's explanation clearly left Zhi Qiu Yi Ye somewhat bewildered. However, when he took out a small bronze mirror and saw his own appearance—with weeds on his head and a pale face—he reluctantly forgave Zuo Xiong's rashness.

"My name is Zuo Xiong, a commander of a thousand men in the court. May I ask how this Taoist priest is addressed, and why you are using Taoist magic to travel here?"

"A commander of a thousand? And a corrupt official at that! We've never met before. Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, there's no need for us to get to know each other."

As a wandering Taoist priest, having witnessed too much of the current chaotic state of the court and the suffering of the people, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye truly had no good feelings towards the current court officials. Therefore, without revealing Zuo Xiong's name, he immediately planned to disappear underground.

However, a tremendous force suddenly appeared around him, instantly binding him to the spot.

"Your name is Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, a wandering sorcerer from Kunlun. You know some meager and lowly Taoist magic, but you have a heart full of justice. Am I telling the truth?"

When Zuo Xiong and Zhi Qiu Yi Ye were fighting just now, did he recognize this person who looked extremely similar to Brother God in his previous life?

To be honest, I actually have a very good impression of this person.

In the drama, he is not only loyal but also has a strong sense of righteousness. In the end, in order to deal with the centipede demon, he even used his unskilled ability to separate his primordial spirit from his body, which led to his death because he was unable to return to his body.

Now that we've encountered him, we certainly won't let him escape and repeat the mistakes of our past lives.

"Wow! You could guess such confidential information from me? Who are you, some kind of expert?"

Zuo Xiong's previous battle with him had basically dispelled his arrogance, and Mo Fei's current method of binding him out of thin air with a force field made him realize that he might have encountered a master today.

"You wouldn't call yourself a master, but you do know some divination techniques. The black aura around your forehead is lingering and won't dissipate. In my opinion, you're likely to face a bloody disaster soon."

"Really?! I often use those words to extort people, and now it's actually happened to me?"

Could it be that this half-true, half-false divination made Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's expression stiffen, while also making her somewhat doubtful and uncertain?

As Taoist priests, they are the ones who believe most and the ones who don't most when it comes to divination regarding good and bad fortune.

The reason people don't believe it is because many incompetent Taoist priests use this trick to deceive people.

As a member of the Taoist school who had already entered the path, Xin knew that some powerful individuals could indeed predict the fortunes and misfortunes of others.

"You possess a technique for astral projection. If you hadn't met me today, you would surely have perished when you used this technique in the future."

Seeing that Zhi Qiu Yi Ye looked solemn, he wondered if he should strike while the iron was hot and unleash another powerful attack.

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, the doubt in Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's eyes immediately vanished.

"Brother expert, since you can see through my calamity, you must have a way to avert it. Please do not hesitate to teach me."

"Took the bait!"

Seeing that he had successfully persuaded Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, Mo Fei was immediately overjoyed.

Although this guy's strength is questionable, his Taoist techniques are quite impressive.

Whether it's the immobilization spell, the exorcism spell with talismans, or the astral projection and earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or technique), they are all extremely practical methods.

And these are only part of it. The most important thing is its connection with Kunlun, a major immortal sect.

Given the current trend, it's safe to assume that I will inevitably have the opportunity to travel to the world of immortals and heroes in the future. As the leading sect of immortals, Kunlun will likely have many opportunities to interact with them in the future.

“Your calamity is closely related to a giant demon. I don’t have any good solutions right now, but if you continue to wander around the world like this, it won’t be long before you encounter him.”

"Ah! I can't just stay at home and wait to die, can I? Besides, home isn't safe either. What if someone happens to be passing by?"

Just as Zhi Qiu Yi Ye was at her wit's end, her gaze suddenly stopped on Mo Fei and his group.

"Brother expert, how much stronger are you compared to that giant monster?"

"That giant monster is powerful, but I'm confident I can subdue it." "That's great! Brother expert, your journey is lonely and boring, while I'm best at creating atmosphere. How about I accompany you for the time being?"

"You want me to be your bodyguard, don't you? You think you can fool me with such a petty trick?"

However, although Mo Fei's original intention was to trick Zhi Qiu into getting on the bus, he actually saw through his little scheme.

Having been a wandering Taoist priest for so long, reading people's expressions and moods has become second nature to this guy.

If Mo Fei agrees too readily and decisively, the other party might immediately guess the hidden agenda, and he might end up losing what he thought was his.

"Hehe, I knew my little scheme wouldn't escape your notice, but as fellow cultivators, you have the ability to save lives, so surely you wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die, would you?"

"this……!"

After hearing Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's question, Mo Fei pretended to ponder for a moment before reluctantly speaking again:

"It's not impossible for me to protect you. From now on, you will stay by my side. Whenever I need your help, you must do everything within your power to help."

Moreover, I have long admired your Kunlun techniques; you might as well exchange and learn from them, so that we can all benefit from each other's progress.”

Mo Fei's proposed conditions were not harsh. Although the latter was slightly off the mark, it was far from violating the sect rules. Therefore, after a little consideration, Zhi Qiu Yi Ye readily agreed.

Thus, Mo Fei's group had unknowingly expanded from six to eight people.

With the addition of Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, the atmosphere in the team became much more lively and cheerful.

The experiences of the Taoist priests from various places allowed Zhi Qiu Yi Ye to accumulate many stories, including demons and monsters, thrillers and suspense, love and hate.

Along the way, they would occasionally pick out a few things to tell Mo Fei and the others, which really added a lot of fun to the otherwise tedious journey.

In this cheerful atmosphere, the group soon arrived at the last stretch of official road not far from the capital.

It was already dark when the group, having missed the inn, finally stopped to rest at a dilapidated mountain lodge.

The villa covers a vast area, but it has obviously been abandoned for many years, as it is covered with cobwebs and dust, clearly indicating that it has been uninhabited for a long time.

However, after scanning the area with his divine sense, Mo Fei discovered that there were no fewer than dozens of auras present in this seemingly long-abandoned manor.

Moreover, these are secondary issues; in a dilapidated underground storage room in the center of the villa, the thick, gloomy atmosphere is even more palpable.

"Looks like tonight's not going to be peaceful!"

Not long after Mo Fei finished muttering to himself, a group of constables followed closely behind, escorting a prison cart into the manor.

"Why does this plot seem so familiar?"

Looking at the scene before him, which matched his memory perfectly, Mo Fei quickly recalled the events that had unfolded there.

"Could it be that the two Xiaoqians could actually get together? By the way, could that be the giant corpse from the show hiding in that basement?"

"Who are you? You're government officials on official business. Give me this place."

Just as Mo Fei was recalling the plot of the drama and thinking about how to deal with it, the officials who had just entered the manor also discovered Mo Fei and his group.

Perhaps because he was used to being arrogant and domineering, as soon as the head constable's henchman entered the room and saw that Mo Fei and his group had occupied the more spacious and flat area in the hall, he immediately walked up to them and demanded that they give up their seats.

Seeing the arrogant figure with his hands on his hips, Mo Fei's eyes flashed with a cold light, but he did not argue with him. Instead, he stopped Kumārajīva and the others who were about to get angry, and led them to a corner on the other side of the hall to rest under the smug gaze of the official.

"grown ups?"

Having grown accustomed to Mo Fei's arrogant and domineering ways, his willingness to destroy people's clans and kingdoms at will, Kumārajīva and Duan Lang were all somewhat taken aback by his sudden low profile.

"There's no need to get angry with a bunch of dying people. Let's stay away and watch a good show later."

Mo Fei is not so magnanimous as to be pleased when someone provokes him. The reason he did this was simply because he didn't want to disrupt the plot or miss the chance to watch the show.

In the drama, two beauties, Fu Qingfeng (played by Joey Wong) and Fu Yuechi (played by Michelle Reis), pretend to be ghosts in the manor to save their father, Fu Tianchou, but end up fighting with Zhi Qiu Yiye and others.

In the end, there really was a giant corpse in the manor. If it weren't for Zhi Qiu Yi Ye's help, all of them would probably have turned from fake ghosts into real ghosts.

At this moment, the group of officials in the center of the hall had finished their rations and were now teasing Fu Tianchou, who was so thirsty that he was delirious.

He poured water from the pot down from the sky, but deliberately didn't pour it into Fu Tianchou's mouth, which was parched to the point of despair. Instead, he let the water seep into the soil, continuously enticing Fu Tianchou to lick it like a dog.

In this situation, not to mention the Fu family members lying in ambush, even Mo Fei, who was just watching, almost couldn't resist rushing forward to give him a slam dunk.

Sure enough, just as Mo Fei was getting a little impatient, a cold wind blew by, and in the manor where the campfire had gone out, the two women of the Fu family, dressed as female ghosts in white, appeared in the sky above the hall.

Almost simultaneously, the dense, gloomy aura in the basement reached its peak.

A ghoul, its body rotting and its size enormous, also silently crawled out of the basement.

"who……?"

The sudden extinguishing of the campfire and the ghostly screams echoing in the air terrified the previously arrogant group of officials, throwing them into disarray on the spot.

In particular, the official who had previously been playing tricks on Fu Tianchou became the primary target of the two Fu family women who hated him to the bone.

Just as the official put down the kettle and was about to take out a tinderbox to relight the campfire...

Fu Yuechi, who was suspended in the air by ropes, was the first to pounce down and pierced straight through the head of the official with a sword, killing him on the spot.

The moment the sword was drawn, bright red blood spurted out, splattering all over the heads and faces of the disorganized officials standing nearby.

The scent of fresh blood caused the giant ghoul that had just crawled out of the basement to let out an excited roar.

Coupled with the chilling wind that carried no information whatsoever, even Mo Fei, who was watching from the sidelines, felt a chill run down his spine.

The already panicked and confused officials were completely terrified by this roar.

In that short time, the Fu family, who were well-prepared, had already taken the opportunity to slaughter nearly half of the officials.

At this moment, the manor hall was filled with the corpses of officials, their bodies severed from their heads. Those who were lucky enough to survive, smelling the thick stench of blood in the hall and hearing the shrill screams that occasionally rang out around them, had lost all will to fight, given their already weak strength.

“A ghost…!”

"I don't want to die! Someone please save me!"

……

In this world ravaged by demons, the safety of ordinary people is not guaranteed at all, and legends of demons and monsters are commonplace.

After most of the officials were killed or wounded, they still did not doubt whether they had really encountered a ghost. They ran around like headless flies, only thinking about escaping the manor. They didn't care about the escort mission at all.

However, just as the Fu family's ambush was reaping heads by exploiting the fear of demons and ghosts, and they were about to achieve their goal, the true corpse demon from the basement arrived at the scene.

Looking at the fresh blood and food filling the entire hall, the officials who had just been running around like headless flies, and the Fu family members who were floating in the air and occasionally adding insult to injury, the corpse demon was finally completely excited.

He grabbed a constable who ran up to him, lifted him up, and bit him in half.

Blood gushed out like a jet of water from the wound on the still-breathing officer's body. His shrill and terrified screams chilled the hearts of the Fu family members who were lying in ambush.

At this point, almost all the officials on the field had been killed or wounded. The only survivor was the arrogant guy who had once provoked Mo Fei and made him step down.

However, this guy was unlucky enough to run away from the very spot where the giant corpse was.

"I don't want to die! Someone please save me!"

The once arrogant official was no longer the same as before. His crotch was now soaked with urine, his face was contorted with terror, and his whole body was trembling.

Mo Fei even wondered if he would be so scared that he would immediately kick the bucket if he saw the bloodthirsty ghoul right in front of him.
(End of this chapter)