I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 117: Northern Hero Ouyang Chun

What kind of monster is this... Li Qingyun was once again refreshed by the weirdness of this mysterious world.

His left hand hung low, with an icy blue arc flashing slightly, ready to fight at any time.

At this moment, Madam Zhu, who was growing at the root of the tree, raised her head, looked up at everyone, and murmured:
"Mother Heaven's mercy and grace are endless...save me, save me..."

Looking at Madam Zhu who had merged with the strange tree and listening to her dazed mechanical voice, Li Qingyun felt pity but was also full of vigilance.

He now has a lot of understanding about this strange world. Based on his experience, Mrs. Zhu in front of him must have been contaminated by some kind of evil. Even if she was once a mortal, she is definitely not now.

Just when he was hesitating whether to give her a quick death and save her from suffering, Fahui stepped forward and asked in a calm voice:
"Who are you? Why are you here?"

Mrs. Zhu's expression was slightly painful, and she replied in a weak voice:

"This is my home... I just remember coming here this morning, and then... I don't remember anything else."

"You are the mistress of this house? Then where is your son? I mean Zhu Chengxi." Fahui asked.

When she heard her son's name, Mrs. Zhu's lifeless eyes flashed a little, and then turned into deep doubt:

"Yeah, where is he... Oh, now I remember, I came here to wake Chengxi up for breakfast... and then... and then..."

She spoke intermittently, and the expression on her face became more and more confused, as if she was thinking hard and recalling the past.

Suddenly, cracks appeared on Mrs. Zhu's forehead, cheeks, and chin, and then suddenly opened.

Those were turquoise eyes, without pupils or whites, and they were hazy, yet they held a magical power that made one want to take a closer look.

Seeing this, Ai Hu gritted his teeth and said;
"She has been severely contaminated and turned into a monster. She needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise she will get into big trouble."

As he said this, he drew out the Turtle Spirit Seven Treasures Sword and was about to chop down the tree.

Fahui stretched out his hand to stop him and said in a deep voice:

"hold on……"

As he spoke, he looked at Madam Zhu and said in a calm and magnetic voice:

"Think about it again, where did Zhu Chengxi go?"

He deliberately used the secret Buddhist method of "Mantra" in the hope of temporarily stabilizing Mrs. Zhu's collapsing mind and extracting some useful information from her.

Mrs. Zhu's eyes kept blinking, and a milky white sticky liquid like tree sap flowed out of them, becoming more and more weird and terrifying. Suddenly, she said:
"My son... my son is..."

"Where is it?" Fahui seemed to have grasped a clue and stepped forward and asked anxiously.

"careful!"

Li Qingyun suddenly felt a strong sense of alarm in his heart. He shouted for no reason, reached out and grabbed Ai Hu's shoulder beside him, and suddenly jumped to the side.

At the same time, he hurriedly slapped out his palm, striking the monk from Daxiangguo Temple who was closest to him in mid-air. The powerful and gentle palm force made the monk stagger, and he took several steps before he could stand firm.

Where the few people were originally standing, brown branches emerged from the ground, covered with sticky liquid and growing several huge flowers.

The flowers are a bright pink color, and the stamens inside are as thick as green onion sprouts, with two rows of densely packed teeth on them. When they gently touch each other, they make a crisp sound of "da da da".

Monk Fahui was quick-witted and quick-handed. Seeing that the situation was not good, he suddenly jumped up, turned the staff in his hand upside down, and emitted "Vajra Fire", burning the branches under his feet into ashes.

These people dodged the strange attack one by one, but another monk from Daxiangguo Temple was standing far away and no one reminded him to rescue him. He was bitten on the calf by a giant wet flower when he was not paying attention. In a hurry, he kicked hard, breaking the petals and breaking the branches, but a large piece of flesh was still torn off his leg. He was bleeding and screamed in pain.

Seeing this, Monk Fahui finally stopped questioning Mrs. Zhu, but instead clasped his left thumb and middle finger together, made a spell, and muttered something at the same time.

Then, behind Fahui, a six-foot golden figure shimmering with golden light appeared. It looked exactly like him, but its face was peaceful and full of compassion.

At this moment, he slammed the staff in his hand into the ground.

The next moment, the entire ground began to brighten, as if a volcano that had been dormant for many years suddenly woke up and erupted with boiling magma.

Flowing flames burst out from the ground like the wrath of King Kong, burning all the outstretched branches into charcoal. Even the huge towering tree began to curl up its branches and leaves and slowly burn.

This is his true power as the fourth level "Vajra".

In an instant, the flames engulfed the entire yard, but seemed to have eyes and avoided the five masters present.

Mrs. Zhu's screams rang out, with earnest pleas and seductive murmurs, gradually becoming fainter and hoarse, and finally disappearing.

The flames burned for a full stick of incense before they stopped. The huge tree that originally blocked out the sun was finally completely charred, with no branches or leaves left, and it had stopped growing.

Upon seeing this, Fahui let out a long sigh, put away his golden body, and pulled out the staff from the ground.

At this moment, he was already sweating profusely and breathing heavily, as if the use of that powerful area spell just now had overdrawn all his physical strength.

After taking a break, he slowly walked to the injured monk, leaned over and asked:
"Facheng, how are you?"

The monk named Facheng gritted his teeth and said:
"It's just a superficial wound. It's nothing serious."

He had applied the special external injury pill powder made by Daxiangguo Temple to the affected area, and the wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Buddhist practitioners are good at tempering their bodies. Their physical toughness and recovery speed are different from ordinary people. Seeing that Facheng was conscious, Fahui was relieved and said to everyone:

"I have exhausted my magical powers and need to rest for a while. Then we will go house by house to look for Zhu Chengxi's whereabouts."

Although everything seemed to have been resolved, Li Qingyun did not feel at ease at all.

His soul-devouring ability did not provide any blood and energy, which meant that no monsters in front of him were truly dead, and the premonition of crisis in his heart could not be shaken off.

He couldn't help but ask:

"Master Fahui, why are you looking for Zhu Chengxi? Could he be related to the current situation of the Zhu family?"

Fahui looked at him, and after a long pause he said:

"Zhu Chengxi..."

Before he could finish his next words, Facheng, who was lying on the ground, suddenly let out a scream of pain.

Fahui immediately stopped talking and turned to look at him.

Everyone's eyes were immediately focused on Facheng. They saw that his stomach seemed to be pushed up by something, bulging high and even bursting his wide monk's robe.

The next moment, the round belly suddenly burst, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

Then, two bloody, chicken claw-like hands grabbed the abdominal cavity, and a wrinkled, bloody, and filthy baby slowly crawled out.

Its body was delicate and fragile, but its eyes showed vicissitudes and fatigue, and the skin on its face was loose and old. It looked exactly like Mrs. Zhu!

Li Qingyun witnessed everything that happened before his eyes. His stomach suddenly turned sour and he almost vomited...

……

Outside the Zhu Mansion, Han Tianjin was getting impatient waiting and said to Fang Shuan in a muffled voice:

"Shu'an, we've been standing at the door for almost an hour. How about you stay here while I go in to look for my fifth brother and Qingyun and the others?"

As he said this, he took big steps and was about to leave.

Fang Shuan was startled, and quickly hugged Han Tianjin around the waist, begging:

"Oh, my dear second uncle, there are so many masters of the third and fourth realms who have been in there for such a long time and haven't come out yet. You, a 'city god', do you want to go and die alone?"

Han Tianjin glared:

"What should I do? Just wait here? I'm getting so anxious!"

Fang Shuan could only persuade him kindly:

"Let's wait a little longer. My goodness, they might be here soon... Oh, look, that's them!"

He pointed his finger.

Sure enough, several figures appeared on the street corner. The leader was tall and thin, with long legs and a slender waist. It was the white-browed hero Xu Liang.

Behind him followed two young men in white, they were Bai Yunrui, the Jade-faced Little Dharma, and Lu Zhen, the Powder-faced Man.

Next to the three of them, there was a fat monk whose body was as big as a small hill. When he walked, the fat on his face jiggled with every step.

This monk had a pair of blue eyes and a short purple beard on his chin. He was none other than the Baosong Arhat of the Daxiangguo Temple, the former Northern Hero "Purple Bearded Man" Ouyang Chun.

When Fang Shuan saw these people, he quickly ran forward with small steps and bowed:

"Junior Fang Shuan, greetings to Old Man Gan and all the elders, and greetings to Grandpa Baosong Luohan!"

Ouyang Chun and Fang Shuan were old acquaintances. Hearing this, he smiled slightly, asked him to stand up straight and speak, and then asked:

"Shuan, tell us, what happened?"

Fang Shuan took a deep breath, cleared his voice, and recounted how they found the corpse, how they met Fahui, and how Li Qingyun and Ai Hu entered the Zhu Mansion.

The more they listened, the more frightened they became. They all frowned. Ouyang Chun also stopped smiling and asked seriously:

"Shuan, is the person from your Daxiangguo Temple called Fahui?"

Fang Shuan nodded:
"They arrived right after us. At the time, I was wondering why Daxiangguo Temple suddenly sent people here, and why they came so quickly? Master Fahui said that he was following the orders of the abbot and came here to slay demons and monsters."

Ouyang Chun heard this and sighed:
"My master knows that the abbot is in seclusion to rebuild his golden body, so he will never send anyone here."

When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked.

Xu Liang was the first to ask:
"Senior, do you mean that Monk Fahui is lying?"

Ouyang Chun nodded:
"I came here for this very reason. This morning, Fahui secretly took people away and took away a treasure from Daxiangguo Temple. Now I am tracking down his whereabouts. Later, I heard that a murder had occurred here. I guessed that he might come here, so I rushed all the way here and happened to run into you."

Bai Yunrui's eyebrows are raised:

"If that's the case, then Monk Fahui definitely has no good intentions. Wouldn't it be dangerous for Qingyun and Ai Wuge to follow him into the Zhu Mansion?"

As he said this, he looked at Fang Shuan:

"Shuan, how long have they been in there?"

Fang Shuan answered honestly:

"Almost an hour."

Bai Yunrui stomped his feet when he heard this:

"This house isn't that big. They've been in there for so long and haven't come out yet. Something must have happened. Let's go in and take a look!"

As he said this, he was about to rush in.

Xu Liang was thoughtful. He grabbed Bai Yunrui's arm and said:

"Since so much time has passed, there is no need to rush. Let's first figure out the situation."

Then he asked Ouyang Chun:

"Senior, do you know why Fahui came here? What is his intention, and how does it relate to the Zhu family's murder case?"

Ouyang Chun patted his round belly and said helplessly:
"I don't know why he came here, otherwise he would have chased after me long ago. But the treasure that Fahui took away is the original copy of the 'Buddha's Crown Vajra Dharani Sutra' treasured in Daxiangguo Temple. It has the aura of a true 'Venerable One', which can sense and track powerful evil spirits, and can also form its own Buddha realm to trap the evil spirits in it."

Xu Liang said doubtfully:
"So, he really came here to slay demons and monsters?"

Ouyang Chun shook his head:
"I don't know what he wants to do. Junior Brother Fahui's mental state has been a bit strange recently. He is often in a trance and has become a bit irritable. Let's go in and take a look together."

Bai Yunrui nodded:
"Northern Hero, no, Bao Song Luohan is right. Let's go in and take a look and we'll know everything."

Seeing that he could not get any more information, Xu Liang no longer objected. He left Lu Zhen, Han Tianjin and Fang Shuan outside to support, and entered the Zhu Mansion with Ouyang Chun and Bai Yunrui.

The three of them walked through the first courtyard and found nothing unusual.

When they reached the Nine-Curved Corridor in the second courtyard, Ouyang Chun's expression suddenly changed:
"There are traces of fighting here, the Buddhist 'Vajra Fire' and the Taoist 'Thunder Method'. I guess Fahui and the others must have had a hard fight here."

Xu Liang nodded:

"There are signs of the presence of evil spirits. It seems that the Zhu family's murder this time is related to the devil."

Bai Yunrui said:
"The young master of the Zhu family, Zhu Chengxi, was once infected by the evil spirit of the demonic path, but later recovered. I wonder if it has anything to do with him."

The three of them continued moving forward while analyzing the situation, and soon arrived at the inner courtyard.

There was no one here, nothing unusual.

Bai Yunrui asked doubtfully:

"This is the innermost courtyard, why is there no one here? Where did they go?"

Ouyang Chun's face suddenly darkened:
"No, there is no aura here, it's not normal. It should be that Fahui has stimulated the aura of the 'Venerable One' in the 'Buddha's Crown Vajra Dharani Sutra', turning this place into a Buddhist world. We cannot enter without permission, and what we see and hear are just illusions."

Xu Liang suddenly had a bad feeling:

"Senior, do you mean that they are in trouble?"

Ouyang Chun sighed deeply:
"It's not just trouble. They must have encountered a very scary evil spirit..."

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(End of this chapter)