One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 9: Test

When the white cat stood under the eaves, it shook its body quickly, and a cloud of water vapor dissipated from its body, and at the same time, the evil spirit seemed to be shaken away as well.

At the same time, a 'meow' sound was heard, and a faint tiger power appeared, as if to give itself courage, and then it rushed into the pouring rain again.

She followed the wall, climbed up the low courtyard wall, jumped onto the tree, and landed on the tiles in the corner of the house, or on the thatched roof.

Every step she took seemed to be carefully calculated to prevent herself from being completely surrounded, but despite this, the encirclement was still shrinking.

Fortunately, the gap has not been closed, and the direction of the gap is exactly where the chanting sound comes from. She wondered if it was the chanting sound that made these evil creatures subconsciously avoid that direction.

She stepped on the tip of the wind and leaped in the empty space of wind and rain.

The sound of chanting in her ears grew louder and louder. Standing on the roof through the roaring wind and rain, she could already vaguely see a glimmer of light in the rain and mist.

That was the light of a lamp. Neither the darkness nor the rain or fog could hide the golden ray in the fire.

At this moment, she was actually a little excited, because in this windy and rainy Wuze County, in this short period of time, had almost become a gathering place for evil spirits in her heart. And in the middle of this gathering place for evil spirits, there was actually a 'Chijun' dojo?
At this moment, a strange monkey jumped out from under the eaves and reached out to grab the white cat at the corner of the house with one hand.

"Meow!"

The white cat jumped up in the rain, stepped on the tip of the wind to gain leverage, and in a flash it leaped across the alley, then landed on the courtyard wall that was shining with golden light.

When she jumped up, not only did the strange monkey's hand miss, but a strand of black hair in the rain and fog also missed. The white cat looked back and found that under the corner of the house where she had just stood, there was a strange monkey lurking there, looking at her quietly.

On the roof, a female ghost with black hair and white clothes was lying on the ridge, looking at him with a pair of white eyes.

But none of them followed after him, as if they were concerned about this small courtyard.

She knew very well that the Chijun Dojo would prevent all evil spirits from approaching, as all evil thoughts would be burned if they approached.

She suppressed some inappropriate thoughts in her mind, and with a sincere heart, she jumped off the wall, landed at the base of the wall of the courtyard, and looked at the brightly lit house.

Looking at this house through the rain curtain, there is a rare sense of tranquility.

She quickly came to the eaves, came to the threshold, and peeked inside.

She saw a man lying half-lying under the lamp in the middle of the hall, with a book covering his chest, and he was loudly reciting scriptures praising the 'Red Lord'.

She knew that there were many scriptures about Chijun, and they were different in different places. There was the "Zhu Shen Sutra", the "Chi Yan Divine Mantra", and the "Zan Sutra".

His verses were hymns, his voice sometimes high and sometimes low, but the emotions contained in them were extremely rich. The lights in the room rose and fell with his voice, as if resisting a storm.

When the wind and rain blew towards the house, the lights inside were not blown out.

She saw the words engraved on the lamp in the house, shining golden in the firelight.

The golden light shone on her body, and a warm fire rushed towards her. She saw the black air on her body being burned away in the fire, and she suddenly understood in her heart that if she had not been able to find this place, she would probably be trapped in the wind and rain of Wuze County.

A strand of black hair burned into black smoke in the light.

She did not rush in, but just peeked at the door. Slowly, because of the strong wind and heavy rain, even under the eaves, the rain still hit her body. At the same time, she felt the heavy evil outside the yard, and all the evil creatures that had chased her before gathered here.

She even felt that the entire yard was surrounded, but the wind and rain concealed their presence. However, those evil, vicious, and gloomy gazes falling on her made her move towards the house.

She looked at the man lying in the room, reciting the "Chijun Zanjing" with full emotion, who seemed to be unaware. So she lightly jumped over the threshold, went in, and hid under the light of a lamp not far from the door, shaking off the rain on her body.

Looking at the man again, he felt that he looked very familiar. Recalling in his mind, he remembered that he was the person he had met in the Chijun Temple.

"It's him, he's not from Wuze County?" She saw Zhao Fuyun's clothes and his temperament when she met him before, neither of them looked like he was from Wuze County.

In her opinion, the people in Wuze County all have a sinister aura, and their eyes are full of murderous intent like insects and beasts. They often lower their heads as if they are afraid of strangers, but when they lower their heads, their eyes are hidden under their hair as they look at people.

Its habits, like those of insects in the dark, made her feel like she had entered a bug nest.

And today, she discovered that this place was not only a nest of insects, but also had many people who nourished yin and exorcised evil spirits.

Just then, she heard a noise and something climbed up the wall of the courtyard. She looked out and saw that it was the monkey that almost caught her.

Although it was still obscured by rain and fog, the yard was not big, and the firelight from the house shone through her cat's eyes. She saw that the monkey's hair was very sparse, as if the person who trained it often whipped it, leaving it with bald scars all over its body.

However, its eyes were filled with murderous intent, and there was a hint of madness in its animal nature.

She knew that the divine fire of the 'Red Lord' would actively burn those evil things, but this monkey was a beast, its will was hidden in its flesh, and it would not be burned when approached.

Just then, she heard what sounded like a whistle in the rain, and she immediately thought that it was the monkey trainer's order.

Sure enough, after hearing the whistle, the monkey's eyes flashed with madness. It flipped over the yard and landed lightly on the ground. It was wearing a shoulder strap, and there was a dagger hanging on the waist of the shoulder strap.

This scarred and ferocious monkey actually looks like he is practicing martial arts.

It jumped off the courtyard wall in the wind and rain, and rushed towards the door of the house in two steps. It had a strong animal wildness and the murderous intent that was trained by humans, and rushed towards the house like wind and rain.

The white cat heard the whistle outside the yard, and the urging made the scarred monkey rush in regardless of anything.

She couldn't help but let out a 'meow', which was both a sign of nervousness and a reminder.

But just as she spoke, a faint light of fire flashed across the empty space at the door, and the light was like a ray of knife, passing through the monkey that was still leaping in the air.

The monkey, struck by the power of the flames, was sent tumbling backward, landing in the muddy water of the courtyard. Its fur didn't seem to be burned, but its demeanor betrayed a deep sense of damage. Its original ferocity had vanished completely. It lay trembling on the ground, its breath rapidly fading. The white cat turned around and saw that the man had risen from the rattan chair, one hand holding a book at his waist, the other behind his back.

He was wearing a gray and white gauze dress that fluttered in the wind. He frowned slightly and looked at the wind and rain outside, as if he didn't see the monkey at all. The monkey stopped moving after a twitch, and at the same time, the whistle outside driving the monkey became sharper and sharper.

Even the wind and rain could not conceal the anger contained in it. After a while, the whistle outside quieted down, leaving only the sound of wind and rain. However, the white cat felt extremely depressed when looking at the wind and rain outside, as if there were countless evils waiting for an order to rush into the yard in the wind and rain.

At this time, Zhao Fuyun said, "What? Are the high-ranking cultivators of Wuze County going to encircle and suppress me, the Great Zhou Kingdom's teacher? Are you going to rebel? I want to see how you can escape the conquest of the Great Zhou Kingdom's Chiyan Army if two teachers die at once!"

Zhao Fuyun knew very well that since the people here decided to surrender to the Great Zhou Kingdom, it meant that they had reasons to surrender.

As far as Zhao Fuyun knew, the area of Nanling was under pressure from the Qianshan Kingdom deep in the forest.

Qianshan Kingdom is a covenant country, in which there are monsters, ghosts, mountain kings, and of course, humans. Together they build a country that is both chaotic and has an internal order.

The Nanling region was sandwiched between the Qianshan Kingdom and the Da Zhou Kingdom, but later I heard that the Qianshan Kingdom wanted to incorporate the Nanling region into the Qianshan Kingdom.

For some unknown reason, the Nanling area eventually surrendered to the Great Zhou Kingdom and became a border town of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Maybe because of some treaty, the Great Zhou Kingdom has never stationed the Red Flame Army, which symbolizes the authority of the Great Zhou Kingdom, in Nanling Prefecture, and the Great Zhou Kingdom's ruling power over Nanling Prefecture has never been strong.

However, a teacher just died here, and if another one died, they would definitely be afraid of being convicted of treason by the Great Zhou Kingdom.

You should know that the Chiyan Army of the Great Zhou Kingdom is stationed in Zhennan Pass on the edge of Nanling Prefecture.

The Chiyan Army of the Great Zhou Kingdom once conquered many foreign races, and even some sects were forced to surrender. Even now, many people still remember that when the Chiyan Army conquered the Wujian Ghost Realm, the Chiyan burned for thousands of miles and did not go out for more than ten years. To this day, there is still a Chiyan Mountain burning in the west of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

This mountain is where the Red Flame Army went to war. The chief priest drove the strong men to pile up earth to build an altar. The military advisor performed a ritual on the altar to summon the Red Flame God to come, and defeated the Ghost King of Wujian and many ghost generals in one fell swoop.

Although more than ten chief priests were reduced to ashes in the flames after that battle, and the military advisor died thirteen years after returning to the court because he could not suppress the red flames in his body, that battle also made the Red Flame Army of the Great Zhou Kingdom famous and intimidated all directions.

It would be fine if Nanling Prefecture said that it did not surrender. The Great Zhou Kingdom did not want this place that much in the first place. It only wanted the Nanling area to serve as a buffer and barrier between the Great Zhou and the Qianshan Kingdom.

However, since they had surrendered, they gave the Great Zhou Kingdom the feeling of open rebellion, which might lead to a conquest.

As soon as Zhao Fuyun finished speaking, the outside immediately became quiet, and the oppressive and evil aura slowly dissipated.

At this moment, a voice rang out, "Your Excellency, I've misunderstood. I was only chasing a cat demon that stole a spiritual object from my cave. If that cat demon is someone you know, then forget it. It's just that a monkey I trained was angered by the cat demon, so it disobeyed my orders and mistakenly entered your residence. Could you please release it?"

The voice of the person who was speaking sounded like a hidden ulterior motive, and his words made Zhao Fuyun suspect that he had ordered the cat demon to steal the treasure.

How could Zhao Fuyun not hear it? He only heard him laugh and said, "I don't know what kind of cat demon it is, but there was a demon monkey that broke into my dojo and was burned to death by the Red Lord's divine flame. If it is your trained beast, then come in and take the body away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the outside became quiet again. The heavy rain was like some people's moods, moving with the wind but unable to enter the house where the light was.

After a while, not too long, someone arrived at the gate and said loudly, "Master Instructor, I have come to claim the body of the mad monkey who trespassed into your temple."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wind and rain formed an invisible hand, pulling out the bolt on the door, and the door was blown open in an instant.

After cultivating the mysterious light, the cultivator can drive away objects, draw talismans in the air, capture and transform.

Standing outside the door was a young man, with his head slightly lowered. He was wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat. His eyes were hidden under the brim of the hat and could not be seen clearly.

He walked in silently, and when he saw the monkey lying on the ground, his heart couldn't help but twitch. He knew how much his adoptive father loved this monkey. He had trained it since childhood and it was extremely ferocious and smart. What was even more rare was that he had trained it to use a set of swordsmanship.

But he died here today.

He walked over, not daring to look up, because even if he didn't look up, in the wind and rain, he could still feel a boiling fire surging in the room, as if if he just looked at it, he would be contaminated by the flames and burned.

He felt as if there was a god standing in the fire, high above him, looking at him coldly.

He picked up the monkey, whose body was already cold. He didn't even look at the person standing in the firelight. He just held the monkey and walked out the door step by step. The door seemed to be blown away by the wind and closed suddenly. The light in his eyes was blocked by the door. Then he looked up at the yard, as if he wanted to see the person standing in the light, but he could no longer see anything.

So he turned around, crossed the street, went out of the alley, and came to a dim room. There stood a barefoot man wearing a straw raincoat and holding a whip. Water dripped from his body onto the ground, wetting a circle around him.

He placed the monkey in his arms on the table and called out carefully, "Godfather..."

The sound broke the silence, and the man suddenly turned around and whipped the young man in the face.

With a loud bang, the young man fell to the ground.

"waste!"

The young man didn't dare to say anything. He fell to his knees on the ground, and there was a huge bloodstain on his face as big as a centipede.

The man turned around and walked to the table. Looking at the monkey that no longer had any signs of life, his eyes were red and filled with a strong murderous intent.

At this time, another person walked in from the wind and rain outside. This person was holding a black umbrella and had a bell hanging around his waist.

Behind him, there was a 'big man'.

The 'big man' had a black iron chain wrapped around each of his hands, which dragged on the ground making a harsh sound.

This 'big man' is a corpse puppet! And this person is the corpse driver.

(End of this chapter)