Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 301 Killing the Centipede Demon

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Upon hearing the sound, Guan Shaoqing also looked up at the tiled roof above.

"Boom--!"

Soon after, with a loud bang, the roof directly above Guan Shaoqing's head collapsed.

On the collapsed roof, a colossal creature appeared and attacked Guan Shaoqing directly below.

That was none other than an enormous centipede, more than two meters wide and over ten meters long. Its legs were like sharp sickles, and in front of its flat head and mouth were a pair of giant pincers like crab claws.

The centipede's enormous body burst through the roof tiles and plunged down, its pair of giant pincers snapping open to bite Guan Shaoqing directly below.

A monstrous demonic aura erupted from the centipede and swept across the entire palace.

Chen Yulou, Hong Gu, Partridge Whistle, Luo Laowai and others standing behind Guan Shaoqing all changed their expressions upon seeing this scene, especially when they saw the size of the centipede, their eyes widened.

How many years must it have lived to grow to this size?

"Finally here."

Guan Shaoqing's expression remained unchanged as he watched the centipede demon appear and attack from above, because this was exactly the centipede demon he had been waiting for.

This centipede demon is one of the two major bosses in the original series. Its strength is indeed formidable, having fully reached the Golden Core level. Judging from its aura, its cultivation level should be around the mid-Golden Core stage. In the current world, it can be said to be one of the top-tier demons.

However, compared to Guan Shaoqing's current strength, this is undoubtedly far from enough.

Facing the centipede demon attacking from above, Guan Shaoqing simply circulated his martial arts true blood and flicked his finger. The martial arts true blood instantly transformed into a crimson sword aura that flew out from Guan Shaoqing's fingertip and landed on the centipede demon's head as fast as lightning.

"puff--"

In an instant, the centipede demon's corpse froze, and its entire head was pierced through.

Then came a loud bang.

The centipede demon's enormous body slumped limply off the roof, then burst into flames and died instantly.

Chen Yulou, Partridge Whistle, and the others watching from behind almost doubted their own eyes.

Such a terrifying centipede demon was killed by Guan Shaoqing in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, he killed a terrifying centipede demon that was over ten meters long.

What terrifying power this is.

[Ding! You have slain a centipede demon and gained 400 merit points.]

With the successful defeat of the centipede demon.

The notification sound from the cheat system in my mind also rang out.

Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

This trip was not in vain.

"it is good!"

clap clap-

At that moment, a sudden cheer and applause came from the back of the crowd; it was Luo Laowai.

"Mr. Guan's martial arts are unparalleled. He killed the centipede demon with a flick of his finger. I, Lao Luo, admire him."

"Mr. Guan's martial arts skills are unparalleled."

The rest of Luo Laowai's army and the members of the Unloading Ridge faction also joined in with excited shouts of "666!"

Is this the strength of the world's number one player?
Chen Yulou and Hong Gu, who knew Guan Shaoqing's true identity, were even more shocked and overwhelmed.

"Senior brother, this person is incredibly strong. I feel that his strength has probably already surpassed the Grandmaster level." The old foreigner following behind Partridge Whistle couldn't help but look at Guan Shaoqing in shock and whispered.

Upon hearing this, Partridge Whistle's eyes flickered as he looked at Guan Shaoqing. If Old Sheep Man was merely guessing that Guan Shaoqing's strength had surpassed the Grandmaster level, then he was now 100% certain that Guan Shaoqing's strength had surpassed the Martial Arts Grandmaster level.

Guan Shaoqing is definitely a grandmaster of martial arts.

But how many martial arts grandmasters are there in the entire world?

And he's so young and his surname is Guan.

The man before him must be the legendary young marshal of Guangdong! Partridge Whistle guessed Guan Shaoqing's identity, but did not say it aloud.

“Brother Chen, now that the centipede demon has been dealt with, the greatest danger below should be over. However, you still need to be careful of the centipede demon's offspring. It would be best to find some roosters from the nearby Miao village. As the saying goes, everything has its counterpart, and chickens are the natural nemesis of centipedes. Although the centipede demon's offspring are incredibly poisonous, they are the same size as normal centipedes. Using roosters to deal with them should be more than enough.”

Guan Shaoqing then smiled and said to Chen Yulou.

"Thank you for your advice, Brother Guan." Chen Yulou looked around and then turned to Luo Laowai, saying, "Commander Luo, Brother Guan is right. Now that the centipede demon has been dealt with, we can deal with the remaining poisonous centipedes by finding some roosters. There is a Miao village just outside Laoxiong Ridge. Let's send someone to buy some roosters right away."

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Laowai immediately agreed. After Guan Shaoqing's previous intervention, he now had complete trust in Guan Shaoqing's abilities. Moreover, the fact that roosters are effective against centipedes is an age-old consensus.

So Chen Yulou and Luo Laowai quickly sent a few people up to inform Hua Maguai to go to the Miao village outside Laoxiong Ridge to buy a rooster.

Guan Shaoqing and Chen Yulou's group then began to explore the palace below.

The situation at this moment is quite different from the original drama.

In the original storyline, because Guan Shaoqing was not present, Chen Yulou and his group were attacked by a swarm of centipedes after coming down from the cliff. They had no choice but to retreat back to the cliff to find a new entrance. As a result, when Chen Yulou led his men to dig for an entrance, they dug up a trap city. When they went in, they suffered heavy casualties, and even Kunlun died inside.

In the end, it was only with the help of the Angry Rooster and the secret mountain-digging technique of the Mountain Moving lineage that Partridge Whistle was able to successfully dig out the passage again and retrieve the body. However, they later encountered a centipede demon, and Chen Yulou lost his mind due to the poison from the corpse of the Mountain Moving Guardian, which led to the deaths of Partridge Whistle's junior brother, Old Sheep, and junior sister, Hua Ling.

However, due to Guan Shaoqing's involvement, the plot has changed drastically compared to before. Even the biggest boss in the underground palace in the original story, the centipede demon, has been killed by Guan Shaoqing. Now, Chen Yulou and his group only need to be careful to guard against the poisonous centipedes and the traps in the underground palace.

It is unknown whether it was because Guan Shaoqing's previous actions had completely intimidated those poisonous centipedes.

As a result, the poisonous centipedes never reappeared during Guan Shaoqing and Chen Yulou's subsequent investigation.

This made Guan Shaoqing and Chen Yulou's investigation go smoothly.

A few hours later.

The entire underground palace was thoroughly explored by the group, including all the palaces that appeared in the original series, and even the corpse of Guanshan Taibao from the original series.

Because of Guan Shaoqing's presence, Guan Shan Taibao's corpse did not cause a commotion like in the original drama, which caused Chen Yulou to lose his mind. At Guan Shaoqing's prompting, Chen Yulou ordered it to be burned.

"This is not the Yuan Dynasty tomb, but the legendary place where emperors of past dynasties refined elixirs."

Meanwhile, the investigation has been completed.

At this point, Chen Yulou had also determined that this was not the Yuan Tomb they were looking for, but rather a legendary underground palace built here by people commissioned by an ancient emperor to refine elixirs.

However, it is not a Yuan Dynasty tomb.

But the amount of gold and silver treasures hidden inside is still astonishing, with countless gold and silver treasures and antique jade artifacts.

"Haha, even if it's not a Yuan tomb, the gold and silver treasures inside are still considerable. Just based on these treasures, our trip to Ping Mountain was already worthwhile. And if we find another Yuan tomb, we can make another fortune."

Luo Laowai laughed heartily.

"All things considered, this place is actually a pleasant surprise for us."

"Commander Luo is right. This place is indeed an unexpected surprise for us. However, the biggest credit for the smooth progress of this trip is still thanks to Brother Guan. Otherwise, that centipede demon would probably not be something we could easily deal with."

Chen Yulou chimed in with a laugh.

"Indeed, we are truly grateful to Mr. Guan for this. In that case, we should also give Mr. Guan a share of the treasure we have acquired."

"As it should be."

Chen Yulou nodded upon hearing this. In fact, the reason he mentioned Guan Shaoqing's contributions to Luo Laowai was precisely this: he wanted Luo Laowai to agree to give a share of the treasure to Guan Shaoqing.

Although Guan Shaoqing had previously said that he did not care about gold and silver treasures.

However, given Guan Shaoqing's status and the merit he made in this instance, even if Guan Shaoqing could refuse, they couldn't refuse him.

"Then, Mr. Chen, what are your plans for the next steps? Shouldn't we send the higher-ups down to retrieve the treasures inside?" Luo Laowai added.

“Okay, let’s start having everyone retrieve the treasure. Also, let’s look for the Yuan Tomb again. Since it’s not down here, it must be up here,” Chen Yulou nodded.

Chen Yulou originally judged that the Yuan tomb was below.

According to feng shui principles, the area beneath Ping Mountain is considered the most auspicious and suitable location for burial.

Unexpectedly, what lies beneath is actually the legendary site where ancient emperors refined elixirs, not the location of the Yuan Dynasty tomb.

In that case, there's only one suitable burial site for Yuan's tomb: the mouth of the bottle-shaped hill at the top of the mountain, which is also considered a good feng shui location.

(End of this chapter)