The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 280 Fatty Huang: Holy crap, are you about to become an immortal?!

In the courtyard, Li Zhen's imposing aura remained undiminished.

Or rather, he himself was unable to restrain his aura; even though he tried his best to control the rampaging demon, he could not reduce his own aura.

The clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker.

More and more ghostly figures appeared in the fog.

It's not just the "sky" above him that's eyeing him; the underworld probably is too.

Although the fog was aroused by his own malice, the ghostly figures within it were not.

Li Zhen sensed a strong sense of malice emanating from those ghostly figures.

However, this fog did not directly establish a connection with the underworld like it did before, allowing the power of the underworld to invade the human world.

But judging from the increasingly eerie fog, the underworld will eventually wait until it can erode its power into the human world.

Compared to the scale of this operation, the last one was definitely a small-scale affair.

Li Zhen smelled a faint stench on himself, which reminded him of the ghost messenger he suppressed in the movie "Rigor Mortis." The smell emanating from the ghost messenger was very similar to the smell on him.

It seems that no matter how his body is reborn, he cannot completely erase this smell.

Li Zhen, who already had some grudges with the underworld, was not afraid of the other party. He figured he could just fight it out, since the other party couldn't possibly descend into reality completely.

When Li Zhen left the world of "Shaolin Zombie" to find the cat demon, he talked with the two of them. Although they did not formally exchange Taoist techniques, they talked a lot about things like the underworld, immortals, and cultivation philosophies.

Originally, Li Zhen planned to travel north with Master Ji back to Maoshan and exchange ideas with Master Ji and Zhou You along the way. However, after being urged to return by Fu Wen, he had to give up this plan due to the matter of the cat demon.

Even though the exchange was brief, Li Zhen gained a lot.

For example, both of them said that the underworld cannot arbitrarily affect the peace of the human world, and that in their world, immortals have not sent down a single word for a long time, and communication with them is all through vague omens.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Li Zhen has mostly relied on his own exploration in the way of cultivation. Given the rejection he faces from the gods, he has hardly interacted with cultivators from major sects like Maoshan.

This conversation largely made up for his shortcomings in this area, giving him a more comprehensive understanding of spiritual practice.

However, neither Master Ji nor Master Si had said how to deal with the current situation.

If the strange phenomena were solely caused by himself, Li Zhen would not find it troublesome.

However, standing here, he could clearly sense that all the evil spirits and ghosts around Dongyang City had been drawn into Dongyang City.

Undoubtedly, besides these evil spirits and ghosts, the sects and figures in the modern world must have already noticed the strange phenomena here, and will soon organize people to investigate them.

His connection to the phenomenon, standing at the very center, is very obvious, and the investigation will eventually lead back to him.

This time, he couldn't hide it, nor could he find someone to stand in front of him and share the attention.

With his current strength, he has no fear of appearing in public, but dealing with people in the real world still troubles him.

After all, this isn't a mission world you can leave.

As Li Zhen began to ponder how to handle the current situation, several different thoughts immediately appeared in his mind. He quickly filtered and combined them from his knowledge, finding several possible solutions to deal with the current situation.

Among these plans were some things that were within his knowledge, which were clearly things belonging to the Fate Demon.

As his primordial spirit grew stronger, he became more adept at controlling these thoughts and consciousnesses, and the degree to which he was influenced by those thoughts naturally decreased.

The core idea behind all these plans he "thought out" was to "hide" and "conceal oneself".

Everything that is taboo by Heaven and Earth will be revealed to mankind; there is no way to avoid this process.

However, if the method is appropriate, one can conceal one's own aura and reduce one's presence to the point where the phenomenon occurs.

This is somewhat similar to Li Zhen's act of concealing his own destiny when he went to find the Fate Demon.

Just then, a voice appeared directly in Li Zhen's consciousness, startling him.

He was naturally familiar with Li Xiangwen's voice.

To his surprise, he could only feel the strange sensation of self-inflicted black magic when Li Xiangwen performed "divine inquiries" before, but now he could directly hear Li Xiangwen's voice.

Is it because my primordial spirit has become stronger?

Li Zhen closed his eyes.

Li Xiangwen's voice appeared even more clearly in his mind.

how did you do that?
Although Li Zhen himself did not fully understand the reason for this, it did not hinder his communication with Li Xiangwen.

He first tried to convey a thought to Li Xiangwen.

After Li Xiangwen mentioned Changshan, Li Zhen gave him a clear response.

After severing ties with the other party, Li Zhen opened his eyes thoughtfully.

His way of communicating with Li Xiangwen seems somewhat similar to the way those who offer incense and make offerings to gods and immortals communicate.

Lost in thought, Li Zhen suddenly turned around and looked at a room behind him, his expression somewhat doubtful.

His spirit emerged from his body, floated into the window, and took out a book that opened on its own.

Li Zhen returned his primordial spirit to his body and picked up the book.

This is the second volume of the "Spiritual Talisman and Ritual Manual" that he obtained from Changshan.

This book exudes a special aura.

Sensing the atmosphere emanating from the book, a sharp hissing sound erupted in Li Zhen's mind, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

This was not his own reaction, but rather a kind of apprehension inherited from his demonic instincts.

I wonder what Wu Qiyuan, the former head of Changshan Sect, did to Mingyao that made Mingyao hate him to this extent.

However, as Wu Qiyuan's opponent, Mingyao is also one of the people who understands Wu Qiyuan the most.

After the hissing, Li Zhen's answer was given.

The special aura emanating from this book must be some kind of destiny.

Wu Qiyuan himself is extremely skilled in the art of destiny and is also adept at planning. Every action he takes may be part of a plan to achieve a certain goal.

Whether it was due to the influence of the Destiny Demon or by acquiring the Destiny Demon's cultivation in the field of destiny, his understanding of Wu Qiyuan became clearer.

From obtaining the second volume of the legal scroll to the current reaction to it, it should all be a contingency plan arranged by Wu Qiyuan.

So what exactly does Wu Qiyuan want to do?

Many thoughts in his mind were reminding him to be wary of Wu Qiyuan, not to fall into Wu Qiyuan's trap, and not to do anything for Wu Qiyuan, otherwise he would definitely be schemed against and end up with nothing.

This is naturally the influence of the Destiny Demon's mindset on Li Zhen.

However, the demon of fate is not Li Zhen. Although Li Zhen is wary of Wu Qiyuan, he is not that afraid of him.

Even if Wu Qiyuan was skilled in planning, fortune telling, and divination, he couldn't possibly have foreseen what would happen to him.

At most, it probably only accounted for one... variable?
So what was Wu Qiyuan planning to do with his backup plan?

Li Zhen looked thoughtfully at the scroll in his hand. After a moment, he personally opened the scroll.

An even stronger sense of motor transport emanated from the legal documents.

Within that aura, Li Zhen vaguely saw a grand hall on Changshan Mountain, the statue of the patriarch within the hall, and the figures of several Taoist priests in front of the hall.

When Li Zhen saw the other party, the statues seemed to sense it, their eyes flashed, and they stared at Li Zhen across the distance.

An even richer, more distinctive aura emanated from the scroll, flowing along Li Zhen's palm and intertwining with his own aura.

An even sharper hiss erupted in his mind.

However, Li Zhen, who was looking at the legal documents, did not react.

A moment later, noticing something was wrong, Li Zhen looked up at the sky and found that the dark clouds were no longer growing, as if they had been paused.

Is it because Changshan's fortune overshadowed his own aura?
Not only that, but Investigator Li also realized that his own fate was intertwined with that of Changshan.

wrong……

In fact, after he came into contact with Changshan and obtained the second volume of the Dharma scroll, his fate became entangled with Changshan's.

Is this why the Destiny Demon wanted to scheme against him?

The same question arose in Li Zhen's mind again: what exactly was Wu Qiyuan trying to do?
Let him solve the trouble Changshan is facing?

If that's the case, then Wu Qiyuan has miscalculated.

Li Zhen's own troubles are far greater than Changshan's troubles.

Once he dies and his life is over, the fortune of Changshan will also be damaged.

Things are different now. If Changshan's fortune is weakened, it may take many years for it to recover.

Even though he didn't believe in the Demon of Fate's judgment, Li Zhen was still very wary of Wu Qiyuan, whom he couldn't understand.

But his instincts told him that what was happening was beneficial to him.

Looking around at the fog, Li Zhen looked up at the sky again.

Behind him, the demons bared their fangs and made strange noises at the sky.

The talisman that appeared in front of Li Zhen disappeared into his body, causing his entire body to radiate a blood-red golden light and making him exude an increasingly powerful aura.

Standing amidst the dense aura of evil, he appeared even more terrifying than the demons themselves.

……

When Fatty Huang finally managed to get through the fog, he found that the inner layer was an even denser "fog," emanating a chilling aura that frightened him. It looked sinister and made people hesitate to go near it.

But the tattered doll pulled him into the eerie "mist".

As soon as he entered, Fatty Huang immediately felt dizzy and nauseous, almost making him vomit.

But the discomfort disappeared soon afterward.

Fatty Huang looked around and found that the fog had shifted and avoided his location, leaving a path free of fog where he had passed.

He felt both strange and pleased.

Standing here, he's like the main character; even the "fog" avoids him. How could he not be happy?

Fatty Huang wasn't stupid; he knew this was just his imagination.

There was no wind around.

Excluding its own cause and the wind's cause, could the fog have dispersed because of... a rag doll?
Fatty Huang glanced at the tattered doll perched on his shoulder and, seeing that it seemed extremely excited, became even more convinced of his judgment.

With the view obstructed, it was quite difficult to discern the route, but fortunately, the rag doll knew the way back, so Fatty Huang didn't go astray.

There were no ghostly figures to interfere with him here, and although the journey was arduous, he did not encounter any major troubles.

When he finally reached Li Zhen's house after a long and arduous journey, he saw Li Zhen standing in the courtyard and was so shocked that he didn't dare to breathe.

The evil aura here has not dissipated; from his position, all he can see is a figure radiating blood-red golden light.

Behind the figure, the twisted demon kept emitting strange cries, eerie and terrifying, which filled the figure in front with an eerie feeling as well.

The suffocating aura rushed over him, making Fatty Huang feel as if he were in a raging sea, where any giant wave would crush him and leave him with no place to be buried.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt as if his body and internal organs were making a hissing sound along with those terrifying demons.

Swallowing hard, the trembling fat man quietly took a step back.

The tattered doll that had been perched on his shoulder jumped off and ran toward the figure with a strange cry.

Huang Pangzi's heart skipped a beat, and all that was left in his mind was "It's over".

Seemingly because they heard the commotion, the figure turned around and looked at Fatty Huang.

Fatty Huang dragged his weak legs and took a few steps back.

Just as he was about to turn and run away, he suddenly saw the "mist" in front of him dissipate rapidly, like water vapor being blown away.

In the blink of an eye, the fog thinned to the point where he could see some features of the figure opposite him.

Looking at it, Fatty Huang widened his eyes and tentatively called out, "Li...Detective Li?"

The figure was still moving forward.

As the figure moved, the demon behind it, like the "mist," gradually dissipated.

By the time the figures reached the door, Fatty Huang had already seen Li Zhen's face clearly.

"Wow, it really is you!" Fatty Huang rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't mistaken.

"Come in first, then we'll talk." Li Zhen opened the door.

"It's not that I don't believe you, but can you prove that you are Detective Li?" The fat man standing there was full of vigilance, looking as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

Li Zhen spread his hands and asked, "How am I different from before?"

Huang Pangzi's eyes twitched as he looked at the lingering, blood-red golden light on Li Zhen's body and his terrifying face covered in wounds.

"No, you're saying you're no different from before?" He pointed to where Li Zhen was standing a little further away. "Do you know what I saw? It almost scared me to death. What's wrong with you? I thought something had happened to you."

Li Zhen laughed and said, "What could possibly happen to me? Come in first and we'll talk."

After taking two steps forward, Fatty Huang suddenly stopped, his eyes widening as he exclaimed, "Damn, are you about to become an immortal? I knew it! You've been acting all mysterious lately; it turns out you've been busy with this."

Li Zhen stroked his chin, surprised, and said, "You figured that out? This kind of secret can't be spread. It seems I can't let you live."

"Really?! Take me with you!" Fatty Huang scurried through the gate, all excited.

Judging from his tone of voice and some small gestures, he had already figured out that the person inside was Li Zhen himself. The few words he said later were just jokes to ease the atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)