This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 172 The Flying Zombie Enters the Thunderclouds, A Tragic End
"Zhong Bai, retreat!"

The first to notice something was wrong was naturally the sect leader, Xuanmingzi. His gaze swept across the distant void, and after a cold snort, Xuanmingzi immediately planned to intercept the figure heading towards Zhong Bai.

Fei Jiang had a headache. Fighting against Lingxiao Tianshi of Longhu Mountain and Huian Dafashi of Jinshan Temple was too much for him. At this moment, his injuries were already becoming difficult to continue. However, what Fei Jiang did not expect was that Zhong Bai, a young Taoist with extremely terrifying qi, blood and physical body, would choose to undergo tribulation at this time. According to Fei Jiang's experience, undergoing tribulation would definitely consume true essence and spiritual treasures, and even use trump cards. Now that he had just undergone tribulation, it would definitely be the time when Zhong Bai was at his weakest.

If Fei Jiang could capture Zhong Bai and drain his blood, he felt he would have a chance to escape the pursuit of Lingxiao Celestial Master and Hui'an Grand Master.

Therefore, the moment Zhong Bai finished his tribulation, the flying zombie rushed straight towards him!
It's a pity... Flying Zombie never expected that Zhong Bai would also have a Taoist Golden Core True Monarch protecting him. At this moment, Flying Zombie is in a dilemma. He has the head of Maoshan Sect in front of him, and the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain and the abbot of Jinshan Temple behind him. He has nowhere to go, nowhere to escape.

However, Xuanmingzi's decision to make Zhong Bai retreat clearly indicates that he was unaware of Zhong Bai's specific situation. He obviously thought that Zhong Bai had just undergone tribulation and had not yet recovered to his peak condition, let alone facing a flying zombie.

With a faint smile, Zhong Bai gently shook his head.

This flying zombie actually dared to set its sights on him; clearly, it hadn't learned its lesson from the beginning!
"Master Master, please let your junior disciple handle this!"

As he spoke, Zhong Bai closed his eyes slightly and began to communicate with heaven and earth through the thunder seal in his hand. Once the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Seal was solidified, it had a powerful killing move: summoning the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.

The thunderclouds in the sky had not yet dissipated when the flying zombie actually targeted him. Zhong Bai did not want to simply use his physical strength to blast it away; he wanted to severely injure the flying zombie!
"Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, heed my command! Shangqing Thunder in front, Kui Thunder behind, descend!"

As Zhong Bai suddenly opened his eyes, the energy accumulated in the thunderclouds in the void gathered together again, transforming into a scarlet purple lightning bolt, even more terrifying than the last one Zhong Bai had received. In an instant, this purple lightning bolt locked onto the flying zombie that was heading towards Zhong Bai.

Fei Jiang was only a few hundred meters away from Zhong Bai, but he stopped and looked up at the void. The scarlet purple lightning was incredibly fast.

The flying zombie stared wide-eyed at the thunder with an incredulous look, but after letting out a corpse roar, it gathered less than half of its corpse energy above its head in an attempt to withstand a bolt of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

Xuanmingzi was utterly astonished by this scene. Was this the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder?
With a deafening roar, crimson light suddenly exploded in the void, and lightning covered the entire body of the flying zombie. Even from a thousand meters away, everyone could still clearly hear the flying zombie's miserable roar, filled with helplessness and weakness.

A body billowing black smoke fell from the sky and landed on the ground with a thud, creating a large hole in the earth.

What struck down was naturally the flying zombie. How terrifying was the power of the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning? Even Zhong Bai, whose physical body was comparable to a Golden Core True Monarch, dared not be careless. How could the flying zombie, which was already restrained by the lightning, dare to take it head-on?
Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
As Zhong Bai rode his sword straight up into the sky, he descended from the heavens. His fist wind was mixed with blood and qi, and soon Zhong Bai's descent speed exceeded everyone's expectations. Even though he had not ignited the Samadhi True Fire, his entire body was still engulfed by the flames formed from blood and qi.

Like a shooting star, a precise punch landed squarely on the flying zombie, "Hiss!"

Just as the flying zombie had regained its footing and was about to escape using its earth-burrowing technique, a mountain-like pressure descended from all around, freezing its feet in place. It could only watch helplessly as its body was pressed to the ground by the immense force. The surrounding earth exploded with a bang, and a deep fist mark appeared on the flying zombie's back. At that moment, Zhong Bai also landed.

"You wicked Taoist priest, you're really ruthless!"

Fei Jiang spoke in human language and cursed angrily. He could no longer lie on the ground, otherwise, if he really took Zhong Bai's punch, his spine would probably break directly. Therefore, Fei Jiang stood up against the wind of the punch and looked up at Zhong Bai, exchanging a punch with Zhong Bai in the deep pit.

Bang bang bang!
In an instant, the aftershocks of the clash between the two spread outwards, causing the ground within a radius of several hundred meters to tremble, with sand and dust flying everywhere. By the time Zhong Bai leaped into the air, the arriving Lingxiao Celestial Master and the Grand Master Huian of Jinshan Temple had finally seen the result of the punch.

The ground cracked open within a radius of several hundred meters, and in the center of the crater, which was more than ten meters deep, Fei Jiang's body was trembling slightly. His right arm had been severed, the curvature of his legs was somewhat strange, and his eyes were somewhat vacant.

With a crack, his already severed right arm shattered into pieces like broken glass and fell to the ground. Only now did Fei Jiang recover from the clash of fists. The large amount of corpse energy he had consumed made him indifferent to the gazes of Lingxiao Celestial Master and Hui'an Grand Master. He knew that he had no chance of escaping alive.

At this moment, in the four directions, Zhong Bai stood on one side with trembling arms, while the other three sides were guarded by Golden Core True Monarchs. The four of them completely surrounded the flying zombie. In such a situation, what way out did the flying zombie have but to wait for its death?
"kill!"

Lingxiao Celestial Master and Huian Grand Master spoke first, and Xuanmingzi was equally quick. With the full cooperation of the three Golden Core experts, the flying zombie that had nowhere to escape in the deep pit was covered by thunderous Buddhist light and Taoist energy. Its corpse energy kept leaking out, and its body withered little by little.

After Zhong Bai's arm recovered somewhat, looking at the withered flying zombie in the deep pit, Zhong Bai spat out a mouthful of pure blood and qi, which transformed into Samadhi True Fire in the air and fell into the deep pit. In an instant, the flying zombie in the deep pit could only watch helplessly as its physical body was gradually worn away by the thunder, Samadhi True Fire, Buddhist light, and Taoist qi.

In the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, the entire pit fell silent, while numbers popped up on Zhong Bai's exorcism panel.

[Slay 1 flying zombie to obtain 50 Demon Extermination Points]

[Current Demon Extermination Points: 252 million] Zhong Bai was somewhat surprised, after all, he was not the only one besieging the flying zombie, and in the end, it actually died under his own Samadhi True Fire. However, Lingxiao Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain and Huian Grand Master of Jinshan Temple did not care who killed the flying zombie in the end, as long as the result was good.

“Amitabha, young friend Zhong Bai is truly terrifying. The younger generation surpasses the older generation. Perhaps in a few years, you will be able to surpass this old monk.”

The death of Fei Jiang meant the successful conclusion of their trip to Tengteng Town. However, beside Zhong Bai, Grand Master Hui'an looked at him with profound eyes, and after uttering these words, his smile was also very compassionate, as if he were truly congratulating him...

Zhong Bai is no longer the same person he was back then when facing the abbot of Jinshan Temple. Now, even when facing this relic master, Zhong Bai can handle him with ease. To some extent, their status has unknowingly become equal as Zhong Bai clashed with the flying zombie. If Zhong Bai didn't come from Maoshan, Hui'an would have wanted to call him Fellow Daoist Qianhe.

Strength has always been the standard for determining status, and this is now being demonstrated to the fullest extent.

“Abbot Huian is too kind. Zhong Bai is merely a slightly stronger physical body due to his cultivation. He does not deserve such praise from Abbot Huian.”

Master Hui'an smiled faintly at Zhong Bai's polite words, not taking them seriously. If the Buddhist sect had considered limiting Zhong Bai's growth before today, it was no longer capable of doing so.

Therefore, it is necessary to befriend Zhong Bai.

"Young friend, you are too modest."

After saying this, Grand Master Hui'an looked at Celestial Master Lingxiao of Longhu Mountain and said, "Celestial Master, the matter of Tengteng Town has come to an end. As for the capital... this matter still needs to be discussed in detail. However, the Buddhist sect is willing to cooperate with the Taoist sect, so please rest assured, Celestial Master!"

Master Lingxiao smiled and said, "Excellent!"

"Haha, in that case, Celestial Master, Sect Leader Xuanmingzi, and young friend Zhong Bai, our Jinshan Temple will take our leave now!"

"Please take care, Master Hui'an..."

After watching Jinshan Temple leave, Elder Zhizhen of Baima Temple quickly followed and left Tengteng Town with a group of elders from Baima Temple.

All that remains at the scene are the Three Mountains Talismans.

“This Hui’an is quite cunning. He only puts in the work without putting in any effort, just using some true essence and Buddhist light to fool people. If Zhong Bai hadn’t severely injured the flying zombie, this old bald monk probably wouldn’t have been willing to kill him so quickly.”

With no Buddhist figures present, Master Lingxiao spoke without restraint.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't have taken them this long to capture and kill the flying zombie. However, the old monk Huian was not putting in much effort and did not even use the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon True Scripture from the Divine Power Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra of their Jinshan Temple. Naturally, the Celestial Master Lingxiao did not really unleash the full power of the Five Thunder Orthodox Method. The two of them were just able to suppress the flying zombie but also controlled it well so as not to seriously injure it.

Xuanmingzi smiled faintly.

"Brother Lingxiao, I heard about what happened at Mangshan more than ten years ago. The body of that flying zombie is still in the hands of my Uncle Ming. That old bald monk Huian is unwilling to seriously injure it, isn't it because he's worried that you might be the one to take advantage of him?"

Hearing this, Master Lingxiao's lips curled into a smile. No one should say anything to anyone else; he simply didn't believe that Hui'an didn't want to obtain a complete flying zombie body.

Lingxiao Celestial Master looked at Zhong Bai with a somewhat melancholy gaze and said, "Brother Xuanming, no matter what you say, in the end, this flying zombie's physical body was still severely injured by young friend Zhong Bai's punch, and there was also that Purple Heaven Divine Lightning. Perhaps it was for this reason that Huian chose to completely obliterate it, since the flying zombie's physical body was already damaged..."

Zhong Bai stood aside speechlessly. Sure enough, wherever there are people, there is a world of intrigue. Zhong Bai really had no intention of getting the physical body of a flying zombie, but as for the others, well, not everyone has a demon-slaying panel to support their cultivation. It can only be said that Zhong Bai is just a rich dog!
At this moment, Shi Jian's voice rang out from behind Zhong Bai: "Junior Brother Qianhe, you should keep this silver-armored corpse king with you. Your senior brother is having trouble suppressing it..."

Before the tribulation, Zhong Bai casually handed the silver-armored corpse king in his hand to Shi Jian for safekeeping. Shi Jian was very responsible. Although the silver-armored corpse king was very smart and showed no signs of escaping, Shi Jian always felt that it was not very safe. Now that he could finally entrust it to Zhong Bai for safekeeping, Shi Jian was naturally happy.

Zhong Bai turned around, grabbed the silver-armored corpse king by the neck, and then rode away on his sword. It was time for their Daoist sect to leave Tengteng Town as well.

(End of this chapter)