Headless Immortal

Chapter 14: Beast
Matters of national importance cannot be shirked.

The county magistrate repeatedly assured that he would not let any of the monks from Qingquan Temple go.

Zhao Jia had no way to refute the master's words.

……

"what!"

Big Mouth jumped up.

"Are we brothers going to accompany you, Zhao, on the escort mission?"

Zhao Jia nodded.

knock.

Lao Cheng tapped his pipe against the sole of his shoe, knocking out the ash, and squinted as he said, "I'm afraid when Zhao Tou comes back, Qingquan Temple will have already been raided."

"Who will the master send?"

"It must be his brother-in-law."

The skinny constable chimed in, complaining, "What sins have we brothers committed to deserve this? We're doing the work of constables but getting paid like jailers. It's a journey of eight hundred miles, and there are countless bandits along the way. Tigers are rampant and eating people everywhere."

Zhao Jia listened to their complaints and said, "You'll get paid."

"How many?"

"Two ounces each."

"Go, of course I'll go!"

Zhao Jia immediately smiled and asked, "Where's the cat?"

The faces of the group froze.

"..."

"It's alright, it's none of your business," Zhao Jia said with a relaxed attitude.

The black cat has become a spirit; it can take good care of itself, and you can't stop it from leaving if it wants to.

"Pack your things, prepare your rations, sharpen your weapons, and we'll set off in three days." Zhao Jia didn't plan to bring all eight constables; he'd take four, leave four behind, and select about ten more from the constable team.

The rest must be soldiers, that is, soldiers from Meilan County.

The two powerful crossbows were guarded by soldiers in the military camp.

……

Jin Er was released from the county jail.

He retrieved the clothes he had buried long ago on the road, and in an instant, he transformed from a prisoner into an ordinary citizen.

Arriving at the southern end of the city, I looked around and then slipped into a secluded, quiet alley.

dong dong.

The door to the alley creaked open a crack, and the inside was so dark that no one could be seen. Jin Er paused only slightly before slipping inside.

Keng.

The door is closed.

Lu Xun, who was crouching on the wall, squinted his golden eyes and quietly slipped inside.

……

Sitting in the main hall was a Taoist priest who was nearly thirty years old, flanked by two strong men.

The Taoist priest asked, "Have you found out everything?"

"We've found out."

Kim Il-sung was working for this person.

The Taoist priest was named Xu Hong. He was a capable man, and it was said that he could summon wind and mist.

He had long since thoroughly figured out the Meilan County government office.

He hurriedly blurted out all the news.

“The prison warden, Mei Lan, is an old scholar who never asks about prison matters; Zhao Jia is in charge of all of them. This Zhao Jia is not simple. I cleverly devised a plan to let him go to Qingquan Temple. Unexpectedly, he not only brought his wife back quietly, but Qingquan Temple also remained completely undisturbed.”

"Leaving aside the use of force, this method is truly impressive."

The Taoist priest turned to the gray-clad man on his right and asked, "Xiong Tao, what do you think of his martial arts skills?"

Xiong Tao pondered for a moment and said, "It's hard to tell without a fight. I heard he's practiced the Martial Arts Manual for twenty years. Even if the Martial Arts Manual doesn't have internal energy cultivation methods, twenty years of practice already makes him a skilled outer practitioner. With a broadsword in hand, he's not someone that can be easily approached."

The man with the thinner cheek on the left said, "Why don't we lure him out, and then you and I, brothers, can take care of him?"

Taoist Xu Hong waved his hand, indicating, "No need. Even the best fighter will die if trapped and surrounded. If we attack him now, it will only arouse the suspicion of the government. If they really send a large number of troops to escort him, it will be difficult for us to succeed."

Xiong Tao said admiringly, "This time we chose to take action on the Xunyang River, so that they would all be drowned and fed to the fish, leaving no trace. Even if the government wanted to investigate, they wouldn't be able to find out anything."

The group laughed in hushed tones.

Kim Il echoed this sentiment.

"Something smells off."

Kim Jong-il was clearly taken aback.

There were three people present, making a total of four including him, all of whom were men. So how could a woman's voice be coming from there?

Following the sound, a woman with a graceful figure could be vaguely seen in the shadows. Her figure was very faint, as if she had completely blended into the darkness beside the main hall.

Kim Jong-il shuddered the moment he saw the woman.

A bold and terrifying idea rose in his mind.

"Who?!"

The Taoist priest suddenly stood up, took out a bronze mirror from his sleeve, and shone it in the direction the woman was looking.

On the roof beam, a nearly four-foot-tall black cat's golden beastly eyes shone brightly.

The wary crowd immediately relaxed.

"What a big black cat."

"It turned out to be a raccoon dog."

What a scare!

The group gasped at the size of the black cat, and the Taoist priest put away his bronze mirror. 'It's it!'

Kim Er concealed the astonishment in his eyes. He remembered this big black cat. It was the black cat that scratched the inspector's cat guard, allowing him to escape in the chaos. But he never expected that this big black cat would follow him here.

The thought of those constables testing the black cat sent a chill down his spine.

monster?
He wanted to speak, but due to his reservations, he didn't reveal everything.

If they find out that the black cat came with him, he probably won't have a good ending.

A cat is a cat.

It can't speak.

Why create unnecessary trouble and scare yourself?

A short while later, Jin Er was sent to continue his undercover work, and the others dispersed, presumably busy with something.

In short, it must be for their grand plan.

Lu Xun, the black cat, had his golden eyes flicker slightly. He was also startled by the woman. The feeling of being stared at by a venomous snake made him unable to calm down for a long time.

There were clearly only four people in the main hall just now, but while he was thinking about how to wag his tail, he was called out by a woman of unknown origin.

The body's habits are enormous.

Before it even started thinking, its tail moved first.

Just as one's legs would unconsciously shake when thinking, Lu Xun couldn't control his body all the time.

'This person,'

'Is it a ghost?'

Lu Xun hesitated for a long time but still decided to follow. He had never seen a ghost in his life.

Besides, what bad intentions could an old cat like him possibly have? Even if a ghost wanted to harm him, it would have to ask if his claws and teeth were sharp enough.

Once outside the city, Lu Xun trailed far behind the woman.

Walk a hundred meters away.

Lu Xun, who was following closely behind the woman, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Hair bristling, ears like airplanes.

Lu Xun, who was hunched over, had his pupils shrink. The smell of blood was so strong that his body instinctively began to reject it. There was also a strong, pungent smell of urine in the blood. His fear of the smell was etched deep in his genes.

Lu Xun didn't know who was responsible for the stench of urine, but fear had already permeated his entire being.

The woman stopped in front of the darkness, stared at the black cat, slowly squatted down, and beckoned, "Old cat, old cat, come here, come here."

Lu Xun didn't dare to go forward at all, and slowly retreated, intending to get away from the area that terrified him.

Whoosh!

The booming bass roared and shook the surrounding area.

In the darkness, a pair of enormous golden eyes hovered above the woman who was crouching down.

Lu Xun gasped.

Because he used too much force, it caused him severe pain in his lungs.

"Grass!"

All I can say is how I act like a cat.

To be deadly is to run wildly.

Roar!
A large, white-browed tiger with piercing eyes leaped out of the darkness, passing right through the woman.

The beasts of prey leap two zhang in a single bound.

A fierce wind, carrying a fishy smell, rushed up all at once.

Lu Xun didn't dare to look back at all.

"Cat, go away!"

"..."

"Cat, go away!"

"Where's the tree? Where's the big tree?!"

As Lu Xun ran wildly, he sensed death behind him and searched for Gao Lin to hide in.

Unfortunately, the ancient world had no modern greenery. The trees around the county town had long been cut down for residential purposes, leaving not even a single sapling.

Only a few meters from the high walls of the county town, the tiger's sharp claws had already grazed Lu Xun.

Even a slight glancing blow was enough to send Lu Xun, who was nearly four feet tall, losing his balance and falling.

With a high wall in front of him, there was no room for the three-legged old cat to gather its strength. Lu Xun, who had just flipped over, roared:
"A head transplant!"

The moment it touched the ground, its body turned into a toad.

"Get up! (Gurgle)"

The toad's leg bent.

Launched like an arrow, it leaps three meters in a single bound.

The tiger behind them also jumped up.

A tiger and a toad stood motionless in mid-air.

Its gaping maw was already open, as if it would swallow the toad whole at any moment.

"A head transplant!"

The toad grew black hair and turned into a black cat.

"Cat, go away!"

Change direction in mid-air.

The black cat leaped over the city wall and disappeared into the vast county town without looking back.

"Roar!"

(End of this chapter)