Journey to the West: Starting by becoming an apprentice of Emperor Donghua

As soon as he entered, Ji Sheng noticed something was wrong with the village elders. Using his Void-Piercing Spiritual Eye, he saw that the elders were indeed evil spirits in disguise.

Or rather, the elder has been hollowed out by evil spirits. Now, he is a ghost in human skin.

Not only him, but all the villagers present felt the same way.

It seems Ji Sheng really underestimated these ghosts. He originally thought there was only one big ghost in the village, but he never expected that the entire village had been ravaged and turned into walking corpses.

Looking at Qingfeng and Mingyue, it seemed that the two of them had not noticed.

Forget it, he decided not to remind them. What if Zhen Yuanzi was deliberately testing them, or what if the two of them did it on purpose?

The two immediately asked the villagers to take them to catch the ghost, but after being persuaded by the village elders, they could only wait until tomorrow.

Let's go eat first.

Upon arriving at the village chief's house, the table was laden with chicken, duck, fish, and meat. The two were overjoyed and ate heartily.

Ji Sheng used his Void-Breaking Spiritual Eye to examine the food, and found that it was all normal chicken, duck, fish and meat, but he couldn't tell whether it had been adulterated or not.

Several villagers kept urging him to drink, and Qingfeng ate with grease dripping from his mouth.

"You two, hurry up and eat! You can't get such a fat chicken at the temple!"

Mingyue kept eating, but Ji Sheng remained vigilant, pretending to eat while secretly putting everything into his storage bag.

"Ji Sheng, don't be shy. We ate so much from you yesterday, this meal is on the village's behalf, so please accept it!"

The two thought Ji Sheng was a little embarrassed, so they spoke to him specifically.

Ji Sheng didn't know what to say, so he could only chuckle and agree repeatedly.

After the meal, the three returned to the specially prepared room. The other two were so sleepy that they fell asleep as soon as they entered the room without even taking off their clothes.

Ji Sheng was speechless. He shook his head and went to sleep fully clothed.

In the middle of the night, a groan suddenly rang out. Ji Sheng opened his eyes and saw Qingfeng sitting up, clutching his stomach, groaning:

"Ouch, what's wrong? Why does my stomach hurt?"

Mingyue was also woken up, and mumbled sleepily:

"You ate too much; your stomach can't digest it. I told you to eat less..."

The outhouse was outside. As soon as Qingfeng stepped out, Mingyue sat up, clutching her stomach.

"Why am I in pain now? It must be because the food was dirty."

He also went outside, and the two of them made five or six trips back and forth in half an hour.

Before long, the two of them were so weak that their legs were trembling and they had to hold onto the wall to stand.

Only then did the two realize:

"Junior brother, those villagers must have put something in the food, otherwise we wouldn't have such severe diarrhea."

Both of them had cultivated for many years, and ordinary poisons could not kill them.

Mingyue looked at Ji Sheng and saw that he was still lying peacefully in bed, fast asleep, without any problems whatsoever.

"Then how come he's alright?"

Upon hearing Mingyue's question, Qingfeng slapped his forehead and exclaimed in surprise:

"Oh no! We two have high magical power, so we only have diarrhea. But he's different. Quick, take a look! Has he been poisoned to death?"

Ji Sheng listened from the side, speechless. He finally understood that although these two possessed some magical power, they had almost no experience in the mortal world.

It is estimated that Zhen Yuanzi specially arranged for the two of them to undergo training before sending them here to exorcise ghosts.

Just then, the tightly closed door was blown open by the wind with a bang.

A gust of cold wind swept into the room, and the two men, whose legs were already weak, were forced to sit down on the bed with a thud.

"Senior brother, something's wrong! I...I'm out..."

Mingyue's face turned red as she stammered.

Qingfeng angrily said:

"It's out? Quickly use your hidden sleeve technique to put it back in!"

Mingyue said:

"It's 'the universe is revealed from the sleeve,' not 'the universe is contained within the sleeve.' Senior brother, you're mistaken..."

While the two were debating, in the Wuzhuang Temple, the chess game between Qinghua Emperor and Zhen Yuanzi had also reached a stalemate.

The Azure Emperor had a slight advantage. Looking at Zhen Yuanzi, who was frowning and deep in thought, he laughed heartily:

"It's been a while since we've seen the great master; his chess skills have probably slacked off a bit."

Zhen Yuanzi placed a piece down, his brow relaxing:

"There's nothing I can do. Your Majesty, you often visit relatives and friends, playing chess with those three old chess masters, Fu, Lu, and Shou. It's different for me. When I'm in the mood, I can only play against my apprentice. Although it's lively, it's inevitable that my chess skills have declined!"

Donghua Dijun laughed without answering. As he placed his chess piece, he captured a large number of Zhen Yuanzi's pieces.

In Yushan Village, Qingfeng Mingyue had barely finished speaking when the courtyard gate was suddenly blown open with a loud bang.

Outside the courtyard gate, a dense crowd of people had already gathered.

At first glance, all these people were villagers from Yushan Village.

But they were completely different from those during the day; their eyes were rolling back, their faces were pale, and foul-smelling pus was flowing from their mouths and noses.

It fell to the ground with a pattering sound, like dew dripping from the eaves.

"Mingyue, check quickly, is he dead or not? If he's not dead, tell him to climb out the window and escape."

Without Mingyue needing to call him, Ji Sheng yawned and sat up in bed.

"Who came in without closing the door? It's cold and smelly, cold and smelly!"

Qingfeng was overjoyed to see that Ji Sheng was still alive:

"You're still alive? That's great! Then hurry and run, the two of us can't protect you. After you escape, go to Wuzhuang Temple and find my master, and ask him to come and save us!"

Ji Sheng didn't know what to say.

You still want your master to save you? With your master's abilities, he probably knows better than anyone else what you two are like now.

However, these two are quite loyal, and Ji Sheng would never abandon them.

Ji Sheng smiled and said:

"They're just a few evil spirits, what's there to be afraid of? If I leave on my own, wouldn't I become an unjust person?"

Mingyue said urgently:

"We're different. When we die, our masters can go to the underworld to bring us back, and even if we're reincarnated, they can enlighten us again. But you're different. Who will go to the underworld to take you away when you die?"

Ji Sheng sat up in bed, looked at the horde of ghosts outside, and burst into laughter:

"What if I don't die? Don't underestimate me, I still have some skills."

As he spoke, he strolled outside and saw the horde of ghosts closing in on him. He chuckled and said:

"This stuff isn't enough for me to kill."

A cold snort came:

"You reckless fool! Even the gentle breeze and bright moon are no match for you; are you just throwing your life away by stepping forward?"

In mid-air, a dark shadow hovered, with two horns on its head, a blue face and fangs; it was an old ghost.

"I was originally planning to spare your life, just these two people would have been enough. But you've chosen to die, so come and die!"

He shouted at the horde of ghosts:

"My little minions, today we'll devour these three idiots. Hollow out their bodies, don their human skin, and go to the Wuzhuang Temple to cultivate Taoism!"

Upon hearing the Ghost King's command, the ghosts were extremely excited and rushed towards Ji Sheng with strange cries.

Inside the house, Qingfeng and Mingyue, seeing the commotion, were both somewhat anxious for Ji Sheng.

"Mingyue, can you still use your magic to help him?"

Mingyue squeezed out a few words:

"No, Senior Brother, I don't dare to move at all, let alone use my magic..."

Outside, Ji Sheng watched the approaching demons and sneered repeatedly. He patted the sword scabbard at his waist, and a bright blue light immediately shone from it.