Playing the male antagonist in a melodramatic novel is fine for a bit of fun.

Chen Ya looked to her left, where a tall, thin old Taoist priest was standing, his face showing a compassionate expression.

"I think you should become a monk instead of a Taoist priest."

A smile appeared on the old Taoist priest's gaunt face: "That was true before."

The old Taoist priest in his youth was hailed as a Buddhist monk in Shanghai.

If things had proceeded as planned, the old Taoist priest might have become the head of all the temples in Shanghai.

However, the old Taoist priest was obsessed with martial arts in his youth. Before he was allowed to learn the corresponding martial arts in the temple, he secretly sneaked into the Sutra Repository and studied the Mahavairocana Sutra.

When the abbot at the time, who was also the old Taoist's master, learned of this, he was furious and wanted to cripple the old Taoist's martial arts skills.

How could the old Taoist priest sit idly by and wait for his death?

Therefore, he came to Baiwu Temple under the protection of Hu Quan's father.

However, as they get older...

The old Taoist priest's cultivation of the Mahavairocana Sutra became increasingly profound, but he was stuck at the peak of the Grandmaster level and could not advance to the realm of a Great Grandmaster.

Only then did he realize that his master had wanted to cripple his martial arts skills for his own good.

Because the preliminary practice of the Mahavairocana Sutra is called the Nine Yang True Fire Technique, which is accompanied by the Lapis Lazuli Tranquilizing Mantra.

The practice of these two aspects determines how far one can go in the Mahavairocana Sutra.

If the old Taoist had cultivated the preliminary techniques to the point where there was no further progress, then becoming a Grandmaster would not have been a problem for him at all.

But he took the wrong path.

Because his prior cultivation techniques were inadequate and his practice of the Glazed Tranquility Mantra was also insufficient, the old Taoist priest not only struggled to reach the Grandmaster level, but also frequently faced the risk of going into qi deviation.

Therefore, the old Taoist priest had always been cultivating his character and temperament.

"No wonder," Chen Ya said knowingly, then changed the subject, "But that's not important."

She pointed to the Hu family's hiding place and said very seriously, "The important thing is that none of them will survive."

The old Taoist priest sighed, "You are so young, yet you have such a strong murderous intent. This is not good."

"It seems the Taoist priest is determined to stop me?" Chen Ya shook the bell in her hand lightly. "If that's the case, people could die."

The old Taoist priest chuckled and struck a pose as if he were a master with his hands behind his back: "It's good for young people to be confident, but the prerequisite for confidence is having the ability to back it up."

He looked arrogantly at the puppet beside Chen Ya and said with great confidence, "I will give you ten moves. After ten moves, I will get serious. As long as you leave then, I will not stop you."

"Kill him!"

At Chen Ya's command, the puppet instantly rushed towards the old Taoist priest.

Ah Zhou had mentioned the puppet's strength.

As long as the attackers aren't celestial beings, the puppets can handle them.

If it is a celestial being, the puppet will give a warning.

Therefore, the old Taoist priest was clearly not a celestial being.

If that's the case, then kill them!

The old Taoist priest laughed heartily: "You've come at the right time!"

He hadn't fought with anyone for over a decade, and this foreigner was clearly no weakling just by looking at his physique and gait.

Only in this way can you truly enjoy yourself!

Excellent! Excellent!

But when the puppet's power manifested, the old Taoist's expression changed, and he exclaimed, "Grandmaster???"

The old Taoist priest's composure and confidence vanished completely at that moment.

Damn it, the Hu family didn't even tell me they'd messed with a Grandmaster!

The fist was already very close to his chest, and he couldn't even beg for mercy.

In haste, the old Taoist priest could only cross his hands.

Click.

The sound of bones breaking rang out clearly, and the old Taoist priest still looked somewhat incredulous.

"This, how is this possible? I'm practicing the Immovable King Technique!"

The Immovable King Technique is a body-refining method he practiced.

Generally speaking, opponents of the same level cannot break through his defenses.

Even a grandmaster shouldn't be able to break his own bones with a single punch.

This isn't right, this is absolutely wrong.

But the puppet wouldn't give the old Taoist priest much time to think. With Chen Ya already giving the order, unless Chen Ya told him to stop, he wouldn't stop until the old Taoist priest was beaten to death.

Therefore, while the old Taoist was still pondering the irrationality of the situation, the puppet's second punch had already landed.

A strong wind howled, and the old Taoist priest felt a deathly pressure approaching, so he quickly dodged to the right.

Immediately afterwards, his left ear started ringing, and a burning pain came from his left ear.

The old Taoist priest's left ear had been smashed off by that punch.

The old Taoist priest's head was buzzing.

Although Grandmasters are rare, he has seen them before.

But this was the first time he had ever seen a grandmaster with such immense strength that bricks could fly.

Their moves don't rely on any martial arts techniques at all; they just rely on sheer force!

More importantly, the stats of a Grandmaster seem to also include a method of external martial arts training, making it difficult for them to hide.

Warm blood flowed down the old Taoist's cheeks to his chin, finally dripping onto the ground.

The sound of a snap brought the startled old Taoist priest back to his senses.

After narrowly dodging the puppet's whip kick once again, the old Taoist priest finally understood.

I do owe the Hu family a favor, but it's not worth risking my life for.

It's already quite an achievement that I withstood three moves from a Grandmaster-level opponent.

The rest is for the Hu family to face.

As he thought this, the old Taoist priest began to move aside, preparing to leave.

But the puppet didn't give him a chance at all. The fourth punch hit his right eye, and the fifth punch hit his left eye directly.

The force was so great that the eyeballs burst open.

The old Taoist priest could feel the entire process of the eyeballs bursting in their sockets. The pain also made his dodging chaotic, leaving him unable to selectively deal with the puppet's moves.

"I don't care anymore."

"I don't care anymore."

"Can you spare me?"

The old Taoist priest begged for mercy, wanting to make peace.

Chen Ya scoffed, "At this moment, you must be joking, right?"

Hu Desheng's original intention was to destroy his own family and hand himself and Xin Xin over to Zhang Ling.

Therefore, Chen Ya naturally couldn't let the Hu family off the hook.

Since the old Taoist priest dared to stop him, then he was one of the same kind as the Hu family.

Such a person must die!

Chen Ya just watched as the puppet threw a punch.

The sixth punch!

The seventh punch!

The eighth punch!

The ninth punch!

The powerful fist, carrying the strength of a grandmaster, struck the old Taoist priest, causing his body to explode from the force.

In fact, the old Taoist priest had already lost consciousness by the sixth punch.

The reason he hasn't fallen is simply because, according to the puppet's judgment, the old Taoist is still alive.

Therefore, the puppet's punches did not stop, and the old Taoist priest was only kept from falling by the force of the puppet's punches until he finally died on the ninth punch.

After the old Taoist priest died, the puppet spent another minute dealing with the remaining members of the Hu family.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ya went to the Cheng family.