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Xuejian and Lin Yaoxie had known each other for quite some time. Although Xuejian knew that Lin Yaoxie's swordsmanship was extraordinary, when it came to orthodox immortal techniques, Lin Yaoxie didn't seem to have anything to offer. Although Penglai had always been inferior to Shushan in swordsmanship, its immortal techniques were quite exquisite. Therefore, Xuejian had to carefully remind Lin Yaoxie.

Lin Yaoxie didn't think too much about it at the moment. Anyway, he knew that Tianquan's cultivation level was not high enough, so he should be unable to hurt him no matter what.

But when the competition actually started, Lin Yaoxie realized that he had oversimplified things. Lin Yaoxie and Tianquan stood five meters apart. The people from the Thunderbolt Hall brought over a table and prepared yellow paper, candles, peach wood swords, and other items.

According to the custom of exorcising demons, there are five candles here. Whoever extinguishes the other person's candle first wins, but there's a condition: they can't leave this circle.

The members of the Thunderbolt Hall drew circles less than half a meter square under the feet of the two men. Anyone who stepped out of the circle would lose. Tianquan's move of drawing a circle on the ground to imprison himself truly put him out of danger. Regardless of winning or losing, he would not be in any danger to his life.

It's just extinguishing five candles on the other side. Although Lin Yaoxie doesn't know any magic, throwing a pebble or something to extinguish the candles on the other side is not a difficult task.

The contest began. Lin Yaoxie rolled the yellow paper on the table into a ball and flicked it at the candle on Tianquan's side with his finger-flicking technique. The force was so great that it would not only pierce a small candle, but even a ten-year-old tree would be pierced by the small paper ball. However, to Lin Yaoxie's surprise, when his paper ball hit the candle, it seemed to be bewitched and rolled down to the ground along with the candle.

Seeing Lin Yaoxie's behavior, Xuejian stomped her feet in anger:

"Lin Yaoxie, you're a big idiot. Those candles have been blessed with magic, so brute force is useless."

Although Xuejian was not proficient in magic, she had heard her grandfather mention this kind of basic combat before.

On the other side, Longkui seemed to sense that Lin Yaoxie was in danger and unconsciously summoned Hongkui. Unfortunately, Hongkui didn't help; instead, she watched with amusement.

"You don't understand magic, yet you try to fight like others. Brother Lin, I truly admire your ignorance."

Hongkui watched Lin Yaoxie and Tianquan fight lazily, completely indifferent to the situation.

"Brother Lin lost, so he's taking you to Penglai. They specialize in catching ghosts." Xuejian usually tolerated Longkui's behavior, but she was always particularly angry when she saw Longkui in front of her.

Hongkui, on the other hand, looked completely indifferent.

"Sure, I'll go wherever Brother Lin goes. I've heard that the Ruyi Fairy Boy in Penglai is chubby and fair-skinned. Do you want me to catch one for you to play with?"

"You...you...you...aren't you ashamed?" Xuejian was so angry with Longkui that she couldn't speak.

Lin Yaoxie was no longer in such a relaxed situation. His original plan had easily fallen through, and he was now in a very passive position. Previously, Tianquan had easily extinguished one of his candles with an ice spell, and he himself was powerless against Tianquan. Now, all he could do was desperately protect the few candles in front of him and use his own body to resist Tianquan's magic.

Although Tianquan's magic was not very powerful, he always came up with all sorts of tricks and often managed to extinguish Lin Yaoxie's candles when Lin Yaoxie was not paying attention.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Lin Yaoxie's candle was down to only one, while Tianquan's five candles, like the eternal flames of an ancient tomb, remained standing.

Lin Yaoxie felt that this was not a solution. He originally thought he would be invincible, but the result was exactly the opposite.

"It seems that Master Lin's cultivation of immortal arts still needs practice. I shouldn't have taken advantage of his vulnerability."

Tianquan kept saying he shouldn't have, but his hands were busy, intensifying his attacks on Lin Yaoxie, casting earth spells one after another, and ice spells the next, making Lin Yaoxie suffer terribly.

At this moment, Lin Yaoxie felt for the first time that even the Yilong Sword in his hand could be so weak. Lin Yaoxie secretly regretted that he should not have agreed to the so-called duel. He should have just finished off Tianquan in one move. Lin Yaoxie wished he could go out right now and beat up Tianquan, but he did not want to admit defeat so quickly.

Although going to Penglai was irrelevant, the damned system task required him to help the Thunderbolt Hall, without specifying the extent of the assistance. He only knew that if he left now, he might lose the Thunderbolt Hall lead, and given the system's nature, he didn't know what major consequences it would have in the end.

Tianquan, on the other hand, became increasingly unrestrained, displaying his immortal techniques to the fullest, which drew applause from the Thunderbolt Hall members. Meanwhile, Lan Kui and Xue Jian discussed whether they should bring pearl powder or other cosmetics to Penglai.

Lin Yaoxie racked his brains for a way to defeat the enemy, when suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him. He seemed to have come up with a method, and Lin Yaoxie attacked Tianquan with the yellow paper in front of him like a madman.

Seeing Lin Yaoxie's actions, Tianquan kindly reminded him:

“Mr. Lin, your strength is great, but it’s useless.”

Lin Yaoxie naturally knew this. He had tried to use this method to force Tianquan out of the circle before, but Tianquan was very cunning and would always hide behind the candle. Although Lin Yaoxie's finger flick was very powerful, it posed no threat to Tianquan at all.

Looking at the yellow paper balls scattered on the ground, Lin Yaoxie suddenly revealed a sly smile and said to Tianquan:

"Master Tianquan, you have lost."

Looking at Lin Yaoxie's expression, Tianquan was a little confused. He clearly still had five candles left, while Lin Yaoxie only had one candle flickering in the wind, which could go out at any time. How could he have lost?

"Master Lin, please stop joking. Take this 'Wind and Clouds' move."

"Alright, that day Master Quan also took my 'Finger Flick Thunder' move."

Lin Yaoxie took out a piece of yellow paper from the table, lit it with a candle, and a huge fireball flew towards Tianquan. Seeing that it was a fireball this time, Tianquan reminded Lin Yaoxie again:

"It seems that Layman Lin has forgotten that brute force is useless in magical duels."

After Tianquan finished speaking, he hid behind the candle again. Lin Yaoxie's fireball landed, and the ground on Tianquan's side was covered with countless yellow paper balls that Lin Yaoxie had thrown earlier. They started to burn the moment the fireball landed.

On one side, Tianquan seemed to have noticed something was wrong and hurriedly chanted a spell to extinguish the fireballs on the ground. However, how could Lin Yaoxie let Tianquan succeed so easily? With his ten fingers moving, countless fireballs flew towards Tianquan, and the area under Tianquan's feet instantly became a sea of ​​fire. Although the fire from these yellow papers was not very strong, it was not a problem to set Tianquan's clothes on fire.

Chapter Fifty-Six Thunderbolt Fireball [Second Update]

Tianquan naturally didn't want to be naked in front of everyone, so he flicked his whisk, jumped out of the circle, and clasped his hands in a fist salute, saying:

"Master Lin is exceptionally quick-witted; I am ashamed to admit my inferiority."

After Tianquan finished speaking, he flew away on his sword, leaving everyone dumbfounded. A gust of wind blew by, just in time to wake everyone up and extinguish the last candle in front of Lin Yaoxie.

Lei Xiaotian, Luo Rulie, and the others, seeing Penglai's Tianquan leave on his sword, remembered Lin Yaoxie's earlier demand for command of the Thunderbolt Hall. Now, they could only cautiously ask Lin Yaoxie:

"Young Master Lin, what do you need my Thunderbolt Hall for?"

Lin Yaoxie glanced at the Thunderbolt Hall members and said to Lei Xiaotian:

"Call everyone over here."

"It's all...it's all here," Luo Rulie answered cautiously.

Lei Xiaotian punched Luo Rulie on the head.

"What do you mean 'everything is here'? It means that everything is here except for the sixth brother who went to return the table."

Lin Yaoxie glanced around. Including the absent Sixth Brother, there were only nine people. The renowned Thunderbolt Hall had only nine people after many years of development. Lin Yaoxie found it hard to believe:

"How come you only have so few people after being established for so long?"

"Young Master Lin is quite the joker. We went out last month to invite a Taoist priest to exorcise the demon, and to make things easier, Luo asked the village priest to give us such a powerful name."

What can the Thunderbolt Hall, which has only been established for a month, do for them? The system has not given any detailed instructions, so Lin Yaoxie can only take it one step at a time. Recalling the growth of the Thunderbolt Hall, it seems that becoming the demon king of the Legend of Sword and Fairy is really not easy.

Lin Yaoxie gradually began to calculate in his mind how to complete this system task. Just as he was pondering deeply, a red shadow drifted into his field of vision:

"Brother Lin, I'm hungry."

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Long Kui. This girl, Long Kui, always knew how to run away from things. Whenever she encountered something she couldn't bring herself to talk about, she would call out Hong Kui.

"Miss Longkui is hungry, let's go prepare it right away." Luo Rulie and the others disappeared from Lin Yaoxie's sight as if they had been granted a pardon.

Although lunch was not particularly lavish, it was still quite exquisite. According to Luo Rulie and others, they had begged Tang Xuejian for a long time to help them prepare such a feast.

Since leaving, Hongkui has never gone back. She keeps playing drinking games with the people of the Thunderbolt Hall. Lin Yaoxie, on the other hand, is experiencing the taste of the farmhouse wine described in the book for the first time. As for whether it is muddy or not, he doesn't pay attention to it at all, because his mind is not on it at all.

After the meal, Lin Yaoxie summoned Lei Xiaotian and Luo Rulie, and casually tossed them a yellowed old book:

“Take this and study it. I’ve made some improvements to what you call the Thunderfire Bomb.”

While it's called an improvement, this thing was actually created by Lin Yaoxie from the system. Although the system is omnipotent, due to the limited industrial level of the Legend of Sword and Fairy world, even if they were given blueprints for proton cannons or similar devices, they wouldn't be able to build them. It took them a long time to create this useful thing.

Luo Rulie stared at the book as if it were a priceless treasure, while Lei Xiaotian looked at Lin Yaoxie warily.

"what would you like?"

"To put it bluntly, the control of Thunderbolt Hall belongs to the two of you."

Lin Yaoxie pointed at Luo Rulie and Lei Xiaotian and said,

"I don't care about the rest of you. Just listen to what I say from now on. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't listen. I'll just kill you and find two more to replace you."

Lin Yaoxie glanced at Luo Rulie and Lei Xiaotian and reminded them:

"By the way, I'm giving you a month. Whatever you do, I want you to make Thunderbolt Hall famous. At least let everyone know that Thunderbolt Hall exists. If you can't do it, then find someone else to try."

Lin Yaoxie left Lei Xiaotian and Luo Rulie without looking back, because he vaguely sensed a powerful force nearby. In the hall, Xuejian, after busying herself in the kitchen, was eating the delicious dishes she had prepared for herself.

"Lin, you idiot, come and try this. I never thought such a small place would have such a rare species as snow wolves. I've heard Grandpa say that steamed wolf head is a top-grade food and medicine. It also has a poetic name—'The affectionate are always troubled by the heartless.'"

Xuejian continued eating her delicious food without a care, while Longkui was surrounded by a group of people from the Thunderbolt Hall, who kept asking her why she wasn't wearing the red dress she had just worn. Longkui, on the other hand, looked at everyone with an innocent expression.

With the matter of the Thunderbolt Hall settled, Lin Yaoxie was thinking about going back to visit Zixuan, and then going to meet Chonglou, the real demon, so that he could perhaps learn some experience from him on how to be a demon.

Under the constant persuasion of the Thunderbolt Hall members, Long Kui drank quite a bit of alcohol. However, it was clear that Lan Kui's alcohol tolerance was far inferior to Hong Kui's. By nightfall, she could no longer hold on and made an excuse to leave.

Xuejian kept urging Lin Yaoxie to taste her cooking, completely oblivious to the fact that night had fallen.

"Why hasn't Xiao Kui come back yet?"

The sixth brother of the Thunderbolt Hall was still waiting for Long Kui to return to play the drinking game, but Long Kui had been gone for half an hour and still hadn't shown up.

Although Deyang Village was small, the group from Pili Hall were still a little worried about Long Kui's frail appearance. They began to speculate whether Long Kui might have met with misfortune or been captured by a demon.

Lin Yaoxie, however, was not worried at all. With Long Kui's strength, let alone ordinary demons, even demons that had cultivated for a hundred years were nothing more than obedient little brothers in front of her. What he was worried about now was to what extent he needed to help the Thunderbolt Hall in order to complete the mission.

"Ah... blame."

A girl's scream suddenly pierced the night sky. Looking around, the Thunderbolt Gang members had all crawled under the table. However, judging from the sound, it definitely wasn't Long Kui who made it.

However, Lin Yaoxie (Zhao Nuo Zhao) was still a little worried when he didn't see Long Kui, so he called Xue Jian and the other two hurriedly went to see where the so-called fairy was.

Xuejian and Lin Yaoxie hadn't been gone long when they saw neither the so-called demons nor the terrifying ghosts. Instead, they saw Hongkui suspended in mid-air, her hands behind her head, leisurely facing a fat Taoist priest.

"She fainted from fright when she saw me, what does it have to do with me?"

Longkui looked at the fat Taoist priest indifferently.

"You audacious fiend, take this!"

The fat Taoist's swordsmanship wasn't particularly sharp, but it was extremely unpredictable. Each move completely sealed Long Kui, leaving her with no way to advance or retreat. Long Kui also knew how powerful this Taoist was, and seemingly unwilling to linger with him, she feinted and flashed behind Lin Yaoxie.

"You stinky Taoist priest, you should fight him instead."

The fat Taoist priest glanced at the demon Lin on the ground, bowed, and said, "I am He Yang, may I ask who you are, young hero, and why you have come to obstruct my exorcism?"

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Elder Yang [First Update]

Looking at the chubby,憨态可掬 (simple and honest) Taoist priest in front of him, Lin Yaoxie couldn't figure out whether it was good luck or his strength that allowed Long Kui, who had a thousand years of cultivation, to suffer a loss in secret. This person was definitely not to be underestimated.

Then look at this fat Taoist priest, who continued to bow to Lin Yaoxie:

"Ghosts and monsters harm people for no reason, and young hero, you have blocked this humble Taoist priest for no reason. This humble Taoist priest must demand an explanation."

Longkui was someone who couldn't stand being wronged, and hearing Heyang Daoren speak of her like that, she couldn't help but fly into a rage:

"She was scared when she saw me, what does it have to do with me?"

"Exactly, it's not your fault that you're ugly, but it's wrong of you to come out and scare people late at night."

Xuejian followed the shouts and seized the opportunity to suppress Longkui's arrogance.

Hongkui glared fiercely at Xuejian, ignoring her, and instead pretended to be frightened, hiding behind Lin Yaoxie.

"Brother Lin, it's so scary, so scary! There's an ugly Taoist priest here, it's terrifying!"