Chapter 17: Changes in the Slashing Blade

"Only three drops of painful power?"

Cheng Yuan frowned slightly.

This yin corpse is similar in strength to the previous ghost corpse, and they are far inferior to the weakest ghosts such as mountain ghosts.

Slay a mountain ghost, ten drops of painful power. Kill the Yin corpse and give three drops?

It's ok too.

Cheng Yuan looked around at the deep and dark circle around him, the yin forest was dense, and he continued to go deeper into it without hurry.

Soon, he saw the second Yin corpse hidden in the darkness, which seemed to have been wandering for tens or hundreds of years, with a black and hideous face.

Scold!

Under a few knives, this yin corpse was also killed by Cheng Yuan and turned into a withered wreckage.

"Gain two drops of the power of pain. ”

The prompt sound of the system came, which made Cheng Yuan a little confused, but he could feel that the yin corpse in front of him seemed to be because of the mutilated body, and its strength was a little different from the previous one.

"It seems that the amount of pain power obtained varies according to the strength of ghosts and yin corpses. ”

Cheng Yuan also had this premonition, observed it, and prepared to continue to go deeper.

Suddenly, he suddenly realized and stopped.

From the deepest part of his heart, a terrifying instinctive fear quietly rose, making his whole body numb.

Just like when he didn't become an internal martial artist, the instinctive fear of encountering mountain ghosts was even deeper.

Cheng Yuan subconsciously mentioned the true source of his whole body, and the misty golden glow lit up on the surface of his body, but it couldn't drive away the chill in his heart.

"Let's go!" Cheng Yuan retreated in an instant, and his steps retreated like an afterimage.

He had an astonishing instinct that if he stayed here, he would encounter unprecedented horror.

Call~!

The wind was whistling in his ears, and when he was about to exit the Yin Forest Valley, Cheng Yuan subconsciously looked into the deep darkness in it.

Two faint blue lights, like a pair of eyes, lit up in the darkness.

Cheng Yuan had never felt such a terrifying aura, and it seemed to turn into the underworld in an instant.

In the next moment, he escaped from the Yin Forest Valley, and fled directly without the slightest stop.

......

In a deep, dark valley.

A tall figure stood quietly, facing the direction Cheng Yuan had left.

In its empty eyes, there were only two points of clear blue light, dressed in blue-black ancient armor and battle skirt, and holding a halberd in one hand.

On the waist of its battle armor, there is a token-like thing, on which the dark air lingers, and it can be faintly seen that it seems to be engraved with the word "酆" of an ancient seal......

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After escaping from the Yin Forest, the terrifying aura behind him didn't seem to chase out.

But Cheng Yuan didn't dare to stay at all, and ran for more than ten miles in a row, and after making sure that there was no strange thing, he followed the trail of the Chengjiazhuang hunting team and followed.

"What the hell is that?" Cheng Yuan's heart was still trembling.

In front of that thing, Cheng Yuan, who was already a celestial, felt the oppression of the essence of life, just like a mountain ghost to a mortal.

"In "The Legend of the Underworld", there is no record of such ghosts. Cheng Yuan was shocked.

"The Legend of Xuan Ming" is a bit like the strange Tales of Lanxing in the previous life, but in this world, it is similar to a book that records ghost materials.

For example, it is recorded above that if the body of a person is not cremated, it will turn into a ghost corpse under the invasion of the underworld qi in the wilderness such as the wilderness and mountains.

For another example, the yin and underworld qi of the mountains and wilderness often nurtures mountain ghosts in the yin forests and valleys.

Or, the person who dies has strong resentment and obsession in his heart, and under the invasion of the dark aura of the night, he will come back to life......

and so on, dozens or hundreds of ghost legends, and so on.

However, folk rumors say that celestial beings are above mortals and can compete with many ghosts.

In the "Legend of the Xuan Ming", there is no record of terrible ghosts that can make heaven and people feel fear.

"I'm going to ask Brother Huo when I go back. "Not long after becoming a celestial, Cheng Yuan seems to feel that he knows very little about the world of celestials.

He was as light as the wind, speeding through the mountains and forests, and soon caught up with the Chengjiazhuang hunting team, and also hunted a hedgehog on the way.

"Ah Yuan, why is it so slow?" Cheng Yongshi looked at Cheng Yuan who came out from behind, and suddenly said in surprise: "It's convenient for you to go, and you actually hunted a big guy?"

"Hey. Cheng Yuan raised his eyebrows and smiled.

On this trip, he caught three or four big prey, and one of them, a large wild boar of several hundred catties, was worth twenty or thirty taels of silver.

According to the division of the hunting team, he was able to get more than forty taels of silver this time, which was an unprecedented harvest.

Generally goes into the mountains to hunt, even if it is the captain of a hunting team like Cheng Yongshi, and he is an experienced internal martial artist, he will only be more than ten or twenty taels of silver at most after a trip.

The hunting team returned without hurry, and on the way, they also caught some small prey, pheasants, wild birds, hares, etc., although they could not be sold for much money, but it was good to keep them for food.

"I really didn't expect that Ah Yuan would be able to slash and kill a mountain ghost, that's a ghost. On the way, the tribesmen were still chatting.

This time they went into the mountains to hunt, and what shocked them the most was that Cheng Yuan killed a mountain ghost.

Those who can compete with ghosts and gods are all rumored characters, at least these Zhuangzi around hundreds of miles, almost never heard of anyone who can do it.

But now, Chengjiazhuang has produced such a legendary figure, and he is only a nineteen-year-old young offspring.

"This time, in the trial of heaven and man in Youhe County, Ah Yuan will definitely be able to become a celestial!" said a clansman excitedly.

In their eyes, being able to become a celestial is enough to live a stable life in this terrible world.

Soon, the hunting party returned to Zhuangzi.

Some small prey and mutilated prey that are not easy to preserve, the people of Chengjiazhuang themselves divided.

The valuable big game is kept in the Zhuangzi. Deal with it, and sell it together every time Zhuangzili goes to Heiyuan Town.

Of course, these prey will be roughly valued first, and then the clan will directly distribute the silver taels to the tribesmen of the hunting team according to the share.

Cheng Yuan got a hare, a pheasant, and a bag of a total of forty-two taels of silver, and Cheng Yuan didn't want the small money in the clan.

Although there are only forty-two taels of silver, it is only enough for the money of two Jingyuan Pills, and I am quite satisfied with the process.

"I don't know what way the celestials have to make money? How do you feel that Brother Huo and the old patriarch are so relaxed?" Cheng Yuan sneered on the side, he had already arrived home.

"Brother!" Cheng Yu saw it, and even ran over excitedly, and when he saw the hare and pheasant in Cheng Yuan's hand, his eyes immediately lit up.

"It's so soft. She held the hare and stroked it.

"I know you like it, I just wanted a live one. Cheng Yuan smiled.

In his previous life, he was on the Blue Star, and he was also a shovel officer, so he naturally knew the "lethality" of small animals.

"I want to raise it this time!" Cheng Yu opened his eyes wide and looked at Cheng Yuan's glutinous voice.

"Okay, I'll tell the third aunt. Cheng Yuan smiled and touched her head.

Cheng Yuan touched Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu touched the rabbit, the rabbit ...... In the pitiful licking of their feet.

Suddenly, a rough voice sounded: "Ah Yuan! Patriarch asked you to go to him!"

Cheng Yuanlian turned around and said, "Uncle Yonglin, I know!"

"Come back early for dinner, brother. Cheng Yu hugged the rabbit and couldn't help but say, "You have to tell the third aunt and the third uncle to let me raise rabbits." ”

"Rest assured. Cheng Yu put down the pheasant in his hand, glanced at Cheng Yu, and rushed to Cheng Mingyuan's yard.

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"Old Patriarch, Brother Huo, are you looking for me?"

As soon as he entered the door, Cheng Yuan was a little surprised when he saw Huo Dao and Cheng Mingyuan sitting together.

"Ah Yuan, sit. Cheng Mingyuan first waited for Cheng Yuan to sit down before he smiled and said, "Listen to Yongshi, this time you went up the mountain, you killed a mountain ghost?"

Cheng Yuan reacted at this time and nodded: "Yes." However, I only exerted the strength and speed of the internal strength martial artist, and did not reveal the identity of the celestial. ”

"Haha. ”

Cheng Mingyuan smiled as he put a slashing knife in his hand on the table: "In order not to show too much strength, did you kill the mountain ghost with the slashing knife?"

"Yes. Cheng Yuan nodded.

can use the Slashing Sword to fight against ghosts and gods, and that is already a rumored first-class martial arts master.

If you can kill ghosts and gods with mortal soldiers, it is definitely the top and strongest peak of martial arts, a grandmaster-level figure.

Using a mortal soldier like the Shen Shen Knife to kill the mountain ghosts, that shock to the clansmen was too great.

"Tsk. Cheng Mingyuan smiled and directly pulled out the Slashing Knife: "After killing a mountain ghost, you should be able to see the changes in the Slashing Knife, right?"

"Change?"

Cheng Yuan looked at the unsheathed slashing knife in Cheng Mingyuan's hand suspiciously, the blade was blue and black like ink, and the cold light on the blade was circulating, and there were many mysterious satin patterns on it.

Externally, nothing has changed. Apart from...... The strange aura was much stronger.

"Old patriarch, can you feel it?" Cheng Yuan looked at Cheng Mingyuan with some confusion.

The supernatural aura on the Slashing Blade could only be clearly perceived and discerned after he became a celestial.

Cheng Mingyuan is just an internal strength martial artist, can he sense the changes in that supernatural aura?

"I can't feel the change, but I know that if you kill a mountain ghost, it will change. ”

Cheng Mingyuan smiled mysteriously: "Don't you want to know, how do celestials make money?"

Cheng Yuan nodded suspiciously, as if thoughtful.

"Each sword is worth fifteen hundred taels of silver. Cheng Mingyuan said, raised the slashing knife in his hand, and stared at Cheng Yuan: "But after you killed a mountain ghost, this one is now at least nearly a thousand taels more expensive!"