Chu Danfeng scratched the bed with his legs and pulled himself out with great effort. "Chirp, chirp, chirp? Chirp, chirp!"
—Is there something wrong? Go check it out!
Hua Tingxuan has already mastered the tenth level of bird language, and answered fluently: "There's nothing to see. It's getting late, so go to bed early, little brother."
Chu Danfeng raised his round head and said excitedly: "Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!"
—Maybe someone really died this time, and he didn’t even cry!
Hua Tingxuan actually didn't care at all whether Ji Pan was dead or alive. Be it Ji Pan, or any other human, demon, or monster, as long as it wasn't Chu Danfeng, he wouldn't even give him a glance even if blood was splattered in front of him.
Unfortunately, the junior brother cared about it, so Hua Tingxuan got up without complaint and followed Chu Xiaoniao to the scene.
After pushing open Ji Pan's door, Chu Danfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
Ji Pan is not dead.
Not only was he not dead, but he didn't have any scars on his body. He was standing in front of the coffee table just fine, but there was an indescribable smell in the room, and no one knew where it came from.
Hua Tingxuan stood at the door without moving. Chu Danfeng flapped his little wings and flew over, almost landing on his head. Ji Pan dodged a beat late and let out a silly laugh.
At this time, Tang Yingdong and Mo Lin also rushed over. Tang Yingdong sniffed and frowned: "What is this smell? Why is it so smelly?"
Mo Lin called out "Senior Brother Ji" several times but received no response. He walked forward, hesitated for a moment, and lifted up Ji Pan's robe.
The indescribable smell suddenly became stronger. Looking closely, Ji Pan's pants were wet in a large area, with urine dripping down his trouser legs. The fishy smell seemed to materialize at this moment.
"Ugh—" Tang Yingdong covered his mouth and ran away.
Ji Pan was completely unaware and still smiling foolishly.
Mo Lin held his pulse and probed a trace of spiritual energy. His brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and after a while he said, "Soul Separation Syndrome."
Hua Tingxuan: "Leaving the soul?"
Mo Lin nodded, "A person has three souls and seven spirits. The spirit is responsible for joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and desire. His current appearance means that his spirit must be incomplete. However, I am not very skilled in martial arts, so I can only confirm that Brother Ji has only his life soul left out of the three souls of heaven, earth, and life. He can't tell right from wrong and his memory is confused, just like a child. To put it simply, he has become a fool."
Ji Pan cooperated by chuckled twice.
"But how could his soul leave in one night?" Mo Lin murmured.
The two men and the bird fell silent, and everyone thought of the same answer: the "dry branch" that was being sought for a title.
Ji Pan's screams were still ringing in his ears. Chu Danfeng thought that the thing should not have run far, so he flashed and flew out.
Although he looked round and plump, it was just fluffy feathers. He was not fat but light. He moved very quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Hua Tingxuan was just watching from the sidelines, watching Ji Pan become a fool, and was even somewhat happy to see it happen - after all, he had contradicted his own junior brother before - until he saw Chu Danfeng chasing after him, and then he suddenly picked up his sword and followed.
Chu Danfeng flew out of the window and actually saw a tail that had not been retracted in time.
"Dead Branch" is a hybrid monster that looks more like a tree, but also has the characteristics of a weasel, such as its messy tail, which is very recognizable.
Chu Danfeng actually knew his own weight very well. He was in an awkward "upgrade stage" now. It was said that once the pill was fully melted, he would be promoted to a higher realm. However, the "pill melting progress bar" had not yet been completed and all his skills were in a cooling state. If he faced that "dead branch", his two taels of flesh would not be enough to fill its teeth.
Therefore, he planned to follow quietly from behind, find out a little about its background, and make plans later. However, a flash of sword light flashed, and the "dead branch" fell down with a "thump" and knelt down in front of Chu Danfeng.
His tendons were actually cut from a distance!
Chu Danfeng: “!!!” Wow, this is such a good shot! Who is this expert
Hua Tingxuan came from behind, holding a disciple sword. His expression could not be seen in the darkness. When he got closer, he looked at Chu Danfeng with his big dark eyes, and said shyly and excitedly: "Junior Brother, how was my sword just now?"
He was just like a little kid who was excited about his exceptional performance, yet a little shy and wanted to be praised.
Chu Danfeng screamed in his heart: "You are so awesome!!! You really deserve to be the hero. This monster, even if our senior brother Zhou Yuanshan is here, he can't do better." But on the surface, he still maintained the reserve that a brother should have. He flapped his little wings, landed on Hua Tingxuan's head, shook his fur, and said calmly: "Chirp, chirp."
-good.
Hua Tingxuan then pointed his sword at the dead branch on the ground and asked, "Did you disperse Ji Pan's soul?"
The 'dead branch' spoke in a clear voice that was still indistinguishable between male and female: "I'm just angry that he ruined my cultivation. Daoist friend, please understand that I'm a half-blood demon with low magical power. If I really had the ability to kill him, wouldn't I have done it long ago? Why did we have to go through so much trouble with such a small fight?"
There is some truth in this.
Hua Tingxuan played with the disciple sword in his hand and asked, "What did you see?"
The dead branch shuddered and said, "It's a ghost cultivator!"
Hua Tingxuan clearly felt that the junior brother who was hiding above his head also trembled. Ghost cultivators are the most insidious type of cultivators. They are good at refining living souls for people to control.
The last time they encountered a ghost cultivator was in the middle of the night when they saw a ghost cultivator buying human skin and bargaining with a little demon. Chu Xiaoniao was so scared that he went straight into his arms.
Thinking of this, Hua Tingxuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, which made the "dead branch" shudder even more - why did this little cultivator from the human world suddenly smile so... perverted
Hua Tingxuan coughed lightly, cutting off his thoughts, and pretending to be innocent and naive as a young boy should be, he said crisply: "Don't take advantage of me because I am young and have not studied much. When a ghost cultivator takes a soul, they always kill first and then take it. I have never heard of taking half of the soul!"
"No, no!" Dead Branch said hurriedly, "I saw them take the magic weapon, a small purple crystal bottle with runes engraved on it like 'corpse dog, hidden arrow, sparrow Yin, swallow thief, non-poison...'. I wanted to teach Ji Pan a lesson again tonight, but I didn't expect to run into a ghost cultivator collecting souls. They pierced the back of Ji Pan's head first. If you don't believe me, you can go back and pull open his hair. There must be a wound. I dare not lie..."
"Amethyst bottle, pierce the back of the head..." Hua Tingxuan murmured, could it be... Feiyan bottle? But how could such a thing appear here
No, absolutely not.
Hua Tingxuan was most familiar with the 'Flying Smoke Bottle', because he had made this thing himself in his previous life.
In his previous life, Hua Tingxuan did not follow the original plot. Under the deliberate protection of the head of the sect Lin Cangfeng, he accumulated his strength, gained a harem, upgraded himself, and became a winner in life.
After Chu Danfeng's death, he became insane and held Chu Danfeng's body in seclusion for three years. When he came out again, he publicly searched for a way to use the "Soul-writing Pearl" to travel through the time and space gate.
If the original plot had been followed, Hua Tingxuan would have kept a low profile after obtaining the first rare treasure, the Soul-Selecting Pearl, and would have made a stunning debut when he came out of the mountain, killing everyone in his way.
In his previous life, he was eager to achieve success and only wanted to see his senior brother again. He could not concentrate on his cultivation without distraction. He was not strong enough, but had a rare treasure, so he naturally became the target of public criticism.
Not only that, he also encountered all the twists and turns and frame-ups that were expected in the original novel. It can be said that Hua Tingxuan in his previous life was in "hell mode" and was forced to grow up rapidly. He encountered too many evil people and gradually became bloodthirsty. In addition, he never married a woman and spent nearly a hundred years sleeping alone with a corpse in his arms. Even a normal person would become psychologically abnormal.
Hua Tingxuan lived up to everyone's expectations and became a pervert.
After he unified the three realms with thundering means, in order to take revenge on those who had provoked him or bullied Chu Danfeng, he invented a small torture device - the 'Flying Smoke Bottle'.
The soul is extracted, roasted with spiritual fire through a bottle, and then stuffed back into the person's body. When the person has been tortured enough, it is taken out and burned again. This cycle is repeated until the person is tortured until his soul is completely destroyed.
The 'Flying Smoke Bottle' was originally a torture device, but after it was mass-produced, some ghost cultivators used it to steal souls. This small purple crystal bottle was less costly than killing someone, and its use was also low, so it quickly became popular in the cultivation world.
Could it be that... there are really other people who have been reborn in this world? But besides myself, who else has the ability to travel through the time and space gate
No, Hua Tingxuan suddenly thought of his junior brother Chu Danfeng, isn’t he also a reborn person
"Chirp, chirp!!!" Chu Danfeng above his head interrupted his thoughts. Hua Tingxuan came to his senses and found that the 'dead branch' had climbed up and stumbled away at some point.
Hua Tingxuan: "Junior Brother, this is a serious matter. Go inform Senior Sister Tang and the others. I will chase this little demon!"
Chu Danfeng hesitated for only a moment before turning around and flying towards the inn - he knew that he would not be able to help even if he stayed, so he might as well go and get help.
But Hua Tingxuan only ran a few steps and then stopped. He stared at Chu Danfeng's figure disappearing before he stretched out his hand and made a "grabbing" gesture. A hundred steps away, the "dry branch" flew into the air, as if someone was strangling it by the neck. It struggled constantly, flew back automatically, and fell heavily to the ground.
Hua Tingxuan raised his phoenix eyes slightly, his pupils were dark, no longer the innocent and naive he had just been. He said coldly: "Are you telling the truth?"
The dead branch was frightened out of his wits and stumbled over and recounted everything he had seen tonight. It was exactly the same as before, so he must have not lied.
Hua Tingxuan pondered for a moment and said "good". Just when the dead branch thought that it had saved its life and might be able to escape, a cold light flashed in Hua Tingxuan's hand, and the disciple sword he usually used had pierced through its inner organs.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Hua Tingxuan retracted his sword, summoned Ghost Yue Lao, and said calmly: "Clean it up."
Gui Yue Lao and Hua Tingxuan had a blood pact as master and servant. Without his orders, he had to wait in the dark nearby for orders. Therefore, he saw everything that had just happened. When cleaning up the monster corpse, he couldn't help but ask one more question: "Your Majesty, this little monster has just told Chu... uh, Your Majesty's wife, everything. Isn't it too late to kill him now?"
Hua Tingxuan asked curiously, "Who said I was trying to silence someone?"
Ghost Yue Lao: "Ah? If not to silence the witness, then why?"
"Do I need a reason to kill someone?" Hua Tingxuan waved his hand impatiently, signaling Gui Yue Lao to get back to work, then turned and left.
Hua Tingxuan didn't want to cause any trouble, so he went back and just said that he had lost him. It happened that Chu Danfeng had been chatting with Tang Yingdong and Mo Lin for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. Instead, Tang Yingdong praised him for being "cute" for nothing, which made him so anxious that he exploded on the spot.
However, although Hua Tingxuan did not catch the dead branch, fortunately he returned safely, which made Chu Danfeng breathe a sigh of relief. More importantly, the sixth junior brother could speak human language, and he picked out the important points and told the two senior brothers and sisters everything he saw and heard tonight.
After something like this happened, they naturally could not stay in the Monster City any longer. Tang Yingdong and Mo Lin immediately decided to inform their master about Ji Pan's experience first, and asked Hua Tingxuan to send a copy to their own master Meng Cangyu.
Qiu Cangyun responded the fastest: he ordered them to set off for Shuangji Sect early tomorrow morning.
Twelve-Senior Uncle's message followed closely, with the same meaning. Only Hua Tingxuan received two copies. One was Meng Cangyu's concise "Come back soon", and the other was a long personal letter from Third-Senior Brother Huang Changtian, which was sent to Chu Danfeng's jade disc kept by Hua Tingxuan: "Xiao Wu, I heard you were coming back? That's great, I found a superb brothel, in one word, 'elegant'! The beauties inside are all well-educated and well-mannered. This time we go there again, it will be safe. Senior Brother still remembers your preferences, that's very considerate, isn't it hehehehehehe."