Chapter 1916
Mountain God 20
In the middle of the night, Huangfu You opened his eyes.
He sensed the ghostly aura; the cannibal had followed him.
Huangfu You opened the door and walked towards the direction of the ghostly aura.
The cannibal was about to attack a person walking home late at night, its hand about to rip open the person's chest and tear out their heart...
Huangfu You appeared, and then took one of the cannibal's hands.
The cannibal exclaimed in surprise, "You're not an ordinary scholar?!"
Huangfu You didn't waste any more words with her, and condensed his demonic power into a sword, slashing at the man-eating ghost.
His mountain god said, "Villains die from talking too much." He's not a villain, but he doesn't talk too much either.
Huangfu You practiced the cultivation technique given to him by Liu Dong, which greatly improved his strength, making him a top expert in this world.
The little cannibal was no match for Huangfu You and was easily defeated.
The cannibal vanished without a trace, leaving only a beautiful woman's skin.
Huangfu You set fire to the human skin, glanced at the passerby who had fainted from fright, ignored him, and returned to his lodgings.
The lingering aura of cannibals keeps other ghosts and wild beasts at bay.
This passerby is safe; at most, he'll be exposed to the cold wind for one night, but he might catch typhoid fever tomorrow.
The coachman, unaware that the cannibal had been eliminated and fearing that it would pursue them, urged Huangfu You to set off at dawn.
The driver was finally relieved once they entered the county town.
After that, they did not encounter any more ghosts or monsters.
But one day while traveling, they were suddenly caught in a thunderstorm.
There shouldn't be thunderstorms this season.
Driver: "There's an abandoned, dilapidated temple nearby; let's go there to take shelter from the rain."
Huangfu You: "As soon as possible!"
Demons fear lightning most of all. Even though Huangfu You has now embarked on the orthodox path of cultivation and is protected by talismans, he is still afraid of lightning!
This is a mark etched into the very bones of demons, one that cannot be erased.
Fortunately, they reached the ruined temple before the first lightning strike.
The main structure of the dilapidated temple was still intact and could provide shelter from the thunderstorm.
Just as they entered the dilapidated temple, a small figure suddenly emerged from the bushes and followed them into the temple.
Huangfu You had a sharp eye and immediately recognized it as a fox.
The fox scurried behind Huangfu You and hid.
Huangfu You: "..."
Isn't this like the flood washing away the Dragon King Temple?
It turns out he encountered someone else undergoing tribulation, who used him as a shield.
He carried a concealment talisman, which would prevent him from revealing his demonic aura. Because he was an official, he possessed the unique aura of an official and a trace of dragon energy, which protected him from the tribulation lightning.
Therefore, he was regarded as a noble person among human beings by his fellow human beings.
Huangfu You felt a chill run down his spine, but he didn't throw his fellow creature out.
Judging from the types of tribulation lightning, it seems that none of them have done anything heinous.
Once they survive the tribulation lightning, they can become half-immortals.
As expected, the lightning bolt did not strike Huangfu You; it disappeared after shattering the roof tiles of the dilapidated temple.
The fox exhaled a long breath, emerged from its hiding place, and transformed into a human form—a remarkably beautiful and ethereal woman.
The driver jumped up in fright: "A monster!"
With a wave of her hand, the woman caused the driver to faint.
The woman said to Huangfu You, "I would never harm anyone. This gentleman has done me a great favor, and I will surely repay him in the future."
Huangfu You spoke, recognizing the woman: "Fourteenth Sister, it's me!"
Shisi Niang looked up at Huangfu You in surprise and finally recognized him. Their relationship wasn't particularly close, but it wasn't bad either. Back in their hometown, they were two of the few who insisted on following the orthodox path of cultivation.
Fourteenth Sister was more than three hundred years older than Huangfu You, and she left her hometown before him, going somewhere to cultivate.
They hadn't seen each other for over a hundred years.
Fourteen Sister was utterly shocked: "Ayou? How did you become human?"
Huangfu You said, "No, I just brought a talisman that can conceal my aura."
As he spoke, he took off the talisman, letting his demonic aura leak out so that Fourteen Sister could recognize it, and then took the talisman back with him.
"This concealment talisman is truly amazing." Fourteenth Sister was incredibly envious; she longed to possess such a talisman as well.
Huangfu You had no choice; he didn't have any extra concealment talismans on him.
Huangfu You said, "Fourteenth Sister has already passed the Heavenly Tribulation and is now a half-immortal. There's no need to conceal your aura; no one will treat you as a demon and want to kill you."
Fourteenth Sister was quite proud of this.
The path she has chosen is indeed the right one. She will become an immortal in the future, a being respected even by the Xuanmen (Taoist sects), a world apart from her fellow clansmen.
Shisi Niang was very curious about Huangfu You's current situation.
"Why do I sense that you still possess the aura of an official and the dragon spirit?"
Huangfu You boasted proudly, "Because I became the top scholar in the imperial examination and have already become an official."
Fourteenth Sister stared in disbelief. After a long while, she gave Huangfu You a thumbs up.
Upon hearing that Huangfu You was going back to his hometown, Shisi Niang instantly understood his intentions.
"I'll go with you!"
Huangfu You wanted to go back and show off, and so did she!
This time, their triumphant return home will definitely make those guys back home slap their faces.
"I'll be waiting for you at the foot of the mountain in my hometown." After saying that, Shisi Niang flew away.
She actually wanted to go with Huangfu You, but the coachman had already seen her transformation, so she dared not stay any longer lest she scare him to death.
More than half an hour later, the coachman woke up and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Huangfu You and he were both still alive.
"It seems that the fairy from earlier was a good fairy; she doesn't eat people!"
Upon hearing this, Huangfu You laughed and said, "She is not a demon, but a fox spirit."
"Eh? A fox spirit? Could the thunder earlier have been the fox spirit undergoing tribulation?" the coachman said. "I heard that fox spirits seek out a noble person to help them avert their tribulations. Could it be that they chose you, scholar?"
Huangfu You smiled again: "You know quite a lot."
The coachman said, "Hehe, one of my ancestors studied in the Xuanmen sect, so I know a lot of legends about monsters."
Huangfu You: "No wonder! The rain has stopped, let's go."
"Okay!"
The journey was smooth after that, and Huangfu You told the driver to speed up, so the journey that originally took five days was completed in two days.
Huangfu You paid the coachman a high salary and sent the happy coachman away.
He turned around, and there stood Shisi Niang in front of him.
"let's go."
"it is good!"
The return of the two caused a major upheaval in the fox clan's territory.
The achievements of these two people astonished all the fox spirits.
Those fox demons who, like Huangfu You and Shisi Niang, were determined to follow the righteous path of cultivation became even more resolute in their choices, while those who wanted to take shortcuts began to reflect on whether or not they should return to the right path.
There were also some ruthless individuals who harbored a deep hatred for Huangfu You and Shisi Niang. After the two left their clan territory, they ambushed them on the way, wanting to kill them.
The result is self-evident!
Evil cannot prevail over good! (End of Chapter)