The ultimate master in the city

Chapter 41 We Got Off the Path

Two desolate forks in the road appeared ahead. According to Yuanzhi, it was taboo for a stranger to walk on such a road, so one must never turn back when returning, otherwise something bad might happen! This meant that if you chose the wrong road, you couldn't come back and choose again; you had to follow one path to the end.

"That girl didn't even bother to give a heads-up!"

Zhou Fengchen cursed, looked at both sides, and felt extremely conflicted. What was originally a simple matter had now become complicated, and it was practically driving him crazy.

He glanced down at the courier in his arms and slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten about this?

He carefully placed it on the ground, patted it gently, and chuckled dryly, "Brother Ji! Whether we brothers can get back depends on you. You decide which path to take!"

"Giggle..."

The old man barked twice, then drooped his head, as if he had contracted a plague, and didn't move an inch.

"Well!"

Zhou Fengchen paused for a moment, then flapped the male's wings twice. "Hey! Brother J! Master J! We can't do this at a critical moment. We don't even know where this place is. People will die."

"Giggle..."

The Grand Duke suddenly flapped his wings a few times and died!

"Wow!"

Zhou Fengchen grew anxious. "What do you mean? Get up!"

The male was completely dead; there was no sign of him.

He looked around at the strange surroundings, his heart pounding. The unknown was the most terrifying thing. His father had never taught him to walk on this kind of road. Compared to getting lost here, even ghosts and monsters seemed cute.

"Left is superior, right is secondary, I'll choose you!" After a while, he stood up, gritted his teeth, and went onto the left path.

The further we went, the more remote and desolate it became, and the colors were very monotonous, all black and white. After walking for ten minutes, it was pitch black everywhere, and we still couldn't see the skeletons, carriages, or anything like that we had come from.

"cocoa……"

Just then, a strange sound came from the side ahead. Zhou Fengchen jumped and looked over, but couldn't see anything clearly. Suddenly, a small, cold hand landed on his shoulder, followed by a woman's cheerful voice saying, "Little brother, where are you going?"

Where did this woman come from?

Zhou Fengchen instinctively kicked out with his back leg. He couldn't speak, he couldn't turn around, so what if he kicked him?

To his surprise, he kicked at empty air, and the little hand was still on his shoulder. "Oh my! Big brother is so fierce, you scared me to death."

Zhou Fengchen thought to himself, "His cultivation is not low. Let's run." He took off running.

They ran for half a mile until the little hand on their shoulder was gone before they stopped.

The road ahead widened slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief. But halfway through his relief, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Ouch! Young man, you stepped on this old man!"

The voice had changed to that of an old woman.

Zhou Fengchen almost choked on his breath, cursed under his breath, and walked forward without saying a word or turning around. Fortunately, the sound did not follow him.

After walking for another half hour, the environment ahead remained unchanged: dirt road, weeds, weeds, dirt road, and I had no idea when it would end.

Zhou Fengchen couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Just then, the anxious voice of the Li family girl suddenly came from behind, "Master, wait for me."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Fengchen subconsciously turned around to look, only to realize that he had been tricked.

More than a dozen shadows followed behind him. As he turned around, those shadows, along with the withered grass, all vanished, leaving behind a dark vortex.

Zhou Fengchen felt a sudden heaviness and dizziness in his head, as if his energy and spirit were being drained away.

"Oh no! Soul stealing!"

He quickly closed his eyes, lowered his stance, and formed hand seals, chanting, "Xuan Jiu, Soul-Stabilizing Incantation! Mind as one, unmoving and eternal, so be it!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Like a bellows, it went back and forth for a while before it subsided.

Zhou Fengchen broke out in a cold sweat, turned his head, opened his eyes, and ran away.

After running for another ten minutes or so, a mournful cry suddenly came from ahead.

"Will this ever end?!"

Zhou Fengchen gritted his teeth and walked towards her. When he got there, he found a girl in her early twenties sitting on a rock, her face pale and her eyes filled with tears.

Upon seeing Zhou Fengchen approach, the girl widened her eyes and exclaimed, "What the hell are you? No, don't come any closer!"

Zhou Fengchen forgot about his inability to speak and scoffed, "How strange, how dare you call me a ghost in a place like this?"

The girl burst into tears, wailing, "Waaah, you're not a ghost, so am I? I don't know how I got here, it's so scary!"

Zhou Fengchen was taken aback. He thought to himself, "This girl's words and actions seem normal. Could it be that she really is a girl who has gotten lost?"

He secretly opened his third eye to look, but the place was too yin and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Then the girl said, "Where are you going? Can you take me with you? This place is too scary."

Zhou Fengchen dispelled his doubts and nodded. "I'm not sure if we can get out or not. If you want to come together, get up quickly!"

The girl glared at him resentfully, "I can't walk anymore, can you carry me? I'll pay you later."

Zhou Fengchen found her nagging, so he went over, picked her up, hoisted her onto his back, and walked away.

After walking for a while, Zhou Fengchen asked her how she got in. The girl spoke clearly and said that she worked in an electronics factory in the city. She came out to buy a late-night snack after get off work and ended up coming in.

After she finished speaking, she asked Zhou Fengchen how he got in. Zhou Fengchen hesitated and said that he came to see someone off.

Suddenly, the girl whispered in Zhou Fengchen's ear with a grin, "Little brother, what would you do if an old ghost were crawling on your back?"

"If there is..." Zhou Fengchen paused abruptly, slowly turning his head. He saw the girl still smiling, but as she smiled, two long fangs slowly emerged from her mouth, emitting a foul stench.

"What a beast! What a good actor!"

Zhou Fengchen broke out in a cold sweat. He tried to throw her away with both hands, but his back suddenly felt heavy, as if he were carrying a huge boulder. He knelt down with a thud.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The girl on his back laughed maniacally: "Young man, you've got some nerve, daring to let my servant escape! I'll kill you!"

As it spoke, it opened its blood-red maw.

Zhou Fengchen understood; it was that century-old soul that had come knocking. He struggled for a moment, but couldn't move at all. Seeing that his shoulder was about to be bitten, he hurriedly formed hand seals: "Mysterious...Eight...Wind Shadow Escape! Urgent!"

With a sudden release from his back, he darted seven or eight meters away. Looking back, the girl was gone, replaced by a middle-aged woman dressed in Qing Dynasty palace maid attire, wearing a "big wing" hat. She had a blue face and fangs, and looked terrifying. She was grinning maliciously as she pounced on him.

"Damn it!"

When had Zhou Fengchen ever suffered such a loss? He reached out, producing several talismans. He lowered his stance, forcefully flung them out, and then swiftly formed three hand seals, placing them between his brows. He chanted, "Xuan Eleven, Eight Trigrams Talisman Kill! Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, Dui… Cast the hexagram!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

Eight talismans instantly surrounded the old Qing Dynasty soul, and then the Bagua diagram appeared and disappeared, exploding with a "crackling" sound.

The old soul's face changed drastically, green smoke billowed from its body, and it screamed incessantly, rolling on the ground.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhou Fengchen rushed forward, leaped up, formed a hand seal, and thrust it down: "Xuan Liu! Thousand Strikes Break!"

boom!

The old Qing Dynasty spirit exploded, and the screams abruptly stopped.

Zhou Fengchen put away the talisman, panting heavily as he took a few steps back, cursing, "Damn Yuan Zhi, you liar, you've exhausted me!"

Just then, a sudden gust of wind arose in the darkness in the distance, and a thick, cool air swept around.

Zhou Fengchen frowned, not understanding what had happened, but it certainly wasn't good news, so he quickly ran away.

After running for three minutes, a bright light suddenly appeared ahead. I didn't know what kind of place it was, but a place with light is always a good place, so I ran a few steps and rushed in.

boom!

He bumped into something, which made his forehead ache. When he looked up, he saw that it was pitch black all around him, as if he were in a very small, enclosed space. There were some clothes-like things next to him, which swayed back and forth when he touched them.

Just then, a muffled knocking sound came from outside, followed by a loud voice shouting, "Wife! Wife! What are you doing? Open the door!"