Volume 2: Breaking into Fengdu Chapter 80: Wrong Posture

Eight Fingers Wang was originally playing dead because he didn’t want to face that terrifying snake demon, so he could only roll his eyes back.

“Eight Fingers Wang, your method is pretty good, but your posture isn’t quite right,” Xu Yan observed the other’s death-feigning technique and said seriously. “You should turn around, otherwise you won’t be able to see when the snake demon crawls over.”

“Right!” Eight Fingers Wang had originally been facing away from the fighting area. He hurriedly turned around, still clinging tightly to the bamboo with both arms and legs.

“Still missing some blood.” As Xu Yan spoke, he ran to the side and dragged over a corpse that had been sent flying by the snake’s tail. He grabbed some wild grass, dipped it in the blood on the corpse, then smeared it on Eight Fingers Wang’s face.

“Now it looks right!”

“Ptui ptui ptui!” Eight Fingers Wang nearly vomited from disgust. He stopped hugging the bamboo and said with a bitter expression: “Brother Yan, stop giving me bad ideas, okay? With dead person’s blood smeared all over my face, how am I supposed to eat my next meal? Ptui ptui ptui!”

While Xu Yan and Eight Fingers Wang were discussing how to play dead convincingly, the righteous sects gathered at the barren mountain’s peak began stirring restlessly.

“Miss, Ghost King Gate’s people are tied up with the Silver Crown Snake. When should we act?” The speaker was Yu Ruyi, master of Jade Sword Gate. She held twin swords and seemed eager to try.

“Ghost King Gate has deployed at least seven or eight halls, and all eighteen guardians are gathered. I didn’t expect them to bring so many people. I’m afraid we won’t gain much advantage this time.” Yu Cheng of Azure Cloud Pavilion kept his brows tightly furrowed, observing the chaos at the mountain’s base from his elevated position.

In front of the two stood a slender figure facing the mountain wind, the light veil covering her face dancing wildly in the wind. Through the veil, one could faintly see the corner of a cold smile.

It was this person who had instigated a vicious battle between righteous and evil in Qi Nation. It was also this person who had personally designed the double trap, using the Silver Crown Snake as bait to lure Ghost King Gate into a deadly struggle with the snake demon.

“Pavilion Master!” An Azure Cloud Pavilion martial artist ran up from below the mountain: “Ghost King Gate people have appeared at the back mountain—roughly three to four thousand, led by two guardians!”

“Three or four halls surrounding us, two guardians assisting—it seems Ghost King Gate doesn’t want to let us go.” Yu Ruyi snorted coldly.

Yu Cheng waved away his subordinate and looked at the veiled person with furrowed brows: “Miss, what should we do now?”

That a pavilion master of Azure Cloud Pavilion would ask someone else how to respond next showed the veiled person’s extremely high status.

“Two guardians…”

A clear, lively girl’s voice came from behind the veil, then turned cold as ice: “Then let’s start with those two guardians!”

With a turn of her figure, the veiled person had already swept toward the mountain base. Her figure shuttling through the bamboo forest was like a ghost, heading directly toward the Ghost King Gate leaders surrounding the mountain.

“Let’s act too.” Seeing the veiled person finally make her move, Yu Cheng’s constantly furrowed brows relaxed somewhat. He said to Yu Ruyi beside him: “This risky gambit—you and I wouldn’t dare attempt it. Miss Pang’s courage is truly extraordinary.”

“The number one of Money Sect’s younger generation—how could we compare? Breaking through five meridians at sixteen—the title of genius refers to people like her.” Yu Ruyi’s willow eyebrows moved slightly as she said with some confusion: “Why did only Pang Hongyue come this time? For such a major matter as scheming against Ghost King Gate, would Money Sect really let a girl act independently?”

“It might not be Money Sect’s idea.” Yu Cheng frowned again: “In the days since coming to our Qi Nation, she’s been most diligent in gathering information about the eighteen guardians. I’m afraid she has some personal grudge. If Money Sect really wanted to move against Ghost King Gate, they couldn’t possibly send only Pang Hongyue.”

“So you’re saying my Jade Sword Gate and your Azure Cloud Pavilion have both become her tools?” Yu Ruyi asked quietly.

“Being able to serve as a tool for the leader of Pu Nation’s righteous sects is also a kind of honor.” Yu Cheng smiled bitterly: “Find a good escape route. Once Ghost King Gate eliminates the snake demon, we’ll be in danger. We must retreat immediately then.”

“Pang Hongyue also said we should act according to circumstances. If it’s dangerous, our withdrawal would be doing our utmost.” Yu Ruyi’s expression changed slightly as she took the lead, carrying her twin swords down the mountain.

When Yu Ruyi moved, Jade Sword Gate’s people immediately followed. At Yu Cheng’s signal, Azure Cloud Pavilion’s martial artists also rushed down the mountain. They wanted to kill as many Ghost King Gate people as possible while the main force was tied up with the snake demon.

When no one remained beside him, Yu Cheng’s expression finally turned grim.

“A yellow-haired girl really thinks she can overturn heaven and earth? Ghost King Gate people aren’t so easy to deal with. For Money Sect’s sake, I’ll follow your orders this time. Next time you want to use my Azure Cloud Pavilion as a tool, hmph—have your Pang family head come personally.”

After muttering this, Yu Cheng also headed down the mountain. Before long, the Ghost King Gate disciples surrounding the back mountain discovered that the righteous sects on the mountain had actually charged down, and a chaotic battle erupted at the back mountain.

In the mountain hollow, the snake demon continued charging left and right. The giant python, covered in wounds, had become even more ferocious. In this short time, over a hundred Ghost King Gate disciples had died, and more than ten innate martial artists were severely injured and unable to rise.

Zhuo Shaoyu, watching the battle situation, still had no intention of acting personally. He stood with his hands behind his back, appearing calm and confident, as if everything was under control.

“Eight Fingers Wang, why isn’t the Grand Guardian acting?”

In the distant bamboo forest, Xu Yan, who had also smeared blood all over himself, was leaning against a green bamboo. As long as he didn’t move, he looked no different from a corpse. Beside him, Eight Fingers Wang had assumed a face-up death pose.

“He’s the Grand Guardian—high status and noble. With so many people here, why would the Grand Guardian need to act personally?” Eight Fingers Wang was quite satisfied with his current appearance—at least it was much more comfortable than his previous death-feigning posture.

“That’s why they say he’s a dragon among men, a phoenix among people. The Grand Guardian is both a dragon and phoenix among men. In our Ghost King Gate, the highest status naturally belongs to the sect master, then the four protectors. But even the four protectors must show three parts respect when they see the Grand Guardian.” Eight Fingers Wang said with infinite envy: “The four great protectors are all Foundation Establishment realm powerhouses, but who told the Grand Guardian to have the sect master as his father?”

“Why didn’t you become a guardian?” Xu Yan asked.

“I’d like to! Acknowledging the sect master as father—then I could walk sideways through Fengshan City.” Eight Fingers Wang sighed: “To become a guardian, you need at least three-meridian cultivation, and they don’t want anyone over twenty-five.”

“Being a son is that difficult?” Xu Yan sighed, then asked: “Eight Fingers Wang, what are those blood rings in the snake demon’s eyes? Does it have pink eye disease?”

“I don’t know why those demons have red eyes. I only know that the blood rings in demons’ eyes are a characteristic for distinguishing demon strength.”

Eight Fingers Wang was quite conscious this time and explained first: “Wild beasts are only called demons when blood rings appear in their eyes. One demon can bite many innate martial artists to death—only Foundation Establishment realm powerhouses can face them alone. You must remember, Brother Yan: when you see a demon with one blood ring, run; when you see one with two blood rings, run for your life!”