Chapter Sixty: The Mysterious Old Man

  The rising leaves are like the ground during an earthquake, undulating and twisting, coming with a sudden burst of energy!

  "In the deep mountains and vast marshes, many insects and snakes are born!" Chu Ping secretly exclaimed in his heart. His divine sense had already spread out and swept across the area, and under the thick layer of fallen leaves, a huge python, three zhang long and as thick as a water bucket, was lying there!

  The insects and snakes that are commonly seen are at most as thick as a wrist, two meters long or short. Even the pythons raised in zoos have never been seen to be so large.

  But compared with the silver scale giant python that Chu Ping had seen before, this python was obviously much inferior!

  What's more, that python has already refined its inner elixir and is almost about to shed its snake body and transform into a human figure. In comparison, the two are as different as heaven and earth!

  At a distance of five meters from the three people, a huge python suddenly rushed out of the fallen leaves, with its front half standing upright, higher than a one-story building!

  Then, under the flashlight, all three of them clearly saw the python open its bloody big mouth, with saliva flowing and dripping down to the ground, like a small rain shower!

  Ruan Qiuhua let out a loud cry, her whole body trembling violently, her pretty face instantly turning deathly pale!

  At the sound of the scream, the python's body leapt up, bringing with it a gust of wind that sent the fallen leaves on the ground swirling and dancing in the air.

  A huge snake head, like a meteorite, with its bloody basin-like mouth wide open, revealing sharp fangs, first bit down on Xu Jing who was in the front!

  Chu Ping's left hand pulled Xu Jing behind him with one swift motion, while his right hand struck out to meet the giant python's body!

  This punch is actually the Li Di Tong Tian Cannon of Bajiquan!

  Bajiquan is known for its powerful and sudden movements, with the practitioner often rushing forward in a straight line. The style's fast and powerful punches are said to be able to "shake the earth" and create a "storm of fists". This particular move, Li Di Tong Tian Pao (Standing Earthly Cannon), is one of the eight most powerful moves in Bajiquan.

  The momentum of the landslide, shaking the mountains and rivers, bursting forth with great force, in an instant it is even more powerful than a collapsing bow, exploding like thunder, moving with divine speed, its momentum like lightning, the masculine power is boundless!

  Since witnessing several big families demonstrating their martial arts, Chu Ping has been curious about the types of boxing that are circulating in the secular world. Moreover, having seen Lie Chuyu demonstrate the Baguaquan Fumo Diandi, he has a deep understanding of the essence of this type of boxing. This first demonstration of Baguaquan is as if he has spent his whole life studying it, and is not inferior to many masters of Baguaquan!

  A simple and unadorned fist strike suddenly hit the python that was pouncing on him like a thunderbolt, the python's sturdy scales shattered instantly, bright red blood beads splashed everywhere, and it was heavily thrown out!

  This strike, Chu Ping didn't expend much energy, purely using the equivalent of a martial artist's power to send it out, yet immediately heavily injured the giant python.

  "Baguazhang, what a powerful and fierce force!" Xu Jing's face didn't show any surprise, seeing Chu Ping defeat the enemy with one strike, her bright eyes sparkled as she spoke out in praise.

  The python fell to the ground with a mournful cry, and dry leaves and twigs rolled up, lingering for a long time.

  "Is it dead? Let's hurry away!" Ruan Qiuhua said in a trembling voice, her lovely face full of terror.

  "It's not going to be that easy." Chu Ping smiled wryly and concentrated all his energy.

  "Ah!" The two women looked around, only to see countless waves of humps rising from all directions, each one as swift as lightning and thunder, and they were innumerable pythons!

  The shortest was over 20 feet long, and the longest was as long as the giant silver python Chu Ping had seen before, which was at least 30-40 feet long.

  Chu Ping gazed out, and in the dimly lit forest, hundreds of pythons, not less than a hundred, were swarming around him, their scales glinting with a faint, firefly-like glow. Countless snake eyes shone with sharp light, cold and emotionless.

  Even Chu Ping felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of such an array.

  Ruan Qiuhua was already so frightened that she couldn't make a sound, and Xu Jing's face also showed a deep fear.

  Such a scene has nothing to do with strength, even if Chu Ping can easily get rid of these pythons, but after all, it's his first time seeing so many giant pythons, and he's not as calm as before.

  "What should we do, Chuping?" Xu Jing asked in a low voice close to Chuping's ear, afraid of startling the pythons and causing them to swarm around.

  A beauty by his side, breathing like an orchid, the soft airflow blowing on his ear, rustling his hair, making Chu Ping feel ticklish, and for the first time being whispered so closely by a girl, his face suddenly flushed.

  Show off? Nature can easily get rid of these snakes, but it's too revealing. Xu Jing is fine, but Ruan Qiu Hua is after all a classmate, if she finds out, it will be a problem for future interactions.

  Will I be treated as a monster? At least, it's hard to get along equally from now on.

  Just as Chu Ping was thinking about whether or not to reveal his true strength, several giant pythons had already surrounded him!

  The first to approach was a giant python eight or nine zhang long, its massive body sweeping across, with a strong gust of wind that cut like a knife.

  This python pounced from behind, perhaps sensing the strong aura on Chu Ping's body, and avoided Chu Ping, going straight for Xu Jing! These spiritual beasts have a sensing ability that far surpasses humans!

  Xu Jing's palms flipped over, as if embracing a sphere, exhaling and opening her voice, a gentle flow of air burst forth from between her arms, borrowing force to make force, following the python's momentum, avoiding solidity and pulling, landing on the python's scaly skin!

  With a surge of power from both hands, the massive momentum of the python, combined with Xu Jing's own strength, sent the snake flying far away from her head.

  With a loud hiss, the massive python crashed into the group of snakes opposite it, causing a commotion, and landed heavily on the ground, but itself was not seriously injured. After a roll, it stood up again, its icy snake eyes filled with anger.

  "Empty lead-in, borrowing force to strike, what a wonderful Tai Chi fist method!" Chu Ping threw out a compliment, clicking his tongue in admiration.

  A hundred giant pythons were enraged by this blow, their massive bodies slithering on the ground, slowly closing in!

  "So many pythons, really want to rush out, how can we escape!" Xu Jing's usually calm face also showed a few points of anxiety.

  Just then, a loud cough suddenly came from the darkness in the distance, followed by a low, hoarse voice that only uttered one word.

  "Fall back!"

  It was just a simple word, yet it seemed as if the ancient sages were imparting their teachings, full of countless subtle principles and heavenly mysteries. Chu Ping felt that in the forest, a faint aura of spiritual energy was flowing like a gentle stream, condensing into hundreds of strands, each seeping into the bodies of these pythons, and immediately, a bewildered expression appeared in their icy eyes, but they slid away like a flood.

  "This is..." Chu Ping was secretly shocked in his heart, and saw an old man wearing a coarse linen shirt walking out not far away, thin and dry, with a height of only about 1.7 meters, with a head full of gray hair like withered grass, his face covered with wrinkles, hunchbacked, slowly walked out.

  "Young man, don't wander into the mountains at midnight, it's not safe!" The hoarse voice was low and ethereal, like a white cloud floating in the high sky, leaving no intention or trace.

  "Old man, how did you just make these snakes retreat?" Xu Jing looked up and down at the old man, her clear voice rising as she asked softly.

  "It's nothing, really. After staying around for a while, I roughly understand some ways to deal with snakes and beasts. You're from the village below, here on tour, right? Hurry up and follow me down, it's not safe here. These pythons are just a small part of it!" The old man spoke in a slow tone, seemingly careless and muttering to himself, turned around, holding a small flashlight in his hand, an old-fashioned one that had been around for a long time, and walked down the mountain road.

  "This is obviously a kind of spell similar to that in the Divine Comprehension, this old man is indeed unfathomable!" Chu Ping thought to himself.

  The nine-character mantra of the Temple of Non-Duality contains a mantra "zhe" that matches the "Inner Lion Seal", which is also a kind of divine power to manipulate all things, but when used, it is far less natural and traceless than this old man's one-word mantra!

  This made Chu Ping feel a surge of apprehension in his heart!

  This old man's magical power is far superior to his own, it's simply immeasurable!

  Chu Ping didn't dare to rashly go and investigate the old man's cultivation. Now in Wuxiang Temple, his divine ability had reached a high level, and his Qi Tian Gong Fa was also improving rapidly. He could hide his own cultivation at any time and place, but if he carelessly released his divine consciousness, it would be instantly discovered by this old man!

  "Let's go down too!" Chu Ping said to the two of them.

  Ruan Qiuhua had long been thinking of going down the mountain, and repeatedly said it was good. Xu Jing also did not object, after all, just now that scene, if there was no mysterious old man appearing, perhaps the three of them would have become the belly of this group of pythons!

  "This forest also has many secrets, how can there be so many pythons!" Chu Ping only thought to himself, although curious, but did not show it, and followed the old man, walking down the mountain together!

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