Chapter Ten: The Invitation of Hong Chui

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  He lifted the corpse of the black fox spirit, preparing to put it in his backpack, when suddenly footsteps sounded and the back door was violently kicked open. A rough-haired, sturdy-looking demon stood before the four of them.

  That goblin had a green face and tusks, a pig's head and a pig's face, it was clearly a wild boar spirit. The wild boar spirit glared with its bright red eyes like bells and shouted: "Who killed my little Hei?"

  As he spoke, the wild boar spirit caught sight of the corpse in Da Wei's hand, and its eyes instantly turned blood red. With a loud roar, it charged at Da Wei, swinging a large hammer high above its head and smashing down with all its might. Da Wei saw that things were taking a turn for the worse and hastily dodged to avoid the blow. The wild boar spirit swung its iron hammer several times, shattering the tables, chairs, and pillars in the room into dust. The entire inn shook violently as well. With no other way to avoid it, Da Wei swiftly flashed out of the inn.

  The wild boar spirit smashed a big hole in the wall with one hammer, and chased after it with a loud roar. The wild boar spirit was incredibly powerful, and every time it struck, it was earth-shattering, producing a deafening sonic boom that made everything within a radius of ten feet blurry. Hong Chui and the other two ran out of the inn, only to see Da Bi's face change color as he frantically circled around the inn.

  Dahai and the Wild Boar Spirit were chasing each other, with Dahai in front and the Wild Boar Spirit behind. Qingping siblings stood far away, holding long swords and looking at a loss. Hong Chui's face was also anxious. Dahai shouted while running: "Help!"

  Hong Chuan hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a small yellow drum from her sleeve and struck it lightly several times. The drumbeat sounded like it came from the underworld, striking straight at their hearts, causing Da Yun to become somewhat dazed and stumble. The wild boar spirit chasing after Da Yun lost its footing and fell head over heels.

  Hong Chuan took a deep breath and continued to beat the hand drum, slowly approaching the wild boar spirit. The drumbeat sounded loudly, and Da Yun was somewhat panicked, but suddenly felt that the Kunlun stone jade pendant hanging on his chest emitted a cool intention, and Da Yun's spirit immediately lifted, no longer controlled by the drumbeat. Looking again at the wild boar spirit struggling to get up, holding its head with both hands, swaying back and forth like a drunkard.

  At this time, Hong Chui suddenly smiled and the drumbeat started again, already with a rhythm, extremely joyful. Hong Chui beat the drums while twisting her body to the drumbeat, and actually jumped up to dance. Looking at the Wild Boar Demon, it also couldn't help but twist its body. In the distance, Qing Ping and Qing Xi each held a sword in one hand and recited incantations with the other, their long swords pointing towards the Wild Boar Demon, the two of them alternately emitting sword lights that shot straight at the Wild Boar Demon.

  The wild boar spirit didn't dodge, the sword light struck its body, and blood splattered instantly. The wild boar spirit was controlled by the drumbeat, although it was in pain and let out a loud cry, blood splattered from its body, but it still danced along with the drumbeat.

  Dai Yi stood aside, seeing that the three Hong Chui must have already cooperated tacitly, and this way of exorcising demons was much stronger than his own. Dai Yi casually touched the short sword on his body, he wouldn't release a sword glow, nor would he control flying swords, and he didn't dare to get close, so he could only stand aside and watch.

  The two Qingping and Qingxiu continuously shot out sword lights, and after a moment, the Wild Boar Spirit was covered in wounds, turning into a blood-red monster. A large patch of mud under its feet turned into bloody mud. As the Wild Boar Spirit let out a series of mournful cries, Da Yun suddenly felt his heart racing, and he watched with a cold gaze, his face gradually showing a worried expression.

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  After a while, Da Yi's face became even more worried. He had already seen that Hong Chui was showing signs of fatigue, and using this mind-controlling artifact must have been extremely exhausting for her spirit. Qing Ping and Qing Xi also seemed to have exhausted their spiritual energy. As for the wild boar demon, despite having suffered so many blows, it still showed no signs of weakening, its ferocity was truly terrifying.

  Suddenly, the drumming stopped abruptly, and Hong Chui's face turned pale. The wild boar spirit also ceased its dance. In the brief silence that followed, Da Yan's heart tightened, and he involuntarily took two steps back. Suddenly, the wild boar spirit twisted its entire body, revealing its true form - a giant wild boar over a dozen feet tall. The boar let out a deafening roar, like thunder shaking the mountains.

  The howls grew louder and more intense, and Daiyu felt a momentary daze in her mind before she came to again. She looked over to see Honglian standing stupidly in place, her eyes vacant, the yellow earth drum lying on the ground unnoticed. Seeing the fierce glow in the wild boar spirit's eyes, Daiyu gritted her teeth and ran over, picking up the drum and hesitating for a moment before slinging Honglian over her shoulder and taking off.

  Before running a few steps, the howling stopped, and the ground began to shake. Da Yun turned his head and saw that the wild boar had grown to over 10 feet tall, like a small mountain rushing towards him. Its four hooves moved, stirring up dust, and with each step, the ground trembled.

  The wild boar spirit ran extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived behind Dabai. The wild boar spirit lowered its head, and the two sharp teeth in its mouth stabbed straight towards the back of Dabai's brain. Dabai felt a tearing sound, using all his strength to twist his body, turning to one side, and then felt a strong force whizzing past from beside him. When he looked again, the wild boar spirit had run past from beside him. This strong force made Dabai spin two circles before stabilizing his body. Dabai only felt a faint pain in half of his shoulder, and when he looked again, the wild boar spirit had turned a corner in the distance and was charging straight at him once more.

  Dà yǎn turned around and ran, running two steps forward, then tossed the Demon-Expelling Jade behind him with a flick of his wrist. At the same time, he formed a single-handed seal and chanted: "Swiftly!"

  Didn't hear any movement behind, Dabai ran while looking back, and found that the demon-repelling bead didn't land on the wild boar spirit's limbs as expected, but instead landed on a sharp tusk. Dabai couldn't help but secretly curse, quickening his pace to rush forward. However, the wild boar spirit was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up again from behind. Seeing the demon-repelling bead on the wild boar spirit's outstretched sharp tusk, Dabai suddenly had a bright idea, hurriedly using his magical powers to control the demon-repelling bead, pulling it to one side. To his surprise, the wild boar spirit changed direction, rushing past him at an angle.

  Dai Ai ran a few steps with the red pendant, thinking quickly, and stood still. When the wild boar spirit charged again, Dai Ai pointed to the right, and the wild boar spirit rushed past from the right side. Dai Ai tried it out and succeeded, wiping away sweat, seeing a large tree not far away, Dai Ai ran towards the tree, waiting for the wild boar spirit to charge, Dai Ai used the "Demon-Controlling Jade" and the wild boar spirit crashed into the tree even harder.

  Only two or three people thick tree trunks were hit by a wild boar spirit the size of a small mountain, making a loud noise, breaking into two sections. The wild boar spirit flipped over and heavily fell far away.

  Dai Wei stood far away and watched, seeing that the Wild Boar Spirit seemed to be badly injured, and only after a while did it slowly get up with a groan. The Wild Boar Spirit was now covered in blood all over its body, looked at Dai Wei with one glance, and there was no longer any fierce light in its eyes. It suddenly turned around and ran away limpingly into the distance.

  Always standing in the distance, Qingping and Qingxiu rushed over quickly, chasing after the Wild Boar Spirit. The two chased to the back of the Wild Boar Spirit and attacked again with their sword lights. The Wild Boar Spirit was hit repeatedly, letting out a low growl, its voice growing fainter and fainter. After running for not too long, the Wild Boar Spirit suddenly let out a loud roar, after which it ran a few steps before slowing down, finally falling to the ground with a thud.

  Dai Yong put down the red pendant and, along with Qing Ping, surrounded it. The wild boar spirit still hadn't died, staring blankly with its huge eyes, before being stabbed several times in the back by Qing Ping. After killing the wild boar spirit, Dai Yong felt at ease and retrieved the demon-expelling pendant, only then remembering that he was still carrying someone on his shoulder.

  Hong Chuan had long been awake, and was now gently put down by Da Yun. Thinking that she had been held in his arms all along, her cheeks suddenly turned red, and she only said: "Fellow Taoist, thank you for saving me, I will not dare to forget it, if there is anything I can do for you in the future, I am willing to go through fire and water."

  Hong Chuan bowed deeply and said, "Yes, thank you, Big Brother Da Yun. This was too perilous, luckily Big Brother followed us, or else we wouldn't have been able to deal with that black fox spirit."

  Dai Yun hastily exchanged a few pleasantries, and the two of them talked about the danger they had just faced, both still feeling fearful. Qing Ping started to dispose of the wild boar spirit's corpse, while Qing Xi pulled on Hong Chui's arm, and the two of them walked aside whispering to each other, occasionally stealing glances at each other and giggling. Dai Yun saw that the two women seemed to be discussing him, and felt a bit embarrassed, so he quietly slipped away. Then he remembered that Hei Li had been hastily discarded by himself, so he turned back to look for it.

  Returning to the inn, the corpse of the black fox spirit was pressed against the wall corner. Da Yun used a short sword to break it open and took out the demon pill. He hurriedly held it in his hand and absorbed its magical power. This black fox spirit's cultivation was not low, allowing Da Yun to increase his own magical power by seven or eight years of cultivation.

  Dai Wu came out of the already half-collapsed inn, and Qing Ping had barely finished cleaning up the wild boar demon. Apart from one demonic pellet, they also obtained a complete fang. Hong Chui originally wanted to give this demonic pellet to Dai Wu, but Dai Wu thought that he had already obtained one pellet by himself, so he strongly declined. In the end, they followed Qing Ping's suggestion and divided it into four portions, with each person getting one portion.

  The four of them absorbed the magic power of the demon pill and rested for a moment, discussing their journey. Hong Chui asked: "Fellow Taoist, we are going back to Chang'an to return the Decree of Annihilation, what do you plan to do?"

  Dai Yun hesitated for a moment, and Qing Xi smiled and said: "My sister Hong Chuan wants to invite you to join forces and take on the Earthly Execution Order together. She's too embarrassed to say it herself, so I'll say it for her."

  Hong Chai's face suddenly turned red, and she glanced up at Da Yun again. Qing Xi stuck to Hong Chai's body and smiled: "My sister Hong Chai has never looked up to anyone like this before. Just now, she kept praising you to me. Brother Da Yun, you must agree, or else my sister will be very sad."

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  "Cut it out."

  The three of them looked at each other, all with a hint of expectation. Da Ye thought to himself that he had obtained the Demon-Slaying Symbol, and from now on, slaying demons would be a simple matter, so there was no need to form an alliance, and he excused himself by saying: "I appreciate your kind intentions, but I'd like to consider it for a moment."

  The three of them felt somewhat disappointed upon hearing this, and seeing Dai Yun's embarrassment, Hong Chui smiled and changed the subject, discussing other matters.

  After resting for a while, the four of them set off again. Da Yi was also supposed to return to Chang'an to hand over the imperial edict, so he traveled with the other three.

  Along the way, the four of them talked about beheading demons and using magic spells, exchanging ideas with each other. Dà Yǎn felt that he had gained a lot from their conversation. As they were getting excited, Qīng Píng brought up again how Dà Yǎn had killed the Black Fox Spirit, and couldn't help but ask in a roundabout way: "Brother Dà Yǎn, the move you used to kill the Black Fox Spirit was really overbearing. If you use it on the Wild Boar Spirit, it will definitely be a one-hit kill."

  She let out a soft "oh" and seemed slightly distracted. Hong Chui noticed it and thought that Da Yun was displeased, so she quickly gave Qing Ping a signal with her eyes. Qing Ping knew she had been impolite and immediately shut up. As the saying goes, "the speaker is unintentional, but the listener has intention". However, Da Yun couldn't help but think that the Demon-Slaying Charm could only be used once, no matter how powerful it was, it wasn't her own strength. If she wanted to keep getting the Demon-Slaying Charm, she had to join Su Xin Guan.

  Being reminded of Qingping, Dabai kept thinking about the pros and cons of using the Demon-destroying Charm all along the way, and seemed a bit absent-minded. It wasn't until they arrived in Chang'an and received their reward from the Heavenly Court at Tianjian Terrace that Dabai was about to bid farewell to Hongchui and the others. Hongchui wanted to chat with Dabai for a while longer, but Dabai showed no interest.

  Four people were standing on the street talking, when suddenly a woman called out sweetly from a short distance away: "Dà yǎn, dà yǎn, I'm over here."

  A lovely young woman ran to Dayou's side, grasped his arm and said in a gentle voice: "How come you're back so late? I've been waiting for over ten days."

  Dai Wu looked clearly and found that the one leaning on him was Hua Lian. Hua Lian had a face full of coquetry, today she wore a red long dress with floral patterns, which added to her charm. Hong Chui's face turned pale immediately, she lowered her head and didn't speak. Dai Wu casually introduced them to everyone, Hong Chui responded with two sentences before being pulled away by Qing Xi: "Sister, let's go."