Chapter 21: Trouble Has Arrived

  There are always some people in this world who are destined to be admired by the public, always inadvertently attracting attention, or inadvertently doing earth-shattering things.

  At this moment, Chen Jiu, who was joking with Baozi, inadvertently fixed his gaze on the painted skin.

  What is a painted skin, it's peeling off human skin and then using secret methods to refine it, extremely cruel and vicious.

  Of course, a mere painting skin could not attract Chen Jiu's attention, but what made Chen Jiu unable to move his eyes was an inconspicuous logo on the painted skin.

  A black skull, this skull is not eye-catching at all, if Chen Jiu hadn't seen the Painted Skin for the first time and had a slight interest in it, he might have really ignored this symbol.

  Ignoring the commotion of the three people, Chen Jiu rubbed his chin: "It seems that this time there is trouble on our hands, and unexpectedly, we inadvertently overturned a power".

  Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. Since there are rivers and lakes, how can there not be mutually helpful and united gangs? Cultivators are not high-and-mighty gods, but just people with slightly greater abilities. Being human, they will naturally form cliques and gangs.

  "A soft sigh: 'I didn't think that just having a slight thought of traveling far would bring trouble to my doorstep, I was still hesitant, but this is forcing me'".

  "You three go back, I still have some aftermath things to take care of."

  Fatty looked at Chen Jiu with a pitiful expression: "Really no way to adjust the body?"

  "I'm not a medical expert, you'd better go find a secular doctor."

  Three people supported each other and walked out, Chen Jiu sat stupidly in the yard, Fatzi went back and must have been scolded, don't know how his wife would quarrel with him, and Chen Jiu was also a little confused at this time.

  "It's finally time to make contact with the outside world, I'd like to see what abilities the cultivators of the outside world have." After saying that, Chen Jiu began to meditate and regulate his breath.

  Since he had already made up his mind to leave, Chen Jiu would not hesitate and would not drag his feet. There was nothing he couldn't bear to part with; as long as he was still alive, everything was possible.

  Pangzi and Zhong Shu both had their own businesses, but they couldn't get them involved. After cleaning up everything, Chen Jiuzi patted his head: "Right, my spiritual medicines are all treasures."

  After finishing speaking, he picked up the medicine basket behind him and took out a medicine spade. He slowly dug up the spiritual medicines one by one and put them into the backpack on his back.

  "Alas, nowadays I am carefree and at ease, with the vast sky and earth allowing me to roam freely."

  Chen Jiu left, quietly leaving. In this peaceful small mountain village, there was not a ripple. To everyone's eyes, Chen Jiu was originally an enigmatic guy, and his disappearance wasn't anything strange or curious.

  However, only the old master Wang next door still looked at Chen Jiu's gate every day: "Ah, I just thought of how to sell this whole tree to him, but this kid actually slipped away".

  Wang Da Ye regretted it too late and felt sorry for not selling this tree to Chen Jiu earlier.

  Chen Jiu left soon after, a black fog suddenly descended upon the courtyard, only to see that the black fog swirled around the courtyard for a circle before disappearing into the village.

  Frequent exercise, combined with the power of law in his body, made walking on mountain roads not a challenge for Chen Jiu. The only thing that worried him was that the force had not made any moves at all, and this journey was so smooth that it was almost too much.

  Chen Jiu's worries soon disappeared, because his troubles had arrived.

  This is a rugged mountain road, if you want to go to the outside world of flowers, the only way is this mountain road, of course, if you can ride the clouds and fog, no one can stop you from going wherever you want.

  On the road that Chen Jiu must pass, there were four people shrouded in black mist standing quietly, without a sound, not even a hint of breathing could be heard.

  The sensitivity of Qi is a spiritual power that all practitioners possess, the only difference being who has a more intense sensitivity.

  Chen Jiu's creation of heaven and earth is the most powerful, and it is also the most powerful.

  "I've kept you waiting for a long time, I'm just an ordinary mortal with no extraordinary speed." Chen Jiu stood calmly at a distance from the few people, seemingly not surprised at all by their appearance here.

  "Did you kill Hei Gui?"

  "Hei Gui, who is Hei Gui?" Chen Jiu asked in puzzlement.

  A man in black stood out: "I'm asking you, are you a villager from that small mountain village not far away?"

  Chen nodded: "Not bad, within dozens of miles around here, there's only one village, I think it's unrealistic to deny it".

  "Can you call Chen Jiu?"

  "What wine?"

  "Is it a long-lasting longevity, or a wine-loving wine, or another one two three five six seven eight nine of nine."

  "The black shadow flickered: 'Loving wine is a wine'."

  Chen Jing suddenly realized that when he first entered the small village and introduced himself to others, wasn't it with this "wine"?

  "Oh, you've got the wrong person. My name is Chen Jiu, but my 'Jiu' refers to the number nine in a sequence of one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, not the 'jiu' that means liquor."

  Another one was somewhat impatient: "Big brother, why bother talking to him, he clearly has the aura of that little black devil, regardless of whether he is or not, just a mere mortal, killing him directly is fine".

  The elder brother nodded: "Alright alright, I and he don't need to say more, after all we are just ordinary people".

  Chen Jiu's face turned pale with fear: "You want to kill me, aren't you afraid I'll report it to the authorities?"

  "Heh heh, you think the authorities will care? You're not even a person when you're alive, and you're not even a corpse when you're dead."

  After finishing speaking, the black shadow instantly turned into a cloud of fog and rolled towards Chen Jiuyi.

  Chen Jiubao stepped back, got tangled in his own feet and fell down. A gourd dropped from his body, and the stopper of that gourd also fell off at the same time.

  Seeing the black fog approaching, Chen Jiu's face revealed a treacherous look, and even his previous panicked expression disappeared without a trace. A surge of magical power burst out from his hand, pouring entirely into the gourd.

  Clouds and fog are originally ethereal things, without a fixed state. With Chen Jiu's magical powers added to it, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the big brother was completely subdued by Chen Jiu without any resistance. With a light flip of his palm, in the brief moment when the other three black shadows were stunned, he covered it with a lid and stuck three talismans on it, then casually tossed the talismans into the medicine basket behind him.

  "Hey little devil, how does it feel? Is it a bit stunning?" Chen Jiu teased.

  "Little kid, what have you done with Lao Da?" a dark figure angrily said.

  Chen Jiu rubbed his chin: "Hmmm, I reckon it'll turn into pus in no time."

  The other three black shadows swayed slightly: "Let's go together, this kid is making a trick, he can knock down Hei Kui, don't underestimate him, let's rescue the boss first and then talk".

  Looking at the three groups of clouds and mist floating towards him, Chen Jiu shook his head: "You three are even worse than that Hei Kui, how can you be my opponent".

  As he spoke, Chen Jiu calmly pulled out the peach wood sword, drew a sword flower in his hand, and chopped towards the three little ghosts.

  "You really don't know life or death, it seems that you guys aren't doing well either. You can't even get one piece of magical equipment." Chen Jiu said with a smile, looking at the three dark figures with disheveled appearances.

  This sentence seemed to have struck a sore spot for the three dark shadows. The three dark shadows instantly merged into one body, then shot towards Chen Jiu.

  "Hmm, this move is vicious!" Chen Jiu exclaimed in surprise.

  The peach wood sword in his hand flew with symbols, instantly turning into a light sword, colliding with the black fog. The surrounding grass and trees turned into withered grass after being swept by the black fog, leaving no signs of life.

  Chen Jiu was slightly startled: "What are you guys, actually able to snatch away a living person's fate".

  That black shadow still didn't respond, suddenly exploding in the sky and transforming into three human shadows distributed in Chen Jiu's three directions, then attacking him simultaneously.

  Seeing the momentum of these three figures, how could Chen Jiu dare to be careless? If he was caught by these guys, his life would probably not be spared. At that time, there would only be one dead end.

  A floating talisman appeared, and in the blink of an eye, a thunderbolt talisman flashed again, smashing towards the empty space around Chen Jiu's body, hitting three figures right on.