The Second Volume Chapter One (Below) Following the Asshole

  At the end of the road, a magnificent palace stood. The walls were made of white jade and the roof was covered with yellow gold tiles. Two green lanterns hung from the eaves, swaying in the night wind. The crimson gate was tightly closed, and at the entrance, two skeletons stood guard! They wore armor and had large knives at their waists. When they saw us, they sniffed wildly with their noses, then charged towards us with a fierce expression. Their dark eye sockets shot out eerie green light.

  The little fish shouted: "They are the masters' invited guests, you still don't leave!" He raised the lantern and shone it, a bright light burst forth, and the two skulls immediately retreated in disarray.

  The big fish gently knocked on the palace gate, and the deep red door suddenly flowed down thick red liquid, dripping onto the ground, like fresh blood. "Squeak", the two palace gates opened automatically.

  I felt a chill run down my spine, but looking at the three beauties with their calm demeanor, I thought to myself, "Damn it, is my courage really inferior to that of women?" Summoning up my nerve, I strode into the palace.

  Head-on encounter is a giant mural.

  The mural is in black and white, with mountains and water in the painting, countless monsters hiding among them. Some are exposed on the mountain waist with a fluffy tail, some are half-exposed with a ferocious face, and some only stretch out a sharp claw in the shade of the tree. In the center of the painting, there is a river winding down around the mountain, with a black coffin floating in the middle of the river. The coffin lid is already open, revealing a skull lying inside. The skull wears a jade crown, wears brocade clothes, and puts its hands together on its chest, motionless.

  My gaze was immediately drawn to the mural, the dim light around me shining on it, the demons in the painting seemed to be stirring, as if they were about to come back to life.

  "Master, the guests have arrived." The big fish said respectfully with its face towards the mural. The small fish picked up a slender-necked ancient bronze vase from the table and poured it into the skull in the painting.

  The liquid in the bottle was as red as blood, with a pungent smell that assaulted the nostrils. No! That was clearly blood! What was shocking was that the skull suddenly opened its mouth and drank the entire bottle of blood in one gulp.

  The black-and-white mural suddenly became colorful! The entire mural seemed to have come to life as if the skull had drunk blood and was radiant with vitality!

  Strong muscles grew out of the skull, and before long, the skull in the painting turned into a ruddy-faced man. He slowly stood up from his coffin, smiled slightly at us: "Life is like a dream, rouge turns to white bones in the blink of an eye, youth is just a short moment. So indulge in joy, or else this life would be in vain."

  I widened my eyes in surprise. The guy in the mural actually came to life and could talk! Listening to the pleasant low-pitched male voice, I really doubted if I was dreaming.

  "Unexpectedly, a demon would also know the secret path technique." Gan Ning said calmly.

  The man smiled and said, "This little secret art of mine is naturally not worth mentioning in the eyes of Gan Xianzi from Bi Luo Fu. I've long heard that Gan Xianzi is the number one beauty of Qingxu Tian, and it's indeed true. Today, we have the chance to meet, and I am deeply infatuated at first sight."

  I'm going to pass out, this damn guy is so bold, he actually confessed his love to Gan Ningzhen the moment he opened his mouth. Damn it, I'm standing next to a beauty, am I just a decoration?

  Hai Ji coldly smiled: "Does the toad also want to eat swan meat?"

  "He probably never looked in a mirror."

  Scoffed at, the man did not get angry, but said with a warm smile: "Don't you all think my face is detestable? That's not difficult." As he spoke, white smoke emerged from his face, and in a moment, the smoke dispersed, and he actually transformed into a handsome young nobleman with a refined appearance.

  Seeing Gan Ning's indifferent expression, he casually waved his hand: "Not satisfied yet?" His face rose again with a wisp of white smoke, and this time, he transformed into a bronze-skinned, cold and masculine man.

  "Is this still passable?" The man said in a loud and clear voice.

  My god! This demon is really demonic! I shouted: "You're so good at changing, why not change into a naked beautiful woman? I'll sell you to a brothel and still make some silver."

  Jiudan Mei let out a "heh" and smiled: "I'm afraid you're just watching yourself steal."

  I shook my head: "I'm only interested in real women, freaks like this, I can't stand."

  Ji Dan Mei batted her eyes: "The most likable thing about our little pervert is that he loves to tell the truth."

  The man's expression didn't change, he stared at me for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "Little brother is also a romantic, there are many beauties here, if you like, why not stay on the island and indulge to your heart's content."

  I felt a chill in my heart. I had been so sharp-tongued, yet he hadn't even flinched. This guy was definitely a sinister character. He wanted me to stay on the island? That's like a weasel wishing a chicken a happy new year.

  "Haiji impatiently said: 'Who are you? You brought us to this island, what do you want to do?'"

  The young man spoke in a soft voice: "Since we have met, let's just enjoy ourselves together. Everyone, why not come in and chat?" He beckoned to us casually.

  "Welcome, honored guest." said the big fish and small fish in unison.

  Shall we walk into the mural? Looking at the man in the painting, I feel that everything is so absurd and yet so terrifying.

  Gan Ning hesitated for a moment, then took the lead and stepped out. Following the three beauties, I walked to the mural and tentatively stretched out my foot. With one step, my foot directly passed through the wall and landed on the soft muddy ground inside the mural.

  I entered the mural, the sound of rushing water was beside my ears, the great river rushed down from afar, I looked at my reflection on the surface of the river, as if in a dream. The world in the mural is so real.

  "Slap!" The man lightly patted his palm, and my eyes suddenly darkened. Everything around me turned pitch black, leaving only me and the three beauties. The man miraculously disappeared. A strange and eerie cold wind blew in, causing the branches to dance like ghosts, making me shiver involuntarily.

  "Hai Ji disdainfully said: 'Only knows how to play some shady tricks.'"

  A strange, rustling noise suddenly came from the thicket, and the trunks of the towering ancient trees slowly swelled up, like a group of pregnant women with bulging bellies, as if something inside was about to drill out.

  "Rustle, rustle", the tree trunk split open, and out came pale faces one after another, these faces were like ghosts, with bony protrusions, and blood flowed continuously from their dark eye sockets. In an instant, the fierce wind howled, and the dense branches turned into countless long hairs, flying wildly.

  One by one, the faces slowly closed in on us, with thick long hair trailing behind them. They would burst out laughing one moment and then wail loudly the next, making it all seem very eerie. The three beauties, however, were completely unbothered. Ji Danmei chuckled and said, "You dare to come out looking so ugly?" A scorpion tail flipped out from under her short skirt and swished over, sending several nearby faces flying.

  These faces screamed in unison, their dark long hair swirling around them like countless venomous snakes ready to strike. "Whoosh", a red light flashed, and the scorpion-like eyes of the beautiful woman fluttered wildly, striking these strange faces into powder. The fragments fell to the ground, quickly moved, reassembled into pale faces, faintly floated up, retreated, and shrank back into the big trees, their long hair turning back into branches.

  Jade Dan smiled sweetly: "Don't be afraid, little pervert, with us around, he can't play any tricks."

  There are beauties to protect me, I don't have much to worry about. I wink: "Your skirt is too short, it's easy to show off the scenery under your skirt."

  Ji Dan Mei winked at me: "Anyway, I'll show you, I'm happy to. You can look wherever you want, no problem."

  I suddenly felt relieved and turned around, Hai Ji's eyes were fixed on me with a mischievous glint.

  A loud rumble, a huge sound came from afar, on the opposite mountain peak, a large circular black shadow was rapidly rolling down from the top of the mountain, rushing towards us.

  The dark shadow rolled in front of us, and Haiji's palm rose, just about to chop down. The dark shadow suddenly stopped, and it turned out that it was a huge black stone ball. Under the stone ball, there was actually a small green-faced ogre with sharp teeth, lying on its back, its body thin as a sheet of paper, tightly attached to the stone ball. It glared at us, jumped up, and pushed the stone ball towards the mountain peak with its dry arms. The stone ball rolled thunderously up the mountain top, and after a moment, it rolled down again, coming in front of us, and was rolled back by the little ogre, repeating this process over and over.

  "I exclaimed: 'Damn it, this little devil is obviously playing tricks on us.'"

  Hai Ji let out a cold snort, and when the stone ball rolled in front of her again, she raised her palm to unleash a dazzling golden light that sliced the little demon pushing the ball into powder. The demon's remains scattered on the ground and immediately turned into dozens of white bones without any flesh or blood. At this moment, another red-faced, sharp-toothed little demon rushed down from the mountain, ignoring us, and pushed the stone ball to run towards the mountain top.

  Hai Ji's gaze turned cold, her palm chopped out, a golden light shot out, sweeping across dozens of feet, cutting the red-faced little ghost in half.

  "My goodness! Here we go again!" I was both angry and amused as another yellow-faced little demon ran down from the mountain, pushing a boulder that rolled towards the summit with a loud rumble. Haiji didn't hesitate to continue striking out with her Pulse-Extinguishing Palm Blade, just as she had killed the yellow-faced little demon, a white-faced little demon darted out.

  "Let's just observe and see what happens, no need to intervene."

  "Rumble, rumble", the stone ball rolled in front of us again, and the white-faced little ghost crawled out from under it. With both arms pushing up the stone ball, just as we thought it was going to push the ball up the mountain again, the little ghost suddenly turned its head, gave a gloomy smile, and struck the stone ball with its claws.

  With a loud "boom", the stone ball exploded, and countless giant wasps flew out from inside, their sharp stingers raised high, maliciously stabbing towards us. I secretly thought this was not good, Gan Ningjing shouted loudly, her jade finger pointing at me, and a snow lotus suddenly bloomed in front of my eyes, its fragrance hitting my nose, the white petals unfolding layer by layer, wrapping me inside the flower's center. All I could hear was the continuous "hissing" sound outside the petals, and I had no idea how many wasps were stung on the snow lotus. After a while, the noise disappeared, the snow lotus bloomed again, and spat me out of its center.

  The ground was littered with the bodies of hornets, while the three beauties stood unscathed. Xue Lian suddenly shrunk down and flew back to Gan Ning's fingertips. I said with a lingering fear: "These little demons are really vicious, they deliberately came to distract us by pushing the ball back and forth earlier, waiting for us to let our guard down before striking with poison."

  "A minor skill, for the amusement of noble guests, what's this about a poisonous hand?" A pleasant male voice suddenly rang out in mid-air, I raised my head to look, above was a dense blackness, only the sound could be heard, but no one could be seen.

  "I shouted: 'You turtle grandson, have the guts to come out and fight, what kind of hero is it to hide sneakily?'"

  "Hmph" laughed Hai Ji: "Since it's a rabbit child, how can it be a turtle child? This little scamp is just talking nonsense."

  "Didn't you ever hear of the word 'hybrid'?"

  The man's voice lazily replied: "Rabbits are agile, tortoises are steady, being able to take the strengths of both and make a hybrid is also a wonderful thing."

  I was stunned and it's the first time I've ever heard someone say they like being a mongrel.

  "Get out, now!" Hai Ji said coldly, her palm knife slashing through the air, a dazzling golden light tearing open the dark curtain and flashing by. The man's voice disappeared, but after a moment, his pleasant laughter echoed again in the air: "After all, you're the chief female martial artist of the Mai Jinghai Temple, tough words and tough fists."

  Hai Ji's bright eyes scanned the surroundings, and she whispered, "He is not up there." Gan Ning nodded, lowered her eyebrows, and her ears slightly trembled.

  "Gentlemen, there's no need to be in a hurry. First, take a moment to appreciate the scenery in this mural of mine, and then we can chat at leisure."

  The words had not been finished, a red light burst out from the fingertips of Ji Danmei, shooting towards the dark woods. The big trees exploded one after another. After a dense series of soft sounds, the man's voice echoed in mid-air again, full of teasing: "Ji Xieyao, your scorpion tail needle is still as sharp and venomous as it was in the past. However, finding me won't be that easy."

  Ji Dan's eyes gleamed: "My scorpion tail is even sharper, do you want to taste it?" Lowering her voice, she added: "He's constantly changing positions."

  The man laughed and said, "I've heard that your nine-tailed scorpion venom is unparalleled, capable of making men desire to die. I really want to try it out." As he spoke, two large heads poked out from the dark air, their faces covered in snow-white fur, their tongues suddenly darting out like two red carpets, licking towards Ji Dan Mei from left and right.

  "Still not out?" Gan Ningzi let out a low growl, his hand on the hilt of his sword, as a white mist shot up into the air, first cutting off the long tongue, then suddenly changing direction and shooting straight down, striking the river beside him.

  Splashing water, deep in the river, a man's muffled voice seemed to be heard, followed by: "A beauty invites me, how dare I not follow?"