Chapter Fourteen: The Appearance of the Demon

  (The top three are all strong, can they make further progress next week?)

  A sharp bell suddenly rang out, the friction was so intense that it made one's eardrums ache. Not only did the peach blossoms calm down, but also Wang Fu, who had been in a state of frenzy, immediately became quiet, as if he had been splashed with cold water. His two bloodshot eyes stared wide-eyed at Chen Jianchen, as if seeing him for the first time, and his heart felt an inexplicable sense of panic and unease.

  What's wrong? What happened?

  One heart was frantically jumping non-stop, almost jumping out of the chest cavity.

  "Brother Fu Tai, take a closer look at your peach blossoms, how beautiful and virtuous they are!"

  Chen Jianchen's voice was calm and solemn. At this critical moment, the young man was surprisingly clear-headed and calm, not a single thread out of place.

  King Fuyi followed Zhang Wang's words and saw an unforgettable scene for a lifetime ——

  Peach blossom stood three zhang away, hesitating and not daring to move forward. A pair of apricot eyes stared fixedly at Chen Jianchen's body, with an expression that changed unpredictably on her face, but was clearly abnormal, entwining shock, fear, resentment and other complex emotions.

  She made several attempts to pounce, but stopped again. After a moment, she suddenly gritted her teeth and said with a hateful tone: "Zheng Zhong deceived me, since there is no master present, what am I afraid of? I'll take the hearts of these two and leave!"

  After finishing speaking, Peach Blossom stretched out her ten fingers, and in an instant, the black sharp fingernails grew wildly from the fingertips. Then she raised her hand and made a slashing motion towards herself, cutting down from between her eyebrows. With a hissing sound, she pulled off the layer of human skin covering her body. Letting out a loud roar, she revealed her true form as a green-faced mountain goblin, with eyes like lanterns, sharp teeth like saw blades, and fangs protruding half a foot long from her lips.

  "Ah!"

  Wang Fu was so scared that his soul flew away, his pants shook violently, and a foul smell filled the air. He was frightened to the point of urinating in his pants.

  Chen Jianchen released him, and he instantly slumped to the ground, almost his entire body convulsing, like a puddle of mud, unable to move even a finger, spewing white foam from his mouth, but still not fainting.

  Roar!

  The mountain ogre was extremely enraged and rushed up quickly.

  Chen Jianchen was actually extremely nervous at this time, and a cold sweat had already broken out on his back. He didn't even have time to react before the bell rang urgently. The magical instrument that was originally hidden in his bosom automatically spun out and flew into the air, suspended in mid-air with a faint golden light radiating from its surface, shooting towards the mountain goblin like sharp eyes.

  Hehehe!

  Golden light enters the body, like a sharp sword.

  The mountain goblin was injured, and its body flowed with emerald green blood. However, it was extremely ferocious and refused to retreat, pouncing forward with a fierce determination to tear Chen Jian's body into a thousand pieces.

  "King Wu deceived me!"

  A strong gust of wind came, Chen Jianchen cursed inwardly, in a life-or-death moment, his whole body tensed up, and he quickly flew backward to narrowly avoid it. Fortunately, this time was different from the past, with his previous soft and weak body, he would have been crippled by numbness and become a vengeful spirit under the mountain goblin's claws.

  Buzz!

  The fierce flames of the mountain demon had no match, the bell-shaped magical instrument spun even faster, suddenly a brilliant golden light burst forth, faintly visible were various talismans standing out, flowing like ripples on water. Whoosh, it transformed into a shooting star and violently collided with the mountain demon.

  Pomelo!

  A loud crash shook the ground, and the mountain ogre let out a mournful cry. Its massive body was smashed into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere. However, it did not die. With a sudden movement of its legs, the remaining torso sank into the ground, leaving behind a visible trail of churning mud as it disappeared rapidly to the north.

  Earth Escape!

  Hmph!

  The bronze bell's golden light was extinguished, and it returned to its usual dullness, falling straight down to the ground with a thud.

  Chen Jianchen let out a long sigh, hastily picked up the bell and saw that its surface had several cracks, with a large area cracked - this treasure, actually had signs of being destroyed.

  No way...

  Chen Jianchen was greatly surprised and only felt frightened when he thought about it. If this bell didn't calm down the mountain goblin, wouldn't his life be forfeit?

  Actually, according to his original plan, he tried not to put himself in danger, after all, the enemy was unclear, and it was reasonable to be cautious. Unexpectedly, Wang Fu suddenly brought back the peach blossom, and things took an unexpected turn, disrupting the original plan, which was beyond Chen Jianchen's control.

  He carefully picked up the human skin that Mountain Fiend had shed and put it away, then looked in the direction where Mountain Fiend had escaped. He turned his head to glance at Wang Fu, who seemed to have been scared silly, and said with a smile: "A night as husband and wife is a hundred days of kindness; Brother Fu, I think Peach Blossom will definitely come back to find you."

  "Luoxian, Luoxian save me!"

  A loud roar, and Wang Fugui rushed over, rolling and crawling, to hug Chen Jianchen's left leg.

  Chen Jianchen laughed and said: "Fu Tai brother, aren't you going to cut ties with me?"

  Wang Fu's face turned pale, and tears, snot, and saliva flowed down together: "Liu Xian, it's all because of my brother's blindness..."

  Looking at his appearance, Chen Jianchen felt both angry and amused, saying: "So, from now on, you'll listen to me completely?"

  "Listen up, absolutely listen!"

  Seeing the mountain demon manifest, Wang Fu was so frightened that his six senses were scattered. If his nerves were slightly weaker, he might have fainted. At this point, he had already regarded Chen Jianchen as the only lifesaving straw, worshiping him like a god. Even if Chen Jianchen told him to eat shit, he would still believe that Chen Jianchen was doing it for his own good.

  "A child is teachable."

  Chen Jianchen helped Wang get up, and after waiting for his emotions to calm down slightly, he instructed him that this matter must not be made public, and after returning home, he should reflect on his mistakes, focus on reading books, and wait for arrangements. During this time, he was not allowed to step out of the house.

  Wang Fu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, agreeing to everything, tightly grasping his hand, and said with shining eyes: "Liu Xian, you're a good person."

  Chen Jianchen shivered and shook his head, thinking to himself: I tried to be a good person, but almost got myself into trouble... it's clear that in this world, being a good person is really difficult.

  After resting for a while, the two returned to the Wang's house. Under the enthusiastic hospitality, Chen Jianchen stayed at the Wang's house for lunch. Fortunately, men and women were separated, so he didn't have to sit at the same table as Miss Wang.

  Afterwards, Chen Jianchen borrowed Wang Fu's brush and ink to write a "Fu" character as a gift for Wang the wealthy merchant, then bid farewell and returned home. As they parted ways, Wang Fu secretly slipped two silver ingots into Chen Jianchen's hand.

  Chen Jianchen accepted it frankly and smiled in gratitude.

  He is also somewhat apprehensive at the moment, and doesn't know what to do next. The best outcome would be for Qingyun Daozhang to come soon and take charge of resolving this matter.

  The mountain goblin was injured and fled, no one knew if it would come back for revenge, leaving it there would always be a hidden danger.

  After Chen Jianchen left, Wang Fu immediately loudly declared at home, saying "I want to prepare for the imperial examination in advance, so I must lie on the brush and taste the gall, read poetry and books bitterly; To show determination, from today on, all life matters will be solved in the study, not taking half a step out of the door" and so on.

  Hearing his son's earth-shattering announcement, Wang Da was both shocked and delighted, thinking to himself that perhaps all of this was the result of Chen Jianchen's influence, causing his prodigal son to turn over a new leaf.

  It should be like this, good son-in-law...

  The wealthy Wang's eyes shone brightly: This matter should be taken seriously, don't let others snatch it away. Hmm, with a dowry of 10,000 taels, I won't believe the Chen family won't be moved, humph!