Chapter Twenty-Four: One Arrow Shocks the Immortals

  The bowstring left his hand, and Liang Xin only felt a chill all over his body, as if an icy needle was passing through his blood vessels, taking away all the body heat along the way. Suddenly, a loud crash exploded in his mind, and he didn't even have the chance to see if he had hit the target before losing consciousness completely.

  The arrow shot out, however, was far from being as majestic and powerful as when Qu Qingyu drew his bow. The fine arrow barely emitted a faint glow, shooting towards the leg of Nan Yang Zhen Ren. Liang Xin's luck wasn't bad, although he didn't hit any vital spot, it still wasn't too off-target.

  Nanyang Zhenren didn't dodge, his fingers holding the sword key slightly moved, and the flying sword in front of him slanted, stably blocking Liang Xin's fatal shot with a light 'ding' sound!

  Just as Nanyang's face relaxed, and he was about to continue writing with the Qingmo ink, suddenly, a series of ear-piercing friction sounds burst out between the evil arrow and the flying sword. The old Daoist's flying sword trembled rapidly, continuously emitting mournful cries, finally exploding into countless fragments with a loud "crack" sound!

  Liáng Xīn shot one arrow, shattering the Flying Sword of the True Man of Nanyang!

  The flying sword shattered into pieces, but the evil arrow did not stop, still as unremarkable as ever, piercing towards Nan Yang Zhen Ren's thigh.

  Nanyang Zhenren's face turned pale with shock and anger, but others couldn't sense it. However, he clearly felt that the arrow was imbued with divine power, enough to tear him apart! In his panic, he no longer cared about his demeanor and hastily retreated, releasing his life-saving treasure: the Nanyang Bell.

  The ancient bell is resplendent, heavy as a mountain!

  Seventy years ago, an unknown enemy launched a surprise attack on Donghai Gan. Coincidentally, the high-ranking officials of Donghai Gan had left the mountain, leaving only Nanyang Zhenren to guard the mountain gate. At that time, he relied solely on this ancient bell to withstand the enemy's repeated bombardment. Three days later, reinforcements arrived and the enemy was repelled. Nanyang Zhenren and the Nanyang Bell became famous overnight.

  In the midst of a deafening explosion, the evil arrow struck the ancient bell, causing everyone to be shocked and lose their souls. Qu Qing Shi and Liu Yi, two ordinary people, spat out blood and fell to the ground... Again, there was an ear-piercing screeching sound, but after a snap of the fingers, the ancient bell's moaning grew heavier, and with a loud crash, it shattered into thousands of pieces like a flying sword!

  Evil arrows destroyed the flying sword and ancient clock, as if they too had become excited, continuing to chase down the enemy in the piercing whistling sound. Nanyang could no longer avoid it, let out a loud roar, his hands forming a seal gesture, mobilizing all of his true yuan, fiercely meeting the evil arrow head-on. In an instant, a brilliant light flashed across the sky, seizing everyone's attention.

  A moment later, the intense light dissipated, and Nanyang Zhenren's face was whiter than paper. His body trembled slightly as he barely floated in mid-air. The evil arrow had shattered two magical artifacts in succession but ultimately failed to kill its target.

  Everyone was stunned. Even though Qu Qing Shi and Liu didn't understand the art of refining truth, they could see that Liang Xin's arrow had an astonishingly powerful force that was somewhat off the charts.

  Nanyang's eyes were wide with blood, his hair disheveled, and he had long since lost the demeanor of a superior man. His face was twisted in a fierce glare as he stared at Liang Xin, who lay on the ground, his life hanging in the balance. He opened his mouth to say something, but instead, a mouthful of blood spurted out.

  Four Eastern Sea Qian disciples were shocked and pale, hastily jumping up to respond to their master. However, the Southern Yang True Person swung his sleeves and chased them all away. After panting for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Qu Qing inked a deal with a demon, betraying the school's teachings. Today, I, Southern Yang, will follow the rules of the Qian Mountain Daoist sect to clean up the household. Little demon, accept your death!"

  As soon as the words fell, Nanyang's arms suddenly opened wide, and the originally bright sky suddenly darkened. The little girl's face was bitter, her body gently squeezed into her brother's arms, while the other hand tightly grasped Liu Yi, who had always been cold and distant towards her.

  Nanyang Zhenren was severely injured and had already stirred up his true anger. With a single divine ability, they would only end up with a tragic fate of being crushed to dust.

  A deafening explosion, like a burst of beans, kept ringing out from the sky. The face of Nanyang Zhenren grew increasingly ferocious, and just as he was about to urge on his divine power, a shrill cry of an ape suddenly pierced through the air!

  The two-headed heavenly ape was as swift as lightning, flashing by in an instant. One on the left and one on the right grabbed Nan Yang's legs, suspending him upside down. After landing, each of them stepped out with one foot, firmly pinning down Nan Yang's struggling hands.

  A giant ape appeared with its hands behind its back, narrowing its eyes and staring coldly at the four young disciples of Donghai. Those four young disciples didn't even see how it appeared.

  The last of the heavenly apes held a dozen or so large peaches in its arms, jumped to the side of Qu Qing and others, lowered its head and carefully looked at Liang Xin who was unconscious.

  Four heavenly envoys were ordered to take care of Liang Xin. The Heavenly Ape, who had gone out to play, finally rushed back.

  Tianyuan is a formidable spirit who has gained the favor of Heaven, dominating one side of Kunlun Mountain. Donghai Qianzhu was severely injured in Nan Yang and was ambushed without warning. Several of his disciples were shallow in their cultivation, and as soon as they faced Tianyuan, they were tightly strangled to death.

  Liu Yi only felt that his whole body had gone soft, and he jumped up in a state of utter exhaustion to scold the monkey: "Where did you die!"

  Qu Qing Shi hurriedly went to hug Liang Xin, but unexpectedly, Liang Xin's body seemed even heavier than a great mountain. Qu Qing Shi couldn't even lift one of his arms.

  Gulu gulu gulu...... The peach fell to the ground, and the fourth Tianyuan stretched out its claws. Relying on its innate divine power, it was also unable to move Liang Xin. After a moment of futile effort, it suddenly jumped up violently, letting out a long howl!

  Suddenly, a bloody light burst forth. The True Person of Nanyang didn't even have time to let out a mournful cry before being torn into two pieces by those two Heavenly Apes!

  The four Donghai Qian disciples' eyes were wide with rage, each one roaring as they jumped up and fought desperately. But all they felt was a flash before their eyes, the scene around them spinning rapidly. In an instant, each of them saw... their own body, headless!

  "Stop... don't kill..."

  That day, the Great Ape made its move and beheaded four Eastern Sea disciples with a single swipe of its hand!

  Four heavenly apes immediately ran over and surrounded Liang Xin. The four of them joined forces, but still couldn't budge Liang Xin one step.

  At this time, Qu Qing Shi's two eyebrows were almost twisted together. Liang Xin was lying on the ground, unable to detect breathing or pulse, and his whole body was cold as ice. If it weren't for being too heavy, death wouldn't be strange. However, evil bows took away his yang life, and even if Liang Xin died, he should have 'died as an old man', but now he lay on the ground with no white hair, no long beard, and not a single wrinkle on his face...

  And also, Liang Xin's last shot before his death seemed too powerful!

  Liu Yi rushed up and loudly scolded the four heavenly apes, who were now crowded together, with eight paws simultaneously grabbing Liang Xin's left leg, trying to drag him away like a rope, Liu Yi was afraid that in the blink of an eye, the four monkeys would run off with one leg.

  Qū qīng mò shuāng yǎn chuí lèi, xiǎo xīn yì yì de bǎ nányáng zhēnrén hé sì wèi tóngmén de suì shī guī zǒng dào yīqǐ, wā le gè kēng zàng diào, guì zài fén qián wō wō dǎo gào, xiǎo niáng tou suī rán jué jué, kě zhè fān cǎn huò zhī xià, yě bèi duó qù le xīn shén.

  Four heavenly monkeys couldn't move the Liang Xin beam, they anxiously scratched their ears and cheeks, chattered a few sentences among themselves, one of them suddenly ran back to the old nest like the wind to report the news. The remaining three stayed on guard at the original place, this time they all learned their lesson and didn't dare to leave half a step. One of them even picked up a peach and flattered the Curve Qing stone and Liu Yi, looking like it wanted to wait for the patriarch to come and say some nice words.

  Liu Yi's face was originally full of resentment, but after a while, he smiled and his expression changed. While eating peaches, he patted the monkey on the shoulder: "Don't worry, you have avenged Liang Xin for me, I haven't even had time to thank you, how could I possibly report you?"

  Tian Yuan was overjoyed, Qu Qing's mouth twitched with anger, muttering curses at Liu Yi's heartlessness. Liu Yi leaned in close and explained in a low voice: "If I were a monkey, I'd have killed them all by now... We can't afford to offend them, it's too dangerous."

  The little girl was startled, and she couldn't help but look up at the three monkeys squatting beside Liang Xin, occasionally nudging him with a worried expression on their faces.

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  Liáng Xīn's current feeling is very strange, as if he had a dream, in the dream he was constantly eating sand, mouthful by mouthful, the sand fell into his belly, flowed into his blood vessels, until his whole body became heavy...

  Liáng Xīn suddenly came back to his senses, abruptly opening his eyes. He didn't know how many big faces filled all of his vision, among which two faces had no hair, and the rest all had hair... There was also a round doll-like face that appeared and disappeared, reappearing again. Little Qingmèi was squeezed outside, jumping up and down to look inside.

  Boom! All the people and apes surrounding him were startled, tumbling backwards in disarray. The giant ape, Hulu, smiled with an air of superiority.

  Liang Xin recalled what had happened not long ago and hastily sat up, his face filled with ecstatic expression: "I'm not dead? I'm not dead?"

  The day before, the four heavenly apes were derelict in their duties. Liang Xin used his curved green stone bow to shoot them down, and they immediately lost consciousness. Although they didn't age, their bodies became so heavy that they couldn't move at all.

  Just returned home, butt hasn't even warmed up yet and was called back by subordinates.

  The gourd used its own magical energy to probe Liang Xin's body, and immediately discovered that a thick and heavy earthy spiritual energy had taken over his blood vessels, which was why he felt so heavy.

  The gourd immediately cast a spell, using its own demon yuan to help Liang Xin gather the scattered mana, and when the great achievement was achieved, Liang Xin also woke up.

  Liang Xin jumped up and stretched his limbs, just like before, without any special feeling. He still couldn't sense the earth element power, but at least he understood that he wouldn't die. He let out a comfortable sigh, looked at Qu Qing Shi, then at Liu Yi, who understood his thoughts and handed him a peach...

  Liang Xin didn't die, everyone was overjoyed. The four Heavenly Apes who had been neglecting their duties were especially delighted, dancing with joy. Liang Xin, while eating a peach, asked Qu Qing Shi: "Didn't you say that one arrow would be fatal?"

  Qu Qing Shi's expression was even more puzzled than Liang Xin's, and he cast his gaze towards the gourd.

  Hulu had heard of the strange properties of Yang Shou's evil bow before, and now he asked a few more questions about the details. Frowning, he stood up, took the evil bow from him, and examined it carefully for a moment before pushing it towards Qu Qing: "You shoot an arrow, let me see."

  Qū qīng shí chuí shǒu sù lì, jiǎ zhuāng méi tīng jiàn.

  Translation:

  The green stone lowered its head and stood solemnly, pretending not to have heard.

  The gourd shook its head again: "You won't do, you've been cultivating your family's heart method since childhood, you need to find someone who doesn't know your family's heart method." As it spoke, its orange-yellow eyes turned towards Liu Yi.

  Liu Yigang hurriedly raised his good hand with his bad hand: "I only have one arm."

  The gourd touched and saw the small green ink, eyes lit up, before speaking, Qu Qing Shi had already stepped out, blocking his sister behind him: "She... women can't use evil bows, it's ineffective."

  With a burst of laughter, he displayed an air of elegance and refinement, saying: "Since that's the case, I'll come and try it myself!" As he spoke, his hands exerted force, and with a sudden pull, he drew open the Yangshou Evil Bow!