Volume 1 Chapter 7: Slaying and Harvest

  Years of fighting have made every Red Lotus Temple disciple extremely sensitive to threats. Any slight hostility or movement will arouse other people's suspicion.

  Peng Xiu was not very old, but he had been through many battles and was considered a cultivation genius. Gao Huan's sudden change made Peng Xiu feel that something was wrong with his keen senses.

  Peng Xiu's chest and abdomen were wide open as he received the double swords. Gao Huan's stance was too threatening if he kicked out! As a warning sounded in his mind, Peng Xiu's body hair stood on end, his dantian opened with a loud bang, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth and his internal force suddenly circulated. His true strength burst forth from under his feet, his arms slightly spread, and he was about to retreat like a flying swallow spreading its wings.

  "Ah!" The suddenly turned Flying Snow let out a sharp cry. Flying Snow had no magical power to cast spells, but the pure and unadulterated heavenly energy that was released from her body formed an arrow of mysterious sound that was not to be underestimated.

  Fei Xue's sharp voice condensed into an arrow-like shape under the urging of his inner power, piercing Peng Xiu's eardrum like a sharp needle, causing his movements to momentarily stagnate.

  "Bang, bang, bang......" Sharp explosions like the crack of a whip simultaneously exploded beside Peng Xiu's ears. Nine leg shadows instantly occupied Peng Xiu's eyes.

  Peng Xiu was shocked and horrified, Gao Huan's strike was like a heavenly river pouring down, nine consecutive kicks came rushing in, sweeping everything away, covering all directions. Peng Xiu's slight hesitation made it impossible to dodge this strike again. Peng Xiu never thought that a notorious waste could have such sharp and ferocious legwork.

  At the critical moment of life and death, Peng Xiu abandoned all distractions in her mind and burst out with all her potential.

  "Hsss..." Even amidst the terrifying sonic boom, Peng Xiu's inhalation was still clearly audible. Peng Xiu's chest suddenly contracted, her body seeming to turn into a sheet of paper - thin, soft, and fluttering. The twin swords crossed and slashed simultaneously, sealing off Gao Huan's possible escape routes.

  The double swords had not yet fallen when Peng Xiu's lower abdomen was already hit by the first leg, and his heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley. Peng Xiu clearly felt that the fierce power pierced into his internal organs, finally bursting open with a loud noise, even if it was the heaven and earth's original energy, even if it was the inner armor on his body, it could not offset that kind of terrifying destructive power.

  Kneecap, abdomen, soft ribs, heart mouth, neck each hit one leg, and the last four legs all drew on Peng Xiu's sun hole. The nine legs of thunder and lightning completely destroyed Peng Xiu's vitality.

  Fierce leg strength burst out from inside, blasting Peng Xiujun's beautiful small face into a twisted mess of flesh and blood, even her eyeballs were shattered. Peng Xiujun was not yet completely dead, her heart filled with infinite terror, but her mind could not react in any way, like a broken cloth bag, she collapsed to the ground in an eerie posture.

  Gao Huan succeeded with one move, and ignored Peng Xiu no more. Borrowing the momentum, he turned around and stepped forward, dodging to the front of Zhou Ping who was frozen stiff. Zhou Ping's heart was broken, but his body was rigid and unable to make any movement, and could only wait for death with a face full of horror and resentment.

  Her arm swung down like an iron whip, and Zhou Ping's skull burst open under her fist, dying instantly.

  After consecutively killing Peng Xiu and Zhou Ping, Gao Huan finally slowly let out a breath, with white mist emerging from the surface of his body. The previous strike that killed Peng Xiu truly used up all his strength; even with Gao Huan's cultivation, he could only manage to execute the Nine Successive Kicks in succession. If he couldn't kill Peng Xiu in one move, Gao Huan would have been in danger!

  After ten years in Honglian Temple, Gao Huan had fully adapted to this world. Killing or being killed was a normal state of affairs, and life's value lay in the bloodshed.

  "Brother is so violent, he splattered me with a whole body of blood!" Fei Xue put down the sleeve that was covering her face and complained in a charming and lovely way.

  "Uh, uh, uh……” Peng Xiujian struggled to say something, but his neck bones and trachea were all kicked broken, the sound he made was even more hoarse than usual, it sounded like a painful moan, completely unable to hear what he was saying.

  Fei Xue tilted her head, furrowed her brow and said: "Hey, speak your native language, I don't understand! Otherwise, write it down with your hand..."

  "He's unwilling, I don't know why it turned out this way!"

  "Ha! You still don't get it? That's just too stupid! It's obvious that the two of us are in cahoots, and we tricked you into killing the demon beast. After killing the demon beast, everyone will engage in a fierce battle and wipe each other out! Being killed by a renowned good-for-nothing must be unbearable for you? Don't worry, big brother is very powerful, being a good-for-nothing is just his disguise! Hey, now you can die with peace of mind! Remember who killed you, don't come back to haunt me even as a ghost... I'm terrified of ghosts..."

  Peng Xiu's entire body was kicked to pieces by Gao Huan, and he could only barely cling to life with his last breath. After hearing Fei Xue's explanation, he felt both hatred and anger, but couldn't muster up the energy, and his vitality was completely cut off.

  "Rest assured, as a ghost, she'll definitely come find me. Also, when dealing with villains, don't waste words, just thoroughly take them down, or you might get counterattacked and that would be tragic!"

  Fei Xue pushed away Gao Huan's hand, impatiently saying: "You're nagging like an old lady, and don't mess up my little horns! How cute this hairstyle is!"

  Gao Huan smiled, "Endured for three years, this time finally killed Huo Xiong, great harvest!"

  Fei Xue nodded vigorously, "Fortunately, I found a few fools to help out, otherwise it would have been really hard to deal with this big guy!" She said, and then somewhat impatiently added: "Brother, hurry up and open the box to see what treasures are inside!"

  Gao Huan walked slowly to the front of the box, "According to what I know about this kind of thing, this kind of box will always be equipped with vicious mechanisms, you'd better stay far away."

  Fei Xue circled around the box a few times, blinked her eyes and said: "Sounds very dangerous, but what kind of vicious mechanism could be inside a box carved out of a piece of ink jade, I really can't think of it!"

  "Maybe it's a curse, maybe it's extremely poisonous, or perhaps there's a ninth-grade demon beast hidden inside. Your imagination is really poor!" Gao Huan casually guessed while studying the method to open the box.

  The entire box seemed to be integrated into one, but the way to open it was very simple. Gao Huan stood far away and pushed directly with a stick, and the top layer of the box slid open towards the back. There were no mechanisms or ambushes inside the box, only seven or eight sparkling three- or four-stage demon cores.

  "It was actually Huo Xiong's collection of You He's box." Gao Huan felt a little disappointed. For this box, he had high expectations. Three years ago when he saw the box, Gao Huan had an intuition that there was something particularly important to him inside. Otherwise, just relying on these fire crystals, he wouldn't have taken such a great risk and spent so much effort.

  Fei Xue was also disappointed and pouted: "In brother's story, there wouldn't be such a dull and disappointing ending."

  Gao Huan also shook his head and sighed, "It seems my intuition is wrong!"

  Fei Xue picked up the box and turned it over, studying it for a moment before saying: "The box originally had many symbols carved on it, which looked quite complex. Unfortunately, they have been worn away by more than half, and their original appearance can no longer be seen. The greatest function of Mo Jing is to conceal the fluctuations in the yuanqi, making it a good thing for storing magical instruments..."

  At this point, Fei Xue's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother, let's smash it open and take a look."

  Gao Huan's face turned black, this ink crystal box was exquisitely crafted and had a classic design, its value was even higher than those seven or eight demon cores. If he took it back, he could exchange it for enough to buy several dozen Concentrated Yuan Dan pills.

  Until now, Gao Huan didn't even have a single Yuan Dan. The Golden Five-Phase Wheel he practiced required many nourishing medicines for his Qi, blood, tendons and bones, which consumed a lot. More importantly, Fei Xue needed to practice talismanic magic, various paper talismans, materials, etc., the expenses were more than ten times that of Gao Huan's.

  All these years, Gao Huan has been trying every means to support himself. The impoverished Gao Huan can only afford to split a copper coin in half to spend, and smashing boxes is such an extravagant method that he cannot think of for the time being!

  Hearing Fei Xue's method, Gao Huan also hesitated a little, "If there's nothing in the box, then we'll be in trouble!"

  "What's the fear, a thousand gold scattered will come again. So many fire crystal stones, and also the Fire Bear Demon Core, are enough for our consumption within five years. In another five years, this box is nothing!" Flying Snow said carelessly, seeing Gao Huan's reluctance.

  Gao Huan's smile faded, and his eyes had grown narrow from being used to meticulous calculations. It was actually Fei Xue who reminded him! "It seems that Snow has insight after all! Alright, let's open the treasure chest, this is what I like best!" Gao Huan said resolutely.

  Ink crystal is hard but brittle, and it's easy to smash. But how to smash is a technical job. If there are any elixirs or artifacts hidden inside, smashing them would be truly regrettable.

  Fortunately, Gao Huan's subtle energy was fine-tuned, and he slowly ground the ink crystal with the black iron rod layer by layer. With Gao Huan's current subtle energy, even if there was a single strand of hair inside the ink crystal, he could feel that something was off.

  This is a meticulous task that can't be rushed. Fortunately, all the people who came together are dead, and Huo Xiong was also killed. The location of this pit is extremely hidden, and it's unlikely to encounter others so coincidentally. In Huo Xiong's territory, there won't be other powerful demon beasts appearing either.

  The snowstorm tossed several corpses into a pit, then buried them thoroughly after the pit collapsed. Of course, before that, the snowstorm had looted all the good things from several people's bodies.

  Put all the fire crystals into the leather bag, and finally use a sharp broken jade blade to peel off the fire bear skin. Feixue has been used to seeing blood and flesh since childhood, doing these things cleanly and neatly, without staining her body with a single drop of blood.

  A delicate and lovely little girl, like playing with her own doll, lightly and happily manipulated the flesh and blood corpse, with a happy smile on her face. The scene was truly moving and thought-provoking for Gao Huan.

  If in the previous life, Fei Xue was still a big loli! She should have been enjoying carefree happiness. But in this cruel world, only being like Fei Xue can one live better.

  "Hah, purple shark skin inner armor, Peng Xiu still has some goods. It's so small, brother can't even wear it, mine. Thirty-six poisonous feather needles, this thing has no antidote, using it is too troublesome, give it to brother. Black rhinoceros waist leather belt, and ten flying knife slots, tsk tsk, Zhou Ping is quite sinister, such a wide waistband and yet so hard, give it to brother..."

  Fei Xue gathered everything and sat beside Gao Huan, extremely happy as she rummaged through the spoils of war. "There are still nine Cong Yuan Dan, two bottles of Tiger Bone Bear Gall Cream, three bottles of top-grade Golden Wound Medicine, five packets of Detox Powder, and a manual for the Stormy Weather Sword Technique... la la la, la la la, I'm rich! I'm rich!" Fei Xue hummed randomly, her crescent-shaped eyes shining brightly like countless tiny stars about to burst out, looking incredibly adorable.

  Sitting next to Gao Huan, with many spoils of war around them, Fei Xue felt an indescribable sense of peace and joy. She thought to herself: "If I could spend the rest of my life like this with my brother, how happy that would be..."

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