NOVEL WEB Chapter 12
Ji Ling’s beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of astonishment.
It was not because Li Er’niu was a demon, but because Lin Yuan’s decisive and fierce attack directly obliterated him with pure palm strength!
Though confident in her ability to take down the demon, she couldn’t do it with such swiftness and decisiveness.
“Could he be a genius disciple nurtured from a young age by a martial arts sect?”
Ji Ling thought to herself.
She was just traveling and relaxing, with people secretly protecting her.
Unexpectedly, the weather suddenly changed when she arrived at Black Mountain, and she got separated from her guards, forcing her to seek shelter from the rain.
Her encounter with Cheng Xiuxiu and others was just a coincidence, and they got along well.
“From his appearance, he looks at most seventeen or eighteen. Even those self-important fellows in the capital city don’t have such skills at this age!”
“Could he be the legendary Innate Copper Skin?”
Ji Ling, coming from a distinguished family, had met many important figures and had connections throughout her life.
Even in her circle, those who could cultivate Copper Skin were few!
But here is someone who was born with Copper Skin and Iron Bones.
Truly gifted!
“What do you want!?”
Suddenly, Ji Ling’s expression changed, watching Lin Yuan, who was walking towards her with a knife, warily.
The two rich young ladies and their guards also looked nervous.
After all, a warrior who could easily crush a demon was not someone they could deal with!
At that moment.
Ji Ling saw Lin Yuan bypass her like a ghostly figure and appear in front of one of the petite and lovely rich young ladies.
Pluff!
The bright knife light suddenly illuminated the entire temple, sharp and scorching, cutting Cheng Xiuxiu in half ruthlessly from head to toe!
“You!”
Ji Ling’s mind went blank, never expecting Lin Yuan to be so merciless, without a single shred of mercy, ruthlessly chilling.
“Why!?”
With sudden courage, Ji Ling rushed over and stood in front of the trembling group.
“Move aside,” Lin Yuan said lightly.
“We are not ghosts!”
Enduring her fear, Ji Ling quickly said, “Even ghosts can’t bleed, you should understand that!”
“We can prove it too!”
The remaining rich young ladies and guards hastily cut their fingers, indeed bleeding.
“Of course, I know you are not ghosts.”
Lin Yuan pointed his long knife at the ground, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
“But you still…”
“They are Corpse Demons.”
A cold voice rang in Ji Ling’s ears, like a thunderbolt, causing her pupils to dilate suddenly.
A chilling sensation surged from behind, Ji Ling’s body trembled, and she quickly stepped forward a few steps.
Then she turned to look at the young ladies and guards.
“Ji Jiejie… you must protect us… he killed Xiu Xiu!”
Another rich young lady shouted loudly, her face showing the dark and iron blue typical of the dead.
A nauseating stench followed.
“Ji Jiejie…”
“Sister…”
Creak, as if the sound of twisted joints.
A twisted figure slowly climbed up from the ground.
“Sister Ji, Xiuxiu is in pain… Why didn’t you protect Xiuxiu…”
Cheng Xiuxiu, who had just been cut in half by Lin Yuan, actually stood up again at this moment. Her whole body was split in two from the center, revealing a distinct visible blood-red crack.
Ji Ling’s face instantly turned pale.
She felt a chill.
She had actually stayed with a group of corpse demons for so long?
If it weren’t for the mysterious young man they encountered today, the outcome…
“Sister Ji, Sister Ji… Xiuxiu is in pain…”
Cheng Xiuxiu continued to cry out, her voice chilling.
Ji Ling shivered, quickly taking a few steps towards Lin Yuan as if forgetting the cold-blooded brutality she had seen just now.
“What kind of place is this?”
Ji Ling’s voice trembled.
“Didn’t you hear the story they just told?”
Lin Yuan glanced at her as if looking at an idiot, then strode forward, the long knife in his hand suddenly bursting into a blazing and radiant flame, like a proud sun shining in all directions.
With a few sharp screams, all the corpse demons were swept away.
These were just some trash corpse demons that even Blood Exchange Realm Warriors could deal with. If they were so powerful, was there a need for deceptive transformations?
And the Great Sun Demon Suppression Saber Technique possessed the power to intimidate demons and slay evil, with a single activation being able to deal with each foe with a single strike.
“A story?”
Ji Ling stared blankly as Lin Yuan kicked several burning remains of corpse demons out of the temple.
After a brief daze.
Ji Ling suddenly realized, trembling, “This is the Mountain Lord Temple they mentioned!? Then that Li Er’niu just now…”
“An evil ghost.”
Lin Yuan squinted at the decapitated stone statue, casually saying, “What’s the protagonist’s name in the story?”
“Cheng Youwei… Cheng Xiuxiu!”
Ji Ling seemed to grasp something.
She murmured:
“As an evil ghost, if what Li Er’niu said is true, and if Cheng Xiuxiu’s name is real, then it’s definitely not a coincidence, could she be a descendant of Cheng Youwei?”
Ji Ling’s thoughts became clearer.
“Betrayed by Cheng Youwei, the Mountain Lord was hunted down by the Demon Suppression Bureau, but it probably didn’t die, but managed to escape.”
“Out of hatred for Cheng Youwei, the Mountain Lord cruelly killed his descendant Cheng Xiuxiu, turning her into a corpse demon, condemned to never rest in peace…”
Listening to her analysis, Lin Yuan chuckled lightly.
Not too stupid after all.
Corpse demons were indeed difficult to discern, with hardly any clues if not exposed or closely observed.
Lin Yuan’s attention had initially been on the information panel and hadn’t paid much attention.
Until the appearance of the evil ghost Li Er’niu.
This guy actually approached Lin Yuan and had malicious intentions… If this went unnoticed, wouldn’t Lin Yuan’s years in the Demon Suppression Bureau be in vain?
Looking closely, he immediately noticed the identities of Cheng Xiuxiu and the others as corpse demons.
“Wait, hold on.”
At that moment, Ji Ling’s voice rang out again.
Her voice trembling, she said, “Doesn’t this mean that the Mountain Lord from three hundred years ago is still alive!?”