"I'm still too weak!"
The night passed in the blink of an eye, and the next morning, Wang Xue woke up to find that Hao Yun had already prepared breakfast.
"Get up, come and eat."
Breakfast was simple: white porridge, a fried egg that was golden brown on both sides, a serving of pickled cucumber, and a serving of mixed bean curd sheets.
"Your cooking is really good. Whoever gets to be your wife is very lucky."
Hearing Wang Xue's words, Hao Yun shook his head slightly. He had no intention of finding a wife right now. He had inexplicably become the representative of the plane. If he didn't improve his strength as soon as possible, he might fail and the planet would belong to someone else.
Suddenly becoming a planetary guardian reminded Hao Yun of a saying: There is no such thing as a peaceful life; it's just that someone is bearing the burden for you.
Hao Yun said he felt immense pressure being the one carrying this burden.
"I'll see you out in a bit."
After finishing the congee in front of him, Hao Yun put down his chopsticks.
"Oh, so you've always lived here?"
Wang Xue stared at Hao Yun curiously. She couldn't understand why Hao Yun, who was so rich, didn't go out to enjoy the glamorous world and instead preferred to stay in the mountains.
Hao Yun glanced at Wang Xue and casually replied, "Yeah, I'll stay here unless there's something else."
"Don't you get bored?"
"No, I prefer a slower pace of life. Go tidy up your things, I'll tidy up the table."
Hao Yun took the dishes to the kitchen, and after washing them, he escorted Wang Xue down the mountain.
At the moment of parting, Wang Xue turned to Hao Yun and asked, "Won't you find it annoying if I come to visit you in the future?"
"No, take it slow going down the mountain."
Waving goodbye, Wang Xue walked towards the village. Watching her departing figure, Hao Yun turned and returned to his room, preparing to continue his journey.
Clicking on the "Travel" option in the system panel brought back a familiar sense of time travel. Hao Yun's vision shifted, and he found himself on a large mountain.
[Current World: Legend of Shushan (Stay for 30 days)]
After examining his own world, Hao Yun frowned in thought. "The Legend of Shushan?"
A series of ghostly wails echoed, and Hao Yun looked down at the foot of the mountain. He strained his eyes to see a small village being swallowed up by a black aura.
The villagers had just gotten up to eat breakfast and were getting ready to go to the fields to do farm work when countless skulls emerged from the ground.
These skulls bite anyone they see, and many people have their necks bitten off before they even realize what's happening.
"The smell of blood is so strong!"
Hao Yun frowned and jumped off the mountain. The demons in this world are really arrogant, daring to openly massacre a village.
Option 1: Defeat the Ghost Spring Monster (Reward: Stay for 100 years)
Option Two: Defeat the Ghost Spring Monster (Reward: Stay for 20 years)
[Option 3: Join the Ghost Spring Monster's faction (Reward: Blood River Technique)]
The choice appeared, and Hao Yun slowed his pace toward the village. He hadn't expected that he would encounter the biggest villain in the Legend of Shushan as soon as he landed.
Chapter 90 The Old Monster of the Nether Spring
Stopping in his tracks, Hao Yun didn't rush into the village to rescue the people. This was a world of cultivation, and Hao Yun didn't think he could easily sweep through with his current strength.
Having cultivated the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon to its eighth chapter, Hao Yun's physical cultivation had just reached the Golden Immortal level. Unsure of the strength of the Nether Spring Old Monster, Hao Yun did not act rashly.
Hao Yun decisively gave up on option one, as he didn't even know where the Nether Spring Old Monster's true form was.
The village, shrouded in black mist, completely blocked any detection by divine sense.
Joining the Old Monster of Youquan's camp is even less likely for Hao Yun. In the Legend of Shushan, what else do you want to learn if you don't want to learn flying swords?
The 30-day stay forced Hao Yun to choose the second option.
Standing outside the black fog, Hao Yun listened to the screams coming from inside the village, gritted his teeth, and went inside.
At this time, no more than a handful of people were still alive in the village. This once quiet and peaceful little village had been brutally murdered.
"Help! Someone please save me! Someone please save my child..."
A woman holding a baby hid in a corner, protecting the child in her arms, crying loudly for help.
A thick stench of blood permeated the village, and skulls roamed freely inside the houses. No one alive could escape their jaws.
Hao Yun, having passed through the black fog, looked at the tragic state of the village, his eyes reddening, and his anger rising.
The woman who had been calling for help just moments before had her head fall to the ground with a thud, and the baby she was protecting in her arms was also bitten to death by a skull.
"We're late."
The horrific scene before him filled Hao Yun with guilt. If he hadn't hesitated, could he have saved the mother and daughter?
The skulls hovering in the village spotted Hao Yun and all gathered around him.
These skulls were all crafted by the Old Monster Youquan. He tortured and killed civilians, trapping the souls of these dead people inside the leader, preventing them from being reincarnated. The civilians harbored deep resentment in their hearts.
Using this resentment, the Old Monster of the Netherworld forged the skull into a magical artifact. Once released, this artifact would violently kill all living creatures.
The howling skulls gathered like a dark cloud above Hao Yun's head.
Looking up at the skull, Hao Yun frowned slightly. His divine sense still couldn't spread out because he didn't know if the Old Monster Youquan was hiding in the shadows. So Hao Yun directly activated his Martial Soul.
After leaving the Douluo Continent, Hao Yun's martial soul underwent some changes. Instead of manifesting, the nine spirit rings formed tattoos on his right arm.
One black and eight red rings extended from Hao Yun's wrist to his shoulder, forming a phantom image of the Chaos Demonic Ape Martial Soul behind him.
The Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon Technique swirled around Hao Yun, and golden light began to emanate from his body. At that moment, the skull that had been hovering in the air pounced down.
Bang bang bang!
The skull with green flames emanating from its eye sockets was shattered into pieces by Hao Yun's fists, and the ferocious spirits within the skulls were also destroyed by Hao Yun.
The Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon is, after all, a Buddhist technique, and it has an extra damage bonus when dealing with such evil entities.
The only thing that made Hao Yun uncomfortable was that the skull made a wailing sound that could harm the soul.
The continuous howling made Hao Yun somewhat dazed, and his attack speed slowed down a bit.
However, Hao Yun reacted quickly. He controlled the Chaos Demon Ape in his sea of consciousness, enveloping his own soul within it to reduce the impact of the howling on him.
There were at least ten thousand skulls covering the sky; Hao Yunguang couldn't possibly kill them all with his bare fists.
The skulls attacking from all directions bit into Hao Yun, almost knocking out a tooth.
How could Hao Yun, in his Golden Immortal body, possibly bite through these skulls?
"trouble!"
With a muttered sound, Hao Yun used his Soul Ring skill.
"Salted Fish Thrust!"
Hao Yun, transformed into a stream of light, was like a sharp sword, piercing through the dark mass of skulls.
After traversing through the area three times, countless skulls were chopped into pieces.
After the skill ended, Hao Yun landed on the ground, looked at the skulls that were gathering towards him again, raised his hand and began to use the Tathagata Palm to clear the monsters.
boom!
The enormous energy wave from the palm surged into the dark cloud formed by the skull, instantly creating a gash.
After using the Tathagata Palm technique repeatedly, Hao Yun finally had time to observe his surroundings. Looking around, he realized that the Old Monster Youquan didn't seem to be there.
A few minutes later, the skulls that had once covered the sky were now reduced to just a few hundred.
Just as Hao Yun was about to wipe them all out, the black mist that enveloped the village converged towards the village center.
From within the black mist, a person completely shrouded in a long robe appeared; he was none other than the Old Monster of Youquan.
While he was controlling the skull to kill and collect materials for refining magical artifacts, he sensed that a large number of magical artifacts had been destroyed and rushed over in a rage.
These magical artifacts were all painstakingly crafted by him. He crafted them to eliminate those reputable sects.
Now that his magical artifact has been destroyed, how could he not be angry?
"How dare you! You actually dared to destroy the ancestral artifact! Which sect are you a disciple of?"
The eerie-sounding Old Monster of the Nether Spring exuded a strong, bloody stench, as if he had just been pulled from a pool of blood.
Hao Yun arrived at the center of the village and began to confront the man who had suddenly appeared.
"You're utterly inhuman, wantonly slaughtering civilians to forge magical artifacts!"
With a furious shout, Hao Yun's eyes turned dangerous. Judging from his intuition, the person in front of him was no match for him.
"Hahaha! They're just a bunch of pigs. I can kill them whenever I want. How dare you, a mere junior, try to interfere in my affairs?"
Squinting, Hao Yun was getting angry. How could someone describe a person as a pig? Were you born that way?
"Are you the Old Monster of Youquan?"
Hao Yun wanted to confirm whether the person in front of him was the Old Monster Youquan. If so, killing him would also allow him to complete an option. He should have chosen the first option.
"You know the name of our ancestor, yet you dare to interfere in his affairs? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Old Monster Youquan glanced at Hao Yun's bald head and categorized Hao Yun as a disciple of Mount Wutai, since most of the more powerful monks who cultivated came from Mount Wutai.
Hao Yun did not answer the question from the Old Monster Youquan. He secretly activated attribute enhancement and berserk mode. At present, these two amplification skills could no longer provide Hao Yun with much attribute bonus.
"The sky is collapsing and the earth is splitting!"
With a leap, Hao Yun slammed into the Old Monster Youquan. With a loud bang, a large crater was created where the Old Monster Youquan had just stood.
boom!
The shockwave spread outwards, and the old monster Youquan, who was dodging backwards, was caught off guard and directly hit by the shockwave.
His body swayed slightly, and the Old Monster of the Nether Spring was dizzy.
"Salted Fish Thrust!"
Seizing the opportunity, Hao Yun transformed into a streak of light, preparing to split the Old Monster of the Nether Spring in two.