Chapter 831 – On a Sleepless Night, Nothing to Do but Follow the Water (1/2)

Chapter 831 – On a Sleepless Night, Nothing to Do but Follow the Water

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Zhexiu looked thoughtfully at the deep pit in the grass.

Chen Changsheng, Nanke, and Guan Feibai walked over. They noticed a few repulsive pieces of gray flesh scattered on the ground, presumably left behind by the monster.

Such a large turmoil in the back garden of the church had naturally alarmed many people. Linghai Zhiwang, An Lin, and the Archbishop of Wenshui, who had just gone to carry out their orders, had quickly rushed back.

Nobody spoke, only looked at Chen Changsheng.

Chen Changsheng said, ”If I am not wrong, that monster is the Chusu that I asked all of you to investigate just now.”

Linghai Zhiwang asked, ”The Longevity Sect?”

Chen Changsheng thought for a while, then replied, ”I suspect that it is the result of the previous Sect Master of the Longevity Sect's Corpse Beheading before he died.”

Linghai Zhiwang and the others were all deeply learned and experienced, so upon hearing the words 'Corpse Beheading', they associated it with that insidious Daoist technique Chen Changsheng had mentioned earlier, and their expressions flickered.

Guan Feibai cared more about another question, which he asked to Chen Changsheng. ”Chusu? Which two words are those?”

Chen Changsheng replied, ”It should be the two words that you're thinking of.”

When he had heard the name 'Chusu' earlier, Guan Feibai had felt that something was strange. The name had made his body inexplicably shiver, and now he finally understood where it had come from. He harshly said, ”So it turns out that the Longevity Sect still hasn't forgotten that old grudge. With just that monster alone, they want to deal with Martial Granduncle?”

Zhexiu said, ”This monster has a powerful strength, a pure Daoist technique, an evil Qi, and most troublesome of all are its body of poison, speed, and ability to flee underground. It can appear in our vicinity at any time and assassinate us. It's extremely terrifying.”

He was the most frightening ambusher and assassin of the snowy plains, and now, even he had admitted the danger this monster presented.

These words cast a silence over them all.

Despite the protection of the Daoist church's array and Guan Feibai close by, that monster had still managed to silently approach Chen Changsheng and initiate a sinister sneak attack. Even more frightening was that even after receiving powerful blows from Guan Feibai, Nanke, and Zhexiu in succession, the monster had only suffered wounds and not died on the spot.

Although these three people were young, they were some of the strongest and most fearless of the younger generation of cultivators.

This monster was far from enough to deal with Su Li, but if it were hidden amongst the crowd and struck out at a random moment, it would truly be difficult to defend against.

”In the future, everyone should be more careful.”

Chen Changsheng looked to Guan Feibai and cautioned, ”Especially you. If you encounter Chusu in the future, don't lightly resort to those killing moves that exchange wound for wound. Although I've never touched it, I can sense that the poison on its body is very troublesome. Even I might not be able to cure it.”

He was referring to how Guan Feibai had earlier been prepared to use the final move of the Mount Li Sword Style to recklessly fight against the monster.

”I'll be more careful, but what about you? Are you injured?” Guan Feibai looked at Chen Changsheng's ankles.

Chen Changsheng replied, ”I'm fine.”

A few of those black strands had still been on his ankle a few moments ago, but they had withered away and been blown into nothingness by the wind.

Guan Feibai then turned to Nanke and thought, you directly struck against that monster's body; were you not worried about being poisoned?

Immediately after, he recalled her true identity and understood that he was overthinking things.

The blood of the Surpassing Bird was the most poisonous substance in the world, so how could she be afraid of poison?

Linghai Zhiwang suddenly harshly reprimanded Chen Changsheng. ”I also request that Your Holiness be more prudent, avoiding at all costs the previous situation.”

Earlier, Chen Changsheng had sent their group of three off with orders, but he had not had Nanke come to guard him, electing to stand alone in thought by the shore.

In Linghai Zhiwang's view, this was incredibly unwise and displayed a lack of responsibility to the Orthodoxy's millions of believers.

Chen Changsheng understood his good intentions and replied, ”Do not worry. I still haven't fully recovered, so was slow to activate my Qi, causing me to fall into such a situation. This won't happen in the future.”

After saying this, he looked to the opposite shore.

So much noise had been made in the Daoist church, but the opposite shore was still peaceful, with not a single person appearing.

A few barking dogs could be heard in the distance.

The buildings lining the river cast their shadows on the street and water. Who knew what they were concealing?