Chapter 54: Taking Office

“Hiss~”

“Hiss~~”

The strong horses neighed, the wheels turned quickly, and the horse’s hooves kicked up rolling dust. The carriage was also pulled extremely fast, constantly jumping up and down on the mountain road.

But there was no one in the carriage.

After confirming that the “prospective prefect of Shanyang Prefecture,” the Zhuangyuan Lang, was dead, the Heavenly Master and the Taoist boy did not hesitate at all. The Heavenly Master grabbed the Taoist boy and used the earth-遁 (dì dùn – earth escape) technique to instantly get away.

Only the frightened strong horses were left pulling the carriage, flying forward.

High up, in the fierce mountain wind, Ning Xuan was looking at the distance.

He was wearing a gray robe and a common mask that could be bought in a common market.

To assassinate a prefect, of course, he had to hide his face well.

With a constitution of 15, a high point, and the “Three-Layered Shadowless Saber” that superimposed three times the power, he killed Huang Cihe in the carriage from five li away.

He had rushed over.

He had originally been ambushing on the main road. After a little trick and finding that the person in the carriage was not Huang Cihe, he had hurried to the small road. It was also thanks to his extremely strong perception now, otherwise he would have really failed the ambush.

Now, he had succeeded.

But, it was not a complete success.

Because, he had originally planned to kill the Heavenly Master and the Taoist boy as well.

Of course, he could kill these two people.

He was also fully prepared to kill these two people, because he had a premonition that these two people were the two who had invaded the Ning residence while he was out.

These two people had been locked on by him, and they were bound to die.

But they did not die. Not only did they not die, but they also escaped under his nose.

Although the Heavenly Master’s earth-遁 (dì dùn – earth escape) was extremely fast, if he used all his perception and chased with all his strength, even if the Heavenly Master’s earth-遁 (dì dùn – earth escape) was fast, he would still need to rest and would stop. Then he could still chase over and kill the two of them.

But not only did he not chase, he even stopped and stood quietly on the spot.

The flying knife that had shot and killed Huang Cihe also circled back and returned to his hand.

Then, he looked at the distance.

Or rather, he had been looking at the distance all along.

His gaze had never moved away. After killing Huang Cihe, it had never moved away.

On the desolate and dilapidated gray bare stone peak, three figures had appeared at some point in the turbid wind and sand. Three figures who were wrapped up tightly and had their faces covered just like him.

The three figures were looking at him.

After he killed Huang Cihe, they had been looking at him.

And although the figure on the left had hidden his figure, he could still vaguely recognize it, because it was the White Mountain Zen Master!

The White Mountain Zen Master was holding a Zen staff, his whole body was wrapped in a wide white robe, and he also had a mask on his face.

This White Mountain Zen Master who had descended from the “Frozen Hell” had not gone to deal with the Heavenly Master and Taoist boy around the “Frozen Hell,” had not gone to attack the surrounding borders to let the demons invade the human world and feast, had not united with more demons to run rampant in the surrounding area… it had actually hidden its appearance, and then quietly came to the outside of Shanyang Prefecture, which was very, very far from the “Frozen Hell,” and waited on the path where Huang Cihe was going to take office.

This kind of behavior was quite incredible.

No matter how much Ning Xuan racked his brains, he could not understand what Huang Cihe had that the White Mountain Zen Master could look forward to. What’s more, among the three demons who had come, the White Mountain Zen Master was not standing in the middle, which meant that it was very likely just a deputy.

Just as the two sides were looking at each other, the demon in the middle turned its head slightly and seemed to say something. Then the White Mountain Zen Master suddenly took a step forward, and it raised its claw and slapped the Zen staff.

The Zen staff suddenly “shattered.”

The White Mountain Zen Master waved his hand, and the fragments of the Zen staff turned into sharp points of light, and rushed towards Ning Xuan like a sudden rain.

Ning Xuan held the Three-Layered Shadowless Saber and looked at the shooting fragments with full concentration.

Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and his figure moved, choosing to avoid, because he had already felt that each fragment of the Zen staff actually contained a full-strength strike from the White Mountain Zen Master.

Although his constitution was much stronger than the White Mountain Zen Master’s, because he was still in the second grade and had not undergone a qualitative change, he could not withstand so many attacks from the White Mountain Zen Master.

When he moved, the fragments of the Zen staff had already fallen.

He waved the flying knife and quickly hit, deflecting the fragments.

The thin flying knife and the shattered fragments of the Zen staff should have made a crisp sound when they collided, but the fact was that each collision was like thunder. If an ordinary martial artist was here, just hearing the sound at close range would have shattered their eardrums and caused blood to flow.

But no matter how fast he waved, he still could not block all the fragments.

Soon, some fragments passed through his saber light and hit his body.

Where it hit, the gray robe was torn, and the flesh and blood on the skin instantly became dense and turned into pieces of scales.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

A series of sharp lights hit his body and were bounced back, circling in the air, showing the shape of fragments.

The White Mountain Zen Master’s five fingers moved again.

The fragments of the Zen staff in the air re-gathered and formed the shape of a shattered Zen staff.

It waved its hand again.

The shattered Zen staff shot towards Ning Xuan again.

This time, the White Mountain Zen Master’s attack method was different.

Previously, it was equivalent to a celestial maiden scattering flowers, which emphasized a wide coverage, but you would only bear one attack from the White Mountain Zen Master each time. But now, as long as you were touched by the Zen staff, you would have to bear dozens or even hundreds of consecutive attacks from the White Mountain Zen Master.

In comparison, Ning Xuan’s “Three-Layered Shadowless Flying Saber” was not fragrant at all, because his could only be layered three times, while the White Mountain Zen Master’s could be layered dozens or even hundreds of times. This was not on the same level at all.

No wonder that in the nightmare before, the White Mountain Zen Master had been looking for its weapon.

The White Mountain Zen Master with a weapon and the White Mountain Zen Master without a weapon were two levels of combat power.

Of course, Ning Xuan did not want to face the White Mountain Zen Master’s attack.

The next moment, he directly switched to the Heavenly Demon Record of the “Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey.”

Although the constitution of the Ghost Shadow Horse Monkey was only 3.5, and the additional constitution bonus it could provide to Ning Xuan was only 1.75, its innate demonic technique was [Shape-Shifting Technique].

[Shape-Shifting Technique]: Transform into a void, hide the shadow and trace, and it is difficult to see its shape.

To see through this shape-shifting technique, one’s qi and blood power had to be much higher than his.

Ning Xuan was very familiar with the White Mountain Zen Master and knew that its constitution was only 10, and it did not have the ability to see through him.

So, in the eyes of the White Mountain Zen Master, Ning Xuan suddenly disappeared.

When its Zen staff shot down, it had already lost its target.

Its one strike missed, and it was about to strike again, but it was held back by the figure in the middle, who shook his head.

The White Mountain Zen Master raised his hand and beckoned, and the shattered Zen staff returned and re-condensed into a whole.

The three figures glanced at the direction where Ning Xuan had disappeared, and then directly turned around and rushed towards the carriage carrying Huang Cihe’s body.

Of course, Ning Xuan did not dare to stay any longer. Just now, both sides had obviously stopped at a certain point and had their own restraints. If they really fought, he felt that he should not be a match for the three demons.

But the main goal was also achieved. He should go back…

After that, he would just wait and see the intelligence of the Great General Qin’s residence and Shanyang Prefecture.

He was eager to return home.

He knew that at home, Xiao Jie must have already arranged for many fresh and beautiful young ladies to wait for him.

He could drink fine wine while being served by the young ladies.

Fine wine and beautiful women were always beautiful, and they would not get tired of them so easily.

A few days later…

Ning Xuan received the news.

The prefect of Shanyang Prefecture, Huang Cihe, had taken office.

That Zhuangyuan Lang had waited for five years, and he should have been full of energy. Now, he was full of vigor, and as soon as he took office, he began to rectify the demon disaster in Shanyang Prefecture.