Chapter 285 A life-saving grace?

The black fog was lingering, and the light flashed by, covering a thousand miles in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Chu had left the Ten Thousand Mountains, galloping all the way, crossing the territories of the barbarians, and heading towards the Central Plains.

Not long after, he arrived near the Lieyang City. He scanned the area with his powerful spiritual sense, but did not find anything unusual, so he continued to rush forward.

Lieyang City, after all, is the place where the story takes place.

More than a year has passed, and maybe a demon king will settle here, sweeping the place with his spiritual consciousness just to hunt the wild.

No, of course he left immediately.

As Zhang Chu's speed became faster and faster, it didn't take much time before he arrived at a barren mountain.

This place was the Poison Wolf Mountain where Zhang Chu had just arrived.

Looking at the Poison Wolf Mountain below his feet, he hesitated for a moment, then directly controlled the Corpse King Banner to fall downwards.

"what?"

When his spiritual sense swept over, a trace of surprise flashed across Zhang Chu's face. There was actually someone on the mountain.

You know, more than 20 years ago, Poison Wolf Mountain was still a restricted area for ordinary people.

However, now there are many people coming to the mountains to chop wood and hunt?
In a flash, Zhang Chu came to his senses.

More than 20 years ago, there was the Demon King, and there is also the Little Demon now.

What about now? The huge Poison Wolf Mountain, apart from a wild beast, did not even have a small demon of its own, so it could not be considered a restricted area.

Without the existence of the demon king, the little demons were cleared out again by Zhang Chu, and no new little demons appeared. Without danger, naturally there would be hunters and woodcutters involved.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhang Chu's figure flashed and he disappeared from the place immediately.

There is no demon anymore, what are you still doing here?
After descending the Poison Wolf Mountain, Zhang Chu had a thought and a tall horse appeared in front of him.

After taking another look at the Poison Wolf Mountain behind him, he jumped directly onto his horse.

"Drive~"

As Zhang Chu squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, the horse ran faster and faster.

By the time the sun was about to set, Zhang Chu had already ridden his horse and galloped for forty or fifty miles on the official road.

It won't be long before there is a city ahead.

Zhang Chu remembered very clearly that when he first came to this world, there was a city there.

After looking at the sky, he patted the horse gently and continued to gallop forward.

"Ok?"

After walking about three or four miles, he saw a group of soldiers escorting a prisoner cart on the road.

The leader was a middle-aged man with abundant energy and good fighting power.

Looking at the officers and soldiers in front, Zhang Chu narrowed his eyes and moved closer.

He has been in this world for a long time, but he has rarely seen officers and soldiers.

Of course, those seen in Lieyang City do not count.

It’s a good opportunity for me to go over and check out what’s going on in the court right now.

He has always remembered the centipede that swallowed the dragon's energy and wanted to transform into a dragon!

As Zhang Chu approached, the officers and soldiers became alert.

In these troubled times, with evildoers everywhere, there are some things we must guard against.

"Sigh~"

Before Zhang Chu arrived, the leader of the group of soldiers, who was riding a horse, seemed to be frightened and the horse he was sitting on started neighing wildly.

The leader was also a man of great skill and courage.

"Drink~"

With a cold shout, he used a skill similar to that of a heavy weight to forcibly press the horse, which seemed to be frightened just now, to the ground.

“Good skills~”

Looking at the actions of the leader, Zhang Chu exclaimed with ulterior motives.

His kung fu is indeed good, but compared to Zhang Chu, it is really not worth mentioning.

"Master, thank you for the compliment!"

The man who was calming a horse that seemed to be frightened heard the exclamation and turned his head to look over. It was the Taoist priest who had just followed them. He also nodded slightly.

However, he had no intention of continuing the conversation. He now had a mission to accomplish and was escorting a wanted criminal of the imperial court. How could he have too much communication with someone of unknown origin?
The reason why he could talk to Zhang Chu was because the person in front of him was a Taoist priest, right?
How is it possible that a Taoist priest who is alone outside has no special skills?
Zhang Chu looked at each other without any surprise, and just rode his horse and galloped forward.

At this moment, the majestic city can be seen.

“Tap, tap, tap~”

Following the sound of horse hooves, it didn't take long for Zhang Chu to arrive in front of the city.

After paying the entrance fee, Zhang Chu went straight in and found an inn to rest.

Soon, a pot of good wine and some side dishes were placed in front of him.

After scanning with his spiritual sense, Zhang Chu shook his head slightly. This city has not changed much from before.

As for evil spirits, there are still none in the city.

Nothing happened that night. When the sky just started to brighten, Zhang Chu continued to ride his horse forward.

This time, he was going to Guobei County to look for the tree monster.

Before, he had visited the bookstores and other places here, so he was clear about the direction of Guobei County.

Continuing forward, not too long after, Zhang Chu heard bursts of shouting and killing sounds. When his spiritual sense swept over, a hint of surprise flashed across Zhang Chu's face.

One of the two parties fighting was the team of soldiers escorting the prison van that Zhang Chu met yesterday.

He just galloped on his horse and soon arrived there.

Dozens of masters were trying to snatch the prison van, and the man who Zhang Chu thought had good martial arts skills was really good.

Even though he was besieged by more than a dozen masters, he did not fall behind.

However, his men were in a miserable state. Those who came were all masters, and those officers and soldiers were no match for them at all. More than ten of them had already died.

However, those people did not try to rescue the people in the prison van at this moment. Instead, they focused their attention on Zhang Chu.

Who made Zhang Chu barge in when they were doing something?
Therefore, without any hesitation at all, they separated three or five people and rushed towards Zhang Chu with their swords in hand.

"Humph~"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chu snorted coldly, his face looking very bad.

Am I really so weak?

A few robbers dare to attack me?
With a cold snort, several people who rushed towards Zhang Chu died with their brains bursting.

Yes, it's that simple.

Even though they are very strong, they are no different from newborn babies in front of Zhang Chu.

The people who were besieging the leader of the soldiers saw this scene and a trace of fear flashed in their eyes.

"witchcraft!"

With a cold snort, he killed several people.

If this isn’t witchcraft, what is it?
When the leader of the soldiers saw this scene, he immediately shouted, "Master, please help me!"

"When the time comes, the imperial court will definitely reward you!"

"Reward?"

The people who were besieging the leader of the soldiers heard the leader's request for help, "The imperial teacher of the court is from the Brahma sect!"

"You are a Taoist priest, and you still dream of receiving rewards from the imperial court?"

"A person from the Buddhist sect?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Chu's figure flashed, and the long sword on his back flew out directly.

"Shh!"

A streak of frost flew out directly along the sword in her hand.

Except for the officers and soldiers and the criminals in the prison car, all the people from both sides who were fighting on the scene were killed.

"Thank you, Taoist Master, for saving your life!"

At this moment, the leader of the soldiers looked at Zhang Chu with a look of fear, "Zuo will never forget this!"

This Taoist's strength is really too high.

"Zuo?"

Zhang Chu looked at the leader of the officers and soldiers in front of him, and an image flashed through his mind, "I have something to ask you!"

"Master Taoist, please speak!"

"What is the name of the imperial teacher in the court today?"

"Cihang Pudu!"

"Cihang Pudu?"

Zhang Chu narrowed his eyes and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"This trip is to bring a criminal to the court for trial!"

After hearing this, Zhang Chu looked at the criminal. He did not look like a scholar, but rather a strong man.

"What is your official position?"

"Jinyiwei Qianhu!"

"Zuo Qianhu?"

"Don't dare!"

Zhang Chu nodded slightly, "Have you ever heard of a high-ranking official named Fu?"

"Are you talking about Master Fu?"

A gleam of light flashed in Zuo Qianhu's eyes.

"Oh?"

After hearing the name, Zhang Chu thought for a while. It seemed that he was not too late. The tree demon had not been killed yet, and the centipede demon was also fine.

"Your martial arts skills are not bad,"

Looking at Zuo Qianhu, who was covered in blood and holding a blood-stained long knife in his hand, Zhang Chu suddenly said, "But compared to the disaster that will come after you, this is not enough!"

Zuo Qianhu looked at Zhang Chu in front of him with confusion, not knowing what he was talking about.

"whoosh"

Before he could react, a spot of light fell directly into his mind.

The enormous amount of information constantly impacted his memory.

However, by the time he reacted, the Taoist priest in front of him had disappeared.

"Ah~"

With a slight sigh, Captain Zuo ordered his men to treat the wounded and pull up the bodies of the dead men and prepare to take them back.

At this moment, Zhang Chu was already riding his horse at full speed, heading towards Guobei County.

Captain Zuo has already appeared, so the tree demon’s death is probably near.

The most important thing now is to rush to Guobei County and capture the tree monster first.

The soul of a tree demon. Not to mention other things, if Zhang Chu can refine it, he will probably be able to become a Nascent Soul level existence immediately.

As for Captain Zuo?

However, Zhang Chu has already remembered. Isn’t he the Zuo Qianhu who said “I am invincible under ghosts and gods, and I can exchange one for one above ghosts and gods”?

Seeing such a good seedling in front of him, how could Zhang Chu let it go?

If a top-notch warrior practices the martial art of immortality, perhaps he can bring some different changes to the world.

After all, Zhang Chu does not intend to give up in this life.

A world where demons roam the world, a world with a very high upper limit, if it is in one's hands, it will definitely have a huge impact.

Even though this world is extremely weak compared to those more powerful worlds, it is, after all, fully equipped.

There is heaven, hell, and the human world.

If one wants to control this world, the first thing to do is of course to get rid of those demons, and then pass down the martial arts of immortality, and replace the will of heaven with one's own heart, only then will it be possible to accomplish this.

Of course, Captain Zuo is just a chess piece deployed by Zhang Chu, and he might be useful in the future.

Now, the most important thing is to rush to Guobei County, seize the tree demon's soul, and improve our strength.

Zhang Chu sat upright on the horse, constantly urging the horse to move towards Guobei County.

However, the further Zhang Chu went inside, the more he felt something was wrong.

Even though there are many people in the underworld, there are also many bandits and robbers.

However, in reality, their strength is much weaker than those martial artists that Zhang Chu met in Lieyang City.

Even compared with the martial artists in the city near Poison Wolf Mountain, the people here are very weak.

He looks similar to those who have some knowledge of martial arts.

The most important thing is that there are quite a lot of robbers on the road.

Along the way, Zhang Chu had seen countless martial artists fighting each other.

Looking at the bloody scene along the way, Zhang Chu had no intention of sitting idle. Since they were dead anyway and no one would collect their bodies, they might as well make some contribution to Zhang Chu's Corpse King Banner.

Therefore, along the way, whenever he encountered a dead person, Zhang Chu would directly let the Corpse King Banner collect the corpse, and then move it to the bottom of the corpse vein inside the Corpse King Banner to strengthen the corpse vein's foundation.

The speed of riding a horse was really not fast. Zhang Chu galloped for more than a month and changed twenty or thirty horses before he was almost reaching the Guobei County in his memory.

They were almost there, so Zhang Chu was no longer in a hurry. He just rode his horse and slowly moved forward.

Why not rush?
He could feel that on the mountain next to Guobei County, there was an extremely powerful demonic aura.

Without thinking, you can tell that it must be a tree demon.

Since the tree demon is not dead yet, why is Zhang Chu in such a hurry?
"Look, he's the wanted criminal!"

Just as Zhang Chu was galloping, suddenly, a man holding a sword jumped out, pointed at Zhang Chu and said arrogantly, "Kill him and get the reward!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several people holding swords and with murderous aura rushed directly towards Zhang Chu.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chu's face darkened: Wanted criminal? How do I look like a wanted criminal?

However, before he could make a move, a man in tight clothes came out with a sword.

"Death~"

I saw the flash of sword light, and soon, several people holding swords were killed by the man who suddenly appeared.

The swordsman had no scruples at all. He wiped his bloody sword with the dead man's clothes and began to search the bodies of those people directly.

After a short while, they found some loose change and a lot of blood-stained dry food.

The swordsman did not despise it and directly stuffed the silver into his arms. As for the dry food, he simply packed it up and carried it on his back.

"Taoist priest,"

After doing all this, the swordsman set his sights on Zhang Chu, "I saved your life, so you should give me the horse as a token of your gratitude for saving my life!"

Without waiting for Zhang Chu to speak, he moved and pounced directly towards Zhang Chu!

(End of this chapter)