Chapter 286 What to do?
"A life-saving grace?"

Zhang Chu sat upright on his horse and flicked his sleeves lightly, sending the swordsman flying towards him flying backwards. "Do I need you to save me?"

"Deng Deng Deng~"

The swordsman flew backwards and took several steps back on the ground. He looked at Zhang Chu with a fiery look in his eyes, "Good skills!"

"Let's compete first!"

After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Chu's consent, he directly drew the sword from his waist and stabbed towards Zhang Chu.

"Zheng~"

Looking at the attacking sword, Zhang Chu stretched out two fingers and flicked it lightly, and a sharp sound came out.

"Click~"

The sword was actually broken into pieces by Zhang Chu's two fingers and shot towards the swordsman.

The swordsman has been in battle for a long time, is extremely experienced and has extremely quick reactions.

He didn't care whether it looked good or not, he just rolled on the ground, and the sword fragments shot from above him to the back, disappearing without a trace.

At this moment, he finally understood that he and the Taoist priest in front of him were not on the same level.

Fighting with the Taoist priest in front of me would be asking for humiliation.

The swordsman wanted to escape from here, but at this moment, he could not move, as if he was restrained by something.

Before he could react, he couldn't control his body and walked towards Zhang Chu involuntarily.

Feeling his body was out of control, the swordsman's face showed fear.

"What's your name?"

In almost the blink of an eye, he had arrived in front of the Taoist man.

"Xiahou!"

The swordsman, Xiahou, spoke with a hint of panic in his eyes.

"Xiahou?"

After hearing this, Zhang Chu narrowed his eyes and said, "I am a Taoist priest, but I am in need of an errand boy. Are you willing to help me?"

"An errand boy?"

There was a hint of disbelief in Xiahou's tone. He was considered a very famous swordsman in the world, but now, he was being hired as an errand boy?
"how,"

Seeing Xia Hou's extremely embarrassed expression, Zhang Chu's eyes flashed with a cold light, "You don't want to?"

"Yes, yes!"

As if he heard the murderous intent in Zhang Chu's words, he nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go then!"

Zhang Chu nodded slightly, "Come with me to Guobei County to have a look!"

"Guobei County?"

Xiahou glanced at Zhang Chu in surprise, "My Lord, are you going to Guobei County too?"

"Of course!"

He rolled his eyes and looked at Zhang Chu's Taoist robe. "Does the master know Yan Chixia?"

"do not know,"

Zhang Chu simply shook his head, "Do you know him?"

"I heard that he was here,"

After hearing this, Xiahou immediately said, "Let's fight him with swords!"

"Sword contest?"

Zhang Chu glanced at Xia Hou, "You and him?"

"Exactly!"

"Haha~"

Zhang Chu sneered and didn't mean to say anything more.

Xiahou heard Zhang Chu's sneer, and also heard a hint of disdain in that sneer.

"My Lord, do you think I can't defeat him?"

"A single big man fights alone,"

Zhang Chu glanced at the unconvinced Xiahou and said, "I may not even be his opponent!"

After hearing this, Xiahou fell silent.

He was quite aware of the terrifying strength of the Taoist in front of him, and he couldn't even defeat him with one move.

But, the Taoist said: He is no match for Yan Chixia?

Isn't he a clown then?
He had fought sword duels with Yan Chixia many times, and he always lost by just one move.

How can this be?

They kept moving forward along the official road. Soon, Xiahou had a poor horse under his crotch and a poor sword around his waist.

After all, there are too many robbers or bullies on the road, and Xiahou is not a reasonable person.

Naturally, he would be killed with a sword, his horse taken, and his money looted.

And those corpses were naturally collected by Zhang Chu into the Corpse King Banner.

If it is left on the road for too long without being buried, it would be bad if a plague broke out.

"Two more wanted criminals are here, kill them and collect the bounty!"

Just when they were about to reach Guobei County, another group of people armed with swords and knives rushed towards Zhang Chu and his group.

Zhang Chu just didn’t understand. What was wrong with the people here?
Are you so anxious to reincarnate?
Oh no, it shouldn't be that he's in a hurry to reincarnate, but that he wants to become a ghost.

The underworld is in chaos now, is there still a chance to reincarnate?

When Xiahou, who was full of resentment and had no place to vent it, saw this, he didn't even need Zhang Chu to do anything, but just went straight to kill him with his sword.

In a short while, this group of people armed with swords were killed here.

The blood dyed the official road red.

It seemed as if God couldn't bear to see the blood on the ground, and it started to rain heavily.

"Lord,"

Xiahou looked around and said, "There is a shed ahead. Let's go there to take shelter from the rain!"

"Can!"

Zhang Chu nodded slightly.

The two of them rode their horses at full speed and came into the straw hut.

There was already a person taking shelter from the rain in the straw hut, with a backpack on his back.

"Lord,"

Xiahou had no intention of paying any attention to the man and walked in directly, "Please take a rest first!"

Zhang Chu just stood in the straw hut with no intention of sitting down.

"Scholar, here you go!"

Xiahou glanced at the man standing in the straw hut and threw a bloody bun over to him.

"Thank you~"

The scholar looked at the bloody bun in his hand and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When he saw the Taoist and the swordsman coming just now, he was still a little scared.

"Master,"

After putting the steamed buns away, he glanced at Zhang Chu and Xia Hou, and asked with some doubt, "You..."

"What's the matter?"

Zhang Chu took a look at the scholar and had an idea in his mind. This person was most likely Ning Caichen.

"Your clothes are not wet!"

Hearing the scholar's sigh, Xiahou also looked over.

He already knew that the Taoist's clothes were not wet.

When the rain reached the Taoist priest, it seemed as if there was an invisible shield that directly blocked the rain.

"You have mastered the art of martial arts,"

Zhang Chu looked at the scholar and said slowly, "Immune to water and fire, and immune to all evil!"

After hearing Zhang Chu's words, the scholar actually looked at Zhang Chu with some envy, "If only I had such amazing kung fu!"

"If nothing else, just hurry on your way and you don't have to worry about the rain!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiahou on the side rolled his eyes: Is this the point?

"Scholar," Xiahou glanced at the scholar, "where are you going?"

"Guobei County!"

"Are you also going to Guobei County?"

Xia Hou was a little surprised, "Where are you from?"

“Xinglu County!”

"How did you come?"

"Come over here!"

Xiahou looked left and right, but didn't see anything extraordinary about the scholar.

This journey is not short. How did a weak scholar like him get here?

With so many bandits on the road, how could he have walked here safely?

Before Xiahou could figure it out, the heavy rain stopped in an instant.

The sun also appeared in the sky.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Chu took a look outside, walked out directly, jumped on his horse, and headed towards Guobei County ahead.

Soon, they saw the city gate of Guobei County.

The two men rode in and went straight to an inn.

"Lord,"

Xiahou glanced at Zhang Chu and said, "Would you like to rest here for a while?"

"Need not!"

Zhang Chu shook his head and poured out a few jars of wine. "Waiter, where is Lanruo Temple?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the inn, which had been extremely noisy just a moment ago, instantly became quiet.

However, looking at Zhang Chu's Taoist robe, he seemed to understand something: there is some truth in the Taoist priests' exorcism of demons!

The waiter immediately showed Zhang Chu the way.

“Bring some wine!”

Zhang Chu glanced at Xia Hou and said, "Let's go to Lanruo Temple!"

"Yes!"

Xiahou immediately packed up, went outside, mounted his horse, and headed towards Lanruo Temple.

Not long after they left, a man who looked like a scholar also came here.

After riding their horses at a high speed, Zhang Chu and Xiahou soon arrived at a mountain with dense trees. Even in broad daylight, it looked a little eerie.

"Lord,"

Looking at the mountains in front of him, Xiahou brought the packed wine and food and said, "I'll lead the way!"

He slashed with the sword in his hand repeatedly, and the vines blocking their way were cut off directly, revealing the bluestone steps below.

However, the steps are full of traces of time.

I walked along the stairs, moving forward. Before long, it was already dark.

At this moment, Zhang Chu was also in a state of high alert.

He is ready to take action at any time.

This is the territory of a tree demon in the Yuanshen realm. How could Zhang Chu not be nervous when he came here?
They continued walking forward along the stone steps, and not long after, they saw a place full of lights and wine.

"Lord,"

After seeing this scene, Xiahou was somewhat delighted, "I didn't expect that there would be such a happy place here!"

"Let's go and take a look!"

"If you want to die,"

Zhang Chu's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he saw the evil ghosts and the demonic energy rising into the sky, "Just go!"

"die?"

After hearing this, Xiahou looked towards Zhang Chu.

He actually saw incomparable solemnity in his master's eyes, as if the feasting and revelry in front of him was some kind of danger.

"Two gentlemen,"

At this moment, two beautiful ladies came out and called out to Zhang Chu and Xia Hou in a voice full of temptation, "Come in and play~"

"I have other things to do!"

Zhang Chu glanced at the bright lights and feasting in front of him and said, "I'm not going!"

After saying that, he didn't care about Xiahou anymore and just walked to the side.

When Xiahou saw Zhang Chu leaving, he hurriedly followed him.

Looking at the two people leaving, a hint of fierceness flashed across the faces of the two beautiful ladies.

"Such a strong blood and energy!"

A beautiful lady looked at Zhang Chu's back, her eyes full of greed, "If you catch him, give him to me."

Although he didn't finish his words, the other person already understood.

Without any hesitation, he rushed towards Zhang Chu.

"Om~"

However, before they could rush to Zhang Chu, a red light flashed on Zhang Chu's body.

"Ah~"

The two beautiful ladies screamed immediately and looked extremely embarrassed.

However, when Zhang Chu saw the arrival of the two beautiful ladies, he immediately showed his energy slightly.

The extremely powerful qi and blood directly damaged the ghost bodies of the two beautiful ladies.

And at this moment, probably several miles away from here, a crazy Taoist priest was walking.

"not good!"

Feeling the fleeting energy and blood, he became a little anxious.

Such abundant energy and blood, which can be felt by him from miles away, isn’t it a perfect tonic for the tree demon?

So, without any hesitation, he controlled the Xuanyuan Sword and flew towards the place where the blood and energy flashed away.

Similarly, when Zhang Chu's fleeting energy and blood were exposed, a figure that was neither male nor female also walked out from a big tree.

“It’s a great tonic!”

Without any hesitation, he rushed directly towards the place where the blood and qi were exposed.

After Zhang Chu's blood and qi were exposed, the two beautiful ladies also revealed their original forms - two extremely ugly female ghosts.

However, the strength of the two female ghosts is not weak, at least equivalent to two cultivators at the foundation-building level.

And the place where there was feasting and revelry just now was filled with lights and music, as Zhang Chu's blood and energy were exposed.

The female ghosts surrounded him one by one, and they all looked at Zhang Chu with greed - if any one of them swallowed such abundant blood and energy, their strength would definitely increase greatly.

Not to mention anything else, just his status in the eyes of the tree demon grandma is different.

At this moment, Xiahou's legs were already a little weak.

He really didn't expect that ghosts really existed in the world.

Moreover, any one of the female ghosts surrounding them could easily take his life.

In fact, think about it, how could the strength of the little ghosts under the command of a great demon in the Yuanshen realm be weak?
No matter how weak one is, one must at least have the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. The stronger ones may even have the cultivation level of the Golden Core Stage.

Look, among the female ghosts surrounding Zhang Chu and the others, there are two extremely beautiful ones, with the strongest ghost aura on their bodies, and their strength is already very close to the Golden Core Realm.

Going one step further, he can already be called the Ghost King!
Being stared at by two ghost kings, what can Xiahou do no matter how powerful he is?
"Monster~"

Just as the female ghosts were about to attack, a stern shout came over, "How dare you kill innocent people!"

The voice had a special rhythm, which actually made the female ghosts surrounding Zhang Chu tremble.

It seemed as if some of the ghosts were unstable.

"Stinky Taoist!"

Just when the female ghosts were about to retreat in fear, a male-female voice full of evil spirit came over, "You're ruining my good deeds again!"

"I really don't get angry!"

The female ghost who was about to retreat just now seemed to have more confidence at this moment, and looked at Zhang Chu and Xiahou with more greedy eyes.

"Lord,"

Xiahou was really terrified at this moment, "What should I do now?"

(End of this chapter)