NOVEL NEXT Chapter 9: Jiao dragon
The Daoist Priest arrived.
If one could consider a corpse as such.
His death was much more gruesome than the others, his body hollowed out, truly and completely emptied, his expression frozen in horror, the wrinkles on his face etched with the panic before death.
Two burly men carried the body of the Daoist Priest and laid it aside, speaking in unison.
"We saw that the Daoist Priest hadn't come over, so we discussed going to check on him, but on the way, we found his body lying halfway."
At this point in their narrative, the voices of the two men grew fearful, their fear palpable.
Chen Xia rose to his feet and examined the body of the Daoist Priest, his brow furrowing slightly.
He hadn't interacted much with the Daoist Priest, but he knew that the priest was well-versed in some supernatural arts.
It is said that in his youth, he specialized in hunting zombies and was known as the Zombie Hunter, a name that carried weight within a hundred miles, having resolved many supernatural incidents.
Twenty years ago, the Daoist Priest also took money to investigate an evil presence for a wealthy family. At that time, Chen Xia was a constable and heard that the Daoist Priest seemed to have discovered something, but it all faded away afterwards.
It was said to be a taboo, but what the taboo was, Chen Xia truly did not know.
Chen Xia squatted in front of the body of the Daoist Priest, pulled open his Daoist robe, planning to see what the exact fatal injury was.
The other residents dared not look directly and averted their gazes.
The empty chest cavity signified that death was not easy.
Chen Xia found a small yellow paper note in the inner pocket of the Daoist robe, stained with thick blood. He pulled it out and took a look.
The handwriting was neat, done with thick ink, seemingly representing the heavy heart of the writer.
"To the Mayor."
This was the beginning.
"Twenty years ago, I took money from the wealthy family to investigate the evil presence. Many methods, many clues, all pointed to the deep mountains at the front end of the town."
"I entered the deep mountains at noon, when the sun was at its peak, following the path opened up by hunters to the mid-mountain."
"At this point, there was no path. The forest deeper inside was too dense, sunlight couldn't penetrate, I held a compass, vigilant and cautious, groping my way for another five miles."
"When I entered the densest part of the forest, the temperature dropped, it was like midwinter at noon."
"I saw a dilapidated village there, and hundreds of graves."
"In my panic, I glanced and saw that the town was called Toushan Town."
"When I went out and stood on the mountainside to look down, I realized that this mountain range was like a spine, and the slender Weixi Town was like a tail."
"At this moment, I remembered an old man's legend."
"There is a dragon lurking in the deep mountains, raising a hundred ghosts. Among the hundred ghosts, one or two occasionally come down the mountain to devour villagers, and the closer it is to the dragon's revival, the more serious this situation becomes."
"In the end, there will be a night parade of a hundred ghosts."
The yellow paper note ended here, clearly stating the taboo of Weixi Town throughout the text.
Chen Xia frowned, if it was really as the Daoist Priest said, then the dragon should be a very powerful existence, lurking in the deep mountains, seeking the opportunity to emerge.
He put away the yellow paper note, patted his sleeves, looked at the deep mountains in front, crossed his arms, and thought about things.
A big man asked in confusion, "Mayor, what are you thinking about?"
Chen Xia rubbed his chin and asked, "Have you heard the story of the Foolish Old Man?"
The big man's expression froze, shaking his head in confusion, "I haven't heard of it, who is the Foolish Old Man?"
"It's me."
Chen Xia responded, asked a few people to bury the bodies, and then walked towards the deep mountains alone.
The lower realm is actually not peaceful, there are ghosts and monsters, martial arts masters, national disasters, and even dragons have emerged.
Logically, he should find a place to hide now and silently add points for ten thousand years.
But he took the position of the mayor, he has to do something.
Chen Xia is also a kind-hearted person, and he really can't bear to watch Weixi Town be destroyed, so he can only go to destroy the dragon.
He quickened his pace, his figure flickered and arrived at the foot of the mountain. Standing at the foot of the mountain, he didn't act, but first gently knocked on the mountain range.
Just an ordinary punch made the entire mountain range shake, with rolling stones continuously.
"Is the dragon brother there?"
There was no response, it should still be lurking.
Chen Xia grinned, if you can catch it off guard, who fights face to face.
He clenched his fist, his muscles bulged, staring at this mountain range, his body quickly turned red, every cell in his body was trembling and exerting force.
This was the first time he used his full strength after increasing his strength to 25 points.
Chen Xia opened his mouth, directly exhaling some steam, representing that he had pressurized to a terrifying degree.
To borrow a phrase from a book.
The deep mountains are here because I didn't come before.
After I come, there are no deep mountains here.
Chen Xia's foot was slightly tilted, and he stomped.
The ground collapsed instantly, like a fragile ant nest, collapsing a hundred meters.
His figure shot out like a meteor, pulling out an arc of light, along the way there was a continuous series of sonic booms.
All preparations.
Just to throw a punch.
Chen Xia didn't know where the dragon was lurking, nor did he know where the dilapidated village was.
So he chose to punch towards the mountain peak, as long as he shattered the entire deep mountain, he would naturally hit the dragon.
This is that as long as the range of attack is broad enough, there is no fear of missing.
The night wind blew, slightly cool.
The punch fell.
Straight on the mountain peak.
The 25-point strength value showed its horror at this moment.
The deep mountains cracked like a spider web, and then collapsed quickly.
The phrase "mountain shaking and earth moving" cannot describe this punch, because the mountain collapsed directly.
There was no dragon inside, just a tens of meters long snake, half dead and lying in the rubble.
Chen Xia landed in front of it, squatted down, and asked in confusion, "What kind of dragon are you?"
This big snake actually showed a ferocious face, spoke human language, and roared.
"I was about to swallow a hundred living people, and I could have turned into a Jiao, why did you stop me, are you not afraid of heavenly punishment."
Chen Xia nodded with a smile, "I'm really not afraid."
He became stronger by adding points, and he is not a person from this world, so heaven really can't control him.
The big snake twisted its scarred body and made a last desperate attempt to attack Chen Xia.
Chen Xia casually stamped his foot, piercing the snake's head, crushing its soul consciousness.
The tens of meters long big snake was completely dead.
If calculated according to the realm of cultivators, the big snake should have a Qi refining realm, and turning into a Jiao would be the foundation building realm.
It would be invincible in this world.
Unfortunately, it met the more invincible Chen Xia.
He flicked his finger at the big snake's head, the force instantly penetrated the big snake's body, suddenly shattered, turning its flesh into minced meat, eaten by birds.
The flesh of the big snake, which had become a monster, was very attractive to these ordinary birds and beasts.
Chen Xia shook his hand, removed the dust that had adhered, and removed a hidden danger for Weixi Town.
After the big snake died, a touch of mysterious yellow and black air drilled into Chen Xia's forehead, and at the same time, a notification popped up in his mind.
[The power of Qi, obtained the primary Jiao dragon Qi.]
Chen Xia looked up.
His eyes were filled with thick yellow and black air!