The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 35 - Ghost Village
"Hey! I was talking and you didn't hear me?"
"Continue, we hear you."
"The Phoenix Bird is the epitome of this steel, head like a pelican, neck like a snake, tailed fish scales, crowned peacock, back-boned like a dragon, skinned as hard as a turtle. The plumage color of the Phoenix bird has the meaning of the five virtues, black, white, red, green, and yellow-"
"Sorry to cut you off, but can you explain what the use of Steel Phoenix itself is? I saw yesterday, that steel snatches information from someone."
"Oh... That, the Phoenix Steel was the Knowledge Steel. You can know everything that is going on around you without opening your eyes. Knowing what your enemy is thinking and taking the right decision in killing him." The spirit walked slowly, somewhat emphasizing each verse of his words. "But... The steel started to lose its identity since it fell into the wrong hands."
"To the enemy's hand?"
"Yes, one time when there was a struggle for this heavenly heirloom, the Steel Phoenix was seized by a black stream swordsman. I know that the seal protecting the Steel Phoenix was broken so that the spirit of the steel guard chose to split this heirloom. The part that had been polluted by black magic was thrown away and now as said in the artifact, the owner of the spirit only held half of the rest of the Steel Phoenix and he was waiting in the Green Lake."
Xin Chen digested his words, in another sense now the Steel Phoenix had two conflicting parts. The other was in the hands of the Valley of the Gods, scraping information from his opponent and robbing a human spiritual power to death. The other part is still guarded by the spirit. Which was most likely the same as the guard of this Blood Ghost Mask.
"Alright, we have to get out of here–"
"But to find where the spirit is hiding is very difficult, there are some clues that I want to explain–"
"For the sake of the Gods, protect these two little children from evil spirits!" a monk shouted out a protective spell from his sect that instantly set the mask dwellers on fire.
"Arrrgh what the fuck are you-this! Hey!"
As the spell grew stronger, Xin Chen and the Thunder Fox tried to save but all had already happened. The spirit disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.
Xin Chen started to panic, he had not had time to hear what hints he wanted to say earlier. If it was true that finding the pieces of Phoenix Steel was extremely difficult, that female spirit became the only key to going there.
"Uncle-up! What are you doing?!" Xin Chen held back his tone slightly speaking. Try to control your emotions by taking a deep breath.
"I just saved you from the evil spirit, now you can rest easy."
"It's you who's making us unsettled." Xin Chen actually could not bear to yell at the young monk but he himself could not accept this situation, many times Xin Chen took a breath just to treat his anxiety. The spirit did not appear again after being burned by the spell.
"I'm sorry, what happened?" The man was sitting next to the Lightning Fox, he lowered his head feeling suspicious of the Lightning Fox moreover his head was now protected by a cloak hood.
"When the weather is this hot, don't you get hot in that robe?" tanyakanya.
The Lightning Fox went from there, more precisely looking away from the young monk.
"I'm sorry my friend, he's a little quiet. Don't be taken over by his attitude."
"So, what are you two doing here anyway? I just saw you guys for the first time." The young monk turned his eyes to the name wood hanging on Xin Chen's shirt, showing the Xin clan there.
"T-Young Master Xin-!? I'm sorry I'm not being polite to you!" The man begged, afraid that his attitude might be offensive.
"Ah... That spirit, huh?" muttered. "For a high-tier spirit it seems like it might take ten days to re-assemble its power. Why why anyway? Didn't he want to hurt you guys?"
"He won't hurt anyone." Xin Chen is correcting.
"But I felt the evil energy of his power, in our sect was taught to wipe out such evil energy so as not to cause trouble in the future."
Xin Chen got up from his seat, slightly attracting a smile. "Not always what you think is bad will always be bad. Precisely people you think are good often do bad things, they just like to cover it up."
Those words seemed to hit the young monk, he blinked his eyes a few times before finally leaving the place. The place he used to invite the spirits and destroy them with his power.
Xin Chen pulled the anchor of the ship carefully, the sky had already entered the evening time accompanied by dark clouds. The night was about to come and they rented a small boat to go across.
There is a little debate with the owner of this ship, it has been almost a few months since he never again drove visitors to go across there for fear of the plague that attacked the village. As for going there are only two ways, one goes through the port which is a very far distance from where they are or passes this road.
"Young man, your life is still very long. I don't want to take you to meet your end there.."
"Grandfather, I can't delay any more. Here's the pay, if you're afraid you can drive us near the bridge later."
After agreeing to Xin Chen's request, the grandfather started pedaling the boat. Small waves shook the ship several times, the sound of seabirds echoing gave rise to an atmosphere of endless silence.
Xin Chen drew closer to the boat bridge, looking towards a small, faintly visible landmass behind a puff of smoke.
"Dam... That's the Ghost Village... This Houbi Village... I can only get you here. You don't have to pay."
Clearly Xin Chen's brows were furrowed, the distance to the mainland was still too far from where he stood. The Lightning Fox restrained his body, confirming the grandfather's words.
The Lightning Fox carrying Xin Chen, had just got its foot off the boat and was floating on the water the boat had turned back, not intending to turn even a little. Ghost Village has become a frightening specter lately, anyone does not want to die in vain in the village. Except for Xin Chen, he still looked relaxed as the Thunder Fox lowered him on the bridge.
The child's breath choked while breathing in the air, only for a moment did his head start to dizzy unusually, like something was stuck in his brain. The feeling of being pierced by sharp needles in his head lasted a long time. Xin Chen had almost fallen down, fortunately the Lightning Fox caught his body swiftly.
"The smell of blood mixed with deadly poison, what exactly is going on here?" The Lightning Fox asked herself. When he realized that even the poison was affecting the organs in the demon like him, the Lightning Fox became even more worried.
He was worried about Xin Chen, the child's body was still weak. Perhaps this was the reason why Houbi Village was said to be a Ghost Village. The smell of human carcasses and the thick evil aura made anyone depressed when entering this village.
Xin Chen blinked his eyes a few times, sharpening his vision towards the puff of smoke before his eyes.
"I-it's... He's not the drug compounder I've ever met?"
"Oh, it turns out that there are two people who can still survive this poison made by me?"
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