Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 49: Kong Kong Er

Ai Mansion, inside the hall.

Xu Xuan avoided the sneak attack and only then could he see the appearance of the [Heart-Eating Doll] clearly. It was as tall as an adult man, and its entire body was covered in muddy yellow mud that was constantly dripping onto the ground.

This monster was very powerful and had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, but after testing it, Xu Xuan did not feel any fear.

"What a weak spirit."

This clay doll's strength is probably not as good as Xu Xuan's first breakthrough to the seventh level of Qi Refining. It just has cultivation in vain, and relies on the yellow mud all over its body to resist some spells and has greater strength.

There is nothing magical about this thing. In terms of strength, it is probably not as good as the baboon beast Gu encountered on the horse-tying road. It is really a showpiece and a bit laughable.

Ai Chenghui fled far away with a look of confidence in his victory. His clay doll was at the eighth level of Qi Refining and had extraordinary strength. This casual cultivator coming here was really seeking his own death.

Xu Xuan's current dragon body was transformed from the reverse scale of the Purple Mansion Dragon King. His body was as strong as that of a legitimate dragon son. He really didn't care about this clay doll.

At that moment, he clashed his two palms together, without using any secret techniques, but only thundering sounds, purple lightning, and heavenly music. The clay doll was blasted back repeatedly, and a lot of mud fell off its body, revealing a pale, bloodless face.

Xu Xuan did not hold back. He put his fingers together to make a sword. A faint purple light emerged from between his fingers. The sword energy gushed out and pointed towards the center of the eyebrows of the face. At that moment, the center of the clay doll was pierced and it fell to the ground, dead.

The whole process happened very quickly, and when the clay doll fell down, Ai Chenghui still had a smile on his face.

Xu Xuan walked over, and the old cultivator who was at the sixth level of Qi Refining immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. When the other people in the mansion heard the noise, they were in chaos. Seeing that their master had been defeated, many servants took the opportunity to run away with some property, and Xu Xuan did not stop them.

What he noticed was another thing. Under the blue bricks of the floor of the Ai Mansion, there seemed to be another world, revealing a cave with many torture instruments inside, where some monks and mortals were imprisoned.

"Fellow Daoist, you have hidden a lot of things behind the scenes."

Xu Xuan smiled and used his magic power to seal Ai Chenghui's qi sea, preventing him from moving. The old monk did not resist and let it go, just begging for mercy.

"Let me ask you, what's going on with the people in this crypt?"

Xu Xuan was about to question this man, but he didn't expect Ai Chenghui to have no intention of resisting and confessed directly:
"Reporting to the Lord, it is the Wei family."

"what?"

Xu Xuan looked towards the dungeon again, and saw that men, women, young and old were all tortured beyond recognition, tied up with iron chains, their bodies covered in yellow mud, without crying or laughing, as if they were dead.

"What grudge does the Wei family have against you that you would act like this?"

Xu Xuan was a little curious. Ai Chenghui didn't seem to be seeking personal gain. This torture seemed more like a personal grudge.

"My son and my grandson both died at the hands of this family. How can I not hate them?"

"The Wei family used my people to feed the earth spirits. I am simply giving them a taste of their own medicine."

"If you want to stand up for the Wei family, it's too late. I've wiped out the minds of the people below. They are just slaves now."

After he finished speaking, Ai Chenghui laughed, his voice happy and sad.

"I have no conflict with you, fellow Daoist. I just wanted to ask, there should be some traces of the descendants of the Wei family. Have you received any news?"

Xu Xuan asked softly. He had seen everyone in the underground cave. The highest level of their cultivation was only at the fetal breathing level. It seemed that they were all from branches, not direct descendants. Moreover, their minds had been wiped out, making them like zombies.

Ai Chenghui, who was kneeling, seemed to be thinking about something. He looked over and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency's cultivation level shows that he came from an aristocratic family. The Wei family has been dead for many years, and their spiritual weapons and skills have been divided up. What's the point of looking for some of their remaining bloodline?"

"I have my own considerations on this matter, just tell me directly."

Xu Xuan spoke in a deep voice, with purple thunder dancing in his palm, which seemed threatening. Ai Chenghui then said obediently:

"I heard that someone escaped, got married, and had a son. He was seen in Chenyun Desert, west of Tianshui."

It was here that Xu Xuan could vaguely sense the location of the child. What he saw in his sea of consciousness at last was that the child was abducted by a group of people into a desert, which should be the Chenyun Desert.

"Tell me clearly what forces Chen Yunmo has. If I make any mistakes, I will not forgive you."

Xu Xuan shouted softly, which made Ai Chenghui below feel more pressured. The old cultivator did not dare to delay and said hurriedly:

"This Shenyun Desert is located between Tianzhou and Liangzhou. It's hard to say which side it belongs to. There's very little spiritual energy and it's very desolate. If a cultivator stays there for too long, it may even hinder their cultivation."

"So most of those who entered were bandits, all of them low-ranking. However, I heard that there was a thief who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, with a strange temper and a high level of cultivation. People called him Kong Kong'er."

This name was very strange. Xu Xuan thought it was just a nickname given by someone else and asked:
"Has this person ever taken action?"

"This man has a heroic spirit. He once infiltrated a family that practiced blood refining and foundation building. He crossed the great formation, stole the spiritual objects from their ancestral hall, and set it on fire. I heard that he used sword energy on his way to escape."

Ai Chenghui answered truthfully, but Xu Xuan was a little surprised. It was really strange that a thief could cultivate sword energy.

Those who are good at weapon arts will not be weak in fighting. They will at least be at the level of the direct descendants of a foundation-building family. Xu Xuan can firmly stand at the forefront of Chi Yunnan's generation just by relying on his sword energy.

"He's a wonderful person, but it's best not to get involved with the descendants of the Wei family."

Xu Xuan was not too worried about the Purple Mansion watching him now. Firstly, he had Tiantuo's sense, and secondly, he had inquired that over the years, all the valuable spiritual objects and skills of the Wei family had been divided up, and they had not made enemies with any Purple Mansion, so they would not be hunted down to kill them all.

Now it's time to go into the Shenyun Desert and take a look. There is no foundation building there. Xu Xuan is confident that he can walk around without any worries. At most he will meet Kong Kong'er and have some trouble.

"What are you going to do with the people in this crypt?"

Xu Xuan asked softly. He was thinking that the descendant of the Wei family might have to be recruited into the mountain gate. After all, he was a member of the clan, so he should help.

"My Lord, you destroyed the [Mind-Eating Puppet]. The people down there lost contact, and with that, their last breaths dispersed, completely transforming into corpses."

Thinking of this, Ai Chenghui smiled sinisterly.

"You've vented enough. There are still some people in the Wei family. Don't go too far. Just bury these bodies."

Xu Xuan gave the order, and Ai Chenghui agreed. He did not dare to disobey and quickly sent someone to deal with it.

After leaving Ai Mansion, he continued walking westward. After riding the wind for several days, he saw a vast and desolate desert with almost no people. Compared with the prosperity of Tianshui County, it seemed even more wild, with many dead poplar trees and yellowed weeds.

Occasionally, some insects, ants, mice, rabbits and the like emerge from the sand, which is a rare sign of life here.

Xu Xuan silently sensed the location of the descendant of the Wei family and continued to move forward. The sky was filled with yellow sand and smoke. Xu Xuan was not in any trouble, but an ordinary cultivator of fetal breathing would probably be blown away if he came here.

Continuing forward, he finally arrived near what he sensed. This place was an oasis, probably the only popular place in the Shenyun Desert. There were several lakes connected to the underground, and many shrubs grew beside them.

Next to this oasis is a market town, which seems to be the place where these bandits who have sneaked in do business.

As soon as Xu Xuan entered, he felt many eyes looking at him, which reminded him of the scene when he first entered the ghost market under Qinglifang.

There were some stalls on the ground, displaying some spiritual objects and provisions, of varying quality, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not of legitimate origin. However, the people here had no taboos, and some even exchanged information and discussed where to rob and steal.

Several eyes looked over with ill intentions, but Xu Xuan just slightly revealed the aura of the seventh level of Qi Refining, and no one dared to provoke him.

Xu Xuan walked along, pretending to pick up things, but in fact he was looking for the figure of the person who kidnapped the child in his memory. After walking around for a while, he really saw him.

But it was already a corpse.

This man must be the leader of the robbers, a rugged, shirtless middle-aged man with a cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining. Among those who had reached the first level of Qi Refining, he was considered a skilled warrior. The bandit leader's body lay there. Several first-level Qi Refining cultivators had laid it out and were selling it along with some valuables. It seemed that blood and Qi were in high demand in this area.

Xu Xuan walked over, and the few young cultivators who were setting up stalls were a little flustered when they saw a cultivator of the seventh level of Qi Refining coming.

"I ask you, whose body is this, and how did you get it?"

Xu Xuan asked in a deep voice, his voice contained magical power, shocking the other party.

"Reporting to the Lord, we found this body in the Gobi Desert. This person is a local bandit leader named Bai Er."

Several young cultivators below replied tremblingly.

Xu Xuan checked the cause of death of the corpse and finally saw a small hole like a needle prick on his neck. There was a faint sword energy, almost undetectable.

This method was very clever. Xu Xuan felt that it would be very difficult to kill the enemy in this way. His sword energy was just like thunder, and the sound of heaven was resounding when he moved, which could not be concealed.

"I'm afraid this is the work of Kong Kong'er."

As the person with the highest cultivation level in the entire Shenyunmo, and with sword energy at his disposal, this method is indeed superb, and Xu Xuan is somewhat delighted to see the prey.

He could clearly sense that the descendants of the Wei family were in this area, but he didn't know their exact location. It seemed that they had really fallen into the hands of Kong Kong'er.

Xu Xuan asked where the body was found and then went to the Gobi Desert.

After walking for a while, they finally reached the Gobi Desert they'd been talking about. It was a desolate expanse, with scattered sandstone as the only sight. There were corpses on the ground, and Xu Xuan saw them. They were the same group of robbers he remembered. They all died from the same cause: tiny, needle-like holes in their throats.

Xu Xuan silently felt the sword energy, which was extremely fine and subtle. When it moved, it was scattered like the wind and imperceptible. When it condensed, it was indestructible and could destroy any body.

He felt that the position of the descendant of the Wei family seemed to have moved, slightly closer to him.

'coming soon.'

Just as Xu Xuan was about to engage the enemy amidst the flying sand and dust, he took out Dan Ting and sat down with the sword in his arms.

After waiting for a long time, the descendants of the Wei family were getting closer and closer, but no one took action.

The red sun sets in the west and the desert is approaching night.

The dusk light made this place seem even more sinister, almost unlike the human world, as if some demon was lurking in the wind and sand, lurking.

Xu Xuan waited quietly, carefully observing the movement of every gust of wind and sand. He was immersed in his thoughts and stood still.

A gust of wind and sand blew over gently and landed on Xu Xuan's left sleeve. A flash of lightning rose up and defeated the wind, leaving a gap the size of a finger on Xu Xuan's sleeve.

Another gust of sand changed direction and suddenly fell behind Xu Xuan. This time it moved faster, but Xu Xuan still caught it steadily. The purple lightning mixed with the sword energy and he tried his best to suppress it to a tiny size. A half-finger-long hole was torn on his robe on the back.

Finally, even the wind and sand stopped, but there was a fluctuation in the air, and some invisible object came flying towards Xu Xuan's collar.

This time Xu Xuan was forced to take real action. He activated [Upper Sky Thunder Cloud] and controlled the thunder so finely that he could barely hold on. At this time, there was a fingertip-sized hole on his collar.

"This guy is not just a thief, I'm afraid he has already reached the threshold of the Purple Mansion's direct lineage."

Xu Xuan sighed, it seemed that Ai Chenghui still didn't understand this person and looked down on him.

It should be the final blow. The man locked onto Xu Xuan's neck, and this time even the fluctuations in the air disappeared.

Xu Xuan only felt a chill in his neck, but he did not block it. Instead, he locked onto the other party's aura.

The faint wind instantly landed on Xu Xuan's neck, turned into a green light, and drilled over like a snake.

However, Xu Xuan did not block it, but swung his sword diagonally, using the [Great Shock Prayer Thunder Light]. Purple lightning emerged from the tip of the sword, and the sword energy was like a swimming dragon, knocking the man down.

At the same time, the green light was about to fall on Xu Xuan's neck. He activated his [Xuan Yin Ni Scale] with all his strength, and a deep Xuan Yin light flashed by, barely dissolving the green light, but did not hurt Xu Xuan.

A figure appeared in the wind. It was a young man in a graceful white robe, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He did not look like a thief, but rather like a young master from a wealthy family.

The man swung his sword, and a faint wind blew up, but he could not withstand the boundless lightning of Xu Xuan. He was in a bit of a mess, and was hit by several lightning bolts, and his momentum weakened a bit.

"Empty hands."

"Measure your heart."

The two men announced their names and faced each other quietly. Both were injured and had their own thoughts.

The sun finally set, the last bit of red light dissipated at the end of the horizon, night fell, and the two men acted almost at the same time.

Kong Kong'er's figure disappeared in an instant like a ghost, and a faint wind blew, and the sound of ghosts crying was loud.

"This kid is practicing the [Wenyou] way. He has karma entangled in his body, and even I can't see it clearly."

Tian Tuo reminded Xu Xuan, and he responded to all changes with the same attitude. He used the [Dragon-soaring Lake Descending Technique] for the first time. He had only just gotten started, and he only created a small lake of thunder, but it was enough for him to leap in it.

Time was pressing, and he had only studied this secret technique, and it was his first time using it. Relying on the toughness of his dragon body, he was able to control the thunder beside him.

"[Wen You] arrests spirits and sends out generals to capture Yin and Yang. This man still has some tricks up his sleeve, so be careful."

Tiantuo's voice made Xu Xuan more alert.

Xu Xuan entered Lei Ze and heard the sounds of ghosts crying in the wind. There were blue ghost fires floating everywhere. A faint wind blew and turned into three green rays, locking onto Xu Xuan's Mingtang, Xinqiao and Qihai respectively.

The green light passed through, but Xu Xuan's body turned into lightning and fell down, and it had already been transmitted to another place.

This person is almost the most difficult opponent Xu Xuan has ever encountered, and it is not appropriate to reveal his identity at this time. He cannot use the [General Thunder and Fire Pearl], nor can he transform into a dragon body. It is really frustrating.

If they were facing each other head-on, and the two sides had a hard fight, the opponent would definitely not be Xu Xuan's match. But at this moment, Kong Kong'er took advantage of the time and place, hid his body, and took the initiative, which was completely different from Xu Xuan's head-on attack.

The dark wind was silent for a while, and this time six green rays shot out and flew towards him at the same time.

Xu Xuan was about to hide, but he saw some huge creature moving in the night.

This creature had a human body and an ox's head, its feet were hooves, and its body was pitch black. It held a steel fork in its hand and roared loudly. Xu Xuan felt infinite fear and boundless regret in his heart, but the clear energy in Xu Xuan's sea of qi vibrated and he woke up instantly.

The six green rays were already before his eyes, their power was awe-inspiring, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

　The protagonist's pseudonym does have some problems, so it is changed to Du Xin here.

　　As for coming to Tianshui, it is true that I had thought of accepting a disciple here before. It may be a bit abrupt. Thank you for pointing it out. I will explain it later.

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(End of this chapter)