Headless Immortal

Chapter 12 Toad
Qingquan Temple is located in the county town, not some isolated temple in the middle of nowhere, so there's no need to stay overnight.

After packing their bags, Zhao Jia led Wang Ruo and the maid Xiaoyue out of the courtyard.

Due to Zhao Jia's status and martial prowess, the temple had no choice but to let them pass and even provided them with an oxcart to go home.

"Wow, what a big cat!"

As soon as Xiaoyue boarded the bus, she spotted the big black cat lying on the seat.

The black cat's tail swayed slightly, always poised to touch the ground. Hearing the little girl's exclamation, the black cat's ears twitched, and its droopy eyelids lifted slightly. Upon seeing the little girl, it pretended to sleep and began to snore.

The little girl sat down next to the black cat, her eyes shifting from the cat to Wang Ruo: "Madam, is this from the temple? I've never seen it before?"

Wang Ruo's expression became somewhat unnatural for a moment.

The little girl didn't understand; the black cat was clearly a monster.

Therefore, he couldn't help but glance resentfully at Zhao Jia, who was sitting upright beside him.

He then replied, "It's not from the temple."

The little girl's eyes lit up immediately, and she asked excitedly, "Madam, Master, can I keep it?"

"This……"

Wang Ruo was in a real bind, but she couldn't say it outright, so she looked to her husband Zhao Jia for help.

Zhao Jia gently patted Wang Ruo's hand and smiled at Xiao Yue, saying, "He's staying at home for now."

"Great!"

Speechless all the way.

The young novice monk who had escorted the Zhao family back drove the oxcart back.

"Why are you back so soon, sir and madam?"

Aunt Chen, who came to greet us at the door, looked on with surprise.

Zhao Jia waved his hand and said, "It's better to rely on yourself than on others. I've never believed in ghosts or supernatural beings."

"Aunt Chen, tidy up the east wing."

"Are we having guests?" Aunt Chen looked around.

"Aunt Chen, it's it."

"What a huge black cat!"

The dark-skinned and robust Mrs. Chen looked the black cat over and said, "It must be that the lady is kind-hearted and took in this cat. I have never seen such a big black cat before. It looks like it has almost become a spirit."

At this point, Aunt Chen's face stiffened. The master had just said that he didn't believe in ghosts and spirits, but he himself said that the black cat had become a spirit.

Zhao Jia said with a smile, "Give him the east wing room."

"okay."

After settling the black cat in, Aunt Chen dragged the reluctant Xiaoyue back to the side room.

……

"This is unacceptable."

Wang Ruo, still covered by the blanket, turned over to face Zhao Jia and said with a serious expression, "I saw him stand up with his own eyes, just like a human. Brother Jia, he's a monster!"

“I know.” Zhao Jia put his arm around Wang Ruo and looked up at the gauze curtain above the bed. “He saved me and he saved you. If he hadn’t led me to you, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Now he has nowhere to go and can’t even get a decent meal. We have to help him.”

Wang Ruo wished she could stay far away from these strange and bizarre things; her husband, who only knew how to practice martial arts, was quite pure.

"People say that when a country is about to perish, monsters will emerge, but how come there are still such monsters in peaceful times?"

"Perhaps they've always been there."

"Go to sleep, get a good night's sleep, and you'll forget all about it."

……

Lu Xun did not sleep on the soft bed, but squatted on the solid wood chair.

Extending its paw.

Slowly support your head.

The interlocking mechanism slowly opened.

The cat's body transformed into a naked, headless human body.

After swapping the cat head with the toad head in the strange space, Lu Xun held the toad head. Without a head, it was as if a layer of black mist covered his eyes. A weak sense of detachment swept over his body once again. It seems that no matter what kind of head he was wearing, as long as he had a head, he was still alive. Once he lost his head, he would enter the countdown to his life.

The toad's head fits into its neck.

The nictitating membrane blinked, and the sky and the earth became clear.

Unlike the gray and expansive view seen through the eyes of a novice, the world Lu Xun now sees is undulating, predominantly black, with soft and bright white light sweeping across objects like orderly moonlight, scanning and illuminating each dark-colored object.

quack!

As my breath fluctuated, the world around me changed.

suddenly,

A bright, vividly colored, and elusive ball of light appeared in my field of vision.

call out!
The toad's tongue instinctively lashed out quickly and then abruptly retracted.

The toad chewed the toad's mouth and swallowed it.

The moth is pinned to the ground by its tongue.

A nictitating membrane suddenly appeared, and the bright yellow eyes moved, giving the toad a very wide field of vision.

It reacts particularly strongly to moving objects, while stationary objects are mostly dull in color, mainly gray and purplish-dark. Once something moves, it will form a bright and vivid color.

The toad, as big as a millstone, had its legs bent.

With a sudden burst of strength, the toad transformed into a black shadow and shot out.

Snapped!
The toad crashed straight into the roof beam, leaving it completely disoriented.

The toad's jumping ability is amazing, and its movement trajectory is completely different from that of the black cat's three legs.

The three-legged stance involves a leisurely stroll followed by a cat-like sprint and a change of posture.

The toad is like a mortar set up; normally it can only crawl slowly, but once it jumps up, it's like a cannonball being fired.

"Water, come!"

The water in the teapot steamed into clouds, which the toad sucked into its mouth, causing its cheeks to bulge out like air.

Accumulate strength.

Pooh!
A dark jet of water shot out.

Hey.

A shallow pit suddenly appeared in the roof beam.

"Cuckoo."

Lu Xun's bright yellow eyes lit up.

He had personally experienced the power of the toad's water arrows. If hit, it could break the skin or cause internal injuries. If used properly, it could indeed be a decisive factor in battle.

While sensing the toad's abilities, black, ink-like characters also appeared on the other side.

【silver】

Lu Xun frowned in thought.

This handwriting also appeared when he obtained the three-legged cat's head.

It means "go back".

He followed the scent trail of the three-legged creature, which was the pink mist, back to the Song family mansion, where he met the Taoist priest who was exorcising the demon and the suffering Miss Song.

After waiting in the Song family for Hua Lilang, he fought and won, swallowing Hua Lilang's head. A vortex of gray mist appeared and guided him back to the modern world.

'silver.'

'What's the meaning? ’

Lu Xun couldn't figure it out, so he simply put it out of his mind.

He didn't want to go back like this; he had to find a convenient head.

A toad the size of a two-foot millstone is not as convenient as a three-legged black cat.

'Since I have such a strange space to store heads, is it possible to replace a head with a new one without the hassle of simply holding it in my hands?' Lu Xun concentrated his attention, focusing his mind entirely on the three-legged cat head in the strange space, imagining himself replacing the toad head with a cat head.

I tried it a few times.

The head moved strangely.

"A head transplant!"

The cat head and the toad head were indeed switched.

The green toad's body was quickly covered with fur.

The two-foot-long toad with a toad-like head transformed into a three-foot-long black cat with golden eyes.

"vomit!"

The black cat bristled, arched its back, and gagged for a long time.

The replacement was successful, but it was replaced by intense dizziness and nausea.

It looked like a frail body had run a kilometer in a physical fitness test.

Despite feeling uncomfortable, Lu Xun was actually very happy.

As long as you can get used to the feeling and keep exercising, you can definitely overcome the discomfort of head transplantation.

This transformation saves me a lot of trouble.

Once fighting begins, the situation can change in an instant.

Whether they are warriors or monsters, they won't wait for him to slowly replace his head.

……

Five o'clock in the morning.

Yin Shi.

Zhao Jia left his bed early and began practicing his swordsmanship in the courtyard.

The Sixteen Forms of Martial Arts and Knife Techniques are solid and sharp.

Sweat glistened in the morning sun.

Lu Xun, perched on a locust tree branch in the courtyard, let out a huge yawn and quickly covered his mouth. He had been practicing for half the night, and now he felt like vomiting as soon as he opened his mouth.

If you could see dark circles under a cat's eyes, it would probably be worse than a panda's. The cat would look listless, as if it had been staying up too late.

An hour later.

Zhao Jia took a cold shower and started eating breakfast.

Lu Xun, the black cat, also joined in for a meal.

After putting down his rice bowl, Zhao Jia looked at his wife and said, "I will go and report to the county magistrate to confiscate Qingquan Temple."

"If I don't come back tonight, I'll send someone to inform you."

"Brother Cat, let's go."

(End of this chapter)