Cultivation: Starting from a Fighting Cock

Chapter 132 Changes in Situation
During his previous battle with Zhao Yang, Ji Cheng was almost sucked into the bowl world by Zhao Yang, but fortunately, he was able to teleport to a different location using the [Crow Riding a Flying Chicken] technique.

In hindsight, his title of "funny guy" was quite impressive.

Teleporting behind the enemy and using the Resurrection Blade, it's a deadly attack from both the front and back—how can anyone dodge it?

He carefully put away the Five Directions Universe Bowl and would refine it slowly later.

This treasure is too powerful; even refining a world within a bowl would require a great deal of time and effort.

He first transformed into human form, and his immediate priority was to heal his injuries.

People from the Su family of Zishui City came and took Su Zhe's body back to handle his funeral arrangements.

The mummified corpses that had been watching the spectacle outside the Zhao residence were also taken away. As for those that were unclaimed, since no one was home, they were burned in tar on the spot.

Two days later.

Madam Zhao was buried together with the deceased maids and servants.

Nine graves suddenly appeared on the small hill where Master Zhao was buried, and the Zhao family wept bitterly.

After the mourning ceremony ended, the Zhao family returned to the Zhao residence and saw a figure standing in the courtyard. They all froze instantly.

The figure turned around and it was Zhao Kun, who had returned empty-handed.

Zhao Yan wanted to call his name, but she didn't dare to utter a sound. Ji Cheng immediately shielded her behind him.

Butler Huang and the servants were trembling with fear, wondering what was going on with young master Zhao Kun.

Seeing that everyone was dressed in mourning clothes, with traces of crying still on their faces, Zhao Kun didn't show much emotion, simply saying:
"Come over here and kneel down."

Seeing that no one reacted, he added, "I am your ancestor!"

His words carried a hint of authority and command. After a moment's hesitation, Master Zhao led the crowd forward and knelt in a row before Zhao Kun.

Ji Cheng was not a member of the Zhao family, so he did not kneel. He went to the side and stayed with Da Huang.

Because of his paralysis, Master Zhao couldn't kneel, but Zhao Kun didn't mind.

Then, Zhao Kun brought over a grand chair and sat down in front of the Zhao family members.

He began to recount his identity as a Nascent Soul Ancestor, explaining the entire story to the Zhao family, which was no longer a secret.

Of course, he still concealed something, not telling himself that he was a remnant soul, but saying that he was the reincarnation of Zhao Chen.

He intentionally misled people, so that if the Zhao family were subjected to soul-searching in the future, the person searching the soul would also believe that he was the reincarnation of Zhao Chen.

In this way, people would not suspect that the real reincarnation of Zhao Chen was actually outside Wuzhen.

Ji Cheng realized that Zhao Kun and Yan Lu had obviously failed to find the flock of crows that Zhao Yang had raised. He believed that by now, the news of the Nascent Soul Immortal Treasury and Zhao Chen's reincarnation identity had spread throughout the major cultivation sects of Qiongzhou.

"The Nascent Soul Immortal Treasury will open in two years. After I finish explaining things to you, I will go to Monkey Mountain to take refuge. If anyone comes to cause you trouble, just tell them the truth and tell them to come to Monkey Mountain to find me."

After giving his instructions, Zhao Kun got up to leave.

Ji Cheng was somewhat surprised. So the fifth-tier demon on Monkey Mountain was actually a backup plan arranged by Zhao Kun?
It seems that Zhao Kun was behind the third-tier monkey demon's attack on the blind Taoist.

In this way, everything made sense, and Ji Cheng gradually understood everything that had happened in Wuzhen.

"Ancestor, how should we... conduct ourselves?"

Master Zhao asked in a trembling voice, "Our ancestor can certainly go to Monkey Mountain to take refuge, but how can the safety of such a large family be guaranteed?"
If outside cultivators come to kill them, or to search their souls and torture them, they are all mortals, who can protect them?

"What are you afraid of? Someone will come to protect you and make sure you're safe!"

Zhao Kun glanced at him, looking down on his cowardly and cowardly appearance.

After saying this, he strode away from the Zhao residence and headed towards Monkey Mountain.

"This……"

The Zhao family members all got up from the ground, looked at each other, and were very worried about the upcoming changes in the situation.

Some servants and maids stepped forward, crying and wanting to leave the Zhao residence, fearing they would be implicated again.

Butler Lao Huang tried to persuade him, but to no avail.

Master Zhao waved his hand and told Old Huang to go to the storeroom and get some silver to dismiss all the irrelevant people.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

The maids and servants all knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

Before long, the Zhao residence became deserted, as all the maids, servants, and household servants had left.

Master Zhao advised Old Huang to take the silver and leave, saying that since Old Huang wasn't surnamed Zhao, no one would make things difficult for him if he left.

Old Huang said that he had been with the Zhao family for decades and had long considered himself a member of the family. Now that they were short-handed, he refused to leave no matter what.

As the saying goes, true friendship is revealed in times of trouble. Old Huang's attitude moved Zhao Yan, Zhao Qian, and the others to tears.

As for the dog demon, Big Yellow...

Given the Zhao family's current situation, they would be more than happy to have an extra demon beast guarding their home, and they would not fear or despise its demon beast identity.

Seeing the Zhao residence in its current state, Ji Cheng was filled with mixed emotions.

If a mortal family gets entangled in such a great karmic connection, who knows how many of them will ultimately survive?

That afternoon, three powerful cultivators arrived in Wuzhen, flying on their swords.

They headed straight for the Zhao family. Ji Cheng felt a chill run down his spine and tightly protected Zhao Yan behind him.

One of them spoke and tried to grab Ji Cheng to search his soul, but fortunately Master Zhao spoke up and told them that Zhao Kun had gone to the monkey mountain.

"Hmph, if you dare to deceive us—"

The leader gave Master Zhao a warning look, then led his two companions to Monkey Mountain. After that, the three powerful cultivators were never seen again.

Ji Cheng guessed that the three of them had probably died on Monkey Mountain, since besides a third-tier monkey demon, there was also a fifth-tier great demon on Monkey Mountain.

He sometimes wondered, since Zhao Kun had a fifth-order great demon to help him, what was there to fear?

But after thinking about it for a while, he understood that although a fifth-order great demon is equivalent to a Nascent Soul cultivator, it does not mean that it is invincible.

If a fifth-order great demon were to appear, it would likely provoke attacks from cultivators of the same order, making it difficult to seize the Nascent Soul Immortal Treasure.

Now, seeking the protection of a fifth-tier demon at Monkey Mountain is likely the last resort Zhao Kun has chosen out of desperation.

It can be said that Ji Cheng's killing of Zhao Yang directly led to this situation.

"Moo~"

Before nightfall, the sound of a cow mooing rang out from the riverbank; it was Ah Niu calling for Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng transformed into a peregrine falcon and rushed over to meet him, asking, "Aniu, what's wrong?"

He was somewhat surprised; it was still early, so how dare Ah Niu show up like this?
Ah Niu mooed and gestured, telling Ji Cheng that it was leaving Wuzhen.

"So sudden?"

Ji Cheng paused, slightly surprised. If A Niu was leaving Wuzhen, what about the owner of the Niu restaurant?

He hasn’t been to the martial arts school for the past two days. He doesn’t know what happened. Is Master Niu trying to take Ah Niu away from the center of this vortex in Wuzhen?
Ah Niu mooed a few more times. It was also reluctant to part with Ji Cheng and his friends, but the decision to leave Wuzhen was not something he could change.

Ji Cheng nodded in understanding. Although A Niu appeared to be just a second-tier bull demon, he knew that A Niu was still a child and had to listen to the Bull Pavilion Master in everything.

“Aniu, I’m calling Dahuang and Xiaohua. Let’s go to Mangshan for a get-together. Why don’t you say goodbye to everyone?”

Ji Cheng wanted to give A Niu a farewell party.

He didn't expect that Lao Bai hadn't left yet, but instead A Niu was leaving Wuzhen first.

Upon hearing this, tears streamed down A Niu's face from its large eyes. It shook its head vigorously, indicating that it was too late and it had to leave Wuzhen that very night. It could only say a brief goodbye to Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng remained silent, then stretched out his wing and touched A Niu's forehead.

Thus, he also learned that Master Niu had nothing to do with the Nascent Soul Immortal Treasury in Wuzhen. He had simply brought Ah Niu to this remote place to live in seclusion, never expecting to run into this incident.

Now their family should move to a new place and start a new life.

"Moo~"

With tears in his eyes, A Niu handed Ji Cheng a token.

One side of the token had a large character for "cow" written on it, while the other side was carved with a lifelike image of a cow demon. The material looked like a rather rare spirit wood.

While shedding tears, A Niu gestured and told Ji Cheng that if he encountered a life-or-death crisis, he must crush this token.

Ji Cheng also shed tears, took the ox-character token from A Niu's hand, and said, "A Niu, don't worry, I'll remember it."

Then, Ah Niu hugged him.

Ji Cheng didn't ask A Niu where he was going. Whether the two demons would have a chance to meet again in the future depended entirely on fate.

"Moo~"

Ah Niu called out and hurriedly left.

Ji Cheng returned to the Cui family with a heavy heart. Not long after, there was a loud knocking on the door.

Ji Cheng transformed into human form and opened the door to find A Niu, a dark-skinned, simple-minded boy, also in human form.

Ah Niu, in his human form, came to say goodbye to his senior brother, Er Gou.

For some reason, Ji Cheng felt a little amused by this scene.

At this moment, he learned from Ah Niu that Master Niu had sold the Niu Family Martial Arts School and would be leaving Wuzhen with Ah Niu and his master's wife.

Ah Niu wrapped a large stack of pancakes in oil paper and handed them to Ji Cheng before leaving in tears.

the next day.

When Ji Cheng arrived at the Niu family martial arts school, he found that the Niu family had indeed left Wuzhen overnight.

He felt a deep sense of regret, alas, he would never have the chance to draw demonic energy from the Bull Pavilion Master again.

The disciples who arrived later were all bewildered. Why had the master run away?
Ji Cheng went to the Zhao residence and told the Zhao family about the Niu family leaving Wuzhen. In addition, this morning, he also saw several unfamiliar figures on the street. Among them were two Qi Refining Level 9 cultivators, while the cultivation levels of the others were unclear, but they were probably at least Foundation Establishment level.

These monks, disguised as ordinary outsiders, inquired about local information from the villagers of Wuzhen.

Master Zhao sighed, "It seems Wuzhen is becoming increasingly dangerous. Master Niu must have sensed something. Leaving was the right thing to do!"

His gaze quickly fell on Ji Cheng and Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan stood close to Ji Cheng, at a loss for what to do in this situation.

As they were talking, two cultivators knocked on the door and entered the Zhao residence. One of them said, "I am Tang Ze, from the Xunyang Sect. We have heard that many changes have occurred in your residence in the past few days. Could you tell us about them in detail?"

The man was somewhat polite, but the Zhao family members were still extremely nervous and didn't dare to even breathe loudly.

Zhao Qian stepped forward and truthfully recounted everything that had happened at the Zhao residence in recent days, without daring to conceal anything.

"Did you go to Monkey Mountain? Thank you, fellow Daoist."

The two thanked Zhao Qian and turned to head to Monkey Mountain.

"Wait, you two immortal masters!" Master Zhao called out to them. "There are demonic beasts on Monkey Mountain. Three immortal masters went there yesterday afternoon, but they haven't returned yet!"

(End of this chapter)