After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

"Senior brother, do you feel a chill around you?"

Chen Ranran and Zhao Lingxiao shrank back as soon as they stepped out of the ancient temple grounds.

Zhao Lingxiao, blindfolded, listened carefully and said, "It seems like something is following us."

"Don't scare me. There's no village or shop in sight. Who could be here?"

As a native of Earth, Chen Ranran was most afraid of supernatural and bizarre things.

She would break out in a cold sweat from watching horror movies with her roommates and was too scared to go to the bathroom alone for a week.

Zhao Lingxiao listened intently for a while longer, then said seriously, "There is indeed someone lingering nearby, but it's not very clear when you try to sense it carefully."

"Zun Du Fake Du?"

Chen Ranran held the suona and looked around.

The desolate mountain path before her was shrouded in mist and rain, the blue fog making her feel uneasy. Unfortunately, she still couldn't see what Zhao Lingxiao had mentioned.

"Since there's nothing there, let's walk around some more."

Zhao Lingxiao continued along the mountain path, with Chen Ranran trembling beside him, occasionally craning her neck to look around, looking rather furtive.

Zhao Lingxiao said, "Junior sister, I heard from Master that this ancient temple was once very prosperous, with thriving incense offerings and some villages around it. However, something happened later, and the population all migrated. It seems that many people died."

"Senior brother, you're quite cute when you're not talking."

"But what I said is the truth."

"Shut up, or I'll hit you."

"All right……"

Zhao Lingxiao smiled.

He was quite familiar with Sanya when they were in the village. Back then, Sanya was a quiet person who wouldn't say a word unless you hit her hard. She would just cry when the Li family bullied her. He spoke up for Sanya and even got a good beating from the Li family.

He likes Sanya very much now that she is lively, and this is all thanks to the changes brought about by his master.

"Senior brother, I feel someone breathing on the back of my neck. I'm too scared to turn around. Can you take a look?"

Chen Ranran suddenly froze. There was a particularly real, eerie atmosphere, and she had a feeling that someone was behind her.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lingxiao turned around to investigate, took a deep breath, and listened intently. "There's a strange smell, but unfortunately I'm born disabled and can't see it."

"Is it?"

Seeing that Zhao Lingxiao had turned around and was unharmed, Chen Ranran turned around with relief. This turn of her head happened to bring her eyes to Chu Jiangliu.

Chu Jiangliu had somehow followed behind the two of them, his hair disheveled, his neck craned, his face pale, and his eyes, sunken like blood holes, staring intently at Chen Ranran.

Chen Ranran had never seen such a terrifying scene before. Her eyelids twitched and she fainted on the spot. But Lian Nishang was in the shadows. She regained consciousness in a second after fainting, and then fainted again after glancing at Chu Jiangliu.

This happened several times, leaving Zhao Lingxiao completely bewildered. "Junior sister, what's wrong with you? Junior sister?"

Zhao Lingxiao couldn't see her, but he could sense that Chen Ranran was repeatedly fainting and waking up.

"ah!"

Chen Ranran finally stopped fainting and instead screamed, grabbed Zhao Lingxiao, and ran away.

Chu Jiangliu, dressed in a wet blue robe with his hair flowing loose and constantly flashing, followed behind the two of them as if playing a game of cat and mouse, and began to sing in that familiar, quacking tone.

That shout startled Chen Ranran so much that her soul almost left her body. "My God!"

The cold rain lashed against her cheeks, and Chen Ranran was now seriously doubting whether she had actually time-traveled, wondering why she was encountering terrifying beings from the movies she had watched!

Chen Futu followed in the shadows, struggling to suppress his laughter as he watched his two disciples flee in panic.

These two disciples are cultivating very quickly, but unfortunately their willpower is not strong enough. Tonight, I need to help them completely stabilize their Dao hearts.

After a few breaths, Zhao Lingxiao precisely inscribed Chu Jiangliu's aura with his Seven Apertures Exquisite Sword Heart, and then stopped drawing his sword.

Chu Jiangliu is not a Grandmaster now, only a Martial Master. He was suppressed by the Seven Aperture Exquisite Sword Heart in a single exchange.

However, as a being summoned by the system, her movements were unique and unpredictable. Zhao Lingxiao unleashed several sword energies, which only forced her back but could not kill her.

Chu Jiangliu knew that Zhao Lingxiao was not someone to be trifled with, so he stopped dealing with Zhao Lingxiao and instead focused on Chen Ranran, constantly putting on an act.

Chen Ranran was so frightened by the familiar yet eerie tune that she ran away with her head in her hands, forgetting to play the suona she was holding.

Chen Futu was furious at her frantic and reckless behavior.

What use is cultivation if you dare not face your fear?

She had to do well in her first lesson in the world of martial arts; if she couldn't hone her Dao heart, she'd just have to wait it out.

"Stop chasing me, I know I was wrong!"

Chen Ranran fainted again in fear, but this time Chen Futu personally used the Holy Law to wake her up.

Little brat, you think you can just faint and escape? Don't even think about it.

"Junior sister, don't be afraid, come to my side!"

As expected of his senior brother, Zhao Lingxiao accurately locked onto Chu Jiangliu, who was attacking Chen Ranran, and slashed across him with his sword. Chu Jiangliu was temporarily forced back and dodged around the two of them.

"Senior brother, you make it sound nice, but you can't see her anyway. She looks terrifying..."

Chen Ranran clung tightly to Zhao Lingxiao's arm, her words stammering, whether from the cold rain or from she was too terrified.

Zhao Lingxiao said, "So there are advantages to being blind. Where's your suona? Play it."

"I have no energy left."

“You have already reached the fifth rank of martial arts, and she is not invisible or intangible. I can sense her figure. She is a living person, just a little strange.”

"I know, but I'm just scared."

"Ok."

Zhao Lingxiao had no choice but to protect Chen Ranran and keep fighting with Chu Jiangliu.

"This kid can't see..."

Chen Futu stroked his chin, lost in thought, and then said to the system, "Put Chu Jiangliu's projection into Zhao Lingxiao's mental world. Let's see if this kid is truly bold or just pretending."

【receive】

As the system voice announced it, Chu Jiangliu's狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face suddenly appeared in Chu Jiangliu's dark consciousness space.

Caught off guard, Zhao Lingxiao cried out in alarm, completely losing his composure, "No, don't come any closer!"

He swung his sword haphazardly, and Chen Ranran was suddenly thrown to the ground, falling flat on her back on the slippery mountain path. Clutching her waist and wincing, she cried out, "Senior brother, what's wrong with you!"

"do not come!"

"Ahhh!"

Zhao Lingxiao was terrified.

He was just a child, blind from birth. What was most pitiful was that the first time he saw a person, it was with such a hideous and terrifying face. The visual impact he received was ten thousand times more terrifying than what Chen Ranran saw. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was a kind of psychological trauma similar to a Taoist injury.

Chen Futu sat quietly in the air, making no move to intervene.

Lian Ni Chang transmitted her voice, "Master, isn't this too cruel?"

She was referring to Zhao Lingxiao.

Zhao Lingxiao was born with a disability and only has a vague concept of human existence. Now, the concept of humanity is embodied in the image of Chu Jiangliu in his spiritual world, and he has been labeled as a human being. This is an indelible imprint of thought. If his mind is not strong enough to remove this dark side, he will go crazy.

The scene that followed was extremely ugly. Zhao Lingxiao was terrified, even more so than Chen Ranran. He threw down his sword, lay on the ground, trembling with fear, completely losing his senses and all possibility of resistance.

He is now a lamb to the slaughter; an ordinary person could easily kill him.

"Lets see."

Chen Futu hardened his heart and continued to remain an observer.