"Don't tell me that they're fighting in broad daylight?" The young policeman curled his lips in disapproval and muttered under his breath. It was apparent that he felt that the old policeman was making a fuss over nothing, but he still followed closely behind.
However, they were separated by half a village's mountain road from the two men and two women, so no matter how fast they ran, it was impossible for them to catch up with them in just a few minutes. Since it was not appropriate for them to stop, they could only watch the four of them knocking on the wooden door of the Zhang family's old house.
When the knocking sound resonated into the gloomy old house, Zhang Lisheng, who was lying on the wooden bed in the central room, raised his eyebrows. He had a faint premonition. After calming his emotions down, he quickly walked into the courtyard with his cloth shoes and deliberately stood still before asking loudly, "Who's outside?"
"Hello, Mr. Zhang. I'm Su Deli from the Heng Xiang Group. I have something to talk to you about. Can you please open the door?" A gentle and refined voice with a tilted tongue resonated from outside the door.
"Heng Xiang Group, Heng Xiang Group … Oh, it's you guys who want to snatch my house. To tell you the truth, it's just a daydream …" When Zhang Lisheng heard that the 'main character' had arrived, he deliberately put on a grave expression and muttered as he opened the door.
As he swept his gaze outwards, he saw a familiar figure on the mountain road. He could not help but widen his eyes as he blurted out, "Sister Min Lan, w-why is it you?!"
Among the four people who came to visit Zhang Lisheng with ulterior motives, the beautiful woman in a white dress exchanged glances with Zhang Lisheng and said in astonishment, "Lisheng, it's really you! Y-You're still alive …"
That woman was one of the disciples who had followed the Six Great Wizards from the Three Gates of Witchcraft, Life, Death, and Sacrifice to sneak into Shrimp B1 Island to hunt for the spiritual monster's Gold Core. At that time, due to the reason that she had been responsible for monitoring Zhang Lisheng who was captured as a guide, she gradually became friends with the young man after a long time.
Zhang Lisheng knew that she was an elite disciple of the Gate of Witchcraft, so after being surprised for a while, he no longer felt strange about her sudden visit. However, he had a new estimation of the visitor's strength, so he immediately pretended to be surprised and said incoherently, "Sister, you're from the Heng Xiang Group? T-This … T-Then …"
"Stop this and that," Min Nan said with a frown when he saw two policemen walking up the mountain road while panting from far away. "Let's talk inside." He extended his arm and pushed Zhang Lisheng towards him.
Upon seeing that the state's public power had such a deterrent effect on the Gate of Witchcraft's people that two ordinary criminal police officers could actually force a powerful wizard to be so cautious, the young man secretly smiled in his heart. However, he maintained his composure and made way for the four of them to walk into the ancestral house.
However, his silence did not mean that the others did not have anything to say. The beautiful young woman who was dressed in a gray suit among the four of them bolted the wooden door the moment she entered the courtyard. After chanting a few incantations with her mouth wriggling, she chuckled and said, "Min Lan is indeed cautious. Our Gate of Witchcraft is no longer the same as before. We haven't even done anything and you're already afraid of two little police officers.
This is really … "" Ruozhen, don't talk nonsense. The more it's like this, the more we must be careful. Don't be complacent. It's right for Min Lan to be more cautious, "The oldest old man among the four interrupted the beautiful woman's words in a muffled voice. Then, he looked at the delicate woman and asked with a blank expression," Min Lan, do you know this little brother? "
"Junior Uncle Chen, he's the US Gate of Witchcraft's outer disciple who was' found 'by Senior Uncle Ouyang to help us hunt for Gold Core on Shrimp Island. I can't believe that he's still alive …"
"That's right, Sister Min Lan. I fainted after being blown up by the aborigines. When I woke up, it was already dawn. It's fortunate that I wasn't eaten by the monsters, but I couldn't find you guys at all.
Oh yeah, don't tell me that I've misunderstood? You guys didn't come to my ancestral house this time but to look for me? I knew that this day would come.
At that time, I've already told Senior Ouyang that I'm from the Zhang Family of Guawo Village, Damu Town, Qu County, Hengze City, Western Sichuan. My ancestors have been old men in the Miao land for thousands of years.
I remember that Senior Ouyang had praised me for being a legitimate disciple of the Gate of Witchcraft's outer disciple at that time. He even said that it's because of us that the reputation of the Gate of Witchcraft has not fallen for thousands of years … "Zhang Lisheng chimed in endlessly.
In fact, he knew very well that he was just a dead chess piece in the Gate of Witchcraft's eyes, so how could they possibly send someone to look for him?
Perhaps the Zhang Family of Guawo Village, Damu Town, Qu County, Hengze City, had long been forgotten by those Grand Wizards and elite disciples. Otherwise, things would not have come to such a stage today.
However, if he appeared to be a little more enthusiastic and ignorant, he could use his words to hold these Gate of Witchcraft's people so that they would not turn hostile and make a move so easily.
Sure enough, upon hearing Zhang Lisheng's words, a hint of imperceptible awkwardness crept upon Min Lan's face. Coughing lightly, she said, "Lisheng, after you were blown away by the self-detonation of the demon's Gold Core on the Shrimp Island, we've been looking for you for a long time but we couldn't find you. In the end, we had no choice but to leave.
The reason why we're here today is to see if there's any descendant of the Zhang Family and also because we sincerely want to buy your ancestral house. "
"Buy … Buy my ancestral house? B-But according to our Miaowei people's custom, taking away our ancestral house is equivalent to digging up our Zhang Family's coffin. H-How can we …" Zhang Lisheng's eyes widened as he rejected flatly.
Before he could finish his words, the black-clad old man by the side suddenly said in a sinister manner, "Little brother, let's not talk about the house first. Let's talk about the death of our Witchcraft's Gate of Death's two disciples, Guo Zhongxiang and Yang Baokui. Do you know about it?"
"Guo Zhongxiang and Yang Baokui? I've heard of them before. What does it have to do with me if they're dead?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned. Shaking his head, he pushed it away cleanly.
"Oh, you don't know about it …" The black-clad old man flashed a fake smile and exhaled from his nose. To everyone's surprise, a gigantic snake with embroidered scales and wings leaped out of his nose.
The venomous bug was only as thick as a little finger when it was at the old man's nostrils. However, its body that extended out of the nostrils doubled in size with every inch. When it reached the snake's head, excluding its wings, its neck was already as thick as a water tank. Hovering in the air above Zhang Lisheng's head, it opened its big mouth that was filled with venomous fangs as though it was going to swallow someone at any time. It looked extremely horrifying.
The gigantic snake that the black-clad old man suddenly released from his nostrils gave Zhang Lisheng goosebumps all over his body.
The wizard gu that he used incantation to increase its size was only 36 times. Based on his experience, the smallest wizard gu that he refined that could be used would still be over ten centimeters long. It would be impossible for it to hide in the nasal cavity no matter what.
Judging from his own ability, the young man felt that the old man's wizard gu might have already reached a height that was difficult for him to reach.
In order to obtain the Witchcraft's Gate of Sacrifice's secret cultivation method, Zhang Lisheng could take the risk, but it was not worth it to wait for death. Staring at the snake's mouth with full vigilance, colorless scales began to grow on his body as he prepared to fight with his life at any time.
To his surprise, at this moment, the black-clad old man had a gloomy look on his face. Shaking his head in disappointment, he actually kept the winged venomous snake back into his nostrils and remarked, "Forget about Guo Zhongxiang, it's impossible for this boy to defeat Baokui with just his chameleon transformation. His aura and viciousness are far inferior.
It looks like those righteous sects have seen how powerful our witchcraft is and have come up with this scheme. "Then, he stopped talking.
Heaving a long sigh of relief, knowing that he had once again escaped with the help of the Mask of the Comedy King, Zhang Lisheng pretended to be cold and said with a hint of fear, "Why? Do you want to kill someone for your property?
Just, just bring it on. My, my Guiwo Old Zhang Family is not afraid of any 'tyrannical' land. "
"Mr. Zhang, please don't misunderstand." The one who spoke this time was the young man dressed in casual attire, who was obviously the leader. Sticking his tongue out, he waved his hand and said, "To be honest with you, two of our Gate of Death's disciples were suddenly killed two days ago. One of them even had a relationship with Master Chen.
For this reason, Master Chen could not help but test you to see if this matter was related to you or not. Now, it seems like it's a misunderstanding.
Let's get back to the main topic, Mr. Zhang. This is a change that our witchcraft has never encountered in 10,000 years. Since you're also an outer disciple of the Gate of Witchcraft and you're cultivating the Gate of Death, you should return to our Gate and contribute to the rise of witchcraft. You can also seek a good future for yourself.
Looking at it now, the gains and losses in the secular world are nothing. You must have gone through a lot of hardships to be able to make a breakthrough to Rank-6 Wizard by relying on the lost method of the outer sect. Not only that, but you must also have a superior cultivation talent. I'll give you a word of advice. The world is vast, so we should look at things from a long-term perspective. "
"What you said makes sense, but in the end, you're still after my Old Zhang Family's ancestral house." Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a while before saying with a wry smile, "B-But I can't let the Old Zhang Family of Guawo Village die. I-I still plan to return to my roots and pass on my family name when I'm old."
Upon hearing Zhang Lisheng's words, the young man dressed in casual attire turned grave. However, due to Zhang Lisheng's identity as a US citizen and the warning from his ancestors before he left the mountain, he suppressed his anger and said patiently, "Your Zhang Family's inheritance is not in this house, right?
Yes, with the Yin energy in this house, it'll be safer and more stable for you to make a breakthrough in witchcraft, but it'll still be the same if you have a good secret cultivation method, right? "
At this moment, Zhang Lisheng finally knew that the Yin energy in his ancestral house actually had the effect of making a breakthrough in witchcraft safely and stably. He hesitated for a while without batting an eyelid and took the opportunity of the young man's words to blurt out, "T-Then can you exchange the secret cultivation method of witchcraft with me in exchange for my ancestral house?"
"Of course, as long as you join the Gate of Death and become a real disciple of the Gate, you'll naturally be given the secret cultivation method." Upon seeing Zhang Lisheng's tempted and hesitant look, the young man laughed out loud. "However, I have a use for this house of yours, so I can exchange it with a better cultivation method. What do you think?"
Zhang Lisheng lowered his head and walked around the courtyard. After a series of expressions flashed across his face for a while, Zhang Lisheng felt that it was the right time, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Then I want the cultivation method of Witchcraft's Gate of Life, Death, and Sacrifice all the way up to Shedding and Restoring."
Upon hearing his words, the black-clothed old man who had been silent for a long time smiled coldly and said, "You're quite ambitious, huh? To think that you actually want the secret cultivation method of Gate of Life, Death, and Sacrifice! Don't you know that you can't bite off more than you can chew? Do you know that you won't be able to become an elite disciple for the rest of your life if you do this?"
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