章 22: Fang Zhou Fellow Disciplin
編集者: Dragon Boat Translation
Hu Yiling sat beside the bed, gently touching the girl's cheek, whispering, "My younger sister has been attacked by a demon and is in critical condition. Master, please save her."
The girl on the bed heard the voice, opened her listless eyes, and opened her mouth slightly, making a sound that was almost inaudible. She could no longer speak.
Hu Yiling and Hu Yirui both looked at Fang Zhou, saying in unison, "Master, please save my sister."
Fang Zhou walked to the bedside, asking the girl, "Miss Hu, I am a cultivator specializing in slaying demon and exorcism. Can you tell me when you encountered this demon and what it looked like?"
After speaking, Fang Zhou noticed Miss Hu's expressionless eyes looking at him. Her mouth moved slightly, but she could only make some faint, indistinct sounds.
Tears slowly welled up in her sunken eyes and slipped down her cheeks, falling onto the pillow.
Fang Zhou silently watched her, while Hu Yiling and Hu Yirui looked at him with hopeful eyes.
The atmosphere became tense for a moment.
"Master... can my sister be cured?" Hu Yiling finally broke the silence.
Fang Zhou smiled slightly, "Don't worry, let me check the Feng Shui of this room first."
The Hu sisters looked puzzled, "Feng Shui?"
"Yes."
Fang Zhou began to walk around the room, explaining, "Feng Shui involves the harmony of Yin and Yang and the energy of the earth. The proper direction can bring good fortune and prosperity, while the wrong one can bring bad luck, sickness, and even attract wicked demons..."
As he spoke, Fang Zhou noticed that the Hu sisters seemed dazed, finding his words too specialized and not understanding them at all.
While speaking, he casually touched the corners of the room with his fingers, gathering a handful of dust.
It was clear that the house had not been lived in for a long time, and had only been hastily cleaned recently. There was no smell of medicine in the room where there was a patient, and the girl on the bed didn't seem like a demon fox.
A suspicion arose in Fang Zhou's mind.
"Master, what comes next?" Hu Yiling and Hu Yirui asked eagerly. They didn't understand, but were very interested in Feng Shui, a knowledge not easily encountered in their daily lives.
What comes next?
How would I know?
Fang Zhou could bluff for a bit, but continuing might reveal his ignorance.
He smiles slightly: "The secrets of heaven must not be revealed."
He then walked over to the bedside, took out a Yang-reviving pill, and fed it to the girl.
The Hu sisters watched closely as Fang Zhou brought out the pill. Hu Yiling sniffed and asked, "Master, what is this?"
"A good medicine for healing," Fang Zhou casually replied. "After taking it and resting for a while, your sister will recover."
As he spoke, Fang Zhou felt the Hu sisters move closer, each taking a side and placing a hand on his shoulders.
"You have worked hard, Master," said Hu Yiling, puckering her lips and blowing a suggestive breath towards Fang Zhou. "Let us sisters help you relax."
Fang Zhou's face was blank. "Okay..."
Hu Yiling and Hu Yirui looked at each other and smiled, looking pleased.
"Just a Master after all," Hu Yirui took a deep sniff of Fang Zhou, her cheeks flushed as if she were drunk. "This man... has such pure Yang energy."
Hu Yiling, imitating her sister, continued to sniff Fang Zhou. "Yes, so enticing... and he's also so handsome."
"He's our prize now."
"I can't wait to devour him!"
"Then let's begin."
The sisters, seemingly unable to control themselves, eagerly reached to remove Fang Zhou's clothes, apparently uncaring of the circumstances.
Whoosh--
A flash of cold light suddenly erupted. A long sword, swift as a dragon emerging from the sea, struck with a speed like thunder, piercing straight through Hu Yiling's chest.
The previously expressionless Fang Zhou instantly transformed into a fierce tiger, drawing his sword and stabbing it into Hu Yiling, then turned around and landed a punch on Hu Yirui's face, shattering her flower-like appearance with splatters of blood.
The Hu sisters screamed in agony.
There were two loud bangs, and two plumes of green smoke appeared. The Hu sisters disappeared, replaced by two foxes with sleek and glossy fur. They conjured a swift wind and fled towards the outside of the room.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Fang Zhou shouted. He summoned his Random Left Hand and threw an illusion spell at one of the fox demon. Then he directed his Random Left Hand to smash at it, intending to kill one first.
The fox demon that was hit by the illusion spell paused in its escape, seemingly about to be struck by the Random Left Hand.
The other fox demon, however, quickly wrapped its long tail around the illusion-stricken fox demon, pulling it along as they both escaped the room together.
Fang Zhou hurriedly chased after them, rushing into the courtyard.
The two fox demons didn't run far, landing on the other side of the yard. After touching down, they turned back into human forms.
Hu Yiling pulled the sword from her chest, allowing blood to flow freely from her wound, and she glared fiercely at the pursuing Fang Zhou.
Still under the effects of the illusion, Hu Yirui, whose face was now marred and hideous due to Fang Zhou's punch, was in a daze.
Hu Yiling reached up to place a hand on Hu Yirui's shoulder, transferring some demonic energy to her sister to help her break free from the illusion.
Hu Yirui regained her senses, touched her disfigured face, and screamed at Fang Zhou: "You are dead!!"
Fang Zhou didn't respond; he was quickly analyzing the situation while staring at the two fox demons.
Despite being stabbed by his sword, Hu Yiling seemed unharmed. Hu Yirui, whose face was badly injured, didn't appear to be severely wounded either. It seemed that ordinary attacks had no significant effect on them.
The demon fox that was killed two days ago must have been vulnerable due to that magical horse penis.
"Damn it, Ling Xiaoyue didn't give me clear instructions; she could have at least given me one of those magical horse penises," Fang Zhou thought.
The only good news now is that there are only two fox demons, not three.
Hu Yiling asked Fang Zhou, "You figured it out a while ago, didn't you?"
Fang Zhou remained silent. He had no interest in chatting with the two fox demons unless he could extract some secrets from them.
However, he felt somewhat relieved that he had heightened his spirit to 6 points before this confrontation, greatly enhancing his mental resistance. He managed to break free from the fox demon's illusion quickly, preventing a potential catastrophe.
Hu Yirui angrily said, "Sister, why waste words with him? Let's just kill him together."
Hu Yiling smiled and replied, "Don't rush, killing him outright would be letting him off too easily. Don't forget, we have another entertaining way to torment him."
Upon hearing this, Hu Yirui seemed to recall something and started to laugh. But her laughter aggravated the wounds on her face, and she grimaced in pain, glaring angrily at Fang Zhou.
Fang Zhou was quite curious about what the two fox demons were planning.
In the next moment, he understood. He saw Hu Yiling dragging a young boy from behind the rockery in the courtyard. The boy's hands and feet were bound, and his mouth was gagged.
It was the little Daoist apprentice whom he had not seen for two days.
Fang Zhou's eyes widened as he stared at him—why is he here?
Seeing the little Daoist apprentice reminded Fang Zhou of the horrific events that transpired at the Wang family's house that night.
When the little Daoist apprentice saw Fang Zhou, he began to struggle and whimper.
Hu Yiling and Hu Yirui exchanged glances and smiled. These two people's reactions confirmed that they knew each other.
Hu Yiling cheerfully said to Fang Zhou, "Surprising, isn't it? That your fellow disciple would fall into our hands."
Fellow disciple?
Fang Zhou slowly typed out a question mark in his mind. Since when were he and this unfortunate young man fellow disciples?
Why didn't he know about this
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