Above the Great Dao
Chapter 275 - 144: Kidnapped (Seeking Monthly Tickets Mid-Month)

Chapter 275: Chapter 144: Kidnapped (Seeking Monthly Tickets Mid-Month)

The old woman’s head opened its mouth, and suddenly countless tongues flew out, heading toward the incense hall. Chen Shi saw a long tongue heading straight for him and, without thinking much, immediately leapt into the air and dodged, stepping on the Beidou Seven Stars Step in an attempt to avoid it.

However, as fast as he was, those tongues were even faster, wrapping around him with the speed of thick red cloths swooshing through the air.

A putrid stench assaulted his nostrils, making Chen Shi’s tears flow.

The stench burrowed into his body, and the tongues, bizarrely, covered him, causing his skin to become numb and his True Qi to become unresponsive.

Suddenly, the courtyard was bathed in a bright red light, and the massive tongues were cut off!

The old woman’s tongues from her head were completely severed, and she immediately conjured a black wind and screamed away at high speed.

Looking up from below, one could see her black hair flying as she soared towards the moon in the sky, her voice carrying from afar, "Red Mountain, I’ve taken the person, we’ll settle our scores next time!"

The tumultuous black wind in the courtyard surged and roared, pouring into the incense hall as if to fill it up. Inside the black wind, the tongues that had just landed inside the incense hall began to spin, tightly entwining Chen Shi!

Chen Shi desperately stimulated his Qi-Blood, but to no avail against the entwined tongues! freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

From those tongues emanated an intense, unbearable stench, the evil Qi cultivated by Heavenly Elder, which burrowed into his body, tainted his True Qi, and caused his Qi-Blood to rapidly wither away, leaving only the Golden Core able to resist the evil Qi’s invasion.

His Golden Core was hidden inside his body; if it were outside, it would likely have been tainted by this evil Qi.

Those tongues encasing Chen Shi moved with the speed of a large python, incredibly agile, climbing from the pillars to the beams, traversing the roof, and heading straight for the doorway!

Incense Master Luo quickly activated the Divine Embryo, and the Nascent Soul flew out, though only the size of a sparrow, but was extremely fast and shot out like lightning, piercing the long tongues!

Master Xiao, disregarding his own injuries, also immediately stimulated his Taoist Skill to intercept the tongues.

Suddenly, the tongues forked, one part still wrapping Chen Shi, while the other stretched out like human limbs, meeting the two Incense Masters’ skills.

Upon contact, with two snaps, both Incense Masters groaned and were hurled away.

The tongues, with "legs," sped outward, suddenly leaping into the air, with two more tongues unfurling behind like wings, flapping and chasing the old woman’s head escaping under the moon.

Master Xiao and Incense Master Luo leapt up, but seeing this scene, they were too slow to follow, anxious when suddenly a crane’s cry echoed from the altar in the incense hall, resounding and clear.

The porcelain white crane, nurtured by Chen Shi’s incense, came to life, flapping its wings and passing through the hall like an arrow shot from a bow, heading straight for the flying old woman’s tongues.

Incense Master Luo and the others looked up to see the white crane and the bizarre tongues chasing each other under the moon, fighting fiercely at a high speed.

The long tongue wrapped around the white crane, seemingly strangling it, while the white crane pecked at the long tongue, piercing it and using its sharp claws to tear, severing the tongues one by one.

In an instant, those tongues scattered down, and Chen Shi fell from the sky.

From this height, he would most likely hit the ground and be smashed to a pulp!

The white crane moved swiftly in the air, unbelievably fast, catching up with the falling tongues, devouring them one by one like eating long fish, swallowing these long tongues.

Incense Master Luo hurriedly chased in the direction Chen Shi was falling, his heart secretly anxious, "With my speed, I’m afraid I won’t catch Brother Chen in time!"

Master Xiao also rushed out, but unexpectedly aggravated his old injury, spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wa" sound, and dared not continue the chase.

"Swoosh!"

After the white crane gobbled up the last tongue, it swooped low, speeding past Incense Master Luo, stirring up gusts that caused the roof tiles around to fly chaotically, and sharply ascended, catching the falling Chen Shi onto its back.

Chen Shi thought he was going to be smashed to a pulp, but unexpectedly, his landing was extremely soft, letting out a slight sigh of relief.

He was invaded by Heavenly Elder’s evil Qi, paralyzed all over, only his Golden Core still vibrant, unable to move, and he internally exclaimed in admiration.

"My strength would be top-notch in the countryside and even recognized in the county town, but in a provincial city like this, it’s nowhere near enough."

He felt slightly relieved, his life apparently spared.

At this moment, evil Qi was still drilling into his body, but fortunately, Chen Shi used his Golden Core to protect his heart channels, preventing the evil Qi from entering the heart.

This trip to Gongzhou broadened his horizons considerably.

Even a restaurant shopkeeper had cultivated a fourth-turn Golden Core, nearly causing him to perish under the Hair-thin Sword Qi. The granny of Tianlao Society, merely with her tongue, captured him, almost ruining his cultivation, leaving him utterly defenseless.

Without stepping out to see the world, one wouldn’t know there were so many skilled individuals out there.

"I still have a long way to go to truly inherit the master’s teachings. No wonder Zhu Xiucai insisted I venture out."

His admiration for Zhu Xiucai rose, silently praising his enlightening mentor’s foresight.

The white crane spread its wings and gently landed in the courtyard of Red Mountain Hall.

Zhao Kaiyun hurried over, with Chen Shi sliding off the back of the white crane.

He quickly caught Chen Shi to prevent him from falling to the ground.

The white crane, which was actually Crane Child, much taller than a house, glanced down at Chen Shi, making a crisp childish sound, "He’s been infected with evil Qi, and I don’t know how to treat that."

Saying this, its body rapidly shrank, returning to the size of a normal white crane, hopping and jumping into the incense hall, returning to its original place to stand, gradually turning back into porcelain.

Both Master Xiao and Incense Master Luo also hurried over and upon seeing that Chen Shi was infected, quickly said, "It’s the evil Qi of Heavenly Elder. Not only the Golden Core but even the Nascent Soul can be contaminated! Bring him in front of the Goddess, she can treat him!"

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