Chapter 40

Run! Run! Run!

Wang Chen truly exerted his primitive strength, his swift feet kicking up dust and fully activating the effects of the Armor and Horse Talisman.

He raced ahead with his head down in a cloud of dust, body bent as low as possible.

In one breath, he had run twenty to thirty li!

Only when the power of the Talismans on his body faded did Wang Chen stop in his tracks.

The Armor and Horse Talisman was an extremely practical low-level talisman. Once activated, its speed could rival that of a fast horse, not inferior to several common Qi Cultivation Tier escape techniques.

Most cultivators would carry a few with them at all times so that they could increase their chances of escape should danger arise.

At this moment, Wang Chen realized that he had fled to an unfamiliar region.

Surrounding him were vast rice fields.

There were also several farmhouses in the distance.

But all were dark, lights extinguished.

Wang Chen took a deep breath and tried to figure out the direction to the Yi Ten Defense Area.

With such a big incident, he couldn’t possibly run back to his own home.

It would be a huge injustice to be treated as a deserter!

Then Wang Chen saw one fiery blast after another burst in the night sky, lighting up the firmament very conspicuously.

Those were signals for help—Flying Flames!

In Wang Chen’s Storage Bag, he still had a Flying Flame Talisman.

The situation earlier had been too tense and dangerous, so he hadn’t used this talisman.

Now it wasn’t necessary anymore.

The Flying Flames were rising from different locations.

It was clear that not only the Fourth Night Patrol Team had been attacked.

Following that, Wang Chen saw bright beams of light piercing through the night sky.

The Cloud Sun Sect’s Outer Sect was actually facing a full-scale invasion from enemies!

This sort of event, in Wang Chen’s memory, had only happened once before.

Three years ago, when the Grey Eye Thieves raided the Cloud Sun Sect, more than a dozen Defense Areas simultaneously activated the Daylight Columns to ask for help from the main hall. The sight of the light beams shooting into the sky could be clearly seen from hundreds of miles away.

The memory left behind by the original owner was extremely deep!

Could it be the Grey Eye Thieves making a comeback?

This thought made Wang Chen’s heart skip a beat, and he hurriedly took out the snatched Storage Bag from his sleeve.

And there on the bag was clearly branded a vertical eye insignia!

Although Wang Chen didn’t know whether this vertical eye insignia represented the Grey Eye Thieves.

He immediately suppressed the desire to open the Storage Bag to check its contents.

The Grey Eye Thieves had once been part of the Three-Eyed Divine Church.

The Three-Eyed Divine Church was a heretical cultivator sect that had once been active in Dongcangzhou. They incurred widespread wrath for abducting a large number of cultivators for blood sacrifices and were forcefully suppressed by the Cloud Sun Sect along with many allied sects.

It was said that the battle involved double-digit Golden Core True Persons and over a hundred Magical Treasure Flying Warships.

The battle was extremely brutal.

After the destruction of the Three-Eyed Divine Church, its followers dispersed and became bandits—this was the origin of the Grey Eye Thieves!

As the main force that had suppressed the Three-Eyed Divine Church, the Grey Eye Thieves bore a life-and-death grudge against the Cloud Sun Sect.

They ambushing the Night Patrol Team was entirely possible!

As for this Storage Bag—touching the possessions of evil cultivators and demon cultivators is not something to be taken lightly, a common knowledge among cultivators.

Wang Chen didn’t know what was inside, nor if there were any prohibitions or curses set upon it.

But for safety reasons, he decided to take it back to the Defense Area first.

The beams from the Daylight Columns had already clearly pointed out the direction for Wang Chen.

“Hehe.”

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard the sound of children’s laughter in his ears.

Wang Chen instinctively looked towards the direction of the sound, only to see in the Spirit Fields a hundred steps away, several children about four or five years old frolicking and playing:

Constant laughter filled the air!

Children playing was a common sight in rural areas, but it was the middle of the night, and the children’s figures were intermittently visible, dim and wavering, uncertain in form.

They were floating above the Spirit Fields, their legs submerged in the rice stalks, running back and forth without any hindrance.

Wraith Children, Gray Roam Level Evil Wraiths!

Wang Chen’s mind was instantly filled with a passage from the “Treatise on Evil Wraith.”

It was said that some children who died young and whose souls were unwilling to re-enter the cycle of rebirth, over time, transformed into evil wraiths.

Wandering, Grievance, Fiend, Fierce—among the Wandering Rank evil wraiths, these rank at the very bottom.

And within the same tier there was a further division into gray, white, and black.

This was used to distinguish their level of danger.

Gray Roam Level Wraith Children were considered the most harmless of evil wraiths.

Under normal circumstances.

If ordinary people did not deliberately provoke them, at most they would just give someone a scare.

But the appearance of Wraith Children was by no means a good omen!

Moreover, several of them, frolicking and causing mischief, were running towards his location.

An Evil-Repelling Talisman had quietly appeared in Wang Chen’s hand.

At the same time, he slowly retreated.

Evil wraiths were not beings that could be reasoned with.

When it was time to take action, one must do so!

Thud~

Just as the Wraith Children were drawing closer, a deep and distant bell rang out across the fields.

It was the hour of Yin!

The Wraith Children’s figures suddenly paused, silently dissipating into the Spirit Fields.

Only a few giggles of “giggle giggle” still echoed in Wang Chen’s ears.

Taking a moment before completely vanishing.

Wang Chen couldn’t help but sigh with relief.

This was his first encounter with a real evil wraith, and it was impossible to say there was no unease or fear in his heart.

However, the next moment, the hairs on Wang Chen’s body stood on end.

A sinister chill crept up on him, and his Robe immediately radiated a faint Spiritual Light.

As a first-tier low-grade Magic Artifact, the defensive ability of the Cloud Light Mana Robe was very low, only slightly stronger than a normal robe.

Its purpose was not to fend off an enemy’s attack.

Rather, it would automatically stimulate the Cloud Light as a warning when an evil wraith approached.

The danger came from behind Wang Chen!

Wang Chen felt as if he had fallen into an icy cavern, feeling thoroughly chilled from head to toe.

But his mind remained clear and calm, not seized by fear.

Almost without thinking, Wang Chen whirled around and struck out with his right palm.

The Evil-Repelling Talisman he was holding suddenly burst open, turning into a powerful burst of Pure Yang Qi which, with the push of Mana, blasted forward!

It hit a scarecrow!

This scarecrow had appeared behind Wang Chen at some point, with only three steps separating them.

Strands like tendrils of rope sprouted from the scarecrow’s body, snaking towards Wang Chen like venomous snakes.

Only to be met with a heavy blow of Evil-Repelling Pure Yang Qi to its chest!

“Yah!”

The scarecrow immediately let out a strange shriek, and all its rope-like strands retracting.

It was sent flying backward, with wisps of white smoke rising from its chest, fizzing as it was corroded away!

Although the scarecrow lacked facial features such as eyes, nose, or mouth, Wang Chen distinctly felt a maliciously resentful intent fixed on him.

It was angry.

Very very angry!

Wang Chen abruptly changed from palm to fingers, aiming his Geng Metal Sword Finger at the retreating scarecrow.

The force of the finger pierced the air, hitting the scarecrow’s head instantaneously.

The strike didn’t deal much damage to the scarecrow.

But it caused it to hesitate in its movements.

Wang Chen charged, slapping another Evil-Repelling Talisman.

His intuition told him that if he did not kill the opponent now, it would be endless trouble in the future!

The second update is here.