Chapter 42: The Courtyard in the Alley

Long before the daoist nun came to Tianqing County, Chen Chao already expected that there would be this day. So he made preparations in advance. After he escaped from his own courtyard, he set up ambushes along the way. Where to retreat after ambushing, he had long already had a plan for all these. So after that daoist nun came to the courtyard, everything after that had been developing according to what Chen Chao wanted.

In fact, that middle-aged daoist nun being injured by him during the fight afterward was also practically the outcome that Chen Chao had envisioned.

But, he could only do so much.

The gap between the two people's realms was too great. Chen Chao already knew right from the start when the daoist nun entered the courtyard.

Even if the daoist nun would be slightly injured at the beginning because she would underestimate the enemy, wanting to kill the daoist nun here was virtually something impossible.

There should be a gap of two cultivation realms between the two. This daoist nun should have already crossed Bitter Sea and was standing at the Great Beyond.

The difference between one realm could still be made up for by relying on various methods. But two whole realms made Chen Chao unable to give rise to any unrealistic fantasies.

Hence, after Chen Chao succeeded with his attack earlier, he chose to flee far away at once and did not harbor any mentality of getting lucky.

Furthermore, he was very clear that since cultivators from those few sects came knocking, then it would definitely be impossible for there to just be this daoist nun alone.

He was not this daoist nun's match. If the cultivators afterward came here too, then his best conclusion would be to be besieged and killed.

Right now, the only thing that he needed to do was to buy time.

Delay until those tactics of his from before would truly be put into full play and save his measly life.

After Chen Chao headed in the northwest direction, that middle-aged daoist nun swept up countless blue tiles and chased after. But due to the delay from before, when she saw Chen Chao's figure again, he already went out of the city in a panic and disappeared in the vast mountains outside the city.

The middle-aged daoist nun was unrelenting and swooped forward expressionlessly.

Her figure was exceedingly fast.

The scene of her wrapped in countless blue tiles while advancing caused many Tianqing County civilians to look up one by one.

In the fight before, the middle-aged daoist nun destroyed many civilian residences. Furthermore, who knew how many civilians died at the hands of the daoist nun? Therefore, after the daoist nun left, crying sounds lingered incessantly for some time in the initially quiet city.

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In Peach Blossom Alley.

A knocking sound suddenly sounded out at the door to Zhou Gouqi's house.

The man opened the door and saw that the person was actually Chen Chao who had disappeared outside the city. He did not feel surprised either. Instead, he smiled and said, "It's the Puppet Talisman that you found on that Guo Xi. You're young, but disregarding other things, your cunningness beats many people."

Luring that middle-aged daoist nun out of the city using the Puppet Talisman and then returning here, was what Chen Chao planned from the start. It was likely that even if that daoist nun was beaten to death, she would never think that Chen Chao would turn around and return here.

Chen Chao smiled bitterly and said, "Even so, that's just a stopgap measure too. That b!tch's cultivation realm is too high and she also has plenty of techniques. I don't know when she'll return."

The man thought about it and said, "At most an hour. That b!tch's cultivation realm isn't low, she should be a cultivator who has stepped into Great Beyond. Your cultivation is too shallow, you don't stand a chance." Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com

"You knew long ago that those people were coming to find trouble with you. Why didn't you sneak away earlier? Can't bear to part with your lousy house? Didn't you take to heart what Your Father said to you before?"

The man was somewhat doubtful. This was also what he was confused about.

Chen Chao shook his head and suddenly smiled.

No matter how amazing he was, he was also just a Divine Trove martial artist. There was still a Bitter Sea Realm separating him from Great Beyond.

"That's why I came to find you for help." Chen Chao went straight to the point, "You must have some means that can allow me to escape her pursuit."

The man said crossly, "Where will Your Father get those magical abilities? Moreover, do you think that it's just that b!tch alone?"

Chen Chao turned to look in the courtyard and did not see that robust woman. He probed, "Then let me go in and hide?"

"Get lost! You, brat, caused such huge trouble. If those people know that you're in Your Father's house, can Your Father still live?"

The man waved his hand in disdain and was about to close the door.

Chen Chao gritted his teeth and did not insist on it in the end. He just quickly waved his hand and said, "Hope that this isn't the last time that we meet."

The man gave a cold laugh, "Kid, not that Your Father has a foul mouth, but you belong to the family of rats, how can you die so easily?"

Chen Chao smiled brightly, "I'll borrow your blessings."

He also saw that daoist nun who was burning with a frenzy of rage.

After standing straight up, he spat out a mouthful of blood. Chen Chao looked up and cursed loudly, "Old hag!"

"Old hag?!"

"Are you courting death?!"

The middle-aged daoist nun let out a shrill cry. The whisk in her hand swung and countless strands swept up, enveloping the sky.

It even enveloped this dilapidated alleyway.

The powerful qi suppressed frenziedly, akin to a torrential downpour. It was currently beating down on Chen Chao's body non-stop at this moment. Even if he was a martial artist who tempered their bodies the most ruthlessly, facing the middle-aged daoist nun who was two cultivation realms higher than him at this moment, it also became hard for him to stride forward and maintain his figure.

Chen Chao gritted his teeth, blood pouring out of his mouth continuously. But, he refused to kneel.

The middle-aged daoist nun could directly kill him, but she chose to torment Chen Chao here. She wanted to trample his dignity to pieces before he died.

Li Huo did not say anything. Honestly speaking, he did not feel that the death of a youth was very important in the first place. Since that junior sister of his was Guo Xi's master, she actually had the right to determine Chen Chao's fate too.

While Xu Yu watched silently and did not say a word.

The South Heaven Sect could not compare to the Three Streams Manor in the end.

The rock fragments on the ground shattered once more. Then, they became dust and scattered with the wind. A web pattern already formed under Chen Chao's feet, spreading out in all directions. One crack after another kept appearing.

At this moment, his bones began creaking.

Even if he had expended a great deal of effort to temper his body, he virtually could not hold on anymore at this moment.

Crack-

Chen Chao's ribs were the first to break. An intense pain began spreading across his entire body.

His forehead was full of sweat.

Even if he had made so many preparations, when danger truly arrived, all these actually became feeble and pointless.

The disparity of formidable strength could crush all schemes and intrigues.

Of course, it also included all of the preparations that he did.

Chen Chao smiled bitterly with helplessness. He understood this logic, he understood it a long time ago.

Except, just because he was weak, he could not resist? Chen Chao could not do such a thing.

The middle-aged daoist nun looked down on this youth who was still refusing to kneel from a height. Swinging her whisk out, a boundless qi instantly collided with Chen Chao. But even so, the youth who could no longer move only swayed a little at this moment.

On top of the tall building, Xu Yu and Li Huo two people just looked at all these indifferently.

As cultivators, they were long already used to standing high above the masses.

Everything was as it should be.

Right at this time.

Chen Chao who was having a hard time coping with this slowly opened his mouth. His mouth full of blood, he uttered each word with difficulty, "Are you still not coming out?!"

The middle-aged daoist nun frowned.

In the next second.

Right in that alleyway, someone pushed open the door and walked out of a small courtyard that was still considered intact.

Creak...

It was a big and tall man.

He was wearing black robes and a pair of black official boots.

His face was determined and his pair of eyes were incomparably deep.

Taking a look at that middle-aged daoist nun, he turned to look at the two cultivators who were standing higher up.

The man shook his head and said, "Let's end it here."