Chapter 525: Purple Sun Suppresses Evil

Chapter 525: Purple Sun Suppresses Evil

Rumble rumble rumble!

As he punched the ground like a drum, the earth rippled again and again like the sea waves until finally, Xue Hanshan was spat out like a gum into the air.

The second he appeared, Ye Qing bent his knees slightly—the earth crumbling beneath his feet as he did this—and appeared in front of Xue Hanshan suddenly. Then, he launched a palm strike straight at his head.

It looked like the old man was dead when suddenly, every hair on Ye Qing’s body suddenly stood on end. Danger!

As if on cue, the child-like Stranger on top of Xue Hanshan suddenly raised its head and glared at him. Its beard extracted itself from the old man’s head and flew straight toward him.

It looked just like an ordinary beard, but all of Ye Qing’s senses were screaming danger. He didn’t hesitate to jump away from the hair and summoned a cascade of multilayered force in front of him with a diagonal punch.

“Divide”

He flinched when he landed on the ground, however. He looked down and saw two strands of facial hair wrapped around his wrist. Not only that, he felt them slowly absorbing some sort of profound and mysterious power from his body. DissCover updated novels at novelhall.com

“Is it... absorbing my lifespan?!” Ye Qing frowned as he discerned the power he was losing.

Unwilling to treat this lightly as a matter of course, Ye Qing clenched his fist and attempted to snap the two strands of facial hair with sheer strength. However, they only wobbled in place and showed no signs of breaking whatsoever.

Frown deepening, he ignited the Netherflame next and attempted to burn the hair into ash. Unfortunately, the flames went right through the hair almost as if they didn’t exist.

“It’s no use!”

Ye Qing’s expression grew even more severe. In just a matter of breaths, the facial hair had consumed yet another glob of lifespan. However, two of his greatest strengths were unable to make contact with the hair almost as if they didn’t exist in reality.

Meanwhile, Tiger and Hawk had finally recovered from the shockwaves of Ye Qing and Xue Hanshan’s battle and saw Ye Qing making strange and pointless gestures like he was a mental patient. Although they couldn’t figure out what the guy was doing, they figured that attacking Ye Qing while he was distracted was their best chance of landing a hit on him. So, they charged at the same time.

Tiger crouched on all fours and transformed into a ferocious tiger.

Hawk jumped to the highest point in the sky, pointed his sword at Ye Qing and descended on top of him like a meteor.

It was futile. Without even bothering to look at them, Ye Qing bent a finger and made a knocking gesture.

“Heavenly Demon Captures The Soul”

Tiger immediately froze in place, and Hawk lost momentum and fell from the sky. Both men’s eyes were glazed over as if their minds were millions of kilometers away.

Ye Qing could have killed them, but he didn’t. It was because he was afraid that the act would trigger a reaction from the child-like Strangers crouching on their shoulders just like Xue Hanshan.

Suddenly, Xue Hanshan noticed something. “Where is Yi Pin?”

The old Taoist was nowhere to be found.

“That man probably took him,” Hawk replied gravely.

“Should we give chase, my lord?” Tiger asked tentatively when Xue Hanshan didn’t say anything for a few seconds.

“Are you stupid or suicidal?” Xue Hanshan shot Tiger a disgusted look. The brawny man smiled awkwardly and zipped his own mouth.

“What do we do now, my lord?” Hawk asked.

Xue Hanshan considered his options for a moment before answering, “Unearthing the secrets of Longevity Village is more important than confronting those two.”

“As you command!”

Both Tiger and Hawk hid a sigh of relief when they heard this. Had Xue Hanshan ordered them to give chase, their only realistic options were to try and change his mind or start a mutiny...

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“You’re finally here, brother! I miss you so much!”

Outside Mu Qing’s house, as soon as Ye Qing dropped Yi Pin on the ground, the old Taoist immediately jumped to his feet and tried to give Ye Qing a loving embrace.

Ye Qing took a step away from the old Taoist and grimaced at Yi Pin’s patently false smile. “At least try and squeeze out a few drops of tears before you say that. I can’t even pretend that you’re being sincere right now.”

“Pay no attention to such trivial details, brother!” Yi Pin quipped without a shred of shame whatsoever. “Oh right, you were going to kill Xue Hanshan just now, right? Why did you change your mind at the last second? Is something wrong?”

He did not think for a second that Ye Qing had changed his mind because he was feeling merciful. His strange gestures, his use of the Purple Sun Trueflame, and his sudden decision to grab him and escape like hell all indicated that something was very wrong about the situation.

Ye Qing glanced at the child-like Stranger on top of Yi Pin and asked, “Would you believe me if I say that a Stranger is crouching on your shoulders right now, brother?”

“D-Don’t scare me, brother! You know I’m too old for this shit!” Yi Pin exclaimed with worry while waving his hands back and forth across his shoulders. Of course, he couldn’t feel anything at all.

Ye Qing said seriously, “You’ve known me for a while, brother. Have I ever lied to you?”

Yi Pin nodded just as seriously. “You have, and more than once.”

Ye Qing: “...” Talk about unnecessary truth.