Lu Yuan was nearly driven to madness by Zhao Qiao'er's anger.
You don't want to live, you want to die, then you should have said so earlier!
He had struggled all this time, nearly throwing his life away, and now she was telling him to run?
What was the point of all that effort before?
Was it because you're beautiful, or because you have a big bottom?
Earlier, Lu Yuan had been coaxing Zhao Qiao'er with kind words, calling her beautiful auntie and great beauty.
Now Lu Yuan couldn't hold back anymore.
At this moment of life and death, what nonsense was this!
At this moment, Zhao Qiao'er was completely dumbfounded.
Lying on the ground, one delicate jade hand painted with bright red nail polish covering her plump bottom, her face full of shock and indignation.
After all, from Zhao Qiao'er's perspective, she had given up her own life in exchange for Lu Yuan's survival.
But the result... the result was that Lu Yuan didn't appreciate it, and... in front of all these evil spirits filling the sky and earth, he spanked her bottom...
"Hurry up!!"
"Get up here now!!"
Lu Yuan glared at Zhao Qiao'er, shouting loudly!
For a moment, Zhao Qiao'er didn't know what she was thinking. Perhaps those two slaps from Lu Yuan had truly stunned her.
Like a wronged little girl, Zhao Qiao'er sniffled, crawled up using both hands and feet, and hurriedly climbed back onto Lu Yuan's back.
That aggrieved appearance, as if she didn't dare speak, looked exactly like she was afraid that if she was one second slower, Lu Yuan would reward her with two more slaps.
The heavy sensation of soft, fragrant jade pressed against his spine once again.
Without another word, Lu Yuan's arms locked like iron clamps around Zhao Qiao'er's plump, slender, fair thighs once more.
He remembered what that wine-loving old man at the temple had said.
Women need to be beaten. If they don't listen, beat them. One beating works better than a hundred kind words.
Although Lu Yuan couldn't completely agree, he had to admit...
In certain specific situations, giving two slaps was indeed faster than other methods.
The moment he secured Zhao Qiao'er, Lu Yuan gritted his teeth fiercely, and his entire body shot out like a cannonball!
All around were impenetrable evil spirits and ghost shadows. However, when those twisted black shadows were about to touch him, they were violently repelled by the brilliant golden light bursting from Lu Yuan's body!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The dull sounds of impact were endless.
Lu Yuan was like a national highway truck from Earth.
Directly ramming these evil spirits aside!!
Even the six-star hanged ghost and five-star chang ghost, trying to block his path, were sent flying several meters back by the domineering golden light around his body, their ghost forms becoming ethereal.
Lu Yuan just forged a path through the sea of ten thousand ghosts!
Zhao Qiao'er, lying on his back and watching this majestic scene before her, was completely stunned.
She hadn't expected that this golden light, which seemed like it could be extinguished at any moment, would be so domineeringly powerful!
Wild joy surged in her heart, but then she thought of Lu Yuan's physical strength...
Honestly, Lu Yuan was truly at the end of his rope now.
He could only say it was fortunate, fortunate that they were going downhill now.
Although there's an old saying that going up the mountain is easy, going down is hard but given Lu Yuan's current condition, if he had to go up the mountain again, that was truly unthinkable, absolutely impossible.
Only going downhill, he could still charge forward once more relying on momentum!
Especially now that the evil spirits were all left behind, with not a single evil spirit ahead, Lu Yuan charged down at an extremely fast speed!
The hardest part about going downhill was controlling one's center of gravity. If one's foot missed a step, it was easy to tumble and roll down the mountain in a rush but for Daoists who practiced carrying water and balancing on a daily basis, this was simply a piece of cake.
Lu Yuan ran wildly, and after about seven or eight minutes, his steps suddenly halted, rooted to the spot.
"Dear... dear nephew... what's wrong?"
Zhao Qiao'er's heart instantly leaped to her throat.
Lu Yuan didn't answer. He frowned, his gaze sharply scanning the surroundings.
Before him, the broken branch of an old locust tree matched his memory's traces exactly.
This was the third time seeing it.
Lu Yuan's right hand, which had been holding Zhao Qiao'er's beautiful thigh, quietly loosened, his fingertips silently sliding over a smooth "Yin Iron Bell" at his waist.
This bell didn't ring when encountering yin qi, instead it grew cold.
At this moment, the bell's body was ice-cold and piercing.
"Ghost wall..."
Lu Yuan's voice was somewhat hoarse.
Zhao Qiao'er's delicate body trembled. Before she could ask further, Lu Yuan spat out a few more words, "What a formidable beast..."
The Two-Legged Sheep.
It must be that Human-Faced Two-Legged Sheep with two hundred years of cultivation!
Lu Yuan had seen a book recording various evil spirits and monsters in the library pavilion of True Dragon Temple.
The Human-Faced Two-Legged Sheep, neither sheep nor ghost, was a monster formed when resentment from those who died miserably in the mountains attached to black mountain goats.
Its body was like a robust black sheep, but it had a blurred, twisted human face that seemed to cry and laugh simultaneously. Its ability wasn't to harm lives directly, but to weave dreams.
It trapped prey in illusions woven from fragments of their own memories, cycling repeatedly until their spirit was exhausted and their soul could be licked clean.
Lu Yuan had just been bathed in the thunderfire stone's golden light, charging forward with his head down all the way.
Logically speaking, bathed in the thunderfire stone's golden light, he should be impervious to all evil at this moment but he had still fallen for it.
It seemed the gap in cultivation between himself and that Human-Faced Two-Legged Sheep was truly too vast.
So even though he was bathed in the thunderfire stone's yang qi, it was still difficult to bridge the gap.
Standing in place, Lu Yuan took a deep breath and set down Zhao Qiao'er from his back.
He immediately closed his eyes to concentrate, reciting the "Pure Tranquility Scripture" to guard his spiritual platform.
Zhao Qiao'er beside him was extremely nervous but didn't dare make a sound.
When Lu Yuan opened his eyes again, the surrounding scenery was like faded rice paper, revealing a stiff, false sensation.
The air was filled with a faint, barnyard-specific fishy stench mixed with a hint of sweet decay.
"Wu wu..."
In the wind's sound, there was an extremely subtle noise, like a baby's choked crying or a lamb's mournful bleating.
Coming from all directions, it burrowed into his ear canal, directly scratching at his mind.
Lu Yuan steeled his heart, bit through the tip of his tongue, and the severe pain mixed with pure yang blood qi instantly dispersed the budding illusion.
At the same time, his right hand formed the "Soul-Suppressing Seal" and pressed it to his forehead, shouting in a low voice, "Spiritual platform of one square inch, evil spirits cannot invade!"
The illusion stabilized for an instant, but the next second, that wailing sound suddenly became shrill, as if countless people were weeping miserably in his ear simultaneously.
On both sides of the road, the outlines of trees began to writhe and elongate, as if transforming into wriggling human-shaped black shadows, slowly closing in on Lu Yuan.
Three zhang ahead to the left, the darkness rippled like water.
Now's the time!
Lu Yuan exploded into action. In his hand, an "Evil-Breaking Copper Coin" soaked in rooster blood and cinnabar shot out like lightning, directly striking the center of that ripple!
At the same time, Lu Yuan's mouth rapidly uttered the true words, "Five Thunder Envoys, Five Ding Officials, Suspended Sky Great Sage, break and subdue evil spirits, quick!"
"Baa—!!"
A miserable scream, neither human nor beast, extremely shrill, exploded!
The darkness before his eyes shattered like a broken mirror, peeling away inch by inch, revealing the true forest night scene.
Under the pale moonlight, a monster revealed its true form.
It was a black mountain goat as large as a small bull, but above its neck was a swollen, pale, terrifyingly distorted human face with misaligned features.
Its mouth corners were split to its ears, black blood gurgling out, and one eye had been pierced by the copper coin, emitting hissing white smoke.
The illusion had shattered, but the monster wasn't dead, its ferocity completely triggered. However, Lu Yuan didn't even look at it. His gaze rapidly swept around.
They had already reached the base of the mountain!
Run another two or three hundred meters forward, and they would reach Ningyuan Town!
Ningyuan Town, a large town where several thousand people lived, full of human vitality, and blessed with the protection of the Land Temple's incense offerings. As long as they rushed in, they would be safe.
As long as he could run into Ningyuan Town, they would be safe. However, the thunderfire stone's golden light protection was ineffective against this Two-Legged Sheep.
Which meant...
"Auntie Qiao'er, run quickly. Once you're in the town, you'll be safe."
Lu Yuan suddenly turned back, looking seriously at Zhao Qiao'er beside him.
At this moment, Zhao Qiao'er, whose face had turned deathly pale from fear of the Two-Legged Sheep, looked back at Lu Yuan with complete shock, "Then... then what about you??"
Swoosh.
Lu Yuan drew the wooden sword from his back, looked at the ferociously enraged Two-Legged Sheep, and said with resolute determination, "If you don't want me to die here, you must be fast. I can hold it off for one minute at most."
"As long as you can get into the town, I'll definitely be able to escape."
Having possessed the [Subdue Demons and Eliminate Evil] system for over a year, having killed so many evil spirits and received so many rewards.
Lu Yuan didn't dare say his rewards could kill the Two-Legged Sheep, but letting himself escape was definitely no problem.
As long as Zhao Qiao'er could run into the town within one minute, then Lu Yuan would definitely be able to escape from this Two-Legged Sheep's grasp!
At this moment, Zhao Qiao'er stared blankly at this half-grown boy she had only known for one day.
"Yuan'er... you..."
Zhao Qiao'er wanted to say something in a daze but Lu Yuan slightly turned his head and glanced at Zhao Qiao'er, saying, "Is your bottom itching again?"
At these words, Zhao Qiao'er instinctively placed both hands behind her to protect her big, plump bottom.
Indeed, after being spanked so harshly by Lu Yuan just now, it still hurt with a burning sensation...
For a moment, a flush of red appeared on Zhao Qiao'er's beautiful, alluring, peerless face.
The next second, Zhao Qiao'er bit her red lips tightly, finally taking one deep look at Lu Yuan.
She turned and stretched out those slender, fair, beautiful legs, using all the strength in her body to run madly toward Ningyuan Town!
The moment Zhao Qiao'er moved, the Two-Legged Sheep with one eye blinded by Lu Yuan also moved instantly!
This Two-Legged Sheep's target was only Zhao Qiao'er!
"Five Directions Thunder Gods, heed my command!"
Boom, crack!!
A blinding silver lightning bolt descended from the sky, precisely striking the charging path of the Two-Legged Sheep, blasting open a charred deep pit, forcefully stopping it in its tracks!
In a flash, Lu Yuan, holding the peachwood sword, descended from above, blocking the monster's path, roaring angrily, "Beast!"
"Your opponent is me!"