Chapter 30 Breaking Through the Nightmare Array
The man in yellow knew he couldn't stay there any longer and had to escape quickly, otherwise he would be beaten to a pulp today and wouldn't even be able to return to his original body!
Enduring the weakness and pain of its soul, it prepared to fly away from the nightmare array it had set up and return to its original body. If it were before, it would have been as easy as drinking cold water, but instead, it crashed headfirst into the array of sulfur powder that Zhang Qian had scattered. This was exactly the result Chen Cheng wanted.
The man in yellow hurriedly stood up and said, "You can't kill me! I've been cultivating for two hundred years! You can't kill me!"
Chen Cheng slowly drew his peach wood sword: "A weasel like you who does not abide by the laws of heaven, instead of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate your spirit in the deep mountains, you disturb mortals to replenish their yin and yang and absorb souls to cultivate your spirit. People of the Daoist sect should kill you, which is also acting on behalf of heaven!"
"I'll change, I'll change. After I return to my original body, I'll stay away from the mortal world and never take shortcuts to harm others again!"
"You have violated the laws of Heaven ever since you killed the first one, and there is no turning back now!"
"Are you really going to wipe them all out?"
A fierce glint appeared in the eyes of the man in yellow!
"brush"!
Chen Cheng stopped speaking and instead slashed with his sword. The man in black dared not take the blow head-on and could only dodge. At this moment, it noticed that there was no sulfur powder scattered where Zhang Qian was standing and waiting for it. That was the only opening. After dodging the sword, it leaped up and fled towards Zhang Qian. At the same time, it extended its sharp claws, determined to get a drop of blood from this young girl, establish a blood pact, and recreate the Nightmare Array!
"The Demon-Revealing Mirror"!
Chen Cheng shouted a reminder again, and Zhang Qian hurriedly took out the demon-revealing mirror. When the man in yellow was less than 30 centimeters away from her, she shone it at him. A golden light shot out from the mirror, knocking the man in yellow flying backward again. Zhang Qian was also frightened and took several steps back before falling backward to the ground.
Chen Cheng arrived at that moment and severed the yellow-clad man's legs with a single sword stroke.
"ah"!
The man in yellow screamed, his body emitting a foul black aura. Taking advantage of Chen Cheng's dodge, his upper body broke through the spot where Zhang Qian had just stood and disappeared directly into the Nightmare Array!
Chen Cheng looked at the still twisting legs, took out a talisman, silently recited the incantation, and the talisman burned. He reached out and shot the talisman fire onto the legs left by the man in yellow. Instantly, the severed legs burned and turned into a wisp of green smoke that rose up!
After finishing all this, Chen Cheng collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. This fierce battle was far more tiring than capturing Lü Xiachan at Chu Tianqing's house. After all, it wasn't his original body. Although his soul was stronger than that of an ordinary person, it still took a toll on his spirit.
Mu Lili, standing at the door of the house, was also terrified. Especially when the yellow-clad man merged with her, a wisp of green smoke suddenly emerged from his body, revealing the true form of a weasel. Just as the weasel was about to bite her neck with its eerie green eyes and sharp teeth, a golden handprint struck in, and the weasel hurriedly released her and fled.
Zhang Qian floated lightly to Chen Cheng's side, squatted down and said, "Brother Cheng, I'm sorry, I didn't guard the gap well and let that evil spirit escape!"
"It's not your fault, you've done a great job. Anyone else would have been terrified!"
Suddenly, a series of jingling bells rang out from the southwest sky. Chen Cheng called out to Mu Lili, "Come here quickly, it's time!"
Mu Lili rushed over, and Chen Cheng took their hands, silently chanting a soul-returning incantation. Instantly, the three of them disappeared into the nightmare array!
Opening his eyes, Chen Cheng knew that his soul had returned to his body. He tugged at his little hand and Zhang Qian woke up as well, followed by Mu Lili!
Cheng Ming was overjoyed: "Master Chen, you're awake! This is the third time I've rang the bell!"
Chen Cheng sat up and checked his phone. It was four in the morning. Time was passing very slowly inside the Nightmare Array. He felt like he had been inside for less than two hours, but six hours had already passed outside. If the man in yellow hadn't been driven away, he still wouldn't have heard the Soul-Guiding Bell!
"Honey, that man in yellow had his legs severed by Master Chen and escaped. He shouldn't dare to come back!"
Mu Lili covered her face and wept with emotion. If it weren't for Chen Cheng tonight, she didn't know how long the man in yellow would have tormented her. She also heard that once he had absorbed all her yin energy, he would devour her soul, and in reality, she would either die or become a vegetable.
Cheng Ming walked to the other side of the bed, hugged her, and gently comforted her. The family could finally have some peace and quiet.
"If you don't nip the problem in the bud, there will be endless trouble later. Although the weasel has lost two legs, it can still easily enter the Nightmare Array and kill you. The reason you weren't caught in the Nightmare Array tonight is because I need you to meet us outside. So I put a Soul-Fixing Curse on you. You and your wife had already established a blood pact when you were intimate. So the reason you were caught and frozen there that night is that you can be caught whenever it wants. It's just that men aren't interested in it. This time you've hurt it so badly, it definitely won't let it go."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Ming and his wife became frightened again and hurriedly asked Chen Cheng what they should do.
"The best course of action now is to find its lair. Today is the 13th of the lunar calendar, so we have two days to prepare!"
Why are there two days to prepare?
Chen Cheng looked at Zhang Qian and replied, "Tomorrow is the fifteenth, the time when the moon is at its fullest. Many wolves, foxes, and weasels that practice chain repair will worship the moon. That will be the best opportunity to eliminate them completely!"
Why do weasels worship the moon?
"Weasels prefer yin, daytime is yang and nighttime is yin, and the full moon on the fifteenth is the most yin night. Therefore, their moon worship is actually to absorb the essence of moonlight to improve their cultivation. Not only weasels, but also some foxes and wolves that are over a hundred years old have the habit of moon worship!"
"Oh, but Cheng-ge, how can we find out where it worships the moon?"
"That's easy. Tomorrow, Brother Cheng will take me to see the place where they used to play in Panlong Mountain. Then I'll be able to figure out where this weasel will worship the moon!"
"That's great! I'll take you there as soon as it's light. Master Chen, our lives are in your hands now."
"Okay, Brother Cheng, it's still early. I'm very sleepy in the Nightmare Array. I need to find a room to rest for a while."
"Ah, yes, I'm sorry, Master Chen, I was so excited that I forgot about that!"
After Cheng Ming finished speaking, he quickly walked out of the bedroom and went to a larger room to tidy up. Then he said to Chen Cheng and Zhang Qian, who were sitting on the sofa in the living room, "Master Chen, my house is a bit messy, please don't mind!"
"Hehe, I'm not picky about food or drink, I'm not picky about clothes, and I'm not picky about where I live, as long as I can sleep, that's fine!"
Chen Cheng said in a very down-to-earth manner.
"That's good, that's good."
After Cheng Ming finished speaking, he glanced at the two of them and went back to his bedroom, closing the door behind him.
Seeing that he had gone back to his bedroom without making another room, Chen Cheng turned to Zhang Qian and said, "Is Old Cheng so rude? We only made room for the two of us? You go to sleep, I'll just make do on the sofa for a while, it'll be dawn soon."
Zhang Qian blushed slightly, thinking that she had slept in the middle of the night at Chu Tianqing's house, and the two of them shared a bed. Tonight, she was sleeping in the middle of the night at Cheng Ming's house again. Before going to the dream world, she didn't know what the outcome would be, which was why she dared to kiss him. How should she deal with this now?
"Brother Cheng, you must be tired in your dream. Go to your room and sleep. I'll rest on the sofa for a bit."
"good"!
After finishing speaking, Chen Cheng went into the bedroom without looking back and closed the door.
"you,,"!
Zhang Qian was furious. How could he be so clueless? At least give me some space! How could he be so uncouth, leaving a girl in a stranger's living room? Did he not even like me?