Chapter 155
Watching Mu Kui scream in agony, self-mutilate, and then look up at the sky with a silly laugh like a madman makes Xiao Shan completely numb!
Although the Jiuyan Sect had kept the gradual madness of the people from Ninth Peak well hidden, the Ancient Pill Tower had still heard some rumors.
Xiao Shan had always speculated about it.
It must be the evil deeds of Jiang Chen that drove his fellow disciples mad!
At first, he thought this guess was absurd.
After all, it didn’t make sense. The Jiuyan Sect was a major righteous sect, and Ninth Peak was home to many prodigies. Logically, their mental fortitude should not be so fragile.
But at this moment, Xiao Shan realized he was wrong! Terribly wrong!
Because he had just mentioned Jiang Chen’s evil deeds, and Mu Kui went mad!This was seen with his own eyes, leaving no room for doubt.
“Brother Mu, hold on!”
Xiao Shan tried to console him: “If you’ve gone mad because of Jiang Chen, just eliminate Jiang Chen, and you should be able to return to normal! Get rid of your inner demon!”
The response was a furious glare from Mu Kui!
Mu Kui clenched his fists and suddenly stood up, his breath violently fluctuating.
Even from a distance, Xiao Shan could feel the intense heat emanating from him.
“Gulp!”
After swallowing hard, Xiao Shan tried again to calm him: “Brother Mu, look carefully, it’s me! Xiao Shan! We’ve even chanted scriptures together recently!”
“Xiao Shan?” Mu Kui asked, deep in thought.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Xiao Shan nodded continuously, breathing a sigh of relief.
But unexpectedly…
“I’m going to hit you!” Mu Kui shouted angrily.
Driven by rage, he approached like a towering figure, each step pounding the ground.
Heavy, yet extremely fast.
And when he reached Xiao Shan, he threw his full force into a punch!
Since Xiao Shan came to the Buddha Temple, he had often spoken ill of Jiang Chen to Mu Kui.
Mu Kui had always been too lazy to care.
But now, he found Xiao Shan increasingly irritating!
Just like a fly, he couldn’t suppress the urge to swat it dead!
“Brother Mu, please stop!”
Xiao Shan cried out in alarm.
Seeing that Mu Kui had no intention of stopping, Xiao Shan had to summon his internal pill fire to resist.
But the power of the punch was too great.
The accompanying gust of wind scattered his sixth-grade spiritual pill fire!
“Boom!”
Ultimately, Mu Kui’s punch hit Xiao Shan’s chest, sending him flying a hundred zhang away.
After drawing an arc in the air, Xiao Shan crashed into a temple building.
He cursed loudly as he quickly popped several healing pills into his mouth:
“Mu Kui! You madman! Jiang Chen drove you insane, go hit him! What’s the point of hitting me?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Kui leaped from afar, landing in front of Xiao Shan.
The heavy impact of his body and strength could be felt shaking the ground.
“I hit you because I find you annoying!”
Mu Kui clenched his fist again, still in a rage, and said, “Also, I hate it most when people call me a madman!”
This aversion was instinctual.
In his previous life, the Martial Emperor was often called the Mad Emperor, so Mu Kui was extremely sensitive to the term “madman.”
Seeing Mu Kui ready to strike again, Xiao Shan braced for the worst.
Knowing he was no match for Mu Kui, all he could do was run!
He lightly touched his spirit ring, pulling out a red paper talisman with a golden character on it.
“Escape!”
Xiao Shan formed a seal with his right hand and uttered softly.
The next second, the red talisman ignited, and he turned into a red streak of light, fleeing towards the border of the Buddha Temple.
This was a sixth-grade escape talisman with a speed comparable to a Heavenly Origin cultivator.
Although a pill refiner’s own combat strength was not high, they were often wealthy.
This talisman was simply obtained by Xiao Shan in exchange for pill refining services.
Xiao Shan believed that Mu Kui could never catch up with his speed.
After all, Mu Kui seemed extremely cumbersome, and speed should be his weakness! But unexpectedly!
After escaping about a hundred li, he sensed someone behind him!
Turning around abruptly, he saw Mu Kui’s face still smeared with blood!
At this moment, Mu Kui was even more enraged. Not only were his eyes filled with red light, but his blood, as hot as high temperatures, nearly twisted the air itself!
Suddenly, Mu Kui stretched out his hand, grabbed Xiao Shan’s right shoulder, and squeezed it hard!
“Crack!”
The clear sound of bone breaking echoed.
Before Xiao Shan could resist, he felt himself being lifted by Mu Kui, who then swung him around several times in the air before aiming at a distant temple and throwing him out!
With a “whoosh” sound, Xiao Shan crashed into the temple like a cannonball.
Xiao Shan’s breath was chaotic as he lay amidst the rubble.
He spat out blood, and most of his bones were broken. He didn’t even have the strength to struggle to his feet!
Mu Kui leaped over again, looking down from above.
Having lost reason due to anger, his eyes looked upon Xiao Shan as if he were an ant, without any hint of mercy.
“…Do you want to kill me?”
At this moment, Xiao Shan was utterly panicked.
He had been sent by his teacher to persuade Mu Kui to kill Jiang Chen.
He thought it was a simple task, but he never expected to lose his life at the hands of Mu Kui!
And just as Mu Kui was about to clench his fist again, something unexpected happened!
“Evildoer, you’ve destroyed my Guidance Hall! This poor monk must liberate you today!”
With a thunderous shout, a golden-bodied monk, several meters tall, leaped in front of Xiao Shan.
“Monk Hui Xing!”
Xiao Shan cried with joy.
“Donor Xiao, do not fear. This person has destroyed my Guidance Hall and harbors too much killing intent, truly a malevolent obstacle! I will protect… Ah!!”
Before he could finish, Hui Xing was sent flying by a punch from Mu Kui.
He flew out a hundred zhang like a golden ball.
Mu Kui’s punch was even more powerful that before, producing a piercing sound as it tore through the air, and the wind it generated blew Xiao Shan away again.
Once more, he fell from the sky.
Enduring the pain in his body, Xiao Shan looked around for Hui Xing.
Soon, he found him in the distance.
But Hui Xing’s golden body was shattered, clearly severely injured and unconscious, his breathing barely perceptible.
This left Xiao Shan in utter despair.
Hui Xing was at least at the Earthly Origin level, and even with the golden blessing of Buddhist teachings, he couldn’t withstand a punch from Human Origin level Mu Kui?
Wasn’t this strength a bit too exaggerated?
What Xiao Shan didn’t know was that at this moment, Mu Kui is completely enraged and has once again broken through the Martial Emperor’s seal, causing his combat power to skyrocket.
Not to mention those at the Earthly Origin realm, even those at the Heavenly Origin realm could be repelled by Mu Kui with a single punch!
Only a cultivator in the upper four realms could defeat him!
Seeing Mu Kui approaching from a distance, Xiao Shan closed his eyes in despair.
“Evildoers! Do you Jiuyan Sect disciples really think that there is no one in my Buddha Temple?!” A thunderous shout suddenly erupted.
Xiao Shan followed the sound and his eyes lit up once again.
He saw a frail old man stepping on a trail of Buddha’s light, approaching with uncontrollable fury at the sight of the ruined Guidance Hall.
This monk was none other than Pu Jie, who had just sent Jiang Chen into the Buddha’s Six Prisons.
Normally, such matters should be handled by the enforcement monks or the Buddha’s disciples, but they had all been beaten to death or crippled by Jiang Chen.
Left with no choice and sensing the commotion here, Pu Jie had to come in person.
He knew that Mu Kui was a true disciple of the Jiuyan Sect, and liberating him on the spot could easily provoke a war between the two sects. Therefore, he had to speak up:
“Mu Kui! You have driven several of my temple’s preaching monks to madness, destroyed several temples, and even injured our leading elder! Such evil deeds are unforgivable! Enter the Buddha’s Six Prisons first, and let the Jiuyan Sect come to redeem you!”
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