That white bone skeleton was startled, wanting to dodge, but there was no room left, so he could only muster the remaining yin qi in his body, arms hugging his head, his entire skeletal frame crystalline like jade, preparing to take the hit head-on.
“Boom!”
A Supreme Unity Five Thunders incantation descended, the white bone skeleton’s arms instantly charred black, the projected yin qi directly scattered by the strike, only relying on his bones hard as refined iron to block this blow.
“Senior spare my life, the one chasing me from behind is truly a peerless fierce ghost, if you let him gain power in the underworld, the mortal realm will surely never know peace afterwards!”
However, just as the white bone skeleton finished speaking, a sword flashed through his mind.
Golden Vault Heart Sword, slash!
“Ah!!!”
With a miserable scream, the white bone skeleton’s already severely injured divine soul suffered another heavy blow, the soul fire flickering unsteadily, on the verge of collapse.
Lu Zheng glanced at the figure that had just escaped from the forest formation, then immediately waved his hand, summoning billowing white cloud mist centred on himself, covering the entire radius of several hundred zhang, enveloping both him and the white bone skeleton within.
Within the white clouds, filled with cloud-pattern spiritual power to break evil and slay demons, any demon, monster, or ghost approaching would feel as if plunged into a furnace, body scorched, wishing for death.
And in the central area covered by the white clouds, the white bone skeleton had just been struck by a sword, now with cloud qi entering his body, his already broken frame could not withstand such an attack at all, his white bones immediately emitting “crack crack” sounds, fracturing inch by inch, collapsing bit by bit.
“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
“Senior spare my life! This little ghost will never go to the mortal realm to cause harm again!”
His mind in chaos, the white bone skeleton even blurted out his own dark history.
“Die!”
Lu Zheng’s eyes glared, in an instant firing three Golden Vault Heart Swords, thoroughly shredding the white bone skeleton’s divine soul.
The fluorescence in the white bone skeleton’s eye sockets vanished instantly, his figure halting, then with a “thud” he toppled to the ground.
“Hm?”
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed, unexpectedly no transport of qi light entered his account, meaning that even without him, he was doomed to die.
“That fellow is indeed formidable.”
Lu Zheng did not pause, immediately arriving beside the white bone skeleton, tearing open his covering hemp cloth, and saw embedded in the centre of his ribs a half-chi bone box.
This ghost was no good, not even having a storage artifact, poor rating!
He backhandedly pried open the ribs, took out the bone box and opened it, the first thing he saw being two familiar human-skin scrolls.
Refining Soul chapter.
Refining Bone chapter.
Transcending! Phone photo! Return transcending!
In mere moments, Lu Zheng had backed up the contents of these two chapters.
Returning, Lu Zheng looked at the bone box again, besides these two human-skin scrolls, there were only a few stones filled with underworld qi, and two relics as large as a little finger, crystalline like jade, yet emitting faint Buddhist light.
“Young Master Lu, Jiao White Bone should be dead by now, right? I have no intention of being enemies with young master, please withdraw the cloud qi, we can talk.”
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed, the other party had not attacked the cloud qi, showing sincerity.
One must know, he had laid this cloud qi earlier as a test, if the other party was anxious for the Obscure Seven Canons, directly attacking the cloud qi, then he would absolutely leave without a word, notify the Town异司, and set up formations at Peach Blossom Flat.
Since the other party was unhurried…
Lu Zheng patted his gourd, closed the wooden box again, stored it in the gourd, then waved his hand, dispersing the sky-filling cloud qi.
What entered his view was that figure shrouded in black mist.
“Ghost King.” Lu Zheng said indifferently.
“Young Master Lu.” The ghost king nodded, “Did not expect young master Lu to arrive just in time, blocking Jiao White Bone’s escape route exactly.”
Lu Zheng held the two human-skin scrolls in hand, said to the ghost king, “Just in time, did not expect he actually had two cultivation methods.”
“Refining Soul chapter, Refining Bone chapter.”
The ghost king nodded, “He had been hiding in Qianjun Cave without emerging, I used the Refining Bone chapter as bait to lure him into the forest formation, did not expect his strength was not weak, in the end still borrowing that faint thunder power to break the formation, nearly escaping.”
“Cough cough!”
Lu Zheng felt embarrassed by the description, that chief hall master had come because of him, and he had taken advantage of the fire, not only obtaining the Refining Soul chapter that should have been the other party’s bargaining chip, but also conveniently swallowing the bait the other party had put out.
“That, I really did not mean to.” Lu Zheng blinked, explaining.
“I believe you.” The ghost king replied, “If young master Lu had such divination skills, last time he would have set up a dragnet at Peach Blossom Village.”
Lu Zheng, “…”
The other party seemed a gentleman, Lu Zheng naturally would not act petty, moreover he had already taken advantage.
With a wave of his right hand, the two human-skin scrolls flew towards the ghost king.
“Hm?”
The ghost king seemed somewhat surprised, but by now the human-skin scrolls were near, so he could only reach out to catch them, storing the two scrolls in his pouch.
Then, before he could speak, he heard Lu Zheng open first.
“The Refining Yang chapter cultivation method is with my wife, if you have no matters, how about coming with me to retrieve it?”
“Hm!?”
The ghost king abruptly looked up, this time truly shocked.
“Now?”
“Now!”
“You want to give me the Refining Yang chapter?”
“Have you not already obtained the Refining Soul chapter?” Lu Zheng asked, “What, need to go back to copy a duplicate?”
Pausing, Lu Zheng then as if remembering something continued, “Right, we have not discussed before how we trade, exchange originals, or transcribe copies on the spot for trade? Or just exchange to view each other?”
“No…”
The ghost king shook his head, Lu Zheng’s words had left him stunned.
“You just obtained the Refining Soul chapter, yet returned it to me, continue the trade?”
Lu Zheng shrugged, “I just took a cheap kill, picked up a head, moreover speaking of it that little ghost came because of my affairs, plus among it there was your bait.
So how could I shamelessly claim the spoils for myself? I am not some upright gentleman, but I am not so low as to take such advantage.”
A grand speech, spoken with righteous indignation, backbone unyielding.
“Young Master Lu truly is an upright gentleman.” The ghost king was indeed bluffed.
Although Lu Zheng’s behaviour seemed rather pedantic, who would not hope for such pedantic people around them?
Moreover, Lu Zheng young as he was had cultivated to this realm, impossible to be a muddle-headed pedant, that even more showed his broad mind, grand bearing, vast pattern, future achievements limitless!
Since so, and he had no plans to expand into the mortal realm, why not take this chance to befriend Lu Zheng?
Thinking this, the ghost king decisively dispersed the black mist around him, revealing a mild and elegant young gentleman in white robes.
“Wen Jie of Immaculate Mountain, greets fellow Daoist Lu.”
