The Immortal Emperor Returns

“Stop!” said Chu Xun.

With the voice, the car stopped. Chu Xun and Elder Gui got off the car.

“Sir, this...” Elder Gui looked confused because there was nothing in front of him except a small bamboo forest.

Chu Xun raised his eyebrows slightly and seemed interested in the bamboo forest, which was actually a small-scale magic formation, consisting of Taoist magic and Eight Trigrams.

Chu Xun went straight into the bamboo forest, closely followed by Elder Gui.

As Chu Xun took the lead to step into the bamboo forest, the scene in front of him changed. Elder Gui’s expression changed slightly, but he was not surprised. He had encountered such a situation before when he try to test Chu Xun.

“Follow me closely,” said Chu Xun.

Elder Gui dared not to neglect the words. He followed Chu Xun closely, but he took a wrong step carelessly.

“Whoosh, whoosh...”

Ear-piercing whooshing sounds echoed in the air.

As Elder Gui looked toward the sound, his expression changed. The bamboos all over the sky flew toward them, and the tips of the bamboos were as sharp as spears.

“Just an easy trick,” Chu Xun said disdainfully.

The trap was not set by the formation but was a part of a small trick. Chu Xun turned back and stood in front of Elder Gui. He even did not try to dodge the bamboos. His bones, which were covered by his skins, gave off jade-like light. Chu Xun displayed his Azure Dragon’s Tyrannical Physique Technique. As a result, when the bamboos bumped on Chu Xun’s body, there were sounds of metal on metal.

After the rain of bamboos, the block of land behind Chu Xun were covered with bamboo spears, but there was a small empty place in a human shape at the center of the land.

Elder Gui was so dumbfounded that his feeling now was beyond words. He looked at the broken bamboo spears beside Chu Xun’s feet with dull eyes. The tips of the bamboo spears were all broken. When he looked at Chu Xun, he found him calm and unscratched and that Chu Xun’s clothes were still tidy.

“Let’s go.”

Chu Xun stepped out on a regular basis. This time, Elder Gui was concentrated and followed Chu Xun cautiously.

...

In a dark and damp basement, it was dark and wet, and there was a mess on the floor. Broken Taoist magic scrolls could be seen everywhere, and there was a strong moldy smell in the air.

At the center of the room was an octagonal offering table. A black jar which gave off black gas was placed on the table, and miserable and weird screams could be heard from the jar from time to time.

Suddenly, the wall rose up, revealing a door.

Dressed in a robe, a withered man with triangular eyes and a goatee walked in. He carried a young girl in one of his skinny arms.

The girl’s beautiful face was pale, her eyes shut closely, and she seemed to have fainted.

Carrying the girl in his hand, the man walked to the table and threw the girl on the ground rudely. He stared at the black jar with eager eyes, and the jar seemed to come alive and started shaking on the table after the man’s arrival.

“Honey, be patient. I brought you with fresh blood,” the man said with an evil smile.

After that, he bent over and pointed between the girl’s eyebrows with his finger.

The girl woke up in a short while with confusion in her beautiful eyes. When she realized she was in a dark and cold room, she was frightened.

“Tsk, tsk... you woke up?” the man said with a weird smile.

Seeing the man’s face, which was as ugly as that of a ghost, the girl screamed in fear.

The man’s eyes began to look ferocious. “Am I scaring?” he asked with an evil smile.

The girl trembled violently with fear and could not speak out a single word.

“It seems that your eyes betrayed your feeling,” the man revealed his chilling white teeth, lifted the girl by her smooth chin, and said, “what a vivid life. I guess your blood tastes good.” As he said that, he opened the jar with one hand.

A gust of thick black smoke spread out from the jar, accompanied by gusts of chilling wind.

All of a sudden, the girl’s pupils dilated, and she struggled desperately.

From inside the jar, a withered claw stretched out, followed by another claw. Slowly, a rotten head peered out. At last, a small infant climbed out of the jar with his withered skin covered by sticky liquid. It cried at the man like a ghost.

The girl struggled even harder but could not get free from the man’s grip no matter how hard she struggled.

“Stop struggling. You should feel honored to be Lord Ghost Infant’s food.”

After the man poked the girl several times, the girl suddenly stopped struggling with her eyes wide open and horror in her eyes.

“Sweetheart, enjoy it.”

With the man’s words, Ghost Infant let out a horrible cry. It climbed onto the girl’s head, and its sticky saliva dropped on the girl’s face. As it opened its mouth, the stinking rotten smell was disgusting. It suddenly bit toward the girl’s neck.

“Boom!”

The stone room, from where the man in a Taoist robe came in, was exploded with broken stones flying in all directions.

The man in the Taoist robe looked surprised and looked back.

He saw two figures come in one after another.

Ghost Infant was shocked as well. It stopped enjoying its food, roared angrily at Chu Xun and Elder Gui, and was in a posture of attacking.

The man in the Taoist robe stopped Ghost Infant from attacking with a wave of his hand.

“How did you get here?” the man was very shocked that someone actually broke through his formation.

“We walked in,” Chu Xun said flatly. After glancing at Ghost Infant and the girl, he frowned slightly, and his expression turned colder.

“Impossible. No one could break through my battle formation without being wounded.”

“Battle formation?” Chu Xun showed an expression of disdain. “How dare you call it a battle formation just because you know some Taoist magics, Eight Trigrams, and illusionary skills?”

“What the hell is it? It’s disgusting.” Looking at Ghost Infant, Elder Gui felt his hair stand on end.

Ghost Infant roared angrily as if it could understand Elder Gui’s words.

Chu Xun glanced at Ghost Infant with aversion and said sarcastically, “It’s just an evil thing produced through inferior methods. It’s really disgusting that it feeds on fresh blood of young girls.”

The man in the Taoist robe changed his expression and said with an evil smile, “I didn’t expect you to be one of my kind. Nice to meet you. I’m called Evil Taoist. How should I address you?”

“A disgusting man like you is not qualified to call yourself one of His Honor’s kind.” Elder Gui sneered disdainfully.

“Be quiet!” Evil Taoist looked grave. He raised his hand and threw out a slip of talisman paper toward Elder Gui.

“Boom!”

The talisman paper suddenly transformed into a fire ball about the size of a basketball and flew toward Elder Gui fast.

Chu Xun was greatly surprised because it was a Fire Talisman of the lowest level.

In Chu Xun’s eyes, the skill was nothing. However, Elder Gui’s expression changed when he saw the talisman. He looked frightened as if he had seen a ghost and did not know what kind of a skill it was.

With ferocious eyes, Evil Taoist showed a sinister smile before saying sarcastically, “Go to hell. You can’t avoid your death. This...” However, before he could finish his words, his voice suddenly disappeared as if he were a chick whose neck was pinched.

Chu Xun raised his hand casually and caught the fire ball in his hand. As he shook the hand slightly, the fire was put out, and a talisman paper lay in his palm.

Evil Taoist’s expression changed dramatically. He made a weird gesture and murmured in secret, “Explode, explode...”

However, no matter how hard he tried, the talisman paper did not explode and lay in Chu Xun’s palm quietly like a slip of useless paper.

Chu Xun was a little curious that some people on earth actually knew magic talisman skills, despite there were of low level. He picked up the talisman paper and observed it. He then smiled because it was the worst talisman paper he had ever seen. In the other world, even a three-year old child could make a better talisman paper than this one.

Evil Taoist was greatly shocked as the Fire Talisman was one of the best skills of his sect. Though he only studied it shallowly, he had never lost to anyone since he came to this prosperous city, let alone encounter someone who could defeat his skill with bare hands.

With a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, Chu Xun had not expected that he would meet an evil Taoist there.

“Give it back to you!”

As Chu Xun flicked his finger, the Fire Talisman broke through the air and shot toward Evil Taoist.

“Boom!”

The Fire Talisman transformed into a fire ball in the mid-air. Raging flames rose up to sky, and the wet air in the room started to burn, making cracking sounds. The power behind it was much more powerful than what Evil Taoist displayed.

Evil Taoist’s expression changed quickly. Considering the speed of the burning fire ball, he could not dodge it at all. As a fierce expression flashed within his eyes, he pulled the young girl on the table over and hid behind her.

Unexpectedly, the fire ball died out three meters away from him, and the ashes of the talisman paper drifted in the air.

Evil Taoist’s expression was uncertain. Now, he was sure that Chu Xun was more powerful than him, but he was not worried because he had his sect behind him. “We’re both Taoist cultivators, and there is no grudge between us. Why you attacked me?”

“You’re not qualified to be called as Taoist Cultivator,” Chu Xun said disdainfully, “You’re so sinister and despicable that you shouldn’t be looked at as a man.”

Evil Taoist looked grave. “Why did you come here to find me? What do you want from me?”

“Hand out the male toad, let go of that innocent girl, perish Ghost Infant, and tell me whom you worked for. Do as I said, I’ll spare your life,” Chu Xun said flatly.

“The male toad? Are you from the Hua Family?” Evil Taoist’s heart missed a beat as he wondered where the Hua Family found such a powerful cultivator.

“Hand out the male toad or I’ll kill you,” Elder Gui roared angrily.

Evil Taoist glanced at Elder Gui disdainfully. Without Chu Xun there, people like Elder Gui were no match for him.

“To tell you the truth, the male toad is not here.”

“Oh?” Chu Xun said with a meaningful expression, “Where is it then?”

Evil Taoist rolled his eyes and said sincerely, “My master took the male toad back to our sect.”

“Your sect?” Chu Xun said flatly.

“Yes, I’m from the Ghost Yin Sect in Miaojiang,” Evil Taoist said while observing Chu Xun’s expression. He was a little anxious and afraid that Chu Xun would not be scared by the Ghost Yin Sect. After all, the sect was a sinful sect and not many people knew about it.

Elder Gui looked worried upon hearing the words and wondered what they should do since the male toad had been taken away. He could not help but look at Chu Xun.

Chu Xun looked calm. Staring at Evil Taoist, he asked, “Who ordered you to harm the Huas?”

“Yun Nanfeng,” Evil Taoist answered without hesitation.

“Sir, Yun Nanfeng is the most outstanding person of the current generation of the Yun Family and has been trained as the next householder. He is also the man whom miss was forced to marry.” Elder Gui explained to Chu Xun in a low voice.

Chu Xun nodded slightly, looked at Evil Taoist, and asked, “Why did Yun Nanfeng do this?”

“I don’t know. We were just making use of each other. He looked for foods for my Ghost Infant, and I worked for him...”

Before he could finish his words, Chu Xun interrupted him with a sneer. “You don’t know anything about it, but you blamed it all on others. In that case, what’s the point of keeping you alive?”

A sharp killing intent rose up from Chu Xun.

Evil Taoist’s expression changed drastically. This killing intent made him tremble with fear.

“Ghost Infant, kill them.”

He decided to take action first. Chu Xun was powerful, but he was so young. As a result, Evil Taoist did not think Chu Xun was that powerful. Though Ghost Infant was yet to grow up, it was as powerful as the Warriors with Internal Breath of the eighth level of the Acquired Realm. Besides, Ghost Infant was invulnerable and even could fight against a Grandmaster. Plus himself, Evil Taoist thought he stood a chance to win.

Ghost Infant had been eager to fight for a long time. On hearing the order, it let out a sharp roar, and heavy black mist rose up from its body with a strong smell of corrosion.