Old Mo looked at his beloved car with great distress.
It had been less than three months since he bought it, and now it was in this state. It truly ached his heart.
"Old Mo, calm down."
I patted him on the shoulder.
Old Mo said indignantly,
"These damn corpse demons are truly no good..."
Old Mo kept complaining and cursing.
From the mountains, the roars of corpse cats occasionally echoed.
Glancing at the time, it was almost ten o'clock.
I wondered where Yunxia Gu and the others had reached.
As I was thinking this, a light appeared on the road in the distance.
I turned my head and saw a taxi driving towards us.
I subconsciously walked a few steps forward.
Old Mo and Xiaomei also followed.
We wanted to see if it might be Yunxia Gu and the others arriving.
"A car is coming, it must be Yunxia Gu and them, right?"
Old Mo craned his neck to look.
"Let's see, they should be here by now."
I said, not too confidently.
The taxi quickly approached and stopped about five meters in front of us.
"Bang bang!"
The front and rear doors opened in succession.
Then, we saw Yunxia Gu and Xia Qiu Xi get out of the car.
However, besides Yunxia Gu and Xia Qiu Xi.
A tall, thin old Taoist priest, dressed in a green robe with graying temples, also alighted from the car.
On the surface, he seemed to possess a certain air of an immortal.
I didn't recognize him, but since he had come with Yunxia Gu, he was definitely a senior figure in the field.
"Yunxia Gu, Qiu Xi!"
"Yunxia Gu, Qiu Xi!"
Old Mo and I called out and walked forward.
Xiaomei followed behind.
The taxi then turned around and left.
Yunxia Gu nodded at us, and Xia Qiu Xi waved hello.
Only the tall, thin old Taoist priest looked at Xiaomei behind us for a few moments.
"Xiao Qin, Xiao Mo, thanks for waiting.
Let me introduce you two first.
This is my eldest martial brother, Zhenren Yun Qing.
Martial brother, besides Xiao Mo and Xiao Qin, this is Hu Xiaomei of the Ba Chuan Fox clan.
She usually stays by their side to experience the mortal world..."
As she spoke, Yunxia Gu pointed at Xiaomei.
Xiaomei showed no reaction, merely looking at them.
After all, in her eyes, besides me, Old Mo, and a few other acquaintances, she didn't care about anyone else.
It wasn't as refreshing to her as watching an episode of "Planet Earth."
When Old Mo and I heard this, we were somewhat surprised.
This person before us was Yunxia Gu's eldest martial brother.
In other words, this old Taoist priest was a "Grand Elder" in the Qingcheng Sect.
To others, a Grand Elder of the Qingcheng Sect might be nothing special, but in our line of work, in our small circle, he held a very high status.
Moreover, being Yunxia Gu's eldest martial brother, his cultivation must be considerable.
It seemed our guess was correct.
Yunxia Gu truly had a powerful figure by her side.
Old Mo and I dared not be negligent.
We immediately formed hand seals according to Taoist etiquette, overlapping them.
As juniors, we paid our respects:
"Junior Qin Ze greets Senior Yun Qing!"
"Junior Mo Ting greets Senior Yun Qing!"
Zhenren Yun Qing nodded slightly, without speaking, acknowledging our greeting.
It wasn't arrogance, but rather the natural consequence of his status.
Then, Xia Qiu Xi, standing nearby, spoke,
"Qin Ze, Mo Ting, what's the situation now?"
I replied directly,
"We just encountered some corpse cats.
We killed dozens of them.
They've all retreated into the woods now, and we didn't dare to pursue them."
Old Mo added unhappily,
"My car was ruined by them. Once we go in, we'll kill them all clean."
As we were speaking, Zhenren Yun Qing had already walked ahead alone.
About ten meters behind us lay the corpses of the corpse cats from earlier.
They were scattered everywhere, a ground full of black blood.
Seeing her eldest martial brother go, Yunxia Gu also gestured for us to go and look.
The group then returned to the scene of the previous battle.
Zhenren Yun Qing examined it meticulously.
Yunxia Gu and Xia Qiu Xi also frowned.
Xia Qiu Xi had clearly never encountered corpse cats before.
Seeing two or three leopard-sized corpse cats on the ground, she couldn't help but be surprised,
"These corpse cats are so huge! Are they really cats?"
Xia Qiu Xi said, looking at a corpse cat's body.
Old Mo said gravely,
"What's there to doubt? These corpse demons, who knows what they ate to grow this big.
But don't be fooled by their size; their flesh is rotten, just like zombies.
Only the three corpse cats that escaped were different; their blood was green."
As soon as he said this, Zhenren Yun Qing, who was inspecting the battlefield, changed his expression,
"Three-headed corpse cats?"
"Yes, three-headed corpse cats, what's wrong?"
Old Mo asked, confused.
Zhenren Yun Qing frowned slightly,
"To my knowledge.
Corpse cat demons can cultivate their heads or tails.
Cultivating heads allows them to grow nine heads with great strength, while cultivating tails grants longevity, allowing them to grow nine tails.
If it had three heads, then this corpse cat demon's cultivation would be at least the early stage of Xuan Dan.
Were you able to drive off that monstrous creature?"
Zhenren Yun Qing seemed disbelieving.
In his opinion, at our age, as rogue cultivators wandering the world.
Let alone the Xuan Dan stage,
Having even reached the Hun Gong stage would be considered remarkable.
The Xuan Dan stage was rare even among the young prodigies of major sects.
Seeing us unharmed and having driven off three-headed corpse cats, he was naturally astonished.
Old Mo nodded seriously,
"That's right! If that fiend hadn't run so fast, we would have dealt with it long ago."
Old Mo spoke earnestly and didn't seem to be lying.
The more this was the case, the more Zhenren Yun Qing was perplexed.
He couldn't help but examine us more closely.
Yunxia Gu seemed to sense Zhenren Yun Qing's thoughts and spoke beside him,
"Eldest martial brother, don't underestimate them.
Mo possesses the ultimate Golden Spiritual Root by birth. At a young age, he has cultivated advanced 'Summoning the Divine and Embracing the Self' techniques and Esoteric Buddhist Thunder Methods.
As for Qin, you know Wang Qi, the prodigy from Longhu Mountain, right?
When we were at the Black Water Temple, he was defeated by Qin with a single palm strike..."