The Uncle Master shouted.
At the same time, I discovered the abnormality.
Although I didn't know why this guy was like this, with black qi emitting from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears,
It was definitely not a good thing.
My first and most correct choice was to quickly retreat.
Then, we saw that within the black mist,
The demonic Taoist's body rapidly caved in.
Simultaneously, a dark figure shot out from the black mist and fled towards the back of the house...
Seeing this, the Uncle Master let out an angry roar:
“Where do you think you’re going!”
With that, he unleashed a palm strike at the ball of black mist.
"Buzz," a wave of powerful qi vibrated.
The black mist dodged, and the Uncle Master leaped forward, flashing past me, directly pursuing the fleeing shadow.
Old Mo grabbed me as I retreated and quickly asked,
“Old Qin, are you alright?”
I shook my head:
“I’m fine!”
As soon as I finished speaking, Chen Yao beside me said with some surprise:
“You guys look, that demonic Taoist has turned into human skin!”
Old Mo and I followed their gaze.
Indeed, within the black mist that had cleared, we saw a piece of human skin wearing clothes.
It had a nose, eyes, and hair.
But, there was no person to be seen.
The black qi that had been leaking out earlier was from this human skin.
This was actually a disguise of human skin.
There was no time to think further, so I spoke again:
“Chase!”
After saying that, I rushed into the inner room of the Golden Light Feng Shui Hall.
This shop was similar to ours, with a back door inside.
The Uncle Master and the demonic Taoist had already rushed out.
I followed and rushed out the back door, leading to the back street.
Looking left and right, I could only see the Uncle Master’s back from a distance.
“This way!”
I pointed and quickly pursued.
I have to admit, the speed of this demonic Taoist was truly fast.
In just this short amount of time, he had escaped so far.
An ordinary person with average speed wouldn’t be able to catch up at all.
This Erqiao Kou was already secluded, and this back street connected to the Baidao Lake Scenic Area in our city.
It was called a scenic area, but it was essentially just connecting several larger islands with simple wooden bridges; no proper roads were built.
Most of it was undeveloped.
They claimed it was "original ecology."
We followed the back street forward, and before long, we left the street and entered the Baidao Lake Scenic Area.
Once we reached here, Chen Yao had already lost track.
Only Old Mo and I were looking around.
And we also realized that we had lost track as well.
I didn't know where the Uncle Master had chased the demonic Taoist.
“Old Qin, what do we do now?
Have we lost them?”
Old Mo asked with some frustration.
I signaled him to not rush.
Then, I took out an Eye-Opening Talisman and used it to open my Heavenly Eye, improving my vision.
At the same time, I observed the surroundings.
I grew up in a mountain village, and though I didn't have many other skills, I was quite adept at setting traps, catching birds, and tracking animal movements.
Using my Heavenly Eye, I carefully observed the surroundings.
I noticed that to the front left, the grass showed fresh breaks and directional shifts, and there were some faint trampling marks on the ground.
I immediately judged that the Uncle Master and the demonic Taoist must have fled in this direction:
“Old Mo, this way!”
Old Mo looked uncertain:
“Old Qin, are you sure? I feel like the traces here look more like a person walked this way!”
As he spoke, Old Mo pointed to the front right.
There were indeed traces of people having walked there, with the grass on both sides being pushed aside.
But that was only superficial.
I smiled faintly; how could Old Mo, a child who grew up in the city, understand mountain tracking methods?
So I began to explain:
“You can’t just look at the surface. Look at this grass.
The side you’re pointing to has grass that was broken a long time ago.
Look at the grass here; although there are fewer breaks and the signs are not obvious,
they are all newly broken, fresh.
This indicates that someone or something passed through here recently.
Given how wild it is here, besides the Uncle Master and the demonic Taoist who were chasing, there shouldn't be anyone else.”
I explained to Old Mo.
After listening, Old Mo looked surprised:
“Holy crap, Old Qin, you’re amazing! You must watch a lot of Sherlock Holmes, right?”
I gave him a speechless look:
“Stop blabbering, share Chen Yao’s location. Let’s keep chasing!”
“Alright!”
Old Mo agreed with a grin.
Then, under my guidance, Old Mo began to track in the direction I indicated.
I must say, this demonic Taoist was truly good at escaping.
Old Mo and I tracked behind for half an hour, and still, we hadn't seen anyone.
By now, we had reached one of the islands in Baidao Lake.
“Old Qin, where do we go from here?
Are we going to lose them?
Damn it, if Xiao Mei were here, her nose is sensitive, she’d definitely be able to discern the direction.”
Old Mo said.
I carefully observed the surroundings and finally determined the direction:
“This way!”
After saying that, I continued to chase forward.
Old Mo followed behind me. As for Chen Yao, we had already left her far behind.
This time, we ran forward for about ten minutes.
Then, we saw figures moving ahead and heard sounds of a fight:
“Daoist Master, where there’s room for mercy, show mercy. Can’t you spare my life?”
“Spare your mother’s ass, die!”
The Uncle Master’s curse was so clear, with no sense of incongruity.
Old Mo and I quickened our pace, swiftly breaking through the bushes ahead.
As soon as we appeared, we saw the Uncle Master and the demonic Taoist fighting not far away.
However, when we looked closely at the demonic Taoist,
Old Mo and I were both stunned.
The demonic Taoist was covered in green skin, which was full of fleshy bumps.
He had a wide mouth and bulging eyes that flashed with green light.
On his back, there were dorsal fins with barbs, and a thin green tail.
His hands were a pair of sharp claws…
Rather than calling him a demonic Taoist,
It was more fitting to call this fellow a monster.