Chapter 404 The most difficult battle in life!
Xin Zhen asked about the Taoist forces in the world. Shi Taipu didn't know much about it. He just mentioned that there were Taoists in Laoshan and some eminent monks in Buddhism. Then he told Xin Zhen about the swordsmen and warriors in the world that he had heard of.

When Xin Zhen heard the word "Wu Fu", he immediately perked up and asked, "Mr. Shi, how much do you know about Wu Fu?"

Shi Taipu glanced at Xin Zhen and said with a smile: "Master Xin should be a master of both civil and military affairs. I saw that the head of the female corpse was shattered. Master Xin's martial arts skills must be quite good."

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "I have learned some martial arts, but this martial arts is still somewhat useful against zombies and physical monsters, but it may be difficult to deal with invisible ghosts. Can Mr. Shi give me some advice?"

Shi Taipu frowned and said, "I don't understand the martial arts training methods, but I heard that martial artists have ways to deal with these ghosts. I heard Master say something about it, and it seems to be related to Qi and blood.

As the saying goes, people are three parts afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are seven parts afraid of people. This is the difference in qi and blood. Some people have strong qi and blood, and are even three parts afraid of ghosts. Those who are often harassed by ghosts are mostly people with deficient qi and blood.

The warriors have strong energy and blood, so the ghosts don't bother them, and they are even unwilling to get close to them, for fear that their souls will be dispersed.

I think the way a warrior deals with ghosts is probably related to Qi and blood. Perhaps Master Xin can try this out, or look for some famous warriors to ask for advice. "

Xin Zhen was quite pleased with what he said. He had heard this statement many times. After he started practicing Chunyang Wuji Gong, he had indeed not encountered any strange events again. It seemed to make sense.

However, Xin Zhen did have some ideas. There is a distinction between yin and yang in martial arts. Just like when dealing with the female corpse, the Pure Yang Wuji Gong can obviously eliminate the yin energy of the female corpse, but the effect is average.

However, if it is combined with the pure yang spirit of the Tianshan Six Yang Palm, the palm technique used will immediately break the female corpse's defense.

Therefore, if one wants to deal with zombies, ghosts and other yin-attributed monsters, one must combine these yang-attributed martial arts.

Xin Zhen thought that he could try more in the future. If the Tianshan Six Yang Palm could do it, then the yang-attributed sword moves in the Six Meridians Divine Sword should also be able to do it. If using a sword, he could learn from Duan Yanqing's method of using the One Yang Finger with the Western Iron Stick, which could also give the long sword attributes.

It seems that the matter of buying a sword has to be put on the agenda immediately. According to Shi Taipu, there are monsters and demons almost everywhere now, and their numbers are increasing. I need a way to protect myself.

After chatting about these things with Shi Taipu, Xin Zhen said goodbye and left.

Although Shi Taipu was unwilling to teach the method of exorcising ghosts, Xin Zhen did not gain nothing from this trip. First, he learned some about the current situation in the world, and second, he had some ideas about future plans.

He was originally afraid that this martial art would be of no use, but now it seems that this martial art is still useful. However, he needs to ask the martial artists of the time to see how they deal with these monsters and demons.

Xin Zhen learned from Shi Taipu that there was a very famous warrior in Yangzhou named Yu Boyi, who was also a juren like Xin Zhen, and was said to be taking part in this spring's imperial examination. He could go and visit him then.

Xin Zhen and Xin Qi left Shi Taipu's house and continued towards the capital.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, even Xin Zhen was a little frightened. Moreover, as he walked along the way, passing several county governments, he saw the same situation in all of them.

On the way, when Xin Zhen stayed in an inn, he met some traveling merchants from the north. He learned from them that the north was also covered with heavy snow.

In other words, the entire area north of the Yangtze River was covered with heavy snow, and the snow was basically two feet thick. One foot is 33 centimeters, and two feet is more than 60 centimeters. Xin Zhen's descendants only heard of such heavy snow in Inner Mongolia.

After Xin Zhen heard all this, combined with what Shi Taipu said about the increasing number of demons and monsters, he felt a little weird and muttered to himself, why is this feeling more and more like the end of the world?

Heavy snow blocked the road, and the snow on the ground was two feet thick. Xin Zhen and his servant had a hard time trudging along the road.

On this day, the two men arrived in Xuzhou. In the heavy snow, apart from the sound of the wind, there was only a vast expanse of white.

Xin Qi almost curled up into a ball. The weather was too cold. He only felt a little warmth in his heart, and his limbs had long lost all feeling.

From time to time, Xin Zhen would transfer some pure Yang internal energy to Xin Qi so that he could continue on his journey and not have to lie in the wilderness. However, Xin Zhen knew very well that if he didn't find a place for him to rest, he would probably fall seriously ill later.

Suddenly Xin Qi became excited, pointed ahead and said loudly: "Sir, look, is there an inn ahead?"

Xin Zhen looked up and saw, as expected, an inn stood abruptly on the side of the road. Xin Zhen frowned. This place was sparsely populated and merchants on this road were even rarer. How could this inn make any money by opening one here?

Moreover, considering the size of this inn, even if the weather is suitable, it may not be able to sustain itself relying on the flow of people on this road.

Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Xin Zhen wanted to avoid it, but looking at Xin Qi's appearance, he couldn't bear it after all. He nodded and said, "Let's go there to rest."

Xin Qi was overjoyed and walked much faster towards the wild shop with difficulty.

Xin Zhen adjusted the long sword on his back and thought to himself, my great sword, today you may have to drink the blood of demons.

The door of the wild inn was tightly closed. Xin Qi pushed the door open with force. Suddenly, a warm air mixed with noisy voices came towards him. Xin Qi smelled the aroma of meat and wine coming from inside, and his mouth was watering immediately.

Xin Qi turned around and said to Xin Zhen happily, "Master, come on, it's warm inside, and there's good wine. You can't be stingy with your money today. I want two pounds of meat and a pound of wine!"

The door suddenly opened, and the cold air outside filled in. The waiter in the inn immediately ran over and called Xin Zhen and the others in, saying, "Quick, two guests, please come in. We have to close the door quickly, otherwise the heat in the house will escape again."

They pushed and shoved Xin Zhen and the other two inside, then quickly closed the door.

Xin Zhen took a quick glance and saw that the huge hall was packed with more than a hundred people of all kinds. Some of them were business travelers as seen from their attire, some were with their families, perhaps visiting relatives, some were lone rangers, and looked like people from the martial arts world. There were also a few scholars sitting at a table, probably going to Beijing to take the imperial examinations.

The waiter led Xin Zhen and his servant to an empty table. Before Xin Qi sat down, he opened his mouth to order food: "Give me two pounds of beef, one pound of mutton, a plate of side dishes, and two pounds of good wine. Don't add water to it. If there is any pickled vegetables, give me a plate too!"

Xin Qi was the first to order food. Xin Zhen didn't have any idea. Xin Qi had learned a lot along the way and was still competent in ordering food. The key point was that there was nothing good to order in this kind of wild restaurant.

Every time Xin Qi ordered something, the waiter would repeat it loudly. After Xin Qi finished ordering, the waiter would leave in a hurry. One could tell from looking at him that he was a person who loved his work very much.

After a while, a large plate of beef, a large plate of mutton, a dish of side dishes, and a small jar of wine were brought over. Xin Qi couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and was about to eat heartily, but Xin Zhen held his arm. Xin Qi looked at Xin Zhen in astonishment, and then said shyly: "Master, you go first."

Xin Zhen did not pick up the chopsticks, but shook his head and said, "I can't eat it."

Xin Qi was startled and whispered, "A black shop?"

Xin Zhen shook his head and said, "It's even more shady than a shady shop!"

Xin Qi was startled and looked up at the waiter, only to see that the waiter was looking at him quietly.

Xin Qi's heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly, the bustling inn became quiet. Xin Qi looked around and was immediately shocked. The guests who had just been eating and drinking in the room were all staring at them with expressionless faces.

Xin Qi suddenly felt like she was going to piss herself with fear. Her face turned pale as she looked at Xin Zhen, and she said with a trembling mouth, "Master...Master...Master, what's going on?"

Xin Zhen sneered and said, "These demons and monsters are too rampant now. In this bright and clear world, in this human world, these demons and monsters actually dare to harm people's lives in a pretext of being righteous. Do they think that there are no people in the human world?"

Xin Zhen's words were mixed with pure Yang Wuji true energy. Xin Qi felt his head was dazed for a moment, and when he looked at the guests in the lobby again, they had changed their appearance.

All I saw were the merchants, covered in blood, with missing arms and legs, and some even had their heads gone;

Look at those scholars again, they are all rotten, no longer as handsome as before;

The family who came to visit their relatives had a big hole in the man's chest, and the heart inside was missing. The woman had most of her body missing, but she was still pouring wine for the man. As for the child and the old man, they were covered in blood and laughing.

The rest of the people didn’t look like human beings.

Xin Qi turned around and looked at Xin Zhen tremblingly, but saw the waiter behind Xin Zhen laughing strangely. His mouth grew bigger and bigger until it reached his ears. His mouth was big enough to swallow a person's head.

"Giggle!"

Xin Qi heard a strange sound and didn't understand what was going on, but then he realized that the sound came from his own mouth, and he was so scared that his upper and lower teeth started to knock against each other involuntarily.

Xin Qi lowered his head and dared not look again, but was frightened again. Then his stomach churned and something was about to burst out. He saw that the beef and mutton on the table had all turned into intestines, eyeballs, limbs and arms, with maggots constantly twisting on them, emitting an inexplicable stench.

Xin Qi's eyes rolled back and he fainted instantly.

Xin Zhen hooked Xin Qi under the table with his foot, then pulled out his sword with a clang, and with a flick of his hand, the waiter's head rolled to the ground behind him.

"Be bold!"

The hundred or so strange-looking evil spirits in the room shouted in unison as if they were one person.

Xin Zhen sneered and said, "Stop playing tricks and come out. These ghosts can't do anything to me!"

A dozen traveling merchants stood up and walked towards Xin Zhen together. Xin Zhen snorted, slapped the table, and jumped out from behind the table. A dozen traveling merchants roared together. Those with arms stretched out their arms, and their nails suddenly grew swelled, and they grabbed at Xin Zhen. Those without arms opened their mouths wide, and their mouths were cracked to the roots of their ears. They bit Xin Zhen fiercely with their densely packed teeth!

Xin Zhen secretly used the Pure Yang Wuji True Qi and used the Shangyang Sword from the Six Meridians Divine Sword with his long sword. A brilliant sword light was swung out, which was the endless falling trees in the Huashan sword technique. The sword light was everywhere, broken arms and limbs flew up, heads rolled to the ground, and more than a dozen strange-looking traveling merchants fell to the ground one after another.

"Hoo!" "Hoo!" "Hoo!"

All the evil ghosts in the room roared together. Some ignored the tables and chairs in front of them and rushed over, some jumped onto the table and pounced on him, and some jumped onto the beams in the house like monkeys. They jumped around on the roof like ghosts, waiting for an opportunity to jump from the beams to attack. Hundreds of evil ghosts attacked Xin Zhen at the same time.

Faced with hundreds of evil spirits attacking from the ground and the sky at the same time, Xin Zhen retreated like a ghost, swung his sword, cut off the head of a child ghost running towards him from the side, suddenly took two quick steps forward, split the woman who came to visit her parents in half with one sword, ducked under the table, and with a swing of his sword, the rotten scholar's feet were cut off at the roots, then he jumped onto the table, supported the table with his left hand, turned around, and the sword was as fast as lightning, knocking off the heads of several lone rangers who had just surrounded him.

The sound of breaking wind came from above his head. Xin Zhen faced forward like a dragon on the table. He pointed his left finger at the evil ghost's forehead, and the evil ghost's head exploded!

The ghosts below roared and scratched upwards with their sharp claws. Xin Zhen took a deep breath, and then used the Tianshan Six Yang Palm to mobilize his true energy and strike downwards, as if the Fantian Seal was pressing down. The ghosts' nails broke and their arms were broken!

Xin Zhen fell into the crowd of ghosts, and countless ghost hands scratched at him. Xin Zhen concentrated his energy on his dantian, and the Iron Shirt magic made his body as stiff as iron, so the ghost hands could not scratch him. Xin Zhen's sword made a hissing sound, and more than a dozen ghost hands fell. Xin Zhen ducked under the table and moved to the other direction. He swung his sword in a circle, and several ghost heads fell to the ground.

Xin Zhen turned around and returned to his previous position. His breathing became a little rapid and his face was a little pale.

This clean and efficient move just now killed most of the evil spirits, but he also used all his strength, especially his inner strength. He poured all his strength into the Pure Yang Wuji Gong in every sword strike, and only then was he able to chop off the arms and heads of these evil spirits that were harder than iron.

This may be the most difficult battle Xin Zhen has ever faced in his life.

Not only are the bodies of these evil spirits harder than iron and stone, they are also incredibly fast. This is because Xin Zhen has strong internal strength and his light body skills are a combination of the top light body skills from all the worlds of Jin Yong's novels. Otherwise, there would be no way to break through their defenses, and even their dodge might not be possible.

Fortunately, these evil ghosts have no other skills except their extremely fast movements and strong bodies, otherwise Xin Zhen would not be able to cope with them.

Even so, Xin Zhen's internal energy had been exhausted by 50% to 60%.

Xin Zhen looked at the remaining evil ghosts around him vigilantly, feeling very solemn. These evil ghosts were just lackeys driven by someone, and the real mastermind behind the scenes had not appeared yet!

The mastermind who can command so many minions must be very powerful, and he must not only be fast and strong, he must also have other extraordinary means!
(End of this chapter)