Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 317 0316: Black Mountain Ghost
Cheng Zongyang looked at the middle-aged man, squatted down and checked his body, and found that his torso was almost intact, except for a tattered special piece of clothing hanging on it. He did not stay for long, but reached out and quickly tapped the man's body to stop the bleeding, so as to prevent him from dying from excessive blood loss.

After the bleeding stopped, Cheng Zongyang knew that the other party would not die for the time being, so he asked: "Do you want to die quickly, or suffer slowly and not die in a short time?"

The middle-aged man said nothing, but just stared at Cheng Zongyang with his dead fish eyes.

Cheng Zongyang didn't care about the other party's eyes. He looked around, suddenly pressed the other party's mute point with his hand, then grabbed the clothes on the other party's chest and lifted him up. He didn't care about his limbs that were blown into a bloody mess and his expression with veins bulging due to severe pain, and quickly left here.

He didn't know whether the series of explosions just now would attract other people in the mountain, but it is better to be safe than sorry.

After a while, Cheng Zongyang leaned the dying middle-aged man against a big tree and untied his acupuncture points. But before Cheng Zongyang could speak, the man uttered a hoarse and almost silent voice: "Give me a pain, it's good!"

As he spoke, he had already slightly mobilized a wisp of remaining true energy to calm his breath, and then, regardless of whether Cheng Zongyang agreed or not, he took the initiative to explain:
"I'm from the Black Wind Gang! The leader sent us here just to bring you back! I didn't expect that I still underestimated you."

The man spoke more fluently, "I don't know why the gang leader wants to take you back. I'm just following orders! Give me a quick death!"

Cheng Zongyang frowned after hearing what the middle-aged man said. He was actually targeted by the Black Wind Gang? What about the other two gangs?

The Black Wind Gang was a powerful force among the five gangs in the South District. From what I had heard, the Black Wind Gang was always ruthless and engaged in lending and gambling. If they targeted me, I would definitely be in trouble.

"Which immortal cultivation family or force does the Black Wind Gang belong to?"

Cheng Zongyang directly asked the key point of the problem. He had never had any contact with the Black Wind Gang, and now he was being targeted by them, either because of the Foundation Establishment Pill incident, or because too many people entered and left the Cheng Mansion abnormally this time.

But the other party shouldn't be so idle as to arrest him just because of this.

After some analysis, Cheng Zongyang felt that 70% to 80% of it was due to the foundation-building pill, and the rest was probably due to the abnormal entry and exit of personnel. The Black Wind Gang was probably just arresting him on behalf of the forces behind it.

There are immortal forces behind the five gangs in the southern area, but he did not have a deep understanding of which force it was at the beginning.

The middle-aged man swallowed the blood that surged up again without any hesitation, and said with an increasingly weak breath: "North District, Taixuan Gang."

After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Cheng Zongyang shook his head slightly.

Taixuan Gang!
Cheng Zongyang didn't ask any more questions, as there was really no need to do so.

"Then I'll give you a quick fix."

Cheng Zongyang took a step forward and took out his usual Tang sword. However, just as he was about to end the middle-aged man's life, he suddenly felt a strong sense of danger coming from behind him. He was startled and quickly turned around to look.

I saw a black shadow rushing out from a dark bush like lightning, at an astonishing speed.

Cheng Zongyang didn't have time to think, he instantly stretched out the protective qi, inserted the Tang sword into the ground, and the internal force surged into his right palm, and he immediately slapped forward with a powerful Vajra Palm!

The internal force penetrated the body and the invisible force went towards the black shadow.

As a result, the black shadow reacted extremely quickly, flashing to the right and easily avoiding Cheng Zongyang's attack, then changed direction and pounced on him again.

"Bang!!" The force missed its target, but it broke a tree that was as thick as a man's embrace and was behind the black shadow in half.

Cheng Zongyang was surprised at the other party's speed, and finally saw the black shadow clearly. It was a humanoid creature with a black body and strange human face and facial features!
Cheng Zongyang was shocked by the opponent's speed, but when he saw the opponent approaching, he quickly dodged sideways and drew his knife to chop at the black shadow. This time, the black shadow actually raised a black hand like a chicken claw, blocked his knife with a "ding" sound, and then sprayed a puff of black smoke at him.

Cheng Zongyang was shocked and quickly held his breath, drew his sword and retreated!

The sword was powered by internal force and the Tang sword was not an ordinary weapon, but it couldn't do anything to the opponent's hand!

But the next moment, he saw that his protective energy was actually smoking, just like concentrated sulfuric acid corroding the ground!
His expression changed instantly! He knew that this black smoke must be poisonous, but he didn't expect that it could even corrode his true energy!

What the hell is this guy?

He did not dare to be careless, and quickly dissipated the protective energy, distanced himself again, and retreated to the man's side.

"It's the Black Mountain Ghost, a first-level monster!" The middle-aged man beside him was terrified and shouted, "It's coming for me! Either take me away or kill me now!!"

Cheng Zongyang was confused, but at this time the Black Mountain Ghost had pounced on him again, even faster than before.

Cheng Zongyang wanted to ask a few more questions, but now it was obvious that this Black Mountain Ghost would not give him the opportunity!

Since it is targeting the man, let it go to the man!
Cheng Zongyang showed no fear. As soon as he thought about it, he already had a special "smoke bomb" in his right palm. Without any hesitation, he used his inner strength to launch the lychee-sized smoke bomb in his hand and smashed it next to the middle-aged man. The next second, Cheng Zongyang disappeared instantly!
When the man saw this scene, his eyes were filled with despair! He would rather die in the hands of the enemy than fall into the mouth of the Black Mountain Ghost and become blood food!
The moment the smoke ball landed on the ground, billowing smoke instantly burst out, instantly covering the middle-aged man and spreading in all directions!

At the same time, the Black Mountain Ghost who rushed towards Cheng Zongyang was also stunned when he saw that his target had disappeared.

It didn't expect that the other party would also spit out smoke and hide! But it didn't matter at all. It immediately controlled its body to turn from running to jumping, and stood still with a somersault.

Looking in the direction of the middle-aged man, he sniffed in that direction with his flat nostrils, and suddenly his face and his big scarlet eyes showed excitement and bloodthirstiness.

Unable to resist the temptation of blood, it completely ignored the existence of the smoke and rushed into it, while reaching out to grab the middle-aged man who had already fainted.

It was not worried about the smoke being poisonous at all, because it was immune to toxins! Looking at the blood food that was about to be obtained, the Black Mountain Ghost became more and more excited, and its breathing speed also increased.

However, just as it grabbed the man's head and was about to twist it and suck it, its vision suddenly went black, and it fell to the ground unconscious with a bang.

About a cup of tea later, Cheng Zongyang appeared again.

The smoke from the smoke bomb made from Wild Beans and some materials has dissipated.

Looking at the Black Mountain Ghost and the man lying on the ground like corpses and passed out, Cheng Zongyang also smiled: "This thing is really effective."

Of course, he also knew that the protective means of this thing was very simple. Basically, the protective qi could effectively isolate this effect.

This thing is more effective against people below the level of innate masters. It is not so effective against innate masters and cultivators, unless it is a surprise attack, making the opponent unable to react and unable to resist the effect of the wild beans.

But he has never tested whether this thing is useful for cultivators.

Looking at the Black Mountain Ghost, Cheng Zongyang took the Tang sword from another place and chopped off its head. No matter what rank of creature it is, it can't live after its head is chopped off, right?
Cheng Zongyang looked at the man, who looked even weaker than before, like a candle in the wind. He thought that even if he woke up, he wouldn't be able to survive for long without his help.

After getting rid of the black shadow, Cheng Zongyang breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he could not stay here any longer and had to leave as soon as possible. He put the body of the Black Mountain Ghost into the wilderness world, then he looked at the middle-aged man on the ground, raised his knife and pierced his heart, making him die unconsciously.

But he took out another fireball talisman, activated his internal force and threw it on the man's body.

Even though this guy is a congenital master, even a cultivator at the third level of Qi training may not be able to survive if ten talismans explode at the same time.

Moreover, this guy had seen how he disappeared and reappeared. Who knows if there are immortal cultivators who can use the man's corpse to explore his memories before his death? He couldn't leave any hidden dangers for himself!
As long as it is burned to ashes, even immortal cultivators or demon cultivators will be unable to do anything to it.

Of course, this is also to destroy the body.

After the body turned to ashes, Cheng Zongyang put out the fire and turned to leave the forest. He hurried all the way and soon returned to the mountain where he first came.

He followed the marks he had left behind when he came down the mountain, which only he recognized, and quietly went up the mountain and came to the cave where he had hidden it.

Looking at the cave entrance and the environment which has not changed much from before, I know that no one should have discovered it.

He pushed aside the vines that completely concealed him, opened the disguised door and entered.

He knew that if the three men did not return, the Black Wind Gang would definitely think of the possibility of being killed by him and would definitely not let it go.

Of course, he won't give up.

As for the Taixuan Gang... according to the power division of the Ice and Fire Immortal Cultivation World, the highest ones are the five major immortal sects.

Below that are two types of immortal cultivation forces, mainly families and gangs. They are all judged by star level.

Nine stars are the highest and one star is the lowest.

Below one star are ordinary folk martial arts gangs and martial arts families. The five gangs in the South District belong to this category.

Their star rating is determined by the five major immortal sects - they are rated based on the highest cultivation and combat power within the force; their contribution to the sect; whether they have been punished by the sect, etc.

The star rating determines how large the territory of the family is within the immortal cultivation city; whether and what grade of spiritual vein land outside can be allocated; how many places can be entered into the immortal sect every ten years; what valuable resources can be exchanged from the immortal sect, etc.

When Cheng Zongyang first learned about the class divisions in the world of immortal cultivation, there was only one thing that came to his mind - control!
This kind of rating means that all immortal cultivation forces below the Immortal Sect are controlled by the Immortal Sect.

How much territory and how many resources a certain star level owns are completely determined by the immortal sect, and there is only one consequence for violating it.

However, the Immortal Sect did not prohibit fighting between forces, but even if they fought, the fixed "benefits" remained fixed, and the only thing they could get was the other party's own property and resources. As for all the spiritual veins, territories, quotas, and exchange rates allocated by the sect, they could not be taken away.

Cheng Zongyang didn't know how to describe this distribution method, it was a bit like the model of the Thirteen Royal Clans. Or it could be said that the Thirteen Royal Clans learned this model.

But it has been distributed like this for hundreds of years and is still safe and sound, which is enough to illustrate the transcendent status and strength of the Immortal Sect, which is enough to suppress the resentment and voices of all forces.

Now the Taixuan Gang in the northern district is just a one-star immortal cultivation gang.

In the Immortal City, they were allocated a small piece of land and were not eligible to share the graded spiritual veins outside the city. Simply put, the Taixuan Gang was only one level higher than the martial arts gang.

But even if it is one level higher, it can still crush ordinary gangs like the Black Wind Gang.

This is also one of the reasons why Cheng Zongyang does not want to develop power in the Ice and Fire Immortal Cultivation World.

While thinking along the way, I came into the cave.

Cheng Zongyang took out a magnet, drove away some mosquitoes, rats, ants, etc. inside, and then entered the wilderness world.

When he appeared at the market, Luo Dingran was recording something in front of the counter.

"Sir." Seeing Cheng Zongyang coming in, Luo Dingran immediately bowed.

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly: "Where is the body?"

Luo Dingran said, "It has been moved to the fresh-keeping warehouse next door. Sir, do you need me to move it over?"

Cheng Zongyang waved his hand: "No, I'll go over and take a look myself. We can talk about other things later. You go ahead and do your work."

"Yes, sir." Luo Dingran bowed.

Cheng Zongyang came to the fresh-keeping warehouse next door alone and saw the black corpse lying on the ground in the corner.

The body of the Black Mountain Ghost lay there quietly, with its head simply placed at the broken end without being sewn up.

As Cheng Zongyang approached, he felt a cold aura emanating from the corpse.

It was only then that he had time to truly observe the other person.

His body shape is similar to that of a human, but his skin is as black as ink, as if it had been stained with ink, and his skin looks like the wrinkles on the face of an eighty or ninety-year-old man.

The wrinkles were not orderly but randomly distributed, some were as deep and winding as a dry riverbed, and some were like slightly undulating ripples, shallowly printed on the surface. The lines of the wrinkles intertwined with each other, forming a very strange pattern.

He gently touched the Black Mountain Ghost's skin with his hand and could feel a rough and hard texture. The strange human face looked even more ferocious at this moment. Its eyes were round, its nose was flat, and its mouth was slightly open, revealing its sharp teeth. Its limbs were as slender as chicken claws, and its fingertips were as sharp as knives and had a hard texture. It felt like knocking on a stone when it was gently tapped.

It looks a bit like some zombies in movies, but it's not a zombie.

Cheng Zongyang carefully observed the body of the Black Mountain Ghost and made an appraisal.

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【Black Mountain Ghost】

Introduction: A first-level spirit, formed when a person's corpse is affected by some special influence after death. It usually lives in dark and remote places. It is extremely sensitive to blood, likes to eat blood, is bloodthirsty and brutal, is extremely fast, has hands as hard as iron, can spit out poisonous smoke, and is immune to toxins. The blood pill in its body has special effects.

Grade: First level

Points: 5000
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After reading the introduction, Cheng Zongyang finally understood why the man said that the Black Mountain Ghost was heading for the other party.

It turned out that the strong smell of blood lured the Black Mountain Ghost out of the mountain, and its target was the other party.

The reason why it attacked Cheng Zongyang was simply because Cheng Zongyang blocked it.

He nodded slightly, the value of this point was not bad. He continued to examine the body of the Black Mountain Ghost, and when his hand touched the Black Mountain Ghost's Dantian, he felt a weak energy fluctuation.

He took out a dagger and carefully cut open the Black Mountain Ghost's dantian. As the sticky black blood slowly flowed out, a blood-red bead the size of a pigeon egg appeared in front of his eyes.

This blood pill exudes a strong bloody smell that makes people want to vomit. Cheng Zongyang frowned and held his breath.

He didn't know what the function of this blood pill was, but judging from the aura it emitted, it was definitely not a good thing.

Appraisal!

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【Mountain Ghost Blood Pill】

Introduction: The blood pill of the first-level monster Black Mountain Ghost is formed by condensing blood, evil spirit, resentment, etc. after swallowing blood.

Grade: First level

Function: It can be used to make elixirs, greatly and quickly improving the warrior's qi, blood and physical fitness; it can be used to give magical instruments and treasures special negative effects through refining, such as evil spirits, toxicity, etc.

Note: Blood Pill has a high possibility of affecting the mind of the user/taker.

Points: 3500
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"This doesn't seem to have much effect on me." Cheng Zongyang shook his head.

He is already innate, and what he needs to do now is to accumulate cultivation, condense the true qi and transform it into true essence. Finally, when he breaks through to the extraordinary level, the true essence will be transformed into original qi. The original qi will break through the Niwan Palace and then combine with the Yin God to form the Yuan Shen, and then he will be an immortal cultivator.

Therefore, even if this blood pill was refined into a medicinal pill, it would be useless to him. As for refining it into a magic weapon, he didn't need it either. As long as he had points, he could buy a better one.

So without hesitation, he dragged the corpse and the blood pill into the hut and sold them directly in exchange for 5,000 points.

"I earned 5,000 points during this trip. After deducting the cost of a dozen talismans, it's considered a good profit." Cheng Zongyang was in a good mood.

(End of this chapter)