Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Cyan Robe Ghost and Wild Boar Demon

“Whew!”

Lu Zheng turned over and sat up.

The pristine moonlight shone through the paper window, casting a hazy white glow on the bedroom floor.

It was a dream just now.

It wasn’t a dream just now.

Lu Zheng shivered, becoming instantly awake, and the next moment he flipped off the bed, starting to dress.

The things he prepared with Yuan Jing a few days ago but didn’t use, could finally be put to use.

Lu Zheng did not suspect Shen Ying, because if Shen Ying harbored ill intentions, she had many excuses to keep him at Taohua Village overnight, with no need to play tricks with dreams.

Moreover, the matter of the Pig Demon further added to the credibility of this situation.

Shen Ying had shown him gratitude by gifting books.

She got along pleasantly with him and the Liu Family Sisters at first meeting.

So, he must help!

Two Brocade Spring Sabers, one on the back, one at the waist.

Peace Talisman and Exorcism Talisman prepared, placed in the most accessible position.

Lu Zheng patted his forehead, instantly crossing over to the modern era, opened the fridge.

In the eerie cold, two bundles of Cold Condensing Talismans lay quietly in the freezer.

After eight days, the twenty Cold Condensing Talismans Lu Zheng had placed in the fridge had finally absorbed enough cold Qi, reaching the limit power of his current talisman drawing skills.

Stowing away the twenty Cold Condensing Talismans, Lu Zheng swiftly returned to the ancient times.

“Prepare thoroughly, set off!”

A startling brilliance suddenly flashed in Lu Zheng’s eyes.

Taking out a Divine Movement Talisman, he waved it onto himself, pinched the seal technique with his hand, feeling a surge of heat flowing from the Paper Talisman into his waist and legs.

The next moment, Lu Zheng leaped over his courtyard wall, disappearing into the night.

…

South of the city, Peach Blossom Plain.

A Divine Movement Talisman exhausted, Lu Zheng had arrived outside Peach Blossom Plain.

Compared to the brilliant Peach Blossoms during the day, a glorious human sight, the night Peach Blossom Forest was pitch-black as ink, no light, no shadow under the cover of peach blossoms and leaves.

Lu Zheng waved the Conceal Breath Talisman onto himself while his footsteps did not cease, leaping into the Peach Grove, his figure turning into a shadow, directly heading to Taohua Village.

Drawing close, breaths stirred, and the Qi refining accomplished Lu Zheng quickly sensed several auras.

A Qi similar to the Nether Qi triggered when the Corpse Ghost was vanquished.

A aura with a wild scent, which Lu Zheng had faintly perceived in Yu Ling Garden.

A particularly refreshing, yet strange aura, carrying traces of Yin Qi.

Three people, no, three not human.

Lu Zheng curled his lip, not approaching the village gate, but came to a peach tree beside the wall, stepped silently twice, and entered the canopy.

Turning back, parting the branches, Lu Zheng focused and looked, and the scene of the front yard came into view.

The grand peach tree rustled as in his dream, emanating a faint pink smoky miasma, enveloping the front yard.

In the mist, Shen Ying stood suspended, a light silk phoenix-tailed trailing skirt fluttering in the wind, just like the image in Lu Zheng’s dream.

Roots in the Peach Blossom Miasma thrust out like whips from the ground, flailing across the yard.

Shen Ying, pinching the seal technique with her hands, sent blossoms flying around, attacking two places.

With another glance, one area was a seemingly unreal figure wearing a cyan-gray robe, floating indistinctly through the peach flowers, occasionally reaching out to swipe, causing petals to fall and roots to spurt blood.

The other area was a burly man, two short blades swinging, charging towards the peach tree, severing roots blocking the way, sometimes even putting away the blades to rip roots apart with his hands.

“So savage?”

Lu Zheng could tell Shen Ying and that grand peach tree seemed to have merged into one; every time the peach tree was damaged, Shen Ying’s aura would pause.

No wonder Shen Ying sought Lu Zheng’s aid; her opponent stalled her, if an obstruction wasn’t stopped, truly, the Pig Demon could destroy the peach tree.

Watching for a while, Lu Zheng had devised a strategy.

While a frontal appearance with Shen Ying to repel the opponent was possible, Lu Zheng’s commencement would not only aim to retreat them.

Seeing Shen Ying could still hold on a while, Lu Zheng blinked, slid down the peach tree, sneaked along the wall, soon reaching the rear courtyard.

Flipping over the wall, Lu Zheng first glimpsed Xiaocui and two old servants at the side door peering and observing the battle.

Raised an eyebrow, although late at night or without hiding, Lu Zheng could clearly sense that these three were also not human.

“Xiaocui!” Lu Zheng called softly.

He did not get too close to avoid startling them, alerting the front yard.

The three were indeed surprised; Xiaocui turned suddenly, “Young Master Lu!”

“Shush!” Lu Zheng urgently motioned for silence.

Xiaocui nodded promptly.

Then Lu Zheng quietly approached, leaning at the side door.

“Young Master Lu, please save Madam!”

“I’m here to save your Madam.” Lu Zheng replied, “No need for more words, I’ve used the Conceal Breath Talisman, not sure if Madam Shen can sense my presence?”

If not sensed, can you inform Madam Shen without alerting those two?

Xiaocui hesitated, then looked at Shen Ying.

Two breaths later, Xiaocui quickly said, “Madam indeed doesn’t know you’ve arrived, but I told her, Madam said she can’t enter dreams when you’re awake, and can pass messages through me.”

“Didn’t alert the opponents, right?”

“No, I was born from the peach tree, so Madam and I can talk through the tree without them noticing.”

“Good!”

Lu Zheng nodded, noticing the Conceal Breath Talisman’s effect fading, immediately patting another one onto himself.

“Conceal Breath Talisman can only restrain aura, not hide, so once I appear, I’ll certainly be seen by them and alert them.”

Lu Zheng spoke quickly, “Have Madam Shen use the Peach Blossom Miasma and tree roots to cover me, let me approach the Pig Demon, then kill it with one strike.”

Glancing at the Brocade Spring Saber on Lu Zheng’s waist, Xiaocui nodded repeatedly, then promptly notified Shen Ying.

The next moment, the Peach Blossom Miasma in the front yard became unprecedentedly dense, with more tree roots springing from the ground, aiming fiercely at the burly man.

“Hahaha!”

The cyan-robed figure suddenly laughed, “Brother Peng, this wench is about to break, can you hold on, Brother Peng?”

“Hehehe!” The burly man referred to as Brother Peng’s eyes gleamed red, reaching out to grab a root, directly putting it in his mouth, biting it off.

“Fighting till dawn, beating this woman down onto a bed is no problem!”

“Haha, Brother Peng, you truly have a way!” The cyan-robed man laughed heartily, “Rest assured, as we agreed, this wench’s soul body is yours, I only want this peach tree!”