Eternal Life from Taking Care of Master's Wife-Chapter 34: A Close Call with Death

Bang!

The signal arrow exploded in the air, startling both sides confronting each other at the entrance of the Wolong Mountain stronghold.

Zhang Long had already received the news and was engaging Tie Xiong and other bandits head-on, while the County Magistrate had sent someone to sneak in from the back mountain to rescue Chen Feng.

Seeing the signal arrow from the back mountain, Zhang Long knew the rescuers had been exposed.

"You dare to play tricks, today I’ll use that little girl as a sacrifice!"

Tie Xiong suddenly stood up, his hair bristling with rage, and ordered, "Release the arrows, I’ll personally take that girl’s head!"

After finishing, Tie Xiong leapt off the stockade wall and disappeared.

"Kill!"

Zhang Long, filled with fury, had no way out now. He waved his hand and led a charge through the rain of arrows.

He didn’t even bother with a shield.

Ordinary arrows couldn’t harm him at all.

Zhou Chen followed beside Zhang Long, each arrow taking a life, loosing over ten arrows in a breath.

The leaders on the stockade wall were shot dead one by one.

Zhou Chen naturally picked the stronger ones to shoot, though these leaders weren’t exactly strong, each had at least five to six hundred pounds of strength.

Which was around the mid-stage Body Refining First Layer.

But under Zhou Chen’s arrows, no one could escape.

After Tie Xiong left the wall, the second-in-command Lv Xiao had unknowingly disappeared as well.

Some shrewd leaders, seeing this, realized Tie Xiong and Lv Xiao had fled seeing the situation turn bad.

So.

They quickly fled.

Seeing someone take the lead, the bandits scattered in a frenzy, scrambling to flee.

They feared the authorities from the start, and now their leaders had fled, there was no way they’d die protecting, wishing they had more legs to run faster.

As the bandits collapsed, Zhang Long quickened his pace, leaping onto the stockade wall.

Zhou Chen followed closely behind.

"Where is the County Magistrate’s daughter?"

Zhang Long grabbed a bandit, pressing his bloodied long blade to his neck, shouting fiercely.

"Spare me, sir, the County Magistrate’s daughter is in the side hall behind the main hall... ah..."

Casually slitting the bandit’s throat, Zhang Long and Zhou Chen headed straight towards the main hall.

When they rushed into the side hall of the main hall, their expressions changed involuntarily.

The person was alive.

But...

In a pitiful state!

The entire hall was filled with a pungent odor. The County Magistrate’s daughter, Chen Feng, lay on a solid wood table, stark naked, her originally fair skin bruised in patches.

Her legs were wide open, barely alive.

There was no need to guess what she had suffered.

There was even a tool still left on Chen Feng’s body.

Zhang Long rushed forward, removing his coat to cover her, his expression grim.

Zhou Chen sighed internally, not surprised by this.

Reality isn’t like film.

You can’t always rescue just in time, or expect beauties captured by the enemy to remain unscathed.

Everyone has a devil inside them.

When unrestrained, this devil emerges, becoming terrifyingly monstrous.

What a woman faces when in enemy hands is imaginable.

No dignity, no human rights, subjected to unimaginable punishments and humiliations.

"There’s a reason Zhang Long doesn’t marry!"

Zhou Chen couldn’t help but recall Zhang Long’s earlier words: no wife or children means no weakness, not easily exploited.

As for the serving maids used for venting desires, Zhang Long didn’t care at all.

No feelings, no ties.

Just physical, not emotional.

People like Zhang Long are not few, and indeed, many martial artists are like this.

Many cultivators even emphasize severing all emotions and desires, living a life of purity and restraint.

"Sir!"

Zhao Hu rushed in and, seeing Chen Feng, immediately lowered his head.

"Guard the entrance, let no one in!"

Zhang Long instructed.

"Yes!"

Zhao Hu instantly took ten constables to guard the entrance.

"Sir, Tie Xiong and Lv Xiao escaped using a rope from a small path on the side!"

Yang Dali hurriedly reported.

"We can’t let them escape!"

Zhang Long looked at Yang Dageng and the others:

"You stay to protect the County Magistrate’s daughter, Zhou Chen and I will pursue!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Chen and Zhang Long wasted no time, immediately chasing after Tie Xiong.

With Chen Feng harmed like this, these two leaders must not escape.

The two quickly reached a cliff, where there was a rope. Tie Xiong and Lv Xiao evidently escaped from here.

Zhang Long headed down first, holding the rope in one hand and his knife in the other, descending swiftly.

Zhou Chen followed right after.

A moment later.

The two landed; normally no one comes here, so Tie Xiong and the others’ escape traces were very clear.

"Pursue!"

After chasing for dozens of meters, they found the traces diverged.

Tie Xiong and Lv Xiao had split up.

Zhang Long hesitated a bit, contemplating separating but worried Zhou Chen couldn’t handle it.

"Let’s split up, Tie Xiong is just Body Refining Second Layer, I can handle him if encountered!"

Zhou Chen directly suggested.

Zhang Long’s newly reached Body Refining Third Layer strength was useless to him; pursuing with Zhang Long together was less free than acting independently.

If danger arises, he can escape alone at any time.

But trailing Zhang Long, without exposing himself, he’s instead constrained.

"Alright, be careful then, if you encounter Tie Xiong, don’t engage him in close combat!"

Zhang Long advised, pursuing a trail.

Zhou Chen followed another trail.

His speed was neither fast nor slow, showing only the speed of a Body Refining Second Layer.

Catching up would be ideal.

But he wouldn’t force it if he couldn’t.

His own safety was most important.

"Master, someone is ambushing ahead, it’s the second boss Lv Xiao!"

Ji Fengxia reminded him.

Earlier, Lv Xiao had appeared at the village gate, and Ji Fengxia remembered his aura. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Trying to ambush me?"

Zhou Chen coldly laughed internally, remaining unperturbed as Ji Fengxia pinpointed the location like a radar.

As he approached,

Zhou Chen vaguely sensed Lv Xiao’s presence. Though Lv Xiao was well-hidden, Zhou Chen’s cultivation wasn’t ordinary, and his Tracking Technique was formidable.

"This guy must’ve practiced a technique similar to Breath Concealment, but he’s no match for me!"

A thought flashed through Zhou Chen’s mind. Seeing the opportunity, he abruptly took action.

He drew his bow and nocked an arrow in one swift motion.

Twang! Twang! Twang! Twang!

The bowstrings thundered as nine arrows shot in succession towards Lv Xiao’s hiding spot.

"Oh no!"

Lv Xiao was startled, his body emitting a glowing shield.

The shield blocked three arrows before shattering explosively.

Immediately after,

Six arrows pierced Lv Xiao’s chest on both sides, his eyes, brows, and throat.

"You..."

Lv Xiao’s eyes widened, blood bubbling from his lips, incredulous that he’d been killed instantly.

"How... did you... discover me?"

In truth, he was not a Martial Artist, but a Cultivator.

His Breath Concealment Technique had reached the first level, thinking he was well-hidden, how did Zhou Chen, a martial artist, discover his hiding place?

Though his Spirit Root was trash, he’d cultivated up to Third-Layer Qi Refining over time.

Being cautious, even Tie Xiong only thought of him as a First-Layer Qi Refining loose cultivator, while others didn’t even know if he could perform martial arts.

Nor would they think he was a Third-Layer Qi Refining cultivator.

"You talk too much!"

Zhou Chen raised a hand and blasted his head, then searched him.

He found a storage bag.

The contents of the bag were varied, but mostly gold, silver, and jewels, with no Spirit Stones.

But there were many manuals, though they seemed ordinary stock, Zhou Chen liked them.

Ordinary techniques could be immensely powerful when cultivated to a high level.

"An unexpected gain!"

Zhou Chen was quite satisfied, happily exclaiming:

"Fengxia, come out and clean up the scene!"

"Yes, Master!"

A curvaceous and graceful figure emerged with a seductive voice, Ji Fengxia looked at Lv Xiao’s corpse and burned it to ash with a ghostly fire.

"All done!"

Ji Fengxia returned to the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror, Zhou Chen was elated with his bounty, his steps visibly lighter.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The clear sound of a wooden fish grew louder around him, his stride halted, and he felt paralyzed.

His pupils shrunk suddenly, goosebumps rising, an unprecedented terror surged within!

The original forest vanished, replaced by a nunnery, with the sound of wooden fish resonating from within.

The faint chanting of nuns was also heard.

Boom!

Zhou Chen’s mind felt like it exploded, flooded with the sounds of wooden fish and nun chanting, rendering his thoughts slow and sluggish.

He wanted to flee but couldn’t control his body or move a step!

Roar!

The cultivation of Body Refining Fourth Layer exploded without restraint, energizing him, his face flushed, and his body expanded like a bellows.

His tendons and bones resonated audibly, the Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound erupted.

This slightly restored his rationality, the icy terror that enveloped him began to thaw, and internally he bellowed:

"Increase my power!"

Without time to think, instinctively, over two thousand Wind and Moon Points were added to Yi Arrow Skill.

In that instant,

Zhou Chen seemed to have cultivated for years, his vitality soared, tendons and bones resonating, the overwhelming sound was suppressed.

Like someone frozen breaking free.

His body and soul felt liberated.

Facing life and death, paired with the power increase, Zhou Chen had a revelation of an arrow technique kill move.

He instinctively drew his longbow, swiftly bending it into a full moon shape, the bow trembled, the intangible arrow intent gathered, its fierce sharpness seemed to pierce the heavens.

The sun set, the remnants like blood.

Twang!

The thousand-pound tension longbow shattered explosively, a dark arrow streaked upward like a meteor, piercing the sky, striking the nunnery’s door.

"This is..."

The white-robed woman departing from Wolong Mountain Peak suddenly looked up, staring at the arrow light rising, her pupils constricted.

"The bygone wind flows freely, Yi Arrow shoots the sky!"

A free-spirited figure appeared in her mind, the white-clad woman was shocked, exclaiming:

"Yi Arrow Skill of Divine Arrow Peak!?"

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