This Taoist Master is too Frivolous

Crackle and pop!

Thunderbolt light flashed on the head of his hammer in his hand.

The arcing electricity all struck the land deity.

He was a “wicked god,” most fearful of thunderbolts. As the arcs touched his body, they produced sizzling sounds, and bursts of gray smoke rose from the burning.

“Ding!”

“The land deity is frightened, merit points +50, Earth Escape Skill +1.”

Xu Yang placed the hammer on the forehead of the land deity, letting the electric arcs strike him, but not fully activating the “Wulei Rules” to ensure that he wouldn’t be killed too quickly.

“Ding!”

“The land deity is frightened, merit points +50, Earth Escape Skill +1.”

“Ding!”

“The land deity is frightened, merit points +50, Earth Escape Skill +1.”

“Ding…”

A series of system prompt sounds followed, the land deity trembling with fear. As he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a groan, it was the Asura Sect’s ace killer, Hei Meigui, waking up from her faint.

Xu Yang waved his hammer…

Hei Meigui, who had just opened her eyes and hadn’t figured out “who am I, where am I, what happened to me,” felt a pain in her chest, followed by the sensation…

That a few of her ribs were broken and then pierced into her internal organs.

Her limbs were broken.

At this moment, she was struck by Xu Yang’s hammer, and couldn’t even get up.

Blood choked out of her mouth and nose, and miraculously, in Hei Meigui’s mind, she remembered her life…since she was kidnapped into the killer organization as a child, she had always been subjected to the most brutal training.

Fighting with fierce beasts, fighting with her fellow trainees…

From childhood until she was 16, she had hardly slept welL.until she was favored by Elder San, who taught her the Asura Sect’s unique skills, and thus began her career as a “killer.”

From 16 to 28 years old.

Over 12 years, she had long forgotten how many people had died at her hands, from an unknown beginning to becoming an Asura Sect gold medal killer, all of this was exchanged for the lives of others!

“So…is this what death feels like?”

Her pupils gradually dispersed, her vitality and breath gradually disappeared. “You…”

Seeing this scene, the land deity was stunned and exclaimed, “You…you…you killed her?”

There was a sense of inexplicable fear for Xu Yang in his heart.

He killed people without saying a word, without even a hint of communication or interrogation.

Xu Yang withdrew his hammer, massaging the land deity’s face with the thunderous hammer, and calmly laughed, “Since she’s an Asura Sect gold medal killer, she must know Asura Sect’s secrets…and it’s inevitable that she’ll become a fierce ghost after death, so why should I waste my breath?” “Besides, isn’t it the same to ask her questions when she turns into a ghost?”

“I prefer to communicate with ghosts rather than people!”

“Ding!”

“The land deity is surprised, merit points +50, Earth Escape Skill +1.”

“Ding…”

Another series of system prompt sounds rang out.

At this moment, the sky outside was already bright.

“Is it daylight already?”

Xu Yang sighed, immediately put away the hammer, and flipped out a one-foot tall silver bottle…this bottle was requested from Spirits Management Bureau, a special “Daoist artifact” researched by the Spirits Management Bureau, capable of sealing ghosts and gods.

“Old man land deity, you stay in the bottle for now, I’ll come talk to you after I finish participating in the Daoist Skills Convention.”

Xu Yang waved his hand, directly capturing the land deity into the silver bottle.

After plugging the lid, Xu Yang took out a few “Suppress Evil and Break Malevolent Energies Talisman” and wrapped them around the silver bottle, then put the bottle into the storage space.

He looked at the time.

It was already 6:30 in the morning.

Today was the last day of the Daoist Skills Convention, with a packed schedule, and Xu Yang needed to arrive at Zongsheng Palace at 7:30.

He sat down beside Hei Meigui’s corpse and said, “There’s still an hour…there should be enough time.”

Yue Yuluo came forward and said, “Husband, why don’t you go to the Daoist Skills Convention first, and we’ll help you guard the corpse…”

“That works too.”

Xu Yang thought for a moment, stood up and instructed, “After she turns into a fierce ghost, just suppress her and wait for me to come back and deal with her.”

He left the guest house, found a breakfast shop on the street, ordered a cup of soy milk, three dough fritters, and after finishing his meal, he flagged down a taxi to head to the Zongsheng Palace.

Not long after his arrival, several “examiners” also arrived.

A master from Zongsheng Palace stepped forward and talked about the exam for a while before announcing, “Next, we will proceed with the fourth part of our Daoist Skills Exam… Setting up the altar and performing the rituals!”

“We are all Daoist cultivators, and as cultivators… setting up the altar and performing the rituals is one of the essential lessons we must learn. We, Zongsheng Palace, have prepared all the required tools for this. Next, please come forward in order and take the test one by one.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

Holy crap!

One by one?

Won’t I make a fool of myself then?

After all…

He really doesn’t know how to set up the altar and perform the rituals!

His previous “altar setups” were just to fool people who didn’t understand… After all, most of his “altar techniques” were learned from zombie movies.

As for the specifics of how to set up the altar, how to start the rituals, what to recite, and what steps to take, these things have their certain rules.

Xu Yang’s original plan was to ask someone for help on the spot since the Divine Ascension Scripture was too advanced and didn’t have such basic things as “setting up the altar and performing the rituals.”

But who would have thought that he’d be so busy these past few days that he didn’t have time to do so.

Seeing the first Daoist cultivator participating in the Daoist Skills Exam performing the rituals with great precision, Xu Yang swiftly pondered, “If it doesn’t work, I’ll just try to imitate them and bluff my way through.”

As he was thinking, a disciple from Zongsheng Palace came forward and whispered, “Master Xu, our ancestor would like to see you.”

“Oh?”

Xu Yang’s heart leaped, and he pretends to be concerned, “Can it wait till later?

I still need to participate in the next part of the examination… ”

“Our ancestor said that with Master Xu’s Daoist skills, you don’t need to participate in the next part of the exam… There’s no doubt that you are the champion of the Qi Refining group in this Daoist Skills Exam.”

Xu Yang was dumbfounded.

Have they already declared me the winner?

He looked around to see if anyone was opposed to this, but saw that the examiners and other participants all congratulated him without objection. Regardless of Xu Yang’s actual abilities, the mere fact that the “ancestor” of Zongsheng Palace has appointed him makes it impossible for anyone in the martial world to oppose him!

After all, that’s a living “Land Immortal” whose seniority is higher than the current leaders of the major Daoist sects by seven or eight generations!

“If that’s the case, please lead the way.”

Xu Yang felt delighted in his heart and followed the disciple of Zongsheng

Palace to the backyard, where they arrived at the ginkgo tree said to have been planted by Laozi himself.

There, he saw Grandmaster Chengming wearing purple Daoist robes, standing with his hands behind his back under the ginkgo tree, his eyes deep and empty, looking at some unknown place.

“Old Senior.”

Xu Yang came behind Grandmaster Chengming and respectfully bowed. “You’re really curious, I’d like to see how you’ve managed to cultivate so quickly!” said Chengming, looking at Xu Yang with a puzzled expression. “Ah?”

Xu Yang was startled, “Old Senior… did I do something wrong and upset you?” “Can’t you tell when someone is joking?”

Grandmaster Chengming’s eyes widened as he blew on his beard.

Xu Yang immediately dropped his “shocked” expression and smiled, “I was just trying to play along with you, Old Senior… But please, don’t open me up, I’m still a child, not even married yet.”

The nearly 6oo-year-old Land Immortal was stunned for a moment before he said, “Unmarried men are indeed children… but that saying is from ancient times. In the past, people got married at fifteen or sixteen, so it made sense then… but nowadays, there are people in their thirties or even forties who are still unmarried, so saying it now might not be appropriate.”

He waved his hand and said, “Alright, enough talk. Today, I’ve asked you here to fulfill the promise I made.”

“What promise?”

Xu Yang blinked and then realized…

On that day, this purple-robed old Daoist did say that once he joined the Dao, he would be granted a period to cultivate under the ginkgo tree…

Swish!

The old Daoist waved his sleeve, and a gentle breeze blew by, lifting Xu Yang and placing him next to the roots of the ginkgo tree. He said, “I will give you seven days. Whether you can achieve another breakthrough within this time depends on your own fortune!”

PS: That’s the end of today’s 4000+ chapters. Good night, everyone.