Chapter 16: The Puppet Warriors Show Their Might!

The four of them chatted along the way… "It will take another two days to reach the market like this." Zhu Yuanzhong looked at Li Xuanji and Meng Lingyun and asked with a smile, "I wonder what the two of you plan to do after arriving at the market?" "No particular plans." "First find a place to stay, then try to find a Dao companion…" "…" Meng Lingyun shook her head with a hopeless expression and said, "Li Daoist friend, you are in your prime, why are you thinking of continuing your bloodline? If you put your energy into cultivation, how could your cultivation level be only at the third level of Qi Refining?" "This third level of Qi Refining was just broken through a few days ago." Li Xuanji rode on the horse, shaking his head and said, "Li has a five-element pseudo-spiritual root. If I don't make plans early, it will be harder to find a Dao companion when I get old." "…" Meng Lingyun was speechless when she heard 'five-element pseudo-spiritual root'. Zhu Yuanzhong clicked his tongue and said, "I thought my four-element mixed spiritual root was bad enough, but Li Daoist friend is even worse, admirable, admirable~" "Tsk tsk tsk…" Zhu Shaohong also clicked his tongue and said, "A five-element pseudo-spiritual root can sense the Qi, and even cultivate to the third level of Qi Refining. Li Daoist friend is truly a great perseverance, I admire, admire." As they were chatting… Zhu Yuanzhong, as a body cultivator, seemed to sense something and frowned as he looked around. Suddenly, his kirin horse stepped on a talisman buried in the mud. It was broad daylight, but the horse's hoof instantly froze and quickly spread to his body. He felt a chill under him and saw the ice spreading to his legs. He quickly jumped up and said, "Shaohong, be careful, there are bandits hiding!!" As his voice sounded, the wind blew the grass on the roadside, followed by bursts of breaking sounds. Several talismans exploded in his face, either with flames soaring into the sky or electric arcs flickering. Even though he was a body cultivator with thick skin and flesh, and had learned a few body-protecting techniques, he was still blasted back by this sudden attack… Li Xuanji saw this change and his heart tightened. Before he could react, he saw a black shadow holding a big knife rushing out of the woods on the side of the road! And the target of the ghost-headed big knife was himself!! The kirin horse under him panicked, and he didn't care about being embarrassed. He kicked the horse's back and leaped to the side, only to see a cold light flashing by. The kirin horse was split in half from the waist, and blood and guts sprayed everywhere! He felt a chill in his heart. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been the one split in half! He came to his senses and found that the knife holder was a burly man. Judging by his attack style and the aura on his body, he was a fifth-level Qi Refining body cultivator… The big man saw him distracted and wanted to rush forward, but he saw two talismans flying at him. He blocked them with his knife. When he saw that it was the female cultivator on the side who threw out two talismans, he showed a fierce look and jumped up, swinging his knife like a giant bird spreading its wings… And Meng Lingyun bit her silver teeth and slapped her storage bag, also sacrificing her flying sword to meet him. But her third-level Qi Refining cultivation was far inferior to the fifth-level one, and she was close to the body cultivator. She was only a few rounds before she was pressed by the heavy knife pressure and couldn't breathe. The big man saw her unable to resist, and said with a lewd and harsh voice, "Little bitch, you're quite good at tossing. When I catch you, I'll make you pay!!" Meng Lingyun showed a bitter expression and glanced at the people next to her. When she saw that the opponent of the Zhu family's uncle and nephew was a fifth-level talisman master, she felt hopeless. But when she saw that the one who was full of Dao companions in his mind was still watching on the side, she hated him so much that her teeth itched and said, "Li Daoist friend, hurry up and help!" "Okay!!" Li Xuanji said and took off his storage bag tied to his waist, then threw it at the big man with the knife, shouting, "Good man, I know you're only after money. The things in my storage bag should be worth tens of medium-grade spirit stones. I'll give them to you now, please spare my life!" "…" Meng Lingyun: "???" "Hahahaha." The big man laughed wildly when he heard this. When he saw the little bitch's hateful expression, he exposed a flaw. He snorted and swept his knife. The sharp knife aura cut down the trees several feet away as it passed. And Meng Lingyun saw the knife's momentum was fierce and her face changed. She dodged too late and could only stick a body-protecting talisman on her body and block with her flying sword… "Clang~" With a crisp sound of metal clashing, Meng Lingyun's flying sword shattered, and she spat out blood and flew back… She fell to the ground and didn't have time to react, and was grabbed by the neck and lifted up by the big man who rushed over. She was pale and glared at the 'teammate' who threw out the storage bag and begged for mercy. The hatred in her eyes even surpassed the bandit who wounded her. "Ji…Li Xuanji, you…will die a horrible death." "Hahahaha, good good good~" The big man saw that he had completed his task without any effort and laughed happily. He then looked at the storage bag thrown by the kid, thinking of the cultivation resources worth tens of medium-grade spirit stones inside, and felt a heat in his heart. He scanned it with his divine sense. He found that there were only a few medium-grade spirit stones in the storage bag, and his heart sank, feeling like he had been played. When he saw that there were also two puppet-like things that took up a lot of space, he wondered and waved his hand to take out the two puppets. He looked them up and down, but didn't know what they were for, and asked harshly, "Kid, what are these two puppets?" "…" Li Xuanji saw that the bandit took out the two 'puppet warriors' as he expected, and immediately smiled and said, "Of course they are valuable things~" As soon as his words fell, the two 'puppet warriors' that were like dead things came to life, and caught the bandit's hands from left and right. Because the 'puppet warriors' were right next to him, the body cultivator only felt his wrists tighten, as if they were tied by iron hoops, and he had no room to react at all! Meng Lingyun, who fell to the ground, stared blankly at the change in front of her, and didn't even know what had happened. The two 'puppet warriors', the one on the left punched him in the abdomen, and when he opened his mouth and spat out sour water with his eyes bulging, the other one twisted his right arm behind him, not only snatched his ghost-headed big knife, but also kicked him in the knee. The bandit who was laughing happily a second ago, was like a prisoner waiting to be executed on the execution ground the next second, kneeling on the ground with his hands caught behind him. The 'puppet warrior' on the left swung his big fist like a pot and hit his side face, while the one on the right who snatched the ghost-headed big knife raised the knife in his hand. The big man spat out a few broken teeth after being hit in the left face, and his eyes were filled with blood. When he saw that his magic weapon had been raised above his head by the other party, the fierceness on his face disappeared and turned pale. "Big brother, save me!!!" With a flash of cold light, the miserable scream disappeared, and with the rolling head, the body cultivator's life also disappeared! In a flash, the bandit was beheaded! Meng Lingyun was right next to him, and until she was splashed with warm blood on her face, she came back to her senses. The bandit who was going to torture her just now, died… He died in the blink of an eye?