Chapter 39: Slay Monsters

"There's still a villager who isn't dead yet, he's still breathing." Another voice echoed.

"Where?" Everyone rushed over.

They saw a man lying in a pool of blood, his chest pierced by a sword, and his body riddled with wounds from the Crow Demon's pecking. His flesh was mangled, and the scene was horrific, but astonishingly, he still had a breath left.

"He's finished, his injuries are too severe, he only has one breath left."

"Only a Rejuvenation Pill from the sect can save him. A single pill costs three thousand taels of gold, we can't afford it."

"No Rejuvenation Pill means we can't save him."

...

The senior brothers looked on with regret.

"Which one of you is cultivating Yi Wood True Qi?" Xiao Nanfeng asked after inspecting the man, turning his gaze toward the senior brothers.

"Yi Wood True Qi? That's my cultivation." A senior brother responded, confused.

"Hurry, use your true qi to protect his heart pulse," Xiao Nanfeng ordered with determination.

"Eh?" The senior brother looked at Xiao Nanfeng in confusion.

"Didn't you read the *Rejuvenation Pill Scripture of the Causes and Effects of Creation* from the Scripture Palace? Don't you know how to simulate the effects of a Rejuvenation Pill to heal and save a life when there's no pill available?" Xiao Nanfeng snapped.

"I…" The senior brother's face stiffened. 

How could I possibly know that? There are so many scriptures in the Scripture Palace; they give me a headache just reading them, let alone the pill-related scriptures that aren't even related to cultivation. Who besides alchemists even pays attention to this?

"Don't waste time!" Xiao Nanfeng urged.

"Right!" The senior brother quickly moved forward.

Immediately, Yi Wood True Qi flowed into the villager's heart pulse.

"Who's cultivating Vital Water True Qi?" Xiao Nanfeng turned to the others.

"I am!"

"Me too!"

...

"You four, hold down the villager's limbs. Get ready to circulate your true qi along his meridians and channel it through his body to clear out the stagnant energy and blood. Don't start yet, wait for my command," Xiao Nanfeng instructed.

"Understood!" The four replied.

"Xiao Yu, I remember you've cultivated soul power, use it to protect his head," Xiao Nanfeng said to the arriving Xiao Yu.

"Got it!" Xiao Yu approached, curious.

"Now, Yi Wood True Qi protects the heart pulse, soul power shields the brain, and Vital Water True Qi flows through his entire body, generating the regenerative healing effects. Begin!" Xiao Nanfeng commanded seriously.

"Whoosh!"

Under the coordination of everyone's true qi, the villager suddenly trembled, and dark blood started pouring out of his wounds.

"His heartbeat is accelerating, and it's becoming stronger. His life force is increasing."

"It really looks like the effect of the Rejuvenation Pill. The stagnated blood is being expelled, and fresh blood is forming scabs."

"His leg twitched just now, does this mean he's starting to regain feeling?"

"The *Rejuvenation Pill Scripture of the Causes and Effects of Creation*? Junior brother, how do you understand this scripture?" 

...

Things were progressing positively, and everyone was excited.

"Your true qi is too strong, tone it down a bit. And you, don't you have enough true qi? Does anyone want to swap out?" Xiao Nanfeng continued directing.

"I'll do it!"

"Junior brother, I'll follow your lead."

"Ah, his eyelids just fluttered, is he waking up?"

...

Everyone eagerly followed Xiao Nanfeng's instructions, and the villager was slowly but surely revived. 

He opened his eyes groggily and looked around at the people, not fully aware of his surroundings.

"Don't be afraid. We're disciples of the Taiqing Immortal Sect, we were passing through and decided to help you," Xiao Nanfeng reassured him.

The villager was dazed for a moment, then suddenly his face turned anxious: "It's the Crow Army, the Crow Army is coming! They're after my Uncle Wu, please help me warn him, tell him to run away!"

"The Crow Army?" Everyone froze.

"The Crow Army is the most powerful regiment under the Crow Deity Marquis, I've heard that many of their soldiers are at the Innate Realm. They're quite famous in the Tianshu Empire," Xiao Yu explained.

"Please, you have to warn my Uncle Wu, his name is Zheng Qian, he's visiting Dawang Village right now." The villager weakly pleaded.

"We don't know any Dawang Village," one senior brother frowned.

"Ah… then what should we do… I…" The villager suddenly seemed delirious.

"He's emotionally unstable, it's too much for him. Keep treating him, and if anyone's energy is low, have them swap out," Xiao Nanfeng instructed.

"No problem!" The senior brothers responded.

"Junior Nanfeng, there's another person alive over here, come quickly and see how to treat him," another senior brother called out.

Xiao Nanfeng rushed over, and everyone gathered around him. At that moment, he had become the center of attention for all the disciples.

In the distance, Ye Dafu had been watching as Xiao Nanfeng took charge and everyone obeyed his orders. He could no longer hold back and rushed towards the distant hill.

On the hill, Ye Sanshui was in a fierce battle with the golden Crow Demon. Sword lights and flames exploded as dust and stones flew in all directions. The golden Crow Demon had lost countless feathers and was covered in sword wounds, while Ye Sanshui's clothes were charred, his wounds severe.

"Third Uncle, if you don't defeat the golden Crow Demon soon, you'll lose your position as leader, and Nanfeng will take over!" Ye Dafu shouted at Ye Sanshui.

"Shut up! Hurry up and call someone to help me deal with this beast!" Ye Sanshui yelled.

"I can't call anyone! Everyone's gone to follow Nanfeng's orders and are rescuing the villagers. Third Uncle, you better think of something!" Ye Dafu urged desperately.

Ye Sanshui's expression froze. What happened in this short time? What is he babbling about?

Commanding? Him?

At that moment, the golden Crow Demon suddenly spat out a huge fireball.

"Not good!" Ye Sanshui's face changed dramatically.

"Boom~~"

The massive fireball exploded on Ye Sanshui, and the golden Crow Demon took the opportunity to stretch its wings and flew towards the village.

But the golden Crow Demon soon realized something was wrong. It had been severely wounded by Ye Sanshui, but its entire Crow Demon army was nearly wiped out. What was happening over there?

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

...

On the way, the remaining Crow Demons called out to their leader, telling it that the one responsible for their deaths was the young man leading the others, the one who had killed their comrades.

The golden Crow Demon's anger erupted, and it immediately spread its wings and rushed toward the villagers.

"Watch out! It's the golden Crow Demon," the disciples shouted in alarm.

The golden Crow Demon, in its fury, spat out another large fireball. There was a loud explosion, and many disciples scrambled to dodge, some falling in all directions.

"Nanfeng, watch out!" Xiao Yu cried out.

But it was too late. The golden Crow Demon's sharp claws grabbed Xiao Nanfeng by the shoulder and, with a powerful flap of its wings, it soared into the sky, scattering the crows in its wake.

"Ye Sanshui, hurry up and use the flying sword to save Nanfeng!" Xiao Yu shouted anxiously.

"Senior Ye, the flying sword, why aren't you using it?" The other disciples shouted in frustration.

"I've been fighting the golden Crow Demon and consumed too much energy. I can't summon the flying sword right now," Ye Sanshui explained.

"Ye Sanshui! Didn't Nanfeng tell you to hold the golden Crow Demon off? Why did you let it sneak up on Nanfeng? Did you do it on purpose?" Xiao Yu yelled in fury.

"Senior Ye, how could you do such a thing?"

"Senior Ye, how could you harm Junior Nanfeng?" 

...

Immediately, the majority of the disciples began to accuse Ye Sanshui.

Ye Sanshui was at a loss for words. He had been fighting to the point of exhaustion, and now they were accusing him. What did he do wrong?

"Let's go!" Xiao Yu shouted and began chasing after Nanfeng.

"Let's go, we need to save Junior Nanfeng," the other disciples shouted as they followed.

"Ye Sanshui, if anything happens to Nanfeng, I won't let you off!" Xiao Yu shouted angrily as she pursued.

"Count me in, if anything happens to Junior Nanfeng, I'll report Ye Sanshui to the sect!" 

"Count me in, I'll report him too."

...

Many Taiqing Immortal Sect disciples shouted as they rushed to pursue.

Ye Sanshui stood there, stunned. What was happening? What had happened in such a short time? Why were all the disciples acting so crazy? What did he do wrong?

Ye Dafu was equally shocked. Had Nanfeng really taken over Third Uncle's authority in such a short time?

"Stop standing there! Leave some people to treat the villagers and everyone else, go after them!" Ye Sanshui growled in frustration.

"Understood!" The remaining disciples replied.

Ye Sanshui hesitated for a moment, and finally forced himself to endure his injuries and gritted his teeth as he chased after them in the direction of the golden Crow Demon capital.

 What's wrong with today, everything is so bad?

 On the other side, Xiao Nanfeng's shoulder was pierced by the golden Crow Demon's sharp claws, and in a flash, he was carried and flew over several mountains, disappearing from everyone's sight.

 The golden Crow Demon was also badly injured, but it still suppressed Xiao Nanfeng's true qi with its demonic qi, and for some unknown reason, it didn't kill him, as if it wanted to take him to a certain place.

 Xiao Nanfeng didn't despair, he probed his hand and took out the remaining half of the Purple Smoke Poison Pill.

 Although his true qi was suppressed, Xiao Nanfeng still had soul power, which he quickly introduced into the Purple Smoke Poison Pill.

 "Last time, I used The Scripture of the Yin Spirit Fishing the Loong method to catch a Golden Demon Eel, this method to catch a Crow Demon should have the same effect, right?" Xiao Nanfeng secretly thought.

 As his soul power surged into the Poison Dan, he saw a burst of blue light emerge from it, and a kind of hypnosis that induced the emotion of greed erupted from the Poison Dan.

 Out of the corner of his eye, the Golden Crow Demon seemed to see something bright, and looked down, but it was a blue-light elixir?

 That elixir, the golden Crow Demon a glance "recognized", that is mythical creature healing medicine, a mouthful swallowed, not only can instantly healed, but also allows it to cultivate another big step, this is its dream of the medicine ah!

 "Wow!" The golden Crow Demon trembled with excitement.

 Hypnotized by its soul power, the golden Crow Demon's greed exploded, and its mind was set on eating this pill.

 Xiao Nanfeng threw the poisonous elixir into the distance, and when it landed in the golden Crow Demon's eyes, it was as if he was afraid to give it a bite.

 Only to see the golden Crow Demon turn around and swallow the Purple Smoke Poison Pill in one bite.

 "An animal is an animal, this bit of willpower, it's far worse than a human." Xiao Nanfeng revealed a wave of disdain.

 The Poison Pill entered his stomach and immediately erupted into a rolling poisonous gas, and the terrifying toxicity instantly filled his entire body. Only then did the golden Crow Demon realize that something was wrong.

 "Ka ka ka ka!"

 The Golden Crow Demon opened its mouth and spat furiously, but it couldn't spit out the poisonous dan anymore, the toxicity rushed straight to all parts of its body, and it suddenly felt the sky spinning and the earth spinning.

 It struggled to stabilize its stance, and desperately tried to expel the poison. This also led to the disappearance of the demonic qi that was suppressing Xiao Nanfeng, and Xiao Nanfeng was free.

 Xiao Nanfeng took the opportunity to break away from the Crow Demon's sharp claws and pulled violently, his figure leapt up and reached the top of the golden Crow Demon's head, and he suddenly threw out a dagger from his sleeve.

 With a bared sound, the dagger ruthlessly pierced into the golden Crow Demon's head.

 "Wow!"

 The golden Crow Demon screamed in pain, but unfortunately, it was already seriously injured, at this moment, it was even more poisonous, and its head was pierced through, so it couldn't resist at all, and a Crow Demon that had condensed its inner dan died in Xiao Nanfeng's hands just like this.

 With a whirring sound, the golden Crow Demon and Xiao Nanfeng fell into the forest below.