Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 3

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

“Are you Zhong Kui?” Chen Luo circled around Zhong Kui several times. Oh God, this is a saint, he was summoned just by writing an article…

That Zhong Kui just stood quietly, bowed again, and said, “Answering my lord, this person is not the real Lord Zhong Kui, but the spirit of the book “The Tales of Zhong Kui” written by you, also known as Zhong Kui.”

“Book Spirit?” Chen Luo frowned slightly, “Can you catch ghosts?”

Zhong Kui nodded and said, “My lord wrote in the article that I can eat ghosts, and the Heavenly Path also agrees with this statement, so this spirit can eat ghosts. But…”

“But what?”

Zhong Kui went on to say: “The ability of the book spirit is closely related to the author, and it applies to this spirit. This spirit is naturally strong against ghosts, but at most, it can only deal with ghosts that are two realms higher than the master.”

Chen Luo nodded: “Two realms higher you say?”

Chen Luo recalled the realms of this world. The wandering ghosts and wild ghosts in this ghost are the first level, which can affect people with weak constitutions; and the ghosts who kill people by entering dreams are in the second layer.

Just as Chen Luo and Zhong Kui were talking, there was a sudden scream from outside the house. Almost at the same time, Zhong Kui’s nose twitched and he said solemnly, “There’s a ghost!”

Chen Luo was stunned and frozen for a moment. Then, he realized that Chen Xuan was still outside the house, and rushed out, followed by Zhong Kui like a gust of wind.

Because of the multiple deaths happening at the Chen Mansion, Chen Xuan dismissed many servants, and the huge Chen Mansion was a little empty. Chen Luo ran out of the backyard and saw the little maid who had called him a zombie. The maid fell at the side of the garden, with a thin quilt in her hand. This maid’s name is Xiao Huan, she is Chen Xuan’s personal maid.

Chen Luo hurriedly stepped forward, helped Xiao Huan up, and asked, “Where’s Miss?”

Seeing that it was Chen Luo, Xiao Huan hurriedly said, “We saw a ghost, and the lady chased it…Miss she…”

Before Xiao Huan finished speaking, the moon emerged from a dark cloud, and the moonlight shone on Zhong Kui’s face behind Chen Luo. Xiao Huan froze for a moment, then pointed at Zhong Kui, almost trembling and said, “Young master Luo, run quickly. There is a ghost…” As soon as she said this, she fainted…

Chen Luo looked back at Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui smiled a little embarrassedly, and this smile looked particularly creepy under the moonlight. Chen Luo probed Xiao Huan’s breath and found that she just fainted, so he put the thin quilt over Xiao Huan’s body and asked Zhong Kui, “Can you sense it?”

Zhong Kui nodded and took the lead, while Chen Luo quickly caught up.

Chen Xuan has practiced some techniques, Chen Luo knows this. However, it is not an authentic technique that came from the three religions. It is just heresy by some random cult, called “Thirteen Needles of Heavenly Door”. This is not a medical acupuncture technique, but a murder technique that uses silver needles to defeat the enemy. Dealing with ordinary people is naturally easy, but using it to deal with ghosts is a bit outrageous.

“This woman, you’re too rash!” Chen Luo complained while chasing, and he was about to reach the gate of Chen’s mansion. Zhong Kui stopped abruptly, and Chen Luo was about to ask why when he saw Chen Xuan sitting cross-legged not far from the gate.

“Are you alright? What ghost are you chasing, if anything bad happens then…” Chen Luo said as he approached Chen Xuan. Suddenly, Chen Luo’s footsteps stopped, and his whole face became contorted.

He saw five silver needles stuck on Chen Xuan’s head.

“Silver Needle Crossing the Soul!” Chen Luo squeezed out a few words between his teeth. He, who had absorbed the memory of his predecessor, of course knew what was going on in front of him.

This is the forbidden technique of “Thirteen Needles of Heavenly Gate”. Silver needles are used to seal the five orifices of the human body so that the soul can temporarily escape from the body. Compared with the Taoist orthodoxy of practicing the Yangshen, this way of leaving the soul does not take long, but it has many hidden dangers. The most common one is that after the soul returns to its place, one of the senses, hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell will be lost randomly.

Chen Luo looked back at Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui waved his sleeves, and a cold air shot into Chen Luo’s eyes. Then he raised his head at the same time as Zhong Kui. There, on the roof of the main hall, Chen Xuan’s soul was fighting with a ghost with long hands and long legs.

“Zhong Kui!” Chen Luo shouted in a low voice, Zhong Kui moved and flew towards the roof.

The appearance of Zhong Kui shocked both Chen Xuan and the ghost. Chen Xuan saw Chen Luo standing below and was anxious. She shouted: “Little Luo, go back!” Chen Luo shouted: ” Chen Xuan, hurry up and return to your place!” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”

The ghost also saw Chen Luo and had a look of surprise on his face. He was about to pounce on Chen Luo. Seeing this, Chen Xuan was about to step forward to stop him, but a shadow flashed, and Zhong Kui was already standing in front of the ghost.

　　When the ghost saw Zhong Kui, he opened his mouth and roared, and a ghostly sound came out. Zhong Kui didn’t care, he just looked at the ghost, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stuck out his tongue unconsciously, and licked his lips.

　　The ghost panicked for no reason, turned around and fled, and in a blink of an eye, it had already flown three meters away, only to see Zhong Kui wave his hand, and an iron hook flew out from Zhong Kui’s sleeve, hooking the ghost’s clavicle accurately. Zhong Kui pulled the chain back, and the ghost flew back upside down. At this time, Zhong Kui’s other hand reached forward and wiped it on the ghost’s face. The ghost let out a painful whimper, and there were two more egg-sized balls on Zhong Kui’s hand, which were the ghost’s eyeballs!

　　Zhong Kui swallowed the ghost’s eyeballs and chewed them in his mouth. At the same time, he reached out again, grabbed the ghost’s arm, twisted it in the opposite direction, and pulled the ghost’s arm off. The ghost tried to struggle, but Zhong Kui stepped on his back, making him lie on the ground unable to move.

　　Like eating a candy cane, Zhong Kui quickly chewed and swallowed the ghost’s arm in whole, the flesh and the bones alike, and then sat on the ghost’s body again, grabbed one of the ghost’s feet, and bit it without even pulling it down. The sound of the ghost’s wailing became loud, Zhong Kui frowned, put down the ghost’s thigh, grabbed the ghost’s throat, and slammed it, and suddenly a cloud of green energy condensed in Zhong Kui’s hand, and Zhong Kui drank the green energy like drinking water. And the ghost with a big hole in his throat opened his mouth at this time, but he couldn’t make any sound…

Chen Xuan, who was watching Zhong Kui’s gluttony, was stunned for a moment, until Chen Luo called her again. She came back to her senses, fell to the ground, looked back at Zhong Kui who was still eating, and asked, “That person is?”

Chen Luo was already very anxious at this time, and said: “You hurry up and return your spirit back to your body. I will tell you about that person later…”

Chen Xuan did not immediately let her soul return to its place, but looked at Chen Luo with some nostalgia: “Let me take a look at you again, in case I can’t see you again…”

Chen Luo’s heart was stunned, and he quickly shook his head: “Don’t say depressing words, maybe because you don’t have a sense of smell, you can just pretend to have rhinitis…”

“Rhinitis? What is that?”

“It’s nothing, hurry up and return to your place. After a long time, the soul will dissipate, and it will be difficult to go back…”

Chen Xuan nodded, walked towards her body, instantly merged with her body, and opened her eyes.

Chen Luo hurried forward: “How is it? What’s wrong?”

Chen Xuan sensed it, smiled and said, “You’re right, it’s because the sense of smell is gone…”

Chen Luo was fortunate and complained: “You are a mortal, why do you have to fight with ghosts? Don’t you know how dangerous it is?”

Chen Xuan shook her head slightly: “I’m afraid it will come to harm you again…”

Chen Luo was shocked and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Chen Xuan’s eyes and pupils quickly turning white, and couldn’t help but be speechless. He slowly stretched out a hand and placed it in front of Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan didn’t notice it!

He doesn’t know why, including this time, Chen Luo only saw this woman in front of him for the second time, but Chen Luo felt like a fire was lit in his heart, his nose was sour, and his eyes were instantly wet.

“By the way, who is that expert?” Chen Xuan asked with a smile as she raised her head as if watching Zhong Kui eating ghosts, not knowing what was happening to Chen Luo.

“His name is Zhong Kui, he is…” Chen Luo suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and continued, “The book spirit I summoned!”

“Book spirit?” Chen Xuan reached out and grabbed Chen Luo’s arm, “He’s a book spirit?”

Before Chen Luo could answer, Zhong Kui had already swallowed the whole ghost, floated down from the roof, and cupped his hands at Chen Luo: “My lord, this spirit has subdued the ghost. But… this ghost is not the real suspect, there’s someone else behind the scenes!”

Chen Luo and Chen Xuan’s expressions changed drastically at the same time, Chen Luo asked, “What’s going on?”

Zhong Kui bowed his hands again: “This ghost is not an ordinary ghost, but a puppet ghost! These ghosts are born from tigers that eat people. These ghosts can’t control themselves and can only follow the tiger’s orders… So, the real perpetrator that harmed master’s family is the tiger demon behind this ghost!”

“Tiger demon?” Chen Luo turned his head, looked at Chen Xuan whose eyes were already snow-white, and clenched his fists, “What a tiger demon!” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”