"I'm playing with you, you're paralyzed!"

Zhou Chen's voice was like a loud bell, like the roar of a dragon or a tiger, exploding in the quiet Dahe Village, waking up countless sleeping villagers.

His anger was not just pretended to attract Zhang Long who was staying at Qin Jianghe's house. He was really angry.

He was having a great time controlling four balls, and you, a little kid, knocked on the door in the middle of the night to make trouble and butt in. Aren't you asking for trouble?

Boom! The door exploded, turning into sawdust all over the sky. Zhou Chen rushed out, his hair standing on end with rage.

A strange child covered in black flew out along with the wood chips from the door, spun 360 degrees in the air and landed lightly on the ground.

His pupils were hollow, his mouth was cracked, extending to the back of his ears, he stared at Zhou Chen and smiled: "Hehe, big brother, are you coming to play ball with me?"

"I'm kidding you!"

The dagger in Zhou Chen's hand was instantly unsheathed, and he roared. All his strength burst out, his blood rushed, and all his blood vessels and muscles swelled.

With a bang, the clothes on Zhou Chen's upper body were shattered by his blood.

Zhou Chen took a step forward and swung the dagger towards the strange child's head.

The short sword was two feet long, but it could cut out three inches of blood-red energy.

Bang! The sword energy and the short knife chopped on the strange child's head, and a terrifying roar broke out, like two small iron mountains colliding fiercely.

The next moment.

Both figures flew backwards.

Zhou Chen landed on the ground and took nine steps back. Each step left a deep footprint on the stone slabs before he could steady himself. His palms were numb.

He stared at the strange child who was chopped away by him, and saw a bloody mark about an inch deep on the other's forehead, with black blood constantly gushing out, which was strange and terrifying.

But Zhou Chen felt a little relieved. Although this strange child was very strong, he was not too strong.

He can still fight back.

However, Zhou Chen did not intend to use all his strength to fight it.

He just needs to delay for a while and wait for Zhang Long to arrive.

Zhou Chen's previous roar even woke up the ordinary villagers, not to mention Zhang Long who was in the third level of body refining and tendon refining.

Zhang Long jumped up from the bed, picked up the knife and ran towards where Zhou Chen was.

He is very fast.

One step is ten meters. Qin Jianghe's home is not far from Zhou Chen's home, about a thousand meters in a straight line. He arrived at Zhou Chen's home in a few breaths.

"whee!"

"I want to play ball!"

The strange child, covered in black, stared at Zhou Chen, his mouth opened and he let out strange laughs, as if he was going to take Zhou Chen's head off and play with it as a ball the next moment.

Whoosh! Suddenly, the strange child rushed towards Zhou Chen again, at an extremely fast speed, like an afterimage. Most people couldn't see it clearly, it was extremely fast.

Zhou Chen sensed that Zhang Long had arrived at the door, and pretended to be panicked and barely raised the dagger to block in front of him.

Boom! There was a sharp sound of metal clashing, and Zhou Chen was blown away.

"Don't be so presumptuous, you daring monster!"

Zhang Long held the knife in both hands and chopped at the strange child with a powerful move. He had already completed the flesh refining and advanced to the third level of tendon refining, and his strength exceeded ten thousand pounds.

The three-foot-long sword, with a blood-red blade energy more than a foot long, was invincible. The strange child just attacked Zhou Chen. Although he knocked Zhou Chen away, he himself was also subjected to a huge recoil force.

At this moment, his old strength was gone and his new strength had not yet been generated. He was attacked by Zhang Long and could only instinctively block his head with his hands.

Boom! This knife was more powerful than Zhou Chen's previous one. After all, Zhou Chen had not used all his strength before.

What's more, Zhang Long's cultivation is higher than Zhou Chen's, and his weapon is better than Zhou Chen's. After cutting off the strange child's arms amid his shrill screams, he chopped down with unstoppable force, splitting his head in half! "Ahhh, I'm going to take off your balls and kick them to pieces!"

Black energy surged wildly around the strange child, and he pounced towards Zhang Long.

Zhang Long was not afraid at all, he wielded his long sword skillfully, the two of them fought back and forth, having a lot of fun.

Zhou Chen got up and looked at the battlefield.

Zhang Long already has an absolute advantage, and it’s only a matter of time before he kills the strange child with his sword.

"This ghost child looks like a ghost but not like one. He has a physical body, but he doesn't look like a zombie. He should be an evil spirit..."

After Zhou Chen obtained Ji Fengxia, he made up for the basics.

He likes to study.

Boom! A moment later, the strange child was killed by Zhang Long and turned into a pile of white powder, but there was a crystal in the powder, which was crystal clear.

When Zhang Long saw the surprise in Jingshi's eyes, he quickly bent down to pick it up and put it in his arms, as if he was afraid that someone else would snatch his treasure away.

"Fengxia, what is that crystal? What is it for?"

Zhou Chen consciously asked Ji Fengxia in the Fengyue Baojian.

"Master, that is a source crystal. Ghosts and evil spirits may explode after they die. It is very beneficial to practitioners and can improve their cultivation. It is more precious than spirit stones!"

"I see!"

Zhou Chen suddenly realized and couldn't help but think of the time when Zhang Long came to Dahe Village in person to investigate the incident of a vicious tiger eating people.

At the time, only seven people were missing and it was not certain what had happened.

Zhou Chen was wondering before, how could a county lieutenant like Zhang Long be so enthusiastic in serving the people? Based on the nature of those officials.

Under normal circumstances, they would usually send one or two constables to find out the situation. Only if there was a real big terror would they alarm people like Zhang Long and take action.

Now seeing the source crystal, Zhou Chen completely understood.

At that time, Zhang Long was at the peak of the second level of body refining and needed an opportunity to break through.

After hearing about what happened in Dahe Village, I guessed that there might be ghosts at work, so I came to take a look. It would be best if I could get the Source Crystal.

After Zhang Long arrived, although he did not get the source crystal, he killed a monster tiger and also achieved a breakthrough.

It's not a complete failure.

"You have completed the skin refining and entered the second level of body refining?"

Zhang Long came in front of Zhou Chen, looked him up and down with his tiger eyes, and was filled with surprise at his body with perfect muscle lines and full of masculine strength.

The ghost boy just now was quite powerful. If he hadn't taken the initiative by launching a sneak attack, it would have taken a lot of effort to capture him.

You might even get hurt.

But Zhou Chen exchanged a few moves with the ghost boy and held out for a few breaths without any injury. This was definitely not something that could be achieved by simply refining the qi and blood.

At least the leather must be refined well, as leather as cowhide, difficult to be cut by swords and knives, so that you can be safe and sound.

"Your Excellency has a keen eye. I was lucky enough to complete the skin refining and enter the second level of body refining!"

Zhou Chen said modestly.

"Practice is practice, there is no such thing as luck!"

Zhang Long looked at Zhou Chen with eager eyes. You have to know that he was only at the peak of the second level of body refining before.

And he is already in his thirties.

Zhou Chen is only eighteen years old, but his talent is much stronger than his.

It is even possible that he could enter the third level of body refinement at the age of twenty, which is his current level.

Although he cannot be compared with the geniuses from aristocratic families or the prodigies from sects, he can be said to be a favored one in this small Dahe Village.

"You are very good. You are not afraid of the ghost boy. The most important thing for warriors like me is courage. We in Daqian need talents like you!"

Zhang Long extended an olive branch without hesitation: "You have such a talent. It's a waste to live in a small Dahe Village and hunt!"

"Are you interested in contributing to the country? If you make great contributions in the future, you will be promoted to a higher position, have your wife and children given titles, and bring honor to your family!"

Zhou Chen was not at all surprised at Zhang Long's recruitment and had been waiting for him to speak.

Zhou Chen was pleasantly surprised and bowed: "I am honored to receive your kindness, sir. I am willing to serve the country!"

“Okay, okay!”

Zhang Long was overjoyed. Although Zhou Chen was more talented than him, he was not jealous.

He knew his talent, and that was it for his life.

Unless there is someone to help you.

Zhou Chen has good talent. If he can go far in the future, he will also be able to benefit from it.

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(End of this chapter)