I Cheated While Cultivating

A ghost!

He just killed a ghost?

Zhou Heng looked at the headless corpse before him with a stunned expression. He was a bit confused as he looked at the blood flowing all over the floor.

‘Who’s the one who tried to kill me just now?

‘Who did I kill?

‘Who’s that ghost, Yu Shang?

‘Where is Chen Hanyu?’

“Darn it! Darn it!”

Just then, that head on the floor suddenly spoke. It murderously stared at Zhou Heng, gritted its teeth and said, “I won’t let go of you. I definitely won’t let go of you. You’ll die a miserable death!”

‘It’s not dead yet?!

‘This thing is actually not dead yet?!’

Zhou Heng looked incredulously at the separated head and body. He felt a buzzing voice in his head.

The current situation had somehow impacted his three views on philosophy.

‘A disembodied head is still alive!

‘A disembodied head still speaks!

‘Moreover, it doesn’t look as if it has lost its consciousness and has fallen under the control of the evil parasite!

‘Evil creature?

‘Ghost?

‘What kind of world is this?’

“Are you shocked?”

That head grinned playfully at Zhou Heng, “I love watching you humans being in shock. Are you very surprised to see that I’m not dead yet?”

“This…This is truly a ghost!

“A ghost is undead and indestructible… Oh! Oh!”

The moment it finished the words, Zhou Heng rushed over and thrust the sword in its mouth, nailing that head to the floor.

“Nothing is undead and indestructible in this world!”

Zhou Heng clenched his teeth, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. He swung the sword in his hand violently and chopped that head into halves. “I don’t believe you will survive like this!”

His body trembled and he could barely remain standing. The Meridian and Qi Clearing Acupuncture Manipulation had caused severe damage to his body. If not for his strong will, he would have long passed out.

“Ah! Ah!”

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

At that moment, the nine floating heads suddenly shouted and rushed over to him.

Those voices caused Zhou Heng’s scalp to tingle. Even though he had defeated the enemy just now, it still did not guarantee his safety.

Those mutated nine heads with evil parasites occupying them were actually equipped with ninth-class capabilities!

Even if Zhou Heng was at his peak form, he could not handle the nine ghosts and could only flee from them, let alone his current situation.

However, Zhou Heng was not one to sit there and wait to be butchered.

The moment those nine heads rushed over to him, he had intended to forcefully deliver Thirteen Autumn Rain Swords to attack them.

After that, he would run for his life.

Before he could strike, a bright sword aura, just like starlight falling from the sky, instantly enveloped those nine evil creature heads, chopped off their spines, and skewered the evil creatures parasitized within those heads.

With just one strike, all nine of them were obliterated!

Instantly, those nine heads fell onto the floor and stopped moving.

“You’re watching Cheng Jiangjian launch an attack by applying  Master Fifth-Class Star Falling Style. An inexplicable insight emerged from the heart. The level of proficiency increased by 0.0000001.”

The notification prompted inside Zhou Heng’s mind.

After that, he saw a silhouette in a plain white martial arts outfit approaching with a sword.

It was Cheng Jiangjian in her mask.

“Mister, are you alright?” Cheng Jiangjian briefly went through Zhou Heng’s condition and hurriedly said, “You’re in severe deficiency of qi and blood. Quick! Take this pill now.”

After that, she took out a palm-sized small jade bottle, poured out a dark green pill, and passed it to Zhou Heng.

“Clear Micro Nourishing Shape Pill?!”

Zhou Heng immediately widened his eyes. He looked at the words on that small jade bottle, then took another look at the pill in his hand and realized that it was the same as what rumors said. He said in dismay, “Is this the legendary healing pill that costs at least three thousand taels of silver?”

For a moment, he felt that the weight of the pill in his hand was rather heavy and still glowing.

‘This alone costs three thousand taels of silver!

‘Goodness!

‘Imagine trying to pay for it?!’

“Hurry up and take the pill. If the deficiency in your qi and blood is prolonged, it may damage your foundation!” When Cheng Jiangjian realized that Zhou Heng was actually contemplating the cost of that pill, she felt helpless.

“Alright.” Zhou Heng nodded after hearing her words. He gritted his teeth and put the pill into his mouth.

That pill melted instantly inside his mouth and within a second, it turned into a warm clear stream that slid down his throat. The warm stream reached every part of his body and started to regulate his qi and blood circulation which were flowing in reverse and in disarray. It nourished the deficient areas.

In just a short while, he was almost fully recovered from his injuries.

“It really lives up to its name! Thanks a lot.”

Zhou Heng’s eyes glowed. Before this, he had planned to take a few months to recuperate at home. Never did he expect to almost fully recover with just one pill.

However, he owed her three thousand taels of silver and had to find an opportunity to pay her back.

‘Three thousand taels of silver…

“How long would it take for me to finish paying her back?’

“It’s good that you’ve recovered, Mister.” Cheng Jiangjian smiled. Little did she know that Zhou Heng was actually thinking about the matter of paying back the money.

After all, Clear Micro Nourishing Shape Pill was not a rare pill to her at all.

As such, she had never thought of asking Zhou Heng to return the money.

She felt relieved after seeing Zhou Heng’s condition had improved. Then, she shifted her gaze to the headless corpse and the two halves of the head. She said nonchalantly, “Stop pretending. I know you’re not dead yet.”

“Not dead yet?” Zhou Heng was stunned at her words. He followed her gaze.

The headless corpse actually twisted and slightly trembled. It crawled a distance laboriously. It stretched out its hand to put those two pieces of heads together and place it back on its broken neck.

As the parts got intact, immediately there was a dense growth of flesh buds. In the twinkling of an eye, its neck grew and its head merged together as if those two slashes delivered by Zhou Heng had not resulted in any damage at all.

Nonetheless, the parts which had been corroded by Zhou Heng’s blood still festered. If anything, the burns continued to spread, only getting worse.

“So, this kid is your bait?” It looked at Cheng Jiangjian skittishly, then it snorted, “Well played. Indeed, you are ruthless as well, Star Messenger. You even made use of an ordinary person with Supreme Yang Divine Soul. I must admit defeat.”

“Do you really think such words would drive a wedge between us?” Cheng Jiangjian’s voice remained calm. She continued indifferently, “So, after the battle on that night, you didn’t die. Instead, you hid inside Chen Hanyu’s body to flee.”

“She wanted me to provide her the crowning beauty of the world so that all the men in the world would fall for her. Naturally, she had to pay a certain price for this,” Yu Shang smirked, “A human who conspired with a ghost would always be damned, isn’t that what you humans say?”

“Half a year ago, more than three thousand people were slaughtered in Clear Lake Village at Yu Yang County. Did she do all these just to please you?” Cheng Jiangjian’s tone turned cold. She went on in a deep voice. “Even months-old babies were not spared, all of them died with a sword thrust through their hearts!”

“Can there be any other reasons?” Yu Shang laughed and said, “Unfortunately, she was too greedy. She actually wanted to fight me for this Supreme Yang Divine Soul guy here. As such, I could only make use of her inner body to occupy this body of hers.”

“After you confirmed that I’m not from the Heavenly Circulation Guardians, Chen Hanyu changed to become you?” Zhou Heng frowned and said. Since that moment, he could feel the highly apparent changes Chen Hanyu was going through.

“Hehe! You guessed correctly!” Yu Shang grinned. In a blink, it wriggled and once again, turned into a milky white curtain that lunged toward Zhou Heng!

It had spoken so much to buy itself time while waiting for the opportunity to strike Zhou Heng once again when his guard was lowered.

It had estimated its distance and speed. There was a thirty to forty percent chance of reaching its goal!

“Be careful!” Cheng Jiangjian exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly drew out her sword to try to stop it.

Although she had been cautious of Yu Shang, she had never expected such speed. It had already reached Zhou Heng in a blink.

Zhou Heng was unperturbed. Instead, he pursed his lips.

“Pooh!”

A mouthful of crimson blood flew at Yu Shang!

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

Yu Shang screamed in pain and again, fell on the floor. It twisted and trembled. This time, half of its head was sizzling off!

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t done spitting.” Zhou Heng pretended to look sorry, then turned his head to Cheng Jiangjian and asked her, “Just now it said that a ghost is undead and indestructible. Are there really no ways to kill it at all?”