Chapter 4: Severing the Female Puppet, One Sword Unleashes the Dragon and Serpent Through the Dust

Chapter 4: Slaying the Female Puppet, One Sword Cleaves Dust and Sends Dragons and Serpents

Strictly speaking, this was also the first time he had encountered anything like this. In the more than twenty years before, especially during the five years he had spent in the Eleventh Warehouse, he had found no trace of any similar incident.

That made him understand that if the main quest had not been triggered, then perhaps no supernatural events would have occurred at all.

After thinking it through, he no longer bothered to pursue it deliberately.

“If I remember right, what’s inside this bone-strewn pit is a female puppet!”

Not quite a ghost, yet not merely a ghost either. Strictly speaking, it was a spirit sealed within this burial ground by an extremely vicious formation.

Over time, it escaped its coffin and began to roam, harming the living.

At the same time, it was also something akin to a tomb guardian beast.

“That Iron-Faced Living Corpse is truly cruel and vicious,” Wu Yu murmured. He felt that the little brother’s approach was the right one.

Sure enough, the next moment, after rounding a bend, a vast field of bones came into view. On the riverbank and the walls, pale blue flames flickered, a sight that made one’s scalp crawl. Even Da Kui, with his massive frame, was trembling so badly he nearly fell into the river.

“It’s here!”

The little brother’s words sounded like a prophecy. From within the corpse pit came a rustling sound, and then a tidal wave of corpse-eating insects surged forth, raging like breaking waves, one after another, a horrifying sight.

“Little brother, can you still play a tune?” Wu Tianzhen asked hurriedly.

Wu Yu did not answer, only turned his gaze toward the little brother.

The little brother raised an eyebrow, as if he understood Wu Yu’s meaning. In the next instant, he leaped to the bow of the boat and slowly drew the black-gold ancient blade from behind his back.

Only a sharp whistle of air was heard. Before anyone could react, a streak of crimson flashed before their eyes and plunged into the river below.

The seemingly endless swarm of corpse-eating insects had apparently met its natural enemy. They all slammed on the brakes and turned to flee. They looked utterly panicked, as if running for their lives, their fear plain to see.

“Tsk, tsk... System, just look at him. Qilin blood!” Wu Yu sneered inwardly. “People who transmigrate into a tomb-robbing world all get some special bloodline or something. You’re really embarrassing.”

“If I gave you Qilin blood, do you believe that in the next second Wu Erlai would be holding a paternity test and going to find your mother?” the system replied.

“Uh...” Wu Yu instantly fell silent.

At this moment, Wu Tianzhen and the others were dumbstruck.

“Holy crap... Little brother, you’re insanely badass!” Wu Tianzhen looked at the little brother in disbelief, then hurriedly moved forward, fawning as he bandaged the wound.

Seeing this, Wu Yu shook his head. He knew Tianzhen had utterly fallen.

“Third Uncle! Is that a female ghost or a rice dumpling?” Pan Zi asked, trembling as he pointed ahead.

“Then blow her to pieces! Fire a couple of shots!” Wu Sanshu’s heart jolted, but he showed no sign of panic. Having gone down into tombs since childhood, what strange things had he never seen?

Tianzhen heard his third uncle’s words and subconsciously turned his head, as though this was the first time he had seen his uncle’s ruthlessness and ferocity. There was disbelief in his eyes.

At this moment, however, the little brother was no longer looking at Tianzhen. Instead, he lifted his head and silently looked at Wu Yu.

Meeting that gaze, Wu Yu could not help finding it amusing. He had indeed intended to test the little brother a moment ago, and the man had displayed a bit of his strength in return.

Now, it was his turn.

“Damn it, use the black donkey hoof!” Wu Sanshu and Pan Zi fired several shots. When they saw the bullets were useless, they shouted out.

“No need, Third Uncle. You row the boat. Leave the rest to me.” Wu Yu said, “Besides, that thing isn’t a rice dumpling. The black donkey hoof won’t work.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Yu leapt past the two small boats and stood at the bow. Smiling, he looked toward the female puppet on the bank, pointing at the group and said, “You were once a pitiful soul too. I do not wish to hurt you. Let us pass, and all will be well... would that not be best?”

The female puppet gave no reply, but throughout the water cave, the sound of a woman weeping arose, stirring pity in the heart.

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“Corrupting hearts and sowing confusion with evil words!”

With a slap of his hand, the case opened vertically. Several fingers moved swiftly across the strings, and waves of invisible sound enveloped the entire boat. No matter what the female puppet did, she could not board it.

“Move quickly, and do not look back!” the little brother warned Wu Sanshu and the others upon seeing this.

“Quick, quick!” Wu Sanshu hurriedly dragged the others to row with all their might.

After several turns, they finally saw the exit and the clear sky beyond. The group could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was then that the curious Wu Tianzhen could no longer resist the little brother’s warning and subconsciously turned around.

“Damn it!” Wu Sanshu was shocked, but it was already too late.

Because the instant Wu Tianzhen turned his head, the female puppet had already passed through the barrier of Wu Yu’s zither sound and was standing on the stern of the boat.

The earlier sobbing had turned into a shrill burst of laughter, as though years of obsession were finally about to be fulfilled.

In the next second, she sprang forward and pounced at Tianzhen. Seeing this, the little brother was about to cut himself again to draw blood; after all, even if he could not kill the female puppet, Qilin blood would be enough to suppress her once more.

“Forget it. I already gave her a chance. Since you refuse to cherish it, don’t blame me.” Wu Yu gently stopped the little brother with one hand.

He had originally thought her pitiful and did not want to make her soul scatter, so he had intended to let the system mission slide. But unexpectedly, the female puppet would not let it go.

In that case, he would no longer hesitate.

He kicked down the lid to close it, then slapped the side. Inside the case came the sound of mechanisms turning.

The next second, a compartment split open from the side, and a beam of cold light shot out.

“Sword One: One Sword Cleaves Dust and Sends Dragons and Serpents!”

The cold light exploded. The entire river violently reversed, and two dragon-serpent forms coiled and surged as they roared away. The leaping female puppet was instantly pierced and torn into pieces.

But Wu Tianzhen was also frightened senseless, because the female puppet, carried by her own momentum, had already reached within half a meter of him. It could be said that she had been blasted to dust right before his eyes. Combined with the impact on his worldview and everything he thought he knew of science, his eyes rolled back and he fainted on the spot.

“Holy crap, sword control?” Pan Zi stared blankly at the scene, then turned to Wu Sanshu beside him. “Third Master, that’s not fair of you. You’ve got such a killer trick and never taught anyone!”

“???” Wu Sanshu was also dazed. Hearing Pan Zi’s words, he could not help saying, “If I could do that, why would I need a bunch of idiots like you? Damn it, is this kid really my Wu family’s blood? What, did Second Brother pick him up somewhere?”

While Wu Sanshu was doubting his family’s genetics, a trace of expectation also rose in his heart. Should he, while still relatively young and vigorous, go see Wen Jin and try again?

After all, he did not believe his genes were any worse than that old demon Wu Erlai’s.

But looking at it this way, Wu Tianzhen, the great account the Wu family had painstakingly trained... was indeed a dud.

In any case, after many twists and turns, they finally made it out of that terrifying water cave, and everyone could not help breathing easier.

At the same time, Wu Yu also received the system’s reward: five years of inner power.

In an instant, the enormous consumption from using Sword One was fully restored, and he could not help but curse inwardly, “You fucking tell me this is five years of inner power? Then explain to me why the same five years of inner power is so much greater than my twenty years of cultivation?”

“Do you have any idea what kind of body you have?” the system replied helplessly. “Before finding the Dust Bead, your body can only be considered half-developed, and even that half is focused entirely on external aspects.”

“Only when the missing part of your genetic sequence is completed can you truly cultivate normally. That is the curse of the Mountain-Moving lineage.”

“In plain terms, it’s a hereditary genetic defect, right?” Wu Yu understood part of the system’s meaning. “Can I go look for the Dust Bead now?”

“Ten deaths and no life,” the system immediately gave an answer that Wu Yu could not accept.

“What if I add the little brother?” he asked unwillingly.

“Still not enough,” the system said. “The great upheaval of heaven and earth has already arrived. Host, please quicken your pace and grow stronger.”

Ding!

“Quest issued: Check in at the Palace of King Lu Shang!”

“Reward: Two Sleeves Green Snake!”

“I’ll send your grandpa after you!” Wu Yu cursed the system’s shamelessness inwardly.

Right now, he truly did not lack these finishing moves. The problem was that he did not have enough energy. Even if he knew the techniques, he could not use them without mana.

At this moment, he finally understood why the butcher in that snowy battlefield had arranged for Xu Shirui to inherit the Great Yellow Court.

Sword techniques alone meant nothing without inner power.

In the village, they found a guesthouse to rest and recover, but everyone, including the little brother, kept looking at him back and forth, making Wu Yu feel exceedingly uncomfortable.

“What exactly do you want?”

“Heh heh heh! Little brother... look how weak your brother is. If I go out like this, how embarrassing would that be?” Wu Tianzhen said, his eyes turning as he was the first to step forward. “That flying sword of yours, could you teach me?”

“You want to learn martial arts?” Wu Yu sized up Wu Tianzhen. “But Dad said you hated blades and staffs the most since you were little, so Grandpa used to beat you a lot over it. But relying on Third Uncle’s protection, you often ran out to slack off, and later they stopped forcing you to develop in that direction.”

“Ah, that was just because I was young and ignorant!” Wu Tianzhen said quickly. After what had happened during the day, he had finally come to some realization.

“You want to learn?” Wu Yu looked around at the others.

“Yes, yes, yes!” Almost everyone nodded furiously, even Wu Sanshu.

“Then I’ll give you a chance.” Wu Yu stood up, set the case before him, and with a slap of his hand opened another compartment on the left.

What appeared before them was a sharp sword, entirely dark green in color, entwined with dragon and serpent motifs.

“This sword is called Dragon Serpent. If any of you can pull it out, I’ll teach you.”

As soon as he said that, Wu Tianzhen was the first to rush forward.

Unfortunately... despite its light and floating appearance, the long sword remained unmoved no matter how hard Wu Tianzhen tried.

“I’ll do it!” Third Uncle stepped forward.

But in the next second, he found that he was the same as Wu Tianzhen; the sword stood there, motionless. The others were the same as well. Only the little brother stood before Dragon Serpent for a long time, and in the end, he turned away in silence.

Returning to his seat, he stroked his black-gold ancient blade and said nothing.

Seeing this, Wu Tianzhen was somewhat puzzled.

“The little brother definitely has the ability to draw Dragon Serpent!” Wu Yu put Dragon Serpent away and slung the case back onto his shoulders. “But the price would be that he would have to switch to the sword path from now on. That does not suit the blade path he has practiced since childhood, so he gave up.”

“What suits you is what’s best.” The little brother nodded, then stood and returned to his room.

“Mm. You all should rest early too. Tomorrow, we climb the mountain.” Wu Yu glanced at the great mountain behind them, where he could faintly feel a towering and ferocious blood-evil aura.

“A truly ominous place.”

Wu Sanshu nodded. After arranging everyone, he secretly called Wu Erlai.

He still did not believe his second brother could have such outstanding genes, but the result was that he got an earful from Wu Erlai. In the end, he returned to bed dejected.

Far away in the capital, after hanging up, Wu Erlai revealed a faint smile.

“That brat. I never expected he’d have this trick up his sleeve. I originally thought the ancient swords he collected were just a hobby. Who would have thought... my Wu family is really going to produce a true dragon this time!”

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