Chapter 641 - 266: Snow Fox Returns, Spiritual Artifact Upgraded (Part 3)

Chen Ping pointed to the eight or nine people surrounding him with long guns and short cannons from afar, dressed in black, and suddenly laughed, "If they are good people, then am I not a good person?

Have you ever seen good people pointing guns at others? Or are you saying that I should just stand still without resisting, and be shot to death, and that would be right."

Chen Ping’s smile carried a tinge of desolation.

The rustic young man heard an order through his earpiece.

"Take action."

As sparks flew, the figure in the manor wearing a robe had long lost his genteel demeanor, moving swiftly like a spirit snake, rising high and dipping low, and at some point, two short guns appeared in his hands.

His spear technique was accurate, his body technique was fast, and under his fierce counterattack, he moved swiftly like a mountain spirit ape, while the bullets shot by the men in black on the courtyard wall missed their target, leaving a bloody hole in their foreheads.

The last one standing was the rustic young man.

And a cry of astonishment came from the earpiece: "What happened, is the criminal apprehended?"

"Do you still want to shoot? Do you still think I am guilty?"

Chen Ping’s eyes gradually turned cold.

He looked at his younger brother, who had run out of bullets and was trembling all over.

"Don’t make the same mistake again, brother..."

Tears fell from the young man’s eyes as he roared desperately.

Chen Ping sighed and smiled sadly, "If everyone in the world thinks I’m guilty, then I would rather, continue to err."

He raised his hand and fired a shot.

"Bang..."

The bullet pierced the rustic young man’s forehead.

As he watched the rustic young man slowly fall, his eyes filled with disbelief, the scenery around him suddenly collapsed.

The manor disappeared.

The mountains and forests also disappeared.

From afar on the barren grassland, a snow-white fox, blood dripping from its mouth, squeaked sharply and fled desperately.

Yet Chen Ping stood still, his forehead exuding a murderous aura, like dense smoke...

Just a breath later, the murderous aura vanished, and a radiant light shone from Chen Ping’s forehead, even creating an arc of light behind his head.

He grinned, a hint of coldness gleaming in his eyes, "Can you escape? You naughty little fox."

With a flicker of his body, he was behind the white fox, a shadow of his leg flashed, and he kicked the little fox on its rear.

The little fox let out a painful "ouch," and its body flew a hundred zhang away like a ball.

Chen Ping shook his body and transformed into a ray of light, chasing after it.

Although he willingly engaged the illusion realm, recalling the most heart-wrenching and painful memories came at a price.

The reason the illusion realm collapsed earlier was, of course, due to his choice, which was somewhat different from his previous life.

Back then, he couldn’t bring himself to do it and spared his brother.

As a result, it wasn’t long before a large force attacked, using even heavy weapons this time.

The brother was the guide, a key figure on the opposing side.

Regarding his past life’s death, Chen Ping felt there was no one to blame but himself for being too soft-hearted.

The prejudice in people’s hearts is like a mountain, suffocating people.

What did his brother do wrong?

What did those men in black do wrong?

No one was wrong.

He wasn’t wrong either.

Then, who was wrong?

It was, of course, the final bullet he couldn’t bear to fire.

Chen Ping killed his brother to prove his path.

His mind became as clear as water.

Without regrets.

His soul grew visibly stronger, seemingly expanding, with a tendency to merge into the Dragon Essence and integrate into his flesh.

This time, it was no longer a chaotic reflection of the soul but imprinted according to some peculiar law upon the True Essence Magical Power and the flesh.

The Illusion Technique, [Mirror Flower Water Moon], was now without secrets in his eyes. Besides [Ape Demon Heaven-Reaching Force] entry on the attribute panel, there was also a new line of small text.

[Mirror Flower Water Moon] Entry.

This is an extremely precious and rare soul secret technique.

Compared to the Soul-Breaking Cone, which isn’t even worthy of being recorded on the attribute panel, it is several levels higher.

First and foremost, Chen Ping deeply understood that it was actually the difference in soul power efficiency in casting and operating.

If,

When utilizing {Soul-Breaking Cone} to attack the enemy, ten units of soul power were employed, only one unit of effectiveness was achieved.

Then, the skill {Mirror Flower Water Moon}, with just one unit of force, could trigger the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism, automatically participating, achieving ten units of effectiveness.

One step forward, one step back.

The difference in power was a hundredfold.

Therefore, although somewhat annoyed by the little fox stirring up his sad memories,

given the fact that the other party truly refined his soul, compensating for the flaws in his mind, making his soul stronger, and even contributed an excellent attack illusion technique, Chen Ping had no intention of killing the fox.

Instead, he intended to give a harsh lesson.

Seeing the fox hadn’t grown up, it was like dealing with a child. How could a child’s growth lack the use of the rod?

Three days without a beating, one would climb the tiles.

It needed a proper education.

This wasn’t revenge.

Chen Ping thought, while punching and kicking, until the little fox pleaded miserably for mercy, finally falling to the ground and transforming into a cute little girl about five or six years old.

Tears as large as beans streamed down from the little girl’s eyes, unstoppable.

Her rear had already swollen from being kicked, wobbling as she walked, her cute fox-like sharp face was swollen into a bun face.

Only a pair of large eyes remained, clear and pitiful.

She ignored the dirt on the ground, wearing a small white dao robe, rolling and crawling to Chen Ping’s feet, hugging his leg.

Wailing loudly...

"Master, please stop hitting, Xiaoxue knows she was wrong, sobbing..."

"Xiaoxue is in pain, Master, please spare me."

Alright.

Chen Ping found his old habit of soft-heartedness was acting up again.

This fox was indeed formidable.

No wonder when the monkey, Yuann Tong, spoke of past events, it said that when Li Xuanji first met them, he was played by this fox who nearly lost himself in ecstasy.

So, this was the kind of gameplay.

The illusion specifically targeted the weakest points of the mind, making one feel impermanent in life.

For those with slightly weaker wills, they’re bound to be played into sobbing and possibly even suicide is not unexpected...

For the first time, Chen Ping felt that Li Xuanji’s decision to place a Soul-Locking Profound Mechanism Seal on this little fox was not wrong at all.

If not restrained, wouldn’t this fellow cause chaos in the world?

Despite witnessing the fox’s cunning, the "human infant pleading technique" was indeed too strong.

Chen Ping raised his palm several times, but facing the pitiful six-year-old girl, he couldn’t bring himself to hit her.

After transforming, the other party was so small, it seemed to be another long-life species.

"Return to your position."

Chen Ping took out the Azure Dragon Seal and commanded.

He finally couldn’t go through with it.

And then, the little fox obediently transformed into a white light, flew into the Azure Dragon Seal.

On the other side appeared a shimmering white light image of a fox.

This fox put its hands together in prayer, kneeling and bowing, with a flattering look in its eyes and brows.

"Cunning, too cunning, even projecting the spirit map, it acts so obediently."

Chen Ping shook his head with a wry smile.

Feeling the Azure Dragon Seal’s aura rising again, as if breaking through a certain critical point, a vast and cool sensation emerged in his palm.

It seemed as if what he was holding was no longer a mass of spiritual light, but a patch of earth, a vast ocean.

"This... it has upgraded."

Chen Ping was overjoyed.

He had heard from the monkey Yuann Tong that the Azure Dragon Seal was originally one of the three ancestral treasures of the Azure Dragon Hall, an extremely powerful magical treasure.

It was just that the battle back then was so fierce, it downgraded the magical treasure, even the Guardian Four Holy Beasts went missing.

Now, with the opportunity of retrieving two Holy Beasts, the spiritual artifact had upgraded, transforming into a magical treasure, and its power would naturally increase significantly.

However, to find out its true uses, it needed to be explored thoroughly.

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