Chapter 125: Chapter 112: Telling Yun Mengxi a Bedtime Story (Please Subscribe)_2

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Zhou Jie replied, “Just treat me to a meal after you win the championship of the Daoist skills competition.”

In the room.

Yun Mengxi patted her belly, satisfied, “I ate so well today… Alright, I’m going to bed. Goodnight, everyone!”

She then comfortably crawled into the stone coffin and called out, “Junior Harrison, come help me close the coffin lid…”

Xu Yang walked over and skillfully slid the coffin lid onto the coffin, locking it with the nails.

Liu Shishi, Yang Yin, and Yue Yuluo started chatting animatedly.

Suddenly, Yue Yuluo asked, “Shishi, do you know where your tomb is? We’re bored anyway, so why don’t we go look for your tomb?”

This suggestion immediately received support from Yang Yin.

Liu Shishi pondered, “I can’t remember the exact location… but I recall that my tomb was built next to a small hill, not far from Li Mountain, where Emperor Qin Shi Huang is said to be buried.”

The three women decided to go out immediately to search for the tomb.

Xu Yang also wanted to join them, but Liu Shishi said, “You should rest well, you have the Daoist skills competition tomorrow.”

“But…”

Xu Yang said, “Helping you find your tomb is important, and I should do my part.”

Liu Shishi was deeply moved, her eyes filled with admiration as she looked at Xu Yang, softly saying, “Just having your thoughts is enough. We sisters can manage the search. Once we find the tomb, we’ll still need your help digging it up.”

The three women turned into Yin energy and flew out of the guest house.

Xu Yang sat on the bed, unable to sleep, pondering the words of the dying Lu Shan Sect disciple…

“So the Asura Sect has the backing of the Lu Shan Sect?”

Xu Yang felt that the disciple wasn’t making things up to save his life.

In recent years, the Lu Shan Sect had been active mainly in Min Province, Tongluo Bay, and Southeast Asia. According to the intelligence gathered by the Spirits Management Bureau, the Asura Sect’s headquarters were also located somewhere in Southeast Asia.

It wasn’t unusual for the two sects to have some connection.

“Maybe other martial world forces have also joined forces with the Asura Sect… After all, many famous sects need to maintain their righteous appearance, so some dirty work needs to be done by others.”

Xu Yang secretly thought, “If that’s the case, the Lu Shan Sect will probably not let this go easily. Perhaps the Asura Sect’s assassins will target me again.”

The assassins will need the right opportunity to strike.

What’s the best opportunity?

Of course, it would be during the Daoist skills competition!

The entire Zhouzhi County is filled with people from all walks of life, and many martial arts experts are hard to identify among them. It would be difficult to detect even if ten or more assassins were to infiltrate this crowd.

“It seems I must be on my guard.”

Xu Yang checked his inventory.

He had just over a hundred Diamond Talismans left on him, and he couldn’t help but feel a little anxious. So, he took out some yellow charms, a charm brush, and cinnabar ink from his storage space to start making talismans.

One by one, the Diamond Talismans were quickly drawn.

While drawing, Xu Yang thought, “With my current abilities and the support of the Supreme Purification Seal, my Diamond Talismans should be enough to defend against the attacks of an ordinary Entering Dao Realm practitioner or martial arts Grandmaster.”

“However, they might not be enough against an experienced expert like Lin Chaosheng.”

But at this stage, there was no easy way to quickly increase his strength.

The merit points he had left were just over 1000 points, which wasn’t enough to even achieve Qi Refining Perfection, let alone enter the Dao Realm.

“It’s a pity.”

“I don’t have any martial arts techniques… If I could also practice some horizontal martial arts techniques like the Golden Bell Shield or the Iron Cloth Shield, my defense would greatly increase when combined with the Diamond Talismans.”

But Xu Yang quickly shook his head.

Golden Bell Shield, Iron Cloth Shield, what’s the point of Vajra Invincibility?

It’s 2023, and assassins don’t just rely on knives and swords to kill people.

No matter how strong your hard martial arts skills are, can you withstand poison?

No matter how strong your hard martial arts skills are, can you withstand a rocket launcher?

Shaking his head, Xu Yang sighed, “Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time. As the saying goes, soldiers will block the enemy, and the earth will cover the water… I just need to be more cautious.”

At that moment.

The stone coffin began to make a banging noise.

Inside the stone coffin, Yun Mengxi said: “Junior Xu…”

“Huh?”

Xu Yang came over to the stone coffin and asked: “You said you were going to sleep, are you still awake?”

Yun Mengxi hesitated for a moment, and said, “I…I think I’m suffering from insomnia and can’t sleep. How about you tell me a story?”

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Xu Yang was dumbfounded. A “Flying Zombie” like you wants to hear a bedtime story?!

If you can’t sleep, don’t sleep. Will staying awake for a day kill you?

Of course not.

However, he just thought about that in his mind and didn’t say it out loud. Xu Yang forced a smile and said, “I’m not good at telling stories…”

“Hehe!”

Yun Mengxi scoffed: “Do you think I’m an idiot? All of you born in the ’90s heard fairy tales when you were young, didn’t you? Just tell me one that you heard when you were little!”

Stories from his childhood?

Xu Yang thought about it…

He hadn’t really heard any fairy tales when he was young.

When he couldn’t sleep as a child, his grandpa always liked to tell him ghost stories… As soon as he closed his eyes and thought about it, those ghost stories seemed to be engraved in his memories, and they vividly appeared in his mind.

He organized his thoughts, gently patted the coffin lid, and whispered, “Alright, I’ll tell you a story I heard when I was little. The story is called The Bloody Thigh.”

“Ding!”

“The zombie is frightened, merit points +100, physique +1.”

As soon as Xu Yang finished speaking, a system prompt echoed in his mind. His eyes lit up, and he happily asked, “Mengxi, are you afraid of ghost stories?”

Inside the stone coffin, Yun Mengxi had a scared look on her face.

However, as a “Flying Zombie” and the former boss of Tongluo Bay, she couldn’t admit she was afraid. She coldly scoffed, “I’m not scared of ghost stories… go on, I’m listening.”

Xu Yang cheered up, cleared his throat, and said, “After graduating from college, Little A found a good job… In order to make his commute easier, he rented an apartment near his company with a roommate…”

It had to be said that Xu Yang had the innate talent for telling stories.

His voice fluctuated, intentionally creating a terrifying atmosphere. Especially when he reached the scary parts, he would suddenly slap the stone coffin!

Inside the stone coffin, Yun Mengxi clutched her clothes tightly. She couldn’t sleep at all, even more so now.

“Ding!”

“The zombie is frightened, merit points +100, physique +1.”

“Ding!”

“The zombie is frightened, merit points +100, physique +1.”

“Ding…”

After finishing a short ghost story, Xu Yang glanced at the system attribute interface and found that his merit points had increased by as much as 1500, with 15 instances of “physique +1.”

At first, he didn’t notice anything special about this “physique +1.”

But gradually…

Xu Yang felt a boiling heat emanating from his body, his blood becoming more vigorous, and his strength steadily growing.

He clenched his fist, and although he didn’t use any Daoist skills or divine strength talisman, he could clearly feel the explosive power within him!

More than that, he felt his muscles, bones, skin, membranes, and even flesh slowly getting stronger, as if he had practiced martial arts for years and conditioned his body for a long time.

“Alright, alright!”

Inside the stone coffin, Yun Mengxi, who had finally waited for the ghost story to finish, quickly said, “What kind of ghost story did you just tell? It was more like a lullaby… Alright, I’m going to sleep!”

She then pretended to yawn, feigning sleepiness.

Xu Yang had finally discovered Yun Mengxi’s weakness and wasn’t going to let this opportunity go. He immediately said, “No problem, your sleep is important… I’ll tell a few more stories, and when you’re asleep, I’ll go to rest.”

Yun Mengxi: “.. ”

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