Ethan Wu and the Forbidden Lotus Temple Chapter 6

Yu Lu greeted the yamen runners he knew on the street and walked towards home.

Many people looked at him along the way with a hint of awe in their eyes, and only started whispering after Yu Lu walked away.

"This man is the Erlang of the Yu family. He is now a martial artist at the Body Tempering Realm. He is the best in Hexian Town. Only the county lieutenant who escaped from Changfeng County can compare to him."

"So amazing? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Before, a gangster broke into his house to steal, and he caught him and beat him up. I heard that when the government officials arrived, they were beaten into a pulp!"

"And there's Rat Alley, where people used to die every day for unknown reasons. Since Yu Erlang started going there, has anyone died?"

"Hiss, is that true? Which temple is he practicing martial arts in? I'll send my brat there someday."

"I'm not sure about that. I haven't heard of it from anyone, but the closest one should be the Baoxiang Temple. There are also temples recruiting monks on the mountains a little further away."

...

Yu Lu was already accustomed to the gossips of the townspeople. He just strode on his way and soon reached a corner.

Next to it was a dark, damp, and smelly rat alley filled with human and animal feces, and from time to time a skinny black rat would stroll by.

This alley was originally uninhabited. The owner of the house had gone to the state capital to make a living a few years ago, so the alley was left unattended and fell into this state.

But today was a little different, because someone in the room on the left had lit a light the size of a soybean, which made the dusty screen window turn yellow.

Just as Yu Lu stepped into the alley, he suddenly heard a faint whimpering sound coming from somewhere. It seemed like a woman's sob. The sob was weak, as if it was blocked by something.

The two rows of dim low houses were like poisonous snakes lying quietly, and the bright yellow room was like the snake's tongue flickering, constantly warning Yu Lu.

This alley is very remote, and sometimes no one passes by all day, so Yu Lu chose to walk through it.

This also means that once a bloody incident occurs, it will hardly be discovered, so many street thugs choose to commit crimes here. Yu Lu has accidentally run into them several times, and each time his hands are covered in blood.

Gradually, all the gangsters in Hexian Town knew that there was a fierce bald monk in this alley, and few people came here.

It was getting dark, and the night swallowed up the few remaining lights.

Yu Lu narrowed his eyes, his aura gradually becoming dangerous, "So, you are not from Hexian Town?"

A terrible guess suddenly popped up in his mind:

"Changfeng County??"

Yu Lu's face was solemn, he touched his chin and guessed: "It shouldn't be a powerful person, a fool who doesn't even know to turn off the lights when trying to steal money and kill people. It should be just a cannon fodder sent to test, maybe he just transformed from a mortal into a demon."

"But you still need to be cautious. After all, there are all kinds of strange and vicious methods in the cultivation world that are hard to guard against. Don't be careless and fall into their trap!"

Yu Lu caught a glimpse of the tall pile of firewood nearby and an idea came to his mind.

...

In the dim room, a deformed beast fetus that was over a meter tall kept growling, like a woman's whimpering, and its body was constantly shaking off tiny pieces of flesh and blood. Next to it stood a heavily made-up man. In the corner were piles of corpses and a small iron animal cage.

The Blood Demon Scholar stared at the center of the room with fanaticism. There was a huge, bloated, wriggling mass of blurry flesh. Dozens of tentacles lifted up layers of flesh, and at the end opened a huge mouth full of teeth. Those teeth were surprisingly similar to human teeth.

"Hungry! Hungry! Meat! Meat!" Dozens of flesh tentacles opened their mouths and roared at the same time, containing a strange wave that made people irritable, nauseous and retching.

The Blood Demon Scholar was paler than a dead person, with rouge on his face and his lips stained with blood. He looked less like a scholar and more like someone in an opera troupe.

"Good boy, don't be impatient. Wait until I'm full and these will all be yours!" The blood demon scholar pointed behind him, where seven or eight naked corpses were piled together. Some of them were already rotting and full of maggots, and were bitten by mosquitoes and flies.

"Meat! Meat!" The horrible flesh fetus had very low intelligence and could only roar instinctively. The blood demon scholar's words had no effect at all. Instead, it struggled even more violently because it smelled the blood.

"Idiot!" The blood demon scholar's eyes were cold, and he stretched out his white hands with extremely long nails and dug into the monster's body fiercely.

"Roar!" The fetus felt pain and twisted in agony.

"Puff! Patch!" The blood demon scholar shook his hands and threw large pieces of deformed flesh and blood to the ground.

"Be honest. If you lead people here, you'll be cut into pieces!" the blood demon scholar threatened.

"However, no one should pass by this alley. I have already observed it."

This evil cultivator was quite pleased with himself. Ever since he fell into the demonic realm, his mind had been muddled and his intelligence had plummeted. He would always regret doing something stupid. This time, he had done something good, so he was naturally very proud.

"I thought I was unlucky to be sent here by the Tibetan Incense Demon King to gather information, but I didn't expect to meet a descendant of a wild god. Hahaha, it's my destiny to have this opportunity!" The blood demon scholar looked at the iron cage, licked his sharp teeth with his bright red tongue, his eyes burning.

In the cage was a small animal with a pitch-black color and smooth fur. It looked like a stain, but its eyes were extremely clear and pure, full of timidity. When the Blood Demon Scholar's terrifying eyes swept over it, the small animal was immediately frightened and trembled all over.

"As long as I master this [Beast Embryo Soul-stealing Sutra] and take over the body of this little beast, the Tibetan Fragrance Demon King will no longer be able to restrain me in the slightest. Wouldn't it be wonderful to step onto the path to godhood from now on? Hahaha!" The Blood Demon Scholar stroked the beating blood and flesh fetal sac in confusion. The aura around him was chaotic and disordered. He could vaguely hear malicious murmurs. His own beliefs became more and more chaotic and out of control, but he was completely unaware.

The blood demon scholar took out a dark red millstone-shaped magical weapon that was full of meat and bone scraps, and filled with blood, evil and resentment. He picked up a corpse from the corner and threw it in. The evil magical weapon began to grind spontaneously, and blood plasma and flesh foam flowed out from the groove.

Dozens of the blood fetus's flesh tentacles were waving wildly below, and its big mouth full of sharp teeth was biting hard, making a squeaking sound, swallowing the flesh and blood with great hunger.

"It's dry, be careful with fire!"

The loud and deep shouts of the night watchman mixed with the shrill sound of gongs, coming from the very distant street, were already extremely vague here.

"What fresh flesh and blood~" The blood demon scholar looked up at the direction where the night watchman's voice came from, his eyes revealing an extreme desire for the flesh and blood of living people.

"What is the taste?"

Suddenly, a smell of smoke came, and the Blood Demon Scholar immediately became alert, looking around suspiciously. The next moment, his narrow scarlet eyes were filled with dazzling flames!

"Damn it, how could there be a fire here!" The Blood Demon Scholar's facial features were twisted and veins bulged.

This bright flame is so eye-catching, it will definitely attract people!

Put out the fire quickly! Yes, as long as the fire is put out quickly enough, it won’t be exposed!

The Blood Demon Scholar went out and started frantically putting out the fire, like a drowning man grabbing at the last straw.

"Here it comes!" Yu Lu looked at the pale ghost figure anxiously putting out the fire.

It was getting closer and closer, Yu Lu counted down silently in his heart, his fists wrapped with the sky-blue Green Lion Qi, brewing a thunderous blow.

"Roar!"

A deafening roar of a green lion exploded like thunder out of the blue. The Blood Demon Scholar seemed to see a green-haired lion that could swallow the sky and eat the sun rushing towards him with overwhelming power, wanting to tear him into pieces!

Where did this extraordinary monk come from? The Blood Demon Scholar looked at the sturdy man who appeared out of nowhere in front of him with great horror. He was confused and wanted to fight back, but was frightened by the lion's roar and could not move.

However, fortunately he is a martial arts practitioner.

The Blood Demon Scholar calmed down immediately and sneered secretly. He possessed a secret method called the Power of Blood Demon, which could recover from the damage caused by pure brute force in a moment!

As long as he can survive the first sneak attack, he can instantly use a soul-stealing move to kill the enemy!

"Bang!" Yu Lu's fist was like beating a drum, hitting the blood demon scholar hard!

Before he threw the punch, he bit his tongue hard. With the help of [Revenge], the power of this punch was extremely terrifying!

The Blood Demon Scholar was beaten to pieces in an instant, turning into large and small pieces of flesh that fell to the ground.

"You idiot, you can't kill me!" The blood demon scholar, with only his head left, had a distorted face and roared loudly, like a terrifying evil ghost coming to claim his soul.

He was still alive even after being torn into pieces like this? Yu Lu was very surprised.

"Die, you idiot!"

"Soul-stealing!"

Seeing the shock on his face, the Blood Demon Scholar seemed very satisfied. He roared and was about to attack the common weakness of martial arts practitioners - the soul. The Blood Demon Scholar's aura suddenly became as terrifying as the abyss, and the raging fire around him was swept aside!

"Puff~"

With a muffled sound, the Blood Demon Scholar's head disappeared, and the spiritual attack that had been brewing to its peak also disappeared instantly.

Yu Lu used the universe in his belly.

He had already figured out the purpose of [The Universe in the Belly]. The thing this secret technique feared most was being attacked from the inside by the enemy using brute force. What it feared least was the blood demon scholar's strange attacks that affected people's souls. Unless it was strong enough to distort the void, it would have no effect on the universe.

The most direct effect was that it directly interrupted the Blood Demon Scholar's spellcasting and put an end to his chattering.

"It is really useful for dealing with these cunning monks who have endless spiritual and spiritual tricks."

Yu Lu thought with satisfaction.

After all, before a martial arts practitioner undergoes a qualitative change in the fifth realm, not only do he have limited means, but his soul is also extremely weak, and he often fails to kill the enemy but instead suffers from it.

With this universe in his belly, he could instantly punch out and tear these evil monks into pieces, then instantly put their heads into the universe in his belly and grind them to death. Even if he had the most powerful spiritual means, he would be unable to use them.

One-stop service is provided to entertain these evil monks.

"Wait ten days or half a month, and there will probably be nothing but a pile of rotten meat left inside."

Yu Lu fished out a storage device that looked like a human skin bag from among the corpses scattered all over the ground, put it away, and walked towards the house occupied by the blood demon scholar, but saw a horrific scene.

Almost half of the room was occupied by a deformed flesh monster that looked like a huge fetus. The monster was dragging its bloated layers of flesh and blood and crawling towards the corner with difficulty, leaving a trail of sticky blood on the ground.

In the corner were seven highly decomposed human corpses that were stinking and full of maggots.

Yu Lu looked grim. Although he had anticipated the cruelty of the demon, he still found it hard to accept.

At this moment, a childish cry attracted his attention. Yu Lu looked and found a small animal locked in a cage. It looked like a mole, with orange fur all over its body, eyes that were almost too small to be seen, and extremely thin and rough claws, as if they were specially used for digging the soil.

"Go away." Yu Lu opened the iron cage and let the little animal out.

"Squeak!" The little beast was extremely grateful and actually bowed to him three times, then jumped into the ground and disappeared.

"It's actually a strange beast that can escape into the earth. No wonder that evil cultivator wants to capture it."

But then Yu Lu was in a dilemma. What should he do with these corpses and the deformed flesh and blood monster in front of him? He couldn't just leave them there. Burning them seemed the best thing to do.

Soon he was no longer worried, because it turned out that the night watchman had brought several yamen runners to investigate the situation.

Yu Lu explained to them that he had discovered a demon causing trouble and killed it himself.

At first they were not quite convinced, until they saw the horrific deformed flesh fetus in the house. Several yamen runners were frightened so much that their faces turned pale and their legs trembled. They looked at Yu Lu with nothing but awe and respect.

Afterwards, the bailiff notified the demon-killing army to come and deal with the deformed blood fetus. Everyone complained that putting out the fire would be another difficult task.

Perhaps it was a blessing from the weather, as it started to drizzle.

"That's good. We don't even have to put out the fire."

When Yu Lu finished his work and returned home, it was already three o'clock in the morning.