"Of course, it’s also a kind of ancient fierce beast." Xu Kong continued.
"It’s sowhat like a dragon. Go on, continue." Ye Tian leaned to one side, feeling overwheld, as his heart urgently needed so readjustnt. What was all of this about?
Wasn’t he just here to catch ghosts? How did it turn into battling a dragon? And an ancient fierce beast at that, who would believe it? How could sothing ancient appear in a place like this?
Xu Kong ignored Ye Tian and just began his fierce battle with the Candle Dragon.
The sound emitted by the Candle Dragon was very unpleasant; it was like infrasound, making one feel uncomfortable. When its eyes fixed on Ye Tian, he felt as if the Evil Spirits of Hell were surrounding him, sending chills down his spine.
However, the Candle Dragon didn’t have much ti to watch this young man, as Xu Kong was almost overwhelming it. Perhaps it was slow in movent because it had been underground for too long.
Xu Kong’s movents looked slow, but each one managed to leave marks on the Candle Dragon’s body, making it increasingly agitated.
Ye Tian worried about Xu Kong being at a disadvantage; regardless of why or whatever intentions the elder had towards him, he felt such a sinister creature should be eradicated.
Ye Tian focused on consolidating the True Qi within his body, thinking of the Panchen Two Fingers. This ntal thod from Buddhism should be effective against such demons and ghosts, shouldn’t it? Even Sun Wukong, who was born from stone, was enlightened, right?
Thinking this, Ye Tian felt the True Qi within him brimming, as if a refreshing breeze was sweeping through his heart, making him feel light and nimble. He lightly jumped up to a height of over three ters, almost level with the Candle Dragon’s eyes. Then two golden beams shot from his index and middle fingers directly at the Candle Dragon’s eyes.
The Candle Dragon’s body was sowhat stiff, but it wasn’t stupid. It dodged by turning its head. Ye Tian, unfazed, was ready to strike a second ti.
Even though Ye Tian’s attack didn’t cause substantial actual damage to the Candle Dragon, since his True Qi was insufficient, he still successfully divided so of its attention towards himself.
The advantage of Panchen Two Fingers over Long River Sunset Circle was that it didn’t overly consu one’s True Qi, so Ye Tian was prepared for a lasting fight.
Perhaps because Ye Tian targeted the Candle Dragon’s eyes, Xu Kong also started focusing his attacks there.
Every ti the Candle Dragon opened its mouth, its candle fire burst forth, turning the surrounding weeds into ash.
"Damn you!" Ye Tian cursed loudly. "Do you think I’m addicted to being barbecued?"
As he railed against it, he fought even more desperately with the Candle Dragon, while Xu Kong seemingly floated to the side.
"Kid, use that mountain-splitting move of yours, see if you can split this creature dead!"
"What if he doesn’t die after I split him?"
"Then I’ll continue."
"Alright!"
Suddenly, Ye Tian wondered why he couldn’t combine Panchen Two Fingers with Long River Sunset Circle? If he could do that, he wouldn’t even need any tools.
Hahaha! I am truly clever.
A smile appeared on Ye Tian’s face.
Who cares what dragon you are! Today, I will make you a sacrifice for my cause! No, a sacrifice for my fingers!
Ye Tian silently recited the ntal thod, then felt all the True Qi in his body concentrating in his fingers. He abruptly opened his eyes and directed it squarely at the Candle Dragon’s eyes.
The golden light gradually transford into a three-finger-width sword, flying straight towards the Candle Dragon’s eye. With astonishing speed, this ti the Candle Dragon didn’t escape fully untouched, although only one eye was injured.
The Candle Dragon’s whole body convulsed, its mouth wide open as it issued a harrowing scream that almost made Ye Tian spurt blood.
"Nice one! Looks like your mind is learning to adapt!" Xu Kong patted Ye Tian’s shoulder.
"Thank you." Ye Tian collapsed onto the ground, exhausted. That was it. He’d tried his best but only managed to blind one eye of the dragon. This was essentially inflicting 800 damages on the enemy while suffering 1000 himself.
"The eye you injured is rumored to be connected to Hell, very good, very good!" Xu Kong laughed as he walked towards the injured-eyed dragon, then unrelentingly infused his handle with Tai Chi, creating a gusty wind before turning it into a streak of white light that also disabled the Candle Dragon’s other eye.
This ti, the roar of the Candle Dragon carried a miasma that instantly filled the entire Barrier. Ye Tian felt it hard to breathe and couldn’t see clearly what Xu Kong was doing. All he could feel was sothing heavy hitting the Barrier before it disappeared.
"Old man? Old man?" Ye Tian suddenly felt confident about the air in Imperial Capital, at least he could breathe freely there.
"What? Worried I might have died?" Xu Kong slowly walked over, a smile on his face, but still unable to hide his fatigue.
"How co you’re actually not dead?"
The miasma quickly dissipated, and the place was still overgrown with weeds, just that the red Candle Dragon was nowhere to be seen.
"Stop looking, it has disappeared."
"Ah?"
"Ah what? They weren’t real in the first place, maybe just a shadow," Xu Kong sighed.
"Nonsense, since when can your family’s shadow be so powerful?"
The two left one after the other. Ye Tian couldn’t keep up with the old man but muttered about the reality of the situation all along.
A good night’s sleep; after all, he was tired.
The next morning, Ye Tian got up and saw Xu Kong eating breakfast by himself. He sat down and started eating without ceremony.
"Old man, you need to clear up what happened yesterday."
"Even if you didn’t ask, I would have told you," the old man said with a smile, but that smile made Ye Tian feel like there was a trap ahead.
Beiping City is an ancient capital, and as an ancient capital, there are many people buried here. Ancient people always believed in reincarnation, so they were buried with jade, believing it would preserve their souls.
Because of this, whether it’s jade or other burial items, there are many, and that leads so people to harbor ill intentions, hence tomb raiding erges.
No matter how formidable you were in life, once you die, you’re only a target for the petty thieves. Various chanisms, tomb keepers, all are there to ensure those underground can rest peacefully. Of course, there are so powerful figures among them who believed in beasts rather than chanisms or people, like the Candle Dragon.
"Weren’t you saying that this Candle Dragon is like a watchdog in so tomb?" Ye Tian scratched his head, searching for a fitting word.
"Exactly!" Xu Kong nodded approvingly at Ye Tian, the kid was sharp.
"Holy cow! This person is so badass, to have so Fierce Beast guard his tomb even after his death; I bet no tomb raiders would dare go there!"
"That’s not necessarily true!" Xu Kong said, "Where there is great reward, there are brave n; there will always be people willing to try. But this guy was smart, he didn’t go directly to the tomb, instead, he disrupted the feng shui that suppressed the Candle Dragon, and the dragon fled."
"What? This guy is that impressive?" Ye Tian smirked.
"Yes. The Candle Dragon had been sealed for a long ti, even if it ca out, it couldn’t do much imdiately, so I wasn’t in a hurry to deal with it."
"Then why were you in a hurry yesterday? Dragging out in the middle of the night!"
"Because, I found out, soone was contacting it."
"Who?"
"I don’t know."
"Damn! You old man!"
"But, that person didn’t find the Candle Dragon’s body, just found its shadow."
"Don’t joke, so what fought with us yesterday was just a shadow?"
"Yes. The Candle Dragon had been sealed for many years, its physical body had long disappeared, only a shadow was preserved, so when I killed it yesterday, it disappeared," Xu Kong said seriously, not seeming to be joking at all.
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