253: Are you itching for a beating if I don't beat you up in a few days?

No one would feel good about that kind of taste.

In Bai Jun's opinion, Chen Heng was no exception.

"Ah, what's wrong?" Chen Heng turned his head to look at Bai Jun, asking with some confusion.

"Don't be sad, Big Brother Chen. If martial arts don't work out, just come Cultivate Immortals with me." Bai Jun sighed and, acting like an elder brother, put his arm around Chen Heng's shoulder.

However, the boy's height only reached Chen Heng's chest, and he had to exert a lot of effort to successfully hang onto Chen Heng's shoulder.

"What are you doing?" Chen Heng became even more confused. What kind of madness had gotten into this kid?

"Don't be sad. Call me Brother Bai, and I'll clear all the debts I owe you. Then I'll teach you the True Immortal Sect's top Cultivation Technique."

Chen Heng's old face grew darker and darker, but Bai Jun didn't notice at all.

"I'll be responsible for all the Medicinal Pills and Heaven And Earth Treasures you need to Cultivate..."

A chill swept over from beside him, and only then did Bai Jun notice that Chen Heng's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Is it because I haven't beaten you in a long time?" Chen Heng's fists creaked as he clenched them.

"It seems you need a genuine skin-flaying and bone-loosening!"

Chen Heng grabbed Bai Jun's head and lifted him directly.

"Brother, do you believe me if I say I was just possessed by black qi?"

Bai Jun forced out an awkward smile, enduring the pain.

"I believe you." Chen Heng nodded with a sinister smile, but the force in his hand increased.

"I'm sorry, okay?" Bai Jun knew this beating was probably unavoidable, so he could only try to avoid getting hit in the face.

"Not the face, please..."

"Die!"

...An incense stick's time passed, and a bruised and swollen Bai Jun squatted by the spirit gathering furnace, beginning to refine the dragon phoenix golden elixir.

"Sniff..." Sniffling, Bai Jun covertly glanced at Chen Heng with some grievance.

Chen Heng had been quite ruthless just now, but they were all superficial wounds, nothing serious apart from the pain.

And every punch landed, all aimed at the face.

Chen Heng also found it strange. Ever since this kid followed him, he hadn't shown any sign of being an Immortal.

He was like a mischievous monkey, feeling uncomfortable if he didn't get beaten for a few days.

"When I become an Immortal..." Bai Jun muttered, controlling the heat in the furnace.

"Even if there are Immortal Pills, I'll only give you seven-tenths at most. No, only half."

This was already the most ruthless method of revenge Bai Jun could think of against Chen Heng: only giving him half of the good stuff... "Hmm?" Chen Heng's eyes widened, and Bai Jun shivered, immediately falling silent.

"Refine the Medicinal Pills properly! Don't forget you still owe me a large sum of silver!"

"If you seek death again, I'll tell your Master that you lost several thousand taels of silver at the gambling house and even pawned your startling swan sword!"

"No! I was wrong, brother!" Bai Jun's face turned green, but he could only endure under Chen Heng's oppressive power.

"Big Brother Chen, can I have a drink of water?"

"No! You're not allowed to go anywhere until the first batch of dragon phoenix golden elixir is out!"

"Oh, alright..."

---

Just as Chen Heng was frantically exploiting Bai Jun, Chang Yutian had already led one hundred thousand Jade Fan Kingdom cult troops to a hundred li from Zhenxi City.

"My national treasury is just an empty shell..."

Chang Yutian had already ground several teeth, especially when he saw the empty national treasury thrown into the mountain gully.

"Grand State Preceptor, should we act directly?"

Xie Run asked, standing behind Chang Yutian.

"I can sense the location of the three keys, they are within the Great Liang Kingdom, but I cannot pinpoint the exact location."

"Good, good, good. That monster was indeed sent by that old dog, the Emperor of Daliang. Otherwise, why would it be so absurdly strong?"

"They probably researched some kind of Fusion Anomaly again."

Chang Yutian sneered, successfully pinning the blame on the Emperor of Daliang.

"Attack them! Kill everyone in Zhenxi City, and give that old dog a taste of what's to come first!"

"Yes!" A cold glint flashed in Xie Run's eyes as he turned and led the one hundred thousand cult troops towards Zhenxi City.

These cult troops were all strangely shaped, but all of them exuded an ominous Qi.

At the same time, the defenders of Zhenxi City were already on high alert, and Hong Lie also stood on the city wall, looking at the cult troops in the distance.

"Why are those cult fanatics from the Jade Fan Kingdom acting up again? They only settled down for over thirty years."

Hong Lie's father, Hong Feng, also stood on the city wall, tightly gripping a golden scroll in his hand.

"Father, I'm going." Hong Lie, holding a long halberd, leaped from the city wall, leading less than three thousand defending troops to face the Jade Fan Kingdom cult troops.

These three thousand defending troops were different from the ordinary defenders within the city.

They were all members of the Hong Family specifically trained by the Hong Family, and their military formation was quite formidable.

These three thousand people were enough to block the one hundred thousand cult troops of the Jade Fan Kingdom.

Of course, that was assuming Chang Yutian didn't make a move... "Hong Lie! Your Great Liang's dog Emperor stole the Grand State Preceptor's national treasury, aren't you going to hand it over obediently?"

With someone backing him, Xie Run was no longer so afraid of Hong Lie and shouted in a loud voice.

"What national treasury?" Hong Lie was bewildered by Xie Run's words and turned to look at his old father.

He was a hothead; it was better to leave such verbal battles to his old father.

"Hmph! A bunch of cult beasts! You invade the Great Liang Kingdom's territory with just a flimsy excuse."

"Utterly foolish, utterly shameless! Throw your stinking faces on the ground and take a good look! How dare you bark and yap here!"

"This old man is cursing you today! I'm not just cursing you, I'm also going to..."

Hong Feng's eloquence was quite impressive; he cursed for half an hour straight without stopping.

He not only greeted the parents of the Jade Fan Kingdom's Emperor but also those of the Grand State Preceptor.

From their parents all the way back to their ancestors eight generations ago, all were greeted by Hong Feng.

"This old scoundrel is still so sharp-tongued." The Grand State Preceptor snorted coldly, unfazed.

But judging from Hong Lie's reaction, he probably indeed didn't know about the things that dog Emperor of Great Liang had done.

However, none of that mattered. He only needed to kill everyone in Zhenxi City and reclaim the keys to the Hundred Corpse Tomb.

"Attack! Kill them all!"

Seeing Chang Yutian nod, Xie Run gave the order, and the cult troops charged towards Zhenxi City.

"Form ranks! Engage the enemy!"

With a low roar from Hong Lie, the three thousand defending troops behind him formed their military formation within a few breaths.

"Kill!"

With a thunderous roar in unison, a blood-red phantom condensed above the military formation.

The phantom, holding a long halberd, smashed directly towards the one hundred thousand cult army.

Compared to the orderly Hong Family military formation, the cult troops were much more undisciplined.

However, their strength was still not to be underestimated; in groups of two and three, they managed to block this attack.

Although over a hundred people died, for an army of one hundred thousand, a hundred people were nothing.

Moreover, these fanatics didn't know what fear was; the conventional army's casualty rates were completely ineffective on them.