Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 63

Chapter 63: Divine Archery

Someone’s there?

Qi Xiaoyu’s heart skipped a beat.

Why would there be someone in the mountains this late at night?

Could it be bandits?

He had heard that there were many bandits who operated at night in the mountains around the county town.

Those bandits were no less dangerous than wild beasts, and perhaps even more so, since humans could make tools.

“Did you hear that?” Chu Liang asked him.

“I…”

Qi Xiaoyu’s ears twitched as he focused his attention, carefully listening for any movement around them.

He wasn’t a martial artist, just an ordinary person, and his senses weren’t that sharp.

“Master Chu, I didn’t hear anything,” Qi Xiaoyu shook his head.

“Follow me. If we go a little further, you’ll be able to hear it,” Chu Liang said.

“Could it be bandits?” Qi Xiaoyu asked worriedly.

“Perhaps.”

Chu Liang’s expression remained unchanged as he rode the donkey and continued forward.

He had heard two kinds of sounds.

One was the shouting of humans, and the other was the roaring of wild beasts.

Wolves!

And quite a few of them.

In the forest ahead of them, a group of people was surrounded by a pack of wolves, and the two sides were in a standoff.

Before long, a ferocious wolf howl came from afar, traveling through the layers of the mountain forest and reaching Qi Xiaoyu’s ears.

“Awoooo—”

“Wolves!”

Qi Xiaoyu’s heart tightened, and he unconsciously gripped the reins.

The closer they got to that area, the clearer the howls of the wolves became, and there were more and more of them.

The sounds overlapped, coming from near and far, as if the surrounding dark forest was filled with ferocious wolves.

And that was indeed the case.

The two had already approached the wolf pack.

In the cold, dark forest around them, pairs of fierce wolf eyes were staring at them.

They were crouching in the low bushes, their eyes terrifying, their claws sharp. They didn’t move immediately, as if they were waiting for something.

“Master Chu, I’m a little scared.”

“It’s normal to be scared,” Chu Liang said with a relaxed expression, “Don’t be too nervous. Just follow me. Think of it as a training exercise. You probably won’t have this kind of opportunity again in the future.”

“O…okay.”

Qi Xiaoyu swallowed and followed closely behind Chu Liang.

After walking for a while, the two reached the ridge of the mountain, and their view suddenly opened up.

The trees on the mountainside below were sparse. In the woods, there were more than ten people. Each of them had a serious expression, holding a torch in one hand and a weapon in the other, facing off against the wolf pack.

“Get back!”

“All of you, get back!”

They waved their torches and shouted loudly, repeatedly pushing back the wolves that charged at them.

This group of people was quite strong.

Ordinary mountain folk would have already been devoured by the endless wolves around them, but they were unharmed.

It could be seen that there were already many wolf corpses lying around them.

“They’re martial artists,” Chu Liang simply assessed.

“Master Chu, are all those people martial artists?”

Qi Xiaoyu was a little surprised. A team of more than ten martial artists was comparable to the demon hunting team of the Martial Alliance.

Chu Liang nodded and said, “Yes, they are all martial artists, and they are from the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall.”

“Master Chu, how can you tell?”

“Look at their weapons. They are mostly long swords, and the sword tassels are in the shape of small black swords.”

“Oh, oh… I heard the shopkeeper mention it before…”

Qi Xiaoyu suddenly understood.

He had lived in the county town for many years and had heard of the symbols of the various martial arts halls. He had even seen them a few times.

“Master Chu, since they are all martial artists, these wolves shouldn’t be able to hurt them, right?”

“These wolves are just to wear them down,” Chu Liang shook his head slightly, “The real trump card is behind them, hidden in the darkness of the forest on the left. It’s a wolf demon.”

“Ah?”

Upon hearing the word “demon,” Qi Xiaoyu was startled.

Ordinary people like him had a natural fear of demons.

Even if he didn’t face a living demon, just looking at the corpse of a demon beast would make him feel terrified.

“Master Chu, what should we do?” Qi Xiaoyu couldn’t help but ask.

“Since we’ve seen them, we should naturally help them out.”

Chu Liang had already planned to go to the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall to learn martial arts, and now he happened to encounter disciples of the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall.

He reached out and took a large bow from the leather strap on the left side of the donkey.

This large bow was the most precious thing left to him by the old hunter, and it was also the treasure bow that Zhao Hu and the others had always coveted. It was quite extraordinary.

In Chu Liang’s house, other objects only required ordinary flesh and blood for the first evolution, and only required demon beast meat for the second evolution.

However, this large bow required demon beast meat for the first evolution, just like the golden silk gloves that Chu Liang bought in the black market.

After evolution, it was aptly named the Demon Hunting Bow.

“Master, this treasure bow of yours is really powerful. It makes us a little scared.”

The little mouse’s voice appeared in Chu Liang’s mind. They didn’t speak directly but used their unique mental communication ability to talk to Chu Liang.

They hadn’t been idle either and had been exploring the surroundings.

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They were the ones who had just discovered the wolf demon.

“Master, the wolf demon is slowly approaching those ten or so martial artists. It should be about to make its move.”

The mountainside forest was in chaos, with flickering firelight, flying leaves, and overlapping shadows of people, beasts, and trees. Human voices and various wolf howls were also mixed together, creating a chaotic and disorderly scene.

Crack!

A wolf fell.

It was covered in blood, split in two by a sharp long sword, its bloody internal organs spilling onto the ground.

“Damn it, there are so many of these mountain wolves. It’s like we can’t kill them all!”

The martial artist complained, shaking the blood off his sword.

If it were one-on-one, they could easily kill this kind of wolf.

But reality didn’t give them a one-on-one opportunity.

“We’re just unlucky to encounter a wolf pack of this size in the mountains around the county town,” another person said, “Normally, you’d only encounter this many wolves in the deep mountains.”

“Maybe they came out from the deep mountains.”

“Yeah, it’s been uneasy in the deep mountains lately. I don’t know what’s going on.”

“It’s really troublesome. My hand is getting sore from swinging the sword.”

“Don’t let your guard down. Pay attention…”

As the saying goes, many ants can bite an elephant to death.

These martial artists from the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall were indeed powerful, but there were simply too many wolves.

So many that it made one’s scalp tingle.

After a while, the constant attacks from the wolves made them feel tired. The long sword of one of them even had a chip in it.

“My sword!”

The man felt a pang of heartache.

Another person sighed, “Sigh, we don’t have money to buy treasure swords, so we can only use these ordinary swords.”

“Even the worst treasure sword costs over a hundred taels of silver. That’s enough money to temper our Qi and blood for a long time.”

“We were hoping to catch that tiger demon to get some money. We’ve been searching for over a month, and just when we had a lead, that guy named Chu Liang got to it first.”

“Damn it, I’m so pissed. If I ever run into that Chu Liang, I’ll definitely beat him up!”

They were one of the demon hunting teams sent out by the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall.

If they could catch the tiger demon, each of them would be able to get more than a hundred taels of silver.

This was not a small amount.

Unfortunately, their luck was not as good as Chu Liang’s, and they wasted more than a month.

“Crack—”

With a loud bang, the long sword in the hands of one of the martial artists suddenly shattered.

The sharp blade broke into several pieces and flew out with great speed. One of the pieces happened to hit his arm, tearing his sleeve and creating a shocking wound.

Blood gushed out, instantly staining his sleeve red.

The surrounding wolves instantly went into a frenzy, their fangs bared, their eyes fierce, and they changed direction and charged at him.

The situation took a sudden turn for the worse.

The other ten or so people were all shocked.

One of them shouted, “Change formation! Form a circle and protect Xiaolin in the middle!”

“Okay!”

The crowd disrupted their previous formation and quickly moved towards the center.

But before they could form a circle, and while they were still in disarray, another change occurred!

A gust of bloody wind suddenly pounced!

It was a huge wolf, dark red all over!

Its eyes were cold and ruthless as it ran at high speed, like a bloody lightning bolt split from the darkness. It didn’t give the crowd any time to react, instantly pouncing on the injured martial arts hall disciple.

“Xiaolin!”

Everyone’s eyes widened in horror as they roared.

They were anxious and desperate, but they were powerless and couldn’t rescue him in time.

It was a demon!

How could there be a demon in the mountains near the county town?

At this moment, time seemed to slow down. No matter how anxious they were, it was useless. They could only watch as the giant wolf approached the injured disciple.

But just then, another unexpected event occurred!

Whoosh!

A cold arrow suddenly flew out, like a gust of wind, like a meteor from beyond the heavens, incredibly fast, instantly piercing through the layers of the mountain forest.

In just an instant!

With a “whoosh” sound, the giant wolf’s body stiffened, and its neck was pierced through on the spot!

“Awooo—”

It howled in pain, its fur stained with blood.

Before it could react, a second arrow came again, piercing through its abdomen.

Then came the third arrow!

One arrow after another, like shooting stars chasing the moon, unstoppable and deadly!

In the blink of an eye, the fierce and terrifying giant wolf fell to the ground, its aura weakening, its mouth and nose bleeding, howling in agony, already on the verge of death.

“So strong!”

“Such fast arrows!”

The martial arts hall disciples were all shocked.

They all turned their heads to look in the direction the arrows had come from.

On the ridge, the bright moon hung high.

Chu Liang’s gaze was deep, holding a longbow, his black hair fluttering in the night wind, like a divine archer from ancient mythology.