Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

Chapter 1157 - 542: Myth Unleashed · Water Monkey

It’s always satisfying to smack the dust; the more you smack, the more satisfying it gets.The first move of the Earthwork Swordsmanship is the Banishing Shovel, which is all about no return.

However, this sweep did not gouge out a pit in the ground as Di Wu Gangqiang expected.

The shovel sword in his hand was knocked away, flying dozens of meters away, as the chaotic sword qi cleaved the mountain rock and withered wood behind him.

Yet the desolate well that he had aimed at remained unscathed.

Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.

Apart from the Earth Sea "rising," a part of the reason is due to Zhang Ze and their afforestation campaign.

The Little Holy Tree itself is a mystical object, and the places they are planted are often endowed with natural beauty or abundant earth veins.

For various reasons, these cultivators going out to plant trees usually dig up some stuff and encounter strange things.

The lucky ones find some jade marrow spirit treasures, bronze mirrors, ancient books, or a little Fuji lost and forgetting how to return home.

The unlucky ones inevitably come across ancient traps, innate fierce beasts, or the revived corpse of a zombie immortal, extremely dangerous.

Di Wu Gangqiang and Chu Yang, as brothers, have experienced and seen a lot in the past six months.

So when they saw the strange well, the two hid behind the sign that read "Sword Sect Earthwork Department Working Here, No Trespassing" without a second thought.

This sign is not an ordinary object but a specially crafted magical artifact.

Apart from the Tiger Subduing and Dragon Locking Array engraved within, the phrase "No Trespassing" is also a powerful mantra that can ward off evil and prevent disasters.

As long as one hides behind the sign, unless they encounter something truly outrageous, the hider’s life can be guaranteed.

As the array lit up and the mantra took effect, the two brothers’ hearts settled slightly.

"Brother, did you see something just now?"

Di Wu Gangqiang looked at the eerie well and asked in a whisper.

"No, no..." Chu Yang stammered, but in the end, he confessed that this place was originally where his home had been, and his master had been buried in the well there before.

Upon hearing this, Di Wu Gangqiang remembered that Chu Yang seemed to have mentioned this matter in passing before.

But he never expected such a coincidence today. With one shovel strike, he actually hit the grave of someone’s old master.

However, since it was his brother’s master, Di Wu Gangqiang felt relieved.

"Your master must have been some great figure then," Di Wu Gangqiang remarked.

"Not to brag, but as your senior, I’m at least a skilled combatant. This one blow, if not divine, could at least smash through mountains and stones.

"Your master has been gone for so long yet still managed to knock my sword away. He must have been quite a character."

But listening to his senior’s chatter, Chu Yang’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Because he didn’t remember his master being some incredible person, during those years living in the village, his master was either watering plants or doing the same, showing no sign of possessing any invincible divine techniques.

Even the method taught to him was an ineffective qi nurturing and breathing dharma method.

After years of practice, aside from making his skin fair and lustrous, it didn’t make him any different from ordinary people.

As a result, since joining the Sword Sect, Chu Yang has never practiced it again.

Could it be...

Chu Yang’s mind started wandering, remembering those spirit shadows he had seen during his leisure moments.

"Invincible Old Medicine Lady vs. Blue Man Tang King·Three"

"Super Caribbean Lady Pirate Battles Virgin Legion Tornado"

They all contained similar plots, where an evil Old Ascender takes the protagonist as a disciple, then transmits an incomplete trap cultivation technique, intending to refine them into a fragrant and soft little tripod furnace.

Thinking in detail, it seemed his master indeed mentioned before, that he should diligently cultivate and often return home in the future...

Also, when practicing his master’s taught dharma method, there seemed to often be an impulse to jump into the well to take a look.

’That’s right, it was because of this that I decided to venture out for training.’

Thinking back, various discordant doubts in the memories also appeared...

Ever since his master’s arrival, the number of villagers had gradually decreased, until the entire village became deserted, but he was unaware of anything amiss, everything seemed normal to him...

"Brother, get back, that well is strange!"

Chu Yang grabbed his senior’s sleeve, preventing Di Wu Gangqiang from heading to the well to light a traditional incense stick and pay respects.

As fate would have it, right as Chu Yang was lost in his thoughts and pulled on his senior’s sleeve, unable to explain in time.

The dried well suddenly puffed out a burst of purple smoke, then the earth vein roared, as a black water column surged from the well’s mouth, soaring into the sky.

A human-shaped skeleton floated in the water column, with three points of infernal blue flames on its skull and shoulders that wouldn’t extinguish, burning abruptly in the water.

"Hehehe, my good disciple, it’s been a long time."

Water turned into spiritual flesh, the black water converged into a body, and the skeletal frame in the water gained flesh.

But it wasn’t the feeble old man from Chu Yang’s memory a few years ago, but instead a red-faced monstrous ape covered in gray scales.

The left half of the ape’s face was somewhat human-like, whereas the right side sprouted a twisted dragon horn, appearing quite terrifying.

Chu Yang shrank his neck and hid behind his senior.

Di Wu Gangqiang remained calm, taking his junior brother to hide behind the sign once more.

He slit his finger, using blood as a catalyst to reinforce every array on the sign.

Simultaneously, he opened the small walnut on his wrist.

"Didi Call-for-Help service activated, please wait... speed matching in progress"

The monstrous ape couldn’t see what the walnut displayed, only assuming these two were making a last-ditch resistance, it sneered.