Chapter 44: Hidden Magic Talisman

Jiang Lisheng had been chased by Shan Gao for three days and three nights, and now he was tired and sleepy.

She sat down unable to hold on and asked Chen Liuan, "Brother Chen, how long can your talisman trap this bastard?"

Chen Liuan saw the mountain gourd spinning and colliding non-stop, with the talisman being swung back and forth by its butt. He was not sure how long it would take for it to throw it off. "According to common sense, it should be able to trap me for an hour, but this thing is too ferocious, I don't know."

He asked Jiang Lisheng, "You just said this thing is mountain jelly?"

Jiang Lisheng nodded. "Look at its appearance. Doesn't it look very similar to the mountain jellyfish recorded in the Monster Records?"

Chen Liuan scratched his head, embarrassed. "I haven't read the Monster Records thoroughly, so I don't know much about many monsters. Before I set out, I carefully read the records of the monsters encountered by the predecessors in the sect when they entered and exited the strange mountains and secret realms, but this thing doesn't seem to be in the records of the predecessors."

Jiang Lisheng sighed, "This thing is produced in Kushan. The strange mountain secret realm we entered should be in Daying Mountain, right? When I encountered it, I was also puzzled."

She was helpless. "If I remember correctly, Kushan is thousands of miles away from Dayeshan. How did we end up here?"

"Ah?" Chen Liuan was shocked. "Then what's going on?"

Jiang Lisheng shook his head. "I don't know. I fell into this withered forest for three days. I was chased by this bastard for three days. You saw how fast I can fly my sword. It's not slow, right? But I haven't been able to get out of this withered forest for three days."

Chen Liuan nodded, "I also fell here, and it has been three days, but in these three days, I haven't even seen a mouse. Now I'm lucky to meet you, Jiang Junior Sister. Otherwise, I would have started chopping trees."

Jiang Lisheng also felt lucky to have met him, otherwise she would have been chased and couldn't rest. Suddenly, "So, just now, Senior Brother Chen, you wanted to chop down trees. How long will it take to chop down trees in a forest that seems to have no end?"

"I don't know either, but I can't just do nothing and be trapped here forever." Chen Liu'an had been walking for three days and hadn't gotten out yet. Now, when he heard Jiang Lisheng say that she had been flying on a sword for three days and three nights but hadn't been able to get out, he suddenly felt that he might not be able to get out even if he chopped trees until he died of exhaustion.

"Ah." Jiang Lisheng sighed, "Then what should we do?"

"The most urgent thing is to kill this bastard first." Chen Liuan looked at Shan Gao who was still scolding them and asked, "Junior Sister Jiang, in the monster records you have read, there is no record of this thing's weakness? How to kill it?"

Jiang Lisheng continued to sigh, "It is recorded that in ancient times, Emperor Ku was traveling and encountered one. It cursed and uttered dirty words, and was bitten to death by Panhu, the dog raised by Emperor Ku. We don't have Panhu either."

Chen Liuan sighed, "Ancient times, how come this thing is still alive?"

He didn't really think much of it. "Even if Panhu was there, it wouldn't work. Dogs in ancient times also ate people, right?"

Jiang Lisheng nodded, "Yeah!"

"Let's go!" Chen Liuan said decisively: "Junior Sister Jiang, we can't kill it. We have to run away while the talisman can still trap it."

Jiang Lisheng was exhausted, but his life was more important. He felt that what Chen Liuan said made sense, so he stood up immediately and said, "That's right, let's go, Senior Brother Chen, let's run."

"You dare to run? You sons of a bitch, ahhhhh, let me go." Shan Gao became anxious when he saw that they were about to run away.

Chen Liuan took a deep breath and couldn't help but get angry. "You bastard, one day, I will kill you."

"Son of a bitch, I'll eat you and tear you apart."

"You bastard, I'll skin you alive and fry you in oil."

"You incompetent little bastard, if you have the guts, come and let me go, I will tear you to pieces..."

"You are such a jerk. I just cast a talisman and you are trapped. You are such a useless thing, yet you are so arrogant."

"You son of a bitch, don't run away if you can."

"Keep chasing me if you can, you bastard..."

……

Jiang Lisheng saw that Chen Liuan couldn't help but curse at this thing. He was silent for a moment and coughed, "Brother Chen, let's go. Don't bother with the beast."

"Yes, yes, Junior Sister Jiang, let's go, go." Chen Liuan was ashamed. He didn't expect that he was almost influenced by this bastard.

The two flew away on their swords. Shan Gao was so anxious that he was furious and cursed loudly, but he could only watch them go away.

Chen Liuan saw Jiang Lisheng rushing forward and followed her, "Junior Sister Jiang, which direction are you going? Are we going in the right direction?"

"Go east, keep going east. If this is really Kushan Mountain, we can only go east to get to Daying Mountain." Jiang Lisheng said loudly.

Chen Liuan understood and replied loudly: "I'll listen to you."

The speed of the two flying swords was not slow, but after walking for half an hour, Chen Liuan felt his back was very hot, and a gust of hot wind whistled towards him. He felt something was wrong, turned around suddenly, and was immediately shocked, "Junior Sister Jiang, that bastard is chasing us!"

Jiang Lisheng was also startled. He immediately turned around, opened his eyes wide, and said in horror: "Brother Chen, this dog thing seems to be twice as fast. It, it, it has advanced."

"Run!" Chen Liuan shouted.

"I can't run fast enough."

"I have a Swift Wind Talisman." After saying that, he "snapped" and stuck a Swift Wind Talisman on the hilt of Jiang Lisheng's sword.

Jiang Lisheng's speed instantly doubled.

Chen Liuan quickly pasted another one on himself, which was also twice as fast.

Jiang Lisheng was almost moved to tears, "Brother Chen, how long can your Gale Talisman last?"

"An hour."

Jiang Lisheng said loudly: "How many of these talismans do you have left?"

"Just two."

Jiang Lisheng: "..."

"I have other talismans, but none of them can kill it. Even if I use them, it can only last for an hour like it does now." Chen Liuan was suspicious. "Although this dog looks like a pig, it probably has a dog's nose. Otherwise, how did it catch up with us after we have walked so far?"

"It just has a very sensitive sense of smell." Jiang Lisheng could feel the pain of being chased by it for three days and couldn't get rid of it. He felt that this couldn't go on. They would both be eaten by it. He shouted, "Senior Brother Chen, come closer to me."

Chen Liuan immediately flew towards her on his sword.

After he approached, Jiang Lisheng also took out a talisman and stuck it on him, then quickly stuck another one on herself, consuming two talismans at once. She felt very distressed and said through gritted teeth: "Brother Chen, this thing is very smart. From now on, don't talk and follow me."

After saying this, she turned around and flew north on her sword.

Chen Liuan responded, and without saying anything, he flew on his sword and followed Jiang Lisheng.

After a moment, Chen Liuan looked at him in shock as Shan Gao did not catch up with him, but continued to roar, whistle and curse as he headed eastward. He opened his mouth but did not dare to speak. Instead, he followed Jiang Lisheng and ran northward.

Jiang Lisheng ran for a while, then ran westward, almost in the opposite direction of Shan Gao.

After running for an hour, the wind charms on their swords lost their effect. Jiang Lisheng felt safe and spoke, "Brother Chen, you can talk now."

Chen Liuan had been holding back for a long time. "Junior Sister Jiang, what kind of talisman is this? That bastard didn't even notice us and continued to chase us eastward. How come I have never seen this before? It's amazing."

"It's a type of invisibility charm, with an added illusion, called an invisibility charm."

Chen Liuan suddenly realized, "This talisman is too good! Where did you buy it?"

Jiang Lisheng was happy to be praised, "I drew it."

Chen Liuan: “!!!”

Emperor Ku (ku, fourth tone), from Shan Hai Jing, was the third emperor among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient times. He established the 24 solar terms.

Panhu (hu, fourth tone) comes from Shan Hai Jing.