“I’m just too unlucky!! Damn!!” Looking at the giant mountain enveloped in thick mist, Xu Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim. After all, he had resolutely decided to hide in the mountains and become a reclusive person, yet he ended up being driven down.
Xu Xuan had heard quite a bit about demons and evil spirits, and since he didn’t have any special advantages as a transmigrator and his talents were limited, he had always thought of avoiding these horrifying matters as much as possible. In the past, there had often been disciples from the sect who went down the mountain to confront demons and evil spirits, and Xu Xuan had always kept his distance from such occurrences.
“What is this? If I don’t go to see the mountain, the mountain comes to look for me? I clearly had given up on descending the mountain and prepared to stay in the sect for a lifetime, and it ends up like this.” Reflecting on the bizarre and strange events he encountered that night, Xu Xuan couldn’t help but shiver when he looked at the mountain covered in mist.
After carefully checking the surroundings and confirming there were no other senior brothers on the nearby official road, Xu Xuan knelt down in front of the misty mountain and slowly bowed, saying, “Unfilial disciple Xu Xuan thanks Master for saving my life. If I have the ability in the future, I will definitely return and reclaim Sword Hall’s mountain gate.”
After speaking, Xu Xuan bowed towards the mountain gate.
After all, this was the place where he was raised and where he learned the Qi cultivation methods. Xu Xuan naturally wouldn’t forget this kindness, especially considering that Master Ou sacrificed himself to ensure that they could escape. If it wasn’t to protect them, Master Ou probably wouldn’t have met such a tragic end.
As he thought about this, an inexplicable image flashed in Xu Xuan’s mind. It was of the metallic peaks he had seen in his recent dream, and of Master Ou’s body half-penetrated by a long sword. Also, there was that woman in the red dress.
He wandered in the mist for three days and nights, and just when his spirit was extremely low, that woman seemed to say something to him. However, those memories had become vague by now.
“What exactly was that woman?” A brand new question emerged in Xu Xuan’s mind. However, just then, his stomach growled, and with the sound from his belly, all thoughts were interrupted, as an indescribable hunger surged up.
In fact, it wasn’t just hunger; as his mind relaxed, various negative feelings started to amplify. Fortunately, after years of cultivation, his physique was already different from ordinary people, or he wouldn’t have been able to endure it.
“Forget it, I’ll go check out the nearest Sword Hero Town. Get something to eat and have a good rest. Maybe I can see other surviving senior brothers over there.”
Talking to himself, Xu Xuan headed towards the location of Sword Hero Town. Although he was somewhat of a recluse, he often visited Sword Hero Town to exchange wild game for some wine. So he was relatively familiar with the town’s location.
After a short walk, Xu Xuan saw a small town in the distance, with a stone tablet at the town’s entrance engraved with the name Sword Hero Town. However, what surprised Xu Xuan was that the tablet was clearly missing half of it. Moreover, the originally lively town was eerily quiet.
Seeing this scene, Xu Xuan drew the long sword from his back and cautiously walked towards the town.
Upon entering, Xu Xuan was once again shocked by the sights within the town.
“I can’t believe this…” Xu Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim as he looked at the surroundings.
In the bustling market of the small town all around him, there were people coming and going, and vendors were calling out. A waiter in the inn was pretending to wipe a table, and a few customers were picking up food to eat.
However, everything was in a state of stillness.
It was as if time had stopped halfway. What made Xu Xuan feel the creepiest was that the whole town had no heads!!!
That’s right; all the townspeople in Sword Hero Town were preserving the actions they had in life, but what was terrifying was that all these people were headless. Walking on the street of the town, Xu Xuan actually felt like he was walking down a street where time had come to a standstill. Of course, it would have been better if the heads hadn’t vanished.
Now, the entire Sword Hero Town had completely transformed into a headless town.
“Hey, hey, hey, this is a bit intense, isn’t it?” Looking at the surrounding scene, Xu Xuan fell into thought: “Should I just set the whole town on fire?”
While saying this, Xu Xuan poked the thigh of a headless passerby next to him with his sword. The long sword went into the flesh, but the headless passerby remained still.
“Can’t move? This is quite interesting; I need to experiment a bit more.” Looking at the leg of the person he had stabbed, Xu Xuan couldn’t help but say. At this time, if anyone else were present, they would notice that in such a terrifying place, Xu Xuan’s expression showed no fear, instead, his lips were unconsciously curling upwards.
“Decided to experiment a bit more. If there’s no danger, I’ll bury all the townspeople… Forget it, I’ll just burn the whole town down. I can’t bury so many people by myself.” While speaking, Xu Xuan arrived at an inn where he often ate.
He remembered that the proprietress here was a very attractive and charismatic woman. Sitting down at the inn, Xu Xuan glanced at the headless person standing at the counter, who was engaged in the action of fiddling with an abacus. Xu Xuan’s gaze moved down to closely examine the person’s chest.
“Large and full, it’s definitely the proprietress.” While saying this, Xu Xuan took down the wine gourd hanging next to the inn and went to the wine barrel to pour himself a gourd of wine. Then, he snatched food from a nearby guest’s plate and began to eat ravenously.
At this point, Xu Xuan was starving to the extreme. He no longer cared how long this meal had been sitting out or if it was safe to eat. He gulped down a few mouthfuls of rice wine, then took a large bite of food. Unknowingly, the sky began to darken.
“Thanks, buddy, since you have no head, you can’t eat. I’ll eat this meal for you.” While saying this, Xu Xuan reached into the person’s clothing and took out a money pouch. “You probably won’t need this anymore, don’t worry, I won’t waste your money.”
Indeed, facing the headless townspeople and merchants in this headless town, Xu Xuan’s first reaction was to grab some money after finishing his meal.
Putting the money pouch into his pocket, Xu Xuan’s gaze returned to the proprietress’s chest, and his long-buried desires resurfaced.
“Although she doesn’t have a head, just based on this figure, it feels like I could still go for it! How about a quick one? No, it’s not the right time to think about this. Although I don’t know what exactly happened in this town, it’s definitely not a place to linger. I should leave early… but what if I could wrap things up in a few minutes… No, what if I last too long? Plus, doing something like this is too inhumane, right? But upon careful consideration, isn’t a man supposed to rely on his little brother to think? Moreover, I’ve been eyeing this proprietress for several years…”
While Xu Xuan was caught in this conflict, he failed to notice that the fingers fiddling with the abacus at the counter had moved slightly. At that moment, the sky went completely dark.
“Forget it, I’ll find a way to set this place on fire; it wouldn’t be fun if it turned into a haunted site.” Just as Xu Xuan was saying this, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder. Feeling someone’s hand on his shoulder, Xu Xuan instinctively turned around and saw the headless diner from whom he had snatched the appetizer and wine placing a hand on his shoulder.
“No way! Is eating a little something that serious?” Seeing the headless diner suddenly move, Xu Xuan was startled and instinctively grabbed the long sword beside him and swung it at the person’s arm. With one swing, the person’s arm was neatly cut off. Yet, the arm did not bleed at all. Or rather, the blood had already solidified into black clumps.
Seeing this, Xu Xuan hesitated not at all and dashed out of the inn. When he reached the street, he noticed that at some point, the headless figures that were once on the street had completely surrounded the inn. A large number of headless townsfolk sealed off his location completely.
Furthermore, people kept coming out from the surrounding houses. Regardless of age or gender, everyone had the same appearance: they were all headless. In Xu Xuan’s line of sight, not far away, a headless person dressed as a soldier was holding a dog, and even that dog had no head.
“Damn!! What the hell has happened to this town?! It even spares the dog’s head!!” Just as Xu Xuan was lamenting, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. The hand he had cut off earlier had actually returned to rest on his shoulder, and several fingers were trying to penetrate his flesh.
This scene frightened Xu Xuan, and he quickly forced the hand off his shoulder and violently threw it to the ground. At this moment, Xu Xuan could clearly see that after hitting the ground, the hand gave him the middle finger.
Xu Xuan unhesitatingly returned the gesture.
At this moment, nearly all the people in the town surrounded him, even the pigs, ducks, geese, and dogs raised in every household gathered around. And all these animals were headless too!!
“This is bad!!” Holding his long sword, Xu Xuan’s expression turned serious: “I forgot to check the time; I didn’t expect these things would come alive at night, and in the state of being headless.”
At that moment, the townspeople surged forward, attacking Xu Xuan. Seeing this, Xu Xuan immediately ran back into the inn, grabbing the wine gourd while slicing through the two diners blocking his path and the proprietress in one swift motion. Then he dashed towards the back door of the inn.
“Sorry, proprietress!!!” After shouting an apology, Xu Xuan rushed towards the back door. However, as he burst through the door, he found himself in a small alley, only to realize that the two ends were completely blocked by those headless figures.
