The Elders in Town Are Not Human

Chapter 18: The Elders in Town Aren't Human

Su Yun retracted his arm, the intense pain leaving it numb. Veins bulged on his forehead, instantly covered in beads of sweat. The pain was so severe he almost passed out.

"I won?" he asked, supporting his right arm with his left hand, a little dazed.

In that critical moment, he had swung his arm like he had seen the Immortal Sword strike down the divine crocodile. He hadn't expected to actually kill that terrifying enemy, Yang Sheng.

That Immortal Sword was the culprit behind his blindness, the nightmare during his cultivation of Crocodile Dragon's Roar. He never imagined that in his state of prolonged distress, he would unconsciously mimic the form of that sword strike.

He also hadn't expected this sword strike to be so powerful.

"Little Yun Ge..."

Su Yun's heart leaped when he heard the voice. "Buping, you're still alive?"

He tried to walk over, but his legs went weak, and he almost fell.

On the other side, Flower Fox was crawling over with a severed leg. Li Xiaofan leaned against a tree, clutching his own broken tail and sobbing.

Su Yun then heard Qingqiu Yue cough. He finally managed a smile and slumped down, exhausted.

The next morning, Su Yun, Flower Fox, Li Buping, and the others appeared at the pharmacy in Tianmen Town.

Tianmen Town was as gloomy as ever, with no sun. Yet, outside the town, the sun shone brightly, which was strange.

Aunt Luo, who ran the town's only pharmacy, used a cloth strip to suspend Su Yun's right arm across his chest. She then used a wooden board to stabilize Flower Fox's broken leg and gave him a crutch.

"You don't know how to fight, yet you still get into fights!"

Aunt Luo straightened Li Xiaofan's broken tail, secured it with a wooden stick, and bandaged it. She sneered, "Why didn't they beat you to death?"

Flower Fox, Li Buping, and the other fox demons looked at this Ghost God with terrified expressions, trembling and not daring to speak.

Su Yun chuckled, "Don't scare them, Auntie. We were really almost beaten to death."

Aunt Luo snorted and continued bandaging Hu Buping. She suddenly tightened the bandage with a heavy hand. "You never learn!"

Hu Buping's eyes welled up with tears. Just as he was about to cry out, the terrified foxes covered his mouth. He could only let out muffled protests.

Finally, Aunt Luo finished treating their injuries. Su Yun breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her to a corner, whispering, "Auntie, I don't think Uncle Qu is human."

Aunt Luo jumped, startled, but kept her composure. "Little Yun, what nonsense are you spouting?"

Su Yun hesitated, not revealing his experiences in the world beyond the Heavenly Gate. "I just have this suspicion. Uncle Qu might already be dead. The current Uncle Qu might just be his spiritual essence."

Aunt Luo burst out laughing. "You silly boy, always overthinking. Old Qu can eat, drink, jump, and run. How could he be a ghost? Stop imagining things. Don't run around these few days, or you'll end up crippled again."

Su Yun nodded in agreement.

Flower Fox leaned on his crutch, Li Xiaofan's tail stood upright behind him, and Hu Buping and Qingqiu Yue lay on stretchers, basking in the sun in Su Yun's courtyard.

The entire Tianmen Town was shrouded in darkness, but only Su Yun's courtyard received sunlight.

This was thanks to Qiu Shuijing.

Ever since Mister Shuijing arrived, with a hearty laugh, he had created a gap in the gloom of Tianmen Town's sky. Whenever the sun was out during the day, sunlight would shine down, precisely onto Su Yun's courtyard.

Su Yun sat there, pondering, "Hua Erge, I don't know why, but I always feel something is strange about our Tianmen Town."

The four foxes exchanged glances, unsure why he would say that.

When had Tianmen Town ever been normal?

Su Yun continued, "I suspect one of the elders in our town might not be human."

The four foxes choked, coughing repeatedly.

Just as Hu Buping was about to speak, Flower Fox shoved the crutch into his mouth, silencing him.

Hu Buping felt incredibly wronged. He thought to himself, Little Yun Ge doesn't know that in their town, it's not just one elder who isn't human, but all the elders...

Su Yun added, "But I don't think he means any harm. On the contrary, he's very good to me."

He quieted down, sitting there lost in thought. Uncle Qu was indeed very kind to him; he was a benevolent old man.

The four fox demons also rested to recover from their injuries.

The Great Furnace Transformation: Qi Cultivation Chapter could strengthen the body and speed up recovery. So, as the sun set and the moon rose, they would absorb the essence of the sun and moon to refine their Origin Energy.

Su Yun's mind kept replaying the sword strike that killed Yang Sheng.

That strike had easily shattered all the moves of Crocodile Dragon's Roar. Although Su Yun had been in despair at the time, using his arm as a sword to unleash that strike.

But now, he didn't know how to replicate it.

Su Yun tried to activate his Blood Essence, but the injury to his right arm was severe. When he killed Yang Sheng, his Blood Essence had surged almost wildly into his dislocated right arm, tearing his tendons and fascia, leaving bruises everywhere.

Now, the slightest activation of his Blood Essence made his right arm feel like it was about to explode.

"I'll try to recreate that sword technique after it's fully healed."

He then pondered the Unbound Moves of Crocodile Dragon's Roar. When inspiration struck, he would practice a few moves, wincing in pain with every attempt.

"If you don't behave, you'll be crippled!"

Aunt Luo came to change their bandages. Seeing Su Yun still practicing Unbound Moves with his left arm, she couldn't help but shake her head and instruct them, "Don't go out for the next few days. Some outsiders have come near Tianmen Town, and they're very fierce."

"Outsiders?" Su Yun's expression turned wary.

Tianmen Town rarely had outsiders.

He had killed Tong Fan in the Ghost Market. Judging by Yang Sheng's reaction, Tong Fan must have been a very important person. Could the so-called outsiders be here because of Tong Fan's death?

Aunt Luo examined them and said, "I heard they're here to catch a flood dragon. It seems someone spread rumors that we have a big snake here that's about to transform into a flood dragon, so everyone wants to catch it. You should stay honestly in town and don't go join the fun."

"They're not looking for me?"

Su Yun breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, Then they must be here to catch the whole village's meal. This snake even invited us to watch its transformation into a flood dragon.

A snake shedding its skin to become a flood dragon was a rare opportunity.

Su Yun had encountered the Immortal Diagram in the world beyond the Heavenly Gate and had seen the transformation of an ancient dragon into a flood dragon, so he wasn't particularly interested in the great black snake's transformation.

Besides, he was blind and couldn't witness the process.

However, for Flower Fox and the others, watching the dragon transformation was of great significance and would greatly improve their Crocodile Dragon's Roar, so it was not to be missed!

Su Yun recuperated peacefully. During these two days of rest, his Great Furnace Transformation also smoothly advanced to the fourth level, making his Origin Energy even more robust.

Once the injury on his shoulder had mostly healed, Su Yun began practicing his Unbound Moves over and over again.

The battle with Yang Sheng had deepened his understanding of the Crocodile Dragon's Roar. Although his injuries had prevented him from practicing these past few days, he had already practiced the thirty-six Unbound Moves countless times in his mind.

He had also figured out the mysteries of the thirty-six Unbound Moves of the Crocodile Dragon's Roar.

What was clear in his mind now needed to be mastered by his body, so as soon as his injuries healed, he immediately began practicing relentlessly.

Flower Fox's broken bones hadn't fully healed yet. He stood by with a crutch, watching as Su Yun's mastery of the thirty-six Unbound Moves became more and more proficient. In a trance, Su Yun seemed like a multi-headed crocodile demon, ferocious and vicious, attacking from all directions, which was quite terrifying!

"Little Yun's skills are getting stronger and stronger," Flower Fox said, genuinely happy for him.

Suddenly, the Thunderous Roar of the Crocodile Dragon grew louder and louder. The Origin Energy in Su Yun's chest surged, becoming more intense, and the four types of Crocodile Dragon Thunderous Roar merged into one.

The moment these four sounds fused, the sound seemed to change, causing Su Yun's internal Origin Energy to rub violently. A long cry erupted from his chest.

That dragon's roar was like a great bell and a booming drum, a mixture of metal and stone. At this instant, Blood Essence actually surged from Su Yun's body, transforming into a crocodile dragon. Within the crocodile dragon, a flood dragon struggled, raising its head and roaring, trying to break free from its shell!

At this moment, Su Yun was like a crocodile dragon undergoing transformation, desperately shedding its skin and turning into a flood dragon!

Flower Fox almost thought he was mistaken. He quickly rubbed his eyes. "Is this the third achievement of Crocodile Dragon's Roar, Manifestation? That can't be right. Little Yun has only just cultivated the fourth level of Great Furnace Transformation, how could he achieve Blood Essence Manifestation?"

The Blood Essence overflowing from Su Yun's body formed a constantly shifting, struggling crocodile dragon, like a demon undergoing tribulation!

Su Yun was completely unaware of this. He stood there with his eyes closed.

At this moment, something strange was happening within him.

On the surface of the seventh ring of his Spiritual Abilities, the Yellow Bell, images of crocodile dragons began to appear!

The ring had three hundred and sixty markings, and each image of a crocodile dragon occupied one marking, for a total of thirty-six images, occupying thirty-six markings.

As the ring rotated, the thirty-six markings with the crocodile dragon images surged and roared, precisely the thirty-six Unbound Moves of the Crocodile Dragon's Roar!

Su Yun was astonished.

Others didn't know the origin of the Yellow Bell, but he knew it clearly.

When he was young and blind, he was dejected and unhappy. One day, he stumbled outside the town and sat under a crooked willow tree, crying his heart out. Uncle Cen, who was under the tree, took pity on him and told him about the markings of time: year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and moment.

Uncle Cen told him that as long as he had such a clock recording time in his mind, he could live as if he had eyes, even without them. He could see everything around him and feel the beauty of the world.

Su Yun believed him and, being naive, climbed the town's clock tower and touched the bronze bell inside, bit by bit.

He imagined having a bronze bell in his mind, just like the one in the clock tower. Unlike the clock tower's bell, his Yellow Bell was divided into seven different rings, each with different time markings and rotational speeds.

Later, he learned that this was called visualization.

But Su Yun was only seven years old at the time and didn't know these things. To survive and to "see" his surroundings, he constantly imagined the Yellow Bell and deepened his impression of it.

Over time, he developed such a Yellow Bell in his mind.

However, his Yellow Bell's markings didn't have images of crocodile dragons!

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