Carrying Wine and Singing Long Songs

Volume 1: Carrying Wine and Singing Long Songs, Chapter 8: Brother, Your Pectorals Are So Hard!

Bai Qiuran tapped his toes in mid-air, kicking away the Corpse Demon that had been pestering him. He then stepped onto the crumbling floor fragments, leaped toward Tang Wei, and grabbed his hand.

"As long as Brother Tang is fine, don't misunderstand. My orientation is perfectly normal; I have absolutely no interest in men."

The earth shook violently, and gravel and dirt fell continuously. Seeing this, Tang Wei hurriedly raised his True Qi to protect himself.

"You're not a bad person."

"Here it comes."

However, at this life-or-death moment, a vast, incomparably powerful True Qi carrying a scorching heat suddenly struck from the side of the cave.

"After all, even if you used a chest binder to hide your secondary sexual characteristics, what woman could possibly train her pectorals to be this firm and hard? Judging by your pectorals and ribs, even the physique I had when I first entered the Qi Refining Stage pales in comparison to yours!"

"Anyway, this whole area is going to collapse."

Tang Wei looked at the Corpse Demon, which was surging with black energy and constantly pressuring Bai Qiuran, and asked nervously, "Are you unable to hold on?"

Bai Qiuran let out a cold snort. With one hand, he pulled Tang Wei, and with the other, he released several bursts of True Qi, shattering two Corpse Demons. However, because of this delay, the ground was already close at hand. Bai Qiuran had no time to adjust his posture and could only raise his True Qi to protect both himself and Tang Wei.

Bai Qiuran nodded, and suddenly, the ground beneath his feet gave way.

Tang Wei turned his head and saw Bai Qiuran standing with his hands behind his back in front of the entrance, looking at him with a smile.

Two Corpse Demons tore the master's corpse to shreds, scattering it all over the cave, and then roared as they lunged at him.

"But it's still too dangerous for you to come here alone... Watch out!"

"No, I'm actually handling it with ease."

He lowered his head to look, then raised it with a subtle expression and said to Tang Wei, "Brother Tang, we might have a small problem..."

Tang Wei stood frozen in place, and then she heard Bai Qiuran continue, "However, I was worried earlier that Brother Tang might be a girl disguised as a man, since some of your previous actions were truly too effeminate. But now I'm relieved; that kind of melodramatic cliché didn't end up happening to me."

Therefore, upon hearing that Yao Mo were causing trouble near Mang Mountain, he had rushed over.

Therefore, after gathering a group of people and preparing the lamp oil and peach wood that Corpse Demons feared most, Tang Wei set off with his team.

After the dust settled, Tang Wei looked at the wall to the side. Only a deep, bottomless palm print remained there, but the figures of the two Corpse Demons were gone; it seemed they had been reduced to nothing.

He turned his head, his smile as brilliant as summer flowers.

"Bai Qiuran."

Tang Wei and the last Qi Refining Stage master were forced into the nest by two Corpse Demons. Just a moment ago, the master who had fought alongside him until now had his heart dug out by the two Corpse Demons, and his own True Qi was nearly exhausted, unable to last until the next round.

With a bang, the two rolled onto the ground. Bai Qiuran cushioned the fall, and then they rolled several more times due to the remaining momentum.

Tang Wei lifted his head, dizzy and disoriented.

"See, Brother Tang, we've both made it down."

Based on the descriptions of nearby villagers and comparisons with texts he had seen, Tang Wei confirmed that the Yao Mo was a high-level Qi Refining Stage Corpse Demon, with strength comparable to the great elders of major martial arts sects. Although such a Yao Mo was dangerous, as long as there were enough people, it was not impossible for martial artists to deal with it.

Tang Wei's team suffered heavy losses. Under the combined attack of the two Corpse Demons, the Body Tempering Stage experts in the team were basically wiped out in an instant. The few remaining Qi Refining Stage masters were barely holding on, only to be dragged away and torn apart one by one.

It was a palm strike. As it surged forward, the crimson energy transformed into a giant hand, which with a boom, pinched the two Corpse Demons in its palm and slammed them against the cave wall.

"Can't I come to eliminate harm for the people?"

It took three days to find the tracks of the Yao Mo, and they followed them all the way to its lair.

Bai Qiuran, who was grappling with the Corpse Demon, still looked relaxed, but at that moment, he heard some strange sounds in his ears.

"There are quite a few of these things."

Bai Qiuran replied, "Since I've already come here, if I were to leave without doing anything after hearing that Yao Mo were harming people, my master would beat me to death if he found out."

As he spoke, he suddenly felt his chest grow warm. He looked down and discovered that Bai Qiuran's palm was pressed against his chest, supporting his body.

Tang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Why did you come here?"

"Um, I'm fine, you..."

"Brother Tang, are you alright?"

Tang Wei looked at his feet, and sure enough, a web of cracks had appeared around Bai Qiuran's feet, and they were constantly expanding.

A blast of air exploded. Tang Wei looked at what Bai Qiuran was blocking and exclaimed, "Another Corpse Demon! Just how many are there here?"

"But the floor beneath our feet might not hold... it's empty underneath."

As a result, he heard Bai Qiuran's calm and composed voice.

"Stop looking and give me a hand! Aaaaaah! My True Qi is gone!"

"What?"

Of course, although Tang Wei lacked experience in the pugilistic world, he wasn't stupid. While raising funds, he had already collected intelligence on the Yao Mo and weighed the strength of both sides.

But at this moment, two more Corpse Demons rushed out from the darkness nearby, attempting to tear apart Tang Wei and Bai Qiuran, who were in mid-air.

Tang Wei also gripped his sword with cold, sweaty hands, gathering the last bit of True Qi in his Qi Sea.

Tang Wei flailed his limbs in mid-air, letting out a scream that sounded just like a woman's.

The floor finally could not withstand the struggle between him and the Corpse Demon, and with a rumble, it collapsed.

A gentle voice called out to him from the side.

"Brother Tang."

Tang Wei suddenly screamed and scrambled up, moving away from Bai Qiuran while covering his chest.

At that moment, Tang Wei heard the sound of a string in his head snapping completely. His face turned bright red instantly.

Cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

"How big is this hollow area?"

Tang Wei's hands and feet turned cold, and his heart was filled with despair.

But just as he was about to succeed in eliminating the demon, another Corpse Demon of similar strength, completely unscathed, suddenly rushed out of the cave.

"We meet again."

Although this Corpse Demon was still incredibly difficult to deal with—its dead skin comparable to a martial arts master who had perfected external techniques, with copper skin and iron bones that were impervious to blades and spears—with the assistance of several Qi Refining Stage masters, Tang Wei had successfully suppressed the Corpse Demon and gradually forced it into a dead end.

The moment Tang Wei's exclamation rang out, Bai Qiuran's Spiritual Sense also captured the thing that had climbed up from underground and was flying toward him. He turned rapidly, extended one hand, and blocked the attacking Yao Mo.

He, or rather she, felt her heart in complete chaos at this moment, terrified that her secret was about to be discovered by Bai Qiuran.

After hearing Bai Qiuran's words, the expression on Tang Wei's face softened slightly.

Originally, he had left home this time to prove to his father that mortals did not need to rely on Cultivators and could protect themselves, hoping that his old father, who was obsessed with immortal arts, would wake up.

Tang Wei used lamp oil to ignite the peach wood, and the resulting fire, which had exorcism properties, successfully forced the Corpse Demon out of its lair and effectively weakened it.

"Ah, aaaaaah!"

Bang!

Bai Qiuran's concerned voice rang in his ears. Tang Wei shook his head to clear his consciousness.

Eh? Eh! He didn't notice?

Bai Qiuran used his head to gesture toward the ground beneath Tang Wei.

Having spent a lot of money and pawned many of his personal belongings, Tang Wei had successfully raised the funds and gathered a group of martial arts experts ranging from the Body Tempering Stage to the Qi Refining Stage, forming a team to go into the mountains to crusade against the Yao Mo.

"Bai Qiuran."