A Clash in Pairs

"Lingnan was full of poisonous miasma. Zhang Qian really didn't deceive me..."

Facing the morning light, Zhang Xuezhou touched his sticky nostrils and found a clot of black blood remaining there.

A nauseated feeling welled up in his throat, and he sprayed out a mouthful of black blood.

Only after casting the Supreme Purity True Technique with great ease did Zhang Xuezhou shake himself and voice his sentiments.

"Godfather, stop sighing! Now that you're up, hurry and save them!"

Before Zhang Xuezhou could finish sighing, a boy poked his head out from behind him and called out.

"Who are you calling godfather? What unit are you from?"

Startled by the boy's sudden appearance, Zhang Xuezhou leaped away. Only after assuming a defensive stance did he force himself to calm down and shout the question.

"Godfather, it's me, Jin Wanliang!"

The boy pointed at himself, then pointed a short distance away.

Zhang Xuezhou turned to look.

The Golden Toad Dharma King lay first on several wooden boards pieced together, followed by Wu Chao and then Zou Bugui.

"What happened to them?"

A yao's appearance could change when taking human form. Jin Wanliang had previously worn a golden robe and had the face of a toad, but now he looked different.

Zhang Xuezhou had some difficulty recognizing him at first, but after Jin Wanliang called out several times and with the Golden Toad Dharma King lying nearby, his appearance unchanged, Zhang Xuezhou finally confirmed who he was.

He looked at the one yao and two humans lying nearby.

The Golden Toad Dharma King's face was black and blue, Wu Chao's face was dotted with gold, and a guard's longsword was lodged in Zou Bugui's body.

Something was wrong with all three of them. Before casting a technique, Zhang Xuezhou wanted to understand