A Woman's Face

The Discipline Unit came and went quickly, but Chi Qiaosong had lost any interest in singing or enjoying himself.

Perhaps because of the difference in his background as well as experience, he was very resistant to being told to squat on the ground with his hands above his head. But, in his opinion, he didn't do anything bad. He was just there singing and making merry.

However, Li Weiwei and the others acted as if nothing had happened and continued to sing happily.

"Martial arts, make it in the world..." Chi Qiaosong never thought about changing the world. At that moment, he only had one thought in his mind, and that was to dedicate himself to the practice of martial arts until he became a master, then a grandmaster, and transcended all the constraints of this world.

Until they finished singing.

After dinner, he turned down Li Weiwei's invitation to go to a nightclub. Instead, Chi Qiaosong went straight home because his hopes were completely pinned on the field back home.

"Dad, go back. I'll keep watch tonight."

"Don't sleep too soundly at night."

Mr. Chi had already put barbed wire around the Saturn peach tree and took care of it as carefully as he did the bay tree.

The origins of these two spirit roots were unknown, but he chose to believe his son. All of this must have been because of his son's adventure. Similar stories have been told in storybooks.

"Understood. Go back quickly now. It will be raining soon."

"Mmm."

Mr. Chi bit down on the Chinese pipe in his mouth while carrying a rusty lantern as he left the farmhouse to go down the mountain.

[Rumble]

There was thunder rumbling in the sky, and heavy rain soon followed.

Lying on the bed and without a lamp, Chi Qiaosong looked at the darkness outside the window. Lightning flashed from time to time as the outside was briefly illuminated. The raindrops pounded on the plastic tarp covering the greenhouse.

There was something stuck in his chest that he couldn't easily let go of.

It was the anger he had for this world.

It was also a yearning for that earth.

He preferred an orderly society. Although the Daxia Republic had an order of its own amongst the chaos, he still felt conflicted about it. The only thing that made him glad was that this world had martial arts, so it had a way of becoming stronger.

[Boom!]

Another flash of lightning sailed across the sky.

A blurry human face flashed across the top of the fence posts.

Chi Qiaosong immediately got up from the bed and found the flashlight at the head of the bed. Then, quickly, he shone it outside the window.

The face of a person was right above the top of the fence, looking paler than pale. It seemed to be a woman's face. Illuminated by the flashlight, this pale and blurry woman's face actually opened her mouth and attempted to smile.

Chi Qiaosong's heart thumped with fright.

Despite the fact that his martial arts practice was already at the Wrestler Plane, he was still afraid of ghosts. So on this rainy and stormy night, it was truly unsettling when someone encountered such an occurrence.

"Is it a person or a ghost?"

The light from the flashlight was not very strong, so he could only vaguely make out that the face belonged to a woman.

Chi Qiaosong thought that there were many mysteries in this world, and ghosts and spirits were not just legends. He himself had killed two extraordinary spirit beasts.

The light shone straight on, and the woman's face wore a horrific and silent smile.

After a full minute of staring at each other, another flash of lightning traversed the sky.

Chi Qiaosong gritted his teeth and tucked the spirit tusk dagger into his belt. He was holding a flashlight in one hand and a machete in the other. He pushed open the door suddenly and rushed into the heavy rain. He didn't take off his shoes and socks when he was lying in bed, so he didn't need to put on clothes and shoes again.

The heavy rain was icy cold, instantly dispelling his body's heat.

He scanned the area with the flashlight and, once again, revealed the woman's face, which was right above the fence ahead. Seeing that Chi Qiaosong had come out of the house, the smile on the woman's face seemed to widen.

"Who are..."

Chi Qiaosong was about to say something to her.

But the rain was so heavy that it slammed on the plastic tarp of the greenhouse, making it impossible to hear what he was saying.

Very cautiously, he did not get too close to the woman's face right away but poked his head out from the other side of the fence, trying to see what was beneath the woman's head.

It was not possible for there to be just a face appearing alone above the fence.

A strong sense of danger ran through him the moment he stuck his head out, so he pulled his head in without hesitation. At that moment, a huge bloody mouth opened outside the fence and snapped shut where he had poked out his head.

The flashlight turned in that direction.

Chi Qiaosong was horrified to see that it was a huge snake head with two rows of fine teeth that looked terrifying.

[Boom!]

The python missed its target in the sneak attack and exposed itself instead.

Then, it no longer bothered to disguise itself as the blurry face above the fence rose up and revealed itself to be the tail. Its upper body erected upright and then slammed hard into the fence, attempting to rush into the yard.

The greenhouse was in the yard.

Two acres of fields were planted with a lot of vegetables and fruits.

"As long as it's not a ghost. A beast can be easily slaughtered!" Chi Qiaosong didn't wait for the python to rush in but jumped directly outside the fence.

The flashlight shone upon the snake.

The entire body of the python was illuminated. Because it was coiled, it was difficult to determine its entire length. However, the thickest part of its body was at least as wide as an adult man's waist. Red and black scales spread all over its body, and there was a ball at the tip of its tail, which, presumably, was the woman's face that he was seeing.

At this time, its tail was pounding the ground.

That blurry woman's face was probably kissing the mud with each pounding as well.

The ferocious head of the snake waited for a moment before it launched a decisive attack. It opened its mouth and rushed over to bite him. Nonetheless, that was not its ultimate move—the real killer was the sudden sway of its tail.

The woman's face, which was covered in mud, was smashed hard at Chi Qiaosong.

The flashlight was not very bright. Chi Qiaosong raised both his arms to block the attack as the snake's tail thrashed his arms. The powerful force was enough to send him half a meter away, rolling on the ground, ass over his elbows.

He was drenched in mud but not injured.

Because of the water, the flashlight flashed twice before it went out.

Now, there was no light whatsoever.

With pure instinct, he took two steps back. In his original position, the python bit down on nothing but air, and the air smelled a little swampy.

When his eyes had more or less adjusted to the darkness, Chi Qiaosong could see the blurry figure of the python.

Before the python could attack again, he took the machete and rushed toward the python.

The python opened its mouth to bite, and he slashed it with the machete. Unfortunately, the newly achieved Yu Sword Skill was not enough to be lethal. However, its moves were exquisite and worked perfectly. It always managed to hit the snake's head when it was least expecting the attack.

Blocked by the hardened scales, the blade of the machete bounced back and was damaged.

Lightning pierced the night sky.

Then the rumbling sounds of thunder were heard rolling down.

Chi Qiaosong was getting increasingly energetic as he fought, much like when he battled with the Mountain Drum. Although the wet mud made him look ragged, it was quite fitting with the atmosphere.

Fighting with a python on a rainy night.

Just thinking about it was exciting enough.

With a snap, he lifted his leg and kicked swiftly. The back of his foot made close contact with the snake's head, kicking it to one side. Something seemed to break open in the 12 Paths Spring Kick, and then it was fully comprehended all the way through.

The snake's tail swept over, and he caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye. He automatically jumped up, evading the sweep of the snake's tail.

The machete waved as the moves of the Yu Sword Skill flowed in his mind, one by one.

All the movements, footwork, swordsmanship, and even the fist techniques began to integrate with each other in the fierce battle with the python, breaking through the last bottleneck and reaching new heights.

He was very clear that three sets of martial arts skills were completed tonight.

But this was not the time to think about it. In the midst of the many kicks that were dealt to the snake's head as well as avoiding the whipping from the snake's tail, a tiny gap appeared in the snake's coil that had been guarded very closely by the snake.

Chi Qiaosong capitalized on this moment of negligence. He jumped up, grabbed the neck of the python, and slid down to find the seven-inch spot that he had been looking for.

Everyone knew to strike a snake at its seven-inch spot. However, this seven-inch spot was not a fixed spot but the location where the snake's heart was positioned.

The position of every snake's heart was different, so the seven-inch spot also differed. However, as long as one looked carefully for the part closely guarded by the snake, one could determine where the seven-inch spot was.

The machete was thrown away.

He pulled out the spirit tusk dagger from his waistband with one backhanded draw. Chi Qiaosong didn't hesitate and stabbed it directly into the seven-inch spot of the snake.