Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool-Chapter 74 - 72: Why Do You Always Bully Me...

He noticed a horse lying at Song Meiqin’s feet, apparently injured by the Xingzi that had just rushed out.

It lay on the ground, wheezing pitifully.

A large gash was torn open in the horse’s belly, its intestines and blood spilling out.

In this cold weather, the large gash on the horse’s belly was even steaming.

Lu Yuan couldn’t make sense of the situation. He saw Song Meiqin, her eyes red, pull the long saber from the waist of a nearby Mansion Guard.

She began hacking wildly at the charging Xingzi.

Watching this, Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow. ’This woman is no pushover.’

’In a situation like this, any other woman—like my own sweet wife, for instance—would probably be scared into my arms by now.’

’But this one can draw a saber and fight the Xingzi head-on.’

Lu Yuan had no more time to worry about Song Meiqin.

The hulking undead was now less than a few dozen meters from Lu Yuan.

One more hop, and it would land right in front of him.

Lu Yuan stared fixedly at the hulking undead. Just as it leaped again, trying to vault over the two hundred Mansion Guards blocking the pass...

Lu Yuan stood up, kicked off his horse’s back, and launched himself into the air.

The hulking undead probably hadn’t expected someone as capable as Lu Yuan to be hiding among the two hundred-plus men.

In a flash, Lu Yuan swung the Celestial Master Sword, hacking down at the hulking undead.

And for the first time, the power of the Celestial Master Sword was unleashed in Lu Yuan’s hands.

It was clearly just a Wooden Sword, and Lu Yuan knew no Techniques or Mantras. It was just a perfectly ordinary slash.

But when it struck the invulnerable hulking undead, it was like a red-hot blade slicing through silken tofu.

He felt no resistance at all.

The sword sliced straight down from the hulking undead’s shoulder.

In an instant, Lu Yuan had lopped off a large chunk of the hulking undead’s body.

But to Lu Yuan’s surprise, even with such an injury, the hulking undead didn’t collapse like a human would.

Instead, it dropped to the ground and, with another bound, leaped seven or eight meters away.

After landing, Lu Yuan saw this and gritted his teeth. ’It can still move?!’

’No need to overthink it. My own skills just aren’t good enough.’

’To be precise, I don’t know any Techniques or Mantras.’

’If I could unleash the full power of the Celestial Master Sword, the creature would probably have been reduced to ashes the moment the blade touched it.’

But it was no great matter.

’The hulking undead is already wounded. I just have to catch up and land one more strike.’

Immediately, Lu Yuan vaulted onto his horse, yanked the reins, and turned to chase after the hulking undead.

But just as Lu Yuan mounted up, a panicked cry came from overhead.

Lu Yuan looked up to see a Painted Skin Ghost dragging Song Meiqin away by the arm, flying into the distance. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Song Meiqin was now scared witless, all her earlier ferocity gone.

Lu Yuan was stunned. ’Wait a minute...’

’Isn’t Song Meiqin a Madam Guan? What kind of Xingzi dares to attack her?’

In the moment Lu Yuan hesitated, the Painted Skin Ghost had already carried Song Meiqin several dozen meters away.

Snapping back to his senses, Lu Yuan immediately spurred his horse in pursuit.

What happened next wasn’t the classic "choose one of two" dilemma.

The Painted Skin Ghost didn’t flee east with Song Meiqin while the hulking undead ran west.

Both Xingzi fled in the same direction.

After leaving the pass, they headed north for a bit before turning back into Xilingzi.

Lu Yuan galloped in pursuit for more than ten minutes, but he didn’t dare to act.

The main reason was that the Painted Skin Ghost was flying with Song Meiqin at least six or seven meters off the ground.

’If I kill the Painted Skin Ghost now and fail to catch Song Meiqin as she falls, won’t she just plummet to her death?’

He was about to run out of road. As the Painted Skin Ghost flew over an earthen mound with Song Meiqin in its grasp, Lu Yuan reversed his grip on the Celestial Master Sword.

Then, as if throwing a javelin...

...he hurled the Celestial Master Sword.

SWOOSH.

The Celestial Master Sword pierced straight through the Painted Skin Ghost’s head.

The cackling Painted Skin Ghost instantly deflated like a punctured ball. Its body shriveled, transforming into a painting as it fluttered to the ground.

Of course, Song Meiqin was the first to fall.

THUD. With a cry of pain, Song Meiqin hit the earthen mound and rolled down.

Lu Yuan dismounted and frowned at the noblewoman, now dusty and disheveled from her tumble.

"Are you all right?"

Song Meiqin wiped the tears from her face. It was hard to tell if she was crying from the terror of the Painted Skin Ghost...

...or from her earlier grief over the dead horse.

Song Meiqin gritted her teeth, forced herself to her feet, and said bluntly:

"I’m fine. Let’s go. We’re heading back."

With a pained expression, Song Meiqin gritted her teeth and tried to mount a horse.

Lu Yuan, however, produced a Daoist Talisman.

He pinched the Daoist Talisman between two fingers and gave it a shake. It burst into Flame, and Lu Yuan closed his eyes, concentrating.

Once the Daoist Talisman had burned to ash, Lu Yuan opened his eyes, glanced in a specific direction, and grimaced.

’This woman is a real pain.’

’I was so focused on chasing the Painted Skin Ghost that I lost track of the hulking undead.’

’After they re-entered Xilingzi, they split up.’

’Now it’s way off course.’

’Fortunately, my strike on the hulking undead wounded it grievously.’