Chapter 46 The Pursuit of the Peony Soul

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Shao Yanzhe's face was extremely ugly. He was about to deal with Leng Yanshan when someone suddenly interfered.

He looked in the direction the bamboo leaf had flown in, but couldn't see who had shot it out.

Teahouse.

The man in the indigo robe put down his teacup, looked up at the man in the blue robe opposite him, and joked, "You actually helped that evil spirit, that's not like you!"

The man in the blue robe glanced at him, reached out and picked up the teacup in front of him, gently swirled it, and looked down at the ripples in the tea.

"I don't believe you didn't notice that scholar was different from others. And that evil spirit was really useless, it was caught so easily."

The man in the indigo robe chuckled and said, "Of course I can see that. The scholar's literary energy is indeed very strong, and the way he drives it is also very ingenious. He has only just passed the imperial examination, yet he has such a strong literary energy. It wouldn't hurt to let that evil spirit test him out."

The two exchanged a glance, and both saw the joy in each other's eyes.

After all, they had been here for nearly ten years. With a mission objective in sight and the possibility of completing it and returning to Kyoto, both of them could not hide their excitement.

The man in the indigo robe forcibly suppressed his excitement and said, "What if that scholar is accidentally killed by that evil spirit?"

The man in the blue robe put down his teacup and said coldly, "Killing him is killing him. It just means he wasn't good enough. If he were good enough, he wouldn't have been killed."

The man in the indigo robe nodded in agreement, "You're right."

Inside the restaurant, the person who made the move could not be found. Shao Yanzhe could roughly sense from the bamboo leaf that the person who made the move was far stronger than him. If he did not show himself, it would be difficult for him to find that person.

After waiting a while and confirming that the person wouldn't appear, he felt a little relieved.

However, due to the person's intervention, Leng Yanshan was awakened from the illusion by the crisis, and Madam Yin's remaining strength was insufficient to unleash the peony flower sea once more.

Leng Yanshan looked at Madam Yin, his expression extremely complicated: "Shen Qiongzhi! I didn't expect it to be you!"

At this moment, recalling his previous experiences, he gritted his teeth and said, "The person in that coffin before was you! How happy you were to toy with me like that!"

Madam Yin nodded honestly: "Of course I was happy. Later, I even went to see you being beheaded. I didn't expect you to be so cowardly and actually ran away."

As she spoke, she shook her head and sighed, looking genuinely regretful that she hadn't been able to see Leng Yanshan die.

She glanced at Leng Yanshan, then quickly looked away as if she had seen something offensive.

Seeing her disdainful look, Leng Yanshan's anger intensified. It was this arrogant and condescending attitude that had made him completely lose any intention of treating her well.

With such an arrogant demeanor, what gives Shen Qiongzhi, a merchant's daughter, the right to act so superior?

What is it about her that makes her so noble?!

Immediately, Leng Yanshan rushed towards Madam Yin.

"If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"

Madam Yin sneered upon hearing this. If it weren't for his concubine's sneak attack from behind, smashing her head with a stone, how could she possibly be no match for Leng Yanshan?

She immediately made her move, her sharp red fingernails aiming for Leng Yanshan's eyes.

Leng Yanshan immediately dodged, feeling a lingering fear in his heart. This merchant's daughter was so vicious; if his eyes had really been gouged out, he would have truly gone blind.

Shao Yanzhe moved back a bit, and while Madam Yin stalled for time, he quickly restored his literary energy.

He gripped the jade hairpin pen, launching one literary character after another towards Leng Yanshan, disrupting his attack.

Leng Yanshan gave him a cold look. With his strength, it would be no problem for him to control Shao Yanzhe, but with Madam Yin around, he would never be able to take over the body.

With this idea in mind, he began to consider leaving.

Just as he had this thought, Madam Yin noticed it and seized the opportunity when he was distracted, striking him in the chest with her palm.

Leng Yanshan immediately felt a sharp pain in his soul. Centered on his heart, countless cracks seemed to spread outwards from his body, as if his entire soul was about to shatter.

He knew he was in trouble and used the force to leap back.

Shao Yanzhe immediately used his literary energy to block him from behind, while Madam Yin also stepped forward, her hands churning with yin energy.

Leng Yanshan gritted his teeth and directly used a secret technique to burn his soul, instantly increasing his strength threefold and his speed, directly crashing into those literary characters.

He felt a sharp pain in his back, and then his whole body went numb.

But he knew that if he stayed here, he would only end up with his soul scattered and destroyed.

He needs to devour souls as soon as possible to replenish his damaged soul; otherwise, he too will face the fate of having his soul scattered.

Leng Yanshan glared hatefully at Shao Yanzhe and Madam Yin. When he saw those literary characters, fear flashed in his eyes. The characters looked no different from the literary energy driven by other scholars, but they could burn his soul. No matter how strong he was, he had no way to deal with those literary characters.

He flashed and appeared outside the restaurant, his eyes scanning the surroundings, trying to find a target.

It's dinnertime now, and there are hardly any people out and about.

Leng Yanshan looked anxious and quickly moved past. As he passed the teahouse across the street, he saw the two people sitting inside drinking tea.

His eyes lit up instantly. He swiftly approached the teahouse, grabbed the two men with lightning speed, and snapped their necks before they could react.

The souls of the bewildered man in the indigo robe and the man in the green robe emerged from the two corpses, but before they could figure out what was going on, Leng Yanshan swallowed them whole.

The two souls contained abundant power, which quickly mended his shattered soul.

The two corpses lying on the ground stared wide-eyed, clearly not understanding how they had died so easily.

On the sleeves of the two corpses, the spider pattern suddenly lit up for a moment, then disappeared into the air.

Leng Yanshan's figure flashed past quickly, not fleeing into the city, but heading towards the outskirts of Jiangzhou City.

After lingering at the city gate for a while, he thought it over and finally fled out of the city.

He flew towards the outskirts of the city with a clear goal: the villa where he had killed Shen Qiongzhi.

The most dangerous place is the safest place, and his secret method arrived quickly.

After the secret technique, his soul will be weakened for a period of time. Even a newly formed imp could kill him, so he must hide first.

They probably never imagined that he would be hiding in that house.

On the other side, Shao Yanzhe and Madam Yin chased after Leng Yanshan, and Xuan Yao seized the opportunity to jump onto Shao Yanzhe's back and follow along.

But he was too fast; in the blink of an eye, he had already disappeared into the black night.

After chasing for a while, Shao Yanzhe stopped, glanced around, and for a moment didn't know which direction to chase.

Madam Yin also stopped and said, "Let's go to the Qian residence."

The two people and the cat went to the Qian residence together. With Madam Yin present, she led Shao Yanzhe over the wall and went straight to the inner courtyard.

She moved very fast; before Shao Yanzhe could react, she was already in a room with the lights on.

There was no one guarding outside the room, and inside, two figures reflected in the window were entangled together.

Shao Yanzhe and Madam Yin looked at each other, hesitating whether to go in and see if Leng Yanshan was there, when they heard voices coming from inside.

"My wife, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" a man asked.

“What’s wrong with that? I’m a widow, and you’ve lost your wife. It couldn’t be better,” a woman replied.

“But your husband just died today, and we’re going to be together tonight. It’s a bit unfair to him.”

"What's there to be ashamed of? He had countless women while he was alive, and I only found one after he died. That's more than enough. Are you even a man? If you can't handle it, then I'll just go find someone else!"

"No, no, no! You can only belong to me!"

They didn't listen to the flirting and banter anymore. After leaving the main house, they avoided the Qian family's patrols and stopped in a corner.

"It seems Leng Yanshan hasn't returned here," Madam Yin said.

Shao Yanzhe nodded. They had searched all the way but had not found any trace of Leng Yanshan.

Given Leng Yanshan's personality, if he discovered his wife was with another man, he would probably have already made a scene.

"Leng Yanshan? Are you his enemies?" At this moment, a woman's voice sounded softly.

"Who?" Shao Yanzhe looked around but found no trace of anyone.

"I'm here," the woman's voice rang out again.

Shao Yanzhe turned around abruptly and saw a head peeking out from the well under the big tree next to him. He was startled. Xuan Yao, whom he was holding, bared his teeth and made a threatening sound at the woman.

"I used to be Leng Yanshan's concubine, but he was afraid of his wife, so he killed me and threw me into this well." The woman took a step back in fright after being startled by Xuan Yao, and then explained in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Shao Yanzhe became a little bolder: "So that's how it is. We are indeed enemies of Leng Yanshan. We were originally going to kill him, but we didn't expect him to escape."

“I think I have a pretty good idea where he’s hiding.” The woman stared thoughtfully at Madam Yin’s face.

"Where?" Shao Yanzhe asked.

The woman emerged from the well and floated lightly to the ground: "She must have gone to the house where the lady was killed."

After careful examination, Madam Yin recognized the person in front of her as the concubine who had previously been involved with Leng Yanshan. She never expected that the concubine would also end up being thrown into a well.

She slapped her across the face. The woman hadn't expected her to do that, and the pain that shot through her soul made her face contort in agony.

But that wasn't all. Madam Yin reached out to the woman again, her five fingers forming claws as she drew out most of the Yin energy from her body.

The woman immediately collapsed to the ground, her face ashen, her soul growing even weaker than before.

As an accomplice in the original incident, Madam Yin did not directly cause her soul to be scattered. Instead, she planned to let her soul gradually dissipate, so that she would not be tainted by the karma of this woman's soul being scattered.

Shao Yanzhe saw through Madam Yin's plan at a glance, but he didn't say anything. As an accomplice who indirectly caused Madam Yin's death, it wouldn't be a problem for the victim to take a small revenge, would it?