Chapter 166 Heart Gu

Two monks in palace robes came from around the corner.

One of the monks wearing a red headband said, "The Palace Master is in a good mood today. He actually smiled three times."

The woman beside him continued, "Yes, I think the Palace Master will figure it out soon. What's wrong with cooperating with them?"

Tao Zi and the little fox hid on the beam and watched them walk farther and farther away.

The little fox was shocked: "Cooperate with aliens? Are these people crazy?"

Tao Zi's eyes were gloomy. If she remembered correctly, the cultivator with the red headband was the confidant of the Palace Master of Xulan Palace.

Before the man and the fox jumped down from the beam, they heard stumbling sounds again.

Lian Qingzhou and the woman who was suspected to be a demon cultivator walked over, supporting each other.

Tao Zi's expression flickered and she touched the dagger in her hand. She didn't know how badly Lian Qingzhou was injured.

The two stopped before they reached the beam. Lian Qingzhou wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and asked, "Are you sure the Palace Master is here?"

The woman said calmly, "Now that things have come to this, why would I lie to you?"

She smiled, her tone suddenly softened, and said, "Thank you."

The woman smiled, but before she could respond, a long sword stabbed into her abdomen.

She opened her eyes wide and looked at the smiling Lian Qingzhou across from her. She said in disbelief, "I just saved you."

Lian Qingzhou smiled amiably and smashed her heart with a palm: "But you saw me kill someone, I'm really sorry."

The woman was exhausted and fell to her knees, pleading, "I, I won't tell anyone."

Her smile became increasingly weak and pitiful. "No, I can't. What if you tell others about it in a fit of rage and they find out that I killed my uncle and the others? How can I live on? So, go die."

Tao Zi looked at the woman lying on the ground, but her heart was in turmoil. Even the uncles mentioned by Qingzhou were at least in the Jindan stage. How did she kill them?

Lian Qingzhou watched the woman die and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly stood up straight, looked at her, and said, "Miss Lian, please stay."

The voice was hoarse and not the woman's at all.

She gripped the sword tightly in her hand, turned back slowly, and said, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Lian Qingzhou's tone was extremely natural, as if it was no big deal.

"This monk is our most successful experimental subject. Wouldn't it be a good idea to kill him like this?"

She smiled indifferently and said, "It's just a demon under someone's control. What's wrong with killing it?"

The hoarse voice continued, "I don't care about this person either, but someone else does."

Lian Qingzhou put away his sword and said, "Hasn't the waste in this hall been transformed more successfully? Why should we care about this person?"

"That's different." The woman took a step forward stiffly, "This man is a corpse demon, and those are Taoist cultivators."

Lian Qingzhou asked nonchalantly, "Isn't it enough to just obey? Who cares if she's a corpse demon or a Taoist cultivator?"

"Yue Qiran."

The woman suddenly said these three words. If Tao Zi hadn't had great self-control, she would have thrown the dagger at her.

Lian Qingzhou narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Qing Lan also put that thing on her at that time, but he almost failed to hold her down."

The sword in her hand was immediately unsheathed and placed across the woman's neck. "What did you say was done to Yue Qiran?"

Tao Zi almost couldn't control her breathing when she saw Lian Qingzhou's reaction.

What's wrong with this person?

The woman remained calm and said, "Of course it's a heart poison. In just a hundred years, Qinglan was forced to use it seven times before he could barely control it. It's obvious that this poison is not comprehensive. It's better to transform him into a corpse demon. If I want him to die, he can't live."

Lian Qingzhou's expression was probably even uglier than Tao Zi's. She said word by word, "What did I say back then? Only I can deal with Yue Qiran. You are not allowed to do anything!"

"This was Qinglan's idea. If you want to be angry, go be angry with him, and don't yell in front of me."

At this point, the woman's words were filled with unconcealed sarcasm: "Don't act like that here. Back then, the way you decided on Yue Qiran's death was more cruel than anyone else's."

Lian Qingzhou looked uncertain, and slowly retracted his sword, saying, "That's the grudge between her and me, why do you have to interfere?"

The woman looked at her with a smile and said, "She discovered something she shouldn't have discovered, otherwise Qinglan wouldn't have done anything to her."

She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Did they find out about your cooperation with alien races?"

"A more accurate statement is that we discovered Qinglan's collaboration with alien races."

Lian Qingzhou stood there, not knowing what he was thinking.

The woman continued, "Even if we cooperate with the alien race now, we will still be enemies in the future. Naturally, these things cannot be spread out. Not killing her is already very good."

Lian Qingzhou suddenly raised his eyes and asked, "Why did you come to me? I don't believe you would take action against a mere test subject."

The woman stared at her and asked, "What are the aliens looking for?"

Lian Qingzhou said simply, "I don't know."

"You used that demon cultivator as an excuse to rush over here. Don't you know what the aliens are looking for?"

She lazily said, "I just came here to see the excitement in Xulan Palace. I didn't expect the aliens to take action."

The woman looked at her deeply and said, "No matter what, we are only temporarily cooperating with the alien race. In the end, we will still be enemies. Don't forget your identity as a human."

Lian Qingzhou responded decisively: "Of course."

The woman continued, "The alien race needs tribute. What have you prepared?"

She touched the hilt of her sword and said with a smile, "A severe drought is coming to the north, and the three thousand mortals under the name of Minglan Sect will unfortunately die in the disaster."

The woman frowned. "The alien races always have big appetites. Are three thousand mortals too few?"

Lian Qingzhou said, "If there are more, it will arouse suspicion."

"Forget it. I'll just offer a few more monks. It just so happens that some ignorant small sects have been making a fuss recently."

Lian Qingzhou frowned worriedly and asked, "If we move the cultivators, won't the Tiandao Sect become suspicious?"

"Tian Dao Sect? What kind of righteous sect are you calling Tian Dao Sect?" The woman laughed hoarsely. "None of the three sects and four gates are clean. As long as you don't go too far, everyone will turn a blind eye."

Lian Qingzhou looked even more worried: "Will the alien race be fattened up?"

"Don't worry, everyone knows what's going on. When the time is right, we will naturally point the blades at the aliens. But now is not the time yet."

After the woman fell, Lian Qingzhou's worried expression immediately disappeared. He sneered and muttered, "To be controlled by the Heart Gu, this Yue Qiran is really a waste. But, do we need to sacrifice more mortals?"