Chapter 19: Fence-Sitter

The air in the alley moved in a strange, stagnant, slow motion.

Slowly suppressing her throbbing brows, He Yi said in a soft and cold voice: "So, you want to kill us?" The tip of the umbrella in her hand lightly touched the ground, and a powerful force that could not be ignored spread out, oppressing every individual present.

Thanks to Zhang Lingjiang, the mission of the alien visitors is not a secret among the kings. They don't take the initiative to attack, each for their own reasons. But if the other party takes the initiative to provoke, they will never let it go.

Facing the pressure released by He Yi, Ji Weihang and Ying Feiqiong, who were in the out-of-body stage, did not react at all. Ying Feiqiong was still muttering some nonsense like "let me go if you want to fight"; Yao He was in the late Jindan stage and a demon, so his breathing was just a little rapid; Fu Xuan, who was in the foundation-building stage, reacted much more greatly, with rapid breathing and violent trembling hands.

"I just don't want you to kill them." Ji Weihang said coldly, drawing a talisman with his left hand, disrupting the pressure in the air. Fu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. "You have already killed Zhang Lingjiang. If all the king-levels die in your hands, our mission will be greatly flawed."

Zhang Lingjiang was killed by Yougui, which was equivalent to the loss of five contribution points. The remaining king-level ones became particularly important and precious. If they were killed by He Yi again, it would be equivalent to losing another ten contribution points. At the same time, it also meant that the cost of killing He Yi doubled.

He Yi knew what Wei Hang meant, but she also had her reasons for not letting Li Ruyu go. In that case...

She launched an attack suddenly, but crashed into a barrier that suddenly appeared.

The square barrier centered on He Yi was emitting a faint golden light, isolating the internal and external energies. He Yi touched his face which had been corroded and melted by the barrier. This faint golden light seemed to be the nemesis of dark energy.

"Let's go." Seeing that the spiritual power barrier successfully trapped He Yi, Wei Hang said no more and immediately led the others to chase in the direction Li Ruyu left.

Wu Lin said something like "It has nothing to do with me, just pretend I don't exist" while making way for them.

Ying Feiqiong was dragged behind, and said goodbye to He Yi and Wu Lin with a smile: "See you later."

The group quickly disappeared into the alley.

Trapped in the barrier, He Yi was not shocked or angry. He studied the barrier and thought: "This energy is opposite to dark energy, and it is very similar to what I imagined..."

"Our cooperation will only last until Zhang Lingjiang's death. It will have nothing to do with me afterwards. Send me back to reality, and I will leave Donghe City immediately and will not interfere with your plan." Wu Lin said to He Yi.

He Yi shifted his attention to her, and after she became a little nervous, he said, "I'm in here, my power is isolated, wait for me to get out."

Wu Lin didn't dare to stay alone with He Yi, especially with a "huge sum of money" with her. If He Yi wanted to swallow her and Zhang Lingjiang's power, where would she go to cry?

"I'll go somewhere else, and when you come out just kick me out." Wu Lin said.

The owner does not need to be very close to kick someone out of the pomegranate mirror.

Knowing that Wu Lin was suspicious of him, He Yi nodded and said, "Then go. This barrier will probably be broken soon."

She could feel that this force was fighting and devouring the dark energy in the environment, but it was ultimately no match for the environment and was about to disappear.

Wu Lin immediately ran away and disappeared.

The only people left in the alley were He Yi and the slightly fluctuating golden barrier. She lowered her eyes to look at the barrier and slowly placed her hand on it. Suddenly, a faint hissing sound was heard and her hand turned into black gas and dissipated.

She mobilized the hidden power in her body, and suddenly a trace of white power stretched out from her palm, flowing along the barrier and spreading. After a moment, the barrier shattered like a piece of paper.

She clasped her palms together, retracted the weak white power, and her figure disappeared.

At the same time, Li Ruyu and his party looked at Wu Lin who suddenly appeared with vigilance.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to attack you." Wu Lin raised his hands and explained very quickly, "Wei Hang will catch up soon. I don't want you to die in their hands and leave me alone to face He Yi and the alien visitors. Let's cooperate."

As he spoke, he removed the immobilization poison on Chen Anan to show his sincerity.

"Fence-sitter." Li Ruyu complained, but this behavior was common in the ghost world. Their sense of morality was not the same as that of normal humans. As for whether Wu Lin had bad intentions or other purposes, she was too lazy to consider it. She didn't trust Wu Lin in the first place, and was just cooperating temporarily.

Ji Weihang's figure had already appeared on the street behind him. After simply estimating the strength of both parties and He Yi who was lurking in the dark, Li Ruyu's brain raced, and he thought that it would be best to get out of the Liuhua Mirror first, so he asked, "Do you know how to get out of the Liuhua Mirror? Zhang Lingjiang was the owner of the Liuhua Mirror before, so he should have a backup plan."

Of course, the person most likely to know this backup plan is Wu Lin, who had previously pretended to cooperate with Zhang Lingjiang and absorbed Zhang Lingjiang's power.

Wu Lin did know, and she did not hide it, saying: "The only weakness of the Pomegranate Flower Mirror is that it has loopholes in its judgment of consciousness."

"He Yi selected ghosts and visitors from other worlds to come in, so we need to remove ourselves from these two identities." The situation was urgent, so she didn't elaborate and directly stated the solution, "I can turn us into witchcraft puppets and remove them after we get out."

Li Ruyu sat on Hengheng's back, looked at Wu Lin floating beside him, and said faintly: "Do you think I'm a fool? Can we change back after we turned into voodoo puppets? Won't we be controlled and eaten by you?!" His voice tone suddenly rose at the end.

Chen Anan hummed in agreement.

Hengheng just sprinted forward, not caring at all what they were saying, he just rushed forward.

"I'm looking for your cooperation because I can't turn into a voodoo doll by myself. At most, I can become a voodoo clone." Wu Lin knew that this method would not be easily accepted, so he patiently explained, "We can restrain each other together. Don't worry that I will go back on my word."

Seeing that Li Ruyu disagreed and Chen Anan did not express his opinion, Wu Lin sighed and said, "Then you can think of another way to remove us from the ghostly identity. If you can do it, I will listen to you."

"What exactly does He Yi want to do? How did you two get involved?" Li Ruyu changed the subject. To be honest, she would rather be swallowed by He Yi than by Wu Lin. Thinking of this, she was not in a hurry to leave.

Seeing her thoughts, Wu Lin's mouth twitched slightly. As there were pursuers behind him, Wu Lin spoke faster than ever before, quickly explaining the cause and effect like pouring beans.

More than three months ago, Wu Lin's subordinate Nan Wu was instigated by Zhang Lingjiang to devour Wu Lin to take over. Given Wu Lin's laziness and the trust that Nan Wu had in everything, Nan Wu had a great chance. But in the end, Wu Lin was more skilled and devoured Nan Wu, turning him into a clone, waiting for Zhang Lingjiang's next move.

Unexpectedly, before Zhang Lingjiang moved, He Yi moved first - He Yi sent his clone to lure Nan Wu away, and Wu Lin controlled the clone to follow He Yi's movements, wanting to know He Yi's purpose. The moment he met He Yi's real body, He Yi discovered that this was no longer Nan Wu, but Wu Lin's clone.

It is neither rational nor convenient to silence him. During the time that He Yi crossed the city to kill Wu Lin, it was enough time for Wu Lin to spread the news that "He Yi, who is usually the most Buddhist, is secretly planning something" throughout Donghe City and even to the neighboring city.

So they had a friendly exchange and decided to cooperate.

He Yi's target is Nan Wu's ability, or the ability of Wu Gu's clone. Wu Lin suggests that she can give her clone to He Yi to devour, and He Yi will help her deal with Zhang Lingjiang.

After He Yi devoured the "Southern Witch", Zhang Lingjiang was silent for a while. Wu Lin was waiting at home for He Yi to prepare everything before taking action. At this time, the embroiderer came to the door.

He Yi asked her to agree to Xiu Niang, so she, Xiu Niang and Li Ruyu formed an "anti-He Yi team".

Hearing this, Li Ruyu's face darkened slightly. Thinking of his aunt who didn't know the truth until her death, his heart was filled with emotions.

Wu Lin knew that she had a good relationship with the embroiderer, so he coughed lightly and waited for her to calm down before continuing.

The death of the embroiderer was unexpected and beyond the plan, but the direction of events was predictable. Wu Lin followed her character and "naturally" went to Zhang Lingjiang with the information. Just after she told "everything", Zhang Lingjiang, who sensed that the pomegranate flower mirror was about to be opened, asked her to prepare early.

She helped Zhang Lingjiang create a witchcraft clone, and He Yi pretended to be deceived, allowing Zhang Lingjiang to "slip through the net"...

"Can you please get to the point?" Li Ruyu interrupted impatiently, "I just want to know what He Yi wants to do. She doesn't look like she is just trying to separate ghosts from humans, but if she wants to kill all ghosts to advance, it doesn't fit her personality. It's more like something Zhang Lingjiang would do."

Ignoring what she said about Zhang Lingjiang, Wu Lin replied, "I don't know."

Li Ruyu stared.

"Why would she tell me so much? If I knew so much, wouldn't I have become her clone long ago?" Wu Lin said, "But she must have a big plan. Do you know how many ancient instruments she has now? Just from what I know, there are the Soul-Destroying Umbrella, the Pomegranate Flower Mirror, the Rule Pen... We all know who the Rule Pen originally belonged to... This is not a plan we can influence..."

Wu Lin changed the subject and said, "So, auntie, can you just come out with me? I will definitely not devour you, and after we get out, I will immediately run away from Donghe City." She didn't believe that He Yi hadn't come out of the barrier yet, and after coming out he didn't kick her out of the Liuhua Mirror. It turned out that he would not let her go.

"Are you so afraid of death? You have no future." Li Ruyu said this, but his brows slightly frowned. The Rule Pen should belong to an emperor in Jing City, and there is no news of the emperor's death... If the Rule Pen in He Yi's hand is a real one, it means that he has reached a cooperative relationship with the emperor. Then this may not only involve the ghosts and humans in Donghe City, but also the whole world...

"Who does the Rule Pen belong to? Tell me."

As the cold voice fell, a black sword was placed across the necks of Wu Lin and Li Ruyu. Although it stopped in time to avoid the tragedy of their heads falling to the ground, their skin was damaged and black air was leaking out.

They looked at the tall woman holding a sword who was blocking the way of a group of evildoers. They didn't see her movements clearly, as if she had just teleported in front of them.

Chen Anan looked back in surprise. The others were still on their way.

Ji Weihang looked at them and repeated coldly: "Tell me about it."