Chapter 19 So terrifying, I will only kill them.
In many folk tales of ghosts and spirits, red clothing is associated with vengeful ghosts.
As a materialist whose worldview had just collapsed, the first thought that popped into Lin Jianyu's mind when he saw the red-clothed woman was that she was a vengeful ghost.
Furthermore, since she was currently lying on the ice coffin, the chilling cold air enveloping her body gave her a sudden sense of dread, and she practically tumbled and crawled off the ice coffin.
Visibility was low at the bottom of the crack. She groped her way away from the ice coffin in the dark, moving carefully and trying not to make any noise, as if afraid of disturbing something.
The surroundings were eerily quiet; she could even hear her own heartbeat, which was unusually fast.
The intense tension made her subconsciously clench her hands. Then, she realized that she seemed to be holding something in her right hand. She raised her hand and looked at it. It was the talisman she had taken from Yun Dan in order to fit in with the group.
It didn't fall off!
She carefully examined the runes on the talisman, and coincidentally, it turned out to be a corpse-suppressing talisman.
The talisman was made of light, cloud-like material. He must have used spiritual power to enhance it when he drew it, which means that it is a talisman with the effect of suppressing corpses.
She glanced back at the ice coffin behind her, hesitating whether to go back and stick the talisman on it just in case.
Just then, another cracking sound rang out.
The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear to her ears. Her pupils contracted slightly as she stared at the ice coffin, as if in shock or fear. In her pupils, she saw an ice coffin radiating a silvery-white light.
The light emanated from the cracks, accompanied by cracking sounds, one after another, instantly covering the entire coffin, as if it might shatter at any moment. She stared at the ice coffin, her mind blank for a moment.
A moment later, she ran towards the ice coffin at the fastest speed she had ever seen, trying to stick the talisman in her hand onto the ice coffin before it shattered completely, but she was still a step too late.
As soon as she reached the ice coffin, it shattered into countless tiny silver sparks, illuminating everything around her. She could clearly see the appearance of the "person" lying inside the ice coffin.
That was a man.
He was dressed in red, his long silver hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, with only a few strands falling in front of his chest. His eyebrows were like ink paintings, his face was like white jade, his thin lips were slightly pursed, his nose was straight, and his eyes were covered with a red silk cloth, so his eyes could not be seen. But this did not affect his appearance. On the contrary, it added a bit of eerie beauty to him.
Lin Jianyu was stunned for a moment when she was hit by the beauty filter.
By the time she realized what was happening, the other person had already sat up, their long, fair neck slightly tilted, like a stiff zombie stretching its limbs.
In the blink of an eye, while the other person was stretching their muscles, she accurately stuck the talisman she was holding onto the other person's forehead.
Then, the other party stopped moving.
Thank goodness.
She moved her body, which was stiff from the tension, and slowly backed away to create distance between herself and the other person. During this process, she kept her eyes on the talisman on the other person's forehead, afraid that the slightest movement would knock it off.
Fortunately, the talisman remained firmly affixed to the other person's forehead, showing no sign of falling off. Unfortunately, the runes on the talisman suddenly transformed into a golden light and entered the other person's body, leaving only a blank yellow paper still stuck to his forehead.
He raised his hand and lifted the yellow paper, glanced at it, found it uninteresting, and casually tossed it on the ground. Then, he turned his face slightly to face her.
Although his eyes were clearly covered with a red silk cloth, Lin Jianyu felt a sense of utter vulnerability the moment he faced her.
He seemed to scrutinize her for a moment before slowly speaking, "Human?"
The pronunciation is a bit strange, like someone who has just learned human language, but the tone is very pleasant, deep and magnetic.
She had just mustered the courage to greet him when she heard him say again, "Bastard!"
When he said this, his voice remained unchanged, still as pleasant as ever, but the tone changed, carrying a hint of disgust.
Lin Jianyu hadn't heard this title for many years. Hearing it again gave him a strange feeling of being in a different world, and he was momentarily lost in thought.
The next instant, she felt a hand tightly gripping her neck.
She instinctively reached out to grab it, but the sensation she felt was not the skin she had imagined, but some kind of liquid, like water. She couldn't hold on to it at all, nor could she break free.
As her feet gradually left the ground, a familiar yet strange feeling of suffocation swept over her. In her hazy state, she seemed to see her mother, that woman, choking her neck, her expression ferocious and her face contorted.
She wanted to kill her, and no one could save her.
This realization brought her to the brink of despair, yet also a faint sense of relief. She closed her eyes, as if awaiting death.
Suddenly, she heard a voice calling her.
She recognized the voice; it was her master's voice.
She suddenly opened her eyes, her originally black pupils had turned blue.
She looked in the direction of the man in red and called out with difficulty, "Master, Father..." Her voice was broken.
In that instant, the man in red felt his heart clench as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand. He frowned in displeasure, his desire to kill the other man growing stronger.
Lin Jianyu felt the force gripping her neck tighten suddenly for a moment, and just when she thought her neck was about to be crushed, the force loosened.
The sudden feeling of weightlessness caused her to fall uncontrollably to the ground. As air rushed into her lungs, she began to cough violently. At the same time, the liquid that had been strangling her neck was poured all over her body, with a few drops splashing into her mouth, tasting a little salty.
Her first thought was of the sea, and when she looked at the man in red, two words popped into her mind.
Sea people.
The person in front of her is likely the sea creature that her master told her about in ancient times, which fell into a deep sleep due to the depletion of spiritual energy.
The reason it is from ancient times is because the clothes he is wearing do not belong to modern times, nor to any dynasty she is familiar with.
When she looked at the man in red, he seemed to be "looking" at her as well.
He stood up and looked down at her, the red silk covering his eyes seeming to be nothing more than an ornament.
Lin Jianyu felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze. After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered up her courage and said, "Hello."
The man in red continued to "look" at her without saying a word.
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.
Just as she hesitated whether to say anything more, the man in red suddenly fixed his gaze on the crack.
Lin Jianyu followed his gaze upwards and then remembered that her senior brothers were still fighting the sea monsters up there. She wondered if they had decided the victor yet.
No sooner had she thought that than a hand grabbed her by the back of her collar.
This time it was a real hand, the hand of the man in red.
She thought he was going to help her up, so she stood up. But as soon as she stood up, her body was suspended in mid-air, and the feeling of suffocation came over her again. She subconsciously struggled a couple of times, but quickly became as obedient as a quail, shrinking her neck and remaining motionless, afraid that he might let go and let her fall to her death if he was unhappy.
Yes, the man in red was carrying her and flying upwards towards the crack.
The first time... no, the second time I experienced the feeling of flying, to be honest, it wasn't pleasant, because my neck was constricted by the collar, and I couldn't breathe properly.
Fortunately, the man in red was fast enough that they got out of the crevice before she hanged herself.
Once they reached the ground, he released his grip on the back of her collar, and she knelt down.
Fear combined with suffocation made my legs feel weak.
The man in red merely glanced at her before disdainfully looking away.
Lin Jianyu was oblivious to his disgust; she was breathing heavily.
Once her breathing had calmed down, she used her hands to support herself as she stood up.
Directly in front of her, Yun Dan and the others were still fighting against the sea creatures and the battle didn't seem to be going well, as everyone was wounded.
The man in red stood beside her, also "watching" in the direction of Yun Dan and the others. He showed no intention of making a move, seemingly preparing to observe coldly, or perhaps to reap the benefits of their actions.
Just as she hesitated whether to remind Yun Dan and the others of the presence of the man in red, Yun Dan and the others seemed to sense something and looked in their direction.
Upon seeing her, Zhu Liu called out, "Junior Sister, be careful."
He didn't say what she should be careful of, but Lin Jianyu quickly realized what he meant. As soon as he finished speaking, a strong gust of wind swept towards them, almost blowing her back into the crevice. Fortunately, she managed to grab the arm of the man in red beside her.
In contrast to her, the man in red seemed completely unaffected by the strong wind. When the wind blew, his body remained motionless, and even the strands of hair hanging down his chest did not move.
He "looked" at the direction the wind was blowing, raised his hand and gently clenched it in the void. The strong wind stopped instantly, followed by a shrill scream that echoed through the sky, as if something had been crushed to pieces by him. It was terrifying.
After the screams subsided, Lin Jianyu vaguely saw a white light enter his body. Looking at her hand that was gripping his arm, she had a strange feeling that he would crush her hand. She didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she quickly let go.
Seeing that the man in red's clothes were crumpled from her grip, she trembled as she reached out to him again, but before she could touch his clothes again, he was already "looking" at her.
Seeing his gaze, Lin Jianyu's hand, which was stretched out in mid-air, was caught in an awkward situation: she didn't know whether to retract it or extend it further.
After a few seconds, she swallowed hard and said in a dry voice, "I, I'll help you smooth it out." After saying that, she stroked his sleeve as if she were going to her death.
Because of nervousness, I lost control of my strength and became even more chaotic.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Maybe she should just commit suicide!
That way, at least you can die with some dignity.
"Junior Sister, are you alright?" Zhu Liu's voice rang out again, though they were miles apart.
If she wasn't mistaken, they seemed to be further away from her.
"Um... those are my senior brothers. They... they mean no harm. Please don't hurt them." Lin Jianyu stammered as she finished speaking, only to find that Yun Dan and the others were further away from her. This time, she was certain she hadn't misjudged them; they were indeed retreating.
Especially when the man in red turned to face them after hearing her words, they retreated even further, and some even started running.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Or we should just kill them all!
"Why are you running away?" She's still here! You can't just abandon your fellow disciples like this.
Although she could run faster if she were in her shoes, that's because she has no fighting ability and would only be a burden if she stayed behind.
“I didn’t run away.” The person who answered her was calm.
After answering her, he didn't forget to tell Zhu Liu, who was running, "Don't run."
Zhu Liu didn't want to run either, but he was badly injured and couldn't retreat as quickly as they could.
"Stop right there!" Lin Jianyu almost laughed in anger as she watched them say they weren't running but were actually backing away.
Yun Dan and the others obediently stopped, and then, that was it.
Moving forward is impossible; we can only stand still and observe, and run if things turn bad.
Seeing that they had all stopped, Lin Jianyu stopped looking at them and turned to the man in red, asking, "Would you hurt them?"
“No,” the man in red said. “I will only kill them.”
He said this without any expression on his face or any fluctuation in his tone, but Lin Jianyu knew that he really would kill Yun Dan and the others.
Nevertheless, she still called out to Yun Dan and the others, "Come here, he won't hurt you."
Upon hearing the sound, Yun Dan and the others exchanged glances for a moment before slowly approaching them, a stark contrast to their retreating speed.
Seeing that they were almost using tiny, shuffling steps, Lin Jianyu asked the man in red, "How's your patience?"
"Not very good," said the man in red.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jianyu urged Yun Dan and the others, "Hurry up, the boss's patience is limited."
As soon as she said that, Yun Dan and the others immediately sped up. Zhu Liu was the first to catch up with them, and like a gust of wind, he arrived in front of them in a flash.
Looking at Yun Dan and the others, although they had increased their speed, they were still far behind him.
"Damn, that was too hasty."
“But I will kill you,” Lin Jianyu said.
"What?" Her abrupt question left Zhu Liu completely bewildered.
“He won’t hurt you, but he will kill you,” Lin Jianyu said.
Zhu Liu: "..."
He's panting so hard, he's probably not far from death.
"Second Senior Brother, hurry up, the boss's patience is limited."
Seeing that he was unharmed when he arrived, Yun Dan and the others quickened their pace and soon caught up with him.
As they approached, they heard Zhu Liu say, "Junior Sister said he won't hurt us, but he will kill us."
Yun Dan: "..."
Xuan Zhan: "..."
Zhujin: "..."
If you have junior brothers and sisters like this, you might as well beat them to death.
"Don't all look so gloomy, cheer up. Don't you think about it? With what the boss just did, if he really wanted to kill you, would you have been able to escape?" Lin Jianyu said.
Thinking about what the man in red had just done, Yun Dan and the others realized that they probably... well, they definitely couldn't escape.
"Where did you find such a monstrous figure?" Zhu Liu asked.
"Speak properly," Lin Jianyu reminded him.
"Don't worry, he won't understand." The man in red looked like he had just woken up from a deep sleep. The Mountain and Sea Clan, who had just woken up, couldn't understand the language they used, since they were from different eras and used different languages.
"Are you sure?" Lin Jianyu asked, emphasizing each word.
Zhu Liu was quite certain before, but after hearing her question, he suddenly became uncertain.
"He... he must have just woken up from his deep sleep, right?"
“That’s right.” When Lin Jianyu first saw the man in red, he was indeed sleeping… well, more like he was dead. Who sleeps in a coffin! If he had slept in a normal place, she wouldn’t have suspected he was a zombie at first.
“Then I’m sure he doesn’t understand,” Zhu Liu said.
“No, you’re not sure,” Lin Jianyu said. “He understands.”
"This is not scientific." Zhu Liu didn't dare to look at the man in red anymore, feeling like he was about to die.
“You’re someone who’s into metaphysics, what are you talking about science?” Even she, a staunch materialist, accepted it well.
There's no way to deny it; the facts are right in front of us.
Zhu Liu suspected she was lying to him, and secretly glanced at the man in red. Then, he was sent flying backward.
Okay, he was sure the other person understood.
This also confirms that he is a kind-hearted big shot.
Even after all that, he didn't kill him; he just let him fly away. He didn't even hurt him as badly as he had hurt that sea monster earlier.
He stood up, dusted himself off, and calmly walked back.
"I'm sorry, boss, I was wrong. You're a good person."
“Demon,” Lin Jianyu corrected.
“You can also call someone,” Zhu Liu said.
You can call them a human or a demon, so could the other person be... a transvestite?
Thinking this, she looked at the man in red with a somewhat subtle expression.
Then, she flew away too.
She didn't fly very far, but when she fell, it really hurt. I don't know how Zhu Liu managed to walk back so calmly. She almost couldn't get up, and she was limping when she walked back, looking quite disheveled.
Even so, he was still looked down upon by the crowd: "You're too weak!"
"I am a pure-blooded human, and I don't have any cultivation talent. I can't compare to you mixed-bloods, okay!" If she weren't a pure-blooded human, or if she had cultivation talent, she would definitely not be weaker than him.
"A pure-blooded human?" The man in red spoke as if he had heard a joke, his tone full of sarcasm.
Lin Jianyu understood his implied meaning and tentatively asked, "Am I not a pure-blooded human?"
“Of course not,” the man in red said. “You’re a bastard.” When he said “bastard,” his tone became extremely fierce, filled with murderous intent.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu had two things he could not tolerate in his life.
The first thing was that someone strangled her.
The second thing is that someone called her a bastard.
He not only strangled her neck, but did so repeatedly; he not only called her a bastard, but did so repeatedly. It was truly unbearable.
Just as she was about to explode, she was sent flying backward again.
Let her at least say a few words of abuse first; it's such a waste for her to fly away like this.
After landing, she lay flat on the ground; it was too painful for her to get up.
Finally, Yun Dan helped her up.
"Don't let your mind wander. His eyes seem to be able to see things that ordinary people can't."
"What do you mean?" Lin Jianyu asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
“Some people can’t see the light, but they can see people’s hearts. I think he’s a lot like that,” Yun Dan said softly.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jianyu subconsciously glanced in the direction of the man in red.
"Don't look at him." They were afraid he wouldn't know they were talking about him.
“I remember that blind people have very sensitive hearing,” Lin Jianyu said. “Do you think he could hear what we were saying?”
Yun Dan guessed that it was because the two of them flew out together.
This level of flight wasn't enough to make Yun Dan fall to the ground, so his fake fall wasn't to extort money, but because he was afraid the man in red would see that he hadn't fallen and make him fly again.
In contrast to him, Lin Jianyu fell hard, leaving him completely disoriented and screaming in pain.
Yun Dan glanced at her, then at herself, hesitating whether to call out a couple of times as well.
In the end, he didn't yell; he simply couldn't bear the embarrassment.
He got up from the ground and tried to help Lin Jianyu up, but she refused.
"No need to help me, I'm fine lying down." She stood up, afraid that she would fly away again.
Yun Dan didn't force her. He stood beside her, not daring to speak, afraid that the man in red would hear him again.
Lin Jianyu, who was lying flat, wasn't afraid. She asked him, "Do you think he heard us talking or saw what we were thinking?"
"have no idea."
"Should we verify it?"
"Don't drag me into your mess." Yun Danchou refused.
"Alright!" Lin Jianyu said with some regret, "Then what do we do now?"
"have no idea."
"Should we run?" She flew twice in a row, and now she was not too far from the man in red, but not close either.
"Zhanzhan and the others are still there!"
"Better to die for a friend than for me... Bah! As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. Their sacrifice will not have been in vain; the people will remember them forever," Lin Jianyu said.
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Zhu Liu shout to her from afar, "Junior Sister, Fifth Senior Brother asked me to thank you on his behalf."
Lin Jianyu: "..."
"Is Senior Brother Xuanzhan's hearing that good?" she asked, though she spoke very softly.
"He has the bloodline of the Kunpeng."
"Is Kunpeng's hearing very good?" I've never heard of that!
“Kunpeng has a very strong bloodline,” Yun Dan said.
"Oh." Xuan Zhan was indeed quite strong. "And you? What bloodline do you have?"
"Taotie".
"No wonder you're so obsessed with cooking," Lin Jianyu said. "Could it be that Third Uncle has the bloodline of a Pixiu?"
"How did you end up chatting like this?" Yun Dan was speechless.
"You're just idling around anyway, and you're not going anywhere."
"The problem is, we can't escape." The distance between them wasn't even as far as before, and the big boss caught up with them easily.
Lin Jianyu thought about it and agreed, then lay down even flatter.
"Shall we chat for a bit longer?"
Yun Dan glanced at her lying flat, then at the red-clad man and his companion who seemed to have no intention of coming over. She took out some dried fish from her backpack, sat down on the ground, and looked like she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.
"You really know how to enjoy yourself." Lin Jianyu turned to face him, propped her head up with one hand, and begged for food with the other. "Give me two more."
Yun Dan gave her four pieces of advice: "Eat more, and try to die from overeating."
"Those four aren't enough." They wouldn't even be enough to fill a gap between her teeth.
"You don't have time."
"What do you mean?" Lin Jianyu didn't understand his implied meaning.
"Take a look back."
Lin Jianyu turned around and glanced back, and that one glance made the hand that was supporting her head collapse.
She lay back down, looking at the man in red who had somehow appeared beside them.
"Big, boss, would you like some dried fish?" She tremblingly held up the dried fish that Yun Dan had given her, which she hadn't even had a chance to put in her mouth yet.
The man in red didn't take it. He glanced at Yun Dan, and the box of dried fish that Yun Dan was holding flew towards him and finally stopped in front of him.
He reached into the box and picked up a small dried fish. He examined it for a moment before putting it in his mouth and chewing. He seemed to think it tasted good. After finishing one, he picked up another.
Lin Jianyu watched him eat one fish after another, then glanced at the four dried fish she had in her hand, and muttered under her breath, "So you think it's not enough."
“I think…” Yun Dan hesitated for a moment before continuing, “He probably thinks your hands are dirty.”
Lin Jianyu glanced at her hands, which were covered in dust and bloodstains. They were a bit dirty and a little sore, but she didn't mind. She put the dried fish in her hand into her mouth, hoping to get a bite before she died.
She had just put the dried fish into her mouth and hadn't even had a chance to chew when she was drenched in seawater. The tangy smell almost made her curse, but thankfully the dried fish was in her mouth.
"Dirty." The man in red glanced at her, his tone full of disgust.
Lin Jianyu was so angry that she chewed the dried fish in her mouth and swallowed it, thinking it was too dirty for her.
"Aren't you getting up yet?" Yun Dan asked.
"No." Even if she were to die today, she would die lying down.
"You really look like a salted fish."
Yes, they're all marinated to perfection.
Lin Jianyu thought to himself, "This is what I'm complaining about."
Seeing that she was determined not to get up, Yun Dan took a thin blanket out of her backpack and covered her with it.
"Be more respectable."
Lin Jianyu pulled the thin blanket covering her head down and said irritably, "I'm not dead yet! Why are you covering my head?"
"What's this little junior sister up to?" Zhu Liu, who came after the man in red, looked at Lin Jianyu lying on the ground with a peaceful expression and asked Yun Dan.
"You're tired of living, aren't you!" Yun Dan replied.
Following the trend looks similar.
To dare lie so flat in front of a big shot, covered by a blanket, is either a death wish or a death wish.
The food box containing the dried fish wasn't large, and the man in red quickly finished eating all of it. He then "looked" at Lin Jianyu, who was still lying on the ground, and frowned slightly, saying, "Get up."
Lin Jianyu, who had just made up his mind that he would rather die than get up, immediately got up from the ground upon hearing his words.
That's right, that's how spineless they are.
"Are you planning to find a place with abundant spiritual energy to cultivate, or go to the deep sea?" She remembered her master telling her that the Mountain and Sea Clan, who had just awakened from their slumber, would usually stay in a place with abundant spiritual energy for a period of time to absorb the spiritual energy of that place, or go to the deep sea.
"Cultivation," the man in red said succinctly.
“Then we’re not going the same way, so let’s part ways here and never meet again,” Lin Jianyu said quickly.
“It doesn’t need to be on my way,” the man in red said. “I’ll cultivate right here.”
"Is the spiritual energy here very strong?" Lin Jianyu asked Yun Dan.
"Two sea creatures have appeared in a row, what do you think?" Yun Dan asked instead of answering.
Lin Jianyu couldn't sense any spiritual energy and didn't know how rich the spiritual energy was here. However, she remembered her master telling her that the main opportunity for the Mountain and Sea Clan to awaken was spiritual energy. The richer the spiritual energy, the more likely the Mountain and Sea Clan would awaken from their slumber.
The man in red seemed to have awakened from his slumber by absorbing the soul jade given to her by her master, but the previous sea creature was clearly not.
Thinking of the soul jade her master had given her, Lin Jianyu felt an unbearable heartache.
She used to not believe in the existence of such mysterious things, and simply thought it was a piece of jade. Now it seems that it really was a soul jade formed by condensing the soul power of her master. It hurt her to think that it was given away so cheaply to the man in red.
I wonder if her body will undergo another change after she loses the Soul Jade?
She had been using the blood beads her master had given her quite a bit, and there weren't many left. She didn't know if she could last until she found her master.
She had a lot on her mind, and she was also talking non-stop.
"We have important business to attend to, so we won't bother you any longer. Farewell, and may we never meet again." With that, she grabbed Yun Dan's arm and turned to leave.
Yun Dan wanted to say, "Don't drag me down with you, you're asking for trouble," but after walking more than ten meters forward, the man in red behind them still didn't make a sound. Just when he thought they could leave like this, the man in red's eerie voice came from behind them.
Did I tell you to leave?
Yun Dan: "..."
Yun Dan knew there was no such thing as a free lunch.
He turned around and pulled the arm of the deceased Lin Jianyu, leading him back.
And then, that was it.
The man in red found a place to begin cultivating, while the others sat not far from him and watched.
At first, we were just observing, but later we got so bored that we started chatting.
"Aren't you hot wrapped in a blanket in this weather?" Zhu Liu asked Lin Jianyu.
"Do you think I wanted this?!" Her clothes were soaked through.
"I thought you wanted it marinated a bit more." Yun Dan said this, and then he leaned closer to Lin Jianyu and sniffed, "You know what, it really does smell like salted fish."
“Seawater, of course!” Lin Jianyu said. “But speaking of which, what kind of demon is that?”
“He should be a merman, a pure-blooded merman,” Xuan Zhan said. “His aura is very similar to my master’s.”
“I felt it too,” Zhu Liu echoed. “It’s aura very similar to Second Master Uncle’s.” That’s why he said he could also call for someone.
“The name your master gave you is really unlucky,” Yun Dan said.
"What does the name my master gave me have to do with anything?" Weren't they talking about the man in red? Oh, and their second senior uncle, "Second senior uncle is a mermaid!"
No wonder he was the number one in their sect. Just look at the strength of the man in red, and you'll know how powerful Shen Siming, who is also a merman, is.
“No, my master is a half-demon,” Xuan Zhan said.
"Half-demon? What's that? A hybrid of human and demon?"
"right."
"Then why not call them mixed-race?"
“A half-demon is a hybrid, but a hybrid isn’t necessarily a half-demon. Do you understand what I mean?” Xuan Zhan asked.
"I understand." It means that only those who are half human and half demon are called half-demons; other mixed-race individuals can only be called mixed-race, not half-demons. "Are half-demons stronger, or are pure-blooded beings stronger?"
"Judging by bloodlines, Second Martial Uncle's merman bloodline is very strong, making him stronger than many pure-blooded individuals. However, that other person's bloodline is even stronger than Second Martial Uncle's." Therefore, don't expect Shen Siming to save them.
"I don't think he'll kill us."
"Who gave you this illusion?" The Merfolk are notoriously ferocious and are at the top of the food chain in the Mountain and Sea Realm. Don't be fooled by his second uncle's usual dignified and otherworldly appearance; countless members of the Mountain and Sea Realm have died by his sword.
When he was a child, he was particularly afraid that the man would become ruthless and even kill his own fellow disciples. This was one of the main reasons why he insisted on staying at the Taoist temple and refused to become his disciple.
"Just now, at the bottom of the crevice, he tried to kill me, and almost did, but in the end he didn't." She didn't know why he let her go, but since he had let her go, he probably wouldn't kill her again so easily.
"Speaking of which, you fell from such a height and came out completely unharmed. Could it be that he caught you from below?" Yun Dan asked.
"Bullshit." Although she did fall onto his ice coffin, her unharmed state had nothing to do with him. "It was the soul jade my master gave me that saved me."
She didn't mention the Soul Jade, and Yun Dan didn't even notice that the Soul Jade that she always wore around her neck was gone.
"Where is your Soul Jade?"
"It shattered, and then he absorbed it, leaving me not even a trace." Lin Jianyu's eyes reddened at the thought of the Soul Jade.
It was given to her by her master, and she had always cherished it. Even when she was a child, she never secretly licked it, no matter how much she craved it. In the end, it was given to someone else so easily, and she cried in anger.
"If Shui Shui is watching from heaven, she will forgive you," Yun Dan comforted her.
"Pah! My master is still alive and well." God has a spirit in heaven.
“So, he won’t forgive you,” Yun Dan said, her expression changing.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
If he doesn't want to forgive her, then so be it. At worst, she'll give herself to him. She's actually quite willing to repay him with her body; she's been thinking about it since she was nine years old.
"What did you mean when you said that the name my master gave me was unlucky?"
"You can even encounter merfolk in these deep mountains and forests, don't you think?" Yun Dan asked instead of answering.
“My master named me Jianyuren, not Jianjiaoren. You’re the one who said mermaids are easy to meet, you jinx,” Lin Jianyu retorted.
She flew away as soon as she finished speaking.
Lin Jianyu: "???"
What did I say wrong?
“You said mermaids are easy to see,” Zhu Liu reminded him, and then he flew off as well.
Lin Jianyu watched his flying figure and understood; it was the homophony that caused the trouble.
Yun Dan originally wanted to explain that when he said "it's good to see mermaids," he meant "it's good to see Shen Siming." But seeing that both of them flew away because of "it's good to see mermaids," he silently shut his mouth.
Lin Jianyu, fearing she would be thrown out again, dared not continue the topic and changed the subject, asking, "Do you know what a hybrid is?"
When the man in red called her a bastard, she subconsciously thought of how people around her called her when she was a child in a rural area of Shandong. But upon closer reflection, even if his eyes could see through people's hearts, it wouldn't be enough for him to kill her because of her family ethics.
Well, at first, when he called her human, she didn't sense any murderous intent. It was only after he started calling her a bastard that he felt any murderous intent.
Moreover, when he called her a bastard for the second time, she felt, perhaps it was just her imagination, that he seemed to want to get rid of her as soon as possible, but for some reason he didn't kill her, just as he hadn't known why he had let her go the first time.
Lost in thought, she drifted off into her own world. When she came to her senses, she realized that Yun Dan and the others were all watching her.
"I'm asking you a question! Why are you all staring at me?"
"The boss just said you're a bastard," Zhu Liu said.
"Be more confident, and drop the 'seems like' part," Yun Dan said casually.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
"So, what exactly is a hybrid?"
"I don't know," Yun Dan shook her head.
Lin Jianyu looked at Xuan Zhan, who also shook his head.
She didn't read "Chasing the Ferry" and "Chasing the Current" because there was no need.
"Compared to me, shouldn't you be more like bastards?"
"Who are you cursing!" Yun Dan said indifferently.
"Exactly, who are they insulting!" People echoed the sentiment.
"I'm not scolding you, I'm just stating the facts. Don't be angry, listen to me. Senior Brother Zhujin, put down your peach wood sword." Lin Jianyu really wasn't scolding them. "Hybrids are also called hybrids, which usually refer to offspring produced by the crossbreeding of different species, just like you."
“You have human blood and the blood of the Mountain and Sea Clan. You are the offspring of the hybridization of humans and the Mountain and Sea Clan, that is, a hybrid. But I am a pure human. I only have human blood. How could I be a hybrid?”
"You agree, right?"
“That’s the logic,” Zhu Liu said. “But people like us are usually called mixed-race, not bastards.”
"Maybe it's just that the names are different at different times!" Lin Jianyu said.
"That's possible, but the big boss only calls you a bastard, not us bastards. He calls us mixed-race."
"When did this happen? Why don't I know?" She hadn't heard the man in red call them.
"When you were lying on the ground like a salted fish." At that time, there was some distance between them, and her hearing wasn't very good, so it was normal that she didn't hear the man in red calling them.
"Oh." Lin Jianyu reluctantly believed his nonsense. "What exactly is a bastard?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask the big boss?" Zhu Liu suggested.
Lin Jianyu shook his head decisively.
"He seems to have a grudge against bastards, so I'd better not provoke him."
I went with the flow without being forced.
"How long is he going to cultivate here?" Lin Jianyu glanced at the red-clad man cultivating not far away and asked in a low voice.
Whenever her master found a place with abundant spiritual energy, he would cultivate there for a period of time, sometimes ten days to half a month, sometimes several months.
They can't possibly wait here for him for months, can they?
"Judging from the rate at which the surrounding spiritual energy is flowing into his body, the spiritual energy here will be depleted in no more than three days," Xuan Zhan said.
"That's alright." Lin Jianyu breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm a little hot."
"Only a little bit?" Zhu Liuguang felt warm for her just by looking at the blanket wrapped around her.
"It's not just a little hot, it's so hot. I'm all sweaty, and the seawater makes me feel sticky and greasy. I need to find a place to change my clothes, otherwise I'll really get pickled." Lin Jianyu said, picking up her bag to leave.
Yun Dan and the others didn't object to her changing her clothes, but...
"Are you really going to change your clothes?"
“How could this be false?” Lin Jianyu said, then, as if remembering something, asked, “You don’t suspect that I’m going to abandon you and run away, do you?”
"No, you can't escape," Yun Dan said confidently. "We're just afraid you'll do something stupid."
Am I that kind of person?
"Yes," Yun Dan and the other three said in unison.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
The giant ship of our sect sank just as easily.
"I don't need to tell the boss when I go to change my clothes, right?"
"No need, your every move is under the big boss's watchful eye," Yun Dan said calmly.
"Then he'll be able to see me changing clothes!" Lin Jianyu covered her chest with both hands.
As soon as she finished speaking, she flew away again.
Damn, was he even focusing on his cultivation?!
In the end, Lin Jianyu changed out of his wet clothes.
I covered myself with a blanket while changing, and when I came out, I was covered in sweat again.
This weather is fucking hot!
I wonder how her master spends his years in the mountains.
Oh, I remember now, her master was not afraid of the cold or the heat.
Pure-blooded sea creatures are just that cute!
I'm sweating so much that I'm hungry.
"Senior Brother Yun Dan, let's die with a full stomach!"
Yun Dan said, "If we could, we'd rather be human. You should be a well-fed, dead ghost."
"I want to eat instant noodles."
"The big boss is cultivating over there, and we're eating instant noodles here. Do you think that's appropriate? We should just eat some dry rations."
Lin Jianyu thought...it was quite suitable.
If Yun Dan doesn't cook for her, she cooks for herself.
Soon, a strong, unique aroma of instant noodles filled the surroundings.
"You really aren't going to eat?"
"I won't eat."
"Then I'll eat it myself." Lin Jianyu had just picked up her bowl and chopsticks to get herself a bowl when the pot disappeared.
The man in red has gone there.
"My instant noodles." She had worked so hard to cook them, and he ate the whole pot without even tasting a bite. That's outrageous.
The man in red showed her through his actions that things could get even worse.
After he finished serving her the whole pot, he realized that she needed bowls and chopsticks to eat it, and then the bowls and chopsticks in her hands were gone.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
I miss the sun so much.
"I told you to eat dry rations, but you wouldn't listen." In this sweltering heat, all that effort was for nothing.
Lin Jianyu had no idea that he would eat her whole pot of instant noodles, even though her master clearly didn't like them at all.
"They're all pure-blooded sea creatures, so why is there such a huge difference?"
"Who are you talking about?" Yun Dan asked.
“My master and him,” Lin Jianyu said. “My master doesn’t like instant noodles at all.”
“Your master is an oddball. There are so many things he doesn’t like to eat.” She had never met anyone more picky about food than her master. The key point is that he wasn’t picky about the taste, but about the ingredients. If he liked an ingredient, no matter how bad it was made, he could still eat it with relish. If he didn’t like an ingredient, no matter how delicious it was made, he could still find fault with it.
"You're not allowed to talk about my master like that." Even though it's true.
"You can't even say you're a picky eater."
Aren't you a picky eater?
Even the clouds are light... and so are the choices.
"Do you want to eat dry rations?"
"I'm not eating." She was too angry to eat.
"Oh." Yun Dan didn't insist and gave each of Xuan Zhan and the others a bag of calcium milk biscuits.
Lin Jianyu saw that they were calcium milk biscuits and said, "Give me a bag too."
"Didn't you say you weren't going to eat?" Yun Dan said, but still gave her a bag.
"Why not eat it if it's free?" Lin Jianyu said casually.
"Eating it will turn you into an idiot," Zhu Liu retorted.
Lin Jianyu looked at him like he was an idiot.
I was just about to open the package to eat the cookie when it flew away.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu calmly took the package that Yun Dan had just opened from her hand.
Yun Dan didn't argue with her and grabbed another bag for herself.
After finishing one pack, Lin Jianyu still felt hungry, so she ate a second pack, a third pack... Just as she was about to eat the fourth pack, Yun Dan told her that the cookies were gone.
"Did we only bring these few packs?" She remembered that Zhu Jin had bought quite a lot.
"Of course not, you and Zhuliu ate the rest on the way," Yun Dan said.
"Zhu Liu!" Lin Jianyu looked at Zhu Liu and said through gritted teeth.
"Didn't you eat any yourself?" Zhu Liu rolled her eyes at her.
"How could I possibly hold a grudge against myself?"
...
Without biscuits, Lin Jianyu could only eat instant noodles.
Although the taste was not bad, the thought that all the instant noodles she had painstakingly cooked had ended up in the man in red's stomach made her feel like she had a fire burning inside her.
The fire blazed brightest when the man in red returned the empty pot and bowl to her after he finished eating.
If it weren't for Yun Dan and the others desperately stopping her, she would have rushed forward to her death without a second thought.
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