Chapter 38 You Want to Devour Me, I'm a Ghost She Raised
"Speak!" Lu Jiao didn't want to meddle, but listening wouldn't hurt, just to pass the time, since he had nothing better to do anyway.
The woman in green hesitated for a moment before carefully speaking, "Does Lord Fish Witch know the King of the Serpent Clan?"
"I've heard of it," Lu Jiao said.
“I am the spirit she kept, I think…” the woman in blue said, then suddenly stopped, as if she found it difficult to speak.
Lu Jiao waited a while, but when she didn't continue, he said bluntly, "You want to devour your master?"
"No," the woman in blue denied. "I just want freedom."
"Do you think I can get her to give you freedom?" Lu Jiao asked.
"I don't know." The woman in green smiled bitterly. "I only know that you are my only hope." In this world, he is probably the only one who can single-handedly shake Duxing.
"I will not be an enemy of the Serpent Clan." Lu Jiao shattered her illusions.
"What if she actively becomes your enemy?" the woman in green asked.
"Is she really that stupid?" Lu Jiao retorted.
The woman in green: "..."
Although I hate to admit it, I'm not that stupid to go it alone.
However, the fact that one person is not stupid does not mean that the other members of the Serpent Clan are not stupid.
If these foolish Serpent Clan members overestimate themselves and provoke Lu Jiao into a massacre, Du Xing, as the king of the Serpent Clan, might very well take the initiative to become Lu Jiao's enemy.
“What if there is?” she asked.
“Then I won’t kill her.” Lu Jiao shattered her illusions once again.
"Why?" the woman in green asked, puzzled.
“I’ve said it before, I will not be an enemy of the Serpent Clan.” Lu Jiao repeated the same statement. Before the woman in green could say anything, he added, “If you want freedom, I can give it to you, but in a different form.”
"No need," the woman in green refused his offer. "I still have worldly ties to settle and do not wish to simply vanish into nothingness. Since Lord Fish Witch is unwilling to lend a hand, then farewell." With that, she disappeared from the spot.
"They just left like that?" Lin Jianyu was a little taken aback.
"If we don't leave, are we going to stay and become the undead under the big boss's sword?" Zhu Liu asked.
Lin Jianyu thought about it and agreed. He stopped dwelling on the question and changed the subject, asking, "Why doesn't the big boss make an enemy of the Serpent Clan?"
"You're asking me?" Zhu Liu looked completely bewildered.
"How could that be?" Lin Jianyu stared at Lu Jiao without blinking, the answer to whom it was obvious.
Lu Jiao did not answer her question, but only said "go".
Then, Lin Jianyu and Zhuliu obediently followed him.
Lin Jianyu's stomach began to rumble after walking only a short distance.
"I'm so hungry."
"Just hang in there a little longer, and we'll have food when we see the second senior brother and the others." Zhu Liu encouraged her, and he was also encouraging himself.
Yes, he's hungry too.
“Why don’t we go to them instead of them coming to us? It’s so unrefined,” Lin Jianyu said.
"What kind of high-class attitude do you, a noob, need?" Zhu Liu asked.
"Hey boss," Lin Jianyu said, leaning against his sword and glancing sideways at Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao paused, turned around and walked towards her. Without saying a word, he grabbed her by the back of her collar and flew away.
Lin Jianyu: "!!!"
Lin Jianyu struggled, twisted, and suffocated, like a dead fish.
Left behind, the drifter: "???"
No, how could someone as big as him, standing right here, just forget like that?
Lu Jiao moved quickly and soon reunited with Yun Dan and the others.
Fortunately, he was fast, otherwise Lin Jianyu would have been a dead fish.
"Why are you the only one here with the big boss? Where's your junior brother?"
"Behind," Lin Jianyu said with difficulty, catching her breath.
Yun Dan glanced in the direction they had come from, but there wasn't a soul in sight, let alone Zhu Liu.
There's nothing behind it!
"Very far back," Lin Jianyu added.
Yun Dan understood and turned to signal Xuan Zhan to take Qianli to pick him up.
When Xuanzhan and Qianli brought Zhuliu back, Lin Jianyu had already recovered and was eating snacks to stave off hunger while asking Yun Dan about the previous battle.
The previous battle was extremely fierce. Everyone except Lu Jiao was injured, including Qianli. Some were seriously injured, like Zhu Jin, who almost died. Others were slightly injured, like Qianli, who was able to save Zhu Jin's life after the battle.
"It's all thanks to the big boss's intervention that we were able to turn the tide. Otherwise, we might all be done for. You and Zhuliu ran away, so how did you end up in such a sorry state?" Although you weren't injured, you looked like refugees.
"We ran away, but we were chased all over the forest by a sea creature undead, and we almost got killed." Lin Jianyu still felt a chill when she thought about the "head-on attack" when the undead appeared in front of her.
"Did the big boss save you?" Yun Dan asked.
"No, it was another spirit that saved us. What was its name again?" Lin Jianyu couldn't remember and turned to look at Zhu Liu, who was also eating snacks.
Zhu Liu replied briefly, "I don't know, I didn't ask."
"A rational undead?" Yun Dan understood the key point in their words.
“Yes.” Lin Jianyu nodded. “Human form, female, wearing a blue dress, very beautiful, but not as good-looking as the boss.”
Upon hearing her description, Qianli, who was standing nearby, instantly thought of a name: "Chang Kong".
"Who?" Lin Jianyu asked instinctively, then realized, "You mean she's Chang Kong?"
"Judging from your description, it should be her." Although Qianli hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he was about 70 or 80 percent sure. "There aren't many rational undead. In Suzhou, I only know of one, Changkong."
"Our grandmaster was actually a woman?" Lin Jianyu looked at Yun Dan with some surprise.
“Of course… no.” Yun Dan took a deep breath. “Grandmaster was a man, so this Chang Kong is probably just someone with the same name as Grandmaster.”
"Are you sure your grandmaster is a man?" Not only do they share the same name, but they're both named Wen Yao. Lin Jianyu doesn't believe there's such a coincidence.
"I'm sure," Yun Dan replied without hesitation.
"How did you determine that?" Lin Jianyu asked.
"How else can we be sure? We can tell at a glance." Yun Dan could still tell the difference between a man and a woman.
“Have you seen him shirtless? Or seen him take his pants off? No, right? No, how can you prove he’s a man? Back in the day, my master also thought I was a man. If I hadn’t proven myself by taking my pants off, he wouldn’t have believed me,” Lin Jianyu said.
"You took your pants off!" Zhu Liu exclaimed in shock.
"No," Lin Jianyu shook her head. "My master won't allow it."
"Why do I hear you sound a little regretful?" Yun Dan narrowed her eyes and asked suspiciously.
"It is a bit of a pity," Lin Jianyu said honestly. "After all, that was the age when I could be a hooligan without breaking the law, and I won't have the chance again."
"That's a bit of a shame," Zhu Liu nodded seriously.
Yun Dan: "...Two little hooligans."
"Let's put aside the matter of Junior Brother being a rogue for now and get back to Grandmaster." Lin Jianyu got back to the point, "I still think that having the same name, and both being Wen Yao, is a bit too much of a coincidence."
“It’s a bit of a coincidence, but our grandmaster really was a man,” Yun Dan said. “Moreover, the language of ancient times is different from our language now. Most of what they said was transliterated; some had the same meaning, and some had similar pronunciations.”
"The name of the spirit you saw and your master's name are pronounced the same in our language, but they may not be the same two characters. Even if they are the same, it may be because they both yearn for the sky, after all, they are both Wenyao. Wenyao also has another name, Feiyu."
Lin Jianyu felt that what he said made some sense, but it was not enough to convince her. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Zhu Liu weakly say, "Do you think it is possible that I have met my master?"
"I've forgotten you." Although he was just a child when their grandmaster disappeared, he had indeed seen him. "So, was that spirit our grandmaster?"
“It has to be no!” Zhu Liu said. “If she were my grandmaster, I wouldn’t be afraid.”
Lin Jianyu, recalling how he was trembling like a leaf, believed him.
"That seems to be quite a coincidence."
If it was just a coincidence, then Changkong was an insignificant existence to them, and there was no need to talk about it anymore. The group tacitly changed the subject and started talking about other things.
“The cultivators of Gouqu Mountain are even more troublesome than those of Wuxu Mountain. They come in waves, each stronger than the last. You killed so many of them this time, but who knows how many more will come next time. I think we should quickly get to the remaining points and leave Gusu as soon as possible.”
"Agreed."
"I also."
...
"Where's the big boss?" Lin Jianyu looked at Lu Jiao, the only one who hadn't voted.
Lu Jiao: "Whatever."
"You'll listen to me, right? Then it's decided!" Lin Jianyu made the decision.
After making the decision, they did not set off immediately, but ate first.
Just after they finished eating, the cultivators from Gouqu Mountain attacked again, this time in even larger numbers.
Looking at them, Lin Jianyu had a strange feeling that "after beating the younger ones, now the older ones have come."
"Is this never going to end? Boss, help me pull out the sword. This time I won't run away. I'll stay and fight alongside you. Let's wipe them out without leaving a single one alive."
"Arrogant!" The one who said this was the leader of the other side, his tone filled with mockery and indignation, silencing Lu Jiao's disdain that was on the tip of his tongue.
"What are you barking about? Can't you speak human language?" As the saying goes, even if you lose the battle, you can't lose face. With Lu Jiao backing him up, Lin Jianyu wasn't afraid at all.
"You're being a bit too arrogant," Zhu Liu muttered quietly, standing next to her.
"Don't worry, we have a big shot here." Lin Jianyu said, and even pulled Lu Jiao's hand to help pull the whale fall out.
Lu Jiao: "..."
I have a strong urge to sit back and watch her get beaten to death.
"I am not an enemy of the Serpent Clan. If you want to leave, now is the time."
"Our boss means that anyone who stays must die." These were the words of Zhu Liu.
Lin Jianyu was shocked: "You're even more arrogant than me!"
"Didn't you say you weren't afraid? Are there any big shots around?" Zhu Liu asked innocently.
"The problem is, the big boss cares about my life or death, but not yours. If you try to imitate my threats, you'll easily get beaten to death," Lin Jianyu said.
Zhu Liu: "..."
Zhu Liu silently hugged her arm tightly.
While the two of them were arguing, the other side wasn't idle either.
One of them, who clearly had a short temper, said, "They're too arrogant! I can't stand it anymore, Sect Leader! Kill them!"
"Kill them, avenge our fallen fellow disciples." Someone echoed.
"Kill them!" someone shouted.
"Leave that merman to me. I want to personally cut out his merman pearl to avenge the third brother." Someone pointed a sword at Lu Jiao.
Some were united in their hatred of the enemy, while others stood by indifferently... but no one left.
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