Chapter 120: Peeling Back the Skin
Shao Chengrui felt that the person in front of him was a bit strange, but he didn't pay any attention to it. After the person left, he went back to his room to read.
Ning Yi walked over to the shopkeeper and asked.
"Brother-in-law, do you know who that person is?"
The shopkeeper glanced at the figure he was pointing to and said, "He's on his way to the capital for the imperial examination. I asked around and he's the top scholar from Jinzhou, named Shao Chengrui. Don't get any funny ideas; you can't mess with him."
Ning Yi pouted, somewhat unwilling: "But his appearance is really good-looking."
"Being good-looking is not an option either. I've inquired and the Crown Prince values this person highly. If you make a move, wouldn't that cause trouble for His Highness?"
The shopkeeper gave a warning, then remembered something and said, "Those people around him are also not to be touched. The Crown Prince's cousin, Yue Huai, is also there. He's the best-looking one."
“These are the best-looking ones this time, and none of them are allowed to be touched. What am I supposed to do…” Ning Yi said, pouting.
"Alright, alright, find a few more. If you can't find them in the capital, go look elsewhere. Don't touch any of these people."
The shopkeeper was very impatient. He waved his hand and turned to walk away.
Ning Yi was also quite unhappy and went back to the kitchen.
When Jingwu woke up, it was already noon. After washing up, she turned around and went downstairs.
He sat at the table and called the waiter to order.
Jingwu took the menu, ordered two dishes, and looked up to see Ningyi standing next to the counter.
She narrowed her eyes, sensing that something was wrong.
This person is concealed by magic, so their original appearance cannot be seen.
Could this person also be a sorcerer?
Perhaps it was because Jingwu's gaze was too intense, Ningyi noticed it and looked in this direction, meeting her eyes.
In that instant, he panicked and immediately looked away, hurriedly hiding in the kitchen.
Ning Yi found it strange that he felt inexplicably uneasy when he saw her. He frowned, unable to come up with a reason for a long time, and decided to go and ask the master in a few days.
I'd better avoid this girl for the next few days.
After he left, Jingwu looked away.
By this time, the waiter had already placed the dishes on the table, and she picked up her chopsticks and began to eat.
A short while later, Shao Chengrui came downstairs and sat down in front of her.
Jingwu looked up and immediately noticed the unusual aura emanating from him. He frowned slightly and asked, "Big Cousin, where did you go just now?"
"Huh?" Shao Chengrui was clearly taken aback, then said, "I didn't go anywhere. I've been reading in the room the whole time. What's wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Jingwu frowned even more deeply.
When I saw him in the morning, there was no strange aura, but after a few hours, this aura appeared, which is very strange.
"Have you seen anyone during this time?"
"No," Shao Chengrui said subconsciously, then immediately realized, "Oh, right, I ran into the inn's brewer when I was having breakfast this morning. He sat next to me for a while and asked me some questions."
"A winemaker?" Jingwu thought carefully, but realized he had never seen this person before. "What did he ask you?"
"They just asked me where I'm from, what kind of wine I like to drink, and what kind of tea I like to drink."
Jing Wu nodded slightly, took out a talisman and handed it to him: "Big cousin, put this talisman away and don't take it down."
Upon hearing these serious words, Shao Chengrui knew something was wrong, so he immediately nodded and put the talisman away.
"Okay, I definitely won't take it off."
Jingwu was relieved and continued eating his meal while thinking about the matter.
Exhausted from the journey, she returned to her room after finishing her meal. She first sat cross-legged and cultivated for two hours, and then lay down to rest.
She slept for an entire afternoon without realizing it, and when she woke up again, it was already midnight.
Jingwu sat up, intending to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, when he heard a faint cry for help.
She frowned slightly, about to get out of bed and get dressed, but just then, the voice disappeared again.
Jingwu's expression hardened, and he immediately reached out to form a hand seal and chant an incantation to try and figure out what had happened.
But this time, she couldn't figure it out.
Her expression turned completely cold. She pushed open the window and, sure enough, there was a large barrier surrounding the inn.
The aura of this technique feels so familiar.
Jing Wu's mind raced, and he immediately realized it was Jiang Chu's magic.
Without further hesitation, she conjured a spirit sword and prepared to break the barrier.
But the next second, an old man appeared out of nowhere and threw a fire talisman at her, preventing her from breaking the barrier.
Jingwu turned around to dodge, and seeing Jiang Chu's mocking expression, he immediately grabbed his spirit sword and charged forward.
Seeing her rushing towards him, Jiang Chu turned around and teleported away.
Jingwu wasn't about to let him go, and chased after him.
Just then, Yue Huai opened the window, looked at the two departing figures, frowned, and was about to follow them.
But he keenly sensed something was wrong, so he quickly cast a tracking talisman and then hurriedly teleported downstairs.
Yue Huai looked around at the empty lobby and couldn't help but start to doubt himself.
Could it be that I've misjudged the situation?
Yue Huai carefully sensed the surrounding aura again, but still couldn't feel the turbulence from before.
He relaxed his brow and prepared to turn around and chase after Jingwu.
But the next second, a faint sound entered his ears.
"save……"
The sound was so faint that Yue Huai only heard one word and immediately cast a spell in the direction from which the sound came.
The next second, the wall collapsed, revealing a small, secret room.
The people inside were in a panic. Forgetting what they were doing, they immediately turned around and ran away in a hurry.
Yue Huai was about to give chase when he saw the girl lying on a table, barely alive.
The girl was completely naked, with a small cut on her head, and a bucket of mercury was placed next to her.
There was struggle in her eyes, her lips parted slightly, and a weak voice escaped.
"Help...help...me."
Yue Huai's brow twitched as he watched this scene. He smelled the strange fragrance in the secret room and immediately chanted a spell.
He then quickly took off his outer garment and wrapped it around the girl's body. He carefully examined the wound on her head and realized what the assailant had been trying to do.
Skinning a living person alive!
Without further hesitation, he immediately carried the person out.
Yue Huai didn't have time to think about anything else. He quickly teleported into the Imperial Physician's room and grabbed the sleeping Imperial Physician.
"Hey, who is it? What do you want?"
The imperial physician was half asleep when he was suddenly grabbed and jolted awake.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a girl wrapped in an outer garment on his own octagonal table, and he was instantly so frightened that he couldn't fall asleep anymore.
"This...this..."
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