Chapter 40
Three days later, Xiao Ruoyin and I made all the arrangements and left Taohua Village early.
I'd left my body in the care of the old doctor, Yao Baicao, and it would have been more natural to leave the ice coffin in the clinic. It wouldn't have been a good idea to leave it to Aunt Ding, since it would have troubled her to take in Lai Fu.
Only Chu Yingyu can hand over my body to others without any burden. Who would be happy to accept a coffin and an unfamiliar body? Even a coffin made of ice jade will not work.
We gathered in the city outside the Xuanyin Sect. Liang Lun was trustworthy, although he seemed unhappy about the plan being brought forward.
Liang Lun brought all his elite troops, at least 500 people, and some of them had already been deployed in the positions where support was needed.
As for returning to the Xuanyin Sect and taking the position of leader, I'm not too worried, regardless of Chu Yingyu's presence. I'll continue with my plan. I just thought that his presence would be a convenient way to increase my chances of success.
In order to get Zhang Shan back, Xiao Ruoyin is planning with all his heart this time. He and Liang Lun will bring the people from Sifang Tower and their confidants in the sect to work together to control the forces of the other two protectors.
This has been planned for a long time. If nothing unexpected happens, the throne will be seized quickly. The only difficulty is still with Yae Palace. We don't know much about this mysterious organization.
This was a sect that suddenly emerged thirty years ago, so Ouyang Qingjun looked down on it and thought that the small sect was not worthy of challenging the Xuanyin Sect.
Xiao Ruoyin and I have made a plan. I will go to Bachong Palace in my spirit body to find out the situation, and he will be responsible for retaking Xuanyin Sect.
At this time, I had already figured out the geographical location of Yaegu. It was quite conspicuous and even someone with poor directionality could find it, but no one dared to break in.
Hearing that I was about to leave Senior Sister's body, Xiao Ruoyin's face lit up with joy: "Will Zhang Shan wake up?"
"Should be possible? If I can't wake up in a short time, I'll get used to it after a while."
"Wait a minute, even if you went to the Eightfold Palace as a spirit, what could you do?"
"It's better to gather information than to do nothing and wait here for you to capture the Xuanyin Sect. I also want to confirm what happened to Chu Yingyu!"
"Okay, take care of yourself."
"I'm a spirit, who am I afraid of? You should be careful too. I'll have to borrow Zhang Shan's body when I come back. See you later!"
After saying that, I lay down on the bed. After a while, my soul shed its heavy body and floated lightly into the air.
I was suspended in mid-air, looking at Zhang Shan, whose eyes were still closed. Xiao Ruoyin waited for a long time without a response, and sat anxiously by the bed. He grabbed Zhang Shan's hand to feel her pulse, then measured her breathing.
I was also a little nervous. Logically, I had left and had taken good care of Zhang Shan's health. She shouldn't still be sleeping.
Maybe my body hasn't adapted to returning yet, so I just have to wait patiently.
The person was still breathing, but in a coma. Xiao Ruoyin held Zhang Shan's hand with a grim expression and said to the air, "Go and do your work quickly. Don't worry about the Xuanyin Sect or Zhang Shan."
After hearing this, I turned around and walked through the wall. I saw people coming and going on the street below. I flew high into the sky along the rows of buildings and ran towards the direction of Yae Palace.
Because I was worried that Chu Yingyu might meet with an accident, before I went to look for Li Yi, I went to look for my own widower first. If he was gone, all my efforts would be in vain.
The Eight-Layered Palace was eerie and I searched every visible place, but couldn't find Chu Yingyu.
In the end, it was because I thought of being the ghost behind Qu Yesi that I was able to take advantage of the opportunity.
Qu Ye Si locked Chu Ying Yu in a stone chamber in the secret passage of his palace. It was hidden and had many branches, making it difficult to find. But despite all his calculations, Qu Ye Si never thought that there would be a ghost who could follow him and step on his head openly.
The dark tunnel leads directly to the ground, and what illuminates the space is not candles, but fist-sized luminous pearls.
In the stone chamber in the center sat Chu Yingyu, trapped in chains, with his hands and feet shackled.
This guy has locked me up before. Do I need to guess who he learned this from?
It is true that the upper beam is crooked and the lower beams are crooked, but it can also prove from the side that Chu Yingyu and Qu Yesi are not the same kind of people after all.
No matter how I taught him subtly, he was not able to be completely indifferent. He killed Xiaobai to maintain his indifference, and then tried to kill me in the same way to seek relief, but it ended up causing him even greater pain.
In the end, Chu Yingyu's normal emotions were revealed.
Qu Yesi was admiring him, with a cruel smile on the corner of his lips.
The boy was just chained up and showed no signs of abuse, but if you look closely, you can see that everything is weird.
Next to Chu Yingyu was a doctor's medicine box containing dissection instruments and numerous bowls filled with residual medicine. In front of the bowls was a row of pottery jars. I glanced over and nearly vomited.
There are big black fleshy worms in the pottery jar. Aren’t these the worms I saw when I encountered zombies in Mengxi Village?
If people who practice the Netherworld Sutra can control this insect, then Qu Yesi and the demon who was killed are the same, both of them practiced this evil skill.
"You've been mad at me for a few days now, and you still haven't calmed down. Before you disappear, you want to get mad at your adoptive father too, right?"
In the silent stone chamber, Qu Yesi looked at the young man sitting opposite him. His eyes were gentle, but also cold.
The sudden sound was like the fog that permeates the mountains on a winter night, bringing with it an inseparable damp and cool feeling, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
Chu Yingyu didn't say anything. Perhaps he had tried to communicate with the other party in the few days since he came back, but he found that they were talking at cross purposes and neither could convince the other.
Perhaps he understood how I educated him, a guilty and soft smile appeared on the corner of Chu Yingyu's lips.
Immersed in his own world, Qu Yesi did not notice the boy's fleeting smile. He walked closer to him, like an artist looking at his most exquisite work.
Holding the boy's face in his hands, he looked half-sad, half-regretful. You could say he was looking at his son or his old lover, but the look in his eyes was terrifying.
"Have I not treated you well? You have to leave the Eightfold Palace. I picked you up, fed you, clothed you, taught you martial arts and literacy, and made you the best assassin in the martial arts world. You have fame, status, and strength."
"And now you want to settle old scores with me, because of a dog and a woman."
"You killed the dog and the woman yourself, so why are you blaming me?"
"I am truly saddened that I cannot control my own cruelty and callousness, and that I am putting the blame for a crime I cannot bear on my adoptive father."
"You are now unable to lift the sword because of a woman. You are truly useless. It would be better for you to give up your body as soon as possible. Don't waste this talent. I will make good use of your body."
Chu Yingyu's face was unhealthily pale, and his lips were black and blue. It was obvious that he had been fed drugs. He looked very listless, and only his eyes were clear and firm.
"Whether it's a dog or a woman, it's nothing to worry about. No one and nothing is worth your true love. I thought you were very obedient, but fortunately you didn't go too far. You finally killed the woman who made you weak and incompetent."
"Chu Yingyu, do you know why I gave you this name?"
I looked at Qu Yesi in astonishment as he was talking to himself in ecstasy. I never expected that it was he who gave Chu Yingyu the name.
"As a child sold by your biological mother, you are only called Ah Chu. What's the difference between you and any other cat or dog? I gave you a name and allowed you to live for so many years. You should give back. Dedicating yourself to me is the meaning of your existence."
"Your life is mine, and your future life is mine, too."
"That's right, you were born for me. You were born to be my vessel. You are much better than that ungrateful little bastard!"
With an ecstatic light flashing in his eyes, Qu Yesi looked at the indifferent boy with a flushed face, and used all his strength to clasp his fingers on his face, almost crushing the handsome face in his palms.
I was so angry that I tried to possess Qu Yesi, but no matter how many times I tried, I could only pass through him in vain. He was not weak and dying, so I couldn't do anything to him.
From beginning to end, Chu Yingyu didn't say a word.
It is possible that there is nothing to say, or it is possible that they are under hypnosis.
I don't know what Chu Yingyu's condition is like now. If the poison attacks again, can he overcome it?
But I want to believe that he has grown up.
After killing me, Chu Yingyu struggled and suffered for a long time. He gained new insights from his chaotic thoughts and gradually broke free from the control that was integrated into his blood and the influence engraved in his brain.
He is changing, a transformation brought about by the death of Xiaobai and me.
"Don't look at your adoptive father like that. It's very chilling."
"Ten years have passed. The Gu in your body has completely merged, and I have finally comprehended the supreme principles of the Netherworld Sutra. Those ties must be severed. You must focus on being my vessel. From now on, your body will be used by your adoptive father."
"Don't have any extra thoughts. All you have to do is obey and be obedient, just like you have always done."
"Father loves good children the most."
Seeing him go crazy and hug Chu Yingyu, I was so angry that I could spin dozens of times in the air. After an impassioned outburst in the stone chamber, Qu Yesi left in a dignified manner, leaving behind his meanness, greed, evil, and sin within this stone door.
Chu Yingyu finally raised his head. He slowly looked up at the sky above the stone chamber, his gloomy and cold demeanor changing from the one he had shown towards Qu Yesi. A glimmer of light flickered in his clear eyes. He called out softly, "Xiao E, is that you?"
“…”
"I saw it."
I froze while still making a spitting gesture at the door. I turned around and saw that my gaze had indeed met Chu Yingyu's. I was so scared that I quickly floated in front of him.
"Can you see me? Are you dying? How are you feeling?"
"My mind is a little hazy. The Palace Master gave me the Soul-Drunken Chant."
"What kind of medicine is that?"
"It's a slow-acting poison. It won't harm my body, but it will make my consciousness disappear forever. Only after I die can he transfer my soul to another body."
"Don't worry, I will save you! Xiao Ruoyin has already gone to recapture the Xuanyin Sect. Once that's done, I'll gather a group of men and march to the gates of the Bachong Palace. If you don't hand you over, I'll raze this place to the ground!"
Seeing me speaking so anxiously, Chu Yingyu just stared at me gently. His hands that wanted to touch me were bound, and the chains made crisp clash sounds.
It's impossible to touch it anyway.
"Chu Yingyu, this time we will definitely be able to defeat the poison and crush Qu Yesi's ambition. Do you understand now? He is definitely not a good adoptive father. He picked you up for his own purposes!"
Chu Yingyu, who had been indoctrinated with distorted ideas, said somewhat dejectedly that he understood. He had to admit that all this had been a plan since he was a child.
A multi-year plan.
"Xiao E, I will explain to you. When the Palace Master takes over my body, I will fight to the death and die with him. No matter whether it is the Palace Master or me, whoever kills you will die."
Chu Yingyu told me his thoughts seriously, and even I, a ghost, felt cold after hearing it.
I was so anxious to enter his body and seize control, but I found that even though I was weak, if the host rejected me, I would not be able to possess Chu Yingyu like I possessed Zhang Shan.
It's really hard for me.
I passed behind him and circled back to the front, anxiously saying, "What are you thinking! We can't die together. You have to live to atone for my sins!"
"Xiao E, I was wrong. You don't have to forgive me. You should find a husband like Yun Wuyou in the future."
"Thank you for your good wishes! No, you are not allowed to die! If you dare to use such a lousy method of revenge, I will go back to Liang Lun!"
"He can't. He's not good to you."
"Then I won't be able to find another Yun Wuyou! Even if you kill me and I lose my qualifications, you still have the responsibility to help me find a new partner!"
I don't know what I'm talking about anymore. I used to do things in an orderly manner, but when facing Chu Yingyu, I still panic like an idiot.
"Coward! Can you be braver? Death is not the ultimate solution. You're just being lazy and weak. A true strong man should face the future with determination! Even if you lose me, you must live well and do something that contributes to the world!"
"Did you hear that? You can't give up like that!"
Souls have no tears, but that didn't stop me from crying out loud. Chu Yingyu was stunned and wanted to hug me in panic, but his arms passed through my body again and again.
I asked seriously, "Aren't you still waiting for my resurrection? Aren't you going to find a way for me to be resurrected? Aren't you going to find me a good man like Yun Wuyou? Are you going to break your promise again?"
"I didn't." The boy lowered his head feeling a little guilty.
"You'd better not. This matter is non-negotiable. If you love me, you must listen to me. You are not allowed to die together. When will Qu Yesi take over your body?"
Someone, intimidated by my aura, said: "On the night of the full moon on August 15th, at the hour of midnight when the yin energy is at its strongest."
"Wait for me, Chu Yingyu, don't do anything stupid. I haven't forgiven you yet. You can't just let it go so easily."
I finally had the chance to say to him, "Wait for me," and I finally understood how strong the expectations were hidden behind these two words.
After flying out of the stone chamber, I was anxious to find Li Yi, but I never expected to see her at the door of Qu Yesi's secret passage.
Obviously, not all subordinates know about this passage.
There was deep affection in the woman's eyes. She was affectionate towards everyone she looked at, but this time there was also sadness and reluctance.
Why was she looking at Qu Yesi's secret door with such sadness? Was she going to look for him now?
My original intention was to observe Li Yi and persuade her to rebel, so I landed behind her and acted as her ghost.
Li Yi seemed to have prepared herself mentally, and all the emotions in her eyes were concealed. When she raised her eyes again, she returned to her charming and unrestrained appearance.
I just watched her, afraid of missing any of her actions, but then I was stunned.
After arriving at Qu Yesi's bedroom through the secret passage, the door closed again. The man was not surprised by the woman who appeared in the room; he didn't care at all.
Li Yi looked at the cold man, sighed, and threw herself into Qu Yesi's arms. She couldn't wait to kiss his cheek, put her hands on his shoulders, and took off his coat.
Compared to Li Yi's eagerness, Qu Yesi enjoyed it, but was also indifferent. There was no ripple in his eyes, no emotion, only simple desire.
Qu Yesi's deadly calmness wasn't even as high as his excitement when facing Chu Yingyu.
"Why is it so urgent today?"
Picking up Li Yi, Qu Yesi walked towards the bed. Judging from their familiarity, it was obvious that they had been having this affair for more than a day or two. They might have maintained this lover relationship privately for a long time.
"You're almost turning into Xiao Chu, why don't you let me enjoy my original body for a while?"
"It's just a cursed, broken body. Do you like it so much? Wait until I use his, and then you'll know what's good."
"I just like the original one. If it's changed, it won't be the same."
Li Yi didn't want to hear him make such a joke, so he bit the other's lips like a kitten venting its anger.
The curtains in front of the bed fell, and after a while, a voice that made people blush came from inside.
I finally know who Li Yi likes. She likes Qu Yesi, and she doesn't want him to take over Chu Yingyu's body, although I don't understand why.
Even though these two people are affectionate now, they probably have a lot of thoughts in their minds after they get out of bed.
I can steal Qu Yesi's girlfriend! Not only do I want to save Chu Yingyu, I also want to steal his lover!
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Xiao E wants to save Princess Chu who was taken away by the dragon! It's clear who will get the male lead's script!
The problem will be solved in the next chapter!
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