Chapter 49
Xiao Ruoyin lent the Dragon Scale Sword to Chu Yingyu. I think after nearly losing Zhang Shan, he's less interested in the ancestral sword and more aware of what he truly needs to protect.
Chu Yingyu didn't seem to have any interest in the Dragon Scale Sword, and treated it like an ordinary sword.
For some reason, the thought of pairing a sword with a beautiful woman flashed through my mind, but I quickly restrained the thought.
Fifty elite members of the Xuanyin Sect, led by Chu Yingyu, set out with me to Mengxi Village in Yangcheng to capture Qu Yesi. We had to arrive before the full moon night so that we could save Ye Zi.
When we set off, Yun Wuyou hadn't woken up yet, which was better, so that he wouldn't have to follow us with his seriously injured body.
"Achu, are you really okay?" Riding on the horse, I looked suspiciously at the young man riding the horse beside me, feeling a little bit unbelievable.
I have seen him lose his temper and not be able to hold the sword properly, I have also seen him cry like crazy, and perform various martial arts poorly.
After so many ups and downs, he ushered in a strange peace, but it was like the calm before the storm. If I couldn't see through it, I would feel uneasy.
I think he is just trying to show off, or maybe he is planning something else.
"I told you, don't guess at me."
"But I think you're a little weird right now. Would you like to tell me how you overcame that?"
"I just wanted to protect you. It's useless to continue like this. That's all."
"Is it really that simple?"
"Um."
"Then can you tell me why you suddenly drove me away?"
"No."
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I gasped. I hadn't expected to hit a snag, and yet I was so concerned. Damn it! I really wanted to know what he was thinking.
"I was able to walk out of the shadows and forgive myself, and Xiao'e felt relieved."
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"Aren't you happy?"
"No!"
I felt like I couldn't do anything about him. Chu Yingyu was a killer used to working alone, but he also had excellent command abilities. Having been to Mengxi Village, he was very familiar with the terrain there, making him much more reliable than someone like me who was directionally challenged.
In fact, I still have a lot to learn, and I still lack experience in the martial arts world. Even if I have invincible martial arts, I cannot take it lightly.
At sunset, we pretended to be a passing caravan and entered Mengxi Village. It was quite strange that a caravan passed through this remote area, but it was safer than us coming here openly to arrest people.
The old man and old woman who rented the house last year are still in good health. They even renovated the house and expanded the yard.
Chu Yingyu did not give everyone more time to rest and planned to set out at 11:00 p.m.
He and I were responsible for rescuing Ye Zi and capturing Qu Yesi. Fifty believers, twenty stayed in the village to guard it, and thirty went to the cemetery in the mountains to stop the zombies from wreaking havoc.
Of course, it would be best if Chu Yingyu and I acted faster. It's the truth that to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader.
Chu Yingyu asked caringly, "Are you scared?"
Me: "I'm more nervous than scared."
After calming down, I realized that I have seen all kinds of storms and waves, so I am no longer afraid!
The night was dark and windy, the winter night particularly chilly. It felt like we were back to last year, at this time of year. But this time, Chu Yingyu would bring me along. While things might seem the same, a lot had changed.
After midnight——
It was not a full-moon night. A crescent moon hung bleakly in the sky. The forest was completely silent, as if something would pounce out at any moment.
The torches moved in the darkness, and Chu Yingyu took me to the place where the demon Taoist had originally hidden. It was a built underground palace, completely hidden underground, and the entrance was a solitary grave in the cemetery.
Chu Yingyu took the lead, and I was always quietly half a step behind him. He looked quite relieved that I didn't cry like I did before.
All the mechanisms in the underground palace were dismantled by him last year, and in such a short time, Qu Yesi did not have time to make detailed arrangements.
Just as Chu Yingyu had thought, there were dozens of gloomy zombies standing on the road we had to pass.
These corpses, which could not rest in peace even after death, were dug out again and squeezed crookedly at various intersections. Their rotting bodies were manipulated and pressed towards us.
In the dark secret passage, the moment the Dragon Scale Sword was unsheathed, there was a flash of sword light. I just raised my hand to attack, and Chu Yingyu knocked down the more than ten people blocking the way in front of me.
The worm that fell out of his throat was split into two pieces. What reason did I have to doubt his skills?
It was indeed a psychological barrier that was overcome.
"The Palace Master must know we are coming." Chu Yingyu shook off the slime from the sword wound and looked at the zombies that kept rushing towards him from various forks in the road.
My brain raced as I continued, "So he's stalling for time now, trying to trap us with a massive wave of men, and then run away with Ye Zi."
"right."
"What should I do?"
"I'll deal with the zombies first and clear the way for you. Can you capture the Palace Master?"
"I'm the best in the world! Who am I looking down on?"
"Yes, Xiao'e is very powerful."
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Suddenly he rubbed my head, which was an intimate touch that I hadn't felt for a long time. My heart moved. Chu Yingyu's brows had already turned cold, and he turned around and rushed towards the group of zombies.
He did not destroy any of the corpses, but simply stabbed the throats accurately to kill the black bugs. The journey could not be described as a sea of blood and corpses, after all, these zombies did not have such rich internal structures, but the whole scene was very distorted and depressing.
If I came here alone, I would have to bear too much psychological pressure.
The zombies like a tide went away behind me. Standing in the middle of the fork in the road, I concentrated my mind, calmed down, and ignored all distractions to search for any subtle movements in the underground palace.
The sounds in my ears grew larger, slower, and more fragmented. Among all the sounds pouring in, I could make out the sound of heavy and hurried footsteps. The sound was moving away towards another path. If one's Qinggong skills were not good enough, after carrying the weight of a person, there would be this kind of solid footsteps.
If it were Chu Yingyu, I might have a hard time hearing it at this distance and in such a noisy environment.
Hearing the sound, I flew towards the opposite passage. Chu Yingyu blocked all the zombies that wanted to stop me. When we passed each other, I exchanged a look with him. I knew that he would chase me after him after he dealt with this one.
I took a deep breath and chased after him, my toes skimming the ground. I kept adjusting my position according to the sounds in the interconnected tunnels.
Soon, the back of a man fleeing in panic appeared in my sight, with a limp body on his shoulders.
I recognized it as a leaf at a glance.
At that moment, I activated my internal energy and snapped my fingers at the figure's back. The same moves that the brave old man had used on me before, I could now use with ease.
Feeling emotional, I sent out several powerful gusts of finger wind mixed with my true energy. Qu Yesi had no way to avoid it in the narrow passage. He was already at the end of his strength and had no power to fight back.
"Don't come over here again! Otherwise--"
Forced into a dead end, Qu Yesi screamed in fear. He was about to throw the leaves off his shoulders when suddenly, his shoulders felt empty.
The ghostly Chu Yingyu had caught up with him and snatched the leaf from his hand from behind.
The young man held the sleeping woman in his arms, as if protecting a delicate flower. Great! He was able to save someone besides me. He would be a good hero.
The only bargaining chip was also taken away. Qu Yesi stared with red eyes, pointing at Chu Yingyu and yelling again, looking worried in his mental state.
During the days when he was being hunted by the Xuanyin Sect, the Sifang Tower, and even the Wulin Alliance, he had been hiding from place to place. It was inevitable that he could not accept his fall from the pinnacle of power.
"Xiao Chu! I've been very kind to you! I raised you! I taught you martial arts! I treat you like my own son!"
Chu Yingyu looked at him indifferently and did not take any action for the time being.
"What have I done wrong? Why are you doing this to me? I just want to live! I'm not wrong! It's the damn curse, it's all my clan's fault. Why did you greedily kill the Blood Qilin? I shouldn't die, I shouldn't die!"
Obsessed with the idea of surviving, Qu Yesi had his hands and feet pierced by my finger wind and fell to his knees. He crawled a few steps twistedly on the ground, looking at Chu Yingyu angrily.
The man completely ignored me and poured all his emotions into the boy.
"Achu, take good care of Ye Zi. I'll go over."
"good."
As I stood before Qu Yesi, who was slowly approaching the brink of collapse, I seemed to see a fragile figure who was over fifty years old and still refused to accept his fate, teetering on the edge of a cliff called destiny.
I feel like a bad guy with a villain script, but it doesn’t matter. I won’t be soft-hearted. After all, I did die once.
Crouching before Qu Yesi, he suddenly leaped up and slashed at my face. In a flash, the Dragon Scale Sword darted from behind me, piercing the man's arm and pinning him to the wall.
I looked back at Chu Yingyu in surprise. Although I asked him to take good care of Ye Zi, it was obvious that he couldn't let me go.
"Qu Yesi, it's actually not that difficult for you to get a body that is not cursed."
I spoke kindly in front of him, and Qu Yesi heard what I said and stared at me with resentment.
"Who the hell are you? How dare you talk to me?"
"Oh, you still don't know who I am? Ah Chu, didn't you let your Palace Master see my portrait? After all, I almost met my parents back then."
Chu Yingyu explained calmly: "Maybe the drawing doesn't look very similar."
Confused by our conversation, Qu Yesi struggled like a frightened bird. He looked at me, and his resentful expression gradually turned into a hint of fear.
"You, you are...Qin Xiao'e?"
Undeterred by this cold gaze, I raised the corners of my lips and said, "In fact, you were almost able to obtain this kind of skill. If you had been a good elder and treated Ah Chu well, none of this would have happened."
"What on earth do you want to say?!"
"I want to tell you that the inner strength of the Heavenly Immortal Guest, whom you didn't care about at first, actually has a magical skill called the Spirit Traveling Immortal Technique. If you inherit it, you can achieve the level of soul transfer and body replacement. As long as you find a body that is about to die, you can transfer the soul. This is much simpler than the harsh conditions of the Netherworld Sutra."
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Of course, he was lying. To fully activate the Lingyou Immortal Technique, he would have to die. The conditions were very harsh, and he was such a fear of death.
But if you don't say that, how could he be stimulated?
"Do you think I will believe it?"
"Then tell me, what about Qin Xiao'e standing before you? Zhang Shan, the one who captured you in Bazhong Palace, was possessed by my spirit. I led the Xuanyin Sect and Sifanglou to rebel against Lingji Pavilion. All of this was done by me. A small chess piece that you could never have imagined overturned your entire chessboard."
"you--"
"Yes, it's me. You think it was Qin Xiao'e who seduced Ah Chu and delayed his life. Qin Xiao'e should have been lying in the coffin."
"Impossible! You're already dead! You can't be Qin Xiao'e! You've been killed by Xiao Chu!"
"I've crawled back from the underworld to seek revenge on you. The King of Hell said you've lived too long. Hurry and go down to be with your people."
"This is impossible! Only my Netherworld Sutra can transfer souls! Impossible!"
Looking at Qu Yesi, whose pupils were trembling violently and who kept denying my resurrection, I placed my palm on his chest, raised my arm, and the powerful force of my palm shattered his chest.
Qu Yesi spat out a mouthful of pus and blood. I had destroyed all his internal strength and he fainted in convulsions.
After coming out of the underground palace, the believers went in to clean up the zombies and buried them back in the cemetery. Although they could not tell who was who, at least they had a place to rest.
I carried Ye Zi on my back and Chu Yingyu carried Qu Ye Si, and we felt like we had returned home with a full load.
"Why do I feel that the leaves have become a lot heavier?" I muttered as I weighed the weight on my back.
Chu Yingyu said calmly: "She is pregnant."
I was stunned for a few seconds, then surprised: "Why didn't you tell me earlier! I was still pretending to be cool and teasing Qu Yesi. If I had known earlier, I would have brought Ye Zi out right away!"
"Don't worry, her pulse is stable. The Palace Master needs her body, so she won't do anything rash. She probably wants her to give birth to the child, perhaps using it as a reserve vessel."
After listening to Chu Yingyu's analysis, I was speechless for a moment.
No wonder Ye Zi had no external injuries except for her pale face. Even if she was fed the Nine Nether Gu, the effect would not last long and she could go back to Wu Yunran to solve the problem.
I looked up at the misty waning moon in the night sky, feeling a sense of unreality.
"Achu, we have completed another task."
"Um."
"I haven't seen Fu yet."
"I'll have someone escort her back to the cult. We'll go to Taohua Village tomorrow."
My gaze shifted from the moon to the boy's clean face, and I asked again, "Why are you chasing me away?"
This time he didn't say he didn't want to talk, but looked back at me honestly.
"Xiao E, if you don't leave soon, I will hurt you again. You like me, but you can't stay for me, I can't accept it. To prevent you from leaving, I will break your legs and lock your hands from the bottom of my heart. I also want to protect you, but I can't be as gentle as you, without asking for anything in return."
"you!"
"There is no poison, it comes from selfish desire."
"Can you beat me? You still want to lock me up! Put me in a small dark room!"
"It's not bad to be killed by you. When you go back, you will remember me."
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