Chapter 10010 He will not be a burden to her
A drop of sweat dripped from Liu Li's forehead and flowed across his lips which were gradually turning dry and white. He licked it quickly, and the bitter taste in his mouth was unbearable.
From Zhuang Rong'er himself to the major sects and forces that have existed throughout history, from the differences between cultivators and ordinary people to the current predicament and the two treasures that have caused it...
The person questioning him was like a newborn baby without any common sense, as if it was his first day in this world. He stood under the scorching sun and "tortured" him with an attitude as if he wanted to squeeze all the information out of his brain.
Liu Li's lips were smoking as he spoke. He coughed twice, his eyelids drooped, and continued, "You asked me why I came here... Yes, I got lost outside the city..."
There was a sudden sharp pain in the neck. The cold sword blade exerted a little force and carefully cut a not-so-deep wound.
Feeling the blood seeping into his chest, Liu Li's heart skipped a beat. He no longer dared to hide anything. He pursed his lips in panic and repeated, "I knew Zhuang Rong'er was outside the city, so I came here specifically to look for her. I rashly attacked Jian Jun and also had the idea of kidnapping you to threaten Zhuang Rong'er."
"Why target her?"
"Last night, hundreds of ghosts paraded through the streets, forcing everyone to stay indoors. This morning, many bodies were discovered at the city gates... Rumors are spreading throughout the city that Elder Shun Fang of the Tianque Sect, one of the most powerful, has tragically passed away. His death was horrific, not from a demonic attack, but from having his entire internal organs eaten.
Of all the people, only a handful could still fight Elder Shun Fang after their spiritual powers were sealed. And there have always been Gu worms in the Destruction Valley that eat internal organs... She is the only possible murderer. Only she can use such a vicious Gu worm to kill people even with her spiritual powers sealed..."
He stopped answering halfway, knowing that he was not answering the question, because he saw that the Sword Master frowned.
"You knew there was a huge gap in strength between us, so why did you come alone to target her?"
Liu Li stammered twice, and a look of confusion suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He knew clearly that there was a huge gap in strength... Why, why did he come alone to target Zhuang Rong'er?
Why did he do that?
He certainly wouldn't do that.
Liu Li's face turned pale for a moment.
Ah Huai silently observed his expression and asked one last question -
"Do you recognize anyone with a face like mine?"
Liu Li shook his head, and as he moved, a small gray bug crawled out from his shoulder.
It was so subtle that it was hard to see with the naked eye, but Ah Huai noticed it.
The tip of his sword moved swiftly, but Liu Li suddenly started scratching his head in panic. He grabbed the insect, and the insect was crushed by his fingers, bursting into a tiny blood spot, emitting a pungent medicinal smell.
Almost at the same time, a mouthful of dirty blood suddenly spurted out of Liu Li's mouth.
His eyes widened, his lips bruised, and he fell down, landing headfirst in the sand.
——The person is already dead.
A white snake crawled out from the entrance of the cave, and its cold vertical pupils cast an extremely indifferent glance over.
Ah Huai originally thought that it was attracted by the smell of blood, but now it seems that except for Zhuang Rong'er's blood, other people's blood is nothing but mud to it.
He stopped looking at the white snake and paused in front of Liu Li's body before picking up the fox mask on the ground with his sword.
Thinking of the sweat-covered face hidden in the mask when he just took it off, he remained silent for a moment. Fortunately, there was still a demon mask hanging around Liu Li's waist.
He threw away the fox mask, took the evil ghost mask in his hand, and took away the Qiankun bag that Liu Li was wearing.
His sight finally lingered for a moment on the blood spot that had turned into the dead insect. Without further delay, Ah Huai jumped back into the cave to pack his bag.
Someone is targeting Zhuang Rong'er.
No matter what that person's fundamental purpose was, his immediate goal was to get Zhuang Rong'er into the city and get involved in the center of the storm.
Whether you can get out safely after entering becomes an unknown.
The difference between mortals and monks here has been reduced under the seal, and he will not be a burden to her, so he will go find her.
-
"I said it's impossible, it's impossible!"
The girl leaned on the corner of a high wall, her fingers digging hard into the surface of the bricks.
"You bunch of vulgar bastards are all dreaming. My sister-in-law is not even in this shabby ghost town! How could she have killed someone?" She retorted angrily, but there was no one in front of her.
"That lousy elder, if he wants to die, then so be it. What does that have to do with my sister-in-law? You brainless idiots can only spread rumors, so why don't you die with him?"
She gritted her teeth, glaring with fear and anger at the three or five monks standing together a few dozen meters away, cursing in a voice only she could hear, "Go to hell... When I get out, I'll definitely teach you a lesson..."
A green snake swam past in front of her, scaring Shui Wu so much that she shuddered and quickly stopped talking.
After she came to her senses, her gaze settled a little, and as her chest rose and fell, she felt that the green snake was very familiar, just like the jade hairpin on her sister-in-law's head when she first met her.
Could there be snakes of this color in this desolate place?
Shui Wu hesitated for a moment and followed subconsciously.
The green snake seemed to glance back at her and swam towards the city gate very quickly.
Zhuang Rong'er hid behind the curved wall, put down the empty bamboo tube in her hand, and led the green snake back inside.
The pathfinder she sent out successfully led out a monk from the city, but after seeing who that person was, Zhuang Rong'er felt a little tricky again.
"Why is it you?"
She was speechless.
The original intention was to avoid alerting the enemy and to find a person to question before disguising himself and entering the city depending on the situation.
I didn’t expect that this person was Shui Wu.
Maybe she should let the green snake go again.
"Sister-in-law! You..." A flash of surprise passed over Shui Wu's face. It seemed that she didn't hold a grudge against being dumped yesterday, but she soon bit her lip and was about to cry again. "You'd better leave quickly. A group of crazy people are talking about arresting you!"
She looked visibly disheveled, with her hair askew and several strands of hair hanging down, as if she had just escaped from a disaster.
Zhuang Rong'er no longer had the patience to repeatedly correct Shui Wu's address. Shui Wu wouldn't listen anyway, so she simply handed over a pill box and whispered, "Can you tell me what's happened in the city since the sandstorm appeared last night?"
Shui Wu subconsciously took the pill box and looked down.
"Thank you gift...a sugar pill. You can eat it now." Zhuang Rong'er was afraid that Shui Wu would have trouble getting to the point if she didn't explain.
"Oh, oh, I'll save it for later. Last night, after the sandstorm, a small fry took me to a house in the city.
It was fine in the first half of the night, but in the second half, the sandstorm stopped, but there were ghosts howling and wolves howling again..." Shui Wu said with a bitter face.
"They say a hundred ghosts are parading through the streets, and someone's using an evil ghost disc to harm people! I just heard many pairs of ghostly hands banging on the door, and there were all these terrifying noises outside...
Early this morning, we saw a lot of people dead. Sister-in-law, if you go into the city now, you can still see those bodies!
There was also a pile of dead animals: foxes, wild boars, pheasants, all of which were the servants of the monsters who played music in the previous singing treasure party!"
As Shui Wu spoke, she carefully placed the pill box in her arms. Zhuang Rong'er noticed that she was holding something very familiar. Her heart tightened, and she asked solemnly, "Is the weeping Buddha attendant from the Changbao Society also dead?"
Shui Wu was stunned for a moment, then pulled out the Weeping Buddha mask from her bosom. "I don't know whether that rude lunatic is dead or not. I found this mask yesterday evening."
"An elder from some Tianque Sect is also dead, his internal organs eaten. Others insist he wasn't killed by a ghost, but by you, sister-in-law." Shui Wu looked up at her nervously. "Many people in the city are hostile to you now, and are even planning a siege. Sister-in-law, what are you going to do?"
All the internal organs were eaten...
Isn’t it the life-threatening insect that she used to exchange for Ah Huai?
"Why don't these people go and attack the owner of the evil ghost disk?" Zhuang Rong'er said unhappily.
"We tried to catch him, but no one knows who he is... Doesn't this mean that the bad guy is lurking among us?"
Zhuang Rong'er relaxed her frown and took out another pill box and handed it over.
"Can you lend me that mask?" she said to Shui Wu. "Here are the candy pills."
Shui Wu immediately handed over the mask, her face slightly red, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to coax me like a child..."
Zhuang Rong'er was not used to her intimate attitude and didn't know what to say for a moment.
She was just used to settling favors on the spot.
The pill box that was sent out did not contain sugar pills, but some rare and precious pills used to consolidate cultivation.
Shui Wu's cultivation is very poor, as if she has a congenital defect. If she says it directly, she may have to waste some time talking.
Just talking about a sugar pill, it will only benefit her if she eats it.
Shui Wu suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot, sister-in-law, there's one more thing—someone said that when the ghosts were parading through the streets last night, he bravely peeked through the window and actually saw the ghost of You Xueqi."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
