Chapter 79 Chapter 79 Whenever I see my brother, I think of you...
On the way to the village Yang Yuan mentioned, Jiang Yan kept thinking about this question:
——When Ling Hanzhang asked him why he sneaked out to see Gu Jingyun in the middle of the night, he suddenly got excited and told a lie.
He could have just said: I couldn't sleep, so I came to chat with my brother. After chatting for a while, I felt sleepy and was too lazy to go back to my own tent, so we slept together.
But even this is not true.
They didn't talk about anything at all, and it's not that he didn't want to go back, but he was being held and coaxed by Gu Jingyun, and he couldn't break free, so he just stayed.
...Is it really impossible to break free from Gu Jingyun’s hand?
Can't get free.
Or... don't want to break free?
Jiang Yan held the Demon-Breaking Sword and used the scabbard to block a long vine. He bent down slightly and crawled through the space under the vine.
He lifted his eyelids and looked up slightly. Looking past the scattered figures in front of him, he clearly saw the tall figure of Gu Jingyun walking in the front.
The man had broad shoulders and a back as straight as a pine tree. He walked through the bumpy forest as if he were walking on flat ground, and every step was steady.
Jiang Yan's gaze moved down to Gu Jingyun's palm.
Then, he uncontrollably recalled last night, how Gu Jingyun easily suppressed his struggle with one hand, circled his waist, and trapped him in the man's arms.
Gu Jingyun even had one hand free to lift the hair that fell on the back of his neck.
The man pinched the smooth and delicate back of his neck with his hands and kissed the tip of his left ear with his warm lips.
Even though he was holding him down with such great force, the kiss he gave was so gentle, as if the person in his arms was the treasure of his life and all his tenderness.
Jiang Yan was immersed in his thoughts, in a trance, and almost forgot that he was walking on a mountain road.
“…”
To get to the village you have to go through this mountain path.
The further we go, the closer we get to the maze of yesterday.
Gu Jingyun was leading the team and walking in front when he suddenly heard a sound of someone stepping on empty air from behind, as well as someone else's exclamation.
"My Lord, be careful--!"
“Immortal Lord!!”
"Jiang Yan!"
Gu Jingyun turned his head suddenly and turned back quickly.
Jiang Yan stepped into a pit and sank into the mud up to his knees.
The mud pit was not deep and was covered with a thin layer of vegetation. If you didn't look carefully, it would be easy to fall into the trap accidentally.
It was loose and soft underneath, and Jiang Yan had one leg sunk into it, with a very twisted posture.
Jiang Yan couldn't stand steadily, his body was crooked, so he had to half-kneel on the ground to maintain his balance.
"Are you okay?" Gu Jingyun hurriedly reached out to help him.
"It's okay... I accidentally stepped on empty space." Jiang Yan was very ashamed.
He was not only an accomplished cultivator, but also a "wild" child who had been crawling in the jungle since he was a child. Yet, he fell into such a simple trap.
It's too unbelievable.
Jiang Yan moved his feet, and his heel seemed to kick something in the pit.
Somewhat hard.
"...I seem to have stepped on something." Jiang Yan was surprised.
"Animal trap?" Gu Jingyun frowned immediately, very nervous.
Such a shallow pit is very similar to the trap set by mountain people to catch small animals such as hares.
Jiang Yan shook his head: "That's not the case. I'm not injured."
"Let me help you up first." said Gu Jingyun.
Jiang Yan could actually break free on his own, he just didn't react in time, that doesn't mean he lost his spiritual power.
Everyone helped in a rush, and when Jiang Yan came up, someone handed him a handkerchief or something like that, asking the Immortal Lord if he wanted to wipe off the mud.
There is so much dirt and fallen leaves, a few handkerchiefs are not enough.
Jiang Yan glanced at Yang Yuan and guessed that Yang Yuan couldn't tell the difference between spells and magic at all, so he simply used a silent and wandless cleaning spell.
There was a glimmer of light, and the wind formed by the magic power circled around Jiang Yan's legs twice, taking away all the dirt and dust.
Ling Hanzhang was able to tell that this cleaning technique was different from the cleaning techniques commonly used in the world of cultivation.
The power surging in the wind does not seem to be spiritual power.
But Jiang Yan did not chant any spells, nor could he hear any language from another world, so he thought it was some new kind of magic.
"I was distracted. Sorry." Jiang Yan apologized straightforwardly.
Gu Jingyun did not blame him, but just said, "Be careful."
Jiang Yan quickly said "hmm" and agreed.
The little episode was quickly passed, and Jiang Yan didn't dare to think about anything else.
No matter why he lied, why he could have clearly broken free from Gu Jingyun's hand, but allowed the man to hold him tighter from behind...
These can be left for careful consideration after you have dealt with the maze.
No one cared about what was in the soil.
It was nothing more than some small animal bones, or dead branches, fallen rocks, etc. In short, it was good that the Immortal King was not injured.
Everyone was about to take a step forward, but Jiang Yan insisted, "The object in the mud pit is not an ordinary object. I feel a trace of spiritual power."
Ji Ziheng half-knelt down, squinted his eyes and looked at the mud pit, using his spiritual vision to perceive. Through the thick and sticky mud, he did "see" an oval object mixed with subtle spiritual energy.
"Young Master, what the Immortal King said is true."
"Take it out and have a look." Gu Jingyun said.
Ji Ziheng flipped his palm, mobilized his spiritual power, and directly picked up the object in the mud pit.
The spiritual power went in and out, splashing countless mud stars. Everyone quickly used their spiritual power, and the mud splashed onto everyone's protective shields, preventing everyone from being drenched in the "mud rain".
Yang Yuan's spiritual power was so weak that it was almost non-existent, and he didn't know how to use it. Fortunately, he was smart enough to hide behind the accompanying Tianlang Guard and use their protective shield to avoid the mud spots.
From the mud pit, something that looked like a token flew up. It was covered in mud and no words could be seen clearly.
A ray of light enveloped it, and a moment later, when it fell into Ji Ziheng's palm, it had become brand new.
Everyone came forward to take a closer look.
Song Hua was surprised when he saw the familiar and complex patterns on the token.
"This is the Wanfa Sect's disciple jade token!"
Everyone was stunned.
How could the disciples of Wanfamen appear in such a remote place?
Song Hua snatched it away, turned it over, and injected spiritual energy into it.
On the jade plate, a line of words appeared:
【Wanfamen Xia Wenji】
The characters flashed several times in succession, and soon became dim, and finally completely merged with the color of the jade token, and the person's name disappeared.
"Xia Wenji...it turned out to be him."
Gu Jingyun paused, obviously knowing who the owner of this name was.
Song Hua frowned tightly: "Why is he here?"
Everyone's expression was not very good.
Jiang Yan looked around, moved closer to Ling Hanzhang, and asked quietly, "Who is that person?"
Ling Hanzhang also answered him in a whisper: "He was originally a disciple of the Wanfa Sect, but later defected and became a demon cultivator. He is a vicious person who does things by any means necessary and has killed many innocent cultivators. The Wanfa Sect has issued a wanted order, and everyone in the cultivation world will kill him if they see him."
Ling Hanzhang said: "Xia Wenji is very good at hiding. No one knows where he is hiding."
Jiang Yan asked: "Doesn't the sect have soul lamps?"
Ling Hanzhang: "The soul lamp can only identify the life or death of a cultivator, but cannot locate him. Wanfa Sect had already expelled him from the sect, so why would they still worship and guard his soul lamp in the disciple hall? We haven't seen this man for nearly 30 years. Everyone thought he had died of demonic possession, but who would have thought--"
Jiang Yan's gaze moved to the jade token in Song Hua's hand.
I didn't expect this person to show up again.
"Xia Wenji has severed the spiritual contract between himself and the jade token. The fact that it can still be activated only proves that he abandoned the jade token here two years ago." Song Hua said.
Gu Jingyun asked Yang Yuan: "When did you leave the village?"
Yang Yuan didn't know how an unknown village could be related to a famous wanted criminal in the cultivation world, and he was very panicked for a moment.
He replied tremblingly: "To answer the young master's question, I left the village five years ago, and then I met Luo Jinsheng."
"Did Luo Jinsheng ever follow you back to the village?" Gu Jingyun asked.
"He asked once, and after finding out the location and environment, he thought the village was too remote and poor in the mountains, so he refused to come," Yang Yuan replied.
Jiang Yan asked: "Are you afraid that this matter has something to do with Luo Jinsheng?"
Gu Jingyun nodded.
Otherwise, why would a village that had not seen outsiders for more than ten years attract the attention of two notorious monks?
Hearing this, Ji Ziheng immediately said, "The Heavenly Wolf Guard has left some personnel in Yizhou, and Luo Jinsheng is still in prison. I will order someone to interrogate him."
"Han Lin asked me for a bottle of truth potion. The Wolf Guards can ask him for it in my name." Jiang Yan said hurriedly.
——After reading the letter, Han Lin was curious about the effect of the truth potion. Before leaving, he asked Jiang Yan for a bottle, saying that if he returned to the sect one day, he could use it to test the sincerity of his junior master uncle.
The situation is urgent, I'll give him another bottle later.
Gu Jingyun nodded.
Ji Ziheng stepped back a few steps and used the Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman to send a message to his subordinates before they entered the maze.
The Tianlang Guards stationed in Yizhou received the order and took action immediately.
Interrogation takes time, and they can't just stand here and wait. Besides, Luo Jinsheng and Xia Wenji don't have much in common, so it's unlikely that the maze is related to him.
The crowd continued forward for dozens of meters.
Taking another step forward, I looked up and saw thick fog. Even the midday sun could not penetrate the fog, and visibility in the forest was very low.
Song Hua went forward to scout, and after an incense stick of time, he came back to report: "It is impossible to break the formation from the outside. We must go deep into the formation and find the center of the formation."
Gu Jingyun sent some men to guard outside, and some followed him inside to break the formation.
Ji Ziheng and Ling Hanzhang stayed outside and would act according to the situation. Yang Yuan was no different from an ordinary person, and he hadn't been back to the village for five years. Entering the maze would be a burden, so it would be better for him to stay outside.
Song Hua naturally had to go in, and so did Gu Jingyun.
Only Jiang Yan was left.
Gu Jingyun didn't want him to take risks, but Jiang Yan said, "Xia Wenji is a demon cultivator. This is about the demon clan. Who else here is more familiar with them besides me?"
Ling Hanzhang looked at him in surprise.
He muttered to himself: It is said that the person you are most familiar with is your enemy. My senior brother hates the demons to the bone, and the Tianlang Guard has been studying the demons together for many years. My sister-in-law is so arrogant. She sounds like a professional researcher of the demons. She is so awesome.
Jiang Yan had his reasons and Gu Jingyun shouldn't have stopped him.
Gu Jingyun hesitated for a moment.
"It's just a maze. If we can't find the center of the formation, we can just break it by force."
Gu Jingyun is still very confident about this.
He paused and said, "I noticed that you were in a trance and seemed absent-minded while walking along the way, so I wanted to let you rest outside..."
He was caught deserting before the war!
Jiang Yan suddenly looked embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be distracted..."
The young man lowered his head slightly. His eyelashes were very long and kept trembling slightly. A faint blush appeared on his cold and handsome face, and his tone was full of shame.
"Whenever I see my brother, I'll remember you kissing me last night."
Jiang Yan said frustratedly: "You asked me to think it through, but I couldn't figure it out. The more I recalled, the faster my heart beat. I couldn't think calmly at all, so I was in a trance and lost my composure before the battle."
Gu Jingyun: "..."
Others: “…”
Ling Hanzhang was full of question marks: "???"
Aren't you guys discussing the demon clan's affairs? How did you end up discussing it on the bed?
Jiang Yan touched his heart, his clear eyes filled with confusion.
"Am I sick?"
Jiang Yan thought with all his might and came to the conclusion: "Is it my allergy that's acting up again? Or am I not used to the climate and soil near Yizhou? Otherwise, you guys wait for me for a cup of tea, I'll take a dose of medicine and then go in to break the formation."
Everyone: “.”
Immortal Lord, you'd better stop thinking about it, because the brothers are afraid that they will laugh too loudly.
Gu Jingyun: "..."
Jiang Yan should not be blamed for this, it is his fault.
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