Chapter 87 Chapter 87 I won’t let go.
When the other demon cultivators saw that the Left Protector had been defeated, they all began to retreat.
The battle is coming to an end, some are killed, some surrender, there is no more suspense.
On the hillside, five black-clothed demon cultivators were tied up tightly with immortal ropes and had to sit cross-legged on the ground, unable to move.
There was also a fainted Qi Ze lying on the side, claiming to be the Left Protector of the Demon Clan.
Qi Ze was the most seriously injured, and Jiang Yan was leading people to bandage his wounds, to prevent him from dying before anything could be found out.
The rest were cleaning up the battlefield.
Ji Ziheng asked, "Young Master, how should we deal with these demon cultivators?"
Gu Jingyun pondered for a while.
The matter of the demon clan is a serious matter and should not be delayed.
"Take them with you, travel day and night, and return to Jianzong as quickly as possible to avoid any unnecessary trouble." Gu Jingyun said.
Once you enter Dongzhou, it is his territory and you don't have to worry about whether there are demon spies around.
Ji Ziheng received the order and left.
Gu Jingyun found Jiang Yan and said this.
Jiang Yan nodded when he learned of this arrangement: "Okay. I have used magic potion to restore Qi Ze's vitality, ensuring that he can survive and continue on his journey."
The trial will not be delayed.
Hearing this, Gu Jingyun paused for a moment and said with a smile, "Then I'm relieved."
He actually felt a little guilty.
Originally, they planned to take Ayan to travel around the mountains and rivers to Jianzong, but unexpectedly, unexpected events occurred frequently, catching them off guard.
Now I have to travel day and night to return to Dongzhou. It is impossible to be as comfortable as before. I can't enjoy the scenery on the boat as planned.
I specifically mentioned this to him just to pave the way for my apology.
Unexpectedly...
Jiang Yan didn't think about it that way at all.
He was thinking wrong.
Ayan has never been a delicate flower that needs careful care. He is the red plum blossom that blooms on the branch in the cold, and the towering ancient tree that is not afraid of wind and rain.
He is strong enough and does not need the care of others. Instead, he can turn around and protect others.
**
Ling Hanzhang stayed in the camp beside the official road, camouflaged himself well, and was alert to the demon cultivators who might attack at night.
He waited for a long time, and finally Gu Jingyun and Jiang Yan came back with their people.
Also returning with them were the demon cultivators who were tied up in chains and under strict control.
Ling Hanzhang was in high spirits: "Have you caught them all?"
Ji Ziheng replied: "It was only a part of them. Some other demon cultivators committed suicide, and we were unable to stop them in time."
"Oh." Ling Hanzhang understood. It was the style of a death soldier. He would die whether the mission was completed or not.
"Disband camp and set off for Jianzong immediately. Don't go anywhere else." After giving instructions to his subordinates, Gu Jingyun called his junior brother and said to him, "Han Zhang, you take a team of Tianlang Guards to Nanzhou."
"Why?" Ling Hanzhang asked.
"Go protect the Master of Qingfeng Valley and Senior Sister Jiang. Calculating the date, they will soon finish their trivial matters and come to Dongzhou. I am afraid that the demons will attack them halfway."
Gu Jingyun explained the whole thing in a few words by voice transmission in the letter.
At this moment, Ling Hanzhang learned that the antidote to his master and mistress's poison had been found.
“You—you!”
Ling Hanzhang was surprised and happy, happy and angry. He turned around twice in anger and paced back and forth, "Such a big happy event, why didn't you tell me earlier, Senior Brother!"
Gu Jingyun shook his head: "It takes more than one or two days for the Soul Chasing Grass to grow. At that time, I didn't know how long it would take, let alone whether it would succeed."
"Rather than letting you get excited for nothing, I'd rather wait until the fruit is ripe and then let you know."
Gu Jingyun said calmly, "Besides, why should I tell you? Do you want to water and fertilize? You might as well stay in the Sword Sect and create the illusion that nothing has changed."
Ling Hanzhang smiled awkwardly.
Well, if he knew this news, he might really rush to Xizhou excitedly and squat beside the medicinal field every day to tend to the herbs.
The young master of the Sword Sect was hanging out with a disciple of the Joyous Sect, inseparable. The old house was on fire, and the young master fell in love for the first time in a hundred years.
If there is also a junior brother of the young master who refuses to go anywhere and stays around Jiang Yan all day long...
Either the matter of the herbs will be exposed, or Jiang Yan's reputation as the "Sea King" will spread more and more widely.
A legendary story will suddenly appear in the world of martial arts - "The untold love triangle between the Sword Sect's senior brothers and the Hehuan Sect's outstanding disciple".
Gu Jingyun selected a team of people, all of whom were elites as good as Ji Ziheng and Song Hua, and asked them to go with Ling Hanzhang.
Qingfeng Valley already has the Heavenly Wolf Guards guarding it at all times, and with the addition of this team of people, its strength should not be underestimated.
Valley Master Bo and Senior Sister Jiang are not powerless people. They are capable of protecting themselves, so they sent people to protect them just in case.
Ling Hanzhang was familiar with both of them, and traveling with them made it convenient for them to communicate if anything happened.
Order your troops.
Ling Hanzhang led his men and flew away on swords in another direction.
The night was dark and they were moving at an extremely fast speed. They soon turned into points of light and disappeared into the horizon.
Jiang Yan withdrew his gaze.
They abandoned their comfortable carriages and rode their horses at full speed, arriving at the nearest flying boat berth before dawn and changing to a flying boat.
The improvised flying boat was somewhat hasty in every aspect and was also much smaller in size.
But no one cared.
Since we are in a hurry, just fly fast.
The flying boat replaced the energy with the highest-grade spirit stones and, regardless of cost, increased its speed to the maximum, speeding towards the Dongzhou Sword Sect.
Although the flying boat is small, it can be divided into several rooms. One of them is naturally used as a prison door to imprison the demon cultivator.
On the way to Jianzong, Ji Ziheng and Song Hua did not waste every minute and every second, seizing the time for interrogation.
The situation was not as good as expected.
Although the demon cultivators have surrendered, most of those who are willing to surrender are just small minions and ordinary thugs they have raised.
They are not absolutely loyal to the demons, nor do they have their trust, so they don't know much.
There were only two of them, one named Xiang Gu and the other named Zhan Zicheng.
Their eyes were evasive, as if they knew something, but due to Qi Ze's presence, they dared not say anything.
Seeing this, Ji Ziheng decisively used a strong medicine - the truth potion.
The truth potion was poured into everyone's mouth one by one, even Qi Ze, who had just woken up from a coma due to serious injuries, was no exception.
What was strange was that someone as loyal to the demon clan as Qi Ze, after hearing about the effect of the drug, not only did he not stop himself from going berserk, but he also revealed a strange smile.
Gu Jingyun was observing from the side the whole time.
He thought for a few seconds, called someone over, and whispered a few words.
Ji Ziheng received an order and asked the Tianlang Guards to take Qi Ze to another room, while he started to interrogate the ignorant minion.
In the absence of the Left Protector, the demon cultivators were visibly more relaxed, and the way they looked at Ji Ziheng showed a little more of a desire to survive.
Everyone is afraid of death.
"Qi Ze will definitely die, but you may not." Ji Ziheng said coldly, "Tell me everything you know, and the young master may be able to spare your lives."
At first some people struggled, but they soon found that no matter how much they wanted to lie, they couldn't resist the truth drug that had entered their stomachs.
That means you have to say what you have to say.
If it is one, then it will never be said to be two. If you don't know something, you can't make it up.
The demon cultivator's will was not strong to begin with, and after realizing this, he quickly surrendered and actively cooperated with the interrogation.
Everything was fine with the people in front. Ji Ziheng had stripped away all their family assets, but he didn't find anything wrong.
Just when Gu Jingyun thought he was overthinking.
Ji Ziheng asked, "What formation did the demon elder ask you to carve?" Xiang Gu hesitated for a few seconds and was about to answer.
Suddenly, there was a shocking change on the scene!
Xiang Gu kept making horrible "ho ho" sounds, with both hands tightly covering his throat - the force was so strong that it was hard to tell whether he was covering his throat or strangling himself!
Tianlang Guards and Ji Ziheng on the side hurried forward to stop and rescue.
But in just a few breaths, Xiang Gu started bleeding from all seven orifices and died suddenly!
There was not even a chance to rescue them.
"!!"
Everyone was shocked.
The next person after Xiang Gu, and also the last demon cultivator besides Qi Ze—Zhan Zicheng, suddenly turned pale and his body trembled like a sieve.
Gu Jingyun frowned and squatted to examine the corpse.
There was nothing unusual about Xiang Gu's body. He just went possessed without any warning. All his meridians were severed and his blood flowed backwards, causing him to die.
"Young Master..." Ji Ziheng's expression was solemn. He checked but found nothing abnormal.
Gu Jingyun put his index finger and middle finger together and pressed gently on Xiang Gu's throat as if taking a pulse.
That was the place where Xiang Gu pinched with all his strength before he died.
The man closed his eyes slightly, his expression calm.
As soon as the spiritual power invaded, Gu Jingyun felt an extremely subtle force.
That power is hidden in Xiang Gu's body, it is very obscure and difficult to detect.
——It’s magic.
Gu Jingyun and Jiang Yan have been together day and night for more than a year.
The latter never avoided him when he used magic power, meditated facing the moon, etc. When the two of them were playing and sparring, Jiang Yan would also use magic spells on Gu Jingyun.
Gu Jingyun was very familiar with this power.
Xiang Gu's death was not an accident, but the result of an invisible curse cast on him by the demons.
For example, a curse that would cause sudden death if a secret was revealed.
The man stood up.
"Go and ask the Immortal Lord to come over." He ordered the Heavenly Wolf Guards at the cell door.
"yes!"
The Sirius Guards left quickly.
"Young Master, is this related to...?" Ji Ziheng asked in a low voice.
Gu Jingyun nodded imperceptibly, and he glanced around the interrogation room, frowning.
"Not good." He muttered.
Ji Ziheng suddenly became nervous: "What's wrong?"
The man looked even more nervous than he was.
"It's so dirty, why let A-Yan in? Aren't you afraid of polluting his eyes?"
Gu Jingyun shouted, "Someone, come! Clean up the blood on the walls and the ground before the Immortal Lord arrives!"
A group of Heavenly Wolf Guards: "............Yes, Young Master."
Gu Jingyun didn't think there was anything wrong.
Whether Jiang Yan needs care is one thing, but whether he wants to do it and is willing to treat him better is another.
**
When Jiang Yan stepped into the interrogation room, he smelled a faint smell of blood.
But as far as the eye could see, there was not a trace of red except for a few dark patches on the floor tiles that had not been removed.
There were traces of a large amount of spiritual energy surging in the air.
“…”
Jiang Yan guessed that Gu Jingyun probably ordered someone to clean the place before letting him in.
Otherwise, Song Hua wouldn't have stood at the door and chatted with him for so long.
His brother always treated him so well and protected him without any flaws.
Jiang Yan felt complicated.
"Ayan, come and take a look at this corpse." Gu Jingyun called.
Jiang Yan put aside all distracting thoughts and walked forward in quick strides.
Gu Jingyun came forward and whispered what had just happened.
"Okay, let me take a look."
Jiang Yan nodded, lowered his eyelashes, took out his wand, and pointed the tip of the wand at Xiang Gu's throat.
He carefully sensed the magic power moving into the solid.
After a while.
Jiang Yan retracted his wand.
"Brother's idea is correct." Jiang Yan said, "I feel the fluctuation of the magic contract. This kind of contract is the content of the contract agreed upon by both parties. After the contract is concluded, the agreed things must be fulfilled."
"The consequence of violating the contract is sudden death?" Gu Jingyun asked.
"Not necessarily. The consequences of breach of contract are also part of the agreement between the two parties."
Jiang Yan looked at the bound black-clothed demon cultivator and asked, "Did you sign anything?"
Everyone else shook their heads, only Zhan Zicheng nodded desperately in fear.
"The Left Protector asked me to sign a contract with words on it that I couldn't understand. I asked about it, and the Protector said it was magic language. He didn't tell me the content, but only threatened me that I either sign it or die." Zhan Zicheng was disheartened.
If you speak, you will die. If you don't speak, you will die! I thought I could escape today, but it seems that I will not survive tonight.
After listening to this, Jiang Yan pondered for a moment.
He reaffirmed:
"Didn't Qi Ze read the contract to you in full? Even if it was vague and in a language you couldn't understand?"
Zhan Zicheng: "No. The guardian was about to read it, but someone outside the door suddenly reported that..."
The demon cultivator looked at Gu Jingyun cautiously.
"...They said someone was coming to kill us, and asked the guardian to escape quickly. We didn't care about that, so we signed and ran away as soon as possible."
certainly.
Nowadays, everyone knows that the anonymous killers in those incidents were sent by the Young Master of the Sword Sect.
"Where is the deed?" Jiang Yan asked.
"In order to avoid the smell of the monster, we hid in the river. When we got up, we found that the contract paper was wet and it tore when we pulled it." said Zhan Zicheng.
Everyone: “…”
Jiang Yan was confused: "Aren't you from the demon clan? You are also a guardian with a title and a deputy of the guardian."
Why does it seem like you are having a miserable time?
Or, the demon clan has become so weak.
Zhan Zicheng looked embarrassed, but he flattered him: "This is because the one chasing us is Young Master Gu! Young Master Gu is wise and brave, handsome and elegant, how can we be his opponent?"
Gu Jingyun said calmly: "Yeah, you are very self-aware."
Jiang Yan: “…”
Zhan Zicheng: “…”
You are not humble at all.
Gu Jingyun asked: "As a demon cultivator, how come you don't have any backbone?"
Zhan Zicheng hesitated for a long time, and was kicked a few times by Ji Ziheng. He honestly said: "Because I am afraid of death, cowardly and selfish. What is the devil? Life is more important."
Everyone: “…”
That's not wrong.
Zhan Zicheng: "If it weren't for the generosity of Zuo Hufa back then, I wouldn't have gotten involved with him. After I joined the game, I realized that I was doing a deadly business that was against the whole world."
He kept saying golden sentences, and even the demon cultivators hiding in the corner couldn't help but nod their heads with expressions of approval.
Jiang Yan was speechless for a moment.
If you are so scared, you shouldn't have done it in the first place.
After all, it is money that moves people.
Even if Zhan Zicheng described himself as a misguided young man, even if he did feel remorse in his heart, he does not deserve sympathy.
When a dying person is about to speak good words, they will repent only when they are on the verge of death. They often kill innocent people in their daily lives.
All the villagers in Tuyi Village are innocent people, and their lives are also lives.
Jiang Yan turned around and was about to leave. He wanted to interrogate Qi Ze.
Zhan Zicheng imitated the way the Heavenly Wolf Guard addressed Jiang Yan and asked hurriedly, "Master Immortal, if the contract paper is gone, does that mean this contract is invalid?"
"No." Jiang Yan confessed, "It's just that your procedures are not standardized, and there is an opportunity to terminate the contract."
He did not listen to the cries for mercy from Zhan Zicheng and others, and left the first interrogation room neatly.
"Ayan."
Gu Jingyun followed out.
He didn't say anything, but just held Jiang Yan's hand and warmed his cold fingertips.
Jiang Yan was quiet for a moment and whispered, "I'm fine."
"Ayan is so great." Gu Jingyun praised.
Jiang Yan felt that Gu Jingyun was treating him like a child, especially since the man was a "parent" who doted on him.
Even if he ignored the overall situation and rushed in to kill all the extremely evil demon cultivators and lost all clues, Gu Jingyun probably wouldn't say a word to him.
Instead, they would wipe the blood off his hands and face with a handkerchief and praise him: "Good kill, slaying demons and getting rid of harm to the people."
Jiang Yan was amused by his own imagination.
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Jingyun asked.
"I laugh at you for doting on me too much and having no bottom line." Jiang Yan said.
"Isn't it good?" Gu Jingyun asked again.
"Not good." Jiang Yan shook his head.
Gu Jingyun asked patiently, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yan raised his head and looked deep into the man's eyes.
"Then I won't be able to leave you," he whispered.
The man was silent for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and smiled: "That's not a good thing to say."
Gu Jingyun tucked the young man's hair behind his ears, bent down, and put his face close to Jiang Yan's ear.
He whispered, "Because I will never let go."
The young man's drooped eyelashes trembled.
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