Chapter 22: Unsheathed (VI)



Yan Changge knew that he could not maintain his human form for long. If he waited for Shen Yifei and the others to arrive, he would probably turn into a sword in front of them. That would be really terrible.

There was no one around at the time, so Yan Changge came up with a bold idea. With his current true energy, it was indeed difficult to maintain the human form, but using the original form would save a lot of true energy. After all, the human form was like a bottomless pit, consuming and draining Yan Changge's true energy every day. If he simply gave up the human form while no one was around and used the sword body to maintain his spiritual intelligence, he could maintain it for a long time.

He acted decisively and transformed back into the Changge ancient sword. He called Shen Yifei in the form of the sword.

Yan Changge had written down Shen Yifei's number before. Now he only knew the phone numbers of two people - Qu Lian and Shen Yifei.

When the call was made, since Yan Changge was always in the form of an ancient sword, whether he was talking or moving, he would make a sword sound. This is why Shen Yifei always felt that there was something wrong with this call.

After making the call, Yan Changge found a convenient place nearby to hide and secretly watch Wang Yanfeng and the murderer, so as to prevent the two from waking up and escaping before the police arrived.

When Yan Changge sensed that Shen Yifei and the others were coming, he slowly hid back underground and waited quietly for them to leave.

The criminal police team and the technical team that arrived later searched here for a long time but could not find Yan Changge who had hidden himself. In the end, Shen Yifei could only go back with a heart full of worry and an abandoned motorcycle.

Yan Changge then used the handle of his sword to push away the ground and flew out.

Considering that a sword standing upright on the ground was quite scary, Yan Changge simply lay on the ground and quietly thought about what to do next. He could only transform into a human form for no more than an hour. How could he do a lot of good deeds and accumulate a lot of merit within an hour so that he could condense into a human form again?

He racked his brains but could not think of a solution. He felt that there was probably only one chance now, which was to wait for Wang Yanfeng to appear in court to testify against Chang Yixiu and Wang Linzhi.

These two people are evil and have done countless evil things. Just like Yan Changge doing good deeds, if he is in a high position and is ordered to do good deeds with his subordinates, the merits will also be counted on him. The known crimes of these two people are keeping killers and forcing Wang Yanfeng to take the Yang energy of living people. It is unknown how many crimes they have committed that have not yet been discovered.

Because they were the main culprits, Wang Yanfeng's crime value was reduced a lot. The crimes of the couples who were tortured and killed were counted on Wang Yanfeng, but the crimes of those who were raped were not counted on him, after all, he was forced in the beginning. And these crimes must have been counted on the two main culprits, and because of this, Yan Changge did not get as much merit as he imagined after catching Wang Yanfeng.

Now that he has saved Wang Yanfeng and captured another killer alive, if his actions can successfully bring the two main criminals to justice, then he will certainly gain a lot of merit. In this way, he can turn back into human form.

How long does it take to try a case here? He remembered that in many dynasties in the past, if a case involved an important person, it would take a long time to try, and sometimes the case would just end in vain. He didn't know if things were getting better now. How long would he have to lie here?

Forget it. Now that we have done this, there is no need to regret it. At least we have saved the lives of Shen Yifei and his men. That is enough.

The Changge ancient sword closed its consciousness and quietly waited underground for the merit that would come at an unknown time.

Qu Lian was waiting for Yan Changge at the police station, but within a few minutes, someone took him to take a statement, suspecting that he was an accomplice of the car thief. Stealing a car, or stealing a police car, is simply an aggravated crime. Qu Lian suddenly thought that Yan Changge took the motorcycle in order to chase Shen Yifei and his men. A man like Yan Changge would not even be willing to donate all the money given to him, so how could he steal a car?

So Qu Lian arrogantly took out his black card and asked the police officer if there was a card machine. He asked how much the broken motorcycle cost and he would pay three times the price of a new one.

The police officer in charge of taking notes said helplessly: "We didn't say you were the one who stole the car. We were just asking a routine question. After all, you came together, and Yan Changge is suspected of stealing the car. As for the money, we didn't do it for that little money. Stealing things and owing money are two different things."

However, Qu Lian had no intention of listening. Was Yan Changge suspected of stealing a car? Just the suspicion was enough to make him unbearable. A kind person like Yan Changge might not say anything when he heard someone suspected him of stealing a car, but no one would feel comfortable being wrongly accused of doing good things. At least after hearing this, Qu Lian was very angry. He was so angry that he wanted to use a lot of money to make the person who suspected Yan Changge of stealing apologize.

Just when Qu Lian was arguing with several policemen, Shen Yifei called. After asking about the motorcycle, Shen Yifei immediately said, "It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. The motorcycle...it's me...it's me..."

Shen Yifei was about to say that I lent it to Yan Changge, but suddenly he remembered that this was not his property, but was distributed by the police station and did not belong to him at all. It was okay to lend it to internal staff, but he could not lend the police car to outsiders. This would be a mistake.

After hesitating for a long time, Shen Yifei gritted his teeth and said, "Yan Changge asked me before using the police car. The situation was urgent, so I agreed to let him use it. I will explain to the leader afterwards that Yan Changge did not steal the car."

Several responsible policemen hurriedly apologized to Qu Lian. Since the other party had already apologized, Qu Lian could not act unreasonably. He could only sit in Shen Yifei's seat angrily and wait for Yan Changge to come back.

Shen Yifei and others were escorted back to Lincheng Police Station by the armed police who arrived later. The killing of the armed police in charge of escorting the suspects had already alarmed the entire Lincheng Military Region. After the SWAT team leader handed over the case to the director of Lincheng Police Station, Wang Yanfeng and the murderer were detained in the heavily guarded Lincheng Armed Police Brigade. This time, the special forces were responsible for guarding Wang Yanfeng. They were all experienced and good at fighting one against a hundred. Unless they dared to use missiles, no one could kidnap Wang Yanfeng again.

Qu Lian did not find Yan Changge among the people who returned, and waited patiently for them to complete the handover. After Wang Yanfeng and the murderer were taken away, he grabbed Shen Yifei's arm and asked, "Where is Yan Changge?"

Shen Yifei looked at Qu Lian in silence.

"Speak!" Qu Lian felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

"No..." Shen Yifei said solemnly, "Yan Changge faced three fully armed killers alone. The scene was very tragic. The opponent used large-scale weapons. Even if Yan Changge had high martial arts skills, it was impossible for him not to be injured. When we arrived at the scene, there was no trace of him, and we didn't know where he went."

"How could it be..." Qu Lian's heart sank, "Didn't you look for him?"

"We did search," Shen Yifei said. "The technical team of the Criminal Police Brigade and the hundreds of armed police officers who came later searched together, but they couldn't find any trace of Yan Changge. However... there was no trace of his blood at the scene. We should be optimistic and think that he might not be in trouble. It's just possible that an accident happened..."

Shen Yifei couldn't continue talking at this point. He felt that what he said was just self-deception. The identification of the motorcycle has come out. The reason why it was destroyed in such a terrible state was because the bullet hit the fuel tank. With such a huge impact, will Yan Changge be okay? And those two grenades...

Qu Lian weakly let go of Shen Yifei's hand and shook his head, saying, "He is such a skilled martial artist, he will be fine. Maybe... maybe he fainted somewhere, but the distance was a bit far, so you didn't notice him."

Shen Yifei didn't say anything. After all, at this moment, all Qu Lian was thinking was that he didn't want to believe it.

Qu Lian clenched his fists, lowered his usually proud head and said, "... Forget it, it's no use asking you, I... I'll leave you my phone number, call me when you have news."

Shen Yifei agreed to Qu Lian, comforted him with a few words, and sent the man out.

Qu Lian sat back in the Hummer, closed his eyes quietly for a while, and when he opened his eyes, there was a look of determination in his eyes.

He knew that good people never get good rewards, his parents and elder brother were all like this. On the contrary, he, a playboy who was uneducated and unlearned, should have died since he was five years old, but he was still alive and kicking. Every time he was in a death crisis, someone close to him would die. It was obviously his death crisis, but it was others who died.

The same was true this time. If he hadn't been idle and flirted with Wang Yanfeng, Yan Changge wouldn't have encountered this kind of thing.

Qu Lian started the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the car drove out quickly towards Feng Village.

If Shen Yifei couldn't find him, he would go look for him. If he couldn't find him, he would hire someone to look for him. Even if he had to buy up all the land around Feng Village and turn it upside down, he would find Yan Changge!

Qu Lian still had a hint of hope in his heart. He knew a secret about Yan Changge. This man seemed to be different from other martial artists. He knew magic. Qu Lian didn't seem to pursue the disappearance of the clothes that day, but he kept it in his mind. He thought Yan Changge was like the one in the fairy tales or TV dramas who could fly and hide in the ground, but it seemed that he was not. This man lived an ordinary life every day, doing his job conscientiously, raising cats and feeding dogs, and being a good person that the world didn't want to be.

So Qu Lian put the clothes aside for the time being and always treated Yan Changge as an ordinary person. But now, he hoped that it was not his eyes that disappeared, but Yan Changge really had a way to save his life. He might be invisible for the time being like the clothes that disappeared, but when he recovered, he would appear again.

With this expectation in mind, Qu Lian searched all the way and finally found the place where Yan Changge and the three murderers had fought when it was dark. There were still traces of charred marks on the ground, so it was easy to find.

Qu Lian got out of the car, and the phone in his arms suddenly rang. He took a look and saw that it was the assistant he had hired to help him with chores, so he picked it up and heard the assistant report on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Qu, I have donated all the money you entrusted to me in the name of Yan Changge, and I guarantee that every bit of material and every penny will be put to good use."

The author has something to say:

Before Qu Lian knew Chang Ge's true identity, he taught him modern history.

Qu Lian: So the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Emperor Chongzhen. After him, foreign invaders rose up in rebellion, and China became the first country in the world to enter a democratic republic. Yan Changge: Emperor Chongzhen? When did it happen?

Qu Lian: 1628-1644

Yan Changge: Humph, a little brat who is less than 400 years old

Qu Lian: …

Big Wild Goose Pagoda——

Yan Changge: Humph, a mere 1,300-year-old kid

Qu Lian: …

Terracotta Warriors

Yan Changge: Humph, a mere 2,200-year-old kid

Qu Lian: …

Museum, dinosaur fossils——

Qu Lian (introducing Yan Changge): A small fossil of the Earth's dominant species that is only a few hundred million years old Yan Changge: ... this one is older than me

Qu Lian: …


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