Chapter 96 Television Station
Back to the night sky of the 21st century.
Beneath the tall, imposing television station building, neon lights cast shifting shadows between the two people.
"So this is where the streamer's ID comes from, the thousand-year-old demon who just got online?" Yan Lingxuan played with the silver bell at the end of her hair, tilting her head to look at Lu Yao.
Lu Yao flicked her sword tip, and a wisp of sword energy grazed Yan Lingxuan's ear, severing a few strands of her hair: "If you keep yelling, the streamer will make you graduate right now."
"Tch!" Yan Lingxuan stomped her foot. "I'm unfollowing! I'm unfollowing! I'm blocking!"
This arrogant demeanor is completely different from the priest who once shouldered the fate of the Miao region.
Lu Yao suddenly smiled: "Is that all you've got?"
With a flick of her wrist, the Purple Rosewood Sword suddenly burst forth with dazzling lightning. "Now, it's the streamer's turn to perform—"
The sword's momentum was like a rainbow, and a purple lightning bolt struck towards Yan Lingxuan.
"Let's see if you can withstand this sword strike!"
Yan Lingxuan's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly smashed a bamboo tube at her waist.
Amidst the billowing black mist, a three-zhang-long thousand-legged Gu King roared as it met the sword light, only to be cleaved in two the instant it touched the sword.
"ah!"
Blood trickled from the corner of Yan Lingxuan's mouth as she stared at the convulsing remains of the Gu worms on the ground, her eyes filled with heartache. "My Xuan Ye Rakshasa! I raised it for three whole years..."
Lu Yao's sword tip stopped steadily three inches from her throat, his expression indifferent. "Do you submit?"
Yan Lingxuan's eyes flickered, and she suddenly put on a pitiful expression: "Master, isn't it a bit unfair to treat loyal fans like this?"
However, behind her, her fingers quietly formed a hand seal, and an almost transparent firefly flew out from her sleeve and circled behind Lu Yao's ear.
Just as a hint of smugness flashed in Yan Lingxuan's eyes, Lu Yao suddenly raised her hand and precisely pinched the fluorescent insect.
She raised an eyebrow at Yan Lingxuan, a playful smile playing on her lips, as if to say:
That's it?
"You!" Yan Lingxuan's face flushed red.
“A mere trick.” Lu Yao gently crushed the Gu worm in her hand, the powder falling between her fingers. “This Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Array has a Gu worm hidden in each of its cores. When those girls stand in their designated positions, the Gu worms quietly enter their bodies and steal their life force.”
She turned her sword and pointed it directly at Yan Lingxuan's heart: "You should know what will happen to you if I cut off all the Gu worms."
Lu Yao's voice suddenly turned cold, "Now, immediately recall all the Gu worms."
"otherwise--"
With a flick of her fingertips, the last remnant of the Gu worm turned to ashes.
As the night wind blew by, the ashes formed an ancient Miao incantation in the air, signifying a backlash.
The night wind howled, and the incantations formed by the ashes of the Gu worms flickered on and off, making Yan Lingxuan's face look deathly pale.
She felt a chill, but thinking of the instructions she had given her family, she gritted her teeth and refused to give in.
"You want me to take back the Gu worms? Don't even think about it! If you're so capable, then cut them all down. But, I'm sure you, sir, know that the Gu worms are parasitizing the girls' bodies. Can you really bear to hurt them?"
Lu Yao's eyes darkened.
How could she not know?
The tip of the sword trembled slightly, leaving a thin mark on Yan Lingxuan's clothes.
Lu Yao stared intently at Yan Lingxuan, realizing that this was not the Yan Lingxuan she knew.
In her previous life, although she and Yan Lingxuan were always on opposing sides and could not become friends, they never truly regarded each other as mortal enemies.
The Miao priests I remember were ruthless yet knew their limits.
Yan Lingxuan met Ayin, a musician from the south, in the palace. Ayin's flute music could soothe the Gu worms, allowing her to find some comfort amidst the heavy court affairs.
When Ah Yin was murdered, she was willing to feed herself to a Gu poison and cast a blood curse in order to bring the real culprit to justice.
But this willful and reckless girl in front of us is using innocent people as vessels to raise poisonous insects.
In this life, Yan Lingxuan is a complete stranger to Lu Yao.
Lu Yao's eyes turned cold, and she suddenly pulled out a purple lightning talisman from her bosom.
The talisman paper was covered with flowing lightning patterns, and there were faint flashes of electric light.
"If I can't kill the Gu worms, I can still kill you!"
With a flick of her finger, the talisman transformed into a bolt of purple lightning that struck Yan Lingxuan between the eyebrows.
Yan Lingxuan trembled, and the Gu worms in the bamboo tube at her waist emitted a sharp hiss, but ultimately could not withstand the power of the thunder.
She staggered back two steps, her eyes filled with resentment: "You..." Before she could finish speaking, she collapsed to the ground.
"Youqing, tie her up and take her back to Jinglan Mountain." Lu Yao shouted, and the little Taoist boy immediately darted out from the shadows. "I'll go up and break the formation. After the evil energy dissipates, you call the police."
Lu Yao turned around and picked up Chen Yuncheng, who was hiding behind the door and observing from the shadows. She pressed the Ziwei wooden sword against his back and said, "Your so-called master is nothing special."
Chen Yuncheng's composure when they first met had vanished, and his face turned pale.
One second he was yelling into his phone, "Send more people! This little brat is no match for the streamer!"
The next second, the chill from the sword tip made him shudder, and his phone fell to the ground with a thud.
"Lead the way to the studio." Lu Yao's voice was as cold as ice.
She took out her phone and opened the live stream.
"Come, let me show you the true nature of this Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Formation."
The live chat was filled with cheers and excitement.
[The streamer is so considerate of their fans; they know exactly what we want to see!]
[I was terrified! The TV station was so creepy at midnight!]
With a live streamer around, I feel incredibly safe.
During the thirty seconds the elevator ascended, Lu Yao closed her eyes and concentrated.
From the perspective of the celestial eye, the energy of the entire building is intertwined like a spider web, with all its pathways pointing towards the top-floor studio.
bite--
The moment the elevator doors opened, a strong sense of evil emanated from them.
Lu Yao walked quickly closer and observed carefully, becoming more and more alarmed the more she looked.
Inside the crystal chandelier in the center of the stage, a transparent, jade-like worm resembling a mayfly is slowly wriggling.
That was the mother Gu in this formation, the Beauty Gu.
Twenty-four blood-red threads extended from the stage floor, wrapping around the chandelier like living things.
There are twenty-four constellation positions, each corresponding to a vital point in the human body, and each of these positions has been used to bury twenty-four child Gu (a type of poisonous insect).
These venomous insects have now infiltrated the girls' bodies, greedily devouring their life force.
Lu Yao strode forward and lightly flicked the tip of her sword at the crack in the floor.
Peeling back the surface reveals a dark pattern engraved with dense Miao ethnic incantations.
Lu Yao pondered carefully how to break the formation, her expression grave.
"What a vicious scheme."
To break this formation, one must sever all twenty-four blood threads simultaneously with lightning speed, and then use the ultimate Yang fire to burn the mother Gu to ashes.
In this way, the Gu worm will be silently annihilated without harming the girls' bodies.
The journey was difficult, but the path was secluded and I was somewhat confident.
She made a hand seal with her fingertips, and the lightning patterns on the crape myrtle wood sword gradually lit up.
Just then, the lift in the center of the stage slowly started, and a slender figure walked out gracefully.
Lu Yao pointed her sword at the newcomer: "Su Man."
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