Chapter 20 A Night-Flying Butterfly Will Tell Me
Qu Wuji's head was splitting with pain, and he wished she would die immediately, but he was also filled with fear for no reason...
If she really died, what would he do? Go back to the Frost Region and guard her icy coffin every night in that cold and snowy place?!
Suddenly, a female voice was heard saying, "Qu Shou Zun! We were just looking for you, but we didn't expect to meet you here!"
He tilted his head slightly and saw two men rushing towards him on flying swords. Before they even landed, they called out from afar, "Sir, the First Lord! Is that you?!"
Qu Wuji turned around coldly: "What's the matter?"
The female cultivator in dark green clothes bowed and then chattered non-stop, "Master, something terrible has happened! We've been searching for you everywhere and are running around in circles, so why are you here..."
Qu Wu Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, appearing a bit impatient. The female cultivator knew she was being nagging, so she immediately fell silent.
A male cultivator stepped forward. He was dressed in black armor that shone coldly in the moonlight. He was tall and majestic, like an iron tower. His voice was like a bell, and the sword at his waist was five feet long.
He bowed and said, "Master, while searching the streets just now, we have captured a...demon."
Qu Wuji's cold gaze fell on him and he whispered, "Oh?"
"What kind of demon is it that scared you all?"
Gu Yingying said, "That demon isn't particularly powerful, but... it's truly bizarre. I've never seen anything like it before, so I don't dare act rashly. I've temporarily subdued it and taken it into custody. I'd like to ask the Sect Leader to make the final decision."
The long-winded female cultivator held back for a moment, then couldn't help talking again. She folded her arms and sighed, "Sir, you don't know how terrifying that demon is. It was actually transformed from a living person! I just went to the streets with Yingying and saw it with my own eyes!"
"Transformed by a living person", when these four words came out, Qu Wuji's eyes moved and turned to the female cultivator who spoke.
She continued, "At the time, we saw a man stumbling along the street, his movements extremely unnatural, so we called out to him. But when he turned around, he found he had no arms!"
"Before we could react, a long, sharp claw quickly sprouted from that man's empty arm. It crawled to the ground, twisting and twisting until it transformed into a demonic form, crawling along the ground like a spider! The attack power was terrifying. It took the combined efforts of the two of us to subdue it..."
When Qu Wu Ji heard this, his expression became even colder. The female cultivator thought she had said something wrong and stopped talking.
If a demon wants to transform into a human form, it can only kill someone first, then put on the dead person's skin, and cannot get it wet. Once it comes into contact with water, the human skin will fall off, revealing the demon form.
The strange thing about this matter is that the person who first appeared in front of the two was a real, living person.
Demons are demons, and humans are humans. Even if a demon wears human skin, it can never become a human.
And it is absolutely impossible for humans to become demons for no reason.
These two people have very high cultivation levels, there is no possibility that they are wrong.
Qu Wuji asked coldly, "Where is that demon now?"
Gu Yingying said, "...He was originally going to be detained in the Immortal Alliance, but we ran into Qi Fengyuan on the way, and he took the demon away."
"Senior Qi said that this matter is of great importance. If you are detained in the Immortal Alliance, there may be changes. He will temporarily hold you accountable and ask us to come and find you as soon as possible."
Qu Wu Ji frowned as he thought, looking gloomy and with a hint of intimidating pressure.
He clenched his palms, the golden lines on his palms were burning hot, he sensed the location of the person with the golden seal... She had indeed entered Fengdu City.
Her body had not yet been built up, and no one knew what method she used, but she could remain safe and sound amidst the thousands of ghosts, and move freely in the ghost town as if walking on flat ground.
He sneered lightly: Ji Guanlan, ah Ji Guanlan, you are really capable.
The female cultivator said, "Master, the Immortal Trial Competition will begin at dawn. I'm afraid this matter cannot be delayed..."
Qu Wuji slowly released his clenched palm and said to the female cultivator, "Master Yu."
"You are always well-informed, but this matter is of great importance. Do not let any word leak out."
Yu Tingshui was startled when he heard this, then made a gesture to keep his mouth shut and said with a smile, "Don't worry, my Lord. Although I, Yu Tingshui, talk a lot on weekdays, I am not so clueless. I still know what to say and what not to say."
Qu Wuji nodded and said, "Thanks to you two, otherwise this matter would have led to a disaster. Shang Zheng would like to thank you."
Gu Yingying hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, what are you talking about? As the Chief of Patrol, this is my duty."
Yu Tingshui smiled and said, "Although my husband and I are dull, as long as we are still alive, we will not condone the evildoers. Some people cultivate in order to ascend to heaven, but foolish people like us only want to do our part to protect peace..."
After they had been polite for a while, they left first.
Qu Wuji glanced towards the nearby Fengdu City——
If we go into the city, we will not be able to get out for a while and will definitely miss the Immortal Trial Competition. At this time, the demons are moving again, and we don’t know what they are up to. If we take advantage of the opportunity to attack, there will be disaster.
But if he doesn’t go into the city, will that person die?
......
Under the moonlight, the entire abandoned city was dead, shrouded in thick black fog. Not a single ray of light could get in. A cold wind was blowing, rustling clothes, but it couldn't blow through the thick fog at all. The sad and terrifying sound of the ghost owl pierced the sky.
The bloody smell of decay hit me in the face, as if the corpses of the massacred city hundreds of years ago were still withering and rotting.
He stared at the tall city gate, his mind racing, almost going insane. Finally, he gathered strength in his palms—
"You're really crazy if you want to break through the formation and enter the city."
Suddenly, a voice exploded in his sea of consciousness, and his movements froze, his heart pounding.
Qu Wuji slowly calmed his breathing: "How do you know what I'm going to do?"
Ji Lingche didn't answer, but just smiled and said, "You are allowed to monitor me, but I am not allowed to monitor you?"
Qu Wuji looked at the intact city gate and frowned coldly: "How did you get into the city?"
Ji Lingche chuckled: "Guess it yourself."
Qu Wuji: "Key, where did you get the key?"
Before Ji Lingche could answer, Qu Wuji's sea of consciousness suddenly buzzed. The voice over there seemed to be suddenly cut off, and there was a rustling sound. He shouted, "Ji Lingche!"
His palm shone brightly, his spiritual pressure surged, and he was about to break open the city gate—
Ji Lingche's voice suddenly reappeared, but with heavy breathing, as if he was running wildly. The sound was intermittent, noisy and chaotic, and the ghostly howling in the background was shaking the mountains and the earth. Ji Lingche said: "Don't enter the city!"
"——The demons are causing trouble, and the Immortal Alliance is now in a difficult situation."
She said quietly, "I advise you to stop caring about me and think about your own situation first."
There was only the sound of a knife, and the ghost's roar disappeared. His sea of consciousness suddenly became quiet for a moment, and he could only hear her heavy breathing. Qu Wu Ji saw the golden pattern on the palm of his hand flickering, and his mind suddenly appeared the image of her covered in blood when she died in her previous life.
On a moonlit night, on a cliff, he felt her soul gradually leaving her body. Blood stained his white robe red, and the vibrant life in his arms gradually turned cold...
He was inexplicably frightened and trembling slightly, and he only said, "Leave the city immediately, and I will kill him for you."
Ji Lingche sneered: "Who do you think you are?"
Qu Wuji was furious: "You are no match for the ghosts in the city. It's a pipe dream to kill Yan Jinchen and take back the forbidden weapon."
Ji Lingche: "I'll tell you one last time—"
"Leave me alone."
Qu Wuji was furious and gnashed his teeth as he said, "You're looking for death."
"You have to make me come in to find you, don't you?"
Ji Lingche: "...Why are you so crazy?"
She sighed softly and reasoned, "To be honest, there were two figurines, a man and a woman, next to the statue of the Imperial Master in Ping'an Temple, but the male figurine was empty at that time."
"What you just caught is probably something from the male figurine. The matter at Ping An Temple is far from over. You should weigh the severity of this matter yourself."
Qu Wuji's chest kept rising and falling, and the spell that wanted to break open the gate of Fengdu City was stopped suddenly——
Suddenly, the ghostly roars started again. Ji Lingche paused and said leisurely, "By the way, you just asked me how I knew what you were going to do—"
She finally smiled and said, "The butterfly told me."
As soon as she finished speaking, the sound in Qu Wuji's entire sea of consciousness was abruptly cut off. He staggered forward a few steps and stopped in front of the Fengcheng Gate. His emotions surged, and he threw all the immortal alliance and demons behind his mind.
For a moment, he felt that he shouldn't be the leader of the Immortal Alliance at all, and he couldn't help but want to open the entire city gate.
But suddenly, he was stunned.
A silver butterfly fluttered down, like a silver leaf falling on his fingertips.
The cold butterfly landed on his fingertips and flapped its icy wings.
His hands trembled slightly.
When he first saw this kind of butterfly, he thought it was extremely beautiful, but also had an inexplicable chill to it, just like its owner, making it impossible to see through.
Later, everyone witnessed the beauty and strangeness of this thing.
Because the owner of this butterfly used it to create a massive massacre among the major families.
It is known in history as the Butterfly Disaster.
......
"What hatred do we have that you want to hurt me like this?! Who are you?!"
Linghu Yan was exhausted, and the blade of his long sword was blunt from fighting with the evil spirit.
Ji Lingche, however, was unharmed. He simply folded his arms and said, "It's me, Uncle Linghu, Hua Wanwan. Haven't we met before?"
Linghu Yan naturally didn't believe that she was really that simple, but he had no choice but to curse.
He couldn't hear the conversation between Ji Lingche and Qu Wuji. In his heart, he cursed Yin Pei, Liu Yetao, and then madly cursed Yin Lanxin. Finally, he cast his eyes on the little girl in front of him and cursed, "You, you are not a fool, you are a complete lunatic!!"
Yin Lanxin asked him to find the key. Well, since she had the evidence in her hands, he would just look for it.
After finding the key, the nagging ghost did not give up. He asked him to wait for the right person at the gate of Fengdu City tonight, and he would detoxify him after giving him the key.
Well, who told him to be unlucky? He just happened to fall into Yin Lanxin's hands, so he gave it to her!
Who would have thought that they would meet a lunatic who was pretending to be crazy and full of evil intentions! He was even more vicious and despicable than Yin Lanxin!
Not only did they take the key, they also kicked him into the city to be his scapegoat... This was simply a trap!
Linghu Yan felt that all the stupid things he had done in his life had been done in these three days.
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