Chapter 84 The Beginning of the Fourteen Disasters
"I know where he hid the thing he stole!"
This girl had no cultivation and stood in the middle of the crowd. Although she was a little timid, her voice was loud and she looked stubborn.
The crowd erupted in an uproar. The monks, seeing her attire, thought she was a lunatic from one of the surrounding villages and couldn't help but despise her. Someone waved his hand and whispered, "Go!"
"Where did you come from, you wild girl? Why are you here talking nonsense? Go away!"
Someone reached out to pull her, but the girl slammed the hand down and shouted, "Get out of the way!"
"Don't pull me!"
The monks were stunned to see that she was not easy to deal with and did not look like a crazy person.
If what she said was true, then this matter was of great importance. Thinking of Qin Baichuan's end, everyone realized the pros and cons. Fearing of being implicated, they all stayed away and no one dared to interfere.
The girl walked forward and went straight to Liuyetao. She hadn't even caught her breath yet, and her chest was heaving slightly. She frowned and stared at him straight.
Liu Yetao sat on the ground, looked up at the girl without saying a word, his expression subtly turned cold, and the exquisite mask seemed to suddenly have some cracks.
Ji Lingche stood behind Liu Yetao, squinting his eyes and watching with interest.
She couldn't help but sneer——
Tan Xuening?
Isn’t this little girl the little disciple that Linghu Jin has been looking for?
Just now, Ji Lingche was standing on the platform, putting pressure on the members of the Immortal Alliance while scanning the crowd, secretly observing their expressions, trying to find out those who were connected with the demons.
Unfortunately, Yin Su is not here.
At this moment, a female voice suddenly resounded through her sea of consciousness: "Lord Guanlan——"
Ji Lingche remained calm, but his eyes glanced towards the White Jade Tower in the distance.
The voice said again: "Go and catch Liuye Tao. Qu Wuji's golden elixir is on him."
Ji Lingche paused when he heard this. Although his expression did not show it, his hands suddenly clenched and grabbed the railing.
Yin Lanxin spoke lazily, her tone drawn out, "That man has already left the clouds. If you can't catch up with him, the golden elixir will probably be swallowed by the demon master. By then—"
She chuckled and said, "You decide for yourself."
Qu Wu Ji noticed something strange and his eyes moved slightly. He saw that she tilted her head, as if listening to something.
He understood instantly, gently held her wrist, and whispered, "It's okay for you to go, I'm here."
At this time, there was a quarrel and chaos on the training ground, and no one paid attention to what was happening on the platform.
Ji Lingche looked at him, narrowed his eyes, and said, "I'll be back soon."
Qu Wu Ji looked at her and couldn't help being a little absent-minded. She smiled and a spell disappeared immediately. Qu Wu Ji felt a chill in his palm and realized that she was gone.
He lowered his eyes, looked at his empty palms, and suddenly felt a sense of melancholy.
I don’t know what method Yin Lanxin had, but she actually shared a tracking spell with Ji Lingche.
Ji Lingche followed the spell and actually caught Liuyetao. Without saying anything, he threw him back to Yuezhen and smashed him onto the training ground, leaving him half crippled.
It is really unbelievable that someone as cautious and cunning as Liuyetao could be secretly branded with such a tracking spell.
Ji Lingche looked at Liu Yetao, then his gaze drifted to Tan Xuening who was standing in front of him, as if he suddenly had an idea.
Tan Xuening finally caught her breath and when she looked up, she met Ji Lingche's gaze. She was stunned, feeling that the aura of the person in front of her was too weird, and the spiritual pressure made her breathless.
She stared at Ji Lingche blankly, and for a moment she forgot what she was about to say.
Ji Lingche narrowed his eyes and said in a gentle voice, "Little girl, you just said that you knew where he hid the stolen things, right?"
As soon as Ji Lingche said this, Tan Xuening felt as if the gazes from all around her were piercing her like nails, as if they wanted to nail her to the ground.
Liuyetao's smiling eyes stared at her without blinking, as if they were filled with poison.
Tan Xuening knew that if she said anything wrong, she would be eaten alive by this group of people and would be left without a burial place.
Because of her nervousness, she was subconsciously looking for someone. Her eyes wandered, but she didn't see anyone, and the look in her eyes became slightly lonely.
She looked directly at Ji Lingche, her throat moved, she clenched her palms, and said after a long moment, "I've seen the thing he stole."
Everyone heard this, and the crowd suddenly became agitated again.
Tan Xuening's palms were soaked with cold sweat and she couldn't help but tremble.
Ji Lingche paced slowly, raising his eyebrows: "Oh? Then what was that thing you saw?"
When Tan Xue Ning saw her slowly approaching, she didn't understand what was going on and her heart skipped a beat.
She gritted her teeth and said truthfully, "That thing is a golden bead!"
Ji Lingche was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said approvingly, "You're right!"
"So, you really have seen it—"
The monks around were so shocked that they couldn't help but gasp. Those who had just spoken for Liuyetao moved away from him and suddenly became panic-stricken, fearing that they would be implicated.
Liuyetao had put away her smile at this moment, her eyes slightly narrowed, but she did not look panicked at all, and actually seemed quite frank.
When he wasn't smiling, he was like a different person. A subtle viciousness emerged, overshadowing the sweetness, making him look like a big green moth that had been poisoned.
Ji Lingche walked up to Tan Xuening and gently placed his hand on her shoulder, as if trying to win her over. However, this action also revealed danger and was threatening.
Ji Lingche leaned forward slightly, his eyes fell on her face, and he said softly, "Don't be nervous—"
"Tell me first, what is your relationship with Patriarch Liu?"
Tan Xuening suddenly looked up and met her eyes. Suddenly, the feeling of suffocation was infinitely magnified and her breathing became rapid.
Ji Lingche chuckled, reached out and stroked her back, and said, "Don't you want to tell me?"
"Or do you want to tell me, are there any conditions?"
Tan Xuening had difficulty breathing and felt extremely uncomfortable. She shook her head violently, reached out to push Ji Lingche, and said, "Big sister, the spiritual pressure on you is too strong, and the cold fragrance is too strong. I can't breathe."
Ji Lingche:...?
When the monks who were watching heard these words, they couldn't help but boo in shock.
Ji Lingche was stunned for a moment, his hand slowly left her shoulder, and then he really took a step back with an ambiguous smile on his face.
Tan Xue Ning didn't know anything about the Immortal Alliance, and didn't even know Ji Lingche.
She didn't quite understand Ji Lingche's smile, and with a bit of confusion on her face, she said stubbornly, "But the Immortal is right. I am standing here to negotiate terms."
Ji Lingche was not surprised, but rather patient, smiling and saying, "What are the conditions?"
Tan Xuening didn't say it directly, but instead let out a long sigh, as if her whole body relaxed, as if the heavy burden in her heart was finally put down.
She raised her head again, but with a subtle sadness, and said, "...I never understood the affairs of you immortals."
"If it weren't for the demonic unrest, I might never have left that village. I never thought that one day I would be able to stand among you and speak."
Everyone was silent, all listening to her.
She was a little nervous, twisting her hands together, then her shoulders slumped and she said again: "I am from the Zeyuan Tan family, but I never think we have done anything wrong."
"Why do you, the Immortal Alliance, want to massacre the descendants of our family? What right do you have to do this?!"
"For so many years, we have either been on the run or killed... Is this what you immortals are like?"
Perhaps she was too excited, her chest was heaving, her whole body was shaking, and she was unable to speak. The monks who were watching also began to whisper to each other.
Ji Lingche stared at her and said, "So, what do you want when you stand here today?"
As soon as Ji Lingche opened his mouth, the low and noisy voices of the crowd fell silent again.
She smiled slightly: "Little girl, do you want to avenge your people?"
"You want me to kill them all?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the monks who were originally surrounding her suddenly retreated—
Tan Xuening only heard Ji Lingche say one sentence, and the surroundings suddenly became empty!
She stared at Ji Lingche in astonishment, and finally realized what was going on. She shook her head violently: "No!"
"I don't want to kill them all."
"Although I am only a shallow person, I also know that revenge will never end."
Ji Lingche raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh?"
Tan Xuening said, "I just want my people to no longer have to live in fear and hiding from each other."
Ji Lingche chuckled: "Is that all you ask?"
Tan Xuening was frank and said directly: "It's more than that."
She pointed at Liuye Tao beside her and said, "I want the Immortal Alliance to execute this man for patricide!"
…
On the upper floor of the White Jade Tower, Linghu Jin was clinging to the window, his pupils suddenly constricted, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
She was about to teleport to the training ground, but Yin Lanxin grabbed her wrist tightly.
Yin Lanxin raised the corner of her mouth faintly: "Master Linghu, is this scene exciting enough?"
"Do you like this gift I gave you?"
Linghu Jin seemed to understand something and looked at Yin Lanxin in horror: "Did you instruct her to do this?"
Yin Lanxin chuckled: "Ordering? Not really."
"That day, she came to ask me how to prevent Zeyuan's descendants from suffering from the bumpy ride. She also asked why I'd been so unhappy lately."
Yin Lanxin clapped her hands and said, "I have pointed out a clear path for her. What do you think?"
Yin Lanxin approached her and smiled faintly, "Your little disciple may look stupid, but you actually have some skills. You actually deceived Liuye Tao and helped me to overthrow such a great disaster. It's really—"
"Kill three birds with one stone."
…
Ji Lingche couldn't help but be startled——
How did Tan Xuening know about Liu Yeyue?!
Linghu Jin is a thoughtful person and would never tell her such a thing.
Ji Lingche's eyes moved slightly, and he instantly understood the crux of the matter.
With Tan Xuening's level of cultivation, how could she possibly be able to drug Linghu Jin and then escape? There must be someone helping her.
That person helped her leave Langya and come to Yunzhong. He also helped her follow Liuyetao as a "Langya traitor," gaining his trust and planting a tracking spell on him, thus turning the tables on him.
Ji Lingche sneered in his heart, what a big game this is.
This chess game was actually planned in Tiejian Town.
No wonder Yin Lanxin saved this little girl. No wonder she asked Linghu Jin to accept Tan Xuening as his apprentice...
No wonder.
Thinking about it more carefully, talking about the relationship between Xue Ning and Liu Ye Tao, Ji Lingche suddenly thought of -
Shen Lumou.
The little demon suddenly turned against them, and before being killed, she only said, "A gentleman will die for his friend."
So, who is the "confidant" who can make her willingly die?
Thinking of Xiaolu, Ji Lingche felt an inexplicable stab in his heart and his expression turned cold.
His gaze shifted to Liuye Tao, who was half-kneeling on the ground and looking at him.
Liu Yetao's eyes were filled with smiles, and he was unusually calm, as if Tan Xuening's accusations just now were all nonsense and he didn't care at all.
Looking at Ji Lingche, he smiled sweetly again, with a hint of perfect bitterness, looking as helpless as if he had been wronged.
Ji Lingche lowered his eyes and sneered, "Friend..."
"Liuyetao, tell me, am I your confidant?"
The smile on Liu Yetao's face froze for a moment, and he then said with a wry smile, "Lord God, you really enjoy joking with me."
The dim setting sun shone down obliquely, and Ji Lingche's face was chillingly cold.
Liuyetao is good at winning people's hearts and playing with them in the palm of his hand. Especially those with weak wills can easily regard him as a "confidant" or "close friend". They are gradually brainwashed by him and are instigated by him to do things for him willingly.
Liu Yeqing believed his words and took the initiative to falsely accuse Liu Yeyue for him. It was not until Liu Yeyue had been dead for a long time that she realized what was going on.
Chen Lumou regarded him as a close friend and was willing to die for him, even if what he did would bring him eternal damnation.
Willow-leaf peach never fails in playing with people's hearts.
So when a naive and reckless girl like Tan Xuening appeared in front of him, he of course arrogantly thought that this person would be the next "Chen Lumou".
A perfect "chess piece" appeared, how could he let it go?
Liu Yetao couldn't help but underestimate his enemy. He thought it would be easy to control her and was planning to use her to kill Linghu Jin and overthrow the Langya Linghu family.
Because she underestimated the enemy, Liuye Tao also trusted her.
He didn't think such a stupid loser could cause any trouble, so he barely guarded against her, letting her blow the whistle and even letting her take a peek at the golden elixir...
I never expected that I would be bitten back.
Now he is surrounded by enemies, his reputation is ruined, his life is in danger, it is really a chess game where one wrong move leads to a complete loss.
As the sky gradually darkened and the situation became unpredictable, Tan Xuening felt inexplicably panicked. She didn't know whether she had the capital to negotiate terms.
She didn't understand the affairs of the immortals, nor did she understand the twists and turns and intrigues of these people.
She just felt that standing among these people, she felt that the courage she had finally found was fading away along with the sky.
Tan Xuening knew that she couldn't delay any longer, otherwise she wouldn't even have the courage to negotiate.
She clenched her palms, her nails digging into her flesh. Not wanting to show her weakness, she said firmly to Ji Lingche, "Master, can you fulfill the two points I just mentioned?"
"...If you can promise me, I will tell you where he hid the golden elixir."
Ji Lingche's cold gaze shifted away from Liu Yetao's face, turned around, looked at Tan Xuening, and said only: "I'm very curious."
Tan Xuening was startled when she heard her continue, "I'm curious, what does that old incident of the Liu family have to do with you?"
Tan Xuening was stunned for a moment and said, "This matter is my master's obsession. If that's the case, I will do it even if it costs me my life."
Ji Lingche raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
At first, seeing that this little girl drugged Linghu Jin and absorbed her cultivation, this person seemed like an evil disciple who repaid kindness with enmity.
But when you think about it carefully, even someone as cautious and self-protective as Linghu Jin would actually come to Yuezhen for such a person, take risks, and be willing to share half of his cultivation with her -
It seems that the relationship between these two as master and disciple is not shallow.
Tan Xuening became emotional, pointing at Liuyetao and saying, "Although Master never mentioned it to me, I know. I know Master wants more than just to kill him."
"What he wants is for this man's crimes to be known to everyone, and for him to be executed on the Zhuxian Terrace for the crime of patricide. Only in this way can he seek justice for his old friend who died unjustly!"
Ji Lingche stared at her for a long time, raised the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Very good."
"Since you have such a heart, your master is not in vain for being so kind to you."
Tan Xuening was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and murmured, "Master, have you promised me?"
Ji Lingche ignored her, leaned over, and suddenly grabbed Liu Yetao's neck, instantly turning his face blue and purple. The monks thought she was going to execute this man on the spot, and they all gasped for a moment.
But Ji Lingche did not strangle him to death. Instead, a dagger suddenly appeared in his hand and he stabbed it into his dantian. The whole dagger was instantly embedded in his body!
She flicked her wrist, the dagger pointed upwards—
Blood gushed out, instantly dyeing the ground red. The monks watching were shocked and immediately became agitated.
If this Liuye Tao is really the treasure thief who stole the Suppression Tower, then he must be in serious collusion with the demons. Such a person must know a lot of the demons' secrets. Moreover, this person definitely has accomplices. If we can follow the clues and find out who is behind it -
How could such a person be killed so easily? Shouldn't he be tortured and interrogated to find out everything he knew?
This evil cultivator kills people without even a hint of negotiation. He is truly moody and acts according to his own will. It is really...
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of light, and a blood-stained golden bead floated up. Suddenly, a huge spiritual pressure exploded, and everyone was shocked and felt severe pain in their sea of consciousness.
Qu Wu Ji stood on the platform and watched from afar, feeling a heart-wrenching pain, as if his golden elixir was being cut open all over again.
His heart was beating very fast, and a layer of cold sweat instantly soaked his body. He clenched his hands and held on to the railing tightly.
Ji Lingche reached out and grasped the bead. The golden light of the bead gradually dimmed, and the terrifying spiritual pressure was also dissipated.
She glanced at Xue Ning and said, "I'm completely sure of the two points you just made."
"But listen, I agreed because I think you're interesting, not because I'm being blackmailed by you."
"You don't need to tell me, I know where he hid the golden elixir."
This kind of Mahayana golden elixir, when activated by magic, releases a spiritual pressure that is almost earth-shattering and will definitely be noticed by others. If you want to hide it, the safest thing is to swallow it into your stomach and place it in your dantian.
Ji Lingche held the bloody bead, and bright red blood dripped down through her fingers. In the dim sunset, she seemed to be holding a bloody heart.
Liuyetao was stabbed in the dantian, but he did not die. He lay on the ground gasping for breath.
But even so, he didn't utter a word from beginning to end, which was really enduring.
Ji Lingche held the golden elixir in his palm and said to the stunned cultivators, "This is the debt the Immortal Alliance owes us for slaughtering Xiaoyao Sect. Can you see clearly?"
…
The light on the golden elixir had faded, but the severe pain in Qu Wuji's dantian had not subsided. The pain was so severe that his sea of consciousness was buzzing and he could not hear anything. He reached out and touched his abdomen, only to feel bright red on his hands.
He half-knelt on the ground holding the railing, staring blankly at the blood on his hands. For a moment, he couldn't tell where he was. He didn't know whether this was the Golden Terrace or the Moon Town in the Clouds.
Qu Wu Ji closed his eyes and suddenly felt the pain in his heart, as if he was suffocating.
He slowly raised his hand and gently wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, which was stained with a coldness.
"Why are you crying? You're such a loser." He thought to himself.
He closed his eyes and felt darkness all around him, as if he had fallen into another endless nightmare.
Suddenly, he was startled and felt himself being embraced, and a warmth covering him.
The familiar spiritual power flowed into his spiritual veins frantically, instantly suppressing his severe pain. He gradually woke up and heard someone calling his name over and over again.
"Qu Wuji!"
"Shang Zheng, what's wrong with you? Please don't scare me, okay..."
Ji Lingche knelt on the ground and held him tightly in his arms.
She held the golden pill tightly in her hand, breathing heavily and her heart pounding.
She didn't know why Qu Wu Ji was like this. It might be because the new elixir in his body and the golden elixir were counteracting each other.
Her chest heaved as she saw the person in her arms' spiritual veins were disordered and almost broken. All thoughts disappeared from her mind in an instant, and she suddenly wanted to destroy and crush the golden elixir.
She didn't want Qu Wu Ji to suffer or get hurt, so she would rather destroy the golden elixir.
She whispered, "Shang Zheng, it's okay..."
"You'll be fine..."
She held him in her arms with one hand, and with the other, she held the golden elixir, tightening it bit by bit.
Suddenly, the back of her hand felt cold.
Qu Wuji's cold hand covered the back of her hand. He breathed weakly and said with all his might, "Don't pinch it, or you'll get hurt."
He just said, "I'm fine."
Seeing him being so arrogant, Ji Lingche couldn't help but feel angry, but his heart was sour and his eyes suddenly turned red.
She was about to say something, but suddenly stopped.
Because there was a long sword, suddenly pointing at her back.
At the same time, the monks on the training ground, who were originally at a loss, suddenly became chaotic, with screams ringing in the ears.
Ji Lingche looked down and saw that the body of Qin Baichuan, who was already dead, suddenly moved.
Something seemed to be moving inside him.
Suddenly, a sharp claw finally pierced through the flesh, shot out from his dantian, and moved up along his abdomen, slowly cutting open the body.
There was a sound of tearing, blood and foam flew everywhere, and things came out of the corpse. Ji Lingche's pupils suddenly shrank!
The thing looked neither human nor beast. It squatted on the ground, sweeping its long tail like an iron pestle. It grinned, revealing its sharp teeth, and let out a roar.
Chu Heng...
This thing is the same as the one in Chu Heng's body in the Xiaoqinglong Temple in Shangjing at that time.
The demon fetus planted in the golden elixir is raised in the body of the cultivator.
The moment the monk died, the ghost thing woke up, ripped open the mother's belly and crawled out...
Ji Lingche felt his scalp tingle. Why was there a demon fetus parasitized in Qin Baichuan's golden elixir?!
So, how many people are infected now?
Ji Lingche breathed heavily and turned his head inch by inch, only to see a cold and elegant gold-thread mask, glowing coldly in the afterglow of the setting sun.
The man had his back to the setting sun, his expression was gloomy, and his red robe looked as if it was on fire.
Yin Su pointed his sword at her back and said, "Give me the golden elixir in your hand."
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