Chapter 41: Fifteen Bloody Storms and the Emperor's Lips
The female cultivator with locust flowers not far away turned into green smoke and disappeared.
Ji Lingche squatted down, brushed his hand across the head's wide-open eyes, and made him close his eyes forever.
The child was so frightened that he was stunned for a long time. He took a few steps back and fell to the ground with a thud. He looked at Ji Lingche in horror and could not make any sound.
Ji Lingche was carefully wiping his bloodied hands. Hearing the noise, he looked up at him, startled for a moment, then softened his expression. He said softly, "Wait here. I'll come back to find you and take you out."
The child seemed not to understand what she was saying. When she stared at him, his hair stood on end. He looked at her in horror, then rolled and crawled backwards, falling several times along the way.
Ji Lingche stared at him solemnly, said nothing, and let him go.
She only felt dizzy and swollen, and the cold wind made her feel cold to the bone. She couldn't help but sway, and for a moment she felt like she didn't know where to go.
She would always feel that way.
I was standing alone in an empty place, with blood flowing and corpses and gore all around me. I didn't know what to think or where to go.
Exhausted, bloodied, and with no one to tell her where to go.
She only knew that she must not stop and must move forward.
Must move forward!
Ji Lingche walked forward step by step.
Walking faster and faster, then running—
But suddenly, she staggered and felt an earthquake, and the movement came from underground.
Underground, isn't that...
Ji Lingche's heart moved, he stopped and looked back, only to see that the water in the crack not far away was overflowing, the ground was cracking inch by inch, the water was shaking constantly, and disaster was arising from underground.
She suddenly thought of Qu Wuji, and for some reason her heart shuddered. She had previously told him to go into the fog to find Ji Tai'er's ghost, and now there was another movement underground. Could it be that -
She clearly said that she hoped he would die far away, but something unexpected happened. She became unusually panicked. Without time to think carefully, she dived into the water without hesitation and went downstream against the turbulent water.
The Water Avoidance Technique consumed a lot of vital energy. Ji Lingche only felt a sweet and fishy taste in his throat, and his chest felt like it was about to explode, but he still felt that his movements were not fast enough. He pinched the Taoist spell with his fingers, and pushed his spiritual power to the extreme. A white light flashed, and he instantly appeared in the hall where the national teacher was locked up.
Ji Lingche felt dizzy and her ears were buzzing. She knelt down on one knee, coughed up blood, and forced herself to raise her head, but suddenly she was stunned. She couldn't even believe her eyes.
Because Li Lingxi died.
His neck was cut in half, with his head hanging almost falling off, but he had a faint smile on his face and rolled down from the high seat dejectedly.
The man next to him, his face covered in blood, was holding a sharp long knife. He was kneeling beside him like a madman, grinning grimly and glancing sadly at the man whose head was half chopped off.
The person holding the knife was Ji Taier.
To be precise, it was her ghost, the earthbound spirit that had just been released.
The earthbound spirit, which had accumulated resentment for hundreds of years, was indeed ferocious, but it was impossible for it to kill the Imperial Master. Unless the Imperial Master saw her raise the knife, he would willingly accept the death and face death with joy.
Blood splattered all over her head and face, and flowed down her lips, making them look as bright red as if they had been painted with rouge.
“National Master!!”
Ji Taier burst into laughter and pounded the ground with her hands.
"When you die, I will build a big tombstone for you."
…
Ji Lingche was horrified, but suddenly she felt someone put his hand on her shoulder. A steady stream of spiritual power was input from her shoulder, calming the violent spiritual power in her body. She turned around and saw a pair of brown eyes.
Suddenly, her heart was at ease.
Qu Wuji's face looked bad, as if he was injured, but his spiritual power poured into her spiritual veins as if it was free. His voice trembled slightly: "What's wrong with you?!"
Ji Lingche looked at him, and seeing that he was fine, he tugged at his sleeve, using the force to stand up, and said casually, "Nothing, I just ran too fast and I'm a little slow to recover."
Qu Wuji held her wrist, his hand was cold and trembling slightly. Ji Lingche looked into his eyes and just smiled: "I'm fine, you see, I'm fine-"
Suddenly, Ji Tai'er laughed loudly, but with a hint of sadness in her voice: "You are willing to be killed by me. I never thought it would happen!"
"If I had known this, I would have come to kill you a long time ago."
She almost gnashed her teeth and said, "Li Lingxi, I have always wanted to kill you, always..."
"Do you think that just because you have all the power in the world, you can manipulate me and make me do things according to your wishes?"
"For all these years, I've been enduring, waiting, coaxing you, always looking for a chance to kill you... It wasn't until I died and became a ghost, my resentment overflowing with evil spirits, and there was nothing to fear anymore, that I finally had the courage and opportunity to chop off your head."
She reached out to cover the man's bleeding neck, and with her other hand brushed across his tightly closed brows and eyes: "Even after I died, you still wanted to summon my soul and make me your exclusive lover!"
She patted Li Lingxi's face heavily, then slowly stood up, climbed up the throne step by step, sat on it, leaned heavily on it, and stepped on the body of the imperial teacher.
Blood slid down her cheeks, looking like a very bright red makeup, and blood drops fell on her lips, a bright red.
She now looked like a true emperor, sitting on the high platform. All the cowardice and sorrow on her face were gone. She lowered her eyes slightly and looked at the corpse on the ground, smiling faintly:
"Don't you want to manipulate me? It's time to change now. When you become a ghost, will you listen to me obediently?"
Ji Lingche was somewhat surprised. He squinted his eyes and looked at them, thinking, it turns out that the relationship between these two people is not what is written in the book?
Qu Wuji gently grasped her wrist and said, "Let's leave here first."
The two of them took a few steps and stood beside the few people who were still unconscious. Seeing that Linghu Jin and the others were breathing weakly, but their souls were still alive, Qu Wuji cast a spell to surround the few people and quickly left the gloomy underground palace.
Several people went straight out of the ghost palace and came to the wall of Fengdu. They could already vaguely hear the roars of demons and the sounds of fighting outside the city. Ji Lingche knew that things were far from over, and his heart sank. He cheered up again and turned his gaze to the pale-faced Linghu Jin.
She leaned over, placed her hand lightly on her forehead, and probed, discovering that her spirit had not been taken away. Qu Wuji said, "The remaining spirit of the princess has been held hostage by Liu Yeyue's spirit, so the head of the Linghu family is not seriously injured."
Ji Lingche still felt sorry for Liu Yeyue when he thought of her. He couldn't help but feel sad and said, "You just let the ghost of the princess go? How do you know that the princess will definitely kill the imperial tutor? What if she is deceiving you——"
Before she finished speaking, Qu Wu Ji slowly raised his arm, and a purple totem flickered faintly on the inside of his wrist.
Ji Lingche was shocked: "The Heart Demon Oath?!"
She frowned: "You——"
"Qu Wuji, are you crazy and wanting to die? Do you know how dangerous it is to do this..."
Ji Lingche suddenly stopped talking because she saw a faint smile flash across Qu Wuji's face.
She frowned and said, "What are you laughing at? Are you really sick in the head?"
Qu Wuji said: "You are worried about me."
Ji Lingche laughed: "Are you talking in your sleep?"
Qu Wuji wasn't annoyed and seemed to be in a good mood. He slowly explained, "When I found her, she was indeed imprisoned. But she promised me that if I let her go, she would help the Immortal Alliance get rid of that scourge, Li Lingxi."
"I added a clause: after she was freed from her shackles, she would serve as the center of the formation and guard Fengdu, never to leave. She readily agreed." He smiled and said, "It's such a good deal, why should I refuse?"
The so-called oath of the inner demon is an oath made under the supervision of the inner demon. Once violated, the inner demon will retaliate, the heart will rot, and life will be worse than death.
A man and a ghost swore an oath against their inner demons and quoted the way of heaven as a testimony. He promised to break the shackles of the past for a dead soul, and she vowed to kill the national teacher once she regained her freedom, and was willing to guard this ghost town forever for the Immortal Alliance.
Anyone who violates this rule will die instantly.
Ji Lingche sneered, "Master Shouzun, you always say that I'm too arrogant, but I think you're not bad either."
It takes a lot of spiritual energy to liberate the earthbound spirit, and the probability of success is extremely low. If you are not careful, you will be sucked in and devoured by the resentful ghost.
Qu Wu Ji only has one chance to make this bet. If he fails to open the seal, he will die without a burial place.
Looking at Ji Lingche's slightly angry expression, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy, and his heart was actually very relaxed.
Seeing him like this, Ji Lingche narrowed his eyes and said, "Hey, what are you so proud of?"
Ji Lingche thought about it and still found it ridiculous.
So, what was Ji Taier pursuing throughout her life?
What on earth had happened five hundred years ago? What was the relationship between this imperial concubine and this imperial teacher? Ji Tai'er appeared to be in love with the imperial teacher, but in her heart she hated him to the core, and had been playing the game for many years.
A few words can give us a glimpse of what happened back then, but the details are unknown to future generations. All the past events have been buried in the dust and washed away by the water.
But these two people have been nailed together forever in history books, and no one cares about them anymore.
Ji Lingche was thinking when he suddenly heard a groan from someone beside him. He saw that Mu Ye had woken up, but he moved but could not get up, with his head buried in the ground.
Ji Lingche looked at him for a long time before saying, "Young Master Mu, you haven't actually been crazy, right?"
Mu Ye buried his head deep in his chest, as if he was too embarrassed to face anyone. After a long while, he finally laughed miserably. His voice was hoarse, and he tried his best to utter unclear words: "I, would rather... really go crazy."
How desperate would it be to watch yourself uncontrollably kill your wife and daughter, and then become a prisoner, being humiliated and tortured day and night?
He was acting crazy and stupid just because he didn't want to think about what happened before.
Sometimes being too strong-minded and being in a hopeless predicament is actually a greater torture.
Yan Jinchen could have killed him, but he didn't.
Which is the real torture, death or becoming disabled?
He could have killed Mu Guisheng, but he didn't.
Letting him watch his "only son" become the laughing stock of the whole world, and watch his Guangling Mu family have no successors, decline step by step, and be divided and devoured, is far more cruel than killing him.
This dull pain is like using a hammer to break your bones bit by bit, then letting them heal, and then suddenly breaking them when they are about to heal, leaving you in fear and regret forever. Your soul wanders all day long, thinking about the events of the past, and suddenly you feel creepy and unable to eat.
Ji Lingche had seen him in Qi Xiangwan's consciousness and knew that the couple had a very good relationship. Mu Ye probably had some true feelings for Qi Xiangwan, but now they were separated by the Yin and Yang, and he had become a cripple. All the things that had happened before were truly sad.
Ji Lingche couldn't say anything harsh, so he just looked at him.
Mu Ye slowly got up and knelt on the ground. He laughed softly at himself and whispered, "You guys can go now. Don't worry about me."
Qu Wuji said after a long while: "Senior Qi and your father have been looking for you for many years."
"If you get out, at least you'll have an explanation."
Mu Ye slowly raised his head and said with a wry smile, "My Lord, what explanation can I give you in this state?"
"Please tell them that I've already died, and leave me some dignity for the last time."
Qu Wu Ji didn't force it, just lowered his eyes.
Ji Lingche looked at Mu Ye silently, and suddenly remembered what his master said: all things are empty, but cause and effect are not empty.
Everything is connected and cause and effect will come true.
Starting from the beginning, everyone is somewhat hateful and somewhat pitiful.
Linghu Jin and Qing were both unconscious, but in comparison, Liu Yeqing was slightly less seriously injured. After being infused with Qu Wuji's spiritual power, he actually woke up.
Qu Wu Ji created a magic circle on the city wall that allowed people to pass through the wall, and asked him to carry Linghu Jin out of the city first and go to a safe place to recuperate.
Liu Yeqing came to the city to look for Mu Ye, but given the current situation, he couldn't force it. He just silently carried Linghu Jin on his back and was about to leave -
Ji Lingche suddenly said, "Wait a moment."
She walked closer, stretched out her hand and wiped Linghu Jin's face, instantly turning her into a man, and turned into the appearance of Linghu Yan.
Ji Lingche looked up at Liu Yeqing. Her distinct black and white eyes were truly frightening. She said, "Since you entered the city, the only person you've met has been Linghu Yan, the head of the Linghu family. Do you understand?"
No matter how stupid Liu Yeqing was, he knew the pros and cons of this. He said yes repeatedly and left the city with Linghu Jin.
Ji Lingche turned his head and looked at Mu Ye again, but saw that his meridians had been severed and he had stopped breathing. He fell to the ground, and his body was being eaten by evil spirits, and soon turned into a pool of blood.
Ji Lingche was watching silently when his wrist was suddenly gently grasped. Qu Wuji said, "Let's go."
Ji Lingche tilted his head slightly to look at him, then calmly looked away. He had already started thinking about how to get rid of him.
Although she promised him that she would not abandon him again, she could not stay in the Immortal Alliance.
Once out of the city, he was still the majestic chief lord, and she was just a disaster who suddenly came back to life, and was half-disabled.
Even though she was disguised as his disciple, the truth would eventually come to light. Sooner or later, she would be discovered and attacked by everyone. Wouldn't she be trapped in a jar and at the mercy of others?
Besides, she had to go to Shangjing.
As soon as the two of them left the city, Ji Lingche had already thought of countless plans in his mind. Just as he was thinking, he saw a commotion -
I saw a man standing there with wounds all over his body and blood dripping down his face. His sword was already broken. He pushed his spiritual power to the extreme and tried to escape, but he was still no match for his opponent and was surrounded.
But it was not a demon but a large group of monks who injured him like this.
The man was forced into a corner and retreated repeatedly. There was a big hole in his chest and blood was gushing out. He stared at the man who was standing in front of him and pointing a sword at him.
All I heard was the monks watching shouting, "Kill him!"
"Senior Qi, please don't be soft-hearted. You must not let this scourge go unpunished!"
"I never thought the head of the Guangling Mu family would be such a person! As the head of an aristocratic family, he colluded with demons and assassinated us, almost causing us all to die without a burial place!!!"
Ji Lingche narrowed his eyes and saw that the two people surrounded by the monks were Mu Guisheng and Qi Fengyuan.
At this moment, Qi Fengyuan's sword was against Mu Guisheng's heart, about to pierce it -
"Senior Qi, wait a minute." A voice was heard with a sense of oppression, so cold that it made people shudder.
This voice is... the Lord Chief has returned?!
The whole place suddenly fell into deathly silence, and everyone turned around to look at Qu Wuji and the others.
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The author has something to say: The chapter of hatred and resentment is finally finished... The next chapter will start a new volume
The reason why this article is called "Evil Grudge" is because it mainly talks about some old hatreds and grudges, so it is a bit tragic and sad?
This is my first time writing an article, and it’s also my first time writing a complete copy. Hahaha, I feel a sense of accomplishment.
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