Mu Ranwu wiped the blood stains from the corners of her mouth, and then said bitterly: "I could have gotten married and had children, and lived an ordinary and happy life. But I was forced to see another world of becoming an immortal. Do you know how inferior I was at that time, and how I felt that life was worse than death? According to my qualifications, when I am old and gray, my sister will still be young and beautiful, and ascend to become an immortal with enviable cultivation. By then, I can only stay alone in the mortal world and die alone and hopeless! What did I do wrong? I didn't kill my sister myself! She didn't want to live anymore, and was willing to use her life to exchange for the life of that evil demon Su Yishui! I just want to start over and live a good life. Is it not possible?"
Mu Ranwu uttered the last few words in a nearly crazy roar. The bloodstains at the corners of her mouth were still there, and under the reflection of the torches opposite, she actually had a ghostly and demonic look.
Zhou Feihua was also shocked by her miserable expression. Although she was angry, she didn't know what to say.
At this time, a beautiful female voice came: "You want to live, and no one will stop you. When you fell from the reincarnation tree, Su Yishui did not expose your lies. But you want to do good for yourself, so you want to hurt others and climb up by stepping on their corpses. What kind of conscience is this?"
Mu Ranwu turned her head and saw Xue Ranran walking out from the darkness at some point, and the handsome and tall man next to her was Su Yishui.
He was still following Xue Ranran around? This girl was obviously not as pretty as him, so where did she get such great charm that she could once again make Su Yishui fall in love with her?
Conquering Su Yishui, this cold and arrogant man, was another obsession of Mu Ranwu after her rebirth, but Xue Ranran, who had become mediocre, did it effortlessly.
Mu Ranwu felt hatred when she heard her voice. She sneered and said, "It turned out that you were the one who told Zhou Feihua. No wonder there is a spiritual shield in this village. How is it, sister? I have regained another one of your followers. Are you very proud?"
After hearing this, Zhou Feihua stared at Xue Ranran in disbelief: It turns out that this little girl who has always gotten along well with her... is her good friend Mu Qingge!
Su Yishui now has no patience for this counterfeit, especially after hearing what she said just now, he feels very disgusted!
Although he had forgotten many things, he still remembered how Mu Qingge favored his younger sister. But in the mouth of Mu Ranwu, it all became Mu Qingge's original sin?
It's no pity to kill such an ungrateful person!
Thinking of this, Su Yishui had already mobilized his true energy and attacked towards Mu Ran.
Beside Mu Ranwu were a few strange guys with dull expressions, each of them had extraordinary skills. Su Yishui was defeated by them the last time he fought with them.
However, it has been more than a month since the last fight. All along the way, Su Yishui has been practicing with Ranran, not only Ranran's skills have been improved, but Su Yishui's as well.
When Su Yishui was fighting with the five servants, Ran Ran also drew his sword and fought against the enemy side by side with Su Yishui.
The advantages of being a fellow practitioner were immediately apparent in this fierce fight. The two of them advanced and retreated, attacked and defended, with a tacit understanding like twins. They didn't even need to communicate with each other through eye contact; they could guess each other's next move through the flow of qi.
Under the bright light of the torches in the village, the men in their long robes with wide sleeves fluttered like swimming dragons, while the women were petite and slender with slim waists and relaxed arms, controlling and releasing the lightning with ease, which made people so fascinated that they completely forgot that they were fighting a fierce battle of skills and a fight for life and death.
At this moment, Mu Ranwu, who had been hiding in the back, suddenly blew an ancient xun around his neck. When the xun made a dull sound, dozens of water monsters covered with scales suddenly rushed out of the river outside the village and rushed towards the village frantically.
Mu Ranwu knew that if they continued like this, Master Su Yishui and his apprentice would gain the upper hand sooner or later. Her purpose in coming to this village was to transform the entire village.
Now that Su Yishui and Xue Ranran are entangled in a fight with others, the aura of the spiritual shield they set up will naturally weaken, and they have no time to care about so many water monsters. This is a good opportunity for them to attack the village.
Unfortunately, she overlooked one person, that was Zhou Feihua.
Although she was not a person with cultivation, she was a female general who had gone through life and death with her father and Mu Qingge and killed enemies on the battlefield.
Even though they were facing a group of terrifying water monsters, Zhou Feihua remained calm and ordered his men to strike the gongs according to their usual training, waking up everyone and gathering them around the fence to wait.
When the dripping water monsters entered the lime pool, the water on their bodies, after being stained with lime, immediately began to smoke and boil, and became boiling hot. The water monsters could not help but let out miserable screams.
But when Mu Ranwu's xiao sounded, they seemed to be manipulated and continued to move forward with expressionless faces.
At this time, the children in the village had already set off firecrackers and were beating gongs and drums at Zhou Feihua's signal.
The harsh sounds suddenly interrupted the sound of the xiao. The water demons retreated again, covering their ears in impatience and wanting to flee in all directions.
Mu Ranwu became anxious. She squinted and looked at the spiritual shield outside the village, because a water demon had rushed over before and created the outline of the spiritual shield.
In the dim light, Mu Ranwu immediately saw that the gate of the village was not covered by spiritual power.
Mu Ranwu glanced at Ran Ran and the others who were fighting with five Brahma sect servants, narrowed her eyes and attacked the village gate.
Although some villagers tried their best to stop her, they were no match for Mu Ranwu. They were immediately knocked flying and fell to the ground.
Zhou Feihua threw away her long braids, silently drew her sword from her waist, and faced Mu Ranwu. Mu Ranwu sneered and tried to grab the sword with her bare hands, but when her hand touched Zhou Feihua's sword, she was burned and screamed to let go.
"What the hell is this sword of yours?" Mu Ranwu asked angrily as she looked at her rapidly decaying hands.
Zhou Feihua sneered and made a sword flower, and said in a cold voice: "You can't even recognize this sword? It is the sword your sister used to carry, the Dust-Extinguishing Sword?"
Mu Ranwu took a closer look and found that although the sword had a new hilt and scabbard, the rusty blade did look very familiar!
Back then, my sister had been using this old sword that she found in the ancient tomb of Xishan. Later, Su Yu couldn't stand it anymore, so he bought another famous sword for my sister Mu Qingge, decorated it with jade and diamonds, and gave it to my sister in an extremely gorgeous way.
Mu Qingge didn't seem to want it at first, but couldn't resist Su Yu's insistence, so he accepted the sword, and then gave the Dust-Breaking Sword to himself.
Mu Ranwu felt very aggrieved at the time, thinking that Mu Qingge was throwing away a broken thing that she no longer wanted. If her sister really wanted to give her the sword, why didn't she give her the famous sword that Emperor Su Yu had given her?
So she just smiled coldly at the time, and refused the broken thing on the pretext that she didn't like fighting.
After Mu Ranwu came down from the Reincarnation Tree, she went up the West Mountain and kept thinking about getting back the precious sword that Su Yu had given to her sister. Finally, she got her wish.
I didn't expect that Mu Qingge actually gave this sword to Zhou Feihua!
Speaking of this Dust-Free Sword, Zhou Feihua has used it for a full twenty years. Although she is no longer a young girl, she is at the most mature age for a swordsman.
Over the years, the boring palace has become an excellent place for swordsmen to practice. Therefore, Zhou Feihua has already grasped the essence of swordsmanship.
She remembered what her friend had said when she gave her the Dustless Sword. Mu Qingge touched the rusty blade and said, "This sword may look worn out, but it is the relic of an unknown sword master. He became obsessed with swordplay and a bit of his spirit was embedded in the sword. If an ordinary person uses this sword, it is just a piece of rusty scrap metal. But if you keep it with you for a long time, once you can... If you understand the true meaning of swordsmanship, this sword will come alive, and its power should not be underestimated. Unfortunately, I am not very good at swordsmanship, and I have failed this sword. I originally wanted my sister Xiaowu to practice this sword. She is not very talented in cultivation, and if she could practice swordsmanship, she could also achieve the goal of becoming a saint... Unfortunately, she said she doesn't like swordsmanship, so I will give this to you, you won't dislike it, right?"
When Zhou Feihua picked up the sword, she vaguely felt the murderous aura of the sword. She fell in love with the sword at first sight, just like a girl falling in love, and naturally accepted it with gratitude.
In the years that followed, she held this broken copper and rotten iron sword in her hand for countless nights in the deep palace, accompanying her in her dances from dawn to dusk, and cutting the evening dew and flying snow.
When Zhou Feihua held the sword in his hand, the rust spots on the sword gradually faded away, emitting a chilling light that frightened Mu Ranwu so much that he could not help but take a few steps back.
Zhou Feihua said coldly: "You always say that Mu Qingge ignored you, but she has clearly given you the best of everything. If you don't want it, who can you blame?"
After saying that, she flew up again, wielding the sword of absolute death, and attacked Mu Ranwu closely.
Mu Ranwu didn't dare to try to snatch the blade with bare hands anymore, and only set up a spiritual shield for defense. But the sword was too evil, it actually pierced through the true qi and attacked Mu Ranwu's face.
She could only dodge and block with the sword in her hand, but with a crisp snap, her sword was split into two pieces by the broken sword like tofu.
Next, sword rays rained down like rain, attacking densely. Mu Ranwu was beaten back repeatedly, and finally she tripped and fell into the lime pit.
At this time, the villagers had already poured water into the lime pit, and it was boiling hot. Mu Ranwu was burned like a fish in a net and jumped up all of a sudden.
When he looked down again, he saw that his body was covered with clusters of blisters, as densely packed as toad eggs.
"Ah--" Mu Ranwu screamed unwillingly.
If she was defeated by Su Yishui or Xue Ranran, she could still comfort herself in her heart because her true energy was depleted during this period and her skills were not as good as others.
But who is Zhou Feihua? A concubine who relieves boredom in the Su Yu harem, an ordinary woman!
She was beaten so badly by such an old woman that she couldn't even get close to her!
And when Mu Ranwu saw that the Dust-Free Sword was so powerful in Zhou Feihua's hands, she realized what kind of treasure she had rejected back then!
She was filled with shame and remorse, and she began to resent him: My hateful sister, why didn't you explain things clearly at the beginning, causing her to miss out on such a treasure, and now she is in such a miserable state because of this sword!
At this moment, Zhou Feihua had already flown over and joined the battle between Su Yishui and Xue Ranran.
The joining of the Swordswoman immediately changed the situation greatly, and the five Brahma attendants gradually fell into inferiority.
Mu Ranwu knew that she would get nothing here, so she immediately abandoned the five servants, turned around and ran away.
But Su Yishui was always keeping an eye on her, how could he let her escape so easily?
He just pulled out a short blade from Xue Ranran's body and threw it out, piercing Mu Ranwu's scapula and nailing her to the tree.
At this moment, the five attendants seemed to sense something and decided to abandon the coachman. Suddenly, their bodies swelled up like a balloon being inflated.
Su Yishui shouted quickly: "Retreat quickly! Stay away from them!"
After saying this, he stretched out his wide sleeves, protected Ranran, and flew away from the five people.
In an instant, the bodies of the five people exploded and turned into dust in the wind.
Ran Ran was a little confused about the meaning of their self-destruction. But when Mu Ranwu inhaled their blood, corpses and smoke, her vitality suddenly doubled, breaking the short blade that was holding her, and then she walked away laughing wildly.
Ran Ran noticed that her eyes were actually bloodshot, and she looked like she was possessed.
The rest of the water monsters also fell down one after another, struggling to crawl towards the river, as if trying to escape.
At this time, the villagers in the village also ran out with axes and hoes, ready to kill the water monsters who were struggling to escape.
But Ran Ran stopped them: "No, they are the fishermen who disappeared a few days ago. They have lost their minds due to the evil talisman. We will try to see if we can rescue them..."
At this moment, an old woman with gray hair trembled as she squeezed out of the crowd. She was the landlord of the village where Zhou Feihua was staying. Some days ago, her sixteen-year-old grandson disappeared while fishing shrimps by the river.
Now, after searching them one by one with great effort, she saw at a glance one of the water monsters that was severely burned.
The water demon had a silver earring on his ear. Her missing grandson was a posthumous child, so she put a silver earring from her dowry on his ear to ward off evil spirits and prevent him from dying young.
Although the old woman could not recognize people, she recognized the earrings she had brought as a dowry, so she burst into tears out of grief.
But just as she was about to get closer to her grandson, her throat was almost scratched by his sharp claws that suddenly stretched out, and her arm was already covered in blood.
Some villagers shouted, "They are already possessed by evil spirits and are no longer human. Why keep them alive? We should just kill them while they are weak!"
Those families whose members were missing were naturally unhappy, so a quarrel broke out among the people.
Finally, Zhou Feihua overcame all the opposition: "Alright! Stop arguing. Although these people have become demons, they were once your neighbors. How can you just give up on them without giving it a try? There is a cave in the back of the village. I will find a way to lock these people in the cave, and then find a way to restore them to normal."
Zhou Feihua's heroic skills just now impressed everyone. In addition, she had already established her prestige by leading the villagers to resist monsters in recent days, so when she opened her mouth, everyone fell silent.
Ran Ran took out a magic talisman to immobilize these water monsters, and gave them some heart-clearing pills.
However, this pill does not seem to work for those who have already been transformed into demons. After stuffing it into their mouths, it only makes them vomit in disgust and spew out pools of green water.
When these water monsters were tied up with hemp ropes and moved to the cave in the back mountain, those who were moved from the rice shop and had not yet been completely transformed began to cry loudly again.
Looking at those completely transformed monsters, the employees and shopkeepers were very desperate, thinking that if they were to become like that, life would be worse than death.
However, the children who escaped from Mu Ranwu were calmer than the adults. They were all orphans who used to beg on the streets and later became the blood-sucking lambs of Mu Numo. They had probably experienced too much suffering, so when faced with such a terrible life dilemma, they seemed to be more calm.
Wang Suizhi sighed and said to Zhou Feihua who was rushing over: "Young General Zhou, I didn't expect that you and I would meet again here. But I'm afraid I don't have much time left, so I would like to trouble you to bring some last words to my wife and children... As for my master... Can you persuade her not to do evil again..."
Zhou Fei, the courier, gave him some coarse bread and pickled vegetables that she had brought from the village, then pointed to Xue Ranran who was applying medicine to the injured demons and said, "Your master is right in front of you. If you have anything to say, you can talk to her directly."
Wang Suizhi just said "hmm" at first, but when he figured out what Zhou Feihua meant, he looked at Xue Ranran with his eyes widening: "What...what does this mean?"
After Zhou Feihua told how she had identified the fake Mu Qingge, Wang Suizhi actually prostrated himself on the ground like a child and burst into tears: "I was wondering how my master could become such a vicious person! It turns out she is a fake! Great! Master! Master! I am shortsighted, you won't abandon me, will you?"
Ran Ran never thought that she would actually coax those middle-aged bearded old men not to cry. The scene was very noisy for a while. After finally comforting Wang Suizhi, she asked again: "Why isn't Qin Xuanjiu with you?"
Wang Suizhi sucked the snot from his beard, pointed to the bruise on his eye that had not yet disappeared, and said: "I got my junior brother drunk in the inn on Chiyan Mountain and took him out with me. But after he woke up, he heard what I said, and said that I was suspicious of the master, beat me up, and left alone. I don’t know if he will go looking for that fake and continue to take the thief as his master..."
After talking to Wang Suizhi for a while, Ranran turned and left the cave. She saw Su Yishui sitting cross-legged on a big rock to regulate his breathing.
She didn't want to disturb him, so she chose another hillside, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and let out a long sigh.
But before he could stop sighing, someone approached him from behind and asked in a low voice, "Haven't you already rescued everyone? Why are you sighing?"
Ran Ran looked up at the handsome man standing beside her, and said with a sense of loss: "I used to feel that I had no connection with my former disciples. I no longer remember them, so naturally I couldn't have any master-disciple relationship with them. I was only more familiar with Fourteenth Uncle. So after knowing my life experience, when I saw Mu Ranwu deceiving them, I didn't reveal my identity immediately. Now that I think about it, I feel sorry for them. Mu Ranwu is now extreme and crazy. If something happens to Qin Xuanjiu, I'm afraid I can't forgive myself..."
Su Yishui remained silent. If he hadn't lost his memory, he would have known Ran Ran's identity long ago.
But why would he allow that fake to spread rumors and deceive people while surrounding himself with his former disciples?
Su Yishui probably couldn't figure it out before, but just now, when Wang Suizhi kowtowed and admitted his mistakes to Xue Ranran, calling him "Master" over and over again, he suddenly felt annoyed for no reason, as if he couldn't stand the sight of Xue Ranran being surrounded by a group of men...
Maybe it was because of this inexplicable emotion that he was too lazy to expose the fake and let her spread rumors and deceive people, thereby attracting away the men who might be around Xue Ranran?
So he should be the culprit. Why should this girl take the blame on herself?
But after the words of admitting his fault had been on his tongue for a few times, Su Yishui couldn't say them out loud. He could only say stiffly, "If that Qin Xuanjiu is really in danger, I will save him... They are all untidy bearded and over thirty years old. Don't they have eyes and brains? That Mu Ranwu is like you except for the fake face? They are blind and admitted their mistakes. What has it got to do with you?"
After hearing this, Xue Ranran sighed again, looked at the awkward man, and said sympathetically: "In my previous life, I really didn't mind the trouble. I accepted so many disciples, but there were few with good tempers. They were all awkward. I didn't think I was exhausted to death in the end of my previous life... um..."
Before she could finish her last words, the angry man lowered his head and quickly sealed her mouth with his thin lips.
Su Yishui kissed her fiercely while thinking: She was really blind in her previous life to accept such a double-faced and wicked man like him. But now that she has accepted him, she can no longer get rid of him just because she wants to!
The moon was high in the sky, and a man and a woman sitting on a big rock were cuddling for a while before finally separating.
Ranran slowly leaned her head on the bad-tempered man's shoulder, snuggling with him and admiring the bright moon in the sky.
Zhou Feihua had just settled everyone down when he came out of the cave and saw their backs.
Although she still disliked Su Yishui, she also felt that the two of them had a bad fate that had lasted for several lifetimes? Even life and death could not break it up.
I hope that in this life, as Xue Ranran, she will no longer have to bear too many responsibilities and can fulfill her wish to roam freely in the world...
After this ordeal, the riverside seemed to have become much calmer, and no one was missing for the time being. However, the news that there was a demon in the mountain behind Qiongqi Village still spread like wildfire.
Although the government did not send reinforcements when they were driving away the demons, when they heard that the people of Qiongqi Village had captured more than a dozen water demons, the government immediately sent people to convey their instructions: "Our masters said that these evil creatures are the invasion of evil spirits, and there is no cure. They must be burned and then find a monk to chant sutras to save them. You ignorant villagers should not detain these evil creatures on your own, but hand them over quickly!"
The intentions of these officers were very straightforward, which was to deal with those who had been demonized as quickly as possible.
Although Su Yishui caught a mountain sparrow and put a talisman on it to let it go to Xishan to deliver the letter, this place is too far away from Xishan. Even if Jiu Laoxian Yufeng rushed here as quickly as possible, it would still take several days to get here.