Chapter 21 The Secret of the Stern

The fairy light came from the ancient building at the stern of the ship, spreading along with the mist.

However, there was a wall over ten feet high blocking the way, so one could only see the tops of the ancient buildings, which were lined up one after another, with red gold glazed tiles and beams made of flowing sacred trees. There were pavilions, palaces, and ancient towers...

Between the towering courtyard wall that looks like a city wall and the nine-story building is an open deck area that is a hundred meters wide.

Xie Jin no longer had his previous arrogance and arrogance. He sat on the first stone step of the bronze gate, holding a steel pipe, and looked towards the passage of the ship building with fear from time to time.

He is like a frightened bird, always seeing snakes in the shadows.

There were dozens of stone steps behind him.

At the top of the stone steps is a bronze gate leading into the courtyard wall. The gate is about three meters high and is very magnificent. The left door has a relief of thousands of lights, while the right door has a starry sky scene like a river in the underworld, and it is unknown where in the universe it is.

"Doctor Qi, what's the situation now?"

Seeing Qi Shanshan coming out of the passage, Xie Jinru grabbed a life-saving straw, slightly cheered up, and hurried forward to ask nervously.

Qi Shanshan brought good news: "Don't worry, Li Weiyi and those people from the 705 laboratory are both injured, and no one can spare the energy to deal with you for the time being."

"Very good!"

Xie Jin's mind became active, and he said, "Let's make a plan. You poison the food, and I'll attack from the bottom. We'll get rid of Li Weiyi, the murderous thug, and the people from the 705 laboratory together."

"Well, that's what I meant."

Qi Shanshan took out a bag of food and handed it over: "You haven't eaten all day, I see you are almost too hungry to have any strength, and it's a little cold, just have a bite first."

Xie Jin was indeed starving. He wolfed down his food while mumbling, "Li Weiyi must have swallowed the sarira, so he became so powerful. But no matter how powerful he is, he is still a flesh and blood body. Poison, a deadly poison, will definitely kill him... Then... ah... you... the food you gave me..."

Xie Jin felt a cramp in his stomach, as if it was full of razor blades. He couldn't stand up straight and stared at Qi Shanshan in disbelief.

Qi Shanshan took three steps back, put her hands in her pockets, and looked indifferent: "You said so. The food was poisoned. It was extremely poisonous. It was made from the blood of the black dragon corpse."

"Bitch! We lost so miserably... It must be because of you. You and that pretty boy are in cahoots... Haha..."

Xie Jin rushed towards Qi Shanshan, but fell to the ground after taking only three steps.

He was twitching and blood foam was coming out of his mouth.

Visibly, the skin began to turn black and ulcerate.

Qi Shanshan walked over and gently kicked Xie Jin. After making sure that he was dead, she said to herself with contempt, "You are only half right. He and I were not in the same group before. I was really helping you. Now..."

The alliance between Qi Shanshan and Xie Tianshu and others was the only option for survival that she could see at the time.

But she looked down upon the character and ability of Xie Tianshu and others.

After learning about Liu Ying's experience, I am even more grateful for the appearance of Li Weiyi, the perfect partner. He is strong, good-looking, loyal, smart and decisive, and can sympathize with the weak but never show mercy to the enemy.

She doesn't want to be Li's only partner.

She wanted to remove the word cooperation.

But she also knew that she had missed the best opportunity to take down Li Weiyi. If she could have foreseen today, she would have snatched the bowl of fish soup from Cai Yutong no matter what.

No longer immersed in regret, Qi Shanshan dragged Xie Jin's body to the side of the ship.

As long as she cleaned up all the traces here and prevented Li Weiyi from finding any clues, she would completely cut off the past. In the future, there would be plenty of ways to take him down.

No matter how outstanding he is, he is still a young boy full of vigor and vitality.

"Xie Jin probably never dreamed that the most terrifying person on this ship is not me, but you."

Just as she dragged Xie Jin's body to the side of the boat with great difficulty, Li Weiyi's voice rang in her ears. No matter how calm Qi Shanshan was, she was still frightened.

But in the brief time it took her to stand up and tidy up her messy hair, she had already figured out how to deal with it, and asked calmly, "How long did it take you to get here?"

"When Xie Jin fell down."

Li Weiyi spoke in a calm tone, standing in the passage of the ship building, with a tall and handsome figure.

The two were more than twenty meters apart.

"So, you just stood there and watched me dragging the corpse clumsily and with difficulty like a penguin?" Qi Shanshan said coquettishly and resentfully, as if she was unaware of the anger in Li Weiyi's heart at the moment, nor could she see the disappointment and heartache on his face.

Li Weiyi frowned and had no intention of flirting with her.

This is not something that can be dealt with with just a few wisecracks.

He walked into the deck area shrouded in fairy light. On the ground were the bodies of four scientific expedition team members, as well as various chemical devices and drugs.

In the corner was the huge corpse of a bear-like creature, with rotting wounds on its abdomen, emitting a pungent stench.

Apparently it died from its injuries the day it crashed into the bronze ship.

It’s the Yellow Dragon Sword!

The wound caused by the Yellow Dragon Sword cannot heal itself even if it is a supernatural creature. Instead, the wound will rot faster.

The bodies of the four scientific expedition team members were in different tragic conditions.

Some had their skin burst, leaving only flesh, blood and bones; some had scales growing on half of their bodies and the other half festering; some had tentacles growing on their heads but their skulls were broken.

Li Weiyi said, "So, the four scientific expedition members who were said to have never returned from the stern of the exploration ship were actually used by you for live experiments! You released this news and deliberately put the blood of the bear-like creature near the ship building to scare people so that all the scientific expedition members would not dare to come here."

"That day, by the ship's tower, you must have been afraid that Gao Huan and I would come to the stern and discover your secret, so you drove us away, right?"

"Xie Tianshu dared to drink the dragon's blood because he had obtained the exact experimental results from you."

"Everyone had breakfast, and the reason they fainted was because you provided the medicine to Kong Fan."

Li Weiyi stared into Qi Shanshan's eyes and said, "You are so scary. You disguised yourself so well. There is no flaw when you lie. I almost got fooled by you!"

Qi Shanshan's eyes were red, she felt extremely wronged, and her voice was sobbing: "I... I have no choice. You have also seen what happened to Liu Ying. If I don't take the initiative to do something, I will be the one jumping down today. Only if one person is valuable can she live and have a voice and status."

Li Weiyi said, "Doctor Qi, how many people died because of you? If you didn't provide them with medicine, they might not be able to succeed."

Qi Shanshan's eyes were filled with tears. She said, "I am not you. I don't have your strong power. I can't control my own destiny. I can only choose to compromise. When Xie Jin put the knife on my neck, I either died or helped him. Tell me, what should I choose?"

Li Weiyi no longer knew whether he should believe her!

Qi Shanshan has helped and saved him more than once.

But she is too smart, too good at lying, and too good at making up stories.

Every expression and every word she said seemed to be spoken with emotion, but they must have been carefully considered. Even Xie Tianshu, Kong Fan and others were probably just her pawns.

Because she must have a way to kill them like she killed Xie Jin.

"You saved me, so I won't kill you this time. But someone will definitely hold you accountable for what you did." Li Weiyi said it very clearly, but he would not kill him this time.

Qi Shanshan's eyes were filled with sorrow: "Did I only save you once?"

At this moment, Li Weiyi deeply realized that one should not owe favors to others.

Qi Shanshan's tears welled up as she continued, "Yes, I deserve to die, but I saved Yutong and you. Even if everyone in the world says that I deserve to die, you are absolutely not qualified to say the word die. If you tell them now, they will kill me immediately, and the ending will be the same as the two security team members thrown into the sea of ​​souls."

"You didn't kill me, but I died because of you."

Li Weiyi may not pursue the life and death of others, after all, he is not a righteous judge.

But Qi Shanshan has more or less contributed to her senior brother’s current state.

Li Weiyi said: "You are still useful now, so I can give you a chance. You help me heal my brother, and then he will decide how to deal with you."

"But if Senior Brother can't pass this test, and something bad happens, everyone will pay with their lives. God, don't even give us face!"

Li Weiyi carefully searched Qi Shanshan's body, making sure there was nothing dangerous, and asked, "Where is Senior Sister Cai?"

Qi Shanshan could never have imagined that Li Weiyi, who was so sunny, kind and humble in front of her in the past, would have such a terrifying look in his eyes when he mentioned his senior brother just now, and the chill seemed to penetrate into her bones.

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At this moment, she truly felt how terrible it was to offend Li Weiyi on a matter of principle.

If she hadn't done two or three things right before, she would have been dead by now.

Qi Shanshan took Li Weiyi to the second floor of the nine-story ship building: "No one dares to come up here, it's very safe. I hid her here, so this turmoil will not affect her."

The passage on the second floor of the ship's tower is still filled with stone figurines.

After passing through these stone statues, I finally saw Cai Yutong lying on the ground.

"She was just knocked unconscious by me, she's fine... Hey, why hasn't she woken up after so long?" Qi Shanshan realized something was wrong.

"Senior...Senior Cai..."

Li Weiyi squatted down and checked on Cai Yutong's condition.

“It’s so hot!”

As soon as his hand touched Cai Yutong's forehead, Li Weiyi was startled.

The temperature on her body was terribly hot, it was not like human body temperature at all.

"let me see."

After Qi Shanshan felt the temperature of Cai Yutong's face, she immediately took off her clothes, but then she thought of something and looked at Li Weiyi who was standing beside her.

Li Weiyi turned around.

But mobilize the hot air from the center of your right foot and gather it at your ears.

After lifting up her clothes, Qi Shanshan saw a large number of golden veins under Cai Yutong's skin on her chest. They seemed to be growing from her heart, extending to her entire body, flowing with wisps of golden light like flames.

“Didn’t you say that the human body can withstand one-tenth the concentration of Golden Crow blood? Why did such a disaster happen suddenly?” Qi Shanshan stared at the unconscious Cai Yutong and said as if talking to herself, her tone full of confusion.

"Senior sister drank the blood of the Golden Crow?" When Li Weiyi turned around, Cai Yutong had already covered herself with clothes again.

Qi Shanshan nodded: "She thought that if the Golden Crow blood was diluted, the human body could withstand it, so she used herself as an experiment. But her body temperature is now over 60 degrees, and it is still rising rapidly."

Thinking of something, Qi Shanshan immediately took out the cross pendant and put it around Cai Yutong's neck.

This immortal cross pendant was originally the first one Cai Yutong obtained.

Qi Shanshan took it from Cai Yutong after she knocked her unconscious.

She felt that the cross pendant might be able to suppress the destructive power of the Golden Crow Blood, because when Cai Yutong wore it, no such changes occurred.

Just like a dragon-like deformation, one needs to wear a dragon-patterned ring.

After taking the cross pendant, the power of the Golden Crow's blood was released, and began to endanger Cai Yutong's life.

Fortunately, the Golden Crow blood was diluted and released slowly. Otherwise, by the time she and Li Weiyi arrived here, Cai Yutong might have been burned to ashes.

…

After putting on the cross pendant, Cai Yutong's temperature rose faster.

After a moment, she was completely enveloped by golden flames.

Li Weiyi and Qi Shanshan didn't dare to get close and stepped away.

"How weird! The temperature of these golden flames is quite high, but her body is completely intact."

The golden flame was very dazzling, but Li Weiyi could see that Cai Yutong's body outline was intact inside the flame, without any damage. This was unbelievable.

After all, she is just a mortal with flesh and blood.

“Wow!”

The golden flame suddenly exploded, and among the sparks, a pair of several-meter-long gorgeous wings appeared, as magical as a pupa breaking out of its cocoon and becoming a butterfly.

The two retreated further, holding their breath.

The flame burned for about a quarter of an hour and then began to dissipate.

The light was no longer so bright, and Cai Yutong's body lying on the ground gradually appeared. A layer of shell on the surface cracked and fell off, revealing the skin inside was dazzlingly white.

"You...why don't you go down first?" Qi Shanshan said cautiously.

Li Weiyi naturally noticed something was wrong. Although Cai Yutong did not turn into ashes, the fabric of her clothes turned into ashes.

Thinking that Qi Shanshan would not harm Cai Yutong, Li Weiyi walked down the stairs and returned to the first deck area. The scene of Cai Yutong feeding him fish soup appeared in his mind, and his heart warmed, but he was secretly worried.

Not long.

The whispers of two women could be heard from the second-floor ship. Qi Shanshan was talking about something.

Li Weiyi felt relieved and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

But he did not go up to the deck, but waited quietly below.

After relaxing, he suddenly saw the three-meter-high bronze gate above dozens of stone steps in the distance. He became curious and walked over.

(End of this chapter)