The medicine shop is 99% complete.
The servant suddenly sprang into action, brandishing his knife and slashing at Han Jiang.
Han Jiang tripped over Cang Jingqi's left leg and fell to the ground, dodging the servant's knife as she did so.
The servant stood still, the knife hanging straight above Han Jiang's head.
Han Jiang carefully walked around the servant and got up.
Cang Jingqi stared intently into the darkness, stuffed the glowing stone into Han Jiang's hand, and turned to walk in a certain direction.
"Where are you going?" Han Jiang asked.
Cang Jingqi didn't answer: "You stay here."
"What if he tries to kill me?" Han Jiang pointed at the servant.
"Then why don't you just kill him first?" Cang Jingqi tossed her a short sword, leaving her standing there.
It's not right to chase after Han Jiang, nor is it right not to chase after him.
Having courage doesn't mean you'd dare to kill someone.
Han Jiang gripped his short sword tightly, observing the servant's expression through the glowing stone.
His eyes were lifeless, as if he were being manipulated.
What move did Cang Jingqi use just now?
It's spiritual power manipulation!
Cang Jingqi can do that too.
Therefore, the servant's sudden loss of control must have been due to being manipulated by the other party.
Is it the same shadowy figure from before?
The sounds of fighting interrupted Han Jiang's train of thought. She put away the glowing stone to avoid being discovered and becoming a target.
"Boom!" The cabinet overturned.
Pages flew about, the sound of paper rustling in the wind blending into the movements.
Two strong winds collided.
Han Jiang narrowed her eyes. Her perception of spiritual power was very low, and she couldn't tell which spiritual power belonged to Cang Jingqi, or whether Cang Jingqi had the upper hand or the lower hand.
The servant gradually regained his mobility and approached Han Jiang, gripping the hilt of his knife.
Take immediate shelter during the cold snap.
The servant's movements suddenly quickened, but he stopped just before injuring Han Jiang.
Then repeat, sometimes fast, sometimes slow.
Cang Jingqi and that person were vying for control.
"Han Xiaoman!" Cang Jing shouted, "Kill him!"
I'm not afraid of killing chickens and ducks, dissecting frogs, or even the coldest weather.
This is murder!
Han Jiang held up his sword and gestured at the servant, but hesitated for a long time, unsure of how to proceed.
The servant regained his mobility and rushed off into the cold.
Han Jiang drew his sword to parry.
There's a universal method for dealing with men.
As soon as the cold winds down, he kicked out with lightning speed and precision!
The servant probably didn't expect Han Jiang to do this. His hand lost its grip, and the knife fell to the ground with a "clang." He clutched a spot, collapsed, and curled up.
"I'll kill you!" the servant shouted.
Han Jiang picked up the knife, holding a sword in his left hand and a knife in his right, and said fiercely, "Now it's my turn to kill you!"
It's hard to tell who the villain is for a moment.
The servant muttered incantations, and blood-red runes rose from the ground, entangling the cold wind.
"Ha! You think you can stand up?" The servant was still in too much pain to stand up, but he was muttering a curse.
It's a killing curse!
It's a pity, Han Jiang's feigned regretful expression suggests she won't die.
The rune disappeared before it even touched the cold.
Han Jiang finally understood: the original owner was a mechanical being, immune to pure magic damage!
The servant was incredulous and tried several times, but all attempts ended in failure.
Han Jiang was still about to show off when Cang Jingqi suddenly grabbed him from the darkness and said, "Let's go!"
Cang Jingqi probed the shadowy figure's abilities and, finding him to be no match for him, decided not to linger and prepared to leave.
Seeing that he couldn't catch up, the shadowy figure stopped beside the servant, kicked him, and said, "Make the most of your last bit of value."
Black energy emanated from the servant, a demonic aura a hundred times denser than that emanating from the corpse, filling the entire underground vault.
The ground began to collapse.
Cang Jingqi lost his grip on Han Jiang and let go.
The shadowy figure had already escaped from the basement.
Then heat and fire followed from behind.
Han Jiang screamed and ran for her life.
They set the basement on fire!
The servant stood up in the flames. At this moment, he had no whites in his eyes and was like a walking corpse, letting the flames devour him and releasing the demonic energy within his body.
Cang Jingqi was suffering from the demonic energy and barely managed to keep up with Han Jiang.
Seeing that Cang Jingqi's steps had slowed down, Han Jiang immediately supported him and ran outside with his arm.
The firelight illuminated part of the basement.
The door to the cold season has finally been found.
She kicked the door hard, but it didn't budge.
The shadowy figure must have locked the door when it tried to escape.
The smell of smoke grew stronger. Although Han Jiang was unaffected by the demonic energy, he was affected by the smell of smoke.
I gradually found it hard to breathe.
Cang Jingqi was slumped against Han Jiang, unable to utter a word.
"Hey buddy, weren't you supposed to be pretty awesome? Why do you falter at the crucial moment?" Han Jiang was already feeling the heat, but she still couldn't resist teasing Cang Jing, making this guy throw cold water on her the moment they met.
Hanjiang is very vengeful.
Unfortunately, Cang Jingqi couldn't understand what Han Jiang meant by "cow" and "resting fire" at all; judging from his tone, he was probably being mocked.
Han Jiang put down the Cang Jingqi and looked at the sword and knife in his hand.
If you don't know which one is better, just use both.
Han Jiang slashed wildly at the crack in the door, making a small hole. She reached through and tried to open the wooden bolt from the outside.
Thankfully, the world doesn't use iron doors yet; they're still old-fashioned wooden doors.
Damn! It's an iron lock!
Hanjiang really wanted to say some things that couldn't be broadcast, but for the sake of civility, he could only hold back for now.
"Cang Jingqi... I can't open the door..." Han Jiang squatted down and said to Cang Jingqi.
"Then let's all get blown up here together," Cang Jing said sarcastically.
Han Jiang coughed twice and said, "Blown up? At most, they'll be burned to death, right?"
"The demon is preparing to detonate itself. Once its body is almost completely burned, the demonic energy within it will explode."
In this way, the demon didn't even have time to wait for the flames to reach it; it was instantly sent flying into the sky by the explosion.
Han Jiang kicked the door a few more times.
Cang Jingqi is no longer a reliable option; demonic energy is everywhere, and he has no way to recover.
It's better to rely on yourself than on others.
Han Jiang chopped around the iron lock; once he cut off that section, he could open the door.
It's done!
As the cold winds descended, the Cangjingqi (a type of magical mirror) was once again erected, bursting forth from the underground garage.
She didn't dare look back, not knowing how big the explosion would be, so she could only keep running as far away as possible.
It was still dark.
I haven't slept for three days, almost to my limit.
She's practically a superhero.
Han Jiang praised himself in his heart.
"That's enough, Han Xiaoman, you can stop now," Cang Jingqi said.
Han Jiang said, "No, the explosion will affect a large area! Oh! We have to wake up the villagers and get them to escape!"
"It won't explode," Cang Jingqi said weakly.
"You don't?!" Han Jiang stopped in her tracks. "What do you mean?"
"If I hadn't said it was going to explode, would you have gone to such lengths to break down the door?"
Han Jiang shook off Cang Jingqi's arm, letting him almost fall to the ground: "Cang Jingqi! Are you crazy?!"
Since his identity had already been exposed, Han Jiang decided not to pretend to be respectful anymore. "Your Highness"? Well, never mind, that's uncivilized.
"You lied to me, and I lied to you this time, so we're even," Cang Jing said with a grin. "Han Xiaoman, are you angry?"
Han Jiang composed herself and said, "No. Since we're even, you have to keep this a secret for me."
Although she was very angry, she wouldn't lose the opportunity to bargain just because she was being quick-witted.
"Why? This is just you lying to me to even things out, but you've lied to so many other people too."
Cang Jingqi dusted himself off, regained his strength, and started walking back.
The fire spread to the entire home of the herbal medicine shop owner. Some villagers heard the noise and came out to tell each other.
Villagers rushed out to help put out the fire.
"The basement was full of medicinal herbs collected by the villagers, and now they've all been burned..." Han Jiang murmured.
This also means that all the income from medicinal herbs is gone.
Cang Jingqi led Han Jiang back to where Wen Xu and the others were resting.
Wen Xu has already woken up.
"Sister Wen, are you alright?" Han Jiang held Wen Xu's hand.
Wen Xu comforted him, "You weren't seriously injured to begin with. Where have you been? Why is your face covered in ash?"
Han Jiang poured out his grievances, recounting all the hardships he and Cang Jingqi had endured along the way, adding some appropriate body language and performance elements.
Cang Jingqi and Cang Jingmo whispered something to each other and then sent out two letters.
"Hey, this was found in the basement. Sure enough, it's part of that group." Cang Jingqi took out a few books from his pocket and handed them to Cang Jingmo.
Cang Jingmo said, "I felt something was wrong when I came here last time. It seems the corpse in the underground vault is the manor lord. They've taken over the medicine manor, no wonder they have such abundant herbal medicine support from the rear."
"It's a pity I didn't see the formation that turns people into demons." Cang Jingqi turned to look at Han Jiang.
Han Jiang shouted, "What! You really want me to be turned into a demon?"
She had actually been fooled by Cang Jingqi, thinking that she would die if she didn't go to get the herbs Wenxu and Hanqi. Sure enough, Cang Jingqi was lying to her; his real purpose was to investigate the medicine shop.
Hey! Han Jiang suddenly got excited and beckoned to Cang Jing.
"What are you going to do?" Cang Jingqi raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, come here for a second!"
Seeing that Cang Jingqi wouldn't come closer, Han Jiang leaned over and whispered in Cang Jingqi's ear, "You lied to me twice, you still owe me one more time!"
After saying that, she looked at Cang Jingqi with bright eyes.
Cang Jingqi immediately realized that Han Jiang's words had a hidden meaning.
You owe me one, so you have to keep my secret.
“Okay,” Cang Jingqi replied.
Back in the crowd, Cang Jingqi reverted to his gentle demeanor.
But Han Jiang had seen what a terrifying person was beneath that handsome exterior.
Han Tian arrived at dawn with the people from the Four Provinces Sect.
Except for the cold season, everyone else stayed outside.
"Where is Xiaoman?" After arranging for the disciples of the Four Continents Sect to check on the situation of the Manor Lord's Mansion, Han Tian turned around and asked about Han Jiang.
Cang Jing pouted and said, "She's sleeping inside, so sleepy."
The losses at the medicine shop were shared by the Demon Palace and the Four Continents Sect, with the Demon Palace bearing a larger share, since it was the demons who caused the trouble.
The former Demon Lord had three children, two of whom are currently at the medicine shop.
The affairs of the Demon Palace couldn't be left unattended, so Cang Jingmo left early. Before leaving, he challenged Han Qi to a duel.
These are the words that Wenxu told Hanjiang.
I was so tired during the cold snap that I quickly went to sleep after confirming that Wenxu was alright.
I slept until the afternoon.
Before she could tell Wen Xu about her transmigrator identity being exposed, Cang Jingqi walked in.
Wen Xu had no interest in Cang Jingqi; the original book barely mentioned this person.
After Wen Xu left, Cang Jingqi asked, "What, is she with you? Or is she from another world too?"
"No, that's not it." Han Jiang can't let Wen Xu be exposed again!
"Then how come you and she suddenly became so close? You never used to interact with other disciples."
Han Jiang seized on the loophole: "That wasn't me before, that was the original Han Jiang."
Tsk, didn't get anything out of him. Cang Jingqi, feeling rebuffed, changed the subject, saying, "Your master is here."
Han Jiang asked, "You didn't tell him, did you?"
"Yes, I told Hantian as soon as we met."
"I don't believe you, you definitely didn't say that."
"I did say it."
"You didn't say it!" Han Jiang could tell from Cang Jing's grin that this person, who loved watching a good show, would never interrupt such a spectacle.
"What did you say or not say?" Han Tian pushed the door open and entered.
He didn't even glance at Cang Jingqi, but stared directly at Han Jiang, his eyes full of doubt.
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