Just before the dawn breaks, there is a darkest hour.
This is the darkest, longest, and quietest moment of the entire night.
People call it the time of encountering demons.
For some reason, my attention is somewhat distant right now.
Zhu Yi looked around. In the low-pressure, dark forest, a family of zombies lurked, their deep fangs gleaming in the darkness.
She closed her eyes, feeling that there was nothing more to say to Zhu Qianying.
"Stubborn and self-righteous, I don't know what you're so arrogant about."
Her tone was utterly disdainful and contemptuous, without any restraint.
To be precise, as long as Su Linyuan was by her side, Zhu Yi had nothing to worry about.
"You really are a filial daughter, disregarding your aunt's life and death?" Zhu Qianying's brows were filled with unparalleled ruthlessness, and even in the pitch black all around, Zhu Yi could clearly feel her killing intent.
"So what exactly are you jealous of about me?"
That's just how people are; sometimes, with just a few words, they tend to judge others based on their own narrow-minded perspective.
It's cold in the mountains, and thick fog often rises at night.
The little flowers in the Demon Cave behind them caught the Heart-Eating Poisonous Insect, lined up, tied the little insect with 8 tentacles into a knot, and commented on it all at once.
"Uglier than the last one."
"Last time, that bug didn't know where to put its claws when it saw the eagle; it just looked fierce."
"Boss, I think this bug is really poisonous." After so much training, Hua Hua has also grown her own little vines. The green vines are sharp and they lift the little bug up and down, making her very happy.
Zhu Yi, her silly child, has always been raised in a free-range manner.
Perhaps the Flower Leader has a unique method for dealing with insects?
Just as I was thinking this, I heard my silly flower making silly noises, and sure enough, the newly sprouted vines and the green leaves had been eaten by little bugs...
The little Gu worm that had been dormant at the top of the Broken Heart Sword had a new name, which Zhu Yi hastily named Shan Shan.
Shan Shan remained calm and composed when facing the severely injured and unconscious Shangguan Wenqi.
Now he has reformed and is working with Zhu Yi, determined to become a worm that can cure all poisons in the world.
"Die, you filthy woman! If it weren't for the fact that all of this is what I deserve, do you think you could get what you want this way? I will curse you to death, that you will never be happy!"
"You illegitimate children shouldn't even live in this world!"
Zhu Qianying went berserk, gathering all her spiritual power into her sword. The pure fire spirit energy transformed into a bewitching and terrifying fire dragon that surrounded Zhu Yi.
In this brief moment, the zombie family swarmed forward, subduing Shangguan Wenqi, interrupting him, and absorbing the yin energy from his zombie aunt.
The zombie aunt howled, sounding utterly horrific.
The zombie leader, his muscles stiff, embraced his daughter. Despite being ancient monsters, the old zombie still looked heartbroken as he faced his daughter who had been wronged.
The water elemental energy in the forest plants transformed into lotus blossoms, which, along with ghostly flames, scattered into the fire dragon.
Zhu Yi drew his sword and stood up, completely disregarding the woman's madness.
Su Linyuan walked up to Shangguan Wenqi and used magic to condense a drop of his heart's blood to feed Shanshan.
The bloodline of the spirit snake has a powerful attraction for small insects like Shan Shan, far surpassing that of flowers and grass.
After circulating through Shangguan Wenqi's bloodstream, an exhausted Shanshan crawled out of his nostrils.
Su Linyuan joked, "Dan Dan's appearance is indeed extraordinary."
The little insect seemed to know it had been praised, and lay happily in the comb's palm, enjoying the snake blood he had given it.
Shangguan Wenqi regained some of his senses.
He could feel the powerful, resentful, and monstrous energy receding from his body, receiving a slight suppression. Enveloped in darkness, Shangguan Wenqi seized this precious opportunity to break free from the black mist and struggle to regain his senses.
His eyes, now swollen and bruised, had finally regained a semblance of human warmth.
This time, Zhu Qianying's attack was incredibly fierce.
The spiritual energy within Zhu Yi's sword shattered the veil that concealed her face.
This is equivalent to doing something like plucking a tiger's whiskers.
"Aaaaah, you deserve to die! I'll make you taste what it's like to be neither human nor ghost, completely unrecognizable!"
Every word Zhu Qianying said landed heavily in Zhu Yi's ears.
Zhu Yi's eyelids twitched. She prepared for the worst. It was all or nothing. What would happen if she killed Zhu Qianying here?
"Can you please stop barking like a dog? It's really tasteless of you to always be such a crazy person and blame others."
After unleashing his final powerful attack, Zhu Yi was a little tired. He had changed the fire elemental energy of his Buddhist Fire Technique during the battle, abandoning his usual masculine fire attacks and instead imbuing them with a bewitching, eerie blue.
This time, the power of the Netherworld Fire was exceptionally great.
Fire Lotus went straight for Zhu Qianying.
"I won't bark like a mad dog at you, but I think you must really enjoy the taste of ghostly flames, right?"
"Otherwise, how come you always manage to provoke me so precisely?"
"Are you trying to frame me using Shangguan Wenqi's affair? Do you know that I gained a zombie family in the Immortal Peach Secret Realm? After you return to the cultivation world, you'll bring the puppet-like Shangguan Wenqi to the Shangguan family to complain?"
"Then I will become the enemy of the entire Shangguan family."
Zhu Qianying remained silent.
Zhu Yi is right.
Just like she once used her family's public opinion to spread rumors.
Now the entire cultivation world should know about Zhu Yi, this lowly illegitimate daughter. If she wants to kill her elder sister, just wait until she returns with Shangguan Wenqi, who has already become a puppet, and then we'll see an even bigger show.
However, Zhu Yi's zombies are too useful and very well-behaved!
They didn't drink human blood. Zhu Qianying, still shaken, was terrified when she first encountered the zombies. But after observing them quietly for a while, she discovered that these zombies only sought out large monsters in the mountains to drink and eat. They were strange; they even let some weak monsters go.
In order for the female zombie to successfully bite Shangguan Wenqi, Zhu Qianying even wasted a demon snake's inner core!
Zhu Qianying didn't say these words, ultimately succumbing to her lack of spiritual power.
The look in her eyes was so intense it seemed she wanted to tear her apart.
Zhu Yi used the Spirit Binding Technique to bind her.
I was only slightly relieved after confirming that she wouldn't stand up and go crazy again.
Ultimately, they just couldn't bring themselves to actually kill him.
After all, Zhu Yi is still a modern person in terms of mindset and should abide by the law.
Don't even mention that Zhu Yi hasn't died at Zhu Qianying's hands yet.
Even if she really was killed by Zhu Qianying.
In modern law, sentencing someone to death is a very serious matter.
There will always be plenty of opportunities for probation and appeals, giving offenders a chance to defend themselves and also giving the public a chance to objectively examine the matter.
Why would someone who can live a good life go looking for trouble?
Shangguan Wenqi is in a somewhat dangerous situation.
Although he regained some of his senses.
But he is in great pain right now, and he has a strong urge to bite people, kill people, and torture people in an extremely brutal way.
Zhu Yi could fully understand this kind of pain.
But she didn't have a better way to help him.
Aside from the little Gu worm Shan Shan in her hand, Zhu Yi couldn't think of any magic pills or medicines that could save Shangguan Wenqi in his current state.
At the same time, Aunt Zombie's injuries were also very serious.
The zombie leader asked her for a bunch of monster cores.
The old man usually looked very smug, but now he looked dejected.
Zhu Yi also felt sorry for her zombie, which had been ruined by someone else.
A sudden inspiration struck Zhu Yi, and she summoned the zombie brother and zombie brother. She spoke to the two children in a seductive, wicked, and mischievous tone, "Look how much Gu Gu has suffered!"
The two little guys were grinding their teeth.
"We need to be well-mannered zombies."
Zhu Yi was serious and methodical, with a sly smile on her face that seemed to be hinting at mischief.
Su Linyuan's eyelids twitched. His intuition told him that the little girl must have come up with some new way to torment him.
The two little ones were filled with righteous indignation.
"However, if someone bullies us, we can't let them live comfortably!"
With a flash of inspiration, Zhu Yi adjusted the position of the Spirit Binding Lock, dividing up territory for the two little ones.
Aside from the easily visible wounds on her forearms and neck, Zhu Yi found several other places where the two children could easily bite, but where no one else could see the wounds.
The two little ones had already started smacking their lips, and their little eyes were exceptionally bright before the dawn broke.
Even the dark circles around their eyes look adorable; you'd think they had cute panda makeup.
"I want to eat! I want to eat!"
"Don't let her suck blood. Leaving some teeth marks on her won't heal her; it'll make her itchy. Later, the boss will force-feed her some glutinous rice porridge, making her feel unbearably itchy all over, so she'll regret bullying our zombie aunt!"
"Mmm-hmm!" The two little ones nodded in unison.
He bit down on Zhu Qianying's leg with great restraint.
Fortunately, they had already consumed a lot of monster blood, so they were quite full now.
They can also have their teeth extracted in a timely manner.
For cultivators, this kind of physical pain is nothing.
But for them, the sinister aura emanating from the zombie's teeth was deadly.
Although the two little zombies had a thousand years of cultivation and were among the weakest in terms of poison among the zombie family, a few bites still left Zhu Qianying covered in soot and with bruises under her eyes.
Like the sun breaking through the clouds, at the moment when dawn truly arrived, Zhu Yi put the zombie family back into the Brahma Lamp. The zombie leader, holding a small packet of demon snake inner cores, felt very distressed.
After feeding her one snake-shaped inner core after another, Aunt Zombie's complexion improved significantly.
Don't get me wrong, it's not the kind of rosy complexion, but rather a dark, bluish face and a chilling aura.
On their way back to the inn, Zhu Yi and Su Linyuan made no attempt to avoid the gazes of the crowd.
When Shangguan Wenqi, his face ashen, hopped in front of everyone, the guards from the Shangguan family who had come with him changed their expressions drastically.
The Zhu family also felt bad.
Zhu Qianying brought few attendants this time, but they were all young talents carefully selected by the Zhu family.
The crowd looked at each other in bewilderment, and some of the bolder ones wanted to ask for clarification.
They surrounded Zhu Yi and Su Linyuan, pressing them for answers.
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