Let go
For a moment, Yan Biegu wavered; her strong will to survive almost made her accept the puppet Gu given to her by the Gu woman.
Outside Qiling Mountain, Fuyi, who had just returned, paused, a deep-seated fear rising within her.
This is……
"Hahaha..." Yan Biegu laughed for a while and then spat out a mouthful of blood, which choked her and caused her to cough violently again.
The Gu woman tilted her head strangely, patiently waiting for her choice.
After all, people like Qun Sang and Xiu Shen have already chosen to submit to her.
Just as the puppet gu attempted to burrow into the heart, Yan Biegu abruptly stopped, coldly staring at the gu woman, "I refuse."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Biegu's demonic power suddenly surged. She grabbed the Gu woman who was trying to escape and grinned maliciously, "Let's die together!"
boom!
In her last moments, Yan Biegu saw the forest where she had lived shatter before her eyes, the massive explosion destroying her last vestiges of consciousness.
All the past events flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern, and she suddenly regretted not being able to properly comfort her somewhat timid little apprentice when she left.
He was too kind and naive, and full of enthusiasm, just like her good-for-nothing junior brother.
Book cutting...
Fine, if he's willing, let him continue to follow that girl.
In an instant, she felt relieved, and the demon core she had self-destructed vanished into thin air.
The powerful impact destroyed the surrounding forest, leaving only a huge crater.
A dandelion suddenly sprouted from the bottom of the pit, and as it grew, it transformed into a Gu woman.
The Gu woman examined her right hand, which had been destroyed in the explosion, and glared angrily at Yan Biegu, who was already dead at the bottom of the pit. With a backhand swipe, she severed his head and threw it onto a broken branch of a tree.
"Hmph!" The Gu woman snorted coldly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
She has more important things to do and doesn't have time to waste on these useless people.
That's why the Gu woman didn't notice Fuyi hiding not far away.
Only after confirming that the Gu woman had left did Fuyi cautiously appear and rush over. She immediately saw Yan Biegu's head hanging on the treetop.
Yan Biegu stared blankly into the air, the blood staining the tree trunk crimson.
Fuyi trembled, tears welled up in her eyes, her knees buckled, and she knelt on the ground.
...
With Kou Huai's help, Le Qing was taken in by the demon master, but He Wenwen was busy with demon tendons and had no time to care about anything else.
It was Kou Qiyu's demon servant, Yingjiu, who helped with the treatment.
Shu Zhuo, who was guarding outside the house, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. He stood up uneasy, and a figure flashed through his mind.
"The swallows parted..."
"What did you say?" Ye Honglanzhi noticed his unusual behavior.
Shu Zhuo snapped out of his daze and shook his head. "It's nothing."
Kou Qiyu was immediately drawn to Xiao Litian upon his appearance, and the two left together, leaving only Xiao Cangdao and Mie Chenhuan in the courtyard.
Mie Chenhuan is disliked everywhere. He's decent-looking, but his sharp tongue always gets him into trouble.
If he hadn't been somewhat skilled, he probably would have been beaten to death long ago.
Now, he learned from the gullible Kou Huai that Wu Fei had risked his life for the first time and almost lost it. Although he survived, he was still unconscious.
His demon servant wasn't much better off; it disappeared after returning, probably finding a safe place to go into seclusion.
As for Kou Feng...
Perhaps he never dreamed that one day he would find his own spirit, which appeared to be a very weak water centipede.
The water centipede only uttered one sentence when the spirit contract was formed, and then fell into a deep sleep.
As Kou Feng gazed at the tiny insect in the water, he seemed to see the figure of an eel in a daze, and tears streamed down his face.
Is that you?
Did you come back to find me?
Can you...can you still forgive me?
I'm sorry, Shan.
Seeing Kou Feng like this, the others knew they shouldn't say anything more. Kou Xiaobai put down the food he had brought and quietly left.
Life on the perilous peaks seemed to have returned to normal, if the demons hadn't suddenly intruded.
Servants are still demons, but they are close to humans and rely on humans to become stronger, which makes them despised by other demon races.
Therefore, the servant demons, to a large extent, also disliked the demon race outside.
For example, the pisi, who had been silently observing from outside, was holding a knife and eagerly wanted to fight any of the pisi in the yard.
Kou Xiaobai could only sigh helplessly and look into the courtyard as well.
Xiao Cangdao sat under the eaves with his hands supporting his chin, watching Mie Chenhuan and Kou Huai bicker. The two argued for a long time about things that had nothing to do with each other, and he couldn't understand what they were saying at all.
"Who is the most skilled person here?"
"You can't say that. What do you mean by 'most skilled'? What makes you skilled? There are many kinds of skill, it depends on what you're competing in. For example, Go, my junior brother..."
Why are you talking so much nonsense?
"You asked me first? Do you think I wanted to stay here?"
"..."
Meanwhile, Ye Honglanzhi and Shuzhuo stood guard outside the door. Shuzhuo, in particular, was pale and half of his body was covered in blood, though it was unclear whether it was his own.
Yingjiu has been inside the house for two hours, and there has been no movement at all.
Just as the people outside were getting impatient and about to lose their patience, Yingjiu's tired voice finally came from inside the house.
"Come in!"
As they were speaking, the door opened.
The air was thick with the stench of blood. Shu Zhu rushed in, only to find blood everywhere and Le Qing lying dead on the bed. He was immediately enraged.
"What have you done!"
"Don't move!"
Fortunately, Ye Honglanzhi stopped him immediately, saying, "Look up there."
A small red umbrella hung above Le Qing, slowly rotating, with three red lines extending from it, piercing her mind, chest, and dantian respectively.
At this moment, Yue Qing still had a faint breath.
Yingjiu smiled wearily and thanked Ye Honglanzhi, "Thank you."
Ye Honglan shook her head.
“I can’t save her.” Yingjiu smiled bitterly. “Her demon core is almost shattered. Although you tried your best to maintain the status quo with your demon power on the way, I don’t have the ability to bring the dead back to life, so I can’t save her.”
Shu Zhuo felt a buzzing in his head, a choking sensation in his chest, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Then what is this?" Ye Honglanzhi frowned and pointed to the little red umbrella.
"This is my natal magic weapon, the Three-Day Reincarnation Umbrella. It has the same effect as the Life-Returning Moth, but it can only extend her life by three days. Once the life thread in her spiritual center breaks, she will die immediately."
Yingjiu paused, then added, "This is the last thing I can do, but perhaps there is someone who can save her."
Before she could finish speaking, Shu Zhuo suddenly looked up. "Who? Who do you think can save her!"
"As you can probably guess, only the Life-Extending Granny can save her now. Whoever is willing to extend her life can live."
"Yes! How could I not have thought of that?" Shu Zhuo's eyes gleamed. "The Life-Extending Granny can save her, extend my life to her! Yes, I'll go find her right now, I—"
"Wait a minute." Ye Honglanzhi stopped Shu Zhuo and asked again, "You only have three days. Where are you going to find the Life-Extending Granny?"
"I, I—" Upon hearing this, Shu Zhuo immediately lost his composure.
Back then, when Ren Xiangxiang was on the verge of death, it was Ren Fenghong who found the Life-Extending Granny to prolong her life. Ren Fenghong is now dead, and who knows where the elusive Life-Extending Granny is now?
“Um…” Mie Chenhuan said with a slight toothache, “I think I know.”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on him.
Even he himself felt extremely uncomfortable. When did Mie Chenhuan, who had always tricked countless people and was chased and beaten, join the ranks of saving lives? It was also because he had offended too many people, and there were always a few he remembered.
“That old woman likes Ghost Child, who often roams the Desolate Forest. Why don’t you go there and try your luck?” Mie Chenhuan replied with a frown.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Cangdao looked up in surprise and exclaimed, "You mean the Ghostly Withered Child? The Desolate Forest of Several Voids, isn't that..."
At this moment, the cicadas chirped one after another in the desolate forest.
A pretty girl in a pale yellow dress flew up to a branch and knocked the cicada off the tree.
The air was stiflingly hot, so she lay on the tree trunk and kept fanning herself.
Smoke curled from the chimney, indicating that someone was preparing lunch in the kitchen. However, the woman in the tree had no appetite, but she remained perched on the treetop, gazing expectantly at the kitchen doorway, and called out, "Flower Wood, Big Wood, is it ready? I'm hungry."
The woman's name was Hua Wai Sheng. Ever since she met Hua Yin here, she has refused to leave. After Hua Yin tried to drive her away several times without success, he finally tacitly allowed her to stay.
However, Hua Yin was always taciturn, and people who didn't know better would think he was mute, so the voice-over always called him Hua Mutou (a derogatory term for a person who is actually a blockhead).
"It's so hot..." The voice off-screen wasn't annoyed by the lack of response and lay on the tree trunk, fanning himself.
The sun was shining brightly, even a little too brightly.
Suddenly, with a whoosh, the birds took flight in fright, and the voice off-screen jolted awake, sensing something rapidly approaching.
"You blockhead!" a voice off-screen exclaimed, a flash of cold light in its eyes. "Ah!"
She felt dizzy and lightheaded, but was caught by a pair of strong arms and landed steadily on the ground.
Ding! Bang!
The demonic energy surged, and Hua Yin protected Hua Wai Sheng by taking several steps back before regaining her balance.
The voice-over peeked out halfway, still shaken, before finally seeing the slender woman in red in front of him.
The woman, with gray hair and a beautiful face, smiled and took two steps forward. "Hehe...only two little ones. Where are your parents?"
"Who are you?" the voice-over shouted from behind Hua Yin, mustering its courage.
Upon hearing this, the woman's expression immediately changed. "You impolite little brat."
As soon as she finished speaking, the voice off-screen saw a giant dandelion suddenly appear in the woman's hand, and a chilling sense of oppression made her tremble all over.
As the dandelion swept across, Hua Yin gathered all her demonic power and met it with a single slash.
"You little devil, run!"
Boom!
The icy white frost instantly engulfed the desolate forest, and Hua Yin's blade was violently blasted away by the opponent's overwhelming force before it could even touch the dandelion.
After the white frost passed, all was silent.
The voice-over darts desperately to catch Hua Yin, who coughs up blood but manages to maintain her balance and retreats a good ten feet away with the voice-over.
Bai Shuang then stopped in front of the two of them. From a forest sealed by ice and snow, the Gu woman walked out weakly, carrying dandelions.
"I'll ask you one more time, where are your parents? You should know who I'm asking about."
"Are you asking about the ghost, Ku Tong?" The voice off-screen immediately jumped.
Hua Yin's expression changed.
The voice-over pressed down on his hand holding the knife and shook his head.
“He comes here sometimes, but not all the time. As you can see, it’s just the two of us here.”
"Sigh... they're so disobedient..."
The Gu woman sighed softly, her evil power surging. A voice off-screen immediately grabbed Hua Yin, shouting, "Run!"
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