Take back the sword bone
Feng Gui casually tossed away the face mask, which quickly disappeared into the shadows. The person opposite her stared at her blankly, clearly not understanding the situation.
"What are you staring at?" Feng Gui frowned.
He used to be quite clever, but this time he looks silly, like his brain isn't fully functioning.
After standing there stunned for a long time, Wen Zheng took a step forward and asked, "May I ask who you are?"
Ask for their name and see if they remember them.
Feng Gui raised her eyebrows: "I am your Aunt Feng, Feng Gui." After saying that, she frowned and glanced at the wary Mu Qing.
"This is the helper you found?"
When Wen Zheng heard the name Feng Gui, she subconsciously thought of Elder Ye mentioning at the banquet that she had recently ambushed Shan Fengyu.
Shan Fengyu was originally her enemy, but since he dared to make a move and was so warm towards her, he probably wasn't a bad person.
Wen Zheng took a deep breath and said after a moment, "Um, actually I have amnesia. Since you know me so well, could you tell me about my past?"
Let's take a gamble and bet that the other person is a good person.
If not, kill them all.
When the word "amnesia" reached Feng Gui's ears, she was first puzzled, and then she understood.
Amnesia is probably a side effect of Wen Zheng's resurrection, but it's unknown whether there are any other problems.
"Troublesome." Feng Gui muttered, walking up to the two men. "We can catch up later. Let's kill him first."
She pointed at the fast-sleeping Shan Wuxiu, the knife in her hand already pressed against his neck, the cold metal making Shan Wuxiu shiver.
"You're here to kill him too?" Wen Zheng brandished her short knife at Shan Wuxiu, saying, "The sword bone on his body seems to be mine, so I just dug it out."
After saying that, the short knife cut a large gash in her back, revealing a blue spine. Wen Zheng's spiritual power seemed to sense something and began to surge wildly through her spiritual veins.
"This is mine, the sword bone?"
She reached out and touched the blood-stained sword bone. The bluish-green sword bone seemed to come alive, struggling incessantly against her back.
Feng Gui swiftly brought down the knife, and the sword bone detached from his back, rolling into Wen Zheng's hand: "Take it, I'll put it back for you sometime."
Wen Zheng stared blankly at the sword bone, then suddenly turned her head upon hearing this: "This thing can be put back in?"
Is it really reliable to install a single sword bone back and forth?
Feng Gui sighed and patted her head: "Why are you so dull after just one trip out?"
She placed the knife back against Shan Wuxiu's neck and waved at Wen Zheng: "Alright, go play somewhere else. I'll talk to you after I've killed someone."
Wen Zheng took the sword bone and stepped back to Mu Qing's side, opening her palm and asking, "Can this be put into the storage bag?"
The sword bone emitted a blue light, which was very dazzling in the palm of my hand.
Mu Qing took out a jade box from her storage bag: "This can conceal your aura, put it in here for now."
After putting the sword bone back into the box, Feng Gui on the other side also cut a gash on Shan Wuxiu's neck, and blood gushed out, staining a large area red.
Feng Gui, feeling that one stab wasn't enough, wanted to deliver another blow, but the jade pendant at Shan Wuxiu's waist suddenly lit up, unleashing tremendous power to repel her.
"Hiss~" Feng Gui clutched her injured shoulder and retreated to the two of them. "Quick, let's go, we've been discovered."
She specifically chose a weapon that wouldn't activate the defensive magic item, but unexpectedly, the magic item was still activated.
Wen Zheng had just finished setting up when she heard her told to run quickly. She was surprised for a moment and asked, "Isn't Senior Feng going to finish me off?"
She thought Shan Wuxiu wasn't quite dead yet.
Feng Gui glanced at her, sighed that Wen Zheng was still the same Wen Zheng, and urged, "There's no time, let's run." After saying that, she led the two of them around the patrolling people by taking a small path.
The three stopped at the fork in the road. Feng Gui pointed out the way back to them and said, "Come find me at Baiku Peak if you need anything."
Hearing this, Wen Zheng wanted to ask more about herself, but Mu Qing pulled her back and whispered, "Someone's coming, let's go back first."
As the patrolmen drew closer, the two took a side path back to their resting courtyard.
Upon returning, Wen Zheng went straight to Elder Ye's room. Elder Ye was sitting in front of the alchemy furnace, controlling the temperature with one hand and adding herbs into it with the other.
When she saw Wen Zheng, she didn't even look up: "You're back?"
After speaking, he looked up at Wen Zheng, who was covered in blood and looked deep in thought. It seemed that something big had happened tonight.
Elder Ye smiled calmly and waved a stool next to Wen Zheng: "Sit down, tell me what good things happened tonight."
It would be best if things escalated a bit, so she could enjoy the spectacle.
Wen Zheng snapped out of her thoughts, picked up the tea on the table, poured a cup for Elder Ye and handed it to him, then poured one for herself, saying as she drank, "It's nothing serious."
Just as she finished speaking, there was a knocking sound outside the courtyard door. The sound was urgent and loud, clearly indicating that the visitor was up to no good.
Elder Ye extinguished the fire in the alchemy furnace, got up and went out to open the door. As he passed Wen Zheng, he reminded her, "It's stained with blood."
Wen Zheng looked down and saw a small bloodstain on the cuff of her clothes. It was very little and not very noticeable, but she still went to change her clothes.
When Elder Ye and his men entered, Wen Zheng had already changed her clothes and was sitting in front of the alchemy furnace, wearing a veil, seemingly waiting for the medicine.
"What is this?" Elder Gu asked Elder Ye, pointing at Wen Zheng.
Elder Ye introduced generously, “Wen Zheng from the Zhuxian Sect has developed a rash on her face and has come to me seeking medicine.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Zheng stood up, looking bewildered, and asked, "What happened?"
Elder Ye smiled and said, "Elder Gu said that a thief stole something and went into hiding, and he is leading people to track down the thief."
Wen Zheng said "Oh," glanced at Elder Gu, and continued sitting in front of the alchemy furnace.
Elder Gu glanced around the room, then ordered the people behind him to come in and search. He turned to Elder Ye and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you won't mind if I disturb your alchemy, will you?"
Elder Ye revealed the same smile as Elder Gu and said with a smile, "How could that be? If anyone is to blame, it's this despicable thief. Of all places to steal, why did he have to come to Thousand Saints Palace? By the way, what treasure did this thief steal that made Elder Gu so panicked?"
Her casual question caused Elder Gu to fall silent for a moment before changing the subject: "Young friend Wen from the Immortal Chasing Sect has a rash on his face, so he shouldn't wear a veil. It's not good for his face."
As he spoke, he reached out to pull off the veil covering her face.
Elder Ye was startled and didn't have time to stop her, but Wen Zheng quickly pulled off her veil, revealing a face full of red rashes.
The dense, raised red rashes were nauseating to look at. Elder Gu took a step back in fright, avoiding his gaze: "It didn't seem this bad at the banquet."
Wen Zheng immediately replied, "The rash on your face is too severe to take off your veil, so you're covered up like this."
Elder Gu was still skeptical: "Really?"
Wen Zheng nodded: "Of course."
Elder Gu looked at Wen Zheng suspiciously, but when he caught sight of her face, he looked away in disgust.
Although Elder Ye didn't know why the other party kept pursuing Wen Zheng, dragging it out would not benefit anyone.
She stood between the two and said, "Elder Gu, why don't you join the others in the search to avoid missing anything?"
At this moment, the search team gathered around: "Elder Gu, nothing unusual has been found."
Elder Gu glanced at the two of them, then turned and left.
After he and his men left, Elder Ye closed the door and asked Wen Zheng, "What did you do?"
Elder Gu worked under Shan Fengyu and was one of the more influential people in the Thousand Saints Palace. If he personally led the search, it was definitely not the petty thief he described who stole something.
Wen Zheng sat in front of the alchemy furnace, swallowed hard, and after a moment's thought, said, "Shan Wuxiu may be seriously injured."
Feng Gui didn't finish him off, so Shan Wuxiu was probably still alive, but taking the sword bone had seriously injured him.
Elder Ye was skeptical: "Shan Wuxiu? Shan Fengyu's only son, Shan Wuxiu? Seriously injured?"
She looked Wen Zheng up and down suspiciously, not believing what she was saying.
“I wasn’t the only one who did it.” Wen Zheng shrugged, indicating that she was an accomplice. “There was another person who was also going to kill Shan Wuxiu tonight, and I just finished him off.”
After thinking for a moment, she added, "It didn't die."
In other words, she did nothing but finish off the enemy.
Wen Zheng chose to keep the matter of the sword bone a secret. Firstly, her relationship with Elder Ye was not yet good enough to discuss this matter, and secondly, the sword bone issue involved too many things, and dragging Elder Ye into it would not do her any good.
Elder Ye took a deep breath and rubbed his forehead, "You really are more capable of causing trouble than I imagined."
He was truly formidable to severely injure Shan Fengyu's only son with a single move.
Wen Zheng lowered her head shyly: "You flatter me."
Feng Gui was the one who contributed the most.
Elder Ye didn't ask any further questions and sat down in front of the alchemy furnace to continue refining pills. Wen Zheng sat beside her, lost in thought, pondering what to do next.
The first and most important thing is to retrieve the things left behind from the dry well. The second is to go to Hundred-Dry Peak to see Feng Gui and ask her about myself.
Mentioning Feng Gui made Wen Zheng realize that she didn't know the way to Baiku Peak. Asking anyone from Qian Sheng Palace for directions might alert them, so she decided to ask someone else.
As Wen Zheng pondered this, her gaze fell upon Elder Ye, who was refining pills.
Elder Ye was focused on refining pills for Wen Zheng when he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. Looking around, he saw Wen Zheng and his eyes widened in surprise: "What are you doing?"
It stared with two big, wide eyes, looking rather frightening.
Do you know how to get to Baiku Peak?
Elder Ye narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?"
Feng Gui's current status in Qian Sheng Palace is not good. The incident of attacking the Palace Master alone has caused her reputation in Qian Sheng Palace to plummet, and no one dares to approach her.
The current Baiku Peak can truly be described as completely barren.
Wen Zheng smiled sheepishly and said, "I would like to pay a visit to the ruthless person who dared to ambush the Palace Master of Qian Sheng Palace, and ask for his advice."
Elder Ye's eyelids twitched, and he wanted to ask her what experience she wanted to learn.
However, Elder Ye didn't ask the question. Instead, he urged her to leave: "I'll have Mingxin send you the map tomorrow. Behave yourself for now."
The fact that Shan Wuxiu was seriously injured will definitely enrage Shan Fengyu. Going to Baiku Peak at this time would be tantamount to courting death.
Wen Zheng pushed open the door and left, turning back with a smile as she said, "Don't worry, I'm just going to take a look."
Elder Ye, still worried, let her go.
Back in her room, Wen Zheng completely relaxed, sitting on the edge of the tatami mat, her mind filled with the events of the evening.
Lost in thought, she drifted off to sleep. When she woke up, she took out the sword bone from the box and looked at it for a long time before finally letting out a deep sigh and closing the box.
Whether the return of the sword bone to her hands was a blessing or a curse remained to be seen.
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